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THE EARTH ROYALTY, Chapter Thirteen
The heroes and heroines of the Solar System were gathered in a circle in the courtyards of the Cherry Hill Temple, they were exhausted from listening and talking, explaining and understanding.
"Well, I'm beat," Bill said yawning.
"You've done nothing all day, but sit on your backside and listen," Toni accused. Smiles formed on people's faces and they grew when Serena's stomach gave an almighty rumble.
"What?" She looked around at al of them, "You all know that I get hungry!"
"I suggest that we all have a break for a while so we can all fill our appetites and then go and see where everyone is." Darien said.
"See where everyone is?" Amy questioned.
"Yeah, find out who is better at what, what attacks when combined create a greater destruction and things like that," Alex expanded on what was not said.
"Ok, but where? There's not enough room for all of us here, and Grandpa is expecting a big group of tourists soon." Raye told them.
"Well Darien you were the one who suggested it, you find a place and I'm pretty sure your apartment would stand all of us in there, fighting," Serena looked at him, the corners of her mouth twitching up.
"Well Princess, I thought that only a palace would be fit for you," Darien smirked at the reaction on her face and the other Earth Royals were laughing at the Sailors.
"A palace?" Seiya spoke in disbelief.
"Darien, I'm pretty sure you remember that the Moon Kingdom was destroyed and only the girls could survive on the other planets," Artemis said.
"True, but so was the Palace of Atlanta." Darien said.
"If it was destroyed, how are we going to use it? I mean, are we going to play around the spikes and rubble until one of us gets severely hurt? And how are you going to get there? All those that wear a Sailor Uniform can teleport in a group, but you aren't." Seiya spoke rudely.
-/ Bloody cheek! How dare he talk to you like that!/- Bill fumed.
-/Acting like he has better things to do than help put away Anno!/- Nora continued the fuming.
-/Anyone would think that HE was Prince of Earth with the power to Anno to sleep forever./- Toni was seething.
-/Must think it would impress Serena./- Beth stated.
-/Yeah, he'll be the one to get us all killed, we should just leave him here./- Alex said.
-/Or we should give him the wrong directions, so he teleports himself somewhere other than the Royal Palace./- Julie laughed with all her cousins at the plan.
"SILENCE!" Darien roared at them, earning him a number of confused stares.
"You're going to become king? And you're hearing voices? Now I have really seen it all." Seiya and Yaten laughed.
Before any of the Earthens and Sailor Scouts could react, both had felt a hand across their faces. Serena stood before them, "Seiya, what has gotten into you? You're acting like a complete jerk."
"Showing his true colours then," Amara said harshly.
"Everyone, relax. You six," Darien pointed to his cousins, "no plotting anything like that. Sailor Scouts relax. It must have been confusing to hear me yell 'Silence' when it had been silent, but your memories have not resurfaced and the StarLights have never known us before." He waited until he had everyone's attention, "The Earth family ahs always prided themselves on the ability to read minds, like the Moon Royalty, but we also could talk through our minds, and that's what we were doing."
"What were you plotting," Amara grinned over to Alex.
"It wasn't me, Julie has the pleasure of this particular plot." Alex winked at his normally shy cousin.
"What?" She grinned at him; "It doesn't matter as his royal highness has forbid it from coming to pass." Amara looked annoyed for a while and then grinned evilly at Toni who passed the plan on to her silently.
"Pity, would of be great," Amara smirked at Seiya knowing something that he didn't.
"Amara! Leave it!" Serena spoke. She turned to her former boyfriend, "Seiya's right, if it has been destroyed why would we go there to practise?"
"Because, it's no longer destroyed." Darien said simply.
Luna stared at him, "Did you rebuild it? Where did you get that power from?"
"I didn't. There is only one way to rebuild the Palace and it happened." He couldn't continue as he found himself flying backwards with Serena the cause of it. They landed against a tree with her smiling brightly above him.
"Can you show me? Please? I want to see the Moon Kingdom at it's best again." Everyone except for Yaten and Seiya were laughing. Taiki was only slightly as he felt bad for his brother as he could see the obvious affection Serena still had for the Prince, but he found the sight amusing.
