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Teaser: After a battle Darien comes home to find.... HIMSELF?!
Can Darien's past self really help Darien teach himself a
lesson?
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"Serena!" Darien exclaimed as he rushed over to the unconscious
girl. Everybody seemed to be
fainting recently.....
(:::Rochelle pops in:::
One a chapter actually ^_^.....)
Darien let out a huge sigh of relief as Serena's eyes fluttered
open and focused on him.
"Darien?"
"Yeah Meatball Head, it's me. Are you okay?"
Darien couldn't help but chuckle as Serena sat up, rubbing the
sore spot on her head.
"I'll think I'll live...." she answered, gingerly testing all
her limbs to make sure that they worked
okay. Darien offered his hand to her, and helped her get up.
They stood very close for a moment,
only interrupted when Serena's stomach gave a loud growl. A
quirky grin spread across Darien's
face as he watched Serena become a very pleasant shade of cherry
red.
"Hungry?" he asked, a slight tone of mocking in his voice.
Serena glared up at him before slapping him on the arm.
"No! My stomach and I just have a very strong relationship!"
She said sarcastically, her ears
beginning to color like her face.
"Oh, well.... I was gonna invite you to have lunch with Dare and
me..... but if you aren't
hungry...." Darien pouted and turned to make his way back to the
table. But just as he suspected,
not two steps after he turned away, Serena's hand was pulling
him back.
"Okay, okay, so I am hungry... will you buy? I don't have any
money." And as if to prove her
point, Serena reached into her pockets and pulled them out,
causing a locket to fall to the ground.
Darien's eyes caught sight of the shape, a star! And it looked
remarkably like the one he had
given Sailor Moon......
But before Darien had any more thought on the idea, Serena had
stuffed the piece of jewelry back
into her pocket, and was eagerly dragging him back to the table,
where Dare sat.
***
"I can't believe Andrew let you leave!" Darien exclaimed, poking
his pasta with his fork. (or
chopsticks.... whichever you prefer my darling readers)
The three were seated around the table, Serena in between Dare
and Darien. All of them had
ordered spaghetti and meatballs, and Darien was just now
relenting off of the teasing he had
given Serena when she ordered it.
Serena's face broke out into a wide grin at Darien's tone of
voice. "Well, he didn't have much
choice in the matter. As soon as I woke up, I came here!"
Darien's eyebrow arched slightly. "So, why did you come here? I
would think you would have
wanted to go home and lay down. It's not everyday that someone
faints......"
'Except today, let me see.... first I fainted in my apartment,
then Serena faints twice, once in the
arcade, once in the restaurant.....' His voice reminded him.
"Well, I uh... um...." Serena stuttered, looking very
uncomfortable.
"Yes?" Darien urged.
"Well... I was uh... you see, well..." Serena said, squirming in
her seat.
"Go on," Darien urged. He was thoroughly enjoying this. In fact,
he could hardly remember the
last time that he had this much fun teasing her. He watched as
her eyes darted around the room,
apparently trying to think up some excuse as to why she came.
Darien was about to suggest
something when...
**SPLAT**
A stunned Darien reached his hand up to his cheek to feel the
strange substance that had hit it. He
brought his hand down and his eyes opened wide as he saw it was
red. And strangely familiar.....
"Dare?"
Darien looked sideways and was met with the wide eyes of Dare
and Serena. His eyes traveled
over to Dare, who was trying to hide the fork and the grin that
struggled to cover his face.
"I didn't throw no sauce," He said, flashing Darien a wide and
toothy grin, the confirmed Darien's
theory.
Dare was a booger.
Darien's past self was a booger.
Therefore, Darien IS a booger.
Darien picked up a napkin, ignoring the giggling that came from
Serena and Dare, and calmly
wiped his face. He waited patently, while Serena and Dare calmed
down, waited until the
laughing stopped.
Remember, don't get mad.
Get even.
Darien picked up the fork that was laying next to his plate and
he found a nice amount of sauce
that fitted very nicely on the metal tips. Then, flinging it
back, he carefully aimed it at Dare's
cheek.....
And you would think that the man that is Tuxedo Mask would have
better aim.
**SPLAT**
Guess not.
"Darien!!!"
Serena's accusing scream could be heard throughout the
restaurant, her face going red with the
effort. Well, at least you could barely see the sauce that
dripped off of her chin.
