Relena's Shadow
Chapter 1 – Mysterious Stranger
Miss Relena walked out of the room with a few reporters around her. She had finally completed her
task and that was to create peace in the world. She walked behind the curtains and flopped on a chair. Now
she was Queen again.
"Why aren't I happy? At a time like this. I have wished for peace for so long and now that I have it, I'm
not happy," thought Relena
"Relena, aren't you going to join in the celebration?" asked Relena's brother, Milliardo.
"I'm alright, I'll come a bit later, you go ahead without me," said Relena.
"I insist you come! I have a car ready for us."
Relena nodded and slowly dragged herself after Milliardo.
"Milliardo, were the gundam pilots invited?" asked Relena suddenly.
"No, why would they have been invited?" asked Milliardo.
"How can you say that! They protected the world. They are the reason that there is peace now. I want
them to be invited or else I will not go."
"Very well, if that is what you wish for."
Relena snorted in fury. Of course she wished for the gundam pilots to be there. They deserved to live in
her palace as far as she was concerned. She had to make sure they had somewhere to go. Milliardo was
already ordering a soldier to find the gundam pilots and invite them.
"You think it is possible to find them?" a man asked another guard.
The guard shook his head and looked sympathetically at Relena. She turned her head in
embarassement. If Milliardo wouldn't find the gundam pilots, she would.
Milliardo took Relena's hand and led her to the car. She wondered why she hadn't met Milliardo
before. He was her brother and she should have spent her childhood with him. She slit her dress into the car
and the car raced off to the party. Relena gazed outside. There was no fire in the sky, no soldiers around the
streets. It was all peaceful and quiet.
As they arrived at the party Relena could already see 3 guards standing waiting for her to come out.
They were going to be her future bodyguards and they were already by her side and leading her to the party.
Relena wished she could have some privacy. She wasn't very happy even though they were celebrating
peace.
She looked around the bright and colourful room. The ceiling shined from the crystal ball hanging from
it. Little circles appeared on the ceiling as the room darkened and the light fell upon Relena. Cheers and
screams filled the room and she almost felt happy again.
She slowly walked to the microphone hoping she didn't have to talk. She just wanted to sit down from
exhaustion and close her eyes.
Finally she spoke and her first word quivered until she got her courage back and began speaking
properly, "I would like to thank all of you for coming to this celebration today."
The crowd roared and cheered until they were hushed by som older firm looking ladies.
"I was quite upset when I had found out that the Gundam Pilots were not invited to the party, but I
think all of you should know that without their help we could have never achieved peace in the world. They
shouldn't be scared of but respected. After all, they were only young boys when they began training and now
are real heros. I hope all of you understand that. I am not sure if any have come yet but I will be keeping an
eye for them. Anyway, please enjoy the party!" said Relena letting out a sigh of relief.
The lights came back on and Relena went to her royal table to have a rest. She had been so uptight after
the war, and she felt she was not the same person as she had been before.
"Hey! Long time no see!" Relena looked at the arm in front of her.
A funny face lowered and stared into her eyes. It was Duo.
"Duo! You made it back quite quickly!" exclaimed Relena.
"Well, your guards hadn't even arrived at my place, but I heard your speech on TV, so I self invited
myself here!" laughed Duo winking at Relena as he sat down on a comfortable red chair.
Relena smiled for the first time this day. She was so happy that finally a gundam pilot arrived. They
had a special auro around them that made Relena feel safe and happy whenever she was down.
"So, seen any hot boys around like myself?" asked Duo looking up at the ceiling innocently.
"You're so cheeky Duo!" laughed Relena.
Relena gazed around the room. It didn't seem like any of the other gundam pilots had arrived yet.
Would they come even though she sent a worldwide invitation to them. From the corner of her eye she saw
two boys walk through the front door. She knew who it was straight away.
