''Are you sure you're awake enough to walk him to school?'' Lillian turned to Regina and nodded before putting her coat on and giving Henry his own coat. Once again the teenager looked like she had been hit by a car driving by a horse. While Regina knew that Lillian had problems after she had cast the curse, it was obvious that Emma Swan's presence was hitting the teen very hard.
''I'm fine Regina, Ruby gave me so much coffee this morning that my heart may or may not be vibrating right now.'' Lillian got the house keys from her coat and unlocked the door.
''Oh, so I only have to worry about you passing out because of a heart attack, well that is much more comforting then falling asleep on the side of the road.'' Lillian put an arm around Henry and dragged Henry outside. Henry frowned when he saw a stranger in front of his house and both himself and Lily walked up to him.
''What are you doing here?'' The man looked up from his motor bike and smiled at Henry.
''Fixing my bike.'' Lillian frowned and pushed Henry behind her.
''We meant in Storybrook. Why would you need such a big suitcase, what's in it?'' She asked him, mentioning the gigantic suitcase on the back of his bike.
''just something I need to do what I came here for.'' He got his helmet on and smirked at Lillian.
''You should get him to school, looks like a storm coming.'' He then drove of and Henry turned around to his adoptive mother who called out their names.
''Henry, Lillian! Who was that?'' Both of them shrugged at the question and Lillian pushed Henry towards the school.
''We have to go, come on.'' Regina snapped her fingers.
''That reminds me, Lillian I need you to be ready to get Henry from school.'' Lillian waved her hand back.
''Got it!'' When they were far out of ear shot from Regina Henry looked at his baby-sitter.
''Do you know him? That man?'' She shook her head and rubbed her forehead, trying to remember the man.
''I have no idea, normally I recognize everyone... well almost everyone. Some of them are still fuzzy but I know all of their names at least. But to be honest with you, I have no idea who that man is... and I don't like it one bit.''
------------Once upon a time-------------
Lilith and Rumple appeared at the bay where Snow White was putting her boat to a stop. Lily turned to her mentor when he smiled and put his hands together.
''How much for this? Your boat, amazing craft ship.'' Snow White looked at the man before she turned to a fourteen year old Dark Lilith. A curious blink left her eyes before she turned to the woman before her with a small smirk, standing behind her mentor.
''It is not for sale.'' Lilith giggled and Rumpelstiltskin got out of the boat.
''Of course it is! No one comes here without a deal.''
''So you are Rumpelstiltskin?'' Rumpelstiltskin offered his hand to his student and she gratefully took it.
''Indeed he is, we have been looking forward to meeting you. You really are the fairest of them all, aren't you? How may we be of your service, princess?'' Lilith bowed to the woman before her when she softly mocked her title.
''I need a cure, for a broken heart.'' Lilith smirked and Rumpelstiltskin walked a little.
''Oh, the most painful of them all. We can not make him love you, magic can do a lot but it can not make someone love.'' Snow white shook her head rapidly and turned to the young teenager instead, hoping for a little bit of sympathy.
''Oh, no that's not the problem. We can't be together.'' Lilith nodded
''That, we can help you with.'' Rumpelstiltskin got a small bottle out of his coat and put it in the water, shaking it before passing it to Lily who closed her eyes and a white glow left her hands.
''That is all it takes?'' Lilith shook her head and looked at the woman.
''Well, not exactly. This is the basic... now we must make it... personal!'' She tore out one of Snow white's hair and smirked.
''The next time you'll see him... you won't even know him. Love is very powerful so the sacrifice must be great. But do not doubt yourself now. Love makes you weak, it has already killed more people than anything different. If you allow us to keep this one hair... that will be enough.'' Snow white nodded at the small teenager who gave her a last 'good luck' and then left with her mentor.
Lilith was listening closely to David's conversation with his father.
''Get that woman out of your head.'' Lily bite her lip and revealed herself to him.
''David? Do you remember me?'' The prince turned his head to the fourteen year old girl who appeared at his farm four months back.
