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A.N: Wow! Thankyou for all your reviews everybody! I love them; you have made me so incredibly happy. ^-^ Thankyou! Thankyou! Thankyou!
Well, the new chapter is finally here. Thankyou all for being so patient with me, I know that it was a long time between updates, sorry. Really, really, sorry! I promise that now I will update often, AT LEAST once a week. (However, lots of reviews would probably motivate me to update sooner ^_- {Not blackmail, just the sad truth}) But if I don't update by next week, you all have my permission to personally come here and poke me with a burnt banana. Well, enough of my blabbering. Enjoy!
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Disclaimer: Don't sue me; I don't own her or anything. Oh, wait. I own bills, lots and lots of bills.
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A cold shiver ran down her spine. Serena looked at her mother, hurt and anger streaming from out of her hazy blue eyes. "Is this true?" She ran over to the Queen and knelt down at her feet. "Mother, is that true?"
Queen Serenity just sat there, staring at the dancing smoke. A silver tear ran down her cheek and splashed onto her daughter's forehead. For a moment, her sad eyes displayed a flicker of anger, but it soon faded away leaving her with just an empty expression, an emotionless shell.
"Mother!" The blonde angel shook her hard, trying to make the queen snap out of her trance. "Mother, please tell me he is lying!"
The smoke laughed again. "Believe me, my sweet girl. I am not lying, all this war, all this suffering, all this death, all of it, is for you." She could feel the smile upon his pitiless face.
"Shut up!" She screamed at him with more desperation in her voice then possible. "Mother! Please, answer me!"
Queen Serenity looked away from her daughter and gazed back outside into the crimson night. "Yes, my child." She closed her eyes, sending another tear to come spilling forth. "He is speaking the truth."
For a moment the young princess was stunned, stunned because what she believed she was fighting for, was all a lie. She had grown up watching the suffering of her people, she said goodbye to the soldiers and wished them luck before they went into battle. None of them to return and it was all because of her. Her heart felt heavy, as though her blood had turned to lead. "Did they know?" She asked her mother, she felt revolted now and it showed in her voice. She didn't hate her mother, she never could, but now she felt something worse then hatred, she felt betrayed. The one person that she trusted most had lied her to.
"No." The queen answered in a soft voice. "They did not know the true reason, but even if they did, they still would have fought for you." She reached out for her daughter's hand, only for the girl to snatch it away coldly.
"You lied to us all?"
"I did it for you. I would never see any harm done to you. Never!" She cried out the words. In her mind, Serenity knew that she had done wrong. Her heart, however, told her otherwise. "I just wanted to protect you. I wanted to keep you safe."
The young girl dropped to her knees and frantically started wiping her hands clean on her dress. "Blood," She cried, her tears falling on her hands. "Their blood is on me. Mother, how could you do this too me?"
"No daughter, this was not your doing." Serenity cried and knelt down next to her only child. "Their blood was spilt by me. You had no part in this massacre. Do you hear me? It was my doing." She snatched Serena's hands away from their obsessive cleaning.
She looked up at her mother; her beautiful eyes turned red from tears. They were about to embrace each other, when a wicked voice cut through the moment.
"It does not matter whose fault it is. Soon, there will be no-one left to remember what the war was even about."
"You Bastard!" The beautiful princess cried, shooting daggers at him through her bloodshot eyes. "You will surely rot in hell for all you have done!"
"Me?" He laughed innocently. "I didn't start this war, your mother did. She could have ended it any time. And now, it is me that is here and prepared to make a treaty, to save your worthless kingdom. Yet, still she refuses. Your people's blood is on that wench." He snarled, pointing to the distraught Queen who was crying on the palace floor.
"So you will end this war?" The young princess stood up bravely. Somewhere, deep down inside of her, her heart still mourned greatly for the deaths of her countrymen. But with a graceful flick of her golden locks, she ignored the pain inside, like any good leader would have done. She was not going to have any more blood spilled in her name.
"Yes. Give me what I want, and this war will be over." He hissed, his voice as smooth as ice, and twice as cold.
"Never!" The queen shouted, his words ending her tears. The water disappeared from her eyes and was replaced by an angry glow. "You will never have my daughter! You hear me. You will have to kill me first."
