Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Finding Love ❯ Chapter 2 ( Chapter 2 )

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Chapter 2


Startled voices yelling all around her was the first thing Serenity heard when she woke up.

“Prince, there’s an unconscious girl over here,” said someone’s voice from over her.

“Ahh…my head is pounding,” she murmured as she gingerly touched her aching head.
She felt drowsy, as if she was drifting around in a dream. Confused and dazed, she thought it best to just lie there.

“She’s waking up Endymion,” said a deep voice, from right beside her.

Serenity heard the heavy thud of footsteps getting closer to where she lay on the ground.
I don’t want to open my eyes, she thought. She knew once her eyes opened, her headache would only worsen.

The footsteps stopped right beside her, and she heard the ruffling of clothes as someone sat beside her. Someone was leaning over her and she smelled a whiff of rose mixed with spring rain. Mmm…that smelled good.

What the hell am I thinking?

Opening her eyes, she peered directly into a pair of delicious midnight blue eyes. They were beautiful eyes; there were silver specks swimming around in a dark sapphire tinted abyss. And they were lined with the darkest, thickest lashes that went on forever. Her gaze strayed to his dark ebony hair and his high cheekbones. Dazed, her eyes followed the line of his cheekbone until they met the strong curve of his square jaw. Looking over, she saw his lips move but what was being said was lost to her. His lips were full, with a sensual curve that made her feel tingle inside.

“Who are you and what are you doing on these lands?” his deep baritone asked. Startled she realized the man she was so busy admiring was speaking to her.

“I…I don’t know.” Her voice was a hoarse whisper and even to her own ears she sounded confused and weak.

What is wrong with me? Mentally revoking herself, she pushed out of the daze she had settled into.

Finally realizing her situation, the questions bombarded her mind. Where am I? What happened?

Keeping a calm head, Serenity looked around at her surroundings. She was still in the same forest, and yet the trees were shorter, less developed. The river was still in front of her, but looked more frantic as the current seemed stronger. What had happened to her?


Turning her head, her gaze drifted to the men nearby. There were about a dozen men, all on horseback. They all sported some sort of light armor and had swords. Three of four of the horses were alone as there masters were crowded around them. There was a black stallion at the front of the pack that particularly caught her eye, and she knew it belonged to the man in front of her.

A few feet away from her stood three tall men, all wearing light armor; the type they used to train in back when there used to be monarchies and kingdoms and such. Looking over the men she noticed they had swords sheathed at their sides carrying some sort of symbol. These men seemed more powerful and of more importance than the others, and they all wore confused and curious expressions on their faces as they looked her over. They almost seemed to be some sort of bodyguards to the man kneeling in front of her.

She shifted her head to look directly at the handsome man in front of her. She saw confusion swimming in his eyes too, but annoyance seemed to be creeping in. He had seemingly asked her something and was waiting for the answer. But Serenity was busy studying his eyes, which seemed guarded now, as if he didn’t want her to know what he was thinking.

Too close for comfort, Serenity thought as she attempted to scoot back. In doing so the skirt of her summer dress lifted even higher up her legs to reveal her thighs. Looking up to see if the stranger in front of her had noticed, she saw that his eyes were riveted on her now bare thighs.

Blushing a deep pink, Serenity pushed his skirt down over her knees and frowned. The man showed no signs of embarrassment, or of being affected at all, he had just looked away at some point over her right shoulder.

Clearing her throat she asked, “Where am I…what is this place?” Looking up, she saw the confusion growing on the strangers face.

“What do you mean where are you, how could you not know where it is you are travelling to,” he said in an annoyed voice.

“Maybe she hit her head and has a little bout of memory loss” reasoned one of the three bodyguards standing nearby. He had wavy blond hair, noticed Serenity. The man in front of looked her over with a puzzled expression.

“I haven’t lost my memories…I just don’t understand what’s happening. I was sitting somewhere, and then I’m here”, mumbled Serenity and even to her own ears she knew she made no sense.

