A MOON LEGACY
Book 1: Star Crossed Friendships
Chapter 2: A Rose Is A Rose
Written By: AngelSweetie
Copyright 2002
E mail: m_angeleyes@hotmail.com
Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon or any of its characters no matter how many times I wish I did. ^_^*
Author's Notes: Hey guys!!! Well here it is the final completed story of Moon Legacy chapter 2!! I can't believe how long it took! Author's blocks and not having enough free time is the absolute pits, wouldn't you say?? Now I need to go and rest because I pulled an all nighter last night to finish the chapter off, I know it's kind of short but this chapter was just focusing on Serena's and Darien's relationship…anyways mai eyes are black (well around it because I already have dark eyes as it is) coz of lack of sleep, ….okay well as you can all see I need a good sleep to recuperate…..nightie night!
~*~*^Chapter 2: A Rose Is A Rose ^*~*~
A Rose is a rose,
Is a rose,
Is a rose,
The grace and serenity it bestows.
A symbol of beauty,
Love it transcends,
It glistens in perfection,
With heavenly scent.
To offer a rose,
Is to open your heart.
To give strength, love and compassion.
(Earth)
Little princess Serenity hid her golden head behind her brown hood as her mother had instructed her. She held her mother's hand tightly while the rain fell around her. It was the most miserable day she had ever experienced. Everyone around her was dressed in black and the weather also seemed to be in the same coloured code too. People around her were weeping, she had no idea why. She stood there in wonder as she gazed about the greenest land she had ever seen. Here, on planet Earth, she felt like a solid person. The gravity was much higher than her home planet's, and so she didn't feel like she was floating on air anymore but instead tied down with weight. It was unusual to feel but nevertheless it felt wonderful to the little White Moon princess, it made her feel more real. Serena, now age seven, stood along the rest of the Lunarians who had disguised themselves into servants.
'You must keep your identity hidden here, my little one.' Her mother had inculcated her. Serena nodded, not quite understanding. Now there she stood in an overgrown brown servant's uniform not knowing what was really happening. All she knew was that it wasn't a happy time and it gave her heart great anxiety and so she instantly felt sad without really knowing why. She dreamt of coming to Earth seeing its beautiful seas and land with bright blue skies that she often saw while she was gazing at the beautiful planet on her balcony back home. However this wasn't what she had expected. The atmosphere was sullen and gray, one that the little Moonchild disliked. She looked from across the deep hole in the ground where something like a huge box began to descend into it, to the young boy who stood there clutching a sword. His dark hair waved about his face, messily but he made no effort in pushing it back. His blue eyes as deep as the oceans of Earth held no light, it just stared at the hole emotionless. The dark midnight blue cape that flowed from his back whipped wildly against him, but he stood there, his face unreadable. The White Moon princess felt great sympathy for the boy and she felt like crying but held her tears in so that she wouldn't draw attention to herself as well as the rest of her court. Even though the young Terran boy held no expression, Serena knew that the feelings of sadness and loneliness had already engulfed him. It felt as if she had met the boy from somewhere before, like she already knew him through and through. She looked deep into his eyes and although they were impassive they told her that he needed her. His heart, even though it was cold and locked, told her that it still contained love. Serena had no choice but to make the boy feel better. It was like a second nature the princess, always caring for those that needed her help. Especially for those who felt great sadness like he did. Serena let go of her mother's hand and began to cast a small spell, then out of nowhere she conjured a single stemmed white rose. She kissed it and blessed it so that the young boy could feel her love radiating from it. The rose seemed to glow deeper white then silver as Serena's lips touched it. The White Moon princess smiled at her handy work and then, while no one was looking, she ran across to the boy, clutching the rose close to her heart. Once she reached the boy, he looked up as if he was expecting her. Serena breathed in and out, still not used to Earth's heavy atmosphere. Without a single word she handed the boy the rose.
The boy looked at her then towards her outstretched hand that held the silvery white rose, he never saw anything like it, and it was simply beautiful. He accepted her kind gesture and took the rose that she had offered him. The midnight haired boy immediately felt electricity of some kind past through him and towards the servant girl, as his fingers touched hers. He saw the girl's crystal eyes grow and he was sure she felt it too. Then as fast as it passed through them is instantly ceased, like as if it wasn't anything at all. However he and the girl in front of him both felt it. He narrowed his eyes, this was no ordinary servant girl. He tried to ask for a name but stopped because the girl was now smiling understandingly in front of him. Although the weather was bleak, the girl's smile was like the sun rising in front of him. It was if he knew everything was going to be alright just because she was smiling. Warmth filled his heart. 'Who is this girl?' he wondered, she reminded him so much of-no it couldn't be. She didn't even know that his dad had died yet. But the two were so alike.
