The Ten Kingdoms
~*~Jewel~*~
Knowsall5@hotmail.com
Disclaimer: Sailor Moon and its characters belong to Naoko Takeuchi and others.
Author's Notes: see bottom. {plz read}
Thanks: see bottom
Part Three (3): Queen of Light and Illusion
Serenity ordered her personal servant to her room. The girl met her there, and was silently waiting outside her chambers. Serenity walked into her chambers and closed the doors. Her chambers held three and a half rooms. The first was her sitting room. It was decorated in white and blue. The plush carpeting was white and gleamed silver under the light of the chandelier. The walls were painted white with intricate silver flower designs running along them. A white marble fireplace came out of the left wall; above it hung the crest of the First Kingdom. The wooden paneling was midnight blue and stood out in the frosty room. Several blue overstuffed armchairs littered the right wall. Each chair held two white cushions. A small ebony table sat in the center of the chairs, bare of anything. The wall opposite the one Serenity had entered from held a second door leading off to the second and third rooms. Serenity walked to the door, her servant trailing behind her. The doors were made of heavy oak and polished dark. The ceiling was fifteen feet high, and the doors touched it.
The second pair of doors led to the bedroom. Serenity did not glance at it as she turned left and walked through a third doorway. This led to the bathing room. Its walls were wooden. A mirror covered one wall. Serenity paused in front of it and signaled her servant to step forward. "Dress me in my blue and red robes."
The servant girl opened another set of doors and disappeared into its room. It was Serenity's wardrobe; large enough that it was almost a fourth room. The servant quickly returned, holding bloodred and night blue robes. Serenity carefully removed her crown and laid it on a small table. She stood impassively as the servant undressed her and then placed the robes on her. The robes were made of wool and large. They enveloped her body and hid her hair. The sleeves were wide and longer than her arms to slide over her fingertips to hide them. It was mainly red with panels of blue. It was something Beryl the Bitch would wear.
The servant stood back and Serenity turned to her reflection. She removed the hood of the robes to reveal her face. Against her lovely white skin the red stood out. Her eyes had regained their normal color and matched the blue. If not for my hair I could pass myself off as the Death Queen, she mused silently. She spoke to the servant, not looking at her. "Leave. Close all my doors and tell my guards I am not to be bothered."
The servant bowed and exited. Serenity heard the doors close as the servant left each room. Finally she turned and entered the bedroom. The room was bare except for a bed. The bed was large and could easily hold seven people. It was in the center of the room with five steps leading up to it. The walls were white stone with the same silver designs of the sitting room. The carpet was a dark blue, nearly black. The bed was canopied with sheer, light blue hanging hiding the contents of the bed. Serenity knew the bed had white silk sheet with matching pillows. There were no windows in the room.
She walked to doors that exited the bedroom and enforced its ward. She placed her palm on the lock and whispered a single word in the ancient tongue. Warmness greeted her hand, like a caress of fire. Serenity opened her eyes and saw golden light dance along the silver vines before fading. The wards were meant to keep the inhabitants of the room in and others out. She walked to the mirrored wall of her bathing room.
Serenity stared at her reflection for a moment. She moved the robe's hood so all her hair split out. She ran her fingertips along the surface of the mirror. It rippled as magick flowed from her fingertips into it. With a nudge of her mind Serenity changed. When the mirror stopped rippling Serenity stared at her new reflection. In place of her long silver hair was waist length red hair of a darker shade than most redheads. Her facial features were changed, her eyes were a dark brown and her nose was longer. Her face itself held no wrinkles, but looked aged. Her once perfect lips were now thin and red. I look like her, she thought to herself, wrinkling her nose. At least the spell worked though. It couldn't fail; another part of her mind threw at her. Serenity smiled and entered her bedroom.
Prince Endymion blinked several times after he regained consciousness. He was on a bed. Or rather chained to a white silk bed. His head felt like a horse had stomped on it. He felt magick being used twice, but was too weak to find where it had come from. Next time I meet mother I will put a dagger between her eyes, he swore. How dare that damned bitch send him to do some simple, useless, border attack?! Endymion tried to move his head to better view his surroundings. Right now all he knew was he was chained half-naked to some bed hidden by flimsy cloth. His arms were stretched above his head and fastened to the bed's headboard. Likewise his feet were chained to the footboard. Far from comfortable. Normally the idea of being chained to a bed would have been his idea, but this was not. Again he tried pulling at the handcuffs that held his wrists to no avail.
