"I bring you a message from Lord Blackthorn, stay away from the
prince." the creature hissed.
"Well you can tell this Blackthorn to suck my big toe! He is not my boss and I can see whomever I wish!" The creature did not look too happy about my response,"I shall have to kill you then." he smiled.
"Darien, take the girl and get back to the palace!" I shouted as he ran over to her. Darien bent down to pick her up and a star appeared on her forhead,'Another moon?!' he thought to himself as a beam of silver light shot out of her forehead and into his eyes. I saw the light briefly,"Hey are you OK over there?" I asked.
"I am fine." he said rather sternly. I shook it off,"Get her back to the palace, she is probably hurt."
"Don't tell me what to do Serenity, I know what needs to be done." he said as he took the girl and put her on the horse with him and rode off. I turned around,"Darien?" I asked, but that was a mistake the creature took advantage of this and grabbed my pig tails. He swung me around and threw me into a tree.
"Son of a....! Dang hair!" I cursed. "Memo to self, get the tails wacked!" I groaned as I finally got my wind back, I reached up and touched my forehead,"Great! Just great! That's gonna leave a mark!" I winced as I got to my feet. I could feel the blood starting to seep down my face. I wiped it off with my shirt sleeve. The creature just stood there,"My my, such a mouth for a little girl." it laughed. "Didn't your mother teach you any manners?"
"Oh she did, my father taught me a few things too." I smirked as I jumped into a tree. The creature looked around,"Huh, where did she go?"
"Up here ugly!" I shouted as I jumped out of the tree and took my sword and stabbed him in the back. The creature yelled out in pain and flung me to the ground, my sword was still stuck in it's back.
"Damn!" I cursed. "Why does my sword always get stuck?" I looked down to see cuts and scrapes all over my arms. I got to my feet as quickly as I could and jumped back into the tree. Hiding off in the distance stood two figures on horses,"Is that who I think it is?" the man asked the woman.
"Yes, that is Serenity, the daughter of Serenity."
"Ah then they must all be on earth, it would do us good to see Sensi again, wouldn't you say?" he asked.
"Aye it would, but first we must keep Serenity outta trouble. I must say I know where she gets her attitude." she laughed.
"Huh?" the man asked.
"Well certainly not from her mother." the woman laughed as she thought back to the first time they all met Serenity. She frowned though as she remembered how Rei and Jedite. were killed in the last battle. 'Well at least they are together.' she smiled as she turned her attention back to Serenity. I jumped out of the tree onto the creatures back and grabbed my sword,"I do believe this belongs to me, thank you!" I shouted as I jumped off his back.
"Eww! Monster goo!" I laughed. The creature started for me again,"I am tired of this! Spirits of the moon !" I shouted as four large, spiky metal objects appeared. They just sat there spinning in front of me,"Surround that thing!" I shouted as they did what they were told.
"Wow! I didn't know you could control the spells like that!" the woman gasped.
"Well there are only few that can do it, she is one of them apparently." the man smiled. The creature howled out in pain as the blades cut into it,"Now you have a choice creature, you can leave OR you can die."
"Ha! That's what you think little girl!" it smirked as it chanted something. The man took off on his horse,"He's getting ready, looks like chain lightning!"
"Hey wait!" the woman yelled as she took of as well. "Great, well there goes our cover." The hairs on my arms felt like they were standing straight up,"What the hell?" I gasped. All of a sudden there was a shot of light and my blades were gone!
"Lightning!?" I gasped. He chanted something else and I turned in time to see a man riding towards me on a black horse and fast! He grabbed my pig tails as he rode by and flung me onto the back of the horse.
"Whoa! Watch the head would ya? Geesh, it's tender the way it is!"
"What in the world did you do that for?" I snapped. All of a sudden there was a another strike of lightning right where I was standing! It left nothing but a smoking hole in the ground.
"Um, lemme guess you would rather be a smoked rabbit right about now huh?" the man laughed. I just looked at him as we turned around to face the creature,"What in the world is that thing?!" I asked him finally.
"That is a balron, one of Lord Blackthorn's creations out to do his dirty work." a woman said as she rode up by us.
"Who the hell is this Blackthorn everyone keeps talking about? It seems that everyone knows him but me?" I asked getting a little peeved.
"Your mother didn't tell you?!" the man asked in shock.
"Can you half blame her ? Serenity wanted to keep them safe." the woman said.
"How do you know my mother?" I asked in surprise. The man looked up,"Uh, hold that thought Serenity, we have bigger and uglier things to worry about right now." he said as the balron flew up.
