Silver and Gold

Alice Clark

(A/N: OH MY LORD 5 MONTHS JESUS! Well, guess who's back! (back on track) Naw just joking, don't expect an update the next day I am back in school, and that's a pain right now so bear with me here alright, anyway enjoy chapter 7.)

(Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon or its characters.)


Chapter 7: Day 3

Endymion POV

The day started off reasonably well, I got dressed without any complications with my armor or my cape, and my breakfast was excellent as well. I had wanted to leave a little early today but found myself stuck with training, I'm not a knight, I'm a prince, I shouldn't be training, but I decide to anyway. Because what kind of soon to be king doesn't know how to protect himself or his queen, a king should always protect his queen, like how I feel protective over Serenity, it should be the same as any king.

When I thought I was ready to leave for the moon, I found myself stuck again, I had wanted to give Serenity a gift as well. She gave me such a delicious gift, and I found myself finishing it last night, I know I shouldn't have devoured it in one night, but I saw Zoisite looking at it with drool coming from his mouth. I had wanted to give Serenity a gift that she can remember me by, like when I saw her again three days ago, we had promised to give each other something. Something that we could not forget each other by, the problem is that I didn't know what.

I walked with Jadeite in the gardens trying to figure out just what I needed to give her.

"Do you have any idea's?" Jadeite looked annoyed.

"No," He groaned. "I don't even know why you asked for my help; I'm not really into romance like you are."

"I know, but you know Zoisite would lose his mind with different idea's."

"Well, you aren't wrong there." I chuckle a little, and I might have seen a twinge of a smirk on Jadeite's face, which was rare. "Look, what do you two like a lot?" I paused and thought for a moment.

"Well, we both like roses."

"Then get her one of those." I frowned.

"But then it will wilt." He groaned again.

"Then give her some rose seeds so she can grow them herself," Jadeite was yelling now. "she can grow them in her garden, and she'll have a little patch of earth with her on the moon." I stared at him thinking for a moment, then nodded in approval.

"That's a good idea." He sighed. "You're a genius."

"I know." I stared at him unamused for a second, then left to go and get the rose seeds. We had a bunch in the garden shed, the only reason why we have so much is that they're my favorite and because my mother found them rather exceptional as well. I grabbed a small pouch filled with rose seeds, just enough to start a small garden. I walk out of the shed happy with my gift for her, I walk past a rose bush and pause for a second, I look back and see the patch of roses and think how beautiful a rose would look in her hair. I walk back to the shed and grab some clippers and cut off one of the beautiful bloomed red rose, making sure to cut it short enough so the stem won't stick out at the other end of her bun, but just enough so that it would fit in her hair.

I walk back to the castle and make sure that I have everything with me, I have my rose, and the seeds so I think that I'm good to go. Before I leave, I go over to my generals and ask what they think of my gifts.

"You already know how I feel." Of course, Jadeite would say that.

"I think they're rather exceptional." I stare at Nephrite trying to decipher if his comment was good or bad.

"I think they are fabulous gifts." Said Zoisite. "Plus she's bound to like whatever you give her; she's not like Beryl you know." Just hearing Beryl's name made my stomach curdle, Kunzite walked over to me and placed a hand on my shoulder.

"They are lovely gifts Endymion," I smile a bit. "Zoisite is right, she's not like Beryl, and won't judge you on your gift." Kunzite is right, Serenity would never think less of me if I got her some roses, and she has never had such flowers on the moon. She's nothing like Beryl, she would judge me if I gave her roses, she would probably think they weren't expensive enough, she would want pearls and diamonds. However I wouldn't mind giving Serenity those things, they would compliment her very well, and I can just imagine her face when she see's it, her eyes would widen, and her cheeks would become pink. She also might give me a kiss in return for my gift, but that would be for another time, I feel that this gift is perfect for showing my affection for her, and not in an expensive pearl necklace.

"Alright then," I walk away from the group. "I'm off."

"We wish you-" Zoisite stopped abruptly, and I turn around.

"What is it?" All my generals stand and look at me a little disappointed, Zoisite shakes his head at me, and I look around at what he might be so sad about.

"You're not going to the moon like that," I look at Kunzite confused. "are you?" I look down at myself and look at my clothes; I thought they were fine.

"What's wrong with the way I look?" Nephrite walked up to me.

"It's just…" He scratched his head. "You look like you're ready to fight with all your armor and your sword," I look down at myself and look at my armor. "I think that you need to change into something other than that."

"Really?" I start messing with my hair, and Zoisite stops me.

"Yes really." Zoisite looks at my hair and shakes his head again. "We're also going to have to cut your hair."

"What?-" Kunzite clapped his hands.

"Alright men," His hand shot out. "to his bedchamber." They all nodded their heads and grabbed me by the arms and rushed me up to my room; I wish I had placed my items first because I had to hold onto them all the way up to my chamber.

"Do you have to do this?" Nephrite was once again filing down my nails, I could never find out the reason why he wanted to, but I found it kind of tedious.

"Yes Endymion," Nephrite removed the file. "you might be a prince, but that doesn't mean that you have to have cracked nails with dirt under them." I rolled my eyes. "I'm serious Endymion, having nice nails is essential, what would Serenity think if she saw the dirt and cracks in your nails?" The mention of Serenity blocked out any other reason.

"File." Nephrite smiled and continued to file, while Jadeite was working on my toenails.

"You're so lucky that you washed your feet," Jadeite had an angry expression on his face. "or else I would kick your ass right now."

"Language Jadeite." He growled at Nephrite.

"I don't think to do my toenails are necessary though." Nephrite sighed when I looked over at Jadeite he had a smug grin on his face.

"Oh, it's necessary." I look down at Jadeite.

"How so?"

"When you take Serenity to bed, you wouldn't want her to see your cracked toes," My eyes widen. "would you?" My generals looked at Jadeite with astonishment.

"I do not intend to go to bed with her." Jadeite's grin got bigger.

