Disclaimer: I don't own anything sailor moon. If I did, I'd be rich.

Okay, wrote this years ago and I know Elsyion's spelled wrong but it's a pain to change it all. there is an OC, but she wasn't written for Sailor Moon. She has her own story I'm working on, so don't give me any guff about her. There are proper Sailor OCs too, but this is mostly focused on Mamochan. Enjoy

Elsyion's Heir

Ch. 21 Coronation

Despite everything he was told about the ceremony, Mamoru couldn't help but to be nervous. The shrine maidens helped him with his suit and Helios told him everything that would happen, but he still felt anxious. Why hadn't they run through the thing the other day like when he was getting married?

He retied his tie for the hundredth time. They could have been coroneted when they first came to Elsyion right? Why was today important? What was he supposed to do? He shook his head, clearing it. He doubted himself too much. He had to trust himself, even a little bit, to get everything done. "It'll be natural," Helios said before. "You already know what to do." Then he took away the four general's stones to the room they were going to do all this in. He never saw it before and personally felt that the others were making sure he didn't.

He looked over to Usagi in her long white dress. She looked every bit the queen of the future, sure of herself and very elegant. But she had that misty eyed expression she occasionally had each time she looked at the moon. She was staring out the window right then, thinking it seemed. Mamoru approached her, hoping she'd be able to calm him somehow. She looked at him when he came to her and smiled. "Mamochan, take a look at the moon."

She pointed at the moon in the sky above. Mamoru blinked at it. Elsyion was supposed to be under the normal Earth surface. How did the moon get there? And how was it that big? He'd never seen it that big nor that close before.

Wait a minute… "It's just as close as when we went to the thirtieth century," he mumbled slowly.

Usagi nodded. "Marian told me once that it'd get closer and in her time it was always big. Seeing it far away was odd for her." She smiled calmly, much like she did when they were getting married. Her eyes were distant as she stared at it. "I feel as if I have more power now than ever before."

Mamoru looked at his wife, realization coming to his eyes. He remembered one of his dreams of his past life, when the mixed world was destroyed. He had tried to block it out before because of his teacher's face, but the part about the moon being so close that day hit him sharply. The previous king, his father in his former life's voice came back to him. "Today you will see an event that takes place only once in every millennium. The moon will be very close to us come noon and the power of both kingdoms will reach their peaks. Today is a day of power, both of destruction and creation. Remember this day well my son."

"We'll both be at our peaks today," he mumbled in realization. Usagi looked at him, slightly confused. He smiled disarmingly. "It's nothing Usako." He wrapped his arms around her and watched the moon with her, content. They had a few more hours until noon. They could have this small time together alone.

Aurora, dressed in a gown she swore once she'd never wear again, rapped on the door leading to Marian's chambers. "Come on in Aurora," Marian answered quickly. "My hands are full." Obediently the soldier entered the room and looked for the current resident. She wasn't in plain sight so she poked her head about quietly. "I'm over here."

Aurora turned and saw Marian sitting in front of a vanity, trying to put her hair up. She has a look of purest concentration and she was still having trouble putting it together. A violet robe covered her dress and a circlet lay on the vanity along with several other items of jewelry. Aurora approached the vanity cautiously, not knowing what to expect.

Marian gave her a look from the mirror. "Are you any good with hair?" she asked desperately. Aurora shook her head and gave a small curtsy. She sighed in aggravation. "I guess it's hopeless than." She brushed out everything she was trying to do and set her brush down. "Kendar, go ahead. Just don't make it too frilly this time. The king and queen are the main attractions here, not me and my stupid hair." A red light flashed out of the hand mirror she once lent to Terra and went straight to her hair, zooming around rapidly and making it fly into different positions for setting. She looked back to Aurora through their reflections. "You want to talk about something?" she asked, raising an eyebrow.

Aurora nodded and looked at her feet. "I… I wanted to say… I wanted to apologize," she mumbled at last. "When we first met, I didn't know who you were. I should have known immediately and I didn't. I called you things behind your back. I hated you and was angry about everything. I didn't trust you at the apothecary either. I was a coward and didn't want to obey you. I'm sorry. I'm so sorry." She looked at her feet the whole time. Tears threatened to come down her face but she refused to let them come. "You helped us out so much and I was nothing but a cowardly child hiding behind the empire as a shield. Sailor Mars was right to accuse me of everything she did. I don't deserve to be your scout."

