Okay, just keep in mind that this was written a really really long time
ago. I assure you that writing quality does improve as the story goes on.
The length and depth of the story and what not increase greatly as it goes
on as well. Just give it a chance for a few chapters before you decide to
hate it. ( This is a Scout/General Silver Millenium fanfic, mainly
featuring Rei and Jeadite. Enjoy!
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As the Tears Fell~Chapter One
By MCRK
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"Mommmmy why do I have to meet him? He's gonna be a dork!" Princess Rei of Mars was whining to her mother about having to meet Jeadite. Victoria, Queen of Mars, sighed as she put her head in her hands while she gained strength. A moment later she raised her head and answered her daughter.
"Rei, darling, Jeadite's mother is a very good friend of mine. I have not seen her in many years and that is why she is coming to visit. Seeing as you are the princess, and they are our guests, it is only polite for you to show Jeadite around out kingdom." She said gently.
Rei crossed her arms in anger. "He's going to be a dork. He is going to make fun of me 'cause I am only five and he is already seven."
Rei's mother looked at her sternly. "Jeadite will be a perfect gentleman I am sure. And therefore you will act like a proper young lady, which means no name calling or teasing." She said. "And do not say 'cause. Proper young ladies say because." She chided.
"Don't worry. I won't be mean to him because I am not meeting him!" The princess stamped her foot stubbornly to emphasize her point.
"Rei you will meet him without any complaint and that is final." Victoria said firmly.
Rei pouted for a few minutes still trying to get her way. After a few minutes it was obvious to her she was going to have to meet him whether she wanted to or not. "Fine. I'll meet him but I am not going to do it happily." She said as she pouted.
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Across the galaxy, on the sun, a mother was having the same argument with her child. The only difference was that this child was a boy, and his name, Jeadite. "Awwww Mom, c'mon do I really have to go?" Jeadite complained.
"Who would you stay with?" His mother asked.
"I could stay by myself. I am responsible." He suggested.
His mother turned to look at him with a smirk on her face. "I don't think so. You are going to have to come with me." She turned to add more clothes to the suitcase lying open on Jeadite's bed.
Jeadite scowled. "How come we have to go anyway?" He asked jumping on the bed.
Katherine looked up from packing to see her son bouncing on the bed. "Jeadite stop bouncing!" She scolded. "We are going to Mars because the queen is a very close friend of mine whom I have not seen in years. She has invited us to go visit so we can talk." She explained as Jeadite stopped bouncing and sat down on the bed. "And besides you should be honored, you are going to get to meet the princess of Mars. Not many people can say that." Kat said smiling.
"Not many people can say that they are one of Endymion's future guards either. Doesn't that give me enough to brag about?" Jeadite asked sarcastically.
Kat turned to glare at him. "You don't tell anyone that do you?" She asked suddenly worried.
"Don't worry. No one else knows."
"Good." His mother's usually cheery disposition returned. "And not only will you get to meet the princess, you will be with her most of our trip there." she said.
He rolled his eyes. "Great, so why you go talk with the queen for hours on end, I get to hang out with a girl. One who is only five years old at that!" He exclaimed.
Kat gave him another look. "She may be younger then you, and she may be a girl, but I am sure the two of you will get along wonderfully. And you," Her voice suddenly changed from a soft tone to a stern one, " are going to be a gentleman to her no matter what. That means no fighting, teasing, or name calling."
Jeadite made a sour face. "Fine but if I have a terrible time on mars it is going to be all your fault." "I think I will be able to find a way to live with that." Kat said wryly.
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"It's bad enough I have to spend all my time with him once he gets here, but now I have to wait here 'till he comes too?" Rei cried. "I could be waiting here all day! Please can I go play for a little while? Pleeeeeeease???" She pleaded.
Victoria sighed. Fighting with a five-year-old was hopeless. Especially with one this stubborn. "Fine. You can go play for a little while, but you mustn't get dirty." She said in defeat.
Rei beamed happily. "Oh thank you thank you thank you!" She said happily as she turned and started to run out of the room.
"I am going to summon you when they arrive." Her mother called after her.
