The Mischievous Little Princess

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(AN: I am in the process of fixing up this chapter, so bear with me and please read all the way through including the AN at the end of this chapter and review.)

It was a wet and rainy night. He had traveled for most of the day in this gloomy weather and he was eagerly waiting to arrive back home. Slowly over the past half hour, the rain had managed to lift and the clouds were finally opening up to the night sky. There was a very small bit of light shining now, and he glanced up at the moon. It was on it's way to becoming new, and there was only a sliver of it still visible in the sky. As he stopped his horse to look at it, he noticed that in the Earth's shadow on the moon, there were small flashes of light. And after a few of them, there was one brighter than the rest and then it completely stopped. 'Weird' he thought, 'I could have sworn that was lightning that I just saw, but it doesn't storm there this time of phase.' The man continued his horse once more and started the climb down the small cliff. The sound of the waves nearby was relaxing. He closed his eyes at the sound, savoring it. Then he heard the cry. Opening his eyes, he looked around, but could see nothing. When he heard the cry again, he followed the sound for a few feet. In the dunes nearby, he saw something moving. Stopping his horse and dismounting, he easily approached the thing. When he came upon it, he realized that it wasn't a thing at all. All wrapped in a very pale pink blanket, was a baby. He could see small blonde curls framing soft blue eyes. And when the baby noticed him, it cooed, burped, and then smiled with a giggle of accomplishment.

"Well hello there. How did you get here? No matter. You can come home with me. I know someone that will love to have you." the man said picking up the child and walking back to the horse. "You are such a pretty girl. I think that I am going to name you after the wife of a dear old friend. You have the same blue eyes as she does. How do you like the name Serena?" the baby smiled in reply, grabbing the finger he had placed in front of her.

The wind blew sweetly through the trees. It was a soft breeze, one of light playfulness. It was the type of wind that if you were indoors and stepped outside, it would entice you to stay outside and play with it. The day was beautiful and there were many taking advantage of it; no matter what their status.

She ran through the woods as fast as she could. Lots of the roots were above ground, and she had a hard time avoiding them in her very pale blue gown accented in a deeper blue. There were a few times that she almost tripped on them, but luckily she keep her balance. She had left her weapon with one of her allies. She hoped that he was still nearby as was the plan. They would surely loose if he wasn't. This was the family she always knew. Loving, caring, and everything in between. It didn't matter to her that she was a of royal blood, or that she had an image to keep up. She wasn't the heir to the Moon Kingdom, so why should it matter? She knew the enemy was behind her, and closing in fast. There, up ahead as she came out of the woods, she saw her horse. It's color of pure white, almost as bright as the snow in winter. It stood mostly where she had left it, grazing in the field. She could make it if she really tried, and she would, she would not give up. She whistled for the beauty, and grabbing the mane as it galloped by, she jumped up on the back of her mare and fled. Her ally, Nephlite, was not far waiting for her. He came up on his dark brown steed, and handed her her quiver and bow. Tossing the sack of arrows behind her on her back, she pushed the blonde stray hairs that fell loose from her braid, out of her face. If she made this shot, they would win.

Jedite, who was on the opposing side, came up quick behind her. Without her sword, she couldn't fend him off to be able to try to make the shot all at once. At seeing this, Nephlite pulled back to keep Jedite off of her and she was left alone. Good she was free again to focus on her target, then she realized it wasn't for long when Zoycite pulled in front of her. She steered her mare around into the other direction and saw that he wasn't going to give up. She squeezed her legs more to speed her mare up and then smiled as she turned back to face her pursuer. He was going to be no threat to her, and he had no earthly idea what was in store for him. She was coming up quick on a fallen tree trunk that was in front of her and at the last moment she turned her mare sharply to the right. When she moved out of his line of sight, Zoycite saw Malachite, her other ally, who jumped with his horse over the fallen tree and headed straight for him. He went in pursuit of Zoycite, who had already pulled up tight on the reins to turn his horse around. In reaction, the horse reared up, but it did not make Zoycite loose his seat. In a second, Malachite was along side of him and his sword withdrawn. Zoycite in response, drew his.

She spotted her target not far ahead. Withdrawing an arrow and putting it to her bow as she raised it to aim, she heard a noise from the right of her. Just as she was letting it fly, saw Darien jumping off his horse from the small cliff above her and she was tackled with both falling to the ground. She struggled, but he had her pinned. He then pulled her up and against him, holding her steady.

"I have her hostage. Give up now!" Darien called to Malachite and Nephlite.

Her allies stopped and both looked at her. They would have surrendered if not for the gleam they saw in her eyes.

"I would never give up!" Malachite yelled back, and he suddenly disarmed an unsuspecting Jedite.

Nephlite just laughed, and didn't care that Zoycite ended up getting the best of him, he just simply said this, "I think our little friend has something to say, don't you Serena?"

"That in deed I do." Still smiling, she turned her head slightly up at her captor and continued, "You may have captured me, but that makes no matter now. We have already won. Next time Darien, you should be quicker at your attempts. You don't want it to be known that you were beaten by a girl do you?"

