~Love Triangle: Chapter 14~
By: Sapphie ^.~
Key:
"- - -" dialogue
'- - -' thinking
//- - -\\ scene change
(SN) Sapphie Notes
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Important Info: Okay...remember how I told you that I can't reply back to emails through my hotmail address? Well, I fixed it. I can continue sending replies through hotmail. Yay! ^_^ *sigh* Well...that's it. Oh, and now, I use .html format!!! So I can make things bold and underlined and *takes a deep breath* italicized!!!!!!!! *content sigh* Ahh...the joys of having .html!!!
Oh yeah....this is VERY important.
I've been thinking for a while and I've come across
something. This fic is getting WAY too long. You see, I like how this fic
is going, but I'm afraid that some people might not appreciate the fact
that I'll probably be having over 20 chapters, and I
don't want to get any more flames saying "your fic
is getting boring" or "end this fic!", so I'm thinking of either ending
it somewhere or dropping it. After thinking for quite some time, I don't
know if I want to continue on with this fic on ff.net. I
mean, I'll still write chapters for it, but I don't
know if I want to keep posting more chapters onto ff.net. So, I think that
I'll be ending the fic very soon. I've also noticed that my storyline is
getting way off track. So, yeah, I think I'll end this fic. To all of
you who actually bothered reading this and actually
want me to continue this fic, then I'm sorry. I just don't think people
will like it if I have so many chapters for this fic. The same goes for
my other fic "Trials of the Heart." I think I'm going to
take that fic down. And anyways, you can find that
fic on my website. If you have any questions, comments, or complaints,
please email me at my_starz_2000@hotmail.com. Thank you for your understanding.
And a big huge thanks to all of you who have reviewed this fic and got
it to where it is now. Thank you sooo much.
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Recap:
The man with blond hair and blue eyes that bumped into Endymion was
waiting at the
shuttle stop. He thought about Endymion. There was something about
Endymion. Something
unexplainable. He brushed away that thought and thought of something
else.
'Selenity, I'll be there for you soon. I'm on my way. You don't have
to be afraid
anymore. I'll be here for you once again, and this time....forever."
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"No....no.....no...." Selenity said softly.
"Come....come with me....you belong with me. I can make everything better
for you....I can make you happy....I can
help you fulfill your wildest dreams! Just come....come with me."
"No....no...I won't go....I won't...." Selenity said.
"Come.....come with me! You will be forever happy with me. Leave everything
behind
and come with me to start a new life. Come with me....leave everything
behind and start out fresh. Come...."
"No....no....I won't!!!! I don't want to leave!! I want to stay here!!"
Selenity said. Suddenly, she felt herself being softly shaken.
"No!! Stop!! Leave me alone! I don't want to leave! I want to stay
here!! Leave me alone!!" Selenity said as she tried to free
herself from the hands that shook her.
"Selenity. Selenity? Selenity!" she heard a voice say.
"Stop!!!!! Leave me alone!!" Selenity yelled out. Tears began to fill her eyes.
"Selenity...it's me....Endymion." he said. When she heard his name,
she immediately opened her eyes. Through watery eyes, she
looked at Endymion.
"Endymion!" Selenity said, throwing her arms around him, a sign that
she wanted and needed comfort. She began to cry in his
arms. Endymion hushed her while stroking her long blonde hair.
"Selenity....it's okay.....it's okay. It was just a dream." Endymion
said softly. Selenity wiped away the tears that had fallen from
her crystal blue eyes.
"But, Endymion, it was....so....so scary." Selenity said, trying to
hold back tears. Without success, a tear had fallen from her
eye. "He wanted to take me away!! He wanted me to leave with him."
Selenity said, fright apparently present in her voice. "He
wanted me to leave everything behind...and start a new life with him.
But even though I refused, he would keep saying it over
again. And his voice seemed almost threatening....yet, it seems as
if I know that voice." Selenity said.
"Were you able to recognize the voice?" Endymion asked.
"Well, it seemed very familiar to me, but I just couldn't place my finger
on it. It...it was so creepy." Selenity said. Endymion held
her closer to him.
"It's okay. It was just a dream." Endymion said, trying to calm her down.
'I hope so.' Selenity thought. ' That voice seemed awfully familiar.
I feel like I know who's voice it is, but I just can't figure out
whose it is. It's.....it's almost like it's a voice....from.....my
past.' Selenity thought. She thought about the voice. Suddenly, her
eyes widened. It was a good thing that she was laying her head on Endymion's
shoulder so that he couldn't see her face. 'Oh
my god! It....it couldn't be....could it?' Selenity thought some more.
'No.....no way......there is no way it could have been my....'
Suddenly, Selenity's thoughts were interrupted. Some had been calling
her name from outside the door.
"I'll get it." Endymion said. He got up and answered the door. It was Selenity's mother.
"Endymion. What happened? Is Selenity okay? I thought I heard her yelling." Queen Serenity said.
