SEQ CHAPTER \h \r 1Okay so I don't own Sailor Moon. Wanna make something of it? Actually a few people could make something of it. But the rest of you...QUIET! hee hee
"With the stars directing our fate,
and we're prayin' it's not too late." -Robbie Williams
The Beginning Of The End
Chapter 1
The next morning Elios got up at first light. He had not slept. But he wanted to be there if Chibiusa woke again. Opening the large wardrobe, he glanced over his clothes. He decide on more formal robes. Visiting the Queen and King was important. He was not yet comfortable with his In-laws.
"Prince,"
Elios turned, surprised, simultaneously pulling on his robe.
"Diana," he said, fixing his collar, "I thought you'd be with Apollo so early. What are you doing here?" His smile was worried. Had she felt something to?
"I came to see Small Lady," said Diana blushing, " I worry about her, she's still young. Barely an adult. I am so far away from her all the time. My room is all the way across the palace. It hurts to be so far away."
"So you don't trust me?" Elios asked, teasing her lightly.
"Oh! No, no Prince! But you know...it's just..."
"I do know small one. One you have looked after so long is hard to stop thinking of." He looked lovingly at his rosy haired dreamer girl. Her chest rose and fell in the rhythm of a song that danced at the back of Elios mind. "Kamisama kanaete happy-end, genzai--kako--mirai mo,
anata ni kubittake: Dear God, please give us a happy ending, The present, the past, even the future–, All this I devote to you" He watched the her breath dance until he remember what he wanted to do before she woke.
"I must go see the King and Queen. Could you keep the Lady company? Come get me if anything is wrong."
"Right. Why are you so worried about her?" asked Diana as she jumped to the bed.
"Just because of the child," replied Elios, not wanting to worry the cat.
***
Elios reached the throne room and the guards smiled in recognition.
"Watch out, they're having a little tuff in there," warned one guard.
Elios raised his eyebrows at the man. He gulped as what sound like a glass vase hit the wall inside. The guards opened the door.
"Mamoru, don't lie! You were to checking out the scouts," screamed Usagi.
"No I wasn't. Honest," Mamoru said, waving his hands, "I was looking at the gardens."
"No you weren't! DON'T LIE! YOU WERE WATCHING THEM TRAIN!" yelled Usagi hurling a silver candlestick, "You were practically having a nosebleed, you hentai! I CAN'T believe you. HOW long have we been married?"
"Usagi, please calm down."
"NO! Do you want to see some skin? Huh? Huh? Wanna see some skin? Cause it's the last you'll be seeing for a while," Usagi began to pull down the front of her dress. Mamoru didn't look all that unhappy at the prospect.
Elios who had been making his way to the front, immediately bowed down to hide his eyes.
"Queen, King. I must speak with you. It is an urgent matter," Elios called out. At this point his ears were bright red. The Queen and King both turned to where Elios was kneeling. They blinked. Usagi rearranged her dress.
"Oh, sorry," said Usagi blushing. The King and Queen straightened themselves and sat down. Elios sensing they were ready, rose to his feet.
"Why did you come today Elios," said King Endymion
"Something troubles me, your Highness. Last night Princess Selenity woke from a nightmare. She spoke of the Cauldron...and a boy." At the mention of the Cauldron both Royals tensed.
"What about this boy?" asked the Queen.
"Did you speak further?" questioned the King.
"She said no more about the boy and I asked her no more. I didn't want to trouble her. I worry about any stress on her and our child. I told her to go back sleep. She has not woken yet. I am not going to question her if she doesn't remember."
"I see," said the Queen, thinking, "Probably a good idea. I think we need to check out the Cauldron and Galaxia's old Palace. No one has been there for ages.
"Now who could go? The King, the scouts and I are needed here. The outer scouts are off doing something. With the Princess pregnant you and the amazon girls must stay near her. Who is left. Oh! I know, the Starlights." A look passed over the King's face.
"Selenity," he asked, "must we bother Queen Kakyu? Surely I could go. You don't need to send the starlights on a mission that has nothing to do with them. I'm sure their already working hard."
"Well, you and Artemis could go and I could ask the starlights to just hang out here until you return. It would be like a vacation for them. Does that sound like a better plan?"
King Endymion had made Seiya's acquaintance on several occasions. His, err, her possession of Usagi drove him crazy. And none of the scouts would ever tell him what happened well he was with Galaxia. He didn't reply to Usagi.
"Good, I'll go ahead and call Kakyu. Thank you Elios, thank you for telling us. Please go back to Selenity."
Elios bowed once again.
"Thank you Queen." He turned and walked from the room. As he neared the door he heard a mutter.
"Like you aren't checking out his butt."
Elios found his face blushing once again and he rushed from the room. Behind him the guards burst into laughter and he heard the angry call of:
"MAMO-CHAN!!!!" That was followed by the crash of what was probably the other silver candlestick.
***
When Elios reached his chambers he opened the door quietly. Chibiusa was still sleeping. Diana was curled around her head. Elios smiled as the two slumbered. He removed his robe and slipped back into the bed. He decide not to let Chibiusa know he had gone to see her parents. He turned over and looked at his princess. Her long slender body filled the nightgown perfectly. Diana had also become an adult cat. She, like her mistress, was with child.
"Don't worry, dreamer girl. Sleep on," said Elios like a spell, "Forgot, sleep on."
And she would forget her dream. And this time forgetting was better then remembering. For their daughter.
PS Sorry this chapter is so short. I'll try to make them longer.