"Well I will take care of THAT little problem." I smirked as I closed my eyes and cupped my hands. "Moonlight Fire!" I shouted as a ball of fire flew from my hands and towards the monster. Which flew right by him.
"Ha you missed little girl!" the Balron laughed as he started flying closer.
"Oh really? Moonlight Charge!" I shouted as the fire ball turned into a bird, flying into the creatures wings, burning them off, causing it to fall to the ground.
"My wings!?" it shouted in pain. I jumped off the horse and ran towards the creature with my sword, he summoned fireball after fireball. I managed to dodge most of them, but some hit me. I finally reached him,"No choice for you this time!" I yelled and cut off it's head. Then it just vanished! Little did they know that a creature called a Harpy was watching, as soon as the Balron vanished it flew off.
"My Lord." the harpy began. "The balron was defeated sire." she said as she folded her wings behind her.
"Ah! Oh well so be it. If things go as planned I won't have to go to earth at all. Trinity will take care of it for me!" Blackthorn laughed.
"Good lord!" I gasped as I fell to my knees wincing in pain from the burns and cuts that I had received. The two people rode up behind me, I found myself being picked up,"Yep definitely her father." The man laughed as he put me back on his horse. The woman took my horse that was tied to the tree and lead it behind her. I must have passed out along the way cause when I came to we were at the palace. The guards saw me and let us in right away. We were greeted by Andromeda and Artemis.
"Bunny!" Andromeda gasped. "Artemis you have to help her!" she said. Artemis looked up at the two newcommers,"Thank you, here hand her to me." he said as he started healing me.
"I can't do it all, I am too weak! Those burns are gonna take forever!" Artemis said. The woman kneeled down and said something, Andromeda and Artemis watched as I started glowing a silver color, after the glowing stopped the only thing I had on me was the blood from my cuts and scrapes.
"Wow thanks!" I smiled. "I feel so much better."
"Ami? Zoicite? What are you doing here?" my mother asked as she walked towards us with my father. Zoicite looked up and smiled, "Hello Sensi, Serenity. We were trying to keep Serenity here out of trouble."
"Yes we saw what you did and for that we are greatfull." Sensi smiled. I looked at all of them,"Um what's going on?" I asked.
"I think it's time we ALL had a talk, don't you Serenity?" Zoicite asked looking at my mother. Our mother just frowned and nodded her head as we walked into the sitting room.
"What!?You mean to tell me that our uncle is trying to kill Serenity?!" Artemis shouted. Andromeda looked to Kassie and Zoicite,"So you two helped put this guy away the first time? How did he get out then?" Kassie shrugged her shoulders,"I really have no idea, but I do know he had to get someone from this side to help him and no doubt they will be working for him now."
"Also, knowing Blackthorn, that person will be very close to you and try to kill you no doubt." Zoicite added.
"Well good grief, that's not going to stop me from having fun! I can't go around moping just because someone is trying to kill me! By the way, why are they trying to kill me?" I asked as I messed with a rip I got in my jeans.
"Your the only one that can seal him away for good Serenity, so that he will never return." my mother said. I sat there for a minute,"Well is there any way I can just kill him and be done with it?" My dad smiled,*Hmm to the point, I like that! It reminds me of me!* he thought.
"There is a way, but it's too dangerous you would never get that close enough to do it." my mother said. I sat there and looked at her like she had two heads,"Mom it's me Bunny, you gave me that nickname for a reason remember?" I winked.
"Well let's just say that he is not quite human, he is also....." my father started. My head snapped up and my star started glowing as the image of the man from my dream flashed through my mind,"Machine..." I mumbled. Darien and the girl he rescued were walking down the hall at the time, she quickly turned Darien around when she saw the light.
"So Darien tell me more about the rose gardens." she smiled as they walked into the gardens.
"What in the world?" Zoicite asked as the glowing stopped. I just sat there for a minute with a dazed look on my face. When I came around everyone was staring at me,"What? Do I have something on my face? Oh and you were telling me how to kill Blackthorn?" I asked.
"Um yes he has a Life pack on his back that is connected into his head and neck, if that is disconnected, then his life functions will stop." my father said.
"So in other words if I pull the plug he will croak huh?" I laughed. Artemis shook his head,"It's nice to see that you have a sense of humor about all this sis." I just smiled,"A bucket of bolts?" I laughed. "Ha! Piece of cake!" I said walking off.
