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Lady Moon
Violet Goddess
Chapter 2
"May I introduce Prince Endymion of Earth." The words echoed through her mind with
horrible clarity. Taking another step back, she felt herself slam against the heated chest of
the guard behind her. She couldn't take her attention from the Prince though, his
startlingly blue eyes just stared at her. Looking into them, she felt something within her
cry out in fear. There was something so cruel in those sapphire depths.
"I see you are a priestess of Selene." The words snapped her from the whirl pool of his
eyes, but the commander's words brought little comfort. "And as such cannot be harmed."
The Prince finished for his commander. Now these words truly startled her. Could he
actually still hold the old sacred ways? Many Earthlings had abandoned Selene as their
goddess, and instead turned to a new faith of harvest saints with only a great spirit to pray
to.
Priests and temples flourished, but now the evening devotions were directed to the
green fields about them rather than to the moon glittering in the sky. When Selene still
dwelled in the hearts of all men, her priestesses were above mortal men and their troubles.
To harm a priestess of Selene was to challenge the goddess herself, but as her power here
faded, she was unsure if the old ways would hold true. For the first time since the battle
had begun and she was forced to hide, she felt hope appear in her heart, but then she
remembered her friends and her sudden twist back to look at them gave the prince all the
leverage against her he needed. Following her gaze, he saw her look at her friends with
apprehension and fear.
"They on the other hand," he said waving a hand to indicate the four girls still held by
guards, "are fair game."
"Wh-what are you going to do with them?" she asked, her voice hoarse with emotion. He
gave her a measuring look.
"That depends more on you than me."
"How do you mean?" She would do anything to save her friends, and somehow she felt he
knew that.
"I cannot hold you against your will and are free to go as is the law of Selene..... which I
will honor," he added as if to remind her he had but raise his hand for her death. "But
these fair young girls are not priestesses, and on the contrary they wield a weapon like
warriors and will thus be treated as such. They will be interrogated and then executed
before the sun rises." His words were calm and not a flicker of emotion played across his
face. She had no doubt that he meant every word. He would kill them without a second
thought.
"And how can I stop this?" She asked, tears falling openly now. Though she felt his icy
eyes upon her, she continued to stare at her mute friends. They each had a dagger at their
throat drawn by guards loyal to this torturous man.
"Simple. Take their place." Now she turned and stared at him with an incredulous look on
her face.
"Is that all?" She couldn't believe it was so simple. She would gladly trade her life for
theirs.
"Give me your pledge that you will not leave or try to escape until the day I release you
from your pledge."
"No Serena!" Rei managed before a blade bit into her throat to silence her.
"Serena? So that's your name." he said with a smile. "Lovely." Her name sounded
deplorable on his lips and she cringed as he smiled at her.
"If I give my pledge, will you release them and offer them safe passage to any
destination?"
"Naturally," he said with easy assurance.
"How do I know you'll keep your word just because I will?" she asked, trying to keep her
voice from shaking.
"I will swear on anything you wish. Selene perhaps?"
"No. You will swear on what you hold holy. You swear on your gods, your life and the
lives of your men." She stated this sternly and watched as his fists tightened in anger.
"My prince," the commander said, finally finding his voice, "let me kill her. I hold no
goddess supreme against the great spirit. Damn the old ways." Even as the words left his
mouth, he stepped forward, unsheathing his sword.
"No. I am a man of my word." When the commander didn't stop his advance, a sword
was drawn to meet his, held by a fiery eyed prince. "Stop commander if you value your
life." Turning back to Serena, he eyed her critically. "Very well I will swear on the great
spirit, creator of all and my life but I will make no bargain with my men."
"Agreed." They both knew that an oath made in the divine's name was eternally binding.
Should he break his word, everything he swore upon would be forfeit. His life and his god
would be lost to him. Equally entrapped was Serena. Should she ever escape without his
release, she would lose Selene forever.
"I swear upon the creator of all, the great spirit that I Endymion, prince of the kingdom of
earth will offer safe release and passage to these prisoners in return for your pledge. So it
is said so it is pledged." Nodding Serena turned away from her friend's horrified stares and
with tears falling past her tightly shut eye lids she began her oath.
