In the last chapter of this story, many people returned to the Moon City side of the Moon
from where they'd been training on the Rainbow Springs side of the Moon. And they were all
coming back to the Moon City side of the Moon for a while, due to the fact that it was now quite
close to Christmas by the calendar then in use both on the Moon and on Earth, in fact.
They will be on the Moon City side of the Moon for at least a little while, if not a long
while, before they resume their training sessions as Sailor Scouts, by the way, readers. Sometime
after the end of their current break from training, they will resume doing so. Or they will find
another adventure that will force them to fight against the Negaverse at least once more in the near
future, most likely. Which it is will be revealed to you all when the need arises, readers.
Now without any further ado, let's get on with the next chapter of this story of mine here, if
that's all right with you here, readers. Please do read, review, and enjoy, if at all possible, quite
naturally enough, readers!
First Kisses?
A The Chrysanthemum Chronicles Series Story
Main Ballroom In The Double Earth Palace
Crescent, Moon Kingdom, Moon
December 21, 986 - December 22, 986
Some length of time later, and just before the end of Earthrise, Serena then showed up in the
main ballroom of the Double Earth Palace wearing a mostly pink dress with a royal blue and white
sash that ran from her left shoulder to her right hip. She showed up there just a few minutes before
Darien, Rolando, and Sylvia did the same. Sylvia showed up there wearing a mostly black and lime
green dress. And Princes Rolando and Darien showed up wearing black tuxedos, as usual. However,
Prince Rolando wore a navy blue cummerbund, and Darien wore a crimson cummerbund.
Already there in the main ballroom when Moon Princess Serena, Princess Sylvia, Prince
Rolando, and Prince Darien all eventually showed up in it were Queen Serenity, Princes Daniel and
Raphael. And the Princesses Amy, Chloe, Mina, Aurora, Destiny, Bethany, Raye, Bridget, Lita,
Beatrice, Jackie, Hannah, Estella, Ariel, Alexis, Winnie, Poruzuka, Michelle, D.C., Deborah, Susan,
and Tracy were there as well, of course. And all of them wore some rather attractive dresses that went
well with their hair and eyes, as they waited for the upcoming ball to begin. When Serena showed
up in it with Sylvia, Rolando, and Darien, she soon found her mother in it, and went to her, while
Sylvia, Rolando, and Darien all followed her in the main ballroom. Serena said, "I'm here now, Mom.
The ball can begin just as planned now, Mother. If that's still all right with you, of course."
"Sure thing, Serena. I'm going to go lie down again for a while, shortly after this ball begins.
I'm not feeling perfectly well at the moment. I might dance once. But if I do, I'm only dancing once,
before I leave here again."
"Understood. And if you leave, you'll want me to run things here, if I can, with or without
Uncle Raph's help. For you'll want to leave this main ballroom with Dad, no doubt."
"Do you think you can do that well enough, if I were to leave it with your Dad, Serena?"
"I'm sure I can at least try, of course, Mom."
"Good. If you have any problems after we leave here, then ask your uncle for help, if you feel
you need to."
"Will do."
Soon enough, then, the ball was due to start, and when its time came to everyone there in the
main ballroom, Serenity and her daughter Serena soon declared the ball open, of course. And then
both of them were soon on the floor with Daniel or Darien, as the case might be for each of them. Of
course, Serenity only danced with her husband, and Serena only danced with Darien, when they did
so, at least for the first dance, if not the only dance, that they'd dance while they were both at the ball
together. As expected, then, Serenity soon left the main ballroom with Daniel after she danced only
once during that ball. That then left the floor to the younger people on it, of course.
Sylvia danced with several young men from all over the Sol solar system of the Milky Way
Galaxy during the ball in question. But most of the time, she danced just with Rolando during it. For
she'd begun to consider the possibility that she might fall for him, and he for her, in either of their own
mortal lives. She thought, "I can't really lose, if I eventually wind up with Rolando, can I? He's a
really nice guy, and he's rather cute, as well. He's kind, and he really seems interested in me mainly
for what's inside than he is for what's outside. He seems to really like me a great deal, and I wonder
if he thinks it's great that I'm a strong girl most, if not all, of the time."
As she was thinking that, Rolando was also thinking, "Man, Sylvia looks especially radiant
tonight. I like that black and lime green dress that she's wearing now. It looks especially good on
her tonight. I wonder if it's one of the dresses that Sailor Chrysalis gave her some time ago. I really
liked that other one she wore about two months ago. I suppose I better try not to embarrass her by
telling her that I think she's looking great while all these other people are around us. Maybe later, it'd
be all right for me to do so. But now may not be so good of a time to say such things to her. She is
a real warrior, I'll say that for her. She really handled those Negaversers and Yonishikians well when
we fought them on Ozotov IV quite a while ago. And that was even before she first became Junior
Sailor Skyhorse a few weeks or months ago. I doubt I could have done better than she did in those
battles on Ozotov IV, even if the conditions of those battles had been different enough from what they
were. She should be one amazing Sailor Scout, I think. Maybe not as powerful a Scout as Moon and
a few others might be, but still rather powerful, nevertheless, I think. And if she loves people at least
half as well as she fights people from the Negaverse, at least, then she'll probably make a lot of friends
here before too much longer, if she hasn't already. And I hope I'm among those people that she has
loved, is now loving, and will love, in her life, if at all possible, of course. I'd not mind ever marrying
her either, if we're both so inclined, and God wills that we do so, for all the obvious reasons, of
course."
Sylvia eventually caught him gazing at her, during one of the dances that both she and
Rolando were currently sitting out. And then she asked him, for she was now quite curious about
what he was thinking here, "What's on your mind, Rolando, if it's safe enough for you to answer me
here?"
"What do you think, Sylvia?" He even winked at her, as he also flashed a smile at her then.
He did both those things in a slightly mischievous manner. But not entirely in such a manner.
"Oh, no! You think I'm so beautiful tonight in my dress, among other things, I'd bet. And
from the look in your eyes, I think you may even believe I look especially radiant tonight in it."
"Well, yes, as a matter of fact, that was just the case, and my thoughts haven't changed since
I just thought them, at least in that regard, Sylvia."
"Rolando, you're a real dream, I think. How come you often think I'm so beautiful? I just
don't understand what makes you say the things you often do say to me, whenever we're together at
all, whether or not other people are near us when you say those things to me."
"Because, my dear Sylvia, you are. Believe me, you are. And just because many people
haven't yet seen it, that doesn't mean that you aren't beautiful. They'd literally have to be blind not to
see that you are beautiful not only on the outside, but on the inside as well, Sylvia. And I really can't
wait until we're old enough to start dating, if at all possible, sometime yet in the future. Though, of
course, I might have to, for all the obvious reasons. And I think, that if and when we get old enough
to do so, you'd most likely not mind doing so. Yes, I know that we're from different parts of our own
world. But I still see you quite often in my dreams and/or visions, especially of late. I don't really
know why well enough yet, if I ever will. But I know that I do. And I'm reasonably certain that the
same thing's often happening to you, as it relates to me, in your own recent dreams and/or visions.
I have this strange feeling that someday, we might just find ourselves in love with each other, if we're
not already in love with each other, Sylvia. Whether it's while we're still here in the 10th Century or
not, I'm not quite sure. I just have this strange feeling that we'll eventually end up together for a very
long time, at least once, in each of our lives in God's very own Universe. I can't lie to you about how
I feel about you, no matter how hard I try, Sylvia. You do look great, and especially radiant tonight.
I can't help it, but I just have to say that to you. Even if it makes you blush again, I just have to say
that to you here."
As the first glimmers of a blush began to appear on her cheeks, she then grabbed his nearest
hand, and she suddenly pulled him out of his seat. Not yet understanding why, he didn't resist her
pulling him out of his seat. She then pulled him through the main ballroom, until she was on the
nearest balcony of the palace with him. After they got on the balcony together, she soon shut the
nearest doors to that balcony behind them both. And she then secured them for a time, using a stick
she'd found earlier on the Rainbow Springs Palace's grounds before she and others had left them to
come eventually to Crescent, by way of Moon City. She placed that stick in such a manner that
nobody else would be able to access that balcony through those doors unless they broke the stick in
question, or she removed it. Then she went back to where Rolando was standing elsewhere on that
balcony, and she said, "We're alone, and we won't be disturbed for a while, Rolando, I think."
"What's on your mind, then, Sylvia?"
"Either talk to me or kiss me, please. For otherwise, I think this blush won't go away for a
while, if I'm not mistaken."
"Which would you rather prefer, Sylvia?"
"Either would be nice, now that we're alone. Yes, I know that we're still young, but I just have
this strange urge beginning to visit me, which seems to think that maybe we should kiss at least once,
if not more, in the very near future. Either that, or we should talk in private with each other for at least
a little while, away from everyone else."
"I've never kissed a girl before in actual reality. Unless, of course, they're part of my family,
Sylvia."
"Well, I've never kissed a boy outside my family before, Rolando, so I'm not more experienced
in kissing romantically than you are, if that's actually the case for you."
"So what you're saying, if we're not lying to each other here, is that this will be the first
romantic kiss that either of us will ever have?"
"Yes, Rolando, I am indeed saying that."
"You realize that if I kiss you, and you kiss me, then, in my book, at least, if not yours as well,
I'll be your boyfriend, and you'll be my girlfriend, Sylvia?"
"Yes, I do."
"Then I don't expect you to be kissing any other boys in a romantic manner for at least as long
as I do so. You understand me?"
"Perfectly. But if that's the case, I'll expect you to respect me enough not to kiss any other girls
in a romantic manner either, of course, Rolando. Otherwise, what's the point of being boyfriend and
girlfriend to each other in our lives? Sure, our romantic relationship with each other might not last
permanently. But it might, if it's truly God's will that it does so, so there's no sense in risking it
needlessly, of course. Is there, Rolando?" Just then they both quite unconsciously walked under a
bit of mistletoe hanging from another balcony one floor of the Double Earth Palace just about four feet
above both of their heads.