"That's not what I saw yesterday." My generals look at me, and I blanch.

"Endymion, what does he mean by 'That's not what I saw yesterday.'" I struggle with my words as Zoisite stares at me with anger, I look back at Jadeite who finished my toes and is now standing.

"Yesterday our very gentlemanly prince Endymion grabbed Serenity by the arm," The generals looked at Jadeite with wide eyes. "Endymion, rushed her, toward his bedchamber." The general's eyes darted at me, they looked at me ashamed, while Jadeite just smiled. Part of me wanted to kick Jadeite in his smug face, while the other part wanted to run far away from Zoisite's death glare.

"Our prince wanted to make love with Princess Serenity."

"Endymion!" Zoisite shouted at me. "You… you savage prince!"

"Serenity is a lady Endymion," Nephrite looked away. "you should respect that."

"Endymion I taught you how to be a gentleman and affectionate," Kunzite crossed his arms. "How could you downgrade yourself by trying to commit such an act." I shake my head.

"You guys got it all wrong!" They all crossed their arms, and I took in a deep breath. "Serenity told me she would do anything to make me happy-"

"ENDYMION!"

"Not like that Zoisite!" I sighed. "When she said that, it made me feel like I wasn't good enough for her, she's so sweet and kind to me, and just to hear her say that about herself made me feel awful." The generals exchanged glances. "So I kissed her, letting her know that she doesn't have to say something like that to make me happy, that her just being around is enough." Zoisite's frown disappeared, and he smiled a bit.

"But when the kiss was over, something inside of me wanted to show her more than just a kiss, so without thinking, I took her to my bedchamber." The general's face's turned into smiles while Jadeite rolled his eyes. "It wasn't until I had my hand on the knob that I realized what I was doing." Zoisite walked up to me and laid a hand on my shoulder.

"Desire's are scary Endymion." I sighed. "That's why you must try to contain them, or else something bad will happen." I nodded. "Alright let's continue."

"Zoisite and I picked out an outfit for you that is more presentable than what you previously wore." Kunzite held up one of my formal dress shirts, it was black and had gold leaf designs at the end of the sleeves and the collar. Zoisite had a pair of black dress pants hanging off his forearm and had a couple of formal black shoes.

"We think that this will be a better look for you." I nodded and took the clothes from them and went into the bathroom to change.

I slipped on my pants and shoes leaving my chest exposed; I grabbed the scented oil my mother gave me and dabbed it on my chest, I knew this was a good idea because it smells of roses. Then I put on a white button-up shirt then rolled up the ends and buttoned them together, then I took the formal black and gold shirt and put it on. I looked at myself in the mirror and fixed my hair a bit, I walked out of the bathroom and looked at my generals.

"Well?" said Zoisite.

"I like it but," He frowned at me. "I feel way too dressed up for the occasion; it doesn't feel like the me Serenity knows." Zoisite snapped his fingers.

"I know what's missing!" Zoisite ran over to my closet and grabbed one of my solid black capes. He walked behind me and clipped it on, he spun me around, and I looked at my image. "Stunning." I laughed a bit, then looked the clock.

"I have to go," I walked over to an empty space in my room and summoned a portal, I gave my generals another look before I left. "thank you."

"Tell her I said hi," said Nephrite.

"Tell her that I'm your stylist." I laughed at Zoisite.

"Tell her that she is always welcomed here," Kunzite crossed his arms. "well, when the king and queen aren't here of course." I smiled, then we all looked at Jadeite, once he realized all eyes were on him he rolled his eyes.

"Tell her…" He sighed. "That I think your gift is perfect." I smiled.

"Thank you, Jadeite." I walked through the portal, part of me felt scared, and another part of me has longed to see her.


Author POV

"At one point we're going to have to tell him," Jadeite walked away from the group of generals. "or at least bring light to the situation." The generals all looked down.

"I don't know how to do this," Kunzite walked away as well. "I'm one of Endymion's closest friends, how can I break it to him, and still have him rely on me."

"It's unavailable Kunzite," Zoisite walked up to Endymion's closet and opened the door and looked at the formal outfits he had. "The Golden Spring Ball is coming, that also means that Endymion is going to have to make a serious decision."

"But why out of everyone must it be her?" Kunzite turned towards Nephrite.

"Which one?"

"Beryl."


Endymion POV

The air is so different on the moon, it's a little colder, yet it's so warm. It almost feels like it's winter here, but I feel so warm, everything is still, and it doesn't have a lot of motion, yet it is still a beautiful place, it feels nice coming here, it's quite relaxing.

I walk on the lovely white brick pathway up to the castle, I realize that the rose seeds are still in my hand and I put them in my pocket. However, the rose is still beautiful and will be perfect for her hair. I continue to make my way up the steps and in the distance, I hear piano music again. The music is beautiful, yet it's nothing I've ever heard before, so it must be an original piece written by someone close or by her herself.

Once I finally made my way to the room, I see her again playing on her piano, her fingers gliding over the keys, her eyes are closed, it's like she knows the song from the heart, almost like it's been burned into her memory. She has a soft smile on her face, it's as if her worries don't matter to her. I smile and walk up to her not making a sound, I look at the notes on the piano, and try to follow along, and my hand makes its way to the next note.


Serenity POV

As I continued to play the song, I noticed that someone had joined in, my eyes opened, and I looked to my right, still continuing to play. There was another hand playing the song, and when I looked up, it was Endymion, he looked at me, and I smiled, my cheeks became pink, and I continued to play. I moved over a bit, and Endymion sat down next to me, and we played the piano together. Our hands kept playing, and Endymion and I moved closer toward each other, and soon we reached the end of the song, it all ended on one single note. Our hands touched, and we both hit the final note, my hand didn't leave the key and nor did him, I bit my lip, and his hand grabbed mine, he lifted my hand and held it close to his chest. I looked up at him, and I realized that he was way closer than I thought. His left hand grabbed the stool, and he leaned in closer to me, it hadn't even crossed my mind that we haven't even said hello yet. As he got closer to me, my heart started racing, and I closed my eyes in anticipation, and his lips touched mine, I pushed back, and I could feel him smiling, my hand went up to his face, and I lightly stroked his cheek. We both pulled away, and we looked into each other's eyes.

