The Beginning

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Amara was packing up for the day when she felt a sharp pain in her lower abdomen, the little girl in her womb was wanting to be born sighing she got up and promptly collapsed and felt her mind disappear into black nothing.

Amara felt the heaviness over her mind recede enough to see the blood everywhere. Blinking away the fuzziness she noticed the baby lying on her chest. Carefully sitting up she grabbed the cloth off her bench and swaddled the baby in cloth. Standing up she grimaced at the pain everywhere she could feel.

Later lying in the hot water that she was having her bath in and watching the blood cloud the water, she remembered that she wouldn't have time to look after her, sighing she got up.  She got dressed and wrapped the baby in blankets grabbing a sheet of paper and writing:

'To the person who finds this baby, her name is' glancing out the window for something to call to call her she decided 'Ash' after the ash tree swaying outside the window

Then walking out of the cabin she walked to where she knew that baby Ash would be found the next morning. Carefully placing her down she tucked the note into the blanket and walked away.

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