Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon
By they way, in my last chapter, I accidentally added " Gundam Wing" to my disclaimer. That was a mistake. I've been reading too many crossovers and it's brainwashed my mind.
Serenity was shaken awake with the numerous bumps that were the result of horse riding. Of course, it was worse for Serenity, since she wasn't riding a horse; she was strapped to the back of a horse in a sack.
Having been jolted awake, Serenity experience of slight disconcertion, thanks to the nasty blow to the head the guard had given her. She waited a moment before the past events started to surface in her foggy memory: I ran away from the Moon, Caleb's out to kill me, and I got kidnapped by some pigs who are going to do God-knows-what to me.
That last thought scared her. Summoning as much strength as she could, she began to thrash in the darkness of the sack, hoping to either create enough confusion for the horse to run away from the path or to knock herself off the back of the horse and tumble to safety. She recognized that both ideas could seriously cause her injury but in her mind, anything was better than being captured.
Her struggles became stronger, her body rebelling against the very thought of being a prisoner. Underneath her, she felt her stomach slip a little from the position she was in on the horse's back.
Almost, she thought, just a little more and I'll be able to escape. Her legs were now lower than they were before, nearly reaching the ground. Her bounds hands were lifted to counterbalance the pull of gravity on her feet. Just a few more inches and I can touch the ground. With this thought, she shifted one last time…. and the horse was suddenly pulled to a stop.
* * * * * * * * * *
Endymion hadn't stopped observing the girl. He was, at the moment, imagining the girl in different outfits that would please him (get your mind out of the gutter!! I said outfits, not birthday suits) All of a sudden he noticed a slight movement in the sack. He dismissed it as a trick of the eye, of course, since a blow to the head on such a delicate person would usually keep them out for a day.
Again the sack shifted, more apparent than before. This time, Endymion was completely sure that it was what he saw. He didn't know what to do. Xavier was asleep once again and the carriage and the horse with the girl were going to fast to stop. However….
Endymion leaned over in his seat to stick his head out the window opposite of the window with the girl in sight. He called to the driver, "Slow the carriage down."
The driver, who was a kind man of fifty and two, was indeed confused with this order. Prince Endymion was always the one who wanted to be prompt and exact. Slowing down the carriage could mean being less than punctual.
"Sire? If the carriage slows, you would arrive at the castle late." He replied uncertainly, fearing what his comment could provoke.
Endymion almost growled. What good are servants if they don't obey?
"I said Slow Down the Carriage."
The driver tugged at his collar nervously as he stammered a quick reply. "Yes, milord."
Immediately, the carriage slowed to about half the pace it was before. Endymion looked out the window and saw that the well-trained horses had followed suit and still remained outside the window. He grabbed onto the armrest of his seat and pushed his upper body out the window. Reaching a steady hand toward the sack, he watched the bundle continue to slip off the horse. The sack was alarmingly near the ground, he realized, and a jolt to the sack could topple it right off the horse. And hurt the girl inside, he added to himself. He changed the course of where his hand was going and instead reached for the reins of the horse. Swiftly, he pulled the horse to a stop.
The sack was jerked completely off the horse and onto the rocky road.
* * * * * * * * *
The drop off the horse was too abrupt for Serenity to scream. With a hard 'thud', she landed on the road, cutting her arms and back with various sharp stones and sticks that happened to be on the road. As if Fate wanted more of a laugh, she continued rolling toward the side of the road, effectively bumping her head on larger rocks and causing her head to spin.
Finally coming to a stop just before rolling into a ditch, she lay on her side, gasping for breath and trying to slow her thudding heart. The needle- sharp pinpricks of pain radiated throughout her body, preventing any moment that she might have wanted to make. In her tumble, the bag covering her head had come off, revealing her head and her shoulders. Her right arm had also slipped out of its confinement and now lay beside her head, fingers curling in the basic instinct to shield her head. Her long hair lay all around her in a nest of gold, acting as an ineffective pillow.
Serenity knew that this could be her chance to escape. After all, hadn't this been one of her plans? Once again summoning whatever strength she had left, she tried to move her arms to push herself up. That slight bit of movement proved too much for her sliced-and-diced flesh. Fresh blood welled at whatever wounds she had and the sting of dirt to abused flesh brought tears to her eyes. So she lay there, salt drops clouding her vision, helpless to whatever may come her way.
