Chapter 5: Just like Endymion . . .
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*Author's Notes* I have a new idea that will add an interesting new twist to the story. Sailor Earth should have a greater part in this chapter. Despite these ideas, however, I am unsure of how I want to approach this chapter. Hope it turns out ok . . . Thanks for reading!!
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After the Royal Family had left the garden, Sailor Earth jumped down out of the trees. As she looked around, a thousand happy memories washed through her mind. She smiled. 'Hmmm . . . It's so beautiful here, and so full of memories. Too bad Mamoru never got a good look it.
Sailor Earth sighed. "I'm going to have to figure out how to get Onii-san out of that dungeon, but first things first. Gotta disguise myself and hide the Golden Crystal somewhere. . ." She could have just powered down to her regular Princess form, but then she'd have to explain who she was.
'Besides which, Pluto would kill me.' Under normal circumstances, she could care less what Sailor Pluto had to say about the matter. However, on this matter, she knew that Pluto knew what she was talking about. By telling her parents the truth, she could changing the future or worse - risk erasing it altogether. "No, telling them the truth definately isn't the right course of action."
Holding out the Golden Crystal in front of her, she focused on an outfit that would make her appear of the Noble Class. She wore a bluish-green dress that was tight around the middle and flared out just a little at the bottom. "Well, that took care of my appearance, but I still have to hide the crystal."
Suddenly, it came to her. Reaching into her space pocket, Sailor Earth fingered her Henshin Wand. "Why didn't I think of that before?" She chided herself. Gripping the Golden Crystal tightly in her right hand, she placed it inside her space pocket. Smiling at her own cleverness, Elizabeth, as Sailor Earth was called out-of-senshi-form, headed towards the garden door.
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*In the Throne Room of the Golden Castle*
King Endymion sat atop a large throne chair next to Queen Terra, who sat in a slightly smaller chair. "Bring him in." The King ordered. Immediately, a pair of heavy double doors were pushed open. Mamoru, who had finally decided to pull his shirt back on, was brought into the room by two Royal Guards who kept on either side of him.
Approaching the two Royals, they stopped bowing respectfully to the King and Queen. "Your Majesties. We bring forth the prisoner as you have requested."
King Endymion nodded acknowleging the guards. Stepping to the side, the two guards moved back far enough to be out of the way while remaining close enough to the prisoner to stop any possible threats to the Royal Family. Raising to his feet, the King approached the prisoner. "Mamoru, is it?" The King stopped just a few feet from him.
"Hai, Your Majesty." Mamoru gulped nervously and ran his hand through his hair, an old habit he'd started when he was either nervous or frustrated. 'I hope I don't do anything stupid. This is impossible. There is no way I am standing in front of my dead father trying to get out of a destiny in the dungeon. There is just no way.'
"My brother tells me you've developed some kind of amnesia?"
"I suppose that's one way of putting it." The King glared at Mamoru. Mamoru shifted nervously. "Hai, Majesty." King Endymion sighed in frustration, absently running his hand through his hair. Turning, he faced the court and the nobles who had come to see the man who had managed to find the mysterious Royal Garden that no one was allowed to enter. "Does anyone in the assembly know this man?" A low murmur ran through the crowd.
"Have you seen him before?"
"No."
"He looks a lot like King Endymion. Did you notice?"
"Hai. He does. I hadn't noticed before. He really does."
Mamoru remained quiet seeming to find the floor extremely interesting. He had just fallen out of the 20th century. Who was going to recognize him? 'This is ridiculous.' Frustrated, Endymion and Mamoru both ran their hands absently through their thick black hair. In the background, Queen Terra gasped. King Endymion looked back at his wife questioningly.
"I know him." A young girls voice floated up from the back of the room.
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When King Endymion stood to speak with the guards and the prisoner, Queen Terra remained seated on her tall throne. She had always left matters of crime and punishment to her husband and brother-in-law. Such matters bored her to no end. If people would just teach their children to act right, she could be back in her personal quarters relaxing or spending time with her OWN children.
"Mamoru is it?"
'Mamoru. That's an usual name.' Since her presence was only needed for political reasons, Queen Terra took the opportunity to study the stranger and ponder what it was about him that had caught her attention in the garden.
"My brother tells me you've developed some kind of amnesia?"
"I suppose that's one way of putting it."
The stranger - didn't he say his name was Mamoru or something? - had thick black hair, similiar to her husbands, and midnight-blue eyes, similiar to her own. There was something familiar about him, but she just couldn't quite place it.
"Does anyone in the assembly know this man?" A low murmur ran through the crowd.
"Have you seen him before?"
"No."
"He looks a lot like King Endymion. Did you notice?"
"Hai. He does. I hadn't noticed before. He really does."
Both Mamoru and her husband seemed to be getting frustrated at what was, or wasn't, unfolding. She watched as both men absently ran their right hand through their thick black hair. Suddenly, a voice she heard from the crowd seem to hit her dead on. {He looks a lot like King Endymion. Did you notice?} Terra gasped.'My goodness. He does look like Endymion. In fact, he looks just like Endy-chan!! If I didn't know better, I could almost swear he was one of my own." King Endymion looked back at his wife questioningly.
"I know him." A young girls voice floated up from the back of the room.
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*Author's Notes* Hey everyone!! Sorry it took me so long to update!! I know I promised to add a twist to the story in this chapter, but I don't want to wait any longer before updating. In the next chapter Elizabeth (Sailor Earth) and Mamoru finally meet.
PS: Hopefully, I can bring Endymion's baby brother into the next chapter. He's sooooooo KAWAII!!
