A United Front
Chapter Two
The wind whistled through his hair as he rode over hills of green luscious grass, all of his worries seemed to flow away from him as he rode further through the kingdom.
But the beauty of Lennon still couldn't compare to the beauty he had once witnessed in Lenox, the tranquillity he had felt there was something he couldn't recapture.
But he wouldn't trade his home for anything in the world, maybe the feeling of emptiness that often filled him and the hatred between the two kingdoms but that was a different matter.
Bringing his horse to a halt he found himself faced with the source of so much separation......the wall
Jumping off his horse he walked over to the door, it would be so easy to just swing it open gingerly he tested the door but it wouldn't budge.
It was then he heard the shuffling coming from the other side
"Hello" he called out and heard a gasp coming from the other side, then light footsteps that stopped just at the other side of the door.
"Um h...hello" came a feminine reply, the voice was airy and sultry without even trying to sound so.
"Wow I never thought anybody came to this thing" Darien chuckled to the door and he heard a slight laugh in reply the sound musical to his ears, it had been so long since he had heard laughter.
"I like the flowers here" came the reply and Darien felt sadness clutch at him, his mother had loved to gather flowers with Queen Serenity in Lenox.
I hear they are quite beautiful" he choked out emotion clogging his throat.
"They are, would you like me to pass you one? There's a gap big enough to get one through at the bottom of the door" the woman said lightly and Darien was touched by the gesture
"Please" he whispered
He heard her shuffle about then saw the stem of a flower being pushed beneath the door, leaning down he pulled it and a blossoming lavender flower was revealed.
"It's a tandrum" she clarified "it symbolises hope and friendship" he heard the smile in her voice and felt one grow on his face in response
"Something that I haven't experienced from someone from your Kingdom" he said lightly
"Nor me yours" she replied her voice tinged slightly with Sadness, something he could relate to and sympathise with.
"May I enquire your name" he asked questioningly and he heard the smile in her voice when she replied
"Why am I something of interest" she queried and he laughed in response, god it felt so good to laugh again it reminded him that he was human.
"Maybe" he quipped and he could imagine a blush staining the talker's cheeks
"Sere" she replied, he whispered the name tasting it on his tongue liking the way it felt as it rolled off it
"And you are" she asked and he smiled again, ah so she seemed to be interested in him now he imagined the blush growing in colour.
"Endymion" he heard himself reply wondering what had caused him to use his middle name, but he didn't want his status to taint the friendship he had found.
"Nice name" she replied back to him and he answered with a laugh
"Well I enjoyed talking with you good sir but now I have things to attend to, maybe we could talk again sometime" she said and he felt saddened by the fact she was leaving
"You to my lady and it would be a pleasure to talk to you again, I ride here quite often unfortunately before today it has never really been a happy visit, and this monstrosity reminds me that we truly are divided" he said
"As does it to all of us, I love the peace I find down here but it comes too with a price of sadness and sorrow, it would be a joyous occasion to see the two kingdoms reunited in happiness again" she replied
"Amen to that" he chuckled
"Goodbye"
And with that Darien sensed that his companion had gone, the rustling had subsided and all he was left with was the sound of the winds that he had listened to all his life.
"Goodbye" he whispered
"Serena where have you been your mother has nearly turned the throne room upside down at your sudden disappearance" Raye fumed as Serena entered the palace square
"You know she hates to be kept waiting" another voice piped in and Serena turned to give Lita a glare
"I had to stall her so you owe me big time" Mina slotted in walking over to join the group with Amy
"I have to have some freedom, I hate being cooped up in this place everyday there's so much out there that I could explore more to know" Serena bit out she hated her friends ganging up on her specially since she knew that they all shared her view
"Ok no need to get all defensive" Raye rasped huffing slightly to emphasise her point
"So where did you go?" Lita asked eager to take the edge out of the group
"A walk" Serena replied not wanting to tell them where she had been and the lecture she knew such a discovery would merit from them
"You went to the wall didn't you" Raye accused and Serena turned her head knowing her eyes would betray her guilt
"I knew it I knew it" Raye chanted her scowling face lighting up with a smile at having been proven right
"Serena how could you, how are you supposed to set an example for your people if you do things that are forbidden" Amy accused
"And what would you have me do Amy, keep alive the hatred that has reined this kingdom for so many years! Look I'm not sorry that I went there and if I had the power I would blast that wall down myself" Serena shouted and with that she pushed past her friends and headed towards the grand doors
Why must they always criticise what I do she pondered feeling tears forming in her eyes, she had every right to hate Lennon they had abandoned her country left them to be ravaged by war, they had taken her father from her during the time she and her mother had needed him most.