Rei barely heard her as she raced out of the palace and headed towards the gardens, her favorite place. 'Finally I'm free!' She though as she ran down the hill. She was so into her thoughts she did not even realize that she was about to run into a young boy at the bottom of the hill. By the time she realized what was about to happen, it was too late to stop. "WATCH OUT!!!" She screamed right before crashing into him.
'This planet sucks.' Jeadite thought. 'There is no other kids here.' He had persuaded his mom to let him explore the palace grounds before they had to go meet the queen. So far though, he hadn't found much of anything.
"WATCH OUT!" He heard the voice scream. He looked up as a tiny girl came flying into him knocking both of them to the ground. "Hey watch where you are going." He said irritably as he stood up and brushed himself off.
"Sorry. I didn't see you." Rei apologized.
"Well make sure it doesn't happen again." Jeadite snapped. She stood up eyes flashing in anger.
"I said I was sorry. But you should be the one apologizing. Apparently you aren't from around here 'cause otherwise you wouldn't talk to me like that. Do you have any idea who I am?" She asked holding her head high.
He rolled his eyes. "Do I really care?" He asked.
Rei, now infuriated, narrowed her eyes at him. "You are an inconsiderate idiotic commoner and I will not waste any more of my time with you." She flipped her hair and stormed off. As he watched her walk away Jeadite realized that even though she seemed much younger then him and she was a girl, she was the first kid he had seen on this stupid planet, so unless he wanted to play by himself, he had better apologize.
"Hey wait a second," he called out, running up to her and placing a hand on her shoulder to stop her.
Rei whirled around, still angry. "What do you want?" She demanded.
"To apologize." He said. She looked at him expectantly. "I'm sorry about before. Can we be friends?" He asked offering his hand and an apologetic smile.
She tried to continue glaring at him but found it impossible, his warm friendly smile melting her anger. Slowly she smiled back shaking his hand in agreement. "Ok friends." She agreed.
"You wanna play a game?" Jeadite suggested.
"You have one in mind?" Rei asked.
He smiled evilly as he reached over and once again tapped her shoulder. "Tag. You're it!" He shouted as he raced away in a fit of laughter. Rei, not about to be left out of the game, started chasing after him. The two caught each other numerous times but one particular time when Jeadite was about to catch Rei, she stopped suddenly causing him to run into her. "Hey what's wrong?" He asked as he suddenly felt his mother summoning him.
"I'm sorry but I have to leave now. It is very important." She explained. 'Mommy who come you had to summon me now?' She thought, 'Now I have to go meet that dork Jeadite.'
"It's ok. I have to go also." He said. 'To meet that idiot princess Rei.' He silently added.
"Sorry." Rei said backing away.
"Wait!" Jeadite called. "What's your.name?" He realized that he was asking no one so he teleported himself to the palace. Once he appeared again he was next to his mother. The first person that he saw was Queen Victoria of Mars who he respectively bowed to. As he rose he noticed the little girl from earlier standing next to the queen. "You!" They both exclaimed. "What are you doing here?" Jeadite asked.
"Me? I live here. What are you doing here?" she asked.
His mouth dropped open as he stared at her. 'She must be like a servant or something.' He thought sensibly. It was then that for the first time that day he noticed the fancy dress that she was wearing. 'She's too rich looking to be a servant. But that would mean.no! There is no way that that is the princess!' He assured himself.
The queen, although confused about how and when the two could have met, decided this was the best time for introductions. She turned to Jeadite and his mother. "Katherine, Jeadite, I would like you to meet."
Jeadite closed his eyes. 'No no no!' He thought.
".my daughter, Princess Rei of Mars." She finished. Jeadite wished the floor would
open and swallow him.
"Rei, this is my friend Katherine, and her son Jeadite."
Rei smiled politely and curtsied. "Please to meet you 'quantainces." She said softly.
"Acquaintances." Victoria whispered in her ear. Rei quickly correct herself. As it finally sunk in that the little girl he had been yelling at before was the princess, Jeadite dropped down to one knee in front of her and bowed his head.
