William Winner , a wealthy , powerful and kind man. Why did such a test be
put upon such a sweet man? And what of his daughter? Why did she have to go
through such a loss? She was only seven years old.
The news is all over television as the world pays their respects to the second in line heir to the peacecraft throne. She had been crowned princess only a few years earlier about when she got married to the new second heir prince , prince William. (a/n: cheezy , I know , but that's his name!!!)
Her parents stand beside the coffin , and the Queen cannot bear to look at the face of her child , still so young and fair. King Heero stands , with the icy face that no one else can muster and looks down at her pale face , her eyes closed and her mouth curled into a tiny smile as if at peace. What happened to Princess Ruth? Her husband and daughter know. Her daughter has not spoken a word since her death. She is silent and keeps a cold face upfront , even though she can feel the warm tears rolling down her face from sapphire blue eyes. Prince William looks down at his daughter , so young , losing her mother so young. Like her dead grandfather , at her grandfather's birth on the colony brought death to his mother.
Prince William is offered the chance to walk to her coffin first. He walks forward , and takes a breath. Looking down into her pale face brought too many memories to his eyes. Looking at her , holding one long stemed white rose to her chest , and a silver tiara on her brow , with one big heart shaped ruby on the front. Prince William's eyes flicker to her face , and sees her in his mind , opening her eyes to him so many times.Gently , reaching out with a shaken hand , brushes a stray hair from her face. He immediately looks away towards the back wall , feeling tears overwhelm him once more. He quickly walks away from the platform , his back to the coffin. Looking over his shoulder one last time , he runs out of the room. Out in the hall , the memories overcome him. He hears her whispered voice in his ear , even though she can't be there.
"You are never alone," said her soft voice. He turned and saw the horrifying scene once more.
***Flash back***
"It's time for bed , Rei," Ruth said , smiling.
"Aaawwww , but mommy!" Rei whined as she cuddled into her father's chest.
"Now Rei..." she said raising an eyebrow in her 'do it now' look. Rei sniffled and looked at her with her best puppy eyes before getting off her father's lap and heading for her room.
"I'll go tuck her in," Will said , standing up.
"Thanks hun , I have some paper work to do anyways , tell her I love her," She said , standing up and entering the bedroom that she and her husband shared. Will walked into his daughter's room , seeing her sitting on her bed , waiting.
"Where's mommy?" she questioned , Ruth usually put Rei to bed.
"She's got some work to do for Grandma Relena and Grandpa Heero," He said pulling down the silk bed sheets. Rei jumped under and cuddled in. Will pulled the blankets up around her.
"Mommy said that-"Will began.
"She loves me , I know , why does she always say that?" Rei asked , sitting up.
"Because you never-" Will began once more.
"Know when you'll lose someone and they don't know that you love them , really why?" Rei questioned , taking Will's hands in her tiny ones and staring at him with her sapphire blue eyes.
"She's right," Will said , smoothing down Rei's golden hair.
"But we're never going to lose mommy!" Rei said , smiling. Suddenly a scream errupted from the other room. That was Ruth's scream.
(a/n~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ First of all , I CAN'T SPACE THE DAMN PARAGRAPHS!!!! Because my computer is very old and my word pad thing doesn't work that way!!!You all keep saying that and I forgot to explain. Disclaimer: I don't own "King Heero" or "Queen Relena" (*giggle*) And if you're gonna use my characters , ASK. People , this is a sequel to Queen Of Hearts and leads up to Queen Of Spades sooner or later. This will probably be a short story so don't mind it. I was listening to the song 'Desert Rose' during the writing of this , hence the name. Yes , Rei is named after Sailor Mars. The Anime Music video I saw where she dies in the eternal series brought me to tears. Read more! I dare ya!
Revised~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
At the request of a dear reviewer , now that I can do paragraphs , I am doing the old chapters so old reviews might be erased by accident.
September 8 , 2003 ~Kitahoshi
The news is all over television as the world pays their respects to the second in line heir to the peacecraft throne. She had been crowned princess only a few years earlier about when she got married to the new second heir prince , prince William. (a/n: cheezy , I know , but that's his name!!!)
Her parents stand beside the coffin , and the Queen cannot bear to look at the face of her child , still so young and fair. King Heero stands , with the icy face that no one else can muster and looks down at her pale face , her eyes closed and her mouth curled into a tiny smile as if at peace. What happened to Princess Ruth? Her husband and daughter know. Her daughter has not spoken a word since her death. She is silent and keeps a cold face upfront , even though she can feel the warm tears rolling down her face from sapphire blue eyes. Prince William looks down at his daughter , so young , losing her mother so young. Like her dead grandfather , at her grandfather's birth on the colony brought death to his mother.
Prince William is offered the chance to walk to her coffin first. He walks forward , and takes a breath. Looking down into her pale face brought too many memories to his eyes. Looking at her , holding one long stemed white rose to her chest , and a silver tiara on her brow , with one big heart shaped ruby on the front. Prince William's eyes flicker to her face , and sees her in his mind , opening her eyes to him so many times.Gently , reaching out with a shaken hand , brushes a stray hair from her face. He immediately looks away towards the back wall , feeling tears overwhelm him once more. He quickly walks away from the platform , his back to the coffin. Looking over his shoulder one last time , he runs out of the room. Out in the hall , the memories overcome him. He hears her whispered voice in his ear , even though she can't be there.
"You are never alone," said her soft voice. He turned and saw the horrifying scene once more.
***Flash back***
"It's time for bed , Rei," Ruth said , smiling.
"Aaawwww , but mommy!" Rei whined as she cuddled into her father's chest.
"Now Rei..." she said raising an eyebrow in her 'do it now' look. Rei sniffled and looked at her with her best puppy eyes before getting off her father's lap and heading for her room.
"I'll go tuck her in," Will said , standing up.
"Thanks hun , I have some paper work to do anyways , tell her I love her," She said , standing up and entering the bedroom that she and her husband shared. Will walked into his daughter's room , seeing her sitting on her bed , waiting.
"Where's mommy?" she questioned , Ruth usually put Rei to bed.
"She's got some work to do for Grandma Relena and Grandpa Heero," He said pulling down the silk bed sheets. Rei jumped under and cuddled in. Will pulled the blankets up around her.
"Mommy said that-"Will began.
"She loves me , I know , why does she always say that?" Rei asked , sitting up.
"Because you never-" Will began once more.
"Know when you'll lose someone and they don't know that you love them , really why?" Rei questioned , taking Will's hands in her tiny ones and staring at him with her sapphire blue eyes.
"She's right," Will said , smoothing down Rei's golden hair.
"But we're never going to lose mommy!" Rei said , smiling. Suddenly a scream errupted from the other room. That was Ruth's scream.
(a/n~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ First of all , I CAN'T SPACE THE DAMN PARAGRAPHS!!!! Because my computer is very old and my word pad thing doesn't work that way!!!You all keep saying that and I forgot to explain. Disclaimer: I don't own "King Heero" or "Queen Relena" (*giggle*) And if you're gonna use my characters , ASK. People , this is a sequel to Queen Of Hearts and leads up to Queen Of Spades sooner or later. This will probably be a short story so don't mind it. I was listening to the song 'Desert Rose' during the writing of this , hence the name. Yes , Rei is named after Sailor Mars. The Anime Music video I saw where she dies in the eternal series brought me to tears. Read more! I dare ya!
Revised~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
At the request of a dear reviewer , now that I can do paragraphs , I am doing the old chapters so old reviews might be erased by accident.
September 8 , 2003 ~Kitahoshi