Trowa and Quatre saw Relena and waved to her. Relena sat down again looking very anxious. She
knew in her heart she was hoping for someone else. Of course she wanted Trowa , Quatre and Duo to be with
her, but there was one more person who hadn't arrived yet.
Relena looked at each person's face, but Heero wasn't there. Perhaps he didn't want to come. Had she
done something wrong? Why was he distancing himself from her so much? Did he even love her at all?
Wufei walked in the room silently and hid into the shadows so that no one would see him. Relena only
caught sight of him when he disappeared again, probably onto the balcony with Trowa and Quatre who were
watching the glittering stars in the dark velvet night sky.
"Do you think we cheered her up?" asked Quatre.
"I'm not sure. Even though we came, her boyfriend didn't turn up!" joked Duo.
"Have you seen him at all?"
"No one has heard from him since Relena made her peace agreement speech."
Quatre lowered his head in anger. Heero shouldn't have left Relena like that! He showed have stayed
by her side!
Relena sat on the edge of her seat looking at all the guests that had come in. Where was Heero? Why
wouldn't he come. It was the second time she had invited him and he rejected her. He could have at least
contacted her and said that he couldn't go.
Some lovely music turned on and Relena felt much more a calm. A few young couples jumped onto the
dance floor and started dancing to the beat of the music.
"It's my chance!" laughed Duo nudging a sorrow looking Wufei.
"I don't like women," said Wufei scornfully.
"You were married for crying out loud! Do you not like them ever since your wife left you because she
got sick," asked Duo teasingly.
Wufei turned on his heal and walked out the foor.
Duo looked at Relena and smiled. He needed to try and get some attention from Relena. After all she
was one cute lady. Would he have a chance.
"May I have this dance?" asked Duo.
Relena stared at him in shock and surprise. The didn't think that anyone would want to dance with her.
Duo was a nice person and she didn't mind dancing with him..
Relena took his hand and was surprised how he pulled her towards him. He gently swept her across the
dance floor and slowly the crowd cleared to watch them dance. Relena gracefully danced along the floor and
Duo was smiling to himself inside. He could do this better than Heero.
Relena smiled at Duo's prideful face. He seemed to be so confident in what he was doing. Relena
wished she could do that.
Suddenly there was a small explosion outside and fire broke out across the floor. The people of the
palace ran dripping over their heels as Relena tried getting to the microphone. Duo ran after her but was
knocked down by some scared man.
"Stop everyone! There is no need to panic! Please do not kill yourselves while walking out. Duo will
lead you out of the palace won't you, Duo?" asked Relena looking at Duo who was shamefully lying on the
ground.
He jumped up quickly to protest but then realised he could get some attention from Relena by saving
the people of the party.
"Alright everyone! Follow me," ordered Duo pulling a little girl with him.
Relena watched Trowa and Quatre jump off the balcony. They must have thought she had gotten out
already. She was glad she could be on her own and could prove she could get out of the fire by herself.
Finally the last person ran out and Relena suddenly felt shocked. Someone should have helped her! Did
nobody care about her anymore. Sure, in a way she wanted to prove that she could be on her own but this
whole tragedy made her feel really sad.
Suddenly a column fell down nearly scraping her face. The fire caught on fire in one second and Relena
realised that she was in more trouble than she thought she was in. Her heart thumped wildly and she could
feel her blood race through her faster and faster. She had no where to go but to the balcony. Relena shook of
any bad ideas and rushed to the balcony. A small squeek came from the ceiling and as Relena looked up she
saw the ceiling start cracking. The bricks and rubble poured infront of Relena. She looked back to see the fire
rise and surround her.
"Oh no! Where do I go?" asked Relena knowing no one was going to answer her question.
She rushed to a space where there was no fire only realising that she was facing a wall. She should have
left with the others. What was she doing trying to get out by herself? She couldn't go anywhere by herself.