"No, there's not, Sylvia. Very well, then. It's agreed. If we're to be boyfriend or girlfriend to
each other, as the case might be for each of us, then we aren't to go around searching for romantic
kisses from people of the gender opposite ourselves. Or that may be grounds for termination of such
a relationship between us, Sylvia. Sure, we may chase other boys or girls, as the case might be for
each of us. But we aren't to search for romantic kisses from any of the people that we chase in the
future. I'd prefer, though, if possible, for us not to chase other people while we're still seeing each
other romantically, of course, Sylvia. This, of course, is for all the obvious reasons, Sylvia."
"Are we to keep our romantic relationship secret, if we begin one?"
"If you think it best, why not?"
"I think that if we have one, we should let all our friends from here know, at least, but nobody
else, if we can possibly avoid it."
"Agreed. Now what are we going to do, Sylvia, as your blush is now fading at least a little?"
"I suppose we could kiss, if that's what you think we should do."
Just then, Rolando spotted the mistletoe above their heads, and asked, "You mean we could
kiss under a bit of mistletoe, Sylvia?"
"What are you talking about?"
"Look above our heads, Sylvia. There's a bit of it hanging from a balcony a few feet above our
heads." She looked where he then pointed, and she soon spotted it.
Then she said, "I suppose, Rolando."
"Are you sure, because I don't want to rush things with us if I don't have to, Sylvia?"
"Am I still a bit red?"
"Yes, but just a little."
"Might as well. It's going to happen anyway, I figure, so we might as well get it over with,
if we're ever going to do that with each other, before the likely end of the Moon Kingdom. So, if you
don't mind doing so, don't be afraid to kiss me at all, Rolando."
"Very well, if you feel that we must do so, I'll kiss you, and you should kiss me. But if we
kiss, you know what that'll mean at least to me, if not also to you, Sylvia."
"I do know that now, Rolando. And I agree with you on that. It'll mean the same thing for
me, or at least it'll mean, as much as possible, the same thing to me, of course. If it doesn't mean the
same thing to me as it does to you, then you should know why. Simply because of the fact that we're
people of different genders, of course."
"Understood, Sylvia. Where do you want for me to kiss you, and for you to kiss me?"
"Let's go where we can see the Earth from this balcony, if at all possible, Rolando." So they
did so. Then when Sylvia was sure enough that they were where they should both be on the balcony
in question, she said, "Anytime you're ready for us to kiss, then, go to it, Rolando."
"All right. We're agreed, then, that once we kiss each other, there's not to be any romantic
kissing of others by us for at least as long as we're seeing each other romantically."
"Yes, we're agreed on that."
"Then prepare to get kissed, Sylvia, and to become my girlfriend, by logical extension. You
won't actually change your mind before I do so here, will you?"
"No, I won't. For I do want you as my boyfriend, and I want to be your girlfriend, for at least
as long as we can be seeing each other romantically in our lives. Yes, we're young, I know, but I still
want to see you romantically now."
"As you wish, Sylvia. I feel that I should become a boyfriend to you, and that you should
become a girlfriend to me, right now, then, Sylvia."
Wasting no more time, he then brushed a bit of hair away from her eyes that had fallen in front
of them a bit, and then he put his hands on her cheeks. He then looked once into her eyes, as she did
the same, then he soon focused his gaze on her lips. Slowly, then, he brought his lips to hers, and
gave her a rather gentle kiss fully on them. He kept his lips on hers for a few seconds, at most, before
he removed them from her lips. It was a rather gentle, yet rather passionate kiss, that he'd just given
her. Several seconds later, after they both looked again at each other, she then did to him what he'd
just done to her. She brought her lips to his in the same manner that he'd just brought his to hers.
And her kiss lasted at least as long, if not longer, than his first kiss of his lips to hers. Then, after she
felt the need to break for air, she soon removed her lips from where they'd been on his, of course.
After doing so, Sylvia said, "Thank you, Rolando, for that kiss."
"It was my pleasure, Sylvia. And thank you for your kissing of me, as well. And, by the way,
your blush is gone."
"Really?"
"Really."
"I wonder if our kisses made it disappear."
"I don't know, but I'd not be surprised if they did, Sylvia."
"All right. How are we going to tell the others, if we do, that we're now seeing each other
romantically, Rolando?"
"I'm sure the words will come to the both of us, Sylvia, if they don't guess that we are already
doing so before we actually do have a chance to tell them that."
Moments later, then, after a little bit more conversation with each other, but no more kissing
between themselves, they left the balcony, once Sylvia had recovered her stick from where she'd put
it in the necessary doors that separated the balcony in question from the main ballroom of the Double
Earth Palace. They then returned to the main ballroom of that palace. And the first couple they saw
were Serena and Darien, when they got far enough back into it.
Serena said, "I suppose you two were on a balcony together just now, for at least a while."
"Yes, Serena, we were, as a matter of fact," said Sylvia.
"And I suppose you two came to an understanding of sorts?"
"What do you mean, Serena?" asked Sylvia.
"I can tell that you spent quite a bit of time out there."
"So what of it, Serena?"
"Sylvia, you talked quite a bit with Rolando here. I don't know exactly what about. But I have
a feeling you two came to an understanding of sorts about at least one thing, if not more."
"How can you tell, Serena?"
"Because your hair's not exactly as it was when you got here to the main ballroom. If it were,
I don't think I'd likely be able to tell that you both had done so. And Rolando's isn't either. I see the
unmistakable traces that you both had a discussion with each other of at least some importance to the
both of you."
"What else can you tell, Serena?"
"A bit of your lipstick is still visible on his lips. And your lipstick is a bit smudged. That's
how I can tell that something went on there on the balcony. Something important. Would you care
to come into a corner or into another room with me and talk with me a while about it?"
Sylvia considered that, as three pairs of eyes focused their gazes on her for a few seconds, then
said, "Very well. But only you, and nobody else, at least not for the current time, if at all possible,
Serena."
"Understood. Darien, please tell Rolando about your latest ride on Black Star, if you please,
while we're busy conversing with each other."
"As you wish, Serena. It's almost local midnight, so please make it quick, if you can."
"All right, Darien, I'll see what I can do about that."
"Good." Then Serena left the main ballroom for a time with Sylvia, not saying anything else
to anyone as she did so, and at least not until she and Sylvia were safely behind another door
elsewhere in the palace.
As soon as they were, Serena then asked, "Sylvia, please start talking now to me about what
happened with you and Rolando on that balcony, if you so choose."
"All right. We talked for a while, about various things of some importance to either or both
of us, and while we were doing so, we kissed each other once apiece. First he kissed me, and then
I kissed him. Those were the first two kisses that we ever shared with people outside our respective
families, Serena. Neither of us had ever kissed anyone else in our lives with any romantic kisses. So
you know what that now means, Serena. And I expect that the same thing might eventually come to
pass for you and Darien someday, at least once in the future."
"How did his kiss feel to you, Sylvia?"
"Wonderful. I don't expect to always get kissed like that by a boy or a man, but I still liked
the kiss very much. And I hope that he liked the kiss I gave him in return. I kissed him in much the
same manner, if not the exact same manner, that he kissed me not too long before. Did you know that
Rolando's beginning to get the first signs of a moustache and beard on his face now?"
"No, I didn't, Sylvia. I didn't know that. Or at least I couldn't tell when I looked at him shortly
after we got here to Crescent a while ago, to be with Mom and everyone else that we were supposed
to meet here."
"I see. Well, I hope that it eventually works out well enough for us in the future, so that we
can marry someday, if it's truly God's will that we ever do so, Serena."
"So do you expect to be able to kiss him often whenever you see him?"
"Not really, for we may not be able to do that very often, if at all, whenever we do, if we ever
see each other often enough in the future."
"Well, if you're now hoping that it eventually all works out well enough for you and Rolando
in the future, then I feel I should do the same, of course. I, for one, at least, think that you two make
a good couple. And if I were a betting girl, which you know I'm not, at least not most of the time, I'd
be willing to bet that a lot of the other Princesses we already know in our lives also feel the same way
now about you both that I do. Both Rolando and Darien are rather cute, but I like Darien more, of
course. Nothing against Rolando, of course, Sylvia. But from what I know of him and Darien, I like
being with Darien more than I do with Rolando. This is for all the obvious reasons, of course. I wish
you and Rolando all the best in your new romantic relationship with each other."
"You won't chase him?"
"Nope. Not when there's another guy I like a whole lot more in my life. Sure, he might be a
great guy for me, if things worked out that way for us both in our lives. But I don't want to lose
Darien to anyone else of our common gender, if I don't absolutely have to, Sylvia. Even if they're
Raye or someone enough like her. Either now or anytime yet in the future, I never want to lose him
completely, if I don't absolutely have to, and if I can possibly avoid it, in my life, and in his life as
well."
"So Darien's the one for you, no matter how many other guys you might ever see in your life?"
"I believe so. I don't think I'll ever have Rini with anyone else as my husband instead of him.
I can't even comprehend the idea of me ever marrying any other guy in my life, if I don't have to,
Sylvia. I want to end up with Darien, if at all possible, in my life, someday. I don't care when it
happens, if it ever does, I want to eventually end up marrying him and having a family with him
someday yet in the future. Sure, I know he's a lot older than me, but I still want to eventually end up
with him for as long as I possibly can be with him, if I can."
"And have Rini, at least?"
"Yes, I do. If I have no other children, I want to have Rini after I get married someday to
Darien, if at all possible."
"Have you thought about the future at least a bit more since we all got here to Crescent?"
"Yes, I have, Sylvia. I hope my brother Sammy in it won't be as much of a brat as it seems
he might be in it."