"Please forgive me princess. I had not idea whom I was talking too earlier. I extend my deepest apologies." He said still down on the floor.
Rei, not having had much experience in this, stood there looking helplessly while the adults chuckled slightly.
Victoria took pity on her daughter and helped her out. "Jeadite you may stand." She said. "Now I am not sure what happened between the two of you, or how you even met, but I am sure that Rei forgives you." The queen assured him.
Jeadite however still looked worried as he looked down at Rei.
She smiled kindly at him as she reassured him, "Don't worry, I forgive you."
He breathed a sigh of relief as he smiled back at the princess. 'Maybe this trip won't be so terrible after all.' He thought.
"Rei since Katherine and I would like to talk, how about you show Jeadite the rest of the palace." Victoria suggested.
"Ok." She said happily. Then she noticed the guards in the corner. "Do they have to come with me?" She asked in a low whisper. "They." Meaning the guards that usually were ordered to watch over the princess.
"Yes sweetie. I know you don't like it very much but we need to make sure you are safe."
Rei made a face. "Of fine. C'mon let's go!" She explained grabbing Jeadite's hand and dragging him away.
"And to think, she was determined she was going to hate him." Victoria murmured.
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"And those are the gardens over there." Rei said pointing to a large area filled with beautiful flowers.
"Wait, can we sit a minute?" Jeadite asked completely out of breath. The princess had dragged him all over the palace grounds showing him all her favorite places to go.
"Sure," she said leading him over to a small stone bench where the two of them sat down. "You know, you never told me where you are from." Rei said.
"The sun." Jeadite answered.
"Wow!" Rei said impressed. "You came all the way from the sun? I've always wanted to visit there."
"Don't." Jeadite said quickly. "It's not that nice there. It's very hot all the time and there is not much rain so there are no flowers are anything. It is much nicer here on Mars." He said glancing about at all the flowers.
Rei beamed. "You like it here?" she asked. He nodded. 'Good. 'Cause otherwise mommy would be upset." She said frowning. Jeadite smiled at the way she talked. "How much longer are you and your mom going to be here?" She asked curiously.
He shrugged, "I'm not exactly sure. I guess a few weeks cause after that I have to be back for school."
"Oh right, school." Rei said unhappily. "Is this your first year going to school?" Jeadite asked her.
"Yeah, but it isn't like you are thinking. It's going to start very soon, and instead of going to a regular school with other kids, I have the teachers come to the palace." She explained.
He looked at her in surprise. "You don't go to a regular school?" He asked.
Rei sadly shook her head. "I'm a princess 'member? Princesses don't do the same stuff as other kids."
"Then.where do you meet friends and stuff?" Jeadite asked slowly. The princess said nothing as she swung her feet and looked down at her hands. "Princess?" He prompted her.
"I don't really have any friends." She said softly.
"How come?" He asked quietly. "Um.well.most of the other kids.they're kinda afraid of me."
"Afraid? Why?" Jeadite asked, completely confused.
"Before I tell you do you promise not to call me names or make fun of me?" She asked looking directly into his eyes.
"I promise." He said crossing his heart with his finger.
She took a deep breath and stood up. "Ok, watch." She clasped her hands together, thumbs pointed upwards and her two index fingers pointed outwards together. She squeezed her eyes shut and whispered, "Mars..Fire.." She bit her lip and concentrated on gathering her strength. She shouted the last word, "IGNITE," as a small stream of fire shot out from her fingers. She cautiously opened her eyes and looked at Jeadite expecting him to look at her strangely. Instead he had a look of excitement in his eyes.
"You can do that whenever you want?" He asked excitedly.
Rei nodded. "My mom says that as I get older, I will be able to do more with it. You know, have more control over it and that kinda stuff." She explained.