He muttered colorful curses beneath his breath for several minutes. His curses were interrupted by the parting of the canopies at the foot of the large bed. He had to blink again. Beryl stood at there, smiling cruelly. She crawled onto the bed moving along side his left. When she reached his chest level she kneeled on the bed, facing the headboard where he still tried to free his hands. She tsked him. "You will not free your hands. Your struggles will only bloody your wrists."
"What do you want bitch?" He asked with an annoyed look.
"You will not speak to me like I was your whore! I am Queen and your mother." She snapped. She paused for a moment before smiling sweetly. "Don't you like your position? One would have thought you'd love it."
Endymion was not amused. "What games do you play Beryl?"
She tilted her head to a side. "I play no games. Tell me son, how did you fare at the Serenity's border?"
The bitch was at her tricks and Endymion was not in the mood to play. "You know how it fared. You knew you could get pass the border. I don't know what stupid games you are up to now, but sending me off to some nonsense like that DOES NOT FUCKING AMUSE ME!"
"Temper temp Endymion. Why do you think I sent you to force the border? Why would I waste you there when you would be more useful elsewhere and out of the way?"
"You mind is a twisted thing mother. No one wants to know how you use it." He hissed. "Now let me off of this bed. I have better things to do."
Suddenly there was a dagger pointed at the hollow of his throat. She moved to straddle his waist. Endymion stared at her in disbelief. The dagger pricked his skin and a drop of blood trickled down. "What in the fuck are you doing bitch?"
"I would mind the filthy language if I were you." The voice was no longer Beryl's. The eyes he knew as his mother's flickered blue.
"What games are these?"
"The kind that amuse me." Serenity dropped the glamour. Using her free hand she pushed back the hood. Her crown marked with the crescent of her Kingdom sat on top of her silver hair, no longer red. Her features melded back into her own. Brown eyes became their usual blue, but this time a dark stormy blue. "How have you been Endymion?"
"Serenity?" Endymion frowned.
Serenity briefly dipped her head. "Queen Serenity of the First Kingdom."
"Queen of Illusion." He hissed.
"So you are not as dumb as you would appear." Serenity sneered. Her dagger disappeared back into the robes. "You have tried to invade my borders and trespassed on my land after I expressly banished you on a death sentence were you or your mother to ever enter my Kingdom again. Did you think you would be handed back to the Second Kingdom?"
"Then what are you going to do?" A light entered his eyes. "Or are you finally taking me up on my offer."
Serenity laughed. "No Endymion. But it amuses me that you actually think I would take you." She leaned in to him, pressing her body into his as she lowered her lips to his ear. "I have you chained to my bed, but I will pain your body before I pleasure it."
She laughed again and rolled off of him. She parted the drapes next to her and left the bed. Endymion stared in disbelief at her back as she bounced off the bed trying to make sense of the situation.
Serenity merrily walked back into her bathing room. She took off her robes and dressed her self. She once again donned her white gown. How she would have loved to sink the dagger into his throat! But it would be too quick a death for the bastard. When she was dressed she exited her Chambers, never even glancing at her bed.
It was nearly mid-afternoon and she still have to hold attend court. Not that she minded judging local squabbles, some days she even enjoyed it. It was the political squabbles that annoyed her. At least I will have this morning's happy thought to help me through, she thought as she walked back to her Throne room.
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Please review! I'd love to hear what you thought!
AN&thanks:
Thank you to everyone who reviewed, it meant a lot to me. I'm very happy people like this. I got some very nice reviews (hell, they were all great) thanks to those who took the time to do so. If you haven't, do so after you read the rest of the Author's Notes!
I began to write this part last night, and thanks to those wonderful reviews I was motivated to finish it! Someone mentioned, I believe it was Miko633, mentioned something about "the 10th Kingdom". The title sounds familiar. * shrug * I named the fanfic that because I couldn't think of another title. And there are 10 kingdoms, would have been nine, but I had to give Serenity her own. It just occurred to me that: Serenity and Beryl's Kingdoms were once one, and as it should be, one ruling the Earth and the other the Moon and really the Moon belongs to the earth so it should be one. ^_^;;; Did I confuse you?
Anyway, if anyone could think of a title I could use, I'd really appreciate it.
