PROLOGUE
"Luxa, are you sure she will be safe with me?"
Two figures stood in the darkness of the night. One of them had a small bundle in their arms.
"Gregor, you know that she will be safer in the Overland than the Underland."
"Luxa, she's your child!"
"She is your child as well, Overlander!"
"I know, but..."
Gregor was silenced by Luxa.
"Gregor. Please."
Gregor's fight seemed to drain out of him at that word.
"What's her name?" He looked at the bundle in Luxa's arms.
"Her name is Thalia."
Another figure pops up from, seemingly, the ground.
"Named after Thalia the flier." A male voice pipes up.
"Hazard, I told you...oh, never mind. Gregor, take her, please."
Gregor takes hold of the bundle, cradling it gently.
"Take good care of her, Gregor."
"I will."
"Fly you high." Luxa held his gaze for a few moments then slipped down into the Underland.
"Fly you high." Gregor whispered back, even though she wouldn't hear him.
He looked up at the starry sky, than down at the bundle.
"I guess we better get going." He said to no one but himself.
He walked away from the clearing, holding the little baby.