Good England is where we lay our scene,
And it was ages ago unlike today.
Things were cruel and yet, serene,
Where an unflowered beauty lays.
In front of other's, she here sprawls,
Her fingers are bloody along with her hands.
Through eerie nights she stills calls,
And curses those who were in on that plan.
I speak too swiftly, I'm falling ahead,
We start at the beginning, with this I have said.
I must admit, Usagi and I were never on the best of terms. From the moment I met her, something about her never really agreed with me. I consulted the fires that night in secret, for I fear that I would be caught as a witch and burned at the stake. I've seen it much too many times, and what sickens me the most is that people actually pay to see these evil torments.
I'm not a witch, but rather, a priestess. I haven't told a soul about this, because I don't know who to trust, and who not to. Still, as I prayed in the fires that chill night, they told me that Usagi is the one to be trusted, if not anyone else. But I still knew that there was something odd about her. I knew I was right when I stumbled upon the fact that she was to be the next reigning queen of England; if not the world in whole. She was apparently to bring peace, and end suffering of all kind. I find it extremely hard to believe, since she seems too soft for the harsh people and society of today.
In any case, I've known Usagi for just over a year, along with her friends, Ami, Makoto, and Minako. I suppose I would call them my friends if I hadn't sworn to myself as a child that I'd never be close to anyone. I had my heart broken once; by my own flesh and blood; and I promised myself I wouldn't let my tender heart feel such crushing blow again.
Although none of us rarely have time to speak to one another with all the chores to tend to, and the pressure of finding a husband, we still try with all our might to spend some quality time together. Some girl talk, I suppose you'd say. The chores that my grandfather has given me were perhaps the lightest out of all my friends. Oddly enough, I actually enjoy sweeping the ancient stones of the house, or sitting with the crows and letting them in on my secrets. As strange as it may sound, I had even named the two crows; Phobos and Deimos. The names came to me one day, as I was feeding them with bread crumbs. It suited them, somehow.
I never wished to have a husband. It's just another body to tend to, and worry about, and concern myself with. Though it's seen to society as being unladylike to be single, I really don't care. I sometimes feel as if I'm the odd one out of the group, because the other four are devoted to finding the perfect man to spend the rest of their lives with. I always roll my eyes at them, laughing for that time when they'll come to me with downcast eyes, telling me that they no longer love the "love of their life".
"Rei!" a voice called from behind me. I spun around, curious to see who it was. Alas, speak of the devil.
"Usagi, what are you doing here?" I spat, as I brushed away some stray locks of hair from my face.
The blonde girl pouted, as she lifted her skirt daintly, approaching me slowly. "You're so mean to me, Rei!"
I laughed a wholesome laugh, never tiring the dear old line that Usagi always says whenever I make a comment like that. "I only do it because you deserve it."
Usagi gave me a playful shove, and sat beside me on a stool. "What are you doing this afternoon?" She picked off some dead hair from her skirt. She's always been one who wants to look her best, I found. "The girls and I are getting together to go in the woods, you wanna come?"
I smiled, appreciating the fact that she invited me. "What's the catch?"
Usagi looked shocked. "Catch? Why does there always have to be a catch? There's no catch!" And on and on she rambled, as I slowly crept behind her back. She didn't even notice, she was so concentrated on her speech. I picked up the pail of shivering cold water from behind her, and slowly lifted it up above my shoulders. Careful, careful, I lectured myself. "Rei?" Usagi questioned quietly, as she became conscious that I wasn't in front of her anymore. I dumped the water on her head, as she shrieked in horror.
I burst out laughing, proud that I was so clever with her. "How dare you!" she yelled in a shrill voice. Her clothes were drenched, and her hair was dripping with water. "I didn't know anyone could be so horribly rude and ignorant!" I almost saw the fire sprouting from her ears. "Well I'm just apalled. You better watch your back, Rei, because this time, it's war." She glared at me with dagger eyes, and stormed off around the corner. I grinned, and made note to myself to go to the woods later on that afternoon. "The girls will love this one," I snickered to myself.