Darien, Jedite, and Zoycite all looked to their territory and saw that her arrow flew sure and true to it's target. Darien released Serena, "You're no girl." he said hopping to get a rise out of her, instead he got something different. She kicked his legs out from under him, and Darien fell flat on his back. Serena had her foot on his stomach with his own sword unsheathed and at his throat.

"Indeed I must not be. For a girl would not participate in the things that I do."

Serena was late for dinner. She ran down the halls and corridors at an un-princess-like speed. After the fun event a little while earlier, she had to sneak back to her rooms less one of her parents saw how dirty she was and find out what she really did this afternoon. She had taken a moment to lay back on her bed and somehow drifted off to sleep. Her lady-in-waiting had entered the princess' rooms and found her snoring loudly. When the lady-in-waiting shook her friend and she awoke, asked her how she was able to not wake herself up with that infuriating noise. The princess swung a fist at her friend's arm, but the lady-in-waiting was expecting such a thing, and she easily avoided it.

Serena skid to a halt right in front of two big double doors. Taking a moment to compose herself and run a hand along her hair, she entered the dinning room. She found that the meal's main course was already being served and with as much dignity as she could muster, she glided into the room and sat down in her spot at the table.

"Serena darling, you're late again." the king scolded. He sat at the head of the table, his garbs of red and gold. Like most of the time at dinner and family only things, he did not wear his crown on his grey streaked ebony hair. His light green eyes looked at her blue ones.

"Sorry Papa, I had fallen asleep when I laid to rest." She replied.

The queen sat next to her husband. She wore an emerald green gown with pale yellow trim. Her auburn hair pulled back, but not in a ponytail, waved down to the middle of her back. She eyed her daughter a moment. "Serena dear. Did you not have on a different gown this morning?" she asked.

Without hesitation, she feed the lie that came immediately into her head. "I had to change my gown since I had wrinkled it in my nap and also gotten some dirt on it fixing a plant in the garden." Serena answered. Darien held in his laugh, but his eyes gave him away.

"You were in the garden today?" the queen asked.

"Yes Mama, I was."

Her Mother eyed her once more, "Funny, I was in there all day meeting with some nobles. I never saw you, not even once."

Malachite spoke up. "She was Mother, early this morning. Serena has been running around today with the stain until now." He looked over at Serena and she nodded in agreement.

The king and queen however, didn't swallow the story one bit. The queen shook her head. "You boys are no good allowing your sister to do such unladylike things. She needs to be studying her books and learning like every other princess her age." The king stated.

"Papa, I was just helping them with their training. I joined in to make the sides even. Besides, shouldn't I know how to take care of myself?" Serena asked her father.

"You don't need to worry about that. You are well guarded." the king replied.

"But if it ever did..." She started to reply, but the king cut her off.

"It won't and that is the end of this discussion." Not another word was said through the rest of dinner.

Serena slammed her door shut as hard as she could. Her lady-in-waiting came in at the sound of the princess rambling to herself for a moment, all she was of her friend was the lavender dress she wore to dinner and part of her blonde braid. Marina came into the room. "Milady, is everything okay?" she asked plopping herself on the lush brown rug in the center of the room.

Serena picked her head up and looked at Marina, "Papa insists that I don't need to learn how to take care of myself." she answered irritated.

Marina smiled. "You are after all a Lady are you not? He is just looking out for you."

"But he doesn't look out for my brothers!" Serena exclaimed raising her arms in the air, "Their free to do as they will, while I am suppose to sit idle and learn to sew, nit, sing, play instruments and all other kinds of things that I as a Princess don't really have the time to do!" Serena paused for a split second, "And don't you say a damn thing Marina. I know that royal women sit around and sew, but that is not me."

Marina sighed and shook her head. She knew the princess in and out. Marina knew that Serena wasn't an indoor girl, and she understood it well for she didn't like to be kept in either. "And your Mother, her say in this tonight?"

"She wasn't any better, thought she didn't say much." Serena walked over to the single seat in her room and just plopped down in it, stretching every which way. She stared at the ceiling and then closed her eyes. "I have to admit that I'm glad my position in life is not looked at as Queen Serenity's of the Moon Kingdom. That would be just horrid. I can't imagine being watched with everything you do, can you Marina?" the princess asked opening her eyes to look at her lady-in-waiting.

Marina shook her head and smiled, "She has too much on her shoulders, she does. But that's what happens when you are the queen of the universe." Marina saw Serena give a devilish smile and knew that the princess was up to something and those blue eyes began to sparkle with mischief.

"Marina, I haven't been out to look at the stars in such a long time, would you accompany me to my balcony?" Serena looked over at her friend and saw her smile with the same grin. She knew Marina understood what she was thinking. The two of them could be two peas in a pod at times.

Nephlite heard a knock at his door, and got up to answer it. When he saw Jedite, he turned around and walked away with the door still open. Only when he sat down did Jedite speak.

"Have you seen Serena? She isn't answering her door." Jedite asked.

