Forbidden Hearts
Part 1/?
By Elisabeth James
ejames000@ameritech.net
This is my first real attempt at a silver millenium fic so
bear with me here. The storyline will be different than most of the
normal fics out there. Well just read and find out, but I can tell
you right now that there won't be a lot of fighting in this, or any
appearances by Queen Beryl or Metallia. This is pure romantic
angst
Disclaimer: *singing to the tune of the farmer in the dell* I don't
own Sailor Moon; I don't own Sailor Moon; Hi ho the dairy-o; I
don't own Sailor Moon.
The daylight was just breaking above the lunar mountains
that guarded the Moon castle. Princess Serenity had been up for
hours before the dawn. She sat out on her large balcony that
overlooked the gardens painting the earth. It was so beautiful, like
a perfect marble floating in the heaven.
It was from that very planet that her future husband resided
on at that very same moment, watching the sunrise himself. She
didn't know what he looked like, or what type of person he was.
She hoped he would be nice, caring, and maybe even handsome.
Still the idea of being betrothed to someone didn't sit well inside
her.
She wasn't even the one to become queen, her older sister
Raina was. Oh Raina was definitely fit to become ruler of the
moon, she was tall, proud and regal. Serenity was wild and
carefree, regal was not a word fit to describe her or her actions.
Raina was to marry Prince Endymion, the future ruler of earth.
Prince Adonis was his younger brother, that was who she was
supposed to marry. A second best prince for a second best
princess was what her mother had told her.
She set down her paintbrush on her easel and stared at the
work of art before her. Her eyes glanced up at earth, studying it's
shape and features. All she could see were glaring imperfections
in her painting compared to the real thing; without a second
thought she tore through the canvas, letting the painting fall from
the easel with a thud.
The fabric rustled around her waist as Raina slipped into
the crimson red velvet dress that had been made especially for
today's occasion. It looked lovely with her dark chocolate brown
mane. Servants bustled around her room, fixing up her hair, doing
her nails and other last minute preparation before the big meeting.
Her mother stood in the doorway supervising the activity.
"Mother, I just don't know about this dress. Isn't it a bit
bold?" Raina smoothed the front of it down and studied her
reflection in the mirror.
"Relax child, Endymion will not know what hit him when
he catches sight of you. You look absolutely glowing, the vision of
a queen." a smile spread across the pale face of the queen. "You
must forget what is riding on this marriage, the peace of this land
is guaranteed when you take a husband from earth."
For the last two years the people of the moon have been on
the brink of war. Many Terran people had migrated from the earth
seeking a less populated place to live and raise children.
Lunatarians at first accepted the Terrans and the moon remained
peaceful. It was not until one of the unhappy Terrens assassinated
the king during the Lunar festival two years ago that everything fell
apart. The Lunatarians wanted vengeance for the crime that had
been committed against them, but the queen only sought to keep
the peace. Small confrontations started to escalate along the outer
rim of the kingdom just after the assassination and now the Terrens
and the Lunatarians were ready for war. The situation had grown
increasingly worse over the past few months and if something
wasn't done to remedy the situation quickly, civil war would tear
the moon apart. By Raina taking a husband from earth Queen
Serenity hoped that perhaps the Terrens and Lunatarians could
strike a compromise.
"I know, I must do what is best for the moon. But isn't
there any other way?" Raina didn't want this marriage, she was
only 18 and she wanted to marry for love, not for political gain.
"Listen child, there is no other option. The moon is on
dangerous ground right now. War is on the horizon, something
must be done to prevent it from taking place. We all must make
sacrifices for the land we love." the queen walked toward her and
placed her hands on her eldest daughter's shoulders. "They will be
here any moment, hurry up and get finished, I have to go and see
how Serenity is faring."
With a faint nod Raina brushed a stray tear from her cheek
and took a deep breath. Life just wasn't fair.
Serenity was alone in her bedroom, all ready to go and
meet earth's royal family. Her hair was done up in her buns and
she wore a satin ice blue dress with pearls and small gems
embroidered around the hem and low cut collar. It matched her
silver hair perfectly in color. She clutched her torn painting in her
hands, wondering if there was any way to repair it. It hadn't been
that bad of a job after all.
