~~~Chapter 5~~~
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- (5 years, both girls are 20, Jadeite is 21, turning 22, and Endymion is 22.)
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___"What if Rianet doesn't go for the merger?"___
---"Urge her!"---
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Their parents sensing that although they don't hate each other any more, there's still a sense of dread coming from both for an upcoming wedding.
So that winter they sent letters back and forth. ____________________________________________________________________________ __
- (That summer)
"For as long as I remember, we've been told we'd some day wed. Every June until September."
"All their pushing and annoying hints."
"I've got bruises with their finger prints."
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Serenity came along this time, but she doubted she would ever come again. As her father and help, Jasper, were hauling off Rianet, Serenity sat in the carriage and watched. She set a sympathetic smile to her friend and when they went inside Jadeite helped her out after coming from the garden, seeing them arrive.
"Hello Princess Serenity, as beautiful as always."
"Thank you Jadeite, it's a pleasure to see you again." She responded. "What do you suppose the urgency is this time?"
"Haven't you heard? No, probably not, it hasn't gotten to your kingdom yet for fear that Rianet would hear and never come out, despite all forces." Jadeite took her arm in his and strolled inside.
"Jadeite stop teasing me. What is going on? Should I be shocked at the out come?" Serenity laughed.
"Shouldn't you be married off by now? You can't tell me you haven't had any offers, because if you haven't, I'll be the first, and you can't refuse me." Jadeite joshed.
"I've had offers, just none I wanted, nobody I even knew, unless you count the half hearted one Lord Malachite offered me while looking around trying to avoid my gaze, when I told him no, he seemed so relieved that I couldn't be mad at him. Then he turned around and ran into my cousin, and pulled her outside with him. I believe they'll be getting married in some point."
"Oh, I suppose they'll be getting married in the near future."
"You're right, I suspected as much when I saw them kissing on the Terrance before he asked me out of pure etiquette. But you're avoiding the subject- oh!! You little scoundrel! And they call you a commoner, I suppose your staying around the palace had something to do with your education, and slyness." She pouted. "You tricked me!" She hit his shoulder. "They're planning to marry the two of them off this summer?"
"No, this week." Jadeite took off from her shocked face. Serenity chased after him.
"I'm going to get you for that, you shouldn't have lead me astray!" She called as she ran through a door hoping to cut Jadeite off.
Meanwhile Endymion got pushed into a hallway with only two doors, the one he came out of, and one across from him. ____________________________________________________________________________ __
"I can do much better I am sure."
"He's so immature." (Serenity sings this while thinking of Jediete.)
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Endymion braced as the door opened, expecting the worst and almost gasped at the sight.
Serenity ran through the door, and ran into the sight of Endymion. ____________________________________________________________________________ __
"I see him smiling and my knees start buckling. (I see inside him and my doubts are gone.) (She doesn't sing this, just couldn't place it any place else.)"
"She started out as such an ugly duckling, and somehow suddenly became a swan."
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Serenity was weak at the knees when Endymion turned and smiled at her. Endymion had never thought Serenity was ugly, but he never thought of her as beautiful, sadly mistaken in his dislike of girls and anything that had to do with Rianet that dealt with looks at the very least.
"Ah, hello Endymion." Serenity smiled brightly. "Have you seen Jadeite run through here? I was just trying to get him back for something he said."
"Uh, no, no." He blinked. "Nice to see you again Serenity." ____________________________________________________________________________ __
-(here they're not talking, just thinking, Well Serenity says the first line.)
"So happy to be here."
"'Till now I never knew,
"It is you I've been dreaming of."
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"I have to go Endymion. I'll see you around." She slipped back out of the room and lent heavily against the door, wishing she were in Rianet's position, everything would have been much easier. Now she had to watch her friend who didn't like him so far, and Endymion get married. Then she saw a flash of blond hair. She grinned, and put her feelings aside as she chased Jadeite through the hallways. ____________________________________________________________________________ __
"He's so immature." (Rianet sings this when she's forced into the room with the bewildered Endymion, still stunned at the sight of Serenity. This one is actually suppose to go before, I see him smiling and my knees.but I have this twice for pure self purpose.)
"This is my idea."
"This is my idea."
