Title: The Prince of Thieves and a Moon Maiden
Author: Marie J.W.
Chapter: Eight
Rated: PG
Email: mariejwchan@yahoo.com (changed address)
This was a hard story to write considering I had writers block recently and
for a long time. I hope you like it, please email me if you do. There's not
a whole lot of romance as of now and it's way into the 8th chapter
already. Sorry about that minna-chan, but trust me, it'll work out.
PLEASE EMAIL! How about this, Email = Shorter time between chapters...
good? I think so too. ::Smiles::
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Feeling her nerves begin to give way, Serenity did her best to breathe
and concentrate on what she had to do, what she had to accomplish.
'I've practiced, I've seen this done, I can do this. I just have to put
into practice what Jarick taught me and I'll be fine.' Serenity watched the
man infront of her give her a evil grin.
"Ready for some action, little boy?" Bruce swung his sword around then
brought it stiff in front of him, ready to fight.
Okay, you want to fight? I'll give you a fight! Serenity swung her sword
in different directions, with different moves, getting the feel of the
weight before finally giving the signal that she was ready. Bruce went in
first, head on. He landed in sword down hard against hers, throwing her
balance off. He had a lot of weight behind him, a definate disadvantage
for her self. Serenity gritted her teeth and moved away then forward, aiming
for his legs, he blocked it with a downward swing making the crowd cheer
and holler.
Another swing and another... and soon they were both in heated combat.
Bruce seemed surprised by the young man's strenth and stamina but he
quickly recovered and went in for the kill. He wasn't about to let a
little mouse of a boy equal him in a fight.
"Okay, boy, you asked for it." He circled around Serenity, sizing him
up, looking for weaknesses and finally he found one.
Serenity let out a startled cry as the man came up in lighting flash
movements and slashed her on the hip. She quickly grapped her hip in
pain, trying to stop the bleeding. She hadn't expected that to happen.
Bruce had distracted her by looking at her feet. 'Dang him!'
The crowd gasped then cheered.
Serenity bit her lip. She was stronger than this, she knew she was. She took
her hand away from her hip. It was just going to have to bleed. She
couldn't fight with only one hand. This time it was her turn to size
him up, however, Bruce didn't give her time. He came in quickly giving
her barely enough time to block his efforts. Her hands were getting
sweaty making it hard to grip the heavy sword in her hands.
The man grinned at her as their sword grinded together, "You always wear a
hat while fighting?"
"It keeps the sun out of the eyes. You should try it."
Bruce smirked, "Right."
They both broke away at the same time. Bruce began circling her
once
again. 'What is with him and the circling thing?'
Once again Bruce was attacking, Serenity worked hard to block
his
moves, trying to get out of the hold Bruce had put her in. She
needed
to be the agresser, not the other way around. Sweat poured down
her face and into her eyes, making her blink several times. Swallowing
hard, she wiped her forehead with her sleeve.
Bruce grinned at her.
Serenity glared.
'Alright buddy. You're time is up. My turn.' She smiled grimmly at him
then moved to her right, putting the distance she needed between him.
It was than that she remembered something from their fighting. He had a
habit of leaning towards the right, he never seemed to be able to attack
very well from the left. 'Well, then that leaves something to
consider.' Serenity almost smiled gleefully. If she could attack him from
the left side, slash his side then kick him over it would all work
too perfectly!
Putting her plan into action she continued to move to the right, the man
tried to manurvur is body so he was facing her with his right but it was
hard as Serenity did exactly the opposite as he was doing. He started to
grind his teeth.
Finally, she saw her opening and raced in towards it. She sucessfully
slashed the side of his chest, cutting just over his belt. Blood seeped
down his side, making her cringe.
The man looked down surprised before glaring at her. He didn't even nurse
his wound. Serenity bit her lip. 'Now what? He's not distracted'.
"Oh, you'll pay for that pretty boy." With that he charged at her, catching
her off guard. It all seemed like slow motion as the man's feet dug into
the ground, racing towards her with a threatening look on his sweaty face.
His muscels were tense and ready to strike and the way he gripped the hilt
made her stare, his nuckles were white. It wasn't 'till he was right in front
of her that her body seemed to react without her mind, saving her from the
near death experience. Serenity jumped back, flipping in the air and landing
a good fifteen feet from the man before her. Serenity took a deep breath
before shakily staring wide eyed at Bruce.
