Swan Heart

2

"Time stands still. My queen, we must find the heir quickly." The man said urgently.

"I agree. Why have we not found her yet?" The queen asked sighing.

The man thought a moment before answering honestly,"I believe we have, however we do not know it quite yet."

The queen nodded before leaving the man to think. She had not told anyone yet. She knew she should tell the man, however she could not.

"Why can I not tell him? He will find out soon enough." She said aloud to herself.

In her mind she thought, What am I to do when he does find out?

~*~

Lillian sat up slowly. Blinking the sleep from her eyes she looked around her surroundings. Her eyes widened as she took in the unfamiliar white walls of the spacious room.

The events of the previous day came rushing back to her. She clutched her head and screamed as she felt the familiar pain of a migraine.

"What is it what's wrong?" A familiar voice said running into the room.

Lillian couldn't speak through the pain.

"Come on, you gotta tell me something." Erin said carefully holding Lillian's shoulders.

"Mi...g...raine." She managed to spit out before she was hit with pain causing her to curl up into a fatal position.

"Ju Lin! I need you now!" Erin yelled running out of the room.

"No...E...rin. Ple...ase do...n't..." She was cut off as the pain grew too much and she started fading into unconsciousness.

Lillian, I need you to be strong. There's always gonna be days where you want to curl up and die. I'm sure this is one of those times, but you have to fight so the pain doesn't consume you. A voice said tearing through her mind making her hurt even more.

She screamed again.

"Lillian! Erin, quickly fetch me a pail of water." Lillian heard Ju Lin yell before succumbing to the pain once again.

A cold liquid was suddenly dumped onto her curing her migraine instantly. She slumped to the ground, hugging her knees.

"Erin would you draw a bath for Lillian, she's starting to shiver." Ju Lin told him holding Lillian's hands.

Lillian was freezing despite the fact that she just had a bucket of water dropped onto her head. She had chills from the voice she heard.

"I'm...fin...e." She barely managed to get out before shivering uncontrollably.

"Come along. Erin is done." Ju Lin said helping Lillian to her feet and wrapping a blanket around her shoulders.

Lillian nodded in thanks before slowly walking towards her bath. She savored the water this time, taking her time to heat up.

She got out after a while and put on fresh clothes that Ju Lin had laid out for her.

"Thank you." Lillian said quickly as Erin walked her back to her cell.

"For what?" He inquired.

"Helping me. So far everyone I've met has been nice to me and I'm not sure why. You have to realize I am considering the fact that I am a prisoner." She admitted running a hand through her wet hair.

Erin smiled. "Oh, Lillian. Why wouldn't we treat you well? You lived with us all for the first five years of your life."

"You see that's what I don't understand. I have no memory of this place or it's inhabitants." She admitted waving her hands around.