Love of A Lifetime Part 10 By: Sailor Destiny

When Serena awoke the next morning, she looked over at the sleeping form of Darien and smiled. Visions of the long and wonderful events that took place the day before streaming through her head. She kissed his forhead softly as she slipped from his embrace. She walked over to the closet and pulled out one of her silk robes, then she walked into the bathroom to take a shower for her big day. She stepped into the shower and turned on the warm water, which hit her full blast on her peaches and cream skin. She let down her hair and smiled softly as the water ran through it. She heard the door to the bathroom open and she turned towards the door. "I'll be out in 10 minuets Darien." She said "Don't worry, Serena." Darien said as he stepped into the shower behind her and kissed her neck softly. She moaned loudly and turned around to press her nude body against him. "Oh Darien your not supposed to be in hear right now, your not even supposed to see me before the wedding." Serena said as she kissed him softly. "I'm not supposed to see you in your wedding dress Serena I can see you like this so don't worry about it." Darien said as he kissed her back and ran his hands down the sides of her body. She giggled and kissed him again. "Darien, I have to get out now or else I'm going to be a wrinkled prune and I know you don't want that do you?" She asked him. "No, I don't. I'll let you go but know that after all this is said and done your all mine and no one else." He said again and kissed her deeply. She moaned loudly and kissed him back before slipping out of the shower and into the bathroom pulling on a terry cloth robe, and walking out of the bathroom while towel drying her hair. Serena walked to the other side of the closet in their room and pulled out the dress bag and then walked out of her room, down the hall and to the room that used to belong to her mother. She sighed softly and remembered the times that she, Mina and her mother shared in the room as a small tear ran down her face. "No crying today Serenity, today is your wedding day!" Mina said as she walked in and closed the door. Serena looked over at Mina and smiled. Mina walked over to her sister and whiped the tears off her face. "Come on now, we have to get you ready for a grand wedding of all time. This time everything is going to be different, no interruptions, no shootings and no deaths." Mina said as she made Serena sit down at the vanity table and she began to untangle Serena's long blond hair before she styled it. She took some of the hair and braided it, then she put what part of her hair she hadn't braided and put it in a ponytail wrapping the braid around it. Then she put in some bobby pins after tucking the braid under itself. Serena looked into the mirror at her reflection and smiled at herself in happiness. She stood up and walked over to the bed were she laid the dress and she started to carefully put it on, making sure not to damage her hair. Once she sat down, Amy and Lita came into the room. "Well are you ready?" Amy asked. "I think so, I'm just really nervous." Serena said. Lita looked over at Amy and then over at Serena and pulled out a package wrapped in a red silk scarf. "I know Ray was going to give you this after your wedding the first time but now I know she would have given it to you now." Lita said as she handed the package to Serena. Serena took the package and slowly unwrapped it to see a dazzling golden chain with a beautiful half heart pendant, that had another piece to it but that piece was missing. "What happened to the other piece?" Serena asked Lita. "She took that piece with her to her grave." Lita said, and Serena noticed the one piece said friend on it. "She wanted to let you know how much you mean to her and she was going to do it in front of everyone instead of alone like we did, but things didn't go the way we had planed them." Amy said in her soft voice. Serena walked over to the mirror and put the chain on and it rested right between her breast and she smiled remembering the one girl she never would have thought she would have been calling her best friend. Serena then picked up the princess crown she had since she was a young child and placed it on her head, then she attached to clips to the crown to hold the vale over her face. She turned to the others as Mina handed her a pair of elbow length opera gloves. "I just found these. I think these were meant for this day." Mina said as Serena took them and put them on. The girls looked at their closet friend and smiled. "Well we better get going the ceremony starts in a few minuets." Mina said. As soon as Mina said those words a guard came to the door to announce that it was time, he was followed bye Mike, Zack, Nathan and Andrew. "Wow, look at my little sister, all dolled up for her wedding." Andrew said as he looked at Serena and whiped his eyes, tears starting to form. Andrew held out his arm, "Shall we my'lady?" Andrew asked her as Serena smiled and took his arm. Mike, Zack, Nathan, Mina, Lita, Amy, Susan, Michelle, Alex and Hanna all walked out of the room and down to the left and right side of the two sets