Serenity was surprised to find Bruce staring strait back at her with a
shocked expression on his face. His sword dropped to his side as his
mouth dropped open.
"What is going on here?!" Someone yelled from the crowd.
It was than that she noticed the blonde locks of hair falling over her
shoulders and down to the ground. Her eyes widened. 'Oh, no!' Suddenly
she looked up and around the crowd, they were all silent as they stared
at her. Then it seemed like time sped up all too much.
"Get her out of here!" Someone yelled from somewhere.
"There she is!" In just seconds Serenity found three very familiar
men approching her with swords. 'NOT NOW!' Serenity quickly looked down in
her hand, expecting her own sword to be there but found it had flown
off somewhere when she flipped. 'Shoot'. She looked around for the piece
of steal but didn't see it anywhere.
Serenity turned and began to run, trying to find an exit. 'I have to get
out of here!' Suddenly, Serenity came to a halt. In front of her were a
large group of guards coming towards her, looking threatening. Serenity
groaned and ran the other direction. She would just have to jump over
the audeiance. 'Good luck with that. You haven't practiced that tecnique
in months.'
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Up in the crowd all four scouts stared, surprised at their princess standing
in the middle of the arena.
"WHAT IS SHE DOING DOWN THERE?" Ray yelled suddenly.
"Well, we found her." Lita replied happily, "And she fought GOOD! Go girl!"
Lita yelled.
They watched her suddenly take off running towards the other side of arena,
it wasn't until the three men were nearly to the middle that they
noticed Serenity was in danger. Serenity stopped and started towards the
left, heading towards the crowd as a group of guards came after her.
"Guys, I think she needs help." Amy stood up.
"And you plan to help her in a dress?" Mina put up her skirt and pushed
past Amy, towards Serenity's direction.
"In FACT, YES." Amy answered, angerly.
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The prince was shocked to say that least. He stared at the young maiden he
had escorted to the transportation portal just weeks ago, standing in the
middle of a ring, dressed as the boy he had helped sign up for this
turnament.
"A... your magesty, but isn't that...?" Malachite began.
"Yes. Yes, it definitely is." Prince Endymion frowned.
"Hey, it's a girl!" Jedite pointed, "Can girls fight? I didn't know they
could fight."
Nephlite rolled his eyes, "Of course, girls can fight... just not
in touraments. Haven't you seen a cat fight before?"
"Haaa... yeah, those are good."
Just then a group of girls wearing thick dresses approched them, "Excuse me."
A blonde woman practically plowed past the Prince but ended up tripping
over Malachites legs that were extended in front of him.
"Mina! You can't be rude about it. Already you knocked two guys out and I
must say I think you scared that child severly." Amy reprimanded, "And would
you please get up?" Amy leaned down and helped her blonde friend to
a standing postion. The prince, Malachite and the rest of the group
of men stared at the pretty ladies with confussion and curosity.
"Sorry about that." Amy quickly appologized, "My friend here just doesn't
have ANY mannors." She suddenly turned to Mina who only glared and dusted
off her skirt.
"Well, if it weren't for HIS feet, I would have been fine." She
pointed acusingly at Malachites legs that were still stretched out
before him.
"Excuse me, ladies." The prince finally addressed them, "But if you
would like to pass my friends and I would gladly let you."
"Thank you kindly." Amy smiled pleasantly to the prince.
"We have a life to save, guys, right now isn't the time for a tea party."
Ray rolled her eyes and tried to push Lita who stood in front of her.
Lita stayed put but turned and glared at her raven haired friend.
"My goodness, how many are you?" Jedite leaned back slightly to see the
end of the line of girls. When he caught Ray's eye, he winked before
stuffing more popcorn in his mouth.
Ray glared and looked away, throwing her nose up in the air.
Suddenly, a gasp escaped escaped the crowd.
The scouts and generals turned to find Serenity lying on the ground face
down. Her blonde hair everywhere.
"No! Serenity!" Amy quickly pushed Mina out of the way and jumped
over Malachites legs, running towards that side of the arena.
It wasn't far.
Mina quickly passed Malachite as well and raced down the aile not
too far behind Amy.
Soon Darien and Malchite were up and racing towards Serena as well.
'If anything happens to her I'll never forgive myself!' Darien stopped
suddenly as Amy and Mina stopped in their tracks.
