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raises a hand, including the writer of this story.:: See? I don't
own Sailor Moon.
Let's Start at the Very Beginning
-CHAPTER 13-
Terrance was doing some paper work when a knock came on his
door.
"Come in." He beckoned, not looking up from the papers that
were sprawled over his desk. This tournament was always so much
work to keep it going.
"I need your advise." Endymion asked, as he shut the door
behind him. Terrance looked up from his work and smiled at his
son.
"Sit down." Terrance gestured to his bed. Endymion sat on
the edge of it. Terrance got up from his work and sat next to
him.
"I'm so confused." Endymion started, not knowing exactly
how to approach the subject.
"About what?" Terrance probed gently.
"Serenity." Endymion said.
"Serenity? How are you confused?" Terrance asked.
"We were out in the gardens, and I told her I thought that
I should start spending less time with her so she would be able
to concentrate on having suitors."
"Why did you tell her that?" Terrance asked. He thought for
sure that Endymion would have wanted Serenity to have no suitors
except for himself.
"I feel like I'm the only one that she can trust. If I am,
I do not want her to have to choose between me and the one that
she loves." Endymion said. "I couldn't bear it if she choose
someone else over me."
"Were you telling her this for her own good, or yours?"
"Hers, mine, both. I really don't know. She got defensive
and said that I wasn't interfering. Then she said that she
wanted to go to bed, and she said that I had to escort her back
to her room because I couldn't leave a damsel in distress. There
is a point to me telling you this," Endymion added, seeing the
confused look on his father's face, "Anyway, I leaned down to
whisper my response to her in her ear, but when I became that
close to her, I felt like I would die if she wasn't near me
forever." Endymion put his head in his hands. "I don't know what
happened, but I know that I don't want to pull further apart,
and yet I told her I did. It's just so very confusing. Do you
have any idea what to tell her?" Endymion asked. Terrance
contemplated the situation for a little while.
"First, do you know why you felt like you would die if you
weren't near her?" Terrance asked.
"I think I know." Endymion replied hesitantly.
"I think you know too, but are you willing to confront that
possibility?" Gaia had told Terrance about Endy and Serenity's
soul bond. She had told him to let them figure things out on
their own, but he could give them a nudge in the right direction
if need be.
"That I could be in love?" Endymion supplied. Terrance
nodded his head. "I don't know. How would I know?"
"Have you ever kissed her?"
"Well, yes, but I was ten."
"You were ten? Why did you kiss her?" Terrance asked, a
small smile playing across his face.
"We were following around two servants, mimicking what they
did, and they kissed, so we did too."
"Do you remember what it felt like?"
"I remember I liked it." Endymion said. He had a feeling
he knew where this was heading. "In other words, I should kiss her
to figure out if I like her or not, right?."
"That would be my thoughts. It's not just a feeling of
attraction either, but you two are such good friends that the
only thing you might actually have to see if it was love or not
would be if you had a mutual attraction. Besides, have you ever
kissed anyone else?"
"I've courted several girls, but I barely held their hands,
let alone kissed them, but yes I have."
"Two things, first, why haven't you really shown your
emotions for other girls, and what did it feel like when you
kissed them?"
"Nothing really, nothing that I knew I should feel if I was
in love. But Serena wouldn't feel anything if I kissed her!"
Endymion said exasperated.
"How do you know?" Terrance countered.
"I don't but-"
"But nothing." Terrance said. "You have to take a chance if
you ever want to find out how you feel. I suggest that you go to
bed now. Get a good night's sleep and talk to her tomorrow."
"I'm going to talk to her at the rose gardens tomorrow
around lunch time. Yet why would a princess like a guy like me?
I'm nothing compared to her. I'm only a-"
"-prince." Terrance cut off. "Endymion, you do realize that
you will be a king, the king of the entire world in fact. Terra
and Atlantis are the two major kingdoms, and you shall unite
them. You are the crown prince, for you are older than Judis
is."
"I know. It's just, I don't feel right. Will people always
look at me like I'm a servant? If I'm to gain my people's trust,
how will I do so if they always think of me lowly? What will
Serenity think of me." Endymion said. Terrance rolled his eyes.
And lovingly slapped his son on the back of his head.