"I'll only do it on one condition," Darien half choked out.
"Sure, whatever it is, I'll do it!" Serena said, while Seiya froze, he could only imagine that the guy was going to make Serena break up with him so he could have all to himself.
"Just get off me, you're cutting off my blood circulation!" He laughed out. She got off him and held out her hand to help him up. Darien just grinned at her and flipped his legs out high, straighten his back and he was standing upright.
"Wow! That was amazing, when'd you learn that?" Mina cried excitedly.
"Long time ago." He replied.
"By who? Can they teach us?" Lita was jumping on the balls of her feet.
Darien and the cousins were silent, "No, they can't."
"Why not?" Amara was getting angry, "Do they think they are above us or something?"
"No it's not that," Darien smiled at her quick temper. "They died."
"But we all got reborn, so they should of too." Amy stated.
Alex decided to help Darien out, "You see, they never died at the end of Beryl's attack. She had brainwashed them and they survived until you met them in this era." Alex' explanation seemed to make little sense to everyone apart those with memories and what Amy remembered Toni telling her.
"So who killed them? Serena could of used the crystal to purify them," Mina asked.
"Over a thousand years of brainwashing does not easily leave one," Nora said softly.
"Who killed them though?" Michelle repeated the question.
"Don't you think we should get revenge for them?" Lita asked.
"I would love revenge for them, but I would aim it at Beryl for everything she has put us through." Darien said, clutching his fists together.
"Who were they?" Serena asked gently beside him.
"My guards. We were all close, I couldn't believe it when I had to fight against them." Anger and sadness passed through Darien.
"We were all gutted when we saw them fighting against the Earth." Toni put in.
"Even though they killed me, I still love them. I know she put that spell on them, they would never have hurt us." Julie said softly, looking back to the past.
"I saw it in his eyes, he was there trying to fight it, but it was too late, the sword had already punctured my heart," Nora's voice faded as she was drawn back to that time she died.
"I saw him lean over you, saddened. It was as if he was trying to save you, to give you some of his life force." Alex put his arms around his younger cousin.
Darien saw the confused faces around him and explained. "It was the first time we found out that they had become dark. The four of them managed to kill one of us each, before they were almost saved. But Beryl saw it and teleported them back to her hole she called a palace. Nora, Julie, Toni and Beth were killed there. Alex and Bill were destroyed in the next fight, the one that overthrew the kingdom of Earth. I was forced to abandon them and find sanctuary on the Earth. Wasn't that helpful. The Moon was distrustful of the people of Earth; we were believed to be weak and full of evil of the NegaVerse. It didn't matter anyway, Beryl destroyed the Moon kingdom the same day that the Earth fell."
It was clear to everyone that the memories of that fateful day were always there to haunt them. Serena tried to comfort Darien by placing a hand on his arm, but all she got was a flash of his memories. The death of his parents and cousins at the hands of the NegaVerse and guards who were his friends. She gasped. Scared tried to back away, but she had seen it. Just hearing about it made her feel sick, but seeing it . ~I killed them.~
Serena moved slowly away from him as though she was something not fit to be near him. She didn't hear her friends who looked between the two trying to work out what had just occurred.
The Princess of the Moon looked at each of the Royalty of Earth and then whispered, "You must hate me." Tears ran silently down her face.
"No we don't. We weren't around to help stop them and you couldn't of helped them." Beth said with tears streaming down her face.
Darien, Alex and Bill had tears in their eyes, fighting to fall. Toni, Julie, Nora, Beth, Amy, Holly, Trista and Serena all had tears falling freely.
"I never knew, I killed him, I caused the others deaths." Serena kept saying.
Seiya, Yaten and Taiki didn't know what to do, their friends were either practically crying or trying to keep from crying at the memories that had been shared with them. They felt like intruders, those before them all knew each other and had been friends for many years. Seiya didn't know whether to go to Serena, but that choice was taken from him.
