Title: The Swan Princess
Summery: Serenity is the princess from the moon, and Endymion is the prince from Earth. The kings and queens of each kingdom desperately want the two children to marry when they grow up, so every summer Serenity is sent down to Earth to spend quality time with Endymion. They hate each other at first. But when Serenity finally grows up, Endymion sees her in a different light. Endymion's jealous, power-hungry brother, Alex, turns to the dark arts in hope that he can make Serenity become his wife so he can be king, by putting her under a spell. It's up to Endymion to find her and save her from her enchantment.
Characters:
The Moon Kingdom and Court-
King Leodegrance- King of the Moon Kingdom, born of the royal family of the Sun
Queen Serenity- Queen of the Moon Kingdom, born of the royal family of the Moon
Princess Serenity- also known as Serena to close friends, daughter of the King and Queen of the Moon Kingdom and future ruler and holder of the Imperium Silver Crystal
Princess Mina- Serenity's cousin from the planet Venus (one year older than Serenity)
Princess Amy- Serenity's friend and princess of Mercury (one year older than Serenity)
Princess Lita- Serenity's friend and princess of Jupiter (one year older than Serenity)
Princess Raye- Serenity's friend and princess of Mars and Prince Endymion's cousin (one year older than Serenity)
Earth Kingdom and Court-
King Gereint- King of Earth and High King of all the other provinces and smaller kingdoms, born from the royal family of Mars
Queen Arianna- Queen of Earth and High Queen of the other provinces and smaller kingdoms, born from the royal family of Earth
Prince Endymion- also known as Darien to close friends, son of the High King and Queen of Earth, first in line for the throne Prince Alexander- also known as Alex to close friends, son of the High King and Queen of Earth, second in line for the throne
Princess Marietta- also known as Marie to a very exclusive branch of nobles, daughter of the High King and Queen of Earth, third in line for the throne
Malachite- head of the royal guard and friend of Prince Endymion
Zoycite- part of the royal guard and friend of Prince Endymion
Nephlite- part of the royal guard and friend of Prince Endymion
Jedite- part of the royal guard and friend of Prince Endymion
Disclaimer: I own neither Sailor Moon nor The Swan Princess.
Chapter 2: New Friends
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Moon Kingdom - 4 years later
"Princess, I can not get you ready if you continue running away from me!" Luna, Serenity's nursemaid cried. Serenity, jumping on her white bed, was brandishing a stick she had found in the garden and a pillow, as a sword and shield. Serenity giggled. She still had some baby fat, for she was only four years old. Her little blonde pig tails barely hung to her shoulders and her bright blue eyes were sparkling mischievously. Luna was holding a small pink gown in her arms. She took a step closer to Serenity, who was clad in only underclothes. "Now, be good and let Luna put to the dress on you. If you do, I will sneak you some chocolate tonight before bedtime."
Serenity cocked her head to the side pondering the offer. She narrowed her eyes at Luna. Luna flicked a piece of black hair from covering her eyes.
"Uh . . . No!" Serenity giggled and threw the pillow at Luna. Luna raised her arms to cover herself. Serenity smiled and hopped off the bed and ran over to the white door. She reached up and on tippy-toes managed to turn the handle and open the door. "Bye-bye."
"Oh, Serenity, get back here!" Luna yelled and ran after the little girl. Before Luna got to the door, Serenity slammed it and took off running down the halls waving her stick and making what she thought were war cries.
"Wheee!" Serenity cried and slid around the corner causing a maid to trip and the laundry she was carrying to fly all over the corridor. Serenity merely giggled more and ran on.
"Princess!" Luna's voice echoed through the hall, and not too happily either.
"Uh, oh," Serenity whispered. Oh well, I can get Artimes to sneak me chocolate! I wonder where he is.
Serenity slid around another corner and was abruptly grabbed by the back of her pink and white underwear. The hand that grabbed her picked her up.
"Let me go!" Serenity yelled. She swung around to meet her captor. She stuck out her bottom lip and frowned when she saw Artimes there with his white eyebrows raised.
"Don't give me that puppy dog look, Serenity," Artimes laughed. Serenity crossed her small arms. The stick fell to the floor and rolled over to another small girl's feet. "Look who is here to see you."
