As the Dark One sits upon the carved stone near the water’s edge, she remembers the love she once had, yet lost for so long….

….and, yet, never can be ever again but she feels the warmth of love from moments past that lit within her heart a love that shall forever be with her…..for her lost Prince shall always be a part of her heart and of her soul even though he is gone…..gratitude fills her heart for the time that they once had as they played within their castle in the magical field surrounded by a forest, dreaming of the life they would have forever…….wildlife played upon the grasses nearby and beneath a winter moon star-lit eyes shone above the snowy field……that of a stag and its mate watching them……as the Dark One and her Prince of Scots gazed upon their beauty…..magic filled the air……yet, one day, it was gone and sadness ruled over the Kingdom…..leaving the Dark One in deep despair at the loss of her Prince as she sat looking out at the heart shaped pond from her tower windows……the one who held her heart….her whole life…..in his hands……he chose to take another path away, far away from their love and in that moment a great love was lost…..forever……..as the Dark One searched her heart she found her way with tears and sadness……sadness so deep that it broke her heart so deeply that no one could enter…..she wondered if ever anyone could ever touch her heart again……..and her journey began to the place where magic filled her heart…..her beloved harbor……the place where she felt she belonged more than ever she had felt before…….

Out of her memories, a duck appears as she sits on the stones……..and tears fall down upon the ground beneath her remembering the loss but feeling love in her heart for what once she had…..and knowing that it will always be with her until the end of time…….rising from her seat she holds the silver ring within her palm feeling the heat of the love that once existed…..within its band the words “all I refuse and thee I chuse”………with strength, she throws it into the water far beyond vowing to give her love to this place forever……knowing that what once held her heart can no longer be but that she can carry the love within her…...as their love shall always exist in life and in death…….