Ribon No Kishi (Princess Knight) Sailor Moon Style
Chapter Three
"Diamond, what are you doing?" Sapphire asked, entering Diamond's room. The white haired man was holding a bottle that contained some sort of blue liquid.
"Sapphire, have you ever heard of Hamlet?" Diamond asked. Sapphire racked his brain.
"Hamlet?" He inquired. Diamond grinned.
"It is a story of a prince. In the story there is a duel. On one of the swords, there is poison, meant to kill Hamlet" Diamond explained.
"But that is just a story" Sapphire said. He hoped that his brother wasn't planning anything stupid.
"All stories contain a sense of reality" Diamond replied. He held up the poison. "As you know, there is a sword duel tommorow. If we can get Seren to participate, and there is poison on his opponent's sword..." He trailed off. Sapphire sighed.
"How will we get Seren to participate?" He asked. Diamond smirked.
"I have a plan" He said evilly.
The very next was the sword duel. Prince Seren and Prince Darien watched the duel with fascination.
"It's a very awesome event" Prince Seren said quietly.
"Indeed, I feel like participating" Prince Darien said with a grin.
"Allow me to grant your wish" Diamond said smiling.
"But who will be his opponent?" King Solaris asked.
"Why not Prince Seren." Diamond suggested. Seren turned to his father with a slight shake of the head.
"Indeed, I have heard that Prince Seren is very skilled" Darien said with a smile. "It would be a sign of peace between our two kingdoms"
"Very well" Seren said, accepting the sword that Sapphire handed to him. Everyone watched with great anticipation as the two Princes sparred with each other. Suddenly the lights went out and Darien's sword flew out of his hand. When the lights came back on, the king was dead, the sword had scratched his cheek. How could that have killed him, people were wondering. Diamond, seeing that his plan to take the throne had not worked, siezed the oppurtunity to accuse Darien of the crime. Prince Darien was taken to the palace dungeon and left there.
Darien sat alone on the floor and wept bitterly.
"Prince Darien" A voice said softly.
"Who's there?" Darien shouted.
"It is I, Prince Seren"
"What do you want?" Darien asked.
"I do not believe you killed my father" Seren said softly. "Please leave. I will help you escape"
"I refuse" Darien snapped. "I don't need your sympathy. Earth will attack soon"
"That is what I want to avoid" Seren said softly.
"Listen, this is your crime!" Darien shouted. "I don't care if I die here, your country will pay for it"
"I see. Farewell" Seren said softly, his footsteps echoed as he left. Darien hit his fist on the wall.
"I am going to die" He said softly. "But why. Why does the face of that blonde haired girl appear to me now. It's as if she's here, watching over me"
I'm not afraid to die
What I am afraid of is knowing I won't see you again
I've never fallen in love before
therefore, whether this is love or not
I cannot say, but what I do know is...
I want to see you, I want to see you
Just the thought of seeing you again, Makes me want to live on
I have never trembled with fear
So why am I trembling so much right now?
I don't know, but what I do know is...
I want to see you, I want to see you
Just the thought of seeing you again, Makes me want to live on
I want to see you, I want to see you
Just the thought of seeing you again, Makes me want to live on
Darien sighed and slumped against the wall.
"Your highness" Darien jerked his head as the door opened and the blonde haired girl entered.
"What are you doing here?" He asked. She motioned for him to follow her.
"We can talk later" She said. "Follow me" She led Darien out of the cell and down a dark long passage way.
"What can I do to repay you?" Darien asked, once they had stopped.
"Please, all I ask is that you don't fight the Moon" She said softly. Darien sighed.
"I can not promise you that" He said. "But I promise you this, I will not burn down the castle, because you must live here" She nodded. "Besides, it is Seren, that I truly hate" The girl gasped, her face twisted in fear. "He offered me help, but he wanted me to forget my dignity as a prince"
"He did not mean it like that!" The girl cried, but Darien barely hard her.
"I want to fight him and win" He declared. The girl sighed and pointed the way out.
"A horse is ready for you" She said. Darien smiled and blew her a kiss, before running away. The girl stared after him a moment, a smile on her lips.
I've never fallen in love before
and I've never felt such pain inside
It's so painful, it's so painful but still..
I want to see you, I want to see you
Just to be able to meet with you again, I will go to the ends of the earth.
I want to see you, I want to see you
Just to be able to meet with you again, I will go to the ends of the earth.
The girl smiled, and hurried back up into the castle, ready to perform her princely duties once more. At the top of her list was finding out who poisoned the sword.