"Hello, Serenity." I rubbed my lips together.

"Hello, Endymion." He smiles and gets up from the stool, his hand reached out for mine, and I happily took it. "You scared me."

"I'm sorry, I hope I made up for it." I blushed. "I'll take that as a yes." I lightly shoved him, but he grabs my hand and pulls me toward him, and my nose hits his chest, and his arm wraps around me. I let out a soft sigh as his chin lands on my forehead, his hand grabs onto one of my pigtails and his fingers run through the strands.

"Your hair is so soft Serenity." I pull away and touch his hair as well, lightly brushing the hair from his eyes and feeling them at the tips of my fingers.

"Your's as well." He grabs my hands again and brings them to his chest and smiles at me. "You've shown me around the Golden Kingdom, I would like to show you around the Silver Kingdom."

"I would love to." I smile at him.

"Oh wait." I pause. "I have something for you." He reaches around his back and pulls out a full bloomed rose the stem is cut off just making it some sort of accessory.

"It's for your hair." He places the rose in my left bun and backs away to look at me, I immediately get shy and feel the need to look down, I can hear Endymion walk toward me, and he lifts my head up to him and looks me in the eyes.

"You look beautiful, don't hide your face." My face was probably as bright as the rose, and as Endymion's face got closer to mine, I immediately backed away and tried my best to recollect myself.

"Should we start looking around?" Endymion looked shocked at me for a minute then just smiled.

"Sure." He walked up to me, and we started the tour around the palace.

We walked everywhere I could think of, he looked at our library and all the history and records we had about the moon. I could see on his face how fascinated he was with the vast collection of books and stories we had on paper. We went down a hallway after hallway looking at the many different rooms, even the guest bedrooms. While walking down one of the many halls Endymion stopped and stared at one of the portraits, I turned around and looked at him.

"Serenity…" I walked toward him and looked at the portrait, and I lightly smiled. "Is this…" I nodded.

"Yeah, that's my father." We both stared at him for a while, we looked at his liberal stance, his armor shining, and cape swaying in the wind his smile was just like Endymion, his hair was more on his face and was a bright pink.

"I'm so sorry." Endymion looked at me, but I kept staring at my father.

"Don't be." I smile. "My father was a wonderful man, and died happy, in the end, he was more scared of leaving my mother alone, he was scared that she would sit in the palace and rule alone, but he managed to have me." I walk a bit closer. "That song I was playing when you came in, that was a song that my father wrote for me, my mother would sometimes cry when she heard me play it, but I would only smile, my father gave me one of his gifts before he left and that was to play the piano." I touch the frame of the portrait. "His hair is pink due to the way Lunarian nature, my mother's hair was blonde like mine, but the day she became queen her hair changed to silver, it was a sign of maturity, and someday my hair will be like her's." Endymion smiles at me. "My father's hair was originally like yours, but when he met my mother his hair changed color and became pink, it was a sign of love at first sight, not only was he a little embarrassed by the sudden change of color, he was also timid at my age, I think that I took after my father's personality, but as he got older he matured into the King my mother always knew he was."

"I'm sorry for asking but…" Endymion walked closer to me. "How did he… die?" I walked backward and look at my father in his armor, his eyes a glistening blue.

"That evil force." I frowned.


Flashback

That day had been special for all of us, it was a celebration of the day I was born, it was the day the crystal's powers would be passed on to me. My father was the original possessor when he married my mother the Crystal had taken immediate action to accept her into the family of silver millennium due to her heart being pure just like my fathers. That day was judgment day, my mother and father both had the silver crystal on a velvet pillow where it laid. I sat on the throne, wearing a simple white silk dress and a pink blanket supporting me up, my hair only met my ears and was a light blonde. I was just a baby, yet a significant amount of power was being passed onto me; my generals stood there watching me, they were young at the time and had small amounts of energy, yet this was also their day of being my guardians if I passed they would protect me at all costs.

"Legendary Silver Crystal." My father said. "Today you shine on the new member of the silver millennium family, today you will pass our powers to our daughter if she proves a pure heart, you will give her the strength to survive on her own, now begin your judgment." The silver crystal rose from its velvet bed and levitated its way toward me when I looked at it I smiled and let out a small giggle, the silver crystal dropped down to me, and I grabbed it. I laughed again and held onto the crystal and held it close to my chest, the crystal's light was so bright that the light could slightly be seen from earth, everyone had to close their eyes from the large amount of light. My parents have never seen such a light like that before, but it was the crystals way of saying that it accepted me into the family and that my heart was pure.

My mom and dad smiled at me the Senshi could hardly hold back their tears and the urge to go and hug me. My mom picked me up and wrapped me in the blanket, I wouldn't let go of the silver crystal, I would just hold it close to my heart. My mother waved the Senshi over to me so they could see their new Princess, and the one they would devote their lives to. The scene was set to perfect, it was like a family portrait, my mother, and father holding onto their child that possessed an enormous amount of power and the Senshi overjoyed with their new princess and that she would become just as beautiful as her parents.

But like most great things must come to an end, the light was bright enough to reach all the dark places in the universe, even the ones who sought such a power. The room went dark, and a purple and red mass came toward us, it's face was bright green and had a grin that could make people run in fear, yet the Senshi stood their ground.

"That power… such a bright light…" My mother pulled me closer to her chest. "Give it to me, give me the power… GIVE IT TO ME!"

"We won't let a creature like you touch our Princess!" Mars cried, my Senshi stood in a fighting stance.

"The Universe belongs to me… The power is mine… all mine… YOU'RE MY SLAVES!"