"Girls move!" He tried to move past them but stopped when he saw what
they were staring at. A group of men were in the arena fighting the guards
as well as the three men trying to get to the girl. One of the men out of
the small group fighting dropped down next to the girl, picked her up and
with his group of men surrounding him, they escaped through the exit.
"Where are they taking her! Serenity!" Mina yelled.
Prince Endymion bit her lip. Obivously the men were trying to save
her but... who were they and what did they plan do to her?
Wait a minute? Serenity? He suddenly turned to the two girls before him.
"You know her?"
Mina turned around, "Yes." She bit her lip in worrry, "She's our...
friend."
Darien turned his head to direct Malachite, "You know what to do."
Malachite nodded, turned and snapped his figures in the air. Suddenly out
of no where guards appeared, grabbing the four girls on either side of
the prince and Malachite.
"Hey, what's going on?!" Mina kicked the guys holding her but they
persisted and soon she was hauled over one of the mens shoulders.
"Let me go, jerk! I'll blast you to Mars in back if-hey, ouch that hurt!"
Ray squirmed as the man twisted her around, tying her hands behind her
back.
Amy didn't give much resisted but she sure glared real good and even
attempted to bite her capturer. Lita was a little harder to capture,
considering that she kept moving her hands and she didn't stay put in
one place for too long. It took four men to hold her down then to carry
her off.
Prince Darien motioned for his generals to follow him. They made it out
of the crowd and on firm ground.
"What's going on? What are we doing with those girls?" Jedite watched
the guards mount their horses each with a girl drapped over their saddle
or shoulder.
"They have information we need." Prince Endymion mounted his own horse
while Malachite did the same. Jedite, Nephlite and Zoichite looked at
each before shrugging and jumping on their horses, ready to follow their
prince back home.
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Several Hours Later:
Serenity awoke with a pounding in her head and with the feeling of having
been beaten on her left side of her body. She blinked slowly to find
herself lying by a fire with a jacket over her. Moaning from discomfort
and from the pain in her head she looked around to find others sleeping
near here.
'What happened? Am I in the mountains again? Where's Jarick and Pete?'
Suddenly it dawned on her. No, Pete wouldn't be there and neither would
Jarick. She was in unfamiliar teritory. She looked closely at the men
and recognized them as the men in her group from the tournament.
'Ah! The tournament! I was... I was...' Suddenly her eyes went wide as
things went into place. She had tried to make that jump... Serenity cringed,
"I don't think I made it..." she whispered as she lightly touched her left
arm. 'I guess Ray was right about practicing.'
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It was dark by time the group of men and woman approched the palace.
Prince Endymion sighed heavily as they entered the stables. Young tendants
came and took his horse and made sure it was fed and brushed properly after
he dismounted his horse.
"I SWEAR, I'll kill you when I have my hands back!" Ray threatened the
guard who held her.
Jedite gave his horse a little pat before glaring at Ray, "Will you shut
up? You've been yelling everyones ear off the whole way." Then he whimpered,
"I think I have a migrain."
"Well, you should. Kidnapping us and all." Mina snapped, "We weren't
breaking the law."
Prince Endymion ignored the girls. He had enough of them for the time
being. They had been ranting and raving and threatening his guards as well
as his generals and him all the way to the palace. He would deal with
them tomorrow.
Malachite instructed the guards to put them in rooms and then left
with Endymion. Jadite smiled brightly at the girls, "At least, you'll be
on the other side of the palace where I won't be able to hear you're
compliants. I'll get a nice night of rest..." Jedite sighed restfully
just to rub it in and left the stables.
Ray glared evilly after him, "That self absorbed man... oooo... just wait.
I'll find some way to strangle him."
The guards took the girls to one room, practically throwing them in and
locking the door behind them.
For a second Mina pounded on the door before giving up and turning around
to face the girls.
"Now what?" Mina asked with her arms crossed.
Amy sighed, "We get some sleep. I have a feeling tomorrow's going to be full
of surprises."
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Somewhere out there the three kidnappers conversed:
"She was right in front of us!"
"Yeah, we almost had her."
"I can't believe she thought she could jump that wall..."
"I guess she really is a blonde."
"Hey, guys?"
"What?"
"How are we going to get out jail?"
To be Continued...
AN: Sorry about confusing you but just to make things clear, when Serenity
made that jump, instead of going over the top she landed against the wall
and knocked herself out. ::grins sheepishly:: Didn't mean to be so unclear
about that part. Serenity just didn't quite clear the wall. She did not just faint in the middle of the arena.
