Chapter 1: The Beginning
By- DreamHeart
AN This is DreamHeart or SmileyBecka for ASMRians. A Fallen Rose has under gone a number of revisions. I think that it is a much better fic now than it had been. I just made it a little bit juicier for ya'll. I hope you like it. Remember- RINI fans think twice before reading further. Unless you prepare yourself for anything do not read :)
DISCLAIMER - Sailor Moon and its characters do not belong to me BUT the story does! Remember plagerism is bad!
Serenity stood on the balcony gazing out at the gardens. Peace and tranquility swarmed all around her. Why can't every day be this peaceful? Who would've thought that Crystal Tokyo could ever be this peaceful? she wondered, as she breathed in the sweet aroma of the flowers.
Then Serenity was thrown out of this peace when her two best friends, Mina and Raye, burst onto the balcony.
"Serenity! You have to come with us!" Raye beseeched her friend.
"Yes, you must!" Mina stated firmly as she reached for Serenity's arm.
Serenity backed away. "What is going on?" Serenity inquired, a little confused by her friends' actions.
Seeing the confusion in Serenity's eyes, Raye whispered, "Trust me you'll understand soon enough. Just come with us."
"Ok, but if this is a stupid gag, you're gonna get tickled!" Serenity giggled, as she allowed them to guide her from the balcony.
"Believe me, I wish it was," Mina murmured.
Still confused about her friends' behavior, she listened to the quiet click of her white satin heels and the gentle swish of her white satin form-fitting gown.
Then all of a sudden, Mina stopped.
"Raye, I can't go back there. I'm sorry. . . . I thought I could but I can't. Serenity, I'm sorry. I'll wait for you in the throne room," Mina stammered, before she ran in the opposite direction.
"Raye, what's going on? Are Endymion and Rini, ok?" Serenity pleaded, as she prayed against the worst.
"I don't know. . . . You'll have to see for yourself, you wouldn't believe me," Raye answered hesitantly.
"I want to know. I know something's wrong. Please tell me."
"I don't know . . ."
"We've dealt with the bad before. I'm sure this can't be much worse," Serenity teased, but her attention was diverted by the guards running past her. "There's something going on in this castle that I don't know about. Raye, tell me!"
"Well, I don't know how you're going to take this, but ok. It's Rini . . ."
'Rini' was all that Serenity had heard before making a mad dash toward Rini's bedroom.
"Endymion! Endymion! It's Rini! "Serenity screamed. Please God, let my little girl be safe.
The scene that greeted her was one that can only be described as a nightmare.
Rini's bedroom was swarming with guards. Serenity had to fight to get into her daughter's bedroom. Let her be safe . . .
"Serenity!" a voice called from behind her.
"Artemis, where are you?" Serenity answered. "I have to get to Rini! Find Endymion!"
"Wait!"
As Serenity approached her daughter's bed, she noticed that the floor was streaked with blood. Please. . . . It can't be . . . She reached for the sheet. . . .
"Serenity, don't look. It's too horrible," Artemis begged, as he pulled her arm away.
"Is she?" Serenity pleaded, as tears swelled up in her eyes.
"Yes."
"Who? How?"
"She was stabbed to death, my queen."
"Who could do this?" Serenity sobbed into Artemis' arms.
"It appears as if . . . Endymion did," Artemis choked.
"Endymion? No, he couldn't have. He loves her."
"When we got here, the knife was in Endymion's hand and he was standing over her."
"I refuse to believe it. He could have just picked it up. . . . Artemis, you know that he couldn't have done this."
"My queen, I'm not sure of anything, anymore. Please, let me escort you to the throne room. Your court is waiting there."
"No! I can't leave her . . . bring me Endymion."
"Majesty, do you think that is wise? You are under a lot . . ."
"Just bring him to me!"
"Of course, your majesty," Artemis sighed.
As Serenity watched him go, she wondered if anyone could ever believe Endymion had killed Rini. No! Of course not, anyone who has ever seen us would know that. Then she glanced over at Rini's blood soaked sheets. I have to look . . .
With that final thought, Serenity pulled back the sheet to find that her adorable little girl no longer had a face. It had been ripped off. Rini had been stabbed multiple times in the chest and throat. Serenity couldn't contain her emotion any longer. She flung herself upon her daughter's corpse and cried.
"How could anyone do this to you?! My precious little angel, who is going to throw my shoes in the mud? Who is going to draw me pictures? My angel . . . please, come back . . . come back!"
"Serenity," Endymion whispered.
"Leave us . . . he will not harm me," Serenity ordered the guards through her tears.
"I will be just outside if you need me," Artemis replied before he closed the door to the girl's bedroom.
"Endymion, look at our baby. My baby, she can't be dead. Endymion, make her better," Serenity sobbed as she threw herself into his arms.
"I know, honey. I came to say goodnight. . . . She was lying on her side. I thought she was asleep. Then I saw the knife gleaming by her pillow . . . and when I pulled the sheet back. . . . Serenity, they think I murdered our baby, our little angel. She's my world, my life. . . . I've lost my little girl. . . . How? Why?" Endymion wept.
"No one will believe that you killed Rini."
"But they do! I'm a prisoner in my own castle. Can't you do anything, Sere?"
"I can't recreate a murder scene . . . and even then I wouldn't . . . Dare, I couldn't bear it."
"What are we going to do? What's going to happen to me? To us? To our kingdom?" Endymion cried hysterically.
At that Serenity slapped him.
"Calm down! I won't let anything happen to you. I just want to hunt down the bastard that did this," Serenity stated firmly.
"All right, do you have any idea of what's going to happen?"
"There will probably be a trial . . . that's all I can think of. . . . I'm going to go see Raye, now. Please believe that I trust you & above all, I love you."
"I know."
"Artemis! King Endymion is ready now," Serenity called.
Then Endymion leaned in to kiss Serenity.
"I'm sorry, but for the safety of the queen, no personal contact is to be allowed," Artemis interrupted.
"I love you, Sere," Endymion whispered before being led to the dungeons.
I swear nothing will happen to you Endymion . . . . You're all I have left. My poor little baby, Mama will find out who did this to you. And when I do . . . they'll die at my hands, Serenity mused as she watched her husband being led away.