The next morning, I ran downstairs in a T-shirt and pants and ate
breakfast.
"Where is Darien?" I asked in between bites,"We were supposed to spar this afternoon." Artemis and Andromeda made a disgusted face and shook their heads,"Bunny please." Artemis laughed. I quickly swallowed my food,"Sorry about that." I smiled.
"My brother is out showing Luna around the castle, they should be back for lunch though." Andromeda said. My smile quickly faded,"Oh I see, well I am going outside I guess. I will see you later." I said as I ran out the door.
"Poor Bunny, she really likes him you know." Artemis said to Andromeda.
"Yeah, and Darien really likes her too." she replied.
"And then there was this one time at the Winter ball......." Luna started, but Darien drowned her out with his thoughts,'I wonder what Bunny is doing right now.'he thought to himself. He glanced over at Luna and sighed. Luna saw this and blushed.
'Uh-oh I hope she didn't think that was a lovey dovey look, I mean don't get me wrong, she is pretty,but she is no Bunny.' he thought. I walked down to the pond and climbed a nearby tree, I sat up there pondering what I would teach Darien the next time I saw him.
"And then last summer......" I heard a girls voice approaching the tree so I looked down to see who it was. It was Luna and Darien.
'Poor Darien.' I sighed. Then I got a wild hair. I waited until they were both by the pond and then......
"BOO!" I shouted as I jumped out of the tree. Luna screamed and jumped a mile in the air and fell backwards into the pond, while Darien stood there laughing his head off.
"Bunny! Mom is gonna hear about this!" Luna gasped as she surfaced the water. My eyes went wide, I did a mock curtsy,"Your highness." I giggled and ran off laughing towards the castle.
"Darn that girl!" Luna cursed as she looked in the mirror,"My hair is ruined and so are my chances with Darien!" she sobbed as she lay her head down on her vanity.
"Hush there child, don't cry." a voice whispered. Luna's head snapped up,"Who's there? Where are you?" she gasped.
"Look in the mirror child." the voice whispered again. Luna glanced up to see an old man appear in the mirror,"Don't be afraid Luna I can help you."
"How...how do you know my name?" she stuttered.
"My name is Blackthorn, Lord Blackthorn. I know all and see all, and I know that you have your eyes on a certain young man." he whispered as he projected an image of Darien and Serenity walking in the gardens.
"I do but I can't compete with her! She is more his type." Luna sighed.
"True, but if you release me I can make sure that she won't ever get in your way again."
"What do you mean, release you?" Luna asked. The image in the mirror sighed,"A long time ago I was falsely accused of trying to dominate a whole planet, my darling nieces along with there friends tried to capture me and banish me to outer space, they succeeded. Ever since then I have been looking for someone to help me and in return I would help them."
"Oh my goodness how awful!" Luna gasped."How do I release you?" she asked. In the throne room of Earth, a small crystal ball hovered in mid air, the king and queen of earth looked up in amusement.
"I thought I said we were not to be disturbed." my father frowned at the crystal. The crystal started glowing a red color and my fathers eyes narrowed, he quickly grabbed it and flung it into the air, as he did the ball got bigger and bigger and projected an image of a man on it.
"My king! Blackthorn has been freed!" a guard told him through the image. My mother went pale and the king and queen of Earth just looked in wonder at what was happening. My father muttered something,"Very well, keep me posted." he said as he looked at my mother.
"No....it can't be!" my mother gasped as she stood from her seat.
"Serenity are you all right?" Deborah asked. My father spoke up,"I think it's time we all talked." he said. King William nodded his head as they all headed to the conference room.
" Sensi,what is this all about? Who is this Blackthorn?" William asked my father.
"Lord Blackthorn is my uncle." my mother started. "A long time ago, when I was Serenitys age, a man named Lord Blackthorn tried to rule over all of Sosoria by killing anyone that got in his way, things got so bad that me and my sister Lady Minerva had to leave our home on the moon to stop him. While on Sosoria we met a clan that called themselves the Vipers. My sister and I and the Vipers had a final war with Blackthorn in which Minerva was killed. I finally banished Blackthorn to outer darkness, but he swore he would find a way back. Then I married Sensi, he was part of that Viper clan and then a year later we had the twins then we had Serenity. Now my uncle is back, and there is no telling what is going to happen."