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Rianet glanced at Endymion. Still the same old poppycock. Then she saw Jadeite pop his head in looking around and seeing them slipped back out, but not before she registered the shock face of the man who she considered a somewhat friend. She grinned, Jadeite turned out to be very handsome.
But that's not what the people watching the scene thought while watching them, hoping for something to happen. Music started to blare as the king and queen danced around together singing. The servants joining in.
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_-_"What a good idea, such a charming and romantic notion."-_-
[crowd]
"This is my idea. Such a good idea. This is my idea. Such a good idea. What a good idea. Such a powerful and magic potion. This is exactly my idea.. of love."
[normal]
"This is my idea."
"This is my idea."
"This is my idea, of-" (Endymion and Rianet kept getting cut off.)
{Higher beings?}
"Love."
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"Arrange the marriage!" King William shouted with joy.
"That's a splendid idea dear William!" The Queen joined in.
"WAIT!" Endymion crushed their hopes. "Let Rianet and I talk about what we want to do first, if we really want to get married or not, and this time without the interference and animosity."
"I agree. You people are jumping to conclusions." Rianet backed Endymion up. Serenity and Jadeite, who was pinned under Serenity when she finally caught him, watched the scene with a sigh, there were still problems.
Serenity looked down to Jadeite. "What do you think will happen?"
"I think-" Jadeite sat up suddenly and pinned Serenity under him, he grabbed her hair in one hand and tapped her nose with the other. "That I still have a chance at Rianet and you, Endymion. He hasn't spoken much of you guys this past year, but I don't doubt that he likes you."
Serenity pushed at him. "They're coming this way, do you want to give them the wrong idea?" She hissed.
"Wow, I've never seen you this scared." Jadeite mocked, lowering so an elbow was on the ground by her head. "But as for giving the wrong idea, I think when you asked Endymion where I was, was enough."
"I suppose, but I'm not scared, just worried, if we do something now, we'll never get the chance to fix it later."
"All right." Jadeite got up and helped Serenity as well while Endymion and Rianet came through the door. They stared in shock, and awe at their respective people that they liked. Serenity winked at Rianet before the black haired friend could turn away with a blush.
"Perhaps I could intervene for a moment with my friend Endymion? It will take just a minute, I have to set her straight before you can finish your discussion." Serenity smiled, all nodded, nobody able to say no to her.
The three future rulers of the three kingdoms in balance stared for a while before Jadeite looked at them strangely as if urging them to continue. "Come Serenity, lets talk in this corner." Rianet had hoped that Serenity would not tell her that Jadeite and her planned to marry, While Endymion and Jadeite had their own conversation.
"I do not like Jadeite any more then just a friend." Serenity said bluntly with no eloquence, none was needed, and she bounded off in a skip, forever the spirit free young woman she was. Rianet smiled wickedly and looked back towards the two men, Jadeite was leaving as well. She and Endymion had very little to discuss, if all went well. They left through another door, into another room, and talked. An hour later they went back into the grand hall where everybody was waiting. Serenity and Jadeite were talking off to the side. "Guess who's coming to this place in a week?" Serenity whispered excitedly.
"Who?" Jadeite asked, neither seeing the two black haired people coming in.
"My parents, they'll finally get time away enough to come here. The only time they've seen Rianet, was when she came to visit for Christmas once. I'm so happy, I don't get to see them very much, and recently I've joined Rianet instead of being stuck at home with my lovesick cousin and nobody else."
Endymion cleared his throat. "Excuse me every one, we have an announcement to make, we're not getting married!"
Everyone but Serenity and Jadeite stared at them in shock. Queen Babbet blubbered and almost fell over. "All these years of planning wasted!" She came about and pulled Endymion out of the room.
"But mother, you don't understand, I don't love her."
"So? Now we have to find another princess for you, who could possibly stand you, and your I don't love yous."
"But mother, that's the point! I found another princess! One that loves me in return, and I'll announce it to you and everybody else in 2 weeks. Rianet and I talked; this is what must be done. Now, I'd like to go back in there."
This time when they entered Jadeite was again talking in a secluded corner but this time with Rianet. "Everyone, now that Endymion is back in here, I'd like to make an announcement of my own. King William, may I have your daughter's hand in marriage?"
William was surprised but agreed. "I see you already have it son, but I'm not so sure about your upbringing." He tisked.
