~Tecna: An Alternate Life~

By ChrisJan34

Chapter One: The Birth of a Fairy

In a world so far from our own, a technologically advanced realm in a magical dimension, a miracle occurred. A couple in that realm longed for a child, and on this cold December night, finally got their wish. The child was a beautiful baby girl, and the first moments of life were the most remarkable. The mother cradled her newborn fairy in her arms as she glanced out the window. There was something about the newborn that they could immediately distinguish; she was beautiful, more enchanting than any other girl in the realm, and in a realm full of technological geniuses, beauty and brains were a very rare combination in the realm of Zenith, but this child would have it all.

"She'll be so special, isn't she Tecnisha?" the man asked from his place beside his wife.

"She sure will be." Tecnisha whispered, rocking the newborn in her arms, "She's going to be a gifted one, very valuable to this realm." Then suddenly, there was a knock on the door.

"How is our newest little angel?" a male voice asked as a man entered the room.

"She's doing great, thank you William?" Tecnisha smiled, and then looked down at her sleepy little daughter.

"Do you have an idea of what to name her, hon?" her husband asked.

"Yes I do John, how about… Tecna?" Tecnisha asked.

"Okay then, our little girl, Tecna." John agreed. Tecnisha gentle placed little Tecna in her crib, which was lined with light green lace and had a lavender canopy draping down to the floor. Tecnisha and John smiled one more time at their newborn, they could watch her sleep forever.

"So everything is good, mistress?" William asked quietly and casually.

"Yes, everything is fine." Tecnisha whispered. William left quietly and walked down the hall where he passed through a secret door. There were two younger men waiting for him in the hidden room at the other end of the passage way.

"Mistress Tecnisha has a newborn daughter," he informed them, "Nothing happens to their precious little girl."

"Yes sir, of course sir." the two men saluted.

"So make sure the baby is safe at all times, if anyone we're suspicious of so much as puts a hand on her, it's up to you to insure that she isn't in any harm." William instructed, "She'll soon will be the most valuable person in Zenith."

"How do you know?" one man asked.

"When Tecnisha was young, the whole realm depended on her survival for it's technology to flourish, that's why every evil force the realm ever faced wanted her to be able to destroy Zenith. Without a strong source, a realm is nothing." William explained.

"But why is the combination of beauty and intelligence so important?" the other asked.

"Alone, it isn't, but with a special unknown power that Mistress Tecnisha, and possible now her daughter possesses, the harm of her and her daughter could mean the collapse of Zenith's advancements as we know them." William explained. The two men now knew how important the baby's safety was not just to Mistress Tecnisha and Master John, but to the entire realm as well.

"We won't let them down, sir." they promised William.

"You better not, now I have to go serve them supper. Don't fail!" William left the dark space and off to the kitchen of the large palace.

Tecnisha and John were not royalty, nor were they related to loyalty. John just made an honest living as an inventor, but it was Tecnisha who needed the protection and service. Besides, John loved her so much he treated her like loyalty. So, with dimension wide invention sales, and money coming in every which way from his success, John made it feel like they were somewhat wealthy. Tecnisha had a gift that went on in her family for generations of fairies, beauty that you'd have to blink numerous times to adjust to, intelligence, unlike no other in Zenith, that would blow you mind, and an unknown magic along with the usual technology powers of the fairies of Zenith. You couldn't give it a name, or what its defence was, but it was there, and only the women on Tecnisha's side of the family know what it was, and most likely Tecna would have it too. This would make her more valuable in the future, so she needed all the protection she could to keep her from danger.