"She is scared to death." Kassie frowned as I walked out of sight.
"Poor girl I wish we could help her." Zoicite sighed. Andromeda's eyes went wide,"You mean you can't?" she asked.
"The only thing that we can do is battle anything else that he throws at us and try to keep her safe." Serenity said. I ran to my room,"I am not scared." I smiled as I looked into the mirror, but my smile faded,"I am terrified, but it must be done, everyone is counting on me."
"I wonder what happened to Darien and that girl we found.?" I asked out loud as I changed clothes. Walking into the gardens, I found exactly who I was looking for.
"I just don't understand it." Kassie sighed as she shook her head.
"Hmm? Understand what?" Deborah asked.
"Balrons don't just attack anybody. Blackthorn usually has them target certain people." she replied.
"Yeah your right, I wonder what connection that girl had to Blackthorn?" Zoicite wondered.
"What girl?" William asked. Ami and Zoicite looked at them,"The one that your son brought back to the palace of course." she said as she looked at Zoicite.
"We haven't seen Darien since this morning." Deborah said as she got out of her seat in search for her son. The others all did the same.
"Serenity! Hey over here!" Darien shouted as he waved his hand.
'I wonder why he doesn't call me Bunny anymore?' I thought to myself as I walked up to him. I then noticed that they were holding hands, my heart fell to the floor.
"You wanted to see me?" my voice cracked.
"This is Lady Trinity, remember the one we found this morning?" he asked. The girl smiled at me,"Thank you so much for finding me. If it wasn't for you I am sure I would have been killed."
"We couldn't allow that could we hun?" Darien smiled at her. I couldn't help it my face when from a smile to a frown, I glanced back at Trinity,'Was she laughing at me? Oh surely not.' I thought.
"Oh Trinity, this is Serenity, the Princess of Lumeria." he smiled.
"Nice to meet you princess, again thank you." she smiled. I just nodded my head and smiled, out the corner of my eye I could see everyone coming outdoors.
"Well that's my cue!" I winked and ran off.
"Hmm, strange girl. Are you sure she is a princess?" Trinity asked. Darien shook his head,"I know she means well, but she is a great friend once you get to know her, just give her a chance." he smiled.
"Oh I will." Trinity smiled back. 'Believe me I will.' she thought to herself.
"Well you can tell this Blackthorn to suck my big toe! He is not my boss and I can see whomever I wish!" The creature did not look too happy about my response,"I shall have to kill you then." he smiled.
"Darien, take the girl and get back to the palace!" I shouted as he ran over to her. Darien bent down to pick her up and a star appeared on her forhead,'Another moon?!' he thought to himself as a beam of silver light shot out of her forehead and into his eyes. I saw the light briefly,"Hey are you OK over there?" I asked.
"I am fine." he said rather sternly. I shook it off,"Get her back to the palace, she is probably hurt."
"Don't tell me what to do Serenity, I know what needs to be done." he said as he took the girl and put her on the horse with him and rode off. I turned around,"Darien?" I asked, but that was a mistake the creature took advantage of this and grabbed my pig tails. He swung me around and threw me into a tree.
"Son of a....! Dang hair!" I cursed. "Memo to self, get the tails wacked!" I groaned as I finally got my wind back, I reached up and touched my forehead,"Great! Just great! That's gonna leave a mark!" I winced as I got to my feet. I could feel the blood starting to seep down my face. I wiped it off with my shirt sleeve. The creature just stood there,"My my, such a mouth for a little girl." it laughed. "Didn't your mother teach you any manners?"
"Oh she did, my father taught me a few things too." I smirked as I jumped into a tree. The creature looked around,"Huh, where did she go?"
"Up here ugly!" I shouted as I jumped out of the tree and took my sword and stabbed him in the back. The creature yelled out in pain and flung me to the ground, my sword was still stuck in it's back.
"Damn!" I cursed. "Why does my sword always get stuck?" I looked down to see cuts and scrapes all over my arms. I got to my feet as quickly as I could and jumped back into the tree. Hiding off in the distance stood two figures on horses,"Is that who I think it is?" the man asked the woman.
"Yes, that is Serenity, the daughter of Serenity."
"Ah then they must all be on earth, it would do us good to see Sensi again, wouldn't you say?" he asked.
"Aye it would, but first we must keep Serenity outta trouble. I must say I know where she gets her attitude." she laughed.
"Huh?" the man asked.