"There you are Serenity, all ready to go I see. Let's away
then." the queen entered her room without knocking and walked
straight up to the bed. "What have you got there?"
"Just something I painted this morning." she quietly
replied. The queen only nodded, and grabbed her 16 year old
daughter's hand.
"The time is at hand, the princes have arrived and await
Raina's arrival. We must not make her late now." Serenity
quickly dropped the ruined painting onto her bed and allowed her
mother to lead her from the room.
Queen Serenity had no patience for dealing with her
younger daughter's antics. She was busy trying to raise Raina to
be a proud and nobel queen, she never really had much time for
Serenity. And since her husband was killed, she seemed to have
put even more distance between her and her namesake. She saw
so much of her beloved in her daughter, his light, his kind heart, it
killed her to even look at her daughter sometimes.
It didn't help that Serenity wasted her time on such frivious
things such as painting, or writing. She never seemed to be ready
to perform her duties as a Princess. She was always off
somewhere, never telling anyone where she was going, causing
trouble in the Queen's opinion. She always told herself that if her
youngest daughter would just take more responsiblity then she
would tolerate her more, but she never really knew if that was
true or not.
"Announcing the arrival of her royal majesty Queen
Serenity the first and her daughters Princess Raina and Princess
Serenity the second." the royal guards opened the large silver
doors and queen and the princesses stepped into the large hall.
The room itself was huge with a high vaulted ceiling held
up with carved oak beams that crisscrossed back and forth. The
walls were clothed with tapestries and paintings. A long red carpet
lay down the center of the room and on the other side awaited
earth's royal family.
Prince Endymion watched the two princesses approach
him, wondering which one of them he was to marry in two weeks.
The petite silver haired one caught his eye, she was beautiful. She
stared back at him, uncertainty shown in her eyes, she did not want
to be here.
"Your majesties." the two girls curtsied low to the ground
in front of the king and queen.
"You have two lovely daughters Serenity. I can see they
were well raised." Queen Rhea remarked as the girls slowly rose.
"Well a single mother does the best she can Rhea. How
have you been?" the two queens had been friends since childhood,
and still kept in close contact.
"I have been good Serenity." Rhea smiled warmly at her
old friend, "I would like to present my two sons Endymion and
Adonis. Boys, this is Princess Raina and Princess Serenity, your
future wives." Rhea pushed them both forward toward the young
girls. They looked at each other for a few still, tense moments
before any of them said anything.
Endymion was the first speak. He planted a gentle kiss on
Serenity's hand, "It is a pleasure to meet you Princess." her gray
eyes caught his as he stared up at her with his cool blue ones. She
felt the blush rise through her cheeks and tried to smile as best she
could.
Rhea quickly corrected the situation, "Endy darling, you
are engaged to Raina, the dark haired one." she whispered harshly
in his ear. He quickly dropped Serenity's hand and kissed Raina's
instead.
Serenity got her first good look at Adonis as her mother
pushed her toward him. He was no Endymion that was for sure.
He wore his dark brown hair long, down to his shoulders and he
had dull blue eyes. He grinned widely at her.
"It is a pleasure to meet you Princess." he full-heartedly
kissed her hand. His lips were no where near as gentle as
Endymion's when he brushed them against her hand. What was
she thinking? Endymion was her sister's fiancée, she could never
have him, not matter how hard she wished it.
"How old is your sister?" Endymion asked Raina softly as
he released her hand. Her brows knitted in confusion, why was he
asking questions about her sister?
"She is 16, why do you ask?" she followed his eyes to her
younger sister, a smile played across his lips.
"I was just curious, she looks so much older." he replied,
not pulling his sight from Serenity.
"As it is you Prince Adonis." she could feel Endymion's
eyes staring at them from behind Adonis, but she didn't dare look.
"My mother tells me that you are an artist of sorts, your
mother speaks very highly of your talents." he eagerly dove into
conversation, in a hurry to get to know this angel. He knew
Endymion was watching them closely, might as well give him
something to watch, and something to get jealous over.
"My mother speaks highly of nothing I do. I do enjoy
painting though, it sooths the soul and quiets the mind." she smiled
at him, he did seem nice enough. Maybe she would be happy in
her life with him... only time would tell.
