"My queen, they're coming!" She turned from the window revealing the little bundle of joy she held in her hand. I looked up to see tears flooding her dark blue-purple eyes and running down the sides of her beautiful face as she tried to turn her head to look away from the baby and acknowledge my presence.
From the way she looked at me with worry and sadness I could tell that whatever she was about to say would be the most dreadful words ever to be spoken by a mother.
With quivering lips she spoke. "Creon, you have served me faithfully and loyally for more than one hundred years and I would take your word over anyone's. But now I am going to entrust you with my pride, my world, my one and only child. I need you to take her somewhere safe, where she won't be harmed by the dangers of this world...."
"But my queen...."
"Creon please..." She begged. "She's not safe here....please".
I saw the terror on her face, heard the fear in her voice and I knew she was right. "As you wish". I took the baby and watched as she kissed the princess for the last time and rubbed her index finger over the baby's royal birthmark.
"Keep her safe" she said as she chanted a few magical words under her breath and opened the portal which led to another world. I looked back at her for the last time, capturing her marvellous beauty before stepping into the portal and disappearing into another world.