Marian looked at her through the mirror calmly, revealing nothing. When Aurora stopped talking and stared at her feet for a few minutes, she spoke. "That'll do Kendar. It's out of my face." The red light flickered then went back into the mirror; her hair was slightly pulled back now and curled at different locations. She stood up from her stool, turned her back to the vanity and leaned back onto it. She folded her arms and cocked her head, giving her a dry look. "Are you done?"

The apologetic girl blinked. She hadn't expected such a blunt and rude response from her empress. She didn't look up though.

"Do you feel any better?" she continued coldly. Aurora didn't respond. "I never felt offended Aurora. Not once. I had an unidentifiable spell on me the whole time I worked at the king's office. It took a lot of work to get the spell strong enough but it was worth it. The only reason you didn't still find out who I was by feel is your own self denial." She laughed at herself. "I did the same thing once. I didn't want Alex to be Celest so badly, that I made myself deny all possibilities they were the same person. It worked the same way with you. You didn't want me to be anyone important to you after you made your assumptions about me. You didn't want to be wrong or for your views to change."

Aurora still had her head looking at the ground, fighting desperately to not cry for such a silly reason. "Look at me Aurora. Do I look upset because of you?" She peeked a glance up and saw her empress was impassive, merely observant. "I can't be upset because you followed my desires, even unknowingly. So stop looking at your shoes. They're fine and so are you."

Marian picked up the circlet on the vanity and quickly put it on. Aurora watched as she stayed in her business-like motif and wondered how she never saw it before. The emperors and empresses always were laid back and cared little about being offended or not. They knew how people thought and they knew how to get people to do what they needed them to do without a fight. That was why the people followed them.

She knelt solemnly behind her empress, humbled. "My empress, I live only to serve you. I shall stay by your side forever."

"Oh no you're not!" Marian tuned back to her with a snap, her eyes narrowing. "I don't need a sailor scout protecting me. You are going to stay here and protect Lady Terra, end of story." Aurora blinked and started at her, then started to object, but she was cut off quickly. "And before you go off telling me that it's your duty as a scout of the empire and that I need protection or anything along those lines, know this. My brother Davis is Glizare's Jarde and he tried to protect me 24/7. I went nuts and ditched him. Every sailor scout that's supposedly meant to protect me does the same thing and I'm telling all of you this. Protect others. Serve them, not me. I'd just go out and protect them myself if you didn't and that'd cause a lot of problems. So let's just skip that and go straight to you protecting them, okay?"

"But your eminence…" Aurora started.

"And drop this whole 'your eminence' nonsense! I was Marian first wasn't I?" She glared at her defiantly. "I don't care what my rank may be or what my title is. I am me and no one else. So don't try to pamper me. I don't work that way." She rubbed her neck and shook her head, talking to herself. "Usagi must have had a field day breaking the others out of calling her princess forever. Course I'm not much better now am I?"

Aurora stared at her in shock. This girl was her empress and she didn't want scouts. What was she then? She reevaluated her words in her mind. Protect others. Protect Terra. Those were her orders, weren't they? "Is that your will then?" she asked carefully. "For me to protect Terra the remainder of my days? For eternity even?"

Marian looked over to her. "Wasn't that what you wanted to do anyway?" She sighed and finished putting on some minor items of jewelry. "I've gotta get to the coronation room and finish setting up. I won't be able to leave it until the coronation's over." She looked over to Aurora. "Anything else on your mind? You'll have to swear fidelity to Terra later. Right now it's just Mamoru and Usagi we need to think about."

The scout looked up at her. Anything else? At the moment no. It didn't feel right to ask certain questions then. She shook her head slowly. Marian smiled. "Alright then. I'll see you in the chapel." She went through the double doors leading out of the apartment silently. Aurora watched her leave, a little pained that she'd never be able to protect her at all.

Mamoru and Usagi waited impatiently for the signal to enter the hall. They were to be the last to enter, so Helios told them. Both Setsuna and Hotaru had Chibi Usa at the moment and they were all inside the chapel, waiting for them to enter.

"The timing is just as important as the event," Helios told them when they asked why. "Ritia Marian promised that she'd keep track of everything and make sure everything's done right, but I'm still worried."

Mamoru was taken back by his secretary's latest title. She wasn't normal at all. Silently and idly, he wondered what would have happened if he hadn't chosen her as his secretary. The others probably would have fainted at the sight of blood he realized and wouldn't have even lasted a month with him. He laughed at that thought quietly then stifled the laugh. He was supposed to be serious about this! He straightened himself and looked over to Usagi.

