The trumpets blared. "Presenting King Endymion!"
The crowd clapped, but Serenity and her children remained with their faces set in stone and their hands stayed at their sides.
"And Queen Serenity from the Moon!"
Serenity gasped as her mother to the throne beside Endymion. The Queen looked so old now with lines by her eyes and mouth. The silver hair made her look old and mystical, but her beauty was still there.
"Mother," Rini whispered, "who are the other three thrones for?"
"They're for us."
"Us?!"
"We've been suckered into a trap. We're going to be exposed if we don't get out of here quick."
"Come on," Darien said strongly and ushered his mother and sister through the crowd. Endymion saw them and quickly spoke up.
"We have some special guests tonight and some special news! The Princess Serenity of the Moon is being restored to her throne and is here tonight!"
The crowd gasped and Serenity stopped. She turned around and glared at Endymion. "Run," she said to Darien and Rini. "Get out of here as fast as you can! I may be thrust back into this life, but I won't let you be!"
There was such finality in her voice, Rini and Darien listened. They ran from the ballroom and back out to the carriage. When they looked back they saw their mother break through the crowd and smile gracefully.
Endymion smiled down on her, but her eyes held such anger that he found himself a little worried. Queen Serenity couldn't believe how her daughter had grown and how beautiful she was.
Serena stepped up beside Endymion and turned to wave at the crowd.
"Where are the children?" he whispered never losing that beautiful smile.
"They're gone. I sent them home. They are not going to be exposed to this."
"Damn it, Serena!"
"Damn yourself. And damn you Mother."
The queen looked angrily at Serena. "How dare you talk to me like that!"
"I'll talk to you however I want! I'm a grown woman!" The crowd heard none of their bickering because they'd started dancing.
"Dance with me, Serenity," Endymion said.
"No."
"Just for apperances."
"Ugh... fine." He smiled and took her hand. They waltzed around the ballroom, but Serenity couldn't hide her anger.
"Why did you send them home?"
"I sent them home because you don't love them, you are using them. Thank God they got out of here okay. And I want to leave too."
"Not until we discuss this together."
"Fine, let's go." She pulled away from his arms and went back up to her mother. "Come on. We're going to discuss before you two ruin my life completely."
As much as Endymion did not want leave the ball he did. They went into the big empty dining room and talked.
Serena went first, "I do not what to be the Princess of the Moon again and I've been thinking about it and I know that you two are in on this together. The only reason the Moon and the Earth reached a treaty is because you both want my children to be the heirs of your planets, well it's just not going to happen! I'm not sixteen anymore and I'm standing up to you. I'm getting married in a month!"
Her mother yelled at her, "Oh no you're not! I forbid it! You are going to come back to the Moon and rule over it so that this world can continue!"
"NO I'M NOT!!! My children are going to have a regular life. They're going to get married, have children, and be farmers!"
"Farmers! I think I'm going to faint!"
Endymion spoke up, "I think they need to make the decision, not you."
"I know their decision! They don't even want to know you! They want a normal life. Like I do. No matter what you two think you cannot control me. I'm thirty two! I'm grown up!"
Endymion looked down and Queen Serenity looked away.
"So I've laid it down in black and white. You do not say my children's names, you don't see them, you don't see me. Just say I died in a tragic capsule accident or something. Princess Serenity doesn't exist anymore. There's only Serenity."
She stalked out of the dining room and summoned a carriage to take her home. Darien and Rini met her at the gate. "What happened?" they asked.
"I told them that we wouldn't be involved in any of it."
"And what did they say?"
"Absolutely nothing. It is what you wanted isn't it? You didn't want to become royalty did you?"
"No," they agreed.
"Well good because I want you to be happy."
"We know, Mother, we know," Darien said and hugged her. The three walked into their home hand in hand.
Author's Note: So this wasn't as long as I thought, but I made a big decision. This will not be a Sere/Endy fic. I'm sorry to all you who wanted him to beg, but I find myself hating him more and more with every chapter. So they're should be like two more chapters coming. Please review.