"Serenity run!" My father yelled at my mother. "Venus go with her!" My mother ran up the stairs with Venus, she wrapped her arms around me so tightly, and I never let go of the crystal, it was now a part of me. Mars, Jupiter, Mercury, and my father fought off the evil as hard as they could, once it was knocked down, they ran up to my parent's room to make sure I was alright. The monster burst through the door its face grinning and its eyes piercing into us, the sailor soldiers stood their ground and released a sailor planet attack, but it only laughed at them. In a single swipe, they were knocked down, they all hit my parent's bedroom walls hard, and could barely stand, even when they tried the evil force beat them back to the ground making them struggle. When their focus wasn't on them, the evil force turned toward my parents and me, my father stood in front of my mother shielding her, Venus was able to regain her stance yet she struggled to even stand and move her arms. The evil force used one of its sharp claws and swiped my father away from my mother leaving a massive slash in his chest and as it went to hit my mother against the wall Venus jumped in front of it and took the blow leaving a large wound on her upper right arm yet my mother was still sent backwards and hit the wall, losing some of her focus.

"The silver crystal IS MINE!" The force went to grab me from my mother, yet my father used the last of any power he had in him.

"Sailor Senshi, Help me!" The Senshi stood up and tried their best to stand their ground like my father, and together they used their powers to seal away the monster, sending it back to where it came, all that left was its laughter and the echoes of its voice.

"I will return…" Once it was gone my mother was able to regain her sight, my father turned toward my mother, and he fell to the ground, my mother rushed over with me in her arms, she laid my father's head in her lap, and the Senshi gathered around us.

"Serenity… I'm sorry…" My mother couldn't stop crying. "Please take care of our daughter, all of you, please I beg of you." The Senshi all nodded.

"We promise," Venus said, and my father smiled.

"Please don't leave us we need you." My father brushed my mother's bangs from her head and smiled at her.

"Can I see her?" My mother nodded and handed me over to my mother, my father held onto me, and smiled as best as he could, tears rolled down his cheeks knowing that this would be the last time he would see me. "Serenity, I love you, and I know you'll grow to be just as beautiful as your mother, stay strong my little girl." My father started to cough up blood, and my mother couldn't stop crying, he looked up at my mother and held her check in his hand.

"Serenity… I love you… so much… I'm glad I was able to meet you."

"I love you too, I'll take good care of her, I'll protect her." my father started to cry.

"Thank you." My mother leaned down and kissed him one last time, my father's hands held onto my mother pulling her as close as possible for one last kiss. My father pulled away and held onto me as his eyes became lifeless, he lost his breath, and his crescent mark went black. That day everyone mourned over their lost King and my Mother and Senshi couldn't stop crying, the only thing they could do was keep my father's promise and keep me safe from the dangers of the universe and protect me from the evil that wishes to use me for power.


"He died holding onto me." I walk back up to the frame and lightly stroke it. "He cared for me, and I know if he were still alive he would care for you too Endy." Endymion walked toward me and held onto my shoulders.

"Serenity." I only smiled.

"It's okay; he died a good man." I removed his arms. "He gave me the family power; now it's my job to keep it safe, that's the least I could do for my father."

"You're very strong Serenity." Endymion held onto my hand. "I never would have thought that you held such a power in you." I turned to him and smiled.

"We both do, that power you showed me that day in the garden, that was the power of the golden crystal." I touched his chest. "You were given power as well; we're alike, you and I, yet so different." I started to walk toward the throne room, yet Endymion just stood there looking at me, I could feel his eyes looking at me, I feel the sympathy swarming around me, I turn around.

"Come, there's much more to see." I held out my hand and smiled at him letting him know that it's alright and that he doesn't have to worry. He walked over and grabbed my hand, and we walked together to the other rooms, the last thing I wanted was him to worry anymore. I knew if I said any more to him, he wouldn't leave, and he'd stay by my side till the very end.


The last place that I could think to show him was the garden, I guided him around the small garden, and showed him the only flowers we could grow with the small amount of sun we could get.

"These are moonflowers; these are what we are known to grow on the moon."

"There isn't a lot of flowers that you can grow on the moon isn't there?" I nodded my head, but a soft smile came on my face.

"But they are beautiful none the less, and there are a lot of different colors." He frowned a bit. "Plus I'd hate to grow flowers that can't even grow here, it'd be awful to see them bloom only to find that they can't even show what they truly look like." I turned to him and smiled. "That's why when I came to earth and saw how they bloomed I was happy to see them in their true beauty, it was almost like they were smiling." Endymion smiled at me.

"Well I'm glad you came to see them, and that my gardeners were able to make you smile." I blushed a bit and put my hands behind my back.

"That wasn't the only thing that made me smile that day…" Endymion smiled again and walked toward me.

"What else made you smile?" He lightly cupped my cheek; I looked into his dark blue eyes.

"I met you Endy, and that was better than seeing any flowers." His eyes softened, and he took my hand in his.

"You weren't the only one smiling that day." My blush was more defined as I looked at him, I leaned up and closed my eyes, and I could feel him close the space in between. I could feel the pressure between us, the tension was thick and overwhelming, I held onto his shirt to keep myself from melting down to the ground. I soon let go of him and move my head away from his my eyes slowly opening up to see him look at me with love in his eyes. The kiss was brief yet sweet as always, I found this kiss to be perfect if we continued we probably would be standing here all day, yet we kept it short. I backed away from him and looked him in the eyes, his hand brushed away some strands of hair that was on my face, then lightly cupped my cheek.

"You're beautiful… you know that right?" I smiled.

"Stop it; there are probably tons of other women out there that don't come close to me."

"Even if that's true, which it's not, you're still beautiful to me, and no one could tell me otherwise." I blushed and looked down a bit, then I looked back up at him, a thought came to my head, and I walked closer to him.

"Hey, Endymion." He smiled. "Do you want to do something fun… outside the palace?" Something glistened in Endymion's eyes.

"Like what?" I grabbed his hands and pulled him towards the exit of the palace garden.