Jeadite's eyes crinkled in concentration as he thought about what Rei had just told him. Something about this wasn't right. 'Let's see. She has control over fire, she is the only one who can do this, she is the princess of Mars.' Suddenly his eyes widened as he remembered what his mom had said when she told him he was one of Endymion's guards. 'The prince of Earth and the Princess of the moon are very important people. That is why they both have four guards. For Endymion, four young boys are chosen at birth. I can't explain how they are picked, but someone from the Earth palace informed me that you were one of the four. For Serenity, the princesses from Mercury, Venus, Mars, and Jupiter, are born with powers that will later allow them to protect Serenity. Mercury controls water, Venus controls love and energy, Mars controls fire, and Jupiter controls thunder and lightning. One day you will get to meet them, after everyone has been through the training. These jobs are special to the eight of you and no one else has this ability.' He almost shouted when he realized that Rei, was one of the protectors of Serenity. 'I can't believe that she doesn't know!' He thought in shock. 'She is definitely old enough to understand.' Jeadite shook these thoughts from his head as he vowed to talk to the queen later. "That is so cool!" Jeadite exclaimed as Rei tentatively sat back down on the bench.
"You mean you weren't afraid?" She asked.
Jeadite shook his head. "No way. I wish I could do it."
If I could I would give the ability to you." Rei said quietly
"How come? You don't like being able to do that?" Jeadite asked.
"It's not that, it's just that it scares everyone. They all call me names, no one wants to be friends, and it makes me feel like I don't fit in." Now he was surer then ever that Rei had not been told who she really was.
Jeadite was quiet for a minute, feeling sorry for the little girl and wishing he could tell her who she really was. "I'll be your friend." He said after a moment.
"No you won't. You are only saying that 'cause I am the princess and your mom told you to be nice to me. I know cause my mom told me the same thing." Rei said, her voice starting to quiver slightly.
"You aren't going to cry on me are you?" Jeadite asked teasingly.
She forced a small smile. "I don't cry."
"Good. I can't stand to see my friends cry." He said softly. She opened her mouth to object, but he stopped her. "No objections. You said yourself before when you knocked me down that we were friends. You can't back out now." He said trying to hide his smile.
"So it doesn't bother you at all that I can control fire or that I am a princess?" She asked, slightly surprised.
"Do you want it to?" She quickly shook her head no. "So princess, now that." Jeadite was cut off by Rei.
"Could you just call me Rei? Not princess?" She asked softly. He hesitated for a second, not knowing how to answer. He knew that she preferred Rei and that as her friend that is what he should call her. But he also knew that it was improper for him to call her anything other then princess.
"Please?" She pleaded sensing his hesitation. Not wanting to disappoint her, Jeadite agreed.
"But if I get in trouble for not calling you princess, you have to explain." He warned her.
"Deal." She agreed happily. Suddenly she felt her mother summoning her.
"I have to go back now Jadite." She informed him, standing up.
"It's Jeadite." He said.
"What?" She asked, confused.
"My name. It's not Jadite, it's Jeadite." He said gently.
"Jedite?"
"Jeadite."
"Jedyte?"
"Jeadite."
Rei's brow creased in frustration. Suddenly her eyes lit up brightly. "I know! How about I call you Jed?" She asked excitedly.
Jeadite thought it over and after a few minutes he smiled at the little girl. "I like it."
"Good. Now we have to get ready for dinner. You have to come cause you're the guest and if we are late mommy won't be to happy." She said frowning.
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"So did you have a good time playing with Jeadite today?" Victoria questioned.
Rei, who was lying in bed ready to go to sleep, smiled happily. "Yup. He is not a dork, so now we are friends."
The queen smiled back. "That's wonderful sweetie."
"I even showed him my fire thing and he wasn't afraid at all. He didn't make fun of me or anything." She added. The smile on the queen's face turned into a frown.
"You showed him your fire?" She asked in a troubled tone.
"Yeah."
'Damn it!' Victoria thought. Kat had told her earlier that Jeadite was one of Endymion's future guards. 'Which means that he knows about Serenity's guards, which means he knows that Rei is one of them. I just hope he didn't tell her!' She made a mental note to talk Jeadite tomorrow.
"Is something wrong?" Rei asked curiously.
Her mother smiled down at her. "Don't you worry, everything is fine. And you need to get some sleep, so goodnight. Love you." She reached over and kissed Rei goodnight on the forehead.
"Goodnight." She replied as she snuggled down into the blankets and fell asleep.
