A/N: Hey everyone, how are you all? Ok most of you answered my questions of last chapter, I'm really happy that you liked the candle wax idea. The next question was what Boris would do to Serenity. SpiritualEnergy guessed correctly, or most of it at least. She said that he would probably rape her and she was right for the most part. Yes, he would rape her but there is actually a test to find out when a girl could get pregnant so he would get her pregnant.
Remember he said, "Watch yourself Serenity, be careful or you just might end up in a whole lot of trouble, trouble that you wont be able to fight your way out of", also remember she managed to fight her way out of getting raped the first time, but the trouble she cant fight her way out of is getting pregnant. She can fight him off but if he gets her pregnant then she can't fight that. Does that make sense?
On with the chapter, someone, disclaimer please.
Serenity: Phoenix from the flames 1978 does not own beyblade but she does own me and this plot.
Chapter 5
---Three Years Later---
"Hurry up Serenity" Tala yelled from outside the bathroom.
Serenity walked out of the bathroom, she had changed a lot over the long years; her hair pale purple hair grew longer and went all the way down her back and her whole attire had changed too. She now wore a black skirt that went just above her knees, a black top with thin straps and a dark blue jean jacket and wore her black boots that reached just below her knees, giving her a more kick ass look. She obviously grew much taller and pretty much her whole body changed. (A/N: Please tell me I don't need to explain what else changed because that's just sick)
Serenity wasn't the only person or thing that changed around the abbey; as Tala and Serenity's love grew, their whole room went through a drastic change. The dressing table was pushed to the side of the room by the bathroom door and Serenity's bed was pushed next to Tala's, making it look like a large double bed and the spare bed stayed in the same place by the door.
"Ok we can go now" Serenity said, quickly taking one last look in the mirror before turning to Tala who was looking at her strangely, "What?" she asked confusedly, as she smiled a little at the strange reaction.
Tala smirked, "Nothing, forget it" he said, he walked to the door and left the bedroom.
Serenity ran out the door, quickly closed the door and ran down the hall to catch up with Tala who was already turning round the corner at the end of the long hall way.
That day they had all gone outside in the snow for training but of course inside the abbey gates. Many of the younger kids felt very cold and at 4 o'clock, they all went inside to continue training there. All the guards left the training room since Boris had called them away for a meeting, leaving the older kids to watch over the younger ones as they trained. At 8 o'clock a guard came in and said that they all had to go their rooms and dinner will be taken to their rooms later that night. All the kids left the training room and went up to their bedrooms as ordered.
Serenity walked into her room and lay on her bed; she pulled her blade out of her pocket and stared at the phoenix on the bit chip and closed her eyes. 'Nice battles today Luna' she told her bit-beast.
'Thank you Mistress, you too, you did very well today' Luna replied in her mind.
'Thanks Luna, I just wish I could use all this power to get out of this hell hole' Serenity said with frustration in her mind's voice.
'They say you have to pay a price for your paradise. Don't you think you've gained something from all this pain?' Luna asked, with wisdom.
'Yeah, I found someone to love and someone who loves me back' Serenity said.
'So stop complaining' Luna said.
'What's the point of being in love if I'm stuck here? I mean it always has to be kept a secret and not to mention it's forbidden here' Serenity said, still in a complaining tone.
'Well, your plans of escaping are all most finished and they will most likely work' Luna said.
'I really hope they work cause I don't want to be stuck here any longer' Serenity said.
'I'm sure they will work, I've gone over them myself; your plans are flawless' Luna said reassuringly.
'It's times like these I really hope you're right' Serenity said, sighing in her mind.
'It's times like these that I'm sure that I'm right' Luna said in a teasing voice.
'How right?' Serenity asked.
'As right as you'll ever be' Luna said teasingly.
'Mean' Serenity said.
