The Anointed One's Trilogy

“Get this thing out of me!” screamed the Queen. “If you would stop thrashing around then I will!” the nurse spat back. The Queen didn’t respond. She just kept breathing in an out with a surly look. “I’m here Kre! How’s my wife? Tess can you hear me?” The king shouted as he burst through the door. “You’re standing next to the bed. Of course I can…Ahh!” the contractions were getting worse and so was the Queen‘s demeanor. “Go and wait outside Carr!” Kre said in aggravation. Carr left only because Kre pushed him out the door. Kre has been Tess and Carr’s friend for years and was the only one who could get away with addressing the King and Queen in this manner. She was an accomplished nurse with remedies for everything. She was getting along in years but she didn’t let that stop her. When she turned back towards the Queen she couldn’t believe what she saw. Tess was glowing! Kre approached Tess’s bed slowly. “Tess.” No answer. “Tess, its Kre.” There was still no answer. Tess didn’t look like she was in pain. Her eyes were open and her mouth was closed. She wasn’t moving. Then Kre heard the voice, “This child is born to save another. One of two, plus her mother. With all three two worlds will be, Saved from all eternity.” Then the voice was gone and so was the glow. “What are you staring at?” the Queen chimed in. “I was…uh…” Kre stammered. “Ahh…This is it!” Tess screamed. Kre snapped out of her shock and delivered the baby. Three hours later Tess was holding a beautiful baby girl. Carr was sitting on the bed next to Tess beaming with delight at his daughter. Kre was washing her hands still thinking about the voice and wondering if she should tell her friends or wait for another time. “Kre what’s the matter? You haven’t said anything.” asked Carr. The nurse turned around and try as she might she couldn’t lie to her friends, “There’s something I must tell you but I don’t think that you will believe me.” “Try us. There’s a few things we need to tell you as well.” said Tess. Kre walked over to the bed, looked into her friend’s eyes, sighed, and told them about the voice and what it told her. She expected the King and Queen to be shocked or afraid but they were not. Both of them smiled at Kre and motioned for her to sit down. Tess began to tell Kre about her own powers and asked her to keep her secret but left out some very important discoveries of their own. Kre sat staring at her friends. Then she saw the sleeping babe and knew that everything has a purpose. “What name shall the child have?” she asked the Queen. The Queen smiled at Kre then looked down at the sleeping babe, “Tillie.”