"I'll show you." As we leave the garden, I could barely contain my excitement.


"This is the ice skating arena." I walked him toward the large ice rink, and he looked out to the large crater filled with ice. "This where all the ice skating competitions take place."

"Is Ice skating the preferred sport on the moon?" I turn and smile at him.

"It's the only sport we have." I look at the balcony that is used for My mother and I. "Up there is where my mother and I watch the show, I often get air blown kisses from the skaters." I saw Endymion twitch a bit.

"What was the reward for winning?"

"A gold medal, and a kiss from the Princess." He shifted a bit, and his hands started to make grabbing motions.

"A kiss on the lips?" I shake my head.

"A kiss on the head." I lightly tap my forehead, and he releases a sigh, I smile and grab his hand, guiding him to the ice skate rack. "Pick your size while I go get my skates." I went to the unique rack that contained my favorite ice skates. They were white skates with white laces, and they had lightly sewn in strands of silver that began at the heel and came out into swirls. When I walked back to where I left Endymion he was tying his skates, they were plain black but had a sharp blade, I walked over to Endymion and reached out my hand to him. He took it, and we walked to the ice rink when we hit the ice I can feel my blades adapt to it when I look at Endymion, a thought comes to my head.

"Endymion, do you know how to skate?"

"On earth, during winter it is one of our custom sports or activities, and as a kid, I was taught how to skate by Zoisite." He lightly slides his skates against the ice. "Yet I only skate on rare occasions during winter so my skating could be better, but yes I do know how to skate."

"On the moon, this is an activity that everyone knows how to do, I was taught by Mercury and my mother." I let go of his hand, and I lightly push off of the ice and feel the blades at my feet glide across the ice, the small amount of wind blows my two pigtails leaving them to flow in the wind, my feet lightly turn and I can see Endymion stare at me with amazement, a slight blush appears on my face as I smile; my turn becomes me spinning in a small circle, my hands raise themselves in the air, and lightly come back down as I finish. Endymion skates his way over to me his cape flowing behind him, my arms yet again go behind my back.

"You look so peaceful when you skate."

"It's one of the activities I get to do that doesn't involve me having Princess duties." I grab his hands, and my skates go backward, I guide him around the ice, and when I look down I can see that he's letting me take control because his feet don't move as the blades begin to gather the shaved ice. I let go of his hands and let my arms stretch out, my arms fall and I just let my skates take over. Endymion grabs my hands and pulls me toward him, we skate backward, my face lightly against his chest. He guides my hand to his shoulder and my other to his hand, he puts his last free hand on my side, and lightly we start to dance on the ice. I wouldn't think we would be able to dance on ice, yet everything we do amazes me, it's almost like we're not on skates, looking up at him I see it in his eyes that he's enjoying every minute of this.

As we dance I notice that it's him taking control, my feet might be moving, but he's the one guiding me around the ice, as we move I see how we move faster on the ice, it's almost like we aren't even ice, our location continues to change. It's such a strange feeling, yet it's a right kind of strange, I'm still here with him, my worries fade away when I'm with him, everything just feels perfect. His eyes, they look just like the earth, an endless blue, just like him there's so much more, there are so many things I want to learn from him, I want to see past those endless blue eyes. But that's not all, I want more time, more hours, days, years because like all good things, they must come to an end, like this dance we can't skate forever, just like how we can't keep meeting like this. Yet I'm still willing to risk it all, no matter how much time goes by us, because I love him, I love him to the point where I might break, yet it's worth falling apart at the seams, just to be with him.

He moves his hand upward and spins me around, then lightly dips me, my face is shocked by the sudden action when he pulls me back up my face calms. He lets go of my waist, yet he holds onto my hand, he shifts his hand to lightly palm mine he lifted it up to his lips and kissed my right hand.

"Serenity, you've shown me your skills at skating, let me show you mine." He goes to the center of the rink and takes a breath in. He starts off by pushing his feet against the ice, he starts to do circles around the ice, he looks so at peace as well like he had no care, his cape billowing as he moves with the ice. As he spins in many directions I see his eyes, and how they never leave mine, he doesn't stop looking at me, and I don't want him to stop. He makes a turn toward me, he circles around me and his hand lightly skims my face, a small blush appears on my face, and he smirks at me, he makes a final round and finishes holding onto himself. For a short silly game like this, he sure has the acting down, I'm really impressed by him, I push off and make my way to him clapping as I do so.

"Well done Endymion." I smile at him, slightly playing along.

"I would say that I did extraordinarily well." I giggle, and he smiles at me. "And I believe I won this competition wouldn't you say?" Slowly starting to realize what he's getting at I get into character, and with a small hand movement, I tell him to Neal.

"Today on the ice you have shown great effort, and for that, you shall be rewarded," I say in my most remarkable voice. "First you may receive a medal to show your dedication to the sport and all of Silver Millennium." I give him a fake medal and put it around his neck; I can hear his soft laughter when I put the nonexistent object on him.

"Why thank you, Princess."

"Now you may receive a kiss from the Princess as encouragement and honor to your family and your efforts on the ice." He looks up at me as I lean down and give him a small kiss on his forehead and pull away after the brief kiss, I hold out my hand to him, and he gladly takes it in his.

"Come now, we must get back to the palace before my mother worries-"

"Serenity." He pulls my arm which makes me skate towards him, his hand goes to my back immediately pulling me up to his lips. My eyes are still open I could hardly believe what just happened in only seconds, but the feeling is better than I expected, I soon release the tension in my body and let him take over, my hands clenching the soft material that is his shirt. He slowly pulls away, our faces only a couple inches apart, I slowly start to recollect my breath and release my hold on him as I look into his ocean blue eyes.

"I wanted more than a kiss on the forehead." I gulp back my nervousness; his voice is a lot deeper when up close that it's almost overwhelming. "I know it was a bit selfish of me but…" I put a hand on his cheek lightly grazing the side.

