Prologue - Castle Seress, Mastarian Kingdom
The night was something that the entire kingdom would remember as something that began, as something that awoke them from their blissful peace of day to day work.
The weather was something that the faeries must have been playing with that day, as the morning was hot, unlike any heat the land had faced, and then, when midday approached, it poured rain unlike any downpour had ever been, until it lightened into a drizzle which kissed the leaves of the trees with it's misty droplets.
The kingdom had been at peace for a good five years, and the land had grown prosperous under the reign of the gentle King Thirsh and his lovely, yet fragile wife, Queen Celestia. Nine months ago, the king and queen had made a decision. A decision that would change the course of history for their years to come.
They had decided, since the peace of the kingdom was foretold to stretch for a good many years, they decided to have a child. An heir to gain the crown and lead the land through more prosperous years after they had grown old and weary.
Their decision was something that not even they knew the impact of. For the decision to bring one child into the world, fueled a magic deeper than any of the faeries could ever cast.
It set a destiny into place, a destiny that would cause the kingdom many sorrows and joys. Many threads of life would become entangled with this family's now that the birth of their child was approaching.
And with the cry of a newborn princess, and the bells chiming the Crown Princess' birth, the family's destiny was set in stone. There would not be one princess, but twelve...