As Different as Day and Night

The Beginning

A long time ago, on the beautiful continent of Celestar, there were three kingdoms. The Human kingdom of Xantala was ruled by the royal bloodline of Calon's. The kingdom of Faela, ruled by their beloved king and queen the Camilla's, they being werecats look as that of humans, but with cat ears and tails. Finally the Stoic and Mighty Kingdom Leinfall, ruled by the werewolves of Leidolf. These three kingdoms made the beautiful land of Celestar. Xantala ruled the north, Faela to the south east, and Leinfall to the south west. In the fifteenth year of the Lainen Dynasty a war of the continent broke out. Kingdom against kingdom, army against army, life against life. The war lasted ten years, luckily the royal families united ending the war in a peace treaty made to bring each kingdom together, in order to keep the peace of the kingdoms each royal family decided that every fall till winter they would unite and live together peacefully, celebrating everybody's traditions and lifestyles together.

Year Seventy-Four of the Lainen Dynasty, eighth day of spring. In the Kingdom of Faela, a beautiful woman with long, wavy, golden, blonde hair, white cat ear and tail, with deep ocean blue eyes, Queen Naila, out on her morning walk admires her beautiful lilies that have grown in the royal garden. Walking towards the gazebo she pulls out a garden chair and sits down to drink tea and enjoy the wonderful calm weather. A tall man follows slowly behind, his short platinum white hair and silver ears blow in the air, and his deep purple eyes watch his beautiful wife as she closes her eyes inhaling the cool, refreshing air. King Taelo walks to her placing his right hand on her cheek before bending down kissing her stomache, " Good morning my love and to our beautiful child to be born soon." Smiling she slides her fingers through his hair, "soon my love, our beautiful Lily will be with us." Chuckling, "you mean our strong Lain is born." Naila turns away from Taelo pouting at his words. "You know she will be a girl." Taelo smiled as he wrapped his arms around her from behind and whispered in her ear of his love to her. "Mother! Father!" A small boy with blonde hair white cat ears and tail, and blue eyes ran to them jumping into the kings arms. "Father! I finished my lessons and did my sword practice, can I play with you and mother now?" Smiling Naila stood up beside them getting ready to speak, when something struck her, her water had broke. Falling to the ground Naila screams in pain as she feels the child coming. "Taelo!" Rushing to her side he lifts her up immediately heading for their bedroom. "Michael, get the royal doctor! Now!" The royal guard of the king rushes to find the doctor for the queen, the young Prince Pierce follows behind watching his father panic over his mother. Finally reaching the bedroom Naila yells in pain. Laying her down gently on the bed, "Naila, it's ok the royal physician is on his way, it won't be much longer," Naila nods as sweat drips from her body, she groans and grips her husband and child's hands tightly. The royal physician soon rushes in with the maids and asks the king to walk out while they proceed to help the queen give birth. Picking up Pierce he walks out of the room closing the door behind him. "Father, Mother will be ok." The young by hugs his father's neck trying not to cry.

While the queen is giving birth his highness's royal gaurd Michael had been followed by Taelo's brother Pailin and his wife Falla. "My King! How is the Queen?" "Yes, brother-in-law how is her highness?" Pacing back and forth Taelo doesnt't answer. Taelo looks to michael to get rid of the two. "Sir Pailin his highness is extremely worried for her highness right now, we will give you news when we learn of something." Michael replies for Taelo, knowing how his highness feels about his brother. Pailin walks off hurriedly biting his lip angrily, while Falla followed behind yelling at him, trying to keep up with his steps. Bowing to Taelo, "Your Majesty I have taken care of Sir Pailin and Lady Falla." Slowing down his walk he looks at Michael and sighs, "Thank you Michael." Sitting down in the nearest chair he covers his face with his hands, filled with worry for his wife. Thinking back of the memories when Pierce was born, there were complications during the queen's first pregnancy which almost killed her. It took months for her to recover, before she could finally sit up enough just to talk and then a year later before she could walk again. Pierce was now eight and he was doing great. He was healthy and growing like any other child. But, even so the worry over came he as he waited solemnly for the news of how everything went.

Hours passed before everything finally went silent. It was now night time and everything was silent except for the cries of a small baby. Rushing into the bedroom Taelo heads towards the bed holding his Naila's face in his hands kissing her before letting her go looking at her with their foreheads together. "You did an amazing job." Pierce crawls onto the bed looking at the small child in his mother's arms. Naila pulls the blanket away from the babies revealing the child's face. "This is your little sister Liliana, Lily for short. Do you like it?" The little baby came out with the royal hair and eyes of the kingdom white hair and her eyes opened to be deep royal purple, and her small ears and tail were a silky white almost translucent to her hair that you couldn't tell if they were there or not. The young boy smiled looking at his mother, "Don't worry Mother I will protect you and Lily forever, together with Father." Taelo smiled and nodded as both Pierce and Taelo lay on the bed beside Naila. Taelo watching them all fall asleep together.

Taelo watched his family sleep before getting up to talk to the royal Physician. "Lial how is her highness?" "My King, her highness did excellent this time she pulled through and her body did excellent, there were no complications at all." The king sighed in relief, "But, your Majesty the child I am worried for her." Taelo turns in a panic. "What is wrong with my child?!" he grabs a hold of Physician Lial shaking him, "What's wrong with her?!" Lial lowers his voice while looking around to make sure no one else can here them. "You Majesty the little princess is... She has been born with the mark of the Goddess." Pausing he takes a breath. "Your highness you know of the prophecy if this is true then the little princess will be in danger until the time of her ascendance." Taelo releases Physician Lial's shoulders, "Your Maj-" Taelo cuts him off before he continues his sentence. Looking at Physician Lial he speaks firmly, showing his true nature as the king, "No one is to know of this. You will hide the mark, and make sure no one in this kingdom, no one in this world will know of it!" "Or you will die...." Bowing down to the king agreeing and he leaves to starts working out his plans to help Taelo in hiding the young princess's birth mark covering the small child's back. The beautiful mark of the Goddess, the Phoenix Fire.