Sleeping Beauty
By Chibi Maylan - Chapter Three
A/N: I finally updated my fanfictions, including this one! I'm on a writing spree today. Oh, I stand corrected; Helios has Brown eyes! Thanks for telling me.
The message boy shivered as he entered the dark forest. With scroll in hand, he was going towards a lake, as pictured on his map. He looked at his surroundings, the area seemed weird. On his side of the lake, it seems beautiful and serene, while the other side grew dark and dreary. He scanned his eyes for the bridge, when he saw an apple tree. His eyes widened when he saw the poor Prince lying curled up, his uniform tattered and torn. The messager urged his horse to turn towards him.
"Your highness!" he mounted off the horse. "It is I, A mere message boy, I have come to reply to Queen Beryl's demands, to see the Prince has been placed here." He called out. Helios opened his eyes, in relief to see the teenage boy gently grabbing hold of Helios. "Take me home, please!!" cried Helios. The boy nodded. "Of course, Prince Helios."
The King was relieved to see that his Prince was in a stable state. Helios was ordered to bathe then eat at once. Little Helios did as told, still shaken.
It was at night, that he worried of, he was frightened that the curse will take action once more. Helios had announced that he was tired very early, and stayed in his bedroom, glancing at the mirrors.
The sun fell, and night was becoming to awake. Helios anxiously looked once more at his human self, he felt a tingling sensation and soon enough, he had turned once again to his animal form. Helios began to cry, for he was now scared of what his father would think.
"Helios, are you sleeping, son?" came King Damon's voice at the door. The door flung open and Helios hid under his quilt. King Damon came closer.
'No! Don't father!' he yelled. It was too late, King Damon had flipped over the quilt, and stared wide-eyed at the white unicorn. "What is this!!" he gasped.
Then on, Helios had explained carefully what had happened, his father looked terribly saddened.
In the forest, the invisible shield that hid the quaint little cottage that housed the three women and child, they were putting Little Rini to sleep.
"Good night, little Rini. May you dreams be filled with happiness tonight." Cooed Sailor Pluto. Little rini, with short pink hair tied in plaits nodded. "Goodnight." She replied with a yawn.
Pluto smiled, she placed the veil around Rini's bed and turned down the oil lamp. Sailor Neptune and Uranus were downstairs, merrily talking. Pluto came downstairs to announce that the Princess was asleep, and that they too should sleep.
Years had passed for the two children, King Damon had now hired a talented magician to try and help take away the spell countless times off Helios, but all failed. Until, he had met up with his neighbouring kingdom royalties, Queen Serenity and King Endymion.
Both had came upon King Damon's castle at midday, the three had sat upon the courtyard. When King Damon had told of the magician's failings. Queen serenity smiled. "May I try to help your dearest child? I shall summon my powers of the Silver Millenium Crystal to help with the curse." She suggested.
Helios was called upon instantly, his brown eyes were looking straight at the ground. Serenity bent down and patted his shoulder. "This shall not hurt you, I shall try and uplift Beryl's curse."
Serenity placed her hands out, her crystal appeared as she called her powers' attention onto Helios. He felt the crystal's aura surround him, then dissolve. "We shall wait for nightfall. To see if it has uplifted." King Endymion commented.
It took long hours for the sun to finally fall, but Helios stood, waiting for night in the courtyard, along with his father and the Queen and King.
Helios shut his eyes 'please, let this curse be gone.' He thought. A slight gasp came from Serenity, and Damon's cry of relief came. Helios opened his eyes. The moon was shimmering upon him, and he was still in human form. He smiled at the Queen.
"Thank-"he stopped, King Damon's smile disappeared, along with Queen Serenity's. Helios had turned back into a unicorn. Serenity smiled in apology. "I'm afraid my power didn't work well." Helios was brimming to tears. "Please! Aunt Serenity, couldn't you do anything else?" he asked. Serenity gave the little unicorn a hug. "I'm not sure if a second try will make a difference. Unless..." she straightened herself, and used her powers once more, but this time she had a different chant:
"Powers of the Moon,
Let dear little Helios take control of the curse!"
Her eyes closed, focused her wand upon the Prince and opened her eyes. "Tomorrow's night fall, focus in your mind that you wish to be human. The new power I've summoned upon will help you try to control yourself from forming into a Unicorn, and soon you shall be able to turn your unicorn state to human form at any time." Queen Serenity smiled. Prince Helios gave her a smile, and promised to practise the following night.
To be Continued...
