Chapter 5
"How dare you hit me, you useless pitiful Queen! You're terrible! Wicked! Twisted!" Rini continued to shout. With each insult the queen would hit her; and by now Rini's flower dress was beginning to tear. "Turn us all back into human beings! Right now!"
"Don't you tell me what to do, you little brat!" the Queen yelled back, hitting Rini once again across her face. "These are my people! They do as I say!"
"My mother is a queen, and she listens to her people!"
"Rini..." Huud whispered, "I think it would be wise to stop. You do want to live don't you?"
"I'd rather be dead than be ruled by an unfair queen," Rini managed to say after the last blow near her stomach.
"You don't know anything, Princess," the Queen whispered threateningly. "Bet you were always surrounded by people, by people you love and people who love you. You even have a little prince charming somewhere, right? Don't make me hurt you more. There are my people, my only people."
It was then that Rini began to understand this queen. She had thought she understood her when Huud has explained the story- that the queen was just an attention loving fool, but now she understood. The queen never had anybody who loved her or anyone to love. "I feel the same," was all that she could say, and it was silent after.
In the distance, Endymion, Serenity, and Helios studied the flowers, and waited. They had heard the yelling, and they weren't sure what to do. What could they do? The magic was not possible to undo; only the caster could undo such magic. They waited for what the queen would do next.
Tears were in the eyes of Flower Queen, and they began to flow. First slowly, but then she just started bawling. And with each tear that fell, every person ever made into a flower became human again. When everyone was normal again they looked on at the Princess and the Flower Queen, quietly watching. Rini held the Queen's hand lightly and softly said, "It's hard to love someone and not have him or her love you back. Afterwards, you don't know what love is anymore. You don't know if it's real. It happens all the time."
Through her weeping the Queen managed to get out a few words, "Then what do you do?"
Rini looked down at the ground now, "I don't know."
"You move on," Huud's voice cut in, and he hugged Rini.
Serenity smiled, "Queen, you are alone if you let yourself be, but I'm sure there were plenty of people who cared about you, who still care about you."
The Queen looked up into Serenity's eyes. "Then I will go look for love in this disgusting world where I can only see hate." Serenity frowned, but the Queen continued, "I will find it. I know," and smiled.
A party was thrown in honor of Rini being found. Rini danced and laughed. She wasn't lonely; and wouldn't let herself be, because she would never want to be like the Flower Queen.
As Rini moved to get a drink across the room, she knocked her head against something near the door. "OW!" She looked up to find Ty. "Oh, it's you..."
"Yeah, it's me. I just wanted to say, that's we're not cool, and it's over."
"But Ty, I already broke up with you. Remember? When I smacked you? Twice?"
"Oh... okay, whatever. Cool," Ty walked away confused.
"And I wondered why I broke up with him," Rini mumbled to herself.
A hand fell onto her shoulders, and a simple question was whispered into her ear, "Shall we dance?" Huud said.
"That would be lovely," Rini smiled, and took Huud's hand.
In the middle of the dance, a very familiar voice stopped them, "Do you mind if I cut in?" Helios smiled. Rini began to waltz away with Helios. "You know, Rini, I really do-"
"Shhh..." Rini gestured, and smiled. "I just want to dance right now." She stepped closer taking in Helios' scent, and letting Helios take in hers. She kissed Helios on the cheek, and softly said, "You smell like flowers."
! The End !
"How dare you hit me, you useless pitiful Queen! You're terrible! Wicked! Twisted!" Rini continued to shout. With each insult the queen would hit her; and by now Rini's flower dress was beginning to tear. "Turn us all back into human beings! Right now!"
"Don't you tell me what to do, you little brat!" the Queen yelled back, hitting Rini once again across her face. "These are my people! They do as I say!"
"My mother is a queen, and she listens to her people!"
"Rini..." Huud whispered, "I think it would be wise to stop. You do want to live don't you?"
"I'd rather be dead than be ruled by an unfair queen," Rini managed to say after the last blow near her stomach.
"You don't know anything, Princess," the Queen whispered threateningly. "Bet you were always surrounded by people, by people you love and people who love you. You even have a little prince charming somewhere, right? Don't make me hurt you more. There are my people, my only people."
It was then that Rini began to understand this queen. She had thought she understood her when Huud has explained the story- that the queen was just an attention loving fool, but now she understood. The queen never had anybody who loved her or anyone to love. "I feel the same," was all that she could say, and it was silent after.
In the distance, Endymion, Serenity, and Helios studied the flowers, and waited. They had heard the yelling, and they weren't sure what to do. What could they do? The magic was not possible to undo; only the caster could undo such magic. They waited for what the queen would do next.
Tears were in the eyes of Flower Queen, and they began to flow. First slowly, but then she just started bawling. And with each tear that fell, every person ever made into a flower became human again. When everyone was normal again they looked on at the Princess and the Flower Queen, quietly watching. Rini held the Queen's hand lightly and softly said, "It's hard to love someone and not have him or her love you back. Afterwards, you don't know what love is anymore. You don't know if it's real. It happens all the time."
Through her weeping the Queen managed to get out a few words, "Then what do you do?"
Rini looked down at the ground now, "I don't know."
"You move on," Huud's voice cut in, and he hugged Rini.
Serenity smiled, "Queen, you are alone if you let yourself be, but I'm sure there were plenty of people who cared about you, who still care about you."
The Queen looked up into Serenity's eyes. "Then I will go look for love in this disgusting world where I can only see hate." Serenity frowned, but the Queen continued, "I will find it. I know," and smiled.
A party was thrown in honor of Rini being found. Rini danced and laughed. She wasn't lonely; and wouldn't let herself be, because she would never want to be like the Flower Queen.
As Rini moved to get a drink across the room, she knocked her head against something near the door. "OW!" She looked up to find Ty. "Oh, it's you..."
"Yeah, it's me. I just wanted to say, that's we're not cool, and it's over."
"But Ty, I already broke up with you. Remember? When I smacked you? Twice?"
"Oh... okay, whatever. Cool," Ty walked away confused.
"And I wondered why I broke up with him," Rini mumbled to herself.
A hand fell onto her shoulders, and a simple question was whispered into her ear, "Shall we dance?" Huud said.
"That would be lovely," Rini smiled, and took Huud's hand.
In the middle of the dance, a very familiar voice stopped them, "Do you mind if I cut in?" Helios smiled. Rini began to waltz away with Helios. "You know, Rini, I really do-"
"Shhh..." Rini gestured, and smiled. "I just want to dance right now." She stepped closer taking in Helios' scent, and letting Helios take in hers. She kissed Helios on the cheek, and softly said, "You smell like flowers."
! The End !