Caught by a Butterfly
Rated M for Mature
Spanish words: Principe means prince, Siñor means Mr. /Sir
Mariposa means Butterfly, Palacio means palace. Perdón means pardon.
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The next few days continued as the previous. Serenity acted as normally as possible towards Endymion. He wasn't stupid, he noticed that everything Serenity said to him was, well, polite. It wasn't nice or playful or mean or sarcastic or teasing. It was simply polite. Endymion tried his hardest to get reactions from Serenity. He would tease her, try to embarrass her, anything. Serenity did not budge. She became like all the women Endymion interviewed everyday. Polite, but not interesting. He was beginning to loose hope.
Three days before the ball he managed to convince the young princess to sit with him by the fire one evening and make a final decision about which candidate he would choose.
"I thought that only two candidates really stood-out for me." Endymion concluded. "Princess Ana who is my fourth cousin and Countess Beryl who I've known for many years. All of the others seem completely useless."
Serenity nodded, pretending not to care. "Well, they are both very beautiful."
Endymion frowned, "That's not why they were my choices, Usagi. They seem right for the job. My people would respect them. Ana is very beautiful though. She has that long chestnut hair and rosy features. She would look very good standing at my side. Also she seems very smart. I would have no reservations from telling her every last detail about the court."
"Then marry her." Serenity's face was a stone. Endymion frowned again.
"It's not that simple. Although Ana is beautiful and intelligent, I don't think she is powerful enough. Beryl reeks of power. She seems to control most of the other candidates as it is."
Serenity broke her vow to be distant and turned on the prince, "Is this all you care about!? What about their hearts? Are they good people? Will they love you? Or your children? You should think about who she is! Not what. Don't choose a women because of how others will feel about her." The princess was screaming now. She stood up and towered over the sitting prince. "Be true to your own heart because you deserve to marry someone who loves you!" Serenity clapped a hand over her mouth. Had she really just told the prince all that? She expected Endymion to lash out at her. She deserved to be punished after speaking to the prince of Spain that way, especially when it was believed that she was a servant.
What Endymion did shocked her more than anything. He slowly stood up, took hold of the hand on the young girl's mouth and replaced it with his own lips. Serenity's eyes opened wider than dinner plates. Then her lips started to respond to the prince's smooth, warm mouth. The kiss started out slowly and softly. Then it grew more urgent. Endymion's hands found Serenity's waist and he pulled her slight, petite body into his. Their legs were rubbing against each other. Endymion took hold of her thighs and hoisted her up so her legs were wrapped around his waist. Serenity's hands were deep into the prince's hair as he attacked her lips with vigor. Serenity was in heaven. The feel of his lips mashing into hers, his warm body against her, she was almost losing consciousness. Endymion ran his tongue along her bottom lip. Serenity shivered but opened her mouth to allow Endymion entrance. The prince's hands were grabbing Serenity's gown even more tightly. Their tongues were dancing together.
Endymion was more shocked than Serenity. He had not intended to kiss the young princess, but something took over when he saw her getting all worked up. He knew that this was what he wanted. To be kissing his dear sweet Mariposa forever.
'This is what I wanted.' Serenity thought, 'I've always wanted to be his and only his. He will be my one and only.' She kissed him harder. He responded by pulling his lips away. Serenity looked hurt. She missed the heat of his mouth on hers. But after looking into his eyes she could see that he did not intend for this to stop.
Endymion was breathing hard, "Mariposa, please come to my bedroom. I want to continue, but this is not the place to do so. Go freshen up and I will see you there in 10 minutes." He dropped his star-struck lover on the couch, leaned in to give her one last bone-melting kiss and hurried away. Serenity lay on the couch in ecstasy. "I will be his one and only… we will be married and everything will be perfect!" She said out loud.
"You're wrong." A voice emerged from the shadows on the far side of the room.
"Who goes there!?" Serenity sat up, alarmed. If it was a general she was done for. From the shadows a woman stepped forward. "Beryl?" Serenity gasped, 'Was she there the whole time?'
"I saw everything." The tall red-head stated, as if reading her thoughts.
"Please don't tell anyone!" Serenity pleaded, "I know you wish to marry him, but we're in love!"
"Are you? I don't remember hearing him say that." Beryl smirked. Serenity's face went blank.
"You're… you're right. Why would he love me… He thinks I'm a servant…" Serenity gasped, realizing her mistake.
"Don't worry princess, I know the whole story. You are Princess Serenity. You and your cousins are here disguised as servants and then Endymion had you dress as a courtier. Don't think it didn't take me a while to figure out all the details. However perhaps that sleazy servant vendor, Adolfo, wasn't the best person to trust with your secret. His price for information really wasn't very high. Especially after my lovely generals had a few words with him." The voices of laughing men filled the room. Four men wearing grey suits came in through the large double-doors. Serenity's eyes got even wider.
"Allow me to introduce my little minions to you. This is Jadeite." A man with short blond hair stepped forward. "He is known for getting people to tell him anything he likes." Jadeite smiled cruelly and gazed at his mistress.
"I believe your sister has already had a run-in with my second general, Nephrite." The tall brunette cracked his whip menacingly. "His whip can tear skin from bone. You're lucky he went easy on little Minako." Nephrite smirked and cracked his whip again.
"And here are my top investigators, Zoisite and Kunzite." An effeminate man holding the hand of a man with long white hair smiled while his partner glared.
"I hired them to infiltrate the palace a year ago when I heard about Endyrio's will. I knew that I needed to keep tabs on my prince. Now, Princess, I'm sure you are aware that you are not the first servant-girl Endymion has lusted after. You mean nothing to him. Leave. Or your sister might have a little accident." Nephrite smiled evilly he cracked his whip; Serenity could feel goose bumps rising on her arms.
"I'll go. Let me go fetch my sister and my cousins. Then we'll all leave."
"Good girl. Now I promise to keep your little secret, as long as you never step foot in this palace again."
Serenity fled from the room with tears streaming down her face.
"My Queen, what will you do if she comes back?" Zoisite asked quietly.
Beryl smiled. "Remember Endyrio? Well lets just say, his death wasn't completely accidental."
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Serenity fell onto her bed crying wildly. The other girls were already gathered in their room. They were shocked to see their Serenity like this.
"Sere! What happened!" Minako was panicking, what on Earth would make her sister act this way?
"I…I" Serenity was sobbing, "We… We… ha…ha-have to leave. Right-t now" She spoke through gasps. The girls looked at each other and nodded. They packed quickly.
"I have a lot of money with me" Rei whispered to the crying princess, "We can get a carriage all the way to your palacio. We'll stay there for a while, okay? It should only take us a few hours to get there. We'll leave in half an hour, will that be okay?" Rei was trying to be soothing but her words only made Serenity cry harder. She was leaving. She was really leaving. Would she ever see her beautiful prince again?
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Endymion looked at the rose petals he'd scattered around his room half an hour ago. He had lit dozens of candles and found almost of hundred roses to decorate his room while he awaited his little butterfly. But she wasn't coming. He slowly went around the room, blowing out all the candles. He lay on his bed. No one saw him crying.
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DUN DUN DUN! I know, short chapter.
But I'm off vacationing in NYC tomorrow (YAY) and I wanted to get one out before I left. Also I'm super busy when I get back because I'll go strait into working at a day-camp for the rest of the summer. But I'll still write at night. But the chapters will most likely come out on weekends or something. Well, I hope you liked it! There's only one or two chapters left. Thanks for reading and please Review!!
