Silvery Moonlight
DISLCAIMER: I don't own anything but the soundtrack and the movie.
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Maria walked along the lake.
It was night and the warmth of the dark air around her hugged her in its comfortable embrace.
The children were asleep and she had planned on following suit, but as she closed her new drapes for the night and packed away the play clothes she had just finished making, she saw the stars reflecting off the calm water and was overcome by the beauty of the scene.
It was much the hills outside the Abbey. The beauty was beckoning for her to come and take her part.
She pulled the drapes shut lightly and walked down to the garden, moving quickly; not wanting anything to change in the time it took her to get there.
She gasped as she stepped onto the terrace.
She felt like singing, but she didn't have words to express the scene, so she hummed a familiar tune and walked along the water's edge, admiring nature.
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Maria awoke the next morning and the sun was shining lightly through the thin drapes. She smiled to herself before stretching and sitting up. With the Captain in Vienna, she had nothing to fear, and she had a nice exciting day for the children planned.
"Nothing to fear, indeed," she thought as she dressed quickly. "It's best that he's gone, he would never approve." And yet, there was a still certain guilt in her stomach. She knew that what she was doing was right, after all, they were children, they deserved to be happy, but the Captain was their father.
"What he doesn't know can't hurt him," she decided, shaking away her doubts and picking up the play-clothes she had made as she left the room, closing the door quietly behind her.
