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characters from these fabulous stories for my own sadistic ends *cackles
insanely*
A/N: I'm back! I hate the Forces of the Universe; they are evil, evil beings! Anyway, my muses have been bothering me during my entire stay in Hawaii and they are now smugly watching me type this. So thank them!
Summary: Senshi Star was perfectly content to live out her life as a soldier of the Moon without question or thought. When the wizard prince of Elysian arrives as a peace sign from the Earth with three very familiar friends, her world is turned upside down. Will they find love? Or will they be separated by the doom which is destined to befall the Moon Empire?
Endymion wandered a bit aimlessly through the corridors of the Moon Palace. He didn't want to show it, but he was in a foul mood. His cloak billowed around him because of his quick pace and he showed sure signs of agitation. Sophia, the one-eyed soldier, had already rushed out of his way when he nearly bulldozed past her. He finally reached the gardens of the red roses and sat down on a bench with a bit more vigor than usual. He was still fuming darkly.
Being in love with Princess Serenity was bad enough, but walking in on his twin brother and said princess in bed wasn't a pleasant sight even under normal circumstances. He had stood, disgusted and paralyzed for a long moment before he had composed himself and come to the one sanctuary he had discovered on the Moon. It was very difficult for him to find peace in that lonely place without having some dutchess or female come flirting towards him, drawing attention and more females. He had to bribe a few Moon slaves to cause a commotion in order to escape before he learnt to stay away from certain areas.
He had been astonished to discover that the Moon Empire had slaves. Somehow the very thought was somewhat absurd and ridiculous. The Moon seemed so holy and pure and yet there was so much corruption and darkness there. True, the palace itself was as pure as a unicorn but he could always hear the youmas just beyond the boundaries of the kingdom, laughing and howling in the shadows of the Dark Moon. He felt decidedly safer sleeping with his sword close at hand.
Living as a prince wasn't as wonderful as Godric had told him. Their duty to the Elysian prince had ended after the four founders of Hogwarts had returned to Earth. They had been princes themselves of smaller providences and had acted as knights to their prince as all of their kind had to. Now that Darien and Endymion were no longer bound to their fate, both found the freedom shocking in their own ways. Endymion had no real idea what to do with himself so he tended to help the Moon Queen as often as he could. Darien, though, he became wilder than he'd ever been.
He'd started a relationship with Jupiter for a short while and had broken her heart rather badly. The princess of Jupiter had turned incredibly sour towards Darien and only relaxed when there was no sign of males. She took to staring wastefully at the Earth and murmuring prayers for her leader, whom she missed terribly. The Moon held less and less pull to her and she longed for the company of Star again. Darien's next conquest had been Venus. The Goddess of Beauty had been crushed when she discovered Darien with Usagi, both of them completely wrapped around each other, literally. She hadn't spoken for a year afterwards until she took refuge under the watchful and protective eye of Jupiter. The two became even closer friends.
Darien's latest and most passionate partner (besides Usagi) was Mars. The Goddess of Fire had ignored Venus' and Jupiter's warnings that Darien had a habit of being unfaithful and had even joined Usagi and Darien during many of their nights together. Endymion felt sickened that his twin brother was damaging the name of their family and even with the love of the Moon Princess, had taken to searching for more challenges while keeping her on a leash like a lost puppy dog, blinded by love.
"Do you mind if I join you?" A soft voice shocked Endymion out of his musings. He looked up to discover the Senshi of Ice, Princess Mercury, watching him with amused blue eyes. He nodded stiffly and moved aside so that she could sit beside him. He hoped deeply that she wasn't there to flirt with him. He had very narrowly skirted a few giggling women on his way to the gardens and right now wasn't the time to have a Senshi around.
Mercury made no indication of wanting to speak or of even noticing Endymion's presence once she was seated. After long moments of simply staring up at the sky with a pensive expression on her face, Mercury smiled faintly as she turned her eyes from the stars to Earth. She too missed Star and the security that she stood for. Without Star, the entire point of being on the Moon was gone or simply an empty oath. Endymion watched her casually until he couldn't stand her silence anymore.
"What's troubling you, Senshi Mercury?" Mercury turned sad eyes towards him for a moment before shaking her head and relaxing slightly. When she thought about his question, she thought perhaps that it wouldn't hurt to talk to him. After all, her voice was growing hoarse from disuse.
