The Ten Kingdoms
~*~Jewel~*~
knowsall5@hotmail.com
General Rating: R
Disclaimer: Sailor Moon is property of Naoko Takeuchi and others. The Characters are used without permission for the purpose of this fanfic. No profit has been or will be made from this,
Author's Notes: see bottom
Part One (1): And It Begins...
Queen Serenity sat on her throne. It was huge and carved of marble right out of the western wall. It rose on a dais to over look a dimly lit cavernous room. The ceiling wad twenty-five feet off the ground and the center rose into a glass dome. Doors that stretched nearly to the roof were in the eastern wall, leading out of the Throne Room. Against her black marble Throne adorned in the colorful emblems of the Ten Kingdoms of fairie, the Queen wore a marvelous white gown. It was strapless and sleeveless. Her arms and shoulders were covered by her mass of silver hair that was confined only by a thin silver circlet. The gown combined with her hair and alabaster skin gave her a mythical look. The gown was made of silk and flowed down to cover her feet. The bodice was tight and fitted, pushing her breasts upward that they looked as though they might fall out if she wasn't careful. At her hips the gown flared out, falling around her feet, sweeping the ground if she walked. Her feet were clad in silver colored shoes with high, thin heels.
She crossed her legs, making the silk hiss along the marble. Her left hand tapped absently against the arm of her Throne. The absolute silence of the room before broken by the clicking of her nails against the marble. Her cerulean eyes were hooded by her long lashes and semi-lowered eyelids as she surveyed the people kneeling before her.
The Captain of her Guard rose from the ground. Kunzite kept his head bowed though. Queen Serenity ceased her tapping. The sudden click of her tongue caused the page across the room to start. Serenity's eyes remained on the prisoners prostrated at the foot of her Throne's dais.
"Speak." The simple command fell from her lips as a gentle ringing of a bell. Kunzite raised his head, careful to avoid the Queen's eyes.
"Beryl's forces are trying to push our southern borders. However," he continued, expecting the Queen's next question. "The Queen of Death was anxious to show her new support of you. Her troops aided ours."
A small smile played on her pale lips. "The Queen of Death fears my growing power. Five of the Kingdoms are my allies. The Magickal Kingdom cannot win us against the odds. Beryl the Bitch cannot even keep her own allies. Minavera is wavering." The Queen paused and blinked, not realizing she'd started a tangent. "Beryl as it is only has three of the Kingdoms under her control. Our neighbors have made peace with us again. Beryl lies at our southern border, but she too is surrounded by my allies. The Sea and Love are her neighbors but they do not lie at any of my borders." The smile faded from her face like someone throwing a switch. Her gaze lowered to the men on the floor."Prisioners?"
The Queen made her statement in the form of a question. Kunzite licked his lips nervously. He couldn't see her eyes and couldn't meet them, but he sensed her growing anger. She was impatient. "Yes."
"I ordered no prisoners to be taken. Ever." her voice had dropped to an icy hiss.
Kunzite lowered his head again. An angry Queen, an angry Serenity, was something to be reckoned with. "Two of the four are guilty of treason. They aided Beryl's troops. They are not of the battle, they could not be killed."
Serenity suppressed a frown. "If there were two near my borders willing to commit an act of treason, there must be more."
Kunzite had won back her approval. He knew what he had to do with the two men. But his report was not yet complete. And he'd be in her high favor by the time it was over. "On of the unconscious ones is a thief who will be trialed." he hurried to continue before the Queen could remark. Kunzite could not keep the smile that grew on his face off. "The last is Crown Prince Endymion."
Serenity had relaxed against her Throne and her gaze had wondered to the dome. The skies were a beautiful blue that her eyes reflected. The midday sun was shining into the dome, filled a small spot before her Throne in golden light. At the announcement of the last man her head whipped down to stare at Kunzite. The sky above cracked and clouds gathered, swallowing the sun. Darkness loomed over the room. Along the walls of the room were a few torches. But Kunzite and the prisoners were in near darkness with no sunlight in the room. The torches were too distant to shower them in enough light. Serenity's eyes became a darker shade of blue. Her skin began to shimmer silver. Kunzite resisted flinching at the changes that had appeared in a matter of moments. Serenity's palace was built above the most powerful Fairie mound. She was the Queen of Light and Illusion. She lived and breathed magick. She was part of her Kingdom. The weather changed with her mood. And right now her skin glowed in barely contained fury.
Her hands turned white, gripping the rounded edges of the arms of her Throne. She struggled to keep her voice calm and neutral. "Remove the three from my presence. Put them in dungeons. Then everyone but my Captain and his prisoner leave."
Kunzite turned and signaled to someone behind him in the shadows. Three men covered in black leather came forward. They were dressed in all black except for Serenity's emblem, a silver crescent moon pierced by a red rose. It had been created in a time when the Kingdoms of Light, Illusion and Magick were one. Serenity's mother hadn't changed it, so Serenity wouldn't.
