Crisis of the Heart
By: Armitage Blade
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Sailor Moon
Note: Italicized speaking is supposed to be Japanese. Since I do not speak Japanese, I have to have some way of showing the difference. Italicized and underlined text is dream/flashback sequences.
Standing Outside Heaven's Door
Three weeks after Christina and Skylar finally figured out where they stood in regards to each other, the school was gearing up for the Winter Spirit Games. The midwinter version of homecoming week, the Winter Spirit Games transformed the school into an icy wonderland for a week. The pinnacle of the week was the Friday night Winter Formal. Of course, the school elects a King and Queen for the formal, but unlike homecoming, the King and Queen are elected all day Friday, and are taken from the entire school body.
Christina and Skylar laughed when voting, slipping in ballots with Ami and Garrett's names on them. They only voted because they didn't want their votes to keep them in the limelight. What they didn't know is that the majority of the school had conspired to vote for them, seeing that they were such a cute couple.
The night of Winter Formal came, and Skylar said he'd pick Christina up for the dance. As he waited with her father, he was already nervous. The box that held the original engagement ring for their predecessors was tucked into his pocket. He did look quite dressed up, in a black sport coat and black dress pants, a white dress shirt, and a black and silver tie. However, seeing Christina made his jaw hit the floor.
When she came down the stairs, she was wearing a pale gold dress that came off one shoulder with a bit of fabric coming down off that shoulder. Her hair was done up, thanks to Lisa, into a cute updo that was very understated. Her ametrine talisman pendant was wrapped around her right wrist, like it had been for quite some time. The amethysts she wore around her neck and on her ears complemented the dress quite nicely.
"Wow. Christina, you are beautiful." Skylar said, awed by the goddess he was lucky to call a girlfriend.
"You don't clean up too bad yourself." Christina said, throwing a shy smile at him. Tom wanted a couple of pictures of the pair, and after he got the pictures, he said, "Be home by one, Christina."
"Don't worry Dad. I'll be home before that. When have I ever gone out to a party?" She said back, grabbing the dress jacket her father held out for her.
"Stay safe you two." He said, departing back into the deeper recesses of the house.
"Shall we?" Skylar said, opening the door.
"Let's." Christina said, going out the door to Skylar's car.
Once they made the drive to the dance, and they changed their shoes from boots to dress shoes, they entered the giant multi-purpose room the school used for various presentations. It had been changed into a heavenly, icy wonderland. They spotted the group, all of whom had dates.
To the pair, it was not a surprise to see the Legendary Warriors all paired up amidst each other. Over the past few weeks, not only had Ami and Garrett decided to start dating, Rebecca had found out that Ashton had developed quite a crush on her, Trinity and Edward started dating, and Skye and Tanner had decided to use the formal as their first date. The three Scouts found dates as well, but Christina and Skylar did not recognize the guys with them.
The first few songs passed quickly, and the entire group was relaxed, for a change. During the first slow song, Skylar drew Christina into his arms, and fell into a semi-waltzing posture with her. Dancing on the floor, the pair was lost in each other's eyes. This did not go by unnoticed by the majority of the school who recognized the couple.
"Well, I see they finally realized what most of the school knew." Skye said, grinning as she and Tanner danced near their leaders.
"Damn, you'd think they were at their wedding reception with that kind of love and devotion radiating from them." Tanner said, looking back at Skye. "You ever wish you had something like that?"
"Doesn't everyone?" Skye quipped back.
At the end of the song, the group reconvened at the refreshment table, getting cups of punch or water to sip on while the prizes for various events during the week were announced. When Ms. Janes announced that the King and Queen would be announced later, Christina got the sudden dread of something unwelcome happening.
The dance continued, with the group of Legendary Warriors swapping partners during the slower songs so that everyone would get to know one another. Soon, it came time to announce the Winter Formal King and Queen.
Christina and Skylar had been forced into a close position to the stage by their friends. She turned to him and asked, "Do you have the feeling that we've been set up?"
