Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Twisted destinies ❯ Tears, reconciliations and deceptions ( Chapter 6 )

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TWISTED DESTINIES
by Blue Dreamer (bluedreamer80@hotmail.com)
A Land Of Dreams (www.alandofdreams.com)

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Disclaimer: Sailor Moon is owned by all its respective owners, Naoko Takeuchi, et al. Any other
characters in this story are copyright to me as well as the story itself.

Synopsis: A revolution has taken place in the Moon Kingdom... the only hope left for the King and
Queen is to get their daughter to safety ... on Earth

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Chapter 06: Tears, reconciliations and deceptions

Serena held her breath as the prince turned around. Unfortunately, she was still not going to see
what the latter looked like as the other man stood in front of her, blocking all view of the prince.
Serena stayed still ... not wanting to get noticed.

-"You should not be going out like this at night", said the man to the prince

-"Uncle, what's the use of having a kingdom and being locked up in a golden cage?" answered the
prince annoyed

-"Prince Endymion, you must be fit to receive Princess Rei of China", continued the older man

-"What if I don't want to marry her?" asked the prince

-"The choice is not yours Endymion", answered Prince Charles

-"It so unfair", the prince complained

-"The duties of a prince are priceless and a prince has to sacrifice quite a lot", said the man

-"Doesn't love count?" the prince actually did not need an answer as he knew it already

-"Endymion, it has come to my ears that you've fallen for a peasant of the region, is that so?"
Charles asked the young prince

Serena was still a little too far from the two men to understand the full conversation ... She
somehow grasped a few words here and there

'Love, Princess Rei? The prince must be in love with her... That's so cute' she thought to herself

-"I can see that Nephrite is good at keeping you informed", Endymion snapped back

-"Answer my question" the older man said firmly

-"Yes you are well informed" Endymion finally gave in

-"Listen, you are not to see her again as this may result in a scandal and we cannot afford to lose
China" Prince Charles said before turning back and heading his way back to the palace leaving
Endymion alone ... or so he thought.

'I don't get it ... why can't the prince marry the princess??§??!!!!§???' Serena was confused as he
only grasped bits and pieces of the conversation

She somehow managed not to move when Prince Charles made his way back to the castle leaving
Serena to maybe finally see what this mysterious prince looks like.

The prince took a while to meditate over the situation ... On the one hand there was the kingdom
and princess Rei of China. A marriage between the two of them would imply a strong alliance
between both kingdoms against the moon-kingdom. Indeed, Queen Beryl is determined to get her
hand over the planet earth.

On the other hand, there was sweet innocent Serena. Just the thought of her made him sad... 'How
could I face her if I marry another woman?'

He remembered then that his girl was right here in the castle premises ... Maybe I could go and
check on her. He could not take it any longer and decided to go see her. As he was coming closer
to the tree behind which Serena was hiding, Serena, tried to get a better view of the prince and in
the process tripped over a root and fell.

The prince alarmed by the noise shouted "How there?"

Serena was now trembling and did not say a word. As her ankle was hurting she tried her best to
attend to that and was on the verge of tears. The young prince approached carefully and noticed it
was a girl ... his girl

-"Are you alright Serena?" the man asked her gently

'How does he know my name' Serena was confused and somehow gathered all her courage to look
up and there he stood ... her Darien

-"Darien?" she asked unsure

-"Is your ankle alright?" Endymion bent down to attend to her ankle

He tore a piece of his shirt and tied it to Serena's ankle

-"This should do the trick for the time being" he tried to laugh as he looked at her

Silence ... Serena was only looking at him ... as though he was looking at some stranger

-"Sere... Say something, anything," Endymion said sadly

-"I..." she started "...I don't understand who you are" She simply said.

She tried to stand up but failed due to her painful ankle. Endymion stood up at the same time and
caught Serena before she fell. Only then he noticed her tears... her silent tears

-"Sere..." he tried again

-"Don't ..." she interrupted him "You lied and played with my feelings"

-"Let me explain" the prince tried again

-"Explain what? That you're going to get engaged to the princess Rei of China? I know that already,
I even told you that I was coming to work or the prince... for you in other words... All this must
have terribly amused you ... Playing with a farm girl" Serena just burst everything out

-"Will you just listen to me Serena?" Endymion said firmly to which to girl complied. "First of all, I
love you more than anyone on this earth" the prince started

-"But then ..."

-"Let me finish" he said in an authoritative tone "My family is trying to force me into a union
between England and China to fight the Queen of the Moon Kingdom. The only proof of a solid
union is a marriage."

-"So for world peace, you are going to marry someone you don't love?" Serena asked him

-"Since I've met you... I just can't get myself to accept that" Endymion answered back and saw the
sparkles in Serena's eyes as she was now smiling

-"I was so scared..."

-"Shut," he stopped her with a light kiss which quickly deepened.

