They all held their breath; each wanting to know and each prayed it was the opposite of what they were thinking.

Serenity's eyes held coolness to it as she stared at Elysion. 'She shall never have the throne!' She thought viciously, 'I will make sure of it!' It nearly scared her at the intensity of her emotions toward the girl. She couldn't believe that she wanted to hurt her, for nothing more than being alive. 'No,' she thought with deadly steel, 'the fault is her mother's….and a little of hers. But why does it seem that I don't care? I see my failure in her and her mother's success.' Her lips thinned staring at her.

Elysion felt the woman's heavy gaze on her like she could feel a weight in her hand. She looked right at Serenity, just as intently as Serenity was watching her. Her fist were in her pockets, the feel of two papers were within them, addressed to two people within that room.

"…..the father of Elysion Lilac Montgomery." Ami finished and looks at the various reactions around them. The most important reaction that all were waiting for, never came. No denials of how wrong the tests neither was, nor was there demand that the test should be done again.

Neo-Queen Serenity merely nodded once, in reconciliation of the blood ties between her husband and the girl. "There is nothing more that can be done about this, nothing short of death that can make this untrue." She said finally, "We shall not hide this, nor shall we promote it. For what is done, is done." She looks straight at him, "You have sown your seeds, now tend to them, Endymion. If she is to be part of this family, then she should be taught like a princess should be taught." With that she turns to leave.

"Your majesty," Elysion calls, "I have something for you, a letter from my mother."

Serenity waited as Elysion held out the letter for her. She took it with such care, that one, who didn't know her well, would have thought she was handling it as if it was crystal.

The others exchanged glances, when she accepted it.

"I shall read it later, in my study." She announced and turns, "I am not to be disturbed." With that, the regal queen left the warriors.

Elysion turns to her father, "And I have one for you, as well,…." She paused not sure if she should call him 'father' or 'daddy' in public. She finally settled on one word that worked for all situations. "sir. It is also from my mother." She handed it to him and bowed before she backed away, "If you have need of me, call for Terran. I…have homework to do." And she too left them to their thoughts.

Queen's study

In her study, Serenity closed the door quietly, then walked towards her chair, near the fireplace, lighting the lights, and opened the letter that was addressed to her.

Dear Neo-Queen Serenity,

I know you must hate me; I would hate me if I was in your position, but let me tell you that this wasn't intentionally. It was an accident that I had fallen for him. I'd understand it if you wish for Elysion to leave the palace, but please, I beg you, don't take it out on her. It's not her fault that she was born; it would be mine. I've always thought of it and had always known, deep inside, that Mamoru had someone waiting for him, but I refused to think that. So I pushed it away, wanting to be his love. I guess it was the only time in my life where I actually felt something for someone else. I was upset to learn that, not only was he king of half the planet, he had a family and friends waiting for him back at home.

It hurt me to watch him leave, like something was tearing at me. The only thing I had of him was the rose and his child. I know I should've told him, but I didn't want your family to be divided because of this. I hope you are not angry with him or Elysion. I would take on the blame for this but I would never regret doing it. If I had, I would have missed out on so many things that life had to offer me. I wouldn't have cherished the feelings I had for them if they were never apart of my life. I can only pray and hope that you can find it in your heart to forgive me for it.

Yours truly,

Kritra Montgomery

Serenity read the letter over again several times before looking into the unlit fireplace. She abruptly stood and strolled over to it, dropping the letter inside. She stared at the letter, thinking over and over again on why this had to happen and her own failure to keep an eye on him. All this burned into her heart, turning it slowly from love that would love all, to something twisted and hateful. The hate burned through her so badly, that the letter she was staring at started to burn, without the aid of a match to burn it, and turned to ash.

'How can I not feel this way?' She thought somewhat angrily, 'How could he…she must have seduced him when he was vulnerable…. that's it…. it has to be. Mamo-chan would never willingly betray me.' She smiled at that thought, taking what little comfort from it that she could. 'Elysion shall never lay a single toe on the throne.'

King's study

After Elysion left, Endymion excused himself to go to his study and closed the door. Once it was secured he went to his desk and opened it, pulling out several pictures and the letter itself.

Dear Mamoru,

If you are reading this, then you must have found out about Elysion. How this came about, I do not know. Maybe she told you or you figured it out on your own. I just hope you can forgive me, Ru, for keeping this from you, but I had to, once I knew who you were.

A king… how could I have known? I should've known, after all you did always have a noble heart and you were very kind. I just wished that this had not happened, but then I look at Elysion and remembered why I didn't regret it at all.

I have told you that the potion would erase or suppress two days from your memory. You see, Ru, after months of spending time with you and watching you, I fell in love with you and when you turned to me that night, I came willingly, wanting you to be with me. I had never thought that you actually did have family else where, even if it did cross my mind once or twice, I never acknowledged it.

I wish you could've been there, Ru, to see her grow up. She's a wonderful child and very well mannered. The thing about her that makes it hard to look at her is her eye. She has your eyes, Ru. Can you see it?

She may look like me, but she has your eyes and your attitude. You do not know how much it has pained me to tell her that her daddy is away, when she started to ask questions about you. You remember the picture I took? I gave it to her and told her to hold on to it. It was the only picture I have of you.

I hope you can forgive me for all of this. I thought it would be best if we didn't tell you or anyone else about it. It might cause you too much trouble and it might hurt her even more. I hope you aren't too angry with me.

Love,

Kritra Montgomery

P.S.

Enclosed in this envelope are pictures I took of Elysion at various ages. I hope you like them.

He reread it then looks through the pictures, smiling slightly at the pictures.

'She's so cute.' He thought, looking at the picture of Elysion at two years old, eating spaghetti. She had the sauce all over her face. He smiled at the other pictures, then frowned at one picture. It was Elysion with Terran, she had her head bowed and there seemed to be a little grave in front of her. Endymion could almost hear her praying.

'Kritra did a wonderful job with her.' He put the pictures down and looked at the single photograph that he had of Kritra. She was smiling giving him the peace sign. She had given it to him on the day that he left, so he would remember her.

'If I only had paid more attention then! She had thrown up that morning, but said she was ok.' He thought angrily, 'I should have realized that, especially when I went through that with Usako.' He picks up the picture of a happy Elysion with her mommy and her puppy. 'I swear, I will make it up to you, Elysion. Now that you're here and that I know, I will be the father you never had.' His gaze traveled to Kritra, holding Elysion. 'And when I visit you next, Krit, you have some explaining to do.'