She seemed only a little nervous in comparison to him. She looked prepared for this and every bit the lovely queen they saw once in the future. The only sign she showed of being unnerved was how often she would spin her staff. He had his own as well, but he treated it more like a cane, using it for support more than anything. His legs were jello, but he had to do something. All the waiting was killing him slowly.

Usagi looked at him and smiled weakly. "Nervous?" He nodded, not trusting his voice. "Same here. I hope we're ready for this."

He nodded then sensed a dramatic change in power. "It's time," he said softly and offered his arm to his wife. She took it gently and smiled. They faced the doors to the chapel and watched them open slowly. They both held their breaths and then walked through the double doors.

The room was larger than the chapel at Kardak. It opened almost directly to the outside and they could see the moon hanging low before them. Everything was either white marble lined with gold or diamonds lined with silver. Every one of the people they saw running around Elsyion the past day or so was there: the scouts, the guardians, the shrine maidens, the ghostly images of his protectors, Helios, Luna and Artemis, everyone. Before them all was a set of thrones, one lined in gold and the other in silver. A little beyond those thrones stood the ghostly images of the previous king of the Earth, the Queen of the moon, and Marian as the Empress of the Sol-en Empire, tall, regal and solid. Her gown and robe were mostly white and lined with gold and she held the staff they all saw her with before. Her circlet glowed and her eyes were gold again. She was the white warrior, only without the wings and flowers.

They stopped a moment at the entry way and the Empress called to them, tipping her staff at them. "Come those who are to be the rulers of the future." Her voice had no music in it this time, only command. They came slowly and gracefully as they should. As they made it passed the front two rows, they could see both Terra and Chibi Usa nearest to the thrones. What was their part in this?

The Empress spoke again. "Humble thy selves before thy people. Kneel to take thine oaths." Both of them kneeled on the padded steps leading to the thrones. Being coroneted didn't mean you had to be uncomfortable after all.

"Prince Endymion of Earth." Mamoru looked up at the name, straight into the Empress's intense eyes. "Are thou prepared to take the responsibility of caring for this world, ensuring its survival and even lead it to prosperity? Are thou willing to sacrifice all that thou are for the people thou love?"

The questions he heard took a little time to translate. Was he prepared to take the responsibility of Earth and willing to serve and protect his people on it? The answer was simple for him. He always felt responsible for this world and always cared for it. He was willing to do everything he could for it. It wasn't a question of was he capable of leading the people right then and there or if he thought he'd be a good king. It was merely a question of 'will you try your best?'

Mamoru smiled gently and firmly as he gave his answer. "I am, with all it implies." He could see approval in the Empress's eyes. She nodded and looked to Usagi.

"Art thou prepared to take on the responsibility of protecting this world, helping it survive and live peacefully? Art thou willing to sacrifice all that thou are for the people thou love?" The question was slightly different. Mamoru realized then Usagi had to be crowned also as queen of the moon. She had the responsibility to protect the Earth and vanquish evil. He had the responsibility to serve his people in a different manner.

She nodded and met her eyes as well. "With all my heart and soul, I shall protect this star." The Empress nodded approval, then looked at them both.

"Wilt thou both serve each other as thou would serve this planet? Help each other for the rest of thy lives? Rule and protect together everyone born on this world?" This question was different. It came from somewhere else and not from the Empress. Vaguely he could see behind her both the previous king of Earth and the previous queen of the Moon. They were anxious for the answer.

Usagi looked at him and Mamoru at her. Were they willing to do everything together? Mamoru almost laughed and she smiled as well. "Always," he said, still looking at Usagi.

"Forever," she said, her heart in her eyes.

The Empress nodded, a small smile on her face. She then put her staff above both their heads between them. "Trust the bond between thee and strive to make it stronger than the bonds of the universe." Swirls of light formed above both of their heads as they looked at the Empress. They formed into crowns then settled gently onto their heads. Usagi's was the same one they all saw on Neo Queen Serenity, but his was a plain gold circlet, unbreakable and unbending.

As the two crowns landed on their heads, Mamoru heard a rush of power flowing through him. He could feel every living thing on Earth and knew he was connected to it all. The power they all gave him was unlike anything he ever felt before. Not even the last king knew how much power this was. He knew, somehow, that no mortal man could handle the pressure of all that power, but some how he managed it. It was being redistributed among the people behind him, to the guardians and to others. He could call it all back at any moment, but it was easier on him not to.

