Underneath the Crystal Moon

a/n: I do not own Labyrinth. And for all of you, I hope you like this ending. Remember, this is not the whole end, Damien's story is coming after this, but it will not be today.

Part One: Phoenix

Chapter 12

Aidan was sleeping soundly, wearing only a pair of white cotton pajama bottoms. Phoenix looked at him sadly. If this did what she anticipated, then this would be the last time he would ever be glad to see her.

"Aidan, I love you. That is why I have to do this. You need to know who I really am," Phoenix whispered. Then she steeled herself and gathered power. Her eyes glowed brighter, and a sourceless breeze rippled her black cape.

The room became bright and Phoenix reached down and gathered her voice.

"Aiii-dannn," she sang in a dark voice, and used magic to awaken him. She knew he would be alarmed to see her this way. He sat up suddenly and looked around in confusion. Then he saw her, and his gaze became curious.

"Phoenix, why are you in my room at this time of night dressed like you are going to kill someone?"

Phoenix was shocked he did not scream, shout or yell, but she pressed on with her plan.

"Do you know what it is like to wield the light and the dark? To feel the pain I can inflict?" Phoenix sang to him in her ethereal voice, tinged by darkness.

"You wouldn't hurt me Phoenix. You're not like that. No matter what everyone else says. They may be afraid of you, I'm not," Aidan got up from his bed and stood in front of her, implacable. She looked in his eyes and found no fear, "I think you want to scare me away Phoenix. I think you don't want to let me in. I think you think I will become afraid of you and that I will leave. You are afraid of a broken heart. Princess Phoenix is not afraid of anything else but a broken heart. You want someone to love you, and someone who knows you are about more than just power and beauty"

Phoenix knew she needed to step it up a notch, and she embraced the power that made her a Lady of the Flame. She felt her hair change into fire, and felt the light burst from her eyes. Her whole body became suffused with warmth from the stones beneath her feet as she became a living flame.

Aidan knew what she was trying to do. She was trying to save him. Give him the opportunity to leave. He was not going to go anywhere. On fire or not, he loved her, and he knew she would not hurt him. He stepped so close he could feel the fire tickling his skin. But it did not burn. He knew it. She had to direct the flame for it to hurt. He looked into her eyes and knew the truth. She loved him. He leaned down and kissed her lips. He heard a sob escape her lips as she returned the kiss. The flame went away and Phoenix was back, wearing her nightgown and robe instead of her fearsome costume. Her hair was mussed from the ordeal. She looked beautiful.

"You would not get away from me so easily, Your Highness," Aidan whispered as he hugged her tight.

"How did you know?" she asked him.

"You would never hurt me sweetheart. You don't have it in you to hurt someone you care about," Aidan told her.

"How do you know I care about you?" Phoenix asked him a little indignantly.

"I saw it in your eyes," Aidan told her. Then he captured her lips once again and kissed her very thoroughly. Phoenix let him kiss her like that, more intense than in the ballroom, and with more passion. Desire slammed through her, and she felt heat start to pool between her legs. She was hungry for him. She untied her robe and let it fall to the ground. She pressed her body up close to Aidan's and put her hands on his bare chest. She rubbed his nipples in circular motions with her thumbs, and he gasped a little in her mouth. She moved her hands up and tangled her fingers in his hair. He brought his hands up her back, scraping his nails gently on her skin. She arched into him and felt his arousal against her abdomen. He hooked his fingers underneath the straps of her nightgown and bared her shoulders. He kissed his way down her neck and down to her shoulder, where he gently bit her. He repeated this on the other side. Phoenix let her arms become loose, and her nightgown dropped to the floor. She was wearing nothing underneath. Her skin was smooth beneath his hands, and he kissed her still, with hands wondering all over her back and buttocks.

Phoenix moved her hands in between them and undid the ties that held Aidan's pants on. They slipped to the floor and they stepped out of their clothes. They were both nude, and Aidan picked Phoenix up and carried her to his bed. He laid her down and covered her up before getting in beside her. He looked at her intently.

"Are you sure you want to do this?" he asked her.

"Of all the things I have ever been sure of, this is the second surest I have ever been," Phoenix told him with a smile.

"What was the first surest?" Aidan asked her impishly.

"When I figured out that I love you," Phoenix told him. Aidan gathered her in his arms and kissed her roughly.

"I love you," Aidan told her.

They took their time, exploring and tasting each other. Neither one of them had done this before and they wanted to make it last. When at last, Phoenix was ready for him, he rose above her and was gentle as he eased into her. There was a brief moment of pain, and then only bliss as he began to move within her. Their bodies were soaked with sweat and they both moaned as they felt the climax began to build. Phoenix felt like she was going to explode, and then she did, with a loud gasp and a long shudder. Not long after, Aidan stiffened as his release hit him. He sank down on the bed, and pulled her to lie in the crook of his arm. She had her legs entangled with his, and her mouth tasted the skin on his neck. He stroked her hair.

"I suppose I have to make an honest woman out you now, huh?" Aidan asked his love.

"Not yet, not if you do not want to," Phoenix told him as she nibbled his neck.

"What if I want to?" he asked her. Phoenix lifted her head and looked into his eyes.

"Maybe," Phoenix smiled at him. He pinned her down quickly and looked into her eyes.

"Maybe? What do you want?" Aidan asked her.

"You," Phoenix said softly.

"Princess Phoenix of the Goblin Kingdom, will you kindly consent to be my wife?" Aidan asked dramatically.

"No"

"No! Why the hell not?"

"Because to you, and only you, I am just Phoenix. Not the Goblin Princess. Not the most powerful Fae in the Underground. Just Phoenix," Phoenix told him.

Aidan pulled her on top of him and looked into her shining eyes.

"Will you marry me Phoenix?"

"Ask me again"

"Will you marry me Phoenix?"

Phoenix had never been so happy in her whole life. She savored the sweet words and answered the only way she could.

"Yes"

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a/n: There ya go, that's the way Princess Phoenix fell in love.

Next up is Damien. Prince Damien goes to the Tree Kingdom to help Queen Xen reorganize the broken kingdom left to her by the evil Xandra. Xen wants only to make everything in her kingdom right again, even while she is plagued with horrible memories.