Author: Marie J.W.
Chapter: Eight
Rated: PG
Email: mariejwchan@yahoo.com (changed address)
This was a hard story to write considering I had writers block recently and
for a long time. I hope you like it, please email me if you do. There's not
a whole lot of romance as of now and it's way into the 8th chapter
already. Sorry about that minna-chan, but trust me, it'll work out.
PLEASE EMAIL! How about this, Email = Shorter time between chapters...
good? I think so too. ::Smiles::
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Feeling her nerves begin to give way, Serenity did her best to breathe
and concentrate on what she had to do, what she had to accomplish.
'I've practiced, I've seen this done, I can do this. I just have to put
into practice what Jarick taught me and I'll be fine.' Serenity watched the
man infront of her give her a evil grin.
"Ready for some action, little boy?" Bruce swung his sword around then
brought it stiff in front of him, ready to fight.
Okay, you want to fight? I'll give you a fight! Serenity swung her sword
in different directions, with different moves, getting the feel of the
weight before finally giving the signal that she was ready. Bruce went in
first, head on. He landed in sword down hard against hers, throwing her
balance off. He had a lot of weight behind him, a definate disadvantage
for her self. Serenity gritted her teeth and moved away then forward, aiming
for his legs, he blocked it with a downward swing making the crowd cheer
and holler.
Another swing and another... and soon they were both in heated combat.
Bruce seemed surprised by the young man's strenth and stamina but he
quickly recovered and went in for the kill. He wasn't about to let a
little mouse of a boy equal him in a fight.
"Okay, boy, you asked for it." He circled around Serenity, sizing him
up, looking for weaknesses and finally he found one.
Serenity let out a startled cry as the man came up in lighting flash
movements and slashed her on the hip. She quickly grapped her hip in
pain, trying to stop the bleeding. She hadn't expected that to happen.
Bruce had distracted her by looking at her feet. 'Dang him!'
The crowd gasped then cheered.
Serenity bit her lip. She was stronger than this, she knew she was. She took
her hand away from her hip. It was just going to have to bleed. She
couldn't fight with only one hand. This time it was her turn to size
him up, however, Bruce didn't give her time. He came in quickly giving
her barely enough time to block his efforts. Her hands were getting
sweaty making it hard to grip the heavy sword in her hands.
The man grinned at her as their sword grinded together, "You always wear a
hat while fighting?"
"It keeps the sun out of the eyes. You should try it."
Bruce smirked, "Right."
They both broke away at the same time. Bruce began circling her
once
again. 'What is with him and the circling thing?'
Once again Bruce was attacking, Serenity worked hard to block
his
moves, trying to get out of the hold Bruce had put her in. She
needed
to be the agresser, not the other way around. Sweat poured down
her face and into her eyes, making her blink several times. Swallowing
hard, she wiped her forehead with her sleeve.
Bruce grinned at her.
Serenity glared.
'Alright buddy. You're time is up. My turn.' She smiled grimmly at him
then moved to her right, putting the distance she needed between him.
It was than that she remembered something from their fighting. He had a
habit of leaning towards the right, he never seemed to be able to attack
very well from the left. 'Well, then that leaves something to
consider.' Serenity almost smiled gleefully. If she could attack him from
the left side, slash his side then kick him over it would all work
too perfectly!
Putting her plan into action she continued to move to the right, the man
tried to manurvur is body so he was facing her with his right but it was
hard as Serenity did exactly the opposite as he was doing. He started to
grind his teeth.
Finally, she saw her opening and raced in towards it. She sucessfully
slashed the side of his chest, cutting just over his belt. Blood seeped
down his side, making her cringe.
The man looked down surprised before glaring at her. He didn't even nurse
his wound. Serenity bit her lip. 'Now what? He's not distracted'.
"Oh, you'll pay for that pretty boy." With that he charged at her, catching
her off guard. It all seemed like slow motion as the man's feet dug into
the ground, racing towards her with a threatening look on his sweaty face.
His muscels were tense and ready to strike and the way he gripped the hilt
made her stare, his nuckles were white. It wasn't 'till he was right in front
of her that her body seemed to react without her mind, saving her from the
near death experience. Serenity jumped back, flipping in the air and landing
a good fifteen feet from the man before her. Serenity took a deep breath
before shakily staring wide eyed at Bruce.
