Slowly her eyes open. Gazing up to be starry night within a large cavern.

How long was she there? How long was she sleep? Where was her family? Her home?

The last she could recall was fighting along side her beloved husband and her once emperor against their enemies. Her son was under the protection of a trusted subject and friend of the family.

Rising slowly, she placed a hand to her head as a wave of both weakness and lightheadedness washes over her. Brushing back her long auburn hair from her face, she slips off the slab she was resting upon, rising onto her feet. Her gown was worn with time and rustles as she moves along the tunnels. Fingers tracing along the walls, as she makes her way through the darkness, even as her silvery gaze adjusts to her surroundings.

How did she get there in the first place? she thought as her strength slowly returns to her.

As she emerged through the entrance, she looked about at what seem to be a changed world and possible a changed life.