A/N: I was on a roll with this story, it only took me two days to write, but if you feel like I have to elaborate, I will try. ************************************************************************ Many weeks later, Selenity was still a wreck on the inside. The old rumors had changed into ones about how Elios had 'cheated' on her. She tried to ignore them, but they hit closer to home every time. Some guy came up to her, said something cruel, and made her beyond angry. "We told you that he would cheat on you, so get over it!" Her first impulse was to cry, but then she remembered that she had to be strong, for Elios if for no one else. So she slapped him. "Who the hell do you think you are? It is because of people like you that he had to leave, and now you make it sound like it was his fault! Yes, my heart has been broken, but not by him, by everyone who passed on the rumors." She yelled at him, and since it was a ball, everyone heard her. "None of you know anything, and you know what, I'm sick of your ignorance! You nobles think that you know everything, but all that you hear about anything is from your servants when they give you nice massages or make your food. And none of you know what it is like to be in love, because all of your marriages are out of convenience, and chances are that at least five of you are cheating on your significant other with someone whom you could potentially love for real." Running to her room, she started singing.

"I listen to the sound of the rain fallin' down my window
Prayin' for a gentle wind
To bring my baby back again
Tryin' to be strong but I'm not getting much stronger
Loneliness is tearing apart this heart of mine
I lay awake 'coz I can't take another night lonely
It's been too long, I can't hold on no more

Leavin' on the next plane out
'Coz I gotta see my baby
It's been too long since I held him in my arms
And I just won't sleep at night
Till he's here beside me
Here beside me again

Talking on the phone but that don't make it any better
Nothing's gonna ease this pain
Until I'm in his arms again
Runnin' down the stairs there's a taxi that's waiting for me
Loneliness I'm gonna leave you far behind
I'd walk for days through pouring rain
Anything to be with him
It's been so long, I can't be strong no more

Leavin' on the next plane out
'Coz I gotta see my baby
It's been too long since I held him in my arms
And I just won't sleep at night
Till he's here beside me
Here beside me again
I gotta be with my baby

Gotta be with him
Gotta be by his side
Gotta be with him
My heart's made up my mind

I'm leavin' on the next plane out
'Coz I gotta see my baby
It's been too long since I held him in my arms
And I just won't sleep at night
Till he's here beside me
Here beside me again

Again
Again
Again
Again

It's been too long since I held him in my arms
And I just won't sleep at night
Till he's here beside me
Here beside me again

Gotta be with my baby, gonna be with my baby
Gonna take the next plane or the next train
Gotta get there gotta see my baby
And nothing's gonna stop me from leavin' this time
Leavin' on the next plane out."
©Diane Warren, like I said, a genius!

Selenity ran to her mother, and said; "Send me to Elysium!" Queen Serenity dropped the papers that she was holding. "What!" She exclaimed, and Selenity pleaded with her. "Please, if you do this, I will never ask you to help me again." Her mother bit her lip. "Selenity, I couldn't, your father." Selenity cut her off.

"Love doesn't ask why
It speaks from the heart
And never explains
Don't you know that
Love doesn't think twice
It can come all at once
Or whisper from a distance

Don't ask me if this feeling's right or wrong
It doesn't have to make much sense
It just has to be this strong
'Cause when he's in my arms I understand
We don't have a voice
When our hearts make the choices
There's no plan
It's in not our hands

Love doesn't ask why
It speaks from the heart
And never explains
Don't you know that
Love doesn't think twice
It can come all at once
Or whisper from a distance

Now I can feel what you're afraid to do
If you give your leave to go
Will you give too much away
I can't let this moment pass me by
Can't question this chance
Or expect any answers
I can try
But love doesn't ask you why

Love doesn't ask why
It speaks from the heart
And never explains
Don't you know that
Love doesn't think twice
It can come all at once
Or whisper from a distance

Love doesn't ask why."
©Barry Mann et. al.

Serenity was still biting her lip. "I may not be able to get you too close to the temple, but I can get you into Elysium; from there, you will know the way." She put her hand up, and power ran down her arm, then it flowed to Selenity, and she was transported to a meadow. She turned to the west, and knew that was where she had to go.
"I'm looking back through the weeks
Down this highway
Memories, they all lead up to this one day
And many dreams lost along the way
Haunt me still
I guess they always will
When love was too much to bear
I just left it there
But here I stand face to face
With this heart of mine
Livin' without you I only fall behind
We had a love most people never find
All this time I never realized
And the courage I finally found
Has made me turn around

There is only one road I'm walkin'
Only one lifetime one heart to guide me
Only one road I'm walkin'
But I'm gonna run back, I'm gonna run back
'Cause I need you right here
Beside me

I can still hear the song of your laughter
I can still taste the sorrow of your tears
We said goodbye but our hearts did not hear
Now my love there's nothing left to fear
With all my heart put me through
It leads me back to you

There is only one road I'm walkin'
Only one lifetime one heart to guide me
Only one road I'm walkin'
But I'm gonna run back, I'm gonna run back
'Cause I need you right here
Beside me

There is only one road I'm walkin'
Only one lifetime one heart to guide me
Only one road I'm walkin'
But I'm gonna run back, I'm gonna run back
'Cause I need you right here
Beside me

But I'm gonna run back, I'm gonna run back
'Cause I need you right here
Beside me."
©Peter Zizzo