* * * * * * * *
Endymion watched in horror as the sack dropped with a thud behind the horse. As soon as he saw that the sack rolling towards a nearby ditch, he reacted with a push off the windowsill with his arms and twisting his body into a tight flip onto the ground, all while the carriage was moving. Vaguely, he heard behind him the sound of Xavier saying, "What the…."
Endymion wasted no time in dashing towards the bundle, which had finally stopped itself before the oncoming ditch just in the nick of time. From where he was coming from, he could see that the fall had ripped several deep gashes into the sack and had also completely pulled off the head sack. He also saw small traces of blood clinging to the rocks the sack had rolled over. All in all, he was extremely worried about the condition of the person inside the sack.
He reached the girl, who was facing away from him on her side, facing the ditch. Her arm somewhat covered her face but did nothing to hide the magnificent gold hair that now lay with mud and blood. He reached out his hand once again, and touched the one bare shoulder that showed, while asking in a quiet voice, "Are you alright?"
Serenity hadn't felt his presence, in all her loud drumming in her head. When she did feel his work-coarsened hand on her skin and heard his hushed voice, she was frightened out of her skin.
Here he is, she thought in her half-crazed mind, my captor and my new Caleb replacement. In her mind, she could see what he would do to her. He's going to hurt me, to spill my blood. I can't take it. I won't take it!! He can't take me alive!!!!
With a wild cry, Serenity pushed herself away from Endymion. She had forgotten the ditch that lay a mere half-foot from where she lay. Terrified at the moment she felt nothing beneath her, she thrashed and tried to keep herself somewhat balanced on the ledge. Of course, her legs were caught in the material of the sack and only caused her to lose what balance she had.
Falling. That's what Endymion saw just before his lightning fast reflexes kicked in and grabbed the girl's arm. He hoisted her light frame back over the edge of the ditch and lay her back on the ground, though this time a good 5 feet away from the side.
Serenity gulped in huge mouthfuls of air, once again trying to bring her heart rate anywhere near normal, not the loud thudding it had commenced to now. Her normally big eyes were huge as she stared up into the sky with a dazed look in her eyes. Even when she became aware of the hand that was holding her arm, her arm that was full of cuts and scrapes, her eyes stayed glassy.
Endymion didn't know what to make of the girl. Once second she was tumbling off of a horse, the next tumbling off the side of a ditch. She was either very clumsy…or very determined to get away. He looked at her now, with her eyes gazing unblinkingly at the sky, as if she was in a trance. He listened carefully for the sound of breathing, at once fearing the worst. He was both relieved and puzzled when he heard and realized that the girl was alive. But why was she so motionless?
Serenity's head spun faster now. The face that had stared so intently at hers was indeed not Caleb's, her frenzied mind noted. She saw flashes of black dots and felt the outstretched arms of sleep reaching for her. She was desperate now to get away from her aching body and spinning world and in turn embraced sleep.
Endymion was surprised to see those wondrous eyes snap shut all of a sudden. Now thoroughly worried, he checked the girl's neck for a pulse. Having found one, he finally decided to carry her back to the carriage, which had stopped not too far away. He could see Xavier tapping his foot and looking incredibly annoyed. He ignored all this as he gathered up the girl and the sack, which he kept wrapped around her for warmth, and laid her in the seat beside him.
Xavier grumbled as he settled back in his seat. Sure, his plan was to get Endymion to fall for the girl so that he himself could snatch away Endymion's happiness…but this was disturbing his beauty sleep!! He took out his new hat and pulled it down over his eyes and went back to sleep, deciding to plot revenge at a later time.
Endymion studied the girl once more. He had no plans on falling asleep, especially with such a stunning creature that lay so near him. The extent of the severity of her injuries became clear to him as he say the red staining her arm. He looked at his own hand and saw that it was also stained with blood.
Endymion spent the rest of the carriage ride carefully and scrupulously examining every inch of the beauty next to him. (No, you hentais, not every inch!!!)
To be continued…
And for the part about the ditch, let's just pretend that it was a really deep and dangerous and rocky ditch, ok? One that could kill a person. Just for the sake of the story.
Thanks for reading so far and leave a review please!! Reviews motivate me like a lollipop motivates kids.