"Well certainly not from her mother." the woman laughed as she thought back to the first time they all met Serenity. She frowned though as she remembered how Rei and Jedite. were killed in the last battle. 'Well at least they are together.' she smiled as she turned her attention back to Serenity. I jumped out of the tree onto the creatures back and grabbed my sword,"I do believe this belongs to me, thank you!" I shouted as I jumped off his back.
"Eww! Monster goo!" I laughed. The creature started for me again,"I am tired of this! Spirits of the moon !" I shouted as four large, spiky metal objects appeared. They just sat there spinning in front of me,"Surround that thing!" I shouted as they did what they were told.
"Wow! I didn't know you could control the spells like that!" the woman gasped.
"Well there are only few that can do it, she is one of them apparently." the man smiled. The creature howled out in pain as the blades cut into it,"Now you have a choice creature, you can leave OR you can die."
"Ha! That's what you think little girl!" it smirked as it chanted something. The man took off on his horse,"He's getting ready, looks like chain lightning!"
"Hey wait!" the woman yelled as she took of as well. "Great, well there goes our cover." The hairs on my arms felt like they were standing straight up,"What the hell?" I gasped. All of a sudden there was a shot of light and my blades were gone!
"Lightning!?" I gasped. He chanted something else and I turned in time to see a man riding towards me on a black horse and fast! He grabbed my pig tails as he rode by and flung me onto the back of the horse.
"Whoa! Watch the head would ya? Geesh, it's tender the way it is!"
"What in the world did you do that for?" I snapped. All of a sudden there was a another strike of lightning right where I was standing! It left nothing but a smoking hole in the ground.
"Um, lemme guess you would rather be a smoked rabbit right about now huh?" the man laughed. I just looked at him as we turned around to face the creature,"What in the world is that thing?!" I asked him finally.
"That is a balron, one of Lord Blackthorn's creations out to do his dirty work." a woman said as she rode up by us.
"Who the hell is this Blackthorn everyone keeps talking about? It seems that everyone knows him but me?" I asked getting a little peeved.
"Your mother didn't tell you?!" the man asked in shock.
"Can you half blame her ? Serenity wanted to keep them safe." the woman said.
"How do you know my mother?" I asked in surprise. The man looked up,"Uh, hold that thought Serenity, we have bigger and uglier things to worry about right now." he said as the balron flew up.
"Well I will take care of THAT little problem." I smirked as I closed my eyes and cupped my hands. "Moonlight Fire!" I shouted as a ball of fire flew from my hands and towards the monster. Which flew right by him.
"Ha you missed little girl!" the Balron laughed as he started flying closer.
"Oh really? Moonlight Charge!" I shouted as the fire ball turned into a bird, flying into the creatures wings, burning them off, causing it to fall to the ground.
"My wings!?" it shouted in pain. I jumped off the horse and ran towards the creature with my sword, he summoned fireball after fireball. I managed to dodge most of them, but some hit me. I finally reached him,"No choice for you this time!" I yelled and cut off it's head. Then it just vanished! Little did they know that a creature called a Harpy was watching, as soon as the Balron vanished it flew off.
"My Lord." the harpy began. "The balron was defeated sire." she said as she folded her wings behind her.
"Ah! Oh well so be it. If things go as planned I won't have to go to earth at all. Trinity will take care of it for me!" Blackthorn laughed.
"Good lord!" I gasped as I fell to my knees wincing in pain from the burns and cuts that I had received. The two people rode up behind me, I found myself being picked up,"Yep definitely her father." The man laughed as he put me back on his horse. The woman took my horse that was tied to the tree and lead it behind her. I must have passed out along the way cause when I came to we were at the palace. The guards saw me and let us in right away. We were greeted by Andromeda and Artemis.
"Bunny!" Andromeda gasped. "Artemis you have to help her!" she said. Artemis looked up at the two newcommers,"Thank you, here hand her to me." he said as he started healing me.
"I can't do it all, I am too weak! Those burns are gonna take forever!" Artemis said. The woman kneeled down and said something, Andromeda and Artemis watched as I started glowing a silver color, after the glowing stopped the only thing I had on me was the blood from my cuts and scrapes.
"Wow thanks!" I smiled. "I feel so much better."
"Ami? Zoicite? What are you doing here?" my mother asked as she walked towards us with my father. Zoicite looked up and smiled, "Hello Sensi, Serenity. We were trying to keep Serenity here out of trouble."
"Yes we saw what you did and for that we are greatfull." Sensi smiled. I looked at all of them,"Um what's going on?" I asked.