"Oh, dear King, he has plenty to back him up when we say he's smart, in both street and royal, he's going to be a great ruler." The queen absolutely beamed now knowing that her son did plan to marry, a princess as well.
"Well if you say so, but there's still a matter of uniting our lands." He reasoned.
"Oh, we'll talk about that later! During the winter months I suppose! But I fear there'll be too many weddings this season as it is."
Serenity and Endymion met in the back, out of the way, silently cheering their friends' relationship on. "Isn't it marvelous? I knew they'd end up together."
"Yes, as did I. I feared though, that perhaps you liked Jadeite to some degree, and I didn't want you to get hurt."
"Don't worry about me too much Endymion." She titled her head to the side trying to figure something out. "Do you suppose your mom, and Rianet's dad will get married?"
"Probably, that's why I believe they were pushing so hard for Rianet and I to get married, so they could spend more time together. Perhaps it has been a diversionary tactic to the public all along. How are your parents? I heard they were coming to this kingdom next week I believe it was?"
"Yes, though my cousin and Lord Malachite are coming as well. They have had some time together, alone, to become more love sick then those two over there will be. When do you believe they'll be married?"
"As soon as possible if I know anything about them. Rianet was never one to wait, all my life she was trying to prove something, and I think she finally did."
"That I can believe, at first she was trying to keep up with you guys, then she was trying to prove that she didn't need either of you to have fun, and finally she proves that she can survive, but she'd rather not without Jadeite. Also that she can choose her own husband and disrupt her parent's plans."
"Would you like to go into town with me now that we're not being stuck in the palace?"
"I would be delighted. Do you think you ruined your people's plans as much as your father?"
"No, not really, hold on." Endymion raised his voice. "Mother, we're going out."
He offered his arm and they left together. King William whispered to the queen. "Do you think they like each other?"
"No, they're just good friends. Serenity would never fall for him, he for her either, though that girl is such a sweet heart, she talked to me these last few years about random things."
"Too bad, it'd be nice to have her as a step daughter in law." The king winked suggestively. "Maybe in a winter month, a quiet ceremony?
"I agree." She wrinkled her nose. "But now you have to help plan for your daughter's wedding."
- (5 years, both girls are 20, Jadeite is 21, turning 22, and Endymion is 22.)
[normal]
___"What if Rianet doesn't go for the merger?"___
---"Urge her!"---
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Their parents sensing that although they don't hate each other any more, there's still a sense of dread coming from both for an upcoming wedding.
So that winter they sent letters back and forth. ____________________________________________________________________________ __
- (That summer)
"For as long as I remember, we've been told we'd some day wed. Every June until September."
"All their pushing and annoying hints."
"I've got bruises with their finger prints."
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Serenity came along this time, but she doubted she would ever come again. As her father and help, Jasper, were hauling off Rianet, Serenity sat in the carriage and watched. She set a sympathetic smile to her friend and when they went inside Jadeite helped her out after coming from the garden, seeing them arrive.
"Hello Princess Serenity, as beautiful as always."
"Thank you Jadeite, it's a pleasure to see you again." She responded. "What do you suppose the urgency is this time?"
"Haven't you heard? No, probably not, it hasn't gotten to your kingdom yet for fear that Rianet would hear and never come out, despite all forces." Jadeite took her arm in his and strolled inside.
"Jadeite stop teasing me. What is going on? Should I be shocked at the out come?" Serenity laughed.
"Shouldn't you be married off by now? You can't tell me you haven't had any offers, because if you haven't, I'll be the first, and you can't refuse me." Jadeite joshed.
"I've had offers, just none I wanted, nobody I even knew, unless you count the half hearted one Lord Malachite offered me while looking around trying to avoid my gaze, when I told him no, he seemed so relieved that I couldn't be mad at him. Then he turned around and ran into my cousin, and pulled her outside with him. I believe they'll be getting married in some point."
"Oh, I suppose they'll be getting married in the near future."
"You're right, I suspected as much when I saw them kissing on the Terrance before he asked me out of pure etiquette. But you're avoiding the subject- oh!! You little scoundrel! And they call you a commoner, I suppose your staying around the palace had something to do with your education, and slyness." She pouted. "You tricked me!" She hit his shoulder. "They're planning to marry the two of them off this summer?"
