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First Kisses?

A The Chrysanthemum Chronicles Series Story

Inside Serena's Chambers In The Rainbow Springs Palace

Rainbow Springs, Moon Kingdom, Moon

November 19, 986 - November 20, 986

Meanwhile, while Raye was otherwise occupied with getting ready to retrieve the canister that

Bridget had told her about earlier, Serena was mainly killing at least a little, if not a lot of, time until her

planned meeting with her twin sisters Destiny and Bethany a while before local midnight.

She mainly killed it after returning to her Rainbow Springs Palace chambers by either reading or

napping for a while, as she saw fit to do, in them. Mostly by doing some reading in them, if she didn't do

anything else in them. And when she did some reading in her chambers, she mainly read some scrolls that

she'd brought to the other side of the Moon when she'd first come to the Rainbow Springs Palace some

time before, on her tenth birthday. At least one, if not more than one, of those scrolls concerned certain

predictions about at least the last few years of the Moon Kingdom's Silver Millennium. Most of which had

possibly been made either before the Silver Millennium's beginning or within the first fifty or so years of it,

in fact. A good number of those predictions had to deal with the Princess that'd most likely be the Moon

Princess near the end of the Silver Millennium, if not at the exact end of it. Of course, now the Princess

in question that they were most likely referring to was Serena, for the obvious reasons.

One of the predictions that they had made about that time in the Moon Kingdom was that the

Moon Princess of that time would probably fall in love with a young man from the Earth. Or at least that

she would often call him "Honey" in her life on the Moon. And Serena had already been doing that for

quite some time indeed in it, as was now often quite obvious. So that prediction had been proved to be

accurate enough to anyone who knew sufficiently well of it from earlier reading the scroll currently in

question, or reading any number of copies of it, sometime after Serena's own birth on the Moon City side

of the Moon.

She read several predictions about the last few years of the Silver Millennium. And a large

percentage of the ones that she did read concerned her, at least, if not also any other people that she

already knew, or would later know, well enough in her life. And she was reading at least one scroll with

such predictions on it when she eventually heard a few quick knocks on her door. Just as she'd been

advised to expect by her sisters earlier in that very day, sometime between the times at which they'd eaten

their lunches and their suppers, in fact.

As soon as she heard those knocks on her door about twenty or so minutes before local midnight,

she then said, "Be right there, girls. Please give me a few minutes to take care of my things. And then I'll

let you in here, so that I can talk to you."

"Five minutes, Serena, and no more. For Lita is, or was, beginning to have some suspicions that

you were wanting to meet with us for no really good reason, in fact. And do that just so that you could

somehow get out of training here for a while, and also somehow sneak back to the other side of the Moon

without taking any other people there with you, at the same time," said Destiny.

So Serena, for once, didn't waste any unnecessary time taking care of her things that were out in

plain view. And she hid them all rather in a hidden alcove elsewhere in her chambers, on at least one or

two of the shelves of a large bookcase. And she hid them in such a manner that if anyone else was in that

alcove, they'd most likely think that the scrolls were just ornaments of some sort on the shelves of that

bookcase, of course. That done, she quite soon left her hidden alcove again. And she let her sisters in just

before they'd have left the area of her chambers again for their own ones elsewhere in the palace.

Of course, when she did so, she then quite securely bolted the door of her chambers behind her

and her twin sisters. That was so that they'd most likely not be disturbed at all while they were alone with

each other in her chambers, in fact. Then, when she was sufficiently sure that she'd done so well enough,

she soon said, "I've learned from God and others in my life, and in your lives as well, that if enough things

go according to plan for us all here, that the three of us will eventually be the older sisters of five babies.

Now I really don't know yet exactly how many of them will be sisters to us, and how many will be brothers

to us. But if things go well enough for them, Mom, Dad, and the three of us, at the very least, I think Mom

will eventually be Shooting the Comet before too much longer in each of our lives." Of course, as she was

speaking the words aloud for Destiny's benefit, she was also signing them for Bethany's benefit, for all the

obvious reasons.

"Five babies, Serena? Are you sure?"

"Yes, I am, Bethany. If all goes sufficiently according to plan for everyone concerned, we should

be the sisters of quintuplets, most likely by the end of next April. We are not to reveal this to any of the

other Princesses, if at all possible, until further notice, or until they arrive in this very own Universe of ours.