Luna laughed and went back to her place in Serenity's mind. Serenity opened her eyes and sat up in bed, she turned to her head to her right; she saw Tala sitting on the window sill, staring outside as usual. He always stayed there when ever he wanted to think, it's been like that for so long that it seemed normal, not that staring out a window was abnormal or anything but with the amount of time he spent there, it wasn't exactly normal to spend up to four hours staring out the window but Serenity got used to seeing him like that. "Why do you always stare out the window?" Serenity asked lying back down under the covers.
Tala turned to look at her and smirked a little, "What else do you want me to look at? You?" he asked.
Serenity smiled and laughed a little, "I might be a little more interesting" she said looking up at him.
"I don't think so" He replied jokingly.
"Is everyone mean around here" Serenity asked in a whining voice.
"Of course" Tala said turning back to the window, "It's the abbey, what do you expect?" he asked.
"Well I was hoping to get a little love from the man I love. Love won't kill any of us, it might kill Boris but not us" Serenity said smiling. They were interrupted by a hard knock at the door, Serenity sighed and went to the door and opened it a jar, a guard handed her two trays on top of each other and then he walked off. Serenity thought confusedly but then shook her head and walked back inside the room and closed the door behind her. She handed Tala the tray of food and sat on her bed and started to eat.
They both finished their food quickly and Serenity took Tala's tray and placed them both on the dressing table. She then went into the bathroom to get changed for bed while Tala continued staring out the window as the snow started to fall outside. Serenity came out in her dressing gown and she left her clothes in the bathroom for the next day, she went back to bed and waited for Tala to go to the bathroom but when she turned round and looked up, he was still sitting on the window sill. "Aren't you going to change?" Serenity asked lying on her back to look up at him with out arching her neck.
Tala snapped out of his daze and jumped off the window sill and over the bed, he walked to the bathroom and closed the door behind him. Serenity sighed and pulled out her blade from under her pillow, 'Luna I'm getting really worried about him…I mean he's been acting really distant for a long time now' she told her bit-beast worriedly.
There was a light pause and no word was said by her bit-beast, 'Oh, are you talking to me? I thought I was mean and that you wanted me to leave' Luna said after the long pause.
'Luna' Serenity said in a warning tone.
'I have noticed his distance too, what do you think is wrong?' Luna asked with a slight trace of worry in her young voice.
'I don't know but what scares me the most is that whatever the problem is, he doesn't feel he can tell' Serenity said, she felt hurt by the fact that he hadn't told her. Along with hurt she was also frustrated by it.
'Then maybe you should question him about it later' Luna suggested.
'You know what Luna? I just might' Serenity said, after a few quiet moments Serenity sent Luna back to her place in her mind, keeping her thoughts to herself.
Tala came in a few minutes later and quietly lay in bed next to Serenity; she had been staring at the ceiling ever since she had ended her conversation with Luna. He turned his head to look at her but then turned his head back to stare at the ceiling. Serenity turned on her side to look at Tala and lay her head on her arm and started to stroke Tala's shoulder with her index finger. Tala turned his head to look at her, "Is something wrong?" Serenity asked softly.
"Not in the slightest, why?" Tala replied.
"You just seem very distant lately and I just thought something was bothering you" Serenity replied softly.
Tala smiled a little, "You worry too much" he told her.
Serenity smiled too and moved closer to him, "Hard to believe that it was six years ago when I first told you that" she shot back teasingly.
"That was six years ago? It seems like just yesterday we met" Tala said.
"Yeah and look at how far we've got; we have a relationship that no one here can beat and we still don't get into trouble despite the fact of friendship and love being forbidden" Serenity said.
"Yeah, I guess you're right" Tala replied, he placed his arm around Serenity and she moved her head and rested it on his chest. She kept it there and closed her eyes, listening to the steady beat of his heart. Within an hour they were both asleep, and lay in their current position for most of the night. Serenity woke up in the middle of the night, she lifted her head off Tala's chest and looked up at him and smiled before kissing him quickly and moving away from him, she lay on her side and fell asleep again.
---Next Morning---
Tala was the first to wake up that morning; he looked at Serenity who lay next to him on her side with her back to him. He smiled and leaned closer to her sleeping form. He pulled back a strand of hair that shadowed Serenity's peaceful face and placed it behind her ear. Serenity's eyes fluttered open and she turned on her back to see Tala leaning over her. "What are you looking at?" she asked quietly.
