THE EARTH ROYALTY, Chapter Two
"Damn you Darien! Don't do this to me now!" Toni's voice was unheard by him, even by the mind.
"C'mon Toni, lets get him to his apartment. I'll drive us there, my car's just over there." Amara helped support him and the two girls practically his weight to the car, while the other opened the car door and stood back as they gently eased the unconscious male into the back seat. Toni got in the back with him, while Amara got in the driver's seat with Michelle in the passenger's seat.
"Toni, can you find his key?" Michelle turned to face the girl in the back.
"It's ok, I have one of my own."
Nothing was said for a while, as they neared Darien's apartment block, Amara said what she and Michelle had been thinking for a while. "Toni, are you Darien's girlfriend?"
"Amara, do you really think he would have re-acted in this way if I was?" She questioned and continued, "But no, I'm not, I was his cousin."
~ * ~
Amara and Michelle supported Darien's weight as they walked down the corridor to his apartment. Toni fumbled in her pocket for the key he had earlier given her. When they got inside his spacious apartment, the girls made their way to the sofa where they deposited the lifeless form of the Prince of the Earth.
"He's heavy!" Michelle and Amara collapsed into the chairs next to them.
"Do you want a drink? I have a feeling I have a lot of explaining t do." Toni offered.
"Sure, lets see what Darien has." The girls walked to the kitchen that had earlier been stocked with new food and drink.
"Umm . Coke, Pepsi, water, tea, coffee, you name it and I believe he has it, " Toni rattled off more drinks that they could sample.
A coke for Amara, a Fanta Orange for Michelle and a glass of water for Toni. After settling down on the sofa, Toni began:
"In the Old Days, the Silver Millennium, the continents of Earth all had a Royal Guardian that answered to the Royalty of Earth. By that I mean, a royal family member ruled Asia, another ruled Europe and so on and so forth. I was known as Princess North America or Antonia and my parents ruled the North Continent of America. I was heir to it but like you, the battle with the NegaVerse destroyed all that killed many and sent the new generation of royalty into the future, our present day now."
"Like you, we did not retain any memories, but we can re-awaken ourselves when our continents are in danger. Technically we are meant to look for our King or Prince, as it turns out. I was afraid that Darien wouldn't remember me when I awakened and so I did not attempt contact, but I felt his presence coming towards me. I had a big shock when I found out that he was at the same University as me, let alone the fact that we were to be room mates." She paused to catch her breath.
"Toni, sorry for interrupting, but shouldn't the Prince or Princess of Japan have awaked too? I mean Japan's been under attack for about two years." Michelle asked.
"You're correct Michelle, but I believe Julie has the same problem that I had. Princess Juliana was the shyest of us all and the youngest, but her continent is the biggest. You forget we are dealing in continents and not countries. She's the Princess of Asia and I think she is dealing with it in . China." Her pause brought stares from the two before her. Answering their unspoken question, "I have just managed to contact her. By that we are aware of each others presence and she knows she's not alone."
"How come you never did that before?" Amara asked.
"Well, we weren't sure if she had awakened, she could have approached the Sailor Scouts or Tuxedo Mask, but Darien was never known as that here. He never fought like that unless defending the Moon Princess which wasn't necessary in that era, 'cept if you count that time, but no one knew that it was him. But anyway, that's not the point, I didn't really think about it and neither did Darien. You really brought forth the question and I had to find the conclusion to it."
"So you're his cousin and you know who we are?"
"Correct Uranus" Toni grinned.
"Wow, so do you have sailor powers?" Michelle enquired.
"Sorry, no sailor powers, just Earth powers."
"Cool, what are they like?" Amara asked excitedly.
"Kinda like Darien's. I have a green rose that I can throw, I can teleport myself, I can read minds, talk mentally with others, ummm, I can deflect a blast as long as it's not mega strong and I can throw a blast of my own. And my own special power is the ability to locate a specific person or target."
"So that's how you knew what we were saying!" Michelle exclaimed.
"Yeah!" Amara said, just as excited, "Wait, you and Darien were having a conversation of your own weren't you?"
"Guilty as charged," She grinned back at them. They settled into a comfortable silence as they thought about all that had been said. Toni eyes trailed around the room and settled on her royal cousin. Michelle interrupted her thoughts.
"Toni, are you and Darien cousins now?"
"As far as I know, no. But that doesn't stop me loving him like I did before." She closed her eyes, hating to ask this. "Is Serena serious about this new boyfriend of hers?"
"Well," Michelle started, "I think so, but they've only been going out for about a month." All grew uncomfortable as more thinking took place.
"Did Serena receive any of Darien's letters?"
"Erm . well . she didn't. I think that's one of the reasons why she's with Seiya now. She wrote to him practically every day and never got any replies. Amy told us that she thought he had a new girlfriend and that's why he was ignoring her." Michelle explained.
