Hello, faithful readers! I hope you are enjoying my neat little fic. I
certainly am! ^_^ It has been so easy to write, too. I sat down and wrote
this chapter straight through in about an hour.
And don't worry about poor Endymion-sama. I wouldn't do any permanent
damage to my future husband ^_~
This chapter focuses mostly on General Apatite, but don't get bored! This
chapter is very important to the plot. This chapter is also very short,
but I felt that I had to end it where I did. This is where I almost ended
the last chapter, so you can think of those two chapters as one big one if
you want to ^_^ ! There will only be one or two more chapters; this isn't
a very long fic. Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon or She-ra. Did you have to ruin my day
by reminding me of that?
Princess of Power
Chapter 3
Apatite lay sprawled out on her bed, thinking about what she had become.
She was horrified at how callous and self-centered was. How could she have
gotten so mad at that poor man Mamoru just because he didn't know who she
was. She had shot him because he had hurt her ego. True, her gun had
only
been set for stun (AN: cheesy, I know, but I'm basing this off of an 80's
cartoon – what can you expect?), but she had lashed out at him for
absolutely no reason at all. She hadn't even given him a chance to explain
himself. Sure, she was fairly certain that he had snuck into the Fortress,
but he had seemed nice enough. If she were honest with herself, she would
admit that she had even trusted him!
Now he was in the hands of the prison guards, and she was sure that word
would soon get out to Spinel, who was sure to punish him harshly. Apatite
could not live with the guilt of harming him. Something deep in her soul
told her that she needed to protect this man's life with her own. But why?
What could possibly be so important about this… this Mamoru that she would
need to protect him?
One thing Apatite was sure of, and that was that she needed to at least try
to fix the situation. Groaning, she rolled out of her bed, checked the
clock (long after she should have been asleep), and headed down to the
dungeon.
On the way there, she passed by the throne room. Spinel and Opal were
talking in hushed voices, and they sounded angry. Being the curious girl
that she had always been, Apatite decided to listen in for a while to
determine if they had heard about Mamoru yet.
"…very dangerous if she finds out," Spinel was saying.
"But she won't. We will make sure of that!"
"I will have no one ruin my plans. Not even the Prince of Earth."
"But how could he have found her? I thought no one remembered that there
was a princess."
"Queen Serenity remembers, and that would be enough. After all, Endymion
was married to her."
"But what did he say to her? Did he give anything away?"
"I don't think he had the chance to. The guards said that Apatite subdued
him before he could accomplish anything."
Apatite gasped softly from her hiding place behind a column. So he *had*
been telling the truth! Well, sort of. Mamoru was actually Endymion… and
he had been married to the princess of the moon!
Her mind began working overtime, and she soon came up with an image of the
prisoner with the crescent moon on her forehead. Apatite had never seen or
heard anything about the moon kingdom, but she was sure that this girl must
be the princess. Why else would she be locked up away from everyone, and
why else would Spinel have placed such a security block on her?
Apatite quickly left the room, on a mission and careful not to be noticed
by Opal or Spinel. She ran through the halls and into the dungeon. She
followed the dark corridors to the cell where the princess was. She peered
through the bars at her and found her sitting on the dirty rock that they
tried to pass off as a bench. She sat with poise and dignity. Her
crescent moon emitted enough light so that Apatite could see the princess's
pretty face and unusual hairstyle.
So this is Prince Endymion's wife, she thought sadly to herself,
overwhelmed with jealousy. She had been raised to act rashly to her
feelings, and therefore her first reaction to her jealous thoughts was to
leave the princess in the cell to rot out the rest of her days.
But she couldn't bring herself to do that. As much as she hated herself
for doing this, she wanted Endymion and his princess to be happy together.
It was wrong of the Dark Kingdom to rob that from them. And if Endymion
had been telling the truth… he had lost his wife over 16 years ago! No
matter what they had done, it was wrong to break up a family like that.
For the first time in her life, Apatite realized that both Spinel and the
Dark Kingdom could be wrong. Maybe she had even been on the wrong side her
entire life! She thought of all the people whose lives she had destroyed,
and for the first time she was honest with herself. She had never been
given a reason to arrest them or burn down their village; she had blindly
followed orders. What if she had been wrong?