~*~Jewel~*~
Knowsall5@hotmail.com
Disclaimer: Sailor Moon and its characters belong to Naoko Takeuchi and others.
Author's Notes: see bottom. {plz read}
Thanks: see bottom
Part Three (3): Queen of Light and Illusion
Serenity ordered her personal servant to her room. The girl met her there, and was silently waiting outside her chambers. Serenity walked into her chambers and closed the doors. Her chambers held three and a half rooms. The first was her sitting room. It was decorated in white and blue. The plush carpeting was white and gleamed silver under the light of the chandelier. The walls were painted white with intricate silver flower designs running along them. A white marble fireplace came out of the left wall; above it hung the crest of the First Kingdom. The wooden paneling was midnight blue and stood out in the frosty room. Several blue overstuffed armchairs littered the right wall. Each chair held two white cushions. A small ebony table sat in the center of the chairs, bare of anything. The wall opposite the one Serenity had entered from held a second door leading off to the second and third rooms. Serenity walked to the door, her servant trailing behind her. The doors were made of heavy oak and polished dark. The ceiling was fifteen feet high, and the doors touched it.
The second pair of doors led to the bedroom. Serenity did not glance at it as she turned left and walked through a third doorway. This led to the bathing room. Its walls were wooden. A mirror covered one wall. Serenity paused in front of it and signaled her servant to step forward. "Dress me in my blue and red robes."
The servant girl opened another set of doors and disappeared into its room. It was Serenity's wardrobe; large enough that it was almost a fourth room. The servant quickly returned, holding bloodred and night blue robes. Serenity carefully removed her crown and laid it on a small table. She stood impassively as the servant undressed her and then placed the robes on her. The robes were made of wool and large. They enveloped her body and hid her hair. The sleeves were wide and longer than her arms to slide over her fingertips to hide them. It was mainly red with panels of blue. It was something Beryl the Bitch would wear.
The servant stood back and Serenity turned to her reflection. She removed the hood of the robes to reveal her face. Against her lovely white skin the red stood out. Her eyes had regained their normal color and matched the blue. If not for my hair I could pass myself off as the Death Queen, she mused silently. She spoke to the servant, not looking at her. "Leave. Close all my doors and tell my guards I am not to be bothered."
The servant bowed and exited. Serenity heard the doors close as the servant left each room. Finally she turned and entered the bedroom. The room was bare except for a bed. The bed was large and could easily hold seven people. It was in the center of the room with five steps leading up to it. The walls were white stone with the same silver designs of the sitting room. The carpet was a dark blue, nearly black. The bed was canopied with sheer, light blue hanging hiding the contents of the bed. Serenity knew the bed had white silk sheet with matching pillows. There were no windows in the room.
She walked to doors that exited the bedroom and enforced its ward. She placed her palm on the lock and whispered a single word in the ancient tongue. Warmness greeted her hand, like a caress of fire. Serenity opened her eyes and saw golden light dance along the silver vines before fading. The wards were meant to keep the inhabitants of the room in and others out. She walked to the mirrored wall of her bathing room.
Serenity stared at her reflection for a moment. She moved the robe's hood so all her hair split out. She ran her fingertips along the surface of the mirror. It rippled as magick flowed from her fingertips into it. With a nudge of her mind Serenity changed. When the mirror stopped rippling Serenity stared at her new reflection. In place of her long silver hair was waist length red hair of a darker shade than most redheads. Her facial features were changed, her eyes were a dark brown and her nose was longer. Her face itself held no wrinkles, but looked aged. Her once perfect lips were now thin and red. I look like her, she thought to herself, wrinkling her nose. At least the spell worked though. It couldn't fail; another part of her mind threw at her. Serenity smiled and entered her bedroom.
Prince Endymion blinked several times after he regained consciousness. He was on a bed. Or rather chained to a white silk bed. His head felt like a horse had stomped on it. He felt magick being used twice, but was too weak to find where it had come from. Next time I meet mother I will put a dagger between her eyes, he swore. How dare that damned bitch send him to do some simple, useless, border attack?! Endymion tried to move his head to better view his surroundings. Right now all he knew was he was chained half-naked to some bed hidden by flimsy cloth. His arms were stretched above his head and fastened to the bed's headboard. Likewise his feet were chained to the footboard. Far from comfortable. Normally the idea of being chained to a bed would have been his idea, but this was not. Again he tried pulling at the handcuffs that held his wrists to no avail.
