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A shadow moved from the wall, flowing across the sunlit hall like a streak of darkness. A child walked within the shadow as though it was part of her. Long flowing garments hid the creature from the neck down. The girl had a translucency about her like she wasn't really there. The child dressed all in black like the night sky was of young but indeterminate age and her dark hair blended with robe it looked like she was wearing a hood. the creatures skin what little you could see of it any way was a sunless white. In one hand she held a staff whose top was lost in shadow, the visible part of this staff was made of a cold hard metal and strangely enough it was just as translucent as the rest of the child.
The girl was headed straight for the audience chamber of the queen of the moon kingdom. She floated a good foot of the ground when she walked and displayed all the signs of being a ghost or a shadow in the sunlit world of the moon. In fact this girl was probably the most uninvited guest at the party that was being held in honor of the little princesses birth. The girl was none other then Death herself. although she didn't look like it, she had the power to kill every one on the planet roughly ten times over. That was why she was here in spirit form rather then coming herself. she couldn't leave her planet and her name sake, Saturn. she didn't have a body exactly to tell the truth. Most of the time she wanders haunting the castle the moon queen created for her to house and contain her. There were wards on that castle to keep 'her' from leaving it. In the back of her mind she still could sense and see in a disjointed way the room where her scythe and herself were kept until it was time. Until the three lights molded a body from the wind the sea and time. she would sit at her window watching for when the bright jewel went dark and she would be called to end it all.
It was dark and cool in that room and silent not like the busy bustling capital of the moon. She entered the room where everyone had gathered to welcome the new heir to the throne and congratulate the queen. She smiled darkly at the beautiful glowing room and slipped into it silently like a cold mist. "what a pretty child and lovely picture. You positively glow with radiance milady. I just had to see the little life and i find I'm not disappointed. She is beautiful but her life will be dark and brief by my reckoning but it will be beautifully done. i feel the shadowing gathering to wake me from my sleep though i don't know when exactly." She whispered softly in her queen's ear and laughed softly at the thought of her freedom."i will make sure it is beautiful, her end. Only the best for her i swear to kill her.I remember my promise to you don't worry.the darkness wont destroy her I'll make sure of that. When the time comes i will do my part to save her.then you shall rest together with me, safe in my arms."
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