The Garden of Fate
By: AznxChika
Chapter 3
Introductions
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She looked down quickly as she noticed the men's questioning looks. 'Thank god for the sun' she thought 'or they would have noticed the crescent moon on my forehead'. Using her magic, she quickly hid her insignia of the moon kingdom. She tried to form a rapid explanation or rather a lie to explain why she is here and dressed in such a way but nothing came out of her mind. 'Gosh, why the brain freeze now!' she thought. No explanations came to her mind because she was not familiar to Earth so therefore she could not explain herself. And she was clearly determined not to reveal her identity. She had heard that people from Earth can be pretty ruthless and she wasn't about to experiment on how ruthless they can be so she just stood quiet in hopes that they would prompt easy questions to explain herself.
^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^ Darien's P.O.V. It was only seconds that went by but it seemed like minutes as they ran after his horse. It was pointless to really try to run after the horse for it was known to be the fastest horse in the kingdom. His horse was wild; there was only one person who can ride the horse and that person is him. No one else in the kingdom would ever be the same after riding his horse. When the horse had run wild, he had immediately jumped onto his leading guard's horse with him and rode to catch the girl before his horse would drop her like a rag doll. But surprisingly she had managed to jump off of the horse's back gracefully without falling or anything, no scrapes nor dirt could be found on her fragile body or cloths, he'd speculated. She had quickly looked down after seeing him and his men stopping in front of her. That was before he saw her eyes. Blue like the sky with sparks that reminds one of stars in the midnight hours. It was full of warmth and mischief. There was no fear in her eyes as she jumped down from the horse. He could sense her nervousness as she looked at them; he could also sense mischief and excitement as the air about her emanated such feelings but he could sense no fear. He could indeed sense feelings, he was of course Prince of Earth, therefore he holds the power to control the air, the mountains, storms, and whatever that is nature. Powers are only in the blood of the royals and of noble birth and strong warriors as he was told by his mother. He was excited when he was younger, now it was just something that he possessed to protect others. It was a true gift that will protect, but is also feared upon.
The girl's hair was extremely long and silver, sparkling with the sun turning it to a tint of gold. Her hair was pinned in an unusual hair style, similar to pigtails but unusual in the two round balls on both sides of her head. It complemented her figure somehow. She was frail and slim, she was no taller than about 5'3", but the dress that she wore displayed her nice curves and long legs making her seem taller. Her dress was silver, matching her hair, it held onto her ivory-like skin like a second skin. She looked young, probably no more than 15 or 16. She was clearly not a commoner but she did not seem to have any attendants or guards nearby.
Darien jumped down from Malachite's horse then walked toward the girl. But then decided to keep a distance from her so that she would not be frightened. "What is your name, girl?" he asked "and what are you doing here, on top of a tree?"
The girl slowly looked up, and then her chin went up as she answered. "My name is Ser... Serena." She paused, looking at him in the eye then continued "I was walking by here and happened to come upon a bird that had fallen off of his nest. And since his mother wasn't there to help him, I brought him up by climbing up the tree." She was beautiful. Darien thought. The air about her showed authority. "Then I was frightened when I heard horses galloping by. As I tried to hold on, I fell." She said.
After a moment of silence, Malachite asked "Where do you come from and why are you here, girl?" "I cannot say" she said. Then there was a flash of anger in her eyes as she said "Girl? Did you just say Girl? Did I not just tell you my name? Do you have any manners?" "How rude" she said as she concluded her tirade.
"We apologize for our neglect in manners; may I introduce to you my guards and close friends" Darien said to pacify the girl's-Serena's angers toward Malachite. "My name is Darien" he said. He avoided saying his full length name for fear that she would cower away from his title or run to his feet begging for attention. He admired her frankness and her attitude, for that, he refuses to reveal his true identity.
