Sapphire

He Always Comes First.


Black hair tinged with blue. It falls over your face, over your crystal eyes, your sapphire eyes. What an appropriate name you have. A beautiful family of stones, none of them can be compared to us mortals for they are just so much more exquisite. I know someone that looks like you, his name is Darien. Every time that I look in his eyes, I think of you, of you my love; for he looks like your twin. Or would it be fairer to say that you look like his evil twin? I don't love him. I stay with him because he looks so much like you. His face, his build, thinking of you hurts but not thinking of you hurts even more. Being with him is a kind of bitter-sweet torment, I'm so close to you and yet so far because on the other side of death.

You didn't love me the way I loved you. You couldn't. It wasn't your fault, it was because of your brother. He loved me. Ironic, isn't it that I can have your brother whom I don't want but the brother I do want is beyond my reach. You cared for him so much, he was the most important person in your life. You left Prisma to try and save him but he wouldn't even listen. I could have told you that he wouldn't listen to you, that he wouldn't care about you the way I do.

What chance did I ever have against your brother? You would never stretch out your hand for even a flower he wanted, so you certainly wouldn't even think about me, me the girl of his dreams. He died in my arms you know. I stayed with him and forgave him, hoping against hope that you would realize that I forgave him for your sake. He is good-looking enough, in fact I think that Emerald was quite infatuated with him.

You spoke to Emerald once. You told her that she was wasting her time pining away after him and that she should think about you for a change, that you are his brother after all. She didn't recognize your value, the fool! If those words had been spoken to me, I would have given you a very different answer. But no, you prefer your brother's discarded wanna-be girlfriend to the girl he dreams of. It all comes back to your brother, like it always does. Even if we weren't on the opposite sides in the same game, even if Darien wasn't attracted to me, we would still be forced apart because of your brother.

You are a better person than your brother. You were the first to realize what the Wiseman had planned and you sacrificed your own life to try and warn your brother. So why is it that everyone thinks that your brother is the one that loves me and would save me? You would have saved me if you had been there, of that I am sure. Or at least, you would have saved me if you were sure that your brother wasn't in danger, for you brother always comes first. Always, that's the way it was and the way it will be.

I love you Sapphire, knowing that you love your brother too much to ever love me. I love you.

Author's Note: Okay, the idea for this just came in a dream where Serena was together with Sapphire. I personally like Diamond the best but when you get an inspiration, you follow it. It may sound like incest in some places but it isn't, okay? Trust me on that. It's just how protective Sapphire is when it comes to Diamond.