Lily looked up at the towering palace that looked like it broke through the sky, she felt her breath shake as she imagined the last time she was there, the last time she spoke to the person who owned this dark building that she used to call her home. She shook her head to herself as a tear fell, she hoped no-one would notice if she left so she quickly turned around with her head leant down low, her hands wrapped round her thick arms as she felt her Goosebumps grow thick on her arms. Her path was blocked by someone wearing a thick clock rimmed by fur; she looked up as a tear fell quickly from her eye

"I know this has got to be a bad situation for you but you need to face her one day; do you really want to live out in the woods for the rest of your life?" Charming queried looking caringly down at her, she shook her head slowly and ran a hand through her thick hair,

"I can't do this alone" she said looking up at the man sorrowfully. He sighed and brought her into his arms hugging her small body, she cuddled to his chest and sobbed; even though she was scared of the events to come she felt at ease in the man's arms, she'd never had this safe feeling before, the feeling that no-one could hurt her in these arms.

"You won't have to do this alone, if you'd like we'll be there for you" Snow added as she looked to Charming, Lily lifted her head and smiled lightly before nodding,

"I'd like that" she said as she pulled away from charming and looked up at the castle again,

"I know how you feel" Snow muttered as she stood closer to the young girl "it's funny how a place you call home can fill you with absolute dread, it's a horrible feeling, isn't it?"

Lily simply nodded for thoughts of arguments with her mother had taken over her head, her eyes started to tear up again when Little John passed and gasped at the expression on the girls face,

"Squirt! What's wrong?" she asked, walking over

"Just memories, I don't want to go in" Lily admitted looking down as a small cold tear fell to the cobbled ground#

"Hey! Missus, stop with the tears!" she said with a smile, Lily up at him and smiled back a little. Little John had always had this way with Lily he could make her smile whatever the circumstance, "Don't think about what's bad with this castle, think about the good; for example, Rob is inside and I'm sure he's super excited to see his little sister"

Lily smiled brightly at this remark, ever since Robin took Lily in they'd been like family. With this Snow offered out her hand to Lily who took it and they continued to walk toward their former home.

Lily pushed open the door to her former room slowly, she sighed the door revealed the black walls filled with cream furniture. She'd always been the opposite to her mom, she wanted light colours, colours that made her happy but her mother preferred black; everything was so dark in her mother's life. With two short steps she entered the room,

A little while later in her room Lily was flinging her clothes across the room from her wardrobe, the huntsman was stood behind her trying to catch them all but it wasn't working.

"Lily calm down, what are you doing?" He asked as he reached his hand out to catch another flying dress,

"Getting dressed then getting the hell out of here!" The girl said simply as she flung another dress from the large wardrobe,

"That is not a good idea!" The huntsman declared with an urgent tone

"I don't care what kind of an idea it is, I'm leaving and that's final!" Lily decided, she grabbed a long ivory dress from the back of the wardrobe and smiled at it, it was a basic dress, it hugged her body at the chest before flaring off, she wondered into her bathroom and came out dressed in the gown, she grabbed her cloak and pulled around her small body.

"Please, take me away from here, I beg of you" Lily pleaded as she looked the man then out the balcony of her room, she witnessed her mother's carriage pulling out of the gates, "My Momma has gone to make this new life whatever it is, please just a least show me how to ride a horse, or ride me into the woods and drop me off, whatever it is I really do not care just please, I need to be away from here!"

"You'll come back won't you?" He asked not knowing that the revenge the girl's mother was about to conduct was one to take them from this land so the princess wouldn't be able to return.

"Of course, I just need a little space – only for a couple of hours" Lily sighed looking at her hands then at the huntsman,

The memories were too much, she clenched her fists and shook her head as tears were falling again, she turned on her heel and let out a loud sob as she stepped to walk out of her room. Snow had come to see if Lily had settled in when she heard crying coming from the nearby room, she ran the rest of the distance to the room and gasped when she bumped into a distraught Lily who was about to leave her room. She took the girl in her arms and ran a hand through her hair trying to calm her down,

"The memories, there are memories just everywhere and I can't deal with them, they just won't go away!" She cried shaking her head,

"It'll be ok, come on, let's get you all cleared up" Snow suggested as she took the girl further into the room.

