"A White Rose, A Red Rose" - Chapter 7
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"A White Rose, A Red Rose" - Chapter 7
Queen Serenity looked out the window and then back at the
Terran Queen and King. "I suppose you are right," she said with
a sigh, "I suppose there is no other way."
"We also have put a lot of thought into this, we tried to see
a way around it, but after all it was the way ALL of the other
planets joined, and the tradition must be kept," the Queen said,
understanding Queen Serenity's hesitation.
"Well, we had best not delay, we have for long enough."
Serenity rang a little bell summoning in Molly. "Call the
Princess and the Prince," she said calmly. Molly curtsied and
left the room.
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A moment later, Prince Endymion and Princess Serenity stood
before their parents waiting for them to speak.
"Endymion, Princess Serenity," the King began slowly, "it
has been decided that you shall be wed for the sake of the
treaty."
"During the ball celebrating Serenity's sixteenth birthday
the engagement is to be announced," the Terran Queen put in.
"And then in two months time you shall be wed."
"I hope you understand that it is all for the best, we tried
to find another way, but this is the only one to be found," Queen
Serenity spoke quietly and the Princess knew that it pained her
mother to do this and knew that there was no other way. She had
expected it, although she had hoped against it. She did not want
to marry a man who did not love her.
"Mother, King and Queen, I will consent to this marriage,"
she whispered softly, only barely heard.
Endymion looked at Serenity shocked, 'She consents to this
marriage, I thought she hated me. . . ' but then he looked into
her eyes and saw the pain there. 'She's doing this for her
Kingdom and for her Mother, it is not me that she truly marries,
but the treaty and peace. There was a reason that she was named
Serenity.' But even as his thoughts wandered, he felt his heart
break under the revelation. "I also will consent to the
marriage," he said stiffly.
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Serenity ran to the safety of her room as soon as it was
possible. She quickly rid herself of the dress that she was
required to wear in the presence of the King and Queen and put on
her usual slacks and shirt. She then flung herself onto her bed
and wrapped the golden blanket around her shoulders.
'Mamochan, what am I going to do? Even if I could not marry
you, or even meet you, I still wanted to marry someone that at
least loved me,' she thought. But even with her heart broken, she
refused to cry. If she cried, Mamochan would know her pain, but
then he probably already felt it. Her thoughts drifted to the
first time that she had spoken to him, almost thirteen years ago
in the garden. She had cried then and he had come to her rescue.
"Usagi, what is it? What is wrong?" she heard Mamoru ask
her. But she could not speak, barely think, so instead she opened
her mind and let him see, see what ailed her.
At the same time that he looked into her mind he opened his
mind to her and she saw that he to was in the same plight.
'Cruel, cruel destiny. To bring us together and then make us
marry others,' she thought bitterly.
The two sat together, comforting one another well into the
night and the early morning hours. Usagi did not have to wake
Mamoru to see the morning star this time, they were both already
up to see it. When the two finally did go to sleep, it was
already mid morning.
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Usagi woke from her peaceful slumber with a joyful feeling in
her heart. She knew that she had every reason to be unhappy, but
the joy would not be ignored, she needed to be happy for her
people, her kingdom. They all served her so loyally and she could
not let them down. She felt a slight tingling sensation welling
up in her body and knew she needed to release some energy.
Opening the window she slipped out and ran down her usual path to
through the garden.
Usagi reached the lake and took a deep breath, the air was
wonderfully cool and the dark night seemed peaceful and content.
She bent down to breath on the lake and begin her dance, but was
stopped by what she saw. The reflection that stared back at her
was not the one she was used to. Carefully she stood up and
picked up a strand of her hair to look at it closer. Her
reflection did not lie, her hair was silver.
A small smile graced her lips, she had become a woman. Her
mother had told her that on her sixteenth birthday, or shortly
thereafter she would find her hair start to turn silver and other
changes as well. Serenity laughed and looked at the lake, it
immediately froze and she stepped onto it. Skates appeared on her
feet and she began to fly on the ice.