Suddenly a figure jumped through the fire. The cloak he was wearing had caught on fire but he didn't
seem to care. His face was covered by a hood so Relena couldn't see his face. He carefully picked the
coughing Relena up and dashed to the balcony. Relena's eyes blurred and stung from the smoke, but she
wanted to know who this saviour was. He carefully climbed down the building where a bunch of people were
waiting anxiously for their queen.
Suddenly Duo saw Relena and ran up to the stranger. The stranger carefully handed Relena to Duo and
raced off away from the party. The crowd tried to stop him but he just plainly grabbed onto a wire fence not
caring if he got electricuted and slowly disappeared into the horizon.
"Thankyou, my saviour," whispered Relena gazing into the direction in which the stranger disappeared.
"Who could have tried to kill you?" asked Noin pacing across the room thoughtfully.
Relena lay on the couch covered with a white puffy cover. She hugged her pillow and tried to
remember something from what happened at the party. The place was set on fire because of her but she
couldn't figure out who did it. Who was the stranger and how did he know she was in the building.
"I have no choice but to let your body guards start working now," said Sally suddenly appearing
through the door.
"How will they protect me?" asked Relena.
"Well, they will be protecting you 24 hours a day," answered Noin.
"I'd rather have the gundam pilots as my bodyguards. I don't trust those men," cried Relena.
"Sorry, but I have already hired them. You can't go anywhere without them," said Noin angrily and
stormed out the room.
Relena fell on the couch grabbing a pillow close to her and hugged it tightly. She wanted some privacy
and she'd rather have her friends guarding her instead of some strangers. Suddenly the door burst open and 5
men in black walked in each holding a gun. They lined up across the room and put their feet shoulder width
apart. A 6th person came in and closed the door walking right up to Relena. He had the biggest gun. She
remembered him from the party.
"Good day Relena, we will be following you wherever you go ok?" asked the man. Without letting her
answer the man continued, "My name is George, and I will be spending days, nights, weeks, months with
you. So try and be my friend ok?" he said right up to her face.
Relena flinched at his cold smile and nodded unhappily. How could Noin do this to her? Noin was
supposed to be her friend and now she had just thrown her in the dumps of sadness. Slowly Relena pulled
herself from the comfortable soft couch and headed to the door. The guards put their guns down and stood
about a metre away from her. George ran in front of her and quickly slammed the door before Relena could
get outside. She looked back at him in shock.
"Miss Dorlian, NEVER open a door without telling us first. Understood?" he asked sharply.
Relena opened her mouth to protest but closed it seeing there was no point in argument. George took
out his gun and opened the door slowly. He peered both ways and nodded. He beckoned her to come out and
Relena nodded sadly. The 5 guard surrounded her and walked uneasily close to her. Each time she tried
turning a corner she had to stop to let George look to both sides.
"George, I can assure you that there is no danger lurking at every corner, now please! Stand behind me
and let me do the walking or else I will never get to my room," said Relena angrily brushing beside him.
She turned the corner with her head up high with George close at her heels. As a maid walked past
Relena blushed embarassed from the mock that was following her. She felt so weak now that she had them
following her. Was she really incapable of even walking down the stairs without George holding her hand for
support?
Relena sighed in relief as she finally reached her room but George jumped in front of her and opened
the door cautiously.
"For heavens sake let me enter my room!" screamed Relena pushing him into the door and falling onto
her bed.
George coughed angrily and started examining the room. The other bodyguards joined him.
"What are they looking for? I have no bombs in my room!" thought Relena angrily as she jumped on
her bed pulling her legs up to her chin.
A little tear dropped down Relena's cheek and she quickly turned hoping they couldn't see her crying.
She wished she could tell someone how she felt. She didn't want to hide her emotions in a mask for the rest
of her life. It was all too horrible for her to imagine! She had no one to talk to and she didn't want to show
the body guards how weak she really was.
She pushed her head further into her pillow burying her tears into the pillow. Strangely only one name
came to her head.
"Heero," she whispered quietly.