Darien had wrapped his arms tightly around her and was trying to calm both of them. The Scouts that didn't know and the StarLights were informed by Darien as he held Serena.
"My guard was the NegaVerse Generals. You four," he nodded to Lita, Mina, Amy and Raye, "met them and helped either defeat them or cause Queen Beryl to destroy them because they failed to destroy you all. You all and I had no idea so try not to cut yourselves up about it. If anyone is to blame, it's Beryl. She is the cause of hurt and pain for many."
Darien broke off and left everyone to collect themselves together. Come on; let's just buy some food and drink and then teleport to the Palace. We have to train together so we can finish Anno, once and for all." He received many nods.
Lita spoke shakily, "I have a lot of food at my home, if you could give me a while, I could collect it, and then we could take it with us."
"Great idea, your cooking has always been superb." Alex said encouragingly.
"So, four of us go and get the food, four get something to drink and the rest get anything else we might need. We can then meet at Darien's apartment in one hour." Amy suggested. A chorus of agreements was heard.
"Before we all split up, do you think we should spend the weekend there? Get it all done in one go?" Darien asked.
"It would be a good idea," Lita agreed.
"I can sort that all out, if I can borrow a phone." Taiki volunteered.
"Great, you can use the one in my apartment if you like," Darien said.
"Ok, Inner scouts, you get the food, Outer scouts, you get the drink, StarLights, if you want anything from your home then go now, otherwise come with Darien, Luna, Artemis and myself to his place." Serena said.
"Oh, don't worry about clothing, there's a lot of it there." Alex said.
"Yeah, like ball gowns," Nora smirked.
"Shut up, and come on, we'll go and get the palace ready for visitors." Toni commanded them. Six people were surrounded in gold light and they disappeared into it.
Darien smiled at the looks, mainly of horror, "Don't worry they were joking. Well actually there probably are a lot of ball gowns there, but also there's the fighting clothes and the every day clothes." He was highly amused as Amara's face returned to its normal colour. "Don't worry Amara, I wasn't even going to try and force you into one."
THE EARTH ROYALTY, Chapter Thirteen
The heroes and heroines of the Solar System were gathered in a circle in the courtyards of the Cherry Hill Temple, they were exhausted from listening and talking, explaining and understanding.
"Well, I'm beat," Bill said yawning.
"You've done nothing all day, but sit on your backside and listen," Toni accused. Smiles formed on people's faces and they grew when Serena's stomach gave an almighty rumble.
"What?" She looked around at al of them, "You all know that I get hungry!"
"I suggest that we all have a break for a while so we can all fill our appetites and then go and see where everyone is." Darien said.
"See where everyone is?" Amy questioned.
"Yeah, find out who is better at what, what attacks when combined create a greater destruction and things like that," Alex expanded on what was not said.
"Ok, but where? There's not enough room for all of us here, and Grandpa is expecting a big group of tourists soon." Raye told them.
"Well Darien you were the one who suggested it, you find a place and I'm pretty sure your apartment would stand all of us in there, fighting," Serena looked at him, the corners of her mouth twitching up.
"Well Princess, I thought that only a palace would be fit for you," Darien smirked at the reaction on her face and the other Earth Royals were laughing at the Sailors.
"A palace?" Seiya spoke in disbelief.
"Darien, I'm pretty sure you remember that the Moon Kingdom was destroyed and only the girls could survive on the other planets," Artemis said.
"True, but so was the Palace of Atlanta." Darien said.
"If it was destroyed, how are we going to use it? I mean, are we going to play around the spikes and rubble until one of us gets severely hurt? And how are you going to get there? All those that wear a Sailor Uniform can teleport in a group, but you aren't." Seiya spoke rudely.
-/ Bloody cheek! How dare he talk to you like that!/- Bill fumed.
-/Acting like he has better things to do than help put away Anno!/- Nora continued the fuming.
-/Anyone would think that HE was Prince of Earth with the power to Anno to sleep forever./- Toni was seething.
-/Must think it would impress Serena./- Beth stated.