"You know perfectly well that Serenity would still care for
you, even if you became a hideous looking man. That's how she
is. You've told me so a billion times." Terrance looked at
Endymion. Endymion smiled sheepishly as he rubbed the spot on his
head where his father had hit him.
"I do know that she doesn't care whether I am the lowliest
person in the world, or the highest ranking king. That's one of
the things I love about her." Endymion got a dreamy expression
on his face. Terrance grinned.
"You did it again." Endymion snapped out of it as Terrance spoke.
"What did I do?" Endymion asked confused.
"Whenever you talk about her you get a dreamy expression on
your face. I personally think that you don't need to kiss her at
all to know your feelings." Terrance smiled.
"How is your training with your mother going?" Terrance
asked, not having any other real time to spend with his son.
"Good, I think I'm getting nearer to the age when I can use
the Gold Crystal." Endymion was almost glad for the change of
subject.
"Gold Crystal?" Terrance said confused.
"It's where mother draws her powers from. She hasn't used
it in years, and thought that I should have it. Well, I must be
going." Endymion said as he rose from where he was sitting on
the bed.
"Thank you for your advise." He said.
"You're welcome. I wish that I could have more fatherly
advise. Sometimes, I feel like I'll never get to make up for
those years that we lost." Terrance said sadly.
"I can talk to you now, and that's all I could ask for.
Goodnight." Endymion gave his father a hug, something that he
did rarely. Terrance nonetheless appreciated it.
"Goodnight." Terrance nodded his head as Endymion left the
room.
-Next day, in the gardens at noon-
Serenity paced nervously in the rose gardens. She hadn't
seen Endymion at all. She hoped that he hadn't forgotten. 'Where
is he?' Serenity and Endymion had not designated an official
meeting place besides the rose gardens, and they were fairly
large. From behind her a twig snapped. She turned around to look
for Endy. However, instead of seeing him, Serenity saw Judis.
"Hello Princess." He drawled. Serenity fought the urge to
smack him for the way that he was looking at her.
"Hello Prince Judis." She said politely, trying to fight
the urge to run away from him.
"Would you like to join me later on this evening? We could
go for a walk, and then perhaps, back to my chambers?" He said with
an evil glint in his eyes.
"I can't believe that you would suggest such a thing. I
don't even know you that well." Serenity said disgustedly.
"I don't take kindly to being told no." He growled at her.
Serenity shrank back in fear as Judis grabbed her arm and pulled
her closer to him.
"Get off!" Serenity said. Before he could make an advance,
he was bashed directly on the back of his head. He let go of her
and fell backwards. Endymion stood behind Judis looking about
ready to kill Judis for even thinking of hurting Serenity. The
cold fury that was in his eyes turned to concern as he looked at
Serenity.
"Serenity, will you be okay?" He asked. He could tell she
was completely flustered and afraid. Endymion cursed Judis for
hurting his Serenity, and he cursed himself for not being there
sooner. All Serenity could do was nod her head as tears of
fright sprang to her eyes. Endymion's heart nearly tore. Rage
filled him. It was one thing to verbally abuse him, but Judis
had gone completely too far. He could not wait for the plan to
be complete, and for Judis to be gone.
Serenity rammed into Endymion. He was surprised but quickly
wrapped his arms around her. Endymion picked Serenity up like
one would a baby as she cried silently onto his shoulder. He
went straight to Queen Serenity's chambers. Then he would go and
tell Terrance exactly what happened. If his father didn't do
anything about it, then he would make sure that he did.
Queen Serenity was alone when Endymion carried Serenity
into the room and placed her on the bed.
"What happened?" Queen Serenity gasped rushing to make sure
that her daughter was alright. She looked up at Endymion. His
face was filled with anger. She had never seen him like this.
"Judis tried to take advantage of her." His anger was clear
in his voice. He nearly spat Judis's name out like it was venom.
His fists were tightly clenched, and he looked ready to kill. He
turned and headed to the door. Where ever he was going, Queen
Serenity didn't think it was a wise idea to let him go. She had
a sinking feeling that he was headed to where ever Judis was.
"Where are you going?" She asked stroking her daughter's
hair.
