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Chapter 3

Dream:

Meliodas was delighted to realize that Serenity V, Serena to those nearest and dearest to her, of which he counted in that small group due to their True Soul Bond, was rather intellectual, she just did not do well in a normal classroom environment. Getting the latest Silver Alliance Court Gossip relatively fresh was nice, and he made sure to keep Serenity supplied with books she found interesting. Though ensuring he had enough hair hygiene products for her was difficult since she was still not to a point where she could actually leave his bed for long periods of time, for the necessities, yes, anything else, no. This also meant she could not get in contact with Sailor Venus or her younger half-sister, Princess Agatha of Saturn, as the Silver Alliance communication devices relied on a person's unique magical signature to even operate, which meant they had to actually be allowed to use magic to begin with.

Though with Princess Agatha, they happened to be able to communicate telepathically, and that also needed magic for use. This did give them time to get to know one another, and allowed Meliodas to actually learn more about the nuances of the laws of Demon Land. As Serena pointed out, if he knew them just as well as any barrister/advocate/lawyer then he would be able to make them work for him, use the system against those that would be against him. That idea had never even begun to occur to him. When he finds out why she thoroughly learned the laws of every place she visited, down to the nuances, his eyes actually bugged out. He never would have begun to suspect that Loki Laufeyson-Odinson happened to her Soul-Brother.

Then he found out the truth of why Loki had been named the Asgardian ambassador to Luna, and about died laughing his ass off. Apparently Prince Thor, Lady Sif, and The Warriors Three had been sent as a part of the delegation as well, and verbalized their opinion about those that used magic to fight in front of all the next generation royals. The High Senshi, the Princes, and the Enforcers challenged them to spars after Loki and Serena managed to keep them from coming to blows then and there. The Sailor Enforcers happened to be Silver Moon Monarchy Internal Affairs, created by King Refuge, the first Prince to ascend to the throne, in order to keep everyone honest. The Enforcers own magic kept them from being ensorcelled in any way, shape, or form. They were the very definition of impartial, and if need be would take out the sitting monarch of whatever throne to put the best person on it.

" Why are there so many Senshi groups? "

Serena rolls her eyes at this, " As I have already explained the Sailor Enforcers are Internal Affairs. Sailor Themis and her group are the normal Law Enforcement. The Princes, if there is one, generally heads the military of whatever planet/celestial body they are a part of. The High Senshi are supposed to be the Heiresses Apparent, but I know for certain that Sailor Mars is not the one chosen by her home star as the Inheritor of the Star Seed. That honor actually goes to her younger sister. Planetary magic does not give a damn about so-called legitimacy of claim. The Outsiders are those that don't fit in anywhere else. There's Sailor Stratus and her Court as well, Stratus is one of my sworn defenders, and I am the first Lunar Royal to gain the loyalty of the Night Court. It is a division of power mostly. True monarchs have to learn how to delegate, or they will snowed under very quickly. "

Meliodas cocks his head to the side as he thinks about this, " That does make a lot of sense. It also makes sense for there to be a group that will remove the truly horrible rulers if need be. The pacifists refuse to understand that there are times you must put down a threat in a very permanent and final manner. "

" The Princes are actually my older maternal half-brother Prince Heero Refuge Haven D'Luna's court, with my paternal older half-brother Prince Duo of Pluto as one of them. Heero's twin, Prince Taiden Rainart Dolan D'Luna is the Heir Apparent for the Solar Court so I do not get to see him as often. Heero and I often must go around to fix mother's mistakes in negotiations. It gets rather tiring, but we do what we must. I'm better connected to my people than my mother has ever been. I am also in close contact with my cousin Heiress Apparent Princess Selena of the Dark Moon Dynasty. "

" Dark Moon Dynasty? "

" That would be the dark of moon on Earth. The portion of Luna that never receives any Light from Sol. The citizens of the Dark Moon Dynasty are not nearly so pacifistic. They don't go looking for a fight, but they will also not roll over and play dead either. They are the realists of Luna, while those of the Silver Moon Monarchy are very much idealists. " Serena explains.

Meliodas cocks his head to the side at this information, he had not known that Luna had two monarchies thriving on Her. From there the discussion delved much deeper into the intricacies of Luna and her people. It was a rather enlightening learning experience for Meliodas, and he needed to know all of this anyhow since Ancient Magick had spoken. He did learn what her favorite color, flower, and subject happened to be along with her hobbies. He's startled by the knock on his suite's front door, motions for Serena to stay quiet, and goes to see whom happened to be brave enough to bother him right now.

