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-CHAPTER 4-
"This is Endymion, Terrance. Endymion, this is King
Terrance of Terra." Gregory introduced. "Endymion wishes to
become a helper with your gardens."
"Hello Endymion. It is a-"
"Father, Beryl and I have better things to do. We are
leaving now." Judis and Beryl got up from their chairs and
walked out. Beryl however looked back at Endymion. She checked
him up and down. 'There is a certain presence about him.' She
thought. 'I might want to keep an eye on him.' And she left with
Judis. Terrance looked rather ashamed and also annoyed at his
son's antics.
"Please forgive those two. Really though, it is a pleasure
to meet you. It is excellent that you wish to have a first hand
experience with nature." He gave a slight bow to Endymion.
Endymion on the other hand wanting to impress his father, gave a
grand welcome indeed. He gave a very formal bow and greeting.
"The pleasure of having your acquaintance is mine your
majesty. I hope to have the honor of being a close friend."
Terrance was shocked by the manners that Endymion was brought up
with.
"You are a fine young man. How old are you?" He smiled
kindly to the boy before him.
"Ten-years-old, sir."
"Ten, that is all? You have very grand manners for one of
your age and status in life. I hope I haven't offended you by
saying so. And your vocabulary is extraordinary. Please, do call
me Terrance. We are no longer strangers, and I hate formalities.
You know, you are my son's age." Terrance smile had faltered
just the slightest amount. "You could be a good influence over
him. Where will you be staying?"
"He will be staying with me and my family on the weekends."
"Where will he stay during the week?"
"He stays with his mother who lives...a ways from here."
"Only on the weekends you will be here?"
"Yes."
"He will not stay here during the summer either. Endymion
will stay with his Mother then." Gregory was getting uneasy.
What if Terrance asked who his mother was? They had not
discussed what to say if that had happened.
Terrance did not know why, but really wished that this
young boy would stay with him. 'There is something about
Endymion. I wish I knew what, but I feel like he should stay
with me.' Terrance did not realize that his paternal instincts
were kicking in.
"If he does well with his job, maybe I can perused your
Mother to let you stay. What is her name?" Gregory looked about
ready to pass out at any moment. His face was deathly white. He
did not want to lie to Terrance at all. Endymion however did not
lose his head for a moment and knew to tell the truth.
"I am sorry, but I can not stay here, and I already have
plans for the summer months." He said calmly. The color in
Gregory's face began to return. 'The boy is quick to change the
subject.'
"Maybe you could stay the whole week. Your Mother could
move in with us here." 'Terrance, you do not yet even know if
the boy is a good gardener or not and you are already making
arrangements for him to stay? What are you thinking?' He argued
with himself. 'There is something special about him. I don't
want to lose him.' He decided to trust his feelings on his later
thought.
"If you want to be a gardener than why not stay here with
us full time?" Gregory began to lose his color once again.
Endymion was still as calm as ever.
"I hope by no means that by saying this I will offend you,
but my Mother has her doubts about your son." 'Endy, don't tell
him this. What if he is offended? What will he think of you?'
But he argued with himself much like Terrance did. (As they say,
like father like son.) 'I don't know why, but I can trust him.'
So he continued. "Maybe the things that she has been told are
untrue, by what I just saw, I have my doubts as well." Gregory
and Terrance gaped at Endymion. Gregory was sure that even
though he knew that Terrance did not really love his son the way
that he should, he would surely defend his son's honor.
Terrance was amazed that this ten year old was so smart.
Terrance knew that there was something that he was not being
told. He had seen the look of pure horror on Gregory's face and
knew that this child was hiding the same thing no doubt. Yet
this young boy kept his head. It was just amazing to him. He was
also the only one to ever say to his face what a troublesome
child Judis was, even if he said himself that Judis was a huge
handful at times, no one really said 'Oh yes he is.' Terrance
now more than before wanted to know this boy better.
"Endymion, I can tell that you aren't afraid to speak your
mind. Indeed if you can not stay those months and during the
middle of the week, then by all means you do not have to. I will
let you be a helper to Gregory-" At this moment the color to
Gregory's face returned both Terrance and Endy noticed. "-on one
condition." The color drained again. This was starting to amuse
the Father and son pair. Terrance was amused because he knew
that they were obviously hiding something, but only Gregory was
having trouble hiding it, and Endy was amused because he could
sense his Father's amusement. "I want you to learn what my son
Judis will learn. There will be fencing, archery, jousting, and
other such things that you will learn how to do. I will also
teach you the ways of Terra. There is something I sense in you
that I think that you will need these skills. I fear however
that you are right about Judis. I also have my doubts with
Judis. So you must never let on that you are being trained like
this. Do you understand? You must not tell anyone."
"I promise."
