Song: Stairway to Heaven

Characters: Hunith, Balinor, (mention of Merlin)

Word Count: 304

There were times, when Hunith would have a recurring dream. She and Balinor would be sat in the orchard, late afternoon, and he would paint her a picture with his words. Of a time when Balinor and his kind were accepted as to what they were. He would tell of dragons roaring overhead, of the sound of seers wailing their messages for the masses. Of the Druids, no longer hiding in their campsites, but contributing to everyday village life, for the good. Of the forest being alive with good spirits spiralling their goodness, as nature was at play.

Hunith and Balinor would have their routine, would become an accepted couple, happy to play their part in Ealdor's daily cycle. Hunith would touch her stomach gently, reassuring the kicking child inside her, that he too would be free to play his part. She knew before the doctor had checked her over that she was pregnant, she had woken up, knowing it, feeling it. Balinor had been gone but a few weeks since, and already she missed him more, than she ever thought possible. But at least he had left her with something precious inside her. Someone she would protect and love with her life.

No one asked her why Balinor had suddenly gone. Hunith was a much respected citizen of Ealdor. Someone, who everyone knew they could turn to, in a moment of crisis. They would smile sympathetically at her, as she sadly continued her life alone. She would smile back, ask them how their children were, if there was anything she could do. But most of all she would wait, wait for the days that her beloved had told her off. Off the days when when peace would be back at the centre of their lives. Of the times of dragons and magic, and of the times of Balinor.