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You can't buy my love
Chapter 4. Princess Serenity's Birthday Bash
After spending the whole entire afternoon with the girls Princess Serenity has a quiet dinner in her room before taking a bath then going to bed. It had been a long day and she needed plenty of sleep for the big party tomorrow. Her last thoughts before she drifted off to sleep was her dancing with some unknown stranger.
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Princess Serenity wakes up and bolts up out of bed, she can't believe that her birthday has finally arrived and that this night would be a memory that she would keep close to her forever. She didn't know what was going to happen, but she knew that it was going to change her life. Something truly special and important was about to happen, and she wished that she could speed up time.
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"Good morning Princess. Happy Birthday Serenity!" Her court all said together when they seen her appear in the dining room.
"Morning. Thanks for all the birthday wishes." Serenity walks up to everyone and gives them all big hugs. "Is it time to put all the decorations up yet?" Serenity says with a big grin on her face.
"Almost, the Queen wishes another audience with you before the decorations. So why don't you go talk to your mother while we get everything out and ready? Then when your done you can come and help us with the decorations." Amy told Serenity.
"Ok, I'll go talk to my mother. See you girls in a little bit." Princess Serenity runs off to find her mother.
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Princess Serenity enters the Queens sitting chambers and sees her reading a book by the fire. "Mother you wished to speak to me?"
"Yes I did Serenity." Sets the book down on a table. "I wanted to tell you something important. Along with the normal guests that you have invited, I have also invited someone to the ball. I just hope you don't mind. It is your birthday after all. Its just that we need to renew our ties with them and I thought this was a great opportunity to meet."
"Of course I don't mind mother. Anyone is welcome to my party."
"Thank you Serenity. I just don't want you to be upset with me if some business is involved these next few days or weeks."
"Days? Weeks? Mother I don't understand."
"I have invited the Royal family from earth to come and stay with us for the next 2 weeks or so."
"From Earth? Wow mother this is a shock. I didn't even know that we still had an alliance with them."
"Sure we do, its just that we haven't had much communication with them of late and I just thought that this was a great idea. To re unite Earth with the Moon. With the Earth's help we will finally have a time for peace and prosperity for everyone in the solar system."
"That's a great idea mother. I would be glad to help in any way possible with continuing alliance. Is there anything I can do?"
"As a matter of fact Serenity there is. The King and Queen are bringing their son along with them. His name is Prince Endymon he is about your age, and I would like you to become friends him and his court. Show him around the Moon and just have a good time. Do you think you will be able to do that daughter?"
"I will do my best mother. You know I will do anything to help benefit the people of the Moon and possibly help the entire Solar System and finally have a time for peace. With no wars and fighting."
"I know you would daughter. I just want the best for you. When I'm gone from here you will be the one ruling the Solar System and I want you future as Queen to be a good one."
Serenity hugs her mother. "I know you do mother. And I will make you proud of me these weeks. I promise. Is there anything else you need to tell me?"
Queen Serenity notes the eagerness in her daughters voice and can't help but chuckle. "No Serenity, that is all I wanted to discuss with you. You may go help the others with the party decorations."
"Thank you mother, thank you for everything." Princess Serenity bows before leaving the room and heading down stairs to help the others with the decorations.
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Serenity looked around the room. There were pink and silver streamers and balloons hanging from the ceiling. There were circle tables covered in table settings along with red roses in vases.
There was a long table along one wall of the ballroom with food to feed everyone. On one side of the table there was dinner. Towards the middle of the table there were snacks and punches. At the end of the table there was every desert imaginable along with a huge cake with pink flowers scattered all over it.
The middle of the ballroom was for dancing. Towards the back end of the ballroom was a band that was to play all the music for the night. Serenity just hoped that Raye was decent enough to not pick a bad band and make her look bad in front of her and her mothers friends.
Serenity and the others noticed the time and it was getting late. The party would start in an hour and a half and they had just enough time to go and get ready.
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Princess Serenity emerges from her room wearing a long silver dress. It has no sleeves but has some shoulder pads that has as swirl pattern on them. The bodice has gold circles across the top with white pearls underneath it. She has on Gold pearl earrings with a matching bracelet. She has on matching gold and silver slippers. Her hair is swept up in her usual buns with white pears around each bun. She feels proud wearing her mother's dress, and she can't wait to see what the rest of her court is wearing.
She went down stairs to join her mother welcoming the arriving guests. "You look beautiful as ever mother."
"Why thank you daughter. But you are the shining start tonight. I have a present for each of you Princesses. A symbol of your age and status as the Princesses of each of your planets."
Princess Serenity just looks at her mother wondering what it could be. "Thank you mother."
