Title: Freedom
By: Cosmic_kiss2000
Part: Chapter 3
E-mail: Noclue2050@go.com
Rated: unknown as of yet
Last Time:
Still surrounded in light, Serena walks over to her brother to find the scouts, the prince, and his generals hunched over brother. "Yeah he's dead," Malachite concluded as he dropped Alex's lifeless hand to the ground. Serena harshly pushed him out of the way and gently cradled her brothers' head in her lap. She dissolved the arrow with a quick swipe of her hand as tears rolled down her cheek unchecked. Suddenly the silver and yellow light engulfed her brother and Serena unknowingly started to pour her energy into his body, healing him.
"I'm sorry Alex. You were right I should have run, you'd be alive if I did," Serena whispered as she bent down and kissed him on his forehead.
Suddenly Alex inhaled deeply as his eyes suddenly popped open, "never be sorry Rena," then he fainted. Serena tired from lack of energy fainted soon after.
Now it begins: 4 days later
"So what have you found out about our party crashers," King Damien questioned as he and the rest of the royal family and their protectors sat down at the conference table.
"Absolutely nothing," Sailor Mercury replied.
"Well where are they now?" Queen Celia asked.
"The one called Alex is on the training grounds. At the rate he's going, I'm going to be treating him for exhaustion real soon. As for the girl, she's still in the infirmary," Zoycite replied.
"But I thought you said that she was okay, "perfectly healthy"," Queen Serenity muttered.
"I did, there's nothing... physically wrong with her. According to my readings she's healthier than any one of us," Sailor Mercury exclaimed.
"Then why is she still in the infirmary," Queen Serenity questioned.
"She hasn't woken up, not once since she healed her brother. It's as if she doesn't want to," Zoycite replied.
"Okay, what about the people they fought, what can you tell us about them," Prince Endymion asked.
"Well our autopsy revealed to us that the men were natives from Mars, Mercury, Venus, and Jupiter. While the women were natives of Neptune, Pluto, Saturn, and Uranus. The women somehow have had their elementary powers enhanced to a point where they are almost equal to ours. The men on the other hand had their magical powers suppressed rather than enhanced. I pulled these out of their stomachs," Mercury muttered as she threw some pills on the table. "The ones dyed red are from the women and the blue ones are from the men. They seem to be source of the women's enhanced powers, they're sort of like a steroid. Those are also the source of the men's suppressed powers. Our lab is analyzing some of them as we speak to see exactly what they are made of. We should have the results by the end of the day," Mercury exclaimed.
"So how are we go--," Darien began but stopped when he heard the onslaught of running feet outside the door. Malachite and Jedite slowly got up from the table and went to the door and quickly swung it open. They were greeted by the sight of many of the palace soldiers running down the hall.
"What's going on? Are we under attack?" Jedite asked, already grabbing for his sword.
"No, no no sir. The girl has awoken and is now fighting her brother," one soldier yelled.
"My sister and I fight all the time and we don't have this kind of audience," Endymion exclaimed, walking to the door.
"You and your sister don't physically fight with weapons and magical powers, your majesty," the soldier announced.
"Where are they fighting," Queen Serenity asked, rushing out the door.
"The training grounds, your majesty," the soldier exclaimed and started off, down the hall. It took less than two minutes for everybody to vacate the conference room and run to the training grounds.
The Training Grounds:
"Come on Serena, you getting tired?" Alex questioned as he openly taunted her.
"Please, like you could make me tired," Serena replied blocking one of his punches. She managed to trip him up, causing him to fall on his face. As she was about to kick him, he disappeared into thin air.
"WE AGREED NO MAGIC," Serena yelled. Suddenly Alex reappeared behind her and put her in a headlock. Using all her strength, she flipped him over her head and slammed him on his back.
"I don't seem to be hearing you talk now, do I," Serena asked. Before Serena could do anything else, Alex flipped up and landed on his feet. He immediately started to punch her. Using all his strength Alex punched her one last time and sent her flying into a nearby wall. As she fell to the ground, she spit out blood. Alex walked over to her and kicked her hunched over figure, causing her to spit up more blood.
