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It was quiet night, where the moon shone full, though inside a small shack in the slums of Balbadd, it was not silent at all. "Push Anise, push, your nearly there, just one more push and the head will be out!" The doctor stood between Anise's legs as she did her best to follow his orders to push. She was exhausted, she had been in labour for nine hours already but she couldn't give up now.

"AAARRGGGHHH!" Yelling out she pushed as hard as she could when she felt her next contraction. And with that final push the baby was born crying out loudly as if to announce his birth for all to hear. Panting heavily Anise relaxed on the bed as the midwife cleaned her beautiful baby up.

"It's a boy, Anise a strong healthy baby boy, he looks so much like you dear!" Wrapping the baby in a wool blanket the midwife passes him to his mother. He calms the instance he's nestled in the crook of his mothers arm, facing upward he opens eyes and beautiful golden orbs gaze upon his mother for the first time. Wisps of yellow hair adorn his head and a wide smile graces his face, he squeals reaching up to his mothers face.

"Ohh, my beautiful baby boy, oh look at you my handsome little man ,your going to be such a lady killer when you grow." cooing at her baby, Anise leans back so she can prepare to give her baby his first feed. The doctor comes over to give a quick check over the mother and her new son, when all seems well he congratulates her and tells her to come see him if anything occurs and then leaves the building into the cool night to go home and get some rest.

"Anise, I'll just finish cleaning up and then I'll head to bed in the next room and don't be afraid to wake me up if you need, be sure to get some sleep soon, oh I almost forgot have you decided on a name for him." The midwife ambles around the room cleaning up the mess that had occur during Anise's labour, placing the dirty sheets in a basket.

"Alibaba, that's what I'll name him, a strong name for a strong man." Anise watches as her little Alibaba suckles and gently strokes his hair. The midwife finishes her cleaning and begins to walk to the next comment to the excellent name choice.

"Well I'm off the bed now dear is there anything else you want before I go to bed." The midwife stands near the door watching Anise as she thinks as to whether or not she needs anything. Just as Anise goes to open her mouth she spies something out of the corner of her eye.

"Yes, there is one thing can you bring me those hair clips from over on that table." Looking over at where Anise is pointing midwife retrieves the pair of jeweled clips. The clips themselves not all that interesting being a bland silver, it was what adorned them, that attracted the eye. Beautiful opalescent orbs the size of eyes were attached the each clip's end with beaded string that hung from underneath the orbs along with a soft white down feather. The orbs had a large golden spot on each of them making them not only the size of eyes but appear as if they were as well.

"Oh what beautiful clips my dear where ever did you get them." The midwife looks at the clips as she hands them over to Anise. Anise stares at the clips as she ponders on what to say, she couldn't tell her she had received them from the king of Balbadd, the father of her child, after all that would be scandalous.

"A good friend of mine gave them to me, he had found them on a trip out into the central desert, said they reminded him of me, he's such a charmer that man." It wasn't a complete lie, the king and her had been friends before they had fell in love and he did claim to have found them on a trip to the central desert, he really had said they reminded him of her. Accepting that answer the midwife walked over to the next room, said goodnight and passed through the door shutting it behind her.

Anise waited a short time till she was sure the midwife gone to bed before she stared at the clips in the palm of her hand. They were glowing, she hadn't noticed it before but now that she thought back to the birth she realized that they had been glowing ever since Alibaba had been born, as if his birth had awakened something inside or rather someone. It was then the her little Alibaba noticed the clips and gurgled happily reaching out to them and the closer he got the bright the clips glowed.

"What on earth is happening, oh what should I do ... you really want them don't you Ali, just wait a little bit mama is just going to make sure they won't hurt you and them you can have them okay." Watching as Alibaba started to pout, she gently soothed her baby before examining the clips in her palm. They glowed softly as rolled them around in her palm.

"Oh this is going to sound silly, look at your silly mama Ali, she's going to talk to hair clips, well here goes." Clearing her cheat a bit with a soft cough and adjusting Alibaba in the crook of her right arm, she opened her mouth and spoke. "Umm, well, ah hello is there anyone in there, um its just that my son wants these clips but there glowing and stuff or well your glowing and stuff and and I really must sound like a crazy person but if there's anything or anybody in there please tell me your not going to hurt my son."

As she finishes speaking, the clips do nothing but continue to glow softly, she really didn't know what else to do. Alibaba then started to become restless, trying to reach over to the clips but them being just out of reach. He starts to sniffle and Anise panics slightly, not wanting him to cry she hands over the clips to her son and prays that nothing bad happens.

As Alibaba finally grasps the clips they shine brightly almost blindingly, before they stop glowing completely, Alibaba giggling happily before letting out a sleepy yawn and closing his eyes. Baffled at what just happen, she looks to her now sleeping son and the clips in his grasp and then she hears it, a voice.

"Hello Anise, I apologise for not speaking earlier but until your son held me in his grasp I had no way of speaking with you and I'm afraid I don't have much time to speak to you either, your son is young and hasn't a lot of magoi, though he has much more then a normal child does. Back to the point and I ask that you don't interrupt me, so that I may say what I need to, we may have a chance to speak in the future." Shocked Anise merely nods.

"Thank you Anise, my name is Sindra and I know it may sound silly but I am a god, I was betrayed by my closest friends and my lover many years ago and they have reduced me to this. My body torn apart and changed into ten artifacts, they appear as pieces of jewellery, the clips that your son now has is one of those pieces more specifically my core pair of eyes. My soul has been seal inside an enchanted stone box and the only reason I can speak to you right now is because, I managed to create a bond to each of my artifacts before they finished sealing me , so that I could access the outside world and hopefully find some one to help restore me. Are you following me Anise or do you need a moment to collect your thoughts?"

