Cotton Candy 18+ Gummy Bunnies: The Tale of the Two Princesses
Author: lady_leia_solo
Story: The Mondian Chronicles (Archive)
Title: The Tale of the Two Princesses
Challenge: Cotton Candy 18: insomnia/sleep deprivation
Toppings: Gummy Bunnies (Tell me a story from mad-muses)
Word Count: 624
Summary: You'll always have me and I'll always have you.
Rating: G
Notes: Takes place in early 1135 AW. Cosette is the sixth wife of Henri I of Monde and she's carrying their unborn child. Maud is her eldest child through her marriage to Lord Alexandre Sohmes.
Cosette waddled towards her eldest daughter’s bedroom. Maud’s nurse had come to tell that the girl refused to go to sleep, which surprised Cosette as Maud had always been an obedient child. Virgine on the other hand was her little demon child.
Cosette knocked on the door to Maud’s apartments.
“Come in.”
Cosette opened the door. Maud was sitting up in bed with her nurse standing beside her. Cosette nodded to the woman.
“What’s the matter, sweetheart?” Cosette said sitting down carefully on the bed. She was getting so round.
“I want to hear a story.”
“I tried to tell her one, Your Majesty,” the nurse said.
“I wanted Mother to tell me one,” Maud said under her breath.
Cosette smiled. She turned to the nurse.
“I can take it from here,” Cosette said dismissing the woman. The nurse nodded and left the two alone. Cosette
waited until she heard the door shut before turning back to Maud.
“What shall I tell you?” Cosette said brushing a lock of Maud’s dirty blonde hair back from her face.
“You choose,” Maud said.
“Hmm,” Cosette said tapping her finger against her chin. “What about the tale of the two princesses?”
Maud didn’t say anything.
“Once there was a great kingdom. The kingdom was ruled by a great king. The king longed for a companion, but in his kingdom there were only men.”
Cosette stopped to check if Maud was asleep. She wasn’t.
“So the king wished on a falling star: ‘Oh great star, please bring me a queen.’ The king then went to bed. The next day the king woke up and was surprised to find a woman sitting in his quarters.
The woman was very beautiful with hair of gold, ruby lips, and sapphire eyes. The king instantly knew that the star had granted his wish and brought him his queen.
The king married the woman in front of his kingdom of men. Soon the queen became pregnant. The queen gave birth to two tiny princesses. The princess named Alysse looked very much like her mother, but the other princess, Camille, looked like her father with hair of dirt and eyes of night. From the start, the two princesses were treated very differently.
Alysse was denied nothing. Her parents doted on her. But Camille never had much and didn’t complain.
One day the twins became ill with the great sickness. The king wished upon a failing star: ‘Please save my daughter. I’ll give up anything.’
The next day, Camille was dead. The king and queen mourned their lost daughter and lamented lost times.”
Cosette looked over at Maud. She was looking up at the ceiling.
“Did you like the story, sweetness?”
“No,” came her reply.
“But it has always been your favorite.”
“Not anymore,” Maud said pulling the covers over herself and turning away from her mother.
Cosette leaned close to her. “What’s wrong?”
“Nothing.”
Cosette smiled. “I gave birth to you, Maud. You can’t fool a mother.”
Maud turned over and faced her mother.
“I don’t want you to have another baby.”
“Why?”
“I’ll have to share you even more,” Maud whispered.
“Oh honey.”
“Virgine already demands so much of your time. Rene has His Majesty. But I don’t have anyone.”
“That’s not true.”
“It is! Beside this baby will be a royal. What if it’s a boy? Then it’ll have everyone’s attention.”
Cosette kissed Maud’s cheek.
“You’ll always have me, Maud. And I’ll always have you.”
“You promise?”
Cosette nodded. Maud smiled.
“Now you’ll go to bed?”
“Yes.”
Cosette pulled the covers over Maud and kissed her one last time. She smiled as she watched Maud yawn. She put her hand on her belly. The baby wouldn’t change things or so she told herself.