"You're talking about your potential time in the 20th Century, aren't you, Serena?"
"Yes, I am. He often seems to be a pest, and he teases me a lot, I think, in it. Or at least what
I've seen of a future that might actually include him in it somehow."
"But will you love him very much?"
"Of course I will, even if we don't always get along, Sylvia."
"Will he know you're also Sailor Moon in the future?"
"I hope not, if such a future comes to pass for me that includes him in my life, Sylvia. Because
if he does, it could be very dangerous for him and others in my life. For I suspect that people who'll
be against us then, will also try to get that information from him somehow, if they possibly can. And
I hope that none of my closest friends who aren't also Sailor Scouts then ever learn such a thing
somehow. For I won't likely want to see them get hurt needlessly by beings not friendly to people like
us at those certain times in our lives, Sylvia."
"Even Molly?"
"Yes, even Molly. Though she might like one of our enemies, I hope that she never finds out
that I'm Sailor Moon at all, for her own safety and for the safety of everyone else close enough to her."
"Which of our enemies, Serena?"
"Someone named Nephlyte, who'll most likely go by the alias of Maxfield Stanton, if I'm not
mistaken about such things, Sylvia."
"Negaverse person?"
"Yes. Why?"
"I think I heard the name sometime during our last battle on Ozotov IV quite a while ago."
"And?"
"If Molly falls for him, she may be in great danger, and you may be forced to make a very
important choice when you're opposing him."
"Oh?"
"I saw him and Molly in a short vision just before I came to the main ballroom here in this
palace. You were, I believe, in the Tokyo area of Earth. And you were trying to defeat him once and
for all there. But Molly didn't want you to destroy him, for she'd really begun to like him a whole lot,
after knowing him for only a short period of time."
"And?"
"You were about to destroy him, I think. But she put herself between him and you, as you
were in your Sailor Scout state of being as Sailor Moon. I believe it was at least a while before you'd
meet up with Lita again at your school. I think Mars and Mercury were with you, at the time, and
they asked her to step aside so that you could then destroy him. But Molly refused, and I believe she
said something along the lines of, 'If you want to destroy him, you'll have to kill me first,' if not those
exact words, Serena."
"And?"
"I believe that took place after you'd thrown your tiara."
"Oh?"
"And when you throw your tiara, you usually destroy whatever or whoever you're aiming it
at, I think."
"Did I hit her with it?"
"No. Fortunately, you were able to stop your tiara before it hit her as she was trying to shield
him with herself."
"I'm glad, of course. Then what happened?"
"Nephlyte eventually got destroyed anyway."
"No doubt by Zoisite and her goons?"
"Yes, but how do you know that?"
"Remember the earlier vision I told you of about two or so months ago, in which she called
Destiny and Bethany both pests? You'd come to my chambers with Mercury, Mars, Venus, and
Jupiter, while you were in your Sailor Scout state as Skyhorse. And I told you about that vision that
she'd been in while I was in my chambers."
"Yes, I remember now, Serena."
"Well, she also seemed to be happy about something major that'd eventually happen in the
future. Apparently, she's secretly had plans to do in Nephlyte. And she's just looking for any reason
to be able to do that. And if things are often as you seem to think that they'll possibly be for us in the
future, she'll try to do that sometime while we're on Earth. Especially if Nephlyte and Molly begin
to have feelings of some kind for each other. Nephlyte will come around and try to beat us, I think,
after Jeddite gets punished by Queen Beryl somehow. But he won't succeed against us, if your vision
is sufficiently accurate in its nature, Sylvia. Zoisite won't be able to resist opposing him, and she'll
probably use his relationship with Molly as some sort of excuse to move against him. At least I think
she might. Then she and her goons might ice him, in a manner of speaking, and possibly step up to
oppose us. Molly then may be in a whole lot more danger, if she eventually recognizes Zoisite
sometime afterward. Zoisite may seek to do her in as well, and I think we'll have to try to keep her
from doing that, of course."
"Will this probably be after Jupiter shows up?"
"Yes, I think so. And maybe before Venus does so."
"Who'll toast Zoisite, then, Serena?"
"Beryl, I think, after we keep her from beating us in battle well enough. And before Darien
gets captured by them, I think, though I could be wrong, of course."
"And how'll you save Darien, if he gets captured?"
"I haven't figured that out yet. My visions and/or dreams haven't really been telling me much,
if anything at all, about such things, at least not of late, Sylvia. That's supposing that they ever will,
of course, Sylvia."
"But you'll eventually save him somehow?"
"You can be sure of that. I'm not going to let Beryl keep us apart forever, if I can possibly
avoid it, of course, Sylvia. And I'll destroy her, though I'll surely not be able to do it alone, of course."
"You mean you'll have at least some help when you face her for the last time."
"Yes. I see Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, and Venus standing with me as I use my Crescent Moon
Wand to beat her, as it also holds the Imperium Silver Crystal in it."
"And then what?"
"We either go into a state of dormancy, or we all get hit by a temporary bout of amnesia, for
at least a little while. At least until we all have reason to fight baddies again, of course."
"But you don't see me or a lot of other girls?"
"Nope. I don't know if Destiny and Bethany, at least, will be lost to us before then. But I
haven't seen them yet in any dreams and/or visions of mine that relate to possible futures for us all.
And I don't see you in them. I don't know why, but I don't see you either, at least not yet, in them,
Sylvia."
"When does Rini come to the 20th Century to meet with you all, if you can tell me that?"
"I think after we'll possibly finish with Cardians, she'll show up. And if so, she'll have gone
back in time from the 30th Century away from us, hoping to find the Imperium Silver Crystal, I think.
She'll probably find out I'd have it, I think, if I'm not mistaken, and she'll want to get it so that she can
bring it back to the 30th Century with her. But we'll help her fight against people from the
Negamoon, I think, and we'll eventually beat them completely, if we can't convert them into beings
like us at all. We'll probably find ourselves in another major battle, and win it together. After doing
that, it'll be a matter of time before other baddies show up for us to oppose in our lives."
"Heart-Snatchers?"
"You know about them possibly coming to bother us in the future?"
"Yes, I do. I saw them as well in at least one of my recent dreams and/or visions. And they
won't be easy to defeat in battle either."
"And some of us may fall for a time, if we're not saved in time?"
"I believe so, Serena. Protect Rini with your lives, if at all possible, Serena. I fear that she
may be in very grave danger or worse if they capture her. The battle against them may be very costly,
or it may not. But I fear that Rini will be the most in danger of all of you, for I think that she'll be the
youngest of all of you in your crowd."
"And Hannah might be controlled by some strange being?"
"Yes, I'm afraid so. But I don't think that you should ever tell her that, if you can possibly
avoid it. I don't know why, but I just don't think that you should tell Hannah that at all, if you can
avoid doing so."
"Even if it puts Rini in danger by not doing so?"
"Yes. Even if it does, Serena. After the Heart-Snatchers, you might face girls in awful outfits
with pool sticks."
"Pool sticks? What are those?"
"You'll know soon enough, if you don't already. They'll be looking for a single Golden Mirror,
and you'll have to stop them from getting it, if at all possible. I'm not sure if Rini will have it, or
someone else will. But I do suspect that Rini will again be in very serious danger, at least until you
save her again somehow. I don't know how, but you'll save her somehow, Serena. After you do, I'm
not sure yet what'll happen next for you in your lives. Other than you might all eventually get to be
in the 30th Century with each other in Crystal Tokyo, of course."
They talked only a few minutes more with each other about whatever else crossed their minds
then, before they left the room they'd gone to in order to talk in private with each other for a while.
It was now only a few minutes, at most, before local midnight when they did so. And they both
rejoined Darien and Rolando in the main ballroom of the Double Earth Palace no less than a minute
before local midnight in the Crescent area of the Moon. When they did so, Darien was rather glad
to see them again, of course. For they'd been away from the main ballroom for at least a few minutes,
and talking with each other about whatever had crossed their minds in that time.
Darien asked, seconds later, "Did you girls have a good talk with each other, Serena?"
"Of course. I can't tell you what she discussed with me, or at least not yet, though, Darien.
Maybe later, if it's all right with her, I'll be able to do that. Don't even think of asking what we talked
about for a while, at least. For I won't tell you, at least not until I can tell you what we discussed with
each other a little while ago elsewhere in this Double Earth Palace of ours."
"Ours as in belonging to the Moon Kingdom?"
"Of course, Darien. Who else owns these palaces here on the Moon?"
"Nobody else, I suppose." Just then, local midnight arrived, and Serena began seeing other
Princesses start heading toward them all, with their current dance partners.
"Then I mean ours as in belonging to the Moon Kingdom, as you so eloquently put it just now,
Darien. Of course, we're just temporary residents of this Moon Kingdom, of course. For all of us will
eventually die, unless God sees fit to keep us alive forever in the future, somehow."
"Just like your dad's mother Princess Ruth did so long ago?"
"Yes, just like my Grandma Ruth did so long ago, Darien. I never met her in person. She fell
asleep, I believe, sometime on the very day or night that I was born in Moon City, so long ago. And
I never met her, even after my birth, not even at her funeral. And as far as I know, she's never woken
up again since then. Oh, and by the way, several of the Princesses are heading this way with their
current dance partners."
"And where is she now? Or at least where is she currently buried, Serena?" asked Sylvia.
"On the grounds of her family's ancestral home in Achilles City. I carry the name of Ruth as
a reminder of her to my parents. She made it possible for my parents to meet up with each other after
Mom became Queen of our Moon Kingdom, Sylvia. Sometime later, Mom and Dad married each
other, and she was there. Some time later, I finally came along. And when I did, my Grandma Ruth
left us behind and went on ahead to wherever she belonged. I hope to eventually meet her sometime
in the future, if at all possible, once my time has finally come for me, once and for all. That is if it
comes to me before the time of the end, of course."