+**+**+**+**+**+**+**+**+**+**+**+**+**+**+**+**+**+**+**+**+**+**+** Serena's POV
Darien, that's what he said his name was. She realized that this was the person that she had tried to look at before she fell. Now he was before her and the only thing she could do was stare. He had dark raven hair and midnight blue eyes that showed warmth and full of humor. He had a nice mouth that had laughing lines surrounding which that indicated that he enjoys jokes. His lips were sensuous and his smile was charming. He was tall, had broad shoulders, and a slim and narrow waist. Authority was screaming in the air about him, and judging from the armor he was wearing, he was probably a warrior. Her face was passive, showing no emotions whatsoever as she looked at him. She had learnt that skill while she was sitting in the throne room with her mother. With this face, she was able to show no fear no sympathy when those were tried in front of her. Serenity believed that to be her weapon and was not afraid to use it. She was thankful to be able to thought up an excuse so fast. As the man named Darien asked her what she was doing up in the tree, she had been glancing back at the tree; and since she saw a bird's nest that was above the branch that she had slept on the night before, she was able to create a plausible lie.
"My leading guard, Malachite" Darien said as he indicated to the man that had been sort of rude to her. He had long white-blond hair that ended a little bit passed his shoulders. "Nephlite" he indicated to a man with the same length of hair except that it was brown. They all nodded as she glanced at them. "Zoisite" he indicated to a man who had similar hair to Nephlite but instead it was blonde. He was smaller than Nephlite though. "Jedite" he indicated to a man with short blond hair. They were all clad in uniforms and all were on a horse besides Darien. "I'm sorry" she said suddenly "it was my fault that you lost your horse." Serena felt remorseful. It took Darien by surprise when she said that. She knew because his face showed it all. "It is all well" Darien said. He then put two fingers to his mouth, and whistled. The horse came galloping back within seconds beside Darien. "Pegasus just needed to calm down" he said. Then smiled. "He's fast isn't he?" he asked. "Yes" she said, still astonished. "I think I know where you're from" Jedite piped up. Both Darien and Serena turned to look at him. He seemed like a little child who had figured out a puzzle. His thumb and index finger was at his chin. "You're a daughter of one of the nobles. You had to get married, but you didn't want to so you ran away." He continued. "Am I right?" he asked. Eyes gleaming like stars. Then Zoisite piped in by stating another hypothesis. "No" he said. "I think that she is a servant and that she was sick of her life so she stole some of her mistress's clothes than ran away." Zoisite said.
Serena just stood there and stared. This was easier than she had thought. She didn't even have to use her own brains. She smirked. Then said "whatever explanations seem plausible to you, then please except it without any reservations because as I was saying before to Malachite, 'I cannot say'." All of these men were starting to be a pain. "I best be going, thank you for your generosity" She curtsied and was about to walk away when someone said "Lady Serena" she returned her attention to the person who had said her name. It was Darien. She focused her attention on him. She was curious as to why he called her back. "Perhaps we should escort you to your destination" he said. "It is dangerous to walk in this area" Malachite said. "Yeah, especially unescorted. Your appearance now will draw everyone's attention to you." Nephlite said as he looked at her. "Perhaps I don't need an escort" she said, then "What's wrong with my appearance?" she asked. "Do I have an extra pair of ears or eyes to draw such attention?" she asked incredulously
"There is nothing wrong with you, Lady Serena, except that you are very attractive, and that your attire is not failing you." Darien said. Not looking at her form but at her face. He was different than other men that had come to her palace. All they were looking at while they were talking to her was her body. And then once in a while, her eyes, to show that they were half listening. Darien seems to be a gentleman, well, at least she hopes so. ".Also, the mens here could be very barbaric, and they will have no reason not to take you." He continued. "Especially when one is unprotected."
