A/N: Hey I'm back…what do you mean I was only gone a few minutes….okay okay I'll admit it I'm losing my mind being back home for a month….and until my sanity returns there will be constant updates on at least two of my stories. As always please Read and Review it makes me very happy to know I'm doing this at least halfway decent.
Just a few responses to reviewers…I've found this to be fun so I'll do it more often.
Inunkag4ever: wow you're after both my stories…and yes someone who also loves emotional conflict! I so want to high five you right now!
Serena221: Yes I will fix it somehow…or not…like I said as of now I'm just going wherever this story takes me. And as stated above I adore emotional conflict (and yet hate soap operas…go figure, so it'll be somewhere between the two.) but never fear I wouldn't have a sad ending to this.
Ajrin/ Anthea: I have no idea what you prefer so I put both. I am so glad you like it! Thank you so much for your support.
Little snowball: Thank you very much. And you have a very Merry Christmas as well. I just adore Christmas!
Silver Moonlight-81: Don't worry I shall continue it. And trust me I love Darien too…I've already told my fiancé, that if there's a real Darien out there he is soo dumped! lol
Okay that's all the recent reviewers…o.O I bet you want to review now and get your own personalized message from…well nobody special but still!
BTW: I have noticed that I have put Saturn as a bad planet and yet I still have Hotaru on the good side…but we all know how fuzzy that is, so for the purposes of this story, Hotaru is Saturn only in name, the rest of the time she stays with Amara, who as we all know spends all her time with Michelle, and so the outer senshi (with the exception of Trista) are always together. Don't ask me how Trista got away from the gate either I was just counting planets and not realizing all of the senshi shouldn't be there.
Seven Senshi and one forlorn brother walked into Serenity's chambers.
"You know I just realized I told Trista I'd help her guard the gate today." Hotaru said wanting to be anywhere else but by Serenity's side when she heard of Enydmion's betrayal.
Trista had gone back to her duties by the gate as her excuse to escape after she had helped to drag Prince Endymion into a study and lock him there.
"Yeah I bet she was just chicken and didn't want to be here." Lita said angrily. But the other Senshi look sympathetic.
"I don't blame her, I don't want to be here either." Raye said softly and the other Senshi nodded, and eventually so did Lita.
"Do I prove to be that horrible of company to you guys?" Serena said with a laugh, but it was cut off as she noticed the expressions of sheer sadness on the Senshi's faces.
"What is it? What did you find out about Darien? Is he in trouble?" Serena looked to the inner Senshi, who could hide nothing from her. Mina couldn't even look at her and the other three were doing their best not to break down in front of her. In the end they all looked to Andrew but he shrugged it off, he did not have the strength to break her heart. In the end it was Amara who knelt beside her Princess' bed.
"My Princess, what I have to tell you will be very painful, but you must move on from it, and know always that we love you Serenity. Know that no matter what happens you still have people who love you and will always be there for you." Amara cleared her throat and tried to look away from Serenity's eyes. She wondered if this was even to hard for her to handle.
"Oh my God, what has happened to my Darien." Serenity's eyes filled with sadness and worry.
"Nothing yet" Michelle said under her breath surprising everyone but earning a glare from Amara, surprising everyone even more.
"My Princess, we went through Prince Endymion's memory of the night you were attacked and we found out why he wasn't there." Amara stopped and looked to the other Senshi for help. They all looked away…Amara sighed sometimes she hated being the toughest of the Senshi.
"He was with someone else My Princess, a woman." Amara finished softly. But the expression on Serenity's face showed that she obviously didn't understand.
"Was he helping someone else?" Serenity asked, and Andrew had to smile, no wonder her heart was so fragile, it was so innocent so trusting.
"No Serena he was kissing her, and he…he…" Amara broke down, how could she tell her Princess that Endymion had committed the ultimate sin against her.
"He made love to her Serena." Mina burst out and then instantly regretted using those words.
The look that crossed Serenity's face was one that would haunt the dreams of all present for the rest of their lives. They could see the split instant when her heart broke, when all the hope she had once held for her future collapsed and when the bubbly fun-loving girl they all knew died. Then the Princess went limp on her bed.
"Serena!" Andrew cried and went beside her. Ami on the other side of her checked her pulse.
"It's okay, she's only fainted." Ami said with relief. But though physically they knew their Princess was alive, they knew she was far from well.
"Let her rest, it is time we spoke to Endymion." Andrew's eyes blared with such anger that the Senshi were taken aback. Lita and Mina exchanged glances that asked if they should restrain him. But they followed him to the study where they had deposited Darien.
He awoke with a headache, and felt groggy and for a few moments he had no idea where he was. And then even after that he had no idea where he was, but he assumed it was a study somewhere in the castle. It was then that he noticed his hands were tied… What's going on? He thought. His last memories were of Andrew trying to get his permission to go into his memories…and then. Oh God! Had Andrew found a way into his memories anyway? Please don't let them tell Serena he begged inside his mind.
Andrew flung the doors open, his deadly rage rivaled that of even Amara as the Senshi followed him into the study.
"Because of you my sister's heartbroken face will haunt me for the rest of my life! Because of you we have all lost the wonderful girl we once knew and loved! Because of you this Kingdom may fall if Serena does not get her power back in time to defend it! Believe me Prince Endymion, anyone of those excuses gives me every right to your head!" Andrew screamed the words at a shocked Darien, who was kneeling on the floor.
"Be careful Andrew, you may be Prince but you still have to share." Amara said and the rest of the Senshi nodded. "I should like to reap my own revenge." Their anger cooled as Mina, her eyes filled with tears come to the front of the group. She knelt and came face to face with Darien. Who was pale and shaking from the onslaught and the knowledge that Serena knew what he had done.
"Who was she Darien? Who was so important that you would do that to her? Who was so important that you would risk Serena's life to be with them? Tell me Darien, and remember I can see your heart, tell me did you even love her? Or did you just want to sleep with her?"
Darien's eyes darkened and closed. How could he tell them? He had no idea what had happened. He had met the girl that day and something about her drove him insane. He needed to see her so he invited her over…the desire to be with her was so strong. He hated to think he had done that to Serena over pure lust, but he had never felt like that before…he couldn't help it even when he heard Serena's cries.
Darien's reaction was all Mina needed, she had felt the lust he had felt for her, she also felt the love he had for Serena, but it was, even now, overpowered by the lust he had for that strange woman.
"Lust! It was just lust! You gave up love for lust! You broke Serena's heart for a one-night stand!" The Senshi and Andrew renewed their anger with more force than ever before, but again they were stopped by Mina. "No, not just lust, you want her still, through all this, through all the pain…you want her still." Mina left, she was unable to take it any longer. It all ripped at heart too much.
Amara, feeling protective of Serena and her Senshi flew into a rage.
Uranus Earth Shaking!
She threw the attack at Darien destroying the study and trapping him against the back wall in a mass of blood and rubble.
"Amara you weren't supposed to kill him!" Ami called horrified at the sight of the man who had been their friend and protector for so long crushed against the wall.
Amara looked thoughtfully at Ami. "Do not fear, he is not dead."
"Nor will he die, until we know for sure if his tie to Serena is severed. I will not have her suffer more than she already has." Andrew said trying to control his own rage.
"Be still my brother, I must talk with him."
A/N: Once again don't kill me! I just love playing with Amara and the Senshi's protectiveness.