bLAH! i forgot the disclaimer in my last chapters i think..
oh well SAILORMOON DOESNT BELONG TO ME!

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Love, Destiny and Fate - Part Three
By RuneVenus

They walked along the pathway until they reached the rose gardens. They
walked arm in arm. " Oh wow these roses are so beautiful!!' Serena
exclaimed. She forget that she was holding Prince Darien's arm. She was
too taken up in the beauty of these rare flowers.

" Yeah, they are beautiful. They are my favourite. I guess they don't
grow them on the moon or else you would have seen them before."

" No we have moon lilies, and some other types of flowers. They are also
very beautiful." Serena replied. She remembered that they were still arm
in arm and so she carefully pulled her arm from his. Her mind shouted She seemed suprised by her mind.

Serena walked in front of him and went to pick a flower. She reached to
pluck one when she got pricked by the thorns. " Owie, Owie, Owie." She
held her finger.

" Serena, Oh I am so sorry, I should have told you about the thorns. Are
you okay? Let me have a look." He walked over concern on his face. He took
her finger that she was holding and carefully examined it. He
rubbed her finger with his thumb and made the finger stop spurting out drops
of blood.

Serena was dumbfounded.
"The rose looks beautiful but is not defenseless. I guess that's why I
like it. I'll make your finger better." Darien smiled and bent down and
kissed her finger. "Darien?" Serena asked blushing she felt something,
something strange. He quickly realised what he was doing. Darien slightly blushed but Serena
didn't see it. She was still overwhelmed by how he cared?

"eh..um..so Don't worry about your finger Meatball Head it'll be fine."
Darien moved back.
"me..MEATBALL HEAD?!?!" Serena snapped out of her trance.

"Yeah, didn't you hear."
"I heard you perfectly and I don't like you calling me MEATBALL HEAD."
Serena started walking back the way they came. Before she could pass
Prince Darien she tripped over a rock and waited for the hard floor to
hit her. Prince Darien caught her before she could hit the ground. He was
holding her, he couldn't believe it. She fit perfectly in his arms.

Serena had closed her eyes waiting for the impact but it never came.
Instead she found herself in the arms of Prince Darien. Her face was buried
in his chest. She just stayed there for awhile. Basking in his warmth. She
didn't even know but somehow her arms wrapped around him. She heard his heart
beat going in time with hers and then she grasped reality.

Darien was enjoying how she felt in his arms. For some reason it felt so
right. She abruptly pulled out of the embrace. " I..I'm..sorry. I didn't
mean to trip on that rock. I guess it's because on the moon the ground
is
smooth marble and here it's a bit rocky in some areas."
Darien felt slightly embarrassed again.
he wondered. He had to show no feeling what so ever. She couldn't know how
he felt about her.

" Nah it's not that meatball head. It's just that your klutzy. Even when
you were 7 you use to trip up everywhere. It's just that you can't walk
and breath at the same time."

" FOR THE LAST TIME MY NAME IS SERENA AND FURTHER MORE PRINCE ENDYMION
YOU ARE A SELF OBSESSED CREEP.!!!!!!" Serena screamed at him.

" Why meatball head your hurting my feelings."
"ooooh you are intolerable." with that Serena stamped off even though
she didn't know where she was going.
Darien looked at her retreating back. He started
remembering her when she was 7 and him when she was 13. Even though they
teased each other, they used to have so much fun. He reminisced how she
once kissed his cheek because he had given her a rose. The day they had
a picnic in the fountain gardens. How they had a water fight and how she
drenched him with water. He recalled how wonderful her laugh was. How it
made him chuckle also and brighten his day so much that it blinded him.
All of sudden he fell to the floor. He saw nothing just black and then a
vision of 'her' came again.

He brushed his lips against her forehead. " I promise you. Nothing will
keep me from breaking it."

He was back again the darkness blurred and he saw the light. The sun
shining warmly, a light breeze making his hair ruffled. He stood up, it had
happened again but this time he only remembered what he had said.

"I promise you. Nothing will keep me from breaking it."
That was it, nothing else. He looked in the direction
where Princess Serena had gone. She was out of sight but not out of
mind.

