Tittle: Arabian Knight
Chapter: 3
Author: Lady Hiko
Email: ladyhiko@yahoo.com
URL: http://www.geocities.com/ladyhiko
http://www.geocities.com/sailorpluto23/MoonLightRoses
^.^; Don't kill me, please? Okay, so I know I took a long time on getting the next chapter of this out, but I was working on Arabian Knight. Forgive me? Please?
Well here's the next installment of Arabian Knight, and remember, if you kill the author, there won't be anymore.
*** Chibi Hi *** Means nothing other than a separator and that the point of view is going to switch to an all knowledgeable narrator.
`````````
The sun was low in the sky as the Sultana awoke. For the first time in years she had slept well.
she thought to herself as she walked out to her balcony, wrapping her silken robe around her, anticipating the wind.
The air was calm, not a breath of a breeze to calm the disappointed Sultana. She glanced around the palace grounds, seeing if she was just on the wrong side for the wind today. Looking around, she spotted no wind, but something else did catch her eye. There, on a stone bench near her son's stone pond, lain two people, two strangers asleep on her lawn.
Well, let's just say she wasn't too happy about it.
She went storming down the stairs shouting, " How dare they!" bewildering servants all the way.
Now oddly enough, there was some logic to her insanity. You see, she was an all-powerful Sultana, her long missing husband just got home, sick, and now there were peasants sleeping on her lawn. Now honestly, she loved her people, but this was her home, and right now what they were doing was adding insult to injury.
So she burst out the doors to her lawn rampaging towards the sleepers like a madwoman shrieking, "What the HELL are you doing on my lawn?!"
This of course startled Luna, causing her to leap off the bench and all Serenity did was try to snuggle deeper into the stone to regain the warmth that was lost. She didn't even wake up.
Staring at Luna straight in the face, Alexandria demanded, "Well?"
"I uh...well...we were...umm...I mean...uh..." was Luna's response, but the Sultana couldn't understand a word she was saying, causing her to loose her patience, really fast. "If you're not going to answer me, then get the heck out of here!"
With that a nearby guard shoved the sleeping Serenity into Luna's arms as they were escorted off the grounds.
Having that out of the way, Alexandria dusted herself off and tucked a loose strand of hair behind her ear as she headed back towards the palace to check on her ill husband.
````````````Later outside the Sultan's bedchamber...Alexandria``````````````
I walked towards my husband's bedchamber; he couldn't sleep by me for fear of contamination...Sigh...
I heaved at the heavy oak doors that kept me from my husband and crept through the little opening that I managed to make. The room was, well, white. The walls were cream at most and the floors were of a white marble. The bed was of a dark oak draped with white clothed and the bed linens were white sheets as were the curtains over the balcony door. Very few decorations adorned the walls and there was a red carpet leading up the three stairs to his bed.
In the center of the great four poster bed lain my husband surrounded by various physicians, some were even speaking incantations. I am not a firm believer in mysticies such as those, but if it'll help my husband, let them do it! I guess that you must think it is odd for a Sultana not to be extremely religious, to not be basically saying praise Allah for making me queen! Well, I won't do it! I am a firm believer in reason and logic. If it can't be proven that way, I won't believe you. My life is ruled by logic.
As I walked up towards my husbands bedside nearly all physicians backed away, leaving only the head one. "You have only 10 minutes before you have to leave; he needs our care," he said, flipping over a small hourglass on his way out.
I walked up to my husband, he was sound asleep. Poor Marcus, his luxurious brown hair was plastered to his forehead from perspiration. Looking down to my side, I spotted a small bowl of cool water and a cloth inside. Taking it and ringing it out slightly, I placed it upon his forehead.
I felt a warm presence on my arm and heard my husband say, " Thank you Alexandria, I really don't deserve you." His words were more of a rasp than anything else, and were followed by a coughing fit.
"Of course you do. You are the kindest, sweetest, gentlest husband that I could ever wish for," I whispered.
