And I'm back! It took alot work and unfortunatly [I know] Time, but I finished Chapter 2 and yes it's so much longer! Want to how much? I write on COLLEGE. RULED. PAPER! Chapter 1 was full front and back. Chapter 2 was 4x the length of chapter 1. I think it's because I could NOT for the life of me figure out how to end it properly. So it just ran on…
I really want to thank everyone who has read or reviewed the first chapter, Moonprincess998 thank you for your kind words. I think it's really cool how in under a few days I got over 100 views on just the first chapter.
I wish Sailor moon belonged to me, sadly it does not. It belongs to Naoko Takeuchi and whoever else with the rights to it. The selection does not belong to me either it belongs to Kiera Cass… I wonder how much cake went into writing it…
The only thing that belongs to me is the inspiration that came to me to make this happen in the first place… that's sad…
[Note here the p.o.v.s will be marked because they change every so often in this chapter]
Endymion P.o.v
"Endymion? Are you ready?" Jadeite asked. "No, five more years please." I joked. "Let's head to Elysion, the lottery winners will be announced there." I swallowed. No way, too fast, they're coming today. "Yes, the faster, the better." I said, chipperly, lying through my teeth.
2 hours earlier
Serenity P.o.v.
"V, slow down, I'm going to fall!" I said, losing my balance again. "No way Serena! If I'm going to be called, you need to go in my place. It's going to take a while, but we'll trade places." I wholeheartedly believed that this would work.
10 minutes later
"Ve- I mean Princess, please stop moving around so much, you have to look presentable." I started chanting a small spell to make V's hair longer, and another spell to make mine shorter. "As long as our hair doesn't decide to reverse roles, I think we could pull this off!" I whisper-screamed.
"Gee, why do you want to leave this behind? It's so comfortable!" I groaned.
"Please, take it, it's yours forever! Give it a few days, it'll get stifling, annoying, and down aggravating!" I scoffed. "Besides, your uniform is so much more movable!" Venus just shook her head as if to say "just-you-wait!"
"To Elysion, Sailor Venus, let's go!" I grimaced.
"I don't sound like that."
"Now you do." She laughed. I sighed and started escorting "Princess Serenity" to Elysion.
2 hours later
Serenity P.o.v
"Ladies, gentlemen and Jadeite." "Hey look who's talking Mrs. Ponytail! And just look at Nefflite and Kunzite!" The four shittenou, bickering as per usual. "Note to self, hire four ragged-looking men from the four cardinal directions of Earth and FIRE these nimrods! Anyways, you three, back to your posts. Kunzite, Take lead, please." Kunzite stepped towards a raised platform, bowed to Endymion, and each went their separate ways.
"Ladies, Kings and Prince Endymion." Kunzite began. "We don't have everyone here quite yet, and we apologize for our earlier scene. We ask that you wait patiently before we announce our 35 selected women."
"Are you excited V?" Mercury asked, nudging my arm. Oh no! W.W.S.V.D? What Would Sailor V Do? "Not really, nervous is the word. What if something happens to Serenity and I'm gone?"
Mercury seemed to ponder this. "I think at most, they can only pick 3 or 4 girls from each planet, so Serenity would still have at least one of us left to protect her, besides Queen Serenity would never enter any of us if she couldn't guarantee her daughter's safety." Mercury said in a hushed tone. This was true, my mother valued my safety above all else.
"Girls stand up straight." My mother hissed quietly. I mimicked Mercury's posture and noticed why we had to stand at attention.
Endymion P.o.v.
"Hello Queen Serenity, Princess Serenity, Serenity's court." I bowed respectfully.
"Hello Endymion, lovely to see you again." Queen Serenity curtsied and nodded.
"Well, I wanted to tell you, those who are called out today will have an hour to pack before coming back here to travel to Earth and the Earth Kingdom." As I finished I was suddenly blinded by a bright flash of light.
Serenity P.o.v.
