Vol. 11
Chapter 43
Selina Chase-Moon
Birth: June 30th
Age: 18
Colour(s): White
Metal: Silver
God/dess: Diana
Hermione Driscoll-Mercury
Birth: September 10th
Age: 18
Colour(s): Royal Blue/Yellow
Metal: Quicksilver
God/dess: Mercury
Marcella Guerra-Mars
Birth: April 17th
Age: 18
Colour(s): Red
Metal: Iron
God/dess: Mars
Luna was working on her computer updating the Guardians file on their level of skills and power. When she was researching on Guardian Earth to see his purpose of fighting along side with the others she had her doubts about him. "Friend or enemy? We must take caution about him..." Luna said to herself. When she finished with the typing she took a sip of her fresh brew coffee and read the local papers. "Well well, looks like Guardian Moon and her friends have done it once again. Making headlines in the front page of the New York Times." Luna open the newspaper to read an article. "Hmm...Princess of the Roman Empire, An empire of mythical jewels...Princess Vittoria will be coming to New York with her gems."
"SHIT!" Interrupting Luna's morning reading, Selina came running down the stairs screaming in panic. "Oh, no! I'm going to be late! Luna, I need my lunch! I've got to run as fast as I can!" Selina snatch her lunch from Luna's desk and ran out the door. When Selina made it to the streets, the roads were pack with unmoving cars honking at each other. "Oh, I'm so late!" Selina stopped her running and checked to see what's going on in the roads when she saw the police here and there. "Looks like the police are doing a lot of random stops today, probably a check point. Is there something going on today?" As she was snooping about, Ellie walked pass her not acknowledging that Selina was there. "Oh, Ellie, good morning!"
"Good morning." Ellie looked off. Selina grew curious.
"What's wrong? You look kind of down." Selina asked.
"Yeah..." Ellie remembered back when she met Troy Parisi in the mall when he was complimenting her and when dressed up as Guardian Earth yelling at her such nonsense. I don't understand. What in the world does Mr. Parisi think of me?
"Ellie, wake up! We're going to be late!" Selina snapped Ellie out of her conscious and dragged her by the hand to their classes. As the time hit to zero, Selina and Ellie just made it to the door. "Hurry, Ellie!" Selina right sat in her sit panting like a dog. "Whoa! Made it! And 'Mrs. Hard' isn't here yet!" Manny walked up to Selina's desk.
"Hey, Selina, did you know? The princess of the Roman Empire is visiting New York!" He informed her with excitement.
"Roman Empire? Isn't that ancient history?" Selina was confused.
"Yes the Roman Empire has fallen ages ago but the Royal Family is still around just not ruling anybody. Resources say the family owns a huge collection of mythical gems. I heard they're holding a dinner party tonight at the Italian embassy." He explained.
"So, that's why they were doing all those inspections." Selina remembered the street full cops and cars.
"Princess Vittoria will be inheriting the legendary secret treasure that has been passed down through the Royal Family. And that secret treasure is apparently going to be introduced to the world for the first time at the dinner party!" Manny was being a little too happy.
"Secret treasure...I wonder, how amazing could it be?" Selina got flustered. "It's no use! I can't imagine it!"
"I'll go look at it and let you know." Said Ellie as she sat beside Selina quietly.
"What?" Selina and Manny were amazed of what she said.
"My family runs a jewelry store, remember? So, I got a hold of a special invitation to the dinner party." She explained.
"Wow! Ellie, you're so lucky! I wish I could go, too!" Selina whined. Back at the apartments, Luna continue to read the papers.
"'The final mystery of the century will be revealed tonight! Princess Vittoria visits with the legendary secret treasure of the Roman Empire's Royal Family!' a legendary secret treasure..." Luna wondered.
In the dark, cool cave underground somewhere in the world, Lady Pandora had news to announce. "The legendary secret treasure of the Roman Empire...It could be the legendary Moonstone."
"I shall look into it." Said Admete.
"Leave that to me!" Paris flash before Pandora's and Admete's eyes without a warning.
"Paris, don't interfere! Searching for the legendary Moonstone is my job!" Admete yelled out in anger.
"The mortal land is under my jurisdiction."Paris pointed it out.
"What?!" Admete couldn't believe he's going to go with that excuse.
"I will look into it! Please leave this to me!" He suggested. Pandora just smiled.
"Paris, if the Roman Empire's legendary treasure turns out to be the Moonstone, it will be a pleasant surprise. With the power of the Moonstone, we shall revive the power of The Box and our Evil Kingdom will dominate the land and skies!" Pandora got excited.