-/Yeah, he'll be the one to get us all killed, we should just leave him here./- Alex said.
-/Or we should give him the wrong directions, so he teleports himself somewhere other than the Royal Palace./- Julie laughed with all her cousins at the plan.
"SILENCE!" Darien roared at them, earning him a number of confused stares.
"You're going to become king? And you're hearing voices? Now I have really seen it all." Seiya and Yaten laughed.
Before any of the Earthens and Sailor Scouts could react, both had felt a hand across their faces. Serena stood before them, "Seiya, what has gotten into you? You're acting like a complete jerk."
"Showing his true colours then," Amara said harshly.
"Everyone, relax. You six," Darien pointed to his cousins, "no plotting anything like that. Sailor Scouts relax. It must have been confusing to hear me yell 'Silence' when it had been silent, but your memories have not resurfaced and the StarLights have never known us before." He waited until he had everyone's attention, "The Earth family ahs always prided themselves on the ability to read minds, like the Moon Royalty, but we also could talk through our minds, and that's what we were doing."
"What were you plotting," Amara grinned over to Alex.
"It wasn't me, Julie has the pleasure of this particular plot." Alex winked at his normally shy cousin.
"What?" She grinned at him; "It doesn't matter as his royal highness has forbid it from coming to pass." Amara looked annoyed for a while and then grinned evilly at Toni who passed the plan on to her silently.
"Pity, would of be great," Amara smirked at Seiya knowing something that he didn't.
"Amara! Leave it!" Serena spoke. She turned to her former boyfriend, "Seiya's right, if it has been destroyed why would we go there to practise?"
"Because, it's no longer destroyed." Darien said simply.
Luna stared at him, "Did you rebuild it? Where did you get that power from?"
"I didn't. There is only one way to rebuild the Palace and it happened." He couldn't continue as he found himself flying backwards with Serena the cause of it. They landed against a tree with her smiling brightly above him.
"Can you show me? Please? I want to see the Moon Kingdom at it's best again." Everyone except for Yaten and Seiya were laughing. Taiki was only slightly as he felt bad for his brother as he could see the obvious affection Serena still had for the Prince, but he found the sight amusing.
"I'll only do it on one condition," Darien half choked out.
"Sure, whatever it is, I'll do it!" Serena said, while Seiya froze, he could only imagine that the guy was going to make Serena break up with him so he could have all to himself.
"Just get off me, you're cutting off my blood circulation!" He laughed out. She got off him and held out her hand to help him up. Darien just grinned at her and flipped his legs out high, straighten his back and he was standing upright.
"Wow! That was amazing, when'd you learn that?" Mina cried excitedly.
"Long time ago." He replied.
"By who? Can they teach us?" Lita was jumping on the balls of her feet.
Darien and the cousins were silent, "No, they can't."
"Why not?" Amara was getting angry, "Do they think they are above us or something?"
"No it's not that," Darien smiled at her quick temper. "They died."
"But we all got reborn, so they should of too." Amy stated.
Alex decided to help Darien out, "You see, they never died at the end of Beryl's attack. She had brainwashed them and they survived until you met them in this era." Alex' explanation seemed to make little sense to everyone apart those with memories and what Amy remembered Toni telling her.
"So who killed them? Serena could of used the crystal to purify them," Mina asked.
"Over a thousand years of brainwashing does not easily leave one," Nora said softly.
"Who killed them though?" Michelle repeated the question.
"Don't you think we should get revenge for them?" Lita asked.
"I would love revenge for them, but I would aim it at Beryl for everything she has put us through." Darien said, clutching his fists together.
"Who were they?" Serena asked gently beside him.
"My guards. We were all close, I couldn't believe it when I had to fight against them." Anger and sadness passed through Darien.
"We were all gutted when we saw them fighting against the Earth." Toni put in.
"Even though they killed me, I still love them. I know she put that spell on them, they would never have hurt us." Julie said softly, looking back to the past.
"I saw it in his eyes, he was there trying to fight it, but it was too late, the sword had already punctured my heart," Nora's voice faded as she was drawn back to that time she died.