Yet she could not find the heart to hate the kingdom that had cost her so much
Reaching up she clutched at the locket that hung round her neck, her birth present from the crown prince of Lennon she would have been betrothed to him uniting the two kingdoms forever
A solitary tear fell down her cheek and soon sobs shook her body, she cried for her loss, she cried for her countries pain but more than anything she cried for the love of a man she had never met, a man who she couldn't remember, a man who she was sure would have loved her with all his heart.
It was late when Darien returned to the castle, he saw Chad waiting outside with Ken, Graham and Andrew.
"Andrew it is good to see you again, I hear you have been residing in Lenox the past few days" Darien greeted and Andrew nodded in response
"As much as I would love to go into detail about that Darien we have greater problems at hand" Andrew said and Darien took in the grim faces of his comrades
"What?" he stressed
"War" Greg slotted in and Darien gasped
"Who has declared war on us" he asked he couldn't fathom who would want to go to open war with Lennon
"Lenox" Chad said and Darien felt his insides lurch, oh god it was going to come to this
"Mother how could you?" Serena shouted when her mother relayed her plans to go to war with Lennon she couldn't believe what she was hearing hadn't this gone on long enough
"Serena it is not open to discussion this is the way of it and I will have my revenge for the death of your father" Serenity concluded exiting the room leaving a shocked Serena to do nothing but sink to the floor
"No it can't please no" she whispered as a fresh form of tears shed unashamedly down her cheeks
Thank you for your reviews and I hope that you like the new chapter please review again and I'll try and post again soon
Chapter Two
The wind whistled through his hair as he rode over hills of green luscious grass, all of his worries seemed to flow away from him as he rode further through the kingdom.
But the beauty of Lennon still couldn't compare to the beauty he had once witnessed in Lenox, the tranquillity he had felt there was something he couldn't recapture.
But he wouldn't trade his home for anything in the world, maybe the feeling of emptiness that often filled him and the hatred between the two kingdoms but that was a different matter.
Bringing his horse to a halt he found himself faced with the source of so much separation......the wall
Jumping off his horse he walked over to the door, it would be so easy to just swing it open gingerly he tested the door but it wouldn't budge.
It was then he heard the shuffling coming from the other side
"Hello" he called out and heard a gasp coming from the other side, then light footsteps that stopped just at the other side of the door.
"Um h...hello" came a feminine reply, the voice was airy and sultry without even trying to sound so.
"Wow I never thought anybody came to this thing" Darien chuckled to the door and he heard a slight laugh in reply the sound musical to his ears, it had been so long since he had heard laughter.
"I like the flowers here" came the reply and Darien felt sadness clutch at him, his mother had loved to gather flowers with Queen Serenity in Lenox.
I hear they are quite beautiful" he choked out emotion clogging his throat.
"They are, would you like me to pass you one? There's a gap big enough to get one through at the bottom of the door" the woman said lightly and Darien was touched by the gesture
"Please" he whispered
He heard her shuffle about then saw the stem of a flower being pushed beneath the door, leaning down he pulled it and a blossoming lavender flower was revealed.
"It's a tandrum" she clarified "it symbolises hope and friendship" he heard the smile in her voice and felt one grow on his face in response
"Something that I haven't experienced from someone from your Kingdom" he said lightly
"Nor me yours" she replied her voice tinged slightly with Sadness, something he could relate to and sympathise with.
"May I enquire your name" he asked questioningly and he heard the smile in her voice when she replied
"Why am I something of interest" she queried and he laughed in response, god it felt so good to laugh again it reminded him that he was human.
