Hello friends, I hope you enjoyed the first two stories, and thanks to all who have commented. It really helps with motivation :) School has started again after break, but fear not! I promise I will not procrastinate on uploading new fanfics! Enjoy this Jacinter chapter!

-starstruck02

Jacinter

Winter rubbed her eyes, her hands trailing down to the three, faded scars that she never glamoured. Smiling, she rolled over in her bed and shook Jacin awake.

"Sir Clay? Wake up. I smell an adventure for us." Jacin grumbled, but as he opened his eyes, he smiled when he saw Winter.

"Good morning Trouble? Did you sleep well? I know your back hurts sometimes, and it's hard for you to go to sleep." Jacin reached a hand out and rubbed Winter's back comfortingly. Winter smiled and snuggled back into the comforters, but lit up as soon as she remembered why she woke up so early in the first place.

"Come on Jacin, today we promised we would spend our anniversary watching the sunrise. Come on!" Laughing, Winter daintily stepped out of bed, careful to watch her back. Years of the Linh device in her spine and childbirth had weakened it significantly. But Winter was still grateful for the device, and her children.

Oh, her children. Selene was her first born child. After the revolution, Cinder had refused to be called Selene, and insisted on being called Cinder. It broke Winter's heart that her old friend refused to accept her Lunar name, and named her first child Selene as so the name would live on through her child. Selene had golden skin, and ice blue eyes, just like Jacin. She was everything a princess should be, and Winter doted on her.

Solstice Clay was the sun and moon of Jacin's eye. She had beautiful caramel skin, and eyes to match. She and her sister were as different as light and day in their appearances, but they were as close as sisters could get.

Winter smiled fondly at the thought of her two children, all grown up now. Selene was queen of Luna now, and Solstice, her chief advisor. It was a good monarchy for Luna, and Selene never abused her power. Selene was very good friends with Peony, empress of the Commonwealth on Earth, and negotiations between Earth and Luna were stable and peaceful.

Winter had not yet been blessed with grandchildren, but Selene was pregnant, with a baby boy, and Winter had stayed up many a night embroidering blankets for the upcoming baby. Nudging Jacin, she entwined her hands into his, and together, they walked out of the room and into the palace hall.

They found their way to the palace garden, a new change Winter had made after Levana's rule. The garden bloomed with rare flowers, and all the tame animals of the menagerie were allowed to roam freely. Sighing happily, Winter eased herself into a bench that looked out onto the glowing horizon.

Winter, now in her 60's, no longer had color in her hair, it was now white, and wrinkles adorned her face every time she smiled. Her hands were sore in the mornings, and the skin around her scars were old and tender, but Winter's eyes still held the joy and happiness of a carefree child.

Jacin was now an old man, his blond hair bleached into a brilliant white. His blue eyes had gotten softer over the years, and now held a twinkle in them. Jacin could no longer walk without a cane, and his eyes were slowly dying. But Jacin still cherished every day, because it was one more day with Winter, and because of that, nothing could ever go wrong.

"Hey Jacin, look at that! I can see the sun!" Winter pointed to the growing sliver of sun peeking out from the horizon. Jacin looked down at Winter and smiled fondly. She was so beautiful, and age did nothing to diminish that. In fact, she seemed even more beautiful than forty three years ago, Jacin decided. Her eyes sparkled with the new light reflecting off them, and tears were starting to form in her eyes. Jacin started, surprised.

"Winter, what's wrong? Are you okay? Maybe the light hurts your eyes? Or is it your back?" Jaicn's worried, old, voice filled the sleepy garden. Winter smiled, and shook her head.

"No, I'm crying tears of joy, silly. I'm crying because I'm so happy. Happy because of this sunrise, and happy that I can witness this with you. You know, over the years I've always hated the darkness on Luna when the sun was away. But now, I actually don't mind at all. Because even though there's darkness around, I'm going to go through it with you. And that Jacin dear, is why I am crying." Winter sighed, and closed her eyes.

Jacin, suddenly overcome with emotion, leaned over and placed a gentle kiss on Winter's lips. Winter, smiling, gently kissed him back. The couple wrapped their arms around each other, and gave silent thanks to whoever was above watching, for the sunrise, and for each other.

An hour later, the palace staff found them like that, in a warm embrace that seemed to radiate light and happiness, and all the joy in the world.