Sailor Moon II
A New Life
Part I—Elios
Serenity
was standing next to her husband, awaiting the approach of the Queen of Elysia
when she turned her gaze to the young man lounging on the luxurious seat. His hair, a snowy white color that shimmered
in the lighting of the room, shifted forward over the young man's handsome face
as he sighed. His golden horn shone,
glinting its beauty in the light. His
glowing blue eyes drifted shut as his head leaned forward, his hair and
earrings slipping with his movement.
Serenity smiled and turned back to the steward before her as the queen
emerged from the steps behind.
The
Queen of Elysia's flowing white hair glistened about her, the golden horn on
her head sparkling in the light. Her
smile was brilliant as she greeted the two people before her.
"Queen
Serenity of Earth, King Darien of Earth.
It is a great honor to finally be able to meet you both." The Queen smiled and motioned for the
steward to leave. But as the man left,
her gaze turned to the young man lounging.
Serenity and Darien turned to face the young man as he rose and gave a
slight bow to the sovereignties before him.
The Queen of Elysia smiled. "I
am Queen Elysia. This is my son, the
Prince Elios."
Serenity
lifted an eyebrow curiously as she gazed at the young man. His name seemed familiar, but she could not
pin point where she had heard it before.
He was perhaps only a bit older than Serena-chan, or Reeny as she was
also called. Serenity smiled as she
remembered her daughter's argument when she had wanted to come with them to
Elysia. Serenity's eyes flashed. That is where the young man's name was
familiar! When she had been training
her daughter in the past, a prince named Elios had come to her in her
dreams! Serenity smiled. That was
why Reeny had been so eager to come to Elysia!
When
Queen Elysia began to speak, Serenity had to turn her gaze from the young man
who seemed as lonely as Reeny did these days.
Perhaps once she told Darien what was going on, he would be just as
eager as she was to bring Elios back to Earth…
Serenity
was smiling as she searched for Elios. She
had already spoken to her husband and to Queen Elysia. She had agreed to let Serenity take her son
to Earth. It would be a good trip for
him. She smiled. If only his mother knew that Serenity was
only bringing him to Earth for her lonely daughter.
Serenity
saw Elios leaning against the steps; his eyes were closed, as he was lost in
thought. Serenity silently approached
him and smiled. He was a handsome boy. Serenity chuckled. Reeny had chosen well.
Elios
heard the small chuckle and open his eyes to gaze at the beautiful Earth Queen,
Serenity. He bowed and she did in
return, but she did not leave. That was
strange. None of his mother's guests
were ever interested in him. He was
still only a prince.
Elios
blinked in confusion and Serenity smiled.
"Prince
Elios, your mother has decided that you will be returning to Earth with my
husband and I."
Elios
blinked again. What? Mother was sending him
away? But why? But before he could speak, Queen Serenity
continued.
"Do
not worry. I am sure that you will not
be bored or lonely on Earth. My
daughter doesn't know you are coming, but it will be a pleasant surprise for
her."
Daughter? Elios sighed. All of his
mother's guests were trying to get him married to their daughters. They all wanted were connections to the
royal house of Elysia. Well, just
because this one woman was Queen of another kingdom, did not mean he had to
marry her daughter. His heart already
belonged to another!
Elios
tried his best to smile at the queen before him; he gave a low bow. "I am sorry, Queen Serenity. I will not be able to go with you back to
Earth to meet your daughter. I am
already promised to another."
Serenity
continued to smile, but sighed.
"Really? Oh, that is too
bad. Serena-chan will be heartbroken to
know that you have promised yourself to another." Serenity sighed. "What
shall I tell her?"
Elios
looked up sharply, his eyes blinking.
"Serena-chan? Reeny?" His eyes slowly widened as he finally made
the connection between mother and daughter.
Elios let out a burst of joy.
"My Serena-chan?"
Serenity
nodded as the young man cried out in happiness. He was grinning from ear to ear as Darien entered the room with a
smile. He chuckled as he approached his
wife and wrapped an arm around her.
