In the Stars

Rei

A/N: This one's for GraphicsChyk because I see you on facebook. And twitter. And most importantly, HERE. Haha. It seems you came out of nowhere a month or so ago but that's still cool and I'm happy for your support!

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Yesterday was history with Mercury. Today is poise and self-reflection. Without a doubt she will find a new way to distract herself from her studies. It's just... getting harder and harder to pretend to be mad at her. The senshi have all decided to play annoyed but especially now with a war so close a smile means the moon to us. I don't know if it's a blessing or a curse that today is a day she cannot sneak away to her Endymion.

History may mean self-study but a clumsy princess cannot be left to her own devices to learn how to properly act in court.

"M-Mars."

I look up and I see her hugging the doorframe as she peeks into the temple. Her mussed hair and flush creeping on her cheeks tells me my assumptions about not seeing Endymion were wrong. Which can only mean one thing.

"He was here, wasn't he?"

Her blush brightens and she shakes her head furiously, pulling herself away from the room-ready to bolt. "N-No! Why would you think that?" She bites her lip and watches me with tears forming in her bright blue eyes.

Damn. I rise from my chair where I was waiting for her and cross the room, holding a single out to my princess. "It's okay, Serenity. You can tell me and I won't tell anyone." My hand reaches her shoulder and I offer a small smile. "I promise." And it's the truth for the most part. The information will only be relayed to the other senshi for smiles and happy giggles.

Serenity blinks, gnawing at her lip for a second before nodding to herself and stepping out from behind the wall. "Endy-He was here. But only for a few minutes-I swear!" Her eyes advert for a minute and pink once again invades her cheeks. "W-We just wanted to see each other," she whispers.

A smile plays with the corners of my lips and I shake my head. "Just make sure you two stay safe, okay?" The last thing we need is for our army to attack the Earth's prince while he's here to visit Serenity. Not only would it bring us immediately to war-but it would threaten the lives of both the princess and her soul mate. And nobody-I mean nobody is allowed to mess with true love. Not even the evil that has somehow spawn on Earth with the darkening of the sun.

The minute their love dies is the minute I die.

My eyes shoot open and a gasp shoots from my throat as I sit up straight from my bed. I've been having this and similar dreams for the past week or so but I cannot determine why. My powers show me what's in the future but this...is obviously the past. My past?

I shake it off. Now's not the time to focus on such trivial things. Now, I need to focus on school and my duties here at the shrine. The past is in the past. There's no changing it no matter what may or may not have happened.

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Bus rides are my least favorite part of the day. Standing with strangers emitting all different energies just makes me go on sensory overload. Even though I don't want these powers they make my life far more difficult than it should be. My back tenses. Is somebody watching me? I whip around.

A blonde starring at me, her fingers clasped together in awe. What does she w-

"Just make sure you two stay safe, okay?"

"Okay!"

No. It's not possible. The subtle shake of the bus stopping causes me to jump. My stop. I shake it off. My head is playing tricks with me. There is no way that was the princess from in my dreams. It's just not possible. Exiting the bus, I turn to make my way back home to the shrine.

I'm just out of it. That's all. Princesses don't get reincarnated for no reason. It was just a lookalike on the bus just now. Just a lookalike.

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I feel a demonic presence. Is it a ghost?

Phobos and Deimos sweep around the shrine entrance, cawing. They don't attack anything human or natural so this can only mean one thing: danger. "No one can bring trouble into this sacred shrine," I murmur to myself, pulling myself to the sliding door.

"Evil Spirit, be exorcised!"

The sound of a girl's squeal before her body falls limply to the ground catches my attention away from my thoughts. A small blond girl lays in front of me and I can't help but gasp. "Y...You're..." I stop myself. I'm about to say princess-she looks so much like the one from my dreams. But that's...not possible. She-she's just that girl from the bus. I think.

Unless...unless fate has more in store for the princess and the prince. Which can mean only mean one thing. Peace will once more be threatened.

What does that mean for the star-crossed lovers?

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A/N: Guess my next chapter! Anybody think they know what my theme will be (hint: it's not the masquerade-yet!)? I'll try my best to get it out on Sunday, but I also get home from a concert at around 1 AM that day, soooo. Sleep. ^_^;

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