"The most beautiful woman I've ever seen" Tala replied, smiling.
Serenity smiled, "Mmm, do I know her?" she asked.
"As a matter of fact…" Tala started and leaned closer to Serenity and kissed her passionately on the lips, "You do" he finished after pulling away. Serenity smiled and placed her arms around Tala's neck, pulling him down, closer to her. She kissed him deeply yet passionately all the same, she deepened it as much as she could, pulling Tala directly on top of her. Serenity moved out of the kiss a little to breath, after taking in some air, she started off another kiss, sliding her hand up his shirt and resting her hand on his side. After a while Tala's lips moved off Serenity's and he started to trace butterfly kisses down her neck. Serenity closed her eyes and a slight moan of pleasure escaped her. She traced her finger up his chest and after a while she broke out of his gentle hold and he kissed her softly on the lips again.
Tala pulled away and waited for a reaction from his lover. She smiled a lot, more than she ever had before, "Now if you're finished, may I please go to have a shower?" she asked, sliding her hand down and out from under his top. Tala smiled and rolled off her, letting her get out of bed and walking to the bathroom for a shower. He placed his hands behind his head and just lay in bed, waiting for Serenity.
Serenity walked in again after a few minutes, walking up to Tala who still lay lazily in bed and simply kissed him softly again. "Are you happy? I didn't take long in the shower today" she said, smiling.
"I didn't really think about it" Tala replied before getting out of bed. He quickly kissed her on the cheek and left toward the bathroom.
Serenity smiled happily and sat down on her bed and took out her beyblade from under her pillow. 'Someone's happy this morning' Luna said, smiling.
'Why shouldn't I be?' Serenity asked.
'No reason you shouldn't be' Luna replied.
'What are you up to Luna?' Serenity asked.
'Nothing Mistress, nothing at all' Luna replied calmly.
'Now why don't I believe that?' Serenity asked, raising an eyebrow.
'Maybe because you're insecure and over protective?' Luna tried.
'Piss off Luna' Serenity said.
'Fine, I will' Luna said before going back to her place in Serenity's mind.
Serenity sat back, waiting for Tala. He came out a few minutes later and they both went down for training. Boris hadn't seen them train that day but they were given orders to practice tag team matches again. What was very strange and it was something that Serenity noticed easily, when it was Serenity and Tala's turn to battle, Jeremy didn't step up to battle claiming that he wasn't in the mood. Serenity considered it as something strange and definitely abnormal; instead they were made to battle another two kids. That night after dinner everyone went upstairs, though Serenity gestured for Tala to go up without her. Serenity watched as Jeremy walked out of the dining room and quietly followed him up to his room, hiding behind every corner to keep him from noticing her.
Jeremy walked into his room and closed the door behind him and sat on his bed and sighed, closing his eyes. The door opened and his eyes shot open and he turned his head to look at the door to see who it was. Serenity walked in and closed the door behind her, she looked around the room with a slight look of confusion on her features, "Where's Mike?" she asked.
Jeremy sat up, still looking at her, "He has extra training tonight. What are you doing here?" he asked.
"I came to see what's wrong with you" Serenity replied, crossing her arms and stepping forward.
"Well then, you can leave because nothing is wrong with me" Jeremy replied coldly.
"I know that's not true because you would never turn down the chance to battle me" Serenity replied.
"I just didn't want to battle you today" Jeremy said.
"It's not just that, I know something is bothering you. You're not acting like yourself" Serenity fought back.
"It's none of your business, so you can just leave" Jeremy said coldly.
"Whether we like it or not we need to look out for each other if we're stuck in here" Serenity said calmly, leaning against the door.
"I don't need your help and I don't need you to look out for me" Jeremy said angrily, standing up.
"But I know something is wrong and I'm not leaving you alone until you tell me what's holding you back" Serenity said, with a slight tone of anger in her voice.