"Oh my goodness! It's true!" Deborah gasped. William shook his head,"I thought it was just a myth all this time."
"I am afraid it is all very true." my father said.
"Is there anything that we can do Sensi?" William asked.
"All we can do is pray that he doesn't find Serenity, if he does then he will kill her." he sighed. A gasp came from Deborah,"Why would he want to kill such an innocent child?"
"Serenity may look innocent but she inherited the powers from both me AND her father as the other two did not. Artemis got his father's healing powers and Luna got my taming. In other words Serenity is the only one that can banish Blackthorn so that he will NEVER return."
"Blackthorn is aware of this but the children are not. None of them know of there uncle and Serenity just thinks her powers are normal. She has no idea how powerful she is and the sad thing is, she is still receiving them. That's why we came to earth for her birthday, she is to get the rest of them then." my father said. BACK IN LUNAS ROOM:
"Come with me Luna." Blackthorn said as he held out his hand, only it wasn't a hand it was a three pronged claw of metal where his real hand once was, Luna drew back in fear.
"Don't be afraid child, I won't hurt you." he reassured her as she took it and was pulled through the mirror. Luna stepped through and looked around, there was nothing but darkness and off in the distance there was a small bright light.
"Come towards the light child." a voice whispered. Luna slowly walked towards it and found herself trapped in a crystal,"Hey lemme out!" she shouted as she banged on the sides of it.
"Don't worry you will be out soon enough Luna." Blackthorn smiled as a dark light fell over her and then it all went black.
"Awaken child, you now belong to me." he smiled. Luna started to stir and she opened her eyes, they were now a icy blue color and her hair short and blue.
"That's it child, now come to me." Blackthorn hissed. Luna walked slowly to him,"I am no longer Luna I am the Lady of Pathos, I am Lady Trinity!" she laughed.
"Ha success! Now, we shall erase all memory of you on earth. I will place you on earth and you alone shall have Prince Darien's favor and once you do you will befriend Serenity and then kill her!" he laughed. BACK IN THE PALACE:
"Have you seen Serenity?" my mother asked as she came into the sitting room. Andromeda and Artemis looked up from their game of chess,"I believe she and Darien are out in the forest riding horses, they should be back soon." Artemis said. Serenity just nodded her head and left the room.
"Come on Darien! Your sooo slow!" I mocked rolling my eyes as I topped the hill. I turned as his horse finally caught up to me,"Good grief! YOU are a girl right?" he laughed.
"Well duh!? I do have certain things that separate you from me you know! Um I mean....."I blushed. Darien just sat there and stared at me like I had grown two more meatballs. Just then we heard a girl scream,"Somebody help me please!!"
"What the hell was that?" I asked as I drew my sword out of it's holster. Darien did the same,"I have no idea but let's go check it out!" he said as we rode off in the direction of the scream.
"Lemme go please!" the girl shouted as we rounded the corner. We came face to face with the weirdest creature we have ever seen.
"What the HELL is that thing?" Darien wondered as he got off his horse. I got off mine as well,"Hey ugly! Let her go!" I shouted as I readied my sword. Darien's mouth just fell to the ground,'Well she's got guts, I'll give her that.' he thought to himself. "Be careful Serenity!" he shouted. The creature flung the girl to the ground,"So your Serenity huh?" the creature growled.
"Huh? You can talk? Hey how do you know me?" I asked in shock. Back at the palace Queen Serenity was walking back down the hall when she was approached by King Sensi her husband, "Serenity we need to talk now." he said as he took out a crystal ball and flung it into the air. It projected an image of Darien and I fighting a monster.
"Oh no it's a balron! What on earth is it doing here?" Serenity gasped as she stared at the image. Sensi cursed under his breath,"No doubt he is here to kill Serenity." he sighed.
"We can't help her Sensi! She has to defeat it by herself!" Serenity sobbed. Sensi put an arm around his wife to comfort her,"Dammit!" he muttered.
