Chapter 17 - Remembrance and Loss
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AN: Hi Everyone. Finally another chapter up. It took me awhile but I eventually managed to finish this chapter. If anyone says it's easy writing a long story, then they should try it sometime. I have rewritten this chapter many times, got writers block then had to go back reread the entire story and try to get back the fluidity that comes rarely.
Anyways, enjoy! Sailor Moon and characters do not belong to me except for those I created in making this story.
Please Read and Review.
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His amber eyes seemed to glint from the moonlight above as he introduced himself and the way he had bowed and kissed her hand had Serenity's mind travel to a time when a man had done that to her at her Birthday Ball on the Moon when her mother, Queen Serenity had wanted to introduce her to everyone in the Silver Millennium, including a delegation from Earth and her betrothed.
She had gotten ready for the ball that night as if she were preparing to meet the Goddess herself. She had always assumed that her betrothed had been from earth.
In fact he had been living on earth, but that did not necessarily make him an earthling. He was in fact a prince from a region that linked one place to another in time and space. Many people had called it the Nether region, Void, Blackness, and even Hell. No one could comprehend a world that stood in-between worlds.
Yet here was a prince that came from such a world and was living amongst its people in the Earth King's palace, training beside his own son, Endymion, who was the same age as he.
With all her grace and training that had been drilled into her, Serenity had glided down the steps as if she could fly and all eyes had turned to her as her name and station were called forth and everyone bowed in respect to the future ruler of the Silver Millennium.
He had stood there in all his arrogance and pride, his armour gleaming in back from the candelabras above. She could tell that he was her betrothed from the descriptions given both by the ambassadors and pictures she had seen. His hair was an almost dark green but it was his amber eyes that had caught Serenity's attention both in the description and in his pictures. She had never met anyone from earth with eyes like that, nor hair that was green.
"Ahh Princess Serenity. It is an honour to at last meet you. I am Prince Abol, son to Chronos of the Abyss." He had bowed as he kissed her hand.
As she had curtseyed, Serenity had racked her brains to place the names with what she had learned in her studies. Chronos had been the Lord of the Abyss and member of the Silver Alliance. Abyss was mostly islands that drifted within the passage of space.
Where as many people had believed and even pictured it to be barren of life, was in fact very populous and thriving with life from the smallest animals to waterfalls and trees depending upon which island one came to. Chronos had been proud of his land and it was indeed a centre point that crossed many worlds.
"Prince Abol." Serenity had greeted back.
Serenity looked on towards her mother who had been talking with the delegation from Earth, caught her daughter's eye and gave her an encouraging smile.
"Shall we dance?" He had asked.
Serenity had swallowed that fear that had been in her throat, had smiled and nodded. And both took over the ballroom as they danced the rest of the night away.
That same fear caught her as she stood face to face with now Lord Abol of the Abyss. Serenities eyes drew together in frustration as she looked at him and compared to what she had known of him and who was standing in front of her now.
He had always been kind and good. What made him change from the caring man she had known to the vile madman that stood before her? Was this because of her? Abol had been Prince Endymion's best friend.
Putting in all her regal manner that she had learned she replied, "I know you Abol, yet I know you not. You betrayed us" she said as other memories formed within her of things she later found out but had been too late to stop.
"I did what I had to do, to ensure us." He stated calmly as if it were nothing more that a business deal.
"You killed millions." Serenity breathed in harshly as she closed her eyes and her face filled with pain at some past forgotten nightmare.
Darien had stood apart from the others and listened. Serenity stood there dressed in her silk white moon gown, looking like an angel. He left his heart grip in pain that was due to Serenity's own heart crying in sorrow. He had no clue to what they were referring to. However, one thing was sure, this was Serenity. Not Serena, not Sailor Moon with Serenity's memories. This was Serenity true to her form.
Serenity's eyes opened slowly and looked upon the man before her. In no more than a whisper she replied, "There was never any 'us'. Perhaps if." She never finished as Abol whipped his head at her words and interjected harshly.
".If you had never met Prince Endymion than we would have been together." He declared angrily.
"However that is something that I can rectify." Lord of the Abyss thundered angrily as he gathered his strength and with a gesture threw black energy towards the unsuspecting Darien as he knelt upon the ground.
Serenity had already seen this and with her own gesture countermanded Abol's energy with that from the energy of her silver crystal.
"You will not harm anyone, not anymore."
Abol looked at his powers disintegrate in front of him and he knew that while Serenity possessed the crystal and could use its powers, there was no way for him to counter it. Still her Scouts were no more and Endymion just a loose end. Serenity may have had her Scouts to protect her before, now she was alone.