''The dark Lilith. Of course I remember the one who destroyed my change of true love.'' She let her head fall down and looked at her black shoes.
''I'm sorry, I never meant for it to be this way. I want to help, can I give anything to Snow so she'll know you still love her?'' The prince looked shocked at her request, who wouldn't? The Dark Lilith offering an apology and help, he would have thought it was a set up, but he was thinking about showing his love for Snow White.
''Make sure this pigeon finds her, and all will be forgiven.''
-------------Once upon a time---------------
Lillian left the mayor's house after spending the night there. Henry had begged her to stay and Gold was busy with something so Lillian decided to stay that night.
''Henry, do you know if Lillian is feeling alright? She hasn't been getting enough rest these past last weeks.'' She asked her son, looking at the teenager who was leaving her garden at this moment. The Evil Queen never cared much about the Dark Lilith, but she had changed small things in Lillian so she did actually care about her. Henry raised his shoulders and turned back to his homework, leaving the mayor to her thoughts.
Lily walked into Granny's and took a seat at the bar in front of Ruby.
''Hey Lillian, how are you feeling?'' Mary Margret smiled at her and Lillian who rubbed her eyes.
''Tired, that would be the best description I think.'' The door opened again and both Lillian and Ruby turned around and smiled at David.
''Good morning David.'' Lillian greeted him.
''Oh, hey Lillian, how are you? I haven't seen you in a while.'' She nodded and Ruby gave him two coffee's before he looked at Mary Margret.
''Oh Mary Margret, morning.'' She faked to look up from her book and smiled.
''Morning!'' They were silent for a good few seconds before David left the diner, not long after Emma entered the diner and looked at Mary Margret. Lillian frowned and turned to Ruby.
''They've been coming here every morning to see each other, at first it was really sweet... now it's just sad.'' Lillian chuckled and took the muck of coffee, throwing it back in one go.
------------------Once upon a neverland---------------
Peter smirked to himself when he saw Tiger Lily working herself up. She always had to solve the mystery in front of her, no matter what she had to sacrifice. Just like she had once sacrificed Bealfire in order to solve the mystery of leaving Neverland. She had been a good sister to him, but not a good friend. She had left Bealfire and Neverland as soon as Rumple gave her a change. Pan had to admit that he wanted her back, not just because of his lost boys wanting her back, but because he had been in love with her ever since she arrived in Neverland all those years ago. She had fire and she was not afraid to show it, she was proud of it whenever he kissed her in front of all of his lost boys. He missed those kisses, even though he had forced the relationship but they were both proud of it. Peter looked over to his lost boys, then at Felix and nodded. Felix smiled at the boy, Lily and himself had been good friends and he did miss her a little. It would only be a matter of time before they had their princess back with them.
------------------Once upon a neverland--------------
Lillian was looking through every single story book from a fairy tale. She sighed to herself and closed another book.
''Why isn't he in any of these books... and why can't I remember him?'' she got her shoes on and walked downstairs to the actual diner. She decided to sleep at Granny's for the night in the hope of some rest. She walked in and saw Emma, Ruby, Granny and the stranger in the diner.
''Shouldn't you be sleeping right now?'' Lillian nodded and took the warm cocoa from Ruby. She rubbed her eyes and yawned.
''I couldn't sleep, way too much on my mind. I'm calling Regina tomorrow that I can't drop Henry off and I already called Gold that I'm not coming to the pawn shop.'' Ruby nodded.
''Now go to bed.'' Lily took the last sip and followed the stranger upstairs. He wanted to walk inside but she raised her hand stopping the door with her magic.
''I'm Lillian by the way. I was there with Henry, the boy who kept asking questions?'' He raised his head at her and nodded.
''Yes, I remember. I guess you're my neighbor?'' Lillian nodded and extended her arm.
''Nice to meet you ... ?'' ''August. August the writer.'' Lillian smiled, dropped his hand and walked into her own room. Dropping the magic on the door, finally letting August into his room.
Thank you for reading this chapter, I hope you enjoyed this! August is here, and I can't wait to work with his story! See you next week!
-X Violets-library