Lili's story as told in Legend had been mostly accurate, well except for a few glaring omissions and some over exaggerations but this had been mostly to protect the children.
The story of course had a much more conventional "happier" ending than the true story, the Producer had decided the true telling wasn't going to "play" to a modern less open minded audience.
Lili of course was almost as beautiful, naiive and innocent as the movie's story had portrayed her, but her curiosity and willfulness had been deliberately underplayed. Her independent streak and fierce intelligence were almost entirely missing from the finished piece, the world at the time was too misogynistic and patriarchal to accept the truth about the real Princess.
The main issue with the story however was that it was all told in metaphors and the ending had been changed completely so as to be acceptable to the "children" as Darkness, the Producer, chose to call the mortal humans. They'd told the story perfectly, right up to Lili's meeting with Darkness, but then they'd made the story's version of her reject Darkness to make the story morally palatable to the children. In reality of course she had been shocked and had even fainted when Darkness had made his "big" entrance through the mirror.
It felt embarrassing for her looking back on it but she had been a young woman then and he was such a diva, he had to have the melodramatic moment with that entrance through the mirror. The problem was the writer's then had extrapolated that into a flat out ejection of his offer, it was ridiculous. Darkness' gifts had, after all, been divine. The dress, those jewels, the knowledge of the truth of reality! Sure Darkness may be a beast sometimes but his taste was truly exquisite. What young woman could seriously turn down such decadent gifts. Once you got past his horns and cloven feet he was actually very handsome, and his body, oh his body, was something else, he had muscles in places where muscles shouldn't exist. Touching his warm firm skin was enough to almost make Lili almost lose her sanity.
If handsome and built hadn't been enough, Darkness was charming, funny, intelligent and compassionate.
He, unlike some deities, hadn't wasted an eternity sat around doing nothing luxuriating in their power, instead he'd spent his time absorbing millennia of knowledge. Whenever he was bored he would seek out the finest minds and spend hours talking with them, learning. When he had leant all he could he would return then unharmed as if nothing had happened. He wanted to grow and evolve become a better version of himself which is more than could ever be said for the Light.
The Light's certainty had always been their biggest flaw. They were always so sure, so certain of their motives, certain they were good, oh but they were so fucking self righteous.
The more Lili learned the more disgusted she became at the Light, they were a sanctimonious holier than thou unaware ass. The Light didn't grow, they didn't adapt, they ruled the children only through fear. They weren't a good, pure benevolent deity, they were a vindictive jealous dictator. Lili's hatred for The Light burned stronger with each piece of new information she learned about the Light's oppression of the children.
Lili gave herself to Darkness the first night they had met. She savored every moment after with him, whether she was sucking and fucking his mighty cock or sat cuddling on his lap whilst discussing philosophy or physics. She was his devoted lover, pupil, confidant, slave, and master.
He had so much to teach her so as well as casual pillow talk she had formal lessons on diverse subjects. Her lessons ranged across many eclectic subjects from philosophy and psychology, to divinity and magic. Her lessons included all the sciences and even fashion and beautyseduction. From time to time as a reward he would bring world renowned experts to stay with them as Lili mastered each of her studies.
Over the decades they had several visitors stay with them as "guest" professors and playthings. Lili's favorite stayed with them for several years. She was a brilliant innocent young woman, with a mind that was questioning and insightful. She may have been Lily's professor but in many ways Stefanie Hawking was also her pupil, they took turns in teaching each other many lessons.
After almost a decade of wonder Darkness came to Lili,
"Do you want Stefi to stay here permanently Lili?"
"Of course, she's my best friend and our lover she's taught me so much, we have learned together, I can't bare to be without her, please let me keep her"
"I shall my Queen, her time was at an end on that plane of existence when I took her so you may keep her as long as she wants to stay", Lili was overjoyed but then she say Darkness' face take on a sombre look and her heart sunk, "But I must ask something of you in return"
"Anything my King", Lili answered earnestly.
"You have been here so long my love it is time to see if you have mastered your gifts"
"I have learnt all you have taught me and passed all the tests, I am ready" Lili knelt before him castng her eyes down
"To be sure of your expertise I want you to go into the world and spend some time with the children" I saw a deep sadness in his eyes, almost a tear welling up
Panic gripped me, "No, please don't send me away, I can't bare to be away from you"
"You must my Queen, I have taught you much, but to rule with me you must go amongst your future subjects and experience their lives. The Light's hold over them. You must demonstrate your mastery of your gifts and share them"
"But they don't know you my King, they are unworthy, they are beholden to that thing" I was distraught, why would he cast me out amongst these unworthy Light worshippers
"Then you must spread my word to all who will hear for I cannot, I would only terrify them", I could see his reluctance to continue, his voice cracking with emotion, "You will not see me until you have learnt what you need to, I would just be a distraction to you from your quest"
"No my Prince" I cried as I leapt up in to his arms, but he wasn't there. I leapt through the void and landed on a soft bed and immediately broke down into distraught tears of loss, "My Prince, oh my Lord" crying inconsolably I eventually fell into a fitful sleep dreaming of my loss.