Smiling arrogantly and his eyes for an instance warming as his gaze drifted upon her, he waved his arm about as if what she had said was nothing more than a small little spat.
"I guess you may have me at a disadvantage my Love, with your Crystal, and therefore I must leave you for now. Remember this. I know everything about you and where you are. We shall see each other again my dear Serenity." He whispered lovingly.
"Come Lexa, let us leave. We have things to do." With a gesture he disappeared in a trail of black flame and energy.
Lexa just stood there for a few minutes before she realized that she was now alone and vulnerable and thus raised her own arms in a similar gesture and disappeared in silver flames.
Darien didn't move as he quietly observed his angel as her face went from being regal and commanding to heartbroken. Her crystal and broach disappeared from her hands in a blink of an eye, yet even though her crystal had returned to its sleep, Serenity still stood there in her gown surveying the destruction that had taken place there that night.
"My Friends." Serenity whispered as she knelt upon the very mound that had fallen upon her Scouts as if only now realizing what had truly happened that night.
Darien closed his eyes at the saddening sight that had been portrayed in front of him. They had lost very big this night and which would haunt them until the end of time.
Without a sound, Darien stood from his position and walked towards his silver angel as she silently screamed her turmoil both through their bond and in the tiny waterfall that fell from her face.
He knelt beside her and encircled his arms around her. She did not move nor seemed to be surprised of his nearness as she allowed him to gather her head and shoulders to his chest, let her draw in his strength and lift her from the cold ground. Little did they realize that they were being observed.
Pluto, Keeper of Time, shook her head in despair as she had witnessed the battle this very night. She had so much wanted to join in but had known if she did she knew the effects would have been disastrous.
"Was this necessary Pluto?" A childlike voice whispered from behind.
Pluto turned around and smiled sadly at her companion. "It was. Events are coming too fast to stop now and the true evil has yet still to be faced."
"Must she face it alone?" the small figure, shrouded in darkness, asked.
"She will not be alone. She will have us and her Prince." She replied sadly as if knowing it would not be enough.
"No one else?"
"Perhaps." Was all she said, knowing the events of the time stream were coming to a fork where one would lead to hell and the other to paradise.
"Its all up to you now." She whispered to the sky and moonlight above.
To be continued..
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AN: Hi Everyone. Finally another chapter up. It took me awhile but I eventually managed to finish this chapter. If anyone says it's easy writing a long story, then they should try it sometime. I have rewritten this chapter many times, got writers block then had to go back reread the entire story and try to get back the fluidity that comes rarely.
Anyways, enjoy! Sailor Moon and characters do not belong to me except for those I created in making this story.
Please Read and Review.
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His amber eyes seemed to glint from the moonlight above as he introduced himself and the way he had bowed and kissed her hand had Serenity's mind travel to a time when a man had done that to her at her Birthday Ball on the Moon when her mother, Queen Serenity had wanted to introduce her to everyone in the Silver Millennium, including a delegation from Earth and her betrothed.
She had gotten ready for the ball that night as if she were preparing to meet the Goddess herself. She had always assumed that her betrothed had been from earth.
In fact he had been living on earth, but that did not necessarily make him an earthling. He was in fact a prince from a region that linked one place to another in time and space. Many people had called it the Nether region, Void, Blackness, and even Hell. No one could comprehend a world that stood in-between worlds.
Yet here was a prince that came from such a world and was living amongst its people in the Earth King's palace, training beside his own son, Endymion, who was the same age as he.
With all her grace and training that had been drilled into her, Serenity had glided down the steps as if she could fly and all eyes had turned to her as her name and station were called forth and everyone bowed in respect to the future ruler of the Silver Millennium.
He had stood there in all his arrogance and pride, his armour gleaming in back from the candelabras above. She could tell that he was her betrothed from the descriptions given both by the ambassadors and pictures she had seen. His hair was an almost dark green but it was his amber eyes that had caught Serenity's attention both in the description and in his pictures. She had never met anyone from earth with eyes like that, nor hair that was green.
"Ahh Princess Serenity. It is an honour to at last meet you. I am Prince Abol, son to Chronos of the Abyss." He had bowed as he kissed her hand.
As she had curtseyed, Serenity had racked her brains to place the names with what she had learned in her studies. Chronos had been the Lord of the Abyss and member of the Silver Alliance. Abyss was mostly islands that drifted within the passage of space.
Where as many people had believed and even pictured it to be barren of life, was in fact very populous and thriving with life from the smallest animals to waterfalls and trees depending upon which island one came to. Chronos had been proud of his land and it was indeed a centre point that crossed many worlds.