***

" Neflite are you okay?" asked Lita she looked a little worried. He had
gone all pale. " eh..Lita? Yeah I'm fine but I sense something in the
stars are wrong but right. I was talking to Prince Darien about it before
you all came." he answered. A thought struck him

" I don't get it something wrong but right? " Lita asked confused.

" Yeah, I still can't explain it though. Anyway don't worry about that.
So do you like this garden. We have lots of different gardens here but I
like this one the most. Probably because of the oak trees."

"There great! Oak trees are my favourite too. They are old and wise but
still are beautiful. I guess that's what you call eternal beauty."
Lita said while laughing and smiling at Neflite.

" Beauty is within the soul. Just like you." Neflite kissed her hand
while Lita blushed a bright red.

***

Serena wondered where she was. She was walking around in circles
probably. He was making her boil
so much she swore she could have exploded.
Serena thought for a moment at what her mind was telling her. If anyone could read
her mind, they would have sent her directly to the Loony Place FOR SURE!.
Serena reached a large door. It was open and inside she could hear
voices. She walked into a tall room full of books. More like a hall than a
room. There she saw her mother and Queen Celeste and Lady Beryl sitting and
talking around a large wooden table.

"Princess Serenity, what are you doing here? I thought you were with
Prince Endymion." Lady Beryl spoke.

"Um..well he said he had some business to attend to and he just
um..left."
Serena lied.
"He left you, I will have to have a talk with that son of mine, but that
is really queer. He was so happy when we told him you were coming Serena.
You should have seen his face." Queen Celeste commented and laughed as she
remembered how her son seemed to glow with delight at the news.

She
regretted saying that for some reason. She didn't know why but she felt kind
of sick after that.

Queen Serenity looked over at her daughter. I think she just blushed.
She smiled at her daughter with a knowing smile, even though Serena
didn't realise it yet. She sensed that Darien's feelings were far more deeper
than friendship.

" Oh what is this book?" Lady Beryl asked shaking everyone from their
thoughts.
" Ahh! Now that book is very old." Queen Celeste started.
I can't believe Lady Beryl! We are on Earth, for a wedding and she
wants to read books. How Boring!!!!! Probably something about power.
Serena rolled her eyes.
"Be careful with this Lady Beryl. This book contains a myth about a
sorceress who had so much power her only goal was to dominate and
destroy. She once was a beautiful women but these powers had made everyone
afraid of her. She fell in love but her love was not returned. In her raged
a terrible jealousy that took over her. Her power grew until it was
irrepressible and a soul full of pure evil was formed. Her only vow was
to hurt people the way they had hurt her. To destroy love since there was
no love in her. She created devastation very where she went until, her final
battle with Goddess Selene. Selene somehow gathered her powers and defeated
her making her powers disperse and scatter all over the galaxy. She was
banished into oblivion until someone would bring her back. That book in there
holds the key to bring her back, but don't worry she can't be brought back."

"Queen Celeste, how do you know?"
"That's easy Serena, after a thousand years, the evil that was in the
universe came together and tried to release her, but it couldn't. No one
can!! She is there for eternity." Queen Serenity answered her daughter.
"What was her name, the sorceress I mean?" Lady Beryl asked. Her
curiosity getting the better of her.

"Her name was Metalia, but people called her Queen Metalia since she was
the queen of darkness. OH look at the time, Serenity I think it's time we
took a look on those wedding preparations." Queen Celeste suggested.
"Yes I think your quite right, We'll leave you to it." Queen Serenity said
and then walked out with Queen Celeste.
Lady Beryl took the book and put it under her arm. "Your not actually gonna
take it are you?" Serena asked
"Of course I am Serenity, I will only read it no harm in that." She said
with a smile that looked a bit evil to Serena.
"Okay..well...I guess there's no harm." Serena really had a bad feeling.
It sent shivers up and down her spine. Serena asked herself. She looked at Lady Beryl, her back turned to
Serena. She was heading for the door.
"Hey wait your not just going to leave me here are you?" It was quite a
scary library and since she heard that story it was even scarier.
"Princess SERENITY, your a big girl now act like one!!!" With that she
stormed out.

And then Serena was alone.

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