Long ago, there was a very tired Queen trying to get her two unruly daughters to go to sleep. Her husband has always been better at getting them tucked in. She silently cursed him for being out hunting but quickly recanted, the gods can be unforgiving in ancient woods.

The eldest, Marianne, was causing the most trouble. She would create stories of adventure and danger, while she and the youngest, Dawn, would act them out. The two would run around the room chasing ghosts or dragons or pirates, fighting evil wizards or corrupt kings, and saving an entire village. Drawing a a great breath, Marianne cried out

"But then the ancient Skeleton King rose fro-"

"I thought we already fought a king." Dawn interrupted

"We fought an evil king. The kind who took his people's money and left them with nothing but stones to eat." Marianne replied, stretching her arms and yawning loudly.

The queen took her chance.

"And what a lovely fight it was, but now you have to sleep." She said, and did they protest, insisting they weren't tired as they crawled into bed, claiming they could stay awake for hours as they wrapped themselves in their blankets. The queen was at the door when Dawn exclaimed "But how does the story end?"

The queen stopped and walked over to her daughters while finishing their epic.

"But then the ancient skeleton king rose from his tomb. With his evil staff he placed all the villagers under a dark spell that put them all to sleep. The two princesses realized that they had to fight the Skeleton King in their dreams. So with their pirates swords raised they charged at him and they fought him fiercely, and they beat him! So all the villagers woke up, and threw a great party in the honor of the warrior princesses."

Thunder rolled in the distance and the girls stiffened as if it were canon fire. The queen kissed Marianne's forehead and said "Just sleep and the storm will be over before you know it." As she kissed Dawn goodnight, she said "But what if I wake up and the storm is still there?"

"Than wake up Mari." The queen replied

"But what if Mari wont wake up?"

"Then come and find me."

The queen walked to the door and opened it and the lights from the hall to fall on her daughters.

"Goodnight, ma." Their voices called

"Goodnight, girls." The queen replied before shutting the door behind her, leaving the girls in darkness.