Title: What I Would Give
Author: Lisa
Chapter: 1
Rating: G
Author's Notes:
Chapter 1 is here! Sorry for the slight delay; I was working on chapter 2 of "What If...", Chapter 6 of "Roses", and chapter 3 of "Against All Odds." I think it's safe to say that these chapters will be out this weekend or a few days following, but as always, no guarantees. I have been very busy lately, and am somewhat on writer's block. But don't worry, I will finish every story I start on, and that's a promise I can keep. I would like to thank every person who has reviewed/sent me an e-mail concerning my stories, and the people nice enough to post my stories on their sites. You guys are the best! ^_^ Enjoy!
Disclaimers: Sailor Moon and the others don't belong to me, but this story does.
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Serenity moaned slightly, rubbing her head as she regained consciousness. She forced her tired eyes open, her vision blurry. She could hear quiet whispers around her, murmurs she could not quite understand. Sitting up dazedly, her vision cleared, and her gaze transfixed on the two men that were standing in front of her.
One she recognized. It was the man who had brought her to his cold place. The other, wearing a suit of armor, she did not recognize, but she knew without a doubt that he was indeed royalty of some sort.
"Where am I?" Serenity asked quietly, her eyes darting from the guard to the man in royal armor. Receiving no answer, she preceded to ask again. "Please answer me." She whispered.
"You are in the palace." Came the rough reply. The guard glared at Serenity, hatred clearly evident in his green eyes. Green fire seemed to dance in them.
Serenity quivered a little at his harsh tone. She turned her attention to the person wearing the fancy armor. "Who are you?"
The guy seemed to examine her closely, as if Serenity were some captured enemy. "My name is Endymion." He answered finally. "Prince Endymion. And that is my guard there, Henry." (AN: Lame, I know, but I couldn't think of a good name for him...)
Henry growled lowly, mumbling something Serenity did not quite understand. She smiled a bit at Endymion.
"My prince, there seems to be a bit of confusion as to why I am here." Serenity articulated, her eyes following his.
"There is no confusion. You are supposedly our enemy. A spy from the moon."
Serenity's mouth dropped open. "I beg your pardon?" Anger boiled up in her veins. How dare he and his guard assume that she was a lowly spy! Why, she could and would not stand for it! No matter how cute Endymion seemed to be...
"You heard me." Endymion's tone became cold, his eyes growing darker. "You are our adversary, a child of the moon." He advanced towards the bed in which Serenity was occupying at the moment. "My orders from my father the King were to kill you."
Serenity gasped. "Prince Endymion..." She mumbled, her body shaking all over. "You would not do it." Serenity got off the bed slowly.
Endymion narrowed his eyes, a smirk on his face as he unsheathed his sword. The shiny metal reflected the light of the sun that was shining outside; it was morning.
"You can not."
"Why?" Endymion yelled, his eyes wild. "Give me one good reason as to why I should spare a moon child such as yourself." He sneered at her. "You do not deserve it. I know you and your people plan to overthrow our kingdom and I will not have it!" He walked towards the frightened princess who was, at the moment, huddled at the corner.
"Endymion.."
"Do not call me that!"
Serenity trembled with fright. "Please..." She touched his sword that was by her throat. "Do not."
Endymion shook his head, and with one movement, he prepared to shove it into Serenity's heart.
Serenity opened her eyes slowly, quivering, barely able to withstand all this. Her legs barely supported her own weight. "Prince Endymion..." She divulged, seeing him stare at her, a chaotic look glimmering in his eyes.
"I can not do it." He acknowledged finally, dropping the sword.
Serenity breathed heavily, watching the sword clatter to the ground. She looked up with frightened eyes. "Prince Endymion..."
"Lock her up." Endymion gestured to Henry with a flicker of his wrist. "And Father will near nothing of this either, understand?"
"But sire.."
"Understand?"
Knowing he could not argue with the prince, he grabbed Serenity's wrist, and pulled her out of the room.
Serenity let the guard lead her to the dungeon. Serenity looked around examining the dark, eerie place. "It is just so dark...and empty..." She murmured. Cobwebs filled the place. Serenity gulped as the huge spiders crawled on the ground beneath her feet. "I should have never come to Earth in the first place." She said out loud.
Henry snorted. "You got that right, moon brat." He sneered, giving Serenity a very dirty look. "Just feel lucky that you can actually live for another few days because before long, the King will hunt you down..." He got close to Serenity. Very close. Serenity cringed at his bad, hot breath on her face. "You will die...and I will have to pleasure to see your head being." He needed to continue no further as he gestured with his hands, a single finger sliding across the rough skin of his neck.
