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Torah groaned and rolled over onto her side. Lately, she had been having trouble getting to sleep. She was seven months pregnant, and she was huge. Torah had gained more weight, to everyone's relief. She had gained nearly twenty pounds.

Torah was nearing her seventeenth birthday. Rikash had turned seventeen a month ago. Faziah was already the perfect princess. She was a beauty, she was smart, and she was able to talk to people of all classes. Torah watched her with pride, concealing smiles under her fan.

That night, Torah was having more trouble than usual getting to sleep. The twins were kicking her constantly, and no matter how much she tossed and turned, she couldn't get comfortable.

Torah stood up, having enough of sleeping. She ran to her window and summoned the winds to take her to her roof. After a few seconds, she was sitting on the roof. A cloud ventured down from the sky to wrap itself around her. Torah giggled and pulled it closer to her.

Something moved in the distance. Torah stood up, cloud following, to get a better look at it. She walked to the very edge of the roof and looked down. Being heavier than she was used to, she lost her balance and hit her head on the roof. She rolled off and fell.

Luckily, the person moving around in the dark night sensed this. She raced over to where the girl was falling and stood under her. The second Torah was about to hit her, the girl raised a hand. Torah gently was lain on a cloud. The other girl jumped up to sit beside her.

Torah woke up looking at the sky. She winced as she felt the back of her head. She jumped as a crystal voice rang out. "I healed it as best as I could, but I'm no mage." Torah turned around to face a golden-curled girl with steel gray eyes, glittering with amusement. She wore a lavender dress that didn't cover her whole body. She looked to be about twenty-four.

She smiled. "I'm Kati. I know who you are. Torah, the Lightning Queen. What a nice name! I trust that you were studying lightning when you fell." It was more of a comment then a question.

Torah nodded. "Yeah. How did you catch me?"

Kati grinned warmly. "Well, I guess we'd have to get around to formal introductions soon enough. Let me properly introduce myself. I'm Ankita of Herald's Song. I'm more commonly known as Queen Ankita of Clouds, Goddess of Spring. I'm the eldest season sister."

Torah beamed and hugged her sister. "I can't believe that I'm actually meeting you!" She squealed.

Kati shook her head, still smiling. "No, Torah. We've already met. We're merely getting acquainted with each other again. We're sisters; we've known each other forever. We live outside of time."

Torah rubbed her head. "This is making my brain hurt. Is that normal?"

Kati laughed. "Yes, I believe so. You live as a mortal now. You think like one too. You'll get used to it."

Torah hugged her once more before stepping off of the cloud, back onto her roof. Kati smiled at her. "Don't tell anyone about this, either. Mother-she wanted me to tell you something, but I think that I'm going to have her say it." She winced. "Don't say that you saw me. Maybe Mother won't care, but she probably will. It's not smart to make her angry, Bye!"

She was gone before Torah could respond or even figure out what Kati had meant. She walked back down to her room. She dressed in a dress, swearing when it didn't fit her. Apparently she had grown even bigger from two weeks ago when her dresses had been refitted. She slipped the one from the last night on and entered the hall.

She met up with Rikash and Faziah just outside the mess hall. Faziah giggled when Torah told her that she needed to go to yet another fitting. Torah scowled, until Rikash joined in. She couldn't help but smile after that.

Breakfast went by pretty fast. Torah was caught staring into space a few times. Her friends were exchanging concerned glances in front of her, but she didn't notice. She was too busy thinking about Kati's message. What did she mean by the Mother's message? Why would she care?

Torah shrugged it off and turned to smile at a worried Rikash. His face broke into a relived grin and he shook his head. Torah turned to Faziah. "So, are you betrothed yet?"

Faziah stuck her tongue out, although the relief on her face was plain. She grinned sheepishly. "I turned Ferran down. He wasn't good enough for me. No, not like that!" She added as Rikash chuckled. "He wouldn't be a good king. He was too power-hungry. I got rid off him last night."

Torah shook her head sadly, eyes dancing. "Well, well, well. Now who's the heartbreaker?!" Torah grinned wickedly. She had settled down and had stopped flirting all the time, but her title of Heartbreaker had stuck with her. Last week, the herald had introduced her to Court with that title. Torah had been furious.

The three of them walked down to the practice courts together. Torah cheered a little page boy on, cringing when he turned to look at her and got hit in the head. Faziah started to laugh. She tapped his shoulder and took his place by the young knight. The knight scoffed at her.

"Girls cannot fight, let alone by the crown princess." He said smugly. Fifteen minutes later, he was kneeling at Faziah's feet, begging her forgiveness. Faziah shook it off and helped him to his feet.

"Maybe nest time you'll think better of us females." She said, eyes dancing. The man agreed and was on his way. Faziah nodded to the page boy and walked over to the stables. She pet a couple of her horses. Torah watched her, amused. She giggled as one horse tried to bite Faziah. The princess turned around and glared at her.

"Torah, what is it?" She asked. Torah had felt something strange in her stomach. Suddenly, her legs were all wet. She tried to study herself, but she fainted.

In her blackness, she thought that she heard Faziah screaming and Rikash whispering to her. She saw the Black God's big head nodding at her. Torah suddenly realized what was going on. She was in labor, and she was now in the council of the gods. Torah spun around to look at four girls. She nodded to Kati before turning to face the Great Mother. She spoke.

"Daughter, you need to make a choice, a choice between life…and death. You will need to choose from…"

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Continued later. I have to go finish up some homework! Ugh! Sorry, I know that it's really short but I wanted to get it up before this weekend. Review, or I won't make an effort next time to put off homework to type! Or maybe I would…whatever! Just review please!