"… Will have an hour…" I suddenly had a terribly brilliant idea to cast a spell that would allow me to switch places with someone for about 4 minutes. Once the 4 minutes are up, you return to your previous standing. I quickly started chanting the spell. As I came closer to the end of the spell I had a nagging wish that nothing would give away that magic was being used. I was wrong. A flash of light came and went and suddenly my head felt heavy and it was as if it was going to split in two. My hair was tied and long again. I was in the worst thing ever and my heart seemed to be pounding around a million times a second. Wonderful, I was princess Serenity once more.
Endymion P.o.v.
The flash subsided. "What was that?" I asked.
I felt temporarily blinded. I rubbed my eyes, my vision was blurring and clearing, my mind felt hazy, and my face began to feel hot.
"I apologize, that flash really messed with me." I said. Embarressment seemed inevitable.
"Don't worry Endymion, I think it messed with all of us." Queen Serenity said, she always seemed to make everyone feel better, no matter the ordeal.
"Princess Serenity, You're very lovely, you rival that of your mother's beauty." I said, I didn't actually look at her but once I did, I couldn't tear my eyes away.
Her long hair was tied into two buns that cascaded into two long pigtails. Her frame seemed petite and fragile, I feared anyone handling her too roughly would break her. Her skin was terribly pale, though I couldn't blame her, she was the moon princess and the sun didn't exactly shine like it does on Earth.
"What an intresting hairstyle, how long does it take you to do it?" I asked genuinely curious.
Serenity P.o.v.
I felt flushed, my heart was racing. He was built tough, he looked as if he had worked out, possibly his whole life. Thick arm muscles and what looked a perfectly sculpted torso complimented my theory. His skin was darker than mine, proving he probably spent more time outside than I did. "How long does it take?" his voice was dark, but gentle and very distracting. "I'm sorry, can you repeat that?" I wasn't paying attention, I was too busy taking in the handsome prince in front of me, though I added that last part silently in my head.
"Your hair, I think it's an intresting hairstyle, how long does it take you to do?" That was an easy question.
"Oh, not very long, maybe 30 minutes if I take my time. On a rushed basis about 10 or 15 minutes, only if my hair turns silver." I answered smiling, recalling several times where Mercury would start timing me and Venus just to see how long it really took to do my hair. His face twisted from a smile to a look of confusion and utter shock.
"Silver?" Endymion said, shocked. Why was it so surprising?
Endymion P.o.v.
"Wait so, let me get this straight. Your hair just turns... Silver?!" I hated how I made it sound offensive, but I've never heard of something like this, and here was someone making sound like an everyday occurance!
"Your hair never just changes color?" she asked back, making sound completely normal.
"If I'm out in the sun too long, Kunzite will tease me, saying my hair will turn as blonde as Jadeite's. He's lying I've seen it myself, It turns a dark carmel-ish color" I explained, trying to find a close comparison, stumbling over a few of my words as I did. I really did not want to offend her, something in me was saying it was imperitive I stay on her good side, though I didn't know the reason, I trusted my feelings.
"I see a few strands, they're catching the light from a beautiful angle. Your hair has this kind of shine-effect." I couldn't help but continue to stare at her so I focused on her face as she kept talking. Pink lips, cerulean doe-eyes, long lashes, why wasn't she in the lottery again? She kept going on about 'beauty' and I was once again tempted to mention hers.
Serenity P.o.v
He seemed to take in my embarressing schpeal about his ran his fingers through his hair and seemed uncomfortable, almost embarressed.
I focused on something else,... well tried to. His square jaw was set and looked really smooth. His eyes were a stormy blue, looking into them gave a sense of being lost at sea. I suddenly felt the need to put my name in the pool, to be in the lottery for his heart, but as myself, as Princess Serenity princess of the Moon kingdom, not in the place of Venus, princess of Venus and head of the Monn Princess's court. I wanted to me.
Endymion P.o.v.
"Queen Serenity, remind me, why can't your daughter be in my lottery again?" I said, jokingly. I knew if I said it any other way, she would think I was serious.
"Why Endymion, Isn't it obvious?" She started laughing but then her tone turned serious, "If you lay a hand on my daughter, I'll smite you where you stand."I backed up a bit, suddenly very scared of Queen Serenity.
