"Mommy, why was Mr. Elios in your room?" Selenity flushed. "We made up, so I won't be crying about him anymore if that is what you're worried about." Gwen nodded, and breathed out while Selenity tied her corset. "Oh, okay." A couple of servants came in and tied Selenity's corset while Gwen went through the large wardrobe below Selenity's to find an outfit. She chose a yellow dress with short sleeves and a matching yellow ribbon, which one of the servants used to tie half her hair up in a bow. Selenity pulled a light blue dress out that had two matching bows, which Selenity braided into two plaits to pull half of her own hair up. Once both girls looked presentable, they joined the others in the dining room, and Selenity spoke to a few of the girls for awhile before the meal was actually served. Soon enough, Gwen wandered off, out into the courtyard again, after a butterfly that had flown in.
Luckily, Elios saw Gwen leave. He gave Selenity a chaste kiss and whispered into her ear. "Maiden, look outside." She did so and, after sighing in agitation, hurried after her daughter. "So, you're going with Princess Selenity, have you met her daughter yet?" Elios hated girls like the one that had just addressed him. "Yes, I have, she's a very charming little one." The girl nodded politely. "She is, isn't she? And has the princess told you about Peruru?" Again, he wasn't biting. "I've actually met him, he was a nice kid, and he's still a kid." She showed the least bit of annoyance. "Has she told you about the time she almost killed us all? If she hasn't, just mention the Death Phantom." With that, the girl left him, and he was left to wonder what in the world she was talking about.
Selenity pulled Gwen from the maze and headed for the stairwell. "Gwen, you need to learn that you can't just wander off, I'll send you some breakfast, you're to stay in your room until I come and get you." Gwen pouted. "But Mommy..." Shaking her head, Selenity placed Gwen in her room. "No 'but's, now be a good girl from now on, and you won't have to stay in here again." She shut the door and when she turned around, Elios was behind her. After giving her another kiss, Elios pulled away from her slightly. "Who is the Death Phantom?" Selenity opened her mouth to speak, but no words came out. She tried again, this time with a satisfactory result. "In a nutshell, everyone has a balance of good and evil in them, and wise man had a way to make people completely evil. He did that to me, and then... well he's dead now, so don't worry about it." Biting her lip, she hoped he didn't question her further on the matter. "There's more, isn't there?"
Tears slid down her cheeks as she nodded, and he pulled her against him. "I'm sorry, Maiden, all I seem to be doing lately is making you cry." Elios placed his arm behind her knees and literally swept her off of her feet. He then carried her trembling form down the hallway, to her room. Once inside, he sat down on her bed and continued to cradle her against his chest as her tears began to slow. "I was six, and he turned me into an eighteen-year-old. Soon after, I was raped by one of the royal family of Nemesis, Prince Diamond." If Prince Diamond had still been alive then, Elios would have throttled him. "You're safe now, Maiden, I won't let anyone hurt you ever again." What kind of psychopath would rape a six-year-old? It didn't matter that the death phantom had changed her into an adult; her mind had still been that of a child. "You can't know what that's like... to be forced to do something so... obscene when you're six. It's terrifying, more terrifying than anything I'll ever have to go through again."
Serenity had noticed the disappearance of Elios after her daughter had put Gwen in her room. She hoped that they weren't doing what Endymoin would think they were doing once he sat down and noticed the vacant seats. Her curiosity finally got the better of her, and she slipped out of the room in order to figure out exactly what Selenity was doing alone with Elios. Thankfully, when she peeked her head into Selenity's room, the two were asleep in each other's arms on top of the sheets. Since both had had a late night the previous day, she let them sleep, and instead took Gwen out of her room. "Mommy said I had to stay in my room until she came to get me." Serenity nodded. "Yes, but your mommy is asleep, and I'm her mommy, so what I say goes." Gwen giggled. "Is Mr. Elios downstairs? I wanted to talk to him more." She chuckled and shook her head no. "Elios and your mommy are both asleep, they were up late last night and need their rest, just don't tell your grandpa."
On Nemesis, three figures stood watching the Crystal Palace, one of them chuckling to himself. "Quartz, would you stop that?" The chuckling abruptly ceased. "Why are you laughing anyway?" One of the other two questioned. "We are the reincarnations of the royal family, Peridot, and leave me alone Onyx! Anyway, Princess Lady Selenity is terrified of me, and we can use that to our advantage." Peridot was the only female of the group, and Onyx and Quartz were brothers. "And why is that? Because you spit at her in a previous life?" Quartz rolled his eyes. "No, it's because I copulated her in my previous life, where is Wise Man?" A shape floated in front of them. "I don't want you dallying with the princess or her mother, you already did that in your last life, and you not only botched one of the attempts, but nearly got yourself killed." Peridot wrinkled her nose. "Gross, you went after both of them? And how old was the princess when you did this?" Quartz smirked. "She was in the body of an eighteen-year-old, but she was actually six." Onyx winced. "That's just wrong, Quartz. Besides, the Prince of Elysian is in love with her; he would never let you get within one hundred feet of Selenity or her daughter." He raised an eyebrow. "Daughter? Well then boys... and girls, I believe we've found our niche."