"STOP, WHAT ARE YOU DOING," Queen Serenity asked, no longer able to take the sight. Alex ignored her and kicked Serena once more. Alex kneeled down to Serena and grabbed her by the neck and brought her to his eye level. To his and everybody else's surprise, Serena managed to punch him in the stomach knocking the wind out of him. As he let her go and fell to his knees, Serena punched him in the jaw knocking him to the ground. Taking this opportunity Serena tried to kick him only to have him catch her leg and swing her into a wall. Slowly each of them started to get up and get back into battle stances.
"You ready for this?" Alex asked.
"The question is are you," Serena muttered as she attacked him. In less than a minute, Serena had him on the ground with a dagger pointed at his throat.
"Alex you'll never beat me when it comes to hand to hand combat," Serena pointed out, as she got up and allowed him to stand up. They both had straight faces as they faced one another, suddenly smiles came to their faces and they hugged.
"You had me worried. I'm glad you're okay, Serena," Alex muttered into her ear.
"So am I," Serena muttered. Suddenly the two were engulfed into a bright yellow and white light.
"Queen Serenity the silver crystal, it's glowing," Sailor Mars exclaimed.
"I know, their powers are affecting it," Queen Serenity muttered. As the light dispersed, Alex and Serena stood, perfectly healed of any wounds they had before.
"Okay I'm lost what the hell just happened here?" Sailor Venus asked. Hearing someone talk brought Serena and Alex back to reality, that's when they noticed they had developed an audience.
"Everyone back to their post RIGHT NOW," Malachite yelled ushering the soldiers out of the training grounds.
"Who are you?" Serena asked, letting go of her brother to stare at them.
"No, the question is who are you? Remember you and your brother were the ones that crashed our party," Endymion muttered. As Serena was about to open her mouth in response, Alex stopped her by placing his hand over her mouth.
"My sister and I are sorry to have crashed your party and we appreciate your hospitality. My name is Alex Tiflin and this is my sister, Serena," Alex exclaimed, slightly pushing Serena towards them. Serena became uncomfortable under Sailor Mercury and Zoycite's stare.
"Is there is a problem?" Serena questioned.
"Well technically there is. For the last 4 days including this morning you were in a coma and just a minute ago I saw you fighting as if nothing had happened. I find that a little bit weird in my book," Sailor Mercury muttered.
"I heal fast and that's all you need to know," Serena stated, getting defensive.
"Please follow us, we have some things that we would like to discuss with you," King Damien exclaimed leading them out the room.
Once they were secured in the conference room again.
"So what is it that you wanted?" Serena asked.
"I'm your mother," Queen Serenity declared. Suddenly the room became deadly quiet.
"Yeah, you keep believing that, lady. Alex, I think it's time that we should get going," Serena exclaimed, pushing the chair back as she stood up.
"Wait, the parts all add up. I am yours and Alex's mother," Queen Serenity muttered.
"NO, you're not. My mother's name was Colena Tiflin, she's dead," Serena exclaimed.
"No she was your foster mother. We placed you and your brother with her when we thought your lives were in danger. She was meant to raise you until we thought that it was safe for you and your brother to come back. When the time came for us to collect you, you were gone," Queen Serenity explained.
"NO, you don't seem to understand. She's my mother because she raised me not because she gave birth to me. She knew what made me sick and what didn't. She knew how to make me smile when I was sad. She knew my favorite food and color. Tell me, do you know the answer to any of these," Serena asked. Serena soon noticed the blank look on her face. "Didn't think so," Serena said, walking to the door.
"Serena wait, I wanna hear this," Alex muttered.
"No Alex, you can stay. Ever since mom told us she wasn't our birth mother you always wanted more. But I'm happy with knowing the Colena loved me and that SHE WAS MY MOTHER. She took care of us when we were sick or hurt, NOT HER," Serena yelled, gesturing toward Queen Serenity as she walked out the door, slamming it in the process.
"I'm sorry... but I would like to hear it," Alex muttered.