Serenity gulped loudly. "Henry, why is it that you hate us so? The people of the moon I mean." She inquired. Serenity was smart enough to know that hate just does not come in an instant. Something has to be done first before enabling someone to hate another. In other words, hate just does not come naturally. It develops slowly, until you just can not take it anymore, and in turn, you start to despise that person.
"Your people are killers; dangerous." He turned away from Serenity, his body torque. "I hate you. Each and everyone of you that carries the blood and legacy of the moon. Why? I refuse to tell you for I know you will say something I do not want to hear." Henry turned back around to face Serenity. "The Prince will see you in a few hours." Serenity sulked as she heard his footsteps fade in the distance. She was all alone again.
Tears welled up in her sad blue eyes. "I should have never come here." She repeated over and over again. Now Serenity understood why the beautiful planet of Earth was never mentioned in her lessons when she was little, why her mother the Queen would never allow Serenity to talk about or discuss issues concerning the blue-green planet. Because they were mortal enemies.
Serenity had always sought to find the answer...and now, she was living it. She had always know that the Earth and moon were never allies, however not this bad that a person from the moon should die just whereas they come to Earth.
"Oh Mother...my friends...will I ever see you again? Will I ever see light again?" Serenity peered out the small window that was surrounded by steel bars. Unbreakable bars. She was forever trapped into this world of darkness...and emptiness.
The moonlight came into her cell in one tiny, majestic streak. Feeling a little better with the small spark of light shining down upon her, Serenity stood up from her former position in the corner, and lay down in the beam of pure moonlight. There she contemplated her whereabouts. She would, as the guard conveyed, sooner or later be executed. There was no way of solving this...but to accept her fate, and accept the death that will come in due time.
Only Serenity wished that somehow, she could see her mother and senshi for the last time. Just a brief visit, exchanging of farewells. "Is that just too much to ask?" She murmured silently, her face pale. Feeling the sudden onslaught of tears forming in her eyes, she merely lay there, sobbing her fears out.
The tears would not stop, no matter how hard Serenity tried to hold them back. As a child, Serenity would always be frightened of death, of dying. She would never have imagined it to be this way, but instead, in a happy way surrounded by family and friends. Why die alone? She would always ask herself when she was younger. Now, it seemed that her worst nightmare was to become a reality in a matter on time. Surely when the King, Endymion's father found out, he would not spare her in any way, take no pity, supply no mercy.
'Endymion was nice enough to spare me.' Serenity conceptualized to herself. 'Surely his father would not be as giving nor kindhearted.' She concluded.
*On The Moon*
Queen Serenity searched throughout the palace for Serenity, accompanied by the senshi following close behind her. "Serenity, where are you?" Queen Serenity asked out loud, her heart beating swiftly, her eyes bearing tears of sadness. "I will refuse to give up until Serenity is found, either alive..or...or dead."
"My Queen, but..."
"No buts Mercury. Find her at all costs."
"Yes, My Queen." Mercury and the other three scouts bowed, and left, grim expressions on their faces.
*On Earth*
Serenity exhaled a deep breath of the musky air, exhausted, and hungry. She did not want to see for fear that she would not wake up the next morning. There was no food whatsoever. 'Do they intent to starve me to death?' Serenity asked herself as her stomach growled loudly.
The door opened suddenly, a gust of wind blowing from it. Serenity gasped, trembling with fright. "Who is there?" She queried meekly.
The stranger did not answer, but instead, walked towards her. Serenity, once again, huddled at the corner. "Who are you?" Her voice squeaked out, beads of perspiration glittering on her smooth forehead.
"It is I, Prince Endymion, or have you such a memory loss that you do not remember who I am?" Endymion stepped forward, a flashlight in one hand. In another was a tray of food. "Are you hungry?" He asked.
"Yes I am." Serenity answered simply, and took the tray from him. She ate off of it hungrily, and failed to notice that Endymion had stepped out of the tiny cell.
Endymion grabbed a nearby chair and sat down on it with a sigh. "You must be very hungry." He gestured to the now empty tray."
Serenity's face immediately flushed red. After all, she was a princess, and had never really eaten so desperately before. "I was." She replied, a small smile lingering on her lips.
Endymion nodded. "You should not have come here in the first place. What is your name?"
"Serenity."
