COSMIC CASTAWAY CHAPTER TWO SAILORXTC
"She'll be all right. Don't worry about the princess right now." The pilot then winked at Darien as though he had something up his sleeve. "What are you talking about? Was it just me, or did that star moon just explode. Serena couldn't have survived the blast," Darien said regretfully. They passed through the cosmos, making sure not to hit any left over matter from the star. "Trust me, she's alive and don't worried about it." Darien raised a brow this time. "What do you know? How do you know whether or not she is alive?" The pilot let out a smirk on his rugged face. Darien looked downward and noticed the pilots' name sewed onto his jacket. "Andrew," Darien said softly. The very name brought back great memories about the Andrew, Darien once knew. "Do you know where Serenity may be?" He asked with hope. Andrew looked at him directly. "I don't have a clue where she came possibly be. But belive me when I say this, she is still alive…out there somewhere." Andrew then turned to auto pilot to comfort Darien while they were heading to the quadrant.
"There something I really should tell you Andrew." Andrew arose, ready to listen. "I'm listening." Darien arose as well glaring out the window. Andrew placed a gentle hand over Darien shoulder. "She'll be ok", he assured him. "It's not that. It's about earth, my home planet. Well you see… I can't go home. So you just better drop me off on a near planet", Darien confessed. Andrew laughed. "I was sent here to take you home, and that what I'm sure as hell gonna do." "By whom, sent you? If they had done the research on me, you should have found it impossible to go back there. Well you see Andrew; I was exiled, a castaway, from my home world. If I return, I'll never be seen again." Andrew laughed once more. His concern was not of what Darien expected. "What the hell did you do to have been sent away from Earth, of all planets?" The prince stared right into in emerald eyes. "I fell in love," he said astonished. "Love makes you weak my friend. It's nothing but broken promises, betrayal and don't let me go on. Her name was Lita and her duty was more important than I ever was to her. I didn't even know what the hell she did for a living. She left me with out a warning; I haven't seen her since. I loved her more then I loved myself, but in the end it was worthless to her. Careful, Dare, Serenity might break your heart." Hearing Andrew call him "Dare', reminded him so much of his pal that it scared him. It triggered old anamnesis in which Darien thought no longer existed. Andrew sharply snapped his fingers. "Hello in there", he said. "Oh, oh yes. That's absurd, Serena would never leave me for another. We're destined to be together. For over a thousand years we have lost and found each other time and time again. We'll find each other again." Andrew laughed. "Why is everything I happen to say, amuse you so much?" Darien stood there proud like while Andrew shook his head is disappointment. "Look at cha'. The all mighty prince, what a sissy bitch you are. I see I'll need to work on you. I need to toughen you up a bit." Now Darien was the one who laughed this time. "There will be no need to "toughen" me up at all. I may seem like the weakling prince to you, but I assure you I am fully prepared for combat." Andrew looked him up and down. "Looks to me that I'll be working on you for a long time. I know a place. You're girlfriend will just have to wait a little while longer. Andrew went back to his platinum vessel chair. "Computer, set a coarse for the Garadoes quadrant, he ordered. "The Garadoes what?" Darien said puzzled. "Just sit back, relax and let the computer do its job."
