Once upon a time, a couple was expecting a child. The mother, named Aurora, was 17 years old. The father, named Xavier was 38. You're probably thinking Eww!  Gross! That's pedophilia! And yes. It is now. But for a king? It was normal for them to marry someone much younger than them. But yeah, still gross. Anyway, the mother, who we know is a Queen (actually, she's a queen consort meaning she has no power of state, but as of right now, that's not important), was nearing the end of her third trimester, the baby was due any day now. The king and queen were eating dinner together one night, they weren't really talking to each other when the queen dropped her fork and looked up at her husband.

"Dear?" she breathed, "I believe my water just broke"

The king's eyes widened and he called for a nurse. The whole castle became frantic. The queen was taken from the dining hall and taken to a bedroom. King Xavier paced outside the door waiting for his child to be born. He waited helpless, listening to his wife's screams and moans. He couldn't do anything.

After what seemed like forever (it was really only five hours) the baby was born. King Xavier was allowed in the room, to find his queen holding an infant, tears of joy rolling down her cheeks. Queen Aurora looked up at her husband and handed him the child. He looked down at the child in his arms and his eyes widened. The baby doesn't look like either of them. The child was pale as snow, unlike the dark tan parents. You could see every vein under the child's skin. The baby squirmed in his hands before opening her eyes. She looked up at the king with her big pale blue eyes, contrasting the king's dark brown. The baby girl looked around for a second, but everything was blurry. Shapes and colors blurred together in her vision, and she was confused. So, like every other baby, she started to cry.

King Xavier handed the child back to Aurora, "Aurora, she's blind"

"I'm aware," she said, smiling down at her child.

"This is an issue," The king responded.

The queen shook her head, "No it's not. She can't help how she was born"

"She looks nothing like either of us," Xavier exclaimed," She doesn't look like you or me. Her skin, her eyes! She's the exact opposite of both of us." The queen nodded.

"I'm aware of that as well" she started to rock her child, "I don't know how, but frankly, I don't care. She's our daughter and there is no way for her to change"

The king stood quietly for a few minutes before he sat next to his wife and smiled down at his child. The king and queen sat together, just watching the child sleep.