The queen suddenly decided to break into the already
uncomfortable moment, "Serenity has offered her services and is
willing to give a tour of the grounds after this short meeting is
over." the queen looked coldly at her daughter silently willing her
to say something on the matter.
"Oh yes, the castle grounds are quite large, I thought you
all might be interested in seeing them in some detail." she forced a
pleasant smile upon her face.
"That is very kind of you, but the king and I are quite tired
from the day's journey, perhaps Endymion or Adonis will take you
up on your offer however." Rhea glanced at her sons, Endymion's
eyes were fixated on Serenity. This was not going at all as was
planned.
"Actually mother, I was planning on just exploring on my
own and then taking a short nap before dinner." Adonis quickly
added. He gently kissed Serenity's hand once more, "I will see
you at dinner then Serenity." Adonis left the meeting room in
silence, Serenity watched him with curiosity.
Endymion saw this as the perfect opportunity to step in, "I
would love to see the palace Princess, I would be most honored if
you could give me the grand tour." for the first time all day
Serenity found herself genuinely smiling back at someone.
"It would be my pleasure your highness. Mother shall I
go?" the queen nodded slowly, eyeing Endymion as they walked
past. Raina seemed preoccupied with talking to the queen of earth
and didn't notice anything that was happening between her sister
and her future husband.
"This is the north wing of the castle. The dining room is
located here, right down that long hallway." she pointed to the
large oak doors that stood tall at the end of the hall that lead to the
kitchen and dining hall.
"I have to admit this is all rather fascinating but isn't there
anything more exciting in this castle than a dining room and a ton
of guest rooms?" Endymion asked the young girl that was leading
him throughout the corridors.
"Well..." she trailed off, the entire time she was walking
with the prince she couldn't look him in the eyes. "I could
show you the gardens." she said helplessly.
"That sounds lovely princess, we shall go there next." he
took her arm in his and they started toward the lunar gardens.
"Well the children certainly seemed to get along all right."
Rhea told Serenity as she sipped her tea.
"Well I believe that Serenity and Endymion hit it off a little
too well. They must not forget who is betrothed to whom."
Serenity added slowly, waiting to hear agreement from the terran
queen.
"Much agreed, I took notice of that in the meeting room. I
will put a stop to that tonight Serenity, it will go no farther than it
has already."
"Good, Raina must be married to Endymion to ensure the
peace of both our worlds."
"These are the gardens your highness. We grow every type
of flower available anywhere in the galaxy here." the familiar
feelings of peace came over her. She spend almost all of her free
time out here, among the flowers.
"Please don't call me that. It's not my name." he told her
quietly. She was just so beautiful. That smile she had was
dazzling, enough to melt the coldest heart.
"Then what should I call you?"
"How about Endymion." he prompted her. She nodded,
"All right Endymion it is."
He turned his eyes back toward the castle, "Say whose
room is that?" he asked her while pointing to a window with a
large balcony suspended off the side of the stone wall.
"Oh, that's my room. I requested one that looked out over
the gardens. It has a spectacular view as well, I can see forever on
a clear day." she smiled back at him.
"I wish to see that room next." he grabbed her hand and
pulled her back into the castle.
"Your highnes- I mean Endymion, I don't think that would
really be appropriate to show you." she protested.
"I only wish to see the view Princess, nothing more. You
spoke of it and now I am curious. This is my first journey to the
moon and I wish to see all that I can of it." they reached the door
and she pushed it open slowly.
The room was bright with natural sunlight. She quickly led
him to the back of the room and outside onto the balcony. The day
was clear and the view stretched back all the way until the lake on
the edge of the grounds. The Lunar mountains stood tall with
wisps of clouds covering their peaks.
"It is spectacular, absolutely breathtaking, never have I
seen such a sight." he breathed in the fresh air, this place was so
much cleaner than earth.
"Those are the Lunar mountains, they offer protection to
the castle grounds." she put her elbows on the railing and stared
down at the sea of flowers below her. She made a note to try and
paint them later.