Serena scowled. "well, so other girls that walked down the same path I am doing now shouldn't be protected." She countered "just because they are not attractive. For your information, every woman are attractive in their own way. No one is ugly" she concluded. "we apologize for saying it like that. That is not what we meant." Darien said. "all we want is your safety. If another women would be wandering the same way you are doing, we would escort her too" Darien stated. By now, all of Darien's guards were surrounding her, preventing her from going to explore nature. She wasn't happy at all. "Fine' she said "you're all saying that with this outfit, I will be drawing more attention to myself." They all nodded. "Then wait for me about 20 minutes, I will go change. Then you will all leave me alone.". "Hmph" she said. Then walked to a small bush, grabbed her little luggage, then walked to a much larger and taller bush. Before she went behind, she glanced back at the five men, saw their smirk, "I trust you all to be gentlemens:" she said, then she walked behind and changed. After scattering her clothes around her, she found the plainest outfit she had brought with her. She held it up examining it then remembered that this was an outfit that Andrew had given to her as a gift so that she could go out to the village without being spotted as the princess. It worked most of the time. The outfit was a butterscotch taupe color. It was one of those nice pleasant plain outfits that she liked. She had even worn it a couple of times in the palace. The shirt was down to her hips with long sleeves that ran down her arm and ended a little after her wrist, it was rimmed with lace and plaid shapes with colors. The sleeves flared out at the end. The shirt had a V neckline and tugged at her small waist bringing about her figure. The sides of her shirts were slit about 3 inches that were also rimmed with the same plaid and lace embellishment. And the long skirt that also ran down to her feet, also rimmed with the same design. It also had two slits that ran down on the sides about 5 inches. After she had put the outfit on, she worked on her hair. She let down her delicate silver hair, and then French braided it on both sides, ended it halfway so that the other half ran down her sides. Then she used her magic and curled both ends. She made a mental picture of herself, she smiled contently. "This will show them" she said to herself.
^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ ^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ that's all for now.**** I'm sorry I got carried away and some of the descriptions I just couldn't describe well. LIKes or Don't Likes ~*~*~*~*~ $$ PLeasE review $$
~**~**~**~**~**~**~**~**~**~**~**~**~**~**~**~**~**~**~**~**~**~**~**~ Disclaimer: I do Not, and let me repeat, I do Not own Sailormoon. So "HA" *~sticks out her tongue~* "SUE ME!" **~**~**~**~**~**~**~**~**~**~**~**~**~**~**~**~**~**~**~**~**~**~**~*
She looked down quickly as she noticed the men's questioning looks. 'Thank god for the sun' she thought 'or they would have noticed the crescent moon on my forehead'. Using her magic, she quickly hid her insignia of the moon kingdom. She tried to form a rapid explanation or rather a lie to explain why she is here and dressed in such a way but nothing came out of her mind. 'Gosh, why the brain freeze now!' she thought. No explanations came to her mind because she was not familiar to Earth so therefore she could not explain herself. And she was clearly determined not to reveal her identity. She had heard that people from Earth can be pretty ruthless and she wasn't about to experiment on how ruthless they can be so she just stood quiet in hopes that they would prompt easy questions to explain herself.
^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^ Darien's P.O.V. It was only seconds that went by but it seemed like minutes as they ran after his horse. It was pointless to really try to run after the horse for it was known to be the fastest horse in the kingdom. His horse was wild; there was only one person who can ride the horse and that person is him. No one else in the kingdom would ever be the same after riding his horse. When the horse had run wild, he had immediately jumped onto his leading guard's horse with him and rode to catch the girl before his horse would drop her like a rag doll. But surprisingly she had managed to jump off of the horse's back gracefully without falling or anything, no scrapes nor dirt could be found on her fragile body or cloths, he'd speculated. She had quickly looked down after seeing him and his men stopping in front of her. That was before he saw her eyes. Blue like the sky with sparks that reminds one of stars in the midnight hours. It was full of warmth and mischief. There was no fear in her eyes as she jumped down from the horse. He could sense her nervousness as she looked at them; he could also sense mischief and excitement as the air about her emanated such feelings but he could sense no fear. He could indeed sense feelings, he was of course Prince of Earth, therefore he holds the power to control the air, the mountains, storms, and whatever that is nature. Powers are only in the blood of the royals and of noble birth and strong warriors as he was told by his mother. He was excited when he was younger, now it was just something that he possessed to protect others. It was a true gift that will protect, but is also feared upon.