By they way, in my last chapter, I accidentally added " Gundam Wing" to my disclaimer. That was a mistake. I've been reading too many crossovers and it's brainwashed my mind.
Serenity was shaken awake with the numerous bumps that were the result of horse riding. Of course, it was worse for Serenity, since she wasn't riding a horse; she was strapped to the back of a horse in a sack.
Having been jolted awake, Serenity experience of slight disconcertion, thanks to the nasty blow to the head the guard had given her. She waited a moment before the past events started to surface in her foggy memory: I ran away from the Moon, Caleb's out to kill me, and I got kidnapped by some pigs who are going to do God-knows-what to me.
That last thought scared her. Summoning as much strength as she could, she began to thrash in the darkness of the sack, hoping to either create enough confusion for the horse to run away from the path or to knock herself off the back of the horse and tumble to safety. She recognized that both ideas could seriously cause her injury but in her mind, anything was better than being captured.
Her struggles became stronger, her body rebelling against the very thought of being a prisoner. Underneath her, she felt her stomach slip a little from the position she was in on the horse's back.
Almost, she thought, just a little more and I'll be able to escape. Her legs were now lower than they were before, nearly reaching the ground. Her bounds hands were lifted to counterbalance the pull of gravity on her feet. Just a few more inches and I can touch the ground. With this thought, she shifted one last time…. and the horse was suddenly pulled to a stop.
* * * * * * * * * *
Endymion hadn't stopped observing the girl. He was, at the moment, imagining the girl in different outfits that would please him (get your mind out of the gutter!! I said outfits, not birthday suits) All of a sudden he noticed a slight movement in the sack. He dismissed it as a trick of the eye, of course, since a blow to the head on such a delicate person would usually keep them out for a day.
Again the sack shifted, more apparent than before. This time, Endymion was completely sure that it was what he saw. He didn't know what to do. Xavier was asleep once again and the carriage and the horse with the girl were going to fast to stop. However….
Endymion leaned over in his seat to stick his head out the window opposite of the window with the girl in sight. He called to the driver, "Slow the carriage down."
The driver, who was a kind man of fifty and two, was indeed confused with this order. Prince Endymion was always the one who wanted to be prompt and exact. Slowing down the carriage could mean being less than punctual.
"Sire? If the carriage slows, you would arrive at the castle late." He replied uncertainly, fearing what his comment could provoke.
Endymion almost growled. What good are servants if they don't obey?
"I said Slow Down the Carriage."
The driver tugged at his collar nervously as he stammered a quick reply. "Yes, milord."
Immediately, the carriage slowed to about half the pace it was before. Endymion looked out the window and saw that the well-trained horses had followed suit and still remained outside the window. He grabbed onto the armrest of his seat and pushed his upper body out the window. Reaching a steady hand toward the sack, he watched the bundle continue to slip off the horse. The sack was alarmingly near the ground, he realized, and a jolt to the sack could topple it right off the horse. And hurt the girl inside, he added to himself. He changed the course of where his hand was going and instead reached for the reins of the horse. Swiftly, he pulled the horse to a stop.
The sack was jerked completely off the horse and onto the rocky road.
* * * * * * * * *
The drop off the horse was too abrupt for Serenity to scream. With a hard 'thud', she landed on the road, cutting her arms and back with various sharp stones and sticks that happened to be on the road. As if Fate wanted more of a laugh, she continued rolling toward the side of the road, effectively bumping her head on larger rocks and causing her head to spin.
Finally coming to a stop just before rolling into a ditch, she lay on her side, gasping for breath and trying to slow her thudding heart. The needle- sharp pinpricks of pain radiated throughout her body, preventing any moment that she might have wanted to make. In her tumble, the bag covering her head had come off, revealing her head and her shoulders. Her right arm had also slipped out of its confinement and now lay beside her head, fingers curling in the basic instinct to shield her head. Her long hair lay all around her in a nest of gold, acting as an ineffective pillow.
Serenity knew that this could be her chance to escape. After all, hadn't this been one of her plans? Once again summoning whatever strength she had left, she tried to move her arms to push herself up. That slight bit of movement proved too much for her sliced-and-diced flesh. Fresh blood welled at whatever wounds she had and the sting of dirt to abused flesh brought tears to her eyes. So she lay there, salt drops clouding her vision, helpless to whatever may come her way.
