Hi all! Well this is actually my first attempt at a story, but not the first one posted here. I started this four years ago. . . it's very disorganized and needs a lot of rewriting and will be very slow in coming out- but here's the first chapter!

(And for all my faithful readers of "The Silver Forest" I remembered the disclaimer this time- but guess what? I own everything! Mu ha ha ha!)



The Shadows of Destiny

By Queen Serendipity



Chapter One: Eilatana



It is done.

I have a daughter. Only one, for my husband and I were not blessed with children. And also, I think, our child was not blessed.

I am not Fate. Fate is cruel. I am Destiny. My daughter is called Juliana. The Last Lady, in my native language. It is fitting.

Our happiness is not to be- it is never to be. For Juliana must leave my lands. She knows of what she must do. I have never tried to delude her with false impressions of life and the world. Hers is a doomed cause.

A wise lady once said that life is what you make of it and nothing more. She also said that those who would believe otherwise are not fools. What future will be Juliana's? Of the dreams I have I can but with for one. To ease her pain. But it is not to be. I know this. She knows this.

Years will pass. I will fade away, forgotten by many. Yet remembered by all. For I am Destiny, and I have a daughter.

This is the end; this is the beginning.



Yes, I know- it's cryptic. To quote a great music director- oh well. It's only the first chapter.