"Ooops," Darien muttered as he attempted to leave the table.
Serena wasn't about to take that hit
laying down.
All of a sudden, Darien felt the familiar 'splat' on the back of
his neck, and turned around to see a
still fuming Meatball Head, glaring daggers.
Not caring about anything but getting back at Serena, Darien sat
back down and picked up a
handful of noodles, and threw it smack dab at her face. What he
didn't count on was the noodles
that Dare had thrown at exactly the same time, therefore causing
Darien's younger self to cry out
in glee, "FOOD FIGHT!!!"
***
"Please Sir, do not return to this restaurant any time in the
future."
Darien winced as the door to the front of the restaurant
slammed, shutting himself, Dare and
Serena out of it.
"Guess they didn't like the food fight," Darien mumbled as he
turned and began to walk down the
path. He had never been kicked out of anything, any place, any
restaurant, in his entire life. What
was he thinking? How could he allow himself to act like that?
Like some child?!
Speaking of which, where was Dare and Serena?
Darien turned around and saw Serena and Dare, still near the
entrance of the restaurant,
apparently deep in discussion, every once in a while, one of the
would point over in Darien's
direction and start talking again, only motioning more
excitedly. Darien rolled his eyes, mad at
himself that he couldn't even keep track of himself.
But as Darien got closer to the pair, bits and pieces of their
conversation drifted to his ears.
"Are you sure?"
That was Serena's voice.
"Yup, he talks about you...... says that...."
Darien scrunched his brow in frustration, he couldn't hear what
they were saying. Darien made a
quick dash, hiding behind a tall plant that was placed nearby
the two.
"Are you positive?"
"Yup, totally sure!"
What in the world were they talking about?
"Thanks Dare, this means the world to me!!"
And Darien watched, almost jealously as Serena bent down and
kissed Dare lightly on the lips.
'Wish she would do that to me.' Darien grumbled. But he soon
stopped when he realized that he
*was* the one that Serena kissed.
'My first kiss, given to me by Meatball Head, too bad I'm gonna
forget it...'
***
"Ohhh... can we go do that? Please?" Serena whined as they
passed a place that said
'ELEPHANT RIDES'. Darien chuckled as Serena came over and tugged
on his arm, trying to
drag him over to the large beast.
"No way Meatball Head! Besides, I thought you weren't feeling
well...."
After Darien had interrupted Serena and Dare's mysterious
conversation, he had suggested that
Serena go home and get some rest. He was worried about her, and
didn't want to see her get hurt.
She was too important to him.
But Serena had rebelled against the idea, saying that even
though she felt a little weak, she was
fine, as long as she had someone keeping an eye on her, which of
course allowed Darien to come
in and volunteer. So, the happy trio started to make it's way
along the many trails and paths of the
zoo.
And then Serena spotted the elephants.
"I'm feeling fine, especially since you are here to protect me.
So can we go ride the elephant?"
Darien smiled at the unnoticed sentence.
"Pwease! I wanna ride the big wrinkly elephant!"
'Oh great now I wanna do it too!'
Darien looked between Dare's and Serena's faces, each wearing a
statement of longing and
begging. Especially Serena, the way her lower lip jutted
slightly out, the way her eyes were
locked onto his, pleading, longing....
"You can go ride Dumbo."
Darien barely whispered the sentence, but it's affect was
astounding. The blonde launched herself
into Darien's arms, hugging and thanking him, while Darien never
let his arms loosen from
around her waist. But, Darien's sharp eyes didn't miss the wide
smile and thumbs up that Dare
gave to Serena.
***
"Two for elephant ride please," Darien told the lady behind the
counter. The woman was dressed
in Indian cloth. Her eyes were painted with the customary make
up, and she had a small red
bhindi adorning her forehead.
"Why? Are you not riding with them?" she asked, without seeing
Serena and Dare. In fact, she had
not lifted her eyes up from the counter since they got there.
Her accent was heavy and haunting.
For the first time, she brought her dark eyes up to stare at the
trio, and what happened next was
unexplainable.
Her eyes widened and her face wore a pure look of fright and
astonishment.
"Your grace, forgive me..." she whispered into the still air,
before passing out.
"Omigod!" Serena exclaimed as the woman slumped behind the booth
and out of sight.
Dare jumped up on the counter and pried over the edge. "Wow!" he
exclaimed. "Is she supposed
to be all blue like that?"
