Chapter 3

"Hello," Alan said as he walked over to Serena and sat down beside her on a log beside a lake.

"Hi" Serena replied as she looked at him with a weird look. 'He's weird,' she thought as he picked up her hand and started to kiss it.

"So got a boyfriend?" he asked, hoping she say no so he could ask her out.

'what's it to you?' she thought.

"You know you look like the Princess Beryl's maid," he said as he started to move hair off her face.

"Her maid, no I am not her maid, I am not even close to her," Serena snapped and pushed his hand away.

"Well I think Beryl is pretty and she may not be a bad rular like her parents," Alan told her, as Raye walked up and sat down.

"Alan, Darien is planning an attack on the royal guards," she told him as he nodded and walked off.

"Goodbye Serena, Racheal," he said and walked off.

"What did he want ?" Raye asked her.

"Asked if I had a boyfriend but I didn't answer him," Serena said as she wrapped her arms around her legs.

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"Come on, I want you to meet some of my friends," Raye said.

"This is the Lady Litana of Lightenglow aka Lita, Lady Amethyst of the Mercicle aka Amy, and Lady Candremina of Luvbeauc aka Mina.Girls, this is Princess Serenity Cynthiana Eleanora Jacqueline Azurite Aurora Sandreline Briar-Rose, HRH of the Royal House of Lunaria aka Serena."

"But tell no one only you guys and Endy know. The other rebels can't know," Serena said.

"Yep, and my brother had a huge crush on her. Everytime he tried to ask her out, he gets all tough-tied. It was funny, but now that he is older I am sure he can ask her now. Then they can get married, have kids, and grow old together," Raye said.

"Let's go set them up," the girls yelled together and ran off leaving poor Amy

"Oh, don't listen to them. They'll just embarrass you badly," she said smiling.

"Oh," Sere said.

"Come on," said Amy, as they ran to catch up.

"So, how did you guys get here?" Sere asked when they caught up.

"We're also good friends of Endy, and Beryl got jealous, so she stripped us of our titles," Mina said.

"That sounds just like her," Serena said. "But I'm sorry."

"Don't be," Lita told her. "It's not your fault."

"And besides," Mina said. "Think of all the cute boys we see everyday."

"Yeah," sighed Lita as they both got hearts in their eyes.

"It's ok, how do you feel about Diamond? " Mina said softly.

"I dont't know if you know, but Diamond killed my parents so he could give the crown to his other step-daughter," She replied softly.

"Oh, look there's Darien," Mina said and ran off.

"Oh, no," Serena though as her face turned red. "I gotta go," she said and walked off to go sit by the lake where she could see her mother's palace.

'Mother, if only you were here,' she thought. She never met her mother, but everyone said that she was a wonderful person. 'If you were here, we wouldn't even be in this mess. There would be no war, nobody would die for no reason.' Serena sighed wistfully.

"What are you thinking about?"

Serena turned around. There stood Darien, looking at her. She blushed and looked down at her reflection. "Nothing," she said. "I just wish that my mother was alive. None of us would be here if she was."

"But it's not so bad," Darien said softly. "Otherwise, we might have never figured out that we love each other." He came over and gently lifted her chin.

Serena's breathe caught in her throat. 'Oh my god, he's ging to kiss me!' ran over and over again in her mind. Darine leaned closer. Thier lips were about an inch away, when-

"Darien, Darien!" It was Ann. Both pulled away, disappointed. "Well, I better go see what she wants," he said.

"Well did you kiss?" Mina asked walking up.

"Nope," Serena said. Serena let her hair down.

"Oh," Mina said. "Why?" she asked as she took a sip of water.

"Ann called him," Serena replied and stood up, "Well, I am going to go lie down for a bit," Serena said and walked off and into Raye's tent where she was reading a book on war.

"Hey Serena you looked tired," she said.

"Yeah I may takes a nap," she told her.

"Oh, sleep here," she said and walked out of the cabin after Serena nodded.

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Ann growled in anger. Darien haven't be with Serena for a full day, and already, they were going to kiss. 'Darien is MINE!!" she thought.

Just then Darien came up. "So what did you want to talk to me about?" he asked.

"Oh, I just thought that we should get a move on it, before the guards find out where we are." Darien nodded.

"Okay, tell everyone to pack," he said. As he watch Ann walk away, he felt frustrated. He almost kissed Serena, but Ann had to interfere. He was sure it was intentional, since usually, Ann would complain about constantly moving around. He remembered how she flirted with him. He sighed with exasperation. Can't she see that he was't interested?

Darien walked off, "Raye have you seen Serena?" he asked her.

"Yep, in my tent sleeping. She seems upset about something," she replied and walked off.

"Hmm," he thought and walked in to the tent. There, he saw his little angel sleeping on the bed. He walked up to her and sat down. Just then, Serena's eyes opened.

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Serenity heard someone come in the tent. She guessed from the footsteps that it was Endymion. She felt him sit down next to her. She opened her eyes and sat up, wraping her arms around his neck. "And now to pick up from where we left off," she said, smiling. She began to laugh at the look on his face.

Then Darien recovered. He leaned over and kissed her. "Why you little minx."

As they broke apart for lack of air, Serena giggled. "But I'm your minx," she said, pulling him on her.

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Later that day, Darien was seen leaving from Raye's tent with the biggest smile you ever saw.

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