ND1999 Rem Decan, Sylphday 37th

"Congratulations, Your Majesty, you have a healthy baby girl!"

Queen Ameldha of Kimlasca-Lanvaldear only gave a tired, yet satisfied smile. She might look a bit pale and her hair in disarray, but there was a motherly glow floating on her face as she listened to the sweet cries of her newborn baby.

"Give her to me, I have to see her."

The midwife obeyed after she wiped the blood off the baby with a warm towel. She gently placed the newborn in the mother's waiting arms. The Queen gazed down on her daughter for the first time and felt her breath stop for a moment.

"... She is beautiful..."

Glassy eyes filled with tears of happiness as she lovingly traced the new Princess' features. Hair with the color of sunset, small nose, pink lips and rosy colored skin. Her eyes were still hidden under the eyelids, but surely they were just as beautiful as the rest of her.

An angel...

My angel.

"You will grow up to be an angel, won't you? So gorgeous that your father has to mobilize the entire army just to bat away the guys from you," Ameldha giggled lightly at her own mental image, "My baby will be the prettiest baby ever."

With a gentle kiss on the Princess' forehead and a beaming smile, the Queen looked up and said, "Please inform His Majesty at once, I'm sure he is eager to meet his child."

"As you wish."

King Ingobert VI of Kimlasca-Lanvaldear had to remind himself not to run down the hall. He had to keep his steps steady as he walked to the nursery. Running in the hall was not how a dignified King behaved, he had to maintain a calm facade no matter how impatient he was to see his family.

Behind him were a pair of guards and a Scorer of his own choosing to read his promised daughter's birth Score. After all it was a worldwide tradition to read a birth Score in front of the parents as a guidepost for the child's future.

When he finally reached the nursery, he instructed the guards to stay outside and beckoned the Scorer to come with him. The door opened to reveal a smiling midwife and a somewhat nervous nanny.

"Congratulations Your Majesty, you have a little angel."

The King could feel his lips twitch upward at midwife's word as he nodded when the midwife excused herself.

An angel? As expected from the Princess of Kimlasca-Lanvaldear.

His eyes fell on the nanny and the said woman instantly straightened her posture before she curtsied and scampered off to give the new family their privacy. Ingobert noted the strange behavior but decided to wave it off for now since he had a more pressing matter to deal with, such as greeting his wife and daughter.

As the door closed behind them, the Scorer bowed to the Royal Family and began to introduce himself, "Greetings Your Majesties, my name is Elison and it is a great honor to be given the chance to read a birth Score for Princess Natalia."

"Likewise, Sir Elison. We are hoping to hear a bright future for our daughter," answered the Queen kindly while she adjusted her hold on the sleeping baby in her arms.

"Tell me the future of Natalia Luzu Kimlasca-Lanvaldear," ordered Ingobert, which the Scorer answered with an "As you ordered, Your Majesty."

The small stone in the Scorer's palm began to glow as he used the seventh fonons to read it.

But then the Royal Family was alarmed when suddenly the Scorer's body language started to change.

Both the King and Queen shared a worried look, and Queen Ameldha drew her daughter closer to her bosom as if to protect her.

The Scorer's face paled and he broke into a cold sweat. His body trembled and his grip of the stone tightened. He raised his gaze full of fear to the slumbering Princess in her mother's cradle and opened his mouth to shout the last word the Royal Couple ever expected.

"MONSTER!"

AN: And with this I admit that descriptive writing is not my strong point. And with this I admit that cliffhanger is not my strong point. I still want to use them tho... Oh well. *shrugs*

Many thanks to IHaveNoIdea8 for beta-ing this chapter.