Serena continued to smile as the boy stared at her as if searching into her soul. No words were exchanged throughout the whole thing but they both understood what the other was silently saying. As quickly as she came to the young Terran boy, she swiftly went away from him before he could unmask her. She felt good about what she had done. He was a very special young buy, she felt it. And out of nowhere felt the urge to protect him just like the way Darien always protected her. Speaking of which, she desperately wanted to see Darien face to face, she knew that he lived on Earth and the princess knew she could find him if she was given the time. But much to the Moonchild's utter distress, her mother had forbidden her to. After all they came to Earth in disguise and her mother didn't want her to socialize with the Terrans. Serena had no idea why but trusted her mother's judgment. The ceremony dragged on as the rain continued to pour.
The young midnight haired boy looked at the white rose that he now grasped then turned his attention back to the spot where the servant girl had just been standing a while ago, she was like an angel to him.
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(Earth)
Young Earthen Prince Darien couldn't focus at what the scholar was trying to teach him. He just couldn't. After the death of his father, Darien was left with a deep scarred whole in his heart. Even his newly appointed generals, who his father had hand picked for him just before he had died, couldn't cheer him up.
His mother, Queen Astarte, was growing worried for her son. He had gone through so much at such an early age. Whenever she tried to communicate to him, he would always clam up and say nothing. She knew that he was grieving by himself, and it wasn't healthy. Darien had always been a quiet child, his seriousness adapted from his father, but never this quiet and unhappy.
Darien's royal generals, a few years older than the Terran prince, soon appeared by their queen's side. They found their queen looking through the glass window inside the Wisdom Room, where her son glumly sat.
"My Queen, we have done everything we can to try and get prince Darien to open up, however he hardly ever talks." Malachite, who was the oldest of the generals, reported.
Astarte nodded, "What do you purpose I do?" She asked still eyeing her child inside the room of Wisdom. The four generals glanced at each other, puzzled but said nothing. The beautiful Terran Queen sighed when she got no reply. "I guess time will just have to heal him," she said and removed her attention from her son to the generals. "Please look after him while I'm gone." The four nodded, obediently. The Queen took one last look at her son, who was staring at his teacher blankly, and left.
(Moon)
Serena began to grow worried, she hadn't heard a word from Darien in over three weeks, it didn't seem like a long time but to the little princess it was pure agony not hearing her close friend's voice. She was scared that something had happened to him or worst yet ended up in the black hole like the person in the box that she had seen at Earth. She tried countless of times trying to communicate with him, but he somehow managed to block her mind from his. The little Moonchild had no idea what was going with Darien and once again she felt hurt. Although she couldn't talk or telecommunicate with him, she knew that there was something that had made Darien's heart grow cold.
'Just like the boy I saw that day at Earth,' Serena realised and shook her head, dismissing the thought. She looked outside her bedroom window and saw that a few light specks of snow covered the skies. Winter was settling in soon. Serena closed her eyes concentrating at the task in hand, she wanted to give Darien a gift so that he knew that she was thinking of him. She soon began her summoning spell. In no time the Moon princess materialized a perfect white rose like the one she had conjured up for the boy on Earth. Once again she blessed it and kissed it, the only difference this time was the light red that tinged the tips of the white petal. Serena grinned, the hard part now was to send it to Darien. She knew he lived on Earth but she didn't actually know where. She had to rely on the strong bond between herself and Darien to show her where to send the special gift. She sat up on her bed straight and began to concentrate on her powers even further. Once she located Darien, she opened her crystal eyes and grinned. The rose soon began to float in midair as Serena subconsciously told it where to go, pink light soon engulfed the rose and disappeared. It was done. Luckily Serena was already in her bed because she had passed out from all the magic exertion that she had done.
