Reunion
by, Cony
Chapter 4
"You think we should do something?" asked Venus as she
sat down in front of her friends.
"Do something? We must get those two back together!
Mercury is almost suicidal, and for what I've been told, so is
Zoisite!" answered Jupiter, crossing her arms on her chest.
"By the way, why did they break apart?"
Serenity took the word now: "Mercury started crying in her
sleep. She was dreaming about her past. After that, she tried
to tell him she couldn't love him because she was afraid
something wrong might happen to him. He was hurt, and left."
Serenity knew it; Mercury had always felt that
she was doomed to be alone. When she was
young, her father King Hermes had died in the
battle against the Moldavians. The king had
always being Mercury's example, and when he
left, she was crushed. Only the loving care of
her mother got her out of the depression she
went into, and just when she was recovering
completely, her mother died also. Queen Aurora
had sacrificed her life for her home planet. They
were being attacked again, this time by a more
powerful enemy... the Orions. They thought that
being Mercury the smallest planet in the Solar
System, it would be the weakest too. Their army
was stronger and more powerful than the blue
ones, and they were being killed like flies.
Again, the Moon couldn't help them, and Venus
was in the middle of a civil war, so Mercury was
left on it alone.
Seeing that they were going to be destroyed,
and if knowing that if they fell, the Silver
Millenium soon would follow, Queen Aurora used
all her vital energy to reinforce the shields on the
planet, and then destroyed every alien left on the
surface. The Queen resisted for days, until the
Moon army arrived and took care of the Orions
still left in the Mercury's space. But, it was too
late for Aurora. She didn't had any energy left,
and only could give her blessing to princess
Lina (Mercury's older sister) before dying in front
of Ami's eyes.
These two deaths were too much for the young
princess (at that time 9 years old). She only had
Lina as family left. Her mother had died, and
with her, a part of Ami's heart. Her sister Lina,
who was 18 at the time, took the crown. She
ruled wisely, and Mercury was soon
re-constructed. For 3 years, the small planet
had being at peace, until again, a misfortune
reached the blue planet. Queen Lina got sick.
Supreme Queen Serenity had used the Silver
Crystal to heal her, but it could do nothing,
because it wasn't an illness from the body, but
from the heart. Lina had been betrayed by her
love, and was never the same again. She lost
every desire for living, and had slowly but
inexorably gotten weaker and weaker, until one
fateful day, she had died. Then, every planet in
the galaxy had dressed in black. And that day,
Ami became Queen Mercury. (Every queen was
called by her planet's name until they were 18,
when their true name was revealed to everyone).
But, Mercury's heart was so sad that she didn't
cry for her sister's death. She had no tears left.
Since then, Mercury thought that everyone she
cared for, died. So, she became a lonely girl.
Her books were her only friends, her studies the
only thing she did. Mercury was at the edge of a
crisis. The planet needed a leader, and Ami
wasn't ready yet.
So, Queen Serenity named one of her most
trusted ambassadors a temporary governor. She
understood the young girl's pain, and knowing
that in her home planet there was nothing she
could do to help her, she brought her to the
Moon. There, Mercury met the other princesses,
who with their friendship and comprehension,
had worked hard for her to recover. And they
had done well. For Mercury's 14th birthday, the
young girl was so happy, no one would have
recognized her. Her eyes shone brightly, and
she no longer studied all the time. But deep
inside her, Mercury still carried a conviction. If
she ever loved someone as deep as she had
with her parents and sister, he would die. So,
since then, she had tried, and did well, in not
getting involved with any man. But, everything
had changed when she had met Zoisite, at the
age of 17. That was Mercury's past, and
Serenity knew it haunted her everywhere she
went.
Why? They spent three wonderful weeks together, why did she
have to remember this now? wondered the Supreme
Princess. She was very worried. She had always
had a special sense to detect people's way of
feeling, especially with her closest friends. And
what she had sensed the past weeks on Mercury's
mind, wasn't good at all. Several times, she had
found an idea that startled her most. Mercury had
thought of killing herself.
