"FATHER!" Serenity flung herself to the floor and started talking once she had gotten his attention again. "It's wasn't Helios! Count Rubens...he...he...he did..and Helios got him off and checked on me.. the servant was wrong." Serenity choked out huge heaveing sobs, inspired by her imagining Helios with his proud head hung in dispair, arms shackled, traped in a glistening crystal cell like those in the basement.
"Count Rubens?" said Endymion softly, his eyes glistening with pure rage. "MAKI!" roared the king, a servant scuttling in at the sound of his voice. "GET ME COUNT RUBENS IMEDIATLY! I WANT HIM HERE NOW!"
Serenity was sent to her chambers and she did not hear the ugly details of the conversation between Rubens and Endymion. But half an hour later the Inner Senshi came bustling up to Serenity's room, hugged her and comforted her. "You should have told us. We would have whiped his butt!" said Mars.
Venus had a look in her eye that she was useing her amazing acting skills to feing ignorance of the truth. It was all she could do at this point. Serenity smiled and dried some hasty tears before thanking her friends. "Can I go help release Helios?" asked the princess after hugging the Senshi.
"You had better hurry." said Mercury. "They were going to pardon him as soon as possible."
Serenity ran down to the prison blocks in the basement. What she had done was going to alter everything she had grown up for. She was going to step away from what she knew and go into a strange world. So many things could go wrong, Helios could refuse, someone would discover the truth, any number of things. But it was too late for her to go back now, she'd have to forge ahead. Serenity was absolutly terrified. But if it was to help restore Helios to his position in Elysion it was worth it. They only real problem was haveing Helios in her sights and not being able to even glance his way with love in her eyes. But it would be up to him and the gods to make her plan truly succed.
Serenity grabbed the prison cell key card and unlocked Helios's cell, no gaurds were around and no one was approching. She gently kissed him awake, a gentle kiss of realif and love. "Helios. Honey, I saved you."
Helios awoke slowly, wondering what manner of prison gaurd would awaken him thus. He saw Serenity and turned away. "You." his voice was cold. "If you couldn't have me you'd destroy me eh?"
"NO! I set you free...I gave up everything and set you free."
Helios turned venimos eyes up to his princess. "What did you do now?"
"I'm going to give myself as a preistess to Elysion. The new preist is born of a preistess and the preist when the preist has the dream of conception and couples with the preistess. The preist is usually thiry two when he has the dream, but in rare cases it has been at other ages. Like twenty..."
"It wouldn't work. Too suspicious."
"I blamed the rape on a real court bastard, I killed two birds with one stone. I'm unclean and need to wash myself with a life of religious purity. Once we...couple...we are wed and give the preist to be raised by the-"
"I KNOW! It was my childhood. But I don't love you anymore Serenity. You went too far."
"THAT'S NOT TRUE!" cried the princess. Helios just stood up and faced Serenity. Looked into her eyes. And she knew it was. Endymion came in and saw his daughter inside with Helios.
"What are you doing Serenity? I was just about to come down."
Serenity looked at Helios and then turned around slowly and painfully. "I was talking to Helios papa. I want to become a shrine maiden, to purify myself. I want to live in Elysion for the rest of my life."
Endymion ran forward and hugged Serenity desperately. "No. I won't let you go. You'd have to give up everything.
"I know. But it would only be fitting and I don't want to marry a prince. I want to live with a priest." A priest who doesn't love me
"Count Rubens?" said Endymion softly, his eyes glistening with pure rage. "MAKI!" roared the king, a servant scuttling in at the sound of his voice. "GET ME COUNT RUBENS IMEDIATLY! I WANT HIM HERE NOW!"
Serenity was sent to her chambers and she did not hear the ugly details of the conversation between Rubens and Endymion. But half an hour later the Inner Senshi came bustling up to Serenity's room, hugged her and comforted her. "You should have told us. We would have whiped his butt!" said Mars.
Venus had a look in her eye that she was useing her amazing acting skills to feing ignorance of the truth. It was all she could do at this point. Serenity smiled and dried some hasty tears before thanking her friends. "Can I go help release Helios?" asked the princess after hugging the Senshi.
"You had better hurry." said Mercury. "They were going to pardon him as soon as possible."
Serenity ran down to the prison blocks in the basement. What she had done was going to alter everything she had grown up for. She was going to step away from what she knew and go into a strange world. So many things could go wrong, Helios could refuse, someone would discover the truth, any number of things. But it was too late for her to go back now, she'd have to forge ahead. Serenity was absolutly terrified. But if it was to help restore Helios to his position in Elysion it was worth it. They only real problem was haveing Helios in her sights and not being able to even glance his way with love in her eyes. But it would be up to him and the gods to make her plan truly succed.
Serenity grabbed the prison cell key card and unlocked Helios's cell, no gaurds were around and no one was approching. She gently kissed him awake, a gentle kiss of realif and love. "Helios. Honey, I saved you."
Helios awoke slowly, wondering what manner of prison gaurd would awaken him thus. He saw Serenity and turned away. "You." his voice was cold. "If you couldn't have me you'd destroy me eh?"
"NO! I set you free...I gave up everything and set you free."
Helios turned venimos eyes up to his princess. "What did you do now?"
"I'm going to give myself as a preistess to Elysion. The new preist is born of a preistess and the preist when the preist has the dream of conception and couples with the preistess. The preist is usually thiry two when he has the dream, but in rare cases it has been at other ages. Like twenty..."
"It wouldn't work. Too suspicious."
"I blamed the rape on a real court bastard, I killed two birds with one stone. I'm unclean and need to wash myself with a life of religious purity. Once we...couple...we are wed and give the preist to be raised by the-"
"I KNOW! It was my childhood. But I don't love you anymore Serenity. You went too far."
"THAT'S NOT TRUE!" cried the princess. Helios just stood up and faced Serenity. Looked into her eyes. And she knew it was. Endymion came in and saw his daughter inside with Helios.
"What are you doing Serenity? I was just about to come down."
Serenity looked at Helios and then turned around slowly and painfully. "I was talking to Helios papa. I want to become a shrine maiden, to purify myself. I want to live in Elysion for the rest of my life."
Endymion ran forward and hugged Serenity desperately. "No. I won't let you go. You'd have to give up everything.
"I know. But it would only be fitting and I don't want to marry a prince. I want to live with a priest." A priest who doesn't love me