"Of course. 20 years ago, I married King Apollo of the Sun and together we ruled the Moon and the Sun. One year after our marriage, I gave birth to a beautiful baby boy, Alexander Apollo Christian the 3rd, you. Four years later I gave birth to your sister, Serenity Ariel Christian the 4th. Months later I found out that my sister, Metallia, your aunt had plotted against us since the beginning of my marriage. She had become jealous and of my husband, my children, and my kingdom, she felt that it should all be hers. One day she attacked and tried to kill you and your sister and take the throne, she didn't succeed in that, but she did manage to kill your father. I feared for your and your sister's life so I sent you to Mars to live with Colena, the daughter of my nanny when I was a child. Colena was suppose to care for you until I came for you, but when I did, the village was burnt down and you and your sister were nowhere in sight. I've been looking for you two ever since," Queen Serenity explained.
"So you did love us, you didn't just abandon us?" Alex asked on the brink of tears.
"NO, never. I loved you both two much for that. It hurt me deeply to send you away but I thought I was protecting you. I thou--," Queen Serenity began but was cut off by a bitter laugh. Everyone turned to the door to find Serena the source of the laughter.
"Can you believe this? She thought she was protecting us when in reality she basically sent us to hell," Serena muttered.
"What are you talking about? We sent you to live with Colena, we watched her. From what we saw she would seem to be the best foster mother a child could have. We suppressed your brother's powers so that nobody would think you were different. Everything should have been good," Queen Serenity exclaimed.
"Well maybe it should have been good, but it was far from it. Granted our time with Colena was great, she was perfect. She really was a great mother," Serena announced.
"Then what was the problem," Sailor Jupiter questioned.
"I was considered a freak because I had premonitions of our village being attacked. Colena never told anybody that she wasn't our natural birth mother, so they called her the mother of the "wretched one"," Serena exclaimed.
"What do you mean you got premonitions? You weren't supposed to have powers. All children of both the moon or/ and sun show outbursts of power in their first months of birth, you didn't," Queen Serenity muttered.
"Well I must have been a late bloomer because I had premonitions and they damn near killed me. Do you know what it's like to see people being slaughtered and women and girls being raped at the age of 2 or living with the fact that your mother is dead because of you?" Serena asked.
"What are you talking about?" Queen Serenity
"When I was two I had my first premonition, it was blurring and I really couldn't tell what was going on. I heard a lot screaming and saw a lot of blood. I woke up screaming and told my mother, she said that it was just a bad dream and not to worry about it, so I didn't. I didn't have another one until 4 years later. When it came back it was a little bit more vivid I could tell that it was our village and that we were being attacked. This time she told the village elders, but they refused to believe it as a warning. For the next month my life was a living hell. I had dreams every night and when people found out what I dreamed they refused to let their children play with me. They taunted and called me names like "demon child," "wicked one," "wretched one" shit like that. Some people even resorted to throwing things at me, mostly tomatoes. Then one night, I had the dream again and this time it was more vivid than ever. I could see who exactly was killed, where, when and how they were killed. This time when she told the village elders, they kicked us out of town. I guess they couldn't put up with the thought that I could see their wives and daughters being raped and murdered or their sons being turned to killers themselves," Serena exclaimed being cut off.
"That doesn't happen on my planet," Sailor Mars spat.
Serena looked at Mars and rolled her eyes and continued her story. "About a week after they kicked us out of the village, they sent a couple of their men to our house. They meant to kill me but they didn't. They barged into our house shooting first without asking any questions. When the smoke died down, I was able to see that Colena jumped in front of me and took a bullet for me. As she lay dying in my arms, she explained to us that she wasn't our natural birth mother but that she stilled loved us as if she were. When she finally took her last breathe something in Alex and me just snapped and we started to levitate and glow bright yellow and white. Then this power exploded from us and hit the men that invaded our house, they were disintegrated in less than a minute," Serena explained, stopping as tears came to her eyes, which she quickly wiped away.
"I'm sorry. We di--," Queen Serenity began before she was once again cut off.
"The next day my visions came true and our village was attacked by a group of bandits. Somehow Alex and I held our own and we were able to take out a few before they got us. When they finally restrained us they took us to 'The Arena'," Serena exclaimed.
"What is 'The Arena'?" King Damien.
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That's all for now folk. Tell me what ya'll think.
