(A/N) yayyy... another chapter FINALLY right? i dunno i'm on some sort of writing high so exspect updates too all my stories like, soon. ok? Hope you like this chapter.I basically wrote ALMOST all of it today then i typed it up, man oh oh man was my hand sore. not too mention for the past few days i've been doing nothing but writing sailormoon stories and reading them...and its starting to take a toll on me. heh. My boyfreind's name is Jeremy, and i keep almost calling him Darien. cuz the first part of their names sound so much alike. JER and DAR...boy oh boy what he must think sometimes heh. oh and if you find the name "Jeremy" suddenly pops up in a story. same reason, just reverse. Me and my screwy head. heh, just letting you know.ALRIGHT enough blabbering. onto the story.
-Sugar.
P.s. Don't forget, reveiws are a girls best freind.
P.s.s. Love ya'll!.
2. Rivar-Bonevie
The warm sunlight beat across Serena's face as her chambermaid opened the drapes. Serena scrunched her face up at the disgusting thought of waking up. She had spent most of the night crying over her mother's descision, and so she was going on only 4 hours of sleep.
"Come on Princess Serena, get out of bed." the maid insisted.
"Oh Please? just five more minutes." Serena begged, pulling the covers over her head.
"But miss, You have guests coming today." The maid responded, as she bustled around the room tidying up.
"Oh who cares about them. I'd be happy if i never hear the name 'Prince Adonias' Ever! Again" Serena retorted, burrying her face in her pillow.
"Well aren't we a little judgemental today Serena" came a very feminne voice from over Serena's shoulder.
Serena look up to see her mother's advisor, Pluto. Whom Serena had grown very close to over the years.
"No Pluto, I'm not being judgemental! I hate what Mother has done! She has promised me to somone I don't even know! Someone I don't even love." Serena huffed.
"Serena, how do you know you do not love him? You've never met him before, you just might fall in love. And I've known your mother for many years, and I know her quite well. Believe me whenI say, She loves you, very much, and she would never have done this to you unless she felt like it was absolutely neccesary." Pluto said brushing Serena's tangled blonde hair away from her face.
Serena just looked up at Pluto with one of her 'Why do you always have to be right' faces.
"Now get dressed, little one. You have a big day ahead of you and your going to need all your energing to keep a calm composure." Pluto said, as she patted the top of Serena's head in a very silly manner.
The next events were carried out in their usual routine. Serena bathed, brushed her hair, and put on a long white dress. The only dresses Serena owned were long and white. It was all that was deemed "apropriate" for a moon princess.
Serena had just finished zipping up her dress, when her bedroom door burst open.
A young girl with long black hair ran into her room, circled Serena's bed five times before jumping on the bed. All while screaming "There here! There here! There Here"
"Raye! how can you just burst in here like that" Serena repremanded her boy-crazed freind. "There here! outside! andI hear that King Adonas's sons are suppose to be really hot" Raye squealed.
"Hot, Raye? Hot? Hardly launguage for an upcoming princess." Serena replied, just as 3 more girls bustled into the room.
A blonde, a brunette, and a very shy blue-haired girl.
"But they're here Serena! right outside! they are about to get out of the carriage!" Raye shrieked.
Instantly Five curious girls darted toward Serena's window, smooshing their faces against the glass.
It was a very formal prcession. First out was the king. He had a very cold look about him. His hair was bleach blonde and he had a very full beard. His garments were only made of gold cloth. His gold crown was simple but it somehow fit his hard exterior.
Next out of the carriage was a young man with wavy blonde hair. He was dressed in fairly similair clothes as the man in front of him, he had a slenderor build. Four girls ooo'd and aaa'd at the prince, who looked about 19.
A slightly younger boy followed the prince out of the carriage. He had jet black hair and much more modest clothing.
Serena noticed that he was admiring the rose bushes on his way up the palace steps. He intrigued Serena somehow...
"Ladies" Pluto's voice piped in. "Isn't spying rude for such proper young ladies" She asked, making their faces redden as they blushed. "Now come along. You have guests downstairs." Pluto commanded shooing the girls out the door. Pluto grabbed Serena's arm as she was following the trail of girls out the door.
"Serena, remember what I tolled you. Give him a chance." Pluto quietly whispered, as to keep it private. Serena knodded and ran to catch up with her freinds.
-
The banquet hall was lavishly decorated for the King's arrival. Redroses were strung everywhere. White saten drapes were hung across the windows of the palace. On the Southern most of end of the room was queen serenity's throne. To the east and the west sides of the room there were two very long white tables, ordained with only the most scrumptious foods. The North side of the banquet hall held the entrance to the room. The huge Banquet hall doors, were set ajar, elaberatly decorated in gold and various types of gems. The only time time that they were left open such as this, was for special occasions. Like the one that was taking place today. Finally, there was a long white carpet rolled out stretching from the entrance of the room, all the way down to the steps of Queen Serenity's throne.
The girls OO'd as they entered the room.
Never before had any of them seen the banquet hall decorated in such an ornate manner. Serena wished that time would just slow down. She wanted to put off this meeting as long as possible.
Across the hall Serena could see her mother, running around making sure everything was perfect.
'She seems very jittery.' Serena thought to herself.
Queen Serenity caught sight of her daughter and imidiately rushed to her side. She looked at her daughtersfour freinds that were standing alongside of her.
"I'm so sorry girls but you can't be apart of this, i'm afraid. This is an official meeting intended only for the royals of the moon. However, you may come to the celebration dinner later on this evening." Serenity said to the girls.
They nodded and preceded to leave the great hall to wander off somewhere in the palace.
She turned back to Serena.
"You look beautifull."
"Thank you, mother." Serena responded cooly.
