Once Upon A Ever After!

Chapter 34: Mother and Daughter Part 3!

Real World!
      Madison ran into the station and ignored Rachel, which she never does, and walked intyo Lilly's office. Madison closes and locked the door and closed the curtains to the glass window. She turned to face Lily who was now looking at her confused. "What the hell is going on?" Lily asked as she put down her pen and papers. "It's Ms. Gold." Madison replied. Lily sighed and looked down. She looked back up at her friend. "What are you talking about?" Lily asked. She decided to play along, for now. "I'm talking about her having this secret safe in the back of her shop with the apple." Madison replied as she took off her jacket and put it on a chair that's to the side. "What does that even mean?" Lily asked, getting tired and a little annoyed. "The apple that the Evil Queen gave Snow White. She has it, and she'll probably use it on the one person that can make sure you follow your destiny, like she always wanted." Madison replied. "You?" Lily asked. "Daring Charming. The love of your life." Madison replied.
      Lily rolled her eyes and stood up. "You mean Daniel?" Lily replied and Madison nodded. "Yes." Madison replied. "He is not the love of my life. Love isn't worth it, anyeays, and even if I did fall in love.... It wouldn't be with him." Lily stated. "But it was, and you didn't believe love was worthless. You use to say that when you were younger, but that was only because you felt like you had to because of your mother." Madison stated and Lily sighed as she shook her head. "I can't do this." L iky stated. Then Madison's eyes widened. "She might actually give it to me, because I am the only one whi remembers, meaning I'm the only one who can make you remember. If she knows tbat, then I might as well already have my head chopped off. Since it is, you know, your mom, the Queen of Hearts." Madison explained. "Yeah, I get it." Lily stated. "Good, now we must steal it." Madison stated, in a low voice. "No." Lily stated. "What?" Madison asked. "I said no." Lily replied as she crossed her arms. "Are you serious right now?" Madison asked and Lily shrugged. "Yeah, I really am being serious." Lily replied and Madison sighed as she walked closer to her skeptical friend. "You have to help me." Madison stated. "I can't and you can't either. I'm a cop and I love it, I could loose my job if I steal or if I don't arrest someone that steals, and I really don't want to arrest you. So please, go home and stay safe. Stop trying to get yourself in trouble, you need help." Likt explained and Madison felt tears in her eyes. "Is that really how you feel?" Madison asked as a tear rolled down her cheek. Lily sighed as she uncrossed her arms and let them fly next to her sides. "Yes." Lily replied. "I see." Madison stated. "Madison." Lily stated as she stepped closer, but Madison stepped a few pages backwards. Madison took one more look at her and turned around and walked away as Lily sighed and shook her head, sitting back at her desk.

Flashback!
      Lizzie walked into the back yard, when two guards stopped her. "Move out of the way." Lizzie stated. "We're not supposed to let you leave the palace, Madame." One card guard stated. Lizzie sighed and rolled her eyes. "It's just outside of the palace, with a gate around it, and I just want.... No, need.... To talk to my mom." Lizzie stated. "We will give her the message and she will meet you inside." The other card guard stated. "I want to speak to my mother now and I will not just up and leave because I know what the stakes are! So you guys need to move before I chop both of your heads off!" Lizzie exclaimed as she raided her voice. She looked from each one of the card guards and they looked at each other as they shivered and then back to the princess. They both moved out of the way without a word, and Lizzie smirked as she walked past them and over to the croquet field.
     Lizzie walked over to her mother. Ms. Hearts stopped what she was doing as she saw her daughter coming towards her. She put her croquet stuff down and turned to face Lizzie as she walked closer to her. "Mother." Lizzie stated. "Elizabeth, you were supposed to stay inside the palace at all times." Ms. Hearts stated and Lizzie shrugged. "The guards agreed to let me come out here if I stay in the gates and I agreed to not chop their heads off." Lizzie stated with a fake smile. Ms. Hearts gave a genuine smile at her daughter. "That's my nasty girl, maybe you are just like me after all." Ms. Hearts stated and Lizzie frowned. "I am nothing like you." Lizzie stated. "But you are, more then you'll like to admit." Ms. Hearts stated. "No. I am my own person. Maybe I am a little like you, but that's the part I hate about myself and the part that scares me the most. I don't want to be like you, ever. You manipulate people and threaten people, yell at people, chop people's heads off, and force your own daughter to stay locked up like Belle from Beauty and the Beast. But the difference about that is the fact that shte was captive by choice in order to save her father. I am being held captive by my own mother so I can stay away from the love of my life and follow my destiny, which the only part I have ever wanted to follow was being queen, but I wanted to be a good and nice queen that everyone loves and respects. I wanted to marry Daring and rule Wonderland as we start a family. But I can't have that now because you decided it was your job to ruin my life, and guess what, you ruined it alright." Lizzie explained and Ms. Hearts sighed. "At least now I know how you feel." Ms. Hearts stated and Lizzie nodded as she held back her tears. "Yeah, now you do." Lizzie stated. She turned her back on her mother and walked back into the palace.
      Lizzie walked back to her room and closed and locked the door. She looked around and sighed as she held her head in her hands. She put her hands down and wiped the tears off of her face. She walked into the restroom that is connected to her room and washed her face. She walked out and walked into her walk in closet. Inside her walk in closet is a cabinet. She opened it and saw weapons she owned. A sword, two daggers, a crossbow, and a whole lot of arrows. She packed them in her duffle bag. She zipped it up and walked out. She sent to her window and looked out, looking at the front of the paliace. She opened it up and smiled when she saw a cloud there. She knew it was Cari. She got on it and closed the window, then she realized only Cari or her Cari's dad could steer it. She sighed, but waited as she tried to be patient, because Cari is so much smarter then that and she knows that Cari must have a plan. Then the cloud started moving on its own, but she was steering it. She held on, as her heart pounded a bit, and she hoped Cari was somehow driving it.
    The gang decided to leave Alistair's house and Cari took them up on a cloud and to the sky, where her house stood. She had a cloud house, and that's where she lived. They were afraid to step on it, and afraid tbat they'll fall through, since they're not like Cari or her dad. But she had the power to let them not fall off, just like she does on her clouds, which tbeyre not actually supposed to be able to fly on, because they don't have her powers. But Cari did a spell to make her cloud house solid enough for her friends and boyfriend to walk on, just like she did with the cloud that Lizzie is currently on. Cari is sitting on her couch and focusing all of her energy and strength on where Lizzie is. She has her eyes closed,because she can sense where Lizzie is. So she she steered her to where they are now, glad tbat her plan worked.