The girl's hair was extremely long and silver, sparkling with the sun turning it to a tint of gold. Her hair was pinned in an unusual hair style, similar to pigtails but unusual in the two round balls on both sides of her head. It complemented her figure somehow. She was frail and slim, she was no taller than about 5'3", but the dress that she wore displayed her nice curves and long legs making her seem taller. Her dress was silver, matching her hair, it held onto her ivory-like skin like a second skin. She looked young, probably no more than 15 or 16. She was clearly not a commoner but she did not seem to have any attendants or guards nearby.
Darien jumped down from Malachite's horse then walked toward the girl. But then decided to keep a distance from her so that she would not be frightened. "What is your name, girl?" he asked "and what are you doing here, on top of a tree?"
The girl slowly looked up, and then her chin went up as she answered. "My name is Ser... Serena." She paused, looking at him in the eye then continued "I was walking by here and happened to come upon a bird that had fallen off of his nest. And since his mother wasn't there to help him, I brought him up by climbing up the tree." She was beautiful. Darien thought. The air about her showed authority. "Then I was frightened when I heard horses galloping by. As I tried to hold on, I fell." She said.
After a moment of silence, Malachite asked "Where do you come from and why are you here, girl?" "I cannot say" she said. Then there was a flash of anger in her eyes as she said "Girl? Did you just say Girl? Did I not just tell you my name? Do you have any manners?" "How rude" she said as she concluded her tirade.
"We apologize for our neglect in manners; may I introduce to you my guards and close friends" Darien said to pacify the girl's-Serena's angers toward Malachite. "My name is Darien" he said. He avoided saying his full length name for fear that she would cower away from his title or run to his feet begging for attention. He admired her frankness and her attitude, for that, he refuses to reveal his true identity.
+**+**+**+**+**+**+**+**+**+**+**+**+**+**+**+**+**+**+**+**+**+**+** Serena's POV
Darien, that's what he said his name was. She realized that this was the person that she had tried to look at before she fell. Now he was before her and the only thing she could do was stare. He had dark raven hair and midnight blue eyes that showed warmth and full of humor. He had a nice mouth that had laughing lines surrounding which that indicated that he enjoys jokes. His lips were sensuous and his smile was charming. He was tall, had broad shoulders, and a slim and narrow waist. Authority was screaming in the air about him, and judging from the armor he was wearing, he was probably a warrior. Her face was passive, showing no emotions whatsoever as she looked at him. She had learnt that skill while she was sitting in the throne room with her mother. With this face, she was able to show no fear no sympathy when those were tried in front of her. Serenity believed that to be her weapon and was not afraid to use it. She was thankful to be able to thought up an excuse so fast. As the man named Darien asked her what she was doing up in the tree, she had been glancing back at the tree; and since she saw a bird's nest that was above the branch that she had slept on the night before, she was able to create a plausible lie.
"My leading guard, Malachite" Darien said as he indicated to the man that had been sort of rude to her. He had long white-blond hair that ended a little bit passed his shoulders. "Nephlite" he indicated to a man with the same length of hair except that it was brown. They all nodded as she glanced at them. "Zoisite" he indicated to a man who had similar hair to Nephlite but instead it was blonde. He was smaller than Nephlite though. "Jedite" he indicated to a man with short blond hair. They were all clad in uniforms and all were on a horse besides Darien. "I'm sorry" she said suddenly "it was my fault that you lost your horse." Serena felt remorseful. It took Darien by surprise when she said that. She knew because his face showed it all. "It is all well" Darien said. He then put two fingers to his mouth, and whistled. The horse came galloping back within seconds beside Darien. "Pegasus just needed to calm down" he said. Then smiled. "He's fast isn't he?" he asked. "Yes" she said, still astonished. "I think I know where you're from" Jedite piped up. Both Darien and Serena turned to look at him. He seemed like a little child who had figured out a puzzle. His thumb and index finger was at his chin. "You're a daughter of one of the nobles. You had to get married, but you didn't want to so you ran away." He continued. "Am I right?" he asked. Eyes gleaming like stars. Then Zoisite piped in by stating another hypothesis. "No" he said. "I think that she is a servant and that she was sick of her life so she stole some of her mistress's clothes than ran away." Zoisite said.