I'm glad Queen Serenity, Princess Serenity and Serenity's court were amused. I caught Kunzite and Jadeite getting ready to address the crowds. I had completely lost track of time, I'm usually never this bad when it comes to letting the time slip away from me.
"I'm sorry, a thousand pardons, but I'm afraid I'm going to have to cut our conversation short." I reached for Serenity's hand and gently kissed the knuckle.
"I believe we will meet again, Moon Princess?" I said in a overly regal manner.
"Certainly Prince Endymion." She answered, curtsying politely, and playing along.
"Queen Serenity, I hope we will talk again, and that you consider changing your daughter's name, because for as lovely as it is, we could avoid so much confusion." The senshi, I saw, were trying to hold back their laughter.
"Prince Endymion?" Serenity squeaked.
"Yes?"
"Usually a lot of people say the same thing so I tell my friends and some other royals we keep in touch with that, in a casual setting, they can call me Princess Serena, or Serena. I can guess you can tell that I don't have that many friends though." She flushed bright red and was stumbling over her words and was rethinking her sentence even as she said it. I could tell she was getting embarressed.
"Certainly Princess Ser- Um Serena. Well, I guess it's time I took my leave." I had turned to walk away, and had even taken a few steps when it hit me, I didn't even bother to share a few words with the Senshi, and THEY were the ones in the pool. I quickly thought of one thing to say so I didn't seem rude.
"Senshi, forgive me, but I hope to get any one of you four better!"
Serenity P.o.v.
The flash appeared again. 'Just in time' If he had talked any longer there might've been problems. 'Now for the big momment.'
X*^_^*X
"Ladies, generals, and Prince Endymion-sama, I Queen Beryl of-"
"Of the dark voids of Earth!" I heard Jadeite yell out angrily, followed by an almost inaudible "ow"
"-Of the Earth Kingdom," she hissed, "correcting" Jadeite's "mistake."
"Lies." my mother hissed quiety, as not to be heard. I nodded, agreeing with her wholeheartedly. If Beryl was truly the Queen of the Earth Kingdom, what was the point of having the selection in the first place? It was a fake, self-deemed, title. Who filled her head with this much self-adoration, they needed to be jailed, possibly for the rest of their life!
"Have been asked-"
"You weren't asked! Nefflite...just...hasn't showed up yet. He's at his post... he hasn't come back." This time Zoicite corrected Beryl with an angry tone.
"ASKED," Beryl over-emphasized, "to introduce the 35 little girls picked to be in my Prince Endymion-sama's selection." While she was vainly telling us the reason we were here, Nefflite snuck up behind her. He looked like a shadow, looming over her. When Beryl turned it looked like to grab something, she got startled, It looked like she said some obsenity but I couldn't hear what she said.
"I believe the ladies in attendence are of more of a 'woman' status than that of a 'little girl'. I also believe that the only 'little girl' here, is you. GO HOME!" His voice resounded through all of Elysion, frightening me. I couldn't hear Beryl's response but I did witness her unwillingly trudge through the portal to Earth.
Earth. How long have I stared at it from afar from a balcony somewhere in the castle, or on a veranda somewhere near my room? How long have I been dreaming of walking in a forest, or in the royal gardens, somewhere in it's beautiful nature? How long have I been dreaming of just visiting when I wanted, visiting and becoming closer to the royal family of the beautiful planet? How long have I been dreaming of Earth? Earth, I was this close yet so far away.
"My apologies," Nefflite began. "Let's call out our 35 lucky women!" He started with the outer planets,
35, 34, 33, 32, 31, 30, 29, only 28 left.
Inner planets, 28, 27, 26, 25, 24, all from Mercury. 23, 22, 21, 20, 19, Mars. 18, 17, 16, 15, 14, Venus. 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6- "Wait, um... Queen Beryl of Earth? wait 'Queen'?" Nefflite called out questioningly. Earth girls couldn't enter the pool right? so why was Beryl in the pool? Why was anyone from Earth in the pool? Nefflite continued seeming to wipe the entire incident away in a second. 5, 4, 3, Jupiter. Oh Selene.