"Where is Darien?" I asked in between bites,"We were supposed to spar this afternoon." Artemis and Andromeda made a disgusted face and shook their heads,"Bunny please." Artemis laughed. I quickly swallowed my food,"Sorry about that." I smiled.
"My brother is out showing Luna around the castle, they should be back for lunch though." Andromeda said. My smile quickly faded,"Oh I see, well I am going outside I guess. I will see you later." I said as I ran out the door.
"Poor Bunny, she really likes him you know." Artemis said to Andromeda.
"Yeah, and Darien really likes her too." she replied.
"And then there was this one time at the Winter ball......." Luna started, but Darien drowned her out with his thoughts,'I wonder what Bunny is doing right now.'he thought to himself. He glanced over at Luna and sighed. Luna saw this and blushed.
'Uh-oh I hope she didn't think that was a lovey dovey look, I mean don't get me wrong, she is pretty,but she is no Bunny.' he thought. I walked down to the pond and climbed a nearby tree, I sat up there pondering what I would teach Darien the next time I saw him.
"And then last summer......" I heard a girls voice approaching the tree so I looked down to see who it was. It was Luna and Darien.
'Poor Darien.' I sighed. Then I got a wild hair. I waited until they were both by the pond and then......
"BOO!" I shouted as I jumped out of the tree. Luna screamed and jumped a mile in the air and fell backwards into the pond, while Darien stood there laughing his head off.
"Bunny! Mom is gonna hear about this!" Luna gasped as she surfaced the water. My eyes went wide, I did a mock curtsy,"Your highness." I giggled and ran off laughing towards the castle.
"Darn that girl!" Luna cursed as she looked in the mirror,"My hair is ruined and so are my chances with Darien!" she sobbed as she lay her head down on her vanity.
"Hush there child, don't cry." a voice whispered. Luna's head snapped up,"Who's there? Where are you?" she gasped.
"Look in the mirror child." the voice whispered again. Luna glanced up to see an old man appear in the mirror,"Don't be afraid Luna I can help you."
"How...how do you know my name?" she stuttered.
"My name is Blackthorn, Lord Blackthorn. I know all and see all, and I know that you have your eyes on a certain young man." he whispered as he projected an image of Darien and Serenity walking in the gardens.
"I do but I can't compete with her! She is more his type." Luna sighed.
"True, but if you release me I can make sure that she won't ever get in your way again."
"What do you mean, release you?" Luna asked. The image in the mirror sighed,"A long time ago I was falsely accused of trying to dominate a whole planet, my darling nieces along with there friends tried to capture me and banish me to outer space, they succeeded. Ever since then I have been looking for someone to help me and in return I would help them."
"Oh my goodness how awful!" Luna gasped."How do I release you?" she asked. In the throne room of Earth, a small crystal ball hovered in mid air, the king and queen of earth looked up in amusement.
"I thought I said we were not to be disturbed." my father frowned at the crystal. The crystal started glowing a red color and my fathers eyes narrowed, he quickly grabbed it and flung it into the air, as he did the ball got bigger and bigger and projected an image of a man on it.
"My king! Blackthorn has been freed!" a guard told him through the image. My mother went pale and the king and queen of Earth just looked in wonder at what was happening. My father muttered something,"Very well, keep me posted." he said as he looked at my mother.
"No....it can't be!" my mother gasped as she stood from her seat.
"Serenity are you all right?" Deborah asked. My father spoke up,"I think it's time we all talked." he said. King William nodded his head as they all headed to the conference room.
" Sensi,what is this all about? Who is this Blackthorn?" William asked my father.
"Lord Blackthorn is my uncle." my mother started. "A long time ago, when I was Serenitys age, a man named Lord Blackthorn tried to rule over all of Sosoria by killing anyone that got in his way, things got so bad that me and my sister Lady Minerva had to leave our home on the moon to stop him. While on Sosoria we met a clan that called themselves the Vipers. My sister and I and the Vipers had a final war with Blackthorn in which Minerva was killed. I finally banished Blackthorn to outer darkness, but he swore he would find a way back. Then I married Sensi, he was part of that Viper clan and then a year later we had the twins then we had Serenity. Now my uncle is back, and there is no telling what is going to happen."
