Once upon a time...
Frowning softly in thought, the Knight's embellished helm turned slowly from side to side. "No," she replied quietly. "She was... normal. Like any happy child." Studying the royal family while nobles made their obeciance, her eyes landed on the Queen.
"How about you? Do you remember how the Queen was able to become pregnant? It's where all of this began, isn't it. And your Fairy became known as Dark after it happened... She may have done something..."
Somehing that allowed a barren woman to bear child, or otherwise allowed a seedless man to concieve. A bargain? A pact? A spell gone wrong? Something was causing that darkness in the eyes of the girl, and if they kept in mind that this was a fairytale, the answer couldn't be too complex.
"Whatever it was must have been bad, if the only witness was exiled and discredited," she pondered out loud, half to herself.
"How about you? Do you remember how the Queen was able to become pregnant? It's where all of this began, isn't it. And your Fairy became known as Dark after it happened... She may have done something..."
Somehing that allowed a barren woman to bear child, or otherwise allowed a seedless man to concieve. A bargain? A pact? A spell gone wrong? Something was causing that darkness in the eyes of the girl, and if they kept in mind that this was a fairytale, the answer couldn't be too complex.
"Whatever it was must have been bad, if the only witness was exiled and discredited," she pondered out loud, half to herself.
The End
