BEWITCHED!

2_ THE WHITE MOON

Ales stood beside the King and his wife where she lay with her son.

"Sire" he called.

"Yes, what is the matter?" He turned back

"We received the news, that a child was born blind" Ales says, getting the attention of the King and Queen.

"What?" King Aindrea, looked out the window, he hadn't even noticed the moon yet, he glanced at his son and the Queen.

"A midwife gave the information" Ales bows slightly.

"I want them killed immediately!" His voice screamed rage. "The mother of the child and the person that birthed the child!" He says.

"Yes, sire!" Ales says, moving backwards as he exited the room.

"Why?" Queen Chara held his hand, he looked at his wife. "Why kill so much?" She says.

"I would kill anyone that tries to ruin me or my kingdom" he took his hand away from hers, walking out of the room.

"You are already a monster" Queen Chara whispered.

***

Diona rode in the darkness of the night, with her child wrapped at her back as she fled into the forest.

As she rode the moon followed her giving her path light.

A woman who had just given birth was on the run, she became weak and weaker about to drop from the horse, she heard something.

"Find her immediately!" Diona's eyes opened wide, she gripped the horse and continued faster.

Finally, the horse stopped, she looked around and she was in the centre of the forest.

"Help me!" She begged, still on her horse Lola hadn't told her any words to use, she looked around no one was responding to her words. What was she supposed to say? She thought hard.

"Please help me! My child is about to be killed so am I! I need your help!' she begged in agony. She felt her breath seize slowly, looking at her child she took a deep breath, her eyes covered in tears. "Someone please" she whimpered laying on the horse.

"Welcome" a woman's voice filled the forest, Diona looked up to find where the voice came from but the forest was empty, no one was there just her.

Was she hearing things? She thought, maybe she was running mad. Suddenly a light appears, shining around her, she saw fireflies leading her to a cottage. She spots a woman in a white dress.

Diona cleaned her eyes, walking towards the cottage, she passed upon a little bridge the water was glowing blue.

"I want her dead or alive!" Diona turned back, she spotted the armies who were after her, they were hundreds of them trying to kill just one child.

"You're safe now, they can not see you," The woman says, walking out of the cottage.

Diona felt relieved by her words, she got down from the horse and stared at her, her eyes struggled to close. She could feel her body becoming weak and weaker than before as she struggled to her breathe.

"T-thank..." She dropped to the floor.

Diona opened her eyes, she was laying on a wooden bed. She had her child close to her, she was sleeping.

"Running from King Aindrea?" The old woman says.

Diona cleared her throat, looking at her, she wasn't sure if she could open up to her just yet.

"I believe you've come for something" she turned back.

"Yes," she looked at her baby "Not for me but"

"Your blind child" she moved closer to her, how did she know?

"Yes, can you cure her?" She asked.

"I can help, it's good you brought her here on a full moon," the old lady says.

"How can I pay for this?"

"You do not have to, I'm only doing what I should," she says, getting up.

"Thank you! I'm forever grateful to you!" She says, holding her hand together.

"Bring the young master," the old lady says, Diona paused she didn't just hear well.

"Okay," she heads upstairs without complaining.

Diona picked up her baby, she covered her well and headed downstairs, by the time she got there the old lady was outside leaving the cottage.

"Bring her here," she directs, standing by the lake she had passed not quite long.

Diona took her steps, moving closer to her. She placed her baby in her arms.

"Stay back," she told her, she took the child gently, putting her into the lake.

"But-" she watched her, a child in the water would definitely kill the baby, was she trying to kill her child? she thought.

(Enchanting) Diona stopped seeing the water glow brighter around her child. Soon after she let go of the child making her baby sink into the water, her enchantment became louder she got up raising her two hands to the sky.

Diona moved away, with her eyes still focused on the child. She tried to move forward scared that her child would die.

Her child's eyes opened wide, and as they changed colour, they became brighter and white like the moon.

The lady took her out of the water, and just then she began to cry. Diona stood afar watching her hold her child so well.

"Won't you hold her?" The lady said, Diona leg shook as she came closer, she watched her carefully, the lady handed her the baby girl.

"Her eyes?" Diona says, shocked she had the eyes of Selene, (white with a black pupil) this made her very beautiful, she was something she had never seen before.

"You've birthed a great one you must protect her at all cost," the old lady says, smiling at her.

"Liviana" Diona whispered, smiling at her baby girl who cried a lot.

"White moon?" Gaia, the old lady says.

"Her eyes are that of the moon, she's so beautiful" she smiled so brightly.

"She is, and her name is lovely" Gaia raised her gaze to the white moon, shiny bright at them.

"Yeah," Diona's eyes turned red with tears gathering in, "I can't believe she's mine," she says, as the tears rolled down.