Just then, Princesses Mina, Lita, Raye, and Amy joined the little discussion group with their
current dance partners. After which, Serena then began introducing them to Prince Rolando and
Princess Sylvia, if they'd not yet met up with them before on the Moon. First, she introduced Greg
to them, then came Chad, Ken, and Steven, in that exact order. Of course, she didn't have to introduce
Mina and the rest of the Princesses to Sylvia and Rolando, for all the obvious reasons.
Eventually, Serena decided, "Let's all dance again, people. I'm in the mood to dance again
with my honey."
"Really, Serena? I was hoping to dance with him next."
"Sorry, Raye, he's mine, at least for this next dance, if not all of the other dances during the
rest of this ball here in this main ballroom. Besides, wouldn't you rather dance with the really cool
Chad of Fireball, instead of with my honey?"
"I'd like to dance with both of them, as you very well know, Serena. Just not both of them at
the same time, of course, Serena."
"Girls, please don't fight over me, or I may actually have to retire earlier than you both might
want me to retire."
"Darien, you wouldn't."
"Don't test me, you two. Even you, Serena. I'll do it, if I feel the need to do that. I'm really
not in the mood to hear a lot of arguing between you and Raye right now. Especially since you only
just got back here from wherever you two had just been with a whole lot of other people, Serena."
So Serena and Raye didn't argue any more with each other, at least not while Darien was still
in the main ballroom with them, and attending the ball in it with them. Even though they knew that
the matter wasn't yet resolved, they didn't argue any more about it, at least not while he was still with
them there.
Eventually, then, couples began leaving the main ballroom, of course, for all the obvious
reasons. And by the time it got about two hours after local midnight, the only couples that were still
in the ballroom were the couples that were in Serena's current discussion group, and two other
couples. With those particular couples being the couples that included Destiny and Bethany in them,
of course. Eventually, Destiny and Bethany's current partners made their way to where Serena and
the rest of her current crowd. And they brought Destiny and Bethany there, so that the twins could
both sit down near their sister in the main ballroom.
Destiny eventually said to her non-twin sister and the rest of her current crowd, "People, this
is Prince Solomon of Mount Serenity. And he is the older twin brother of Bethany's current dance
partner, who is Prince Renaldo, and who is also from Mount Serenity. They are both about Serena's
age, but certainly no older than twelve years old, in any case, based on what Mother told me and
Bethany about them just before this ball." Of course, Serena translated this for Bethany's benefit, if
she didn't actually realize that her sister was now introducing their dance partners to the rest of
Serena's current crowd.
"How can you tell who you're with, Destiny?" As Serena said this, she still kept translating
for Bethany's benefit, of course.
"Solomon has a scar on his left cheek just below the eye. He got it when someone's knife
accidentally hit him as a man was trying to hit a rabbit in the woods with it. You see, he was near
enough to a rabbit, and the man threw it toward the rabbit, and hit him instead when Solomon began
trying to follow the rabbit out of a thicket in the woods. It left a roughly two-inch-long scar just under
his left eye, and the scar still remains. Renaldo has no scar at all anywhere on him, from what I've
learned about him in the past few hours or more."
"So what color is this scar?"
"Sort of a purplish-red color, Serena. Or at least that's how Mom described it to me. Right,
Bethany?"
"Sure, Destiny. Mom did describe it sort of like that, if not exactly like that, to the both of us,
I believe."
"And Bethany likes Renaldo, I think," said Destiny.
"Destiny, he's cute, I suppose, but seeing as he's considerably older than both of us, I don't
think there may be a future for the two of us."
"Darien's about fifteen years older than Serena, isn't he?" asked Destiny.
"So, Destiny?"
"If Darien's not too old for Serena, and Serena's not too young for him, then why shouldn't
there be a future for us with Solomon and Renaldo, if God sees fit to make such a future possible for
us all?"
"Because we're too far apart in ages?" asked Bethany.
"I don't think so, Bethany. I think I might like being with Solomon in the future, if God ever
sees fit to make it possible for us to be together somehow in it."
"You'd chase Solomon, or would he chase you, Destiny?"
"I don't know yet. But I do think that being blind has its own certain advantages, at times.
Just as being deaf might. At least you'll never have your ears blasted out by loud music, Bethany,
whenever you're not in your Sailor Scout state of being, most likely."
"You really don't like loud music?"
"No, I don't, Bethany. But I'll probably hear it eventually in my life, if I live long enough in
it, of course, someday in the future. Supposing, of course, that I've never heard loud music before,
Bethany."
Destiny and Bethany conversed a bit longer with each other, their sister Serena, and the rest
of their crowd, before Destiny finally said, "Solomon, I believe that Bethany and I would like to retire
for the rest of the night, if that's all right with you and your brother."
"All right. Do you want us to escort you to your respective chambers here in this palace?"
"No, I think we can find our ways to them easily enough. But thanks for the offer, and the
wonderful time at this ball that we had with you both. Let's try to do this again, sometime, if we
possibly can, okay?"
"You bet, Des. I'd like that very much, and I think that Beth would too, if things work out
well enough for all of us in the meantime."
"Good night, then, Solomon and Aldo. Enjoy your sleeps tonight, you two, then, if you can."
Then Solomon left the main ballroom with his twin brother Renaldo, with no further
discussion about the matter with either of Serena's twin sisters from both of them. After they did so,
Serena then asked, "Des, Beth, and Aldo, if I heard the names correctly enough?"
"Yes, Serena. Des, Beth, and Aldo," said Destiny.
"Who called you 'Des' first, Destiny?"
"Solomon. I like it. But don't any of you use it right now when you talk to me, or refer to me.
Maybe later, you can. But not right now. I like the nickname he just gave me. And he offered to kiss
me. But I told him, 'Not yet, Solomon. Maybe in a few years, perhaps. I'd probably not mind you
doing that. But I'm not yet interested in having a boyfriend in my life.' Then he soon said, 'All right.
I'll wait until you say it's all right, if you ever get the chance to do so. I've not had a girlfriend before,
either, so I understand where you're coming from. But time may be short for our Moon Kingdom, if
your mother's predictions, at least, if not also the predictions of any other people here in the Moon
Kingdom, about the future of it are accurate enough in their natures.' I then said, 'That's a chance I'm
afraid that we'll have to take. You see, I'm still young, and so are you. I don't want to rush things any
faster than I have to in my life, Solomon. And I'm sure that you and your brother don't want to do the
same thing with other things in either or both of your own mortal lives in God's very own Universe.'
He then said, 'True enough, I suppose, Des. But I don't like what may happen to our Moon Kingdom
in the meantime, though, of course.' After which, we eventually came over to you all here in the main
ballroom with Bethany and Renaldo."
"Bethany, who called you 'Beth' first?"
"Renaldo did, Serena. And just as Destiny likes her new nickname, I like mine. But as with
her nickname, you aren't to use it with me, or in reference to me, at least until further notice. And
after he gave me that nickname, I gave him the nickname of Aldo. He likes it too, and he'll let
Destiny and me use it for him whenever we so choose. But not the rest of you, at least until further
notice. Is that clear, Serena?"
"Not even once, without his permission?"
"Not even once, Serena. And Destiny and I will thump any girl who does so before he says
it's all right for them to do so. Even if they are you, Serena. Darien, you and Rolando aren't to use
that name either, or he might thump you for doing so, or get someone else to thump you, if he can't
do it himself. Is that clear, guys?"
"Yes, it is, Bethany. We'll not use it then, until he says it's all right," said Darien, seconds
later.
"Thank you. Serena, we both love you very much, but if we have to, we'll thump you, or any
other girl who uses that nickname for him before he says it's all right for them to do so. And we'll do
the same thing if you call us Des or Beth before we tell you that you can, girls. Even if they're you,
Serena, we'll do it."
"All right, Destiny and Bethany, we'll not call you those names until you say that we can, if
you two ever do so. That is, if we can possibly avoid it, of course."
Then Destiny and Bethany soon left the main ballroom. After which they then retired to their
respective chambers for the rest of the night, of course. Soon afterward, Steven, Ken, Chad, and Greg
did the same thing. And so did Rolando and Darien. A few minutes after Darien left the main
ballroom, Lita and Mina did so. Raye and Amy soon followed, which then left Serena alone in the
main ballroom with Sylvia again.
A few minutes later, after conversing briefly with each other in the main ballroom, Serena and
Sylvia then parted from each other just outside it. And Sylvia went to her chambers in the palace, also
for the rest of the night. When Sylvia did so, Serena then went to the main dining hall elsewhere in
the Double Earth Palace of Crescent, on the Moon, for a bedtime snack, most likely.
There are five more chapters to this story after the next one. In the next chapter, or what might
pass for Chapter 21, Serena will make at least one prediction related to her and her family. What that
prediction or those predictions might be, though, you'll all just have to wait and see, until that chapter
gets put up as needed on , in fact. This particular story here will have a total of 26
chapter-like sections in it, most likely, readers.
I will brief you all more, as this story's end comes even closer, as needed, in fact. But the rest
of this story and its related series will still take at least some time to put up here, just the same,
readers. For I have not yet completed the series, even though I've written at least partly into the
seventh volume of this series, if not totally into it. Six volumes are complete. The seventh volume
in this series is in progress, as of the current time. And the Moon Kingdom hasn't yet fallen at the
point that I am now at in its series. When I finish getting the first six volumes of this story series up,
I will start to upload the seventh one. And then we can go from there, once you have seen all that I'll
have by that time for "The Chrysanthemum Chronicles" story series, readers. I don't expect to be able
to start uploading the seventh volume in the series for at least a few weeks or months, though,
however. For each volume in this particular story series of mine here is generally of good size,
whenever possible, in fact, readers. There are many more things yet to come in this series. But if I
say too much more than that right now and right here, you might choose not to continue reading this
series, I think. For I might then be spoiling it for you all here, obviously enough, of course. 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!
from where they'd been training on the Rainbow Springs side of the Moon. And they were all
coming back to the Moon City side of the Moon for a while, due to the fact that it was now quite
close to Christmas by the calendar then in use both on the Moon and on Earth, in fact.