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By: Cosmic_kiss2000
Part: Chapter 3
E-mail: Noclue2050@go.com
Rated: unknown as of yet
Last Time:
Still surrounded in light, Serena walks over to her brother to find the scouts, the prince, and his generals hunched over brother. "Yeah he's dead," Malachite concluded as he dropped Alex's lifeless hand to the ground. Serena harshly pushed him out of the way and gently cradled her brothers' head in her lap. She dissolved the arrow with a quick swipe of her hand as tears rolled down her cheek unchecked. Suddenly the silver and yellow light engulfed her brother and Serena unknowingly started to pour her energy into his body, healing him.
"I'm sorry Alex. You were right I should have run, you'd be alive if I did," Serena whispered as she bent down and kissed him on his forehead.
Suddenly Alex inhaled deeply as his eyes suddenly popped open, "never be sorry Rena," then he fainted. Serena tired from lack of energy fainted soon after.
Now it begins: 4 days later
"So what have you found out about our party crashers," King Damien questioned as he and the rest of the royal family and their protectors sat down at the conference table.
"Absolutely nothing," Sailor Mercury replied.
"Well where are they now?" Queen Celia asked.
"The one called Alex is on the training grounds. At the rate he's going, I'm going to be treating him for exhaustion real soon. As for the girl, she's still in the infirmary," Zoycite replied.
"But I thought you said that she was okay, "perfectly healthy"," Queen Serenity muttered.
"I did, there's nothing... physically wrong with her. According to my readings she's healthier than any one of us," Sailor Mercury exclaimed.
"Then why is she still in the infirmary," Queen Serenity questioned.
"She hasn't woken up, not once since she healed her brother. It's as if she doesn't want to," Zoycite replied.
"Okay, what about the people they fought, what can you tell us about them," Prince Endymion asked.
"Well our autopsy revealed to us that the men were natives from Mars, Mercury, Venus, and Jupiter. While the women were natives of Neptune, Pluto, Saturn, and Uranus. The women somehow have had their elementary powers enhanced to a point where they are almost equal to ours. The men on the other hand had their magical powers suppressed rather than enhanced. I pulled these out of their stomachs," Mercury muttered as she threw some pills on the table. "The ones dyed red are from the women and the blue ones are from the men. They seem to be source of the women's enhanced powers, they're sort of like a steroid. Those are also the source of the men's suppressed powers. Our lab is analyzing some of them as we speak to see exactly what they are made of. We should have the results by the end of the day," Mercury exclaimed.
"So how are we go--," Darien began but stopped when he heard the onslaught of running feet outside the door. Malachite and Jedite slowly got up from the table and went to the door and quickly swung it open. They were greeted by the sight of many of the palace soldiers running down the hall.
"What's going on? Are we under attack?" Jedite asked, already grabbing for his sword.
"No, no no sir. The girl has awoken and is now fighting her brother," one soldier yelled.
"My sister and I fight all the time and we don't have this kind of audience," Endymion exclaimed, walking to the door.
"You and your sister don't physically fight with weapons and magical powers, your majesty," the soldier announced.
"Where are they fighting," Queen Serenity asked, rushing out the door.
"The training grounds, your majesty," the soldier exclaimed and started off, down the hall. It took less than two minutes for everybody to vacate the conference room and run to the training grounds.
The Training Grounds:
"Come on Serena, you getting tired?" Alex questioned as he openly taunted her.
"Please, like you could make me tired," Serena replied blocking one of his punches. She managed to trip him up, causing him to fall on his face. As she was about to kick him, he disappeared into thin air.
"WE AGREED NO MAGIC," Serena yelled. Suddenly Alex reappeared behind her and put her in a headlock. Using all her strength, she flipped him over her head and slammed him on his back.
"I don't seem to be hearing you talk now, do I," Serena asked. Before Serena could do anything else, Alex flipped up and landed on his feet. He immediately started to punch her. Using all his strength Alex punched her one last time and sent her flying into a nearby wall. As she fell to the ground, she spit out blood. Alex walked over to her and kicked her hunched over figure, causing her to spit up more blood.
