I grew up on a farm on the outskirts of the capital city. On my eighteenth birthday I met my mate. I was shocked to learn that he was the king. We were mated and married right away. As the queen to the silver dragon kingdom it was my responsibility to give my king and mate an heir. So when I got pregnant everyone was excited. Dragons only carried their young for five months and I was scared as hell. Luckily everything went fine up until the night I delivered.

The weather outside was horrible. Thunder and lighting all around. Rain pouring, no visibly to speak of. I stand at the window trying to see my mate. As I look up at the moon I shiver and pray to the gods he returns in time. It is the night of not only the full moon but the blood moon as well. I shiver again as a cold draft passes by me. I wish I was back in my cottage again instead of the queen of all Arcadia. As the next contraction hit I curled into myself and climb back onto my bed. I looked up at the nanny and wondered again if my mate would make it in time. From the minute the first contraction hit I knew something was wrong. I sent my mate for the doctor three hours ago. But he has not returned and I am beginning to get worried.I look at Lucy and can't help but wonder why she asked to be our nanny. She has two children of her own at home but decided to walk away from them to help raise my baby. I still have to wonder why. She gets a cold washcloth and wipes my forehead for me as the contraction ends.

"You are doing well my queen. That one wasn't bad at all."

"Don't call me that please, I am your cousin not your queen. I never wanted to be queen. I just wanted to be left alone and work in my garden. Ohhhh where are they. Another one is coming. Lucy I feel the need to push but I'm afraid to."

"I don't think we have a choice I think I see a the head."

"No,no,no,no I don't think I can do this. I need the doctor, and I need my mate."

Unfortunately I can't wait anymore, as I begin to push I feel this preasure between my legs and then it releases. Then I hear crying. Lucy cleans up the baby and hands it to me.

"Congratulations my queen you have a son. He is perfect. He will make a great king."

"Lucy I need to push again."

"Yes my queen it's the after birth. Go ahead and push."

After I delivered the after birth I thought I was done. I closed my eyes to rest while Lucy put the baby in the crib. Then I hear the door open and my mate and the doctor rushes in. And that's when the contraction started again. The doctor stopped to look at the baby and pronounced him healthy. Then he came to me. He checked things but then looked at my mate. The look they shared scared me. I started to silently cry when the doctor turned and said,"The second child is breech. We can either try to deliver normally or we can do a cesarean delivery. Both options have pros and cons. If we do things normally we might loose mother and child or if we perform the operation we run a risk of loosing one or the other. Or things could go well and both mother and child are safe. I will leave it up to you. But you must decide soon."

I look at my mate as our son starts crying. It's almost like he knows he's going to loose his sibling. My mate looks at the doctor and says," Do the operation, if you need blood take mine. But save the baby please."

Five minutes later my daughter is laying on my chest as the doctor closes me up. Things went well, we are both okay. Then the doctor says," No stress, Stay in bed for the next week. You should be fully healed by then. Both babies are healthy, although when you see your daughters eyes you will notice she is different."

I pick up my daughter and we look at her face, as she opens her eyes we both gasp. She has the most beautiful purple eyes. My son will be a king but my daughter is also special. I know in my soul the gods have plans for her.

As my mate takes the children to the nursery he has the court photographer take picture of both of us. He has them take picture of our birthmark as well as full body pictures. Then he sends them out to develop the pictures and sends the doctor home now that the storm has calmed I go to sleep.

Three hours later....

"Let's go you fool, I want those children. If I raise them I will be the most powerful being in the realm. No one would dare go against me if I were to control them."

As they enter the nursery they look in the crib. They see two beautiful babies, one boy with sky blue eyes and one girl with light violet eyes.

You take the girl, I will grab the boy. Let's go before we are seen. We will meet by the river like we planned. Now go you fool."

The man runs out of the room with the baby girl only to screw up and run into the guards. They are both shocked for a moment. And that gives him enough time to scoot around them. As he runs away they hear the baby cry. They yell at him to stop and then chase after him as they call more guards. With all of the noise in the hall the person in the nursery gets mad," I knew he would screw it up."

Just before the guards run into the nursery the person hits her head on the table and knocks herself out.

Meanwhile the man with the baby girl is running for his life. He knows if he stops now he will be dead. He makes it to the river but the women is not there. He hears them coming so he runs away. Fifteen minutes later he makes it to a boat down the river. He puts the baby in the boat and sets it a drift. Then he runs the other way. He disappeared after that night never to be seen again.

Meanwhile the baby floats down the river for many hours till the boat bumps against the shore. She lands near a farm on the outskirts of the Sun Kingdom. The farmer and his wife are out doing the summer planting when they hear the baby cry. Once they find the baby they look around but find no other person around they talk about it and decide to keep the baby. From this day on she is known as Bella.