Serenity sat quietly and starring into space. Every year at this time she would sit in her spot, stare at the swans in the pond and watch them as they moved about. She sighed as she threw some food at them and observed as they all flocked to her. This always seemed to calm her soul when she sat there viewing them in silence. She marveled at the way the sun shown on their soft ivory backs giving them an eartheral glow and she continued to feed them until she ran out of food.
Abruptly rising from where she sat on the bank of the Sea of Serenity, she sighed once more as she picked up the two white roses that she had lay to rest beside her. She brought the hood of her white cloak over her chocolate brown waves and immediately brought the back of her hand up to her face to stop the tears that she new was coming. She quickly thought against it, realizing that today was the day that she had sat aside to bare her heart. She let the tears flow as she walked to the spot that she knew so well, right beneath the white cherry almond blossom tree. Her brown orbs became glazed as she reached her destination. Her heart beat faster with each breath, as she could no longer contain what she had been feeling all day. She immediately collapsed to the ground beneath her while still clasping the two white roses in the palm of one hand.
"Mother." She cried. "I-I'm g-growing up mom see." She said softly. "And n-no...I'm...I'm not married...and-and I don't have a child so that you can be proud of me." She paused. "But I have plenty of time right?" She cried. "After all...I'm-I'm just 16 years old." She ended softly. She looked away from one bronze plate and looked to the one that lie in the ground next to it. "Hi father." She continued. "I look at the picture of you that mama showed me. Even though...even though I never knew you...I still love you. And I want you to know...that-that someday I'll make you proud of me. Mama always said that when I was young, I was a daddy's little girl...even if I can't remember." She lamented. "Mama, papa I miss you so!" She suddenly cried her heart out.
"Although Selene is away at the special senshi training as the warrior of Venus...I know she sends her love to you. Can you believe that? We don't understand it...but for some reason she bears the mark and was meant to carry the torch for the planet of Venus. I wish I was as strong as she...she seems to be able to move on and not dwell on your death...but I can't! I feel so alone! There's no one I can talk to...and there's no one I know that could possibly love me!" She continued. "But I'm...I'm going to-to do my duty and be the daughter that you would have wanted me to be. I've decided that perhaps I will take the proposal of Prince Valiant of Mars." She finished. "I know that I do not love him...but right now it seems like...like the only thing to do...I can't rule this by myself! I can't even...can't even say...I'm...I'm...I don't even like to think about it...and I hate it when people call me...I'm not, but I am...I'm going to say it." She suddenly said firmly. "I'm...I'm going to be the queen...Queen Ser-Serenity." She cried softly and she brushed her fingers through her brown bangs. "I...mother I'm still...I want to experience love, but...but I have to do what I have to do right?" She questioned softly to no one in particular. "I have to marry soon and produce an heir. That's my duty right? Why can't someone answer me? Why must I feel so alone?" She cried as she sank to the ground and shut her eyes tight. She had been clutching the roses within her hands so tight that the thorns tore through her flesh making droplets fall to the floor; so lost in her world of loneliness was she, that she became numb to the pain. She felt her heart thump loudly within her chest as she arose slowly and took one last look at the bronze plates in the ground that was protected by the diamond glass covering. With her last breath she placed the roses down at their prospective stones, ignoring the feeling of blood dropping down from the palm of her hand.
"You ready to go...your majesty?" Her guard asked.
"Yes..." She began. "And don't call me that!" She suddenly snapped. "I'm not...I'm not Princess Serenity or Queen Serenity, and-and I'm not your majesty...I'm-I'm just Serenity." She cried out to him.
"Sorry." He replied. He stood there, his mind in a daze as she began to walk away.
It was then that he noticed her hand.
"Que-Serenity." He called out as he walked after her and grasped her by the wrist. "Your hand." He commented as he took note of the blood that was dripping down it.
"I'm fine." She snapped as she pulled her hand away. "I'm not a baby ya know." She said as she looked up into his baby blue orbs. "I can take care of myself." She finished as she began to walk away. "You don't have to watch me every minute of the waking hour Daronius." She finished and left him standing their astonished.
"Well maybe I want to." He said softly as he watched her walk away.