That was all he said before a short very dark complexioned man
came running up to the booth.
His gray beard was frazzled and his nose looked like it had been
broken several times. He had a
white turban, that hid his burly hair.
"Alexandria! What happened to her?" He cried as he rushed
forward, making the rim of his white
robe barely touch the ground. He knelt behind the booth and came
out, dragging the girl by her
arms.
"Tut! Come over here and help!" He yelled to someone around the
corner. Suddenly, to Darien,
Serena, and Dare's surprise, a giant elephant came lumbering
around the corner.
"Tut, take Alexandria back to the tent."
With wide eyes Serena watched as the elephant kneeled down and
with it's trunk, picked up the
woman, and very carefully carried her back to the tent.
"So," the man said, after turning around. "What can I do for
you?"
But as soon as he saw the faces of Serena and Darien, the old
man was on the ground, bowing to
them.
"Your Majesties."
The old man continued to bow, until Darien, his brain finally
catching up with all that had
happened, stopped the man.
"Stop bowing to us! Why are you doing that? We are normal
people!!!"
And at once, the man stopped. "Yes sir..."
Then the man's eyes widened. His hair seemed to stand on end,
and his wrinkled eyes shone.
'Perhaps the Prince and Princess do not remember.....'
It was common knowledge to this man that the blonde in front of
him was indeed Princess
Serenity, heir to the Silver Crystal, and the man was Prince
Endymion, Prince of the Earth. And
he also knew that they were the future Queen and King.
How did he know this?
Well, as you recall, in the Silver Millennium, The people of the
Moon kingdom were reborn,
thanks to Queen Serenity. Well, most of their memories were
erased, but every once in a while,
Serena or Darien would meet up with someone who remembered them.
And the old man was one
of them, not to mention his granddaughter that had just fainted.
And haven't you ever realized that no matter how many times
Serena knocks people over, none
of them ever try to make her pay?
Or in the arcade, how Andrew feels drawn to Serena and Darien.
True, he doesn't remember, but
he still feels the connection.
Back to the Elephant....
"Forgive me. I fear that my granddaughter has not been feeling
well, come, I will let you ride
Tut."
The old man ushered Dare and Serena into a large ring, which
looked like it was a pasture for
horses. The wrinkled Abba whistled and the lumbering elephant
came around the corner.
***
Darien watched with amused eyes as Serena and Dare climbed up
the small rope ladder that hung
on the side of Tut. His alert senses saw Dare's happy statement,
and did not miss Serena's slightly
frightened one. Reluctantly though, she followed Dare up the
rope ladder and onto Tut's back.
'Sure is high up' Serena thought as she struggled to keep her
balance. 'Sure wish Darien was up
here with me.'
And a light bulb went off in Serena's head.
"Daaarrriiieeeennn!" Serena called.
"Yeah!"
"I'm kinda scared, could you come up here with me?" Serena did
her best to pout, to make sure
that Darien would come....
and come he did.
***
"I can't believe I'm doing this..." Darien muttered underneath
his breath. Serena turned slightly as
she heard Darien's words.
Darien had walked over to the elephant, only after Serena had
begged him. The idea of Serena
wanting him to do something with her intrigued him, so he
decided to give it a try. But what he
didn't know is that as soon as Darien was seated behind Serena,
Dare had climbed off, stranding
the two on Tut's back. And Darien remembered, that the little
old man had quickly given Tut a
sharp slap on the rump, and they were off.
Actually, Darien was quite enjoying riding the large gray
mammal, granted that he had his arms
wrapped tightly around Serena's waist. He could almost swear
that she was leaning back on
purpose, trying to drive him crazy.
And for the life of him, Darien had no idea why he was feeling
this way.
Serena sighed and unconsciously leaned back as Tut circled the
ring for the umpteenth time. She
was actually beginning to enjoy her ride, and was enjoying the
feeling of Darien's arms wrapped
around her. She tell that he seemed tense at first, but as the
ride lengthened, she could feel his
muscles relax.
"Hey, look at Dare," Darien whispered, leaning forward.
"What?"
"Dare, look at Dare!" Darien spoke a little louder this time.
Dare and the old man were by the
fence, a little monkey hanging from Dare's arm.
"What?" Serena asked turning around. She barely had time to look
into Darien's eyes before the
old man called out something that caused the elephant to stop in
it's tracks. And before they knew
it, Darien and Serena felt their lips clash.
