The birth
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Elizabeth breathed heavily taking a sharp breath in and slowly letting the air escape from her lungs. Her jaw tense as once again another contraction hit her in a wave feeling as if a thousand blades entered her stomach at once. She cried out attempted not to hit someone.
" breath dear" the woman pushed back sweat drenched hair from Elizabeth's face. Her kind eyes encouraged her to once again push with a mighty force. Elizabeth let a unwilling blood-curdling scream fill the room as she felt the baby evacuated her body. She panted heavily finally having it over.
The woman, a dear friend of Elizabeth with plenty of previous experince, delivering children, she had six herself. This was Elizabeth's first and only child. The baby cooed gently begging for it's mothers touch " here you are, this is your baby" Elizabeth pressed the naked blood covered baby against her pale, bare chest and promised her something that would sick in the childs mind until the day she died " You will be strong, brave and loyal. Nothing can defeat the burning flame inside you. You have a destiny that has been planned for you, whether or not you choose to believe. Times will be hard, war and rage will thrive but you will survive it forever and a day".
Elizabeth smiled gently speaking the same words her mother once spoke to her. Her dear friends face dropped into a deep frown " what's wrong Mary?" Elizabeth questioned still staring at her as if a ghost had taken her form " Elizabeth give me the baby" she held the baby girl out letting Mary take her out of her arms.
Taking the baby she placed her in a warm fur coat and rested her down in a crib. Mary then rushed over to Elizabeth frantically lifting the sheet to see a massive puddle of blood soaking into the hay bed. Alot more then usual she noticed. Trying not to panic Mary breathed deeply looking Elizabeth sttaight in the eyes " dear, you're losing alot of blood and your afterbirth hasn't come out!" Mary's eyes tried to conceal the pure fear and worry evading her thoughts but Elizabeth knew exactly what was happening and she knew she wasn't going to survive this.
" come here Mary" She made her way round to Elizabeth who laid weak and pale " I'm sorry...you have been the best thing anyone could ask for and you have done your best for me and my child but it is my time to leave this earth, tell Geoffrey that I love him even afterlife and make sure my daughter knows that I love her. I'm naming her Mary after my best friend, after her savior" Mary's eyes burst into tears unleashing a flood of tears onto Elizabeth's dressing gown. " I will Elizabeth I'll make sure she knows how amazing her mother is and was and how you sacrificed yourself for her to survive! I love you".
Elizabeth's body went limp as Mary cried into her chest " I will make sure that she will know of the sacrifice you made tonight, your name will live on in her heart as my name will live in her title" Mary walked slowly over to the child and whispered sympathetically trying to keep the tears back " you will never know of your mother but I and your father will ensure her legacy is carried through time". writing here…
