A/N- Here's the first of the two epilogues. It's going to be like a small continuation, but nothing horrible is going to happen. Hope you guys like it!
Silver Moon Goddess1- Hm… I wonder?? ;p
cosmoscrystal96- Sorry, but no honeymoon details. This kind of jumps forward in time a bit…
ZOey89- Yup, they're finally married. I'm glad you liked all of the imagery and everything.
kenshinroks2111- That would be a very big possibly for a sequel right now. But yes, two epilogues. Here's part one and part two is coming.
Dertupio- Thanks, I'm glad you liked it!
Sunny38- I'm happy you liked it!
Milkshakelvr- That's the end for the actual story. You get two epilogues though so there's one last installment after this one...
Neo-Queen Serenity- Well you got updated at a pretty good time. Yes they're finally married and life just gets better…
"Serena, you need to stop moving around!" Amy yelled as she ran out of the door after the very pregnant queen. Serena was due any day and she still insisted on walking around. Amy quickly caught up to her friend and stopped her with a gently pull on her arm. "Serena, you need to be back in bed!"
"But I want to help with something!" Serena whined.
"I'm sure Darien has everything under control. He is just overlooking the trading that has been going on with the elves." Amy said. "Now back to bed with you."
"But I'm so bored in bed! I need to be doing something!"
"No Serena, back to bed right away. Do not make me call a guard to have you escorted back to the bed."
"The guard would have to listen to me before he listens to you." Serena muttered.
"Not if I had Darien order him to escort you to your room AND guard the door." Amy responded.
"What about a walk? Exercise should be good for a baby right? I need fresh air anyways and I want to see the roses. Darien tells me they're in full bloom right now!"
"I'll have some brought into your room then and we can open the windows to get you some fresh air. Exercise is good for the baby, but not this late into the pregnancy. Come on now, back to your room. I'll see if we can't find Rita to come in and talk to you for a bit."
"Serena, are you hassling Amy again?" Darien's deep smooth voice asked from behind the two girls.
"Not really…" Serena said quietly. Darien looked down at her as he wrapped his arms around her waste. "Ok I was, but that's because I wanted to go out for a walk!"
"She also wanted to help you with your duties." Amy added.
"Serena, you're due to give birth any day and that day could be today for all we know. I want you in bed until the baby is delivered alright?"
"But Darien I'm so bored and you know I hate just sitting around and doing nothing."
"How about I move my work into the bedroom so you can help me, though there's not much that I'm really doing? Would that be better?" Darien asked. Serena bit her lip and thought about the proposal. With a sigh she nodded her head and leaned back on Darien.
"Now go back to our room with Amy. I won't call a guard to escort you back unless you leave the room again, insisting on work or a walk."
"You heard that?"
"Serena, you are standing outside my study, of course I heard you."
"Are you implying that I'm loud?" Serena growled.
"Only that my doors are thin and the cracks around them large." Darien said, concentrating harder on what he said this time.
"Fine, but I promise you I still won't like it." Serena huffed. Darien let her go and Amy silently led her back to the royal chamber at the end of the hall. Serena fell crawled into the bed and sat up against the head board waiting for Darien to come. She was idly playing with the end of the blanket when the doors opened and Darien walked in with a few papers and a vase full of roses. Serena smiled at the roses and stretched her hand out to see them. Darien put the papers on the small desk in their room before walking over and setting the vase down on Serena's nightstand. "Aw Darien, you were right. They're just as beautiful as last year."
"Did you ever doubt me?" Darien asked. Serena laughed and shook her head no.
The next two days Darien would bring his work into their room, unless it had to do with the army or the council. Serena would read a page or two before promptly falling asleep for an hour or two. Darien got used to the pattern because he had started reading the documents in bed as well and he seemed to have been Serena's favorite pillow. It was on the third day that Serena dropped the papers onto her lap and her eyes went wide.
"Darien…"
"Yes love?"
"My water broke."
"What?"
"My water broke." Serena's face contorted into pain as the first contraction hit. "Go get Amy."
Darien was out of the room in a matter of seconds, but returned only a few short minutes later with Amy running after him. Zoicite was also with them, but that was because Amy had been with him when Darien found them. Amy let Darien stay in the room, but sent Zoicite to find the other girls. The others were soon helping Amy with Serena. For a while Serena found it comical how the girls would scurry around at Amy's every word. It was amazing to see the quiet girl louder than the others for once. The amusement only lasted until the contractions started coming closer together. Some hours later Amy decided the baby was coming so she had Rei take Darien outside where the generals were already waiting. Darien tried to fight with every step, but his sister was ready and called Malachite and Jadeite in just long enough to take him out.
