"It was the hugest ...oof! hugestest water wall I evered see!"
The little girl picked herself off the floor, her eyes wide and hands waving above her head. Her mother straightened herself in her chair.
"Is that so, darling? Well, don't worry about that anymore. It's time for you to go to bed."
The little girl was still prancing around the floor, re-telling the soldiers and servants exactly how tall the tsunami had been, when her mother nodded to the head nanny.
"Li'l miss, that's enough for tonight. Your mummy is a bit tired and needs her rest. Now, off to bed with ya, luv!"
The nanny gathered the little girl in her arms and listened to her story while carrying her off to her room.
"Everyone leave." The soldiers, servants, and nobles turned out of the room. When the room was cleared, the queen immediately stood up.
"Gowan." A man dropped from the ceiling and landed in front of her, his hood flying back. He bowed.
"Explain. I want to know how they were able to pull off something of this scale and why we were not aware of it."
"My queen," his head still bowed, "I apologize, but that should not be our primary concern at the moment."
She waited.
"It seems there is something more sinister than what they have let on."
The rain was warm, but the moment she had entered the forest, the woman felt a sudden change in the air. She walked quickly and silently, careful so as to not disturb anything that did not or should wish to be disturbed. With so much darkness, she had almost forgotten that there was a subtle fork in her path. Pulling her hood back, she looked nervously from left to right. She turned left and did not stop until she reached the Greater Forests. Hesitating only momentarily, she wrapped her cloak tighter around her body and began walking.
"How old is the child?"
"She is only four years, ma'rm. Her birthday is in 10 months." She shielded the child with her cloak from a few drops of rain.
"Will she be safe here?"
"A place in the woods will be quite safe. At least from her enemies. I doubt they'd be think'n of searching the old Abandoned Forest, now, would they?"
The man sighed. "Bring her in, then you must leave. I'm sorry, but that is how it is if she is to stay."
The woman nodded and quickly entered. Once she laid the child down on a bed, she kissed her one last time and left.
When she reached the castle's eastern wall, she knocked on a stone three times, then entered into a dark room. There, she stripped and re-dressed. When she emerged in front of the queen, her tears were dried and her composure regained.
"Good."
**Author's note: I'm not a skilled writer, I know. So this is just story is just for fun.