Darien's eyes opened wide in shock, but soon closed as Serena's
sweet taste started to overcome
him. He lost all thought, only thinking of kissing this sweet
girl in front of him. Darien wrapped
his one arm tightly around her waist, while the other one came
up to sift though her golden hair.
He could feel her weaken as he pressed his lips harder against
hers. Then his stupid brain ruined
it all.
'What in the world do you think you are doing? She is fourteen!
You are kissing her like you are
underwater and she is the oxygen supply!!! Come on' get ahold of
yourself. If she was beginning
to like you, all hope of that flew out of the window with your
friggin raging hormones'
And quick as lightning, Darien had pulled away from Serena,
making sure not to let his aching
lips travel any farther towards her face.
"Darien..." he heard her whisper as she tried to look at him. He
could see from the corner of his
eye that she was completely dazed, and a dreamy statement was
covering her face.
"Serena, I, - well...."
But Darien's protests were cut short by the elephant kneeling
down and letting Serena and Darien
slide off his back. Darien looked back towards Serena and saw
her blushing profusely. He was
about to say something to her but he was interrupted by a
taunting singsong voice coming from
Dare.
"Serena and Darien, sitting in a tree K-I-S-S-I-N-G!!!"
Darien rolled his eyes, just what he needed.
"Hey Dare, it was an elephant, not a tree," Serena said as she
rushed over to Dare, tickling him
for all he was worth. Darien couldn't help but smile as he
watched Serena and Dare struggle.
They were such good friends, even though Dare had only known her
for a short time.
"Well Meatball Head, what rhymes with elephant?" Darien said,
coming up behind her and
placing one hand on her waist. Serena froze and turned back to
Darien.
"I dunno... why don't you tell me?" She said.
Darien felt his heart beat quicken as he leaned in closer to
her. "Because I can't think of
anything.... but you." The last words almost went by unheard.
But Serena and Darien heard them
none the less. Darien felt a change in Serena's posture as she
stood up on her tiptoes, ready to kiss
him again.....
***
CLIFFHANGER!
Insert Dr. Toemoe Laughter here!
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Kawaiirochelle@hotmail.com
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Teaser: After a battle Darien comes home to find.... HIMSELF?!
Can Darien's past self really help Darien teach himself a
lesson?
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"Serena!" Darien exclaimed as he rushed over to the unconscious
girl. Everybody seemed to be
fainting recently.....
(:::Rochelle pops in:::
One a chapter actually ^_^.....)
Darien let out a huge sigh of relief as Serena's eyes fluttered
open and focused on him.
"Darien?"
"Yeah Meatball Head, it's me. Are you okay?"
Darien couldn't help but chuckle as Serena sat up, rubbing the
sore spot on her head.
"I'll think I'll live...." she answered, gingerly testing all
her limbs to make sure that they worked
okay. Darien offered his hand to her, and helped her get up.
They stood very close for a moment,
only interrupted when Serena's stomach gave a loud growl. A
quirky grin spread across Darien's
face as he watched Serena become a very pleasant shade of cherry
red.
"Hungry?" he asked, a slight tone of mocking in his voice.
Serena glared up at him before slapping him on the arm.
"No! My stomach and I just have a very strong relationship!"
She said sarcastically, her ears
beginning to color like her face.
"Oh, well.... I was gonna invite you to have lunch with Dare and
me..... but if you aren't
hungry...." Darien pouted and turned to make his way back to the
table. But just as he suspected,
not two steps after he turned away, Serena's hand was pulling
him back.
"Okay, okay, so I am hungry... will you buy? I don't have any
money." And as if to prove her
point, Serena reached into her pockets and pulled them out,
causing a locket to fall to the ground.
Darien's eyes caught sight of the shape, a star! And it looked
remarkably like the one he had
given Sailor Moon......
But before Darien had any more thought on the idea, Serena had
stuffed the piece of jewelry back
into her pocket, and was eagerly dragging him back to the table,
where Dare sat.
***
"I can't believe Andrew let you leave!" Darien exclaimed, poking
his pasta with his fork. (or
chopsticks.... whichever you prefer my darling readers)
The three were seated around the table, Serena in between Dare
and Darien. All of them had
ordered spaghetti and meatballs, and Darien was just now
relenting off of the teasing he had
given Serena when she ordered it.