" I left you alone for so long to raise my child..."
"He's my child too..."
"But I left you for a silly quest and came back like this. For all I know I may have brought upon me the grim..."
"Don't talk like that! As long as you're here with me you're not going to die! Andy your quest wasn't silly! You were following your beliefs!"
"Some beliefs they were."
"Which reminds me, did you find someone?"
"Yes."
"Really?!"
"Yes."
"Well, who is it? What does she look like? How does she act? How old is she?"
"She has long blond hair, blue eyes, knows some martial arts, sleeps till the late hours of the morning, and is currently 4 years old," he began in a matter of fact tone, then his voice turned into the sweetest of whispers, "Her name is Serenity." Too bad I was too distracted by the age to notice.
"Four years old?" I choked out, my face turning white.
"Why? Is there something wrong with that? Darling, you almost look as white as me."
"Did she wear two round buns on top of her head?"
"Yeah, they call them odangoes. Her nanny has four of them on top of her head. Why? Have you seen them already?"
I put my hand on my forehead and sat down. Boy did I mess up this time.
"Darling?"
"Yes," came my pained reply.
"What's wrong? Don't tell me you've got what I have."
"No, it's not that."
"Then what?"
"Moooom!" For once, I was glad to be interrupted as my son stormed in the door.
"Mom?"
"Endymion, I'm over here!"
He raced over to me, panic playing in his eyes as he knelt before me, staring straight into my eyes as he grabbed my hands.
"Mother, have you seen anyone sleeping on the garden bench?"
"Which one? We have so many," I panicked.
" The one by my stone pond."
"Uh...well..."
"What happened?!"
"You seee...I thoughttheyweretresspasserssoIescortedthemoutontothestreets."
"What?!" was my son's reply. I don't think he understood me.
"She said, that she accidentally threw them out," Marcus said laboriously.
How was I supposed to know?!
"How long ago did you throw them out?" pleaded my son.
"About an hour ago, why?"
"She nearly drowned last night!"
"Who?"
"The little GIRL!"
"So you've met her too," stated my husband.
"Huh?"
"Did you know she was to be your bride?"
Endymion's eyes got impossibly wide as his face went ghostly pale and he choked out, "Wha...Wha...What?! She's only a child! She's half my age!"
"You're only eight, and she's four. By the time you're old enough to wed, the four years will no longer matter."
"Whatever. She's gone anyway."
This was my chance to redeem myself! I could find her! She's a blond! How many blondes can there be in this city?
"I'll find her," I meekly stated, staring at the two men in my life.
"You will?" asked Endymion.
"How?" asked Marcus.
"Well..." I began, wringing bits of my robe in my hands. "I could send some guards out to look for her, and if nothing else, I could always put out a reward."
I got two basic reactions from this. Endymion smacked his forehead, and Marcus smiled. Was my plan really that bad?
Meanwhile outside, much later...Luna...
It was beginning to get dark outside and rather cold. You'd think with such warm days they'd have much warmer nights. People have been staring at us oddly. I wonder why?
And I'm beginning to get hungry; I'm surprised Serenity hasn't cried about being hungry, yet. The worst thing of all is that I have no money other than yen, and no one can understand me. I know Serenity can understand Arabic, but she doesn't speak it that well yet. As if someone would listen to a four year old anyway. She'd probably ask for some candy and I wouldn't know the difference.
This doesn't look good.
I felt a tug at my cloak, and upon looking down I saw Serenity. With an un-princess-like finger hanging out of her mouth and the other hand holding her stomach she questioned in PERFECT Japanese, "When are we going to eat? I'm hungry. I haven't eaten since yesterday."
Unable to think of anything else to say, I simply patted her head and said, " I know dear, I know."
There was really only one thing left that I could do, considering no one would hire someone they couldn't understand. So I had to do something that I hadn't had to do since I was a child. I had to once again become a thief. I shuddered at the thought.
