idden

when the palace had prepared feasts and f

golden shoes silent against the stone paths. Her feet led her beyond the known gardens,

y she had ever seen. Its bark was silver, its leaves shimmered as if stitched wit

a strange whisper filled her ear

t... you have

ed around, no one was there. Only the tree, still and sil

lled with images - visions of places she had never seen, faces she had n

ities built from crystal and light. She saw creatures both strange and

this world, little princess

lace, once grand and untouchable, seemed suddenly sma