"Tell me, Prince Endymion, who you love?" Endymion was taken aback by her question before he blushed. He turned away from her and didn't notice the tiny smile on her pale face. He accidentally brushed her arm and shivered. She was colder than ice.
"Why do you ask?" Endymion managed to ask as he fidgeted restlessly. He couldn't seem to decide what to do with his hands. Mercury shrugged and placed her hands behind her to support her weight. She felt as if she could trust someone with at least a hint of the raging emotions under her icy shield. After all, Star wasn't around to guess and ultimately talk out the problem as she tended to do when she noticed that one of her soldiers was distressed. None of the Senshi would have been as depressed as they currently were (with the exception of Mars).
"Well, that's what's bothering me at present. You see, I'm in love with someone who's in love with someone else. Well, more like two people. I thought that perhaps you felt the same way, judging by the way you sigh and trudge around the palace as if a mountain had taken up residence on your shoulders." Endymion was amazed that Mercury had found the words to describe how he felt perfectly. Endymion sighed a bit dejectedly.
"Why do Senshi love my brother so much?" Endymion asked her in earnest. Mercury seemed taken aback for a moment before she smiled faintly.
"Come, someone could hear us. On my planet we'll have some peace." She stood and straightened her uniform. "If someone caught us, I'd be punished. Come, so that I have a plausible excuse to leave this place for a while." Endymion watched her in amazement as they walked towards the center of the Teleportation/Aparation site. Mercury took very little energy to transport the two of them to her planet.
Endymion instantly started shivering when they both appeared in a castle of ice. Mercury sighed deeply before walking towards a frozen table and sitting down on a blue marble chair, motioning for Endymion to follow her example. When he sat down, he noticed that they weren't in a room but on a balcony with a fantastic view of the sky. The stars shone a bit faintly and the sky was a mixture of black and hints of red beams of light. Endymion guessed that the red must have been coming from the sun, which was on the other side of the planet.
"Why are we here?" Endymion asked. "No one will care if they hear you saying that you love my brother. All of the Inner Senshi have already fallen victim to his 'charm'." Mercury turned sharp eyes towards him before she began to laugh. The sound was low and not entirely pleasant, but there was a heavy amount of amusement hidden behind her controlled emotions.
"What makes you believe that I love your brother?" She asked, tilting her head so that the ice clinging to her hair chimed softly against each blue icicle. Endymion noticed that his breath was forming a very noticeable white cloud every time he breathed and that Mercury was emitting no such mist since she seemed perfectly comfortable in the frozen castle. He shivered again.
"Well, who else is in love with two people at the same time?" He asked logically. Mercury smiled and laughed again, this time with clear amusement and not a hint of cruelness.
"I never said that I loved a man." She remarked with a twinkle in her eyes. She glanced at the door as a servant made entirely of ice approached the table and laid down a tray with tea and cookies on the table before bowing low and leaving the room as silently as a spirit. Mercury motioned for him to take the offered cup and he was delighted when he discovered that the tea was hot. Mercury watched him curiously through half lidded eyes before putting down her cup.
"So you love a woman." Endymion said after he took several warming sips. The tea was a mix between wintergreen and chamomile.
"Yes, I do." Mercury said. Endymion was taken up by a sharp fear that Mercury perhaps loved the Moon Princess. One glance at her, however, reminded him of something he had only unconsciously noticed about her. She always stared after Mars longingly and was often her partner whenever danger arose. When Mars was wounded and nearly died after a youma attack, Mercury had nursed her back to perfect health. When Mars was unhappy, Mercury went out of her way to cheer her up and be a social person when she almost never opened her mouth. Her iciness seemed to vanish when in the presence of Mars. Endymion had always chalked it up to the power of the Goddess of Fire.
"Why don't you tell her?" He whispered as she sipped at her tea. Mercury looked at him pointedly and he wondered at the stupidity of that question.
"And why would it matter, if I told her?" She asked quietly.
"Well, she probably would like to know! I would if someone . . . loved me." Mercury smiled.
"Ah, you humans are so naïve." She said fondly. The way she said it, the statement seemed to be more of a compliment than an insult. She shook her head and drank some more tea before glancing at him thoughtfully. "I am the Ice Senshi, which means that I am not MEANT to love anyone. Mars is meant to have many lovers. Why would she possibly go against her title, her NATURE simply to please me?"
Amber Evans Potter: Sorry for the wait! Review please. My muses have gone to bed and they'll say hello in the next chapter.
