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-Okami-chan
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Endymion finally smile good bye to the host and hostess of the Winter Solstice Ball. It was a cruel amusement for him to see them still not realizing that their daughter was just kidnapped by his men, stolen from right under their roof inside one of the halls of the palace.
He was glad that the loud music and conversations blocked Serenity's screams from being heard.
Serenity. The beautiful princess. HIS beautiful Princess, belonging to only him.
Endymion would have followed his men and went to the carriage, making sure everything went smoothly, but he had to play the role of the perfect guest.
He doesn't want Serenity's parents to discover that it is him who wants Serenity, having her captured to be his. They would discover later, after she became his wife officially.
Walking away from the Moon Kingdom's palace and heading towards his carriage, King Endymion settle and relax on the seat made for him, for royalty, getting comfortable for the one day long ride.
It was a shame that Serenity could not be here with him and enjoy the ride, but he knew that there would be some difficulties. It was better to just do everything quickly and take her by force to avoid all the unnecessary time and waiting.
He couldn't wait to see Serenity. She must be at his palace by now. Sitting back inside the carriage that started to move, Endymion starts thinking about his princess.
How her long golden hair frame her petite body. Her nice womanly curves accented by the white dress that hug at her bodice and flow freely around her feet, swishing and swaying as she walks, no, glide across the floor.
Watching her walk down that staircase was equivalent to watching an angel descend from Heaven.
Endymion was jealous of that older man who he saw talking to the Moon Kingdom's King and Queen and also his Princess. He noticed that it was the King of the Sun Kingdom.
His heart clench, thinking of how that king made Serenity giggle and look at him admiringly. And how he touched his princess, patting her head and hugging her, it made Endymion almost want to murder the man.
Serenity is HIS. Only he can touch her and have her smile and laugh with him, looking at him with love in her eyes.
Love. What a weird emotion humans have to deal with. When Endymion was a youth as the young Prince of his kingdom, he was only showed love in one way.
FLASHBACK
Everyone was mourning the fact that the kind, gentle queen of the Earth Kingdom recently passed away. The young queen had went out for a walk around the gardens outside of the palace walls.
Not returning for quite a few hours, her husband, King of the Earth Kingdom, sent out people looking for her. The Queen was found in the gardens, beaten and raped, killed after the torture and leaving behind her people with her husband and young 4 year old son.
The rapist and murderer was soon found, beaten and hanged on the spot for his crime. He killed the Queen of Earth, taking her away from all her loved ones and the people of the kingdom.
The King soon changed after the funeral of his beloved wife, becoming a cold, cruel man and leaving behind his warm, cheerful, kind self. It died along with his wife.
Young Endymion didn't understand anything really, slowly forgetting the memory of his mother.
One day, while running and skidding through the palace's halls decorated with many portraits, statues, and other valuable, expensive artifacts belonging to the Royal Earth Family, young Prince Endymion turned a corner and ran straight into a maid, carrying a framed painting and knock her down. The force made them both fall and have the small picture shatter into pieces.
"O-oh!"
The maid quickly gets up, trying to gather the pieces of the painting hurriedly, before anyone saw and found out, especially the king!
The painting was made by their recently dead queen, who was an artistic woman, loving to paint anything she could see. The king himself was a great supporter of her paintings. Oh what would he do to her now that she broke one of his wife's paintings? His dead wife's!
Prince Endymion gets up and stare, not realizing the situation. His mother was only a faint memory in his young mind so he doesn't know that the painting was one of the very few cherished possessions of his father that can make the now cruel man almost smile again!
"S-sorry! Didn't see you."
Looking over at the young, innocent boy, the maid couldn't help but smile faintly for it wasn't really his fault. He was trying to have some fun, being the young child he was.
"It's alright, my prince. Now go run along and continue your game, but please be careful and watch out for all this glass!"
Endymion nod and give her a cheeky grin, realizing that he won't get in trouble this time.
Turning his back to the maid and running off, the young Prince did not realize that that would be the last time he saw her, for the King found out and ordered for her to be hanged after receiving her whippings. And Endymion was wrong, for he would get into very big trouble.
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That night, while the maids helped him get ready for bed, the door to his room burst open and in came his father, holding a whip with fiery red eyes full of rage directed towards his young son.
The maids jump and hurry out of the room, knowing what was about to happen for they heard the news of the dead maid and how before dying she told the king that the young prince ran into her, causing her to drop and break the painting. They could only hope their young prince would be alright.
Endymion cower in the middle of his bed, whimpering while staring at his father, crying silently and wondering why his father was so mad.
The king glare and snarl dangerously low, with a calm voice though his anger was apparent.
"Undress, NOW!"
With that said, young Endymion quickly obey, not wanting to make his father angrier. He whimper when his father push him roughly onto the bed, bending him over.
The sharp crackle of the whip and feeling the first hard blow to his frail back made Endymion whimper and cry out, feeling the welts starting to form while hearing his father rent furiously and bringing the whip back down on his young body multiple times.
"You broke the painting! YOUR MOTHER'S PAINTING! What did I tell you before, huh? NO RUNNING IN THIS PALACE! I should cut your legs off for disobeying!"
WHIP!
Endymion cry loudly, wailing in pain and waiting for his father to stop this unrelenting torture.
"It's your fault! You broke her painting! MY WIFE'S PAINTING! MY DEAD WIFE!"
After saying that, the distraught king flung down the whip, finally stopping the torture and bawling his eyes out while thinking of his beloved dead wife.
Endymion, finally not crying anymore, only whimper while feeling the aches and searing pain from his back, caused by that awful whip that now laid on the floor. He could only stay in his position, not wanting to further anger the man.
The king of the kingdom finally notice his son and with a sniffle beckon him over. All Endymion could do was quickly obey and climb into his lap, whimpering quietly.
"There, there my son." The king sniffle quietly looking straight ahead, as if dazed. "I am sorry for acting out of hand. I'll have the doctor look at your wounds later. But remember, I love you. I do this out of love. Sometimes, Endymion, when you love someone so much, you need to break them first, so then no one else will be able to break them."
END FLASHBACK
Sometimes when you love someone so much, break them first so no one else can break them. Endymion trace the scar on his hand, one of the many created by his father, in a daze. For the next several years, more incidents occurred and Endymion's father continue to show his 'love'.
It was only until after the king died when Endymion was 17, did the torture and abuse stop. But for King Endymion, that wasn't abuse and torture. It was love, for that was the only kind he now knew, because of his father.
The carriage finally stop infront of his palace in the Kingdom of Earth, making King Endymion grin slightly in excitement. He was going to show to Serenity just how much he love her.
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So how was it? I know some of you must be disappointed that Serenity and Endymion haven't met in their circumstances yet, but please be patient! I wanted to show everyone and give you all an understanding of why Endy is like the way he is. Please REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW! ^^ I'll try my best!