Fragments of Time ( A Disney Twisted Wonderland x OC story) Book I

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The Black SUV pulled into the gravel driveway, the lean iron bars framing overhead the path entrance that led to Aunt Samantha's house. The path had led to a quaint two-story brick house, lush vegetation growing around to give that simplistic feel to the neighborhood.

As a dear relative to the Lucchesi family, Samantha loved all her children dearly, supplying them with all she believed they needed: comfort, support, love. Especially the youngest.

"Okay, Squirt, we're here." The young man hit the brake so the back car door was parallel to the white front door of the house. He shook his black bangs out of his hair, grey eyes framed by long lashes and thick eyebrows, with a chiseled jaw and sharp nose. The looks of a grown young man, specifically inherited from his father.

"Don't wanna make Aunty wait. Remember what happened when we were kids?" A young blonde woman teased from the passenger seat. Just a year in at nineteen and she still held a sense of playfulness. Strong amber pierced even through the rays of late afternoon sun, thin pink lips smiled gently, staring at her younger sister, her peachy cheeks turned up.

"E-Elaine! I thought we'd never speak of that!" The second sister spoke in from the back, pushing her deep brown locks away, even if they were swept up and out of her face by a hairtie and a white bandanna acting as a ribbon. Straightening out her form fitting tee, she checked to make sure she had all she needed before reaching for the foot handle.

"Hey, Charlie." The girl looked up at the sound of her name. She faced her brother, Shawn, looking him in the eye, waiting. Just one look and she saw it. That feeling that turned her stomach. Made her want to vomit, cry, or even scream in pain.

"Just...." he hesitated. He didn't know what to say. And who wouldn't? After....

"....take it easy. Call us if anything happens. We love you, remember." Elaine senses the air tending and decided to simmer it before things could turn dark.

Charlie could only nod mutely, looking away. She didn't want to remember that day.....but like a tattoo, it was there permanently, to scar your being.

But they were right. Even if it was hard, she still needed to be strong. Looking up, she pulled a smile, a sad one, and said her goodbyes.

"Good luck on your report. And don't be so nervous about the final edits on your book. You'll both do great!" She encourages. Even if something bad went down, Charlie still kept her hopes up for others and their futures. Elaine's Novel sentry a publishers in New York and Shawn's notes for his trip across Europe being put into a report to be presented the board of directors at his university.

"Don't worry. It'll be a snap!" Shawn brushed off, smiling awkwardly. Elaine laughed and hugged her sister goodbye. Shawn ruffles her head, something that usually irked Charlie, as the teen turned and pushed open the car door.

She slipped out and grabbed her pink and cream overnight bag, and her deluxe blue travel suitcase. She pushed the door shut with her elbow, just as the engine revived to life. She waved goodbye to her brother and sister as the car drove forward and out the other entrance, vanishing around the corner.

Charlie sighed and turned to look at the house. Just seeing the place brought back many memories, bad and good. And now, it would be her temporary home for the time.

Snatching the handle, she dragged her suitcase up to the front door, her shoulder bag hitting her rib cage lightly as she walked. Just as she made it to the front, it swung open.