Author's Note Time Yeah...seeing as this was written about 4 years ago, there is not much to say. Email or review please! This page and all it's contents are (c) 1999 MCRK
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As the Tears Fell~Chapter One
By MCRK
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"Mommmmy why do I have to meet him? He's gonna be a dork!" Princess Rei of Mars was whining to her mother about having to meet Jeadite. Victoria, Queen of Mars, sighed as she put her head in her hands while she gained strength. A moment later she raised her head and answered her daughter.
"Rei, darling, Jeadite's mother is a very good friend of mine. I have not seen her in many years and that is why she is coming to visit. Seeing as you are the princess, and they are our guests, it is only polite for you to show Jeadite around out kingdom." She said gently.
Rei crossed her arms in anger. "He's going to be a dork. He is going to make fun of me 'cause I am only five and he is already seven."
Rei's mother looked at her sternly. "Jeadite will be a perfect gentleman I am sure. And therefore you will act like a proper young lady, which means no name calling or teasing." She said. "And do not say 'cause. Proper young ladies say because." She chided.
"Don't worry. I won't be mean to him because I am not meeting him!" The princess stamped her foot stubbornly to emphasize her point.
"Rei you will meet him without any complaint and that is final." Victoria said firmly.
Rei pouted for a few minutes still trying to get her way. After a few minutes it was obvious to her she was going to have to meet him whether she wanted to or not. "Fine. I'll meet him but I am not going to do it happily." She said as she pouted.
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Across the galaxy, on the sun, a mother was having the same argument with her child. The only difference was that this child was a boy, and his name, Jeadite. "Awwww Mom, c'mon do I really have to go?" Jeadite complained.
"Who would you stay with?" His mother asked.
"I could stay by myself. I am responsible." He suggested.
His mother turned to look at him with a smirk on her face. "I don't think so. You are going to have to come with me." She turned to add more clothes to the suitcase lying open on Jeadite's bed.
Jeadite scowled. "How come we have to go anyway?" He asked jumping on the bed.
Katherine looked up from packing to see her son bouncing on the bed. "Jeadite stop bouncing!" She scolded. "We are going to Mars because the queen is a very close friend of mine whom I have not seen in years. She has invited us to go visit so we can talk." She explained as Jeadite stopped bouncing and sat down on the bed. "And besides you should be honored, you are going to get to meet the princess of Mars. Not many people can say that." Kat said smiling.
"Not many people can say that they are one of Endymion's future guards either. Doesn't that give me enough to brag about?" Jeadite asked sarcastically.
Kat turned to glare at him. "You don't tell anyone that do you?" She asked suddenly worried.
"Don't worry. No one else knows."
"Good." His mother's usually cheery disposition returned. "And not only will you get to meet the princess, you will be with her most of our trip there." she said.
He rolled his eyes. "Great, so why you go talk with the queen for hours on end, I get to hang out with a girl. One who is only five years old at that!" He exclaimed.
Kat gave him another look. "She may be younger then you, and she may be a girl, but I am sure the two of you will get along wonderfully. And you," Her voice suddenly changed from a soft tone to a stern one, " are going to be a gentleman to her no matter what. That means no fighting, teasing, or name calling."
Jeadite made a sour face. "Fine but if I have a terrible time on mars it is going to be all your fault." "I think I will be able to find a way to live with that." Kat said wryly.
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"It's bad enough I have to spend all my time with him once he gets here, but now I have to wait here 'till he comes too?" Rei cried. "I could be waiting here all day! Please can I go play for a little while? Pleeeeeeease???" She pleaded.
Victoria sighed. Fighting with a five-year-old was hopeless. Especially with one this stubborn. "Fine. You can go play for a little while, but you mustn't get dirty." She said in defeat.
Rei beamed happily. "Oh thank you thank you thank you!" She said happily as she turned and started to run out of the room.
"I am going to summon you when they arrive." Her mother called after her.
