Moonchild is sad

After her vision, the Empress sat on her throne and wept. She demanded she be left alone so that she could deal with her sad realization. Bastian wasn't coming back, her refusal to accept it had gained her nothing.

But the belief Bastian would return had been all that had kept her going for so long. The position of Empress was a lonely one; she rarely left the Ivory Tower as she was so often needed by her people to provide guidance. Undoubtedly she had spent to long in this tower, she longed to leave it behind and travel the many lands and cities of Fantasia. She just didn't want to do it alone. She always pictured she would take the journey with Bastian at her side.

She wondered why she had never told him that sooner. She also wondered why she had never been able to put into words her love for him. Now the chance was gone.

She was so wrapped up in her despair she didn't notice the young man appear in her throne room.