KONNICHIWA MINNA-SAN! It's me! Xaph-chan, here for your literary pleasure! ^^;; Anywho… It's the next chapter of 'Voice' here for you! Sorry It's so short but I was fighting writer's block for the longest time! Well enjoy! And remember: I Don't own Sailor Moon!
Her head was spinning. Everything around her was running in circles of a thousand miles and hour. She sat up slowly, placing a hand to her head. She lay on a large bed, covered in blue satins. The walls were stone, adorned with tapestries and banners of varying shades of blue. A carpet of silver and blue lay on the floor at the end on the bed.
"So you're up?" A voice said from the far corner of the room. A man rose to his feet and walked to where she lay. He was a tall man with long silver hair and sparkling blue eyes. His face was slender and he was clothed in different shades of blue and silver.
Usagi was frightened by this man… he held an air about him that was commanding and domineering. She swallowed hard and looked at him.
"You're frightened, aren't you?" He reached out and touched her soft golden hair. Usagi's breath deepened in fear.
He smiled an icy smile, "Usagi, I believe they called you?"
Usagi nodded slowly.
"Funny little name, it is. In some ways it suits you perfectly, in other ways… it does not." He bowed slightly.
"Xavier. Although I doubt you remember me, Princess."
"Princess?" Usagi questioned.
He looked at her curiously, bending over and placing his hands on his knees to look her in the eyes. "So you've forgotten everything, haven't you?"
"Forgotten what?" She questioned. Her throat was dry and her body was in deep pain.
"Your past," He stood tall again, "But, no matter. In time, all will unfold. I welcome you to my palace, Princess. You are free to roam where ever you wish. These are your quarters, dinner will be served in three hours. It is the tenth door on the left from the main staircase. I expect you to attend." He paused for a moment, "If you need me, ask one of my servants for me and they will come for me." He started to leave but Usagi started to talk.
"I… I don't understand?" She begged, confused by everything.
"Princess, you are my guest," He said, then rushed out the room in a flash of blue. Usagi sat there, dumb founded as she stared at the ebony door.
She understood nothing… this man was…
She had no more time to think as three women walked into the room with fabrics in their hands.
"Princess," They curtsied and began to attack her with satins, silks, and lace.
"Why do you keep calling me princess?" She questioned as they pulled Seiya's shirt off over her head.
"Because, Miss! You are the princess of the moon! Ruler of the galaxy!" Said one with dark brown hair, tucked under a bonnet.
Usagi stood shocked, "I'm sorry… you must be confused with some one else."
"No, we aren't miss," They shoved Usagi into a light pink dress and took her hair down, then began to brush it. They primed and pulled as Usagi stood there in a stupor. Finally they finished, curtsied, and left.
Usagi looked at herself in the mirror. She looked beautiful… but… she was so confused about all of this. She didn't understand what they were trying to tell her. A princess, her? It was less then impossible!
Her mother was a lawyer and her father was a doctor, none of them were royalty. And yet… these people insisted that she was some kind of princess of the moon… it didn't make any sense to her at all.
'Maybe the Xavier man can answer some questions for me,' she thought, smoothing the large skirt down. She stepped outside the room into a large, stone hallway, covered in deep red banners, tapestries, and carpets.
She looked at all the beautiful work carefully, strolling down the hall in her pink slippers. She stopped to look at a work of art.
"Beautiful, isn't it?" Said a voice from behind her. Usagi whipped around to face Xavier. A blush crept softly across her cheeks. "Although…" He reached out and gently stroked her cheek with his fore-finger. "It will never compare with your beauty."
At this, Usagi blushed harder and she forced herself to look at him. "Xavier?" She questioned. "I don't understand all of this. Why do you keep calling me princess? What is this place? Why are you talking about things I've forgotten?"
"Because… you are the Princess of the Moon. The one the elusive Sailor Senshi have been looking for," he said, his voice calm, but with a hint of something Usagi couldn't place. But she didn't have time to place it, before her mind reacted to the statement before.
"I can't be! I just can't! I'm an ordinary girl!"
"As I said, there is much you do not remember."
Usagi turned to look into his handsome face, "How come I don't remember anything?"
"A side effect… of the spell."
"What spell?"
He simply smiled in response to this and offered his arm to her, "Come, dinner will be served shortly."
Usagi looked into his beautiful blue eyes, then slipped her arm through his and followed him through the corridors.
Seiya looked up and growled at his companions. The princess was lost. Captured by Xavier… Seiya was going to scream.
"So… Usagi was…?" Luna asked. Seiya looked away. He didn't care about anything right now. He needed to get Usagi back. He needed to kiss her and tell her he loved her.
"Seiya. We've got to work together to get Usagi back. If we don't all will be lost," Luna said, jumping onto his lap. He looked down at her and sighed slightly.
"I know, Luna…"
"Have you contacted Sailor Pluto?" Taiki asked glancing up from the floor.
"Not yet… I have a deep fear that she'll refuse our plead," Luna stated.