"No, this week." Jadeite took off from her shocked face. Serenity chased after him.
"I'm going to get you for that, you shouldn't have lead me astray!" She called as she ran through a door hoping to cut Jadeite off.
Meanwhile Endymion got pushed into a hallway with only two doors, the one he came out of, and one across from him. ____________________________________________________________________________ __
"I can do much better I am sure."
"He's so immature." (Serenity sings this while thinking of Jediete.)
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Endymion braced as the door opened, expecting the worst and almost gasped at the sight.
Serenity ran through the door, and ran into the sight of Endymion. ____________________________________________________________________________ __
"I see him smiling and my knees start buckling. (I see inside him and my doubts are gone.) (She doesn't sing this, just couldn't place it any place else.)"
"She started out as such an ugly duckling, and somehow suddenly became a swan."
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Serenity was weak at the knees when Endymion turned and smiled at her. Endymion had never thought Serenity was ugly, but he never thought of her as beautiful, sadly mistaken in his dislike of girls and anything that had to do with Rianet that dealt with looks at the very least.
"Ah, hello Endymion." Serenity smiled brightly. "Have you seen Jadeite run through here? I was just trying to get him back for something he said."
"Uh, no, no." He blinked. "Nice to see you again Serenity." ____________________________________________________________________________ __
-(here they're not talking, just thinking, Well Serenity says the first line.)
"So happy to be here."
"'Till now I never knew,
"It is you I've been dreaming of."
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"I have to go Endymion. I'll see you around." She slipped back out of the room and lent heavily against the door, wishing she were in Rianet's position, everything would have been much easier. Now she had to watch her friend who didn't like him so far, and Endymion get married. Then she saw a flash of blond hair. She grinned, and put her feelings aside as she chased Jadeite through the hallways. ____________________________________________________________________________ __
"He's so immature." (Rianet sings this when she's forced into the room with the bewildered Endymion, still stunned at the sight of Serenity. This one is actually suppose to go before, I see him smiling and my knees.but I have this twice for pure self purpose.)
"This is my idea."
"This is my idea."
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Rianet glanced at Endymion. Still the same old poppycock. Then she saw Jadeite pop his head in looking around and seeing them slipped back out, but not before she registered the shock face of the man who she considered a somewhat friend. She grinned, Jadeite turned out to be very handsome.
But that's not what the people watching the scene thought while watching them, hoping for something to happen. Music started to blare as the king and queen danced around together singing. The servants joining in.
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_-_"What a good idea, such a charming and romantic notion."-_-
[crowd]
"This is my idea. Such a good idea. This is my idea. Such a good idea. What a good idea. Such a powerful and magic potion. This is exactly my idea.. of love."
[normal]
"This is my idea."
"This is my idea."
"This is my idea, of-" (Endymion and Rianet kept getting cut off.)
{Higher beings?}
"Love."
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"Arrange the marriage!" King William shouted with joy.
"That's a splendid idea dear William!" The Queen joined in.
"WAIT!" Endymion crushed their hopes. "Let Rianet and I talk about what we want to do first, if we really want to get married or not, and this time without the interference and animosity."
"I agree. You people are jumping to conclusions." Rianet backed Endymion up. Serenity and Jadeite, who was pinned under Serenity when she finally caught him, watched the scene with a sigh, there were still problems.
Serenity looked down to Jadeite. "What do you think will happen?"
"I think-" Jadeite sat up suddenly and pinned Serenity under him, he grabbed her hair in one hand and tapped her nose with the other. "That I still have a chance at Rianet and you, Endymion. He hasn't spoken much of you guys this past year, but I don't doubt that he likes you."
Serenity pushed at him. "They're coming this way, do you want to give them the wrong idea?" She hissed.
"Wow, I've never seen you this scared." Jadeite mocked, lowering so an elbow was on the ground by her head. "But as for giving the wrong idea, I think when you asked Endymion where I was, was enough."
"I suppose, but I'm not scared, just worried, if we do something now, we'll never get the chance to fix it later."
"All right." Jadeite got up and helped Serenity as well while Endymion and Rianet came through the door. They stared in shock, and awe at their respective people that they liked. Serenity winked at Rianet before the black haired friend could turn away with a blush.
