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Let's Start at the Very Beginning
-CHAPTER 15-
Serenity woke up the next morning confused. She was not in
her own room at the Terra palace. Memories flooded her as she
sat up in the unfamiliar bed.
"Endymion!" She called out. A dark form sat next to her bed
in a chair.
"Good morning child." Her mother said from the chair.
"Where's Endymion?" She asked panicking.
"Serenity, calm down." Her mother chided. "He's not here.
He brought you here last night after you passed out. You woke up
a few minutes later, but immediately fell back to sleep. Endy
was very worried, but he had to leave to fulfill his duties. He
watched over your bed like a hawk last night. I finally made him
go to sleep. It was so cute the way he curled right up next to
you." Queen Serenity explained smiling.
"There are things that I would like to ask him." Serenity
sighed. 'Where is he always disappearing to?' She wondered.
"You mean about Gaia and Terrance being his parents?" Queen
Serenity said, slight amusement in the her voice.
"You knew?" Serenity asked incredulously.
"I was there when Endymion was born. I knew that he was
going to be born before Terrance did. Terrance was not even told
that Endymion was his son until after he started coming here. I
could probably answer your questions." Queen Serenity said.
"Why wasn't Terrance told?" Serenity asked.
"Gaia was afraid that Judis would get jealous and hurt
Endymion if he found out that Endymion was the crown prince."
"Endymion is the crown prince?" Serenity asked as she let
all of the information sink in.
"He is three months older. We also have proof that Judis is
not Terrance's son." Gaia said, as she walked into the room. A
servant was with her. Queen Gaia and the servant each held a
tray full of breakfast food.
"Queen Gaia." Queen and Princess Serenity said.
"Good morning. It's nearly time for the tournament to get
started. You both should eat. Leave the tray there Kristina."
Gaia said as she placed the tray in her hand on a small table
near the bed. The servant was dismissed. Both Serenitys looked
at Gaia.
"Kristina was told about Endymion." Gaia said waving a hand
as to dismiss it. "You two should eat." Gaia said.
"I don't want to watch the tournament." Princess Serenity
said. 'I want to find Endymion.' She thought to herself.
"You'll regret it." Queen Gaia smiled. "Trust me, the
tournament is always worth watching." Princess Serenity obliged
and ate her breakfast.
"Where's Endymion?" Serenity said feeling repetitive as she
asked that question for the third time.
"You'll see him later today. He's helping his father with
the tournament. Endymion was flustered last night after you
found out about his true identity. After you kissed him the
disguise just vanished. He had no idea how that happened. Endy
rushed to his father and I told us what happened. He felt bad
that you had found out because he promised that he wouldn't tell
a soul. We finally told him to get some sleep. No doubt though
he came back here." Queen Gaia smiled. Princess Serenity nodded,
now wishing that she had been awake so that she could have
talked to Endymion. She really needed to sort things out with
him.
"You kissed him?" Queen Serenity asked with keen interest,
ignoring the other information that Gaia had said.
"Yes." Serenity answered blushing. Queen Serenity looked
like she was about to say more, but to Princess Serenity's great
relief, Gaia cut in.
"You two get ready and I'll meet you later. We will be
staying in the royal tournament box which is a private booth
that over looks the tournament field." Gaia left the room.
-Sometime later, in the royal tournament box-
Queen Serenity and Princess Serenity met Queen Gaia in the
box. They sat near King Terrance. A bugle blared from somewhere
on either side of the wooden walls. They were enclosed in a
wooden booth that sat about fifty of the royal people.
The only window was an opening in the front that had steps
leading down to the tournament field. Beryl sat behind them.
Princess Serenity glared at her, and she glared at Princess
Serenity. King Terrance motioned for the younger Serenity to sit
on his right so that she would not have to be anywhere near
Beryl. The younger Senshi sat behind them with their parents.
Princess Serenity gave a smile to her friends, and they waved
back. Terrance leaned over to talk to her quietly.
"Now that you know that Endy is my son, you can know that
Judis will not get away for what he tried to do to you. Endy
will make sure that he does not do it again." He told her.
Serenity felt much better that Terrance knew. He reminded her a
lot of Endymion. Terrance smiled at her reassuringly before he
stood up from his chair as he walked down two of the steps in
the front. Terrance's booming voice rang throughout the
tournament field.