"But my lady..." Admete tried to speak but nothing came out.
"Paris, what is your plan?" Pandora asked.
"I have my way of taking care of business. Just watch." Paris disappeared with ego, Admete wanted to blow off her top.
"Paris has failed everytime! Why did you assign him to this?!" Admete wanted to know her reasons.
"He is in a tough situation, and he is very desperate now." Lady Pandora chuckled a bit knowing what will become of him. Somewhere else in the cave, Admete was crying in the arms of a man.
"Admete, the impatient always lose." He said in a deep voice. Admete looked up to him.
"But, Lord Midas..." She said not understanding what he was saying.
"Paris can be ousted anytime we please. We shall take this opportunity to see just how skilled he is." Midas had shoulder length light brown hair and a goatee. He wore a golden cloak over his bare body and brown trousers with golden armored boots up to his knees. He laugh for the future of Paris.
At St. Mark's church, the group of four all met up and to discuss of the coming events. "Oh Selina, you're here." Said Hermione.
"You're late." mentioned Marcella. Selina gave her an ugly look.
"Oops, my bad!" Selina said it with sarcasm.
"She's late because she didn't do so well in her work and got held up for it. Jeez!" Luna explained as she walked with Selina. "Hermione, should help her study for her exams from now on." She suggested.
"Man, I don't see why I have to be here, I'm already busy with other things! Anyway, Luna! I know that we're supposed to be searching for this Moonstone you mentioned of, but exactly is this Moonstone? Is there some kind of features on this stone we speak of? And on top of that, unless you tell us your true identity and where you come from. Luna I'm not going to go along with any of this." Marcella was serious. Luna looked away for a minute.
"Well, I can't tell you that just yet. Besides, even if I told you now, you'd never believe me." She said.
"But Luna, the thing is, we really do need a bit more data. Especially about the Moonstone, and our enemies..." Hermione backed up.
"Honestly, I don't know anything about the true identities of our enemy just yet. All I know is that lately they have been moving into New York City more and more." Luna responded.
"But we're working as warriors just to defeat the enemy, right?" Hermione asked.
"That's not all! We're also working to protect the Land of the Mortals and the Skies of the Gods. Our main goal as warriors is to protect these attributes. And the reason that we've been unable to locate the Moonstone so far is that there's been a kind of seal placed o it. I think until that's been remove, we won't be able to find it." Luna felt low.
"Seal?" Hermione wondered.
"Why would something like that be necessary?" Marcella the same.
"It's very likely that who ever it is that put it is also the carrier of the Moonstone we have to protect. The Moonstone is a holy gem with unlimited power, so many people have sought after it for their own use. The thing is, if the gem is ever used for evil, then we'd be in a really bad situation. Your awakening as warriors hasn't been completed fully yet. But once all of the warriors have assembled and have all fully awakened, the seal guarding the identity of that somebody will break. After that, everything will be made clear to you and that's as much as I can tell you for now." Luna felt relived to say what she needs to say.
"A-awaken, you say? How do we know when that happens?" Marcella asked.
"Memories. There are certain memories you all have to recall." Luna answered.
"We have to remember something?"
"And Selina, you must remember most of all. Even though you're the first one to become a Guardian and even though you have to be a leader to everyone else, you're the most unreliable one of them all." Luna smack Selina across the head, who was to busy daydreaming. "Hey Selina, we're having an important discussion, quit your daydreaming already!"
"Okay! But I didn't have to hit me so hard!" Selina rubbed her head for relief.
"Come on, you've got to pay more attention here!"
"Did you guys notice the cops on the streets today?" Marcella asked them.
"Marcy, didn't you know? The Crown Princess of the Roman Empire is visiting here." Selina explained.
"What? A princess?" Marcella asked.
"Yup. I'm thinking that the princess of the Roman Empire just might be the somebody we've been looking for." Luna spoke her mind.
"No way!" Selina rejected Luna's thoughts.
"Yes way! We can't completely ignore Luna's intuition. I think there is a need to check into this." Said Hermione.
"How? Princess Vittoria is surrounded by lots of bodyguards. And we can't get into the hall that the dinner party's being held at." Selina mentioned.
"We know all that! Our mission is to use our brains to find a way around that, remember?!" Marcella blurted out.
"Jesus Marcy! You don't have to pin me with such a scary face!" Said Selina.
"Don't joke around to gloss things over!" Marcella yelled back.
"Anyway, let's go to an area close to the dinner party tonight. And we'll wait for a chance to check whether Princess Vittoria really is the person we've been looking for." Hermione suggested.