"Endy, don't leave!" Princess Serenity said as she noticed
that he would be leaving her. Serenity sat up to look at Endy.
Queen Serenity stopped stroking Serenity's hair in comfort. The
Queen was relieved to see the fury in his eyes vanish to look at
her daughter with concern.
"I need to talk to Terrance. I'll be back." He lovingly
brushed her tears away.
"Judis doesn't know that it was you that hit him. He'll
come after you if he finds out. Just let it alone Endymion,
please. I don't want you getting hurt." Serenity pleaded with
him.
"Judis is not getting away with even thinking about trying
something on you. He will pay." Endymion brushed some more tears
away from Serenity's eyes before striding out of the room. Queen
Serenity frowned. 'I hope you don't do anything stupid Endymion.
I hope Terrance can talk some sense into you.' She thought.
Princess Serenity was in shock. 'Endymion, do I mean that
much to you that you would hurt yourself for my sake?' Serenity
prayed this was a good thing.
-Elsewhere in the Palace-
Endymion paced outside his father's chambers. He had to
have time to calm down. He knew that he had every right to be
angry, but if Serenity did not want to act upon her anger, then
why did he have the right to? 'Because she's so naive.' Endymion
thought to himself. 'If I had stayed longer, I just might not
have let Judis lie there...he wouldn't have been able to move
after I was through with him.' Endymion thought darkly. He took
another deep breath. After he had calmed down considerably, he
knocked on his father's door.
"Come in." Came the muffled call from behind the door.
Terrance smiled at his son, but immediately frowned when he saw
Endymion looking so angry.
"Did she not return your feelings?" Terrance asked. 'That
would be inconceivable though.' Terrance thought to himself.
"I didn't get the chance to ask her. Judis attacked her."
Endymion was boiling again as his balled up his fists so that he
nearly drew blood when he clenched them. His time before to calm
down did completely nothing for him now that he was thinking
about it again.
"What?" Terrance felt anger flare within himself, not just
because of what Judis had done, but because of his son's anger.
"He attacked her! Or tried to. He didn't do much." The
anger within Endymion subsided, and a quirky grin spread across
his face. "I sort of hit him over the head. I'm not quite sure
how he's fairing at the moment." Endymion said, calmed some what
at the thought of Judis being in pain.
"So you hit Judis over the head after he tried to hurt
Serenity right?"
"Yes. I know that you should never attack your opponent
without warning, but at least now he does not know who attacked
him." Endymion said.
"Sounds like something I would do if someone tried the
same thing on your mother. Mind you she could probably have a
much better time facing off with them because of her powers."
Terrance said grinning. He loved discovering things that he and
his son had in common, no matter how odd they may be.
A sudden thought struck Terrance, and he frowned. "If Judis
attacked her once, he's likely to try it again." Terrance said,
voicing his thoughts.
"That's what I had thought. What are you going to do to
him? Because if you don't address the problem, I will, and I'm
also quite sure that Queen Serenity and Princess Serenity will
not take lightly to Princess Serenity's attack. Well, Princess
Serenity did not seem as upset as I thought that she would be."
"You are right, it was completely in appropriate of Judis
to attack her." Terrance's eyes lit up. "I just had a brilliant
idea."
"What?" Endymion asked.
"Well, I know that I haven't told you exactly everything
about what I want you to do. I told you to get the blood from
Judis so we can test the DNA in it, but I did not tell you what
else I wanted you to do." Terrance smiled at Endymion. "I had
originally thought that you could use another disguise to act as
one of the participant's servants from the tournament and then
"befriend" Judis to see if you could get him to rat out some
things. That was why you could not see most of the tournament.
However, I've had a better idea. This will allow you to get back
at Judis personally, and to do so with honor."
Terrance walked over to the door that Endymion had left
slightly ajar and closed it as Terrance began discussing the
plans that he had for Endymion to do.
-The day before the tournament-
Serenity had been so thrilled when the Senshi had come. It
was not like it had been a long time since she had seen her
friends, but she had so much that she wanted to tell them. They
had come on the day before the tournament like the rest of the
guests. The palace was blooming with excitement. Servants ran
around trying to get last minute details done before the ball
started. Tomorrow would be even more rushed when the tournament
finally began.
