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Second Chances
Chapter 1
Serena shook her head at how all the customers and employees of the small café she worked for in the small town of Kellyville, Iowa, gathered around the television to watch the engagement announcement of the Earth prince to Lady Mina Anio. No one had really seen her because she was studying at some Japanese college in Tokyo. The live broadcast was out of Paris, France, the royal family's official seat.
Serena was in the kitchen when her co-worker and best friend, Lita Kino, burst through the door.
"Sere, you need to come and see Lady Mina!" Lita exclaimed.
"Why? I don't care about the prince's fiancée." But Lita wasn't listening to her as she pulled Serena out of the kitchen.
"Look, Serena!" Lita pointed at the television. Serena sighed and looked at the program. She gasped when they did a close up shot of Lady Mina. She looked exactly like Serena.
"That doesn't mean anything, Lita. I am sure there are many girls that look like Lady Mina." Serena tried to shrug it off.
"They say she is the missing moon princess." One of the customers spoke up.
"If that is true, won't Beryl come back as well according to the legend?" Another customer chimed in.
"How can it be a legend when it is only twenty years old?" Serena asked no one in particular. Every child on the planet knew the legend of the moon princess. Queen Beryl, an evil enchantress from Earth had attacked the Moon Kingdom twenty years ago. Queen Selenity had defeated her, but not before her only daughter had been killed by the evil witch. The queen had sent her daughter and her court to Earth to be reborn and the royal family of Earth had been looking for the missing princess for the past few years. King Neo had lost his only son, Prince Endymion to the battle with Beryl, but he had been reborn a few months later to the Earth queen, but sadly she died in childbirth. The legend went on to say that when the Earth prince and the moon princess were reunited once again, the evil enchantress would come back for one final showdown.
On the television, Prince Endymion aka Darien and Lady Mina were saying goodbye to the crowd outside the palace. Mina turned to Darien and whispered something in his ear. He nodded slightly and guided her back inside.
"I know you must get back to Tokyo. I am sorry, this took longer than I expected. I will say goodbye here, I must go meet Father in the study to look for you stand in for the spring semester." Darien dutifully kissed his fiancée on the cheek.
"I know that this not the best way to do this, but I want to finish my degree in medicine before we marry. I have worked too hard to give it all up now. It is only one more semester before I graduate."
"Mina, we have had this conversation many times before. I understand. Now, go before you miss your flight." Mina smiled at him before she left the room. Darien sighed and started towards the study where his father was waiting for him.
For the next three hours, the flipped through file after file looking at photos of young women who looked like Mina. She had been the only woman who the Silver Crystal had had any kind of response to, but it wasn't the response the Darien had expected. Mina still didn't seem to remember their past lives as lovers. He sorely missed the closeness he had once shared with his beloved. The king suddenly handed his son the file he was currently reading.
"Son, what about her?" He gestured to the picture. "Her name is Serena Tsukino and she lives and works in a little town named Kellyville in Iowa. She is the right age and she looks a great deal like Lady Mina." Darien stared down at the picture of Serena Tsukino.
"I think she will be perfect." Darien almost whispered. "As a stand in for Mina, I mean."
"Good, then I will make the arrangements immediately." Neo sighed, glad to finally have that issue dealt with. "I think I will go talk to Raye about the arrangements and then go to my room for a while. I am feeling rather tired."
"Why don't you just go lie down, Father? I will talk to Raye. I think I had better make this trip myself."
"Whatever you think is best." Neo just nodded, slowly rising from his chair. Darien quickly rose to help his father, but the king just waved his son off. "I will all right." Darien watched his father walked from the room. He was worried about his father. He wasn't getting any better, even though he tried not to show it. Raye, the king's personal secretary entered the room just then.
"His Majesty said you wished to speak to me, Your Highness?"
"Yes, could you make sure the jet is ready to leave to Iowa tomorrow morning?" Darien said as he quickly closed the files that were still lying on his father's desk. No one except the king, himself, and Lady Mina knew about the switch and they wanted to keep it that way.
"Iowa?" Raye questioned in confusion. Darien scowled at her.
"Yes, just please do it."
"Yes, Your Highness." Raye knew better than to question the prince, but she didn't understand what was so important it Iowa of all places.
I know this is a short first chapter, but I am still thinking about where I want this to go. If you have any thoughts, please feel free to message me or leave them in the reviews section.
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