Serena's face broke out into a wide grin at Darien's tone of
voice. "Well, he didn't have much
choice in the matter. As soon as I woke up, I came here!"
Darien's eyebrow arched slightly. "So, why did you come here? I
would think you would have
wanted to go home and lay down. It's not everyday that someone
faints......"
'Except today, let me see.... first I fainted in my apartment,
then Serena faints twice, once in the
arcade, once in the restaurant.....' His voice reminded him.
"Well, I uh... um...." Serena stuttered, looking very
uncomfortable.
"Yes?" Darien urged.
"Well... I was uh... you see, well..." Serena said, squirming in
her seat.
"Go on," Darien urged. He was thoroughly enjoying this. In fact,
he could hardly remember the
last time that he had this much fun teasing her. He watched as
her eyes darted around the room,
apparently trying to think up some excuse as to why she came.
Darien was about to suggest
something when...
**SPLAT**
A stunned Darien reached his hand up to his cheek to feel the
strange substance that had hit it. He
brought his hand down and his eyes opened wide as he saw it was
red. And strangely familiar.....
"Dare?"
Darien looked sideways and was met with the wide eyes of Dare
and Serena. His eyes traveled
over to Dare, who was trying to hide the fork and the grin that
struggled to cover his face.
"I didn't throw no sauce," He said, flashing Darien a wide and
toothy grin, the confirmed Darien's
theory.
Dare was a booger.
Darien's past self was a booger.
Therefore, Darien IS a booger.
Darien picked up a napkin, ignoring the giggling that came from
Serena and Dare, and calmly
wiped his face. He waited patently, while Serena and Dare calmed
down, waited until the
laughing stopped.
Remember, don't get mad.
Get even.
Darien picked up the fork that was laying next to his plate and
he found a nice amount of sauce
that fitted very nicely on the metal tips. Then, flinging it
back, he carefully aimed it at Dare's
cheek.....
And you would think that the man that is Tuxedo Mask would have
better aim.
**SPLAT**
Guess not.
"Darien!!!"
Serena's accusing scream could be heard throughout the
restaurant, her face going red with the
effort. Well, at least you could barely see the sauce that
dripped off of her chin.
"Ooops," Darien muttered as he attempted to leave the table.
Serena wasn't about to take that hit
laying down.
All of a sudden, Darien felt the familiar 'splat' on the back of
his neck, and turned around to see a
still fuming Meatball Head, glaring daggers.
Not caring about anything but getting back at Serena, Darien sat
back down and picked up a
handful of noodles, and threw it smack dab at her face. What he
didn't count on was the noodles
that Dare had thrown at exactly the same time, therefore causing
Darien's younger self to cry out
in glee, "FOOD FIGHT!!!"
***
"Please Sir, do not return to this restaurant any time in the
future."
Darien winced as the door to the front of the restaurant
slammed, shutting himself, Dare and
Serena out of it.
"Guess they didn't like the food fight," Darien mumbled as he
turned and began to walk down the
path. He had never been kicked out of anything, any place, any
restaurant, in his entire life. What
was he thinking? How could he allow himself to act like that?
Like some child?!
Speaking of which, where was Dare and Serena?
Darien turned around and saw Serena and Dare, still near the
entrance of the restaurant,
apparently deep in discussion, every once in a while, one of the
would point over in Darien's
direction and start talking again, only motioning more
excitedly. Darien rolled his eyes, mad at
himself that he couldn't even keep track of himself.
But as Darien got closer to the pair, bits and pieces of their
conversation drifted to his ears.
"Are you sure?"
That was Serena's voice.
"Yup, he talks about you...... says that...."
Darien scrunched his brow in frustration, he couldn't hear what
they were saying. Darien made a
quick dash, hiding behind a tall plant that was placed nearby
the two.
"Are you positive?"
"Yup, totally sure!"
What in the world were they talking about?
"Thanks Dare, this means the world to me!!"
And Darien watched, almost jealously as Serena bent down and
kissed Dare lightly on the lips.
'Wish she would do that to me.' Darien grumbled. But he soon
stopped when he realized that he
*was* the one that Serena kissed.
'My first kiss, given to me by Meatball Head, too bad I'm gonna
forget it...'
***
"Ohhh... can we go do that? Please?" Serena whined as they
passed a place that said
'ELEPHANT RIDES'. Darien chuckled as Serena came over and tugged
on his arm, trying to
drag him over to the large beast.
