Let's Start at the Very Beginning

-CHAPTER 7-

Princess Serenity was waiting impatiently. She knew that
her mother and everyone else were looking for her, but she did
not care. The only thing that she wanted was to see Endymion.
Since Gaia had said that she was going to be back with Endymion,
Serenity was just going to wait. But now she was starting to get
worried. She knew that Gaia had said that she was supposed to pick
Endymion up at nine and figured that it may well be past ten.

She could learn a lot from Endy. She really wanted to learn
what he could teach her. Despite the fact that everyone thought
that she did not like to learn, she loved it. Although she hated
that she was forced to learn with a boring teacher. It was not
her fault that her teacher, Luna, droned on and on and on. I
mean, who was to blame her if she fell asleep? She truly did
learn. 'Really, I am only ten years old and they expect me to
actually pay attention?' Serenity thought as she waited for Gaia
and Endymion.

From another part of the garden, she saw a flash of golden
light. 'What was that?' The young princess ventured further into
the garden. She heard voices. Familiar voices. One was Gaia's and
the other one was...

"Endymion!" she yelled. He was talking to Gaia.

"Serenity!" he ran over to hug his friend. "I missed you
Sere. Did I miss anything while I was gone?"

"No. So what did you do?" Endymion started to talk about
his weekend as Gaia watched on with amusement. 'Just ignore your
mother Endymion. No, I don't mind that you'd rather talk to
someone else rather than me.' She mused silently. Gaia then
realized something.

"Serenity, what are you doing up so late?"

"Well I really wanted to see Endymion." Serenity replied
sweetly, hoping she would not be in trouble. Gaia was about to
tell her how very wrong that was when Queen Serenity came
running into that part of the gardens.

"Serenity! Where are you?!" She yelled. Serenity spotted
her friend and her daughter. "Serenity, where in the world were
you?" Her mother asked somewhat angrily.

"Waiting for Endymion." She smiled.

"Yup. Well, we are going to go play. Bye." Endymion piped up.

"Play?!" The two mothers asked incredulously.

"Yup, let's go." The two children chorused in unison.

"It's incredibly late!" Gaia exclaimed.

"So?" They said in unison again.

"You two can play tomorrow." Serenity said sternly.

"Oh. Okay." The said in unison once again. "We'll sleep in
my room for the night then." Endymion said. "Come on." Endy
grabbed Sere's hand and off they went.

"Do you think it is wise for those two to be sleeping in
the same room?" Serenity asked.

"I don't know." Gaia shrugged.

-In Endy's Room-

"Wow. I figured you'd have a servant's room. Your room is
neat." Serenity mused as she looked around Endymion's rather
large and elaborately furnished room.

"Thanks. Let's go to sleep so we can play tomorrow."

"Okay." Endymion got a pillow and a blanket from his bed
and threw them onto the floor. Serenity thought they were for
her until she saw Endy getting settled down on the ground.

"Why are you sleeping there? This is your room, so you
sleep on the bed."

"Mother always told me that ladies should be treated with
the correct amount of respect. You sleep on the bed."

"No. It's your room."

"But you're my guest."

"I'll feel like I'm intruding."

"I want you to be comfortable."

"But-"

"This is getting us no where. It's my room and I say that
you should sleep on the bed."

"Well as your guest I say that you should sleep on the bed."

"But you're a girl."

"I can see that. What is your point?"

"You should get the bed!"

"UGH! Let's both sleep on the bed."

"Okay." He hopped up into his bed and laid down at the foot
of the bed.

"What are you doing down there?"

"Since you're my guest you-"

"SHUT UP AND GET UP HERE NOW!" Serenity glared daggers at
him. Endymion did not need telling twice with that look. They
curled up and went to sleep.

-The Next Morning-

Endymion woke up early that morning. It was still fairly
dark outside, but he knew that he had to train. Serenity had her
arm around Endy, and he had his arm around her. He gently
wiggled out of her arms and walked on cat's feet to get outside.
The wet dew felt wonderful on his bare feet. Use a stick to
practice the lance thrusts. Terrance's voice rang through his
mind. He found a good stick that was close to the size of the
sword that he used and started to practice. Dawn slowly crept
upon the palace and Endymion put the stick somewhere he could
find it again before heading back to his room. Serenity was
sleeping peacefully still. He knew the cook was always up now so
he headed to the kitchen.

