Serenity leaned foward, her delicate white hands pressing Helios against the kitchen wall. Mechanicaly he brought his hands to the small of her back and pulled her closer. Just as their lips were about to meet Serenity pulled away. She didnt want it to be like this. He didn't wnat this. She would never force anything upon him. That wasn't love. Serenity slapped Helios, clearing his mind. Her head was throbbing. Too much dance and worry and heat... The room spun and Serenity felt herself falling as she fainted...
Helios's head cleared and he bent to tend to Serenity. Suddenly one of the servants came in to refill the punch bowl. He saw Serenity slumped against the counter, Helios bent over her, and Helios's flushed face. "Get away from her you scondrel! How dare you lay hands on Princess of Crystal Tokyo!"
Another servant came in, hearing the commontion. He hauled Helios up and pinned his hands behind his back. "Serenity!" cried Helios. He knew he hadn't done anything. But would King Endymion belive him?
"Shut up!" one of the servants wrenched at Helios's arms. Helios could have easily broken free but he didn't want to make the situation worse. King Endymion came rushing in and bent to check on Serenity. Neo-Queen Serenity dashed in after her husband and turned cold eyes to Helios. "What have you done to Small Lady?" demanded the Queen.
"Truley your majesty, I have done nothing. She swooned...I bent to check on her..." Helios bent his head. He wasn't quite sure what happened while he was under Serenity's spell. How long had he been transfixed? He hoped the magic hadn't forced him to do anything that would only lead to trouble. Why did Serenity have to be so stubborn? God he was mad at her!
"I saw a diffrent story your majesty." said the frist servant who had walked in. "I saw him undoing her bodice and I heard a slap before I came in."
Endymion came and stared eye to eye with Helios. "I trust you with my life. But I know you have been keeping your eye on her. I also noticed you drank alot tonight. I'm saying that you havaen't used your best jugment. I trust my servant more than a drunk man lusting after my innocent daughter." Endymion flicked his thumb at one of the servants. "Roma, get this man down to the dungeon. I'll question him when he's sober."
Helios found himself dragged to the prison cell. He wanted to shout out to the king what had happened, but who would belive him. That was the last time he'd drink alchohol. How could one princess be so much trouble, even when he wasn't involved with her? God he wished he was. But Helios still knew she was worth it. If only he could let himself have that worth, he knew she'd let him have it. Helios, finally in the cell, sat on the bench and let his head fall into his hand. Was he a fool or not? Serenity had ruined his life. He had pined for her since childhood, and now wanted more than anything to gather her up in his arms like he had dreamed of doing so many times and he couldn't. Helios spent a long sleepless night, like so many others of late.
The next morning Endymion found a Helios with red eyes and and sick look. "Tell me the truth Helios. What did you do to Serenity last night? To my little daughter?"
"She swooned. I ment only to try and revive her. I think she had... a few too many martinis. She must have underestimated her tolerance." Helios fumbled.
"Serenity never touches liquor, hates the stuff. You are lieing to me Helios. I'm going to imprison you here peremenantly for the asault and atempted rape of my daughter and princess of Crystal Tokyo. I'm sorry Helios, I thought you were a good man. I can no longer trust you to be a preist of Elysion." Endymion turned coldly away and stalked out of the cell. Helios hung his head in shame. He hadn't told the complete truth to his king, but he also knew it would be scandalous to have the love of a princess and a lowly, secluded preist leak out. He was nothing and his love was on a pedestle. He had sunk into less than nothing now because of Serenity. Should he love or hate her?
Far upstairs, Serenity was being tended by Sailor Venus who had one of her hunches the princess's condition was hinged on Helios. Serenity hadn't left bed for two days after the ball. She felt physicaly sick, her heart ached and her mind reeled. Venus came in wearing a pale gold linen frock and she carried a tray with some hearty soup, some chicken and a sweet lemonade. "I have bad news Usa." said the blond princess. She was one of the few people who remembered still that Serenity had been named for her mother twice.
"Oh no. What?" Serenity pressed her body into the pillows, braceing herself.
"Helios is in the Crystal Palace dungeon for your attempted rape."
"He didn't though!"
"You refused to talk about it, they had two people's words and Helios didn't manage so well. Your refusal seemed to be something a rape victem would do Usa."
Serenity hung her head and ran her fingers through her pink hair as she tried to think. "Helios refuses to give up his honor. If I tell the truth, his honor will be destroyed, because even where we stand he has already broken his oath and touched a woman out of love. But if I don't, he is still dashed to pieces."
"There isn't anything you can do now. But what you have done was jelous and stupid Usa." Venus whiped off coldly and Serenity burst into tears.
"Preists of Elysion must be born of a shrine maiden and the preist himself when the preist reaches a certain age. I'm not a shrine maiden and Helios isn't a certain age..." thought Serenity despreatly.
Suddenly she had an idea. A despreat plan to save Helios. She would sacrafice herself so that he could keep his honor and his priesthood. Serenity got out of bed slowly, still mulling things over in her mind. She pulled on a clean slip and a blue dress that offset her hair nicely. She didn't care for looks though, as it were her hair was flowing down her back to her ankles and it was unbrushed and frizzing around her brow and temples. She had to find her father...