Chapter 1 – Mysterious Stranger
Miss Relena walked out of the room with a few reporters around her. She had finally completed her
task and that was to create peace in the world. She walked behind the curtains and flopped on a chair. Now
she was Queen again.
"Why aren't I happy? At a time like this. I have wished for peace for so long and now that I have it, I'm
not happy," thought Relena
"Relena, aren't you going to join in the celebration?" asked Relena's brother, Milliardo.
"I'm alright, I'll come a bit later, you go ahead without me," said Relena.
"I insist you come! I have a car ready for us."
Relena nodded and slowly dragged herself after Milliardo.
"Milliardo, were the gundam pilots invited?" asked Relena suddenly.
"No, why would they have been invited?" asked Milliardo.
"How can you say that! They protected the world. They are the reason that there is peace now. I want
them to be invited or else I will not go."
"Very well, if that is what you wish for."
Relena snorted in fury. Of course she wished for the gundam pilots to be there. They deserved to live in
her palace as far as she was concerned. She had to make sure they had somewhere to go. Milliardo was
already ordering a soldier to find the gundam pilots and invite them.
"You think it is possible to find them?" a man asked another guard.
The guard shook his head and looked sympathetically at Relena. She turned her head in
embarassement. If Milliardo wouldn't find the gundam pilots, she would.
Milliardo took Relena's hand and led her to the car. She wondered why she hadn't met Milliardo
before. He was her brother and she should have spent her childhood with him. She slit her dress into the car
and the car raced off to the party. Relena gazed outside. There was no fire in the sky, no soldiers around the
streets. It was all peaceful and quiet.
As they arrived at the party Relena could already see 3 guards standing waiting for her to come out.
They were going to be her future bodyguards and they were already by her side and leading her to the party.
Relena wished she could have some privacy. She wasn't very happy even though they were celebrating
peace.
She looked around the bright and colourful room. The ceiling shined from the crystal ball hanging from
it. Little circles appeared on the ceiling as the room darkened and the light fell upon Relena. Cheers and
screams filled the room and she almost felt happy again.
She slowly walked to the microphone hoping she didn't have to talk. She just wanted to sit down from
exhaustion and close her eyes.
Finally she spoke and her first word quivered until she got her courage back and began speaking
properly, "I would like to thank all of you for coming to this celebration today."
The crowd roared and cheered until they were hushed by som older firm looking ladies.
"I was quite upset when I had found out that the Gundam Pilots were not invited to the party, but I
think all of you should know that without their help we could have never achieved peace in the world. They
shouldn't be scared of but respected. After all, they were only young boys when they began training and now
are real heros. I hope all of you understand that. I am not sure if any have come yet but I will be keeping an
eye for them. Anyway, please enjoy the party!" said Relena letting out a sigh of relief.
The lights came back on and Relena went to her royal table to have a rest. She had been so uptight after
the war, and she felt she was not the same person as she had been before.
"Hey! Long time no see!" Relena looked at the arm in front of her.
A funny face lowered and stared into her eyes. It was Duo.
"Duo! You made it back quite quickly!" exclaimed Relena.
"Well, your guards hadn't even arrived at my place, but I heard your speech on TV, so I self invited
myself here!" laughed Duo winking at Relena as he sat down on a comfortable red chair.
Relena smiled for the first time this day. She was so happy that finally a gundam pilot arrived. They
had a special auro around them that made Relena feel safe and happy whenever she was down.
"So, seen any hot boys around like myself?" asked Duo looking up at the ceiling innocently.
"You're so cheeky Duo!" laughed Relena.
Relena gazed around the room. It didn't seem like any of the other gundam pilots had arrived yet.
Would they come even though she sent a worldwide invitation to them. From the corner of her eye she saw
two boys walk through the front door. She knew who it was straight away.