"Your welcome daughter. And I must tell you that you look beautiful in that dress of mine. When I see you wearing it it reminds me of when I was wearing it that night of my 18th birthday, when I met your father and stole his heart. Happy Birthday Serenity." Gives Princess Serenity a big hug and kisses her on the forehead. "Good luck tonight. The Royals from Earth will be arriving soon so I hope you will be here with me to help welcome them."
"Thank you mother." Princess Serenity says with tiny tears in her eyes. "Just send for me when they come." Serenity bows to her mother then eying the long table with all the food walks over. She takes a cup and pours herself some punch. She goes to grab a cupcake when she hears laughter coming from the stairs.
She turns to see her court coming down the stairs. She smiles and waves to them all. They all smile and wave back before descending down the stairs to meet her at the bottom. "Hey everyone. All of you look nothing less then stunning. Every guy in the palace will be chasing after all of you."
Princess Mina is wearing a gold spaghetti dress that flows out at the waist with shimmering stars all over the dress. She left her hair hanging lose tied back with a small golden ribbon. Princess Raye is wearing a short red strapless dress with a slit going up the right side of the dress. The dress looked like flames rapped around her with the red and orange colors. Princess Lita wore a off the shoulder green dress with roses sprinkled all over. Princess Amy wore a long blue gown with beaded blue flowers all over it.
Her court all giggled. "Princess, you look more then stunning, you look like your mother. I'm sure every prince here tonight will be dying to dance with you." Mina winks at Serenity.
Serenity blushes at the comment. "Thank you Mina. But its not just me. I'm sure there will be plenty of guys who will want to dance with all of you because you are all pretty, intelligent princesses who any man would love to have for a wife." That got a blush out of everyone, especially Amy with her comment of being intelligent. "Come everyone. My mother has a present for us all and I'm so curious to see what it is."
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"What is it that you wanted to give us mother?" Serenity asks the Queen.
"I have a very special gift for all of you." Queen Serenity turns and leads everyone to her throne. Next to it is a table with a red velvet pillow. And sitting on the pillow is the Imperial Silver Crystal. The Queen picks it up and stands before the girls. It glimmers in her hands before she approaches Princess Mina. Mina kneels before the Queen. "For you Princess Mina of Venus I give you the Crown of Love." A gold crown appears on Mina's head with hearts and Yellow Topaz stones. The Queen moves on and stands before Princess Lita. Lita kneels before the Queen. "For you Princess Lita of Jupiter I give you the Crown of Lightining. A gold crown appears on Lita's head with Lightening marks and Emerald stones. The Queen approaches Amy next. She kneels before the Queen. "For you Princess Amy of Mercury I give you the Crown of Aqua." A gold crown appears on Amy's head with water drops and sapphire stones. The Queen moves on to Princess Raye. Raye kneels before the queen. "For you Princess Raye of Mars I give you the Crown of Fire." A gold crown appears on Raye's head with fire engraving and ruby stones. And lastly she approaches Princess Serenity. Serenity kneels before her mother. "And you for you my darling daughter, Crown Princess Serenity of the Moon Kingdom I give you the Crown of Friendship." A silver crown appears on her head with crescent moons and diamonds.
The girls are in awe over their new gifts and keep looking at each other not believing that they all look the part of Princesses of their own Kingdom's.
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Princess Serenity and her Court join the Queen welcoming the guests. Some prince from some small planet arrived and all the girls excluding Princess Serenity were all staring at the handsome prince flirting to much for Serenity's taste. He excused himself from the group and went over to pour himself a beverage when the girls not taking the settle hint of 'please leave me alone' all followed him to the food table, all of them requesting a dance from him. Princess Serenity could not help but roll her eyes at her friends. She glanced at her mother and noticed her welcoming some new guests. She walked up to her mother and stood next to her.
"Here she is, this is my daughter Princess Serenity." Princess Serenity gracefully bowed to the newest guests. "Serenity, this is King Ethan and Queen Rose of Earth."
"It is a great pleasure to meat you your majesties." Princess Serenity faced the King and Queen of Earth. "But if I may ask, where is your son Prince Endymon? I have heard so much about him and can't wait to meet him."
Queen Serenity smiles and winks at Queen Rose, Queen Rose can't help but giggle. "Our son and his guards will be here a little late. They had to bring their horses along so that's why its going to take them a little longer to get here."
"Oh, I can't wait to meet him." Princess Serenity says with a gleam in her eyes.
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Princess Serenity stood next to the band watching her court dance with all their many admirers. She felt jealous at first, but then was glad that her friends were happy. She felt depressed for only a second until she spotted the table with all the food piled high. Serenity made her way over to the desert section. She gazed at all the cookies, cakes, and candy until she noticed that her birthday cake was almost gone. There was only one piece left and she had her eye on it. It had a three huge pink flowers on it. She went to grab it. She had her hand on the plate when another hand covered hers. "Excuse me but this is the last piece and its mine." She told the stranger. She met his face and could not help but gasp. He was the most handsome man she had ever seen.