"No way Meatball Head! Besides, I thought you weren't feeling
well...."
After Darien had interrupted Serena and Dare's mysterious
conversation, he had suggested that
Serena go home and get some rest. He was worried about her, and
didn't want to see her get hurt.
She was too important to him.
But Serena had rebelled against the idea, saying that even
though she felt a little weak, she was
fine, as long as she had someone keeping an eye on her, which of
course allowed Darien to come
in and volunteer. So, the happy trio started to make it's way
along the many trails and paths of the
zoo.
And then Serena spotted the elephants.
"I'm feeling fine, especially since you are here to protect me.
So can we go ride the elephant?"
Darien smiled at the unnoticed sentence.
"Pwease! I wanna ride the big wrinkly elephant!"
'Oh great now I wanna do it too!'
Darien looked between Dare's and Serena's faces, each wearing a
statement of longing and
begging. Especially Serena, the way her lower lip jutted
slightly out, the way her eyes were
locked onto his, pleading, longing....
"You can go ride Dumbo."
Darien barely whispered the sentence, but it's affect was
astounding. The blonde launched herself
into Darien's arms, hugging and thanking him, while Darien never
let his arms loosen from
around her waist. But, Darien's sharp eyes didn't miss the wide
smile and thumbs up that Dare
gave to Serena.
***
"Two for elephant ride please," Darien told the lady behind the
counter. The woman was dressed
in Indian cloth. Her eyes were painted with the customary make
up, and she had a small red
bhindi adorning her forehead.
"Why? Are you not riding with them?" she asked, without seeing
Serena and Dare. In fact, she had
not lifted her eyes up from the counter since they got there.
Her accent was heavy and haunting.
For the first time, she brought her dark eyes up to stare at the
trio, and what happened next was
unexplainable.
Her eyes widened and her face wore a pure look of fright and
astonishment.
"Your grace, forgive me..." she whispered into the still air,
before passing out.
"Omigod!" Serena exclaimed as the woman slumped behind the booth
and out of sight.
Dare jumped up on the counter and pried over the edge. "Wow!" he
exclaimed. "Is she supposed
to be all blue like that?"
That was all he said before a short very dark complexioned man
came running up to the booth.
His gray beard was frazzled and his nose looked like it had been
broken several times. He had a
white turban, that hid his burly hair.
"Alexandria! What happened to her?" He cried as he rushed
forward, making the rim of his white
robe barely touch the ground. He knelt behind the booth and came
out, dragging the girl by her
arms.
"Tut! Come over here and help!" He yelled to someone around the
corner. Suddenly, to Darien,
Serena, and Dare's surprise, a giant elephant came lumbering
around the corner.
"Tut, take Alexandria back to the tent."
With wide eyes Serena watched as the elephant kneeled down and
with it's trunk, picked up the
woman, and very carefully carried her back to the tent.
"So," the man said, after turning around. "What can I do for
you?"
But as soon as he saw the faces of Serena and Darien, the old
man was on the ground, bowing to
them.
"Your Majesties."
The old man continued to bow, until Darien, his brain finally
catching up with all that had
happened, stopped the man.
"Stop bowing to us! Why are you doing that? We are normal
people!!!"
And at once, the man stopped. "Yes sir..."
Then the man's eyes widened. His hair seemed to stand on end,
and his wrinkled eyes shone.
'Perhaps the Prince and Princess do not remember.....'
It was common knowledge to this man that the blonde in front of
him was indeed Princess
Serenity, heir to the Silver Crystal, and the man was Prince
Endymion, Prince of the Earth. And
he also knew that they were the future Queen and King.
How did he know this?
Well, as you recall, in the Silver Millennium, The people of the
Moon kingdom were reborn,
thanks to Queen Serenity. Well, most of their memories were
erased, but every once in a while,
Serena or Darien would meet up with someone who remembered them.
And the old man was one
of them, not to mention his granddaughter that had just fainted.
And haven't you ever realized that no matter how many times
Serena knocks people over, none
of them ever try to make her pay?
Or in the arcade, how Andrew feels drawn to Serena and Darien.
True, he doesn't remember, but
he still feels the connection.
Back to the Elephant....
"Forgive me. I fear that my granddaughter has not been feeling
well, come, I will let you ride
Tut."