Jeremy's hard brown eyes softened and he sighed painfully, "I got beat" he replied simply.
"What do you mean you got beat?" Serenity asked, pushing herself away from the door and stepping forward but keeping a large distance from Jeremy. She kept her distance since she knew that Jeremy was about to answer her question and she didn't want to scare him enough to have him pull away from her.
Jeremy sighed again, a sign of wetness appearing in his eyes and he lifted up the left sleeve of his white top, revealing a scraped bruise up his shoulder that moved up to that side of his chest and went half way up his neck. Serenity's eyes widened and she gulped a little, trying to hold back the sorrow she was feeling toward Jeremy. The scrape looked like someone had smashed something against Jeremy's arm, maybe a glass bottle or something hard yet something that could break and cause that much blood. Serenity felt a horrible feeling in the pit of her stomach and the thought of Jeremy's pain only made her heart break.
Jeremy saw the look of disgust and sorrow on Serenity's face and quickly lowered his white top, staining the short sleeve with some of his blood. "You can't tell anyone about this" Jeremy said, blinking the tears out of his eyes, not letting tears slip.
Serenity quickly walked over to him and hugged him gently, not putting her arm anywhere near his wounded arm and neck, "Don't worry, I wont tell anyone" she assured him. Jeremy was taken a back by the hug and wasn't sure how to react to it at the time but just placed a hand on her back, holding onto her, feeling a sense of safety wash over him. Serenity gently pulled away when she felt Jeremy flinch and shift a little, she stared at him straight in the eye and made him sit down on the bed. She gently lifted his sleeve again, much to Jeremy's hesitation and slowly ran her finger over the grazed skin, just barely scratching the surface. She told him to wait and she quickly went to the bathroom and got some things to tend to his arm.
Serenity came back with a small first aid kit and set it on the bed next to her, Jeremy kept assuring her that he didn't need her help and that he was going to be fine but that didn't stop Serenity, she cleaned his arm with disinfectant, making Jeremy cringe and wince in pain and then pulled down the collar of the top to tend to the bruised area that was on the lower part of his neck. She continued by tying it up tightly with some gauze and made sure he was ok. "What had you done to deserve this?" she asked, being unable to fight off the urge any longer.
"I don't know…I don't think I did anything. I was just walking in the hall and a guard hit me with something but…I couldn't tell what it was. One minute I'm walking, next minute I see something about to hit me and then I just feel a sharp pain on my arm but…I don't know what it was exactly" Jeremy explained quietly, stammering through his statements.
"So you did nothing wrong?" Serenity asked.
"Not that I know of" Jeremy replied, shaking his head a little.
"Boris and the guards are getting on my last nerve and I swear I just want to go up to them and…" Serenity started off with anger and frustration in her voice but stopped herself since she was still in front of Jeremy and what she was going to say was something she wouldn't want to be questioned about later.
Jeremy held back his urge to ask her what she was going to say but decided to move onto a more important question, "Why did you help me and…why do you even care?" he asked.
"Well…because besides your annoying ego, your horrible attitude toward everyone and your words toward women, you seem like a good guy, and I still consider you a friend despite how we've been on each other's bad sides for the past six years" Serenity replied, smiling and laughing a little at the end.
Jeremy smiled a little, "So we're friends?" he asked.
"Yeah…we're friends" Serenity replied, smiling sweetly.
"Then…I need to ask, why do you care about other people, I mean they've done nothing but hurt you and be rude to you so, why do you still care about them so much?" Jeremy asked.
"I cant hurt other people, we are all alive for a reason and my reason of being here is to protect innocents and every person here is innocent and I'm not going to let any of them get hurt and that must be the reason why it huts so much to think that you got hut and I didn't know about it" Serenity said, looking away.
"You really believe that we all have a purpose in life?" Jeremy asked.
"Yeah, I do. It may not be apparent to us at the moment but we'll find our purposes…in time" Serenity said, getting off the bed and looking down as he stared up into her deep-blue eyes. After a moment of silence, she walked to the door and opened it a little, "I'll see you tomorrow for training" she said before leaving the room.
