Chapter 5

"You really saw a man?" Ami asked intrigued when they got into the map room.

"Yes, I did," Nephrite replied with pride, "He appeared out of the mountain mist."

"What did he look like?" Ami said, making sure to correctly type everything that Nephrite told her.

"Well, he was muscular, and very tall, I couldn't see his face because he was wearing a helmet. And he was wearing some kind of armor." Nephrite explained slowly, eyebrows knit together as he tried to remember every detail. "He also had an axe in his hand… and that's all I remember before he yelled and I flew off of the mountain."

Ami looked up from her computer in shock, "You mean he yelled at you, and that sent you FLYING off the mountain?"

"Yeah, it was some kind of magic I guess," he shrugged, "He did the same when the first beast showed up, he yelled at it, and it fell to the ground in some blue light. But he was speaking another language that I couldn't understand."

"Nephrite, just curious, but why were you climbing the mountain?" Ami asked, head tilted to the side.

"Queen Beryl sent me to pay honors to your King," Nephrite answered blushing.

"Why?" Ami asked, interests peaked.

"Something about winning over Endymion," He looked down and away from Ami, "I'm not too sure, she keeps mentioning something about his past, but, I'm far from her favorite, so she will never tell me anything."

"Well, regardless," Ami sighed closing her computer, "We need to find out who this man is, and Rei sent me a message saying that she, and Ziosite are going to investigate, so there's nothing more that we can do here."

"I agree," Nephrite replied looking into Ami's now saddened aqua eyes.

Ami and Nephrite returned to the dining hall in silence. Taking their seats they waited for their meals to arrive. The entire hall was empty of sound save the light sounds of eating. Beryl was watching Endymion and Serenity closely, and Makoto was watching her, not even trying to hide her obvious dislike of the woman.

"I've received message that Rei and Ziosite won't return until tomorrow afternoon," Ami said quietly to Endymion.

"Queen Beryl, since our scouts won't return until tomorrow," Endymion said turning to look at Beryl directly, "You're welcome to stay here until they return."

"Thank you for your hospitality," Beryl said standing, "But I must return to the Dark Kingdom, but Jedite, Kunzite and Nephrite shall remain here in my stead."

With that statement, Beryl evaporated from the dining room.

A/N: I know that chapters are short, but Chapter 6 to the end, are lengthy chapters. I just needed to establish minor plot details, and the easiest way was to switch major POV in short chapters