"This tournament stresses three major skills for a knight;
archery, jousting, and swordsmanship. On the first day, today,
twenty five of the one hundred men that have entered will be
eliminated, leaving seventy five men. Tomorrow, another twenty
five men will be eliminated, leaving fifty men. Wednesday,
twenty five men will be eliminated, leaving twenty five men.
Thursday, thirteen men will be eliminated, leaving twelve men.
Friday, six men will be eliminated, six will remain. Saturday,
five men will be eliminated and the winner will be chosen. On
the field, different tasks will be going on at once." Terrance
paused as the men started to come onto the field.
"Trying to make the tournament as fair as possible, each
contestant will be able to do each task at least once. Those who
fail all three tasks today will be eliminated. Those on the
border line will be tested again. Two of each archery, jousting,
and sword fighting will be going on the entire time. The
contestants know where they are to go and what is expected of
them. I wish each and every one of the contestants good luck.
May the tournament begin!"
Terrance smiled as his speech was followed by cheers by the
enormous crowd. Serenity guessed that there had to be at least
five thousand spectators. Many people in Terra had shown up, and
many others from around the world and from other planets were
there. Serenity was in awe as she watched how immediate the men
got to work.
The jousting arena was right in front of the box. The men
would ride their horses on either side of the bar, and knock one
another off. Serenity, not knowing who to cheer for, always
clapped for both men. She didn't see what the big deal was. It
was just a bunch of men knocking each other around with their
grown up toys. The one who got knocked off the horse twice out
of three times got a "demerit." Terrance explained that those
who got three demerits would automatically be disqualified at
the end of the day.
There was a break during mid-day for lunch, and then the
spectators and contestants all resumed their seats to watch the
tournament.
"Look over there!" Raye pointed from behind her. Serenity
looked over to the archery. She saw Jedite and another man doing
archery. They would shout "Now!" and an object would go flying.
The one who missed first was given a demerit. Serenity and Raye
watched as the other man going against Jedite finally missed.
Raye was thrilled. Periodically, Mina, Lita, Amy, or Raye would
show Sere where their new boyfriends were. Although once she saw
Terrance tap on Queen Gaia's shoulder and point to someone. She
smiled and held his hand. Serenity had tried to figure out where
Terrance had pointed. It looked like he had pointed over to the
sword arena. The object of that was to be first to get the other
opponent out of the white circle won and, the other man would
get a demerit.
She didn't see anyone that she would recognize at the first
circle, but at the second circle, she saw a man with a black
mask on. He was wearing silver armor and a black cape.
"King Terrance?" Serenity said getting his attention.
"Yes?" Terrance asked.
"Is that man allowed to be wearing a mask?" She said as she
pointed to the man in the sword circle.
"Yes he is."
"Do you know why he is wearing the mask?"
"Yes I do." He said smiling. She had a feeling he wasn't
going to tell her, but she asked anyway.
"Why does he wear it?"
"You'll have to ask him." He said.
"What's his name?" She asked.
"You'll have to ask him." Terrance smiled.
"Don't you know it?" She wondered.
"I know it." He responded. Queen Gaia smacked him smartly
on the side of his head.
"Don't mind him. He's just being difficult. The man that
he's talking about doesn't want his identity to be known." Gaia
said as she glared at Terrance. Serenity wondered who the man
was, but her thought was lost as the man with the mask made a
miraculous move and maneuvered his opponent outside of the ring.
The crowd gave an enormous cheer. He bowed politely and went
back inside the tent where all the contestants were waiting.
Serenity kept and eye out for the masked man. When she did
see him in archery and jousting, he won each time hands down. It
was amazing to watch him. The crowd had been able to pick him
out because of his mask. It seemed everyone, like Serenity, was
cheering him on. The masked man quickly became the majority of
the crowd's favorite.
Terrance tapped Gaia's arm again and pointed to the archery
area. Gaia's eyes followed his hand and frowned. Serenity looked
and saw Judis. He won, but the clap he got from the audience had
no enthusiasm.
At the end of the day, everyone was excited and ready to
watch the outcome for the next day. Many people walked over to
the tent to see if they could find out who the masked man was.
Sere, however, wanted to find Endymion. She hadn't seen him all
day.
During dinner, Serenity looked all around for Endymion. She
didn't see him anywhere. Serenity wondered if he might be in the
gardens, but when she went for a walk it was completely deserted
where she thought he might be. It was dark now, and Serenity did
not like being alone especially in the dark ever since what had
happened with Judis. She headed back to her room.
Serenity entered her room and flopped down onto her bed.