They will be on the Moon City side of the Moon for at least a little while, if not a long
while, before they resume their training sessions as Sailor Scouts, by the way, readers. Sometime
after the end of their current break from training, they will resume doing so. Or they will find
another adventure that will force them to fight against the Negaverse at least once more in the near
future, most likely. Which it is will be revealed to you all when the need arises, readers.
Now without any further ado, let's get on with the next chapter of this story of mine here, if
that's all right with you here, readers. Please do read, review, and enjoy, if at all possible, quite
naturally enough, readers!
First Kisses?
A The Chrysanthemum Chronicles Series Story
Main Ballroom In The Double Earth Palace
Crescent, Moon Kingdom, Moon
December 21, 986 - December 22, 986
Some length of time later, and just before the end of Earthrise, Serena then showed up in the
main ballroom of the Double Earth Palace wearing a mostly pink dress with a royal blue and white
sash that ran from her left shoulder to her right hip. She showed up there just a few minutes before
Darien, Rolando, and Sylvia did the same. Sylvia showed up there wearing a mostly black and lime
green dress. And Princes Rolando and Darien showed up wearing black tuxedos, as usual. However,
Prince Rolando wore a navy blue cummerbund, and Darien wore a crimson cummerbund.
Already there in the main ballroom when Moon Princess Serena, Princess Sylvia, Prince
Rolando, and Prince Darien all eventually showed up in it were Queen Serenity, Princes Daniel and
Raphael. And the Princesses Amy, Chloe, Mina, Aurora, Destiny, Bethany, Raye, Bridget, Lita,
Beatrice, Jackie, Hannah, Estella, Ariel, Alexis, Winnie, Poruzuka, Michelle, D.C., Deborah, Susan,
and Tracy were there as well, of course. And all of them wore some rather attractive dresses that went
well with their hair and eyes, as they waited for the upcoming ball to begin. When Serena showed
up in it with Sylvia, Rolando, and Darien, she soon found her mother in it, and went to her, while
Sylvia, Rolando, and Darien all followed her in the main ballroom. Serena said, "I'm here now, Mom.
The ball can begin just as planned now, Mother. If that's still all right with you, of course."
"Sure thing, Serena. I'm going to go lie down again for a while, shortly after this ball begins.
I'm not feeling perfectly well at the moment. I might dance once. But if I do, I'm only dancing once,
before I leave here again."
"Understood. And if you leave, you'll want me to run things here, if I can, with or without
Uncle Raph's help. For you'll want to leave this main ballroom with Dad, no doubt."
"Do you think you can do that well enough, if I were to leave it with your Dad, Serena?"
"I'm sure I can at least try, of course, Mom."
"Good. If you have any problems after we leave here, then ask your uncle for help, if you feel
you need to."
"Will do."
Soon enough, then, the ball was due to start, and when its time came to everyone there in the
main ballroom, Serenity and her daughter Serena soon declared the ball open, of course. And then
both of them were soon on the floor with Daniel or Darien, as the case might be for each of them. Of
course, Serenity only danced with her husband, and Serena only danced with Darien, when they did
so, at least for the first dance, if not the only dance, that they'd dance while they were both at the ball
together. As expected, then, Serenity soon left the main ballroom with Daniel after she danced only
once during that ball. That then left the floor to the younger people on it, of course.
Sylvia danced with several young men from all over the Sol solar system of the Milky Way
Galaxy during the ball in question. But most of the time, she danced just with Rolando during it. For
she'd begun to consider the possibility that she might fall for him, and he for her, in either of their own
mortal lives. She thought, "I can't really lose, if I eventually wind up with Rolando, can I? He's a
really nice guy, and he's rather cute, as well. He's kind, and he really seems interested in me mainly
for what's inside than he is for what's outside. He seems to really like me a great deal, and I wonder
if he thinks it's great that I'm a strong girl most, if not all, of the time."
As she was thinking that, Rolando was also thinking, "Man, Sylvia looks especially radiant
tonight. I like that black and lime green dress that she's wearing now. It looks especially good on
her tonight. I wonder if it's one of the dresses that Sailor Chrysalis gave her some time ago. I really
liked that other one she wore about two months ago. I suppose I better try not to embarrass her by
telling her that I think she's looking great while all these other people are around us. Maybe later, it'd
be all right for me to do so. But now may not be so good of a time to say such things to her. She is
a real warrior, I'll say that for her. She really handled those Negaversers and Yonishikians well when
we fought them on Ozotov IV quite a while ago. And that was even before she first became Junior
Sailor Skyhorse a few weeks or months ago. I doubt I could have done better than she did in those
battles on Ozotov IV, even if the conditions of those battles had been different enough from what they
were. She should be one amazing Sailor Scout, I think. Maybe not as powerful a Scout as Moon and
a few others might be, but still rather powerful, nevertheless, I think. And if she loves people at least
half as well as she fights people from the Negaverse, at least, then she'll probably make a lot of friends
here before too much longer, if she hasn't already. And I hope I'm among those people that she has
loved, is now loving, and will love, in her life, if at all possible, of course. I'd not mind ever marrying
her either, if we're both so inclined, and God wills that we do so, for all the obvious reasons, of
course."
Sylvia eventually caught him gazing at her, during one of the dances that both she and
Rolando were currently sitting out. And then she asked him, for she was now quite curious about
what he was thinking here, "What's on your mind, Rolando, if it's safe enough for you to answer me
here?"
"What do you think, Sylvia?" He even winked at her, as he also flashed a smile at her then.
He did both those things in a slightly mischievous manner. But not entirely in such a manner.
"Oh, no! You think I'm so beautiful tonight in my dress, among other things, I'd bet. And
from the look in your eyes, I think you may even believe I look especially radiant tonight in it."
"Well, yes, as a matter of fact, that was just the case, and my thoughts haven't changed since
I just thought them, at least in that regard, Sylvia."
"Rolando, you're a real dream, I think. How come you often think I'm so beautiful? I just
don't understand what makes you say the things you often do say to me, whenever we're together at
all, whether or not other people are near us when you say those things to me."
"Because, my dear Sylvia, you are. Believe me, you are. And just because many people
haven't yet seen it, that doesn't mean that you aren't beautiful. They'd literally have to be blind not to
see that you are beautiful not only on the outside, but on the inside as well, Sylvia. And I really can't
wait until we're old enough to start dating, if at all possible, sometime yet in the future. Though, of
course, I might have to, for all the obvious reasons. And I think, that if and when we get old enough
to do so, you'd most likely not mind doing so. Yes, I know that we're from different parts of our own
world. But I still see you quite often in my dreams and/or visions, especially of late. I don't really
know why well enough yet, if I ever will. But I know that I do. And I'm reasonably certain that the
same thing's often happening to you, as it relates to me, in your own recent dreams and/or visions.
I have this strange feeling that someday, we might just find ourselves in love with each other, if we're
not already in love with each other, Sylvia. Whether it's while we're still here in the 10th Century or
not, I'm not quite sure. I just have this strange feeling that we'll eventually end up together for a very
long time, at least once, in each of our lives in God's very own Universe. I can't lie to you about how
I feel about you, no matter how hard I try, Sylvia. You do look great, and especially radiant tonight.
I can't help it, but I just have to say that to you. Even if it makes you blush again, I just have to say
that to you here."
As the first glimmers of a blush began to appear on her cheeks, she then grabbed his nearest
hand, and she suddenly pulled him out of his seat. Not yet understanding why, he didn't resist her
pulling him out of his seat. She then pulled him through the main ballroom, until she was on the
nearest balcony of the palace with him. After they got on the balcony together, she soon shut the
nearest doors to that balcony behind them both. And she then secured them for a time, using a stick
she'd found earlier on the Rainbow Springs Palace's grounds before she and others had left them to
come eventually to Crescent, by way of Moon City. She placed that stick in such a manner that
nobody else would be able to access that balcony through those doors unless they broke the stick in
question, or she removed it. Then she went back to where Rolando was standing elsewhere on that
balcony, and she said, "We're alone, and we won't be disturbed for a while, Rolando, I think."
"What's on your mind, then, Sylvia?"
"Either talk to me or kiss me, please. For otherwise, I think this blush won't go away for a
while, if I'm not mistaken."
"Which would you rather prefer, Sylvia?"
"Either would be nice, now that we're alone. Yes, I know that we're still young, but I just have
this strange urge beginning to visit me, which seems to think that maybe we should kiss at least once,
if not more, in the very near future. Either that, or we should talk in private with each other for at least
a little while, away from everyone else."
"I've never kissed a girl before in actual reality. Unless, of course, they're part of my family,
Sylvia."
"Well, I've never kissed a boy outside my family before, Rolando, so I'm not more experienced
in kissing romantically than you are, if that's actually the case for you."
"So what you're saying, if we're not lying to each other here, is that this will be the first
romantic kiss that either of us will ever have?"
"Yes, Rolando, I am indeed saying that."
"You realize that if I kiss you, and you kiss me, then, in my book, at least, if not yours as well,
I'll be your boyfriend, and you'll be my girlfriend, Sylvia?"
"Yes, I do."
"Then I don't expect you to be kissing any other boys in a romantic manner for at least as long
as I do so. You understand me?"
"Perfectly. But if that's the case, I'll expect you to respect me enough not to kiss any other girls
in a romantic manner either, of course, Rolando. Otherwise, what's the point of being boyfriend and
girlfriend to each other in our lives? Sure, our romantic relationship with each other might not last
permanently. But it might, if it's truly God's will that it does so, so there's no sense in risking it
needlessly, of course. Is there, Rolando?" Just then they both quite unconsciously walked under a
bit of mistletoe hanging from another balcony one floor of the Double Earth Palace just about four feet
above both of their heads.