"I think it's time we ALL had a talk, don't you Serenity?" Zoicite asked looking at my mother. Our mother just frowned and nodded her head as we walked into the sitting room.
"What!?You mean to tell me that our uncle is trying to kill Serenity?!" Artemis shouted. Andromeda looked to Kassie and Zoicite,"So you two helped put this guy away the first time? How did he get out then?" Kassie shrugged her shoulders,"I really have no idea, but I do know he had to get someone from this side to help him and no doubt they will be working for him now."
"Also, knowing Blackthorn, that person will be very close to you and try to kill you no doubt." Zoicite added.
"Well good grief, that's not going to stop me from having fun! I can't go around moping just because someone is trying to kill me! By the way, why are they trying to kill me?" I asked as I messed with a rip I got in my jeans.
"Your the only one that can seal him away for good Serenity, so that he will never return." my mother said. I sat there for a minute,"Well is there any way I can just kill him and be done with it?" My dad smiled,*Hmm to the point, I like that! It reminds me of me!* he thought.
"There is a way, but it's too dangerous you would never get that close enough to do it." my mother said. I sat there and looked at her like she had two heads,"Mom it's me Bunny, you gave me that nickname for a reason remember?" I winked.
"Well let's just say that he is not quite human, he is also....." my father started. My head snapped up and my star started glowing as the image of the man from my dream flashed through my mind,"Machine..." I mumbled. Darien and the girl he rescued were walking down the hall at the time, she quickly turned Darien around when she saw the light.
"So Darien tell me more about the rose gardens." she smiled as they walked into the gardens.
"What in the world?" Zoicite asked as the glowing stopped. I just sat there for a minute with a dazed look on my face. When I came around everyone was staring at me,"What? Do I have something on my face? Oh and you were telling me how to kill Blackthorn?" I asked.
"Um yes he has a Life pack on his back that is connected into his head and neck, if that is disconnected, then his life functions will stop." my father said.
"So in other words if I pull the plug he will croak huh?" I laughed. Artemis shook his head,"It's nice to see that you have a sense of humor about all this sis." I just smiled,"A bucket of bolts?" I laughed. "Ha! Piece of cake!" I said walking off.
"She is scared to death." Kassie frowned as I walked out of sight.
"Poor girl I wish we could help her." Zoicite sighed. Andromeda's eyes went wide,"You mean you can't?" she asked.
"The only thing that we can do is battle anything else that he throws at us and try to keep her safe." Serenity said. I ran to my room,"I am not scared." I smiled as I looked into the mirror, but my smile faded,"I am terrified, but it must be done, everyone is counting on me."
"I wonder what happened to Darien and that girl we found.?" I asked out loud as I changed clothes. Walking into the gardens, I found exactly who I was looking for.
"I just don't understand it." Kassie sighed as she shook her head.
"Hmm? Understand what?" Deborah asked.
"Balrons don't just attack anybody. Blackthorn usually has them target certain people." she replied.
"Yeah your right, I wonder what connection that girl had to Blackthorn?" Zoicite wondered.
"What girl?" William asked. Ami and Zoicite looked at them,"The one that your son brought back to the palace of course." she said as she looked at Zoicite.
"We haven't seen Darien since this morning." Deborah said as she got out of her seat in search for her son. The others all did the same.
"Serenity! Hey over here!" Darien shouted as he waved his hand.
'I wonder why he doesn't call me Bunny anymore?' I thought to myself as I walked up to him. I then noticed that they were holding hands, my heart fell to the floor.
"You wanted to see me?" my voice cracked.
"This is Lady Trinity, remember the one we found this morning?" he asked. The girl smiled at me,"Thank you so much for finding me. If it wasn't for you I am sure I would have been killed."
"We couldn't allow that could we hun?" Darien smiled at her. I couldn't help it my face when from a smile to a frown, I glanced back at Trinity,'Was she laughing at me? Oh surely not.' I thought.
"Oh Trinity, this is Serenity, the Princess of Lumeria." he smiled.
"Nice to meet you princess, again thank you." she smiled. I just nodded my head and smiled, out the corner of my eye I could see everyone coming outdoors.
"Well that's my cue!" I winked and ran off.
"Hmm, strange girl. Are you sure she is a princess?" Trinity asked. Darien shook his head,"I know she means well, but she is a great friend once you get to know her, just give her a chance." he smiled.
"Oh I will." Trinity smiled back. 'Believe me I will.' she thought to herself.