"I Serena, priestess of Selene, swear to remain until such time when I am released from
this binding. I will neither leave by will nor force. I swear upon Selene the goddess of all.
So it is said so it is pledged." Nodding in approval, Endymion motioned to the guards.
"Take them. Give them horses and an honor guard to any destination they desire. No harm
is to come to them under penalty of my personal punishment." Serena turned to see them
dragging her friends out of the tent and as she ran towards them she found two very
foreign but strong arms blocking her way. Looking up, she saw the prince staring back at
her. "You cannot leave. Your life for theirs. Remember your oath priestess."
Rei was the last to be taken and Serena could only mouth 'I'm sorry' to her as the
guard dragged her outside. She heard them yelling to her but couldn't listen. Disentangling
herself from Endymion's arms, she turned her back on him and walked to the far end of
the room.
"Why did you do this?" When only silence answered her, she turned around and stared at
him. "Why in the goddess's name did you do this? What is so special about me that I was
worth four others. Now I can't leave. Selene deliver me."
"Gods you don't even know how beautiful you are, do you?"
"Beauty is vanity in waiting." Serena remarked absent mindedly, quoting the temple
teachings. "Only the goddess is beauty."
"Well whatever you believe, you are beauty." Walking towards her, Endymion felt the
irresistible need to caress her, hold her in his arms and so much more. Stepping forward,
he began to walk towards her, quickly crossing the small distance afforded in the tent.
Suddenly, he was upon her and she turned at the feeling of his breath upon her neck. He
was just standing there, looming behind her.
"I'm tired. where can I sleep?" she asked stepping forward out of his reach.
"Well since I was not expecting this to happen, no arrangements were made so I guess we
get to share a bed." he said with a half smile.
"Very well. But I might remind you that I pledged only to stay here. I am still protected by
Selene. Touching one of her virgins is not a wise thing to do." So she was sacred virgin? It
only added to her purity as he looked at her lithe form as she walked past him. He
watched her silently and smiled slightly to himself. Let the games begin.
Lady Moon
Violet Goddess
Chapter 2
"May I introduce Prince Endymion of Earth." The words echoed through her mind with
horrible clarity. Taking another step back, she felt herself slam against the heated chest of
the guard behind her. She couldn't take her attention from the Prince though, his
startlingly blue eyes just stared at her. Looking into them, she felt something within her
cry out in fear. There was something so cruel in those sapphire depths.
"I see you are a priestess of Selene." The words snapped her from the whirl pool of his
eyes, but the commander's words brought little comfort. "And as such cannot be harmed."
The Prince finished for his commander. Now these words truly startled her. Could he
actually still hold the old sacred ways? Many Earthlings had abandoned Selene as their
goddess, and instead turned to a new faith of harvest saints with only a great spirit to pray
to.
Priests and temples flourished, but now the evening devotions were directed to the
green fields about them rather than to the moon glittering in the sky. When Selene still
dwelled in the hearts of all men, her priestesses were above mortal men and their troubles.
To harm a priestess of Selene was to challenge the goddess herself, but as her power here
faded, she was unsure if the old ways would hold true. For the first time since the battle
had begun and she was forced to hide, she felt hope appear in her heart, but then she
remembered her friends and her sudden twist back to look at them gave the prince all the
leverage against her he needed. Following her gaze, he saw her look at her friends with
apprehension and fear.
"They on the other hand," he said waving a hand to indicate the four girls still held by
guards, "are fair game."
"Wh-what are you going to do with them?" she asked, her voice hoarse with emotion. He
gave her a measuring look.
"That depends more on you than me."
"How do you mean?" She would do anything to save her friends, and somehow she felt he
knew that.
"I cannot hold you against your will and are free to go as is the law of Selene..... which I
will honor," he added as if to remind her he had but raise his hand for her death. "But
these fair young girls are not priestesses, and on the contrary they wield a weapon like
warriors and will thus be treated as such. They will be interrogated and then executed
before the sun rises." His words were calm and not a flicker of emotion played across his
face. She had no doubt that he meant every word. He would kill them without a second
thought.