Okay, in order to become a thief, I had to think like a thief. I had to find some poor unsuspecting man, one who was trusting enough, dumb enough, to let his money hang on the outside in plain view of his fellow man.
So, latching onto Serenity's hand, I prowled through the streets searching for my first victim. And then I spotted him. He was short and round and his clothes were leaning towards the more luxurious side. He wouldn't miss a few coins. He could do without, but I could not.
So I told Serenity to wait by the alleyway wall while I began to walk up to the man, ever so coyly flirting with him. Being the ignorant man I thought he was, he began to flirt with me, completely unaware that I was really leaning closer to his money, not him.
What happened next was a complete catastrophe. First of all, I pulled Serenity. I completely missed the pouch, falling on top of the man, spilling coins everywhere. At first the man was pleased at this new 'position', but he was soon to realize hat I was just a thief. His shouts of "Stop thief!" didn't help either as I left the money and grabbed Serenity's hand trying to flee the scene. I ended up smashing into something firm and large, causing me to fall over, and release Serenity's hand. We had run into a rather large and very muscular palace guard. I thought he was going to attack me! Before I could even move, he swooped me up and over his shoulder. He then went to pick up Serenity, but with me as an added load, that just happened to be kicking and screaming, Serenity was just too quick for him. She ran off into the streets and disappeared amongst the crowds.
The guard, disgruntled that she got away, and that I was still doing futile attempts at beating him, hit me on top of my head. Sparks flew as my mind was jumbled into darkness and I fell into unconsciousness.
````A little bit later at the palace, Marcus's room, Endymion...````
I had been sitting here at a chair by my father's side for quite some time now, just sitting there watching the physicians at their work. It's quite odd, really. Some are bowing and chanting while others were mixing up concoctions, applying some to his mouth and some to his forehead. After having slowly been mesmerized by the physicians, I was startled out of my chair by the sudden sound of the slamming of the chamber door. An enormous guard came storming in carrying a small object; at least it was compared to him, over his shoulder. The physicians scurried out of the way as the guard placed what is known as a small woman.
"The nanny..." I subconsciously murmured.
Eyes still closed, my dad mumbled, his voice a little better, " Thank you Mamoru." At this the nanny woke up.
```Luna```
I awoke to voices, voices speaking Arabic. I couldn't understand anything they were saying until I understood one word...Mamoru...protector... I opened my eyes. Slowly adjusting to the light I finally got my first look at my captor...
He was JAPANESE!
I bet he can understand me!
I heard the others talking. One of which was an older man and the man who purchased my charge. Wasn't he a sultan or something? From what I could make out of what he was saying, I think he was inquiring as to where Serenity was. It sounded as though Mamoru didn't know.
This doesn't sound good.
````````Later on the streets, Serenity~~~~~~~~
I don't know what just happened! One minute Luna told me to stay up against this wall, the next we're running and she's gone! What happened?
Unnnngh...I'm so hungry...
*** Chibi Hi ***
With that in mind, our little princess wandered the streets in search of food. Attracted by the smell of cooking meat, she wandered into a small marketplace where a large crowd had gathered. Curious as to see what was happening, she stood upon a tall-unattended crate to peer over the audience.
They were staring at what appeared to be a stage on wheels. The edges of the stage were draped with deep red curtains edged with gold and had two male dancers with their tops off juggling flaming torches, but what seemed to be the main attraction was just before the stage. There was a man, tall with streaming short black hair and piercing blue eyes. Standing next to him was a shorter woman with silver blue eyes and ebony-raven hair. While the man was in semi-normal dress, the woman was dressed in the attire of an Arabic dancer. Her top, which showed a large portion of her stomach, was a deep crimson with pale red sleeves that poofed around her arms, showing them straight through the fabric and tapering off at the wrists. Her pants were also a deep crimson, billowing around her legs. She wore large gold hoop earrings and various gold bracelets at her wrists complimented by various gold bangles within her hair. Her hair was wet.