“Or perhaps she’s from the Dark Kingdom Endymion. Maybe she works for that witch Beryl,” said the bodyguard with long wavy brown hair. “You remember one of our informants told us Beryl has been spotted near these lands lately. Maybe she’s a spy”.

She heard murmuring all around her as the men expressed their own views on this new development. From what Serenity could hear they all seemed to agree with the man; adding that she was dressed weirdly and looked out of place.

Amidst the noise, she felt the front of her dress to see if her necklace was still there. It was! She made sure the locket was hidden behind her dress because such an antique necklace may only confirm their beliefs of her being some sort of witch and she wanted to protect this necklace.

She was confused and worried but she understood that something terrible had happened. Looking at the way these men were dressed, she could only believe that somehow she had travelled back in time. But she wouldn’t believe it. She couldn’t believe it, not yet. One thing she had realized however was that this necklace was somehow related to this whole mess.

Endymion, which she had now learned was the strangers name, looked at her with calculating eyes. Taking in her floral summer dress and sweater, his hard gaze locked to her face. She was startled to see cold, icy blue eyes staring at her.

“Well, you’re quite a fool with you being a spy and falling asleep on my lands and all.”

“But that works out perfectly for us, seeing as now we can find out what Beryl is plotting and use you to our advantage,” he drawled.

Alarmed Serenity moved further away from him and frantically said “I don’t know any Beryl person, and I don’t work for her. I’m just lost, I’m not from here.”

She knew her excuse was weak, but she had no idea what to do. She hoped he’d take pity on her and maybe believe her.

“We’ll soon find out,” he said as he got up from his seated position in front of her. Then to his men he added, “We’re taking her with us, she’ll travel with me”.

“What?...but you’re not listening to me! I’m not a spy!” Serenity said as she hastily got up from the ground and went after Endymion.

“If you aren’t Beryl’s spy, then you shouldn’t have any problems answering any questions right?” A smirk adorned his face. He knew she couldn’t find an excuse for that .

“Well no, but – AHHHH” she started but Endymion had picked her up and thrown her over one broad shoulder.

“Let go of me!” “Who do you think you are? I haven’t done anything wrong,” she shouted incredulously as he carried her over to the black stallion. With a thump, he placed her on the horse’s back and heaved himself onto the horse, seated directly behind her.

“Well I happen to be the Crown Prince of Earth”, he said over her shoulder. “So I can technically do anything I please,” he added as he prepared the stallion for travel.

She gaped at him, “The P-Prince of Earth? The entire planet earth has a prince?”

Once again he looked down at her and fixed her with an aggravated glare. “Of course it does, please your attempt at feigning innocence is pathetic.”

With that said, he pulled the reins and with a resounding neigh they were off. She was pushed back against his hard – a very toned and muscled chest—and she knew she had to make a last attempt to save herself.

“You don’t act like a prince, you act like a- a chauvinistic pig!” “Put me down this instant!” and she bit down hard onto the Prince’s forearm.

“Ha! That should teach him” she smirked inwardly.

Endymion recoiled back slightly, but his grips on the reins didn’t loosen a bit. “Stop that you insolent woman!”
“Do you want to be thrown off this horse that badly; if you want you can jump off now and save us all some trouble.” He frowned at the path ahead, but he didn’t seem to be in any real pain.

Damn. What the hell is he made of? She looked down the horse and at the path they were travelling. Hmm…that’s a long way down and they were moving pretty fast. Jumping now would mean she would end up with broken bones. Better to wait till they reached wherever it was they were travelling to, and then she would try escaping again. That decided, she settled quietly within his arms and concentrated on memorizing the road they were travelling.

“Good. You’re finally behaving like a person and not like a wild banshee” said the Prince smirking down at her.

That’s what you think you creep! Just watch, I’ll escape from you and find my way home.

As they settled into silence, Serenity thought about the man behind her. So…he says he’s the prince of earth? For some unexplainable reason, she believed him. For one thing, no man out of the dozens gathered around them had contradicted that statement. They had just looked at her as if she was mad because she didn’t think the entire planet had a prince. And secondly, the way he presented himself and the way he had made the statement was with utter and complete confidence. He didn’t look like a man who lied, or a man who needed to lie. He looked like he always got what he wanted and therefore didn’t need any false pretenses.