"I saw him lean over you, saddened. It was as if he was trying to save you, to give you some of his life force." Alex put his arms around his younger cousin.
Darien saw the confused faces around him and explained. "It was the first time we found out that they had become dark. The four of them managed to kill one of us each, before they were almost saved. But Beryl saw it and teleported them back to her hole she called a palace. Nora, Julie, Toni and Beth were killed there. Alex and Bill were destroyed in the next fight, the one that overthrew the kingdom of Earth. I was forced to abandon them and find sanctuary on the Earth. Wasn't that helpful. The Moon was distrustful of the people of Earth; we were believed to be weak and full of evil of the NegaVerse. It didn't matter anyway, Beryl destroyed the Moon kingdom the same day that the Earth fell."
It was clear to everyone that the memories of that fateful day were always there to haunt them. Serena tried to comfort Darien by placing a hand on his arm, but all she got was a flash of his memories. The death of his parents and cousins at the hands of the NegaVerse and guards who were his friends. She gasped. Scared tried to back away, but she had seen it. Just hearing about it made her feel sick, but seeing it . ~I killed them.~
Serena moved slowly away from him as though she was something not fit to be near him. She didn't hear her friends who looked between the two trying to work out what had just occurred.
The Princess of the Moon looked at each of the Royalty of Earth and then whispered, "You must hate me." Tears ran silently down her face.
"No we don't. We weren't around to help stop them and you couldn't of helped them." Beth said with tears streaming down her face.
Darien, Alex and Bill had tears in their eyes, fighting to fall. Toni, Julie, Nora, Beth, Amy, Holly, Trista and Serena all had tears falling freely.
"I never knew, I killed him, I caused the others deaths." Serena kept saying.
Seiya, Yaten and Taiki didn't know what to do, their friends were either practically crying or trying to keep from crying at the memories that had been shared with them. They felt like intruders, those before them all knew each other and had been friends for many years. Seiya didn't know whether to go to Serena, but that choice was taken from him.
Darien had wrapped his arms tightly around her and was trying to calm both of them. The Scouts that didn't know and the StarLights were informed by Darien as he held Serena.
"My guard was the NegaVerse Generals. You four," he nodded to Lita, Mina, Amy and Raye, "met them and helped either defeat them or cause Queen Beryl to destroy them because they failed to destroy you all. You all and I had no idea so try not to cut yourselves up about it. If anyone is to blame, it's Beryl. She is the cause of hurt and pain for many."
Darien broke off and left everyone to collect themselves together. Come on; let's just buy some food and drink and then teleport to the Palace. We have to train together so we can finish Anno, once and for all." He received many nods.
Lita spoke shakily, "I have a lot of food at my home, if you could give me a while, I could collect it, and then we could take it with us."
"Great idea, your cooking has always been superb." Alex said encouragingly.
"So, four of us go and get the food, four get something to drink and the rest get anything else we might need. We can then meet at Darien's apartment in one hour." Amy suggested. A chorus of agreements was heard.
"Before we all split up, do you think we should spend the weekend there? Get it all done in one go?" Darien asked.
"It would be a good idea," Lita agreed.
"I can sort that all out, if I can borrow a phone." Taiki volunteered.
"Great, you can use the one in my apartment if you like," Darien said.
"Ok, Inner scouts, you get the food, Outer scouts, you get the drink, StarLights, if you want anything from your home then go now, otherwise come with Darien, Luna, Artemis and myself to his place." Serena said.
"Oh, don't worry about clothing, there's a lot of it there." Alex said.
"Yeah, like ball gowns," Nora smirked.
"Shut up, and come on, we'll go and get the palace ready for visitors." Toni commanded them. Six people were surrounded in gold light and they disappeared into it.
Darien smiled at the looks, mainly of horror, "Don't worry they were joking. Well actually there probably are a lot of ball gowns there, but also there's the fighting clothes and the every day clothes." He was highly amused as Amara's face returned to its normal colour. "Don't worry Amara, I wasn't even going to try and force you into one."