"Oh my goodness! It's true!" Deborah gasped. William shook his head,"I thought it was just a myth all this time."
"I am afraid it is all very true." my father said.
"Is there anything that we can do Sensi?" William asked.
"All we can do is pray that he doesn't find Serenity, if he does then he will kill her." he sighed. A gasp came from Deborah,"Why would he want to kill such an innocent child?"
"Serenity may look innocent but she inherited the powers from both me AND her father as the other two did not. Artemis got his father's healing powers and Luna got my taming. In other words Serenity is the only one that can banish Blackthorn so that he will NEVER return."
"Blackthorn is aware of this but the children are not. None of them know of there uncle and Serenity just thinks her powers are normal. She has no idea how powerful she is and the sad thing is, she is still receiving them. That's why we came to earth for her birthday, she is to get the rest of them then." my father said. BACK IN LUNAS ROOM:
"Come with me Luna." Blackthorn said as he held out his hand, only it wasn't a hand it was a three pronged claw of metal where his real hand once was, Luna drew back in fear.
"Don't be afraid child, I won't hurt you." he reassured her as she took it and was pulled through the mirror. Luna stepped through and looked around, there was nothing but darkness and off in the distance there was a small bright light.
"Come towards the light child." a voice whispered. Luna slowly walked towards it and found herself trapped in a crystal,"Hey lemme out!" she shouted as she banged on the sides of it.
"Don't worry you will be out soon enough Luna." Blackthorn smiled as a dark light fell over her and then it all went black.
"Awaken child, you now belong to me." he smiled. Luna started to stir and she opened her eyes, they were now a icy blue color and her hair short and blue.
"That's it child, now come to me." Blackthorn hissed. Luna walked slowly to him,"I am no longer Luna I am the Lady of Pathos, I am Lady Trinity!" she laughed.
"Ha success! Now, we shall erase all memory of you on earth. I will place you on earth and you alone shall have Prince Darien's favor and once you do you will befriend Serenity and then kill her!" he laughed. BACK IN THE PALACE:
"Have you seen Serenity?" my mother asked as she came into the sitting room. Andromeda and Artemis looked up from their game of chess,"I believe she and Darien are out in the forest riding horses, they should be back soon." Artemis said. Serenity just nodded her head and left the room.
"Come on Darien! Your sooo slow!" I mocked rolling my eyes as I topped the hill. I turned as his horse finally caught up to me,"Good grief! YOU are a girl right?" he laughed.
"Well duh!? I do have certain things that separate you from me you know! Um I mean....."I blushed. Darien just sat there and stared at me like I had grown two more meatballs. Just then we heard a girl scream,"Somebody help me please!!"
"What the hell was that?" I asked as I drew my sword out of it's holster. Darien did the same,"I have no idea but let's go check it out!" he said as we rode off in the direction of the scream.
"Lemme go please!" the girl shouted as we rounded the corner. We came face to face with the weirdest creature we have ever seen.
"What the HELL is that thing?" Darien wondered as he got off his horse. I got off mine as well,"Hey ugly! Let her go!" I shouted as I readied my sword. Darien's mouth just fell to the ground,'Well she's got guts, I'll give her that.' he thought to himself. "Be careful Serenity!" he shouted. The creature flung the girl to the ground,"So your Serenity huh?" the creature growled.
"Huh? You can talk? Hey how do you know me?" I asked in shock. Back at the palace Queen Serenity was walking back down the hall when she was approached by King Sensi her husband, "Serenity we need to talk now." he said as he took out a crystal ball and flung it into the air. It projected an image of Darien and I fighting a monster.
"Oh no it's a balron! What on earth is it doing here?" Serenity gasped as she stared at the image. Sensi cursed under his breath,"No doubt he is here to kill Serenity." he sighed.
"We can't help her Sensi! She has to defeat it by herself!" Serenity sobbed. Sensi put an arm around his wife to comfort her,"Dammit!" he muttered.