The Empress's commanding voice brought his mind back to present. "Rise King and Queen of the unified Earth and Moon. Raise thy scepters to the earth and to the heavens, for thou wilt rise as well." They rose and turned to the audience filled hall. Together they raised their staffs from the earth to the moon filled sky. Soft powder like lights followed their path and gave them all something to watch head to the moon. It glowed with a silver light and the ground below them glowed with a golden hew.

The Empress then stepped forward beyond the high chairs and looked towards Setsuna holding Chibi Usa. "Bring forth the heir." Confidently the scout of time carried the baby to her and the Empress smiled gently at her. "Child, thou art the first to be born on a new Earth. In the years to come thou wilt know of the power thou hast and thy connections to the two worlds. As the heir, thou must learn all this with caution. Until thou art able to understand thine own heart as well as others, thy powers shall be sealed. This is for thy benefit more than another's. Enjoy thy years of innocence and freedom." The baby cooed in response, then was placed into an ornate basket next to the silver throne.

"Come forth Princess Dunya," the Empress summoned. Shaky, Terra stepped forward. She became more confident as she approached her, but she was still unnerved by all that was taking place. Standing before the Empress, she was addressed. "Thou will have no title other than princess m'lady, but thy duty to thy people will never end. Thou served well as Earth's regent a thousand years ago and now is thy time to proceed with the duty thou first earned." Terra blinked at this and turned a little red.

"Preserve the blood line should this one fail." Mamoru blinked, a little confused. In the back of his mind he guessed this was only a formality and shook it off. "This is thy one mission," the Empress said flatly, "but many will try to stop thee. Who shall protect thee as thou serve?"

Aurora then boldly stepped forward. "I shall your eminence." They looked between the two girls and then the Empress nodded.

"So be it. The bloodline of Earth will remain intact; the Empire shall ensure it." Terra stepped away cautiously then when no one objected, she returned to her spot. The Empress turned back to Mamoru and Usagi. "The crowning is complete. The line of succession is secure. All hail the King and Queen of the new Silver Millennium!"

"All hail King Endymion!" a guardian called out.

"HAIL!"

"All hail Neo Queen Serenity!" one of the scouts countered.

"HAIL!"

"ALL HAIL THE ROYAL HOUSE OF THIS STAR!" someone said.

"HAIL!"

The Empress stepped behind the thrones and then turned to face the rest of the people silently and emotionless. In their minds they heard Marian's very practical voice talk to them. You can sit down now.

Eager, yet knowing they had to do this right, the two simultaneously sat in their thrones, Mamoru in the gold and Usagi in the silver. They kept their faces under control as they eased into the soft chairs. It was much better than kneeling on the floor.

Lucky ducks, Marian's voice said again. I have to stand here for another hour or so.

"But…" Usagi started out loud.

Don't speak. Think. It's a spell one of your predecessors came up with so they wouldn't get too bored through all the oaths. The region around the thrones makes it possible for us to hear each other's thoughts. They could hear a sigh. Unfortunately they didn't think it was right for the one doing the coronation to get a chance to rest. I've been on my feet for the past two hours. What a pain.

Mamoru nearly laughed. So we're coroneted now? We could just leave if we wanted to right? He got the hang of thinking what he wanted to say very quickly

I wish. They heard another sigh. The official power coronation is over. It only took a moment anyway. As soon as the crown was on your heads you must have felt it. The last bit and all the speeches were for your own and for their benefits. A bunch of hogwash if you ask me. You wouldn't be here if you weren't ready. But it's a tradition and that appeases people.

Now you have to go through over sixty oaths of fidelity. If each person took one minute to do their oaths, then they in total would take a little over an hour to finish this. A few of them are going to be overly dramatic and another set are going to take less than a minute, but it's just an estimate after all. Helios was the first to approach the thrones. They won't hear us and all you two have to do is smile and nod. If you say a verbal acceptance to one, you have to verbally accept the others as well. So, if you want to keep your voices, I'd advise just smiling and nodding. After the oaths are made, we'll have a banquet with a lot of toasts and speeches. More formalities, but this includes sitting and food and even casual conversations.

So we just smile and nod right now? Usagi thought quietly.

If you want to keep it short. They could almost hear Marian whine. Please keep it short. I hate these heels.

