King Fialkov walked briskly down the hall, his large, feathered wings trailing behind him like a cape. He reached the room he was looking for and quickly opened the door. He was met with the concerned face of his wife's nurse.

"My liege! Thank you for coming so quickly." She said with a brief bow.

"I heard something was wrong?" Fialkov asked worriedly, getting right to the point. The nurse nodded stiffly, glancing behind her.

"Yes, well, something extremely rare." She said. She moved aside to let the king into the room. The queen greeted him with a nervous smile. She was laying in bed, two bundles nestled side by side in her two left arms. He strode quickly to his wife's side.

"What is it? What's wrong?" He asked. Coranda shifted her feathered wings, which slightly resembled her husband's.

"Well, they're twins, but--"

"Twins?! Coranda, that's great! Why would you think something was wrong with that?"

"No, no, I agree with you fully, but there's something else you need to know..."

The queen took a nervous breath. She gestured for her nurse to come closer.

"Our son is just as he should be, but our daughter..." She showed Fialkov the medical notes her nurse had just handed to her. The king scanned them curiously, his expression changing quite dramatically as he took in the information. He looked his wife in the eyes, perplexed.

"'Insufficient wing development'? What does that mean?"

Coranda gently unwrapped the blanket from the infant girl in her arms. The baby's wings were wrapped around herself, and one of them looked slightly crooked, the feathers wrinkled and thin. She slept soundly and undisturbed, unaware of the seriousness of the situation. The queen's nurse sighed heavily.

"The wing is too weak, and it's not going to get better. She's never going to be able to fly."

The king pinched the bridge of his nose. This had never happened before, at least not that had been recorded. There'd never been a flightless royal.

"It doesn't matter. She's our daughter. We'll just have to teach her to adapt." He said after a moment. He leaned on the edge of the bed and smiled lovingly at his two children.

"So, what are their names?"