LUNA: The Invisible Princess

A/N: This story is originally written in Tagalog Language. This is the English version I have translated. I had a hard time translating so be aware of some grammatical errors. Thank you.

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[Third Person POV]

In the Faraway Kingdom, everyone in the palace struggled to prepare as excitement rushed through them because their Queen was in labor. They cannot hide the joy on each other’s faces while preparing to welcome their prince or princess.

In the labor room, the Queen was currently giving birth, screams resonated throughout the room and the intense pain was visible on the Queen’s face, which was already covered in sweat.

“One more push, my dear Queen. I can almost see the baby’s head.” the midwife said, who was pushing the Queen’s huge tummy.

The Queen breathed deeply, then pushed harder while screaming with intense pain. She was almost out of breath while pushing more just to give birth to her baby.

“Uwaahhhh uwaahhhhhh uwaahhhhhh.”

The Queen smiled with tears welled up in her eyes while panting when she heard her baby’s cries.

“It’s a girl, my Queen!” the midwife announced in joy.

The Queen cried in happiness when she heard the gender of her baby. But a sudden pain erupts in her stomach like there’s another one still coming out and the intense pain comes back again. The Queen was panting while screaming and pushing more of the baby out of her tummy, but the midwife wondered why she didn’t see the baby’s head or feet.

“One more push, my Queen!” the midwife let out, sweat dripping on her face in anxiousness.

“Aaaahhhhhhh,” the Queen screamed longer one last time, almost out of breath. On the last scream, they heard the baby’s cry, but the midwife gasped and stared at the newborn baby in horror.

“Uwaaahhh uwaahhh uwaahhh” The baby’s cries startled the midwife. She couldn’t believe what she saw. The baby is vanishing!

“M-my Q-Queen, it’s a girl but...” the midwife stuttered and trailed off while still looking at the baby in horror. The Queen’s heart rate beat faster upon hearing the midwife’s petrified voice. She sat up with all her energy left while wincing in pain, and looked at her baby. Upon seeing her newborn baby, she couldn’t say a word in shock. It’s like her tongue got tied. What happened to her baby? Because of what she saw, the Queen fainted.

The midwife took a deep breath, then cleaned the two babies and put them into the crib.

“What happened to you, princess? I can feel you’re different.” the midwife mumbled while staring at the vanishing baby.

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The Queen looked at her unique vanishing baby with a sad smile. They don’t know why one of her babies is vanishing. But they could feel their baby was special. What will be her vanishing baby’s role in the future? Thinking about it, she tried to look at her twin babies’ future, but she wondered why she couldn’t see their future. It was dark, and it worried the Queen.

“Leena Ayesha McCleen, Luna Syesha McCleen…” she whispered with a faint smile. Her babies are so adorable.

In the praying room, the King was kneeling and praying to the gods and goddesses, “Why was one of my children born like that? What did we do wrong? But I hope you will all guide her...” the King said teary-eyed before he got up and left the room, then went to a room where the Queen and their babies were. He found his wife breastfeeding their twins. He smiled and walked over to her wife, then kissed her and his two princesses on the forehead. “Everything will be fine, my love...” he said to his wife, who responded with a faint smile.

As the days, months, and until the first birthday of the twins arrived, they didn’t see Luna Syesha anymore. Their baby has become invisible to them except to Leena Ayesha.

Unbeknownst to everyone outside the palace, their Queen gave birth to twins. The Queen and King announce only one child because they don’t want everyone to know the condition of one of their twins. But they felt relieved because Leena could see her twin. And that’s enough for them to know that their invisible baby is alive. They’re worried because how can they feed their invisible child who is only one year old at the moment?

Their worries disappeared when their invisible child was still there playing with Leena, who is the only one who can see their invisible child. Maybe it’s a miracle because their invisible child is still alive after a few years. And they always told their unseen child that they loved her so much.

“Don’t worry, my love, we can see her again soon.” the King said to his Queen with a hint of decisiveness in his voice.