"Prince Abol." Serenity had greeted back.
Serenity looked on towards her mother who had been talking with the delegation from Earth, caught her daughter's eye and gave her an encouraging smile.
"Shall we dance?" He had asked.
Serenity had swallowed that fear that had been in her throat, had smiled and nodded. And both took over the ballroom as they danced the rest of the night away.
That same fear caught her as she stood face to face with now Lord Abol of the Abyss. Serenities eyes drew together in frustration as she looked at him and compared to what she had known of him and who was standing in front of her now.
He had always been kind and good. What made him change from the caring man she had known to the vile madman that stood before her? Was this because of her? Abol had been Prince Endymion's best friend.
Putting in all her regal manner that she had learned she replied, "I know you Abol, yet I know you not. You betrayed us" she said as other memories formed within her of things she later found out but had been too late to stop.
"I did what I had to do, to ensure us." He stated calmly as if it were nothing more that a business deal.
"You killed millions." Serenity breathed in harshly as she closed her eyes and her face filled with pain at some past forgotten nightmare.
Darien had stood apart from the others and listened. Serenity stood there dressed in her silk white moon gown, looking like an angel. He left his heart grip in pain that was due to Serenity's own heart crying in sorrow. He had no clue to what they were referring to. However, one thing was sure, this was Serenity. Not Serena, not Sailor Moon with Serenity's memories. This was Serenity true to her form.
Serenity's eyes opened slowly and looked upon the man before her. In no more than a whisper she replied, "There was never any 'us'. Perhaps if." She never finished as Abol whipped his head at her words and interjected harshly.
".If you had never met Prince Endymion than we would have been together." He declared angrily.
"However that is something that I can rectify." Lord of the Abyss thundered angrily as he gathered his strength and with a gesture threw black energy towards the unsuspecting Darien as he knelt upon the ground.
Serenity had already seen this and with her own gesture countermanded Abol's energy with that from the energy of her silver crystal.
"You will not harm anyone, not anymore."
Abol looked at his powers disintegrate in front of him and he knew that while Serenity possessed the crystal and could use its powers, there was no way for him to counter it. Still her Scouts were no more and Endymion just a loose end. Serenity may have had her Scouts to protect her before, now she was alone.
Smiling arrogantly and his eyes for an instance warming as his gaze drifted upon her, he waved his arm about as if what she had said was nothing more than a small little spat.
"I guess you may have me at a disadvantage my Love, with your Crystal, and therefore I must leave you for now. Remember this. I know everything about you and where you are. We shall see each other again my dear Serenity." He whispered lovingly.
"Come Lexa, let us leave. We have things to do." With a gesture he disappeared in a trail of black flame and energy.
Lexa just stood there for a few minutes before she realized that she was now alone and vulnerable and thus raised her own arms in a similar gesture and disappeared in silver flames.
Darien didn't move as he quietly observed his angel as her face went from being regal and commanding to heartbroken. Her crystal and broach disappeared from her hands in a blink of an eye, yet even though her crystal had returned to its sleep, Serenity still stood there in her gown surveying the destruction that had taken place there that night.
"My Friends." Serenity whispered as she knelt upon the very mound that had fallen upon her Scouts as if only now realizing what had truly happened that night.
Darien closed his eyes at the saddening sight that had been portrayed in front of him. They had lost very big this night and which would haunt them until the end of time.
Without a sound, Darien stood from his position and walked towards his silver angel as she silently screamed her turmoil both through their bond and in the tiny waterfall that fell from her face.
He knelt beside her and encircled his arms around her. She did not move nor seemed to be surprised of his nearness as she allowed him to gather her head and shoulders to his chest, let her draw in his strength and lift her from the cold ground. Little did they realize that they were being observed.
Pluto, Keeper of Time, shook her head in despair as she had witnessed the battle this very night. She had so much wanted to join in but had known if she did she knew the effects would have been disastrous.
"Was this necessary Pluto?" A childlike voice whispered from behind.
Pluto turned around and smiled sadly at her companion. "It was. Events are coming too fast to stop now and the true evil has yet still to be faced."
"Must she face it alone?" the small figure, shrouded in darkness, asked.
"She will not be alone. She will have us and her Prince." She replied sadly as if knowing it would not be enough.
"No one else?"
"Perhaps." Was all she said, knowing the events of the time stream were coming to a fork where one would lead to hell and the other to paradise.
"Its all up to you now." She whispered to the sky and moonlight above.
To be continued..
