"Mi ask Michelle if she is up to furnishing the palace. If you want you can join her in this endeavor."
Mina smiled in delight like a child given a new toy. Her stance did not change from protection to her leader. The group of eight were led down at the new staircase. Serenity was the only one to look back to see a silver throne where she once stood. She chewed then quickly swallowed the sweets.
More of the surrounding palace grounds was in shadow. Duo looked back to gauge the growing building. His audible gasp caught everyone's attention. Before their very eyes, the crystal structure reached for the dome. Serenity serenely smiled when the pilots looked at her in question. Mina and Hannah did not look surprised at the building's climbing ascent.
Serenity read from the leather bound book on the ride back to the mansion. She'd pop an oreo in her mouth every minute.
"How did that happen?"
"A rising pentagon in crystal foretells all."
The pilots were stunned and gaping. They had no logical explanation of how it was possible. They then realized that another line in the prophecy came true and she knew it.
Trista joined them in the foyer after Mina ran off to find a replacement. Trista looked ready for business in her maroon suit. She handed over papers with a quill.
"Your majesty, Venus asked Uranus to take over her guardianship for the day. I do not know who looked happier."
"Both. Mi gets to play interior designer with Michelle while Erica get to be the watchful guardian. I need to see Captain Tremont and the other wall eyes. How is business doing in the pink aspects?"
Trista smirked in pleasure. "The Wall Eyes are waiting for your call. The report is in your hands."
Serenity opened a pink folder after giving Trista the flourishly signed documents. She used her index finger to outline the line she was currently reading. Her eyes moved in the same path as her finger. She gave a small chuckle in humor then shook her head in distaste. "Skeletons in the closet, indeed. Relena is a menace to society. We need to publicize this knowledge so she can be reprimanded."
Trista nodded in absolute agreement, but then again no one seemed to disagree with Serenity. "Clare Sobel also waits for your call," informed Trista.
Serenity exhaled mightily, "I will leave Pyro to entertain you while I do business." Serenity laughed at an inside joke. She ran upstairs before Raye could see her. Trista called for Pyro a.k.a. Raye.
Raye was grinning, but uttering about nicknames were stupid. She led them to a room that had five or more rooms attached. Her black slacks with a red halter top made Wufei drool a little. He started to develop feelings for her during their last mission. Raye told them she had a game of wits for them to play. Each adjoining room suited each pilot, but it was up to them to figure out which and how to get in. None used keys. "You cannot tell another if you found their room and one person per door at a time." She seemed to preen at her way of giving herself alone time.
One door's lock was like a safety deposit lock. A second was unlocked by voice and eye identification. The next was a puzzle with pieces that had to be moved one at a time. The third needed five riddles answered. The last had a number pad.
It took twenty-five minutes for them to try to get in. Heero almost shot the number pad when it mocked him and he could not hack or bypass the fire walls. It shocked him when he tried to hot wire it. Duo laughed himself crazy at the riddles. Wufei blushed when he had to recite a romance poem to the computer's satisfaction then stare into a screen while a voice said, "hold it... almost done," for five minutes. Quatre thoroughly enjoyed solving his puzzle of a lamb lying next to a watchful lion. Trowa swore under his breath like a pirate when the tumblers did not make a sound.
Each room was to the pilot's tastes.
Trowa's room was full of red gymnastic equipment and blue mats underneath. A trampoline made him feel younger like a child.
Quatre entered a library where Amy was adding new books. She greeted him cordially then asked if he wanted to play chess.
Wufei got a mediation and dojo room. Bamboo sticks for training lined the walls. Raye joined him later.
Duo was in shock at all the computer and video games. A five foot all around TV took up one whole wall. Every game system was hooked up. Lita challenged him to a showdown at Defcon V.
Heero went into a computer filled room with new harder fire walls to crack.
A bell at 7 pm, pulled all back outside. "Dinner will be served," bellowed a red faced man in white and silver. He was James Cunningham, the primly proper butler. He would be moving to Crystal Palace with Prophecy. His stance was rigid from many years in the military. He would look back then roll his eyes at how slow everyone was going.
A large oak table was situated in the dinner room's center. Chairs were not hard to come by. No one was allowed at the head of the table in a chair fancier than the others by far. The purple cushions were fatter than the red ones on the guardians' chairs. Two cream pillars held white taper candles as the center piece. The walls were white with wooden trim to match the table. A mirror was across from the window with two others directly across from one another on the adjoining walls.
All of Prophecy waited for Serenity to sit down before they started to chat and eat. Maids brought in a bowl of spaghetti and garlic bread, which were passed around clockwise with Serenity being served first even though they had guests.
"Serenity," addressed Darien to get her attention, "What will happen next?"
"Publicly, I announce Relena's crimes then my plans for the walls of hatred and have the wall eyes execute my plans. Relena is related to the late Queen Metallia and her daughter Beryl. It seems insanity runs in the family gene pool," explained a tired woman, a delicate yawn escaped her in no time. "I will be opening the colonies to the people very soon. Dad wants to see us along with Mom and the rest of the family. I still have to find Prince Orion."
Both she and Saturn finished before anyone else and left for bed.
The conversations continued though, "I am worried about her. She has so much on her plate to handle. Emperor Leonel and Empress Virginia sent their son to be reborn, but are not helping in the least with information."
That night, Saturn had a nightmare of Serenity's torture and went to Serenity for comfort. She was embraced like a young child in need of a mother's love.
Serenity's bedroom was similar to the Dark Ages rooms. A chest at the foot of the bed. A vanity dresser against the opposing wall. A balcony window was draped in dense cotton to allow the person their sleep. A music box sat next to her jewelry box.