Walking together the man and woman stood near the shallow pit created in front of the stage. The woman stepped into the pit and raised her arms as the man announced, "Ladies and gentlemen, may I introduce to you," his voice deepened and turned mischievous. "Lady Hiko the Fire Dancer."
With that the two men on stage jumped down and after clinking the four torches together, touched the edges of the pit. The area around the woman was set ablaze. The man that was with her began to slowly beat at the drum, dum da dum...dum dum da da dum, in a rhythmic beat as the woman in the flames began to slowly dance to the beat, punctuating her movements with every shake of the tambourine of the raven woman standing near the drumming man. The beat began to quicken as the torches were once again passed behind her in another round of juggling. And as the beat quickened, so did her dance. No longer was she just swaying to the beat, but swirling and twirling within the flames, enrapturing the crowd in her sultry dance.
It was then that the little girl noticed something, more like somethings creeping along the backs of the crowd, just as Luna had once done. When one of them, a tall brunette, took some coins out of another poor unsuspecting man's pouch, Serenity decided to imitate what that other man had done as she yelled, "STOP THIEF!" at the top of her lungs, breaking the spell that the fire dancer seemed to have cast over the crowd.
Thoroughly angered, the crowd left, leaving poor Serenity to be singled out by the small band of thieves. The two fire jugglers from the back doused the dancer out as the ringleader stormed towards the poor girl, the dancer in hot pursuit.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~AUTHOR'S NOTES~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*Big cheesy grin*
So, what did ya think? Any good? You know I'm fishing for emails here.
Yeah, I know. My name has appeared in this story, but I just couldn't help it! I had to be written, and you know I all ways make an appearance in my stories, however small or large. Hoshi, Marianya, Pluto, you guys ALL know WHAT I'm talking about.
So if you think I should continue this story, email me at:
ladyhiko@yahoo.com
Ja ne!
~Lady Hiko
Oh yeah, if you want to really know the beat that I used for the drums, go to Sailor Orion's Refuge and listen to Valley Of the Fallen Star.
Chapter: 3
Author: Lady Hiko
Email: ladyhiko@yahoo.com
URL: http://www.geocities.com/ladyhiko
http://www.geocities.com/sailorpluto23/MoonLightRoses
^.^; Don't kill me, please? Okay, so I know I took a long time on getting the next chapter of this out, but I was working on Arabian Knight. Forgive me? Please?
Well here's the next installment of Arabian Knight, and remember, if you kill the author, there won't be anymore.
*** Chibi Hi *** Means nothing other than a separator and that the point of view is going to switch to an all knowledgeable narrator.
`````````
The sun was low in the sky as the Sultana awoke. For the first time in years she had slept well.
she thought to herself as she walked out to her balcony, wrapping her silken robe around her, anticipating the wind.
The air was calm, not a breath of a breeze to calm the disappointed Sultana. She glanced around the palace grounds, seeing if she was just on the wrong side for the wind today. Looking around, she spotted no wind, but something else did catch her eye. There, on a stone bench near her son's stone pond, lain two people, two strangers asleep on her lawn.
Well, let's just say she wasn't too happy about it.
She went storming down the stairs shouting, " How dare they!" bewildering servants all the way.
Now oddly enough, there was some logic to her insanity. You see, she was an all-powerful Sultana, her long missing husband just got home, sick, and now there were peasants sleeping on her lawn. Now honestly, she loved her people, but this was her home, and right now what they were doing was adding insult to injury.
So she burst out the doors to her lawn rampaging towards the sleepers like a madwoman shrieking, "What the HELL are you doing on my lawn?!"
This of course startled Luna, causing her to leap off the bench and all Serenity did was try to snuggle deeper into the stone to regain the warmth that was lost. She didn't even wake up.
Staring at Luna straight in the face, Alexandria demanded, "Well?"
"I uh...well...we were...umm...I mean...uh..." was Luna's response, but the Sultana couldn't understand a word she was saying, causing her to loose her patience, really fast. "If you're not going to answer me, then get the heck out of here!"