Trowa and Quatre saw Relena and waved to her. Relena sat down again looking very anxious. She
knew in her heart she was hoping for someone else. Of course she wanted Trowa , Quatre and Duo to be with
her, but there was one more person who hadn't arrived yet.
Relena looked at each person's face, but Heero wasn't there. Perhaps he didn't want to come. Had she
done something wrong? Why was he distancing himself from her so much? Did he even love her at all?
Wufei walked in the room silently and hid into the shadows so that no one would see him. Relena only
caught sight of him when he disappeared again, probably onto the balcony with Trowa and Quatre who were
watching the glittering stars in the dark velvet night sky.
"Do you think we cheered her up?" asked Quatre.
"I'm not sure. Even though we came, her boyfriend didn't turn up!" joked Duo.
"Have you seen him at all?"
"No one has heard from him since Relena made her peace agreement speech."
Quatre lowered his head in anger. Heero shouldn't have left Relena like that! He showed have stayed
by her side!
Relena sat on the edge of her seat looking at all the guests that had come in. Where was Heero? Why
wouldn't he come. It was the second time she had invited him and he rejected her. He could have at least
contacted her and said that he couldn't go.
Some lovely music turned on and Relena felt much more a calm. A few young couples jumped onto the
dance floor and started dancing to the beat of the music.
"It's my chance!" laughed Duo nudging a sorrow looking Wufei.
"I don't like women," said Wufei scornfully.
"You were married for crying out loud! Do you not like them ever since your wife left you because she
got sick," asked Duo teasingly.
Wufei turned on his heal and walked out the foor.
Duo looked at Relena and smiled. He needed to try and get some attention from Relena. After all she
was one cute lady. Would he have a chance.
"May I have this dance?" asked Duo.
Relena stared at him in shock and surprise. The didn't think that anyone would want to dance with her.
Duo was a nice person and she didn't mind dancing with him..
Relena took his hand and was surprised how he pulled her towards him. He gently swept her across the
dance floor and slowly the crowd cleared to watch them dance. Relena gracefully danced along the floor and
Duo was smiling to himself inside. He could do this better than Heero.
Relena smiled at Duo's prideful face. He seemed to be so confident in what he was doing. Relena
wished she could do that.
Suddenly there was a small explosion outside and fire broke out across the floor. The people of the
palace ran dripping over their heels as Relena tried getting to the microphone. Duo ran after her but was
knocked down by some scared man.
"Stop everyone! There is no need to panic! Please do not kill yourselves while walking out. Duo will
lead you out of the palace won't you, Duo?" asked Relena looking at Duo who was shamefully lying on the
ground.
He jumped up quickly to protest but then realised he could get some attention from Relena by saving
the people of the party.
"Alright everyone! Follow me," ordered Duo pulling a little girl with him.
Relena watched Trowa and Quatre jump off the balcony. They must have thought she had gotten out
already. She was glad she could be on her own and could prove she could get out of the fire by herself.
Finally the last person ran out and Relena suddenly felt shocked. Someone should have helped her! Did
nobody care about her anymore. Sure, in a way she wanted to prove that she could be on her own but this
whole tragedy made her feel really sad.
Suddenly a column fell down nearly scraping her face. The fire caught on fire in one second and Relena
realised that she was in more trouble than she thought she was in. Her heart thumped wildly and she could
feel her blood race through her faster and faster. She had no where to go but to the balcony. Relena shook of
any bad ideas and rushed to the balcony. A small squeek came from the ceiling and as Relena looked up she
saw the ceiling start cracking. The bricks and rubble poured infront of Relena. She looked back to see the fire
rise and surround her.
"Oh no! Where do I go?" asked Relena knowing no one was going to answer her question.
She rushed to a space where there was no fire only realising that she was facing a wall. She should have
left with the others. What was she doing trying to get out by herself? She couldn't go anywhere by herself.
