She never really understood the feverance and euphoria that the other Queens seemed to experience when speaking of their children. Then again, Queen Aurora didn't understand the point of children in general. Of course, she understood the practical use of them as an heir to the throne but other than that, she didn't understand why anyone wanted to willingly have one outside of that.

She felt bewildered when Queen Blaise spoke of her five sons with a brilliant smile on her face despite the fact that a majority of her stories were about the disasters her eldest son, Wohl, led his small pack of brothers into. Queen Cascade often bragged every few minutes about the vast intelligence and maturity that her daughter, Yamul, had which was promptly challenged by Queen Ivy and the tales of her own thirteen children. Queen Talia and Queen Emmaline often gushed together over their oldest sons, Randa and Aaron, respectively while also including random stories of their other children that Aurora had long since lost track of. The only one who didn't say anything was Crescent, the one King to sit among the Queens, who happened to be expecting his first child in less than a few months; he had been insistent on listening to the experiences of others to train himself for his future while his wife remained in bed.

There was such an abundance of stories that the other Queens pulled together that Aurora wasn't even sure whose child belonged to who at this point; to her, all children sounded like the same person. Well, not really people in her opinion. More like… creatures. Filthy little creatures who never knew how to take care of themselves or who caused horrifying messes, and were so needy all the time. They were disease carriers, disgusting little germ sacks who didn't understand what it meant to be clean, neat, and graceful. Overall, they disgusted Aurora and she had made it clear to the other Queens that she had no aspirations to ever have a child, even in the case of needing an heir.

They often laughed when she said it, never taking her seriously even though Aurora never made jokes(or, any jokes that others found humorous). They talked about how it would have to happen eventually, how Aurora couldn't avoid it forever, but Aurora didn't believe them. So long as she took the necessary precautions, she would never have to worry about one of these horrifying little monsters entering her life.

"Where has the pain been most prominent, Your Highness?" The doctor asked as she shifted closer to Aurora, who was sitting down and biting her lip to keep from wincing.

"Primarily… this area." Aurora began as she motioned to her abdomen; the doctor placed her hands on Aurora and tried to find the source of the pain."It's been like this for a few weeks. William said not to take anything and to have it checked by you but I thought it was a waste of time…" Aurora had refused to go to the doctor on the basis that she had other important things to do but her husband was persistent on her at least getting a check up."Can we please just hurry up with this? I have a few meetings scheduled this afternoon and I don't want this cutting into my day."

"I would assume your physical health is much more important than work, Your Highness…" the doctor mumbled as she continued checking Aurora, who acted like she hadn't heard a thing. It's not like it was something new; William often got upset with her if she tried to deny seeing a doctor when she was under the weather. At this point, Aurora had trained herself to ignore his speech whenever she refused so it meant nothing coming from someone else.

"Just hurry up and tell me I need a certain tea or something." Aurora had already pinned her pain on frivolous things, such as sleeping the wrong way or having poor posture-she didn't sleep or sit in any other way but the ladylike version but it was still possible-and that it could be resolved with a simple cup of tea or a painkiller. The doctor didn't pause in checking her however which just continued to augment Aurora's annoyance. Just as she was about to demand that she stop and let her leave, the doctor stopped moving and instead seemed to be thinking."What would you recommend Doctor? So I can leave already." Aurora was already beginning to feel concerned as to making it on time for her meetings even though she had plenty of time before the first one even began.

"Honestly," The doctor began as she stepped away from Aurora; she didn't know why but she figured there was a good reason." What I recommend now is that you go back to your bedroom and rest, Your Highness." Aurora scoffed at that suggestion with an eye roll to signify her disbelief.

"I have too much work to do to just go sit in bed."

"But Your Highness… the King conveyed to me prior to us meeting that you have been feeling this pain for a few weeks now."

"Yes, and? William always overreacts. I could sniffle and he'd think I'm coming down with something."

"And that some additional symptoms have accompanied it?"

"A few here and there but nothing I can't handle."

"Such as tenderness in your breasts?"

"Any woman can feel that. And considering I'm on my feet or doing work nearly all day, I have a lot attributing to that."

"Increased fatigue and tiredness?"