"Oh. Everything's okay. She was just having a bad dream and she just
got scared. That's
all. But everything's okay now." Endymion said reassuringly. Queen
Serenity let out a sigh of relief.
"Thank god you're here." Queen Serenity. "My daughter will truly have
a wonderful husband." Queen Serenity said. 'Unlike
mine.' she added silently. Endymion gave her a smile.
"Thank you." Endymion said. Queen Serenity smiled and walked away.
// In front of the Moon Palace \\
The man with blonde hair and blue eyes nervously stood in front of the gates that guarded the palace. His heart began to race. He pressed a button that was near the gate.
"Hello. Welcome to the Moon Palace. How may I help you?" a voice said
over the
intercom.
"I would like to enter the palace." the man said, a hint of nervousness in his voice.
"Okay. You may enter." the voice said. Suddenly, the tall golden gates opened majestically, revealing the beauty of the palace in front of him. The man stood there for a while, admiring the palace. He collected himself and stepped forward. He slowly made his way towards the steps of the palace. He soon arrived at the steps. He breathed deeply, trying to calm himself down. He was so determined and eager to see Selenity again, and now, all of a sudden, he was going weak in the knees and was afraid. His heart beat faster and faster with every step he took. Finally, he was on the top of the steps. He slowly raised his arms, reaching for the door knocker. His hand, clearly shaking, grasped the cold ivory knocker. His heart was now racing. It felt as if it was about to burst.
// Meanwhile... \\
Selenity and Endymion were now sitting down in the living room. Selenity was sipping some cold water, to calm her down. Endymion sat quietly beside her. Suddenly, they heard a knock on the door. Endymion stood up, ready to answer it. Selenity stood up.
"No, Endymion. I'll answer it." Selenity said. Selenity walked towards the door.
// Outside the door \\
The blond man stood there nervously. What if a servant answered? What if the queen answered? What if Selenity answered? What does she look like? Will she like me? Many questions began to scream and race through his mind. Without thinking, he turned around and ran away, not bothering to look back. He ran as fast as he could, disappearing from the palace.
// Inside the palace \\
Selenity approached the door. She grasped the handle and pulled it open. No one was there.
"Hello?" Selenity called out. "Anyone there?" Selenity asked to the air. But no one was there. She shrugged and closed the door.
// Somewhere near the palace \\
The blond man with blue eyes stood at a corner of a street, a couple of blocks away from the palace. He stood there, looking towards the palace, where he had once lived. He breathed heavily, panting, and out of breath.
"How could I have been so stupid? What the hell was I thinking? I'm
such an idiot!!" the man said, staring down at the cracked pavement beneath
him. "How could I think something like that? How could I think that after
what I did, Selenity would accept me? What about her mother? Why didn't
it ever occur to me that Selenity's mother would still be mad at me for
leaving them all those years ago?" He let out a heavy sigh. He couldn't
believe himself. He raised his gaze towards the palace, then back to the
pavement beneath him. "Damn it!!! If I hadn't left them years ago,
I wouldn't be here right now. I wouldn't be standing at a street corner.
I wouldn't be running back to the family I left behind, I wouldn't have
disgraced my kingdom." He let out another heavy sigh. "Oh well. I probably
wouldn't have been a good father to Selenity anyway. Serenity is still
probably mad at me for leaving the family, and I'm sure that she told Selenity
what I did by now, so Selenity probably hates my guts. I guess it was a
good thing I didn't go back. They would never accept me after what I did.
:: Flashback ::
It was Selenity's first birthday when it all happened. King James, the King of the Moon Kingdom, was up in his royal bedroom. Queen Selenity entered the room. (SN: If you didn't already notice, I made up a name for the king cuz I didn't know what his name actually is, so bear with me. )
"James. Come downstairs. We're going to bring out Selenity's first birthday cake soon." Serenity said happily. James just sat there on his bed, not even raising his gaze to meet hers. "James? What's wrong?" Serenity asked worriedly.
"I'm sorry, Serenity. I can't go down. I just can't." James said. Serenity looked at him curiously.
"Why? Are you sick or something? If you are, then I can..."
"No, Serenity. It's not that. It's just that..." James paused for a moment.
"What? What is it, James? You're scaring me."
"I can't celebrate Selenity's first birthday." Serenity's eyes widened with shock.
"Why not? What's wrong with Selenity's birthday?"
"What wrong is that celebrating Selenity's first birthday wouldn't mean as much as celebrating a son's birthday." James said flatly. Serenity rolled her eyes at him.
"You're still on that subject? Come on, James! You know perfectly well that no one can always get a boy as the first born. Whether we get a boy or a girl is always just by chance. And it's not like we can control it." Serenity yelled out.
"Yeah, I know. But everyone else has always had a boy as the first born, and that first born boy has always been the one to take the throne after their fathers. And I was a first born son too. And here, we get a girl." James said.