"Hmmmmm ." Toni sighed heavily, "Darien wrote to her every week, we have tapes, one of our other room mates was studying media and so recorded quite a lot of things. I believe there's even a video of Darien posting a tape that he had recorded for her. When he didn't get a reply he thought maybe he had got the wrong address, but he checked it so many times hoping that that was her reason for not replying." Toni tried to explain Darien's dilemma.
"Well it seems to me that maybe someone was trying to stop them from being together." Michelle paused. "And it seems like they have succeeded."
"Have you any ideas who?" Toni asked.
"Nope."
~What about Seiya, maybe that's why he's here. Maybe he's Nega scum and he's here to try and defeat us all. Maybe he's gonna try and kill her!~ Amara's thoughts became even more wilder as she thought.
"That could be an interesting thought to follow up on." Toni remarked, as Amara nodded.
"What thought?" Michelle looked between the two wondering what had been thought.
"Seiya. What if he, Yaten and Taiki are here to somehow, I don't know, destroy us."
"Do you really believe that?"
"I'm not sure Michelle, but maybe we can get Amy to do some kind of scan for nega energy around them." Amara looked at Toni who nodded.
"If you do, tell her not to mention any of this to Serena. Try and leave Darien out of this if you can too, he doesn't need anything that might disturb him even more." Toni said.
"Wait!" Michelle, "Amara, I know you have your differences with them, but what if you're wrong?"
"It's better to be safe than sorry. Amy can keep a secret and she'll be able t try and help us with this situation." Amara turned to Toni. "Sorry to disappear, but we have a scout meeting to attend to, there's been some new unwanted activity around her recently."
"I know." And went on to say, "His name's Anno. He wants to take over the Earth. He's found North America resistant to his attacks and so he's trying to start somewhere else."
"Oh goody! A new idiot that's gonna face the wrath of the Sailor Scouts." Michelle said while Amara smiled wickedly.
"Forgive me, but this is an Earth problem and we'd preferred to do this ourselves, or at least destroy him and not leave it to the other planets." Toni said.
"Maybe, but we'll keep in contact with you."
Amara and Michelle left, leaving Toni to stare at her cousin's lifeless form. "Oh Endy, you said you wouldn't do anything like killing yourself."
-/I hardly think I'm dead Antonia!/-
-/Endy, are you ok?/-
-/Weak, in pain, heart shattered to a zillion pieces, yeah Nia, I'm fine/-
-/Don't be so sarcastic!/-
-/If I'm not, will you leave me to sleep?/-
-/Sleep or this lifeless state?/-
-/Lifeless state/-
-/I s'pose I'll have to settle then won't I?/-
-/Yes, get of my mind now cuz./-
"Damn you Darien! Don't do this to me now!" Toni's voice was unheard by him, even by the mind.
"C'mon Toni, lets get him to his apartment. I'll drive us there, my car's just over there." Amara helped support him and the two girls practically his weight to the car, while the other opened the car door and stood back as they gently eased the unconscious male into the back seat. Toni got in the back with him, while Amara got in the driver's seat with Michelle in the passenger's seat.
"Toni, can you find his key?" Michelle turned to face the girl in the back.
"It's ok, I have one of my own."
Nothing was said for a while, as they neared Darien's apartment block, Amara said what she and Michelle had been thinking for a while. "Toni, are you Darien's girlfriend?"
"Amara, do you really think he would have re-acted in this way if I was?" She questioned and continued, "But no, I'm not, I was his cousin."
~ * ~
Amara and Michelle supported Darien's weight as they walked down the corridor to his apartment. Toni fumbled in her pocket for the key he had earlier given her. When they got inside his spacious apartment, the girls made their way to the sofa where they deposited the lifeless form of the Prince of the Earth.
"He's heavy!" Michelle and Amara collapsed into the chairs next to them.
"Do you want a drink? I have a feeling I have a lot of explaining t do." Toni offered.
"Sure, lets see what Darien has." The girls walked to the kitchen that had earlier been stocked with new food and drink.
"Umm . Coke, Pepsi, water, tea, coffee, you name it and I believe he has it, " Toni rattled off more drinks that they could sample.
A coke for Amara, a Fanta Orange for Michelle and a glass of water for Toni. After settling down on the sofa, Toni began:
"In the Old Days, the Silver Millennium, the continents of Earth all had a Royal Guardian that answered to the Royalty of Earth. By that I mean, a royal family member ruled Asia, another ruled Europe and so on and so forth. I was known as Princess North America or Antonia and my parents ruled the North Continent of America. I was heir to it but like you, the battle with the NegaVerse destroyed all that killed many and sent the new generation of royalty into the future, our present day now."
"Like you, we did not retain any memories, but we can re-awaken ourselves when our continents are in danger. Technically we are meant to look for our King or Prince, as it turns out. I was afraid that Darien wouldn't remember me when I awakened and so I did not attempt contact, but I felt his presence coming towards me. I had a big shock when I found out that he was at the same University as me, let alone the fact that we were to be room mates." She paused to catch her breath.
"Toni, sorry for interrupting, but shouldn't the Prince or Princess of Japan have awaked too? I mean Japan's been under attack for about two years." Michelle asked.