"I know…" He grabbed my hand and pulled it away, he came down and lightly kissed my lips for a brief second, then smiled at me.

"Let's go then." He grabbed my hand, and we skated back to the entrance, my hand glued to his along the way.


The walk back was enjoyable, our conversations we mostly based on silly stories of our past mistakes on being Prince and Princess, some I found to be quite humorous, and the way he described them made it all the better, no matter his story it always seemed to be an adventure on earth. It seems that I've missed out on a big part of the earth, and it also seems my thoughts are on earth were just as I predicted. We got back to the palace garden, and we stopped in front of the beautiful patch of white moonflowers.

"Thank you for taking me skating this evening Serenity."

"No thank you for joining me." I cling to his arm, and he lets out of soft laugh and wraps his arm around me. "I wish you could stay forever." I rub my head into his shirt, for once I can feel his chest since there's no armor on him, it feels better than it was before.

"I do to Serenity." He shifts to where he is no holding onto me tightly. "I wish that you could live on Earth."

"I wouldn't say that so openly Prince Endymion" I turn towards the voice, a female's voice, a very familiar one at that, when we both look at the woman, my eyes widen a bit, and I hold on tighter to Endymion.

"Luna."


Authors POV

Luna walked up to Endymion and Serenity; her human form made her almost look like Serenity to Endymion. Her hair was long a black and bit purplish and made it all the way down to her knees; she had the same buns in her hair, only she had four of them, her dress just went halfway down her thighs. The dress was black underneath, and the outside of her dress was yellow and curved around her waist, the straps of her were small on her shoulders, and near where the dress cuts off into the straps there are little black laced flowers. She wore heels the same color of her hair, and she had a long necklace that went down to her stomach with a crescent moon on it, her forehead notably had the same crescent mark as Serenity.

"Serenity you don't mind if we borrow Endymion for awhile, do you?" Luna took a step forward, and Serenity held tighter onto Endymion.

"Serenity, who is she?" Endymion felt like she was some enemy, regardless if she was close to her, the way Serenity clung to him made him feel nervous and cautious.

"She's my-"

"I'm one of the Queen's advisers." She cut Serenity off. "I'm guessing Serenity didn't tell you much about me." Serenity wanted to hide behind Endymion in a bit of shame, when Endymion looked down at her, he almost felt sorry, because Serenity overall is a shy girl.

"No she hasn't, but that's nothing I should be concerned about." Endymion lightly released his hold on Serenity, yet he still held onto her hand. "What does concern me, is what business you have to do with me." Luna smiled.

"Reasonable man, not bad." Endymion raised an eyebrow. "Now we both know how God's law works, a Lunarian and an Earthen aren't allowed to fall in love, yet the Queen believes this relationship could be a compromise between us." Serenity lightly stepped forward.

"Why are you bringing this up, Luna." Luna sighed.

"Even though the Queen might agree with these terms I still have my set of doubts." Luna looked at Endymion. "Endymion, I hope you don't mind if I run a test on you, just to see how dedicated to Serenity you are."

"What do you mean by that?"

"If your heart can prove to me or us just how much you love Serenity, I will let this relationship go on its own, and I'll leave you guys to your own life." Luna's eyes darted at Endymion. "If you fail we won't hesitate to attack you the next time we see you step foot near our Princess." Endymion looked down at Serenity whose face was blanched.

"Luna don't be ridiculous!" Serenity lets go of Endymion. "Endymion does love me, you don't need a test to prove it, nor should you question him, he's shown me so much affection that if you were to witness it yourself, you wouldn't say such ludicrous things!"

"And what if his affections just an act?" Serenity paused, her stomach caving in, she had nothing to say, because Endymion very well could be lying to her, and she could just be naive. "What if it's just a way for him to get information out of you, and what if it's just him trying to use you to gain the power that you hold-"

"Enough!" Both Serenity and Luna flinched at Endymion's outburst. "I will have you know I care for Serenity, when she came to Earth I didn't even question if she was royalty, nor did I shun her for her being a Lunarian, when I saw her the only thing I could think about was her beauty and kindness toward others, and how much I wanted her to experience more of Earth and how much I wanted her to stay with me, I love her more than anything else in this damn universe!" Luna smiled at Endymion, for once Luna was actually happy with Endymion and part of her wanted to like him.

"Your very noble Endymion."

"Tell me, what happens when I don't take the test and when I do."

"Taking on the test, you prove to us that you're true to Serenity, and when you court her, you only wish to have her for both your happiness and that you love her, for her, not the power she holds." Endymion nodded.

"What happens if I fail?" Luna's eyes narrowed.

"It proves to us you're only using her for your benefit, and for that, you will never be permitted to see her again or come to the moon unless, for trading deals or meetings with our Queen, other than that, you'll never see Serenity again." Serenity looked at Endymion, and he looked down at her, they both worried about their relationship, but in their hearts, they both knew the truth about one another, or so they thought. "Not taking on the challenge has the same effects, only it shows that you weren't brave enough to take on the challenge."

Endymion looked into Serenity's eyes and saw how much they sparkled at him, and how much love and adoration she had for him, and looking at her was almost like the first time all over again, he got lost, in those beautiful sparkling blue eyes that shined like the moon.

"Then test me."


"During this test you will be asleep, while you sleep we will be able to see inside your heart and see what exactly you think of Serenity, we will see what's inside your heart by looking at the monitor, you'll see it only you'll be asleep, kind of like a dream." Mercury had hooked Endymion up to her machine; wires were connected to his heart and his forehead. Mercury gave him a basic rundown on how things were going to work, while Mars, Jupiter, and Venus all stood around the monitor waiting for a dream to pop into view. Serenity sat there, her hands clasped together, scared for what she might see, but also scared for the love of her life.

"You'll see everything correct?" Mercury nodded. "Then let's begin, close your eyes and will put you in your dream state." Endymion did as he was told, he closed his eye and felt his body shut down, he fell asleep faster than he thought, but it was too late to go back now.