Mamoru nearly laughed. In the mean time, he asked, what shall we talk about?

How about a game instead? I don't want to think too hard right now. Blasted heels. Stars and lights, when I find the idiots who made them, I'll kill them. They nearly laughed at the stray thought and started a game of eye spy as the oaths came rolling in.

The banquet after the ceremony was far more relaxed than the ceremony itself. After a few hasty speeches and even more hasty toasts, they all settled down to just talking and eating. Usagi was in her element and did both with vigor, laughing and talking at the same time. Mamoru was having a little trouble though feeling comfortable. After leaving the coronation hall, he felt the pressures of the Earth's power even more than before. It wasn't heavy, just uncomfortable.

He tried to ignore it but it bore into him as he ate his beef slowly. Everything felt awkward and he didn't think anything was the same, but it was as well. He didn't know how to describe it and instead concentrated on his food. He must have seemed depressed because his sister tapped him on the shoulder, a worried look on her face. "Are you alright Niisama?"

"Ah…" He looked at her in slight surprise and tried to wave it off. "I'm fine really!" Her expression told her she wasn't buying it. Usagi broke off from her conversation with Minako then and they both looked at Mamoru.

"You don't look all that happy Mamochan," Usagi said without thinking. "Is something on your mind?" She was starting to get a worried crease between her eyebrows.

"No, I'm fine! Seriously. I was just looking at the food!" Why were they being so concerned over a little frown anyway? He was fine, just felt a little off.

"Is it not to your liking your majesty?" Helios asked near him. He was watching from a far the whole time and that idea irked him slightly.

"It's fine! I'm fine!" This was getting frustrating.

"Mamochan…" Usagi started, looking a little worried.

"Aurora if you keep hovering like that I'll turn you into a goose!" Marian's voice broke through their conversation and they all looked at Marian slouching tiredly and Aurora hovering around her.

Aurora looked a little shocked by that statement. "You wouldn't! You couldn't!"

"I can and I will if you don't leave me alone!" Marian gripped her head and grabbed a roll, eating it quickly. "Seriously… You're only going to give me another migraine."

"Can you really turn her into a goose?" Mamoru asked her quickly. It was the only thing he could think of to get the others off his back and to stop worrying.

Marian shrugged. "I can try. I've turned some guys to jelly once. Figuratively speaking of course." She rubbed her eyes and yawned. "It'd probably take everything I've got to turn her into a goose now though. I need a week's rest I bet."

"You sleep too much," Su said tartly. "I don't care if you are Star Girl. You're so evil! You've been sleeping nearly every single time you've gotten the chance today!"

Marian shrugged drowsily. "I haven't recovered my energy yet. Last time I was this low, I was asleep for four days. It's the most convenient way to restore energy."

"And that leaves me to take care of everything you should have!" Su continued. "That was really evil!"

Her friend smiled across the table. "Thank you. But you should blame Adrian for that. I told him to help you out. I thought for sure he'd be tripping over his feet to make you happy."

Adrian looked side long at her only a seat or so away. "She's only cute," he said tartly. "Now Madam Venus, she's a beauty!" Marian threw a roll at his head weakly and he caught it in his mouth, eating it eagerly. "Thanks!"

"It was still your job," Marian said tartly.

"Doesn't give you any excuse for sleeping so much," he said quickly back.

"My point exactly!" Su chipped in.

Marian rolled her eyes and looked over to Usagi. "She sleeps a lot too," she said quickly. "It's how you restore your powers isn't it?" Usagi blushed and busied her self with eating. "Eating food's a part of it too. The more power you have, the more you have to sleep and eat."

"With that kind of logic, Garfield would be the most powerful thing on the planet," Carson said not too far off.

She looked over to him inquiringly. "Garfield?" The people around her gave her a look and rolled their eyes and back to their food. Mamoru couldn't help but to chuckle. She may have been brilliant in several things, but common comic strips and pop culture seemed to escape her.

To keep the subject off of him, he asked her something he bet several others were wondering. "What happened to those three people?" Marian looked at him blankly at first, then a light went on in her head.

"Oh! The two mystic psychos and that Darre lady?" He nodded, though he would have used their names if it were him. She straightened in her chair slightly. At least she wasn't leaning on her arms anymore. "Well, before we went after you and stuff, I sent Mercurio over to Sol to get some people down here to take care of all of that." She rubbed her eyes as she talked. During the ceremony and even before she hadn't shown any signs of being tired. This was the first time he'd seen her not alert and attentive. She must have felt very at eased in Elsyion if that was the case.