"No, there's not, Sylvia. Very well, then. It's agreed. If we're to be boyfriend or girlfriend to
each other, as the case might be for each of us, then we aren't to go around searching for romantic
kisses from people of the gender opposite ourselves. Or that may be grounds for termination of such
a relationship between us, Sylvia. Sure, we may chase other boys or girls, as the case might be for
each of us. But we aren't to search for romantic kisses from any of the people that we chase in the
future. I'd prefer, though, if possible, for us not to chase other people while we're still seeing each
other romantically, of course, Sylvia. This, of course, is for all the obvious reasons, Sylvia."
"Are we to keep our romantic relationship secret, if we begin one?"
"If you think it best, why not?"
"I think that if we have one, we should let all our friends from here know, at least, but nobody
else, if we can possibly avoid it."
"Agreed. Now what are we going to do, Sylvia, as your blush is now fading at least a little?"
"I suppose we could kiss, if that's what you think we should do."
Just then, Rolando spotted the mistletoe above their heads, and asked, "You mean we could
kiss under a bit of mistletoe, Sylvia?"
"What are you talking about?"
"Look above our heads, Sylvia. There's a bit of it hanging from a balcony a few feet above our
heads." She looked where he then pointed, and she soon spotted it.
Then she said, "I suppose, Rolando."
"Are you sure, because I don't want to rush things with us if I don't have to, Sylvia?"
"Am I still a bit red?"
"Yes, but just a little."
"Might as well. It's going to happen anyway, I figure, so we might as well get it over with,
if we're ever going to do that with each other, before the likely end of the Moon Kingdom. So, if you
don't mind doing so, don't be afraid to kiss me at all, Rolando."
"Very well, if you feel that we must do so, I'll kiss you, and you should kiss me. But if we
kiss, you know what that'll mean at least to me, if not also to you, Sylvia."
"I do know that now, Rolando. And I agree with you on that. It'll mean the same thing for
me, or at least it'll mean, as much as possible, the same thing to me, of course. If it doesn't mean the
same thing to me as it does to you, then you should know why. Simply because of the fact that we're
people of different genders, of course."
"Understood, Sylvia. Where do you want for me to kiss you, and for you to kiss me?"
"Let's go where we can see the Earth from this balcony, if at all possible, Rolando." So they
did so. Then when Sylvia was sure enough that they were where they should both be on the balcony
in question, she said, "Anytime you're ready for us to kiss, then, go to it, Rolando."
"All right. We're agreed, then, that once we kiss each other, there's not to be any romantic
kissing of others by us for at least as long as we're seeing each other romantically."
"Yes, we're agreed on that."
"Then prepare to get kissed, Sylvia, and to become my girlfriend, by logical extension. You
won't actually change your mind before I do so here, will you?"
"No, I won't. For I do want you as my boyfriend, and I want to be your girlfriend, for at least
as long as we can be seeing each other romantically in our lives. Yes, we're young, I know, but I still
want to see you romantically now."
"As you wish, Sylvia. I feel that I should become a boyfriend to you, and that you should
become a girlfriend to me, right now, then, Sylvia."
Wasting no more time, he then brushed a bit of hair away from her eyes that had fallen in front
of them a bit, and then he put his hands on her cheeks. He then looked once into her eyes, as she did
the same, then he soon focused his gaze on her lips. Slowly, then, he brought his lips to hers, and
gave her a rather gentle kiss fully on them. He kept his lips on hers for a few seconds, at most, before
he removed them from her lips. It was a rather gentle, yet rather passionate kiss, that he'd just given
her. Several seconds later, after they both looked again at each other, she then did to him what he'd
just done to her. She brought her lips to his in the same manner that he'd just brought his to hers.
And her kiss lasted at least as long, if not longer, than his first kiss of his lips to hers. Then, after she
felt the need to break for air, she soon removed her lips from where they'd been on his, of course.
After doing so, Sylvia said, "Thank you, Rolando, for that kiss."
"It was my pleasure, Sylvia. And thank you for your kissing of me, as well. And, by the way,
your blush is gone."
"Really?"
"Really."
"I wonder if our kisses made it disappear."
"I don't know, but I'd not be surprised if they did, Sylvia."
"All right. How are we going to tell the others, if we do, that we're now seeing each other
romantically, Rolando?"
"I'm sure the words will come to the both of us, Sylvia, if they don't guess that we are already
doing so before we actually do have a chance to tell them that."
Moments later, then, after a little bit more conversation with each other, but no more kissing
between themselves, they left the balcony, once Sylvia had recovered her stick from where she'd put
it in the necessary doors that separated the balcony in question from the main ballroom of the Double
Earth Palace. They then returned to the main ballroom of that palace. And the first couple they saw
were Serena and Darien, when they got far enough back into it.
Serena said, "I suppose you two were on a balcony together just now, for at least a while."
"Yes, Serena, we were, as a matter of fact," said Sylvia.
"And I suppose you two came to an understanding of sorts?"
"What do you mean, Serena?" asked Sylvia.
"I can tell that you spent quite a bit of time out there."
"So what of it, Serena?"
"Sylvia, you talked quite a bit with Rolando here. I don't know exactly what about. But I have
a feeling you two came to an understanding of sorts about at least one thing, if not more."
"How can you tell, Serena?"
"Because your hair's not exactly as it was when you got here to the main ballroom. If it were,
I don't think I'd likely be able to tell that you both had done so. And Rolando's isn't either. I see the
unmistakable traces that you both had a discussion with each other of at least some importance to the
both of you."
"What else can you tell, Serena?"
"A bit of your lipstick is still visible on his lips. And your lipstick is a bit smudged. That's
how I can tell that something went on there on the balcony. Something important. Would you care
to come into a corner or into another room with me and talk with me a while about it?"
Sylvia considered that, as three pairs of eyes focused their gazes on her for a few seconds, then
said, "Very well. But only you, and nobody else, at least not for the current time, if at all possible,
Serena."
"Understood. Darien, please tell Rolando about your latest ride on Black Star, if you please,
while we're busy conversing with each other."
"As you wish, Serena. It's almost local midnight, so please make it quick, if you can."
"All right, Darien, I'll see what I can do about that."
"Good." Then Serena left the main ballroom for a time with Sylvia, not saying anything else
to anyone as she did so, and at least not until she and Sylvia were safely behind another door
elsewhere in the palace.
As soon as they were, Serena then asked, "Sylvia, please start talking now to me about what
happened with you and Rolando on that balcony, if you so choose."
"All right. We talked for a while, about various things of some importance to either or both
of us, and while we were doing so, we kissed each other once apiece. First he kissed me, and then
I kissed him. Those were the first two kisses that we ever shared with people outside our respective
families, Serena. Neither of us had ever kissed anyone else in our lives with any romantic kisses. So
you know what that now means, Serena. And I expect that the same thing might eventually come to
pass for you and Darien someday, at least once in the future."
"How did his kiss feel to you, Sylvia?"
"Wonderful. I don't expect to always get kissed like that by a boy or a man, but I still liked
the kiss very much. And I hope that he liked the kiss I gave him in return. I kissed him in much the
same manner, if not the exact same manner, that he kissed me not too long before. Did you know that
Rolando's beginning to get the first signs of a moustache and beard on his face now?"
"No, I didn't, Sylvia. I didn't know that. Or at least I couldn't tell when I looked at him shortly
after we got here to Crescent a while ago, to be with Mom and everyone else that we were supposed
to meet here."
"I see. Well, I hope that it eventually works out well enough for us in the future, so that we
can marry someday, if it's truly God's will that we ever do so, Serena."
"So do you expect to be able to kiss him often whenever you see him?"
"Not really, for we may not be able to do that very often, if at all, whenever we do, if we ever
see each other often enough in the future."
"Well, if you're now hoping that it eventually all works out well enough for you and Rolando
in the future, then I feel I should do the same, of course. I, for one, at least, think that you two make
a good couple. And if I were a betting girl, which you know I'm not, at least not most of the time, I'd
be willing to bet that a lot of the other Princesses we already know in our lives also feel the same way
now about you both that I do. Both Rolando and Darien are rather cute, but I like Darien more, of
course. Nothing against Rolando, of course, Sylvia. But from what I know of him and Darien, I like
being with Darien more than I do with Rolando. This is for all the obvious reasons, of course. I wish
you and Rolando all the best in your new romantic relationship with each other."
"You won't chase him?"
"Nope. Not when there's another guy I like a whole lot more in my life. Sure, he might be a
great guy for me, if things worked out that way for us both in our lives. But I don't want to lose
Darien to anyone else of our common gender, if I don't absolutely have to, Sylvia. Even if they're
Raye or someone enough like her. Either now or anytime yet in the future, I never want to lose him
completely, if I don't absolutely have to, and if I can possibly avoid it, in my life, and in his life as
well."
"So Darien's the one for you, no matter how many other guys you might ever see in your life?"
"I believe so. I don't think I'll ever have Rini with anyone else as my husband instead of him.
I can't even comprehend the idea of me ever marrying any other guy in my life, if I don't have to,
Sylvia. I want to end up with Darien, if at all possible, in my life, someday. I don't care when it
happens, if it ever does, I want to eventually end up marrying him and having a family with him
someday yet in the future. Sure, I know he's a lot older than me, but I still want to eventually end up
with him for as long as I possibly can be with him, if I can."
"And have Rini, at least?"
"Yes, I do. If I have no other children, I want to have Rini after I get married someday to
Darien, if at all possible."
"Have you thought about the future at least a bit more since we all got here to Crescent?"
"Yes, I have, Sylvia. I hope my brother Sammy in it won't be as much of a brat as it seems
he might be in it."
"You're talking about your potential time in the 20th Century, aren't you, Serena?"