"Oh!" suddenly she raced back into her bedroom and over
to her bed. She reached into her pocket and pulled out a small
bottle of glue that she had managed to sneak from the kitchen staff
on her way down to the meeting room. She picked up her torn
painting and tried to figure out how to use the glue to repair it.
"Did you paint that?" Endymion was instantly behind her,
staring over her shoulder.
"Yes, this morning as the sun was coming up.
Unfortunately I tore a large hole right down the center of it."
"Why would you do such a thing, it's a wonderful painting
of my home." he took the painting carefully from her hand and
studied it further.
"What can I say, I am a perfectionist and it is not perfect. I
would like to try and fix it though, it was AS bad as I thought it
was."
"Allow me, I can take it back to my room tonight and have
it fixed as good as new by tomorrow." he took it smoothly from
her hands and slipped it under his arm.
"Thank you, that would be most kind of you to do." she
spun around to face him and met his eyes. She felt her heart skip a
beat within her chest. His entire face was a masterpiece, a perfect
piece of earth architecture.
"It would be the least I could do to repay you for the tour.
Now do you think you can show me where I will be sleeping
tonight?"
"Of course Endymion, I'll take you there right now. It's
only right down the hallway from this room."
"You sleep in the guest hall?" he asked her puzzled, why
would a princess chose a lowly guest room when she could have a
grand suite closer to the main part of the castle?
"Yes, I told you, I wanted a room that overlooked the
garden." she smiled and lead him from the room.
"Well thank you for the lovely tour, your castle is quite
beautiful." they stood awkwardly outside the door of Endymion's
room, neither of them were sure exactly what to say.
"Well it was my pleasure. If you need anything, just come
and find me. I'll be in my room until dinner." she turned to walk
away when he reached out and delicately grabbed her arm.
"If you weren't my brother's..." he trailed off. She sighed
and carefully released herself from his grasp.
"Don't talk like that, I'll see you at dinner your highness."
she walked away from him as quickly as her legs could carry her.
He couldn't know she thought the same thing.
~ To be continued... ~
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Liz-chan
Part 1/?
By Elisabeth James
ejames000@ameritech.net
This is my first real attempt at a silver millenium fic so
bear with me here. The storyline will be different than most of the
normal fics out there. Well just read and find out, but I can tell
you right now that there won't be a lot of fighting in this, or any
appearances by Queen Beryl or Metallia. This is pure romantic
angst
Disclaimer: *singing to the tune of the farmer in the dell* I don't
own Sailor Moon; I don't own Sailor Moon; Hi ho the dairy-o; I
don't own Sailor Moon.
The daylight was just breaking above the lunar mountains
that guarded the Moon castle. Princess Serenity had been up for
hours before the dawn. She sat out on her large balcony that
overlooked the gardens painting the earth. It was so beautiful, like
a perfect marble floating in the heaven.
It was from that very planet that her future husband resided
on at that very same moment, watching the sunrise himself. She
didn't know what he looked like, or what type of person he was.
She hoped he would be nice, caring, and maybe even handsome.
Still the idea of being betrothed to someone didn't sit well inside
her.
She wasn't even the one to become queen, her older sister
Raina was. Oh Raina was definitely fit to become ruler of the
moon, she was tall, proud and regal. Serenity was wild and
carefree, regal was not a word fit to describe her or her actions.
Raina was to marry Prince Endymion, the future ruler of earth.
Prince Adonis was his younger brother, that was who she was
supposed to marry. A second best prince for a second best
princess was what her mother had told her.
She set down her paintbrush on her easel and stared at the
work of art before her. Her eyes glanced up at earth, studying it's
shape and features. All she could see were glaring imperfections
in her painting compared to the real thing; without a second
thought she tore through the canvas, letting the painting fall from
the easel with a thud.
The fabric rustled around her waist as Raina slipped into
the crimson red velvet dress that had been made especially for
today's occasion. It looked lovely with her dark chocolate brown
mane. Servants bustled around her room, fixing up her hair, doing
her nails and other last minute preparation before the big meeting.
Her mother stood in the doorway supervising the activity.
"Mother, I just don't know about this dress. Isn't it a bit
bold?" Raina smoothed the front of it down and studied her
reflection in the mirror.
