Chapter 15: Out of the Dark
*following Endy and Sere(next night)* "Your mother is going to have my head for this," Endy said as he lay in the royal bed of the princess Serenity with her wrapped up in his arms. "She won't do anything." "Yeah, but still. That doesn't mean that I'm not scared of her," he said stroking her golden hair. "Endy?" "Yes Sere?" "Do you not want to be with me?" "No, no, of course I do. I want to be with you forever or at least as long as I can. But you know," he paused. "Your mother will find out about this sooner or later and it's not like she didn't forbid me to see you." "She did that?" Sere screeched. "But why? Are you really that big of a threat?" "Yes, Sere. I'm that big of a threat and more. In her eyes, I have come by storm and I'm taking away everything she'd give her life to keep and protect. Every mother thinks that. But I am also the bringer of the End of the Silver Millennium. In the wake of my death, if I stay with you, every single kingdom of every single planet in our solar system, with the exception of earth, will be completely destroyed." "So you really can't be with me," she said on the verge of crying. "I will. But when I can, it will be before the eyes of your people and your mother. And I will not be a threat." "But you'll have to leave me then, won't you?" "No, I'm not going anywhere," he comforted her. "Don't you worry. I'll make everything right somehow."
*meanwhile* a dark evil grew in the eastern part of the earth. It sensed its messenger had carried out his duties but died. It conjured up a powerful storm and in the depths of the dark kingdom, a form with white hair lay in the middle, slowly regaining life.
*in Selene's court* "Endymion!" the queen yelled. "I told you to stay away from her! By god I forbade it and still! You had the nerve to continue your visits! You disobeyed an ally. You disobeyed a queen. You disobeyed and angered a goddess! I cannot believe you!" "Your highness," he said with his head bowed and his elbows on his knees as he sat on a stone bench. "I promised her. I couldn't break a promise to her." "Like hell you couldn't!" she continued screaming. "She's no longer pure. But of course, how silly of me. You already knew it!! You're the one responsible. Everything! Everything is happening because of you!! Why did you even promise her? why did... why can't I stop this?" she dropped her arms down to her sides. "I can't explain or answer anything." "Like hell you can't," she said angrily. "Listen, I didn't ask for this! I came here for refuge from my horrible brother and I got it. I never meant to meet your daughter and I sure as hell never meant to fall in love with her!!" he yelled back at the queen. She put a hand up to her face and another to her stomach. "What am I going to do?" she asked quietly. "What am I to do?" They both turned their heads to the opening of the room to see the form of Serenity with tears in her eyes, clasping the door frame. "Sere-" "Serenity-" they both said at the same time. Serenity turned and took off running away from them. "Look what you did now!" Selene yelled at him. "me? what the hell did I do? look at her?" "Don't smart off to me, young man. You are already in it deep enough." He mocked her as they both ran off after her.
"I'll check her favorite rooms," the queen said. "Alright. I'll check the gardens," Endy said and ran to her favorite spot. He slowed to a walk as he hear heavy sobs and soon came upon Serenity under her tree, wrapped up in the red and white blanket that they first made love on. "Sere," he called softly. "I'm here for you." He put a hand on her shoulder and she turned over and looked up at him. "Endy," she said weakly and held out a shaking hand. He grasped her hand and kissed it. "I'm here. I'm here now. Don't worry," he said and she sat up next to his squatting form. "I love you Endy. I don't want her to take you away from me. I'm so scared," she said and threw her arms around him. "No one is going to keep me from you," he said as she pulled away and looked in his eyes. Hers were all puffy and red from crying and he wiped a tear from her cheek with his thumb and smiled at her. She smiled back a little shyly. "I love you too," he said as he tilted her head up and kissed her just as her mother approached the scene. "Oh shit," he mumbled as he broke the kiss, realizing the presence of the queen. "I should have known," she said. "No mother," Sere said holding tightly to Endy. "You aren't taking him away from me." "You're right. I'm taking you away from him and he'll be lucky if he lives," Selene said grabbing Serenity by the arm and dragging her, kicking and screaming back into the palace and into a room where she was locked up and not allowed to leave.
*meanwhile* the black cloud resurrected the messenger and sent him back to the moon. "Soon," he said skulking in the shadows. "Soon, revenge will be mine. And so will you. Mina."
