Eternity's Angel: Hi! Thank you all for those wonderful 33 reviews! I'm sorry for the long delay of updating. I had tons of homework that usually takes me a long time to finish them. But nether less that didn't stopped me from writing my stories! I totally suck at updating–that you guys should know by now, seeing that it took me months to update. Haha... Aside from that, I have been consumed in my homework and I barely have time for myself–but I DO write once a while, hoping to get something up for the chapter to get moving. Currently, I've finished with all of my finals and the first term had ended, so that leaves me time with my stories–that is before my Spring term starts. Enough of my blabbing! Lets get on with the story!

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This chapter is dedicated to Eve of Misery(for some reason my underlines won't show up.) I'm so sorry for misspelling your name wrong; I should've look at it closely. Again, I apologized.

The Dark Prince

By: Eternity's Angel

Chapter Two

After they rode back to the palace, the Dark Prince immediately took her to his office room–forcing her to sit down on the chair as he circled around her like a lion eyeing on his prey. Once a while, he would examined her physical form–touching her hair, eyeing her skin, etc. Serenity said on the chair, squirming at his touch and nervous whenever he started to circle around her again. She looked up at his form in the dark room that only the candle by the dimming fire that surrounds the room with its only light. He stopped circling around her before he stood in front of her, making her looked down at the floor; refusing to meet his cold cerulean eyes.

Instead he shot out his hand un-expectantly and forced her chin up so their eyes met; cerulean and emerald. His grip on her was hard, making her wince. His rough hands moved from the injured chin(which he caused) and touched her face–he felt that it was so soft, much to his amazement. Skins like these never feel that soft here in Egypt. Despite the fact that he had found her at that poor pathetic excuse of a village, she was different. She was unlike the other women that lived here. She looked innocent and very beautiful–he can't denied that.

His hand wondered to the base of her neck but he found himself touching her lustful of reddish/brownish hair. Once his fingers came in contact with those soft strands of hair, he grabbed a handful of them –which brought her forward and closer to him– and smelled the wonderful smell that seemed to intoxicating him into something heavenly. When he snapped out of it he smirked as the petite form that was so close to him was shivering. He pushed her away which cause her to stumbled and nearly fell off the chair if not for him supporting her. Once she was sitting down normally, he narrowed his eyes at her, "What's your name?"

Serenity looked up and stared at those cold harden cerulean eyes. Keep her voice as cold as possible, "I already told you, didn't I?" She turned away and faced the other side of the room, anything besides looking at him.

His eyebrows narrowed at the edge of that sound. She dare try to disobey me! I'll show her whose going to be in charge from now on. He bent down and grabbed both of her shoulders and forced her to face him- him only. She winced, the grip on her shoulder was bring pressure down and she could feel the pain. She bit her lip, determined not to surrender to this ruthless man in front of him. "When I asked you a question, you answer it. Understand? Because things wouldn't get very pretty when you disobey me. Things get very violent if you don't answer my questions. Understand?"

Serenity cried out as he gripped on her chin hard, causing her to hissed a gasp out of her mouth. He watched her as she tried to squirmed out of his hold. His eyes wandered around her face; forced her face to look up and face him, eyes locked together. His cerulean eyes stared into her deep emerald eyes. His eyes wandered down to her lips; lifting one finger, he smooth her lips. Soft, creamy and she's all mine. His hands moved down to the neckline of her dress and brushed his fingers lingering along neck, smoothing it with his cold hands, causing her to shiver at his actions.

Serenity stiffed a gasp when he touched her neck, making her feeling uncomfortable. She brought her hands up and shoved him away, only he didn't budged. Her eyes widened as he lowered himself to her level, "What was that for? Did you really think that you could get away from me?" He asked angrily, tightening his hold on her hands. He stared at her with an unreadable expression; he pulled her up from the chair she was sitting on and dragged her towards the bed, forcing her to sit down. He grabbed her chin and jerked her head to face him. "You'll listen to what I have to say because I won't repeat myself. You're mine–and mine only! I've claimed you that day in the village and don't you forget that! You would submit to whatever I desire and you would obey them without any hesitation! Do I make myself clear...Serenity?" His voice was harsh, as he kept a firmed grip on body. She winced at the painful contact that he had place upon her.

How did this happened to me? Serenity thought, her mind searching for the answer–anything to tell her of her misfortune to meet him. Hell! She barely knows his name–except for the fact that he's called Dark Prince. But, her conscience said, you wouldn't want anything disastrous to happen to the village. Who knows what he is capable of? Her heart soften at the villagers who have greatly accepted her, even though she was a foreigner. She was then shook out of her thoughts from him; looked up and stared at his blue blazing eyes, fulled with anger and impatience.