She continued talking. "I kinda bullied the imperial guard to take the two men into some dungeons deep in separate stars. I don't care where and I don't want to know either. I don't want to deal with either of them again. The lady was sent straight to the intergalactic police and now they're taking her to Darre to face the regent princess. She's wanted there and with this added to her list of crimes…" she left it hanging. "I don't expect to see any of them again."

Adrian whistled. "I take it you really destroyed the whole lot of them then." He sounded impressed.

Terra looked over to her now. "But I thought you couldn't kill people!"

Marian shook her head slowly, almost as if she had a headache. "Destroying someone and killing them are two entirely different things. I can destroy someone financially by playing with their books and handing them over to the IRS if I wanted to, or send an attorney to their door. I could ruin them publicly through rumors and tabloids. I could send them into the pits of despair if I just shot them too, but that's more likely to drive a person mad."

They looked at her, confused. She sighed then raised her hand. It glowed. She made a gun configuration out of it and pointed it at Terra. They all stared wide eyed as she shot the light through her and some of them nearly screamed in shock. Terra grabbed at her chest and stared out at her curiously. She wasn't harmed. Not a single sign came out that anything had happened. "What the…" she muttered.

"My powers can't physically kill anyone," Marian said and leaned on her arm again, looking a little more tired than before. "They make them remember past evil dealings and they have a full conscience about it. I can't kill any human being, so I just destroy them. Being destroyed doesn't mean dead."

"So you sent them away," Usagi said quickly, trying to get them all to settle down. "So they're all gone. What of the Fallen?" They all eased back into a listening mode and Terra looked very serene to them all. How is it possible that any kind of light did all she said it did anyway? That question was laid aside while Adrian answered the question.

"We'll probably just strip them of their connections with the elements completely then turn them over to the proper authorities back on the surface." He looked over to Dalanor across the way and tossed a roll at him. Dalanor was in a kind of daze like Mamoru was, but he caught the roll instinctively. "Hey. Aren't those guys all wanted for something up top?"

Dalanor glared at him coldly. "A fallen has to do something against moral laws in order to fall," he said lowly. "I'll find it out before the day is done." He looked over to Aurora idly, then quickly back to his plate, swallowing something.

Marian caught that look and looked over at Aurora as well. "Stars and lights…" She looked back to Dalanor. "You can go back to your quarters if you like. You don't have to be here."

He shook his head. "It's my duty to see this through. Thank you for the offer though." He went back to eating, slowly and deliberately. Aurora approached him then about to talk to him.

Marian cut her off. "Aurora, mind getting some more rolls for people?" Her eyes turned gold as she spoke. They all figured out by then they only turned gold when she was commanding someone to do something, usually Aurora. The girl stiffened and nodded, leaving the room. Marian relaxed and her eyes turned back to normal.

"Why are you keeping them apart?" Adrian asked curiously. "You've been at this for the past two days. It's totally wacko."

Dalanor glared up at him. "Those who have no physical or spiritual bonds outside themselves would never understand."

"Well excuse me for being concerned," Adrian retorted hotly. "You don't have to be so edgy. I feel it too so don't do playing the martyr with me." He folded his arms and glared daggers at Dalanor.

Marian sighed. "He's referring to Phoenix, not the pressure knucklehead." They looked at her and she grabbed another roll, playing with it as she spoke. "Two phoenixes in the same place is trouble waiting to happen. Two phoenix holders will be attracted to each other on an animal level. I just don't want anything to happen alright?" She quickly bit into the roll.

Adrian started to object when Dalanor pitched in. "I have a wife Glimare. I don't want a mistress." That clamped everyone up and made Adrian look at Marian.

"You know about this… how?"

Marian shuttered. "I've born phoenix before, briefly when Davis was out of control. I had to learn self control rapidly because of that." She went back to eating silently.

Mamoru spoke up again. "If it's really that bad," he suggested, "you can leave at any time Dalanor."

Dalanor looked at him, first in shock then in gratitude. He stood up and bowed politely. "Thank you your majesty." Before anyone could call him back, he was out the doors. Adrian had an amused smile on his face.

"Show off."

A/N: YAY! he's corronated! I made up the ceremony but I did have it in old english to make it look real. Hopefully it still makes sense. More fun details about my world too. I think there's only two maybe three chapters left. enjoy!