"Um, excuse me miss but I don't see your name on it. I am a very important guest here and I think I should get the piece." Princess Serenity growls.
"NO! Its my piece of cake. It's the last piece of cake and I think I deserve to eat it if I haven't had any, besides its my…"
"Look, you obviously don't know who I am. So please just give me the piece of cake and quit causing a scene. I'm sure there are a lot more sweets for you to eat." He grabs the plate with the last piece of cake and takes a bite. Princess Serenity couldn't help herself. One second he was tasting the cake and the next it was all over his face. She had shoved it in his face. She turned around and walked away not daring to look back.
Prince Endymon could not believe what just happened. Some snobby girl first fought him over the last piece of cake and she ended up shoving it in his face. To hide his embarrassment he quickly slipped out of the room to clean his face.
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Princess Serenity could not help hide her anger she went straight to her mother. "Mother, you could not believe what just happened. I went to go and eat a piece of my birthday cake when some snobby guy came up and took it out of my hands. He told me that he deserved it more than I did and he took a bite out of it. I go so upset that I shoved it in his face." Queen Serenity could not help but frown.
"Why did you do that Princess?" The Queen asks her daughter.
"I'm sorry mother, its just that it's my birthday and I didn't even have a piece of the cake. So I thought that I deserved to eat it."
"I know its your birthday and all Serenity, but it was still wrong what you did."
Princess Serenity bows her head in defeat. "I'm sorry for my actions mother. I promise the next time I see him I will apologies."
"That's a very wise thing to do Serenity." The Queen says with a smile.
Just then the Queen notices someone enter the ballroom with his four guards on his heels. He approaches the Queen, Princess Serenity has her back to him. The Queen turns to him.
"I'm very pleased to see that you arrived safely Prince Endymon. May I introduce to you my daughter, Princess Serenity." Princess Serenity gasps. She turns to face the man that she has heard about. She stops dead in her tracks when she notices that it was the birthday cake stealer.
Prince Endymon frowns when he sees that it's the same girl who shoved the piece of cake in his face. "You!" Both Prince Endymon and Princess Serenity shouted at the same time. Princess Serenity turns around a crosses her arms across her chest, to upset to face him.
A guard behind Princess Endymon asks, "That's the girl who shoved the pie in your face?" When Endymon nodded his four guards all started to laugh at him.
Prince Endymon grew red in the face and got upset and stalked off. How DARE she embarrass me in front of my Guards. He ended up in the garden by the fountain. He seated himself at the bench and gazed towards Earth. His missed home. He would give anything to be home where he belonged. The Moon was not where he belonged.
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Princess Serenity went and told her court what happened. She sobbed into her friends arms. "Why did he have to be like that? How are him and I supposed to become good friends if he's so mean? What do I do? My mother is counting on me to help this alliance between the Moon and Earth."
"Princess Serenity" Amy tells Serenity, "I think you should go find him and apologize for what you did. Start over. Get to know him. And maybe you can still be friends." Princess Serenity whipped the tears off her face and smiles. She gives Amy a hug before running off to find Prince Endymon.
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Princess Serenity searched the castle for Prince Endymon and could not find him. So she checked the only other place possible. She went to the only place that made her feel happy when she was upset or sad. She approached the bench in the garden next to the fountain. She noticed him sitting there staring up at Earth.
"Doesn't Earth look beautiful at night? I've always wanted to go there. This is the only place that brings joy to my heart when I'm feeling down." Prince Endymon turns to look at her. He didn't hear her approach. He stared at her face. Its true that she was beautiful, breathtaking even. He just wished that they had met under different circumstances. His parents were counting on him to be friends with her. Their kingdoms would be renewing their alliance and a friendship between Earth and the Moon was greatly needed. He was sorry at what he said to her and was sad that he took the last piece of cake. If he had known that she was the Princess of the Moon he would have given it to her. It was her birthday after all.
"Yes it's beautiful." Prince Endymon turns back to look at the Earth. Princess Serenity walks over and sits next to him on the bench. She stares up at his face. Studying his features. Wanting to remember him always. He wore blue armor and a red cape. He looked every inch the prince that he was. He had dark black hair and misty blue eyes.
"I came to apologize to you for what I did. It was wrong what I did and I hope that doesn't mean that we still can't be friends. If I could turn back time I would have changed it. Please forgive me." Prince Endymon turns to look at the Moon Princess who was sitting beside him. She had bright blue pleading eyes and he just couldn't say no to her pleas.