Artimes placed Serenity back on the floor and she turned around.
"Mina! You here! Yay!" Serenity greeted her cousin and ran and jumped into Mina's arms. Mina laughed and fell backwards. Serenity was almost as tall as herself. "Let's play!"
"It's nice to see you too, Serena," Mina said. She smiled and looked over Serenity. "But I believe you should be dressed for the meeting in the throne room right now. Remember?"
"Yeah, but I want to play," Serenity replied and looked pleadingly to Artimes. Suddenly Luna was there beside him gasping for breath. Serenity leapt behind Mina and hid behind her. "Eep."
"Serenity, playtime is over. Come here. Don't you want to see your mother and father?" Luna asked. She held out her hand for Serenity. Serenity slowly peeked out from behind Mina. Mina grabbed Serenity's hand and pulled her out to Luna. Luna grabbed Serenity's other hand. "Good girl."
"No, I only go if Mina come too!" Serenity said.
"Ok, will you come Mina?" Luna asked. Mina smiled and nodded and together they walked Serenity back to her bed chamber to get ready for the meeting that Queen Serenity and King Leodegrance called for.
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Throne Room
"And where is the young princess?" Lady Farthington inquired to Queen Serenity. Queen Serenity smiled.
"Luna is getting her dressed, but knowing my Serena, it will take a while longer," Queen Serenity replied rolling her beautiful blue eyes. The other ladies around laughed for they knew what Serena was like. "She is a little rascal. I hope that that will change after today."
Queen Serenity was standing beside the long thing table by a large open window. Five or six ladies were with her. King Leodegrance was making bets on how the next hunt would go and whether there would be any Warlcliths out yet. (A\N: Warlcliths are small silvery creatures almost like a mixture of a rabbit and a squirrel. They come out near the full moon.) The doors opened and in walked a haggard-looking Luna. Then Serena came frolicking in and Mina hopped closely behind her. Serena ran over to her mother and pounced on her.
"Good to see you too, Serena," Queen Serenity laughed, hugging her daughter. Mina curtsied to the queen and then jumped on her as well.
"Mama, guess what! I raced Mina here and beated her!" Serena cried very happily.
"Only because I let you!" Mina yelled.
"Nuh uh! I won, I won, I won!" Serena danced around Mina.
"No, I would have!" Mina stuck out her tongue at Serena. Serena returned the favor and the two soon began to roll around the floor laughing and wrestling each other.
"Girls, this is not the time to play," Queen Serenity said, interrupting the wrestling match after several of the ladies began to glare at her as Serena and Mina knocked into them. They stopped. Queen Serenity smiled. "And besides, I have a surprise for you Serena, darling."
Mina giggled knowing what it was. Serena smiled excitedly and clapped her hands, immediately letting go of Mina's red dress. Queen Serenity took Serena's hand and pulled her over to King Leodegrance. He smiled and pointed to a place by another open window where there were cushions piled.
"Look, Serena," King Leodegrance said. Serena jumped around her mother and father and over to the place where he was pointing. There, seated on the cushions and pillows, were three young girls, a little older than herself. "These young ladies have traveled far to come here and be part of our court and your friends, just like your cousin Mina."
Serena shyly smiled at them. They smiled back and stood up. They walked over to Serena and gently curtsied to her.
"This is Amy," Queen Serenity introduced. Amy had blue eyes and short blue hair. "She is a princess from Mercury. This is Raye." Raye had long black hair with hints of purple in it, and dark eyes. "And this is Lita." Lita had shoulder length brown hair and green eyes. "Girls, this is Serena."
"Yay!" Serena shouted and hugged them. Amy, Raye and Lita looked surprised for a moment, but then smiled and hugged her back. "Hey, I will show you the palace. And then we can play!"
"That sounds good," Amy said.
"Yeah," Raye agreed.
"Let's see our rooms first," Lita said. Mina joined them and they raced out of the throne room to see the palace.
King Leodegrance wrapped one arm around Queen Serenity's waist. She looked up to him.
"Do you think it's time for Serena to go down to Earth yet?" he asked. They both looked out the window at the large planet hanging in the sky.
"Yes, I think that she can go next summer when she is five years old," Queen Serenity answered, rubbing the flat crystal swan she always wore around her neck. "She is growing up so fast."