"Serena, please don't be-" She was cut off abruptly by the sound of the royal trumpet. She gasped.
"There here! everyone quickly to your places, we must look presentable." Serenity yelled out across the banquet hall.
"Serena, Dear." Serenity said quietly. "You'll stand here by me, Alright"
Serena knodded.
The trumpet sounded once again and a booming voice echoe'd across the banquet hall.
"Anouncing his Royal Majesty King Adonas of earth!"
'Do they have to be sooooo dreadfully loud?' Serena thought to herself.
Soon though her thoughts were detoured, as that same husky man ordained in gold that she had seen through her window was slowly aproaching Serena and her mother.
"And his son" The voice bellowed out once more.
Serena flinched.
"Heir to the Throne of Almesiva of earth, Prince Adonias!"
The slenderor blonde man entered. again the same person she had seen through her window.
Serena assumed the other boy would soon be to follow. So she plugged her ears. But Serenity nugged her arm as a way of silently reprimanding her daughter.
Serena unplugged her ears, and instead settled for squinting her eyes.
"Prince Darien of earth." The voice echoed out.
Only this time it was much quieter.
The king approached the two beauties regally.
"Your heiness." He coo'ed, kissing Serenity's hand.
"King Adonas. It is a true honor to have you in our courts today." Serenity bowed her head slightly out of respect.
Still looking at Serenity, he spoke.
"And this must be your daughter. The beuatiful princ-" He cut himself off as he starred at the girl standing beside Serenity, with the most agonizing, scrunched up expression on her face. He sneered slightly, but only for a split-second, notnearly long enoughto chanceQueen Serenity noticeing.
"er...Princess Serena...your beauty is that of your mother. It is a grascious honor to be before you today." and he kissed her hand.
Serena didn't like this.
There was something she didn't like about this man. She couldn't put her finger on what it, but she knew if she did, she'd have to wash it.
-
The formal introductions and "tooshy-kissing." as Serena called it. Had carried on quite boringly for her. 'Even the King's son-what's his name..Oh Darien thats right- Even he had exscused himself only moments after he arrived. He must have been bored too.' Serena thought to herself.
'Well if he may do it. So may I.' She decided.
And without even a word she silently slipped away from the banquet hall, unnoticed.
-
Serena made her way down the hall towards her chambers when a voice stopped her.
"Exscuse me?" It said. It was obviously a male.
Serena spun around to see that young man standing there, the prince with the dark hair.
"Where did you come from?" she asked.
It was a long hallway they were in with no nearby doors that he could have popped out of. Only windows. and surely enough she thought it quite proposterous for this young man to be popping in and out of windows which were very high off the ground indeed.
So serena was dumbfounded as to how he just magically appeared behind her.
He chuckled a bit. " Well I've been here the whole time. You walked right past me. Did you not see me"
Serena blushed.
She was quite embarassed that she had just ignored the prince.
He smiled "Its not suprising. Not many people see me. Even if I should stand in front of their very own eyes."
"Oh I'm dreadfully sorry" Serena said, apologetically.
He chuckled once more. "Its quite alright, Princess, but to explain to me whom the artist of this painting is would do quite nicely."
He jestured to the huge oil painting against the wall he was facing.
Serena's eyes twinkled as she gazed at the portrait.
It was a woman, with flowing golden hair, in a long white down, standing in a garden with moonlight setting her aglow.
Yes, Serena knew this painting quite well, for it was one of her favorite paintings in the entire palace.
"Rivar-Bonevie" She repsonded, pronouncing the name elequantly.
The prince knodded.
They both starred at the majesty of the piece.
"There's quite some history behind it you know." Serena finally commented, stillentrancedby the portrait.
"Is that so" The prince inquired, intrigued.
"Oh yes" Serena began."Rivar-Bonevie was a high noble and a very renowned artist, and he had fallen in love with a young peasent girl with long golden hair -or so the story goes.-
It was a forbidden love. No noble could be seen with a peasent, it was the law. Let alone be chastized to her. And yet he was.
They would meet secretely every night when the moon was full, in a garden by his palace.
These meetings went on for quite some time until one of the Royals found out.
She was slain while she slept.
Rivar was destraught when he found out. He never loved again.
He claimed 'I loved her in life, and I shall also love her in death.'
So he painted this portait of her. A symbol of their love.
But this is not a portait of how she came to him, in peasent clothes, but as how he saw her.
The beautiful angel that he loved.
This would be the last painting he ever did.
He was found lying dead next to this painting, a vile of poisen lying next to him.
The painting was not even yet dried.
And in his hand was a withered Rose and a single note.
The rose had been the very last gift she had given to him before she died, and the note read.
'To my love.
I have finished the last and final testimony to our love.This painting is eternal, as is our love. I'm coming my sweet angel, I'm coming.
-Rivar-Bonevie
"How sad.." The prince lamented.
"I don't think so." Serena said. "I Think its romantic."
"How is his true love dying and then him killing himself romantic? Its a tragedy!" The prince protested.
"Pfft" Serena scoffed. "I wouldn't exspect the likes of You to understand about Romance."
"And just what is that suppose to mean?" He inquired, miffed at her rude suggestion.
"Your kind believe only in power and control. You know nothing of Love! With your arranged marriages and all." She spat.
"Oh, so that is what this is about. Well, Princess, You may object to the idea, but don't take it out on me. Your marrying my brother, not me, so if you must hate somone for your situation. Then by all means, Princess, take it out on your betrothed!" and with that he walked away, quite angrily.
Serena huffed and whined. Stomping her feet, muttering slander like "earth scum" or "who does he think he is" under her breath.
This is quite not what she had exspected.
Quite not indeed!