"A typical plan from a thief." Luna added.
"What are you implying?!" Hermione's nerves reacted.
"Nothing, just saying that most likely you'll take a jewel or two." Luna smiled. Hermione said nothing.
"Pfft, you should give up on getting to do that now. Besides, I have a bad feeling about this. This isn't going to end well." Marcella mentioned. Later on, Selina, Hermione and Luna walked on to their apartments.
"Selina, I need you to have a more passionate sense of duty!" said Luna, Selina brushed it off not liking to be told. When they all went back to their apartments, Luna rushed into her office and locked the door. Selina and Hermione had their ideas about her.
"What's up with her?" Hermione asked.
"Maybe she need to use the bathroom." Selina shrugged her shoulders and carry on to her apartment and the same with Hermione. "Home sweet home." She said as she sat on the couch. She then remember something and went back down stairs. When she knocked onto Luna's door, it open and Luna was wearing a black jersey dress with a keyhole neck and a golden beaded waist with a knee-high slit. Completing the look with a pair of golden crescent earrings with a gold band bracelet and a pair of black pumps with a golden heels. "You going somewhere? You're all dressed up." Selina asked.
"Tonight I'm attending a certain dinner party at the Italian embassy, I'm representing the the committee of housing department since I am a landlord." Said Luna with a glamorous smile.
"REALLY?! That's so unfair! I wanna go!" Selina yelled out.
"Well, go with the two girls. They're going to a restaurant beside the embassy. Anyway, I have to go. Selina, Pay extra attention tonight for your sake." Luna warned her.
"Fine, I'll go my way." Said Selina sounding very drastic. Luna stopped and turned to Selina not knowing what she's talking about.
"What are you saying?" Luna asked.
"I'm going to get inside, no matter what!"
"What are you going to do?" Luna had to ask, Selina pulled out her Silver Pocket Mirror. "Oh! You can't!" she pleaded.
"Shouldn't we go to the party...You know, to investigate? Moon Mirage! Turn me into a royal guest!" After the transformation, Selina was wearing her ponytail high and straight-long. She wore a white one-shoulder mesh gown with a silver crescent on her waistline and a silver crescent on the shoulder. She had on a pair of silver crescent earrings, a silver headband and her silver band bracelet that Ellie's mom fixed with her initials on them S.C. And of course white D'Orsay pump with ankle strap and a long white silk scarf draping behind her. "Wow! Look a this dress! It's amazing!" Selina was amazed to the make of the dress. Luna felt hopeless.
"Honestly! You can't use the pocket mirror like it's some kind of toy!" Said Luna in a reasonable manner.
"You're wrong! I have a mission! I did this I can find out if Princess Vittoria is the person we've been looking for." Selina made her argument. Luna was not satisfy with her answer but she still had to ask.
"Really?" Luna hope for a miracle. Selina answered her back with a wink and walk out the door calling a taxi. "This is useless." Luna just follow along.
In a green forest, Guardian Earth was walking down a path through the woods. As he continues to walk, the trees were beginning to turn white. The white and silver leaves were falling like snow from the sky. When the forest was completely white, he saw a woman sitting on a big rock covered in moss. She wore a white toga dress with a silver crescent on her shoulder, she had platinum blonde to white hair tied up in a long straight ponytail. She patted the space beside her. "Come sit with me." She said to him. He walked to her and sat beside her. "The Moonstone...Look for the Moonstone!" He tried to look at her face but couldn't see anything, it was all a blur to his eyes.
"What is the Moonstone?" He asked not knowing what she's talking about. Before she could answer, a cold chilling wind passed between them. Eddie opened his eyes and saw his window open. He sat up on his bed and realized it was night time and had a tremendous amount of pain in his head. He held his head tight hoping the pain would go away. "It's the same dream again."
At the Italian embassy, Selina and Luna just arrived as they pay their taxi fare. "So, this is the place for the dinner party." Selina took note. They both just walked past Hermione and Marcella not noticing them. Hermione wore a royal blue full length lux chiffon dress with draped sleeves and a soft yellow matte satin belt at natural waist. She had a headband with a decoration of white feathers sticking out from the side and had on two pairs of silver studded earrings with her Mercury necklace around her neck and complete her look with a pair of black pumps with patent finish and rounded toe with a small white suede bow on the back of the shoe. Marcella wore a red dramatic lace gown with an open back and slim, sheer long sleeves with covered buttons to fasten the cuffs and lined in silk. She wore silver drop earrings and her Mars bracelet and a pair of red suede and patent t-strap sandals.