The guards stepped and bowed. Three picked up a prisoner each and the rest left. The page left as well. The grand doors creaked shut as everyone exited. Kunzite had his head bowed again to hide his smile. Crown Prince Endymion was in a heap on the floor. His black cape blended in well with the black marble floor. His head was on the ground and Serenity could not see it. She rose and walked slowing down her dais. Her white silk train followed her, whispering against the marble. Her hair hung down to her ankles, falling over her shoulders and hiding her arms. The long dress hid her feet and the effect was a goddess floating in a sea of darkness.
Serenity's eyes were nearly midnight blue. The light that had been glowing beneath her skin rose to the top, making it nearly impossible to look directly at her. Above them the sky broke and rain poured down. She stopped on the last step of her dais. Her eyes were fixed on Enydmion, but she directed her question to Kunzite. "Beryl sent her only son to fight a battle at my borders that she could not possibly win?"
There was real puzzlement in the Queens voice. Kunzite shrugged and Serenity saw the movement out of the corner of her eye. "Rumor has it that the Prince has fallen from his mother's grace. In the last war he refused to slaughter a village on the border of the Kingdom of Time."
Serenity's anger was on a thin leash. She turned her head to Kunzite in a sudden movement making her hair fan out before settling back around her. "I don't care for rumors Kunzite. I want to know why he was there." Her gaze wondered back to Endymion. "The bastard...turn him over so I can see his face."
Kunzite bent quickly and turned him over. He was still as handsome as she remembered him...and she still wanted to rip out his heart as much as she had then. She fell to the ground in a graceful movement. An arm ventured out of her cascade of hair. Her hand moved to his forehead. She brushed his hair away from his eyes. As all those from the Kingdom of Magick his hair was short, but it still fell into his eyes. They were closed now but she knew what she would see if they were open. A beautiful sapphire blue. Serenity traced a fingertip across his jaw. She looked up at Kunzite. "Have him bathed and chained to my bed."
Serenity stood and turned her back to him. She ascended her Throne slowly. She reached it and stood still. She kept her back to the room until she heard the doors open and close, only then did she sit in her throne. Her skin was still glowing, fired by the desire to kill the prince. She propped her elbows on the arms of her Throne, lacing her fingers together. The bastard was in her Kingdom, in her Palace and at her utter mercy...
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End of Part 1.
Please Review!!!! I want a certain number of them before I post again.
Author's Notes will appear after the second part. Please read them, they are important to understand this fanfic.
~*~Jewel~*~
knowsall5@hotmail.com
General Rating: R
Disclaimer: Sailor Moon is property of Naoko Takeuchi and others. The Characters are used without permission for the purpose of this fanfic. No profit has been or will be made from this,
Author's Notes: see bottom
Part One (1): And It Begins...
Queen Serenity sat on her throne. It was huge and carved of marble right out of the western wall. It rose on a dais to over look a dimly lit cavernous room. The ceiling wad twenty-five feet off the ground and the center rose into a glass dome. Doors that stretched nearly to the roof were in the eastern wall, leading out of the Throne Room. Against her black marble Throne adorned in the colorful emblems of the Ten Kingdoms of fairie, the Queen wore a marvelous white gown. It was strapless and sleeveless. Her arms and shoulders were covered by her mass of silver hair that was confined only by a thin silver circlet. The gown combined with her hair and alabaster skin gave her a mythical look. The gown was made of silk and flowed down to cover her feet. The bodice was tight and fitted, pushing her breasts upward that they looked as though they might fall out if she wasn't careful. At her hips the gown flared out, falling around her feet, sweeping the ground if she walked. Her feet were clad in silver colored shoes with high, thin heels.
She crossed her legs, making the silk hiss along the marble. Her left hand tapped absently against the arm of her Throne. The absolute silence of the room before broken by the clicking of her nails against the marble. Her cerulean eyes were hooded by her long lashes and semi-lowered eyelids as she surveyed the people kneeling before her.
The Captain of her Guard rose from the ground. Kunzite kept his head bowed though. Queen Serenity ceased her tapping. The sudden click of her tongue caused the page across the room to start. Serenity's eyes remained on the prisoners prostrated at the foot of her Throne's dais.
"Speak." The simple command fell from her lips as a gentle ringing of a bell. Kunzite raised his head, careful to avoid the Queen's eyes.
"Beryl's forces are trying to push our southern borders. However," he continued, expecting the Queen's next question. "The Queen of Death was anxious to show her new support of you. Her troops aided ours."
A small smile played on her pale lips. "The Queen of Death fears my growing power. Five of the Kingdoms are my allies. The Magickal Kingdom cannot win us against the odds. Beryl the Bitch cannot even keep her own allies. Minavera is wavering." The Queen paused and blinked, not realizing she'd started a tangent. "Beryl as it is only has three of the Kingdoms under her control. Our neighbors have made peace with us again. Beryl lies at our southern border, but she too is surrounded by my allies. The Sea and Love are her neighbors but they do not lie at any of my borders." The smile faded from her face like someone throwing a switch. Her gaze lowered to the men on the floor."Prisioners?"