"Still thinking about her, are you? She must be quite the gal to have you all jittery like that. So, tell me about this so-called princess of yours." "A princess from the Moonkingdom when the Silver millennium was I hand." Andrew looked confused as Darien was speaking. "The Moon kingdom was destroyed eons ago. No record has been shown of any existence. So the legends are true and you two were meant to be, but it sounds all too fairy tailish to me. But how after all these centuries, you remain to be unseen from us." Darien smiled. "You are so narrow minded. With the power of Queen Serenity, she used her power to create an invisible casing around the kingdom and everything that had to do with it. Earth spacemen have crossed it many times and had no knowledge of their existence." "Why the cover up? What was so important to not have been eyed by anyone?" Darien cleared his throat. "My Andrew, aren't you the curious inquirer… The palace was not like any other of its time and held within was a crystal of immense power, but can on be controlled by the will of the royal court. That power could never reach into the clutches of any other being it must have been protected with all cost. Moreover, the kingdom blood held eternal life, but was un-natural for anyone to live forever, but still they did so…" "And how did you manage to slip your way into their dominion?" Andrew asked temperamentally. "Ah yes, the day I met Serena, no I mind you, this is a long story," "We've got the time, and I look forward to be entertained." "Well, if you insist… I was one of the few selected to have been launched in to space to collect a new type of mineral discovered on the moons' surface. Right before the launch, I guess you would call it a premonition of some sort and images of a palace would be cast in my mind. Anyway, I shook it off as we began to leave the atmosphere and soon be jettisoned to the moon. I was the first to step off and scrutinized the moon, as it looked so magnificent hanging into the blackness of space." As Darien foretold his story, Andrew noticed the look in his eye. Darien was as though he was back in his far long ago past and reminiscing. He continued to speak. "I… remember someone calling my name and I assumed I was hallucinating so I asked if anyone else heard what I was hearing. They said no of course, proceeding on. As we searched for about three hours, tremors on the surface commenced as the rock trembled. Steam rised from under my feet while everyone started to head back. We ran faster and faster as the quivers grew larger and lasted longer. It was like I was being followed by something trying to get to my. Not thinking, I stopped to turn due to this weird feeling that someone or thing was behind me. Some one shouted out me and as I turned and found myself suddenly falling. I fell hard and fast. I fell forever it seemed. When I came to, I was amazed that I was still alive and wondered if anyone knew I was down here. I looked up and noticed there was no way anyone out of where ever the hell I was. As I looked around an aura encircle my body. At first I thought I hit my head pretty hard and none of this was real, but something convinced me other wise. Laughter coming from the opposite direction. I stood and followed this jesting sound. To my surprise, I saw a young looking girl playing with her kitty and I thought I know I must be dreaming. I mean there was no air in space I had to be. The black kitten stopped suddenly facing me eye to eye. She looked alarmed, but the girl wasn't. She was the most ravishing gal I have ever seen and I couldn't take my eyes off her. She approached me with ease and reached for my headpiece. At first I was started while she giggled, but there was air and I was breathing. I didn't understand anything that was going on nor did I try. "'It's you,?'" she said. According to her, I only dwelled in her dreams and she couldn't understand where I came from nor did she imagine that I would actually be real. When I heard the name Serenity, it was like sweet music to thy ears. I wanted to stay there forever there with here. Something came over me and I knew that we had to be together. She reached for my hand and I took it, in a fraction of a second flowers surrounded me and I was in normal clothes. Someone came up to us:
Flash back…
"Just play along," Serenity said. Darien shook his head and smiled. "Serena, what are you doing with this stranger? And how many times have we told you about sneeking out side the palace walls. You could have been seen by one of those god awful earthlings." Darien slighlty frowned apon the comment. "I'm sorry Raye, I was just…" "No excuses, you're mother has sent us scouts to look after you and now you're here with some boy. Tisk tisk, what would your mother say. I'm sorry Serenity, as you know I will have to tell you mother of this event." Serena looked terriferd. No way would her mother belive any excuse serena would say. "That will not be necessary." He said frankly. Raye rose here eyes in suspicion while Serena wondered her eyes and smiled. "Umm, Raye, this is umm…this is…" "Darien," he said finally. Raye was about to grad hold of Serenity's hand until a guard was sent for her for a secret scout meeting held by the queen. "I'll get back to you later, missy," she said before jotting away, winking toward Darien. He smiled back then turned his head to Serena. "You have made quite the impression," she teased. "Tell me something princess, am I dreaming or what. My men probably think I'm dead and have sent other out in search for me, real or not, I have to get back," Serenity's garrulous eyes were filled with disappointment. "Believe me when I say, that this place is quite real and it is crucial that you must stay. For there is no way for you to leave this place. You are what they say; an out sider, but I feel that you need to be here, here with me," Serenity pleaded. "Funny thing, I… feel the same…way." Suddenly the two found themselves in a position they need not to be. Serena laid the smile first as Darien was drawn to her essence. "Get away from my daughter!" urged and angry voice. "Mother," Serenity whispered to herself. "So it is true, Serenity. How un-lady like. You disappoint me. Oh daughter what am I to do with you. I try to raise you properly and you go out with this… this…" The queen looked deep into Darien's eyes, searching his soul. Darien soon became intimidated. "You