Luckily, Elios saw Gwen leave. He gave Selenity a chaste kiss and whispered into her ear. "Maiden, look outside." She did so and, after sighing in agitation, hurried after her daughter. "So, you're going with Princess Selenity, have you met her daughter yet?" Elios hated girls like the one that had just addressed him. "Yes, I have, she's a very charming little one." The girl nodded politely. "She is, isn't she? And has the princess told you about Peruru?" Again, he wasn't biting. "I've actually met him, he was a nice kid, and he's still a kid." She showed the least bit of annoyance. "Has she told you about the time she almost killed us all? If she hasn't, just mention the Death Phantom." With that, the girl left him, and he was left to wonder what in the world she was talking about.
Selenity pulled Gwen from the maze and headed for the stairwell. "Gwen, you need to learn that you can't just wander off, I'll send you some breakfast, you're to stay in your room until I come and get you." Gwen pouted. "But Mommy..." Shaking her head, Selenity placed Gwen in her room. "No 'but's, now be a good girl from now on, and you won't have to stay in here again." She shut the door and when she turned around, Elios was behind her. After giving her another kiss, Elios pulled away from her slightly. "Who is the Death Phantom?" Selenity opened her mouth to speak, but no words came out. She tried again, this time with a satisfactory result. "In a nutshell, everyone has a balance of good and evil in them, and wise man had a way to make people completely evil. He did that to me, and then... well he's dead now, so don't worry about it." Biting her lip, she hoped he didn't question her further on the matter. "There's more, isn't there?"
Tears slid down her cheeks as she nodded, and he pulled her against him. "I'm sorry, Maiden, all I seem to be doing lately is making you cry." Elios placed his arm behind her knees and literally swept her off of her feet. He then carried her trembling form down the hallway, to her room. Once inside, he sat down on her bed and continued to cradle her against his chest as her tears began to slow. "I was six, and he turned me into an eighteen-year-old. Soon after, I was raped by one of the royal family of Nemesis, Prince Diamond." If Prince Diamond had still been alive then, Elios would have throttled him. "You're safe now, Maiden, I won't let anyone hurt you ever again." What kind of psychopath would rape a six-year-old? It didn't matter that the death phantom had changed her into an adult; her mind had still been that of a child. "You can't know what that's like... to be forced to do something so... obscene when you're six. It's terrifying, more terrifying than anything I'll ever have to go through again."
Serenity had noticed the disappearance of Elios after her daughter had put Gwen in her room. She hoped that they weren't doing what Endymoin would think they were doing once he sat down and noticed the vacant seats. Her curiosity finally got the better of her, and she slipped out of the room in order to figure out exactly what Selenity was doing alone with Elios. Thankfully, when she peeked her head into Selenity's room, the two were asleep in each other's arms on top of the sheets. Since both had had a late night the previous day, she let them sleep, and instead took Gwen out of her room. "Mommy said I had to stay in my room until she came to get me." Serenity nodded. "Yes, but your mommy is asleep, and I'm her mommy, so what I say goes." Gwen giggled. "Is Mr. Elios downstairs? I wanted to talk to him more." She chuckled and shook her head no. "Elios and your mommy are both asleep, they were up late last night and need their rest, just don't tell your grandpa."
On Nemesis, three figures stood watching the Crystal Palace, one of them chuckling to himself. "Quartz, would you stop that?" The chuckling abruptly ceased. "Why are you laughing anyway?" One of the other two questioned. "We are the reincarnations of the royal family, Peridot, and leave me alone Onyx! Anyway, Princess Lady Selenity is terrified of me, and we can use that to our advantage." Peridot was the only female of the group, and Onyx and Quartz were brothers. "And why is that? Because you spit at her in a previous life?" Quartz rolled his eyes. "No, it's because I copulated her in my previous life, where is Wise Man?" A shape floated in front of them. "I don't want you dallying with the princess or her mother, you already did that in your last life, and you not only botched one of the attempts, but nearly got yourself killed." Peridot wrinkled her nose. "Gross, you went after both of them? And how old was the princess when you did this?" Quartz smirked. "She was in the body of an eighteen-year-old, but she was actually six." Onyx winced. "That's just wrong, Quartz. Besides, the Prince of Elysian is in love with her; he would never let you get within one hundred feet of Selenity or her daughter." He raised an eyebrow. "Daughter? Well then boys... and girls, I believe we've found our niche."