Nephlite looked up from the book he was reading and shook his head; the wavy auburn hair he inherited from his mother flowing somewhat about his face. "Haven't seen her since dinner. Doesn't Marina know where she is?"

"That's why I'm asking you. Marina isn't answering Serena's door either."

Nephlite sighed as he shut the book and put it down. "What mischief do you think she and Marina are getting themselves into now?"

Jedite shrugged, "With those two, I don't know. Want to go find out?" he asked with a grin. Nephlite smiled back and followed Jedite out of the room.

The girls looked at the sky full of bright twinkling stars. The breeze was relaxing and just what Serena needed. She sighed with contentment. Her and Marina had snuck into the kitchens and made themselves a little snack for their soon to be outside adventure. They munched and gossiped like the two best friends they were. "You know the higher you go the better the breeze." Serena said.

Marina looked down her strawberry blonde hair falling into her view, "You don't think we're high enough?" she asked.

Serena shook her head. "The breeze isn't strong enough for me right now."

Marina laughed, "You know your parents would get you for the idea running through your mind right now." She finished the rest of her food.

Serena looked at her lady-in-waiting. "They'll get you and me for what we're both doing right now. Why not go another story?" she said standing up and dusting her gown off. Serena moved some of her golden hair out of her face. Marina pretty much followed suit, and then eyed the princess.

"Not just another story, I bet you wouldn't go right above the king and queen's balcony?" Marina challenged. Serena turned and glared at her friend.

"You think I can't do it?" she asked annoyed that her friend would suggest otherwise.

Marina shook her head, "I think that you wouldn't dare such a thing."

"Hump! I can do it with no problem, but can you?" Serena baited.

"You can't do it by yourself?" Marina asked. "Tsk, tsk, tsk Princess. You're afraid."

"I am not! The question is are you?"

"What would make you think that?!" Marina demanded.

"Because you refuse to go with me."

Marina looked at Serena and accepted the dare. "I'm not afraid of a castle roof! As you can tell I am on one right now my dear friend." The two started to climb upwards and headed to the king and queen's balcony.

Darien was walking outside with Malachite in deep discussion, and was interrupted when Malachite stopped him by putting out his arm to hold him back. He looked at his brother puzzled. "What is it?" he asked.

Malachite put a finger to his lips telling Darien to be quiet. "Do you hear that?"

Darien stood there silent for a second. He then heard two female voices. At the same time, he and Malachite looked up above them and saw two small female figures standing on the second story above Serena's balcony. He smiled as he figured out who it was. "She'll do anything she can think of. Should we call to them or just watch?" Darien asked his oldest brother.

Malachite shook his head. "Let's spy" was all he said. The two brother's watched as their sister and her lady-in-waiting baited each other into a dare.

"So there they are?" whispered a voice from behind them.

Malachite and Darien turned to find Jedite and Nephlite standing not two feet away. The four then watched together.

Zoycite soon came up to them, "What are you guys looking at?" he asked as he followed their gaze and then spotted the two girls. "We can't let them stay up there, they could fall and get hurt. Father will get royally mad if he finds out, and we'll get yelled at."

"Then walk off and pretend you didn't know about it." Nephlite replied.

Zoycite was too interested in the scene as he watched his sister expertly climb higher up. "We shouldn't be doing this." was the last thing he said.

Serena snuck quietly to her parents balcony and slowly peered in to see if they were anywhere near the window as was Marina on the other side, doing the same. Serena looked at Marina and then nodded, but stopped at the strange sound she heard coming from the room. Her eyes widened as she looked to her friend and they both made a face and pretended to gage. The two then tried to suppress a laugh.

Serena motioned for her friend to go first. Marina slowly stood up on the railing and jumped up as quietly as she could. She grabbed on to the roof's overhang and slowly pulled herself up. When she was clear, Serena made her move and made it up with ease. Marina and Serena tiptoed a little higher up the roof when Serena suddenly stepped on the hem of her dress and slipped falling flat on her face, but it didn't stop there. She ended up on her stomach and sliding back down the roof to the balcony and she slipped off. Serena grabbed on to the edge of the overhang and dangled over the doorway to her parents room. Through the curtains she heard her father and saw a light come on. Marina was trying to grab her hand and pull her back up, but Serena shooed her off.

"What are we going to do?" Marina quietly whispered with worry.

Serena looked up at her. "Stay out of sight and not make a sound." Marina nodded her head and backed up into the shadows.

Serena let go and dropped without a sound onto the balcony itself. She quickly looked around and then grabbed hold of the railing and jumped over just as her father came out to see what made the noise.

Well what do you think,...yes I know cliffhangers, but I promise you it wont happen very often. Hope you all like it, and I love reviews, what writer doesn't, so leave 'em for me. And if at some point during the story you get confused, just e-mail me at I am always glad to assist in your questions and concerns, and I love to hear from my readers. I also want you new readers out there to know that I have found out from the stat reports on the story is showing that this first chapter is not snagging everybody, but those that go on to the next chapter pretty much stay all the way through, so I am in the process of trying to fix this chapter up. If this first chapter did not snag you, please give chapter two a chance before you decide not to read it. Thank-you much!