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Pearl Knight

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It was all so beautiful… sprawled out and lit up, like a Christmas tree in the midnight hours that a child, enthralled in the magic of Saint Nicholas, waits laying before the tree for the man of their parent's creation. But this magic was different. This magic was soothing. How could she help smiling as his arm slides around her? At first when they entered the park she had been mildly apprehensive…

Two please. Easy enough to say but Darien was stumbling over his sentence like a child on his first real date. Serena was so beautiful… hip hugger blue jeans a black off the shoulder long sleeve shirt with little thin black straps resting over her pale shoulders… even her lips that had tempted him lightly before were demanding his immediate attention encased in their clear gloss gown. She had smiled so softly at him when he looked over. She was so soft in aura and features that he couldn't help but relax till he looked forward… the smile… Did that mean something? His whole body felt like a bundle of nerves… what can he do to win her over? She was walking next to him now and as she grabbed his wrist it all faded away suddenly her voice was in his ear and his soul was soothed.

"Lets go on the thunderbolt!" Darien felt the smile spread across his lips… everything clicked…

There she goes… there she goes again

Racing through my brain

And I just can't contain

This feeling that remains

They moved from ride to ride without a care in the world. Darien had never seen Serena so at ease in her own skin. They slowly started to become playful, he even got a chance to hug her and spin her around while pressing her close against him. It was perfect… but… he kept seeing a face. It didn't fit in the happy atmosphere they were immersed in… it made the skin on the back of his neck prickle. It made him guide her with his hand on her lower back. She could feel his tension now and then and it put her on guard it seemed.

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Andrew had spotted them as they exited the tea cups. Serena was bubbling with absolute joy… something that ass had never given her before. Serena tried to hard to save Seiya… to help him… she deserves happiness…

"They feel so happy Andrew." There were tears in Reis eyes… she was so beautiful in her red sundress… her snow skin, raven hair. How could anyone harm such a creature so full of love? Rei was a spit fire and believed in tough love… but that's only because that's all she was ever given… labeled a freak cause of her talents and her strong reactions to the emotions of those she holds dear… thank God for Serena bringing light back to the midnight blue eyes Andrew loves so much…

"Darien is a good man. He just never had the chance to shine… He was always alone and off in his own world. His mom and dad died when we were kids. He just didn't believe in happy endings. He was still the nice guy he is today. But he lost his lust for living. I think Serena was going through the same things. I think that's why she was taking up drinking… she was trying to find something to numb reality. But now that they have each…" Andrew froze. They had been walking talking happily hand in hand hanging back from the couple of which they were speaking about, he noticed Darien hand move up suddenly onto her lower back guiding her in a sudden change of direction.

"What is it?"

"Something has him uncomfortable…"

"How can you tell?"

"I just… can…"

"There are too many people around for me to single his feelings out…" but that was alright because Andrew already found the issue. He was there. He was slinking around in the shadows of the rides bringing a sort of gloom to the world that Andrew saw. The darkness spread across his eyes as if he had been struck over the head. It couldn't be through… no he was paranoid…

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Serena felt her body easing as she moved along the crowded road of the fair. It was so wonderful to be out and about around so many lovely feelings. Everyone was enjoying themselves and why shouldn't they? She had just gotten off the tea cups and was heading towards the fun house when his hand slide over her lower back and forced her to make a right turn away from their destination. He had tensed she felt it, looked around, put his hand on her back, and lead her away… it was almost protective.

"Would you like a cotton candy?" his voice hid the apprehension but… she could see it in his body language… maybe he wasn't good with crowds?

"That would be awesome." She smiled that smile of hers and his tension fled his form. He was imagining things… he was in the company of the most beautiful creature he has ever known… why ruin it with phantom storm clouds? Her smile imprinted onto his mind once again. Darkness forgotten his body hums with joy as her hand shyly slides into his. She just wanted to sooth his tension. Her hand encased his and she felt a soft buzz in the back of her mind a war of sorts. She was afraid of a repeated living nightmare… but at the same time… she accepted the cotton candy and looked at their hands still twined together. At the same time… she wanted closeness… she wanted…

There she goes… there she goes again

Pulsing through my veins

And I just can't contain

This feeling that remains

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They tried to keep up with the shadowy figure but it was no used it out maneuvered them.

"I must be imagining it Rei… it's just that…"

"I know Andrew none of us want him to return… it will always be a fear in the back of our minds." Rei slowly brought their walking to a halt as she looked around at all the smiling couples. He missed her blushing face as she let her mind wandered to what she wanted to say… she had known for so long how he felt… she just want a realization of it…

"Darien is with her though… he won't let anything happen to her." Andrew looked around still a little paranoid about it… Rei noticed and tried to catch his attention and sooth at the same time. Perhaps one might think her a bad friend but she didn't care about that right now she was so close to finally having some happiness of her own to keep… he was the only one who so easily accepted her…

"Not from what I can tell." Rei closed some of the distance between them as she smiled softly. This was her chance, Serena is safe now the girls are slowly easing and there are no untied ends… "I wonder, are you this protective of everyone or just Serena?" 'what I'm really asking Andrew is will you protect me with so much fervor' she finished silently

"If you're thinking I like Serena then" Andrew tried to correct her. The insinuation finally had his full and undivided attention. It had never been like that… he always had feelings for Rei and only Rei.

"Oh no, I know for a fact you love her like family. I'm just wondering if I can expect the same amount of protection…" Rei smiled again and rested a hand over her heart indicating her keen ability to feel others emotions.

