Prologue

There was a quiet hush over the cave. Everything was silent except for a baby girl in her humming mother's arms. The baby squealed with joy at the sound of her mother's hum, not knowing the danger lurking around them. "Hush, my child. Calm yourself for tonight's slumber." The mother whispered to the baby. The little girl silenced her squealing before yawning in her mother's arms and snuggling closer to her.

*Tap* *Tap*

The mother laid her baby on the floor when she heard the sound of footsteps creeping towards the cave. Ready to fight, she stood by the cave's entrance lowering her energy level so that her opponent would not notice her.

As the footsteps got closer to the entrance, she readied herself for the attack. Finally they stopped. "Amarantha, are you there, love?" Her husband stood in the entrance, searching for her in the darkness of the cave. "It's only me, Dykon." Amarantha stumbled out of the darkness in tears relieved from the thought that she'd never see her spouse again.

"We have to leave. Now. It's not safe here. We're still in risk of them coming for her." He was referring to their daughter, who was deemed to become a very powerful warrior one day. Amarantha nodded her head. She knew how dangerous it was to keep her baby with her. It was too easy to track all three of them at once, but what if they were separated? The thought made her cry. Losing her baby was the last thing she wanted. She needed to protect her somehow and that was the only logical idea she had. It was either they split up or die.

Amarantha looked at her husband, trying to look stronger, "We need to split up." The words shook him. "What?" He had lost his train of thought. He didn't want to leave his family. "All of us. I'll send the baby to a different galaxy. We'll also go to a different galaxy. Separate galaxies. We can't risk being killed. We can't risk her life."

"I understand." Dykon hoped his wife knew what she was doing. For the baby's sake.

Strapping her baby in the space pod, Amarantha hummed a melody to her baby and kissed its cheek. She looked at the baby with sad eyes, not wanting to depart with her. "I wish it didn't have to be this way." The baby, fast asleep, smiled at the sound of her mother's voice.

"I'll be with you again someday, my child."