Guilt-ridden and emotional, she took off at top speed for the room where
she knew the prince was being kept. It was commonly referred to as the
torture room, the room where the most dangerous criminals were kept, and
where soldiers were punished. Usually an entire regiment of troops kept
watch over whatever dangerous creature was in there, but this time there
was only one guard, and he looked very distracted. Apatite was shocked.
But he's so strong! Do they honestly expect him not to escape? Her
answer came when she realized that he had been hooked up to an
energy-draining machine, and that he was hovering close to death. Apatite
had never seen them use the machine to actually kill someone! Once or
twice, she had been hooked up to the machine for punishment. She knew how
painful it was, but she could only imagine how it felt to have your energy
drained for hours at a time with the machine on at full power.
How can I help? she wondered absently. The guard wouldn't be too hard to
overpower. All she had to do was to sneak up on him.
One well-aimed kick to the back of the neck took care of him, and he was
lying at her feet unconscious. Then she turned her attention to Endymion.
She wasn't sure how to free him without sounding the alarms. Spinel and
Opal weren't stupid. They had placed alarm systems all around and in the
machine. She spotted an object on a nearby table that also seemed to be
connected to some type of computer. It appeared to be a star of some sort
strung on a chain. Curious, she went over to examine it. She did not
touch it, for fear of setting off the alarms, but she found herself
wondering what this had to do with the prince and why it was so special.
She turned to look at him. He looked tired and drained, and his face was
pinched in pain. He was unconscious, and yet he would moan in pain every
few moments. It broke her heart to see him in so much pain, and it was all
her fault.
She sat down, back against the wall, and began to cry for the first time in
her life. She wished with all her might that she could do something to
help him. Tear after tear fell down her face until all that she could hear
were her own gut-wrenching sobs.
She was jerked out of her depression by the sound of cracking metal and the
alarms going off. Disoriented, she looked up to see the room encased in an
ethereal glow and the machine lying in pieces on the floor. Prince
Endymion was standing up amid the wreckage staring at her in astonishment.
He slowly crossed the room and knelt beside her.
"Princess Serenity?"
~~~ ~~~ ~~~
Wow! General Apatite is Princess Serenity? Okay, be honest. Who actually
guessed that before now? Anyone? Everyone? Let me know! I'm curious…
I promise that the next part will be out very soon. I hope that there are
still some people still reading this…
Bunny ^_^
bunny28@hehe.com
certainly am! ^_^ It has been so easy to write, too. I sat down and wrote
this chapter straight through in about an hour.
And don't worry about poor Endymion-sama. I wouldn't do any permanent
damage to my future husband ^_~
This chapter focuses mostly on General Apatite, but don't get bored! This
chapter is very important to the plot. This chapter is also very short,
but I felt that I had to end it where I did. This is where I almost ended
the last chapter, so you can think of those two chapters as one big one if
you want to ^_^ ! There will only be one or two more chapters; this isn't
a very long fic. Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon or She-ra. Did you have to ruin my day
by reminding me of that?
Princess of Power
Chapter 3
Apatite lay sprawled out on her bed, thinking about what she had become.
She was horrified at how callous and self-centered was. How could she have
gotten so mad at that poor man Mamoru just because he didn't know who she
was. She had shot him because he had hurt her ego. True, her gun had
only
been set for stun (AN: cheesy, I know, but I'm basing this off of an 80's
cartoon – what can you expect?), but she had lashed out at him for
absolutely no reason at all. She hadn't even given him a chance to explain
himself. Sure, she was fairly certain that he had snuck into the Fortress,
but he had seemed nice enough. If she were honest with herself, she would
admit that she had even trusted him!
Now he was in the hands of the prison guards, and she was sure that word
would soon get out to Spinel, who was sure to punish him harshly. Apatite
could not live with the guilt of harming him. Something deep in her soul
told her that she needed to protect this man's life with her own. But why?
What could possibly be so important about this… this Mamoru that she would
need to protect him?
One thing Apatite was sure of, and that was that she needed to at least try
to fix the situation. Groaning, she rolled out of her bed, checked the
clock (long after she should have been asleep), and headed down to the
dungeon.
On the way there, she passed by the throne room. Spinel and Opal were
talking in hushed voices, and they sounded angry. Being the curious girl
that she had always been, Apatite decided to listen in for a while to
determine if they had heard about Mamoru yet.
"…very dangerous if she finds out," Spinel was saying.
"But she won't. We will make sure of that!"
"I will have no one ruin my plans. Not even the Prince of Earth."
"But how could he have found her? I thought no one remembered that there
was a princess."