(Earth)
Inside the golden Earth palace, Darien was leaning against his double windows; the land outside covered in fresh white snow, the weather complementing his mood. His father had died, and there was nothing he could do to get him back. He was now the new Earthen King, no matter how hard he refused his new set of responsibilities. It was after all his birthright. His mother was now acting the part of grieving widow and the whole kingdom needed to be put back in order. All tasks of which lay within the young nine-year-old boy. He blamed the Lunarians. He hated them with every being in his body. The reason why his father died in the first place was because the Lunarian royal family didn't accept the proposal of forming an alliance with them. It was because of their ignorance that the assassins of the Black Moon kingdom were able to break into their barriers and kill his father, King Endymion of Earth. He sighed ruefully, his eyes being drawn to the white rose that the servant girl had given him during his father's funeral. For the past weeks he had been checking up with all the servants in the palace for the little girl. Having no luck in finding her, he gave up knowing that he would never see her again. He picked up the rose, surprised to see that it still hadn't began to die yet, in fact it looked as if it was getting much stronger everyday, and it was quite amazing. After a few moments, his reverie was soon broken by a wave of warm energy. He turned to where he felt it coming from. There floating in the middle of his room was another white rose, this time with reddened tips. He realised that it was from Serena. His serious blue eyes soon began to grow soft; ever since his father died he hadn't made any effort in talking with Serena, which was a bad idea especially since Serena was always the first person he turned to whenever things got rough. Feeling the urge to get some air, Darien walked to his balcony that faced the hated White Moon. It didn't matter how much he disliked the people of the White Moon because the warm silvery rays still seemed to light up hope for him. He knew that he was alone now, however he didn't feel it. People were looking out for him, the servant girl, his generals, his mother and also Serena. Loneliness was now battling it out with companionship. Darkness being compelled by light.
Darien knew that there were many hardships yet to come and this was only the beginning, the tip of the ice burg his father would have said. He sighed feeling the whole world on his shoulders. He had to be much stronger from here on end, for his mother and his planet too. He trusted only the people he hold dear and let his guard up to those he didn't. Times were changing and so was Darien.
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I decided to add more to it! Hope you guys don't mind! So anyways how'd you guys like it? Comments? Suggestions? E-mail me or review it so I know how much people are really interested in mai Sailor moon fanfics! It also gets me motivated in writing more (don't ask me how, it just does! Weird I know!) And please check out mai other fanfics! Bye for now! Oh, also tell me if there's any typos or some stuff that you couldn't quite understand so that I can fix it up!
Book 1: Star Crossed Friendships
Chapter 2: A Rose Is A Rose
Written By: AngelSweetie
Copyright 2002
E mail: m_angeleyes@hotmail.com
Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon or any of its characters no matter how many times I wish I did. ^_^*
Author's Notes: Hey guys!!! Well here it is the final completed story of Moon Legacy chapter 2!! I can't believe how long it took! Author's blocks and not having enough free time is the absolute pits, wouldn't you say?? Now I need to go and rest because I pulled an all nighter last night to finish the chapter off, I know it's kind of short but this chapter was just focusing on Serena's and Darien's relationship…anyways mai eyes are black (well around it because I already have dark eyes as it is) coz of lack of sleep, ….okay well as you can all see I need a good sleep to recuperate…..nightie night!
~*~*^Chapter 2: A Rose Is A Rose ^*~*~
A Rose is a rose,
Is a rose,
Is a rose,
The grace and serenity it bestows.
A symbol of beauty,
Love it transcends,
It glistens in perfection,
With heavenly scent.
To offer a rose,
Is to open your heart.
To give strength, love and compassion.
(Earth)
Little princess Serenity hid her golden head behind her brown hood as her mother had instructed her. She held her mother's hand tightly while the rain fell around her. It was the most miserable day she had ever experienced. Everyone around her was dressed in black and the weather also seemed to be in the same coloured code too. People around her were weeping, she had no idea why. She stood there in wonder as she gazed about the greenest land she had ever seen. Here, on planet Earth, she felt like a solid person. The gravity was much higher than her home planet's, and so she didn't feel like she was floating on air anymore but instead tied down with weight. It was unusual to feel but nevertheless it felt wonderful to the little White Moon princess, it made her feel more real. Serena, now age seven, stood along the rest of the Lunarians who had disguised themselves into servants.