"Serenity." He repeated slowly. "It sounds so serene, tranquil, peaceful, a name like that. Did your mother pick it for you?" He inquired.
Serenity put the tray down on the dusty ground, and walked over to the steel bars. Her small hands grasped them as she faced Endymion. "Yes she did."
"Does that mean you are usually a peaceful person?"
Serenity did not know how to answer that. "Well, most of the time yes."
"A name for a child of the moon." Endymion murmured. "It would suit an Earth child better," He stated simply.
Serenity shook her head. She just could not stand it anymore. "Prince Endymion, why do you despise me and my kind so? We are human, just like you."
"You are not. Believe what you like, but you will never be one of us!"
Serenity backed off a bit, tears streaming down her flushed cheeks. She stared into Endymion's eyes. "How could you be so heartless? With no pity, nor love?" She finally asked.
The question caught Endymion off guard.
He leaned over until his face touched hers. "Serenity, I do have love, however just remember that I could never love a person from the moon, no matter how special they are."
Serenity stared into his deep ocean-blue eyes some more. "I see...in your eyes...no love...only hatred." Serenity closed her eyes, sensing into Endymion's mind. "You are afraid to love." She stated finally.
"How dare you accuse me of such a lie!" Endymion stood up, raging mad. "I can love..." He paused. "I do not want to discuss this any further." He stood up, and turned around to leave. "I guess I will see you tomorrow."
"Endymion...do not back away from what you are afraid of." Serenity called to him.
"Serenity, I am warning you, I hold your fate in his hands, it is well within my grasp. What makes you think I can not bring your young life to an end? Think about it." With that, he left.
"Prince Endymion..." She called after him, but he was already gone, leaving Serenity in the lonely darkness again. "Endymion...why do you despise me so? Will we ever get along? Will I ever see the sun nor moon again?"
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Alright! *giggles* After over a week, this chapter is finally completed! Thanks to everyone who has reviewed my stories, or sent me an e-mail. It really means a lot to me. The next installment of this fic will be out in a week or so, but I promise it will be worth your wait. Chapter 2 of "What If..." and chapter 6 of "Roses" will be out in a few days, so please read that when it's out. Please send all comments and suggestions to LisaZUMstories@aol.com. Until then, take care! Ja ne!
This story written and posted February, 2001.
Author: Lisa
Chapter: 1
Rating: G
Author's Notes:
Chapter 1 is here! Sorry for the slight delay; I was working on chapter 2 of "What If...", Chapter 6 of "Roses", and chapter 3 of "Against All Odds." I think it's safe to say that these chapters will be out this weekend or a few days following, but as always, no guarantees. I have been very busy lately, and am somewhat on writer's block. But don't worry, I will finish every story I start on, and that's a promise I can keep. I would like to thank every person who has reviewed/sent me an e-mail concerning my stories, and the people nice enough to post my stories on their sites. You guys are the best! ^_^ Enjoy!
Disclaimers: Sailor Moon and the others don't belong to me, but this story does.
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Serenity moaned slightly, rubbing her head as she regained consciousness. She forced her tired eyes open, her vision blurry. She could hear quiet whispers around her, murmurs she could not quite understand. Sitting up dazedly, her vision cleared, and her gaze transfixed on the two men that were standing in front of her.
One she recognized. It was the man who had brought her to his cold place. The other, wearing a suit of armor, she did not recognize, but she knew without a doubt that he was indeed royalty of some sort.
"Where am I?" Serenity asked quietly, her eyes darting from the guard to the man in royal armor. Receiving no answer, she preceded to ask again. "Please answer me." She whispered.
"You are in the palace." Came the rough reply. The guard glared at Serenity, hatred clearly evident in his green eyes. Green fire seemed to dance in them.
Serenity quivered a little at his harsh tone. She turned her attention to the person wearing the fancy armor. "Who are you?"
The guy seemed to examine her closely, as if Serenity were some captured enemy. "My name is Endymion." He answered finally. "Prince Endymion. And that is my guard there, Henry." (AN: Lame, I know, but I couldn't think of a good name for him...)
Henry growled lowly, mumbling something Serenity did not quite understand. She smiled a bit at Endymion.
"My prince, there seems to be a bit of confusion as to why I am here." Serenity articulated, her eyes following his.
"There is no confusion. You are supposedly our enemy. A spy from the moon."
Serenity's mouth dropped open. "I beg your pardon?" Anger boiled up in her veins. How dare he and his guard assume that she was a lowly spy! Why, she could and would not stand for it! No matter how cute Endymion seemed to be...