The black smoke raged, growing twice as large in size. "By tomorrow night, I will have what I want anyway, whether you are alive or not. Do you understand me? Deny me, and you and your kingdom will be destroyed forever! And she." He floated over to the beautiful princess. "You my dear, you will be mine."
"Get away from her!" Queen Serenity yelled and charged towards the smoke. She leapt in the air to tackle him, but instead she fell straight onto the floor behind him and landed with a thud, her bones shattered from the impact. The young princess ran to her mothers' side and helped her up off the floor.
"Is that all it will take to stop this war?" She spat at him, still having trouble believing that so much death could be carried out in her name. "And this war will be stopped? You will leave our kingdom alone?"
"Darling, no! You mustn't!" The queen begged on her knees, wrapping her shaking hands around Serena's waist. She looked up at her daughter and stared into her familiar blue eyes. In them, she saw the same determination that she used to have many years ago, her heart sank as she realised that nothing she could say would change her daughter's mind.
The smoke bowed politely, his voice turned svelte and seductive. "Yes, you have my word. You come with me, and this war will stop. As long as we are together your kingdom will be safe, your mother will be safe."
"No!" The Queen still pleaded. "Daughter, his vast armies are growing weak. We can defeat him. This time tomorrow night, our brave warriors will have tasted victory!"
The princess drooped down to her knees and met her mother eye to eye. "Look around you mother!" She said sternly. "Our brave warriors are simply children with shovels and rakes. Our kingdom is nearly destroyed, one more battle will end it."
"If we all."
"No! Listen to me, please!" She begged. Both of them were shedding tears that fell freely to the floor. "Mother, women and children cannot fight this battle. No more blood will be on my hands."
"But if we."
She kissed her mother's head to quieten her and then looked at the cloud of black smoke. "What assurances do I have that you will end this madness?" She asked with her misty blue eyes.
"You have my word. As long as you are with me, no more harm will come to your kingdom." The smoke paused for a moment, contemplating the situation. "I do not need an answer now. Come to me by sunset tomorrow, else I will come and claim more of your peoples blood." And with his last vicious words, the smoke disappeared, leaving the two royals to huddle together, grief-stricken in a puddle of their tears.
A.N: Wow! Thankyou for all your reviews everybody! I love them; you have made me so incredibly happy. ^-^ Thankyou! Thankyou! Thankyou!
Well, the new chapter is finally here. Thankyou all for being so patient with me, I know that it was a long time between updates, sorry. Really, really, sorry! I promise that now I will update often, AT LEAST once a week. (However, lots of reviews would probably motivate me to update sooner ^_- {Not blackmail, just the sad truth}) But if I don't update by next week, you all have my permission to personally come here and poke me with a burnt banana. Well, enough of my blabbering. Enjoy!
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Disclaimer: Don't sue me; I don't own her or anything. Oh, wait. I own bills, lots and lots of bills.
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A cold shiver ran down her spine. Serena looked at her mother, hurt and anger streaming from out of her hazy blue eyes. "Is this true?" She ran over to the Queen and knelt down at her feet. "Mother, is that true?"
Queen Serenity just sat there, staring at the dancing smoke. A silver tear ran down her cheek and splashed onto her daughter's forehead. For a moment, her sad eyes displayed a flicker of anger, but it soon faded away leaving her with just an empty expression, an emotionless shell.
"Mother!" The blonde angel shook her hard, trying to make the queen snap out of her trance. "Mother, please tell me he is lying!"
The smoke laughed again. "Believe me, my sweet girl. I am not lying, all this war, all this suffering, all this death, all of it, is for you." She could feel the smile upon his pitiless face.
"Shut up!" She screamed at him with more desperation in her voice then possible. "Mother! Please, answer me!"
Queen Serenity looked away from her daughter and gazed back outside into the crimson night. "Yes, my child." She closed her eyes, sending another tear to come spilling forth. "He is speaking the truth."
For a moment the young princess was stunned, stunned because what she believed she was fighting for, was all a lie. She had grown up watching the suffering of her people, she said goodbye to the soldiers and wished them luck before they went into battle. None of them to return and it was all because of her. Her heart felt heavy, as though her blood had turned to lead. "Did they know?" She asked her mother, she felt revolted now and it showed in her voice. She didn't hate her mother, she never could, but now she felt something worse then hatred, she felt betrayed. The one person that she trusted most had lied her to.