"Of course I forgive you. And I hope that we can be still be friends." Prince Endymon stood up and bowed to her. She stared back at him and giggled. He held his hand out to her and she took it. He helped her stand then brought her hand up to his lips. He kissed it gently. She jerked her head up to meet his eyes.
Prince Endymon let go of her hand and walked over to a flower bush. "This garden is truly beautiful, it reminds me of my garden back at home on Earth. But I just don't seem to see my favorite flower anywhere. Where are your roses?"
"Our Roses? Oh, I'm sorry but we don't grow any roses here on the moon. They don't seem to do well growing here on the Moon. I was very lucky to even get any for my party. Mina had to specially order them from Earth."
"Oh, that explains a lot. Well then let me give to you a token that proves our new friendship." Prince Endymon reaches inside his cape and pulls out a pink rose. He pulls off the thorns and breaks off part of the stem before placing it on one of Serenity's buns.
Princess Serenity cannot help it but let a tear fall as she watches him place the rose in her hair. Nobody had ever given her flowers before. "Thank you so much. I will cherish it always." She thinks to her self a second before deciding to give him something very special of hers. She grabs his hand and she drags him into the back entrance of the castle. She leads him to her room. She grabs something special out of her dresser and leads him onto her balcony. "I brought you here to give you something of mine. Here take this. And keep it with you always." She holds out her hand. In her hand she held the Star Locket. Her father gave it to her mother when they first met. And Princess Serenity thought it just felt right to give it to him.
He reached out and took it gently from her outstretched hand. He looked at the golden star before opening it. A sweet melody began to play from the locket. He stood there listening to the beautiful melody that made him think of the beautiful Princess that stood next to him. When the song ended he closed the locket. He gazed up at her. "Thank you Princess Serenity. I promise to take good care of it."
Princess Serenity gazed back into his eyes. "I know you will. That's why I gave it to you. I want you to know that it's very special to me. My dad gave it to my mother when they first met. And it just feels right to give it to you on our first meeting."
Prince Endymon felt bad for taking her locket. He held it out to give it back to her. "I don't want to have it if it means that much to you." Princess Serenity shakes her head and reaches out and closes his hand around the locket.
"No Prince Endymon. I want you to have it. It would make me happy for you to keep it. Please take it"
"Are you sure? Because clearly its very special to you."
Princess Serenity nods. "Very sure. I want you to have it."
"Ok Princess. I'll keep it. I'll play it every night before I go to sleep and think of you." Princess Serenity turns away as a blush forms on her cheeks.
"Thank you."
"Anything for you Princess. Now would you care to accompany me back down to the ball and dance with me?" He slips the Star Locket into his pocket before bowing to her and holding out his hand. She looks at him for just a second before snapping out of the trance she was in and gently took his outstretched hand.
"I would be honored to dance with you Prince Endymon."
"Dear Princess the pleasure is all mine." Arm in arm he lead her down stairs hearing the distant music coming from the ballroom.
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Prince Endymon led Princess Serenity to the dance floor. When they stood hand in hand waiting for the song to start all focus was on them. Everyone in the room stopped to stare at the couple who only had eyes for each other. The music began and Prince Endymon spun Princess Serenity around the room. They danced and danced the night away. Princess Serenity's entire court stood watching not believing what they were seeing. On the other side of the room stood Prince Endymon's guards and they could not quite believe what they were seeing either. Then they noticed the four beautiful girls standing across the room. The girls noticed the four guards staring at them and blushed. They waved back at them and the guards waved back.
Just then the last song began to play. It was late and the party was almost over. But the happy couple danced on. Not even noticing what was going on around them. They just stared into each other's eyes as time flew by. When the song ended they stopped dancing and continued looking at each other. Prince Endymon could not help himself. He leaned in and gently kissed her on the lips.
Princess Serenity was shocked when he pulled away. She had a blush on her face and he looked quite pleased with himself. "Thanks for the dances Princess. It was fun." He bowed to her.
Princess Serenity only blushed more. She snapped out of her trance and bowed back to him. "Welcome Prince Endymon."
"Goodnight Princess, I hope you sleep well. I know I will." He winks at her. Her face only grows redder. "I'll see you tomorrow morning." He bows again before walking away.
Princess Serenity had stars in her eyes as she watched her Prince walk away from her. In a daze she walked to her room not even bothering to wish anyone goodnight. She entered her room and changed into her pajamas before slipping into bed. As soon as her head hit the pillow she feel into a deep sleep dreaming of her Prince whom she danced with all night.
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I hope you enjoyed that chapter as much as I enjoyed reading it. It took a long time to write it. Please leave me a review and let me know what you think of it. Coming up chapter 5, its about Princess Serenity's and Prince Endymon's romance blossoming even more…..Should be coming out within the next 2 days. Thanks for reading my story.
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