So there was a prince of earth. So now she knew that sometime, way back in time, there had been a prince that ruled over the entire planet, and she was now sitting in his embrace. She had so many questions. She wanted to know what year it was, for one. But she doubted she’d get any answers out of the hunk of rock sitting behind her. He believed she was a sorceress or something. Letting out a sigh, she hoped that she would find someone to answer her questions later.

As they picked up pace, the chilly wind began to get to Serenity. Unconsciously she nestled back into Endymion’s chest. She felt the warmth spread throughout her body and she sighed contentedly.

Endymion looked down at the blond bundled between his arms and was puzzled. She hated him, so why was she snuggling up against him? And he hated her too, she was conspiring against him! So why wasn’t he pushing her away? Frowning, he pushed the unsettling thoughts out of his mind and concentrated on the road ahead.

After what seemed like an hour of travelling, they reached the outskirts of an enormous castle. There were guards posted all along the outside walls, but they all saluted, bowed and opened the wrought iron gates that lead inside the castle walls.

“Well that’ll make it harder to plan an escape route,” thought Serenity.

The sun had set, and the sky darkened around them. They came to an abrupt halt and she felt some shifting behind her and Endymion jumped off his stallion. Serenity was startled to note that she was disappointed at the sudden disappearance of warmth.

Just as abruptly, he picked Serenity up and off the horse and placed her on the ground. He called over some men and ordered, “Bring her inside and make sure she doesn’t escape.” He had emphasized the last part with a hard glare at both men.

He went on ahead and disappeared through the grand doors at the front of the castle. Serenity, deciding that causing an uproar would only make the Prince more hesitant about her intentions, went quietly with the two men as they guided her through the entrance.

My god! It was huge! Even bigger than her estate at home.

Marble covered the floor beneath their feet, and there was a grand oak staircase that was settled in the center of the foyer. The staircase led to a second floor that had many rooms that she was unable to see. There were great big colonial pillars around the foyer and an enormous crystal chandelier hung over her head, what would be the middle of the foyer.

The two guards pulled a gaping Serenity through the foyer and into a room in the east wing of the castle. They entered into a big room that was decorated with gold and big curtains.

In the center of the room was a big gold trimmed red chair, and on this chair was the Prince. Beside him stood the three elite men she had seen earlier in the forest and another man with long white-silver hair.

The men pulled her further into the room, until she stood directly before the Prince. The Prince wore a hard and serious look on his face; he looked colder than he had in the forest.

“So please do explain to us why you were spying on me?” “What did your mistress order you to do?” he spit out in disgust.

“I’ve told you already, I don’t work for anybody!” she repeated exasperatedly.

“Then what exactly were you doing trespassing on my grounds?” the Prince asked in a sarcastic tone.

He doesn’t believe me.

“My name is Serenity Vanderbilt and I-I’m…” She paused. Should she just tell them the truth? She was tired and she wondered how it could get any worse than this anyways. Oh screw it.
“I’m…I’m from the future” she said quickly.

“Oh really. The future you say?” said the Prince raising a sarcastic dark eyebrow.

“Yes! I was just sitting under this tree in the forest on my estates and before I knew it, the tree was glowing and then everything went dark…and I ended up here” she finished lamely. Even to her own ears, her explanation sounded like a lie.

“You had that whole ride to come up with a plausible explanation, and that’s the best you could do?” he drawled, a cold smirk frozen on his handsome face.

“I’m not lying to you, it’s the truth!” shouted Serenity as she set her face into a hard expression she hoped mirrored Endymion. Inside she was crumbling. She felt like crying, he didn’t believe her. Well of course he didn’t believe her. She wouldn’t believe herself if she was in his place.

What would she do? She stared hard at the Prince, she would not give him the satisfaction of seeing her cry and plead.