"I
take it he has agreed to come with us?"
Serenity
nodded. "Yes. I believe he has agreed to come with back to the Earth."
* * *
Serena-chan sighed as she lounged in the swing. The Sailor Guardians, Rei, Mina, Lita and
Ami were busy working…the other Sailor Guardians were off on some mission… and
there was absolutely nothing to do. Her
parents still hadn't arrived from Elysia, though they were coming home
today. She sighed again. She had wanted so much to go. She knew Elios would have been there. She clenched her hand into a fist. If only her parents had allowed her to go
with them!
She
shook her fist for a moment and then sighed again, relaxing into the swing as
the breeze shifted it back and forth.
She was just so lonely…
It
was then that a cry came from the castle signaling the return of Queen Serenity
and King Darien. Serena-chan jumped
from her place and rushed to greet her parents. One because she had missed them despite all evidence to the
contrary and two because she was hoping that they had seen Elios and that they
could tell her about him…
She
didn't get very far when screeched to a halt.
Standing before her, leaning against the doorway that led into the
castle was the young man himself. His
eyes were glowing along with his smile as his white hair shifted forward. Serena-chan's heart clenched in her chest as
he straightened and began to move toward her.
Her eyes filled and shimmered as he smiled at her and lifted his hand to
her. Serena-chan gave a cry of joy and
launched herself into his arms, making him burst out with laughter as he held
her tightly against him.
King
Darien and Queen Serenity smiled as they watched their daughter cry out in
joy. She was so happy. Serenity leaned her head on Darien's
shoulder and he wrapped his arm around her.
They were thrilled they could make their daughter so happy. But… they turned to Serenity's side and
looked down at the young girl that was watching Elios and Serena-chan with huge
eyes. Serenity smiled at the girl. She had brought her as well from Elysia and
was only a year younger that her Serena-chan.
The sunset-haired lavender-eyed girl was named Skylar, and she was
Elios' little sister.
She
didn't look like she was taking too kindly to being ignored by her brother.
Serenity
smiled and hugged the girl. Skylar
looked up and blinked at the beautiful woman hugging her. The Queen of the Earth was the most
beautiful woman Skylar had every seen except for her own Mother. Her glowing blue eyes and her white-blonde
hair made her look like an angel.
Skylar sighed. She was going to
be alone soon. Her brother was going to
stay here and marry the Princess of the Earth and Moon and she would have no
one. She hated it.
But
she was a princess, so she couldn't very well show such disrespect to
anyone. She sighed. She just wished her brother would stop
kissing the girl so he could at least introduce the princess to her.
Serena-chan
couldn't believe it. Her Elios was
here. She had been waiting for him for
so long…and now he was finally here.
Her body felt like it was shimmering with heated lights as he kissed her
and held her. She felt she could stay
that way forever.
But
she slowly snapped out of the trance of her joy when she heard a cough in the
background. She lifted her head to see
what had happened; only to see her parents smiling at her wickedly and a girl
about her own age scowling at her.
Serena-chan blinked and slowly pulled out of Elios' arms. He was still smiling sensually at her. She turned bright pink and took a deep breath
to compose herself. She turned to her
parents, gazed at their smiling visages and gave a squeal of joy.
She
hurtled herself at her mother and father, both parents laughing at
Serena-chan's enthusiasm. Serena-chan
pulled back and smiled at them, her face flushed. "Thank you so much, Mom, Dad!
I didn't think you would remember.
That's why I wanted to go so badly with you! Thank you!"
Serenity
gave a small laugh and said, "I'm glad we made you happy, sweetheart. But your love has misplaced his manners, so
I'll fix them for him." Elios and
Serena-chan blinked while Serenity just smiled and turned to the girl next to
her. "This is Princess Skylar of
Elysia. Elios' sister."
Serena-chan
blinked and Elios groaned shaking his head.
He gave his sister a pleading look of apology, but she ignored him and
looked at the Princess of the Earth and Moon.
