Justice for the Moon, Chapter Seventeen
It was unbelievably strange as Justin and I reached the hut. The three others were staring at the screens where we had placed cameras and it seemed like nothing had happened. Nearly everyone in the skating group were sitting at dinner, almost unaware that the battle had just occurred.
"Does anyone notice else think that that's strange?" I pointed towards the screen.
"You mean like they have no clue as to what has just occurred?" Zachary turned to look at me.
"Oh yes, like they have no idea about me, or us," I was shocked at their calmness and so were my friends.
"Do you reckon Malice has had anything to do with this?" Nathan asked after we had a long silence.
"Probably, considering you two," Justin pointed to me, "did have some kind of run in. People would have jumped to conclusions and it's probably easier for him if no one confronted him on his actions towards you."
"So did this cover up reach as far as the scouts and the prince?" Malcolm asked thoughtfully. Everyone seemed to look at either myself, Zachary or Justin as if we were the fountains of all knowledge. It wasn't like they did not have their own intelligence, but I was always able to think along the lines that an enemy might, Justin was the ace in department of technology, Zachary was the ultimate fountain of magical knowledge, while Nathan excelled in martial arts knowledge while Malcolm for make plans to catch out anyone that he felt inclined to do so.
"I'm not too sure," I said. Turning to Justin, "Can we focus on them and hear their conversation?"
"We should be able, just give me a sec." He quickly sat in his chair and pressed a few buttons, and in a matter of seconds, we had sound.
Mina was heard to say, "Ames, do you have any idea what they want to talk to us about? I mean it's not like that creep Malice is going to know to attack her for us is it?"
Amy leant across the table and said, "I'm not sure, but we have to be on our guard just in case, he might be."
"You guys, I'm worried about Luna," Raye said and Serena found herself leaning closer to the monitors to hear better. "Ever since we returned from the lake, her and Artemis have been in a deep, quiet conversation. It's like they know something is about to happen."
They were silent for a while before Mina spoke up, "You know, when I walked into our room, they were talking quietly and I heard the words Serena, Moonlight Wanderer, Sailor Moon and Moon Princess, then when they saw me, they stopped."
As Justin pushed the volume button down, we all looked at each other. "It would seem that Malice has performed some kind of spell to prevent them from remembering, but I think he did not think to include Luna and Artemis, so they still have the memories of what happened today." I concluded and the others around me nodded.
We continued to watch the screen in silence and before long, Matthew had appeared. "Hey girls, what did you think of the white skater?" Everyone around them moved in. Justin pulled out and we saw that Darien, Sammy and Molly were part of that group. We also found ourselves being pulled closer, but out of curiosity, white skater?
"Well, before we came here, I decided to do some research on the Lake. It seems that someone, a princess, once used to come here to meet her prince. The prince and the princess were the heirs to the thrones of their feuding kingdoms. She was first hurt in battle when she was fourteen and he eighteen. The Princess fell from the sky and landed here. He looked after her because he fell in love, as did she. They were both perfect skaters and normally met up and skated with masks on in pure white clothes. However, one day guards from an evil kingdom followed her and found out their secret. The Prince of Earth defended the Princess of the Moon but fell in battle as her guards came to defeat the evil. Soon the kingdoms found out about the forbidden love and the feuding stopped. People from both kingdoms were able to roam freely in foreign lands and an alliance was formed. Princess Serenity mourned everyday for her love and skated to remember his memory. She eventually fell in love again, but no matter how much she tried, he was never her true love." Matthew paused and amusedly looked around the shocked faces of the scouts and Darien, he then added, "Of course this all happened about a thousand years ago. Even though the young princess was married she still continued to mourn and to this day, she is still said to skate for his life."
I swear, whenever Matthew seems to open his big mouth, he causes smoke to steam out my head! Yes that story is true, but he's making it out to be me that was in love and not truly in love with Endymion. It was my mother. True she did love him, and never stopped, but she DID love my father in a completely different way! He knew about Prince Apollo and she he loved her!
I felt an arm go around my shoulders and I was about to speak when Zachary said, "Don't worry, we know he's talking about your mother." I smiled up a him.
We were silent for a while lost in our own thoughts, when Nate spoke up softly, "I feel sorry Queen Serenity, she lost the two men she loved most in the world."
"Yeah, that's why she was so determined that nothing would split me and Endymion up." I said and added, "You know Malice was telling that story to make Darien think I didn't really love him." They nodded.
"Malice is going to pay for everything that he has done in this life and the past!" Malcolm said with anger in his voice and face.