Serenity was surprised to find Bruce staring strait back at her with a
shocked expression on his face. His sword dropped to his side as his
mouth dropped open.
"What is going on here?!" Someone yelled from the crowd.
It was than that she noticed the blonde locks of hair falling over her
shoulders and down to the ground. Her eyes widened. 'Oh, no!' Suddenly
she looked up and around the crowd, they were all silent as they stared
at her. Then it seemed like time sped up all too much.
"Get her out of here!" Someone yelled from somewhere.
"There she is!" In just seconds Serenity found three very familiar
men approching her with swords. 'NOT NOW!' Serenity quickly looked down in
her hand, expecting her own sword to be there but found it had flown
off somewhere when she flipped. 'Shoot'. She looked around for the piece
of steal but didn't see it anywhere.
Serenity turned and began to run, trying to find an exit. 'I have to get
out of here!' Suddenly, Serenity came to a halt. In front of her were a
large group of guards coming towards her, looking threatening. Serenity
groaned and ran the other direction. She would just have to jump over
the audeiance. 'Good luck with that. You haven't practiced that tecnique
in months.'
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Up in the crowd all four scouts stared, surprised at their princess standing
in the middle of the arena.
"WHAT IS SHE DOING DOWN THERE?" Ray yelled suddenly.
"Well, we found her." Lita replied happily, "And she fought GOOD! Go girl!"
Lita yelled.
They watched her suddenly take off running towards the other side of arena,
it wasn't until the three men were nearly to the middle that they
noticed Serenity was in danger. Serenity stopped and started towards the
left, heading towards the crowd as a group of guards came after her.
"Guys, I think she needs help." Amy stood up.
"And you plan to help her in a dress?" Mina put up her skirt and pushed
past Amy, towards Serenity's direction.
"In FACT, YES." Amy answered, angerly.
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The prince was shocked to say that least. He stared at the young maiden he
had escorted to the transportation portal just weeks ago, standing in the
middle of a ring, dressed as the boy he had helped sign up for this
turnament.
"A... your magesty, but isn't that...?" Malachite began.
"Yes. Yes, it definitely is." Prince Endymion frowned.
"Hey, it's a girl!" Jedite pointed, "Can girls fight? I didn't know they
could fight."
Nephlite rolled his eyes, "Of course, girls can fight... just not
in touraments. Haven't you seen a cat fight before?"
"Haaa... yeah, those are good."
Just then a group of girls wearing thick dresses approched them, "Excuse me."
A blonde woman practically plowed past the Prince but ended up tripping
over Malachites legs that were extended in front of him.
"Mina! You can't be rude about it. Already you knocked two guys out and I
must say I think you scared that child severly." Amy reprimanded, "And would
you please get up?" Amy leaned down and helped her blonde friend to
a standing postion. The prince, Malachite and the rest of the group
of men stared at the pretty ladies with confussion and curosity.
"Sorry about that." Amy quickly appologized, "My friend here just doesn't
have ANY mannors." She suddenly turned to Mina who only glared and dusted
off her skirt.
"Well, if it weren't for HIS feet, I would have been fine." She
pointed acusingly at Malachites legs that were still stretched out
before him.
"Excuse me, ladies." The prince finally addressed them, "But if you
would like to pass my friends and I would gladly let you."
"Thank you kindly." Amy smiled pleasantly to the prince.
"We have a life to save, guys, right now isn't the time for a tea party."
Ray rolled her eyes and tried to push Lita who stood in front of her.
Lita stayed put but turned and glared at her raven haired friend.
"My goodness, how many are you?" Jedite leaned back slightly to see the
end of the line of girls. When he caught Ray's eye, he winked before
stuffing more popcorn in his mouth.
Ray glared and looked away, throwing her nose up in the air.
Suddenly, a gasp escaped escaped the crowd.
The scouts and generals turned to find Serenity lying on the ground face
down. Her blonde hair everywhere.
"No! Serenity!" Amy quickly pushed Mina out of the way and jumped
over Malachites legs, running towards that side of the arena.
It wasn't far.
Mina quickly passed Malachite as well and raced down the aile not
too far behind Amy.
Soon Darien and Malchite were up and racing towards Serena as well.
'If anything happens to her I'll never forgive myself!' Darien stopped
suddenly as Amy and Mina stopped in their tracks.
