au: Someone declares war against the Paris Summit, oop
No one could’ve expected the attack on Paris, and so no one was to blame. The attack came from all sides, cornering Paris into a weaving of canon, gunpowder and roaring battle hungry men. Eudoxia had awoken to it, rising from her bed to the cry of her child and the worrying squeal of her ladies. “What is happening?” she called, looking towards the cradle before an explosion was heard from the North. “What is that?” She continued, arms outstretched for her babe, before servants pushed themselves through the door to her chambers.
Before her eyes could adjust to the sudden intrusion, the child was ripped from her arms and taken from her grasp by a wet nurse who promised to take Anastasia to safety. Lips parted to shout, to scream and demand her child back within her arms — but no answer was came, as the room fell in. The debris from the roof cloaked the room in dust
At first, she had forgotten what had happened, at first she felt light and at ease — and then everything hurt, her body suddenly heavier than it had ever been before and her arms all the more empty without her child. “Anastasia-” She gasped as she felt hands roam over her — her eyes remanded closed, her skin alight with pain. “Anastasia, Anastasia — where is she?” Eudoxia called, her effort going into lifting her arms that were promptly pushed back down upon the floor where she lay. Slowly, her lids lifted to look at the person who tended her. Her memory failed her, for she could not decipher the person but her ears hailed as champion — catching the panic, the cries and the bellowing roar of men. “Where is my child?” She called once more, her hand grasping the other's wrist to pause her aid. “Find my child, I beg, tell the Tsar — where is she?” Eudoxia spat, pushing herself up with groans that left her feeling broken and shattered. “Anastasia!”