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A Forbidden Love

For the next couple of days Serenity and Diamond secretly met in the gardens. The New Years Eve ball was coming up in a couple of days. Every prince and king and queen from every planet were going to be there. Serenity couldn't wait. She loved balls. She was even happier that Diamond was going to be there.

The next days passed by with incredible speed as the day of the ball drew closer. Finally the day came for the ball. Serenity took two hours to get ready. When she entered the ballroom everyone looked at her with admiration. She wore a long dark green dress. The top of her dress was lined with diamonds. Her hair was put into her regular buns but they were braided. It was put up with sparkling rubies. She wore a necklace that consisted of emeralds, rubies, and diamonds. On her finger she wore a gold ring with a 24-carrot diamond on it. She glided over to the dinner table with incredible grace. She was seated between Endymion and Diamond. After the dinner was finished the ball started. Serenity danced with a lot of people, but none of them could compare to the wonderful dances she had with Diamond and Endymion. After awhile, Serenity and Endymion sneaked out of the ballroom and into the gardens. They talked for awhile. She couldn't help thinking of how cute Endymion was. Her mind couldn't stray though. She was going to marry Diamond. She was happy about it! She really liked Diamond. Suddenly Endymion stopped talking. "What is wrong, Princess?" "Please, enough with the formalities. Call me Serenity." "Um, okay, Serenity. What's wrong?" "I was just thinking that if this wedding that I'm going to be forced into is really what I want." What am I saying? I do want to marry Diamond. He's charming, he's smart, and he's sensitive. He's perfect! Or is he? She suddenly realized that Endymion was looking at her. She turned and looked at him and he blushed. Suddenly she pulled him close and kissed him. To her surprise, he didn't pull back nor do anything at all. They kissed and it seemed like an eternity until they let go. "I love you Endymion, I felt it in my heart when I first saw you. But we must keep this a secret. Unfortunately, this must be a forbidden love." "Yes, we must keep this a secret." He agreed. "But I'm going back to Earth soon. This might not work Serenity." "But I love you, and nothing can stand between that." They kissed again. Suddenly Serenity remembered Diamond. " I must go," she said. " Please don't go, Serenity. Stay with me." "I can't, Endymion. Even though I love you I can't forget about my future husband." "I have an idea. During the ball at my next visit to the Moon, we shall announce that we wish to be wed." "That's a great idea. But for now I must make my future husband think I really do love him. We haven't even announced the wedding yet, so it shouldn't be too hard to do." Serenity started to leave and Endymion grabbed her hand. He pulled her close and kissed her again. She reluctantly left him to go back to the ball. Diamond was waiting there. "Where have you been?" he asked. He kissed her. She felt her face growing hot with embarrassment. "I was out for a walk," she replied as calmly as she could. They walked back onto the dance floor. They danced away the night and then left for their bedroom. Serenity couldn't help feeling guilty for what she was going to do to Diamond. She knew that his heart would break. But she couldn't marry a person that she didn't love. She went to sleep with her conscience nagging away at her mind.

The next day at breakfast Serenity noticed that all of guardian scouts looked extremely nervous. Serenity had always had pity for them. Though she never told anyone about it, she knew that their future had already had been decided. They were all bound to marry one of Endymion's generals. Venus was set to marry Malachite, Jupiter was set to marry Nephrite, Mars was set to marry Jadeite, and Mercury was set to marry Zoicite. Serenity knew that none of them really loved the people they were set to marry. She knew that all of them had their secrets that only they knew. She had an idea of what it was, but she never told anyone. Mars suddenly stood up and left the room. "What's wrong with her?" Serenity asked. "She's meeting someone before they leave for their home planet. Serenity got out of her seat. "Where are you going dear?" The Queen asked. "I need to go talk to Endymion before he leaves." She walked out of the room. She did plan to go see Endymion, but she wanted to know what Mars was doing first. She walked into the gardens. She saw Zachary, who was a Prince of Mars. Although he was from her planet, she wasn't set to marry him. She had been set to marry Jadeite since they day that she was born. Then Serenity saw something that made her jump. Mars kissed Zachary passionately. Serenity was so shocked that she left. She couldn't believe it. Mars was cheating on Jadeite. She didn't plan to tell anyone yet. She thought Mars would tell someone when she thought it was time. She went on to go see Endymion. When she got there, there went to the back of the palace where no one could see them. "Endymion, what is it?" "Serenity, I wanted to give you this before you left." "What is it?" she asked curiously. He blushed and took out a ring. "Oh!" she gasped. It was a golden ring with a huge stone in the middle. "It's beautiful! What kind of rock is this?" she asked. "It's called a moon stone. It's the most beautiful stone in the universe. I think it's for the most beautiful woman I've ever seen." They kissed. "Please don't go," Serenity pleaded. "Don't worry, I'll be back before you even have realized that I left." They kissed again. Suddenly, Serenity heard her mother's voice. "You must go," Serenity said. "Don't worry, I'll be back soon. I'll think about you all the time." They walked back to the ship. Serenity watched as her forbidden lover left. She saw Mars watch longingly as the ship to Mars left. She also saw that her other guardian scouts looked very depressed as the ships to their home planets left. They all left back for the palace. Serenity couldn't help feeling that Mars wasn't the only one that had a secret that they were holding.

A.N. The end of the chapter! So what do you all think? Bad, good, what? I'm BEGGING you to please review. I will NOT put up anymore chapters this time. Thank you sooooooo much Rini for reviewing. I hope you're faithful to the fic and keep reading. Bye everyone!!!