"You're correct Michelle, but I believe Julie has the same problem that I had. Princess Juliana was the shyest of us all and the youngest, but her continent is the biggest. You forget we are dealing in continents and not countries. She's the Princess of Asia and I think she is dealing with it in . China." Her pause brought stares from the two before her. Answering their unspoken question, "I have just managed to contact her. By that we are aware of each others presence and she knows she's not alone."
"How come you never did that before?" Amara asked.
"Well, we weren't sure if she had awakened, she could have approached the Sailor Scouts or Tuxedo Mask, but Darien was never known as that here. He never fought like that unless defending the Moon Princess which wasn't necessary in that era, 'cept if you count that time, but no one knew that it was him. But anyway, that's not the point, I didn't really think about it and neither did Darien. You really brought forth the question and I had to find the conclusion to it."
"So you're his cousin and you know who we are?"
"Correct Uranus" Toni grinned.
"Wow, so do you have sailor powers?" Michelle enquired.
"Sorry, no sailor powers, just Earth powers."
"Cool, what are they like?" Amara asked excitedly.
"Kinda like Darien's. I have a green rose that I can throw, I can teleport myself, I can read minds, talk mentally with others, ummm, I can deflect a blast as long as it's not mega strong and I can throw a blast of my own. And my own special power is the ability to locate a specific person or target."
"So that's how you knew what we were saying!" Michelle exclaimed.
"Yeah!" Amara said, just as excited, "Wait, you and Darien were having a conversation of your own weren't you?"
"Guilty as charged," She grinned back at them. They settled into a comfortable silence as they thought about all that had been said. Toni eyes trailed around the room and settled on her royal cousin. Michelle interrupted her thoughts.
"Toni, are you and Darien cousins now?"
"As far as I know, no. But that doesn't stop me loving him like I did before." She closed her eyes, hating to ask this. "Is Serena serious about this new boyfriend of hers?"
"Well," Michelle started, "I think so, but they've only been going out for about a month." All grew uncomfortable as more thinking took place.
"Did Serena receive any of Darien's letters?"
"Erm . well . she didn't. I think that's one of the reasons why she's with Seiya now. She wrote to him practically every day and never got any replies. Amy told us that she thought he had a new girlfriend and that's why he was ignoring her." Michelle explained.
"Hmmmmm ." Toni sighed heavily, "Darien wrote to her every week, we have tapes, one of our other room mates was studying media and so recorded quite a lot of things. I believe there's even a video of Darien posting a tape that he had recorded for her. When he didn't get a reply he thought maybe he had got the wrong address, but he checked it so many times hoping that that was her reason for not replying." Toni tried to explain Darien's dilemma.
"Well it seems to me that maybe someone was trying to stop them from being together." Michelle paused. "And it seems like they have succeeded."
"Have you any ideas who?" Toni asked.
"Nope."
~What about Seiya, maybe that's why he's here. Maybe he's Nega scum and he's here to try and defeat us all. Maybe he's gonna try and kill her!~ Amara's thoughts became even more wilder as she thought.
"That could be an interesting thought to follow up on." Toni remarked, as Amara nodded.
"What thought?" Michelle looked between the two wondering what had been thought.
"Seiya. What if he, Yaten and Taiki are here to somehow, I don't know, destroy us."
"Do you really believe that?"
"I'm not sure Michelle, but maybe we can get Amy to do some kind of scan for nega energy around them." Amara looked at Toni who nodded.
"If you do, tell her not to mention any of this to Serena. Try and leave Darien out of this if you can too, he doesn't need anything that might disturb him even more." Toni said.
"Wait!" Michelle, "Amara, I know you have your differences with them, but what if you're wrong?"
"It's better to be safe than sorry. Amy can keep a secret and she'll be able t try and help us with this situation." Amara turned to Toni. "Sorry to disappear, but we have a scout meeting to attend to, there's been some new unwanted activity around her recently."
"I know." And went on to say, "His name's Anno. He wants to take over the Earth. He's found North America resistant to his attacks and so he's trying to start somewhere else."
"Oh goody! A new idiot that's gonna face the wrath of the Sailor Scouts." Michelle said while Amara smiled wickedly.
"Forgive me, but this is an Earth problem and we'd preferred to do this ourselves, or at least destroy him and not leave it to the other planets." Toni said.
"Maybe, but we'll keep in contact with you."
Amara and Michelle left, leaving Toni to stare at her cousin's lifeless form. "Oh Endy, you said you wouldn't do anything like killing yourself."
-/I hardly think I'm dead Antonia!/-
-/Endy, are you ok?/-
-/Weak, in pain, heart shattered to a zillion pieces, yeah Nia, I'm fine/-
-/Don't be so sarcastic!/-
-/If I'm not, will you leave me to sleep?/-
-/Sleep or this lifeless state?/-
-/Lifeless state/-
-/I s'pose I'll have to settle then won't I?/-
-/Yes, get of my mind now cuz./-