'You must keep your identity hidden here, my little one.' Her mother had inculcated her. Serena nodded, not quite understanding. Now there she stood in an overgrown brown servant's uniform not knowing what was really happening. All she knew was that it wasn't a happy time and it gave her heart great anxiety and so she instantly felt sad without really knowing why. She dreamt of coming to Earth seeing its beautiful seas and land with bright blue skies that she often saw while she was gazing at the beautiful planet on her balcony back home. However this wasn't what she had expected. The atmosphere was sullen and gray, one that the little Moonchild disliked. She looked from across the deep hole in the ground where something like a huge box began to descend into it, to the young boy who stood there clutching a sword. His dark hair waved about his face, messily but he made no effort in pushing it back. His blue eyes as deep as the oceans of Earth held no light, it just stared at the hole emotionless. The dark midnight blue cape that flowed from his back whipped wildly against him, but he stood there, his face unreadable. The White Moon princess felt great sympathy for the boy and she felt like crying but held her tears in so that she wouldn't draw attention to herself as well as the rest of her court. Even though the young Terran boy held no expression, Serena knew that the feelings of sadness and loneliness had already engulfed him. It felt as if she had met the boy from somewhere before, like she already knew him through and through. She looked deep into his eyes and although they were impassive they told her that he needed her. His heart, even though it was cold and locked, told her that it still contained love. Serena had no choice but to make the boy feel better. It was like a second nature the princess, always caring for those that needed her help. Especially for those who felt great sadness like he did. Serena let go of her mother's hand and began to cast a small spell, then out of nowhere she conjured a single stemmed white rose. She kissed it and blessed it so that the young boy could feel her love radiating from it. The rose seemed to glow deeper white then silver as Serena's lips touched it. The White Moon princess smiled at her handy work and then, while no one was looking, she ran across to the boy, clutching the rose close to her heart. Once she reached the boy, he looked up as if he was expecting her. Serena breathed in and out, still not used to Earth's heavy atmosphere. Without a single word she handed the boy the rose.
The boy looked at her then towards her outstretched hand that held the silvery white rose, he never saw anything like it, and it was simply beautiful. He accepted her kind gesture and took the rose that she had offered him. The midnight haired boy immediately felt electricity of some kind past through him and towards the servant girl, as his fingers touched hers. He saw the girl's crystal eyes grow and he was sure she felt it too. Then as fast as it passed through them is instantly ceased, like as if it wasn't anything at all. However he and the girl in front of him both felt it. He narrowed his eyes, this was no ordinary servant girl. He tried to ask for a name but stopped because the girl was now smiling understandingly in front of him. Although the weather was bleak, the girl's smile was like the sun rising in front of him. It was if he knew everything was going to be alright just because she was smiling. Warmth filled his heart. 'Who is this girl?' he wondered, she reminded him so much of-no it couldn't be. She didn't even know that his dad had died yet. But the two were so alike.
Serena continued to smile as the boy stared at her as if searching into her soul. No words were exchanged throughout the whole thing but they both understood what the other was silently saying. As quickly as she came to the young Terran boy, she swiftly went away from him before he could unmask her. She felt good about what she had done. He was a very special young buy, she felt it. And out of nowhere felt the urge to protect him just like the way Darien always protected her. Speaking of which, she desperately wanted to see Darien face to face, she knew that he lived on Earth and the princess knew she could find him if she was given the time. But much to the Moonchild's utter distress, her mother had forbidden her to. After all they came to Earth in disguise and her mother didn't want her to socialize with the Terrans. Serena had no idea why but trusted her mother's judgment. The ceremony dragged on as the rain continued to pour.
The young midnight haired boy looked at the white rose that he now grasped then turned his attention back to the spot where the servant girl had just been standing a while ago, she was like an angel to him.
~*~*~*~
(Earth)
Young Earthen Prince Darien couldn't focus at what the scholar was trying to teach him. He just couldn't. After the death of his father, Darien was left with a deep scarred whole in his heart. Even his newly appointed generals, who his father had hand picked for him just before he had died, couldn't cheer him up.
His mother, Queen Astarte, was growing worried for her son. He had gone through so much at such an early age. Whenever she tried to communicate to him, he would always clam up and say nothing. She knew that he was grieving by himself, and it wasn't healthy. Darien had always been a quiet child, his seriousness adapted from his father, but never this quiet and unhappy.
Darien's royal generals, a few years older than the Terran prince, soon appeared by their queen's side. They found their queen looking through the glass window inside the Wisdom Room, where her son glumly sat.
"My Queen, we have done everything we can to try and get prince Darien to open up, however he hardly ever talks." Malachite, who was the oldest of the generals, reported.