"But, James. We're not everyone else. And so what if we get a girl as the first born? It doesn't matter!! If we get a boy in the future, we will raise him together and he will be the first heir to the throne after you."
"It's not the same has a having a first born son though." James said plainly. Serenity was filled with anger at this point.
"Well, you know what? It's too bad for you if we get a girl as the first born. That's not my problem. It's yours. And obviously, you don't love our daughter, so why don't you just get the hell out of here?" Serenity screamed out.
"Fine! Maybe I will. You can take care of your first born daughter by yourself. But, don't expect her to be a good heir to the throne." James said coldly. Tears welled up in Serenity's eyes.
"Damn you, James. If I'd known that you'd get this upset over your first born, I wouldn't have married you. You know, I thought you were the greatest guy in the world. The only one for me. The perfect man. But now I see that all of that was just a cover up until we got married. And to think that I actually loved you." Serenity said, tears slowly falling from her eyes. Serenity started out the door, leaving James in the room by himself.
"No one talks to me like that." he said to himself. "I don't need her. I don't need anybody." With that, James walked out of his room and went outside the palace.
// Later that evening \\
James had re-entered the palace. He went upstairs to his room. He found Serenity, crying into the pillow on the bed. James quietly sat down on the bed beside her.
"Serenity," he softly called out. He reached his arm out and softly stroked her arm. She quickly moved her arm away from his reach. She sat up and looked at him through her tear filled eyes.
"Don't touch me." Serenity said angrily.
"Serenity. Please. Just listen to me. I'm....I'm sorry. It doesn't matter if our first born is a girl or boy. All that matters is that I have you." James said softly. Serenity's tears had ceased to fall, but she still looked at him with angry eyes. "Please, Serenity. Forgive me. I need you. I need Selenity. I'm sorry." James said, his eyes full of sorrow. Serenity was now confused. She didn't know whether to believe him or not. Her eyes seemed to begin to fill with sorrow and apology, but they suddenly turned back into eyes of anger.
"No! NO!! I was deceived by you once. I won't be deceived by you again!! You're lying!" Serenity screamed out.
"Oh my god!! What the hell is wrong with you?? Here I am, trying to apologize for what I said and did, hoping that you'll forgive me and you'll give me another chance, and what do I get instead? You telling me that I'm fucking lying!!" James yelled out in frustration. "Damn it, Serenity!!" He let out a yell full of frustration. "You know what. Maybe you're right. I should get the hell out of here. Obviously, you and Selenity don't need me anymore than I need you or her." James said coldly. He got off the bed and began to pack his things.
"Fine! Go ahead. See if I care!!!" Serenity yelled. She too got off the bed and ran out the door. She went into one of the empty guest rooms and cried her heart out.
// A while later... \\
James had changed out of his regal attire and changed into some common clothes. He grabbed his two bags and walked out the door. He was about to go down the steps, but then he stopped. He put his bags down. He walked down the hall until he had approached an ivory door. He opened it slowly. He walked to the crib in the middle of the room. He peered into the crib to see baby Selenity, sound asleep. He gently picked her up and held her in his arms. He softly rocked her.
"I'm sorry, Selenity. If you were a boy, I wouldn't be running off like this right now. You're a girl. But I want you to know that no matter what, I'll always love you. I never meant to hurt you, or your mother. But please, when you grow up, don't hate me. You'd probably be better off without me. I'm sorry, Selenity. Please always remember, that I love you." James said. He placed a gentle kiss on Selenity's forehead. He slowly placed her back in her crib. He took a box out of his pocket and placed it on a nearby dresser. "That's for you, Selenity. I'm giving it to you so you'll always remember me. So you'll always have a part of me with you." In it was a gold necklace. On it was an image of a full moon on one side and a picture of him on the other. "I was going to give this necklace to your mother, but she doesn't like me right now, so I don't think it's appropriate to give this to her right now. But I know you'll keep it." A tear fell from his eye. He slowly walked away from the crib. He went to the dresser and took one of the pictures of Selenity. As he was leaving, he turned around once more and looked at the crib. "I love you, Selenity. I'll never forget you. And I'm sorry." Without saying another word, he left the room, slowly closing the door behind him. He ran back down the hall, grabbed his bags, and left the Moon Kingdom.....forever.
:: End of Flashback ::
James let out a sigh.
"James...what have you done." he said to himself as he shook his head.
He hung his head down and a tear fell from his eye. "I'm so sorry." he
said, as more tears fell from his eye. "I never should've come back." With
that, he picked up his bags and solemnly walked away.
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TO BE CONTINUED
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-+- In the next chapter of Love Triangle -+-
The wedding's finally here!!! Selenity and Endymion are about to get
married!!!! This wedding is going to be the happiest one the Moon Kingdom
has ever seen, or will it? What does Lindsey have in store for Selenity
and Endymion? Will their wedding be ruined forever? Find out in the next
chapter of Love Triangle!!