The screen showed nothing but static, the Senshi got a little impatient, while Serenity was suffering from anxiety, she was scared to see what would come on the screen because Serenity could be wrong about Endymion. Everything she thought she knew about him could be a lie.

When the screen started to make noises, everyone jumped at the sound, and soon a specific setting could be seen, Serenity clasped her hands together, she was worried, she was scared, but mostly she wasn't prepared to hear what she was going to hear.

The setting showed both Serenity and Endymion walking in a moonlit garden, their hands connected, Serenity herself recognized the garden, the one he had specially made just for her. As they walked fireflies flew around them shining a beautiful glistening green, but Serenity still didn't know what fireflies were, to Serenity they were shooting stars.

"Endymion?" Endymion turned to Serenity a soft smile on his face. "What are these things called?" Serenity pointed at one of the small fireflies.

"They're called fireflies, Serenity; they only come out at night." Endymion had a soft laugh as well.

"Are you making fun of me?" She had a small pout on her face which Endymion thought was adorable, her cheeks became a light pink, and they puffed out a bit.

"No, but it is cute seeing you get flustered like that." Serenity smiled a bit at herself, her eyes softening.

"That was probably a silly question that I asked." Serenity's smile faded a bit. "Why would you want someone like me who doesn't know a basic question like that…" Endymion stopped walking, yet serenity took five more steps in front of him, her face shying away from him. "Why would you want someone who can't even be with you, with someone you know shouldn't even be here, someone who you know you can't be with." Endymion looked at Serenity, and saw a drop of water fall from her face, he moved toward her and lifted her chin up to him. Her eyes stared at him both sad and embarrassed by the sudden tears, he smiled at her his eye's becoming soft as his hand wipes away his tears.

"Why wouldn't I?" Her eyes widened at his answer.

Everyone in the room when looking at the screen felt a significant amount of love and emotions; the Senshi felt guilt wash over them as well as Luna. Serenity, however, walked closer to the screen, her face becoming pink, she was almost close to having tears in her eyes.

"Serenity you haven't lived on Earth at all, so of course you don't know easy questions." Endymion lightly rubbed her cheek. "But that doesn't mean I'll stop loving you, I'm willing to risk my life to be with you, I know it's wrong but damn it, it's worth seeing you every day and being able to hold you, and answering all your questions." Serenity smiled at him, she put her head on his chest and wrapped her arms around him.

"I love you…" Endymion looked down, Serenity's head still buried in his chest.

"What was that?" Serenity looked up at him a small pink blush tinted her cheeks.

"I love you, Endymion." Her face went back into his chest out of embarrassment, but he pulled away making her look up at him, his hand cupped her cheek.

"I love you too, Serenity" He leaned down, and Serenity stood up on her toes, as they went in for a soft kiss, the kiss felt like a hundred fireflies, it was like a sweet glow that sparked within the two and made them feel happy on the inside.

The screen started to fade, leaving the image of Serenity and Endymion kissing each other as fireflies danced around them, Serenity had a large bright red blush on her face, and she smiled ear to ear. But as the image faded, Endymion's voice could be heard, the Senshi and Luna listened in as well as Serenity.

"Serenity, I'll always protect you, even when I'm gone, you'll always be my beautiful Princess." Serenity felt tears coming to her eyes. "I'll always love you, Princess Serenity, my beautiful white rose."

No one had words, Serenity looked back at Endymion, she walked toward him still with tears staining her cheeks, she couldn't believe that felt that way about her, everything she thought was right. Her Endymion does love her.

Luna and the Senshi felt guilt wash over them, especially Luna and Mars, Venus, however, couldn't help but smile, Venus couldn't help but feel happy knowing that Serenity was right, and Endymion was as good as she said, and his heart proved that.

"Endymion." Serenity lightly started to take the wires off of Endymion, and slowly Endymion began to wake from his dream, and when he opened his eye's, there was Serenity, her eyes red and puffy yet a small smile adorning her face.

"Serenity were you crying?" His hand went to her cheek.

"Tears of joy Endymion."

"How did I do?"

"Better than what we originally thought," Luna said looking away, yet a smile appeared on her face, Serenity hugged Endymion taking Endymion by Surprise.

"I love you Endymion." Endymion's eye widened at the sudden response. "And I promise that I'll always protect you as well, my life has just as much importance as yours." He pulled away and looked at Serenity who had a big smile on her face.

"Serenity you don't-"

"I love you more than life itself, I'll do anything for you Endymion, even if it means my life because I love you…" A tear of joy ran down Serenity's cheek. "I'll always love you, Prince Endymion, my handsome prince from Earth." Serenity leaned down into a kiss, still taking Endymion by surprise, as the words registered in his head, he wrapped his arms around Serenity holding her close to him. The kiss felt the same as he dreamed of, like a hundred fireflies glowing within them, only the kiss was more passionate, and the spark grew as they kissed.

"Ahem." The two pulled away and looked at Luna; the stood apart in embarrassment. "Thank you." Endymion looked up and stared at Luna.

"I passed your test."

"As Serenity has made that clear, yes you did." Luna smiled at Endymion. "I never should have doubted the Queen, when we saw you two lying in bed, I should have known that you loved her dearly, leave it to me to be cautious." Serenity and Endymion smiled at each other.

"That's what makes you a good adviser Luna; you care for the safety of the Princess and the Queen, that shows that you care about your job as an adviser." Luna let out a small chuckle at Endymion.

"I'm sorry to bud in but…" Mercury went up to Endymion, Serenity, and Luna. "But it's getting late, and Serenity has to practice with Mars tomorrow."

"Right, you best be off." Endymion nodded and held onto Serenity's hand on the way out. "Endymion, of all people Serenity has chosen, regardless of you being an Earthen, I say she made the right choice." Endymion smiled.

"Serenity may seem like a humble girl, but she can get very timid and clumsy, so make sure you take things a little slower with her." Serenity made a pouting face at Jupiter.