"Maybe" he quipped and he could imagine a blush staining the talker's cheeks
"Sere" she replied, he whispered the name tasting it on his tongue liking the way it felt as it rolled off it
"And you are" she asked and he smiled again, ah so she seemed to be interested in him now he imagined the blush growing in colour.
"Endymion" he heard himself reply wondering what had caused him to use his middle name, but he didn't want his status to taint the friendship he had found.
"Nice name" she replied back to him and he answered with a laugh
"Well I enjoyed talking with you good sir but now I have things to attend to, maybe we could talk again sometime" she said and he felt saddened by the fact she was leaving
"You to my lady and it would be a pleasure to talk to you again, I ride here quite often unfortunately before today it has never really been a happy visit, and this monstrosity reminds me that we truly are divided" he said
"As does it to all of us, I love the peace I find down here but it comes too with a price of sadness and sorrow, it would be a joyous occasion to see the two kingdoms reunited in happiness again" she replied
"Amen to that" he chuckled
"Goodbye"
And with that Darien sensed that his companion had gone, the rustling had subsided and all he was left with was the sound of the winds that he had listened to all his life.
"Goodbye" he whispered
"Serena where have you been your mother has nearly turned the throne room upside down at your sudden disappearance" Raye fumed as Serena entered the palace square
"You know she hates to be kept waiting" another voice piped in and Serena turned to give Lita a glare
"I had to stall her so you owe me big time" Mina slotted in walking over to join the group with Amy
"I have to have some freedom, I hate being cooped up in this place everyday there's so much out there that I could explore more to know" Serena bit out she hated her friends ganging up on her specially since she knew that they all shared her view
"Ok no need to get all defensive" Raye rasped huffing slightly to emphasise her point
"So where did you go?" Lita asked eager to take the edge out of the group
"A walk" Serena replied not wanting to tell them where she had been and the lecture she knew such a discovery would merit from them
"You went to the wall didn't you" Raye accused and Serena turned her head knowing her eyes would betray her guilt
"I knew it I knew it" Raye chanted her scowling face lighting up with a smile at having been proven right
"Serena how could you, how are you supposed to set an example for your people if you do things that are forbidden" Amy accused
"And what would you have me do Amy, keep alive the hatred that has reined this kingdom for so many years! Look I'm not sorry that I went there and if I had the power I would blast that wall down myself" Serena shouted and with that she pushed past her friends and headed towards the grand doors
Why must they always criticise what I do she pondered feeling tears forming in her eyes, she had every right to hate Lennon they had abandoned her country left them to be ravaged by war, they had taken her father from her during the time she and her mother had needed him most.
Yet she could not find the heart to hate the kingdom that had cost her so much
Reaching up she clutched at the locket that hung round her neck, her birth present from the crown prince of Lennon she would have been betrothed to him uniting the two kingdoms forever
A solitary tear fell down her cheek and soon sobs shook her body, she cried for her loss, she cried for her countries pain but more than anything she cried for the love of a man she had never met, a man who she couldn't remember, a man who she was sure would have loved her with all his heart.
It was late when Darien returned to the castle, he saw Chad waiting outside with Ken, Graham and Andrew.
"Andrew it is good to see you again, I hear you have been residing in Lenox the past few days" Darien greeted and Andrew nodded in response
"As much as I would love to go into detail about that Darien we have greater problems at hand" Andrew said and Darien took in the grim faces of his comrades
"What?" he stressed
"War" Greg slotted in and Darien gasped
"Who has declared war on us" he asked he couldn't fathom who would want to go to open war with Lennon
"Lenox" Chad said and Darien felt his insides lurch, oh god it was going to come to this
"Mother how could you?" Serena shouted when her mother relayed her plans to go to war with Lennon she couldn't believe what she was hearing hadn't this gone on long enough
"Serena it is not open to discussion this is the way of it and I will have my revenge for the death of your father" Serenity concluded exiting the room leaving a shocked Serena to do nothing but sink to the floor
"No it can't please no" she whispered as a fresh form of tears shed unashamedly down her cheeks
Thank you for your reviews and I hope that you like the new chapter please review again and I'll try and post again soon