"No." The queen answered in a soft voice. "They did not know the true reason, but even if they did, they still would have fought for you." She reached out for her daughter's hand, only for the girl to snatch it away coldly.
"You lied to us all?"
"I did it for you. I would never see any harm done to you. Never!" She cried out the words. In her mind, Serenity knew that she had done wrong. Her heart, however, told her otherwise. "I just wanted to protect you. I wanted to keep you safe."
The young girl dropped to her knees and frantically started wiping her hands clean on her dress. "Blood," She cried, her tears falling on her hands. "Their blood is on me. Mother, how could you do this too me?"
"No daughter, this was not your doing." Serenity cried and knelt down next to her only child. "Their blood was spilt by me. You had no part in this massacre. Do you hear me? It was my doing." She snatched Serena's hands away from their obsessive cleaning.
She looked up at her mother; her beautiful eyes turned red from tears. They were about to embrace each other, when a wicked voice cut through the moment.
"It does not matter whose fault it is. Soon, there will be no-one left to remember what the war was even about."
"You Bastard!" The beautiful princess cried, shooting daggers at him through her bloodshot eyes. "You will surely rot in hell for all you have done!"
"Me?" He laughed innocently. "I didn't start this war, your mother did. She could have ended it any time. And now, it is me that is here and prepared to make a treaty, to save your worthless kingdom. Yet, still she refuses. Your people's blood is on that wench." He snarled, pointing to the distraught Queen who was crying on the palace floor.
"So you will end this war?" The young princess stood up bravely. Somewhere, deep down inside of her, her heart still mourned greatly for the deaths of her countrymen. But with a graceful flick of her golden locks, she ignored the pain inside, like any good leader would have done. She was not going to have any more blood spilled in her name.
"Yes. Give me what I want, and this war will be over." He hissed, his voice as smooth as ice, and twice as cold.
"Never!" The queen shouted, his words ending her tears. The water disappeared from her eyes and was replaced by an angry glow. "You will never have my daughter! You hear me. You will have to kill me first."
The black smoke raged, growing twice as large in size. "By tomorrow night, I will have what I want anyway, whether you are alive or not. Do you understand me? Deny me, and you and your kingdom will be destroyed forever! And she." He floated over to the beautiful princess. "You my dear, you will be mine."
"Get away from her!" Queen Serenity yelled and charged towards the smoke. She leapt in the air to tackle him, but instead she fell straight onto the floor behind him and landed with a thud, her bones shattered from the impact. The young princess ran to her mothers' side and helped her up off the floor.
"Is that all it will take to stop this war?" She spat at him, still having trouble believing that so much death could be carried out in her name. "And this war will be stopped? You will leave our kingdom alone?"
"Darling, no! You mustn't!" The queen begged on her knees, wrapping her shaking hands around Serena's waist. She looked up at her daughter and stared into her familiar blue eyes. In them, she saw the same determination that she used to have many years ago, her heart sank as she realised that nothing she could say would change her daughter's mind.
The smoke bowed politely, his voice turned svelte and seductive. "Yes, you have my word. You come with me, and this war will stop. As long as we are together your kingdom will be safe, your mother will be safe."
"No!" The Queen still pleaded. "Daughter, his vast armies are growing weak. We can defeat him. This time tomorrow night, our brave warriors will have tasted victory!"
The princess drooped down to her knees and met her mother eye to eye. "Look around you mother!" She said sternly. "Our brave warriors are simply children with shovels and rakes. Our kingdom is nearly destroyed, one more battle will end it."
"If we all."
"No! Listen to me, please!" She begged. Both of them were shedding tears that fell freely to the floor. "Mother, women and children cannot fight this battle. No more blood will be on my hands."
"But if we."
She kissed her mother's head to quieten her and then looked at the cloud of black smoke. "What assurances do I have that you will end this madness?" She asked with her misty blue eyes.
"You have my word. As long as you are with me, no more harm will come to your kingdom." The smoke paused for a moment, contemplating the situation. "I do not need an answer now. Come to me by sunset tomorrow, else I will come and claim more of your peoples blood." And with his last vicious words, the smoke disappeared, leaving the two royals to huddle together, grief-stricken in a puddle of their tears.