Chapter 8
"Serena, where are you?" the fairies asked as they ran through the dark tunnel.
"Serena!" yelled the fairies as they then ran up the same set of stairs that the thralled princess was slowly walking up.
"Serena!" yelled the fairies as they tried to catch up to the princess who was slowing walking up the stairs and straight to an open door.
Serena then entered the room and found a black rose laying on a black table in the middle of the room.
Still under Beryl's thrall, Serena held out her hand and began to walk closer and closer to the black rose.
"Serena, don't touch anything!" Luna warned as she and the fairies almost made it to the thralled princess who began to break free of the thrall just as she was about to touch the rose.
"Touch the rose. Touch it, I say!" yelled Beryl causing the thrall to resume it's control causing Serena to touch the rose.
Finally the fairies arrived at the top of the tower just in time to see Beryl causing them to gasp in shock as Beryl sneered at them.
"You poor, simple fools. Thinking you could defeat me. Me, the mistress of all evil!" snarled Beryl.
"Well, here's your precious Princess." snarled Beryl as she moved her cape to reveal Serena who was in an enchanted sleep causing the fairies to look at the princess in horror while Beryl laughed evilly as she disappeared into thin air.
"Serena!" said Rini sadly as she and the other fairies flew over to the enchanted princess.
"Oh, Serena." sobbed Diana.
"Oh, I'll never forgive myself." cried Luna as the fairies began to cry over the fate of their beloved princess.
"We're all to blame!" cried Diana as the sun set.
Meanwhile in the throne room unknowing to their daughter's fate, King Kallen and Queen Serenity sat on their tall thrones and waited for their daughter.
+The Throne Room+
"Kallen, there's-there's something important I have to tell you." King Fenrir told his friend as he walked over to him.
"Not now, Fenrir." King Kallen told his friend.
"But it's about Endymion." King Fenrir told King Kallen.
"Endymion? Oh, yes, of course, Endymion." said King Kallen who was too worried about his daughter to even remember her betrothed.
"Why, where is the boy?" King Kallen asked curiously.
"That's what I'm trying to tell you." King Fenrir told his friend.
"Well, send for him immediately!" King Kallen then told the other king.
"But-" King Fenrir tried to explain but was interupted by King Kallen. "Shh!" King Kallen told his friend as horns began to blow.
"The sun has set! Make ready to welcome your Princess!" annouced a page causing the entire kingdom to cheer happily as fireworks burst in the sky.
Back in the tower, the three fairies layed Serena on a soft bed that had drapes pulled back around it and then layed a blanket it on her. The three fairies had tears falling down their faces as they made sure that Serena was very comfortable. Luna then ran to the balcony where she tried to calm down but she still blamed herself for what had happened.
"Poor King Kallen and Queen Serenity." said Diana sadly as she walked out onto the balcony with Rini and then placed a hand on Luna's shoulder.
"They'll be heartbroken when they find out." said Rini sadly.
"They're not going to." said Luna as she began to calm down and think of a plan.
"They aren't?" Rini asked curiously.
"We'll put them all to sleep until Serena awakens." Luna explained as she looked into the room at the sleeping princess and then closed the curtains.
"Come!" Luna told the other fairies as she shrunk herself causing the other fairies to do the same.
Sleeping beauty fair
Gold of sunshine
In your hair
Around the kingdom the three fairies flew, putting to sleep every gaurd, peasent, duke, dutchess and knight that they could find.
Lips that shame
The red, red rose
Dreaming of true love
In slumber repose
One day he will come
Riding out of the dawn
The three fairies even spread their magic in the throne room causing more to fall under the sleeping spell.
And you'll awaken
To love's first kiss
Till then,
Sleeping Moon Beauty
Sleep on
One day you'll awaken
To love's first kiss
Till then,
Sleeping Moon Beauty
Sleep on
Luna flew through the throne room near the almost asleep King Fenrir and sleeping King Kallen and Queen Serenity.
"Well, just been talking to Endymion. Seems he's fallen in love with some..." began King Fenrir tiredly as he yawned.
"Peasant girl." yawned King Fenrir causing Luna to fly back over to King Fenrir in shock.
"Peasant girl?" Luna asked in shock.
"Yes? Yes? The peasent girl-who was she? Where did he meet her?" Luna asked the sleeping King Fenrir.
"Just some peasent girl he met." groaned King Fenrir who began to fall deeper into sleep.
"Where?! Where?!" Luna quickly asked.
"Once upon a dream." King Fenrir told Luna.
"Once upon a dr- Serena! Prince Endymion!" gasped Luna in shock.
"Oh! Oh!" gasped Luna as she flew as fast as she could to the room's ceiling where the other two fairies waited.
"Come on. We've got to get back to the cottage." Luna told the fairies causing them to follow her out of the castle and out of the kingdom.
Meanwhile in the forest, Prince Endymion whistled happily as he rode Mamoru through the forest straight to the cottage where he believed his true love was waiting for him. Once at the cottage, Prince Endymion hopped off of his horse and then walked over to the cottage door where he adjusted his hat and then knocked on the door.
"Come in!" said Beryl causing the prince to open the door and then take off his hat as he walked inside.
The door then quickly slamed shut as youma ambushed him and then tied him up while Beryl smirked and then smiled evily at the sight. Prince Endymion tried to fight back while Morg cawed happily on the support beam of the cottage.
But the youma proved to be too much for the prince who was quickly captured. "Well, this is a pleasent surprise." said Beryl as she walked over to the tied up prince.
"I set my trap for a peasant, and lo, " began Beryl. "I catch a Prince!" yelled the evil witch as she began to laugh evily.
"Away with him. But gently, my pets, gently." Beryl ordered the youma causing them to drag the prince out of the cottage door.
"I have plans for our royal guest." Beryl told the youma as they all began to leave the cottage.
But when the fairies arrived at the cottage, they found no sign of Prince Endymion other then his hat on the ground causing them to gasp in shock.
+The cottage+
"Beryl." gasped the three fairies as Luna picked up Prince Endymon's hat.
"She's got Prince Endymion!" Rini told the other fairies.
"At the forbidden D-Point." Luna told the other fairies worringly causing Diana to gasp in fright.
"But we can't! We can't go there!" Diana worringly told Luna.
"We can, and we must!" Luna determainly told the other fairies.
+D-Point+
The three fairies quickly snuck onto the draw bridge that led into Beryl's castle and then over to the enterance of the castle while making sure that none of the youma saw them.
After a close call, the three fairies shrunk themselves and then flew into a small crack in the castle walls and then flew into a window that led into a large room where tons and tons of youma where dancing and celebrating around a green bonfire.
Sitting on her throne was Beryl who was stroking Morg as she watched the celebration.
"What a pity Prince Endymion can't be here to enjoy the celebration." Beryl told her faithful bird.