He cracks his door open to see his little brother Zeldris, " May I enquire as to why you have deemed it necessary to encroach upon my territory, Zeldris? "

Like his older brother Zeldris is rather short and muscular, with spiky black hair wearing a bodysuit, crimson in color and has a white insignia on several places. The suit has an open collar and exposes his chest. He has silver gauntlets and carries his sword with a strap on his hip. His demon mark is the same as Meliodas' only over his left eye instead, and while his eyes are green they are not the emerald of his brother's. Zeldris frowns at the formal tone Meliodas had taken, he only went formal when in court, around those he absolutely loathed, but had to be tolerant of, and when he had a secret he. Must. Keep. With this in mind Zeldris looks at him, " You missed our sparring session today, brother. I was merely concerned about your well being. "

Zeldris only notices his older brother relaxing slightly by dint of having known him his entire life. Meliodas must have a MASSIVE secret he was keeping with full permission from their father. Zeldris knew he would be informed when necessary, and not one moment before that time, " I see, I apologize for missing our sparring session. I will be unavailable for quite some time to come. No, I am not sure as to when I will become available again either. I would greatly appreciate it if you could get ahold of Prince Loki of Asgard. Should he ask why tell him it is in regards to his Soul-Sister, and that his presence would be most appreciated. Also let him know the matter is Need to Know. "

Zeldris can feel his eyes widen slightly at this, " I understand, and I will personally escort him here upon his arrival. Shall I have him come incognito? "

" Definitely, and Zeldris, thank you. " Meliodas says, and waits until his brother walks away before shutting the door, and locking it. Then he leans back against it with a sigh.

" You can tell him the truth, Meliodas. I can feel how much he means to you. " Serena states.

" Father and I agreed we would inform no one else that resides in Demon Land until you are at your best. " Meliodas says, " Zeldris understands this, and he also understands that I am trusting him to come through for me in contacting Loki. Loki is the only one whom might be able to aid in your recovery, and more to the point has the power to actually come straight into Demon Land traversing the Olde Paths. He can also shapeshift, which means he could aid you in the lavatory. "

" True, and Loki would never go against a True Soul Bond. There are not very many people whom truly understand him, I am one of them, along with my paternal half siblings Prince Duo and Princess Agatha. " Serena admits, " He also knows the hair drying charm though he did in fact dress Thor up as a bride to get Mjolnir back. He was considerate enough to give me copies of the blackmail pictures, however the album in which I keep all my blackmail photographs is in my subspace pocket which I need to use my magic to access. " Serena says.

End Dream:

Meliodas softly bangs his head against his pillow, yes, he was going to relive his entire time with his Rena through his dreams in sequential order. Dear Eris he missed her so much. His crimson dragon tattoo denoting him as the Sin of Wrath wasn't his only tattoo. He also happened to have a red poniard, which happened to be a small Greek dagger, on the inside of his right thigh, denoting him as a Champion of Eris, Primordial Goddess of Chaos, daughter of Erebus and Nyx, granddaughter of Chaos himself. Eris had marked him as her Champion simply because he happened to be the mate/husband of her best friend, Princess Serena. It also meant that as long as he caused harmless Chaos wherever he went Eris would basically leave him be unless someone pissed her off. He'd been sent in to steal back her Golden Apple once. The other deities of the Greco-Roman pantheon may not be able to steal it, but that didn't mean they couldn't have their children do so.

As a demon whom now had a Lunarian's healing factor paired with his own, not to mention the fact that Lunarian's were immortal unless taken out by standard zombie practices or drowning, he was the perfect Champion to act in Eris' place. Hell, he got along quite well with Horkos, whom was basically a male fury. Horkos was so outnumbered by his sisters it wasn't funny, and had latched onto Meliodas and Zeldris firmly. Neither brother had been able to blame him for that either, he was drowning in an ocean of estrogen. His superior hearing notices that Alaura was apparently up, and claiming the bathroom first that day. He could live with that, he had a new toiletry kit, and a fresh outfit ready that he takes down with him while he finishes up the clean up, and tallies up the profit in the till. He very nearly rubs his hands together, instead he thanks any deity listening for placing Alaura in his path.

In the shower Alaura shudders, she had sensed how much power had been imbued into the spear that had torn up Bernia Village. She had thought nothing of Meliodas stepping out for a bit of fresh air, until she saw what Bernia Village looked like. It was then she realized Meliodas had sensed it coming like she had, only he'd been able to mitigate the damage somehow. She already knew his strength, physical, mental, emotional, and magical was on par with a Holy Knight's. How else would he have been able to remove that sword so easily? She shelves those thoughts even as the gentle rocking motion of Hawk's Mom indicates that they had yet to reach their new destination. It was only when she started cooking breakfast that Sara can be heard stirring, she showered at night, which helped with bathroom availability. Meliodas was so having a second one added the instant he could.

Having Meliodas and Sara both kiss her, with tongue, for being able to cook was unexpected. She also makes Sara's black tea with Orange Blossom Honey, " You should know that I'm the Captain of the Seven Deadly Sins, and more to the point I'm a full demon whom has been wandering the world for the last three thousand years, ever since the Fall of Luna, when I lost my True Soul Bonded Mate, Crown Princess Serenity Rachel Ophelia D'Luna. Sara was sent by Princess Serena to find the Sins in order to root out the rot that has been festering for too damned long. "

" Why are we heading to the Forest of White Dreams then? " Alaura asks.

" I suspect one of my fellow Sins is there, and Sara has discovered that Ban, the Fox Sin of Greed, is in Baste Prison through the rumors a Traveling Minstrel can hear. " Meliodas admits.