"Relax child, Endymion will not know what hit him when
he catches sight of you. You look absolutely glowing, the vision of
a queen." a smile spread across the pale face of the queen. "You
must forget what is riding on this marriage, the peace of this land
is guaranteed when you take a husband from earth."
For the last two years the people of the moon have been on
the brink of war. Many Terran people had migrated from the earth
seeking a less populated place to live and raise children.
Lunatarians at first accepted the Terrans and the moon remained
peaceful. It was not until one of the unhappy Terrens assassinated
the king during the Lunar festival two years ago that everything fell
apart. The Lunatarians wanted vengeance for the crime that had
been committed against them, but the queen only sought to keep
the peace. Small confrontations started to escalate along the outer
rim of the kingdom just after the assassination and now the Terrens
and the Lunatarians were ready for war. The situation had grown
increasingly worse over the past few months and if something
wasn't done to remedy the situation quickly, civil war would tear
the moon apart. By Raina taking a husband from earth Queen
Serenity hoped that perhaps the Terrens and Lunatarians could
strike a compromise.
"I know, I must do what is best for the moon. But isn't
there any other way?" Raina didn't want this marriage, she was
only 18 and she wanted to marry for love, not for political gain.
"Listen child, there is no other option. The moon is on
dangerous ground right now. War is on the horizon, something
must be done to prevent it from taking place. We all must make
sacrifices for the land we love." the queen walked toward her and
placed her hands on her eldest daughter's shoulders. "They will be
here any moment, hurry up and get finished, I have to go and see
how Serenity is faring."
With a faint nod Raina brushed a stray tear from her cheek
and took a deep breath. Life just wasn't fair.
Serenity was alone in her bedroom, all ready to go and
meet earth's royal family. Her hair was done up in her buns and
she wore a satin ice blue dress with pearls and small gems
embroidered around the hem and low cut collar. It matched her
silver hair perfectly in color. She clutched her torn painting in her
hands, wondering if there was any way to repair it. It hadn't been
that bad of a job after all.
"There you are Serenity, all ready to go I see. Let's away
then." the queen entered her room without knocking and walked
straight up to the bed. "What have you got there?"
"Just something I painted this morning." she quietly
replied. The queen only nodded, and grabbed her 16 year old
daughter's hand.
"The time is at hand, the princes have arrived and await
Raina's arrival. We must not make her late now." Serenity
quickly dropped the ruined painting onto her bed and allowed her
mother to lead her from the room.
Queen Serenity had no patience for dealing with her
younger daughter's antics. She was busy trying to raise Raina to
be a proud and nobel queen, she never really had much time for
Serenity. And since her husband was killed, she seemed to have
put even more distance between her and her namesake. She saw
so much of her beloved in her daughter, his light, his kind heart, it
killed her to even look at her daughter sometimes.
It didn't help that Serenity wasted her time on such frivious
things such as painting, or writing. She never seemed to be ready
to perform her duties as a Princess. She was always off
somewhere, never telling anyone where she was going, causing
trouble in the Queen's opinion. She always told herself that if her
youngest daughter would just take more responsiblity then she
would tolerate her more, but she never really knew if that was
true or not.
"Announcing the arrival of her royal majesty Queen
Serenity the first and her daughters Princess Raina and Princess
Serenity the second." the royal guards opened the large silver
doors and queen and the princesses stepped into the large hall.
The room itself was huge with a high vaulted ceiling held
up with carved oak beams that crisscrossed back and forth. The
walls were clothed with tapestries and paintings. A long red carpet
lay down the center of the room and on the other side awaited
earth's royal family.
Prince Endymion watched the two princesses approach
him, wondering which one of them he was to marry in two weeks.
The petite silver haired one caught his eye, she was beautiful. She
stared back at him, uncertainty shown in her eyes, she did not want
to be here.
"Your majesties." the two girls curtsied low to the ground
in front of the king and queen.
"You have two lovely daughters Serenity. I can see they
were well raised." Queen Rhea remarked as the girls slowly rose.
"Well a single mother does the best she can Rhea. How
have you been?" the two queens had been friends since childhood,
and still kept in close contact.