* * * * * * * *
Endymion watched in horror as the sack dropped with a thud behind the horse. As soon as he saw that the sack rolling towards a nearby ditch, he reacted with a push off the windowsill with his arms and twisting his body into a tight flip onto the ground, all while the carriage was moving. Vaguely, he heard behind him the sound of Xavier saying, "What the…."
Endymion wasted no time in dashing towards the bundle, which had finally stopped itself before the oncoming ditch just in the nick of time. From where he was coming from, he could see that the fall had ripped several deep gashes into the sack and had also completely pulled off the head sack. He also saw small traces of blood clinging to the rocks the sack had rolled over. All in all, he was extremely worried about the condition of the person inside the sack.
He reached the girl, who was facing away from him on her side, facing the ditch. Her arm somewhat covered her face but did nothing to hide the magnificent gold hair that now lay with mud and blood. He reached out his hand once again, and touched the one bare shoulder that showed, while asking in a quiet voice, "Are you alright?"
Serenity hadn't felt his presence, in all her loud drumming in her head. When she did feel his work-coarsened hand on her skin and heard his hushed voice, she was frightened out of her skin.
Here he is, she thought in her half-crazed mind, my captor and my new Caleb replacement. In her mind, she could see what he would do to her. He's going to hurt me, to spill my blood. I can't take it. I won't take it!! He can't take me alive!!!!
With a wild cry, Serenity pushed herself away from Endymion. She had forgotten the ditch that lay a mere half-foot from where she lay. Terrified at the moment she felt nothing beneath her, she thrashed and tried to keep herself somewhat balanced on the ledge. Of course, her legs were caught in the material of the sack and only caused her to lose what balance she had.
Falling. That's what Endymion saw just before his lightning fast reflexes kicked in and grabbed the girl's arm. He hoisted her light frame back over the edge of the ditch and lay her back on the ground, though this time a good 5 feet away from the side.
Serenity gulped in huge mouthfuls of air, once again trying to bring her heart rate anywhere near normal, not the loud thudding it had commenced to now. Her normally big eyes were huge as she stared up into the sky with a dazed look in her eyes. Even when she became aware of the hand that was holding her arm, her arm that was full of cuts and scrapes, her eyes stayed glassy.
Endymion didn't know what to make of the girl. Once second she was tumbling off of a horse, the next tumbling off the side of a ditch. She was either very clumsy…or very determined to get away. He looked at her now, with her eyes gazing unblinkingly at the sky, as if she was in a trance. He listened carefully for the sound of breathing, at once fearing the worst. He was both relieved and puzzled when he heard and realized that the girl was alive. But why was she so motionless?
Serenity's head spun faster now. The face that had stared so intently at hers was indeed not Caleb's, her frenzied mind noted. She saw flashes of black dots and felt the outstretched arms of sleep reaching for her. She was desperate now to get away from her aching body and spinning world and in turn embraced sleep.
Endymion was surprised to see those wondrous eyes snap shut all of a sudden. Now thoroughly worried, he checked the girl's neck for a pulse. Having found one, he finally decided to carry her back to the carriage, which had stopped not too far away. He could see Xavier tapping his foot and looking incredibly annoyed. He ignored all this as he gathered up the girl and the sack, which he kept wrapped around her for warmth, and laid her in the seat beside him.
Xavier grumbled as he settled back in his seat. Sure, his plan was to get Endymion to fall for the girl so that he himself could snatch away Endymion's happiness…but this was disturbing his beauty sleep!! He took out his new hat and pulled it down over his eyes and went back to sleep, deciding to plot revenge at a later time.
Endymion studied the girl once more. He had no plans on falling asleep, especially with such a stunning creature that lay so near him. The extent of the severity of her injuries became clear to him as he say the red staining her arm. He looked at his own hand and saw that it was also stained with blood.
Endymion spent the rest of the carriage ride carefully and scrupulously examining every inch of the beauty next to him. (No, you hentais, not every inch!!!)
To be continued…
And for the part about the ditch, let's just pretend that it was a really deep and dangerous and rocky ditch, ok? One that could kill a person. Just for the sake of the story.
Thanks for reading so far and leave a review please!! Reviews motivate me like a lollipop motivates kids.