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*Author's Notes* I have a new idea that will add an interesting new twist to the story. Sailor Earth should have a greater part in this chapter. Despite these ideas, however, I am unsure of how I want to approach this chapter. Hope it turns out ok . . . Thanks for reading!!
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After the Royal Family had left the garden, Sailor Earth jumped down out of the trees. As she looked around, a thousand happy memories washed through her mind. She smiled. 'Hmmm . . . It's so beautiful here, and so full of memories. Too bad Mamoru never got a good look it.
Sailor Earth sighed. "I'm going to have to figure out how to get Onii-san out of that dungeon, but first things first. Gotta disguise myself and hide the Golden Crystal somewhere. . ." She could have just powered down to her regular Princess form, but then she'd have to explain who she was.
'Besides which, Pluto would kill me.' Under normal circumstances, she could care less what Sailor Pluto had to say about the matter. However, on this matter, she knew that Pluto knew what she was talking about. By telling her parents the truth, she could changing the future or worse - risk erasing it altogether. "No, telling them the truth definately isn't the right course of action."
Holding out the Golden Crystal in front of her, she focused on an outfit that would make her appear of the Noble Class. She wore a bluish-green dress that was tight around the middle and flared out just a little at the bottom. "Well, that took care of my appearance, but I still have to hide the crystal."
Suddenly, it came to her. Reaching into her space pocket, Sailor Earth fingered her Henshin Wand. "Why didn't I think of that before?" She chided herself. Gripping the Golden Crystal tightly in her right hand, she placed it inside her space pocket. Smiling at her own cleverness, Elizabeth, as Sailor Earth was called out-of-senshi-form, headed towards the garden door.
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*In the Throne Room of the Golden Castle*
King Endymion sat atop a large throne chair next to Queen Terra, who sat in a slightly smaller chair. "Bring him in." The King ordered. Immediately, a pair of heavy double doors were pushed open. Mamoru, who had finally decided to pull his shirt back on, was brought into the room by two Royal Guards who kept on either side of him.
Approaching the two Royals, they stopped bowing respectfully to the King and Queen. "Your Majesties. We bring forth the prisoner as you have requested."
King Endymion nodded acknowleging the guards. Stepping to the side, the two guards moved back far enough to be out of the way while remaining close enough to the prisoner to stop any possible threats to the Royal Family. Raising to his feet, the King approached the prisoner. "Mamoru, is it?" The King stopped just a few feet from him.
"Hai, Your Majesty." Mamoru gulped nervously and ran his hand through his hair, an old habit he'd started when he was either nervous or frustrated. 'I hope I don't do anything stupid. This is impossible. There is no way I am standing in front of my dead father trying to get out of a destiny in the dungeon. There is just no way.'
"My brother tells me you've developed some kind of amnesia?"
"I suppose that's one way of putting it." The King glared at Mamoru. Mamoru shifted nervously. "Hai, Majesty." King Endymion sighed in frustration, absently running his hand through his hair. Turning, he faced the court and the nobles who had come to see the man who had managed to find the mysterious Royal Garden that no one was allowed to enter. "Does anyone in the assembly know this man?" A low murmur ran through the crowd.
"Have you seen him before?"
"No."
"He looks a lot like King Endymion. Did you notice?"
"Hai. He does. I hadn't noticed before. He really does."
Mamoru remained quiet seeming to find the floor extremely interesting. He had just fallen out of the 20th century. Who was going to recognize him? 'This is ridiculous.' Frustrated, Endymion and Mamoru both ran their hands absently through their thick black hair. In the background, Queen Terra gasped. King Endymion looked back at his wife questioningly.
"I know him." A young girls voice floated up from the back of the room.
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When King Endymion stood to speak with the guards and the prisoner, Queen Terra remained seated on her tall throne. She had always left matters of crime and punishment to her husband and brother-in-law. Such matters bored her to no end. If people would just teach their children to act right, she could be back in her personal quarters relaxing or spending time with her OWN children.
"Mamoru is it?"
'Mamoru. That's an usual name.' Since her presence was only needed for political reasons, Queen Terra took the opportunity to study the stranger and ponder what it was about him that had caught her attention in the garden.
"My brother tells me you've developed some kind of amnesia?"
"I suppose that's one way of putting it."
The stranger - didn't he say his name was Mamoru or something? - had thick black hair, similiar to her husbands, and midnight-blue eyes, similiar to her own. There was something familiar about him, but she just couldn't quite place it.
"Does anyone in the assembly know this man?" A low murmur ran through the crowd.
"Have you seen him before?"
"No."
"He looks a lot like King Endymion. Did you notice?"
"Hai. He does. I hadn't noticed before. He really does."
Both Mamoru and her husband seemed to be getting frustrated at what was, or wasn't, unfolding. She watched as both men absently ran their right hand through their thick black hair. Suddenly, a voice she heard from the crowd seem to hit her dead on. {He looks a lot like King Endymion. Did you notice?} Terra gasped.'My goodness. He does look like Endymion. In fact, he looks just like Endy-chan!! If I didn't know better, I could almost swear he was one of my own." King Endymion looked back at his wife questioningly.
"I know him." A young girls voice floated up from the back of the room.
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*Author's Notes* Hey everyone!! Sorry it took me so long to update!! I know I promised to add a twist to the story in this chapter, but I don't want to wait any longer before updating. In the next chapter Elizabeth (Sailor Earth) and Mamoru finally meet.
PS: Hopefully, I can bring Endymion's baby brother into the next chapter. He's sooooooo KAWAII!!