Suddenly a figure jumped through the fire. The cloak he was wearing had caught on fire but he didn't
seem to care. His face was covered by a hood so Relena couldn't see his face. He carefully picked the
coughing Relena up and dashed to the balcony. Relena's eyes blurred and stung from the smoke, but she
wanted to know who this saviour was. He carefully climbed down the building where a bunch of people were
waiting anxiously for their queen.
Suddenly Duo saw Relena and ran up to the stranger. The stranger carefully handed Relena to Duo and
raced off away from the party. The crowd tried to stop him but he just plainly grabbed onto a wire fence not
caring if he got electricuted and slowly disappeared into the horizon.
"Thankyou, my saviour," whispered Relena gazing into the direction in which the stranger disappeared.
"Who could have tried to kill you?" asked Noin pacing across the room thoughtfully.
Relena lay on the couch covered with a white puffy cover. She hugged her pillow and tried to
remember something from what happened at the party. The place was set on fire because of her but she
couldn't figure out who did it. Who was the stranger and how did he know she was in the building.
"I have no choice but to let your body guards start working now," said Sally suddenly appearing
through the door.
"How will they protect me?" asked Relena.
"Well, they will be protecting you 24 hours a day," answered Noin.
"I'd rather have the gundam pilots as my bodyguards. I don't trust those men," cried Relena.
"Sorry, but I have already hired them. You can't go anywhere without them," said Noin angrily and
stormed out the room.
Relena fell on the couch grabbing a pillow close to her and hugged it tightly. She wanted some privacy
and she'd rather have her friends guarding her instead of some strangers. Suddenly the door burst open and 5
men in black walked in each holding a gun. They lined up across the room and put their feet shoulder width
apart. A 6th person came in and closed the door walking right up to Relena. He had the biggest gun. She
remembered him from the party.
"Good day Relena, we will be following you wherever you go ok?" asked the man. Without letting her
answer the man continued, "My name is George, and I will be spending days, nights, weeks, months with
you. So try and be my friend ok?" he said right up to her face.
Relena flinched at his cold smile and nodded unhappily. How could Noin do this to her? Noin was
supposed to be her friend and now she had just thrown her in the dumps of sadness. Slowly Relena pulled
herself from the comfortable soft couch and headed to the door. The guards put their guns down and stood
about a metre away from her. George ran in front of her and quickly slammed the door before Relena could
get outside. She looked back at him in shock.
"Miss Dorlian, NEVER open a door without telling us first. Understood?" he asked sharply.
Relena opened her mouth to protest but closed it seeing there was no point in argument. George took
out his gun and opened the door slowly. He peered both ways and nodded. He beckoned her to come out and
Relena nodded sadly. The 5 guard surrounded her and walked uneasily close to her. Each time she tried
turning a corner she had to stop to let George look to both sides.
"George, I can assure you that there is no danger lurking at every corner, now please! Stand behind me
and let me do the walking or else I will never get to my room," said Relena angrily brushing beside him.
She turned the corner with her head up high with George close at her heels. As a maid walked past
Relena blushed embarassed from the mock that was following her. She felt so weak now that she had them
following her. Was she really incapable of even walking down the stairs without George holding her hand for
support?
Relena sighed in relief as she finally reached her room but George jumped in front of her and opened
the door cautiously.
"For heavens sake let me enter my room!" screamed Relena pushing him into the door and falling onto
her bed.
George coughed angrily and started examining the room. The other bodyguards joined him.
"What are they looking for? I have no bombs in my room!" thought Relena angrily as she jumped on
her bed pulling her legs up to her chin.
A little tear dropped down Relena's cheek and she quickly turned hoping they couldn't see her crying.
She wished she could tell someone how she felt. She didn't want to hide her emotions in a mask for the rest
of her life. It was all too horrible for her to imagine! She had no one to talk to and she didn't want to show
the body guards how weak she really was.
She pushed her head further into her pillow burying her tears into the pillow. Strangely only one name
came to her head.
"Heero," she whispered quietly.