-"We should get back inside" Serena finally said and started walking ahead but quickly her ankle
gave way

-"Let me" Endymion lifted her off the floor and carried her in his arms and started walking towards
the castle kissing her along the way

-"So Darien... Oh sorry, Prince Endymion," she quickly corrected

-"Endymion would be just fine" he answered

-"How many lies have you told me?" Serena asked in a serious tone

-"What do you mean?"

-"Your name for instance" Serena continued

-"I did not lie ... My name is Endymion Darien of England" he grinned

As they approached the castle, Serena managed to step down and walk

-"It's better I don't get caught flirting with the Prince", Serena grinned at Endymion "I don't want
to get fired"

-"Don't be silly" Endymion answered back laughing

-"I'm serious" Serena answered back slowly... a sad look back on her face "Don't make things more
difficult" she said looking straight ahead. Indeed, Mrs MacNuts was standing in front of Serena's
room and she was looking rather annoyed. Fortunately she could not see Serena and the prince.

-"Serena, why do you have to worry?" he asked her

-"Darien, Endymion, please, don't say anything..." Serena insisted and gave him a quick peck on
his cheek and walked (or should I say limped) back to her quarters leaving Darien to look at her.

-"What were you up to?" she asked Serena

-"I was taking a walk by the garden" Serena replied

-"Don't forget, you are to wake up at 6 AM so hurry and go to sleep"

-"Yes Mrs. MacNuts," Serena answered back quickly

Endymion heard the whole conversation but did not intervene as he was instructed not to by his
angel. The moment Mrs MacNuts left, he approached Serena's quarters and knocked at her door

-"Come in Mrs.MucNuts," Serena said as she got to the door

To her surprise it was her prince that came inside and closed the door behind him

-"I just can't stay away from you... now that you're so close" he said keeping his voice low

Serena gulped as she was not prepared to have anyone with her that night

-"Da...Endymion... I don't know if it is a good..." Serena started

-"I just want to have you close to me... I want to make up holding you Serena" Endymion
continued and gave one of his best puppy looks

-"Alright" Serena resigned "You drive me totally nuts"

-"Yeah... I could say the same about you" he said and kissed Serena

At some point, Endymion managed to get into the covers of her bed looked at Serena. After a
moment of hesitation, Serena joined in. Darien hugged her and told her "I love Serena... no matter
what, I love you"

The two of them drifted off to sleep rather quickly

Early morning

-"Get up" a woman was screaming outside Serena's room

As Serena managed to wake up, she could not get out of her bed as she was trapped by a pair of
strong arms holding her protectively. She looked at the man and smiled at the sleeping figure

-"Will you wake up?" shouted the woman

-"I'm up" shouted back Serena

-"You better hurry up then and get started ... You have the floors to do today" Mrs. MacNuts said
and left for the next room

Endymion woke up as well and looked at his angel

-"Morning darling" he managed to say "Why don't you stay a bit more in bed with me Serena?" he
continued

-"But Mrs. MacNuts..." she started

-"Sere let me get that arranged he winked" he said and got up

-"Endymion, wait, I just cannot ... what would the others say? What would my sister think? No I
have to go" Serena said as she was out of bed

She winced at the pain her ankle was giving her but did not complain

-"Baby", he trying

-"Turn around", she said to which he complied

Serena dressed up in a flash and went out of her quarters leaving Endymion before he could add
anything more


The next two days went of at the same rhythm... day time Serena was working and night time she
would fall asleep in her prince's arms. It felt so right, so nice.



Thursday afternoon

Serena was now not so impatient to see Princess Rei of China

'Why can't she go back from wherever" Serena muttered

The truth's that Serena knows that her prince will have to make a hard choice. Save the world or
marry Serena... What a choice

As the carriage of the princess arrived, Serena saw a beautiful woman coming out of it. She was
having the best figure ever, the most beautiful black hair and the most piecing purple eyes...

One word: she was beautiful and Serena's heart flinched for a few seconds

The princess looked at Serena and told her to take all her belongings to her room. Serena complied
while the princes made her way towards Endymion's quarters

Serena hurried getting all the princess's belongings upstairs and quickly made her way to the
prince's quarters. As she was going to knock to make her presence noticed, he heard the two in a
deep conversation

-"If we don't get married today itself, the Queen of Venus won't give her support in the fight
against Queen Beryl" Princess Rei was saying

'What an opportunist!' Serena was fuming

-"Rei, we don't have much of a choice so how about a ceremony right now" Endymion answered
back

-"Now look who's in a hurry!" Rei laughed

-"Come on Rei, we've known each other for quite some time now..." Endymion continued

-"Actually I can remember our nights very well" Rei joked

-"Reason why our union would work" Endymion insisted

-"I've already signed the marriage agreement so I just need your signature" Rei produced a paper

After reading the draft, Endymion took out a pen and signed the agreement. Prince Endymion and
Princess Rei were now married.

Serena could not take it any longer and decided to leave as fast as possible. Unnoticed, she left the
castle and locked herself in her room.

Never in her life had she cried so much ... As she managed to stop, she heard a knock at her door.
As she opened it, Endymion walked inside and quickly closed the door behind him

-"We need to talk" he said