"And how can I stop this?" She asked, tears falling openly now. Though she felt his icy
eyes upon her, she continued to stare at her mute friends. They each had a dagger at their
throat drawn by guards loyal to this torturous man.
"Simple. Take their place." Now she turned and stared at him with an incredulous look on
her face.
"Is that all?" She couldn't believe it was so simple. She would gladly trade her life for
theirs.
"Give me your pledge that you will not leave or try to escape until the day I release you
from your pledge."
"No Serena!" Rei managed before a blade bit into her throat to silence her.
"Serena? So that's your name." he said with a smile. "Lovely." Her name sounded
deplorable on his lips and she cringed as he smiled at her.
"If I give my pledge, will you release them and offer them safe passage to any
destination?"
"Naturally," he said with easy assurance.
"How do I know you'll keep your word just because I will?" she asked, trying to keep her
voice from shaking.
"I will swear on anything you wish. Selene perhaps?"
"No. You will swear on what you hold holy. You swear on your gods, your life and the
lives of your men." She stated this sternly and watched as his fists tightened in anger.
"My prince," the commander said, finally finding his voice, "let me kill her. I hold no
goddess supreme against the great spirit. Damn the old ways." Even as the words left his
mouth, he stepped forward, unsheathing his sword.
"No. I am a man of my word." When the commander didn't stop his advance, a sword
was drawn to meet his, held by a fiery eyed prince. "Stop commander if you value your
life." Turning back to Serena, he eyed her critically. "Very well I will swear on the great
spirit, creator of all and my life but I will make no bargain with my men."
"Agreed." They both knew that an oath made in the divine's name was eternally binding.
Should he break his word, everything he swore upon would be forfeit. His life and his god
would be lost to him. Equally entrapped was Serena. Should she ever escape without his
release, she would lose Selene forever.
"I swear upon the creator of all, the great spirit that I Endymion, prince of the kingdom of
earth will offer safe release and passage to these prisoners in return for your pledge. So it
is said so it is pledged." Nodding Serena turned away from her friend's horrified stares and
with tears falling past her tightly shut eye lids she began her oath.
"I Serena, priestess of Selene, swear to remain until such time when I am released from
this binding. I will neither leave by will nor force. I swear upon Selene the goddess of all.
So it is said so it is pledged." Nodding in approval, Endymion motioned to the guards.
"Take them. Give them horses and an honor guard to any destination they desire. No harm
is to come to them under penalty of my personal punishment." Serena turned to see them
dragging her friends out of the tent and as she ran towards them she found two very
foreign but strong arms blocking her way. Looking up, she saw the prince staring back at
her. "You cannot leave. Your life for theirs. Remember your oath priestess."
Rei was the last to be taken and Serena could only mouth 'I'm sorry' to her as the
guard dragged her outside. She heard them yelling to her but couldn't listen. Disentangling
herself from Endymion's arms, she turned her back on him and walked to the far end of
the room.
"Why did you do this?" When only silence answered her, she turned around and stared at
him. "Why in the goddess's name did you do this? What is so special about me that I was
worth four others. Now I can't leave. Selene deliver me."
"Gods you don't even know how beautiful you are, do you?"
"Beauty is vanity in waiting." Serena remarked absent mindedly, quoting the temple
teachings. "Only the goddess is beauty."
"Well whatever you believe, you are beauty." Walking towards her, Endymion felt the
irresistible need to caress her, hold her in his arms and so much more. Stepping forward,
he began to walk towards her, quickly crossing the small distance afforded in the tent.
Suddenly, he was upon her and she turned at the feeling of his breath upon her neck. He
was just standing there, looming behind her.
"I'm tired. where can I sleep?" she asked stepping forward out of his reach.
"Well since I was not expecting this to happen, no arrangements were made so I guess we
get to share a bed." he said with a half smile.
"Very well. But I might remind you that I pledged only to stay here. I am still protected by
Selene. Touching one of her virgins is not a wise thing to do." So she was sacred virgin? It
only added to her purity as he looked at her lithe form as she walked past him. He
watched her silently and smiled slightly to himself. Let the games begin.