"Yes, but don't worry," King Leodegrance replied and kissed her softly. "We are going to be around for a long time and together we will watch her grow and become a woman. She will be just like you."
"One day she will be a fine queen," Queen Serenity said. "She is so loving and compassionate."
"I agree," King Leodegrance replied and took her hand and led her out of the room. As Queen Serenity took one last glance out the window to the Earth, before exiting the throne room, she saw the something cover the sun completely for a second, blanketing the room in almost darkness. In that moment, she felt something cold and evil wash over her, a foretelling of something bad to happen in the future. "Sweet?"
"Oh, I'm sorry," Queen Serenity shook her head to rid her mind of such thoughts. There had been no evil here in the Silver Millennium for a long time, and there wasn't any at this time. The sun came out again as quickly as it had gone. Nobody else had noticed it. Queen Serenity patted her husband's hand and left the room with him.
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Earth Kingdom
"I am bored," stated Endymion while yawning into the back of his hand. Jedite grinned. "What?"
"I have an idea," Jedite said. Groans were heard around Endymion's bed chamber.
"Not again," moaned Malachite from by the window. He had white hair down to his shoulders and piercing blue eyes.
"Yeah, remember what happened last time?" Zoycite asked. His brownish hair was tied up and he rolled his green eyes. He closed the book he was reading and threw it at Jedite's head. Jedite ducked and tackled Zoycite. Nephrite walked over and ended the little skirmish. His brown hair fell over his eyes as he peered over at Jedite lying on the floor.
"Yep, I remember. Jedite thought it would be fun to sneak to the kitchen and get some of that chocolate cake the cook made for Alex's birthday the next day. And then Endymion tripped over a chair and pushed Zoycite into the cake. The cake fell over and went absolutely everywhere. We all were dripping with chocolate and I kept finding chocolate everywhere on me for days! Even after four baths!" Nephrite yelled. Jedite grinned sheepishly.
"How was I to know Endymion was a klutz?" he said.
"Hey, I heard that!" Endymion yelled and threw a pillow at him.
"Why am I always getting hit?" Jedite pouted. The pillow hit his head messing up his blond hair. He tried to fix it.
"Fine, what's your great idea?" Zoycite asked and plopped down on the floor.
"I thought we might go into town or something and see what's new with everyone," Jedite said. "We haven't gone to town for a while."
"Maybe later," Endymion settled himself on his dark blue bed. "Hey, you know what I heard?"
"What?" Everyone else asked. Endymion smirked.
"I heard that little Princess Serenity of the Moon Kingdom was coming here next year in the summer to visit," Endymion whispered. "Only don't tell anyone I know because apparently it's supposed to be a surprise."
"Oh yuck, girls," Malachite groaned. "And are we supposed to be friends with them?"
"Yep, we have to," Endymion answered making a face. "Girls are dumb."
"Yeah," Jedite agreed. Everyone nodded.
"Hopefully they will just leave us alone," Nephrite said.
"But that's not for a long time," Zoycite said. He got up and walked to the door. "And we all forgot something today."
"What?" Endymion answered brushing back his black hair that had started to catch girls' eyes.
"Today is Thursday," Zoycite remarked. He glanced at everyone's blank faces.
"So?" Jedite asked.
"We have a lesson with Master Palles in five minutes," Zoycite raised his eyebrows.
"We are so late!" Malachite shouted. Everyone jumped up and made a mad dash for the door. Endymion got there first and barely missed the pile up in the middle of the doorway. He smirked.
"I am not going to be late, because I am royal," Endymion teased and sauntered off.
"Endymion!" The boys chorused and ran after him towards the library where they had lessons together.
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A\N: This chapter was just an intro for the girls to meet and to see what Endymion is up to. Next chapter preview: ~The bad feeling that Queen Serenity gets is about to some true~
~Serenity and the girls get ready to go to Earth~
Review everyone! How I love to hear how my story is. The plot will get better around Chapter 4 I think ::Hint, hint:: And then the real story unfolds a little after that. Woot! I have already started on the next chapter, but I need to see if my story is good or bad and if people like it, so tell me by reviewing my lovely story. And thank you for everyone who has reviewed so far! I love your reviews!