"Queen Serenity, and her daughter have agreed to willingly part with our final two entrants. Princess of Jupiter, soldier of love and courage, guardian of protection and champion lightning, bishou senshi, Sailor Jupiter!" Of course Nefflite was reading her entry.
"Our final entry, is I think a second-best choice. We, the Shittennou would've loved to introduce Princess Serenity as a part of our lottery, however Queen Serenity was very adament about smiting us where we stood if we laid a hand on her daughter." Everyone was practically dying over what Queen Serenity said very often to Moon kingdom guests.
I raised my hand so everyone could find who said Venus's comment "In fact she just said it to Prince Endymion a few minutes ago!" I heard a couple of laughs when I said it but not as much as when Nefflite said it.
"Sailor Venus, come up here." Nefflite called. What? Did I do something wrong? Nefflite motioned in my general direction to come forward. I slowly walked forward, towards the make shift podium that the Earth kingdom set up in front of the Prayer well.
Murmurs rose through out Elysion, my heart was beating fast. "She's not in trouble everyone, don't worry." Nefflite announced. I hate that line!
People always say that. Even if it's not because you're in trouble, it's most likely because something happened or is going to happen, and it's usually something you'd rather not be a part of... but this is Endymion's selection lottery winners...
YOU'RE KIDDING ME?!
I walked up to the front of the podium and was about to turn around and face the crowd when Nefflite motioned for me to stand beside him. My heart began beating even faster...
THERE'S LITTERALLY HUNDREDS OF GIRLS HERE...
"As you all know, the Earth Kingdom would not be what it is today, if it wasn't for the Moon's Kingdom's and who we know as the Goddess Selene's help." Nefflite began.
NO OFFENSE TO V, BUT BUT THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO WAY SHE WAS JUST RANDOMLY PICKED!
"Many dignitaries believe that Princess Serenity to be the embodiment-no- reincarnation is the better word- the reincarnation of, the goddess Selene."
WHAT IS REALITY... THERE IS TOO MUCH TO PROCESS HERE... THIS IS NOT REAL...
"Part of the celestial treaty states the inner planets must offer their young princesses to protect the moon princess, as part of her court. We were very fortunate however, If you can, look at Sailor Venus then look at Princess Serenity. This is a special case, Sailor Venus has a very important role. If something very terrible EVER happens that would question the safety of the princess, Sailor Venus must take the role of the Princess and endure that terrible situation."
THIS IS REAL... ISN'T IT? YOU'RE NOT KIDDING ME...
"Now, we truly, truly, hope no one tries to hurt Princess Serenity, because we're taking away your last resort."
OH SELENE IT IS. IT'S REAL. IT'S HAPPENING BEFORE MY VERY EYES! AND I'M APART OF IT!
"Ladies, Generals, Soldiers, Queens, Princesses and Prince Endymion, The last Entrant: Princess of Venus, Head of Princess Serenity's court, Soldier of Love, Beauty and Attention-" V doesn't like it when even I say that!
I cut Nefflite off. "HEY! Are you supposed to be complimenting me or insulting me?" I added a complimentary huff and a signiture V hair flip. Who am I again?... Oh yeah, Serenity.
He put his hands up in mock surrender and peace. "I meant in a good way, no offense intended. All good things, all good things, I swear. Where were we? Oh yes, Princess Serenity's body double, bishou senshi, Sailor Venus!"
I WAS NOW A PART OF PRINCE ENDYMION'S SELECTION
I. WAS. SO. SCARED.
Endymion's P.o.v.
I zoned out during the recall. I watched Kunzite wave Venus away and continue to call out the rest of the names. I watched Venus walked back and mentally made a note of the path to Princess Serenity. Princess Serenity... she really was something.
How would I describe what happened?
I felt like an absolute idiot,and she was calm and collected, much like her mother. Though looking back on it, no one seemed prepared for the entire conversation in the first place. That thought alone helped me to relax and not regret the entire moment.
"Let's congratulate the thirty-five lucky women we've picked for Prince Endymion!"
Lucky for them, not so much for me! The entire selection was merely a last ditch effort to crown a queen for the Earth Kingdom's throne! Everyone knew Beryl was insane and stubbornly vain. I'm honest to Selene glad Nefflite practically shoved her back to Earth, because- Oh GOD- She would've caused a major scene over the generals practically crowning Princess Serenity 'Most Beautiful Woman'.