"Oh, I have that feeling." He answered back.
"Now, may I have your attention?" Ms. Janes asked the group. "I'll be announcing the Winter Formal Court and the Winter Formal King and Queen. Your court is as follows: Ami Mizuno, Garrett Starr, Rebecca Johnson, Ashton Roberts, Trinity Nelson, Edward Thomas, Skye St. James, and Tanner Erickssen. If they would come up and join me on the stage?" Ms. Janes said. The eight came up and were given sashes that said "Winter Formal Court". "Now, for your King and Queen."
Christina looked over at Skylar and said, "We were definitely set up."
"Your King is Skylar Mobius, and your Queen is Christina Armitage." Ms. Janes announced. "If they would join us up on stage?"
The pair groaned, knowing they were set up and they hate the limelight. Yet, they still joined the rest on stage, where they were given their crowns and sashes that said "Winter Formal King" and "Winter Formal Queen".
"Now, if the King and Queen, with their court, would have the next dance, we will continue our dancing." Ms. Janes said, shooing the students down to the dance floor where the next slow dance song struck up.
Christina and Skylar took up the dance form they had all night and again had the school wondering exactly how close the pair actually was. Most had known that the pair hadn't been dating, and they were all whispering about how they could be soul mates, with the way they were dancing and looking only at each other.
During that dance, Christina and Skylar were looking at each other, and remembering the Graduation Ball they danced at together back in the Silver Millennium. They were so lost in each other, and their memories, that they almost missed the end of the song. As soon as they caught the end of the song, they broke apart, embarrassed about how it must have looked to the rest of the school population.
They moved off the dance floor, taking a breather before ditching the crowns and heading right back out onto the floor with their friends. After another hour of dancing, and dancing the last dance together, Christina and Skylar headed back out to where they left their jackets and boots to change back into their winter boots and head home.
Skylar surprised Christina by taking her to an overlook point of the city.
"Well, doesn't that prove we belong together?" He said, gesturing to the crowns and sashes they had won as King and Queen. "Everyone at school voted for us, it seems."
"I knew it was a setup." Christina said, gazing darkly at the offending items.
"It might have been a setup, but I'm okay with it." Skylar said. "Besides, why don't we dance out here?"
Christina laughed as he started a song in the CD player and got out of the car. Turning the music up, Skylar also got out of the car and joined her. They fell back into their familiar dance posture, dancing out in the snow-covered parking area, the moonlight falling onto the pair and seeming to give its blessing.
After they finished the song, Skylar dropped down to one knee and dug out the ring box. He flipped it open, revealing the three-stone ring of ametrine, tanzanite, and diamond that was commissioned by the original Prince Skylar.
"Before you say anything, no, I am not asking you to marry me." Skylar said, mentally adding the 'yet'. "I'm asking you to wear this ring as a sign of our relationship, one that we both agree is right for us to progress to at this point. I love you, and want you to wear this as a sign of our love for each other."
Christina nodded her assent, and he slid the ring onto her right ring finger. She looked down and said, "Isn't it weird that the original ring would have both of our stones on it?"
"Not weird, just a coincidence." Skylar said. "Now, come, we need to get home and change for our planned movie night."
Laughing, Christina moved around to get back in the car when Skylar had opened the door. "Your chariot, my lady." Skylar said, grinning.
"Thank you, my prince." Christina said, laughing.
The pair got back in the car, drove back home, and Skylar ran home to change and come back while Christina ran upstairs to change into her comfortable pants and tshirt. Skylar came back, wearing comfortable clothes as well. They went into the den to start a movie, but had fallen asleep on the air mattress they had set up in case they got tired during their movie marathon.
Tom came to check on the kids about two in the morning, before he was going to call it a night, and saw that Christina and Skylar were fast asleep, with Skylar holding Christina as if she was a fragile gift, given from above. He smiled, and snuck in to turn the television off. After sneaking back out, he decided that he could joke with them about it in the morning. He knew that they weren't going to do anything, so he could trust them alone in there.