Serenity walked down the hall, 'How could I let this happen? How could I be so blind? Of coarse he was the one that got hurt, I mean couldn't I have noticed by his attitude earlier. I'm so stupid' she thought to herself, blaming herself for any blood spilt on an innocent.
'Mistress it wasn't your fault, you can't blame yourself for what happened' Luna said reasonably to her Mistress.
'Cant I? I should have done something Luna, I know that I have to be here to protect everyone but I couldn't even protect Jeremy' Serenity fought back.
'You didn't know. Boris probably knew that you would protect Jeremy so he kept you away till a guard got the job done' Luna said.
'But I should have been able to help' Serenity said again.
'And you didn't?' Luna asked, 'You provided Jeremy with guidance and support, you helped him as much as you could' she continued.
'I guess I did help a little but I wish I could have done something to help stop it from happening in the first place' Serenity said, sighing a little.
'Mistress…are you going to be ok?' Luna asked, worriedly.
'Yeah Luna, I'll be fine now, thanks' Serenity replied, smiling a little at her bit-beasts worry toward her.
'Good. Call me if you need me' Luna said.
'Sure, thanks Luna' Serenity said, before stepping into her bedroom.
Luna went back to Serenity's mind and Serenity walked over to the bathroom only to be stopped by Tala on the way there. "Where were you? What happened?" he asked, walking up behind her.
Serenity turned round to look at him, a slight look of pain still evident in her eyes, she sighed and thought for a second, "Jeremy got hurt and I couldn't stop it" she whispered.
"Jeremy?" Tala asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Yeah, we've been looking at him all wrong. He's been getting hurt and nobody has known about it" Serenity explained.
"And you know this how?" Tala asked.
"I forced it out of him; he's been acting strangely for a long time but I just kept brushing it off but when he didn't battle us today, I knew something was wrong and had to ask him about it" Serenity continued explaining quietly.
Serenity turned round again and placed her hand on the door, about to push it open but strong arms wrapped around her waist and Tala kissed her on the cheek, "Don't worry too much about him, he's been ok with it for a long time now" he told her, trying to calm her down a little.
"That's the problem, he's been holding this up for so long that I think he's finally going to crack and we both know what happened to you when you cracked under the pressure" Serenity said, tilting her head back a little.
"Just relax; we'll work on this some other time" Tala told her, quickly kissing her again and letting go of her.
"I can't assure anything but I'll try" Serenity said, after sighing and then she walked into the bathroom. She stared into the mirror and leaned against the sink a little, "Help me" she muttered under her breath.
"Help you with what?" Tala asked, leaning against the door frame.
Serenity turned round to see Tala in the doorway and sighed in relief when she saw him there, but still had a hint of anger. "Don't you ever knock?" she asked.
"I stopped knocking four years ago" Tala replied, pushing himself away from the door frame and walking up to her. "You still can't bring yourself to relax, can you?" he asked, stroking her cheek softly.
"Not when I know it's my fault it happened" Serenity replied, closing her eyes; enjoying the feeling of the cold hand against her hot cheek.
"What will take your mind of it for a while?" Tala asked, stepping closer to her.
"I don't know" Serenity whispered. Tala kissed her softly on the lips and Serenity opened her eyes quickly but closed her eyes again and embraced the passionate kiss and wrapped her arms around his neck. She gently pulled away, breathing heavily, "I think we're making this a habit" she whispered between breaths.
"I think we shouldn't care" Tala whispered back, before kissing her again. Serenity went along with the kiss, putting Jeremy behind her. She deepened the kiss more and both of them continued the kiss walking out of the bathroom and into the bedroom. Serenity lay back on the bed, Tala leaning over her, still going on with the kiss. He traced his hand along her leg and his other hand rested on her side. Serenity moved her hand up to her chest and undid a string; she pulled a little out of the kiss to breath but moved back up to him. He moved his lips off hers and traced kissed across her jaw line and then down her neck.