The Queen made her statement in the form of a question. Kunzite licked his lips nervously. He couldn't see her eyes and couldn't meet them, but he sensed her growing anger. She was impatient. "Yes."
"I ordered no prisoners to be taken. Ever." her voice had dropped to an icy hiss.
Kunzite lowered his head again. An angry Queen, an angry Serenity, was something to be reckoned with. "Two of the four are guilty of treason. They aided Beryl's troops. They are not of the battle, they could not be killed."
Serenity suppressed a frown. "If there were two near my borders willing to commit an act of treason, there must be more."
Kunzite had won back her approval. He knew what he had to do with the two men. But his report was not yet complete. And he'd be in her high favor by the time it was over. "On of the unconscious ones is a thief who will be trialed." he hurried to continue before the Queen could remark. Kunzite could not keep the smile that grew on his face off. "The last is Crown Prince Endymion."
Serenity had relaxed against her Throne and her gaze had wondered to the dome. The skies were a beautiful blue that her eyes reflected. The midday sun was shining into the dome, filled a small spot before her Throne in golden light. At the announcement of the last man her head whipped down to stare at Kunzite. The sky above cracked and clouds gathered, swallowing the sun. Darkness loomed over the room. Along the walls of the room were a few torches. But Kunzite and the prisoners were in near darkness with no sunlight in the room. The torches were too distant to shower them in enough light. Serenity's eyes became a darker shade of blue. Her skin began to shimmer silver. Kunzite resisted flinching at the changes that had appeared in a matter of moments. Serenity's palace was built above the most powerful Fairie mound. She was the Queen of Light and Illusion. She lived and breathed magick. She was part of her Kingdom. The weather changed with her mood. And right now her skin glowed in barely contained fury.
Her hands turned white, gripping the rounded edges of the arms of her Throne. She struggled to keep her voice calm and neutral. "Remove the three from my presence. Put them in dungeons. Then everyone but my Captain and his prisoner leave."
Kunzite turned and signaled to someone behind him in the shadows. Three men covered in black leather came forward. They were dressed in all black except for Serenity's emblem, a silver crescent moon pierced by a red rose. It had been created in a time when the Kingdoms of Light, Illusion and Magick were one. Serenity's mother hadn't changed it, so Serenity wouldn't.
The guards stepped and bowed. Three picked up a prisoner each and the rest left. The page left as well. The grand doors creaked shut as everyone exited. Kunzite had his head bowed again to hide his smile. Crown Prince Endymion was in a heap on the floor. His black cape blended in well with the black marble floor. His head was on the ground and Serenity could not see it. She rose and walked slowing down her dais. Her white silk train followed her, whispering against the marble. Her hair hung down to her ankles, falling over her shoulders and hiding her arms. The long dress hid her feet and the effect was a goddess floating in a sea of darkness.
Serenity's eyes were nearly midnight blue. The light that had been glowing beneath her skin rose to the top, making it nearly impossible to look directly at her. Above them the sky broke and rain poured down. She stopped on the last step of her dais. Her eyes were fixed on Enydmion, but she directed her question to Kunzite. "Beryl sent her only son to fight a battle at my borders that she could not possibly win?"
There was real puzzlement in the Queens voice. Kunzite shrugged and Serenity saw the movement out of the corner of her eye. "Rumor has it that the Prince has fallen from his mother's grace. In the last war he refused to slaughter a village on the border of the Kingdom of Time."
Serenity's anger was on a thin leash. She turned her head to Kunzite in a sudden movement making her hair fan out before settling back around her. "I don't care for rumors Kunzite. I want to know why he was there." Her gaze wondered back to Endymion. "The bastard...turn him over so I can see his face."
Kunzite bent quickly and turned him over. He was still as handsome as she remembered him...and she still wanted to rip out his heart as much as she had then. She fell to the ground in a graceful movement. An arm ventured out of her cascade of hair. Her hand moved to his forehead. She brushed his hair away from his eyes. As all those from the Kingdom of Magick his hair was short, but it still fell into his eyes. They were closed now but she knew what she would see if they were open. A beautiful sapphire blue. Serenity traced a fingertip across his jaw. She looked up at Kunzite. "Have him bathed and chained to my bed."
Serenity stood and turned her back to him. She ascended her Throne slowly. She reached it and stood still. She kept her back to the room until she heard the doors open and close, only then did she sit in her throne. Her skin was still glowing, fired by the desire to kill the prince. She propped her elbows on the arms of her Throne, lacing her fingers together. The bastard was in her Kingdom, in her Palace and at her utter mercy...
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End of Part 1.
Please Review!!!! I want a certain number of them before I post again.
Author's Notes will appear after the second part. Please read them, they are important to understand this fanfic.