"Good morning Katherine." Endymion smiled at the cook.

"Good morning Endymion." Everyone in the castle knew that
Endy was actually Gaia's son because of an incident where the
cook had overheard Queen Gaia talking to Mrs. Chiba. Although,
it was hard not to notice how much Queen Gaia was attached to
him. It was also an unspoken rule not to talk about it. They
knew their Queen had her reasons for keep Endymion hidden.

"May I have some breakfast please?" Katherine smiled at his
grand manners.

"Of course." She handed him a plate of bacon, eggs, and
freshly squeezed orange juice.

"May I also have Princess Serenity's breakfast as well? She
is still asleep, but I thought it would be nice to give her her
breakfast in bed." Katherine handed him Serenity's plate too.
Endymion headed back to his room. Serenity was still sleeping.

"Sere, Sere wake up." Endymion quietly whispered as he
gently nudged her. "Come on Sere." He whispered. Serenity
stirred but still she did not wake. A sudden idea popped into
Endymion's head. For some reason he thought this was sure to
wake her up. "I have your breakfast. It's bacon, eggs, and
orange juice, freshly squeezed." Serenity shot bolt up.

"Where's my breakfast?" She asked sleepily. Endymion laughed.

"Here."

"Thank you." Queen Gaia and Serenity watched in silence as
the two children chatted. They were getting along so well. They
had both had the same idea to check up on their children, and
had met outside Endymion's room.

"I think that they are bonding very well." Gaia said.

"Yes indeed. I think that we should tell Venus. She will be
very interested in what they are doing."

"You're right. We will tell her later." They watched as
Gaia and Endy came towards the door. They moved out of the way
so as not to be seen.

"Come on, I want to show you something." Endymion said as
he grabbed Serenity's hand and ran. They ran into a part of the
gardens that Serenity had not yet been. Endymion stopped
abruptly. He looked into the bush. Endy motioned for Sere to
come and see. She looked in. There were three new baby birds in
a nest.

"They are so cute Endy!" Sere said pleased. Endy gently
took a hatchling from it's nest.

"Hold out your hand." Endymion told Serenity. She did as
she was told.

"It's so soft!" She said delightedly. "Wait a second..."
Serenity's face fell. "Her mother won't take her back now that
I've touched her." Serenity said sadly.

"That's actually not true." Endymion explained.

"Really?" Serenity asked hopefully.

"Really." Serenity smiled and put the bird back into it's
nest. Sure enough, the mother bird came up and fed it. Sere gave
Endymion a kiss on the cheek. He blushed.

"Thank you." She smiled.

"So, what do you want to do now?" Endymion asked, still
blushing slightly.

"Do you want to go watch the young Senshi practice? They
are in you training room I believe."

"Okay." Secretly, Endymion was glad that he had not thought
of going to the training room to do his practicing earlier. He
would have been spotted by the Senshi. Endy led Sere to the
training room since she did not yet know the way. The Senshi
were transformed into their Sailor uniforms. Mina was wearing an
orange (and very short) skirt, a white body suit, and a blue bow
on the front and yellow bow on the back of her body suit.

Raye was wearing a red skirt, a white body suit, and a
purple bow hooked onto the front and back of the body suit. Lita
wore a green skirt and pink bows, and Amy wore blue. All had
white body suits. They were shouting something that sounded
like:

"Venus Crescent Beam Smash!"

"Mars Fire Ignite!"

"Jupiter Thunder Crash!"

"Mercury Bubble Blast!"

Endymion watched in awe as the Senshi moved together as a
team. They were practicing very well together.

"Princesses, come here!" Sere called to her friends. They
all stopped to look at the two royal children. Mina felt
something from them. 'There is something about them. Those two
together...it looks so, I dunno, perfect.' Mina, having the
power of Love, was sensing their soul bond. Of course she did
not know this.

"Senshi, this is Endy if you do not already know. Endy,
this one in the orange is Mina, in the red is Raye, in the green
is Lita, and in the blue is Amy."

"Hello." Endymion said.

"Hello!" They all chorused. "Would you like to train with
us?" asked the blue haired, blue eyed, blue dressed Amy.

"I really just like to watch you with your magic."

"Okay." She replied.

"You sure Endy?" Sere asked.

