White Horse

Chapter Three

Serena had finally made it to her parents' home and was crying in her mother's arms. "Why Mom? Why did he have to do this? How could he? I loved him."

Ellen held her daughter close, rubbing her shoulders. She didn't know what to tell her. She and Ken had never had that problem. "I'm sorry, my darling. I wish I knew…"

Ken pounded his right fist into the wall. "Damn that bastard!" Both Serena and Ellen looked at him in shock. He rarely ever swore. "What? I should never have allowed him to marry you. I knew this would happen. He's far too old for you."

"Daddy…" Serena murmured. "I'm sorry…I should have listened."

Ken sighed. He knew this wasn't the time. He took Serena from his wife. "Now, Serena, none of that. It's not your fault. It's that creep's. But he won't hurt you again, I won't let him."

Baby Reenie's wails cut into Serena's own, reawakening her to reality. "Reenie probably wants to be fed." she got up and went to where her room used to be. Her rabbit wallpaper had been replaced by pink and blue flower prints. Soft pink carpet felt lovely on her feet as she padded inside. Her parents had made it no secret that they wanted to see their granddaughter as often as possible. They had even refinished her own baby crib from her infancy. She reached into the bunny-diaper bag and put a bottle of milk on the warmer and picked up her baby. "Hey there, sweetie. There, there, Mommy's getting it." Holding her baby, she thought back to when she had first met the little pink-mop. It seemed so long ago. Just thinking about it, how it was even possible, made her head hurt. Of course, she'd seen a lot of things that should be impossible, so she supposed meeting her daughter from the future shouldn't be too much of a surprise. The future. How would this affect the future? Could she really leave Darien completely? If she did, she would be condemning her future daughter to non-existence and the consequences of that would be cataclysmic. Not only would it rob her future self of this wonderful little girl, but all the things that only Reenie could do, she would never do. It would create a paradox which would in turn destroy everything.

"Oh Queen Serenity, Sailor Pluto, someone please. Tell me what to do. I love Darien, but after all the crap he's put me through, I don't think I can trust him. How can I stay with him? But…I can't do that to Reenie and….please."

As if on cue, a flash of light filled the room and faded to reveal the familiar fairy-like ghost of Queen Serenity. "Do not fear my darling. I have already taken care of it."

"Queen Serenity." Serena reached out a hand for her long-dead mother. "What do you mean?"

"Careful, dear. You wouldn't want to frighten the baby." she fluttered close to the face of her baby granddaughter. "Oh, she is absolutely darling." she placed a tiny kiss upon Reenie's forehead.

"Mother, please, tell me. What do you mean?" Serena asked her again.

"I have watched all that the present-time's Prince Endymion has done to you from even when you were middle school. I wanted to step in long ago, and maybe I should've but now enough is enough. All he's done is hurt you." Serenity said, carefully dodging the curious baby's fingers. "Darling, a past or even a supposed-future is no reason to marry a man and then stay with him when all he does is continue to hurt you. I shan't allow it to continue any longer. I have already taken steps to ensure that Reenie still exists in the future, although you will have to hurt a little while then in order to make sure of that, but all in all, you won't have to spend an eternity with him. I promise, I wouldn't ever force you to do that."

Serena fought tears. "Thank you, Mother. I was afraid…I didn't want to hurt Reenie by leaving him. But I just can't trust him."

"Now don't you worry about a thing my dear. I must go now, to finish what must be done. But before I do, I have a warning for you. Something is coming, peace will not last much longer and you will soon need to fight again. When it comes, the moon itself will not have all the answers you need. You will need to look elsewhere."

"Where should I look?" Serena asked. "Can you give me a clue?"

"I can give you a location. A cave far to the north, one that will be very familiar to you. You must find what was once the throne room of Queen Beryl and there you will find what you and others will need to combat your new foes." she placed another kiss on Reenie's forehead and another one on the forehead of her daughter. "Farewell, my dear. Do not worry. Go to the park tomorrow and look for the diamond in the rough."

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In his king-sized bed, covered by mountains of black velvet blankets, Jasper and Spinel lay together breathing heavily. "Ahhh, my love," he kissed her lips, rosy with their fevered activity. He stroked her cheek tenderly.

"My lord…" she whispered into his kiss. "my darling…"

A knock on the large door startled them. Jasper dropped onto his back in a huff. "What is it!" he demanded.

"My Lord, I have a status report from Rubellite." it was just one of his guards.

"Then say it and get out of here! Before I get upset." he said warningly.

"Rubellite says that he is in position and that he is ready to lure in the humans."

"Good, good. Tell him to proceed with his plan and report his progress on it tomorrow evening." he waited until he heard the guard leave and turned his attentions back to the woman in his bed. "Now, where were we?" he began kissing her neck, trailing downwards causing her to arch up slightly.

AN: Alright, another chapter^^. And check out AdultFanfiction dot net in the next few days to a week to see a longer version of the implied scene at the end.