"I have been good Serenity." Rhea smiled warmly at her
old friend, "I would like to present my two sons Endymion and
Adonis. Boys, this is Princess Raina and Princess Serenity, your
future wives." Rhea pushed them both forward toward the young
girls. They looked at each other for a few still, tense moments
before any of them said anything.
Endymion was the first speak. He planted a gentle kiss on
Serenity's hand, "It is a pleasure to meet you Princess." her gray
eyes caught his as he stared up at her with his cool blue ones. She
felt the blush rise through her cheeks and tried to smile as best she
could.
Rhea quickly corrected the situation, "Endy darling, you
are engaged to Raina, the dark haired one." she whispered harshly
in his ear. He quickly dropped Serenity's hand and kissed Raina's
instead.
Serenity got her first good look at Adonis as her mother
pushed her toward him. He was no Endymion that was for sure.
He wore his dark brown hair long, down to his shoulders and he
had dull blue eyes. He grinned widely at her.
"It is a pleasure to meet you Princess." he full-heartedly
kissed her hand. His lips were no where near as gentle as
Endymion's when he brushed them against her hand. What was
she thinking? Endymion was her sister's fiancée, she could never
have him, not matter how hard she wished it.
"How old is your sister?" Endymion asked Raina softly as
he released her hand. Her brows knitted in confusion, why was he
asking questions about her sister?
"She is 16, why do you ask?" she followed his eyes to her
younger sister, a smile played across his lips.
"I was just curious, she looks so much older." he replied,
not pulling his sight from Serenity.
"As it is you Prince Adonis." she could feel Endymion's
eyes staring at them from behind Adonis, but she didn't dare look.
"My mother tells me that you are an artist of sorts, your
mother speaks very highly of your talents." he eagerly dove into
conversation, in a hurry to get to know this angel. He knew
Endymion was watching them closely, might as well give him
something to watch, and something to get jealous over.
"My mother speaks highly of nothing I do. I do enjoy
painting though, it sooths the soul and quiets the mind." she smiled
at him, he did seem nice enough. Maybe she would be happy in
her life with him... only time would tell.
The queen suddenly decided to break into the already
uncomfortable moment, "Serenity has offered her services and is
willing to give a tour of the grounds after this short meeting is
over." the queen looked coldly at her daughter silently willing her
to say something on the matter.
"Oh yes, the castle grounds are quite large, I thought you
all might be interested in seeing them in some detail." she forced a
pleasant smile upon her face.
"That is very kind of you, but the king and I are quite tired
from the day's journey, perhaps Endymion or Adonis will take you
up on your offer however." Rhea glanced at her sons, Endymion's
eyes were fixated on Serenity. This was not going at all as was
planned.
"Actually mother, I was planning on just exploring on my
own and then taking a short nap before dinner." Adonis quickly
added. He gently kissed Serenity's hand once more, "I will see
you at dinner then Serenity." Adonis left the meeting room in
silence, Serenity watched him with curiosity.
Endymion saw this as the perfect opportunity to step in, "I
would love to see the palace Princess, I would be most honored if
you could give me the grand tour." for the first time all day
Serenity found herself genuinely smiling back at someone.
"It would be my pleasure your highness. Mother shall I
go?" the queen nodded slowly, eyeing Endymion as they walked
past. Raina seemed preoccupied with talking to the queen of earth
and didn't notice anything that was happening between her sister
and her future husband.
"This is the north wing of the castle. The dining room is
located here, right down that long hallway." she pointed to the
large oak doors that stood tall at the end of the hall that lead to the
kitchen and dining hall.
"I have to admit this is all rather fascinating but isn't there
anything more exciting in this castle than a dining room and a ton
of guest rooms?" Endymion asked the young girl that was leading
him throughout the corridors.
"Well..." she trailed off, the entire time she was walking
with the prince she couldn't look him in the eyes. "I could
show you the gardens." she said helplessly.
"That sounds lovely princess, we shall go there next." he
took her arm in his and they started toward the lunar gardens.
"Well the children certainly seemed to get along all right."
Rhea told Serenity as she sipped her tea.
"Well I believe that Serenity and Endymion hit it off a little
too well. They must not forget who is betrothed to whom."
Serenity added slowly, waiting to hear agreement from the terran
queen.
