Fantasy AUs

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[itsafamilyname]

...I know dear, I know. It... it isn't easy. It might not be for a while.

[8footswordlady]

It might not be ever.

[itsafamilyname]

Nothing lasts forever. For better and for worse.

[8footswordlady]

It's been my whole life. How long did I even have before I was up there, getting... trained... indoctrinated...

I don't know anything but that and running from them.

[itsafamilyname]

...if there's one thing I've learned... life is longer than you expect. There's lots of times to see a different way.

[8footswordlady]

I hope you're right...

[itsafamilyname]

I turned 40 last year and I've lived in almost three different countries at this point. The person I was at your age... I don't know how much we have in common anymore.

But... I suppose I carry her with me, trying to find a better home for her than she had.

There's things you'll hold onto and things you won't. And either way, you'll find something good for it all.

[8footswordlady]

Yeah, but... god, Mom, the last twenty years--how miserable was it for you?

[itsafamilyname]

Well... even if the fae lands were tough... I always had one thing keeping me going. To try and keep the present bright and the future brighter.

[8footswordlady]

The kid they kidnapped and made you raise?

[itsafamilyname]

Like I said. You find ways to make your own present bright. And seeing you grow up, even during times like this...

It means the world to me.

[8footswordlady]

Hey mom...

If you had the chance, would you have given me back?

[itsafamilyname]

[Oof. Fuck. She looks stricken.]

...that... would have been the right thing to do. For the king and queen. And... morality.

[8footswordlady]

But would you have?

[itsafamilyname]

...If... I had the power or the nerve to be selfish about it...

...I would have taken you far, far away from both the fae and the royals. Someplace where you... could just be my little girl.

[8footswordlady]

Would you have ever told me the truth? [She doesn't know how to feel about this at all.]

[itsafamilyname]

[...In her fantasies, it never comes up. The truth becomes that she's Adora's real mom.

But she knows there's no use living in fantasy.]

If I had that freedom... without question.

[8footswordlady]

What if... what if I'd wanted to go back?

[This is a lot of conjecture adora[

[itsafamilyname]

...then we'd do what we could to get you back.

[8footswordlady]

[She's... not sure she believes Leslie, to be honest.]

[itsafamilyname]

...if I'm honest, I don't know how I would be able to prove it to the royals. Without how tense and stressful everything got... there might not have been a different way you could've been reunited with them that didn't involve getting stonewalled by the guards.

[8footswordlady]

Well... the queen always trusted you, right? She might have listened.

[itsafamilyname]

I wouldn't have any idea how to contact her. Maybe a letter, but any assistant could throw it out for not having an official seal.

I guess I'd probably have to... break in? Just to try and explain it? I hope that wouldn't make me look crazy...

[This conjecture is taking her brain to weird places.]

[8footswordlady]

[She's quiet a long moment.]

... Why is everyone so sure the fae didn't just... lie about who I was?

[itsafamilyname]

...they operate in exact words. Outright lies... they struggle with that.