The old man ushered Dare and Serena into a large ring, which
looked like it was a pasture for
horses. The wrinkled Abba whistled and the lumbering elephant
came around the corner.
***
Darien watched with amused eyes as Serena and Dare climbed up
the small rope ladder that hung
on the side of Tut. His alert senses saw Dare's happy statement,
and did not miss Serena's slightly
frightened one. Reluctantly though, she followed Dare up the
rope ladder and onto Tut's back.
'Sure is high up' Serena thought as she struggled to keep her
balance. 'Sure wish Darien was up
here with me.'
And a light bulb went off in Serena's head.
"Daaarrriiieeeennn!" Serena called.
"Yeah!"
"I'm kinda scared, could you come up here with me?" Serena did
her best to pout, to make sure
that Darien would come....
and come he did.
***
"I can't believe I'm doing this..." Darien muttered underneath
his breath. Serena turned slightly as
she heard Darien's words.
Darien had walked over to the elephant, only after Serena had
begged him. The idea of Serena
wanting him to do something with her intrigued him, so he
decided to give it a try. But what he
didn't know is that as soon as Darien was seated behind Serena,
Dare had climbed off, stranding
the two on Tut's back. And Darien remembered, that the little
old man had quickly given Tut a
sharp slap on the rump, and they were off.
Actually, Darien was quite enjoying riding the large gray
mammal, granted that he had his arms
wrapped tightly around Serena's waist. He could almost swear
that she was leaning back on
purpose, trying to drive him crazy.
And for the life of him, Darien had no idea why he was feeling
this way.
Serena sighed and unconsciously leaned back as Tut circled the
ring for the umpteenth time. She
was actually beginning to enjoy her ride, and was enjoying the
feeling of Darien's arms wrapped
around her. She tell that he seemed tense at first, but as the
ride lengthened, she could feel his
muscles relax.
"Hey, look at Dare," Darien whispered, leaning forward.
"What?"
"Dare, look at Dare!" Darien spoke a little louder this time.
Dare and the old man were by the
fence, a little monkey hanging from Dare's arm.
"What?" Serena asked turning around. She barely had time to look
into Darien's eyes before the
old man called out something that caused the elephant to stop in
it's tracks. And before they knew
it, Darien and Serena felt their lips clash.
Darien's eyes opened wide in shock, but soon closed as Serena's
sweet taste started to overcome
him. He lost all thought, only thinking of kissing this sweet
girl in front of him. Darien wrapped
his one arm tightly around her waist, while the other one came
up to sift though her golden hair.
He could feel her weaken as he pressed his lips harder against
hers. Then his stupid brain ruined
it all.
'What in the world do you think you are doing? She is fourteen!
You are kissing her like you are
underwater and she is the oxygen supply!!! Come on' get ahold of
yourself. If she was beginning
to like you, all hope of that flew out of the window with your
friggin raging hormones'
And quick as lightning, Darien had pulled away from Serena,
making sure not to let his aching
lips travel any farther towards her face.
"Darien..." he heard her whisper as she tried to look at him. He
could see from the corner of his
eye that she was completely dazed, and a dreamy statement was
covering her face.
"Serena, I, - well...."
But Darien's protests were cut short by the elephant kneeling
down and letting Serena and Darien
slide off his back. Darien looked back towards Serena and saw
her blushing profusely. He was
about to say something to her but he was interrupted by a
taunting singsong voice coming from
Dare.
"Serena and Darien, sitting in a tree K-I-S-S-I-N-G!!!"
Darien rolled his eyes, just what he needed.
"Hey Dare, it was an elephant, not a tree," Serena said as she
rushed over to Dare, tickling him
for all he was worth. Darien couldn't help but smile as he
watched Serena and Dare struggle.
They were such good friends, even though Dare had only known her
for a short time.
"Well Meatball Head, what rhymes with elephant?" Darien said,
coming up behind her and
placing one hand on her waist. Serena froze and turned back to
Darien.
"I dunno... why don't you tell me?" She said.
Darien felt his heart beat quicken as he leaned in closer to
her. "Because I can't think of
anything.... but you." The last words almost went by unheard.
But Serena and Darien heard them
none the less. Darien felt a change in Serena's posture as she
stood up on her tiptoes, ready to kiss
him again.....
***
CLIFFHANGER!
Insert Dr. Toemoe Laughter here!
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