Chapter One. "Rise and shine, Alexandria." My senses hadn't quite kicked in enough to make me concious, but I was aware enough to hear someone's voice floating down from high above me. I reached out blindly and swatted at it before rolling over and pressing my face to the pillow. "Today is an important day," the voice reminded me. I sighed and opened my eyes. White surrounded me, like a many feather pillowed blizzard. The voice was right; today was an important day. It was the anniversary of my parents death. King and Queen of Valeria, but to me they had just been Mama and Father. I was seven when my parents died. I suppose that made my childho