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Chapter 4: Parting
"So, what do you like to do for fun, Serenity?" asked Perdita. She was a precocious little girl, but too selfish and self-centered to see past her own nose. Her mother's constant spoiling and praise had groomed this young princess into a young egomaniac. Despite all this however, she was still smart and hid her true self behind a veneer of kindness.
"I like to pick flowers in the garden. Do you have any flowers?" Serenity asked innocently. Perdita reeled in her disgust, how she hated the Moon Kingdom, and smiled a dazzling smile.
"We don't have any flowers here, Serenity. The land here prevents them from growing."
"Oh, do you have any toys?"
Perdita smiled. Of course she had toys.
"And then, she threw everything back up! And Ma made me clean it!" Seiya complained. Haruka nodded knowingly, siblings were nothing but trouble. She felt sorry for Seiya, having five sisters, but she couldn't let Seiya find out.
"Oh boo hoo, poor Seiya," Haruka mocked. "She has a baby sister she has to help with. Her life is so hard."
Seiya's cheeks flushed. "So sorry, Princess," She spat. "I don't have three billon servants at my beck and call."
"Chevalier, I am sorry that you get to go outside with flowers and have some freedom. I am taking lessons all day and I cannot even go outside and run." Haruka confessed.
"Oh," Seiya said, at a loss. Ami, almost forgotten by her newfound friends, cleared her throat. Both Seiya and Haruka whipped around and turned to her. "Umm, the party's almost over guys, our parents must be looking for us." Ami started to leave.
Haruka nodded and started to get up until Seiya's hand shot out and pulled both her and Ami back on the stairs.
"What's your problem?" Haruka asked.
"We have to go," Ami said.
"But, once this party ends and we all leave, we won't be friends anymore." Seiya said, finding the floor very interesting to look at. Haruka and Ami frowned. She was right; after the party, they wouldn't see each other ever again. Loneliness would overtake them once more. But, Ami was a genius, she had a great idea.
"Haruka, Seiya, my father has several mini-computers that also serve as communicators. I could get some and if we ever wanted to talk, we can! Even from light-years away!"
All three girls brightened and rushed off the steps in order to find King Beethoven and obtain communicators. As Haruka and Seiya are both very fast runners, and Ami being sub-par at best, the party-goers saw a black and blond blur, with a tired 6 year old trailing behind it. Seiya and Haruka, having realized that they were even in speed, took it upon themselves to try and out-do the other. In doing so, they missed King Beethoven and knocked his drink out of his hand.
"What in the name of Mercury…?" Beethoven asked.
"Those were my new friends," Ami said, having found her father.
"Oh, really? You made some new friends, Princess?" he asked, blue eyes twinkling. Beethoven was a kind and jolly soul, he loved his wife, daughter and fine-tasting food. He still had a robust appearance, despite the fact that his love of food had given him a big belly.
Ami nodded shyly at her father. "Daddy, could we have some communicators? I don't want to lose them…" Ami hung her head. The other princesses had always ignored her. Ami blended into the background, there was nothing noticeable about her. But, Seiya had and Haruka talked to her too. She had a feeling that they were the ones meant to be her friends.
Beethoven saw the spark in his daughter's eye and smiled. "Of course! Now what's their names?" he asked, while drawing three blank mini-computers from his sleeve.
"The one with the black hair is Kou Seiya and the one with the blonde hair is Haruka, of 'your-anus,'" Ami blushed. "Seiya said that."
Beethoven laughed heartily. "Oh ho, this Seiya seems to be quite the comedian! But the Uranusian princess?" he sobered up. "Heard she's a mean, destructive little brute."
"Daddy! That's not true!" Ami admonished her father. "She's really nice and fun."
Beethoven nodded, trusting his daughter's judgment over his wife's foolish gossip. How he loved Queen Dorsa, but she was a gossip-monger. He waved his hand over a communicator and it became blue with a red sun stylized as a rose on the top. It said KOU SEIYA in fancy orange script. He did the same with the other, it turning navy blue with the planetary symbol for Uranus on the top in gold. It read SKY KING HARUKA in gold in the same fancy script. He repeated the gesture with the third one, it becoming pale blue with the planetary symbol for Mercury on it in dark blue. It read AQUA RHAPSODY AMI in aquamarine. "Here you go," he said, handing all three to his young daughter. He chuckled at the sparkle in her eyes as she regarded the magnificent items and with a squealed "Thank you, Daddy!" she ran off to show her new friends.
They were beat. They had worn themselves out with their race and they had lost Ami.
"This is all your fault you know," Haruka said to Seiya as they tried to catch their breaths. She just nodded, not wanting to get in another argument with Haruka. She was too tired.
"Seiya! Haruka!" Ami called while running towards them with the mini-computers. "I got them!" She handed her friends their computers. Seiya and Haruka's faces lit up.
"Wow! It's so cool!" Seiya exclaimed, marveling at the sun-rose.
"'Sky king Haruka'" Haruka whispered in awe, tracing the words with her fingers. "Thank you, Ami." she said.
Seiya nodded in agreement. "Thanks, Ami."
Ami blushed. "I just wanted to get it so we could talk to each other. Just type in our names if you ever want to talk."
"Ami! Let's get going! There's no more food here and I'm hungry! " her father called.
Ami looked at her friends sadly. "You promise to call?" she asked.
"I promise," Haruka said.
"Promise," Seiya said, holding out her pinky.
At the other girls' confused stares, she explained. "At Kinmoku, we make a pinky promise. If you break a pinky promise, you die. We hook are pinkies together and say 'Cross my heart and hope to die, this pinky promise's not a lie. '"
The two princesses nodded and all three hooked their pinkies together.
"Cross my heart and hope to die, this pinky promise's not a lie."
The end of the party, I wish they could've stayed there forever, but then the story wouldn't continue. Enter Perdita! You get to see for a little bit! She's based off my cat(Only not as cute) and does nothing but make trouble for Haruka! The next chapter's in the writing process, but I'm sick right now, so it'll be on hold until I'm better.
Now, there's something that all the Royals have in common. I'm gonna give a little hint and whoever finds out first gets cookies!!! And a oneshot written of their choice. If you don't get it, don't beat yourself up; I did a lot of research!
Mercury- King Beethoven, Queen Dorsa and Princess Ami live in Mariner Castle.
Venus- King Ishtar, Queen Aphrodite, Princess Terra, Princess Venera and Princess Minako live in Magellan Castle.
Mars- King Tharsis, Queen Ada and Princess Rei live in Phobos Deimos Castle.
Jupiter- King Metis, Queen Europa, Prince Kalyke and Princess Makoto live in Io Castle.
Uranus- King Oberon, Queen Titania, Prince Caliban, Princess Haruka, Princess Perdita and Stephano live in Miranda Castle.
Neptune- King Proteus, Queen Larissa and Princess Michiru live in Triton Castle.
Saturn- King Tethys, Queen Phoebe and Princess Hotaru live in Titan Castle.
Pluto- King Chronos, Queen Nix and Princess Setsuna live in Charon Castle.
Kinmoku-Queen Olea and Princess Kakyuu live in Castle Hana.
