Unwanted Betrothal

By: RoxyBunny

I do not own Sailor Moon or any of its characters (sadly…but true) and I never will…

Chapter Two – The Silver Crystal

The royal family from the Earth departed their ship. King Lathorn and Queen Serenity greeted them at the landing pad. "Welcome!" exclaimed Queen Serenity.

Darien noticed the blanket the woman with silver hair held. He wanted to see if the thing in the blanket was real. Darien tugged at the bottom of it, Queen Serenity noticed, and smiling she knelt down so the little prince could see his future bride. "It's smelly mommy," declared Darien. The royal couples laughed and made there way into the entrance of the grand palace.

"So…if we can all sign the treaty then it will be sealed and we would be more than happy to announce our son's engagement to your daughter," stated King Xerlock.

"My husband and I thought it would be of the best interest of our daughter if she did not know of her betrothal to young Prince Darien," replied Queen Serenity.

"Well…whatever must be done, must be done. Lets see…alright, right here," King Xerlock pointed at a paragraph in the treaty. "It states that your daughter will wed our son after her eighteenth birthday. He will be twenty-one by then and ready to take the throne of the Earth."

"Yes…yes. But please, you must promise me, not a word of their engagement. You may tell your son but no one else. I want my daughter to grow up like a normal girl…" 'Not that she wouldn't have enough trouble already as a princess,' thought Queen Serenity.

"Alright…just sign the treaty then," King Xerlock looked at Queen Serenity. She signed the paper and a smile came across Xerlock's face. "Good, now that this is all settled…"

Queen Serenity forced a small smile and though, 'What have I done to my child?' With the last passing thought her forged smile faded.

King Lathorn took notice in the change of his wife's mood and excused her, "Dear, you do not look like you feel well. Might you go lay down for a bit? I can have a servant call for you when the ceremony starts." He referred to the ceremony in celebration of his daughter's birth. Serenity nodded and left with the babe.

Hours passed and finally Serenity's mood was finally lifted when she was finally alone with her child. She knew she would not have another child. Here she was signing away the future of her only child. She sighed and crossed the room. 'The ceremony is going to start soon' she thought to herself.

A slight knock at the door was heard and Serenity twirled around to find a servant, "His majesty requests your presence in the throne room." Serenity nodded dismissing the young girl. She had already changed into her royal dress, hours before. She pulled her long silver hair up into a bun. With a sigh she left the room, baby in arms.

King Lathorn and Queen Serenity sat at their thrones. Serenity had been to many birth ceremonies before, all very boring. The youngest of each royal family presented a gift to the newborn child. A small blonde girl walked up holding a mirror; she was the princess of Venus, Mina. The small girl presented her gift and cooed at the baby. More gifts passed when a small brunette girl came up holding a small cake; obviously this was the princess from Jupiter, Lita. How they loved their food. A fragile looking blue-haired girl came up to the baby and set down a physics book, she was the princess from Mercury, Ami. Though the Mercurians might be thought of weird at time, they were very bright. Yet another small girl came up, she had dark raven colored hair…a scowl on her face, yes, that was the princess of Mars, Rei. The girl set down some small charms and turned on her heals to leave. Finally, the last gift, Serenity let out a sigh…possibly louder than she meant it to be for her husband gave her a smirk.

The small three-year old prince from Earth made his way up to the throne, already showered in gifts. He held a small necklace. On the necklace, for everyone to see, was a large diamond. "We call this precious stone the silver crystal…" came his small voice. With that he walked over to the baby's crib and put the gem around her tiny neck. The chain was visibly too large for her, but she would grow into it with time. The tiny prince gave her a kiss on the cheek and the entire throne room sighed with admiration. Prince Darien blushed slightly and ran back to his parents.

The following couple day came and went with a blink of an eye. Darien had gotten attached to baby Princess Serena. He loved to play with her. He nearly did everything with her. It was to no ones surprise that the young prince cried all the way home. He wanted his little Serena.

Eighteen Years Passed…

"Oh my GAH!" squealed Princess Serena. She had grown up to be quite the beauty, no surprise. She had the smoothest pearl like skin, golden blonde hair reaching past her knees, beautiful bright blue eyes with a hint of silver in them, and to top it all off, she had a figure any girl would die for. "Mama…" Serena ran to Serenity, "look, we've been invited to a ball on Earth!" Serena's father, King Lathorn, had passed away the previous year.

"That's great darling!" the queen tried to say enthusiastically, but she knew what the ball was for…the announcement of her daughter's engagement. She had yet to tell her daughter of her betrothal.

"It's said that everyone it invited for a week stay at the royal palace before the ball…oh mama, can we please go now!" chirped the excited princess.

With a sigh the queen nodded and within the hour they were on their way to Serena's future…

Prince Darien rode out into the palace forest with frustration. The scene with his father just replayed itself in his head over and over again.

"Darien…better I tell you now than later. You will be meeting your betrothed at the ball…"

"What!?" Darien yelled back.

"You're going to meet your future bride…"

Darien huffed out of the palace and ran to the stables. He couldn't be in the same room with that man. He was always making his decisions for him. Darien wasn't even ready for marriage yet. He still had to get the little bit of player out of him. Darien wasn't exactly the purest prince; he had bedded many of the kingdoms women before. Marriage was the furthest thing from his mind.

A few moments after Darien stormed out of the palace, who to show up than his future bride herself? King Xerlock and Queen Adrianna greeted the queen and princess of the moon.

"If you wouldn't mind, I would love to have a look around your palace!" Princess Serena smiled.

"Oh, but won't you?" smirked the King. He knew where his son was running off to, why not send this angel his way? "The stable is out back, you may choose any horse to your liking…"

Serena smiled and ran out the door. She was a very innocent young girl. It was a matter of mere seconds before she already mounted one of the beautiful horses. Oh…was this going to be fun! Serena galloped out of the stable towards the forest. Everything seemed to be going fine…until she lost control of her horse. He seemed to go wild, and she couldn't calm him down. Her necklace, which she had ever since she could remember, played in the sunlight causing rays of light to go every which direction.

It was one of these rays that caught Prince Darien's attention. He looked over to see one of the palace horses practically throwing a… an angel. He was mesmerized by the girl's beauty. Darien quickly rode over to the girl and swept her off the horse into his lap.

Serena looked up at her savior. He was beautiful. Midnight hair, deep blue eyes…those eyes, they were gorgeous. Serena smiled and sighed into his chest.

Darien glanced down at the girl, 'If only she were my betrothed…' he thought to himself. He took a quick look at the amulet that caught his attention. Something was familiar about it, very familiar…

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