Prologue
The breeze began blowing through the forest, bringing the whispers of news from across the land. It stopped for a few seconds to ponder the strange sensation that was being felt. A gale from the west was coming, but with malevolence. It was not expecting feel something that cold come this way. Slowly the breeze began to fade and as it left the gale swept in and with it came snow that would cause the near death of a mother and child.
There was no sound in the in the small cottage in the woods. A woman had just had a baby born. The child, however, was silent. No sound of life was coming from its small mouth. No cry of the first breath ever taken in life. The silence was thicker than snow that was falling outside. The mother was sobbing in her bed and beside her was her mother. Feeling the pain of her daughter. Slowly, the woman began to regain control of her emotions and began to think of an answer for her daughter.