"Much agreed, I took notice of that in the meeting room. I
will put a stop to that tonight Serenity, it will go no farther than it
has already."
"Good, Raina must be married to Endymion to ensure the
peace of both our worlds."
"These are the gardens your highness. We grow every type
of flower available anywhere in the galaxy here." the familiar
feelings of peace came over her. She spend almost all of her free
time out here, among the flowers.
"Please don't call me that. It's not my name." he told her
quietly. She was just so beautiful. That smile she had was
dazzling, enough to melt the coldest heart.
"Then what should I call you?"
"How about Endymion." he prompted her. She nodded,
"All right Endymion it is."
He turned his eyes back toward the castle, "Say whose
room is that?" he asked her while pointing to a window with a
large balcony suspended off the side of the stone wall.
"Oh, that's my room. I requested one that looked out over
the gardens. It has a spectacular view as well, I can see forever on
a clear day." she smiled back at him.
"I wish to see that room next." he grabbed her hand and
pulled her back into the castle.
"Your highnes- I mean Endymion, I don't think that would
really be appropriate to show you." she protested.
"I only wish to see the view Princess, nothing more. You
spoke of it and now I am curious. This is my first journey to the
moon and I wish to see all that I can of it." they reached the door
and she pushed it open slowly.
The room was bright with natural sunlight. She quickly led
him to the back of the room and outside onto the balcony. The day
was clear and the view stretched back all the way until the lake on
the edge of the grounds. The Lunar mountains stood tall with
wisps of clouds covering their peaks.
"It is spectacular, absolutely breathtaking, never have I
seen such a sight." he breathed in the fresh air, this place was so
much cleaner than earth.
"Those are the Lunar mountains, they offer protection to
the castle grounds." she put her elbows on the railing and stared
down at the sea of flowers below her. She made a note to try and
paint them later.
"Oh!" suddenly she raced back into her bedroom and over
to her bed. She reached into her pocket and pulled out a small
bottle of glue that she had managed to sneak from the kitchen staff
on her way down to the meeting room. She picked up her torn
painting and tried to figure out how to use the glue to repair it.
"Did you paint that?" Endymion was instantly behind her,
staring over her shoulder.
"Yes, this morning as the sun was coming up.
Unfortunately I tore a large hole right down the center of it."
"Why would you do such a thing, it's a wonderful painting
of my home." he took the painting carefully from her hand and
studied it further.
"What can I say, I am a perfectionist and it is not perfect. I
would like to try and fix it though, it was AS bad as I thought it
was."
"Allow me, I can take it back to my room tonight and have
it fixed as good as new by tomorrow." he took it smoothly from
her hands and slipped it under his arm.
"Thank you, that would be most kind of you to do." she
spun around to face him and met his eyes. She felt her heart skip a
beat within her chest. His entire face was a masterpiece, a perfect
piece of earth architecture.
"It would be the least I could do to repay you for the tour.
Now do you think you can show me where I will be sleeping
tonight?"
"Of course Endymion, I'll take you there right now. It's
only right down the hallway from this room."
"You sleep in the guest hall?" he asked her puzzled, why
would a princess chose a lowly guest room when she could have a
grand suite closer to the main part of the castle?
"Yes, I told you, I wanted a room that overlooked the
garden." she smiled and lead him from the room.
"Well thank you for the lovely tour, your castle is quite
beautiful." they stood awkwardly outside the door of Endymion's
room, neither of them were sure exactly what to say.
"Well it was my pleasure. If you need anything, just come
and find me. I'll be in my room until dinner." she turned to walk
away when he reached out and delicately grabbed her arm.
"If you weren't my brother's..." he trailed off. She sighed
and carefully released herself from his grasp.
"Don't talk like that, I'll see you at dinner your highness."
she walked away from him as quickly as her legs could carry her.
He couldn't know she thought the same thing.
~ To be continued... ~
I realize this is kinda boring right now, but I'm working on
building a sturdy starting point. I think we can all see which
direction I'm going with this :) Please write me with some sort of
comment even if it's just to tell me that this is extremely boring so
far.
Special thanks to!: Clare-chan, even though you don't read
SM fanfiction anymore, you're still one of my best friends :)
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make this chapter so much better :)
Liz-chan