Rei barely heard her as she raced out of the palace and headed towards the gardens, her favorite place. 'Finally I'm free!' She though as she ran down the hill. She was so into her thoughts she did not even realize that she was about to run into a young boy at the bottom of the hill. By the time she realized what was about to happen, it was too late to stop. "WATCH OUT!!!" She screamed right before crashing into him.
'This planet sucks.' Jeadite thought. 'There is no other kids here.' He had persuaded his mom to let him explore the palace grounds before they had to go meet the queen. So far though, he hadn't found much of anything.
"WATCH OUT!" He heard the voice scream. He looked up as a tiny girl came flying into him knocking both of them to the ground. "Hey watch where you are going." He said irritably as he stood up and brushed himself off.
"Sorry. I didn't see you." Rei apologized.
"Well make sure it doesn't happen again." Jeadite snapped. She stood up eyes flashing in anger.
"I said I was sorry. But you should be the one apologizing. Apparently you aren't from around here 'cause otherwise you wouldn't talk to me like that. Do you have any idea who I am?" She asked holding her head high.
He rolled his eyes. "Do I really care?" He asked.
Rei, now infuriated, narrowed her eyes at him. "You are an inconsiderate idiotic commoner and I will not waste any more of my time with you." She flipped her hair and stormed off. As he watched her walk away Jeadite realized that even though she seemed much younger then him and she was a girl, she was the first kid he had seen on this stupid planet, so unless he wanted to play by himself, he had better apologize.
"Hey wait a second," he called out, running up to her and placing a hand on her shoulder to stop her.
Rei whirled around, still angry. "What do you want?" She demanded.
"To apologize." He said. She looked at him expectantly. "I'm sorry about before. Can we be friends?" He asked offering his hand and an apologetic smile.
She tried to continue glaring at him but found it impossible, his warm friendly smile melting her anger. Slowly she smiled back shaking his hand in agreement. "Ok friends." She agreed.
"You wanna play a game?" Jeadite suggested.
"You have one in mind?" Rei asked.
He smiled evilly as he reached over and once again tapped her shoulder. "Tag. You're it!" He shouted as he raced away in a fit of laughter. Rei, not about to be left out of the game, started chasing after him. The two caught each other numerous times but one particular time when Jeadite was about to catch Rei, she stopped suddenly causing him to run into her. "Hey what's wrong?" He asked as he suddenly felt his mother summoning him.
"I'm sorry but I have to leave now. It is very important." She explained. 'Mommy who come you had to summon me now?' She thought, 'Now I have to go meet that dork Jeadite.'
"It's ok. I have to go also." He said. 'To meet that idiot princess Rei.' He silently added.
"Sorry." Rei said backing away.
"Wait!" Jeadite called. "What's your.name?" He realized that he was asking no one so he teleported himself to the palace. Once he appeared again he was next to his mother. The first person that he saw was Queen Victoria of Mars who he respectively bowed to. As he rose he noticed the little girl from earlier standing next to the queen. "You!" They both exclaimed. "What are you doing here?" Jeadite asked.
"Me? I live here. What are you doing here?" she asked.
His mouth dropped open as he stared at her. 'She must be like a servant or something.' He thought sensibly. It was then that for the first time that day he noticed the fancy dress that she was wearing. 'She's too rich looking to be a servant. But that would mean.no! There is no way that that is the princess!' He assured himself.
The queen, although confused about how and when the two could have met, decided this was the best time for introductions. She turned to Jeadite and his mother. "Katherine, Jeadite, I would like you to meet."
Jeadite closed his eyes. 'No no no!' He thought.
".my daughter, Princess Rei of Mars." She finished. Jeadite wished the floor would
open and swallow him.
"Rei, this is my friend Katherine, and her son Jeadite."
Rei smiled politely and curtsied. "Please to meet you 'quantainces." She said softly.
"Acquaintances." Victoria whispered in her ear. Rei quickly correct herself. As it finally sunk in that the little girl he had been yelling at before was the princess, Jeadite dropped down to one knee in front of her and bowed his head.
"Please forgive me princess. I had not idea whom I was talking too earlier. I extend my deepest apologies." He said still down on the floor.
Rei, not having had much experience in this, stood there looking helplessly while the adults chuckled slightly.