For three months by now, Mercury had been alone,
crying or just contemplating Earth, as if she could
see him one last time. Serenity and the Senshi
had tried everything to cheer her up, but nothing
worked. She was apathetic, the only thing she did
was sit on her balcony, with a pink rose on her
hands, and look to the infinite. Then, suddenly, she
would close her eyes and sigh, and tears would
come out of her eyes. She then would clutch the
rose in her chest, as her tears wetted it. Jupiter and
Mars had once caught her humming a song, and it
reminded them of a lullaby song. The Senshi were
worried. Her friend had never being so depressed,
not even when her mother died so many years ago.
Even the Outer Senshi had come to the Moon to
talk to her, but to no use. She wouldn't answer, and
just stare at her feet. She had done this while
talking to Uranus, and the older girl had gotten
angry.
"Damn it Mercury. Look at yourself! Don't let that
man get the best of you! Wake up!" The
blue-haired girl didn't answer, and Uranus' anger
flared. She had taken her by the shoulders, and
shook her violently. "Mercury, WAKE UP! Don't
you see what's happening? You're destroying
yourself! He isn't the only man in the universe for
Christ's sake!" She then stopped shaking her, and
heard the only words Mercury spoke to her or
anyone else for the rest of the week: "He is to me..."
Uranus was taken back, and seeing as the younger
girl's eyes started shining, was left speechless. She
had never being too good at these heart-matters,
and didn't know what to do. Mercury had hid her
face in her hands, and sobbed quietly. Uranus had
shifted uncomfortably, nervousness all around her.
She had then reached up to Mercury's shoulder, to
try and soothe her a little. Mercury had cried in her
chest then, until she calmed down. Uranus had
whispered to her then: "Ami, don't worry, it will be
OK..."
Mercury had nodded, then excused herself, and
went to her quarters, not to leave until the next day.
Uranus and the rest of the Senshi, who had being
watching the scene had being so angry, that had
sent Jupiter, Uranus and Mars to earth, to talk to
Zoisite. As they arrived, they were received by
Endymion and the rest of the Generals.
Zoisite was standing apart, looking somewhere
else. Uranus had immediately walked to him,
without even saying the proper words of thanks,
and asked him with eyes like fire: "Why did you
leave her, you son of a..."
"URANUS!"
Jupiter's voice interrupted her of saying something
she would later regret, and letting him down, said
coldly: "Lord Zoisite, we came here to ask you one
simple question. How dare you break that innocent
girl's heart? Don't you have any consciousness of
what you are doing?"
The general had answered with a voice that could
freeze ice: "That's none of your business."
"Of course it is, you..." a cold voice interjected icily.
"URANUS! CLOSE THAT BIG MOUTH OF
YOURS!" This time, it was Mars. Walking to her
friend's side, she pushed her back, while telling
her: "We will accomplish nothing if you continue
speaking like that. Shut up, and let me do the
talking!" The blonde had looked at her angrily, but
she backed off anyway. Princess Mars then
addressed Zoisite: "Lord Zoisite, please answer
our question."
"As I already told you, there's no need for you to
know that."
Jupiter's fists clenched, as she held back her
anger. How in the name of God could Mercury
have fallen in love with this man? A couple of
Jupiter thunders would do no bad to him…
She heard a mumble by her side, and saw that
Uranus' fist was also clenched. Knowing that a war
with Earth wasn't good, calmed down, relaxing her
friend too.
"In that case, there's only one more thing I need to
tell you, Lord Zoisite. When you left her, you broke
her heart. I think you knew the happy girl she was
once. Well now, she is only a shadow of that, and
it's just because of you. Until new advice, you are
forbidden to set foot on the moon again. Have I
made myself clear?" said Mars.
"Perfectly."
Endymion tried to help his friend. "Lady Mars, don't
you think this is too quick. I mean... it's just a girl...."
Jupiter then blasted out. "She is no ordinary girl,
Prince Endymion. She is the Queen of Mercury,
first planet on the galaxy, Senshi of wisdom and
ice, and also, OUR FRIEND! So don't you dare
speak of her like that, do you hear me?" Jupiter
stopped, gasping for air. Mars said nothing, and
motioning to her friends, walked back to their
spaceship, and left the Earth... (
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