Chapter 12
Rating: PG 13
By: Psycho4moon
I'm sooooo sorry this took so long, I've had it wrote for quite some time now, but sadly that thing called life always interferes. Again I'm sorry and I do hope the next chapter will be out sooner. Hope you enjoy and please review, thanks.
Mina looked up as the queen walked in, " Has she left her room yet?"
Serenity shook her head sadly, "No and he hasn't left her door. Neither is eating. I just don't know what to do. I should have don something." Serenity collapsed in a chair crying, "I should have stepped in, I'm suppose to protect her. How am I suppose to prove to her that I love her when I let her father die?!"
Mina rushed to her queens side, " you did nothing wrong. Merlin chose to do what he did. You couldn't have changed his mind. What you can do is show the princess that you love her and that her mother hasn't left also."
"But what of Endymion? His parents have both left to help start rebuilding the kingdom. Who does he have?"
"I'll try to get the generals to help Endymion but I don't' know if he will listen. He probably feels more guilty than you do."
"We have to try I can't loose my daughter when I just lost my husband." Mina bowed, "I'll do my best your highness." Serenity stood and put her hand under Mina's chin to stand her up, " thank you Mina, thank you."
Usagi laid on her bed gazing out at the sky, every once in awhile she would move her hands in complicated patterns and in the sky the clouds would reform to what appeared to be a face. "I'm so sorry father. If I protected those around me, you'd still be here. If only I had been better. This is all my fault."
"No Serenity it is not."
Usagi sat up in her bed and stared in the eyes of her mother, "how could you say that, if you loved my father even one tenth of what I loved him, then you should be blaming me too. I let him die, I even asked him to die, what kind of daughter is that. I loved him so much and now he's gone, what I'm I suppose to do, how can you stand the site of me, I'm a murder, I killed my own father, I'm a bigger monster than Beryl!" Usagi collapsed on the bed screaming, praying, crying.
"NO! Don't you ever say that again. She has still won if you think like that."
"What else I'm I suppose to think."
Serenity glided up next to Usagi, "You could start by thinking of others. Your father was a stubborn mule and once his mind was made up you couldn't change it, much like someone else I know, Queen Serenity gave a knowing smile to her daughter. "There was nothing you could do. Think about your friends, they're worried sick about you. Rei hasn't left her fire. Ami won't sleep; she keeps trying to come up with some medical concoction. We have a whole kitchen AND dining room full of food thinks to Lita's endless cooking. Mina has been fighting the whole army and if that's not enough, Endymion, the one you love, has not left your door the whole time you've been in here. He hasn't ate, drank, and has slept very little I'm sure. You need to wake up and stop felling guilty. No one blames you, mostly they blame themselves, myself included. I don't know how I'll ever be able to tell you how sorry I am that I did not do anything. I want nothing more than your happiness but I seem to fail even at that, I hope that one day you can forgive me. But right now your friends need you just as much as you need them. Go find peace, love." Serenity turned around and vanished.
Usagi sat up in bed and contemplated everything her mother had said, do people really not find her to blame. Are they suffering as much as she? How could they? They didn't loose their father. But they've lost a friend. Usagi slowly walked to he door, nervously she opened it and met blue eyes, "Endy," she whispered breathlessly.
Endymion engulfed her in a hug, "I love you Usa."
Usagi started crying as soon as his arms touched hers, "I'm so sorry Endy."
Endymion pulled away from Usagi and held her by shoulders inches from his face. "No Usagi, you have nothing to be sorry for. If anything it's my fault, I should have seen it, I should have never let my guard down, no matter how weak I am. Its me who should be saying sorry to you."
Usagi cut him off with a kiss, "Its not your fault, its Beryl's and now she's gone and can't hurt us anymore." Endymion picked her up and twirled her around, "God, I do love you." Endymion laid her down on the bed and gazed at her lovingly. He leaned over, capturing her lips in a frantic, passionate, yet at the same time romantic, sweet kiss. Perfect. Usagi clung on to Endymion like she was drowning, and in a way she was. Endymion suddenly jumped away, Usagi looked up confused, then angry as she heard snickering from the door. Usagi burst up and stormed towards the figure, "this happens every time! Do you guys not know how to knock? Geesh!"
The white haired general laughed, " I need something to knock on first. Do you guys not know how to shut a door?"
"Oops." Usagi's cheeks turned a bright red, " My bad." Endymion came up behind Usagi encircling his arms around her waist, " did you want something Kunzite, or did you just come to aggravate me?"
Kunzite glanced at Usagi, "Minako wants to talk to you, as for you Endymion, come with me, Queen Serenity wishes to talk with you."
"You had better hurry, she doesn't like to wait." Endymion chuckled, "no more than Mina, love." Endymion leaned over and softly brushed his lips with Usagi's, "will finish this later."
"You wanted to see me Queen Serenity?"
The Queen turned around from the painting and looked over Endymion, " do you feel any different since the tragedy?" Endymion gave the Queen an odd look, " different? Different how?"
"Do you feel stronger, more in tune with things around you, do you feel that something has changed inside you?" Endymion thought over each thing she said, "no I don't think so."
The Queen waved her hand; a sword appeared suspended in front of Endymion, " grab this." Endymion attentively reached out and grabbed the handle. The sword erupted in a bright light; the Queen smiled sadly, "just as I thought, you have gained all of Merlin's powers." Endymion gaped at the Queen, floored by what he was hearing, "Why?"
The Queen smiled, "dear Endymion, did you not want to learn all you could from the great powerful Merlin. He granted you your wish." Endymion sat down the sword and the light faded away, " Buy why me? Why not Usagi?"
"Serenity already has all his power, she is after all his daughter, plus she has all my power. She is still the more powerful than anyone on Earth, Moon, anywhere, so don't get your hopes up." Endymion sat down trying to sink all this in, " Does Usagi know?"
"No. I wanted to tell you first before her. She needs a lot of support right now and I don't know if she should know right now. She's already had so much to deal with; lets not add one more brick on her shoulders. You may go now."
Endymion walked to the door and then turned around, " while I'm here I have a question for you that I hope you will consent to. My I, Prince Endymion of Earth, have your daughters, Princess Serenity of the Moon, hand in marriage?" The Queen sighed sadly, "let me think on it Endymion, don't ask her just yet." Endymion bowed stiffly, " Yes, Queen Serenity, as you wish."