Endymion stared at her for a moment, studying her in silence. So her name was Serenity. It was a beautiful name and quite uncommon. Just like her. She seemed frustrated, but she couldn’t be telling him the truth. It was ludicrous…from the future she says! He had to find out what Beryl was planning, and this girl would tell him everything. She just needed to be persuaded.

“Guards, take her to the dungeons.” Then to Serenity, he added “Maybe there, you can finally remember the real reason why you’re hear. “Maybe tomorrow morning you’ll feel like telling me why Beryl sent you to spy on me.”

The guards tightened their grip on her wrist as they tried to drag her to the dungeons.
“Unhand me” she threatened the guards. Then facing the prince, she added with intensity in her voice “I haven’t done anything wrong. Let me go this instant!”

Endymion smelled the fear coming off from her. She put on a tough front but he knew she was really frightened inside. He decided adding to her fear would help him in learning the truth. Endymion stood up and walked up to stand in front of Serenity.

“Certainly you realize Serenity, that you are in no position to command anything of me” he snarled. “We believe that you work with Beryl, who we are at war with, so you are an enemy to us” he bit out angrily. “And now, we’ve caught you.”

Serenity’s eyes widened and panic seeped into her vivid blue eyes.

“Good,” Endymion thought. That should quell that arrogant attitude of hers. Then he leaned in, to within an inch of her ear and whispered softly, “With a snap of my fingers, I could have you killed”. With a nod towards the guards, Serenity was dragged off to the dungeons.

The last thing Serenity saw was a cold smirk on Endymion’s face.

“So you hope to scare her into confessing” said a voice from Endymion’s right.

Endymion turned to look at his head general, Malachite. “Hmm…she looks to be from a well off family” “Spending some time in the dungeons will show her the reality of her situation, and show her we mean business. Then, she should docilely tell us everything about Beryl.”

Malachite was always quiet and observing; he was wise beyond his years. He questioned his prince “Are you sure she’s a threat?” “She didn’t seem like the type to work for Beryl.”

“We’ll find out soon enough”, said the Prince and they all knew that he wouldn’t allow them to question him on this.

“Well, I think its bloody brilliant. I would have just had her killed for betrayal” called the blond haired Jaedite from his left.

Endymion frowned because for some unknown reason, he couldn’t imagine himself killing the girl. She really did seem innocent and there was something about her that drew him to her. Something that intrigued him. That was probably the reason why he had insisted she ride with him to the castle, rather than with a guard.

His frown deepened as he realized where his thoughts were leading him. Stop it Endymion. He cursed himself for feeling sorry for the girl. She was a spy; she was probably trying to kill him. So, he had done the right thing by placing her in the dungeons. She would confess everything come tomorrow.

Smiling because he was pleased with himself, Endymion went off to change out of his training armor.



Serenity hated that man. That Prince was evil. Pure evil. Serenity was sitting on the floor in a cell in the dark dungeon. She hugged her knees closer to herself to keep herself warm. He didn’t even listen to her entire story, the bastard! He had just condemned her to the dungeons without any proof.

But there was something about him that got to her. She felt she could look into his beautiful eyes for eternity. Even though she should have been wary of him, when they were sitting on that horse together, she felt safe. Protected. Which was silly of course, I mean he was the biggest threat to her life. Yet something about him made her heart beat faster.

Stop it Serenity, she reprimanded herself. He threatened to kill you. But for some reason his threat had surprised her. His threat at the end had jolted her to the danger she was in. She was in the past; where punishments and death weren’t always justified. She didn’t think that he would threaten her life.

The Prince thought she worked for some person named Beryl, and Serenity had gathered one thing, that the Prince and his kingdom were at war with this Beryl. That means they all think I’m the enemy. They all hate me; they consider me an enemy in their camp.

Oh god. I need to get out of here. She had already tried to find a way out of the dungeon, but it was useless. The dungeon was secure. But the next time an opportunity came, she was going to get the hell out of here.

Suddenly, a light went on down the hall from her cell.

“Prince?” thought Serenity.

But a woman carrying a flaming torch came into her view.