"Yes, I am. He often seems to be a pest, and he teases me a lot, I think, in it. Or at least what
I've seen of a future that might actually include him in it somehow."
"But will you love him very much?"
"Of course I will, even if we don't always get along, Sylvia."
"Will he know you're also Sailor Moon in the future?"
"I hope not, if such a future comes to pass for me that includes him in my life, Sylvia. Because
if he does, it could be very dangerous for him and others in my life. For I suspect that people who'll
be against us then, will also try to get that information from him somehow, if they possibly can. And
I hope that none of my closest friends who aren't also Sailor Scouts then ever learn such a thing
somehow. For I won't likely want to see them get hurt needlessly by beings not friendly to people like
us at those certain times in our lives, Sylvia."
"Even Molly?"
"Yes, even Molly. Though she might like one of our enemies, I hope that she never finds out
that I'm Sailor Moon at all, for her own safety and for the safety of everyone else close enough to her."
"Which of our enemies, Serena?"
"Someone named Nephlyte, who'll most likely go by the alias of Maxfield Stanton, if I'm not
mistaken about such things, Sylvia."
"Negaverse person?"
"Yes. Why?"
"I think I heard the name sometime during our last battle on Ozotov IV quite a while ago."
"And?"
"If Molly falls for him, she may be in great danger, and you may be forced to make a very
important choice when you're opposing him."
"Oh?"
"I saw him and Molly in a short vision just before I came to the main ballroom here in this
palace. You were, I believe, in the Tokyo area of Earth. And you were trying to defeat him once and
for all there. But Molly didn't want you to destroy him, for she'd really begun to like him a whole lot,
after knowing him for only a short period of time."
"And?"
"You were about to destroy him, I think. But she put herself between him and you, as you
were in your Sailor Scout state of being as Sailor Moon. I believe it was at least a while before you'd
meet up with Lita again at your school. I think Mars and Mercury were with you, at the time, and
they asked her to step aside so that you could then destroy him. But Molly refused, and I believe she
said something along the lines of, 'If you want to destroy him, you'll have to kill me first,' if not those
exact words, Serena."
"And?"
"I believe that took place after you'd thrown your tiara."
"Oh?"
"And when you throw your tiara, you usually destroy whatever or whoever you're aiming it
at, I think."
"Did I hit her with it?"
"No. Fortunately, you were able to stop your tiara before it hit her as she was trying to shield
him with herself."
"I'm glad, of course. Then what happened?"
"Nephlyte eventually got destroyed anyway."
"No doubt by Zoisite and her goons?"
"Yes, but how do you know that?"
"Remember the earlier vision I told you of about two or so months ago, in which she called
Destiny and Bethany both pests? You'd come to my chambers with Mercury, Mars, Venus, and
Jupiter, while you were in your Sailor Scout state as Skyhorse. And I told you about that vision that
she'd been in while I was in my chambers."
"Yes, I remember now, Serena."
"Well, she also seemed to be happy about something major that'd eventually happen in the
future. Apparently, she's secretly had plans to do in Nephlyte. And she's just looking for any reason
to be able to do that. And if things are often as you seem to think that they'll possibly be for us in the
future, she'll try to do that sometime while we're on Earth. Especially if Nephlyte and Molly begin
to have feelings of some kind for each other. Nephlyte will come around and try to beat us, I think,
after Jeddite gets punished by Queen Beryl somehow. But he won't succeed against us, if your vision
is sufficiently accurate in its nature, Sylvia. Zoisite won't be able to resist opposing him, and she'll
probably use his relationship with Molly as some sort of excuse to move against him. At least I think
she might. Then she and her goons might ice him, in a manner of speaking, and possibly step up to
oppose us. Molly then may be in a whole lot more danger, if she eventually recognizes Zoisite
sometime afterward. Zoisite may seek to do her in as well, and I think we'll have to try to keep her
from doing that, of course."
"Will this probably be after Jupiter shows up?"
"Yes, I think so. And maybe before Venus does so."
"Who'll toast Zoisite, then, Serena?"
"Beryl, I think, after we keep her from beating us in battle well enough. And before Darien
gets captured by them, I think, though I could be wrong, of course."
"And how'll you save Darien, if he gets captured?"
"I haven't figured that out yet. My visions and/or dreams haven't really been telling me much,
if anything at all, about such things, at least not of late, Sylvia. That's supposing that they ever will,
of course, Sylvia."
"But you'll eventually save him somehow?"
"You can be sure of that. I'm not going to let Beryl keep us apart forever, if I can possibly
avoid it, of course, Sylvia. And I'll destroy her, though I'll surely not be able to do it alone, of course."
"You mean you'll have at least some help when you face her for the last time."
"Yes. I see Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, and Venus standing with me as I use my Crescent Moon
Wand to beat her, as it also holds the Imperium Silver Crystal in it."
"And then what?"
"We either go into a state of dormancy, or we all get hit by a temporary bout of amnesia, for
at least a little while. At least until we all have reason to fight baddies again, of course."
"But you don't see me or a lot of other girls?"
"Nope. I don't know if Destiny and Bethany, at least, will be lost to us before then. But I
haven't seen them yet in any dreams and/or visions of mine that relate to possible futures for us all.
And I don't see you in them. I don't know why, but I don't see you either, at least not yet, in them,
Sylvia."
"When does Rini come to the 20th Century to meet with you all, if you can tell me that?"
"I think after we'll possibly finish with Cardians, she'll show up. And if so, she'll have gone
back in time from the 30th Century away from us, hoping to find the Imperium Silver Crystal, I think.
She'll probably find out I'd have it, I think, if I'm not mistaken, and she'll want to get it so that she can
bring it back to the 30th Century with her. But we'll help her fight against people from the
Negamoon, I think, and we'll eventually beat them completely, if we can't convert them into beings
like us at all. We'll probably find ourselves in another major battle, and win it together. After doing
that, it'll be a matter of time before other baddies show up for us to oppose in our lives."
"Heart-Snatchers?"
"You know about them possibly coming to bother us in the future?"
"Yes, I do. I saw them as well in at least one of my recent dreams and/or visions. And they
won't be easy to defeat in battle either."
"And some of us may fall for a time, if we're not saved in time?"
"I believe so, Serena. Protect Rini with your lives, if at all possible, Serena. I fear that she
may be in very grave danger or worse if they capture her. The battle against them may be very costly,
or it may not. But I fear that Rini will be the most in danger of all of you, for I think that she'll be the
youngest of all of you in your crowd."
"And Hannah might be controlled by some strange being?"
"Yes, I'm afraid so. But I don't think that you should ever tell her that, if you can possibly
avoid it. I don't know why, but I just don't think that you should tell Hannah that at all, if you can
avoid doing so."
"Even if it puts Rini in danger by not doing so?"
"Yes. Even if it does, Serena. After the Heart-Snatchers, you might face girls in awful outfits
with pool sticks."
"Pool sticks? What are those?"
"You'll know soon enough, if you don't already. They'll be looking for a single Golden Mirror,
and you'll have to stop them from getting it, if at all possible. I'm not sure if Rini will have it, or
someone else will. But I do suspect that Rini will again be in very serious danger, at least until you
save her again somehow. I don't know how, but you'll save her somehow, Serena. After you do, I'm
not sure yet what'll happen next for you in your lives. Other than you might all eventually get to be
in the 30th Century with each other in Crystal Tokyo, of course."
They talked only a few minutes more with each other about whatever else crossed their minds
then, before they left the room they'd gone to in order to talk in private with each other for a while.
It was now only a few minutes, at most, before local midnight when they did so. And they both
rejoined Darien and Rolando in the main ballroom of the Double Earth Palace no less than a minute
before local midnight in the Crescent area of the Moon. When they did so, Darien was rather glad
to see them again, of course. For they'd been away from the main ballroom for at least a few minutes,
and talking with each other about whatever had crossed their minds in that time.
Darien asked, seconds later, "Did you girls have a good talk with each other, Serena?"
"Of course. I can't tell you what she discussed with me, or at least not yet, though, Darien.
Maybe later, if it's all right with her, I'll be able to do that. Don't even think of asking what we talked
about for a while, at least. For I won't tell you, at least not until I can tell you what we discussed with
each other a little while ago elsewhere in this Double Earth Palace of ours."
"Ours as in belonging to the Moon Kingdom?"
"Of course, Darien. Who else owns these palaces here on the Moon?"
"Nobody else, I suppose." Just then, local midnight arrived, and Serena began seeing other
Princesses start heading toward them all, with their current dance partners.
"Then I mean ours as in belonging to the Moon Kingdom, as you so eloquently put it just now,
Darien. Of course, we're just temporary residents of this Moon Kingdom, of course. For all of us will
eventually die, unless God sees fit to keep us alive forever in the future, somehow."
"Just like your dad's mother Princess Ruth did so long ago?"
"Yes, just like my Grandma Ruth did so long ago, Darien. I never met her in person. She fell
asleep, I believe, sometime on the very day or night that I was born in Moon City, so long ago. And
I never met her, even after my birth, not even at her funeral. And as far as I know, she's never woken
up again since then. Oh, and by the way, several of the Princesses are heading this way with their
current dance partners."
"And where is she now? Or at least where is she currently buried, Serena?" asked Sylvia.
"On the grounds of her family's ancestral home in Achilles City. I carry the name of Ruth as
a reminder of her to my parents. She made it possible for my parents to meet up with each other after
Mom became Queen of our Moon Kingdom, Sylvia. Sometime later, Mom and Dad married each
other, and she was there. Some time later, I finally came along. And when I did, my Grandma Ruth
left us behind and went on ahead to wherever she belonged. I hope to eventually meet her sometime
in the future, if at all possible, once my time has finally come for me, once and for all. That is if it
comes to me before the time of the end, of course."