"You heard me." Endymion's tone became cold, his eyes growing darker. "You are our adversary, a child of the moon." He advanced towards the bed in which Serenity was occupying at the moment. "My orders from my father the King were to kill you."
Serenity gasped. "Prince Endymion..." She mumbled, her body shaking all over. "You would not do it." Serenity got off the bed slowly.
Endymion narrowed his eyes, a smirk on his face as he unsheathed his sword. The shiny metal reflected the light of the sun that was shining outside; it was morning.
"You can not."
"Why?" Endymion yelled, his eyes wild. "Give me one good reason as to why I should spare a moon child such as yourself." He sneered at her. "You do not deserve it. I know you and your people plan to overthrow our kingdom and I will not have it!" He walked towards the frightened princess who was, at the moment, huddled at the corner.
"Endymion.."
"Do not call me that!"
Serenity trembled with fright. "Please..." She touched his sword that was by her throat. "Do not."
Endymion shook his head, and with one movement, he prepared to shove it into Serenity's heart.
Serenity opened her eyes slowly, quivering, barely able to withstand all this. Her legs barely supported her own weight. "Prince Endymion..." She divulged, seeing him stare at her, a chaotic look glimmering in his eyes.
"I can not do it." He acknowledged finally, dropping the sword.
Serenity breathed heavily, watching the sword clatter to the ground. She looked up with frightened eyes. "Prince Endymion..."
"Lock her up." Endymion gestured to Henry with a flicker of his wrist. "And Father will near nothing of this either, understand?"
"But sire.."
"Understand?"
Knowing he could not argue with the prince, he grabbed Serenity's wrist, and pulled her out of the room.
Serenity let the guard lead her to the dungeon. Serenity looked around examining the dark, eerie place. "It is just so dark...and empty..." She murmured. Cobwebs filled the place. Serenity gulped as the huge spiders crawled on the ground beneath her feet. "I should have never come to Earth in the first place." She said out loud.
Henry snorted. "You got that right, moon brat." He sneered, giving Serenity a very dirty look. "Just feel lucky that you can actually live for another few days because before long, the King will hunt you down..." He got close to Serenity. Very close. Serenity cringed at his bad, hot breath on her face. "You will die...and I will have to pleasure to see your head being." He needed to continue no further as he gestured with his hands, a single finger sliding across the rough skin of his neck.
Serenity gulped loudly. "Henry, why is it that you hate us so? The people of the moon I mean." She inquired. Serenity was smart enough to know that hate just does not come in an instant. Something has to be done first before enabling someone to hate another. In other words, hate just does not come naturally. It develops slowly, until you just can not take it anymore, and in turn, you start to despise that person.
"Your people are killers; dangerous." He turned away from Serenity, his body torque. "I hate you. Each and everyone of you that carries the blood and legacy of the moon. Why? I refuse to tell you for I know you will say something I do not want to hear." Henry turned back around to face Serenity. "The Prince will see you in a few hours." Serenity sulked as she heard his footsteps fade in the distance. She was all alone again.
Tears welled up in her sad blue eyes. "I should have never come here." She repeated over and over again. Now Serenity understood why the beautiful planet of Earth was never mentioned in her lessons when she was little, why her mother the Queen would never allow Serenity to talk about or discuss issues concerning the blue-green planet. Because they were mortal enemies.
Serenity had always sought to find the answer...and now, she was living it. She had always know that the Earth and moon were never allies, however not this bad that a person from the moon should die just whereas they come to Earth.
"Oh Mother...my friends...will I ever see you again? Will I ever see light again?" Serenity peered out the small window that was surrounded by steel bars. Unbreakable bars. She was forever trapped into this world of darkness...and emptiness.
The moonlight came into her cell in one tiny, majestic streak. Feeling a little better with the small spark of light shining down upon her, Serenity stood up from her former position in the corner, and lay down in the beam of pure moonlight. There she contemplated her whereabouts. She would, as the guard conveyed, sooner or later be executed. There was no way of solving this...but to accept her fate, and accept the death that will come in due time.
Only Serenity wished that somehow, she could see her mother and senshi for the last time. Just a brief visit, exchanging of farewells. "Is that just too much to ask?" She murmured silently, her face pale. Feeling the sudden onslaught of tears forming in her eyes, she merely lay there, sobbing her fears out.
