Chapter 11

Something Wrong

Diamond looked at her quizzically before putting his hands in his pocket and rocking on his heels.

"So what brings you here to Elysion?" he asked.

Serena played with her hair as she considered the question. "Well...... it wasn't by choice actually."

Diamond tilted his head to the side. "How so?"

Serena looked up at him. "Well me and a couple of my friends were kidnapped and brought here to be slaves. Darien is my 'master'." She finished sarcastically.

Diamond's piercing blue eyes widened. "Really? Not many people can afford to buy slaves so your master would have to be of the upper class and I know all the upper class families. Are you sure that his name is Darien?"

She nodded. "Yes."

"There must be some sort of mist-"before he could finish Darien and the rest of the gang ran around the corner and almost crashed into Diamond and Serena.

Serena smiled when she saw her friends. "Hey guys. What's up?"

Amy waved her hand as she tried to catch her breath. Raye, Mina, and the rest of the guys were having the same trouble but Lita was hardly out of breath.

Raye walked over to Serena and eyed Diamond wearily. "I feel evil and we came to check on you. Where is Jed? And who is this guy?" she asked suspiciously, like Serena disposed of Jed and was trying to act innocent.

Serena scowled at her. "Jed is safe in his bed with some nice warm soup. And this is Diamond. He and I were just talking." She turned to the rest of the group and saw Diamond frowning slightly at Darien and the rest of his friends.

"Is something wrong?" she asked.

Diamond blinked. "Of course not. I just didn't know you knew the-"he was cut off by Darien practically leaping forward and placing a hand over his mouth. He smiled innocently at the girls, who were all looking at him as if he was mental. "He was just surprised that you guys knew Elysion's first champion seton senrpci[i]. Isn't that right?" Darien glared at Diamond, who shook his head yes.

Darien stepped back away from Diamond and wiped his hand on his pants. Diamond scowled back at the high prince but wiped the look off his face when said prince glared back with his friends behind him.

"I must be going." Diamond turned to Serena. "It was a pleasure meeting you, Miss Serena. I hope to run into you again, soon." He blue eyes flashed as he looked at her and he grabbed her hand gently and bowed down to plant a kiss upon the back of her hand.

Kevin and Nate had to hold Darien back before he hit the guy. Diamond made a quick exit before the prince messed up his creamy complexion.

Serena looked after him and absently wiped off the kiss on her jeans. Raye leaned in close to her. "I don't know if I like that guy." She whispered. Serena nodded absently. She turned to Darien then. "What in the world is a seton sen......whatever?" she asked.

Darien blushed and shifted from foot to foot. "Well... you see..."

"Get on with it. I don't have all day." Serena started to tap her foot impatiently.

"It's a competition that some guys participate in every year." He finally got out.

"And? What sort of competition?"

"It's where the players are on horses and we each have nets on long sticks and you have to get a little ball through a hoop that's very high up. There are different fields you can play on. One is just a regular grassy field but there is a forest one, a tall grass one, which makes it hard to find the ball, and one where there is a lake splitting the field. There are 5 to a team. You aren't allowed a goalie so all 3 of your players can be offensive but we usually have one defensive player and 2 offensive, but they can't be inside the circle around the hoop. But sometimes we switch it up a little bit to confuse the competition."

"What about the other two players?" asked Amy, who was very interested in the new game.

Zach smiled and took up explaining the game.

"The other two players have these medium sized balls, which we call the 'verat[ii]', which they throw at the players from the apposing team, who have a different, smaller ball called the 'torib[iii]'. It's with that ball that they try to score a goal."

Serena blinked, trying to take this all in. "I really don't get it." She confessed.

Kevin smiled. "That's ok. Maybe you'll see us play sometime?"

Darien scowled at him and clapped him on the shoulder harder than necessary and shot him a pointed look. "Ix-nay on the ame-gay." He whispered in his friend's ear. Kevin blushed and muttered a "sorry."

Serena eyed the guys suspiciously. "I know you guys are hiding something..." she started. The boys all inhaled sharply. "But I don't know what it is yet." The guys exhaled in relief. "But I will find out sooner or later. Mark my words." With that statement Serena and the girls all walked back towards their individual mansions while the men walked behind them with worry on their faces.

"What if they do find out? I don't want to be around when they realize that we lied to them." Said Zach.

"Don't be such a baby. They'd be happy that we're princes and soon to be kings." Said Nate.

Zach glared back at them. "Don't be so naïve Neph. They are not the type of girls that goes for money and thinks of nothing else. They are nothing like the girls here and you know it."

Darien sighed. "Zoicite is right. They can never find out. Besides hopefully they'll be back on Earth before our princely status can come to light."

The others nodded in agreement. "We can only hope." Muttered Kevin.

As a crossroads came before them the 9 of them split up to go in different directions. Raye headed back to Jed's house by herself.

"I'll get in touch with you all tomorrow." Yelled Serena as she followed Darien down the path to his mansion.

"See you Serena. Take care." Yelled Amy.

"If that Darien messes with you just tell me and I'll rough him up for you." Threatened Lita.

"Don't do that Lita, he's too cute to be roughed up. Just get some action Serena and everything will be fine." Squealed Mina.

Serena blushed and tried to hide her face from Darien but he wasn't looking because he was hiding a blush as well.

"Oh for goddess' sake Mina. Is that all you think about? You guys just better get out of here before I rough you all up." Stated Raye as she disappeared around a corner, the others following suit.

It had been a long day and they were tired.

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[i] Seton Senrpci (set-on sen-rip-see) The meaning of this will become apparent later in the story. I'm so excited that I have some inspiration.

[ii] Verat (ver-at)

[iii] Torib (too-rib)

If you can guess the meanings of these words give me an e-mail with your answer and I'll dedicate the next chapters to you and maybe put you in a cameo when I need filler people. I'll have to see what my brain comes up with next. If you know the answer don't give it away yet. Have fun figuring it out.

Thanks for waiting for an update. Sorry it took so long but I've been really busy. Between exams and packing to come home and then unpacking and then looking for a summer job. I had no time to write. But hopefully I'll squeeze in 1 chapter per day or so on all my stories so I can keep all my reviews happy. If you have any questions or suggestions they are welcome. Constructive criticism as well. And I dedicate this chapter to dork121588 thanks for getting me off my sorry behind and updating. I hope you like the chapter.

Sylver-Tyger