Victoria took pity on her daughter and helped her out. "Jeadite you may stand." She said. "Now I am not sure what happened between the two of you, or how you even met, but I am sure that Rei forgives you." The queen assured him.
Jeadite however still looked worried as he looked down at Rei.
She smiled kindly at him as she reassured him, "Don't worry, I forgive you."
He breathed a sigh of relief as he smiled back at the princess. 'Maybe this trip won't be so terrible after all.' He thought.
"Rei since Katherine and I would like to talk, how about you show Jeadite the rest of the palace." Victoria suggested.
"Ok." She said happily. Then she noticed the guards in the corner. "Do they have to come with me?" She asked in a low whisper. "They." Meaning the guards that usually were ordered to watch over the princess.
"Yes sweetie. I know you don't like it very much but we need to make sure you are safe."
Rei made a face. "Of fine. C'mon let's go!" She explained grabbing Jeadite's hand and dragging him away.
"And to think, she was determined she was going to hate him." Victoria murmured.
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"And those are the gardens over there." Rei said pointing to a large area filled with beautiful flowers.
"Wait, can we sit a minute?" Jeadite asked completely out of breath. The princess had dragged him all over the palace grounds showing him all her favorite places to go.
"Sure," she said leading him over to a small stone bench where the two of them sat down. "You know, you never told me where you are from." Rei said.
"The sun." Jeadite answered.
"Wow!" Rei said impressed. "You came all the way from the sun? I've always wanted to visit there."
"Don't." Jeadite said quickly. "It's not that nice there. It's very hot all the time and there is not much rain so there are no flowers are anything. It is much nicer here on Mars." He said glancing about at all the flowers.
Rei beamed. "You like it here?" she asked. He nodded. 'Good. 'Cause otherwise mommy would be upset." She said frowning. Jeadite smiled at the way she talked. "How much longer are you and your mom going to be here?" She asked curiously.
He shrugged, "I'm not exactly sure. I guess a few weeks cause after that I have to be back for school."
"Oh right, school." Rei said unhappily. "Is this your first year going to school?" Jeadite asked her.
"Yeah, but it isn't like you are thinking. It's going to start very soon, and instead of going to a regular school with other kids, I have the teachers come to the palace." She explained.
He looked at her in surprise. "You don't go to a regular school?" He asked.
Rei sadly shook her head. "I'm a princess 'member? Princesses don't do the same stuff as other kids."
"Then.where do you meet friends and stuff?" Jeadite asked slowly. The princess said nothing as she swung her feet and looked down at her hands. "Princess?" He prompted her.
"I don't really have any friends." She said softly.
"How come?" He asked quietly. "Um.well.most of the other kids.they're kinda afraid of me."
"Afraid? Why?" Jeadite asked, completely confused.
"Before I tell you do you promise not to call me names or make fun of me?" She asked looking directly into his eyes.
"I promise." He said crossing his heart with his finger.
She took a deep breath and stood up. "Ok, watch." She clasped her hands together, thumbs pointed upwards and her two index fingers pointed outwards together. She squeezed her eyes shut and whispered, "Mars..Fire.." She bit her lip and concentrated on gathering her strength. She shouted the last word, "IGNITE," as a small stream of fire shot out from her fingers. She cautiously opened her eyes and looked at Jeadite expecting him to look at her strangely. Instead he had a look of excitement in his eyes.
"You can do that whenever you want?" He asked excitedly.
Rei nodded. "My mom says that as I get older, I will be able to do more with it. You know, have more control over it and that kinda stuff." She explained.