Her eyes narrowed. Serena-chan
grinned.
"It
is a pleasure to meet you, Skylar-chan.
I didn't know that Elios had a sister.
This is a wonderful surprise!
Now, not only do I have my Elios, but now I have a sister too! This is great! I'm so happy to meet you!"
Serena-chan grasped Skylar's hands gave them a squeeze and then gave
Skylar a hug.
Skylar
was left speechless…but happy. She
pulled out of the hug with a smile on her face and her cheeks pink with
embarrassment. "I thought you were
going to take my brother away and then I'd be all alone. But you're not like that at all!" Skylar grinned and gave Serena-chan a
spontaneous quick hug. "Thank you so
much!"
Serena-chan
laughed and looked up at her parents who were smiling down at her, love shining
in their eyes.
She
turned to Elios, whose hooded eyes gave promises of what would happen when they
were alone. Serena-chan's eyes sparkled
as heat shot through her. When she had
been a little girl and first met Elios, she had never had any of these
feelings. Back then it had been a pure
love, a deep, unending affection. Now,
she could understand the heated feelings he stirred within her.
She
grinned. This is what Mom and Dad felt
like most of the time. And she had seen
her parents when they were alone…or thought they were. Heat traveled to Serena-chan's face. She couldn't wait to be alone with her
Elios.
His
eyes sparkled with the knowledge of what she was thinking about. She gave a giddy laugh and proceeded to show
his sister around the entire Crystal Palace.
* * *
All of the main Sailor Guardians came to meeting. The topic was the engagement ceremony of
Princess Serena-chan with Prince Elios.
All of them were grinning with excitement as the King and Queen
discussed the arrangements with the Sailor Guardians and the Generals of King
Darien's army.
Sailor
Mercury, Ami, was calculating the costs for the celebration rapidly while her
husband, the Shadow General Greg, shook his head at her as he listened to King
Darien and Queen Serenity discuss the details of the ceremony. Beside them was Sailor Mars, Rei, with her
husband, General Chad, who were grinning with the excitement bubbling about the
room. Sailor Jupiter, Lita, sat beside
her husband, General Diamond, as she wrote down a list of all the food needed
for the celebration. General Diamond
grinned at his wife as her excitement began to make her giggle at nothing in
particular. Sailor Venus, Mina, was
sitting next to Mars, the both of them discussing what entertainment they
should produce for the party. General
Steven, Venus' husband, rolled his eyes at her endless chatter and General Chad
grinned at him. Sailor Neptune,
Michiru, and Sailor Uranus, Haruka, were sitting side by side trying to get
into the conversation Mars and Venus were having about the entertainment. Ideas were bursting out of the entire
group. Sailor Pluto, Setsuna, was
wondering about what designs for the decorations should be done and Sailor
Saturn, Hotaru, was giggling as she shook her head. Generals Max and Sapphire were also there with their wives that
were also generals of King Darien's army.
Molly, Prisma and her sisters were all present and excited. They entire palace was practically ready to
explode with the excitement humming in it.
Serenity
and Darien were pleased by everyone's excitement. The party would be spectacular.
Suddenly, Serenity's eyes narrowed and Darien lifted an eyebrow. His wife looked about the room, her eyes
slowly narrowing as she scaled the entire room. She gave a low grumble from the back of her throat, pleaded to be
excused and began to leave the room.
Darien lifted an eyebrow and grabbed his wife's arm.
"Serena? What's wrong?"
Serenity
gave him a longsuffering sigh and then pointed her finger at him in
annoyance. "Your daughter is
missing! She and Elios should be giving
their ideas for their own engagement celebration. But the two have gone missing!"
Darien
blinked and then burst out laughing.
Serenity rolled her eyes at him and strode out, determined to find the
missing couple. Darien stopped laughing
and grinned and he watched the swing of his wife's hips as she left the room to
find his errant daughter. Serena-chan has
no idea of the mess she's getting herself into. He sighed in happiness.
It was about time life started giving them peace.