"If she does that then… we can't get the princess back. We'll need every senshi to rescue her!" Seiya stated, jumping to his feet and pacing around. "Only the princess and Pluto have the power to revive them."
"Hai… I know…" Luna said sadly, she couldn't only imagine the torture Usagi was going through right now…. in a dungeon alone, cold, unclothed, not fed… lightless…
Everyone seemed to be thinking the same thing as a hush fell over the group.
Usagi smiled up at Xavier. He had been extremely polite to her all through dinner, and it had been a wonderful meal. They now sat by a roaring fire as Xavier absorbed himself in a book, occasionally glancing up at this beautiful woman.
Usagi watched the fire with silent eyes, her mind wandering back to Seiya and Mamoru… and the senshi. And back on the idea of her the Princess of the Moon. It was impossible! She was just an ordinary girl like everyone she knew. Then why did Xavier insist on her bring the alleged princess?
Xavier set his book down on his lap and looked up at her. "You seem discouraged, care to tell me what's on your mind?"
Usagi glanced up, her face covered with a slight blush. "I'm just confused… I don't understand about me being a princess."
Xavier smiled softly, "Let me explain. Once long ago there was a beautiful kingdom on the moon. Your mother was a magnificent ruler… and you were going to rule just as well as she had. But then the kingdom was attacked and you were all killed, however the Queen used the last of her energy to put a spell on you and your subjects to be reborn in the next millennium. And so you were, however, as a side effect you're memories have been buried and hidden from your present mind."
Usagi looked up, his icy eyes glittering in the fire. She breathed deeply and leaned back in the chair to think again.
Xavier was quite proud of himself. He had explained everything she wanted to hear, and hadn't had to explain about her and General Seiya. He smirked quickly before returning to him book. After several more minutes, Usagi glanced up at him again.
"I think I'll go to bed," She rose and bowed slightly to him. Xavier rose from his chair to join her as she walked out of the room.
"Let me escort you…"
For the first time in weeks, Usagi's dreams had returned. She tossed and turned of the soft sheets as the scenes played themselves out. And this time… they were so powerful, so prominent, she actually remembered every minute detail…
"What…?" A tall, beautiful woman who looked about forty or forty five with sparkling blue eyes and long silver hair, stood in the center of a room gaping at two figures across the room. Usagi turned and gasped.
One of them bore an extraordinary resemblance to her… and the other… the other looked… exactly like Seiya!!
He had the same hairstyle, the same features… the same laughing and playful indigo eyes. Except now… now he was dressed in a navy blue uniform, with twenty or twenty five medals adorning his chest. Despite all of his impressive garb… he looked a touch sheepish as he stood next to the young blonde, who resembled Usagi.
"… I'm pregnant, Mother…" The blonde spoke again. The man next to her looked up at the regal woman softly.
"My Queen, I am the father… and I take full responsibility," He spoke quietly.
"You?" The woman's face turned nearly as white as her hair, as her eyes grew large, "Seiya? … I never expected…"
"I'm sorry, My Queen… I love your daughter…" His voice was strained as he spoke. Usagi felt a heart-wrenching feeling deep in he chest as he said those words. She watched the scene intently, trying to push back oncoming tears.
The Queen stared at the man, "You love, My daughter?"
"Mother," The young blonde spoke up, "I return his love… please mother…"
The Queen stared at the couple for a long moment, "Please what? There's nothing I can do! What do you want me to do!?" The pair was apparently not expecting this reaction as they gave a small start.
"Nani?" The blonde asked.
The queen smiled softly at the two, "You two are in love… what am I supposed to do about it?"
The couple's eyes lit up and they looked at each other with overbearing happiness. The man bent down and kissed the young woman softly.
"Why didn't you talk to me about this before?" The Queen questioned.
"We were afraid you wouldn't approve," The young blonde spoke, "Since Seiya isn't royalty…"
"Serenity…" The Queen shook her head, smiling, "So what that Seiya isn't royalty? Even if he was a peasant… I wouldn't care… as long as you two are in love."
"But what about the kingdom? I'm the only heir to the throne…"
"Serenity, Seiya is captain of the army of the moon… sweetheart, he probably knows more royal and legal protocol then I do, and he's a wonderful leader of the army… I'm sure he'll be a wonderful king."
Seiya blushed lightly at the complement, then smiled down at Usagi. His smile quickly faded as a thought jumped into his mind.
"My Queen? What about… the arranged marriage?"
The queen looked shocked, "Oh no! The marriage! Serenity…"
Serenity looked up at Seiya, her eyes filled with tears. He tried hard to hide his fear and sadness from the young blonde. He seemed to want nothing more then to be with her … forever.
The queen thought very hard for several long moments, "I'll talk to Xavier… I'm sure everything will be worked out fine."
Serenity looked up hopefully into the silver-haired woman's ice-blue eyes, "Really?"
"Really," She stated firmly.
Serenity smiled up at Seiya…
Usagi gasped hard as a searing pain ripped through her body. Images and emotions flooded her senses and mind. The pain became almost too intense… Usagi had only one thought:
'I'm dying.'