Summery: Serenity is the princess from the moon, and Endymion is the prince from Earth. The kings and queens of each kingdom desperately want the two children to marry when they grow up, so every summer Serenity is sent down to Earth to spend quality time with Endymion. They hate each other at first. But when Serenity finally grows up, Endymion sees her in a different light. Endymion's jealous, power-hungry brother, Alex, turns to the dark arts in hope that he can make Serenity become his wife so he can be king, by putting her under a spell. It's up to Endymion to find her and save her from her enchantment.
Characters:
The Moon Kingdom and Court-
King Leodegrance- King of the Moon Kingdom, born of the royal family of the Sun
Queen Serenity- Queen of the Moon Kingdom, born of the royal family of the Moon
Princess Serenity- also known as Serena to close friends, daughter of the King and Queen of the Moon Kingdom and future ruler and holder of the Imperium Silver Crystal
Princess Mina- Serenity's cousin from the planet Venus (one year older than Serenity)
Princess Amy- Serenity's friend and princess of Mercury (one year older than Serenity)
Princess Lita- Serenity's friend and princess of Jupiter (one year older than Serenity)
Princess Raye- Serenity's friend and princess of Mars and Prince Endymion's cousin (one year older than Serenity)
Earth Kingdom and Court-
King Gereint- King of Earth and High King of all the other provinces and smaller kingdoms, born from the royal family of Mars
Queen Arianna- Queen of Earth and High Queen of the other provinces and smaller kingdoms, born from the royal family of Earth
Prince Endymion- also known as Darien to close friends, son of the High King and Queen of Earth, first in line for the throne Prince Alexander- also known as Alex to close friends, son of the High King and Queen of Earth, second in line for the throne
Princess Marietta- also known as Marie to a very exclusive branch of nobles, daughter of the High King and Queen of Earth, third in line for the throne
Malachite- head of the royal guard and friend of Prince Endymion
Zoycite- part of the royal guard and friend of Prince Endymion
Nephlite- part of the royal guard and friend of Prince Endymion
Jedite- part of the royal guard and friend of Prince Endymion
Disclaimer: I own neither Sailor Moon nor The Swan Princess.
Chapter 2: New Friends
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Moon Kingdom - 4 years later
"Princess, I can not get you ready if you continue running away from me!" Luna, Serenity's nursemaid cried. Serenity, jumping on her white bed, was brandishing a stick she had found in the garden and a pillow, as a sword and shield. Serenity giggled. She still had some baby fat, for she was only four years old. Her little blonde pig tails barely hung to her shoulders and her bright blue eyes were sparkling mischievously. Luna was holding a small pink gown in her arms. She took a step closer to Serenity, who was clad in only underclothes. "Now, be good and let Luna put to the dress on you. If you do, I will sneak you some chocolate tonight before bedtime."
Serenity cocked her head to the side pondering the offer. She narrowed her eyes at Luna. Luna flicked a piece of black hair from covering her eyes.
"Uh . . . No!" Serenity giggled and threw the pillow at Luna. Luna raised her arms to cover herself. Serenity smiled and hopped off the bed and ran over to the white door. She reached up and on tippy-toes managed to turn the handle and open the door. "Bye-bye."
"Oh, Serenity, get back here!" Luna yelled and ran after the little girl. Before Luna got to the door, Serenity slammed it and took off running down the halls waving her stick and making what she thought were war cries.
"Wheee!" Serenity cried and slid around the corner causing a maid to trip and the laundry she was carrying to fly all over the corridor. Serenity merely giggled more and ran on.
"Princess!" Luna's voice echoed through the hall, and not too happily either.
"Uh, oh," Serenity whispered. Oh well, I can get Artimes to sneak me chocolate! I wonder where he is.
Serenity slid around another corner and was abruptly grabbed by the back of her pink and white underwear. The hand that grabbed her picked her up.
"Let me go!" Serenity yelled. She swung around to meet her captor. She stuck out her bottom lip and frowned when she saw Artimes there with his white eyebrows raised.
"Don't give me that puppy dog look, Serenity," Artimes laughed. Serenity crossed her small arms. The stick fell to the floor and rolled over to another small girl's feet. "Look who is here to see you."