Story: The Mondian Chronicles (Archive)
Title: The Tale of the Two Princesses
Challenge: Cotton Candy 18: insomnia/sleep deprivation
Toppings: Gummy Bunnies (Tell me a story from mad-muses)
Word Count: 624
Summary: You'll always have me and I'll always have you.
Rating: G
Notes: Takes place in early 1135 AW. Cosette is the sixth wife of Henri I of Monde and she's carrying their unborn child. Maud is her eldest child through her marriage to Lord Alexandre Sohmes.
Cosette waddled towards her eldest daughter’s bedroom. Maud’s nurse had come to tell that the girl refused to go to sleep, which surprised Cosette as Maud had always been an obedient child. Virgine on the other hand was her little demon child.
Cosette knocked on the door to Maud’s apartments.
“Come in.”
Cosette opened the door. Maud was sitting up in bed with her nurse standing beside her. Cosette nodded to the woman.
“What’s the matter, sweetheart?” Cosette said sitting down carefully on the bed. She was getting so round.
“I want to hear a story.”
“I tried to tell her one, Your Majesty,” the nurse said.
“I wanted Mother to tell me one,” Maud said under her breath.
Cosette smiled. She turned to the nurse.
“I can take it from here,” Cosette said dismissing the woman. The nurse nodded and left the two alone. Cosette
waited until she heard the door shut before turning back to Maud.
“What shall I tell you?” Cosette said brushing a lock of Maud’s dirty blonde hair back from her face.
“You choose,” Maud said.
“Hmm,” Cosette said tapping her finger against her chin. “What about the tale of the two princesses?”
Maud didn’t say anything.
“Once there was a great kingdom. The kingdom was ruled by a great king. The king longed for a companion, but in his kingdom there were only men.”
Cosette stopped to check if Maud was asleep. She wasn’t.
“So the king wished on a falling star: ‘Oh great star, please bring me a queen.’ The king then went to bed. The next day the king woke up and was surprised to find a woman sitting in his quarters.
The woman was very beautiful with hair of gold, ruby lips, and sapphire eyes. The king instantly knew that the star had granted his wish and brought him his queen.
The king married the woman in front of his kingdom of men. Soon the queen became pregnant. The queen gave birth to two tiny princesses. The princess named Alysse looked very much like her mother, but the other princess, Camille, looked like her father with hair of dirt and eyes of night. From the start, the two princesses were treated very differently.
Alysse was denied nothing. Her parents doted on her. But Camille never had much and didn’t complain.
One day the twins became ill with the great sickness. The king wished upon a failing star: ‘Please save my daughter. I’ll give up anything.’
The next day, Camille was dead. The king and queen mourned their lost daughter and lamented lost times.”
Cosette looked over at Maud. She was looking up at the ceiling.
“Did you like the story, sweetness?”
“No,” came her reply.
“But it has always been your favorite.”
“Not anymore,” Maud said pulling the covers over herself and turning away from her mother.
Cosette leaned close to her. “What’s wrong?”
“Nothing.”
Cosette smiled. “I gave birth to you, Maud. You can’t fool a mother.”
Maud turned over and faced her mother.
“I don’t want you to have another baby.”
“Why?”
“I’ll have to share you even more,” Maud whispered.
“Oh honey.”
“Virgine already demands so much of your time. Rene has His Majesty. But I don’t have anyone.”
“That’s not true.”
“It is! Beside this baby will be a royal. What if it’s a boy? Then it’ll have everyone’s attention.”
Cosette kissed Maud’s cheek.
“You’ll always have me, Maud. And I’ll always have you.”
“You promise?”
Cosette nodded. Maud smiled.
“Now you’ll go to bed?”
“Yes.”
Cosette pulled the covers over Maud and kissed her one last time. She smiled as she watched Maud yawn. She put her hand on her belly. The baby wouldn’t change things or so she told herself.