"Will you also promise not to tell your Mother?" Endymion
tried hard not to smirk. His parents sure did like him not to
tell one another things that he would be doing. 'If Mother Earth
will not let me tell Father that I am his son, she surely will
understand why I do not tell her this. She will be most
surprised if I were to tell her. Nah. What fun would that be?'
"I promise." Gregory looked rather shocked that he promised
not to tell his mother. He would just have to tell her so that
Endymion could keep his promise.
"Gregory, I want you to promise as well to not tell anyone,
even your wife or your children. Do you promise?" 'There goes
that idea.' Gregory thought.
"I promise."
"Good. I will have you start tomorrow on your training.
Will you be leaving tomorrow?"
"Yes."
"Then we must start early. You must awake at 4:45 AM so we
can train at 5:00 AM. Is that too early Endy?"
"Not at all." Endymion was completely thrilled. He would be
spending time with his Father, he would learn a lot, and his
Father had called him Endy! Only is friends called him that.
"Now go, and do not tell anyone that you are to train with
me. If anyone sees you tomorrow and they ask you what you are
doing up that early, just ask them the same thing and walk away
before giving them an answer to avoid from lying. You may allow
him to start with the rose gardens today Gregory." Gregory was
still standing there letting all of the words his friend had
just said set in. Endymion grabbed Gregory's hand and pulled him
along. Terrance chuckled at the sight they made. 'There is
something about that boy. He reminds me so much of myself and
of Gaia. That is why I like him so much; he reminds me of Gaia!
No wonder I have such a fondness of Endymion.'
Endymion was still dragging Gregory behind him when Gregory
had finally registered what had just happened.
"Endymion, why did you promise not to tell your mother
about your training?"
"Because I promised not to tell my Father that I was his
son. So why should I not promise something that he asked of me?
I would like to tell Mother Earth about the training, she would
be thrilled. But I would also like to tell Father that I am his
son. I guess I feel in a way if he was to ever find out that I
am his son, he can have at least know that he knows something
about me that she does not. That way, they will be mad at me and
not at each other and will get back together so I can have a
family!" Endymion stated proudly. "Please don't tell Mother
Earth either." He pleaded.
"I won't."
-Earlier that day in Atlantis-
"Gaia dear, are you all right?" Serenity asked upon
entering her friend's chamber. She was sitting on the bed with
her head in her hands crying silently.
"Not really." She replied through her sobs.
"What is troubling you? Is it Endymion?" Gaia nodded her
head. "And Terrance. I miss them so. If only..." Gaia
trailed off.
"If only what?"
"It does not matter. There are too many 'if onlys'."
"You are right. One cannot dwell on them. If we did, we
would end up going insane. But please, tell me anyways."
"If only there was no Judis. I would happily tell Terrance
about Endymion, happily go back to him, and live happily ever
after with him because I know that he had learned his lesson.
Gregory has told me about all of the heart ache that Terrance
has been going through. Is there anyway that we could tell for
sure that Judis is not really Terrance's son?" She asked with a
glimmer of hope in her eyes.
"I do believe there is." Gaia's eyes shone brighter. "But
it is impossible to do. His mother would have to be alive for
him to test as well." The spark in Gaia's eyes had faded.
Serenity put a comforting hand on her friends shoulder. She had
had people trying to prove that Judis was not Terrance's son
ever since two weeks after her own child had been born. They had
all come out at dead ends. One of these days she knew they would
find something. But how long would it take?
"Queen Gaia?" a small voice asked. Princess Serenity
entered into Gaia's bedroom.
"Yes dear?"
"Do you know where Endy is? I really like spending time
with the young Senshi and all, but I really love spending time
with him. Is he around anywhere?" Gaia dried her tears and put
on a smile at her future daughter-in-law. She could already tell
that each of the two had deep feelings for each other at such a
young age. When they had first met she knew that they were
always to be together because of their soul bond. And when they
had met again a few days ago there had been an even stronger
bond then. 'Of course there was a strong bond between the two,
just think of that kiss! They are only children. Most boys his
age would probably think that a girl would have cooties.'
"I am sorry child, but he is not here. He will be back the
day after tomorrow."
"Do you think he will want to spend time with me after he
comes back from where ever he is?"
"I am sure of it."
"Thank you Gaia. Good-bye Gaia, bye Mother."
"Bye Love!" Serenity called.
"Bye Sweetie." After Princess Serenity left the room, she
turned to Queen Serenity.
"So, how many grand-children do you think our two children
will give us?" She asked. Serenity just laughed.
-Back in Terra in the rose gardens-
Gregory had left Endymion alone after Endymion had
convinced him that he had a lot of knowledge with roses. Since
it was Spring, Endymion was planting rose bushes where he
thought that Terrance would like them. He was going to change
the design of how the roses were. It just seemed a too plain of
a layout to him. While he was digging in the ground, a shadow
appeared over him.
"Who are you?" a menacing voice asked.
Hehehehe. Any ideas? Why don't you tell me who you think it could
be. - Jelp