"Queen Serenity remembers, and that would be enough. After all, Endymion
was married to her."
"But what did he say to her? Did he give anything away?"
"I don't think he had the chance to. The guards said that Apatite subdued
him before he could accomplish anything."
Apatite gasped softly from her hiding place behind a column. So he *had*
been telling the truth! Well, sort of. Mamoru was actually Endymion… and
he had been married to the princess of the moon!
Her mind began working overtime, and she soon came up with an image of the
prisoner with the crescent moon on her forehead. Apatite had never seen or
heard anything about the moon kingdom, but she was sure that this girl must
be the princess. Why else would she be locked up away from everyone, and
why else would Spinel have placed such a security block on her?
Apatite quickly left the room, on a mission and careful not to be noticed
by Opal or Spinel. She ran through the halls and into the dungeon. She
followed the dark corridors to the cell where the princess was. She peered
through the bars at her and found her sitting on the dirty rock that they
tried to pass off as a bench. She sat with poise and dignity. Her
crescent moon emitted enough light so that Apatite could see the princess's
pretty face and unusual hairstyle.
So this is Prince Endymion's wife, she thought sadly to herself,
overwhelmed with jealousy. She had been raised to act rashly to her
feelings, and therefore her first reaction to her jealous thoughts was to
leave the princess in the cell to rot out the rest of her days.
But she couldn't bring herself to do that. As much as she hated herself
for doing this, she wanted Endymion and his princess to be happy together.
It was wrong of the Dark Kingdom to rob that from them. And if Endymion
had been telling the truth… he had lost his wife over 16 years ago! No
matter what they had done, it was wrong to break up a family like that.
For the first time in her life, Apatite realized that both Spinel and the
Dark Kingdom could be wrong. Maybe she had even been on the wrong side her
entire life! She thought of all the people whose lives she had destroyed,
and for the first time she was honest with herself. She had never been
given a reason to arrest them or burn down their village; she had blindly
followed orders. What if she had been wrong?
Guilt-ridden and emotional, she took off at top speed for the room where
she knew the prince was being kept. It was commonly referred to as the
torture room, the room where the most dangerous criminals were kept, and
where soldiers were punished. Usually an entire regiment of troops kept
watch over whatever dangerous creature was in there, but this time there
was only one guard, and he looked very distracted. Apatite was shocked.
But he's so strong! Do they honestly expect him not to escape? Her
answer came when she realized that he had been hooked up to an
energy-draining machine, and that he was hovering close to death. Apatite
had never seen them use the machine to actually kill someone! Once or
twice, she had been hooked up to the machine for punishment. She knew how
painful it was, but she could only imagine how it felt to have your energy
drained for hours at a time with the machine on at full power.
How can I help? she wondered absently. The guard wouldn't be too hard to
overpower. All she had to do was to sneak up on him.
One well-aimed kick to the back of the neck took care of him, and he was
lying at her feet unconscious. Then she turned her attention to Endymion.
She wasn't sure how to free him without sounding the alarms. Spinel and
Opal weren't stupid. They had placed alarm systems all around and in the
machine. She spotted an object on a nearby table that also seemed to be
connected to some type of computer. It appeared to be a star of some sort
strung on a chain. Curious, she went over to examine it. She did not
touch it, for fear of setting off the alarms, but she found herself
wondering what this had to do with the prince and why it was so special.
She turned to look at him. He looked tired and drained, and his face was
pinched in pain. He was unconscious, and yet he would moan in pain every
few moments. It broke her heart to see him in so much pain, and it was all
her fault.
She sat down, back against the wall, and began to cry for the first time in
her life. She wished with all her might that she could do something to
help him. Tear after tear fell down her face until all that she could hear
were her own gut-wrenching sobs.
She was jerked out of her depression by the sound of cracking metal and the
alarms going off. Disoriented, she looked up to see the room encased in an
ethereal glow and the machine lying in pieces on the floor. Prince
Endymion was standing up amid the wreckage staring at her in astonishment.
He slowly crossed the room and knelt beside her.
"Princess Serenity?"
~~~ ~~~ ~~~
Wow! General Apatite is Princess Serenity? Okay, be honest. Who actually
guessed that before now? Anyone? Everyone? Let me know! I'm curious…
I promise that the next part will be out very soon. I hope that there are
still some people still reading this…
Bunny ^_^
bunny28@hehe.com