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Casualty of War and of the Heart Chapter 7
Mariemaia sat in her favorite spot in the garden behind Relena's Mansion. Under a tree, near a little pond. Mariemaia sat the music box Relena had given her on the grass and pulled a small hand held computer from her dress pocket.
"I'm glad Lady gave me this," she said as she looked at the screen. She placed a small ear piece into her ear. "Now lets see what she is up too." The small screen came to life and showed Sylvia Noventa sitting on the bed in the room Mariemaia had taken her too. Sylvia stood up and began to unpack her bags. "Boring," the child said and turned off the computer. She replaced it back into her pocket. "Now lets see this music box," Mariemaia said as she looked down on the ground where she had placed it. "Oh no! It's gone!" Mariemaia cried. Then she heard it. The song in the music box. The song Relena and Mariemaia made up. She turned to look up and saw a dark shadow standing next to the tree holding her music box. As she opened her mouth to scream a gloved hand passed across her face. Silencing her plea for help.
Relena rose from her seat to retrieve the fallen picture. She traced her fingers over the spider web crack that had spread between her and Heero. It separated Heero from everyone else in the picture.
"Miss Relena, Miss Relena..." Dorothy said. "Earth to the Queen of the World," she said as she watched her friend quickly wipe a tear from her face. Dorothy felt as if she could kill Heero for making Relena cry.
"I'm sorry Dorothy, where was I?" said Relena as she snapped back into reality. She placed the photo back on her desk and sat down. "Oh yes, how I hurt myself."
"Miss Relena you don't have to tell me if you don't want to."
"No, Dorothy, I want to tell you. I want a woman's opinion."
"Ok Miss Relena"
"After I read Heero's....letter I rushed off to my room and locked the door behind me. I was so heartbroken, but I couldn't cry. I walked over to my mirror, trying to see what was so wrong with me. Trying to understand what was so ugly about me that Heero didn't want me. And then I saw it." Relena told her.
"Saw what Miss Relena," Dorothy asked, half afraid of the answer.
"I saw my reflection. There stood Relena Peacecraft, former Queen of the World, Vice Peace Foreign Minister."
"I don't think I understand, Miss Relena." Dorothy said half confused.
"I saw a shell Dorothy. I saw a little nineteen year old girl in a boy's soldiers uniform who since the age of fifteen has carried the weight of the world on her shoulders. I hated what I saw. I don't want to be a girl in a boy's uniform. That's why Heero couldn't love me, I thought. I wanted to destroy that image. So I put my arms in front of my face and threw myself into the mirror." Relena said as she hung her head in shame.
Dorothy jumped from her seat and put her arms around Relena. "Oh Miss Relena I am so sorry. I didn't know. But your not like that. Look at yourself now. Your the Queen of the World. Your beautiful. Your brave. Your strong." Dorothy said as she held her friend.
"Brave, strong? What did I ever do besides hide behind the beliefs of pacifism?" Relena asked mockingly.
"Miss Relena, you saved Wufei's life. And Duo's life. Quatra and Trowa's lives. Miss Relena you saved my life too. Don't you remember? Don't you remember when the sniper shot you?" Dorothy asked.
"Yes, yes Dorothy, I remember." Relena said. "I remember."
Casualty of War and of the Heart Chapter 7
Mariemaia sat in her favorite spot in the garden behind Relena's Mansion. Under a tree, near a little pond. Mariemaia sat the music box Relena had given her on the grass and pulled a small hand held computer from her dress pocket.
"I'm glad Lady gave me this," she said as she looked at the screen. She placed a small ear piece into her ear. "Now lets see what she is up too." The small screen came to life and showed Sylvia Noventa sitting on the bed in the room Mariemaia had taken her too. Sylvia stood up and began to unpack her bags. "Boring," the child said and turned off the computer. She replaced it back into her pocket. "Now lets see this music box," Mariemaia said as she looked down on the ground where she had placed it. "Oh no! It's gone!" Mariemaia cried. Then she heard it. The song in the music box. The song Relena and Mariemaia made up. She turned to look up and saw a dark shadow standing next to the tree holding her music box. As she opened her mouth to scream a gloved hand passed across her face. Silencing her plea for help.
Relena rose from her seat to retrieve the fallen picture. She traced her fingers over the spider web crack that had spread between her and Heero. It separated Heero from everyone else in the picture.
"Miss Relena, Miss Relena..." Dorothy said. "Earth to the Queen of the World," she said as she watched her friend quickly wipe a tear from her face. Dorothy felt as if she could kill Heero for making Relena cry.
"I'm sorry Dorothy, where was I?" said Relena as she snapped back into reality. She placed the photo back on her desk and sat down. "Oh yes, how I hurt myself."
"Miss Relena you don't have to tell me if you don't want to."
"No, Dorothy, I want to tell you. I want a woman's opinion."
"Ok Miss Relena"
"After I read Heero's....letter I rushed off to my room and locked the door behind me. I was so heartbroken, but I couldn't cry. I walked over to my mirror, trying to see what was so wrong with me. Trying to understand what was so ugly about me that Heero didn't want me. And then I saw it." Relena told her.
"Saw what Miss Relena," Dorothy asked, half afraid of the answer.
"I saw my reflection. There stood Relena Peacecraft, former Queen of the World, Vice Peace Foreign Minister."
"I don't think I understand, Miss Relena." Dorothy said half confused.
"I saw a shell Dorothy. I saw a little nineteen year old girl in a boy's soldiers uniform who since the age of fifteen has carried the weight of the world on her shoulders. I hated what I saw. I don't want to be a girl in a boy's uniform. That's why Heero couldn't love me, I thought. I wanted to destroy that image. So I put my arms in front of my face and threw myself into the mirror." Relena said as she hung her head in shame.
Dorothy jumped from her seat and put her arms around Relena. "Oh Miss Relena I am so sorry. I didn't know. But your not like that. Look at yourself now. Your the Queen of the World. Your beautiful. Your brave. Your strong." Dorothy said as she held her friend.
"Brave, strong? What did I ever do besides hide behind the beliefs of pacifism?" Relena asked mockingly.
"Miss Relena, you saved Wufei's life. And Duo's life. Quatra and Trowa's lives. Miss Relena you saved my life too. Don't you remember? Don't you remember when the sniper shot you?" Dorothy asked.
"Yes, yes Dorothy, I remember." Relena said. "I remember."