'Where could he be?' She wondered
"Are you alright?" Endymion asked as he appeared from the
balcony. "I was worried about you after you collapsed." He
added.
Serenity ran full force into him. Endy was surprised, but
he wrapped his arms around her anyway.
"I missed you." She said sheepishly. Serenity looked up at
Endymion. Serenity looked into his green eyes. "They shouldn't
be green." She said. She ran a hand through his hair. "And this
should not be brown. Will you transform for me?" Endymion opened
his mouth as to protest but closed it again. As he closed his
eyes, a gold light enveloped him. When the gold light vanished,
he had black hair and blue eyes again. Serenity looked up into
his eyes and smiled. She blushed deep red.
"Why are you blushing?" Endymion asked.
"Would you kiss me again?" Serenity lowered her eyes.
"Anything." He replied before lifting her chin and giving
her an earth shattering kiss. They broke apart and she sighed.
"I love you." He whispered into her ear. "And you're NOT
dreaming." Endymion added. She giggled.
They laid down on the bed and snuggled close together. Both
were happy. The two fell asleep in the other's arms. Everything
was perfect...or so it seemed.
The door to Serenity's chambers creaked open. A figure
dressed in black from head to foot entered the room. With cat
like movements, the stalker came closer. The intruder saw
Endymion but did not recognize him. He looked asleep, as did
Serenity. Serenity. She was the true target. A knife shined in
the moonlight as the assassin raised the knife and set to plunge
it into Serenity.
What did you think of this chapter? Just kidding...there's
still more. On with the story:
Hazily, Endymion sensed something was not right. His eyes
opened slightly as he saw a flash of silver in the moonlight. He
sprung forward as he realized it was a knife. Endymion and the
intruder rolled to the floor. Serenity sat up, awake, alert, and
completely afraid.
Malachite, Zoisite, Nephlite, Jedite, I need your help!
Endymion called telepathically to his friends.
What do you need Endy? Malachite's reply came.
I'm ready to help. Zoisite responded.
Where are you? Nephlite asked alert.
::snore:: Make the pink bunnies go away. Jedite responded
still sleeping.
JEDITE!! Endymion yelled through the link, meanwhile
kicking the attacker in the groin. It was definitely a male as
the attacker let out a deep baritone groan of agony.
I'm up, I'm up. Whatever it was, I didn't do it. He
groggily replied.
An attacker attacked Serenity and I.
What?! Came four responses.
What were you doing in there? Bouncing on her bed? Jedite
wondered.
Jedite, shut up! The other four responded.
Yeesh. We're on our way. Jedite sent. Endymion pinned the
attacker to the ground. The intruder lashed out with the knife
and cut Endymion on the arm.
"Ah!" He cried in pain. Endymion hit the intruder across
the face. With Endymion hurt, the intruder grabbed the arm that
had been cut. Endymion cried out in pain again.
"Endymion." Serenity said in fear as she watched her love
being hurt. The attacker grabbed harder and pushed Endymion off
of him. Endymion managed to trip the man, and the attacker
landed on the knife. The man screamed in pain. Endymion kicked
the man over onto his back. He had been cut across the stomach.
"Who sent you?" Endymion asked, eyes blazing.
"I'll never tell! The NegaVerse is coming. You can not
prevent it from coming!" The man yelled. Endymion kicked the man
hard.
"Who sent you?" Endymion demanded.
"You'll find out. You'll all find out!" The man yelled as
he took the knife and with a swift movement, aimed it to
completely cut his stomach, and commit suicide rather than give
up or fail.
A clash of metal clanged as Malachite's sword stopped the
knife from going through his stomach.
"You will tell us." Malachite said as he and Nephlite tied
him up. Endymion quickly transformed back into his disguise
before any of his generals saw him.
"Are you okay?" Serenity asked coming over to hug Endymion.
"I'm fine love." He responded.
"Why did you transform?" She whispered. "Don't they know?"
"They know, but the haven't seen me, and won't see me like
I truly am until later." He whispered back into her ear.
Jedite grinned slyly.
"We should leave them alone to rock the bed." He said.
Everyone else groaned. Malachite walked over to him and hit him
on the head.
"Pervert." He said.
"What?" He was only greeted by more groans.
"We'll take care of him." Malachite said as he grabbed the
intruder and started to drag him out the door.
"You just take care of Serenity. And remember, no means
no." Jedite said as he was hit over the head again.
"What?" Jedite asked again.
Okay, this is the real ending. What did you think? I hope you liked
it. Review below. Ja ne! - Jelp
