Chapter 1: Full Moon

Gale clenched the sides of his head with closed fists as he sat impatiently outside of the hospital room. He heard screams and Dr. Jin calmly instructing Anna. Gale could only imagine Anissa patting Anna's head with a cool, damp cloth. He wanted the screams to stop. He wanted Anna to be alright. He shut his eyes and tried to remember happier times.


After Anna had returned, the next week, Gale and Anna were wed under the bright and beautiful moonlight. Their wedding night had been wonderful and their life following that night had been absolutely perfect. Together they watched the town change before them for the better. The fires burned brightly, the waters produced an abundance of fish, the fields harvested beautiful shining crops, the wind blew a friendly breeze, and the hearts of all were united in love. Gale loved his wife, his friend, and his Anna deeply and on the day that he found out that they were expecting, he was overjoyed!

Anna grew plump and her belly swelled, and Gale found her more attractive than the first day that he met her. Anna reminded Gale of how Isabelle looked when she was pregnant with her. He smiled at the memory of the deceased mother and at the soon to be mother. Gale rubbed Anna's stomach frequently and sung the sweet lullaby that Isabelle taught them. He could not wait until the baby was big enough where the gender could be determined. However, that day never came.

"Gale," Anna placed her hand on his. She was seated with her legs propped under her body on the green sofa. Her other hand softly rubbed her belly. "Stop worrying about the baby. It is fine."

"But Anna," Gale groaned, "I could see you… I don't understand… why I can't see the baby now…"

Anna removed her hand from his hand and touched his bronzed cheek. "Gale, please don't be worried." She kissed her husband lips to reassure him that she was not worried and then she leaned back into her spot with a sigh. "Why…" Anna laughed breathlessly, "Is it so hard to move?"

Gale grabbed another "How To" book for taking care of a child and shoved his nose deep into the book.

"Darling," Anna smirked and propped her arms up on the couch, "Please stop reading those books."

"I have to know what I am dealing with, Anna." Gale continued to read.

Anna sighed and used magic to remove the book from his grasp, "It's not the matter of what you are dealing with," She shifted her position to cuddle close to him, "But who you are dealing with."

He wrapped his arms around her loosely and with one of his hands he ran it through her glossy auburn hair. Gale chuckled, "I guess whomever comes out of you will be a handful."

Anna glared at him and stuck her tongue out at him. He quickly took her tongue with his lips and stole a precious kiss.


Gale… Anna moaned.

Gale shot his head up and jumped out of his seat in the waiting room. He raced towards the room where his love was in and reached for the door.

"Ah!" Dr. Jin startled, "I was just about fetch you."

"How is she?" Gale ignored the small talk.

"She is fine," the doctor patted Gale's shoulder, "Congratulations, you're a father now."

Gale's heart raced with excitement and moved around the doctor to see Anna. She was soaked in sweat and there was a small, adorable sleeping baby in her arms. Gale immediately joined her side and was in awe at the little child.

"See what we can create without magic?" Anna softly laughed.

"It's beautiful." Gale gently rubbed the baby's fluff of light brown hair, "What gender is it?"

"Her name is Luna." Anna leaned her head against Gale's chest and Gale adjusted himself next to Anna on the delivery bed.

"Luna…" Gale repeated his daughter's name with a smile, "When will we be able to take her home with us?"

"As long as everything goes well tonight," Anna said tiredly, "Then tomorrow." She yawned.

Gale kissed Anna's head and Luna's as well, "You two better get your rest now." He started to move, but was stopped by Anna's voice.

"Stay with us, Gale." Anna begged, "Please, don't leave now."

Gale returned his position on the bed and allowed Anna to fall asleep.


Eight stars fell all in a row and created a circle in the ground where Gale stood and above him was a bright and beautiful moon. He was in a field in an unfamiliar land, which led him to create a defensive barrier, as a precautionary measure, but he did not sense any evil in these fallen stars. The eight bright stars faded and turned into eight tiny sprites.

"Hello!" The yellow female one spoke first.

"Who are you?" Gale asked silently. He knew after having several premonitions in the past that he necessarily did not have to speak in order for his visions to hear him.

"The eight Harvest Sprites of Waffle Island!" Another sprite in green spoke up happily.

"Shut it you nincompoop!" A red Harvest Sprite bonked the green one's head.

"What do you want with me?" Gale asked all of them a bit on edge.

"Find her, save him." The small purple one spoke.

Gale froze. He had not heard that phrase in a very long time, so long that he eventually forgot about it. "What about it?" He hesitated.

"That was the message that we had to give to you." The green one spoke again, but more hesitant than before.

The blue one followed, "We were told that you would know what this meant."

"I thought I did…" He sighed and then shook his head, "Who told you that?"

"Our Harvest Goddess," the orange one answered, "and that's all we know."

"Wonderful…" Gale groaned and looked up towards the night sky. He saw the bright full moon shining brilliantly against the dark, misty sky.


Gale opened his eyes to see the moon shining in through the cracks of the hospital blinds and they illuminated Luna's baby face. When Gale gazed his eyes on her, he saw her beautiful two-toned eyes. Her left eye was emerald, like Gale's, and her right eye was chocolate, like Anna's. Then it hit him…

It's her…