A feather floated to the ice beside her and she looked around
to see where it had come from. It was then that she noticed them,
her wings were no longer like a butterfly's, they were those of an
angels. Beautiful white feathers covered her wings and shimmered
with a soft silver light. She flapped and stretched her wings
slowly and found herself born up into the air.
Pushing her glasses back up onto her nose, Serenity laughed
and then began her dance afresh. To an observer it would have
seemed like she had had her wings her entire life, she used them
automatically for balance and easily caught herself into the air
and then let herself dance up into the sky and then fly back to
the ground. In the sky the stars twinkled brightly, seemingly
laughing with her and Terra seemed to smile down at the dancing
Princess.
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Mamoru awoke to an intense joy coursing through his body.
His world seemed to alight and he walked out onto the balcony for
air. Looking out over the expanse of the gardens, the joy that
ran through his very blood seemed to call him into the gardens
depths. Lithely he jumped over the balcony railing and ran into
the garden, allowing his heart to lead him on. His pace quickened
until to an onlooker it would have seemed that he flew.
A shiver ran through his spine as the weather cooled around
him. Soon he reached the lake that marked the center of the
garden and found that it was ice. He looked out into the middle
of the lake and saw what seemed to be an angel dancing there.
The angel had long silver hair that flowed about her like a
waterfall of silver coursing over her. She wore silvery white
garments that matched the silver rims of her glasses and her skin
shown like ivory. Her lithe body moved about the ice with
unimaginable grace and her great white wings supported her every
movement. Music floated from her direction on the ice and he felt
he should know the tune. The angel began laughing and silver
light radiated from her every pour and a symbol appeared on her
forehead.
Looking harder he realized what the symbol was, it was a
golden crescent moon, the sign of the Moon Kingdom. He gasped in
surprise, this angel was Princess Serenity.
Suddenly a realization welled up within Mamoru and he
realized that she was not only the Princess Serenity, this was
Usagi. No one else laughed like that, with that amount of joy and
no one had her light. But perhaps the most definite sign was that
the music was from their star locket. Smiling he looked up into
the sky and willed snow to start falling.
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Usagi continued her dance, laughing with joy. Suddenly snow
was falling all around her and she stopped dancing to stare around
her. Someone was close by, she could feel their presence. Slowly
a form began to appear out of the mist. The silver light that
coursed around her seemed to run toward the form and pull him
closer.
Serenity gasped as the form came into view, it was Prince
Endymion. Her breath caught in her throat as he smiled at her and
her heart rate began to speed. His voice called out to her using
a name that she had only dreamed of hearing.
"Usagi, so I have finally met you," was all he said, but it
was more than enough.
All her thoughts seemed to stop inside her head and she was
sure for a moment that she was dreaming. How could Prince
Endymion be Mamoru, but how else could he know her name? And how
else could he look at her like this?
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Prince Endymion felt her shock at seeing him and his smile
broadened. He reached out his hand to her and she placed hers
into his gently. He pulled her into a dance and the two began to
fly around the ice together, in perfect unison. Time seemed to
stand still as the two glided along the ice together.
The dance ended and Serenity pulled a little ways away,
looking up into his eyes. For the first time he really saw them.
Her eyes seemed to have more depth than the sky and seemed to be
bluer. Thousands of silver flakes filled them making her eyes
look like the day sky filled with stars.
Suddenly she reached from behind her back and threw a snow
ball into his face. Startled only for a moment, he started after
her retreating figure.
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Usagi smiled and held her hand behind her back. Carefully,
she concentrated so that he would not notice and called the snow
into her hand. Quickly a ball was formed and she brought her hand
from behind her back and swiftly threw it into his face. Laughing
she skated off and he started after her.
She was fast on the ice, but he was faster. Soon he cought
up with her and pulled her to him, pinning her to his chest.
Quickly he called the snow to him and poured a bunch down the back
of her shirt. She squirmed in his grasp but could not release
herself. Instead she began to heat her body so that the snow
melted. She looked up into his eyes defiantly and laughed again.