A/N: I'm back! I hate the Forces of the Universe; they are evil, evil beings! Anyway, my muses have been bothering me during my entire stay in Hawaii and they are now smugly watching me type this. So thank them!
Summary: Senshi Star was perfectly content to live out her life as a soldier of the Moon without question or thought. When the wizard prince of Elysian arrives as a peace sign from the Earth with three very familiar friends, her world is turned upside down. Will they find love? Or will they be separated by the doom which is destined to befall the Moon Empire?
Endymion wandered a bit aimlessly through the corridors of the Moon Palace. He didn't want to show it, but he was in a foul mood. His cloak billowed around him because of his quick pace and he showed sure signs of agitation. Sophia, the one-eyed soldier, had already rushed out of his way when he nearly bulldozed past her. He finally reached the gardens of the red roses and sat down on a bench with a bit more vigor than usual. He was still fuming darkly.
Being in love with Princess Serenity was bad enough, but walking in on his twin brother and said princess in bed wasn't a pleasant sight even under normal circumstances. He had stood, disgusted and paralyzed for a long moment before he had composed himself and come to the one sanctuary he had discovered on the Moon. It was very difficult for him to find peace in that lonely place without having some dutchess or female come flirting towards him, drawing attention and more females. He had to bribe a few Moon slaves to cause a commotion in order to escape before he learnt to stay away from certain areas.
He had been astonished to discover that the Moon Empire had slaves. Somehow the very thought was somewhat absurd and ridiculous. The Moon seemed so holy and pure and yet there was so much corruption and darkness there. True, the palace itself was as pure as a unicorn but he could always hear the youmas just beyond the boundaries of the kingdom, laughing and howling in the shadows of the Dark Moon. He felt decidedly safer sleeping with his sword close at hand.
Living as a prince wasn't as wonderful as Godric had told him. Their duty to the Elysian prince had ended after the four founders of Hogwarts had returned to Earth. They had been princes themselves of smaller providences and had acted as knights to their prince as all of their kind had to. Now that Darien and Endymion were no longer bound to their fate, both found the freedom shocking in their own ways. Endymion had no real idea what to do with himself so he tended to help the Moon Queen as often as he could. Darien, though, he became wilder than he'd ever been.
He'd started a relationship with Jupiter for a short while and had broken her heart rather badly. The princess of Jupiter had turned incredibly sour towards Darien and only relaxed when there was no sign of males. She took to staring wastefully at the Earth and murmuring prayers for her leader, whom she missed terribly. The Moon held less and less pull to her and she longed for the company of Star again. Darien's next conquest had been Venus. The Goddess of Beauty had been crushed when she discovered Darien with Usagi, both of them completely wrapped around each other, literally. She hadn't spoken for a year afterwards until she took refuge under the watchful and protective eye of Jupiter. The two became even closer friends.
Darien's latest and most passionate partner (besides Usagi) was Mars. The Goddess of Fire had ignored Venus' and Jupiter's warnings that Darien had a habit of being unfaithful and had even joined Usagi and Darien during many of their nights together. Endymion felt sickened that his twin brother was damaging the name of their family and even with the love of the Moon Princess, had taken to searching for more challenges while keeping her on a leash like a lost puppy dog, blinded by love.
"Do you mind if I join you?" A soft voice shocked Endymion out of his musings. He looked up to discover the Senshi of Ice, Princess Mercury, watching him with amused blue eyes. He nodded stiffly and moved aside so that she could sit beside him. He hoped deeply that she wasn't there to flirt with him. He had very narrowly skirted a few giggling women on his way to the gardens and right now wasn't the time to have a Senshi around.
Mercury made no indication of wanting to speak or of even noticing Endymion's presence once she was seated. After long moments of simply staring up at the sky with a pensive expression on her face, Mercury smiled faintly as she turned her eyes from the stars to Earth. She too missed Star and the security that she stood for. Without Star, the entire point of being on the Moon was gone or simply an empty oath. Endymion watched her casually until he couldn't stand her silence anymore.
"What's troubling you, Senshi Mercury?" Mercury turned sad eyes towards him for a moment before shaking her head and relaxing slightly. When she thought about his question, she thought perhaps that it wouldn't hurt to talk to him. After all, her voice was growing hoarse from disuse.