He muttered colorful curses beneath his breath for several minutes. His curses were interrupted by the parting of the canopies at the foot of the large bed. He had to blink again. Beryl stood at there, smiling cruelly. She crawled onto the bed moving along side his left. When she reached his chest level she kneeled on the bed, facing the headboard where he still tried to free his hands. She tsked him. "You will not free your hands. Your struggles will only bloody your wrists."
"What do you want bitch?" He asked with an annoyed look.
"You will not speak to me like I was your whore! I am Queen and your mother." She snapped. She paused for a moment before smiling sweetly. "Don't you like your position? One would have thought you'd love it."
Endymion was not amused. "What games do you play Beryl?"
She tilted her head to a side. "I play no games. Tell me son, how did you fare at the Serenity's border?"
The bitch was at her tricks and Endymion was not in the mood to play. "You know how it fared. You knew you could get pass the border. I don't know what stupid games you are up to now, but sending me off to some nonsense like that DOES NOT FUCKING AMUSE ME!"
"Temper temp Endymion. Why do you think I sent you to force the border? Why would I waste you there when you would be more useful elsewhere and out of the way?"
"You mind is a twisted thing mother. No one wants to know how you use it." He hissed. "Now let me off of this bed. I have better things to do."
Suddenly there was a dagger pointed at the hollow of his throat. She moved to straddle his waist. Endymion stared at her in disbelief. The dagger pricked his skin and a drop of blood trickled down. "What in the fuck are you doing bitch?"
"I would mind the filthy language if I were you." The voice was no longer Beryl's. The eyes he knew as his mother's flickered blue.
"What games are these?"
"The kind that amuse me." Serenity dropped the glamour. Using her free hand she pushed back the hood. Her crown marked with the crescent of her Kingdom sat on top of her silver hair, no longer red. Her features melded back into her own. Brown eyes became their usual blue, but this time a dark stormy blue. "How have you been Endymion?"
"Serenity?" Endymion frowned.
Serenity briefly dipped her head. "Queen Serenity of the First Kingdom."
"Queen of Illusion." He hissed.
"So you are not as dumb as you would appear." Serenity sneered. Her dagger disappeared back into the robes. "You have tried to invade my borders and trespassed on my land after I expressly banished you on a death sentence were you or your mother to ever enter my Kingdom again. Did you think you would be handed back to the Second Kingdom?"
"Then what are you going to do?" A light entered his eyes. "Or are you finally taking me up on my offer."
Serenity laughed. "No Endymion. But it amuses me that you actually think I would take you." She leaned in to him, pressing her body into his as she lowered her lips to his ear. "I have you chained to my bed, but I will pain your body before I pleasure it."
She laughed again and rolled off of him. She parted the drapes next to her and left the bed. Endymion stared in disbelief at her back as she bounced off the bed trying to make sense of the situation.
Serenity merrily walked back into her bathing room. She took off her robes and dressed her self. She once again donned her white gown. How she would have loved to sink the dagger into his throat! But it would be too quick a death for the bastard. When she was dressed she exited her Chambers, never even glancing at her bed.
It was nearly mid-afternoon and she still have to hold attend court. Not that she minded judging local squabbles, some days she even enjoyed it. It was the political squabbles that annoyed her. At least I will have this morning's happy thought to help me through, she thought as she walked back to her Throne room.
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Please review! I'd love to hear what you thought!
AN&thanks:
Thank you to everyone who reviewed, it meant a lot to me. I'm very happy people like this. I got some very nice reviews (hell, they were all great) thanks to those who took the time to do so. If you haven't, do so after you read the rest of the Author's Notes!
I began to write this part last night, and thanks to those wonderful reviews I was motivated to finish it! Someone mentioned, I believe it was Miko633, mentioned something about "the 10th Kingdom". The title sounds familiar. * shrug * I named the fanfic that because I couldn't think of another title. And there are 10 kingdoms, would have been nine, but I had to give Serenity her own. It just occurred to me that: Serenity and Beryl's Kingdoms were once one, and as it should be, one ruling the Earth and the other the Moon and really the Moon belongs to the earth so it should be one. ^_^;;; Did I confuse you?
Anyway, if anyone could think of a title I could use, I'd really appreciate it.