Jeadite's eyes crinkled in concentration as he thought about what Rei had just told him. Something about this wasn't right. 'Let's see. She has control over fire, she is the only one who can do this, she is the princess of Mars.' Suddenly his eyes widened as he remembered what his mom had said when she told him he was one of Endymion's guards. 'The prince of Earth and the Princess of the moon are very important people. That is why they both have four guards. For Endymion, four young boys are chosen at birth. I can't explain how they are picked, but someone from the Earth palace informed me that you were one of the four. For Serenity, the princesses from Mercury, Venus, Mars, and Jupiter, are born with powers that will later allow them to protect Serenity. Mercury controls water, Venus controls love and energy, Mars controls fire, and Jupiter controls thunder and lightning. One day you will get to meet them, after everyone has been through the training. These jobs are special to the eight of you and no one else has this ability.' He almost shouted when he realized that Rei, was one of the protectors of Serenity. 'I can't believe that she doesn't know!' He thought in shock. 'She is definitely old enough to understand.' Jeadite shook these thoughts from his head as he vowed to talk to the queen later. "That is so cool!" Jeadite exclaimed as Rei tentatively sat back down on the bench.
"You mean you weren't afraid?" She asked.
Jeadite shook his head. "No way. I wish I could do it."
If I could I would give the ability to you." Rei said quietly
"How come? You don't like being able to do that?" Jeadite asked.
"It's not that, it's just that it scares everyone. They all call me names, no one wants to be friends, and it makes me feel like I don't fit in." Now he was surer then ever that Rei had not been told who she really was.
Jeadite was quiet for a minute, feeling sorry for the little girl and wishing he could tell her who she really was. "I'll be your friend." He said after a moment.
"No you won't. You are only saying that 'cause I am the princess and your mom told you to be nice to me. I know cause my mom told me the same thing." Rei said, her voice starting to quiver slightly.
"You aren't going to cry on me are you?" Jeadite asked teasingly.
She forced a small smile. "I don't cry."
"Good. I can't stand to see my friends cry." He said softly. She opened her mouth to object, but he stopped her. "No objections. You said yourself before when you knocked me down that we were friends. You can't back out now." He said trying to hide his smile.
"So it doesn't bother you at all that I can control fire or that I am a princess?" She asked, slightly surprised.
"Do you want it to?" She quickly shook her head no. "So princess, now that." Jeadite was cut off by Rei.
"Could you just call me Rei? Not princess?" She asked softly. He hesitated for a second, not knowing how to answer. He knew that she preferred Rei and that as her friend that is what he should call her. But he also knew that it was improper for him to call her anything other then princess.
"Please?" She pleaded sensing his hesitation. Not wanting to disappoint her, Jeadite agreed.
"But if I get in trouble for not calling you princess, you have to explain." He warned her.
"Deal." She agreed happily. Suddenly she felt her mother summoning her.
"I have to go back now Jadite." She informed him, standing up.
"It's Jeadite." He said.
"What?" She asked, confused.
"My name. It's not Jadite, it's Jeadite." He said gently.
"Jedite?"
"Jeadite."
"Jedyte?"
"Jeadite."
Rei's brow creased in frustration. Suddenly her eyes lit up brightly. "I know! How about I call you Jed?" She asked excitedly.
Jeadite thought it over and after a few minutes he smiled at the little girl. "I like it."
"Good. Now we have to get ready for dinner. You have to come cause you're the guest and if we are late mommy won't be to happy." She said frowning.
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"So did you have a good time playing with Jeadite today?" Victoria questioned.
Rei, who was lying in bed ready to go to sleep, smiled happily. "Yup. He is not a dork, so now we are friends."
The queen smiled back. "That's wonderful sweetie."
"I even showed him my fire thing and he wasn't afraid at all. He didn't make fun of me or anything." She added. The smile on the queen's face turned into a frown.
"You showed him your fire?" She asked in a troubled tone.
"Yeah."
'Damn it!' Victoria thought. Kat had told her earlier that Jeadite was one of Endymion's future guards. 'Which means that he knows about Serenity's guards, which means he knows that Rei is one of them. I just hope he didn't tell her!' She made a mental note to talk Jeadite tomorrow.
"Is something wrong?" Rei asked curiously.
Her mother smiled down at her. "Don't you worry, everything is fine. And you need to get some sleep, so goodnight. Love you." She reached over and kissed Rei goodnight on the forehead.
"Goodnight." She replied as she snuggled down into the blankets and fell asleep.
Author's Note Time Yeah...seeing as this was written about 4 years ago, there is not much to say. Email or review please! This page and all it's contents are (c) 1999 MCRK