Astarte nodded, "What do you purpose I do?" She asked still eyeing her child inside the room of Wisdom. The four generals glanced at each other, puzzled but said nothing. The beautiful Terran Queen sighed when she got no reply. "I guess time will just have to heal him," she said and removed her attention from her son to the generals. "Please look after him while I'm gone." The four nodded, obediently. The Queen took one last look at her son, who was staring at his teacher blankly, and left.
(Moon)
Serena began to grow worried, she hadn't heard a word from Darien in over three weeks, it didn't seem like a long time but to the little princess it was pure agony not hearing her close friend's voice. She was scared that something had happened to him or worst yet ended up in the black hole like the person in the box that she had seen at Earth. She tried countless of times trying to communicate with him, but he somehow managed to block her mind from his. The little Moonchild had no idea what was going with Darien and once again she felt hurt. Although she couldn't talk or telecommunicate with him, she knew that there was something that had made Darien's heart grow cold.
'Just like the boy I saw that day at Earth,' Serena realised and shook her head, dismissing the thought. She looked outside her bedroom window and saw that a few light specks of snow covered the skies. Winter was settling in soon. Serena closed her eyes concentrating at the task in hand, she wanted to give Darien a gift so that he knew that she was thinking of him. She soon began her summoning spell. In no time the Moon princess materialized a perfect white rose like the one she had conjured up for the boy on Earth. Once again she blessed it and kissed it, the only difference this time was the light red that tinged the tips of the white petal. Serena grinned, the hard part now was to send it to Darien. She knew he lived on Earth but she didn't actually know where. She had to rely on the strong bond between herself and Darien to show her where to send the special gift. She sat up on her bed straight and began to concentrate on her powers even further. Once she located Darien, she opened her crystal eyes and grinned. The rose soon began to float in midair as Serena subconsciously told it where to go, pink light soon engulfed the rose and disappeared. It was done. Luckily Serena was already in her bed because she had passed out from all the magic exertion that she had done.
(Earth)
Inside the golden Earth palace, Darien was leaning against his double windows; the land outside covered in fresh white snow, the weather complementing his mood. His father had died, and there was nothing he could do to get him back. He was now the new Earthen King, no matter how hard he refused his new set of responsibilities. It was after all his birthright. His mother was now acting the part of grieving widow and the whole kingdom needed to be put back in order. All tasks of which lay within the young nine-year-old boy. He blamed the Lunarians. He hated them with every being in his body. The reason why his father died in the first place was because the Lunarian royal family didn't accept the proposal of forming an alliance with them. It was because of their ignorance that the assassins of the Black Moon kingdom were able to break into their barriers and kill his father, King Endymion of Earth. He sighed ruefully, his eyes being drawn to the white rose that the servant girl had given him during his father's funeral. For the past weeks he had been checking up with all the servants in the palace for the little girl. Having no luck in finding her, he gave up knowing that he would never see her again. He picked up the rose, surprised to see that it still hadn't began to die yet, in fact it looked as if it was getting much stronger everyday, and it was quite amazing. After a few moments, his reverie was soon broken by a wave of warm energy. He turned to where he felt it coming from. There floating in the middle of his room was another white rose, this time with reddened tips. He realised that it was from Serena. His serious blue eyes soon began to grow soft; ever since his father died he hadn't made any effort in talking with Serena, which was a bad idea especially since Serena was always the first person he turned to whenever things got rough. Feeling the urge to get some air, Darien walked to his balcony that faced the hated White Moon. It didn't matter how much he disliked the people of the White Moon because the warm silvery rays still seemed to light up hope for him. He knew that he was alone now, however he didn't feel it. People were looking out for him, the servant girl, his generals, his mother and also Serena. Loneliness was now battling it out with companionship. Darkness being compelled by light.
Darien knew that there were many hardships yet to come and this was only the beginning, the tip of the ice burg his father would have said. He sighed feeling the whole world on his shoulders. He had to be much stronger from here on end, for his mother and his planet too. He trusted only the people he hold dear and let his guard up to those he didn't. Times were changing and so was Darien.
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I decided to add more to it! Hope you guys don't mind! So anyways how'd you guys like it? Comments? Suggestions? E-mail me or review it so I know how much people are really interested in mai Sailor moon fanfics! It also gets me motivated in writing more (don't ask me how, it just does! Weird I know!) And please check out mai other fanfics! Bye for now! Oh, also tell me if there's any typos or some stuff that you couldn't quite understand so that I can fix it up!