Artimes placed Serenity back on the floor and she turned around.
"Mina! You here! Yay!" Serenity greeted her cousin and ran and jumped into Mina's arms. Mina laughed and fell backwards. Serenity was almost as tall as herself. "Let's play!"
"It's nice to see you too, Serena," Mina said. She smiled and looked over Serenity. "But I believe you should be dressed for the meeting in the throne room right now. Remember?"
"Yeah, but I want to play," Serenity replied and looked pleadingly to Artimes. Suddenly Luna was there beside him gasping for breath. Serenity leapt behind Mina and hid behind her. "Eep."
"Serenity, playtime is over. Come here. Don't you want to see your mother and father?" Luna asked. She held out her hand for Serenity. Serenity slowly peeked out from behind Mina. Mina grabbed Serenity's hand and pulled her out to Luna. Luna grabbed Serenity's other hand. "Good girl."
"No, I only go if Mina come too!" Serenity said.
"Ok, will you come Mina?" Luna asked. Mina smiled and nodded and together they walked Serenity back to her bed chamber to get ready for the meeting that Queen Serenity and King Leodegrance called for.
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Throne Room
"And where is the young princess?" Lady Farthington inquired to Queen Serenity. Queen Serenity smiled.
"Luna is getting her dressed, but knowing my Serena, it will take a while longer," Queen Serenity replied rolling her beautiful blue eyes. The other ladies around laughed for they knew what Serena was like. "She is a little rascal. I hope that that will change after today."
Queen Serenity was standing beside the long thing table by a large open window. Five or six ladies were with her. King Leodegrance was making bets on how the next hunt would go and whether there would be any Warlcliths out yet. (A\N: Warlcliths are small silvery creatures almost like a mixture of a rabbit and a squirrel. They come out near the full moon.) The doors opened and in walked a haggard-looking Luna. Then Serena came frolicking in and Mina hopped closely behind her. Serena ran over to her mother and pounced on her.
"Good to see you too, Serena," Queen Serenity laughed, hugging her daughter. Mina curtsied to the queen and then jumped on her as well.
"Mama, guess what! I raced Mina here and beated her!" Serena cried very happily.
"Only because I let you!" Mina yelled.
"Nuh uh! I won, I won, I won!" Serena danced around Mina.
"No, I would have!" Mina stuck out her tongue at Serena. Serena returned the favor and the two soon began to roll around the floor laughing and wrestling each other.
"Girls, this is not the time to play," Queen Serenity said, interrupting the wrestling match after several of the ladies began to glare at her as Serena and Mina knocked into them. They stopped. Queen Serenity smiled. "And besides, I have a surprise for you Serena, darling."
Mina giggled knowing what it was. Serena smiled excitedly and clapped her hands, immediately letting go of Mina's red dress. Queen Serenity took Serena's hand and pulled her over to King Leodegrance. He smiled and pointed to a place by another open window where there were cushions piled.
"Look, Serena," King Leodegrance said. Serena jumped around her mother and father and over to the place where he was pointing. There, seated on the cushions and pillows, were three young girls, a little older than herself. "These young ladies have traveled far to come here and be part of our court and your friends, just like your cousin Mina."
Serena shyly smiled at them. They smiled back and stood up. They walked over to Serena and gently curtsied to her.
"This is Amy," Queen Serenity introduced. Amy had blue eyes and short blue hair. "She is a princess from Mercury. This is Raye." Raye had long black hair with hints of purple in it, and dark eyes. "And this is Lita." Lita had shoulder length brown hair and green eyes. "Girls, this is Serena."
"Yay!" Serena shouted and hugged them. Amy, Raye and Lita looked surprised for a moment, but then smiled and hugged her back. "Hey, I will show you the palace. And then we can play!"
"That sounds good," Amy said.
"Yeah," Raye agreed.
"Let's see our rooms first," Lita said. Mina joined them and they raced out of the throne room to see the palace.
King Leodegrance wrapped one arm around Queen Serenity's waist. She looked up to him.
"Do you think it's time for Serena to go down to Earth yet?" he asked. They both looked out the window at the large planet hanging in the sky.
"Yes, I think that she can go next summer when she is five years old," Queen Serenity answered, rubbing the flat crystal swan she always wore around her neck. "She is growing up so fast."
