Where Angels Lose Their Way
- Chapter 2
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It is the next night after the ball. We are now in the garden of the Earth Kingdom. Enter princess Serenity.
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The engagement announcement had gone over well on the Moon, (besides a few heartbroken princes ;p).
*Now comes the tricky part.* she thought: they had to convince the people of Earth that the joining of the Moon and Earth kingdoms would be a beneficiary union to everyone. Propaganda had been spread and the earthlings believed the Lunarians to be evil beings trying to conquer their planet. (Her mother suspected the evil sorceress, Beryl, from the Dark Kingdom was behind it)
All of a sudden, her thoughts were interrupted when two hands wrapped themselves around her waist, holding her very tight. She gasped loudly, as fear and surprise filled her face. Her mother and her friends had warned her numerous times that it was dangerous going to the Earth alone.
But, all her fears fell away when she heard a familiar voice. "Did you miss me my love?" Prince Darien whispered in her ear. She felt his warm breath on her neck and melted. But the feeling of dread still had its hold on her and a single tear rolled down her cheek.
When she did not answer the prince, he spun her around and looked into her eyes with concern written all over his face. He kissed away the tear and its trail as tenderly as possible. "I'm sorry, did I frighten you Princess?"
"A little... I... I have just been feeling strange all day. I do not know how to explain it. I feel as if something bad is going to happen. I guess it is silly. Please forget I said anything."
He pulled her close to him protectively with her head now resting on the breastplate of his armor. "Nothing is going to happen... I will ALWAYS be here to protect you. Our love is eternal, nothing not even death, can break us apart."
The moon suddenly flashed with a bright golden glow, as if verifying what the prince had just said. Neither of them noticed.
She relaxed in his arms and snuggled closer in his embrace. "All I know is that as long as I am near you the sun is shining brighter, night turns to day, bad to good. The universe could collapse around us and I would not care..."
They stood in the garden like this for a very long time, until it was time for Princess Serenity to go. He leaned over and brushed her lips with his, and then he kissed her.
Neither of them wanted it to end, but she forced herself to break away even when her heart begged her not too. She turned and ran away without saying a word to the portal, and vanished.
He watched her go. With the same sense of foreboding in his heart that she had explained earlier, but he couldn't place where it was coming from. *Why do I have this terrible feeling that I will never see her beautiful smile again?*
With a sigh, he turned to go back to his castle. That was when he felt an evil presence.
"Very touching," a woman's voice said.
His hand went to his belt where he kept his sword, but he did not draw it. "Who is there? Come out at once!" A woman with long, red, wavy hair stepped out of her hiding place and into the light with an evil smile on her face. The sight made the hairs on the back of Prince Darien's neck stand straight on end. "Beryl!" the prince snarled.
He had seen the evil sorceress a few times when she came to his castle to try to convince his parents to join the Dark Kingdom against the Moon Kingdom. "I do not recall you being invited to the castle tonight, Beryl!"
His four bodyguards stepped into the light behind the witch, and Prince Darien smiled trying to hide his relief. "Jadeite, Nephrite, Zoisite, Kunzite escort this trespasser off the palace grounds immediately," he said firmly.
Queen Beryl burst out into another round of evil laughter, "Yes my servants, remove the trespasser," she gestured toward Prince Darien. The four zombie soldiers surrounded him. "Unless of course you agree to serve me like your friends here, Your Highness."
"I would never serve the likes of you Beryl!" he fumed. He drew his sword attempted to lunge at the Witch, but unfortunately, his guards blocked they way.
*I could fight them and easily win, but these men are my life long friends. I cannot harm them even if they are under this evil creature's spell. *With a frustrated growl, the prince let down his guard and allowed himself to be captured. *I am deeply sorry my princess, I have failed you.*
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- Chapter 2
o8O-
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It is the next night after the ball. We are now in the garden of the Earth Kingdom. Enter princess Serenity.
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The engagement announcement had gone over well on the Moon, (besides a few heartbroken princes ;p).
*Now comes the tricky part.* she thought: they had to convince the people of Earth that the joining of the Moon and Earth kingdoms would be a beneficiary union to everyone. Propaganda had been spread and the earthlings believed the Lunarians to be evil beings trying to conquer their planet. (Her mother suspected the evil sorceress, Beryl, from the Dark Kingdom was behind it)
All of a sudden, her thoughts were interrupted when two hands wrapped themselves around her waist, holding her very tight. She gasped loudly, as fear and surprise filled her face. Her mother and her friends had warned her numerous times that it was dangerous going to the Earth alone.
But, all her fears fell away when she heard a familiar voice. "Did you miss me my love?" Prince Darien whispered in her ear. She felt his warm breath on her neck and melted. But the feeling of dread still had its hold on her and a single tear rolled down her cheek.
When she did not answer the prince, he spun her around and looked into her eyes with concern written all over his face. He kissed away the tear and its trail as tenderly as possible. "I'm sorry, did I frighten you Princess?"
"A little... I... I have just been feeling strange all day. I do not know how to explain it. I feel as if something bad is going to happen. I guess it is silly. Please forget I said anything."
He pulled her close to him protectively with her head now resting on the breastplate of his armor. "Nothing is going to happen... I will ALWAYS be here to protect you. Our love is eternal, nothing not even death, can break us apart."
The moon suddenly flashed with a bright golden glow, as if verifying what the prince had just said. Neither of them noticed.
She relaxed in his arms and snuggled closer in his embrace. "All I know is that as long as I am near you the sun is shining brighter, night turns to day, bad to good. The universe could collapse around us and I would not care..."
They stood in the garden like this for a very long time, until it was time for Princess Serenity to go. He leaned over and brushed her lips with his, and then he kissed her.
Neither of them wanted it to end, but she forced herself to break away even when her heart begged her not too. She turned and ran away without saying a word to the portal, and vanished.
He watched her go. With the same sense of foreboding in his heart that she had explained earlier, but he couldn't place where it was coming from. *Why do I have this terrible feeling that I will never see her beautiful smile again?*
With a sigh, he turned to go back to his castle. That was when he felt an evil presence.
"Very touching," a woman's voice said.
His hand went to his belt where he kept his sword, but he did not draw it. "Who is there? Come out at once!" A woman with long, red, wavy hair stepped out of her hiding place and into the light with an evil smile on her face. The sight made the hairs on the back of Prince Darien's neck stand straight on end. "Beryl!" the prince snarled.
He had seen the evil sorceress a few times when she came to his castle to try to convince his parents to join the Dark Kingdom against the Moon Kingdom. "I do not recall you being invited to the castle tonight, Beryl!"
His four bodyguards stepped into the light behind the witch, and Prince Darien smiled trying to hide his relief. "Jadeite, Nephrite, Zoisite, Kunzite escort this trespasser off the palace grounds immediately," he said firmly.
Queen Beryl burst out into another round of evil laughter, "Yes my servants, remove the trespasser," she gestured toward Prince Darien. The four zombie soldiers surrounded him. "Unless of course you agree to serve me like your friends here, Your Highness."
"I would never serve the likes of you Beryl!" he fumed. He drew his sword attempted to lunge at the Witch, but unfortunately, his guards blocked they way.
*I could fight them and easily win, but these men are my life long friends. I cannot harm them even if they are under this evil creature's spell. *With a frustrated growl, the prince let down his guard and allowed himself to be captured. *I am deeply sorry my princess, I have failed you.*
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