*following Endy and Sere(next night)* "Your mother is going to have my head for this," Endy said as he lay in the royal bed of the princess Serenity with her wrapped up in his arms. "She won't do anything." "Yeah, but still. That doesn't mean that I'm not scared of her," he said stroking her golden hair. "Endy?" "Yes Sere?" "Do you not want to be with me?" "No, no, of course I do. I want to be with you forever or at least as long as I can. But you know," he paused. "Your mother will find out about this sooner or later and it's not like she didn't forbid me to see you." "She did that?" Sere screeched. "But why? Are you really that big of a threat?" "Yes, Sere. I'm that big of a threat and more. In her eyes, I have come by storm and I'm taking away everything she'd give her life to keep and protect. Every mother thinks that. But I am also the bringer of the End of the Silver Millennium. In the wake of my death, if I stay with you, every single kingdom of every single planet in our solar system, with the exception of earth, will be completely destroyed." "So you really can't be with me," she said on the verge of crying. "I will. But when I can, it will be before the eyes of your people and your mother. And I will not be a threat." "But you'll have to leave me then, won't you?" "No, I'm not going anywhere," he comforted her. "Don't you worry. I'll make everything right somehow."
*meanwhile* a dark evil grew in the eastern part of the earth. It sensed its messenger had carried out his duties but died. It conjured up a powerful storm and in the depths of the dark kingdom, a form with white hair lay in the middle, slowly regaining life.
*in Selene's court* "Endymion!" the queen yelled. "I told you to stay away from her! By god I forbade it and still! You had the nerve to continue your visits! You disobeyed an ally. You disobeyed a queen. You disobeyed and angered a goddess! I cannot believe you!" "Your highness," he said with his head bowed and his elbows on his knees as he sat on a stone bench. "I promised her. I couldn't break a promise to her." "Like hell you couldn't!" she continued screaming. "She's no longer pure. But of course, how silly of me. You already knew it!! You're the one responsible. Everything! Everything is happening because of you!! Why did you even promise her? why did... why can't I stop this?" she dropped her arms down to her sides. "I can't explain or answer anything." "Like hell you can't," she said angrily. "Listen, I didn't ask for this! I came here for refuge from my horrible brother and I got it. I never meant to meet your daughter and I sure as hell never meant to fall in love with her!!" he yelled back at the queen. She put a hand up to her face and another to her stomach. "What am I going to do?" she asked quietly. "What am I to do?" They both turned their heads to the opening of the room to see the form of Serenity with tears in her eyes, clasping the door frame. "Sere-" "Serenity-" they both said at the same time. Serenity turned and took off running away from them. "Look what you did now!" Selene yelled at him. "me? what the hell did I do? look at her?" "Don't smart off to me, young man. You are already in it deep enough." He mocked her as they both ran off after her.
"I'll check her favorite rooms," the queen said. "Alright. I'll check the gardens," Endy said and ran to her favorite spot. He slowed to a walk as he hear heavy sobs and soon came upon Serenity under her tree, wrapped up in the red and white blanket that they first made love on. "Sere," he called softly. "I'm here for you." He put a hand on her shoulder and she turned over and looked up at him. "Endy," she said weakly and held out a shaking hand. He grasped her hand and kissed it. "I'm here. I'm here now. Don't worry," he said and she sat up next to his squatting form. "I love you Endy. I don't want her to take you away from me. I'm so scared," she said and threw her arms around him. "No one is going to keep me from you," he said as she pulled away and looked in his eyes. Hers were all puffy and red from crying and he wiped a tear from her cheek with his thumb and smiled at her. She smiled back a little shyly. "I love you too," he said as he tilted her head up and kissed her just as her mother approached the scene. "Oh shit," he mumbled as he broke the kiss, realizing the presence of the queen. "I should have known," she said. "No mother," Sere said holding tightly to Endy. "You aren't taking him away from me." "You're right. I'm taking you away from him and he'll be lucky if he lives," Selene said grabbing Serenity by the arm and dragging her, kicking and screaming back into the palace and into a room where she was locked up and not allowed to leave.
*meanwhile* the black cloud resurrected the messenger and sent him back to the moon. "Soon," he said skulking in the shadows. "Soon, revenge will be mine. And so will you. Mina."