Oh the romance! As tensions and suspicions grow, I'm running on my
story, but I'm sorry to say that chapter 7 might not be done for a
while. -_-;; Yes I've started on it but the plot is still coming to me,
you will understand later what i'm talkin about. (I wasn't about to say
nothin, _again_) I would really like no, _love_ any email. Again the
address is sunaofdeath@hotmail.com Another thing, some of the chapters
have thoughts, i put some things in to show that they were thoughts but
I missed _a lot_ of them, so i'm sorry. Originally I did them on Word,
they had been in Italics, but plain text doesn't have italics, oh well.
I'm rambling, again i'm sorry.

Secret Past
Chapter Five: What Lies Ahead




She stepped inside the palace. No signs of danger, or so she thought.
"Sky, what's so important about this plaaaaaaaaaaaaaaace!" She screamed
as one of the tiles broke beneath her and she was falling. Falling into
nothingness.

"Aquaria! Shoot! This is all my fault!" He jumped into where she fell,
and he too was filled with the eerie sensation. And then as he fell he
became cold and wet. Then he realized where he was. It was dark only
for a moment.

"Sky! Over here!" Aquaria had obviously been the source of light. She
had used the crown to light this odd place. He swam to the edge of the
underground river, or whatever it was. She smiled. All her clothes were
soaked and here hair shimmered with the shine that water gives to hair.

She looks even more beautiful being soaked but then again she is
partially Neptunian. "Hey, how'd you know that this body of water had
any end?" He had been walking toward her also soaking.

"Well when you grow up around water, you learn about things like that.
And the crown started glowing and I saw the edge. I think we should be
able to find some dry clothes."

"That'll be good. Ah man! My sword must be drenched!" He pulled it out
of his sheath, wincing.

"Maybe…well you might be able to dry it with magic. I mean you have the
magic of the skies do you not?" Aquaria looked at his sword and
realized she too had things that need to be dried. She then remembered
that she had not only a sword but also her quiver (bow & arrows). "Then
again maybe I can do something." She blasted her quiver and both
sheaths with a warm gust of wind. Drying everything. But she knew that
wouldn't work for the swords.

"Let's find those dry clothes, we can dry the swords on them. But this
time I'll go first." He opened the door behind Aquaria to find a bunch
of towels, and other things that one uses in water. "This must be a
swimming pool, for the Water Clans," he grabbed a two towels. He
started drying his sword then Aquaria's. "We should try another door."
He said when he was finished.

Across the room they found another door. This door lead to a staircase
that led to many other doors. Behind each door was a room. Aquaria and
walked through a black door first. Once in there she saw that this room
was untouched by time. That is when she realized whose room it was.
"Sky you check out the dark blue door that's across the hall, I'm gonna
get some clothes from here."

"Are you sure things will be alright?" He didn't want to leave her
again; especially knowing that a room untouched by time might have its
evils.

"Fine, trust me." She tried to find a dresser in this large room but
couldn't find one. Then she reached her hand out thinking about clothes
and then a bunch of tunics and breeches appeared before her. "Great!
Mystic was just my size! And has extremely good taste." She picked a
deep purple tunic, dark blue breeches, black boots that came to the
knee that laced up, and some dry undergarments. Once everything was
just right she attached her weapons.

Meanwhile, Skyllan found a room that was a male's and he picked out a
tunic and breeches as well (they were a man's clothes, but if you were
a lady knight or even liked the thought of comfort you wore a tunic and
breeches). He put his sword belt on and got a shield, now wondering
how necessary this might be. The two met in the middle of the room.

When they saw each other in the new clothes, they were amazed at how
the other looked. Skyllan looked older and more like a knight than
ever. Aquaria looked perfect, a warrior, and yet a beautiful maiden at
the same time. "Now what? Is there something that we were supposed to

get from this place?" Aquaria was beginning to warm up to this palace
but saw no reason to linger.

"Yes, we are to go to the War Archives. That is where all the data from
the last war was kept. Once there we can see what Crystallia's enemy
was like, or powers were like to consider how the heir might be or act.
And it will help you get an idea of the powers you have now."

"Alright, but where is it?"

"Umm…I'm not quite sure." Skyllan checked each door before finally
finding one that led to the main hall. And from there a door had all
the symbols of war on them so Aquaria figured that it was what they
were looking for.

"I think this is it." The entered a room that shone with the Colors of
the Galaxy. In the back of the room was a book made up of crystals and
odd metals. The book once opened was filled with information on all the
ancestors of the individual clans. And also recorded the last war even
after Crystallia died but told nothing of the Planetary Wars that
happened after when the planets had fought over leadership. "This is
very interesting. Very interesting indeed."

"What is so interesting?" she had Sky hooked.

"Talleron seduced sorry tried to seduce Queen Crystallia. But no one in

court has ever, ever done anything of that sort. But the only trait I
have seen in court is that someone causes pain to all the couples.
Physical and emotional pain."

Now Sky had an idea of which Aquaria was talking about, but he didn't
understand the emotional pain. "Sandy."

"Pretty sure. And if she isn't the heir herself she must have some sort
of link." Aquaria sighed, and looked down at her hands that were
fussing with a locket that had appeared on wrist. He looked at what she
was doing. Suddenly a mist appeared around them and transported them to
the palace where they were in Aquaria's room. The room was shrouded in
mist. He loved the sweet smell of her in her room.

Heaven, she's taken me to heaven. Then he realized that she had brought
them to her room. "Sky, before anything more is said or done I have to
say a few things. I didn't know that you remembered me until a little
while ago. I'm sorry about the pain I caused you. I'm so sorry Sky!
I've been living alone these last few years. I had to leave. Something
told me that you and your planet were more important than my existence.
I thought I'd never see you again, and now I have to tell you that

I…"the door burst open.

A woman burst in. And saw that tears were in Aquaria's eyes.

"SKYLLAN!!!! GET OUT NOW!!!! While I am ruler of this palace there
shall not be any men in female's rooms.

"Actually ma'am, meaning no disrespect, I invited him in here. We
needed to speak privately about a matter of no importance to you. The
reason I'm crying, is that my great grandmother died and we were so
close. He was trying to cheer me up." Aquaria tried to get him to stay.

"Ma'am, I actually have to attend a meeting held by the Elders and then
I need to talk to Crystallia and Andarian. But I was supposed to bring
Lady Aquaria with me. Wedding arrangements need to be made." Sky put
in.

"I don't care what you say this is about, you both are lying. I can see
it. And where did you get that book?"

"It's been in my family for years." Aquaria answered, which was true,
in a sense.

"Alright. This time I'll let an incident like this pass, but next time
you want to talk to each other alone do it somewhere were you can be
seen and not heard." Pearl left.

Skyllan made sure that she was gone before turning back to Aquaria.
"What were you about to say sweet?" Aquaria looked surprised but
smiled.

"I love you. Nothing more and nothing less." Sky swept her up in his
arms.

"I missed you mist-love." She looked at him skeptically. "I need say no
more than that, you know that I love you. But for now, yet again, that
will have to be put on hold." Still holding her, he brought her down
the steps where Sandy stood. She was smiling cruelly.