Her laughter stopped abruptly as she noticed that he was
staring at her. The look in his eyes confused her, yet at the
same time caused her heart to beat even faster. She realized just
how close she was to him, but for some reason could not bring
herself to pull away. Instead, she looked back up into his face,
searching him for answers.
Still keeping one arm wrapped around her, securing her to
him, Mamoru reached up and touched her face, removing her glasses.
They disappeared as soon as he removed them. He then took her
chin in his hand and tilted her face upward. Slowly he closed the
gap between their faces and just before he closed the last inch he
whispered the very words that she had always dreamed of hearing
from him, "Aishiteru."
Surprise as his actions hit her full force when she felt his
lips close over her own. A small gasp escaped from between her
lips and he took the opportunity to slide his tongue into her
mouth. Her whole body felt like she was melting, he was kissing
her! Slowly she responded to the kiss, unsure of herself, but
sure that she should. She slid her tongue in his mouth and felt
his joy.
The sensation of being kissed and the intense joy that was
building up between them made her feel giddy. Emotions swirled in
her heart and she could sense the energy building up between them.
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Mamoru could no longer resist the urge to touche her face.
She was staring up at him through her sliver tipped lashes and he
wanted to see her eyes when they were not hidden behind a pair of
glasses. Slowly he reached up and removed them causing them to
vanish as soon as he pulled them off. Her eyes widened at his
actions and he could no longer hold himself back. Tilting her
chin up to him he closed the gap between them and then whispered
"Aishiteru" to confirm to her what he was sure she already knew.
Then he kissed her. He felt like she lost all weight in his arms
and then heard a small gasp escaped from her lips. Quickly he
took the opportunity and deepened the kiss. His happiness
intensified when she responded and began to kiss him back.
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An enormous amount of energy was building up between them and
when he pulled her closer to himself and she slipped her arms
around his neck it exploded. A great flash of light lit the sky
to the outermost parts of the universe. A rush of energy engulfed
the couple and they felt themselves sink into each others minds.
Vaguely it occurred to them both that they would no longer be able
to keep each other out at all, the last barrier had been breached
by the kiss.
When the two finally separated, they were gasping for breath.
Serenity opened her eyes slowly, praying that it was no dream.
But what she saw before her made her breath catch in her throat.
Endymion no longer wore the black pants and shirt that he had been
a moment ago. In its place was black armor lined with silver and
gold. His hair seemed to have gotten even darker. His eyes
seemed to have gained depth and where now flecked with gold, like
the night sky filled with stars. But what surprised her most was
that from his back emitted wings. Wings quite like her own, only
his were black with gold light emanating from them while hers were
white with a silver light.
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Endymion stared at Serenity, he had thought she was beautiful
before, but now . . . She stood before him in a long white gown
that reached her feet. Her hair was up in the royal hair style
but still the streams of silver hair touched the ground. Her skin
seemed to be whiter and her eyes even deeper, if that were
possible. She radiated a gentle silver light and even standing
there she read of innocence and grace.
Endymion looked about them and found that they were no
longer standing on the ice, in fact the lake was not even ice
anymore. Instead they seemed to be suspended in space, looking
back at his Princess, he noticed that her wings were gently
flapping. It was then that he realized that he also had a pair of
wings coming out of his back keeping him from falling to the
ground.
Looking around them he found that they were surrounded with
light, light that was emanating from them both. It was a gentle
golden silver light, pulsing with power and life. He then looked
back at Serenity and found her staring back at him. Smiling again
he pulled her back toward him and kissed her again.
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End of Chapter 7.
Well, we have finally reached the end of the story! Just
kidding! There is still at least one more chapter in the works!
So write back and tell me what you think? Did the meeting do them
justice? Do you like the wings? The thought of Mamoru with wings
is just a little strange, ne? But I had to make him match her,
and I wanted to keep her wings, so the only answer was to give
them to him as well. Please E-mail me and tell me what you think!
I'll take any comments, even flames! (A very strong HINT) Well,
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