1 Through the Garden

It was beautiful but strange, everything was purple. The trees, the grass, the flowers even the river was purple. She knew that this wasn't natural but she walked on anyway her hands grazing purple flowers as she walked. She finally arrived at a white statue, it was the only thing in sight that showed any different colour. The statue was of a crying woman bearing a baby to the Gods, as legend would have it, all women who visited this statue were blessed with a child. She kneeled in front of the statue and prayed, she could not have a child of her own so she prayed that the Gods would bless her with one. She stayed like that for a while before deciding to turn back and go home. She would check in a week to see if anything happened.

A week had passed and she had just checked to see if her efforts were in vain, she couldn't believe what the doctors were telling her. She was PREGNANT! A wave of pure joy rushed through her, little did she know that the feeling would end very soon. She had ran and told everyone that she had knew, lots of people thought that she was delusional but there were a handful of people that believed her. They stayed by her side the entire time, the entire nine months, then it was time.

She couldn't believe this was really happening, she was actually having a baby. The moment she seen the child however, she was horrified. A little baby girl lay in her arms with long hair flowing down to her hips, and the little girl lay there cooing, smiling at her with violet eyes. Another strange thing about this child was she had cat-like features, she possessed cat ears and a feline tail. The people crowded round the little child cooing at it and making childish noises while the she sat in shock. One person looked at her and asked "What are you going to name her?"

"V-Violet." Was all she could manage.

The person smiled. "Very fitting" before turning back to the creature that lay in her arms and saying "Welcome to the world little Violet! You're gonna do great things, I know it!"

Once everyone had departed she looked at the child once more who was now sleeping in a little cradle. This thing was going to be bad news, she could feel it. She could also feel her eyes getting heavy before she could realise what she was doing, she closed her eyes and drifted off to sleep. An eternal sleep.

Her body was discovered the next day by the same person who asked the child's name. He looked at the child lying there unknowing of what happened during the night. He scooped the child into his arms and bundled it up in blankets before making his way home, he was going to raise this child as if she were his own. He wouldn't tell her about her mother until she was 17 and then she could hate him if she wanted. He peeked at the child again making sure she was okay, the child remained asleep and silent, except for one tiny whine that had escaped it's lips. "You'll be okay little Violet, Daddy is here for you now." He told her as he lay two fingers gently upon her head.