stairs, to the middle and main stairway, all three had been decorated for just this occasion. Andrew and Serena walked over to the second stairway and kissed Serena's cheek and stood with her for a few minuets. Hanna was in the front of the line and she began to throw down rose petals. Darien was standing at the top of the second set of stairs waiting for his turn. Andrew left Serena at the top of her stairs alone and then walked to the left of the one his sister was standing at with Susan across from her on the right of the stairway Darien was standing. As Hanna made her way down the main stairway she paused and curtsied to the assembled group of people. After she made her way to the alter Susan and Andrew got tot the middle of the landing, Susan curtsied to Andrew and Andrew bowed to Susan. Then the two hooked arms and walked down the stairway. The process repeated itself 4 more times. The trumpets blew loudly as a flute was heard when the trumpets died down, it was playing the wedding march. Serena took a deep breath and walked towards the white curtain that had been placed in the archway of the stairway for the occasion. Darien on the other side walked into the open stairway in his Royal Outfit. When he saw the silhouette of Serena standing in the archway. He smiled one of his most charming smiles as they both started down the stairs at the same time, the curtain starting to reveal Serena's dress slowly. Once Serena was all the way through the curtain, Darien as well as the others let out a small gasp of amazement at Serena's looks, she was wearing a very full, sleeveless white dress, the dress covered the entire floor behind her and she had to hold it in her hands as she held her bouquet as well so she wouldn't trip and fall. Once they reached the floor Serena let the dress fall out of her hands and curtsied to Darien who bowed back and, as she stood back up he held out her arm for her to take and she did. The two then turned and walked towards the alter. "Dearly beloved, we are gathered here to witness the joining of these to souls in holy matrimony, if anyone hear thinks this couple should not be married let them speak now or forever hold their peace." The priest said in a soft but stern tone of voice, then he continued after a few minuets. "Do you Prince Darien Endymion Chiba of France, take Princess Little Lady Serenity Usagi Tsukino to be your lawfully wedded wife, through sickness and in health as long as you both live?" the preacher asked. "I do." Darien said as he looked at Serena and smiled. "And do you Princess Little Lady Serenity of England take, Prince Darien Endymion Chiba Tsukino to be your lawfully wedded husband, to be your lawfully wedded wife, through sickness and in health as long as you both live?" the preacher asked. "I do." Serena said as she smiled back at Darien. "Take this rings, and repeat the vows you both have written." The preacher said as he stepped back. "My dearest Serenity, since you left England, my life has never felt complete and now with you back I know I am whole once again, everything you have done and everything you haven't done reminds on my mind and in my heart, everything we have been through together I know we will face for I love you and nothing will ever change that, and just recently when you showed the amount of courage and braveness you did, I knew from then that everything I had ever hoped you had in you was there and I will love you forever." Darien said as he slipped the ring on her finger. "My love, Darien, as long as I've known you I've always knew we would end up together, and there was no doubt in my heart that when I first met you in the hospital that you were what I had been missing, I love you with all my hear and nothing can ever change that." She said as she slipped the ring on his finger. "Then by the power invested in me by the church of England and by the approval of the Late Queen Serenity and with her God given blessings, I now pronounce you man and wife, you may kiss your bride." The preacher said. Darien looked at Serena as he lifted the vale and dipped his head to hers and planted a long passionate kiss on her lips. When the kiss broke a huge applause broke out.

The newlywed couple then walked over to the throne for the formal crowning of the new queen. Serena sat down on the throne like she had done millions of times as a little girl and felt the small crown of her younger years removed from her head, by one of her friends, then she felt a presence stand over her and one wash comfort over her. "Little Lady Serenity, it has come time for you to take the place your mother has left vacant by her untimely death. Do you accept what is your birthright?" She heard Darien ask her. "I do accept and hope to rule with compassion caring and love for all my people as my mother once did." She said the familiar words that she had replayed in her mind since she found out she was going to be the new Queen of England one day. "Then you are as right by your birthright the new Queen of England." He said placing the crown on her head and stepped back. Everyone that was sitting at the time stood up and bowed or curtsied to their new queen.