"STOP, WHAT ARE YOU DOING," Queen Serenity asked, no longer able to take the sight. Alex ignored her and kicked Serena once more. Alex kneeled down to Serena and grabbed her by the neck and brought her to his eye level. To his and everybody else's surprise, Serena managed to punch him in the stomach knocking the wind out of him. As he let her go and fell to his knees, Serena punched him in the jaw knocking him to the ground. Taking this opportunity Serena tried to kick him only to have him catch her leg and swing her into a wall. Slowly each of them started to get up and get back into battle stances.
"You ready for this?" Alex asked.
"The question is are you," Serena muttered as she attacked him. In less than a minute, Serena had him on the ground with a dagger pointed at his throat.
"Alex you'll never beat me when it comes to hand to hand combat," Serena pointed out, as she got up and allowed him to stand up. They both had straight faces as they faced one another, suddenly smiles came to their faces and they hugged.
"You had me worried. I'm glad you're okay, Serena," Alex muttered into her ear.
"So am I," Serena muttered. Suddenly the two were engulfed into a bright yellow and white light.
"Queen Serenity the silver crystal, it's glowing," Sailor Mars exclaimed.
"I know, their powers are affecting it," Queen Serenity muttered. As the light dispersed, Alex and Serena stood, perfectly healed of any wounds they had before.
"Okay I'm lost what the hell just happened here?" Sailor Venus asked. Hearing someone talk brought Serena and Alex back to reality, that's when they noticed they had developed an audience.
"Everyone back to their post RIGHT NOW," Malachite yelled ushering the soldiers out of the training grounds.
"Who are you?" Serena asked, letting go of her brother to stare at them.
"No, the question is who are you? Remember you and your brother were the ones that crashed our party," Endymion muttered. As Serena was about to open her mouth in response, Alex stopped her by placing his hand over her mouth.
"My sister and I are sorry to have crashed your party and we appreciate your hospitality. My name is Alex Tiflin and this is my sister, Serena," Alex exclaimed, slightly pushing Serena towards them. Serena became uncomfortable under Sailor Mercury and Zoycite's stare.
"Is there is a problem?" Serena questioned.
"Well technically there is. For the last 4 days including this morning you were in a coma and just a minute ago I saw you fighting as if nothing had happened. I find that a little bit weird in my book," Sailor Mercury muttered.
"I heal fast and that's all you need to know," Serena stated, getting defensive.
"Please follow us, we have some things that we would like to discuss with you," King Damien exclaimed leading them out the room.
Once they were secured in the conference room again.
"So what is it that you wanted?" Serena asked.
"I'm your mother," Queen Serenity declared. Suddenly the room became deadly quiet.
"Yeah, you keep believing that, lady. Alex, I think it's time that we should get going," Serena exclaimed, pushing the chair back as she stood up.
"Wait, the parts all add up. I am yours and Alex's mother," Queen Serenity muttered.
"NO, you're not. My mother's name was Colena Tiflin, she's dead," Serena exclaimed.
"No she was your foster mother. We placed you and your brother with her when we thought your lives were in danger. She was meant to raise you until we thought that it was safe for you and your brother to come back. When the time came for us to collect you, you were gone," Queen Serenity explained.
"NO, you don't seem to understand. She's my mother because she raised me not because she gave birth to me. She knew what made me sick and what didn't. She knew how to make me smile when I was sad. She knew my favorite food and color. Tell me, do you know the answer to any of these," Serena asked. Serena soon noticed the blank look on her face. "Didn't think so," Serena said, walking to the door.
"Serena wait, I wanna hear this," Alex muttered.
"No Alex, you can stay. Ever since mom told us she wasn't our birth mother you always wanted more. But I'm happy with knowing the Colena loved me and that SHE WAS MY MOTHER. She took care of us when we were sick or hurt, NOT HER," Serena yelled, gesturing toward Queen Serenity as she walked out the door, slamming it in the process.
"I'm sorry... but I would like to hear it," Alex muttered.