"Answer me!" He shouted through his clenched teeth, demanding an answer from his "slave". He was growing impatient by the minute. He didn't like the silence coming from her, but no matter what, whether she understands or no, she would be his. She belongs to him now. Nobody can take her away from him–not when he's alive.

"Y-Y-Yes." She answered shakily. He smirked, satisfied with her answer–that'll showed her never to disobey him. He looked at her body, from the top to the bottom. Her crimson hair were straight, not a strand out of the place–not to mention it was silky under his touch previous. He had never felt anything that smooth before, never in his life. Her face was far beautiful from any ordinary female that he had ever encountered before. Her face was smooth–having to come in contact with her skin under his touch before–and it was too exquisite, so fragile that he thought she was different. Her body was clad with a white dress, clinging her body in full bloom, showing off her curves in all the right places. His eyes hardened at her figure; clenching his fist tightly, trying to suppressed whatever feelings that was surfacing his body.

His eyes darkened at that simple clothing hugging her body, smoothing her skin and touching her. He scowl at the simple clothing; making her unworthy to actually wear those clothes–with such body as herself. He can't denied the fact that she was far indeed beautiful–like a goddess. But what struck him was the question of who she is? He had never seen such an extraordinary creature like her–such perfection from her. His eyes trailed up to her face–filled with innocence and vulnerable within her–until he stopped at her lips. They were full, practically begging for an invitation to claimed them as their own.

He smirked, why not begin the fun now? He thought as he started walking towards her, slowly and slyly, un-noticed by the small feminine figure who was sitting on his bed.

Back at the village, tension rose upon a particular house. A loud bang could be heard in a certain room where a couple of people are in there, gathering and watching helplessly as their friend is going through agony.

"Damn it! I can't believe that I let him take her away from me! What kind of person am I? I should have kept her hidden! Damn it!" A fist came crashing down, hitting the ground countlessly times. His blond hair covering his eyes as he stayed down at the ground, hitting the ground over and over again.

"Joey! Get a hold of yourself! You didn't know what would've happened back there so none of this is your fault!" A woman who has brunette-haired said. Her deep Nile River eyes were red and puffy from tears that have fall from those eyes moments ago. "None of us were able to stop him. You know the consequences if we actually do stop him. We can't afford to loose any more family and friends because of this horrid going on." Tears started pouring down her eyes again, she turned around and silently cried.

A hand landed on her shoulder, "Calm down Téa. We never meant for Serenity to be taken. Hell, if we have known sooner that our villagers had summoned the Dark Prince here, we could've hidden Serenity in time. But...in return, Mai would be taken away by the Dark Prince. Either way, both situation wouldn't be able to be solve. One way or another, the Dark Prince would at least get one woman---" He was cut off when a fist came flying his way, almost hitting his jaw. His brunette spiked hair whipped to the side as he fell down to the ground.

Gasps can be heard coming from the single room. Everybody's eyes were focused on Joey; shocked that he had struck one of their closest friend. His dark brown eyes flashed in anger towards his friend who was lying on the ground; his right hand was pointing angrily towards his friend. "Don't you dare finish that sentence! We–I–could've tried to prevent that beast away from our village. If only he didn't appeared in our village, threatening us with his power just so we can coward towards his feet! I refused to submit to him–I refused to be under his power! Serenity has been taken away from us because we couldn't do a thing about it." He lowered his hand as he slowly dropped down to the ground helplessly. "But we just stood there helplessly and watched as she disappeared before our eyes. This wasn't suppose to happened to her! She wasn't suppose to be in this madness! She's too—pure."

Tears silently dropped down to the ground as they listened to Joey's speech. They each lowered their eyes towards the ground, speechless and ashamed of themselves for reality had finally hit upon them. A shadowily figure rushed towards Joey's side and hugged him. The hood fell down to reveal long, bright blonde hair as the figure lifted itself up and stared at his eyes with her own lavender eyes filled with tears.

"Oh Joey. I'm so sorry that I've caused you this much pain. If only I've let him taken me instead of Serenity, then none of this madness could've happened. I'm so sorry that I've brought this upon you. Its all my fault! I'm so weak and I couldn't defend myself when the elders had asked me to be the gift for the Dark Prince. I was scared and I didn't wanted any of you to get hurt so I did what I had to. I accepted the proposition and planned to fulfilled that duty–but everything was backfired. I wasn't able to protect any of my friends! I'm so worthless and selfish and Serenity is taking all the pain in my place instead! I'm so sorry! Forgive me!" She cried in Joey's arms, her body shaking as her cries increased. (1)

Téa and Tristan was shocked at the outburst coming from their poor friend who was crying heavily upon Joey's chest. Joey looked down at the bundle who was crying desperately for redemption for her cause of sin. His eyes softened as he gathered her body closer to him as he hugged her tightly to his chest. His head was leaning on his shoulder as he whispered to her ear.

