A child is born

The castle was in an uproar when Denah went into labour. The entire household was gathered and waited patiently outside the bedroom door. The labour was long, and very painful. When Denah finally let out a gut wrenching scream everyone outside the door held their breath. After a moment the sound that they had all been waiting for , a baby’s cries. The hallway erupted in cheer and servants shouted “Long live the Queen!” They didn’t yet know if they had been given a Prince or Princess, but they didn’t care, it had been so long without a baby in the household.

Their joy was short lived though, Denah began to scream again, and confusion erupted from within the room. Dixon was standing expectantly at the door, waiting for the midwife to present him with his son, and when she didn’t arrive he began to get angry. He pounded on the door “Give me my son!!” A scared apprentice opened the door a crack to face him “Please my lord, there are some…. Complications. You must be patient.” Dixon tried to force his way in, but was forced back by the apprentice and the thick smell of blood in the air. He could hear Denah breathing heavily, but couldn’t see her. “Denah!” He shouted. The apprentice pushed him back “We will call you when you are needed!”. The door slammed millimeters from his face. He could barely contain his rage, but he knew he had no place in a room where a woman was giving birth.

The entire household sat in the hall outside Denah’s rooms. For 45 minutes they didn’t know what to do, and they all feared the worst. Finally, after more grunts and groans from Denah, something no one in the hall was expecting, the cries from a second baby. Dixon couldn’t contain himself any more, he bust into the room. “Twins? Twins?! Please tell me this woman has given me the greatest gift of twin boys to receive this kingdom!” But the mood in the room was somber, and Denah was crying silently. The midwife and apprentice carried his babies to him “Twin Girls my Lord. You have been blessed with two beautiful girls.”