With that a nearby guard shoved the sleeping Serenity into Luna's arms as they were escorted off the grounds.
Having that out of the way, Alexandria dusted herself off and tucked a loose strand of hair behind her ear as she headed back towards the palace to check on her ill husband.
````````````Later outside the Sultan's bedchamber...Alexandria``````````````
I walked towards my husband's bedchamber; he couldn't sleep by me for fear of contamination...Sigh...
I heaved at the heavy oak doors that kept me from my husband and crept through the little opening that I managed to make. The room was, well, white. The walls were cream at most and the floors were of a white marble. The bed was of a dark oak draped with white clothed and the bed linens were white sheets as were the curtains over the balcony door. Very few decorations adorned the walls and there was a red carpet leading up the three stairs to his bed.
In the center of the great four poster bed lain my husband surrounded by various physicians, some were even speaking incantations. I am not a firm believer in mysticies such as those, but if it'll help my husband, let them do it! I guess that you must think it is odd for a Sultana not to be extremely religious, to not be basically saying praise Allah for making me queen! Well, I won't do it! I am a firm believer in reason and logic. If it can't be proven that way, I won't believe you. My life is ruled by logic.
As I walked up towards my husbands bedside nearly all physicians backed away, leaving only the head one. "You have only 10 minutes before you have to leave; he needs our care," he said, flipping over a small hourglass on his way out.
I walked up to my husband, he was sound asleep. Poor Marcus, his luxurious brown hair was plastered to his forehead from perspiration. Looking down to my side, I spotted a small bowl of cool water and a cloth inside. Taking it and ringing it out slightly, I placed it upon his forehead.
I felt a warm presence on my arm and heard my husband say, " Thank you Alexandria, I really don't deserve you." His words were more of a rasp than anything else, and were followed by a coughing fit.
"Of course you do. You are the kindest, sweetest, gentlest husband that I could ever wish for," I whispered.
" I left you alone for so long to raise my child..."
"He's my child too..."
"But I left you for a silly quest and came back like this. For all I know I may have brought upon me the grim..."
"Don't talk like that! As long as you're here with me you're not going to die! Andy your quest wasn't silly! You were following your beliefs!"
"Some beliefs they were."
"Which reminds me, did you find someone?"
"Yes."
"Really?!"
"Yes."
"Well, who is it? What does she look like? How does she act? How old is she?"
"She has long blond hair, blue eyes, knows some martial arts, sleeps till the late hours of the morning, and is currently 4 years old," he began in a matter of fact tone, then his voice turned into the sweetest of whispers, "Her name is Serenity." Too bad I was too distracted by the age to notice.
"Four years old?" I choked out, my face turning white.
"Why? Is there something wrong with that? Darling, you almost look as white as me."
"Did she wear two round buns on top of her head?"
"Yeah, they call them odangoes. Her nanny has four of them on top of her head. Why? Have you seen them already?"
I put my hand on my forehead and sat down. Boy did I mess up this time.
"Darling?"
"Yes," came my pained reply.
"What's wrong? Don't tell me you've got what I have."
"No, it's not that."
"Then what?"
"Moooom!" For once, I was glad to be interrupted as my son stormed in the door.
"Mom?"
"Endymion, I'm over here!"
He raced over to me, panic playing in his eyes as he knelt before me, staring straight into my eyes as he grabbed my hands.
"Mother, have you seen anyone sleeping on the garden bench?"
"Which one? We have so many," I panicked.
" The one by my stone pond."
"Uh...well..."
"What happened?!"
"You seee...I thoughttheyweretresspasserssoIescortedthemoutontothestreets."
"What?!" was my son's reply. I don't think he understood me.
"She said, that she accidentally threw them out," Marcus said laboriously.
How was I supposed to know?!
"How long ago did you throw them out?" pleaded my son.
"About an hour ago, why?"
"She nearly drowned last night!"
"Who?"
