#I’m sick atm and my delirious brain decided to become devastated about the hallowleafs today

[selunesfavouriteprincess]

do you think Arnell kissed his little girl’s forehead on the day she went into those dark woods and told her not to be afraid? do you think Emmeline slipped the moonstone pendant around her neck and carefully secured her hair so it wouldn’t fall into her eyes during the journey? do you think they cuddled her close and blew raspberries on her face until she giggled, knowing their brave girl wouldn’t be scared of the woods? did she smile up at them, missing a couple of baby teeth? did she love the affection or was she getting restless, eager to get started and prove herself? how long after they waved her off did they find out something was wrong? did Arnell promise his wife that he’d bring their girl home safely, did she kiss him and tell him Selûne would guide him to their precious moonbeam? did Emmeline pace the floors of her home, clutching a sending stone in her hands, feeling her heart in her throat? did she hear people approach and throw the door open, only to be met with dark cloaks and masks? was she only reunited with her husband when they both awoke suspended by Shar’s curse? did they hear their little girl’s cries as she was forced before the mirror, memory after memory torn from her head? was the next time they saw their daughter as an empty shell, looking right past them, the Mother Superior’s hand on her shoulder? which was worse, their little girl being forced to torture them, or watching her be punished when she refused? did Arnell feel ashamed when the Mother Superior threatened his child with being left in a wolf den, afraid he had caused that same fear? did Emmeline watch the Mother distort the meaning of the title, desperate to comfort her little girl as the Mother reprimanded her?

did they ever wonder why Selûne let this all happen to them?