From her seat on the dungeon floor, Serenity called out cautiously “Who are you?”

“Hello Serenity, my name is Raye,” said the lady.

Serenity must have had a confused expression because she continued on to add, “I’m Endymion’s sister.”

Oh lovely. That was the perfect end to this day.

“What are you here for? To continue the threatening your brother started?”
“He didn’t have enough, that he sent you down here to continue,” Serenity added annoyance creeping into her voice.

“Oh no, he doesn’t even know that I’m here meeting you. I just wanted to meet you and hear your story,” she said gazing at her directly.

Raye had a key hanging from her hand, which she used to open the gate to the cell, and she walked right in.

“I’m a spy from some person named Beryl, didn’t you hear from your brother?” Serenity added sarcastically, watching her warily.

“I don’t believe that, you don’t look an inch like someone from the dark kingdom. My brother is just being stubborn, his intuition is usually spot on, I don’t know what happened this time…” she trailed off.

“Shouldn’t you hate me; I’m an enemy to your people aren’t I?” asked Serenity.

“I don’t hate you, quite the contrary; I’m beginning to like you” she said with a twinkling smile. “I heard you stood up to my brother, which is brilliant,” Raye said with her eyes sparkling.

She was smirking, and that smirk was every inch the same as her brothers Serenity noted. “And as for you being an enemy, it’s only because everyone believes you to work for Beryl, which I’m almost certain is not the case.”

Serenity studied her. Raye was beautiful, and now that she looked closely she could see the clear resemblance between the brother and sister. Raye shared her brother’s ebony hair, and hers reached her lower back. She had piercing violet eyes and was about three inches taller than Serenity. Looking closely at Raye’s face, Serenity saw sincerity behind her smile. Something about her made Serenity want to trust her.

Tentatively Serenity started her story. “I’m from the future,” she said slowly.

Serenity paused and watched Raye’s reaction. Raye looked startled for a moment, before her face went carefully blank and she waited for Serenity to continue.

Serenity was surprised that she hadn’t outright laughed in her face. Serenity told Raye her entire story, and Raye listened attentively the entire time asking questions along the way.

They stood in silence after the story ended, both trying to absorb what had happened.

Raye finally spoke, “So you’re from the year 2010?”

She looked astounded.

“Yes I am, and what year is this?” Serenity asked, wondering just how far in time she had travelled.

“It’s the year 1010.”

1010?!

“So I’ve travelled back a millennia?” Serenity asked confounded.

“I believe so. An entire millennia,” said Raye.

“You actually believe me?” Serenity asked, confused at how Raye was so trustworthy.

“I do and I’m not quite sure why, but there’s something about you I trust. You seem familiar…”
“Familiar?” That’s odd. Serenity had trusted Raye for the same reason. She seemed trustworthy to her too for some unknown reasons.

“Mhm…and I like you.” Raye smiled and then she stopped for a moment as if a thought had just struck her. Then she added, “Serenity, where’s that necklace you were talking about, your grandmother’s necklace?”

Serenity had told her the whole story, including the part about finding her necklace. She trusted Raye, and she seemed like the only person who believed her. She seemed like a friend. The only thing she didn’t know about was Seiya.

“It is right here” said Serenity taking her necklace out from inside the neckline of her dress.

Her necklace glinted in the light; the light colored gem sparkling flames in the light from the torch. She heard a gasp, and looked up to find Raye staring slack jawed at the necklace.

“W-where in the world did you find that?” Her voice was a pitch higher in excitement as she moved to touch the necklace.

“It’s my grandmother’s necklace, remember I told you?” Serenity had no idea why Raye was so riveted on her grandmother’s necklace. Sure it was beautiful, but it wasn’t that amazing in this day and time.

Touching the necklace in awe, Raye answered “It’s not just any necklace…the fact that you have this necklace means that you’re a—a—”

She looked up in bewilderment at Serenity. Raye studied Serenity for minutes.

Not being able to wait any longer, Serenity asked impatiently “A what?”
With a bewildered look marring her face, Raye answered “It means that you are a healer.”