"Oh, right, I forgot about that." Andrew shifted uncomfortably. She looked up at him pointedly and it was only seconds after she had said this to him that his eyes widened to saucers. "Wait…"

"That's right" Rei surprised him then as she leaned up on her toes.

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The couple started kissing then in their own little world and he felt it safe to come out now that their attention was else where. It didn't take him long to slither through the masses of people. All of them were disgusting, well, all but one. The loud talking of those around him annoyed him to no end. Silly words of fleeting love and ignorant drabble about useless things, words forgotten in a quick change of subject. But not for them, oh never for them. They shared something… something so much more. He loved her. She turned him away when he was at his weakest! He tried to let her go but no one was as beautiful… and why should he let HER leave? He was the one that did everything. She should have listened to him! He only did what he did to teach her a lesson! Andrew that pathetic… he sighed. None of that matters anymore. He used women to get what he needed but it was Serena he wanted on his arm it was her that was the one that got away. It would never be alright. He wanted every last bit of her. If he couldn't have her then why should anyone else? He waited and waited and tried and tried but she wouldn't give in to him. He wanted her innocence, her mind, body, soul, and he wanted her heart back. No one leave him! She was special. She was the one he wanted the world to see. He didn't want the world to see him with his whores.

"Darien!" he froze at her giggling voice. He hadn't heard that beautiful sound since he had cheated on her with Erica. She should have just let him have her body… then they wouldn't have had the issue. She should have submitted to him. Couldn't she see that he loved her? No, he loves her… he still does. And she will submit… she will. He will make her submit… she belongs to him not that fool!

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Darien had smiled brightly when she called to him after reaching the top of the climbing wall. He still felt the sensation of eyes upon him but it didn't matter any more. She let herself fall from the top trusting the harness but something went wrong. The harness froze and she was stuck.

"What!? What going on! I want to get down!"

"Don't worry miss we'll have you down in no time!" the man went around back trying to make the hydraulics' work right… it happened very fast a snap sound a fizzle and small puff of smoke… then the blood curdling sound of Serena's scream as she started to fall full speed towards the ground…

"Your light." Darien grinned when she finally opened her eyes to find herself enveloped in his warm arms…

"You…"

"Told you I would catch you." She hugged him willingly then. No hesitation. No second though. No tense body language. She gave him a perfectly content relaxed hug.

"This is much different then a klutz attack Darien."

"I would save you from anything… I will save you from anything." She gazed up at him for a little while after that lost in thought not paying any mind to the countless number of on lookers whom had witnessed the catch… "Don't worry, that's a no strings attached offer. What will I do if my roommate is in a full body cast?" Darien chuckled and helped her to stand on her shaky legs.

There she goes (there she goes again)… there she goes again (there she goes again)

Racing through my brain (there she goes)

And I just can't contain

This feeling that remains

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Seiya let out a breath of relief when she was caught then glared in anger at the praise his Serena stealer was getting. It should have been him catching her. Her eyes were speaking to him and he hoped she didn't know it yet. He could see what was happening between them… but he would stop it!

Serena went into the ladies room as Seiya stepped out of the shadows.

"That was a nice catch sir."

"Thanks" Darien shifted uncomfortably under the gaze of a man that looked very similar to himself. "Anyone would have done the same if they had been close enough though."

"Ah so modest… I guess you two will be escaping this nightmare then."

"No she still wants to ride the Ferris wheel."

Seiya felt his eye twitch…

"The most romantic ride you can go on. She must be so happy to have a boyfriend like you." Darien almost denied the assumption of being a couple but…

"No, I'm the lucky one." Seiya felt his whole body tense. Darien didn't miss the look in the mans eyes.

"Who are you" Darien's question was quiet but his eyes were murderous.

"You shouldn't play with things that aren't yours." Seiya turned and left angrily. Serena came out moments after.

"Darien?" He turned to her with hard eyes at first but at the site of her stiffening with mild fear it drained right away as he pulled her in for a hug. She's all he ever needs to feel better.

The man was gone and he would protect her. He would never leave her. They showed the man at the Ferris wheel stamps they were given after the incident to allow them free access and boarded promptly.

"I've always loved the Ferris Wheel" she smiled as she looked over the side.

There she goes (there she goes)… there she goes again

She calls my name

Holds my dream

No one else could heal my pain

And I just can't contain

This feeling that remains

Darien watched her gaze out into the night admiring the lights of the town and the rides making a bright cacophony of colors that made no sense to mind or eyes… and in their senseless dissonance became beauty. But nothing compared to the look in her silver blue orbs. Nothing could compare to the beauty inside of her… past the scares… past the nightmares… Darien had no doubt that man was Seiya… but why scare her?

There she goes (and she calls my name)… there she goes (she calls my name)

Chasing down my lane (she calls my name)

And I just can't contain

This feeling that remains…

He watched her from the door way as she shifted in her bed sleeping that night. He noted the way she calmed when he sat beside her on the bed.

There she goes (there she goes again)

He watched her from the table as she tested her new cooking skills for him. She looked so cute in her little bunny apron.

There she goes (there she goes again)

He watched her smile at him as he caught her before she fell… Darien closes his eyes. Watching her sleeping form as his mind ran wild with the desire to hold her… to kiss her… to be with her…

"I fell in love with you Serena Tsukino."

There she goes (there she goes again)

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Pearl Knight