Chapter 7: Temptations

Sapphire closed the door and hesitantly left the room. He didn't know where the hell he was going to go...but nothing about being a statue in the corner while his brother flirted with the Princess sounded appealing. He always got the girls and how the hell would-

"Excuse me sir, Sapphire?"

He turned to see a girl about a year or two younger, in a short black dress made of feathers and short purple-brown-black hair, and blue eyes. "Yes?" He asked.

"I'm Mistress Brenna. I was told to keep an eye out as Princess Melaena's future High Mistress...is something wrong?"

"No...I don't-"

"Did Diamond go to her room yet?" Brenna asked surprising him.

"You know?" Sapphire said.

"Only, I. Diamond won't get in trouble so much as the Princess keeps it under wraps. She doesn't seem to have much interest for her Prince to be so I do what she wants me to do."

"I see. It seems they've taken their meeting to...ahem...our chambers." Sapphire said. "She has a Prince to court her?"

"The Earth Prince, but between us problems have arrisen from that engagement." Brenna admitted.

"I think I know a bit about that..." Sapphire said, recalling the Moon Princess' arrangements with that same Prince.

"Ah, well I could amuse you for the time being? If thats what you'd want."

Sapphire was surprised by the forwardness of the girl. "Sure."

"Here, let me introduce you more closely to the people of the Black Moon Clan that you're brother will be ruling over."

They walked into a room with three mirrored crystals that floated off the ground.

"Emerald is your age. She's feisty and doesn't like to be belittled...she's a vixen, but her powers are strong." Sapphire looked at the green haired girl's image. "Her mother was best friends with Amethyst, the second in command so she should be well apt." He liked the way she looked but her flirtatious apparel rather warned him of trouble to come.

"Rubeus is a year younger then you. He has sisters who follow him for his affection, but it seems he's keen on the one with the cat ears. These sisters are strong...but more or less muses when it comes to hard work..."

"Tell me a bout the sisters." Sapphire said staring hard at the image. The one with cat ears...Koan so Brenna later called her...wasn't his interest...something was drawing him in about another one. She looked like she was the eldest of them, confident...her green eyes drew him in, her figure fitted by her dress...

"That one is Petz. She's the eldest, and the most high strung...the girls all have an appearance complex...but what girl doesn't...you're interested." Brenna said as she cocked her smile to the side. Sapphire was a looker...but there was enough of the male servants around to keep her amused for the time being...plus the Princess was her main concern.

Her blatant recognition of his interest in Petz took him by surprise. "Is it that obvious?" He asked hiding his shock and asking her seriously.

"You stare at the things you like." She smiled wisely. "Well... I'm sorry the Princess has taken you from your room. She seems to have taken fondly to Master Diamond."

"I've noticed." Sapphire said taring his eyes from Petz image as it disappeared. "What is your position as her Mistress?"

"I do her bidding. I protect her; we are made to be the equivalent of the Senshi...the more powerful, the better."

"You're power?"

"Mistress Brenna of the Raven. You'd be surprised what a little feather could do."

"Would I?" Sapphire looked at the girl. Her short dress of black feathers, and her blue eyes behind her short purple-black-brown hair...she had an edge...yet the feather she held looked regular.

She held it above her head, and with a flick of her risk, it was thrown into a wall like a dart, and just as quickly as it hit, a large orb formed around it of electrical energy and blew a large hole in the wall, exploding.

He was impressed. He watched as the wall formed itself back into thick crystal as if it had a self-aid mechanism.

"So Sapphire, the others won't be back for a while...I don't doubt the Princess will be leaving Diamond anytime soon..."

"Are you suggesting something?" He looked at the Mistress, her allure like the mystery of a black raven...

"Another tour? Theres much ...much more you haven't seen." Brenna smiled coyly.

Sapphire looked at her. Courting women was more of his brother's pass time, but what did it hurt...she was alluring...and her blue eyes were a deep sapphire color he'd even say were more sapphire then his own. He followed the girl to the next room, as she led him with a smile.

"Do you think Sapphire found your Brenna?" Diamond asked with a sideways smile.

She smiled a devious smile back. "So now I can teleport..."

"More or less...we'll have to try it out again later...it seems like quite an adventure to teleport with you...who knows where we'll end up next?" His eyes went to her, still sitting on his bed.

"I can't say my experiences have been wide enough to be that exciting..." She admitted looking away to the side, her eyes still flirting.

"Then maybe you should broaden them...as a Princess you should be the most experienced...don't you agree?" He walked closer to her.

"Why don't you share some of your own experiences then?" She said looking up at the silver haired man.

"My experiences of the Moon are none you'd like to hear...however...I do have a few others to share." His eyes moved from the slit in her dress to her shoulders and then met her eyes.

"Why am I feeling like I have become a mouse and you are the cat?"

"On the contrary Princess, I feel like you are the cat and I have but been lured in by your feline eyes and-"

"You really should write poetry." Her eyes caught his stopping him from finishing his flattery, her red lips pursed, challenging him. He was amused by her tease.

"So do you plan on wedding such a man as the Earth Prince?"

"My fate may be sealed with my mother...but who I choose, while it may not waver fate, could be someone entirely different." She stood up and walked past him, as he felt the wind of her movement pass by him. She smelled of roses and lilac. He understood her words but questioned them.

"You're words are dangerous." He started, "You say you'd defy your mother..."

"I will not defy...but what she doesn't know..." She leaned against the wall.

His hand swiftly pressed up against the wall beside her head as he leaned over her, cornering her to the wall. "...won't hurt." His lips met hers just as quick as her initial surprise left her, and she was filled with surprise once again.

She was surprised by his sudden movement. His lips on hers was a foreign feeling and yet she wondered...why she didn't even second guess the action.

He stopped and she looked up at him devilishly. He looked down at her with his calm lilac eyes as if analyzing her thoughts for a small second. His hands went to her shoulders as he was about to say something when she spoke.

"Well I think I've learned enough for one lesson...maybe we I could learn more then next?" She said with a smirk as she went to walk away.

"But..." He grabbed her wrist before she was out of grasp. "There are somethings you could still perfect while you are here." His monotone voice made it seem as if it was all so calm and then...

His eyes met hers as he pulled her back closer. She looked at him with a raised eyebrow, and a devilish smile...and he kissed her once more.