"I'm glad that Serenity made a wise choice in you Endymion, you seem more trustworthy than any other man in this universe, not only that but you showed bravery by taking on the challenge, I couldn't be happier." Endymion and Serenity smiled.

"Thank you, Mercury." Mercury nodded her head at Endymion.

"I will say I was a bit skeptical about this whole relationship…" Mars had her arms crossed, but she uncrossed them and put her hands on her hips and had a smile on her face. "But you seem very kind and caring towards Serenity, which makes me happy, but if you break her heart at all, I won't hesitate to kill you the next time I see you." Endymion got a little worried but tried to manage a smile.

"Well noted." Endymion paused for a moment. "You remind me a lot of someone I know on Earth." Mars smiled, and Endymion continued walking and stopped at Venus.

"When Serenity came back from her trips to earth, she would tell me how amazing and caring you are toward her; I'm glad that when I met you, you lived up to those expectations." Venus went in for a hug brief hug catching Endymion by surprise, she pulled away and held onto his shoulders. "Be nice to her she's like a sister to me." She patted Endymion's shoulder, when Endymion looked at Venus's upper right arm he saw a scar there, seeing it made him care for Venus a little bit more and for all the Senshi for that matter.

"Thank you for taking time out of your day to do this for Serenity and me." Endymion bowed. "I hope will be able to meet again." Endymion waved goodbye to the Senshi and Luna, and they waved back, while Serenity and Endymion walked out of the room together hand in hand.


"The sunset always looked so beautiful to me from all the way from here." Serenity stood at the front of the palace, holding Endymion's hand as they watched the sunset on Earth. "Hopefully one day I'll get to witness it with you." Endymion squeezed her hand and pulled her close to him.

"I swear to you Serenity," He wrapped his arms around her. "I'll show you everything on Earth and teach you everything there is to know." Serenity smiled

"Thank you, Endymion." She turned and looked at him. "I love you; you know that right." He smiled at her sweetly.

"I do, but I could listen to you say that all day and never tire of it." She let out a small giggle and said in a soft tone.

"I-Love-You-En-dy-mi-on." She giggles some more, and Endymion chuckled at her adorableness, He looked at Earth as the sun has set Serenity looked at it and frowned just a bit.

"I guess that means you…"

"Yeah…" She looked up at him to say something but fell silent, then suddenly Endymion remembered something important. "Wait I have something for you!" Endymion reached into his back pocket and pulled out an item.

"You did?" Serenity smiled.

"Remember how you said we should get gifts to remember us by?" Serenity nodded her head, and Endymion smiled. "Well I got you that gift, so when we lose each other to our duties as Prince and Princess, you'll always have this to remember me by." Endymion pulled out the item and showed Serenity the little pouch filled with seeds.

"Are these flowers?" Endymion nodded his head, and Serenity smiled at him.

"They're rose seeds, so when I'm gone, you can have these flowers." Endymion placed them in her hand. "It'll be like your own little patch of Earth, and when you see them, I hope you think of me." Serenity held the seeds close to her chest as she looked at Endymion with love in her eyes.

"I will." A sudden realization came to her mind. "Wait I don't have my gift for you yet." Endymion just smiled at her.

"That's okay you can bring it to me tomorrow night when you're done with all your practice with Mars." Endymion summoned a portal and looked at it reluctantly, Serenity came behind him and hugged him tightly.

"I'll plant them as fast as I can." Endymion smiled.

"I know you will." He turned around and looked at Serenity, a soft blush crept on her cheeks, and Endymion smiled at her, he never seemed to get enough of her. Endymion loved the way she blushed, how she would stutter at times when she said "I love you.", But mostly he loved her, and that meant more to him than being able to breathe. He leaned down and kissed her his hand slightly making their way to her silky blonde hair, the kiss was longer than before, maybe it's because the Senshi aren't here, or perhaps it's the overwhelming passion they had for one another, but either way, it was like fireworks going off inside them as they kissed and slowly dying down as they pulled away. Endymion smiled at her and walked towards the portal, Serenity lightly reaching a hand out to him, she didn't want him to leave.

"Endymion…" He turned and looked at her as he stepped on the portal. "I-I love you." Endymion smiled at her.

"And I love you, my beautiful white rose." Serenity blushed, a smile appearing on her face, Endymion smiled back and walked through the portal back to Earth.


When Endymion came back to Earth he noticed that he was in his palace garden right next to the rose bush where he met Serenity, a smile came on his face as he looked up at the moon, knowing that Serenity was up there thinking about him.

He walked back up to his bedchamber and rest for the evening, it was one long beautiful and lovely day, and he got to spend it all with the love of his life. But when he entered his bedchamber, he was a bit shocked; all his generals were sitting around his room with severe expressions on their faces, almost making Endymion nervous.

"Kunzite, Jadeite, Zoisite, Nephrite, why are you all here?" They looked up at Endymion with sad expressions, and Endymion knew immediately this couldn't be good.

"We can't keep going on like this Endymion we have to bring light to the situation." Endymion looked at Jadeite getting a little worried.

"Why what's wrong?"

"Serenity." Endymion immediately got angry at Zoisite, there is nothing wrong with Serenity, and they should all know that.

"What about her?" He balled his fist.

"We need you to stop seeing her." Endymion couldn't believe what he was hearing; they were the ones trying to make the relationship work, they were the ones who wanted to give him as much support through this as possible. He loved Serenity, and nothing was going to change that, and it sure as hell wouldn't stop him from hearing it from Nephrite, and it made him so mad to hear this coming from all of them that he almost wanted to fight them, he lashed out at Nephrite.

"Why should I!?" Kunzite looked up at Endymion, a bit of empathy showing in his eyes.

"Are you so naive as to have forgotten Endymion?" I looked at him confused. "Endymion, you're marrying Beryl."


"I look at the moon sometimes and wonder if you can hear me."

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-Alice Clark