young man, I don't know who you are and what you are doing with my daughter, but I know that you do not belong here, not with my people. Such is treason and calls for an abrupt punishment, death." Serenity shook her head no while Darien was soon put into suspended animation like state. "Mother no you can not, you must not, please mother. I didn't mean to alarm you, but he was simply lost and I was showing him a way out. No mother, show mercy." The queens looked hard down toward Darien then to the look apon her daughter's face. "As your wish, but no know this…He will be brought back to his planet with no recollection of this place or you. And because of your meeting with him, history will be change and he will never set foot on the moon. This time they shall find their space mineral so none of this shall ever occur. Daughter, you must understand never need it be that you or any of us to encounter and earthly, understand," Queen said directly. Serena sighed "As long as he lives," she said finally as she went to steal a kiss, just as he vanished…
Out of flash back…
"But I didn't forget, which was very unusual. The difference was that I just refused the launch due to a deep feeling that I shouldn't go," Andrew raised in awe. "Darien you once spoke of a spacecraft, but that the way you speak of it…" he paused. "What," Andrew managed a sarcastic laugh. "That technology was centuries ago. I remember reading about that moon trip in an ancient history text, when I was four. That happened centuries ago, which just can't be possible. If you are from Earth your remains should be rotten and dissolved by now." Darien chuckled and proceeded. "Well that's a mystery to me too. As I said before, the memory was still intact and according to her, I was born into the moon Kingdom in a previous life, but something terrible happens. No one knew exactly what but it caused me and my family to be exiled to Earth and our punishment was to grow old with them and die, leaving me alone with out the love of my life. And no I see history is repeating itself. Now take a seat, I see we still have time until we get to where ever the hell we're going." Both sat back while Darien proceeded. No how is it I became an outcast of my own world you say, till this day I still question the reason, but this is how it went… There was foretold a great battle was going to take place on the moon, strife of good and evil. No one ever believed it, but I took it under great concideration due to all the other things that were bestowed onto me. I dedicated my loyalty to the queen of the moon to protect her and her Kingdom if such should happen. I was said to be a trader, and because I didn't become an astronaut, the queen of the moon as well as one from planet earth to knight me. That put me in quite the predicament, but the love of Serenity kept me away from my home world. As predicted the battle begun and I was set forth to protect the some princess in addition to Serenity. I had a selfish heart. Never did I think to have them brought together so I could protect them both. At that time, I truly felt like I had betrayed my world. Due to my carelessness, the princess was extinguishing while I was playing hero boy showing off for Serenity. They had the power to save themselves, but compared to earth, there was no hope for us. My planet was left in ruins while the moon remained safe for a time. The highest of earth vanished me to never return. I had failed, and cost a life. I might as well have killed her myself. I regret that till this day. That was more than five hundred years ago. Why I live today, that royal bloodline of eternal life still flows within after all these centuries. I had to be with Serena and I saw nothing past that. Why was a chosen for such duties? I just wreck them all, just like back there…Serenity, I failed you too…" Darien stood tall to glance out the window, slowly exhaling "You know, I've never told this story before, now that I do it puts things in a whole new perspective. I wonder if the princess of Earth was somehow connected to that of the Moon? We'll I think I answered all of your questions, now I have one for you," Darien approached Andrew with cocked eyebrow. "What's that?" "Who sent you out in search for me, and how did you know exactly when and where to find me. That should be an interesting story, wouldn't you think." Andrew withdrew a forced smile as he glanced over to the navigation panels. "That'll have to wait, in the mean time, we're here. Lets get you out of those clothes and into something more common like I should say," he chuckled. "A what pray tail do you mean by that? What's wrong with what I have on," "I see we have lost of work to do on you yet, prince," he laughed once more. "Here, put these on," Darien glanced at the cloth in disgust. "Surely you do not expect me to put these rags on do you. I mean really now, they're filthy," he said shacking the dust from the garments. "And how in the hell, would any women want to put up with such a whinny sissy such as your self. Come one now, I know that rough tuff renegade is in there some where. Come one pretty boy; show us what you are made of. Or are you just all looks and no backbone. What was she thinking when she said yes, to the likes of you?" Andrew almost choked on that on. Darien wasn't as bad as Andrew portrayed him to be. Andrew was the typed to lead a mob of thugs and not baby sit some prissy opulent kid. Darien had been away from the real world far too long and was well adapted to him getting commodities on a silver platter. "We 'shall' make a real man out of you yet, you just wait and see, your majesty," Andrew mocked while Darien simply stood there annoyed as hell. "What do you mean? I have no time for a coming of age thing with you; I have to get to her, I must find her and my brother shall pay dearly for what he has done, oh another long story," "Why I'm sure it is, but there is no time for that. If you she loves you as much as she says she does, she'll wait, it applies to you too, Dar. I doubt you were this way in your former life. It's time you take a look at you roots, regardless of your bloodline of royalty. Where's that Dar I…" Andrew stopped before he would be hounded with more questions. "What was that," Darien asked rather preciously. "Nothing. Come lets go it'll only be a while. Just a few more minutes and we should be close enough to phase down to the planet…