The crowd clapped, but Serenity and her children remained with their faces set in stone and their hands stayed at their sides.
"And Queen Serenity from the Moon!"
Serenity gasped as her mother to the throne beside Endymion. The Queen looked so old now with lines by her eyes and mouth. The silver hair made her look old and mystical, but her beauty was still there.
"Mother," Rini whispered, "who are the other three thrones for?"
"They're for us."
"Us?!"
"We've been suckered into a trap. We're going to be exposed if we don't get out of here quick."
"Come on," Darien said strongly and ushered his mother and sister through the crowd. Endymion saw them and quickly spoke up.
"We have some special guests tonight and some special news! The Princess Serenity of the Moon is being restored to her throne and is here tonight!"
The crowd gasped and Serenity stopped. She turned around and glared at Endymion. "Run," she said to Darien and Rini. "Get out of here as fast as you can! I may be thrust back into this life, but I won't let you be!"
There was such finality in her voice, Rini and Darien listened. They ran from the ballroom and back out to the carriage. When they looked back they saw their mother break through the crowd and smile gracefully.
Endymion smiled down on her, but her eyes held such anger that he found himself a little worried. Queen Serenity couldn't believe how her daughter had grown and how beautiful she was.
Serena stepped up beside Endymion and turned to wave at the crowd.
"Where are the children?" he whispered never losing that beautiful smile.
"They're gone. I sent them home. They are not going to be exposed to this."
"Damn it, Serena!"
"Damn yourself. And damn you Mother."
The queen looked angrily at Serena. "How dare you talk to me like that!"
"I'll talk to you however I want! I'm a grown woman!" The crowd heard none of their bickering because they'd started dancing.
"Dance with me, Serenity," Endymion said.
"No."
"Just for apperances."
"Ugh... fine." He smiled and took her hand. They waltzed around the ballroom, but Serenity couldn't hide her anger.
"Why did you send them home?"
"I sent them home because you don't love them, you are using them. Thank God they got out of here okay. And I want to leave too."
"Not until we discuss this together."
"Fine, let's go." She pulled away from his arms and went back up to her mother. "Come on. We're going to discuss before you two ruin my life completely."
As much as Endymion did not want leave the ball he did. They went into the big empty dining room and talked.
Serena went first, "I do not what to be the Princess of the Moon again and I've been thinking about it and I know that you two are in on this together. The only reason the Moon and the Earth reached a treaty is because you both want my children to be the heirs of your planets, well it's just not going to happen! I'm not sixteen anymore and I'm standing up to you. I'm getting married in a month!"
Her mother yelled at her, "Oh no you're not! I forbid it! You are going to come back to the Moon and rule over it so that this world can continue!"
"NO I'M NOT!!! My children are going to have a regular life. They're going to get married, have children, and be farmers!"
"Farmers! I think I'm going to faint!"
Endymion spoke up, "I think they need to make the decision, not you."
"I know their decision! They don't even want to know you! They want a normal life. Like I do. No matter what you two think you cannot control me. I'm thirty two! I'm grown up!"
Endymion looked down and Queen Serenity looked away.
"So I've laid it down in black and white. You do not say my children's names, you don't see them, you don't see me. Just say I died in a tragic capsule accident or something. Princess Serenity doesn't exist anymore. There's only Serenity."
She stalked out of the dining room and summoned a carriage to take her home. Darien and Rini met her at the gate. "What happened?" they asked.
"I told them that we wouldn't be involved in any of it."
"And what did they say?"
"Absolutely nothing. It is what you wanted isn't it? You didn't want to become royalty did you?"
"No," they agreed.
"Well good because I want you to be happy."
"We know, Mother, we know," Darien said and hugged her. The three walked into their home hand in hand.
Author's Note: So this wasn't as long as I thought, but I made a big decision. This will not be a Sere/Endy fic. I'm sorry to all you who wanted him to beg, but I find myself hating him more and more with every chapter. So they're should be like two more chapters coming. Please review.