"Tell me, Prince Endymion, who you love?" Endymion was taken aback by her question before he blushed. He turned away from her and didn't notice the tiny smile on her pale face. He accidentally brushed her arm and shivered. She was colder than ice.
"Why do you ask?" Endymion managed to ask as he fidgeted restlessly. He couldn't seem to decide what to do with his hands. Mercury shrugged and placed her hands behind her to support her weight. She felt as if she could trust someone with at least a hint of the raging emotions under her icy shield. After all, Star wasn't around to guess and ultimately talk out the problem as she tended to do when she noticed that one of her soldiers was distressed. None of the Senshi would have been as depressed as they currently were (with the exception of Mars).
"Well, that's what's bothering me at present. You see, I'm in love with someone who's in love with someone else. Well, more like two people. I thought that perhaps you felt the same way, judging by the way you sigh and trudge around the palace as if a mountain had taken up residence on your shoulders." Endymion was amazed that Mercury had found the words to describe how he felt perfectly. Endymion sighed a bit dejectedly.
"Why do Senshi love my brother so much?" Endymion asked her in earnest. Mercury seemed taken aback for a moment before she smiled faintly.
"Come, someone could hear us. On my planet we'll have some peace." She stood and straightened her uniform. "If someone caught us, I'd be punished. Come, so that I have a plausible excuse to leave this place for a while." Endymion watched her in amazement as they walked towards the center of the Teleportation/Aparation site. Mercury took very little energy to transport the two of them to her planet.
Endymion instantly started shivering when they both appeared in a castle of ice. Mercury sighed deeply before walking towards a frozen table and sitting down on a blue marble chair, motioning for Endymion to follow her example. When he sat down, he noticed that they weren't in a room but on a balcony with a fantastic view of the sky. The stars shone a bit faintly and the sky was a mixture of black and hints of red beams of light. Endymion guessed that the red must have been coming from the sun, which was on the other side of the planet.
"Why are we here?" Endymion asked. "No one will care if they hear you saying that you love my brother. All of the Inner Senshi have already fallen victim to his 'charm'." Mercury turned sharp eyes towards him before she began to laugh. The sound was low and not entirely pleasant, but there was a heavy amount of amusement hidden behind her controlled emotions.
"What makes you believe that I love your brother?" She asked, tilting her head so that the ice clinging to her hair chimed softly against each blue icicle. Endymion noticed that his breath was forming a very noticeable white cloud every time he breathed and that Mercury was emitting no such mist since she seemed perfectly comfortable in the frozen castle. He shivered again.
"Well, who else is in love with two people at the same time?" He asked logically. Mercury smiled and laughed again, this time with clear amusement and not a hint of cruelness.
"I never said that I loved a man." She remarked with a twinkle in her eyes. She glanced at the door as a servant made entirely of ice approached the table and laid down a tray with tea and cookies on the table before bowing low and leaving the room as silently as a spirit. Mercury motioned for him to take the offered cup and he was delighted when he discovered that the tea was hot. Mercury watched him curiously through half lidded eyes before putting down her cup.
"So you love a woman." Endymion said after he took several warming sips. The tea was a mix between wintergreen and chamomile.
"Yes, I do." Mercury said. Endymion was taken up by a sharp fear that Mercury perhaps loved the Moon Princess. One glance at her, however, reminded him of something he had only unconsciously noticed about her. She always stared after Mars longingly and was often her partner whenever danger arose. When Mars was wounded and nearly died after a youma attack, Mercury had nursed her back to perfect health. When Mars was unhappy, Mercury went out of her way to cheer her up and be a social person when she almost never opened her mouth. Her iciness seemed to vanish when in the presence of Mars. Endymion had always chalked it up to the power of the Goddess of Fire.
"Why don't you tell her?" He whispered as she sipped at her tea. Mercury looked at him pointedly and he wondered at the stupidity of that question.
"And why would it matter, if I told her?" She asked quietly.
"Well, she probably would like to know! I would if someone . . . loved me." Mercury smiled.
"Ah, you humans are so naïve." She said fondly. The way she said it, the statement seemed to be more of a compliment than an insult. She shook her head and drank some more tea before glancing at him thoughtfully. "I am the Ice Senshi, which means that I am not MEANT to love anyone. Mars is meant to have many lovers. Why would she possibly go against her title, her NATURE simply to please me?"
Amber Evans Potter: Sorry for the wait! Review please. My muses have gone to bed and they'll say hello in the next chapter.