In the infinite void, just past the iridescent fallen stars and the dimly lit celestial bodies, rotated a large planet. Fifth from the star Aurora that it orbits, this planet had 3 moons and lush vegetation combined with a plethora of other climate regions with water making up a minor majority. Although from the outside this rock was giving off an air of tranquility, its surface was anything but peaceful. Especially on a small island nation where an enormous panic was taking place....
" Quickly get some water and a washcloth!
" Hurry up with that blanket"
"Where the hell is Jeremiah?"
"Who the hell is Jeremiah?"
Panic induced screams and shouts could be heard all over a mansion. With spiraling white columns and gem studded doors, this mansion was far from mundane indicating that the status of the residents was substantially elevated. Men and women in butler and maid outfits were sprinting back and forth, some holding objects and others confused on where to be. In a bedroom deep within this mansion the screams of a women in her mid-twenties could be heard.
"Where the fuck is my husband, that bastard?"
"Milady I need you to relax" a bald spectacled man tried to cautiously soothe the women that was squeezing the daylights out of his hand
"Don’t tell me to fucking relax, how 'bout you try taking my spot and you can relax" yelled a gorgeous woman, dirty blonde hair slick with sweat and a rosy tint to her face
The fact that this women had been experiencing childbirth and still had the energy to scream even though it had been a couple hours of excruciating pain was a testament to the strength and will that she possessed.
"Push milady just a little bit more!" the bald man exclaimed wiping sweat off of his forehead
Several nurses were standing around the bed as well as an older women with a kind but worried look on her face wriggling her fingers
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" We're almost there Hanna stay strong, this is will be the first child born in our family in a hundred years it’s a momentous occasion" she said gazing emotionally towards the woman on the bed
The woman, Hanna, heard her mother's words and was able to calm down then a tattoo symbol on the right side of her arm started to glow.
At that moment, it was as if all of the air in the room started to flow in one direction towards Hanna. Her weak body started to look as vigorous as it would after a full day of rest with her muscles and face regaining the color they once had.
Finally after 32 hours of labor the baby's head started to crown, then the torso, and finally the bald man pulled the baby out from under the blanket in an attentive manner.
Suddenly
The world came to a pause, everyone in the room ceased all movement. The birds outside were stopped mid-flight down to the feathers on their wings, the morning dew on the flowers paused while rolling down a petal, the clouds in the sky seemed frozen in place. The air seemed to be in suspended animation down to the molecular level. Only the baby, doe eyed, chubby cheeked, and tiny limbed was waving its little hand around while crying still in the still arms of the doctor. If someone was there to look into his eyes they would've seen a symbol of an hourglass but only for a split second before dissolving back into his pupils like they were never even there. Immediately after which everything returned to motion.
"Waaahhh Waaahhh"
“Congratulations milady, the Starfall family finally have a male heir!”
Coming out of her initial shock of childbirth, Hanna took the boy into her arms. He had a slightly tan complexion, with emerald green eyes and dusty brown hair. As soon as she gazed into his eyes she was shocked. No one in their family had green eyes yet this child did, but once her surprise passed all she felt was an instinctual love for the one she was looking at.
"He's beautiful" said Hanna soothingly
"That he is darling, now what are we gonna call him?" questioned Seraphina, Hanna's mother
'Hmm I haven't really thought about it' thought Hanna who was notorious for leaving things to the last minute
but suddenly a name came to her mind, a name she thought would bring joy to the ones that loved him
little did she know that this name would bring fear to his enemies and demand respect from the whole world in the near future
"Dante, his name is Dante Starfall" she said with a smile
Meanwhile on a faraway land in a seemingly abandoned island an old man with an impossibly long white beard and an incredible aura to him sat up from his chair. The rickety shack that he was in exploded outwards into several pieces but the old man seemed to not notice at all.
"So it's begun" he said with a mischievous smile emerging on his face.