"You clearly do not understand how much work is expected of someone in my position. Who wouldn't be tired?" The doctor sighed, their own frustration slowly increasing with every one of Aurora's statements or rebuttals."What I'm getting from this check up is that this was a waste of my time." Aurora stood up from her seat, instantly heading towards the door."I have better things to do now."

"Your Highness." The doctor stated although this time her tone was much more serious than it had been the whole meeting. Aurora groaned but she managed to do it quietly before turning around.

"Yes?"

"The king has informed me that you are late."

"Yes, yes I am. Late for my meetings. Late to complete my work." Aurora once again turned to leave but the doctor had reached her limit and grasped Aurora's arm before she could go."Unhand me! I have work to do!"

"I apologize for stepping out of line a bit but Your Highness, you cannot possibly be this obsessed with work or so dense as to not realize what I am trying to convey!"

"Do explain to me then what I am not understanding!" Aurora hissed as she glared towards the doctor, who pressed her lips together into a thin line before narrowing her eyes in return.

"Fine then, Your Highness. Perhaps the word 'pregnancy' is something you have heard of?"

William was often known for his happy-go-lucky attitude. It was said that nothing could take away his smile and many of the Kings and Queens who have met him would say the same thing. That is, until everyone changes the topic to William and Aurora's marriage.

To those who have seen their relationship, they would describe Aurora as a handful. She never went along with William's general mood and was often the one who ruined the fun at parties, mainly just by showing up. She was a complete opposite to William's lively nature and many questioned why he had even married her in the first place. Had he been forced into it by the previous members of the royal family? Had he been tricked? Did they promise him some grand reward? Of course, no one would ever say these things in front of Aurora, as they were partially frightened of her, but William often heard these questions and rumors and tried his best to deflect them, explaining that he married Aurora out of love.

Although sometimes he questioned himself on that front, such as when he entered the palace after finishing up at a meeting; normally, Aurora would have attended but William had insisted that she see the doctor instead and that he would handle it. He had just walked into the palace when he heard a string of angry words combined with a mixture of frustrated yells and noises; the sounds were echoing throughout the halls but William still knew the source of it. He hurried towards the medical wing of the palace and opened the door. He didn't even have time to ask what happened when Aurora whipped around to face him, her anger expressed vividly on her face.

"This is your fault!" She screamed at him before rushing over to him as though she was about to claw at his face. William barely had a chance to step back and avoid it but Aurora's momentum still threw her forward and she knocked William down to the floor by accident; upon realizing she had landed on him, she proceeded to repeatedly beat his chest with her fists, continuing to shout that it was his fault. William hadn't even been in the same room as her for a minute and yet Aurora was already mad at him.

"W-What did I do?" He stuttered out, more confused than in pain; Aurora's punches barely hurt but that didn't mean he didn't feel a little pain emotionally that she was trying to attack him."I just got here!"

"You…! You did this!" She shouted at him with her eyes narrowed."You put this… this thing in me!" William was still bewildered but he slowly began to decipher what Aurora was trying to say."You promised that we wouldn't have any! You lied! You tricked me!" Her hits slowly decreased in speed and power until eventually, Aurora was barely touching him and instead she had evolved into a frustrated mess of tears.

She shifted off of him and buried her face in her hands, shaking slightly throughout; William sat up and he wrapped his arms around her, in an attempt to comfort her. Aurora rarely cried for anything so for her to break down now was pretty serious to him."I don't want one. I don't want it, William, I don't want it. Please, take it out. Please, I don't want it." She continued to repeat this as she gave him a begging look, desperate for him to do something; but even if William had the power to take out what would soon grow to be his child from her womb, he wouldn't do it.

Instead, he gave her a gentle smile and pulled her closer."I'm sorry darling. I don't know how this happened," That was a complete lie of course as William had practically done everything besides sell his soul to the devil to have this happen."But it'll be fine. I swear on it." Aurora continued to sob in his arms with William at the very least attempting to calm her. He paused for a moment however and showed off his genuine smile to the doctor who recognized that look and realized that William had intended for this to happen, or was at least happy that it had.

"When do you think she'll be due?"