"Yes. I'll watch."

"Well, we were going to fence instead, do you know how?"
The green eyed, brown haired Lita asked.

"I would rather not." He said, avoiding the fact that he
did know how. 'Does father want me to practice with them? I must
ask him when I see him next.' "I'll just watch."

"Okay." Endymion watched as the girls practiced. He watched
all of their moves and put into his mind how each one fenced.

For the rest of the week whenever the girls would practice
in front of Endy, he would put all of their attacks into his
mind. After a while, he could predict all of their moves and
mentally think of a way to block or attack them while they
fenced. He continued to practice on his own in the morning,
although he had to be careful when he got up because Sere and he
now shared the same room.

'I wonder if Sere can come with me to Father's.' He decided
to ask his mother the question Friday morning. She was sitting
in her room talking to Queen Serenity. They were laughing about
something.

"...they are already so attached, it's a wonder they are
not yet able look at one another to know what they are going to
say." Queen Gaia was laughing about the fact that her son and
Sere were already sharing his room.

"They are so cute together!" Queen Serenity squealed.

"Mother Earth and Queen Serenity, I hate to interrupt, but
I was wondering if Sere could come with me when I go to Terra."
Endy asked.

Serenity thought it was a wonderful idea. 'Endymion is just
so adorable.' She was about to say that Sere could go when Gaia
spoke first.

"Son, I am very sorry, but I think it would be better for
not only you but for your father if you spent more time with
him. You can only see your father on the weekends and you will
be spending all of the summer with Sere, and the summer is not
that far off. " Gaia explained. Endy however had started when
his mother had said "son" and was very confused. 'I still have
my disguise on. Did Mother Earth tell Queen Serenity that I was
her son?' He thought. He knew that there were several people
that knew that he was her son, but he did not know that Queen
Serenity knew.

"Queen Serenity, you know that I am Terrance's and Gaia's son?"

"Yes I know."

"Who else knows Mother Earth?" Endy asked. "Does Sere? Is
that why she likes me?" He asked, very sadly.

"No, no love. She does not know." Queen Serenity said. "I
know for a fact that my daughter really likes you for the way
you are inside." Endy immediately sighed in relief. A thought
crossed Endy's mind.

"I will be spending the whole summer season with Sere?" Endy now
asked.

"Yes."

"Will you come with me?" Endy asked his mother.

"I will visit on the weekends." Gaia replied.

"I'm going to tell Sere! Endymion ran out of the room to go
tell Sere of this wonderful news. Serenity and Gaia laughed at
all of his exuberance.

"SERE! SERE! Guess what!" Endy yelled as he ran up to Sere.

"Calm down Endy! What?"

"I am going to spend the WHOLE summer with you!"

"Really?! Yay!" She hugged her friend, smiling broadly.

"Let's go play before I have to go away again."

"Must you Endy?" Serenity asked, her smile fading. "Can't
you stay with me?"

"I really want to go to...where I go on the weekends."
Endymion almost slipped and said "To my father's," but saved it.
"I already asked if you could come, but it would be better if
you did not. Come on already!" He yelled as he grasped onto
Sere's hand and ran.

-Later that Evening-

"Now Endy, Margret, Greg, and Andrew are expecting you. I
want you to listen to me carefully Endy. You are not to tell
anyone who you are. I have a bad feeling that someone found out
your real identity. Be mindful of whom you associate with."

"Yes Mother Earth." They transported to Terra. After
arriving in the rose gardens, Gaia turned to speak to her son
once more.

"Meet me here again on Sunday at Nine."

"Yes, goodbye Mother Earth."

"Goodbye." She transported back to Atlantis. Endy headed to
where Greg and Margret lived. He saw Drew was outside with
Lizzie, but he decided to go straight to the hut. There was a
noise behind him. Endy turned to look around. At first he
thought Drew and Lizzie had spotted him. He turned around
expecting to see them, but when he did, they weren't there.
Instead he saw Beryl.

"Hello little Prince-ling." She drawled.

Does anyone like my cliff-hangers? Or do they need work? Oh well.
Another chapter done. What do you think? I hope you enjoyed it. I
may not be able to send in another chapter for a little while, but
I will have one within the next two weeks. I hope to try and get it
out sooner, but I will be away. Please review below. - Jelp