Just then, Princesses Mina, Lita, Raye, and Amy joined the little discussion group with their
current dance partners. After which, Serena then began introducing them to Prince Rolando and
Princess Sylvia, if they'd not yet met up with them before on the Moon. First, she introduced Greg
to them, then came Chad, Ken, and Steven, in that exact order. Of course, she didn't have to introduce
Mina and the rest of the Princesses to Sylvia and Rolando, for all the obvious reasons.
Eventually, Serena decided, "Let's all dance again, people. I'm in the mood to dance again
with my honey."
"Really, Serena? I was hoping to dance with him next."
"Sorry, Raye, he's mine, at least for this next dance, if not all of the other dances during the
rest of this ball here in this main ballroom. Besides, wouldn't you rather dance with the really cool
Chad of Fireball, instead of with my honey?"
"I'd like to dance with both of them, as you very well know, Serena. Just not both of them at
the same time, of course, Serena."
"Girls, please don't fight over me, or I may actually have to retire earlier than you both might
want me to retire."
"Darien, you wouldn't."
"Don't test me, you two. Even you, Serena. I'll do it, if I feel the need to do that. I'm really
not in the mood to hear a lot of arguing between you and Raye right now. Especially since you only
just got back here from wherever you two had just been with a whole lot of other people, Serena."
So Serena and Raye didn't argue any more with each other, at least not while Darien was still
in the main ballroom with them, and attending the ball in it with them. Even though they knew that
the matter wasn't yet resolved, they didn't argue any more about it, at least not while he was still with
them there.
Eventually, then, couples began leaving the main ballroom, of course, for all the obvious
reasons. And by the time it got about two hours after local midnight, the only couples that were still
in the ballroom were the couples that were in Serena's current discussion group, and two other
couples. With those particular couples being the couples that included Destiny and Bethany in them,
of course. Eventually, Destiny and Bethany's current partners made their way to where Serena and
the rest of her current crowd. And they brought Destiny and Bethany there, so that the twins could
both sit down near their sister in the main ballroom.
Destiny eventually said to her non-twin sister and the rest of her current crowd, "People, this
is Prince Solomon of Mount Serenity. And he is the older twin brother of Bethany's current dance
partner, who is Prince Renaldo, and who is also from Mount Serenity. They are both about Serena's
age, but certainly no older than twelve years old, in any case, based on what Mother told me and
Bethany about them just before this ball." Of course, Serena translated this for Bethany's benefit, if
she didn't actually realize that her sister was now introducing their dance partners to the rest of
Serena's current crowd.
"How can you tell who you're with, Destiny?" As Serena said this, she still kept translating
for Bethany's benefit, of course.
"Solomon has a scar on his left cheek just below the eye. He got it when someone's knife
accidentally hit him as a man was trying to hit a rabbit in the woods with it. You see, he was near
enough to a rabbit, and the man threw it toward the rabbit, and hit him instead when Solomon began
trying to follow the rabbit out of a thicket in the woods. It left a roughly two-inch-long scar just under
his left eye, and the scar still remains. Renaldo has no scar at all anywhere on him, from what I've
learned about him in the past few hours or more."
"So what color is this scar?"
"Sort of a purplish-red color, Serena. Or at least that's how Mom described it to me. Right,
Bethany?"
"Sure, Destiny. Mom did describe it sort of like that, if not exactly like that, to the both of us,
I believe."
"And Bethany likes Renaldo, I think," said Destiny.
"Destiny, he's cute, I suppose, but seeing as he's considerably older than both of us, I don't
think there may be a future for the two of us."
"Darien's about fifteen years older than Serena, isn't he?" asked Destiny.
"So, Destiny?"
"If Darien's not too old for Serena, and Serena's not too young for him, then why shouldn't
there be a future for us with Solomon and Renaldo, if God sees fit to make such a future possible for
us all?"
"Because we're too far apart in ages?" asked Bethany.
"I don't think so, Bethany. I think I might like being with Solomon in the future, if God ever
sees fit to make it possible for us to be together somehow in it."
"You'd chase Solomon, or would he chase you, Destiny?"
"I don't know yet. But I do think that being blind has its own certain advantages, at times.
Just as being deaf might. At least you'll never have your ears blasted out by loud music, Bethany,
whenever you're not in your Sailor Scout state of being, most likely."
"You really don't like loud music?"
"No, I don't, Bethany. But I'll probably hear it eventually in my life, if I live long enough in
it, of course, someday in the future. Supposing, of course, that I've never heard loud music before,
Bethany."
Destiny and Bethany conversed a bit longer with each other, their sister Serena, and the rest
of their crowd, before Destiny finally said, "Solomon, I believe that Bethany and I would like to retire
for the rest of the night, if that's all right with you and your brother."
"All right. Do you want us to escort you to your respective chambers here in this palace?"
"No, I think we can find our ways to them easily enough. But thanks for the offer, and the
wonderful time at this ball that we had with you both. Let's try to do this again, sometime, if we
possibly can, okay?"
"You bet, Des. I'd like that very much, and I think that Beth would too, if things work out
well enough for all of us in the meantime."
"Good night, then, Solomon and Aldo. Enjoy your sleeps tonight, you two, then, if you can."
Then Solomon left the main ballroom with his twin brother Renaldo, with no further
discussion about the matter with either of Serena's twin sisters from both of them. After they did so,
Serena then asked, "Des, Beth, and Aldo, if I heard the names correctly enough?"
"Yes, Serena. Des, Beth, and Aldo," said Destiny.
"Who called you 'Des' first, Destiny?"
"Solomon. I like it. But don't any of you use it right now when you talk to me, or refer to me.
Maybe later, you can. But not right now. I like the nickname he just gave me. And he offered to kiss
me. But I told him, 'Not yet, Solomon. Maybe in a few years, perhaps. I'd probably not mind you
doing that. But I'm not yet interested in having a boyfriend in my life.' Then he soon said, 'All right.
I'll wait until you say it's all right, if you ever get the chance to do so. I've not had a girlfriend before,
either, so I understand where you're coming from. But time may be short for our Moon Kingdom, if
your mother's predictions, at least, if not also the predictions of any other people here in the Moon
Kingdom, about the future of it are accurate enough in their natures.' I then said, 'That's a chance I'm
afraid that we'll have to take. You see, I'm still young, and so are you. I don't want to rush things any
faster than I have to in my life, Solomon. And I'm sure that you and your brother don't want to do the
same thing with other things in either or both of your own mortal lives in God's very own Universe.'
He then said, 'True enough, I suppose, Des. But I don't like what may happen to our Moon Kingdom
in the meantime, though, of course.' After which, we eventually came over to you all here in the main
ballroom with Bethany and Renaldo."
"Bethany, who called you 'Beth' first?"
"Renaldo did, Serena. And just as Destiny likes her new nickname, I like mine. But as with
her nickname, you aren't to use it with me, or in reference to me, at least until further notice. And
after he gave me that nickname, I gave him the nickname of Aldo. He likes it too, and he'll let
Destiny and me use it for him whenever we so choose. But not the rest of you, at least until further
notice. Is that clear, Serena?"
"Not even once, without his permission?"
"Not even once, Serena. And Destiny and I will thump any girl who does so before he says
it's all right for them to do so. Even if they are you, Serena. Darien, you and Rolando aren't to use
that name either, or he might thump you for doing so, or get someone else to thump you, if he can't
do it himself. Is that clear, guys?"
"Yes, it is, Bethany. We'll not use it then, until he says it's all right," said Darien, seconds
later.
"Thank you. Serena, we both love you very much, but if we have to, we'll thump you, or any
other girl who uses that nickname for him before he says it's all right for them to do so. And we'll do
the same thing if you call us Des or Beth before we tell you that you can, girls. Even if they're you,
Serena, we'll do it."
"All right, Destiny and Bethany, we'll not call you those names until you say that we can, if
you two ever do so. That is, if we can possibly avoid it, of course."
Then Destiny and Bethany soon left the main ballroom. After which they then retired to their
respective chambers for the rest of the night, of course. Soon afterward, Steven, Ken, Chad, and Greg
did the same thing. And so did Rolando and Darien. A few minutes after Darien left the main
ballroom, Lita and Mina did so. Raye and Amy soon followed, which then left Serena alone in the
main ballroom with Sylvia again.
A few minutes later, after conversing briefly with each other in the main ballroom, Serena and
Sylvia then parted from each other just outside it. And Sylvia went to her chambers in the palace, also
for the rest of the night. When Sylvia did so, Serena then went to the main dining hall elsewhere in
the Double Earth Palace of Crescent, on the Moon, for a bedtime snack, most likely.
There are five more chapters to this story after the next one. In the next chapter, or what might
pass for Chapter 21, Serena will make at least one prediction related to her and her family. What that
prediction or those predictions might be, though, you'll all just have to wait and see, until that chapter
gets put up as needed on , in fact. This particular story here will have a total of 26
chapter-like sections in it, most likely, readers.
I will brief you all more, as this story's end comes even closer, as needed, in fact. But the rest
of this story and its related series will still take at least some time to put up here, just the same,
readers. For I have not yet completed the series, even though I've written at least partly into the
seventh volume of this series, if not totally into it. Six volumes are complete. The seventh volume
in this series is in progress, as of the current time. And the Moon Kingdom hasn't yet fallen at the
point that I am now at in its series. When I finish getting the first six volumes of this story series up,
I will start to upload the seventh one. And then we can go from there, once you have seen all that I'll
have by that time for "The Chrysanthemum Chronicles" story series, readers. I don't expect to be able
to start uploading the seventh volume in the series for at least a few weeks or months, though,
however. For each volume in this particular story series of mine here is generally of good size,
whenever possible, in fact, readers. There are many more things yet to come in this series. But if I
say too much more than that right now and right here, you might choose not to continue reading this
series, I think. For I might then be spoiling it for you all here, obviously enough, of course. 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!