(A/N: You didn't really think that I would write out the rest of that scene did you? Well, you're sorely mistaken my friends. I am a Scorpio and by the astrological charts I am related to sex but I wouldn't write it out like this.)
Serenity opened her eyesand she looked around the room, she looked by her side to see a sleeping Tala, she pulled the covers over his chest and kissed him lightly on the cheek. She pulled the covers tighter around her bare body and reached for her nightgown that lay on the bottom of the bed. She loosened her grip on the covers and pulled the gown over her head and fastened the string again. She quickly checked the time, 11:30pm. She stood up on her bed and jumped onto the window sill and stared out at the full moon and started speaking in a quiet voice, "Mom, you really need to help me trough all of this. I'm supposed to be a soldier, the soldier who never blows her composure, even though I hold the weight of the whole world on my shoulders. I should never show it, my friends aren't supposed to know it." She started whispering more quietly, holding back tears that threatened to fall.
"I'd never drag them into battles that I can handle, unless I absolutely have to. I have never had to go through something like this before and I feel you can help me. As much as I know where you are, I still know that you care." Serenity continued whispering softly, blinking any sign of wetness out of her eyes.
"Serenity" Tala whispered, sitting up in bed. Serenity looked down to see him sit up and tighten the blanket around himself, "I thought you would have left" he said.
Serenity smiled, "I would have but I couldn't find all my clothes" she said.
Tala smiled and laughed a little at Serenity's statement, "Hey…I've been meaning to ask you this for a long time now but never found the right time to…" he said but paused a little at the end.
Serenity frowned a little and sat down on the window sill, "What do you want to ask?" she asked nervously.
"Why…even though your mother put you through so much pain…you still pray to her, why?" Tala asked confusedly.
Serenity sighed a little in relief but then went over his question and sighed in frustration, "If I tell you my answer than you'll think I'm insane" she said simply.
"I've known you for six years, your only a little insane" Tala replied laughing a little.
Serenity laughed, "Ok, so this is my crazy story; we all have past lives and my past life was on the moon, many years ago but I got killed when I was fourteen and my mother used her powers to bring me back to life and send me here. And now here I am." She said. Tala looked at her strangely, so Serenity decided to go into a little more detail, "When people are reincarnated…they have no idea who they were in their past lives but I know mine because…" she paused for a second and held back more tears as memories flooded her mind, "I remember when my mother died" she finished.
Tala frowned a little when he saw the sadness in Serenity's deep blue eyes, that she had let drop to the floor, avoiding his gaze. "How do you know it wasn't just a dream that you had when you were younger?" he asked.
Serenity looked at him, "When I was three years old, I used to say things like 'I remember when my mother died' and 'you're not my mother' to my earth parents. They used to tease me about it but when I got older I realized what it was I was saying and I have living proof that shows that I am right about my reincarnation" she explained.
"What proof?" Tala asked.
"Me" Said a young, innocent voice. With those words, Luna appeared in the middle of the room. "I am the most proof Serenity will ever have of her past" she continued.
Tala looked back at Serenity who had turned her head to look out of the window, Tala knew she was close to tears and with a wave of his hand he dismissed Luna, who nodded and disappeared back into her blade. "You probably think I'm an idiot" Serenity whispered, not taking her eyes away from the shining full moon outside.
"If you would have told me something like this when we first met, then I would have thought that you were crazy but now, I believe you" Tala said.
"Really? You believe me?" Serenity asked, turning to look at him again.
"Yeah, if you believe in your past then I believe in it too" Tala replied.
Serenity smiled and jumped off the window sill and sat next to him, she kissed him quickly and passionately on the lips. She kissed him furiously yet passionately and they both felt heat from the kiss, something about this one kiss was different from all the rest. Maybe because now that Tala knew and she didn't have to hide anything from him she was able to show her love for him more.
A/N: So what did you think of the chapter? I hope you liked it, sorry I took long to update but I got my results for my mid yearly and they were good but my mum likes to torture me and she doesn't let me near a computer. So Bye for now.