Most especially me, of course. And you both know how hard it often is for me to keep things secret when

others ask me to do so. Not very easy at all, is it?"

"I suppose you're right, Serena," said Destiny. "But must we really keep this all secret, at least until

one of those things happen, if at all possible? I believe I can do that, and I'm reasonably sure that Bethany

can too. But can you, Serena?"

"I really don't know, Destiny. But I really don't want to take the chance that our enemies might be

able to learn it from me, if at all possible. For I sure don't want to see the Silver Millennium and the history

of our dear Moon Kingdom end, if I can possibly avoid it at all, Destiny. Even though I'll possibly be

asleep when it happens, I really don't want to see those things happen if I don't have to, and if I can

possibly avoid doing so."

"Asleep, like in dead?"

"Quite possibly, Destiny. And I think Prince Darien will be just like that too, if I'm not too mistaken

here. I really care for him very much. And I'd do almost anything to be with him, if worst comes to worst

for us here in the Moon Kingdom. I'm reasonably certain by doing so, both of us will get blasted, if we

haven't already been blasted, by the leader of our enemies. Mom won't let our futures be lost, then, if she

can possibly avoid it. And then she'll save as many of us as possible, if she can't possibly save all of us.

I hope that the both of you are sufficiently near the Imperial Palace, if and when the Negaversers actually

do come to the Moon in order to possibly conquer or to possibly destroy us. I was reading some scrolls

just before I let you in here. And at least one of them had various predictions about the last few years of

the Silver Millennium. They predicted that our enemies would come against what was left of our military

defenses in the Moon City area during a ball in it. Yes, a ball, you two. And they'd come when we'd most

likely least expect it, instead of at least a month or two later. This ball would be held in the Imperial

Palace's main ballroom, I think. And our enemies would cause our defenses to crumble quite easily, after

at least a year of constant or near-constant war between them and us. Dad will not be there, because he'll

already be lost some distance away from the Moon, if several of those predictions prove to be accurate

enough in their respective natures later on, I believe, you two. I think that if you girls are anywhere within

no more than ten miles or so of the Imperial Palace, Mom may somehow be able to save you. Though I

could be wrong, of course. You may have to be quite a bit closer to it for her to save you, though. I'm not

totally sure yet. And I may not know for sure at least until the morning of the day they'll probably come,

if at all."

"Serena, if we don't all make it safely enough off, and you survive, will you remember those of us

that don't?"

"I really hope so, Bethany. You can believe me about that, at least, girls. But if either or both of

you actually are lost, I'll certainly do whatever I can to make our enemies who are responsible for your loss

pay for causing me to lose either or both of you, for as long as I possibly can, of course. The same thing

is true for anyone else who I ever cared for enough in my life, and who's lost because of them, at all. The

forces of Evil will all eventually pay for all the wicked things they've done already, the wicked things they're

now doing, and the wicked things that they'll be doing at least until they can no longer do them at all."

Then Destiny and Bethany talked about as many other things with Serena as they possibly could

talk about here. And they all talked about whatever then came to their minds or Serena's for at least a

while longer, if not at least two hours past local midnight in the Rainbow Springs area of the Moon, as they

did so here. When the three of them were eventually too bored with doing so here currently, Destiny and

Bethany then soon said their farewells to Serena again. They both did that here with her, just so that they

could then get to their chambers, and so they all would hopefully get at least a little sleep before local dawn

would arrive in the Rainbow Springs area of the Moon again, of course. Serena then let her twin sisters

leave her chambers, after they were again connected to each other with the required cord, so that they

could also retire for what was left of that night, of course. After doing so, she then didn't take too much

more time getting herself ready for bed and retiring to it herself. And not more than ten minutes after her

sisters had left her alone again in her chambers, she was rather soundly asleep in her bedroom there. She

then slept at least until local dawn arrived. And until the first glimmers of light began entering her chambers

through her windows in them, as well, of course.

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I really do hope that you all have enjoyed the first two stories in this particular story series, and the

first nine chapters of this third story, if you've actually gotten this far. And that you'll all continue to read

its related story series, of course, once I put even more of it up here. The other chapters of this third story

in the series will be up shortly, if at all possible, readers, for your information. I really don't know yet just

how long it'll still take me to get each story in this series up fully here. But it might take a while for each

story in this series, just the same, readers. Until later, then, this is "The Universal Storyteller" signing off

here. Happy reading, and God bless, and all that, of course, readers! Over and out!