"The little GIRL!"
"So you've met her too," stated my husband.
"Huh?"
"Did you know she was to be your bride?"
Endymion's eyes got impossibly wide as his face went ghostly pale and he choked out, "Wha...Wha...What?! She's only a child! She's half my age!"
"You're only eight, and she's four. By the time you're old enough to wed, the four years will no longer matter."
"Whatever. She's gone anyway."
This was my chance to redeem myself! I could find her! She's a blond! How many blondes can there be in this city?
"I'll find her," I meekly stated, staring at the two men in my life.
"You will?" asked Endymion.
"How?" asked Marcus.
"Well..." I began, wringing bits of my robe in my hands. "I could send some guards out to look for her, and if nothing else, I could always put out a reward."
I got two basic reactions from this. Endymion smacked his forehead, and Marcus smiled. Was my plan really that bad?
Meanwhile outside, much later...Luna...
It was beginning to get dark outside and rather cold. You'd think with such warm days they'd have much warmer nights. People have been staring at us oddly. I wonder why?
And I'm beginning to get hungry; I'm surprised Serenity hasn't cried about being hungry, yet. The worst thing of all is that I have no money other than yen, and no one can understand me. I know Serenity can understand Arabic, but she doesn't speak it that well yet. As if someone would listen to a four year old anyway. She'd probably ask for some candy and I wouldn't know the difference.
This doesn't look good.
I felt a tug at my cloak, and upon looking down I saw Serenity. With an un-princess-like finger hanging out of her mouth and the other hand holding her stomach she questioned in PERFECT Japanese, "When are we going to eat? I'm hungry. I haven't eaten since yesterday."
Unable to think of anything else to say, I simply patted her head and said, " I know dear, I know."
There was really only one thing left that I could do, considering no one would hire someone they couldn't understand. So I had to do something that I hadn't had to do since I was a child. I had to once again become a thief. I shuddered at the thought.
Okay, in order to become a thief, I had to think like a thief. I had to find some poor unsuspecting man, one who was trusting enough, dumb enough, to let his money hang on the outside in plain view of his fellow man.
So, latching onto Serenity's hand, I prowled through the streets searching for my first victim. And then I spotted him. He was short and round and his clothes were leaning towards the more luxurious side. He wouldn't miss a few coins. He could do without, but I could not.
So I told Serenity to wait by the alleyway wall while I began to walk up to the man, ever so coyly flirting with him. Being the ignorant man I thought he was, he began to flirt with me, completely unaware that I was really leaning closer to his money, not him.
What happened next was a complete catastrophe. First of all, I pulled Serenity. I completely missed the pouch, falling on top of the man, spilling coins everywhere. At first the man was pleased at this new 'position', but he was soon to realize hat I was just a thief. His shouts of "Stop thief!" didn't help either as I left the money and grabbed Serenity's hand trying to flee the scene. I ended up smashing into something firm and large, causing me to fall over, and release Serenity's hand. We had run into a rather large and very muscular palace guard. I thought he was going to attack me! Before I could even move, he swooped me up and over his shoulder. He then went to pick up Serenity, but with me as an added load, that just happened to be kicking and screaming, Serenity was just too quick for him. She ran off into the streets and disappeared amongst the crowds.
The guard, disgruntled that she got away, and that I was still doing futile attempts at beating him, hit me on top of my head. Sparks flew as my mind was jumbled into darkness and I fell into unconsciousness.
````A little bit later at the palace, Marcus's room, Endymion...````
I had been sitting here at a chair by my father's side for quite some time now, just sitting there watching the physicians at their work. It's quite odd, really. Some are bowing and chanting while others were mixing up concoctions, applying some to his mouth and some to his forehead. After having slowly been mesmerized by the physicians, I was startled out of my chair by the sudden sound of the slamming of the chamber door. An enormous guard came storming in carrying a small object; at least it was compared to him, over his shoulder. The physicians scurried out of the way as the guard placed what is known as a small woman.