"Ugh, why do I have to be here too?" Marcella complained.
"Because you were invited on behalf of the St. Mark's Church." Hermione explained.
"How about you?" Marcella asked.
"I was invited on behalf of the family business." Hermione winked at Marcella, showing off her wealth. Hermione caught a glimpse of Selina and Luna. "Oh, Luna! Selina!" She called out to her but she didn't hear her. When Selina and Luna walked almost to the entrance a man in a business suit stop them.
"Excuse me, your invitation?" He asked with firmness.
"Oh, I almost forgot!" Luna dug into her purse looking for the envelope. When she eventually found it she gave it to the man.
"Her too!" He suggested Selina.
"She's with me and anyway since when the royal family's friend are not invited. She is Lady Selene! For goodness sake, have some manners young man!" Luna and Selina continue to the entrance up the stairs. The man started to furiously look into the guest book to look for the name 'Lady Selene'.
"Talk about close." Selina whispered to Luna. When they finally entered the building they were amazed of the immense amount of guests dancing at once. "Wow! A masquerade! It's wonderful! It's like something from a foreign movie! But with everyone wearing masks, we can't tell who is who." Selina was in awe. Hermione and Marcella made it inside, both wearing masks that compliment their outfits.
"Let's split up and look for Princess Vittoria. Where's the other two?" Hermione wondered. Marcella found them easily, since they were the only ones not dancing.
"I think we'll find her faster if we leave Luna and Selina behind." Marcella joked or suggested.
This is amazing! I'm all dressed up like a princess...I wish I could stay and dance for just one time. Selina thought to herself as she watches the people dance along with their partners. On the side lines, Ellie stood by wearing a teal long v-neck with short sleeves with a jeweled belt going around her empire waistline. She looked bored.
"That is Ellie Donnelly. This is perfect." Troy smiled as he spotted Ellie by the wall, he walked up to her and surprised her. "Excuse me, Miss, would you please dance with me?" He took her hand, she was definitely surprised since a stranger out of nowhere asked.
"What?" Troy took off his mask and showed his face.
"Relax, it's me."
"Mr. Parisi!" She was amazed. He wore a indigo velvet suit with a white linen shirt and white bow tie.
"Did you come here by yourself?" he asked.
"Yeah...I came here in place of my mother."
"I never expected to see you here. You have made my day!" He pulled her close to him in position to dance.
"Your welcome then." The two were dancing here and there. Selina was alone wearing her white mask as Luna in her black mask was taking care of some business with some important people. Selina was watching Ellie dance with some guy she couldn't recognize.
Oh, lucky Ellie. She's already found a partner. Selina thought out. Luna was keeping an eye on Selina hoping she won't cost any trouble.
"If I' not careful, she is the splitting image of Diana when she was younger. I wonder if Selina will be as strong and beautiful when she gets older?" Luna said to herself. A photographer was popping pictures here and there. He saw Selina and took a few of her.
"Oh, paparazzi! He's taking pictures without even knowing that I wasn't invited! That's funny!" Selina laughed. A woman walked by and bumped into Selina dropping here drink onto Selina's dress. "HEY!"
"Sorry, pardon me!" apologized the woman not seemingly to care of what just happen. Selina panicked.
"Oh no! This is bad! Where's the bathroom in this place?" Selina ran out of the gala and into the halls. At the entrance of Princess Vittoria's room were two guards keeping watch. Hiding in the corner was Eddie in a green royal attire and a mask.
If the Roman Empire's secret treasure is the Moonstone, and if I can get a hold of it, I will surely find out who I am. Eddie though out. Selina was walking around the halls still looking for the bathroom.
"Let's see...Man, I can't find the bathroom!" Selina complained. Eddie turned to see who's having issues. His eyes has gone wide.
"That girl..." He said. She walked into another hallway. He started to remember something. "In a distant past...I feel like I've seen her before." Out in the balcony, Troy and Ellie were enjoying the night view. Troy took her hand and held it.
Mr. Parisi is so amazing. I don't care what happens to me anymore. She said to herself.
"You are like a star shining in the heavens!" He placed his other hand on her shoulder. "Please look at me."
"Look..." Ellie looked up at him and saw Troy's eyes glowing through the mask. He raised his hand and summoned a his other self in a soul form and implanted inside her mind. He laughed when the process was completed.
"Ellie Donnelly, you are now under my control!" He commanded.
"Yes..." Ellie responded with glowing blue eyes.