The tears would not stop, no matter how hard Serenity tried to hold them back. As a child, Serenity would always be frightened of death, of dying. She would never have imagined it to be this way, but instead, in a happy way surrounded by family and friends. Why die alone? She would always ask herself when she was younger. Now, it seemed that her worst nightmare was to become a reality in a matter on time. Surely when the King, Endymion's father found out, he would not spare her in any way, take no pity, supply no mercy.
'Endymion was nice enough to spare me.' Serenity conceptualized to herself. 'Surely his father would not be as giving nor kindhearted.' She concluded.
*On The Moon*
Queen Serenity searched throughout the palace for Serenity, accompanied by the senshi following close behind her. "Serenity, where are you?" Queen Serenity asked out loud, her heart beating swiftly, her eyes bearing tears of sadness. "I will refuse to give up until Serenity is found, either alive..or...or dead."
"My Queen, but..."
"No buts Mercury. Find her at all costs."
"Yes, My Queen." Mercury and the other three scouts bowed, and left, grim expressions on their faces.
*On Earth*
Serenity exhaled a deep breath of the musky air, exhausted, and hungry. She did not want to see for fear that she would not wake up the next morning. There was no food whatsoever. 'Do they intent to starve me to death?' Serenity asked herself as her stomach growled loudly.
The door opened suddenly, a gust of wind blowing from it. Serenity gasped, trembling with fright. "Who is there?" She queried meekly.
The stranger did not answer, but instead, walked towards her. Serenity, once again, huddled at the corner. "Who are you?" Her voice squeaked out, beads of perspiration glittering on her smooth forehead.
"It is I, Prince Endymion, or have you such a memory loss that you do not remember who I am?" Endymion stepped forward, a flashlight in one hand. In another was a tray of food. "Are you hungry?" He asked.
"Yes I am." Serenity answered simply, and took the tray from him. She ate off of it hungrily, and failed to notice that Endymion had stepped out of the tiny cell.
Endymion grabbed a nearby chair and sat down on it with a sigh. "You must be very hungry." He gestured to the now empty tray."
Serenity's face immediately flushed red. After all, she was a princess, and had never really eaten so desperately before. "I was." She replied, a small smile lingering on her lips.
Endymion nodded. "You should not have come here in the first place. What is your name?"
"Serenity."
"Serenity." He repeated slowly. "It sounds so serene, tranquil, peaceful, a name like that. Did your mother pick it for you?" He inquired.
Serenity put the tray down on the dusty ground, and walked over to the steel bars. Her small hands grasped them as she faced Endymion. "Yes she did."
"Does that mean you are usually a peaceful person?"
Serenity did not know how to answer that. "Well, most of the time yes."
"A name for a child of the moon." Endymion murmured. "It would suit an Earth child better," He stated simply.
Serenity shook her head. She just could not stand it anymore. "Prince Endymion, why do you despise me and my kind so? We are human, just like you."
"You are not. Believe what you like, but you will never be one of us!"
Serenity backed off a bit, tears streaming down her flushed cheeks. She stared into Endymion's eyes. "How could you be so heartless? With no pity, nor love?" She finally asked.
The question caught Endymion off guard.
He leaned over until his face touched hers. "Serenity, I do have love, however just remember that I could never love a person from the moon, no matter how special they are."
Serenity stared into his deep ocean-blue eyes some more. "I see...in your eyes...no love...only hatred." Serenity closed her eyes, sensing into Endymion's mind. "You are afraid to love." She stated finally.
"How dare you accuse me of such a lie!" Endymion stood up, raging mad. "I can love..." He paused. "I do not want to discuss this any further." He stood up, and turned around to leave. "I guess I will see you tomorrow."
"Endymion...do not back away from what you are afraid of." Serenity called to him.
"Serenity, I am warning you, I hold your fate in his hands, it is well within my grasp. What makes you think I can not bring your young life to an end? Think about it." With that, he left.
"Prince Endymion..." She called after him, but he was already gone, leaving Serenity in the lonely darkness again. "Endymion...why do you despise me so? Will we ever get along? Will I ever see the sun nor moon again?"
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Alright! *giggles* After over a week, this chapter is finally completed! Thanks to everyone who has reviewed my stories, or sent me an e-mail. It really means a lot to me. The next installment of this fic will be out in a week or so, but I promise it will be worth your wait. Chapter 2 of "What If..." and chapter 6 of "Roses" will be out in a few days, so please read that when it's out. Please send all comments and suggestions to LisaZUMstories@aol.com. Until then, take care! Ja ne!
This story written and posted February, 2001.
