Meridia huffed as presperation streaked down her forehead. She had been pushing for ages, trying to give her child life. Azura held her hand tightly, trying to encourage the Daedric Prince of Life. Meridia cried out at another contraction. Azura looked at her friend in worry. The nurse looked up at her in slight relief.

"She's doing fine, my lady. I can see the head, she's almost there."

Azura dabbed Meridia forehead and patted her hand for some sort of comfort.

"Come on, Meridia. One last push! You can do it! For your child!"

Meridia's face lit up with determination. She screamed in agony.

"FOR... MY CHILD!"

She went limp as the sounds of a babe entered the room. Her eyes were darkened and her face looked so strained and tired. She lifted her head weakly and faintly smiled at the small bundle the nurse was just finishing wrapping. She smiled back at the Lady of Infinite Energies.

"You have a beautiful daughter, my lady."

She held out her arms and was graced with the softness of the blanket her daughter was being caressed in. She started to cry and looked at Azura.

"She's perfect."

Azura looked over to see and smiled brighter then the dawn. The babe had her mothers stern look scrunched on her little face. Meridia smiled and put a gentle finger to her daughters little head.

"My little one, would you like to see your Aunt Azura?"

The baby squirmed a little and opened her eyes. Both Azura and Meridia were surprised to be met with startling golden eyes, like a wolf in the night. They had expected normal blue newborn eyes, but smiled at the little girl non-the-less. She reached out to Azura, making her smile. Meridia looked so weak and tired, so Azura gently picked up the little one from her grasp. Immediantly, Meridia fell asleep. Azura chuckled at her friend and looked at the little one as she walked out.

"Let's let your mother have a few minutes of sleep, little one. She needs it after being with you for nine months..."

The baby gurgled, making Azura laugh.

Azura was sitting with the newborn, when Sheogorath barged in, looking frantic. His eyes found her and he worriedly rushed over.

"Where's Meridia? Is she..."

Azura giggled at the worried Prince of Madness.

"She's fine, Sheo, she's just resting."

At that moment, the babe gurgled for more attention to her. This caught Sheogorath's attention.

"Is... Is this my little one?"

Azura smiled, holding the baby up for him to hold. He looked nervous at first, but ever so gently picked up the small creature. She waved her arms up, giggling merrily up at the white bearded man. He looked at her eyes mostly and looked as startled as the women when he saw them. He smiled tenderly at his daughter after a moment.

"She's beautiful... Just like her mother..."

"Well I would think so since she's my daughter."

He turned around to see Meridia in the doorway of the birthing chamber, looking a little better, but radiant in Sheogorath's eyes. He smiled at her lovingly.

"My love, I'm glad your awake, but that can't possibly be you..."

She raised an eyebrow in question.

"Because my wife has become more lovely then ever overnight somehow, but it seems impossible."

She relaxed and came over, lightly slapping his arm.

"You and your flattery, Sheo."

He chuckled and sat next to Azura, followed by Meridia at his side. She looked over to the bundle that was her child and smiled.

"Isn't she perfect, my love?"

He smiled and kissed his wife on the forehead.

"Yes, she is. I'm so sorry I wasn't here to witness her birth though."

Meridia smiled, kissing his cheek with affection.

"It's alright. I preferred not to let you see and hear me screaming in pain. Besides, Azura was there to help me through it."

He nodded towards the Lady of Twilight. She smiled and mouthed "my pleasure". Turning his attention back to his wife and child, he noticed that the babe was whimpering for her mother.

"Meridia, I think she wants you."

She looked down at her daughter and smiled, picking her upg with a motherly glow around her.

"Are you hungry, little one?"

The baby stopped crying and looked at her mother pleadingly. Meridia laughed at her daughter, beginning to help guide her child to latch on. She did so quickly and feasted contently. Azura felt she should let the family have some time alone, and hugged them both gently.

"I'll let you all get acquainted. I'll see you later,"

She held a hand to the little one.

"Be good for your parents"

With that she left the two Daedric Princes to smile down at their beautiful daughter.

Meridia was in the kitchen, cooking dinner when she heard her daughter cry again. She grinned to herself and went to her bedroom. As she walked, her mind wandered back to a name for her child. She and her husband had been trying to think of one since her birth, a name worthy of their daughter. She smiled down at her screaming daughter, picking her up, trying to soothe her.

"Shh shhh it's alright, little one. Your fine, your alright. Your mothers here..."

At the sound of her mothers soothing tone, the babe calmed down. She sighed contently and murmered into her mothers shoulder tiredly. Meridia sat on the bed, holding her daughter in a loving embrace. She looked back at her baby's face and smiled. She had most of her mothers features except for her eyes and her mischevious grin that was inherited from her father. A name struck her as she stared at her child.

"Nereida..."

She remembered her mother saying she had thought of that name for herself when she was born, but found her current name more suitable. She looked down at her baby and smiled at the name.

"Nereida?"

The babe responded to the name by looking up at her and giggling. Meridia smiled. Just then, Sheogorath came in, smiling at the scene.

"What's with all the giggling going on in here?"

Meridia came up to him, kissing him as she explained.

"I think I've found a name for our daughter..."

He smiled and looked over her shoulder at their little bundle of joy.

"Oh? And what would that be?"

She turned to her daughter, then back to her husband.

"How does Nereida sound?"

He grinned widely. He kissed his daughter lightly on the cheek, followed by his wife.

"It's a perfect name, for our perfect daughter."

She started to murmered in her sleep, making Meridia place her in her crib gently.

"Goodnight Nereida... We love you..."

Nereida smiled in her sleep as her mother and father left with smiles of their own.