"The nanny..." I subconsciously murmured.
Eyes still closed, my dad mumbled, his voice a little better, " Thank you Mamoru." At this the nanny woke up.
```Luna```
I awoke to voices, voices speaking Arabic. I couldn't understand anything they were saying until I understood one word...Mamoru...protector... I opened my eyes. Slowly adjusting to the light I finally got my first look at my captor...
He was JAPANESE!
I bet he can understand me!
I heard the others talking. One of which was an older man and the man who purchased my charge. Wasn't he a sultan or something? From what I could make out of what he was saying, I think he was inquiring as to where Serenity was. It sounded as though Mamoru didn't know.
This doesn't sound good.
````````Later on the streets, Serenity~~~~~~~~
I don't know what just happened! One minute Luna told me to stay up against this wall, the next we're running and she's gone! What happened?
Unnnngh...I'm so hungry...
*** Chibi Hi ***
With that in mind, our little princess wandered the streets in search of food. Attracted by the smell of cooking meat, she wandered into a small marketplace where a large crowd had gathered. Curious as to see what was happening, she stood upon a tall-unattended crate to peer over the audience.
They were staring at what appeared to be a stage on wheels. The edges of the stage were draped with deep red curtains edged with gold and had two male dancers with their tops off juggling flaming torches, but what seemed to be the main attraction was just before the stage. There was a man, tall with streaming short black hair and piercing blue eyes. Standing next to him was a shorter woman with silver blue eyes and ebony-raven hair. While the man was in semi-normal dress, the woman was dressed in the attire of an Arabic dancer. Her top, which showed a large portion of her stomach, was a deep crimson with pale red sleeves that poofed around her arms, showing them straight through the fabric and tapering off at the wrists. Her pants were also a deep crimson, billowing around her legs. She wore large gold hoop earrings and various gold bracelets at her wrists complimented by various gold bangles within her hair. Her hair was wet.
Walking together the man and woman stood near the shallow pit created in front of the stage. The woman stepped into the pit and raised her arms as the man announced, "Ladies and gentlemen, may I introduce to you," his voice deepened and turned mischievous. "Lady Hiko the Fire Dancer."
With that the two men on stage jumped down and after clinking the four torches together, touched the edges of the pit. The area around the woman was set ablaze. The man that was with her began to slowly beat at the drum, dum da dum...dum dum da da dum, in a rhythmic beat as the woman in the flames began to slowly dance to the beat, punctuating her movements with every shake of the tambourine of the raven woman standing near the drumming man. The beat began to quicken as the torches were once again passed behind her in another round of juggling. And as the beat quickened, so did her dance. No longer was she just swaying to the beat, but swirling and twirling within the flames, enrapturing the crowd in her sultry dance.
It was then that the little girl noticed something, more like somethings creeping along the backs of the crowd, just as Luna had once done. When one of them, a tall brunette, took some coins out of another poor unsuspecting man's pouch, Serenity decided to imitate what that other man had done as she yelled, "STOP THIEF!" at the top of her lungs, breaking the spell that the fire dancer seemed to have cast over the crowd.
Thoroughly angered, the crowd left, leaving poor Serenity to be singled out by the small band of thieves. The two fire jugglers from the back doused the dancer out as the ringleader stormed towards the poor girl, the dancer in hot pursuit.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~AUTHOR'S NOTES~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*Big cheesy grin*
So, what did ya think? Any good? You know I'm fishing for emails here.
Yeah, I know. My name has appeared in this story, but I just couldn't help it! I had to be written, and you know I all ways make an appearance in my stories, however small or large. Hoshi, Marianya, Pluto, you guys ALL know WHAT I'm talking about.
So if you think I should continue this story, email me at:
ladyhiko@yahoo.com
Ja ne!
~Lady Hiko
Oh yeah, if you want to really know the beat that I used for the drums, go to Sailor Orion's Refuge and listen to Valley Of the Fallen Star.