A Nutcracker's Tale

Queen Marie's Birthday

Clara POV

Dear Diary,

      It has been a long time since I went on my wondrous journey and saved the realms. I miss all my friends and all the stories they have about my mother ....

     My thoughts interrupted with the sound of my father returning. I jumped and ran to greet him as I had always done or at least began doing when I returned. "Father, Father" I shouted " How was your day? Did you make sure to -" . My father nodded. " Yes Clara I remembered mother's birthday and yes I got her cake". With a sigh of relief I said " Oh father I miss her so". I had now started sobbing and then dried my tears and hugged my father. " I know Clara we all do". He hugged her tight and then the other came down the steps. "Father, your home we missed you" said Louise.

      They walked to the dining room and opened the presents they had spent months making to Celebrate their mother. Fitz had made a card and father got to open it. He read aloud "Mother we miss you and wish you were still with us Happy Birthday Mummy" I had made a gift but said it was for mothers eyes only so Louise went " My present to mother is her Garden which I have kept healthy ,growing and beautiful." Father said that mother would be mad if he had gotten her anything. After cake and tea we danced to her favorite music and father told us stories of life before we were born. The clock chimed Midnight and we all retired to our chambers.

That night she dreamed of the four realms or so she thought.

Philips POV

     "Clara , Clara wake up" I said, shaking her. She had arrived in the night and was talking about dreams. The guards from my old post had brought her to the palace and Informed me of her arrival. I called the palace doctor and told them that it was urgent. I told them what had happened. After what seemed like forever he said she was just too cold and she would be fine once she warmed up and awoke. I worried for her and my thoughts made me dizzy what if she never woke up, what if she awoke and didn't remember anything. With the winters and weather here being cold is different then in her world ." Oh Clara please wake up I have missed you."

      As I went about my day Mother Ginger and The snow and flower realm kings finally arrived. " Welcome your Majesties, she's right this way" I showed them to the chamber we had placed her in since we weren't expecting her. We didn't have the queens chambers ready. " What has happened, why is she blue? " said the Flower King. Mother ginger responded in a snarky tone " Because she was found in the snow realm and was probably there for hours. So she might be a little cold. "  

       We were all a little confused because her mother only joined us once a year so it was different that she was here since it wasn't christmas time.  I worried that she would be missed the only thing I was worried about was her not waking up.  Night and day passed eight times and she still hadn't awoke. We began to worry and  cry to the christmas star for help. I decided I  had to do what I  could so I wrote a letter and went towards the tree that brought her here every time. 

  " Nutcracker you know if you go out there them you won't comeback"  

No one know who said it but we all knew it was true.  If you leave the realms then you turn back into a doll. Unless you had someone's heart only if you had a true person give you there hear and say "I love you". I don't know if I will survive but I needed to protect her.