~ Oh really Princess? Maybe you should tell your friend not to be so hasty! For I have the crystal! ~
It was unbelievably strange as Justin and I reached the hut. The three others were staring at the screens where we had placed cameras and it seemed like nothing had happened. Nearly everyone in the skating group were sitting at dinner, almost unaware that the battle had just occurred.
"Does anyone notice else think that that's strange?" I pointed towards the screen.
"You mean like they have no clue as to what has just occurred?" Zachary turned to look at me.
"Oh yes, like they have no idea about me, or us," I was shocked at their calmness and so were my friends.
"Do you reckon Malice has had anything to do with this?" Nathan asked after we had a long silence.
"Probably, considering you two," Justin pointed to me, "did have some kind of run in. People would have jumped to conclusions and it's probably easier for him if no one confronted him on his actions towards you."
"So did this cover up reach as far as the scouts and the prince?" Malcolm asked thoughtfully. Everyone seemed to look at either myself, Zachary or Justin as if we were the fountains of all knowledge. It wasn't like they did not have their own intelligence, but I was always able to think along the lines that an enemy might, Justin was the ace in department of technology, Zachary was the ultimate fountain of magical knowledge, while Nathan excelled in martial arts knowledge while Malcolm for make plans to catch out anyone that he felt inclined to do so.
"I'm not too sure," I said. Turning to Justin, "Can we focus on them and hear their conversation?"
"We should be able, just give me a sec." He quickly sat in his chair and pressed a few buttons, and in a matter of seconds, we had sound.
Mina was heard to say, "Ames, do you have any idea what they want to talk to us about? I mean it's not like that creep Malice is going to know to attack her for us is it?"
Amy leant across the table and said, "I'm not sure, but we have to be on our guard just in case, he might be."
"You guys, I'm worried about Luna," Raye said and Serena found herself leaning closer to the monitors to hear better. "Ever since we returned from the lake, her and Artemis have been in a deep, quiet conversation. It's like they know something is about to happen."
They were silent for a while before Mina spoke up, "You know, when I walked into our room, they were talking quietly and I heard the words Serena, Moonlight Wanderer, Sailor Moon and Moon Princess, then when they saw me, they stopped."
As Justin pushed the volume button down, we all looked at each other. "It would seem that Malice has performed some kind of spell to prevent them from remembering, but I think he did not think to include Luna and Artemis, so they still have the memories of what happened today." I concluded and the others around me nodded.
We continued to watch the screen in silence and before long, Matthew had appeared. "Hey girls, what did you think of the white skater?" Everyone around them moved in. Justin pulled out and we saw that Darien, Sammy and Molly were part of that group. We also found ourselves being pulled closer, but out of curiosity, white skater?
"Well, before we came here, I decided to do some research on the Lake. It seems that someone, a princess, once used to come here to meet her prince. The prince and the princess were the heirs to the thrones of their feuding kingdoms. She was first hurt in battle when she was fourteen and he eighteen. The Princess fell from the sky and landed here. He looked after her because he fell in love, as did she. They were both perfect skaters and normally met up and skated with masks on in pure white clothes. However, one day guards from an evil kingdom followed her and found out their secret. The Prince of Earth defended the Princess of the Moon but fell in battle as her guards came to defeat the evil. Soon the kingdoms found out about the forbidden love and the feuding stopped. People from both kingdoms were able to roam freely in foreign lands and an alliance was formed. Princess Serenity mourned everyday for her love and skated to remember his memory. She eventually fell in love again, but no matter how much she tried, he was never her true love." Matthew paused and amusedly looked around the shocked faces of the scouts and Darien, he then added, "Of course this all happened about a thousand years ago. Even though the young princess was married she still continued to mourn and to this day, she is still said to skate for his life."
I swear, whenever Matthew seems to open his big mouth, he causes smoke to steam out my head! Yes that story is true, but he's making it out to be me that was in love and not truly in love with Endymion. It was my mother. True she did love him, and never stopped, but she DID love my father in a completely different way! He knew about Prince Apollo and she he loved her!
I felt an arm go around my shoulders and I was about to speak when Zachary said, "Don't worry, we know he's talking about your mother." I smiled up a him.
We were silent for a while lost in our own thoughts, when Nate spoke up softly, "I feel sorry Queen Serenity, she lost the two men she loved most in the world."
"Yeah, that's why she was so determined that nothing would split me and Endymion up." I said and added, "You know Malice was telling that story to make Darien think I didn't really love him." They nodded.
"Malice is going to pay for everything that he has done in this life and the past!" Malcolm said with anger in his voice and face.
~ Oh really Princess? Maybe you should tell your friend not to be so hasty! For I have the crystal! ~