"Its not your fault Mai. The elders offered you something against your will and you accepted it because you wanted to protect us from that beast. It wasn't your fault that Serenity was taken away. We just couldn't have prevented it from happening. You did nothing wrong accepting being that beast's supposed gift. The thing is you're a human, not an object. You have the greatest heart ever facing your own fears and the desire to sacrifice your own happiness for our own protection. Besides, if you were to be taken instead I can't bare to see you with him and under his ruling. If you would've gone with him, I would never forget myself if I didn't have the chance to stop you from making a mistake in your life. I would miss you dearly Mai. You're very special to me and I don't want to lose you." He lifted his head off her shoulder and stared at Mai's lavender eyes, whose staring into his own brown eyes with gentleness.

Joey lifted one finger and wiped Mai's eyes and tasted it. "The thing is, it isn't your fault so please don't blame yourself for Serenity's incident. We're going to get her back from that beast so you can stop crying." Mai nodded as she wiped off her tears with her hands. Joey smiled at her as he whispered to her to hear, "Good. Tears don't suit you well; smiled always." Mai looked up and smiled at him as she jumped into his arms and hugged him tightly. "Thank you Joey."

Téa and Tristan looked at the serene scene that the couple before them displayed. Téa rushed over to Mai's side and hugged her, uttering the same things that Joey had spoken not so long ago. Tristan walked over to Joey's side and offered him a hand. Joey accepted it and both grinned at each other. "No hard feelings, eh Tristan?"

Tristan laughed, "Nope. None at all. Now lets get out of this place and come up with a plan to save poor Serenity whose in the clutches of the evil beast!" Joey whacked him at the head, "This is no time to joke around Tristan!" They both laughed and all the sadness slowly disappeared one by one as the gang devise a plan to save Serenity from the Dark Prince.

Back at the Dark Prince's palace, he was slowly advancing towards Serenity who was sitting on the bed, backing away. "What do you think you're doing! Please stay back!" She yelled but before she attempt to get off the bed to run away from him, he pounced on top of her and trapped her under his weight. His hands were on her wrists, holding them high above her head while her body laid under his as his lower half of the body held her down.

Squirming under his touch, she desperately tried to get out of his grasp. She could feel his member touching her under and she didn't like how this is heading towards to. But each time she moves, he tightens his hold on her causing difficulties for her to escape. She sighed angrily as she looked up and found herself staring at the azure eyes of her captor. She shivered at that dark look in his eyes as she tried to tilt her head towards the opposite side–anywhere to avoid his look, whatever it is. Before she could turn to her side, his hand suddenly grabbed onto her chin and forced her to look at him.

He ignored her struggling as he was mesmerized by her unusual eyes and her flawless skin. Her pink tongue darted out of her mouth as she licked her lips quickly and eased her struggling seeing that she can't do anything. Her lips, he thought as his eyes hardened at what she was doing to him, they look like soft petals of a rose or softer then the silks. I need to feel them, sought out for them— His thoughts were interrupted and before he knew, he found himself leaning towards Serenity and kissed her on the lips. (2)

Hurray! I've finally finished the second chapter of The Dark Prince! Whoo-Hoo! Lol. Took me very long to get this chapter out since I didn't have any inspiration and school had been keeping me stressed out all the time. How sad seeing that you're in luck; I got a week off because of "regents week". Those who lives in NY knows what I'm talking about.(Yes, I live in New York–go by my daily xanga and you'll read whatever I have in mind and maybe you'll get to know me a bit! XP) This chapter isn't edit since many of you guys have been demanding for an update! Please excuse my grammatical/spelling errors. (Next time, I hope I'll finish my chapters faster so they can get edit.) I hope you'll be satisfied with this chapter.

(1) Mai is out of character because: One, its alternate universe; and Two, because it has something to do with future chapter purposes. (In between, I think I've gotten Joey's eye color wrong; please help me correct my mistake. Thanks!)

(2)If those of you have noticed something of how I've never actually reveal Seto's real name in this chapter or the previous, you'll find out soon. They all have to do with future chapters purposes. That'll at least leave you pondering on why.

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Eternity's Angel