Alaura had seen first hand how bad things had gotten, the Holy Knights, some of them, were abusing their positions of authority over the normal citizens. After breakfast has finished, and Meliodas has taken his own shower they sit outside in the patio like area by the Boar's Hat, Sara now drinking her Peppermint Green Tea with Wildflower Honey while they listen to Meliodas tell them of the things he'd lived through, starting with a story about Princess Laurel of Jupiter. It was nice to actually be allowed to relive his happier memories from over the course of his three thousand long years of life. Alaura cocks her head to the side, " Why does that story sound familiar? "

Meliodas blinks, and really looks at his new cook/baker, " Possibly because my mate and her Court were all sent forward in time to be reincarnated and deal with the malefic black shadow known as Metalia. Princess Laurel was one of the three High Planetary Senshi to know the truth about mine and Rena's courtship and subsequent marriage. She also recognized the fact that I was fully capable of kicking the asses of the High Senshi the first time she saw me. It's possible you are Laurel's reincarnation. "

Alaura blinks at this revelation from the demon prince and Captain of the Seven Deadly Sins. " How would we be able to tell for certain that I am Princess Laurel's reincarnation anyhow, Meliodas? "

Meliodas groans at this, " I know Venus has awakened, she's currently routing out the minions, lackeys, and overseers of the Silver Millennium's final enemy that cropped up in Camelot. Merlin, the Boar Sin of Gluttony, is currently there, and keeping as apprised as possible, other than me and Gowther, the Goat Sin of Lust, Merlin is the only one still alive from that time. King, or rather Harlequin, the Grizzly Sin of Sloth, and King of the Fae might know some of what happened from word of mouth, but he's not as old as myself, Gowther, and Merlin. As for knowing for certain, I do know that when senshi are in enough danger they can awaken their inborn planetary powers. You would also have the sigil of Jupiter on your forehead, though only those around you would see that. My Serena never did get around to teaching me how to actually see the sigils myself. "

Sara cocks her head to the side as she takes in all the Meliodas had revealed to them, and the longing she had heard in his voice when talking about the lost princess of Luna's Light Side. He had made certain that they both knew that his princess/Wife/Mate had been heiress apparent to the throne of the Light Side while cousin to the Heiress Apparent to the Dark Side of Luna. It had to have been hard for him to survive the loss of his True Soul Mate while waiting for her to be reborn once more. Her thoughts are derailed when Hawk's Mom comes to a stop, they had apparently reached their destination of the Forest of White Dreams. Sara looks at the Forest before them, Meliodas was fairly certain one of his fellow Sins was in this particular forest.

" Alaura, make sure your hunting gear is in proper order, thankfully we were able to get Sara some clothes that don't have her stand out as much. You'll be taking point, Sara will be in between us with Hawk, while I guard the rear. " Meliodas says.

Alaura nods seriously at his instructions, Sara, as a traveling minstrel would have developed more skill towards stealth and remaining unobtrusive, which meant her ability to defend herself was rather limited. Sara had proven she had a good knowledge of herbal remedies and field medicine, so protecting their healer was a must. What she didn't know was that Meliodas could sense at least two individuals with high magical levels. One of them he was hoping to hell was one of his fellow Sins, the other, he recognized from the sword plunged into the ground, and the throwing of a javelin towards the same village the sword had been plunged into the ground of. He also knew said power from somewhere else, he just couldn't place it for the moment, same with being able to sense his fellow sins bar Merlin and Gowther, he'd known them the longest after all. The others were harder for him to pinpoint via magical signature.

Meliodas rubs his temples after getting done dealing with the Prankster Imps, though they did lead the four of them to Diane, the Serpent Sin of Envy. Reuniting with one of his fellow Sins was nice, though cut short when his old apprentice Gilthunder, protector of Liones first born princess makes his appearance. His eyebrow starts twitching when he recognizes the power that had stopped the production of Liones' best booze, " Gilthunder, give me one good gods be damned reason why I should not put you through retraining Hell. "

Gilthunder hands over a bottle of high quality booze from Camelot along with the bottle of high quality Fae Realms booze, " I can't say much, but another sin's apprentice has me and my protectee bound. Grizzly has been staying with me so as to keep your apprentice safe. Fox is interred in Baste Prison. Things have gone to pot exceptionally quickly, and I have to give the appearance of acting in accordance to the usurpers. "

Meliodas accepts the bribe, " Once this is over you are going through retraining, Gilthunder. You fucked with Bernia Ale. "

Diane's eyes widen when she hears this, her captain must really like Gilthunder to not kill him for that alone. She still had nightmares about the one time an enemy knight caused her captain to spill his booze. Meliodas had not been kind, gentle, or short in demonstrating exactly why you did not mess with the Dragon Sin of Wrath's Booze. Enemy knights everywhere took note of that incident and made triple damned sure to never cause Meliodas to spill or drop his booze ever again. It also sounded like the Sins were needed to save Liones. That was the only reason she could think of that her Captain would be seeking them out, and that his former apprentice would tell him where two of their number happened to be. Hearing that the King had been usurped, she had been out of the loop since everything went down, that resulted in the framing of the Sins.

Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon or the Seven Deadly Sins.