Serena just stood there and stared. This was easier than she had thought. She didn't even have to use her own brains. She smirked. Then said "whatever explanations seem plausible to you, then please except it without any reservations because as I was saying before to Malachite, 'I cannot say'." All of these men were starting to be a pain. "I best be going, thank you for your generosity" She curtsied and was about to walk away when someone said "Lady Serena" she returned her attention to the person who had said her name. It was Darien. She focused her attention on him. She was curious as to why he called her back. "Perhaps we should escort you to your destination" he said. "It is dangerous to walk in this area" Malachite said. "Yeah, especially unescorted. Your appearance now will draw everyone's attention to you." Nephlite said as he looked at her. "Perhaps I don't need an escort" she said, then "What's wrong with my appearance?" she asked. "Do I have an extra pair of ears or eyes to draw such attention?" she asked incredulously
"There is nothing wrong with you, Lady Serena, except that you are very attractive, and that your attire is not failing you." Darien said. Not looking at her form but at her face. He was different than other men that had come to her palace. All they were looking at while they were talking to her was her body. And then once in a while, her eyes, to show that they were half listening. Darien seems to be a gentleman, well, at least she hopes so. ".Also, the mens here could be very barbaric, and they will have no reason not to take you." He continued. "Especially when one is unprotected."
Serena scowled. "well, so other girls that walked down the same path I am doing now shouldn't be protected." She countered "just because they are not attractive. For your information, every woman are attractive in their own way. No one is ugly" she concluded. "we apologize for saying it like that. That is not what we meant." Darien said. "all we want is your safety. If another women would be wandering the same way you are doing, we would escort her too" Darien stated. By now, all of Darien's guards were surrounding her, preventing her from going to explore nature. She wasn't happy at all. "Fine' she said "you're all saying that with this outfit, I will be drawing more attention to myself." They all nodded. "Then wait for me about 20 minutes, I will go change. Then you will all leave me alone.". "Hmph" she said. Then walked to a small bush, grabbed her little luggage, then walked to a much larger and taller bush. Before she went behind, she glanced back at the five men, saw their smirk, "I trust you all to be gentlemens:" she said, then she walked behind and changed. After scattering her clothes around her, she found the plainest outfit she had brought with her. She held it up examining it then remembered that this was an outfit that Andrew had given to her as a gift so that she could go out to the village without being spotted as the princess. It worked most of the time. The outfit was a butterscotch taupe color. It was one of those nice pleasant plain outfits that she liked. She had even worn it a couple of times in the palace. The shirt was down to her hips with long sleeves that ran down her arm and ended a little after her wrist, it was rimmed with lace and plaid shapes with colors. The sleeves flared out at the end. The shirt had a V neckline and tugged at her small waist bringing about her figure. The sides of her shirts were slit about 3 inches that were also rimmed with the same plaid and lace embellishment. And the long skirt that also ran down to her feet, also rimmed with the same design. It also had two slits that ran down on the sides about 5 inches. After she had put the outfit on, she worked on her hair. She let down her delicate silver hair, and then French braided it on both sides, ended it halfway so that the other half ran down her sides. Then she used her magic and curled both ends. She made a mental picture of herself, she smiled contently. "This will show them" she said to herself.
^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ ^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ that's all for now.**** I'm sorry I got carried away and some of the descriptions I just couldn't describe well. LIKes or Don't Likes ~*~*~*~*~ $$ PLeasE review $$