Chapter 20

"Who was that man Elysion?" Endymion asked the next day, "He does not look like someone you would hang out with."

Elysion looks up from her plate and stared at him, "Not like you would know, now would you?" She says softly yet, her tone indicated that she had insulted him in a way.

Makoto frowns looking at the girl, "What do you mean?"

The young girl did not reply only picked at her food, occasionally eating it. Her mind was elsewhere and it made her feel reckless. Her encounter from last night made her feel desperate enough to be stupid.

Serenity sighs softly and sets her fork down. Everyday, it seemed everything was changing into something else. Elysion had become someone snappish and still withdrawn. Even though she had a bit of dislike for the girl, she could not help but find this wrong. Surely this young girl was not the same girl from before?

Her lips pursed a bit as she seemed lost in thought before she said, "Elysion, you shall conduct yourself like a person of your station, not like some unruly urchin."

She almost had to blink at this. She sounded just like her mother, Queen Serenity.

Elysion snaps out her thoughts and looks at the queen. "And you're not my mother to tell me how I should act." She shot back before standing to leave.

"Elysion, go to my study now. Stay there til I come there." Endymion told her coolly.

The others only glanced among themselves curiously, wondering how this was going to work out. It seemed that over the months Elysion had stayed with them, she and the monarchs were constantly clashing wills and butting heads.

Now, something was going to give.

Elysion merely nods curtly and walks off; her beads clattered a little as she walks angrily away.

Endymion looks at Serenity, "Come, we must speak to her about this." He rose and held his hand out for her. "We've let her have her own way for too long."

Serenity took his hand and also stood up, "I believe so…" She says slowly.

Endymion nods to the others and escorts his wife to his study. Serenity glances back at the moment and sighs as she held her head high and continued to walk more.

Elysion turns over on of the trinkets in her father's study. There were many things that she had never seen before. She looked closely at a crystal that looked to be in the shape of a rose. It reminded her of the rose in her room. The one the changed color every day.

She sighed and set it down. What could she do? Nothing. She had to keep it up, this pretense.

She looks up as the door opened, her lips pursed then thinned in a flat line as the two monarchs came in. She remained where she was, sitting in the oversize chair behind the desk.

"Elysion," Endymion started, "your behavior as of late is intolerable. We've been nice to you, tried to make you one of the family, but it seems you don't want that."

"You don't know what I want." She replied.

"Quiet." The one word made Elysion sink back in the chair seeming to sulk.

"Now, since it seems you don't want to change, you are grounded to your room. The only places you are to go are to school and here. No more detours to that man's shop.

Is that understood?"

Elysion rose out of the chair. No need to let them know. They made it far too easy now. "Fine." She left the study. She had work to do.

Endymion watches her go and sighs as he moves to the chair and sat down. What could he do? If only Kritra had told him…

"What am I to do, Usako?"

Serenity looked startled at this and looks at him, "What do you mean, Mamo-chan?"

He gestures to the door and then rubs his face, taking off the mask, "Her. What am I to do with her?"

She sighs softly not sure how to answer this, "We will do what we can for her."

Endymion took her hand and kisses her palm, "You truly are a person that loves all."

She only smiles, but inside she wished he hadn't said that.

An: sorry tha'ts kinda all. C.c I'm just a little bogged by all the stuff I have to do for school and I have a major writer's block. TT So….suggestions needed BADLY!