NEXT CHAPTER: Will Serenity have the strength to give up everything to recover Helios's reputation and restore him to the priesthood that tore them apart? If only the preist and princess can find the will to survive the ultimet test that Serenity's plan with put them through if it succedes.
Helios's head cleared and he bent to tend to Serenity. Suddenly one of the servants came in to refill the punch bowl. He saw Serenity slumped against the counter, Helios bent over her, and Helios's flushed face. "Get away from her you scondrel! How dare you lay hands on Princess of Crystal Tokyo!"
Another servant came in, hearing the commontion. He hauled Helios up and pinned his hands behind his back. "Serenity!" cried Helios. He knew he hadn't done anything. But would King Endymion belive him?
"Shut up!" one of the servants wrenched at Helios's arms. Helios could have easily broken free but he didn't want to make the situation worse. King Endymion came rushing in and bent to check on Serenity. Neo-Queen Serenity dashed in after her husband and turned cold eyes to Helios. "What have you done to Small Lady?" demanded the Queen.
"Truley your majesty, I have done nothing. She swooned...I bent to check on her..." Helios bent his head. He wasn't quite sure what happened while he was under Serenity's spell. How long had he been transfixed? He hoped the magic hadn't forced him to do anything that would only lead to trouble. Why did Serenity have to be so stubborn? God he was mad at her!
"I saw a diffrent story your majesty." said the frist servant who had walked in. "I saw him undoing her bodice and I heard a slap before I came in."
Endymion came and stared eye to eye with Helios. "I trust you with my life. But I know you have been keeping your eye on her. I also noticed you drank alot tonight. I'm saying that you havaen't used your best jugment. I trust my servant more than a drunk man lusting after my innocent daughter." Endymion flicked his thumb at one of the servants. "Roma, get this man down to the dungeon. I'll question him when he's sober."
Helios found himself dragged to the prison cell. He wanted to shout out to the king what had happened, but who would belive him. That was the last time he'd drink alchohol. How could one princess be so much trouble, even when he wasn't involved with her? God he wished he was. But Helios still knew she was worth it. If only he could let himself have that worth, he knew she'd let him have it. Helios, finally in the cell, sat on the bench and let his head fall into his hand. Was he a fool or not? Serenity had ruined his life. He had pined for her since childhood, and now wanted more than anything to gather her up in his arms like he had dreamed of doing so many times and he couldn't. Helios spent a long sleepless night, like so many others of late.
The next morning Endymion found a Helios with red eyes and and sick look. "Tell me the truth Helios. What did you do to Serenity last night? To my little daughter?"
"She swooned. I ment only to try and revive her. I think she had... a few too many martinis. She must have underestimated her tolerance." Helios fumbled.
"Serenity never touches liquor, hates the stuff. You are lieing to me Helios. I'm going to imprison you here peremenantly for the asault and atempted rape of my daughter and princess of Crystal Tokyo. I'm sorry Helios, I thought you were a good man. I can no longer trust you to be a preist of Elysion." Endymion turned coldly away and stalked out of the cell. Helios hung his head in shame. He hadn't told the complete truth to his king, but he also knew it would be scandalous to have the love of a princess and a lowly, secluded preist leak out. He was nothing and his love was on a pedestle. He had sunk into less than nothing now because of Serenity. Should he love or hate her?
Far upstairs, Serenity was being tended by Sailor Venus who had one of her hunches the princess's condition was hinged on Helios. Serenity hadn't left bed for two days after the ball. She felt physicaly sick, her heart ached and her mind reeled. Venus came in wearing a pale gold linen frock and she carried a tray with some hearty soup, some chicken and a sweet lemonade. "I have bad news Usa." said the blond princess. She was one of the few people who remembered still that Serenity had been named for her mother twice.
"Oh no. What?" Serenity pressed her body into the pillows, braceing herself.
"Helios is in the Crystal Palace dungeon for your attempted rape."
"He didn't though!"
"You refused to talk about it, they had two people's words and Helios didn't manage so well. Your refusal seemed to be something a rape victem would do Usa."
Serenity hung her head and ran her fingers through her pink hair as she tried to think. "Helios refuses to give up his honor. If I tell the truth, his honor will be destroyed, because even where we stand he has already broken his oath and touched a woman out of love. But if I don't, he is still dashed to pieces."
"There isn't anything you can do now. But what you have done was jelous and stupid Usa." Venus whiped off coldly and Serenity burst into tears.
"Preists of Elysion must be born of a shrine maiden and the preist himself when the preist reaches a certain age. I'm not a shrine maiden and Helios isn't a certain age..." thought Serenity despreatly.
Suddenly she had an idea. A despreat plan to save Helios. She would sacrafice herself so that he could keep his honor and his priesthood. Serenity got out of bed slowly, still mulling things over in her mind. She pulled on a clean slip and a blue dress that offset her hair nicely. She didn't care for looks though, as it were her hair was flowing down her back to her ankles and it was unbrushed and frizzing around her brow and temples. She had to find her father...
NEXT CHAPTER: Will Serenity have the strength to give up everything to recover Helios's reputation and restore him to the priesthood that tore them apart? If only the preist and princess can find the will to survive the ultimet test that Serenity's plan with put them through if it succedes.