"Girls move!" He tried to move past them but stopped when he saw what
they were staring at. A group of men were in the arena fighting the guards
as well as the three men trying to get to the girl. One of the men out of
the small group fighting dropped down next to the girl, picked her up and
with his group of men surrounding him, they escaped through the exit.
"Where are they taking her! Serenity!" Mina yelled.
Prince Endymion bit her lip. Obivously the men were trying to save
her but... who were they and what did they plan do to her?
Wait a minute? Serenity? He suddenly turned to the two girls before him.
"You know her?"
Mina turned around, "Yes." She bit her lip in worrry, "She's our...
friend."
Darien turned his head to direct Malachite, "You know what to do."
Malachite nodded, turned and snapped his figures in the air. Suddenly out
of no where guards appeared, grabbing the four girls on either side of
the prince and Malachite.
"Hey, what's going on?!" Mina kicked the guys holding her but they
persisted and soon she was hauled over one of the mens shoulders.
"Let me go, jerk! I'll blast you to Mars in back if-hey, ouch that hurt!"
Ray squirmed as the man twisted her around, tying her hands behind her
back.
Amy didn't give much resisted but she sure glared real good and even
attempted to bite her capturer. Lita was a little harder to capture,
considering that she kept moving her hands and she didn't stay put in
one place for too long. It took four men to hold her down then to carry
her off.
Prince Darien motioned for his generals to follow him. They made it out
of the crowd and on firm ground.
"What's going on? What are we doing with those girls?" Jedite watched
the guards mount their horses each with a girl drapped over their saddle
or shoulder.
"They have information we need." Prince Endymion mounted his own horse
while Malachite did the same. Jedite, Nephlite and Zoichite looked at
each before shrugging and jumping on their horses, ready to follow their
prince back home.
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Several Hours Later:
Serenity awoke with a pounding in her head and with the feeling of having
been beaten on her left side of her body. She blinked slowly to find
herself lying by a fire with a jacket over her. Moaning from discomfort
and from the pain in her head she looked around to find others sleeping
near here.
'What happened? Am I in the mountains again? Where's Jarick and Pete?'
Suddenly it dawned on her. No, Pete wouldn't be there and neither would
Jarick. She was in unfamiliar teritory. She looked closely at the men
and recognized them as the men in her group from the tournament.
'Ah! The tournament! I was... I was...' Suddenly her eyes went wide as
things went into place. She had tried to make that jump... Serenity cringed,
"I don't think I made it..." she whispered as she lightly touched her left
arm. 'I guess Ray was right about practicing.'
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It was dark by time the group of men and woman approched the palace.
Prince Endymion sighed heavily as they entered the stables. Young tendants
came and took his horse and made sure it was fed and brushed properly after
he dismounted his horse.
"I SWEAR, I'll kill you when I have my hands back!" Ray threatened the
guard who held her.
Jedite gave his horse a little pat before glaring at Ray, "Will you shut
up? You've been yelling everyones ear off the whole way." Then he whimpered,
"I think I have a migrain."
"Well, you should. Kidnapping us and all." Mina snapped, "We weren't
breaking the law."
Prince Endymion ignored the girls. He had enough of them for the time
being. They had been ranting and raving and threatening his guards as well
as his generals and him all the way to the palace. He would deal with
them tomorrow.
Malachite instructed the guards to put them in rooms and then left
with Endymion. Jadite smiled brightly at the girls, "At least, you'll be
on the other side of the palace where I won't be able to hear you're
compliants. I'll get a nice night of rest..." Jedite sighed restfully
just to rub it in and left the stables.
Ray glared evilly after him, "That self absorbed man... oooo... just wait.
I'll find some way to strangle him."
The guards took the girls to one room, practically throwing them in and
locking the door behind them.
For a second Mina pounded on the door before giving up and turning around
to face the girls.
"Now what?" Mina asked with her arms crossed.
Amy sighed, "We get some sleep. I have a feeling tomorrow's going to be full
of surprises."
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Somewhere out there the three kidnappers conversed:
"She was right in front of us!"
"Yeah, we almost had her."
"I can't believe she thought she could jump that wall..."
"I guess she really is a blonde."
"Hey, guys?"
"What?"
"How are we going to get out jail?"
To be Continued...
AN: Sorry about confusing you but just to make things clear, when Serenity
made that jump, instead of going over the top she landed against the wall
and knocked herself out. ::grins sheepishly:: Didn't mean to be so unclear
about that part. Serenity just didn't quite clear the wall. She did not just faint in the middle of the arena.