Not long later the two were sat on Lily's bed, Lily had replaced her green trousers matched with a dirt covered cream blouse with a cream dress that was fitted at the bust then loose the rest of the way down, the tight sleeves were decorated with small daisies. Snow had helped her wash the thick dirt from her hair and had brushed it through making her hair form large curls.

"Your hair is just lovely" Snow smiled as she pinned back the last section of the girl's hair, "The colour isn't much like Regina's though"

"I get my hair colour from my dad" Lily said as she remembered her father and his place in the family crypt, she smiled a little at the fact that she could go and see him,

"It's beautiful" Snow chimed; she began to add small daisies into the girl's hair, lining the section of hair that was pinned up. When she was done she guided Lily over to the vanity and stood behind her as the child looked in the mirror, "You look amazing" Snow grinned, although there was a hint of sadness in her smile, it wasn't till that moment that Snow remembered the years she lost with Emma, how she would've loved to do this with Emma.

"Thank you" Lily smiled looking at her reflection, she turned to snow and hugged her tightly "I haven't known you for long but I feel like I can trust you, I feel like I was supposed to know you, like you're long lost family" Lily whispered,

"You are family" Snow added wrapping her arms around the small figure, "In proper terms you are my step-sister" she giggled as she pulled the thick curls of Lily's hair round to the front and stroked it down.

"Regina always taught that everyone is bad, that everyone would hurt me but I never thought that it'd be the other way round; that she would hurt me and other people would be the ones protecting me" Lily smiled looking up at her sister over her shoulder,

"All of us, who came here with you – we won't hurt you" She smiled,

"I spent all my life thinking you were evil, she told me that you were a murderer that you'd do nothing but hurt me – she just lied didn't she?" Lily asked turning around and facing the older girl, her eyes looked down at the ring that hung around her neck. Her mother had lied to her all those years which made her ask what she could believe; her mother may have made Lily's life from a lie.

Regina paced through the castle, there was way too much noise, way too many people. She sighed to herself and continued on to her bed chamber, she walked the many flights of stairs and waked across the corridor that led to her room and her bedchamber. She looked at Lily's door from the moment it came into view, it saddened her that she had to live here without her daughter, it saddened her that she had no idea where her daughter was or what happened to her. She decided that first thing tomorrow morning she'd go in search for the young girl. When she proceeded closer to the room she heard voices coming from it, this angered her as she'd specifically asked for no-one to inhabit that room, she walked with heavy steps toward the room,

"I said that NO-ONE was to set foot in this room, it is out of bounds!" She shouted as she flung the door wide open. She focused on who was in the room and gasped as deep brown hair met her eyes, she looked at the face of the girl and Daniel's eyes were looking straight at her,

"Lily…?" Regina stuttered as she felt a tear of shock dripped down her cheek,

"Momma" Lily gasped as she backed away shaking her head, "Snow, I can't do this"

Snow looked at Regina then at Lily and followed Lily,

"Lils, its ok you can" The woman smiled sweetly. Regina's face dropped into a frown as she realised the reaction she was getting from her daughter, this wasn't the happy re-union she expected.

"Lily, it's ok, it's only me" Regina smiled thinking that the girl might be mistaking her for someone else; she walked further into the room

"Stay away from me!" Lily yelled with a small shake in her voice, "Leave me alone!"

"What?" Regina asked in shock,

"Regina you'd best go, I'll explain to you later" Snow suggested looking at the distressed girl then at Regina,

"Stay OUT of this!" Regina shouted at snow, Lily shook in fear and more tears fell at a faster pace. Snow saw this reaction to the Queen's shouting,

"You are scaring her! Please just leave!" Snow said in a firm tone, Regina gasped a little before looking a Lily and seeing the fear that was evident; she shook her head and turned around running from the room.

"What have I done?" She asked herself as she ran toward her bedchamber.

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