Serenity helped the girls unpack. She had received a note
from Endymion the previous night letting her know where the
girls and their parents would be sleeping. However, she had not
seen Endymion since the incident with Judis. She had only found
the note. Serenity sighed as she hung up another one of Mina's
dresses. 'Where had Endymion been the past several days?'
Slowly, she tuned back into what her friends were saying.
"...and then she said that he was the one who had given
her the new dress." Mina said, finishing off her story. Serenity
was completely lost at to what they were talking about.
"How romantic!" Lita sighed, placing one of Mina's favorite
perfumes on the dresser. The other girls, nodded in agreement.
"Don't you think so Serenity?" Amy asked quietly.
"Umm...what were we talking about?" Serenity replied. The
girls blinked.
"We have been talking about how my father sent secret gifts
to my mother when they were courting, for the past hour! Where
in the world have you been?" Mina asked. Serenity just shrugged.
"We all know that you want to tell us something." Raye said
with a smirk.
"Actually, I do." Serenity confessed. The girls looked at
one another with grins.
"Tell us." They all crowded around Serenity and led her
over to sit on Mina's bed. Her friends looked at her with eager
expressions on their face.
"It's, about a guy." She said. The girls all looked at each
other with knowing glances.
"Endymion?" They said in unison. Serenity gave them an
incredulous look, but then she realized that Luna and even her
own mother had figured it out, her friends would have had no
problem detecting her feelings.
"Is it that obvious?" Serenity wondered.
"Yes." Mina said. "So, tell us!" She exclaimed.
"I had never thought of Endymion as more than a friend till
Luna said something..." Serenity launched into her story.
"...and I don't know if he feels the same way or not, but
Luna and my mother both seem to think so." Serenity put her face
into her hands. "I don't want things to change between us if we
do have a relationship, but then we break it off. It would be
awkward. And another thing, my mother doesn't seem to mind that
Endymion is a servant. I just don't understand!" The Senshi
looked at each other. They had wondered the same thing. Why
would the Queen permit a love between Endymion and Serenity when
it was forbidden for a Princess and servant to marry? The spouse
in question had to have at least the military rank of a General to
become the next King of the Moon if he was not royalty.
"Your mother must know some sort of loop-hole in the law
that would allow you two to wed, if it ever came to that." Mina
said. Since she was the Senshi of love, she could tell that
these two were meant to be together.
"We should know. We are four years older than you are."
Raye said trying to help.
"Just tell him how you feel." Amy proposed.
"I would, if I could find him." Serenity said. "I haven't
seen him since what happened with Judis."
"That reminds me, I have to go find him." Lita said.
"Don't you dare." Serenity glared at her friend. "It's bad
enough that Endymion looked like he was ready to kill Judis, I
don't need you to go after him either."
"You didn't tell us that Endymion was ready to kill Judis."
Mina said delightedly.
"What are you so happy about?" Serenity asked. Mina got
stars in her eyes.
"He would kill for you. That is so romantic." Mina sighed.
A picture of a dashing hero coming to rescue her appeared before
her eyes.
"That's not romantic! He'd get punished for killing the
crown prince, and then how would I be able to see him?" Serenity
asked, waving a hand through Mina's picture, wondering where it
had come from.
"Don't ruin my fantasies." Mina said as the picture from
before reappeared. Serenity and the rest of the girls groaned.
"Well, when you see him next, just tell him how you feel."
Amy said.
"I will." Serenity said with a grin. 'If everyone thinks
that Endymion has feeling for me, what do I have to lose?'
-Meanwhile, in another part of Terra-
Beryl smirked. Everything was going as planned. She would
have want she wanted. All she needed now was to get Terrance out
of the way...for good. She hope that the assassinations would go
just as smoothly as everything else. And if she was lucky, all
of them would be dead before the end of the tournament.
::insert evil laugther here.:: Who else here wants to see something
really bad happen to Judis? Okay, the next chapter will be better.
Well, at least in my opinion.
Review below. Just to let eveyone know, I'm going away on vacation
from July 5th until July 15th. I'll probably have at least more
chapter out before I leave, and then have one waiting to be posted
when I get home. Well, ttfn, ta ta for now! - Jelp