"Of course. 20 years ago, I married King Apollo of the Sun and together we ruled the Moon and the Sun. One year after our marriage, I gave birth to a beautiful baby boy, Alexander Apollo Christian the 3rd, you. Four years later I gave birth to your sister, Serenity Ariel Christian the 4th. Months later I found out that my sister, Metallia, your aunt had plotted against us since the beginning of my marriage. She had become jealous and of my husband, my children, and my kingdom, she felt that it should all be hers. One day she attacked and tried to kill you and your sister and take the throne, she didn't succeed in that, but she did manage to kill your father. I feared for your and your sister's life so I sent you to Mars to live with Colena, the daughter of my nanny when I was a child. Colena was suppose to care for you until I came for you, but when I did, the village was burnt down and you and your sister were nowhere in sight. I've been looking for you two ever since," Queen Serenity explained.
"So you did love us, you didn't just abandon us?" Alex asked on the brink of tears.
"NO, never. I loved you both two much for that. It hurt me deeply to send you away but I thought I was protecting you. I thou--," Queen Serenity began but was cut off by a bitter laugh. Everyone turned to the door to find Serena the source of the laughter.
"Can you believe this? She thought she was protecting us when in reality she basically sent us to hell," Serena muttered.
"What are you talking about? We sent you to live with Colena, we watched her. From what we saw she would seem to be the best foster mother a child could have. We suppressed your brother's powers so that nobody would think you were different. Everything should have been good," Queen Serenity exclaimed.
"Well maybe it should have been good, but it was far from it. Granted our time with Colena was great, she was perfect. She really was a great mother," Serena announced.
"Then what was the problem," Sailor Jupiter questioned.
"I was considered a freak because I had premonitions of our village being attacked. Colena never told anybody that she wasn't our natural birth mother, so they called her the mother of the "wretched one"," Serena exclaimed.
"What do you mean you got premonitions? You weren't supposed to have powers. All children of both the moon or/ and sun show outbursts of power in their first months of birth, you didn't," Queen Serenity muttered.
"Well I must have been a late bloomer because I had premonitions and they damn near killed me. Do you know what it's like to see people being slaughtered and women and girls being raped at the age of 2 or living with the fact that your mother is dead because of you?" Serena asked.
"What are you talking about?" Queen Serenity
"When I was two I had my first premonition, it was blurring and I really couldn't tell what was going on. I heard a lot screaming and saw a lot of blood. I woke up screaming and told my mother, she said that it was just a bad dream and not to worry about it, so I didn't. I didn't have another one until 4 years later. When it came back it was a little bit more vivid I could tell that it was our village and that we were being attacked. This time she told the village elders, but they refused to believe it as a warning. For the next month my life was a living hell. I had dreams every night and when people found out what I dreamed they refused to let their children play with me. They taunted and called me names like "demon child," "wicked one," "wretched one" shit like that. Some people even resorted to throwing things at me, mostly tomatoes. Then one night, I had the dream again and this time it was more vivid than ever. I could see who exactly was killed, where, when and how they were killed. This time when she told the village elders, they kicked us out of town. I guess they couldn't put up with the thought that I could see their wives and daughters being raped and murdered or their sons being turned to killers themselves," Serena exclaimed being cut off.
"That doesn't happen on my planet," Sailor Mars spat.
Serena looked at Mars and rolled her eyes and continued her story. "About a week after they kicked us out of the village, they sent a couple of their men to our house. They meant to kill me but they didn't. They barged into our house shooting first without asking any questions. When the smoke died down, I was able to see that Colena jumped in front of me and took a bullet for me. As she lay dying in my arms, she explained to us that she wasn't our natural birth mother but that she stilled loved us as if she were. When she finally took her last breathe something in Alex and me just snapped and we started to levitate and glow bright yellow and white. Then this power exploded from us and hit the men that invaded our house, they were disintegrated in less than a minute," Serena explained, stopping as tears came to her eyes, which she quickly wiped away.
"I'm sorry. We di--," Queen Serenity began before she was once again cut off.
"The next day my visions came true and our village was attacked by a group of bandits. Somehow Alex and I held our own and we were able to take out a few before they got us. When they finally restrained us they took us to 'The Arena'," Serena exclaimed.
"What is 'The Arena'?" King Damien.
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That's all for now folk. Tell me what ya'll think.
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