"Just a moment please, I'm sorry but this is a lot to process." Rubbing her head with her free hand she looks at her son sleeping peacefully before she

"That is quite alright I understand its a lot to process. Now where was I?" Mumbling Sindra collected his thoughts and continued his story.

"After I was sealed I fell into a deep sleep awaiting who ever would be the one who could set me free. I have had many people hold my artifacts but none have ever been worthy none until your son, Alibaba. I'm not entirely sure as to how it happen but the moment your son was born, the moment he took his breath, I felt something powerful, something beautiful. Your son, he has such a beautiful soul and so much potential and though he is still young I believe he can restore me to my former self and when he does I will reward him generously. I am asking for your permission to allow him to keep me because you are his mother and if you believe it is best that we separate then so be, it I will wait for another to restore me I have waited this long I can wait further and I'm sorry but please make your decision soon I do not have much time left, Alibaba is running out of magoi."

Anise ponders all of what Sindra has said and makes the decion that will change Alibaba's life. "Alibaba may keep you, you do not seem like a bad person from what I've heard and you sound sincere, but I have some conditions for you though."

"As long as they are in reason I don't mind, there isn't a lot I can do in this state my magic is limited, but I will do my best grant them. What is it that you request of me?"

"I want you to look after Alibaba for me when I'm gone, you see I have an incureable diease that is killing me, the doctor says I will only live for another five years, six if I'm lucky. I don't want Alibaba to be alone, someone needs to be there for him when I'm gone, can you do that for me, please?" Staring mournfully at her son, Anise waits for Sindra's answer hoping he'll agree.

"I will, I will look after your son for you, not only that I will teach him as well. I have thousands of years of knowledge that I will gladly share with this boy, so that he can be his best and push past it to grow even further. I am only sorry that I can't do anything for you Anise, in my current state there is nothing I can do for you." Sighing Sindra waits for Anise to reply.

"Thank you Sindra, thank you so much, I can rest easy when my time comes knowing that Alibaba has someone he can rely on." Tears start to fall from her eyes, sobbing quiet relief that Alibaba will have some to take care of him, even if he is bit unorthodox.

"Anise are you alright, I can hear you crying."

"Yes I am fine Sindra, just relived." Just as soon as the tears start, they stop, wiping her wet eyes she asks if there is anything else she should know about the bond between him and Alibaba.

"Yes there are a few things you should know, firstly the only reason I'm able to talk to you is because your Alibaba's mother, the between mother and child is strong enough to project my thoughts to you. I can't do this with anyone else though, they will not hear my words. Next thing I want to mention is that I will not contact Alibaba until his forth birthday, I believe he will old enough to understand what is going on and why he must not speak of me to anyone else. I trust you realize that you mustn't speak of me to anyone either." Anise nods her head, before realizing that Sindra may not be able to see her.

"Ah yes I understand." Hearing Anise confirmation Sindra continues to explain.

"I will also been giving Alibaba a gift when he's older probably around nine or ten years of age though I am not sure what that gift will be, I shall decide later on. The reason being is that I wish to give him a gift that will suit him best and he will be mature enough to handle it. There is also something I wish to ask of you, it's nothing hard, I just want you to give Alibaba a bit of warning about me before I first speak to him. Be vague, I wish to tell him who I am myself but tell him him that there is no reason to fear the strange voice in his head."

Anise silently agrees, anyone would be scared if a strange voice started talking to them that no one else could hear.

"And lastly its about the clips, I ask that Alibaba keeps them on his person as much as possible, I understand that it he can't have them all the time especially as a baby, but you should be able to thread a small chain through them to hang around his neck. I wouldn't recommend him wearing them till he's older, they do look expensive after all and I wouldn't be able keep him from harm if someone decides they wish to take them. Have him hide them under his shirt, I will let him know when he is strong enough to wear them."

As Sindra stops speaking Anise ponders his words. "I see is that everything I need to know and I'm also wondering what you'll teach him when he's older?"

" I'm sorry Anise but we've run out of time I can not sustain this talk any longer, you will have to wait until I can speak with you again and unfortunately that won't be until after I first contact Alibaba. I suppose this also works out better for me, I'll have time to think on a good teaching plan for him and what things I should teach him. This is goodbye, no it not goodbye its I'll see you later. Rest well Anise."

After saying goodbye the clips stop their glow signifying that Sindra has cut the connection. Getting more comfortable in her bed, tuck her sleeping boy into her side Anise closes her eyes thinks about all that just happen. She near would of thought that a god would ever take interest in her child, but she's glad he did she now has someone to after her baby, her little Alibaba when she passes, someone who will teach all sorts of wondrous things, someone who will give Alibaba a path to greatness. Though that path maybe rocky and he may fall, he'll now have someone to help pick him back up. Its all she could asked for.

Yawning loudly, exhaustion hits her heavily and she snuggles into her blankets opening her slightly to take on last peek at her son wrapped in her arms she drifts off into a slumber. Nothing but good dreams and happy thoughts for the rest of the night.

Outside the moon shone brightly as if wanting to light the path of the sun. The future uncertain and covered in black, Anise would be right to assume that Alibaba's path to greatness would be harsh and he would fall many times, but he would have Sindra to help him through it and in the end that's all she would ever want for him to have a friend by his side, for the rest of his time.

And there you have it Alibaba's birth and Sindra meets him though indirectly. Be sure to tell me what you think in the comments.