Romeo and Juliet

Chapter 7

I walked in the room, and screamed. There lay my mother, lifeless on the floor next to the bed. I ran over to her, and held her in my arms. I started to wail and cry. I saw the pools of blood that were all over the gold carpet. I looked around for the weapon, but I could hardly see anything because of my tears. I finally regained my vision a little, and I saw it. The knife that was given to my dad from the King of Xerion.

"Noooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!" I screamed through tears.

I held her close to my heart, seeing if there was any sign that she might still be alive. Then, servants came rushing into the room. And that's when everything went by fast, as if I were in some different dimension. I couldn't hear any of the screaming of the servants or the crying of my father. All I saw in a matter of minutes was my mom, being taken away by doctors. Leaving me to stay in her room while she was rushed to their offices. I sat there, and began to scream and cry after holding most of it in. They had taken my dead mother away, and I cried myself to sleep.

When I awoke, my dad was standing there in the room, watching me sleep.

"Uhhh....Dad?" I asked, still half-asleep.

"Yes, Lita I'm here." He said silently.

"Is she?" I wondered.

He shook his head, and I lost it. I fell to the floor, and buried my face into the carpet. The floor was being soaked by my tears, and they couldn't stop falling. My dad picked me up, and carried me to my bedroom. Heero had disappeared, probably left for his home. My father laid me in my bed, and covered me up. I looked at his face, the lines of worry showed that he had been crying as well as I had. He quieted me and I closed my eyes. I fell asleep yet again.

I was in a world, lifting me away. Full of shadows and sorrow. There she was, an angel of pure beauty. She turned and smiled at me. I ran up to her, crying tears of joy. I buried my face in her arms, and looked up at her. She had never looked so beautiful, and so happy.

"Mother, I-" I was cut off.

"Sshh..It's alright, I have come here to tell you about my misery. I never was happy with being queen, and your father was always so busy. I kept many things to myself, and my pain of being lonely finally consumed me. I don't want you to cry, because I am now in a better place, waiting for your father. But I have also learned of you and Prince Heero. I have to say that I am not in the least surprised. I saw the way you danced with him at the party. You don't have to marry Prince Xerion, marry your love. I must go now my dearest. Love you forever." My mother explained.

"Thank you mother, I love you too. Good-bye.." I said.

I waved to her and she turned and walked off. Within a few moments, she faded from this reality. I awoke in joyful tears, because my closure with worrying about marrying Prince Xerion, and not Prince Heero was finally found. I went out to the balcony, and looked upon the starless sky. But I still saw the planet of my love in the depths of the darkness. I decided I would escape tonight. But I had to get some supplies, and a ride there. I got into some old clothes that Heero had snuck in for me one day, and then I thought about how I was going to get out of the house without waking anyone up.

I walked slowly to my door, turned the knob, and walked out. I tiptoed to my chambers and got some things that I would need. Like my toothbrush and my hairbrush. Then, I walked to my room and got another change of clothes. I was wearing some dark, sparkling blue jeans, low-rise, and a green spaghetti strap shirt that cut off at my bellybutton, snakeskin boots that came up to my knees, and my hair was pulled up into a high ponytail with two strands hanging by my ears (which was inappropriate for a princess, but I didn't care anymore). I went over to the balcony and climbed down the vines.

Once I got down, I looked around. What was I going to use for a ride there? Heero said that he would come for me riding on a shooting star. But all he rode on was a Pegasus. Hey, maybe that was the Pegasus's name!

"Shooting Star!!!" I called to the skies.

Suddenly, the Pegasus came flying from the Planet Heero and stopped right beside me. He let down his wings and let me hop on. We took off with a beating of the Pegasus's mighty wings. The wind was especially harsh tonight. But I saw what I had always longed to see, every star close up. All the heavens suddenly became so close as to touch, and I reached up to the nearest star. Sprinkles of light fell upon my cheeks and hair. My eyes opened wider as I gazed into the moon's glorious nature as you can only see it close up... I knew my mother would have liked to see this, but somehow I knew she could…