Meet Auralia Quinn, rebel and outcast. She was raised in the land of Faery and loved nothing more than exploring the rolling countryside and talking to plants. It was a happy childhood and all was well in her world, until that is, she came of age and the Baron's son took a fancy to her. Auralia's Father saw this as a golden opportunity to advance the family standing and her Mother was overjoyed at the idea of her daughter one day becoming a Baroness. To Auralia though, the prospect seemed nothing more than a gilded cage, she certainly wouldn't be allowed to venture out of the castle. The thought of loosing her freedom was too much so she fled, casting off her faery guise and escaping to the mortal world...
Where she found out about money and how important it is for proper living. Her meagre funds were barely enough to put a roof over her head. But she was happy nonetheless.
Happy but hungry, unable to afford a fridge she had to use her initiative, in other words raiding the community gardens for free food.
Of course, after all that gardening she felt a bit grubby and not being able to afford a shower she had to make do with the next best thing... a quick scrub in the local gym.
Auralia soon learned that the mortal world was a lonely place, she had no friends here... she was alone in her midnight misery.
She tried talking to the local flora...
And planting her own garden...
But in the end she realised that she should get to know her fellow mortals, having a love of nature she decided that first contact should be made in the presence of lots of plants, safety in numbers. It turned out to be a fortuitous decision as her first encounter was with her future Boss...
Who she discovered was also a natural cook. Inspired by her new friend Auralia made the big step of joining the culinary career track, she had to start as a Kitchen Scullian but as she knew, small acorns grow into mighty oaks.
It wasn't long before she regretted the glib acorns-to-oaks quip... working as a scullian was not fun!
However, her faery nature soon kicked in and she decided to glam-up and spend a little of her first wage packet on some drinks...
The next day, Auralia went searching for more potential friends...
A moth was her first discovery, followed quickly by a human...
He was to become the first of many new friends. Time passed, as it always does in the mortal realms, and Auralia settled in to her new life. She sated her wanderlust by exploring this new world and was rewarded with many a find; interesting seeds, meteorites and gemstones among them. Soon she had earned enough money from her discoveries and kitchen work to expand her meagre abode...
It even had a shower and a fridge! The luxuries seemed endless... even if she did have to use her loo as a dining chair.
Although Auralia had not wanted to marry the Baron's son she wasn't completely opposed to the idea of finding a man, in fact the idea was intriguing so she set out on a quest to find eligible bachelors, but they were either...
Too rich:
Too married:
Still too married:
Why is every man she meets married??!:
Until one day...
She met the man of her dreams, Jon the rockstar. They hit it off immediately and soon... they were an item.
Even living together!
And enjoying all those privileges that living together can bring...
Of course, those privileges have consequences...
So she broke the news to Jon...
Who was overjoyed and did the gentlemanly thing...
And Auralia accepted...
The wedding was a quiet, private affair then the couple got on with waiting for the new arrival.
Before they knew it, it was time to go to hospital!
In Jon's tour bus obviously, did I mention he's a rockstar? He's a rockstar!
Soon Auralia and Jon would know the joys of parenting...
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