Darien was outside of his room pacing. The other had asked for chairs brought up for them and were calmly waiting for news to come from inside the room. They could hear Serena's screams and knew with every scream there was a chance that Darien would barge in there and try to take control. "When is this to be over?" Darien growled as Serena broke out with another scream.
"From the sound of it, soon." Andrew said. "This is a fast delivery compared to Rita's. She took almost a day for the baby to be born. Consider yourself lucky."
"I still want it over soon."
"It will be." Malachite said patting Darien's shoulder. He and Mina had already had their first child, a little girl, who was currently with Mina's mother while Mina dealt with Serena. Jadeite and Rei had twins, a boy and a girl, and Lita and Nephrite had a little boy. Amy and Zoicite were the only ones to not have a baby, but Amy had recently announced that she was pregnant.
The bedroom went silent and Darien instantly stopped his pacing. He looked up at the door expectantly. In all honesty he was scared to open to the door because he knew his sister was on the other side of the door and would most likely attacked him if he did not do what she told him to do. The doors slowly opened and Mina and Lita stepped out. "Darien, Serena has something to show you." Mina smiled. Darien didn't need anything else to be said as he rushed by the two girls.
Amy was cleaning everything up and Rei was wiping down Serena's forehead a little bit. Serena sat on the bed, her breathing still a bit labored, with a white bundle in her arms. Rei and Amy excused themselves as Darien walked over to the bed. He looked down at both his wife and the small person in his arms. "Darien, I want you to meet your daughter." Darien gently pulled the blanket back to expose a tiny baby girl with a bit of blonde hair like her mother's.
"Serena… I… I can't believe you gave me her. I love you so much." Darien whispered. He sat down on the bed with his arms wrapped around the two women in his arms and kissed Serena's head.
"Darien?"
"Hm?"
"I'm tired."
"You should be. Go to sleep, I'll be here the whole time." Darien whispered. Serena snuggled herself and her baby girl into Darien more and promptly fell asleep. The little girl in Serena's arms quickly followed her mother's example and fell asleep.
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"Rini Terran, come back here!" Serena hollered. Her daughter was running… well flying actually, around the yard. Since Serena was full phoenix only a few were surprised the Rini soon developed small red and yellow flaming wings. Serena knew her daughter would be born with some adaptation, but was not sure what. She was hoping it would have been something more subtle, maybe fire powers that weren't shown. It didn't matter though; Serena still loved her daughter with all her heart. Serena knew there was only one way to catch Rini when she was flying around… Serena spread open her own, much larger wings and flew over to her daughter. She flew around the large garden for a few minutes before grabbing Rini in her arms and landing.
"What are my two favorite girls up to?" Darien asked as he walked up to Serena and Rini.
"Daddy!" Rini ran over to her father and jumped up to him and into a hug. Darien just laughed as he hugged his daughter back.
"Have you been having fun?" Darien asked.
"I've been flying again. Mommy even flew with me for a few minutes before she stopped me." Rini said happily.
"Hm, that does sound like a fun day." Darien said. Serena had come up beside him so he wrapped an arm around her. "I think it's time for dinner."
"Good, I'm hungry." Serena said.
"I guessed you would be." Darien laughed. The family made their way into the castle. They reached the dinning room where the other families of the court were seated. When Rini was set down she ran over to the group of younger girls who were seated at a smaller table at the side of the room. There was another table opposite of them filled with all of the boys. In the middle were the parents who sat at a larger table, but were always keeping an eye on their children.
"Darien, can we go see my mom? We haven't seen her since she came last year. Tristan and Molly are also finally getting married and I really want to be there for that." Serena asked.
"I don't see why not. I can leave the council to handle anything that comes up. When's the wedding?"
"It's in a month. We don't have to leave immediately, but I would like to be there early."
"How about a week before the wedding then?" Darien suggested.
"That sounds nice." Serena smiled. She gave Darien a quick kiss before she looked over at her daughter. "It will be good for Rini to spend more time with Mom too." Darien nodded his agreement. He took one of her hands in his and gently rubbed her hand with his thumb as Jadeite and the other generals absorbed him into another conversation.