All my earlier thoughts came back to me at once. Studying Princess Serenity, memorizing her features, everything. Kunzite started giving a quick run-through of the rules, for the general public. I didn't really listen, considering I was given the same speech only two days ago, but I started really paying attention for rule 3.
"...Spending copious amounts of time or you are simply 'found' with another man, you will be sent home immediatly!" I made an immediate vow to be easier on Sailor Jupiter and Sailor Venus. A promise that I would warp the evidence so they can just simply return to their normal lives. Make somthing up so they could return to helping serenity become the future ruler of the moon kingdom and ensure her safety.
I knew Nefflite felt something for Jupiter, no matter how secretive he thought he was being... and Kunzite constantly called me for guidance in his relationship with Venus, though he knew I was as lost as he was. But Kunzite and Venus had something I could easily define-Love...
Wait. If Venus is in a competition for my heart, why wasn't Kunzite protesting? He didn't even flinch when Sailor Venus's name was called. Was there some sort of conspiracy I'm unaware of ? Or did something happen to their relationship? Was there something I missed? Did they know something I didn't. I hoped in time I would figure out what this meant.
Either way, I could care less about anyone in the selection, I knew who I really wanted, no matter how sinful it may be. The name I wish was one who wouldn't need to compete, I would just eliminate everyone right then and there... though there was more than rules and an overprotective mother stopping me.
There was a law.
Article 34 of the celestial treaty's amendments basically says. The moon will continue to Protect the earth and the people of both kingdoms can meet and become friends but love cannot develop lest they be banished or worse-...killed.
Why is it, everytime you know you shouldn't do something- shouldn't want something,... shouldn't like,... or love someone, your heart, soul, mind and body turns on you and you pursue them. You accept the attraction- bite the forbidden fruit and never turn back.
I shouldn't, couldn't and would NOT say I was in love with serenity. I don't believe in love at first sight... but I couldn't get her off my mind... I will say I was very taken.
"I and everyone else will see you back here in one hour's time." God Jaedite stop sealing my fate.
In one small hour, the competition to find the love of my life in a small handful of girls- in front of the ENTIRE GALAXY- would begin...
No not just love, a queen, in front of my kingdom, alliances, and the galaxy.
And I don't know anything about any of them, well 33. I know Jupiter and Venus, but I know they were not intrested in me...
Things were not looking good for me...
IT'S FINALLY DONE!
Sorry everyone. It's been a long time hasn't it? I'm very very very very very - (*100 more very's) sorry. I planned to type this chapter up the thursday after the first chapter was posted... but i fell behind then I have this thing when I don't do something I truly forget about it, but um... extra credit, I honestly kept saying "today I want to finish the chapter" but alas it just never happened. The next few chapters will still focus on day 1, and here's my excuse. no kidding, the first 7 chapters of the book "The Selection" took place at home so there was no castle no prince and EVERYTHING ASPEN. I know Kiera likes him and says he's a good guy but to me, he has too many flaws for my taste. I see where Aspen fans are coming from but, AmericaxMaxon all the way.
On paper I have up to chapter 8... I might break it up. I probably should've broken up this one, so my hard copy might not match your guy's copy. One of the reason's why the story might come out more often is I have more time. last school year I was in middle school and my school hours were 9-4 and my electronics went off at 8 but I would stay at my grandmother's till about 5 or 5:30 so... I didn't have alot of time. Also my profile needs to be updated because of the next update. my high school hours run from 7-2 but I'm not in High school anymore. Due to health problems I had to consider home school so now I'm actually using an online high school program. I'm fine now but we'll see how I feel next semester.
I'm going to get this out of the way. I'm following the story when the selection ends and the elite begins that's when part 2 begins. I know alot of people don't have time to read a 100 or 200 chapter story so I'm breaking it up. I'm sorry this is running long but I hope you really don't kill me for taking too long... *sees pitchforks and torches outside the window* Yep I get it I'm gone! *Runs away*