"Perhaps I could intervene for a moment with my friend Endymion? It will take just a minute, I have to set her straight before you can finish your discussion." Serenity smiled, all nodded, nobody able to say no to her.
The three future rulers of the three kingdoms in balance stared for a while before Jadeite looked at them strangely as if urging them to continue. "Come Serenity, lets talk in this corner." Rianet had hoped that Serenity would not tell her that Jadeite and her planned to marry, While Endymion and Jadeite had their own conversation.
"I do not like Jadeite any more then just a friend." Serenity said bluntly with no eloquence, none was needed, and she bounded off in a skip, forever the spirit free young woman she was. Rianet smiled wickedly and looked back towards the two men, Jadeite was leaving as well. She and Endymion had very little to discuss, if all went well. They left through another door, into another room, and talked. An hour later they went back into the grand hall where everybody was waiting. Serenity and Jadeite were talking off to the side. "Guess who's coming to this place in a week?" Serenity whispered excitedly.
"Who?" Jadeite asked, neither seeing the two black haired people coming in.
"My parents, they'll finally get time away enough to come here. The only time they've seen Rianet, was when she came to visit for Christmas once. I'm so happy, I don't get to see them very much, and recently I've joined Rianet instead of being stuck at home with my lovesick cousin and nobody else."
Endymion cleared his throat. "Excuse me every one, we have an announcement to make, we're not getting married!"
Everyone but Serenity and Jadeite stared at them in shock. Queen Babbet blubbered and almost fell over. "All these years of planning wasted!" She came about and pulled Endymion out of the room.
"But mother, you don't understand, I don't love her."
"So? Now we have to find another princess for you, who could possibly stand you, and your I don't love yous."
"But mother, that's the point! I found another princess! One that loves me in return, and I'll announce it to you and everybody else in 2 weeks. Rianet and I talked; this is what must be done. Now, I'd like to go back in there."
This time when they entered Jadeite was again talking in a secluded corner but this time with Rianet. "Everyone, now that Endymion is back in here, I'd like to make an announcement of my own. King William, may I have your daughter's hand in marriage?"
William was surprised but agreed. "I see you already have it son, but I'm not so sure about your upbringing." He tisked.
"Oh, dear King, he has plenty to back him up when we say he's smart, in both street and royal, he's going to be a great ruler." The queen absolutely beamed now knowing that her son did plan to marry, a princess as well.
"Well if you say so, but there's still a matter of uniting our lands." He reasoned.
"Oh, we'll talk about that later! During the winter months I suppose! But I fear there'll be too many weddings this season as it is."
Serenity and Endymion met in the back, out of the way, silently cheering their friends' relationship on. "Isn't it marvelous? I knew they'd end up together."
"Yes, as did I. I feared though, that perhaps you liked Jadeite to some degree, and I didn't want you to get hurt."
"Don't worry about me too much Endymion." She titled her head to the side trying to figure something out. "Do you suppose your mom, and Rianet's dad will get married?"
"Probably, that's why I believe they were pushing so hard for Rianet and I to get married, so they could spend more time together. Perhaps it has been a diversionary tactic to the public all along. How are your parents? I heard they were coming to this kingdom next week I believe it was?"
"Yes, though my cousin and Lord Malachite are coming as well. They have had some time together, alone, to become more love sick then those two over there will be. When do you believe they'll be married?"
"As soon as possible if I know anything about them. Rianet was never one to wait, all my life she was trying to prove something, and I think she finally did."
"That I can believe, at first she was trying to keep up with you guys, then she was trying to prove that she didn't need either of you to have fun, and finally she proves that she can survive, but she'd rather not without Jadeite. Also that she can choose her own husband and disrupt her parent's plans."
"Would you like to go into town with me now that we're not being stuck in the palace?"
"I would be delighted. Do you think you ruined your people's plans as much as your father?"
"No, not really, hold on." Endymion raised his voice. "Mother, we're going out."
He offered his arm and they left together. King William whispered to the queen. "Do you think they like each other?"
"No, they're just good friends. Serenity would never fall for him, he for her either, though that girl is such a sweet heart, she talked to me these last few years about random things."
"Too bad, it'd be nice to have her as a step daughter in law." The king winked suggestively. "Maybe in a winter month, a quiet ceremony?
"I agree." She wrinkled her nose. "But now you have to help plan for your daughter's wedding."