The Winter's Rose: Chapter 1 – The Garden
The Winter's Rose Chapter 1 – The Garden As Roberin Gossamer dreamt, Molanna watched on from her garden in the Faerie Realm… “ I wonder what type of magic goes on in days like this, when most children are asked to play inside and stuffy grownups grumble and mumble to themselves, all the while wishing for different weather,” Roberin’s mother whispered to him as she held him in her arms while they both gazed out the window at the wintry autumn weather outside the castle window. “And while that weather is being wished away, the fall faeries come out to dance and play. Oh, what time is spent wishing away the magic being whirled and twirled about their homes and gardens; they shall never know.” Roberin, all of four years old and enchanted by the sound of his mother’s voice and the whimsical magic of her words, looked out into the gray beyond his warm dwelling and watched as lazy snowflakes fell upon bundles of fallen orange, red and brown leaves in the castle courtyard. ...