The faeries keep to themselves these days. Well, they've kept to themselves for some time, now, so long that few know more of the tale of Pinocchio than the much-mistaken version the humans know.
I suppose it doesn't help that faeries can't know much about him, making it an uncomfortable topic of study. So much of his past has been lost in time. All that they can know comes from another lost faerie child of one's marriage to a human, but few of the younger generations like lamenting a woman so long gone.
There might've been hope for her, had she not found he we call "Pinocchio." But then, without him she may have ultimately done something drastic, more horrible than she actually did.
We will never know.
PERSPECTIVE
Even the outcast is responsible for his—or in this case, her— actions, but that doesn't mean others cannot also be at fault.
This dark retelling of Pinocchio shall be more the tale of his overyoung friend than Pinocchio's story, but that'll be because the young historian can only learn of her forefather from what's known of her foremother.
Unfortunately, it's very hard to figure out how to structure the style and message I want to get across, because there are certain points that must be in it, but how to put them in is problematic. I'll be very happy when I can figure out how to structure this one on the technical level, though admittedly the thought of writing it kinda twists my stomach.
Why? Well, insanity and attempted suicide are central to the plot, along with murders and a child out of wedlock. This will not be suitable for children.