"Yes, but don't worry," King Leodegrance replied and kissed her softly. "We are going to be around for a long time and together we will watch her grow and become a woman. She will be just like you."
"One day she will be a fine queen," Queen Serenity said. "She is so loving and compassionate."
"I agree," King Leodegrance replied and took her hand and led her out of the room. As Queen Serenity took one last glance out the window to the Earth, before exiting the throne room, she saw the something cover the sun completely for a second, blanketing the room in almost darkness. In that moment, she felt something cold and evil wash over her, a foretelling of something bad to happen in the future. "Sweet?"
"Oh, I'm sorry," Queen Serenity shook her head to rid her mind of such thoughts. There had been no evil here in the Silver Millennium for a long time, and there wasn't any at this time. The sun came out again as quickly as it had gone. Nobody else had noticed it. Queen Serenity patted her husband's hand and left the room with him.
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Earth Kingdom
"I am bored," stated Endymion while yawning into the back of his hand. Jedite grinned. "What?"
"I have an idea," Jedite said. Groans were heard around Endymion's bed chamber.
"Not again," moaned Malachite from by the window. He had white hair down to his shoulders and piercing blue eyes.
"Yeah, remember what happened last time?" Zoycite asked. His brownish hair was tied up and he rolled his green eyes. He closed the book he was reading and threw it at Jedite's head. Jedite ducked and tackled Zoycite. Nephrite walked over and ended the little skirmish. His brown hair fell over his eyes as he peered over at Jedite lying on the floor.
"Yep, I remember. Jedite thought it would be fun to sneak to the kitchen and get some of that chocolate cake the cook made for Alex's birthday the next day. And then Endymion tripped over a chair and pushed Zoycite into the cake. The cake fell over and went absolutely everywhere. We all were dripping with chocolate and I kept finding chocolate everywhere on me for days! Even after four baths!" Nephrite yelled. Jedite grinned sheepishly.
"How was I to know Endymion was a klutz?" he said.
"Hey, I heard that!" Endymion yelled and threw a pillow at him.
"Why am I always getting hit?" Jedite pouted. The pillow hit his head messing up his blond hair. He tried to fix it.
"Fine, what's your great idea?" Zoycite asked and plopped down on the floor.
"I thought we might go into town or something and see what's new with everyone," Jedite said. "We haven't gone to town for a while."
"Maybe later," Endymion settled himself on his dark blue bed. "Hey, you know what I heard?"
"What?" Everyone else asked. Endymion smirked.
"I heard that little Princess Serenity of the Moon Kingdom was coming here next year in the summer to visit," Endymion whispered. "Only don't tell anyone I know because apparently it's supposed to be a surprise."
"Oh yuck, girls," Malachite groaned. "And are we supposed to be friends with them?"
"Yep, we have to," Endymion answered making a face. "Girls are dumb."
"Yeah," Jedite agreed. Everyone nodded.
"Hopefully they will just leave us alone," Nephrite said.
"But that's not for a long time," Zoycite said. He got up and walked to the door. "And we all forgot something today."
"What?" Endymion answered brushing back his black hair that had started to catch girls' eyes.
"Today is Thursday," Zoycite remarked. He glanced at everyone's blank faces.
"So?" Jedite asked.
"We have a lesson with Master Palles in five minutes," Zoycite raised his eyebrows.
"We are so late!" Malachite shouted. Everyone jumped up and made a mad dash for the door. Endymion got there first and barely missed the pile up in the middle of the doorway. He smirked.
"I am not going to be late, because I am royal," Endymion teased and sauntered off.
"Endymion!" The boys chorused and ran after him towards the library where they had lessons together.
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A\N: This chapter was just an intro for the girls to meet and to see what Endymion is up to. Next chapter preview: ~The bad feeling that Queen Serenity gets is about to some true~
~Serenity and the girls get ready to go to Earth~
Review everyone! How I love to hear how my story is. The plot will get better around Chapter 4 I think ::Hint, hint:: And then the real story unfolds a little after that. Woot! I have already started on the next chapter, but I need to see if my story is good or bad and if people like it, so tell me by reviewing my lovely story. And thank you for everyone who has reviewed so far! I love your reviews!
