Peace, Love and Serenity
by Sailor Peace
Chapter 3A
Rated PG
Serenity smiled at her reflection in the full length mirror. She would
even have to admit that she had never felt so pretty before in her entire
life. Her dress, although a bit out of style, was magnificent. It had been
hand made for her mother and surprisingly it fit Serenity like a glove. It
had an empire waist and around the waist, right under her breasts, was a
small, pink ribbon. The bodice was gathered and not too showy, but revealing
enough to gather a man's attention. The sleeve's were small and a bit puffy,
set slight off the shoulders. Finally the 'Piece de Resistance' was her
golden curls set magnificently atop her head and her mother's coronet set
perfectly in the middle. The crown was a simple, yet elegant silver,
diamond-studded tiara, which suited her tastes perfectly. She never really
cared for fancy things, always caring for her home country and it's people
more.
She sighed and wondered subconsciously where Endymion was and why he was
taking so long. She had seen the carriages of the guests arriving for the
last half hour and she knew that they would soon be announced to the court,
if Spain ran anything like France did. She sighed again, gathered her skirts
and headed towards her sitting room. there she waited several minutes for
Endymion, but when he did not show she opened her door to the hallway and
peered out sighing. 'Where on earth is that man?' She had no sooner had that
thought when a maid came bustling up to her out of breath. She spoke quickly
in Spanish and Serenity sighed in frustration, wishing desperately for
Haruka's aid in translation. The maid, seeing Serenity's obvious trouble.
stopped and repeated herself as slowly as possible. Serenity smiled and this
time understood what the maid was trying to say. Obviously, 'Prince Endymion'
was running 'late' having had his 'suit no fit,' but he would 'meet' Serenity
at the 'entrance' of the 'ball.'
Serenity smiled and thanked the maid saying "Muchos Gracias, senorita,"
although it came out as "Moo-chass Grass-EE-ass Sin-Your-Ate-Uh." ((AN:Sorry I
had to do that. A guy in my Spanish class says it like that, because we are
southern and all. The teacher gets soooo mad.. Like Mrs. Haruna)) The maid
laughed and ran off, motioning for Serenity to follow her.
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Endymion sighed. His day was NOT going as planned. First he had not seen
Serenity since their first meeting because he had been stuck in those stupid
royal meetings about some small province or another. Normally he would have
enjoyed these meetings, but today he had just wanted to get to know Serenity,
especially if his father was planning what he thought he was planning. Then
after all of that, his suit had not fit! 'Blasted Tailors!' He sighed and
looked in the mirror. 'At least it looks like it fits.' He turned and
adjusted the suit. 'Perhaps I have gained weight?' He laughed. 'How can I win
Serenity over if I am unfit?' As soon as he thought those thoughts he scoffed
and adjusted his suit one last time. 'Win? Her? That stubborn French
Princess?' He looked in the mirror one last time ((AN:Vain Much?)) before
exiting his dressing room and walking quickly to the ball room, until of
course her heard them announcing his parents, which then caused him to break out into a
full speed run.
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Serenity took turns nervously glancing at the now packed ball room and
angrily glaring at the grand staircase looking for Endymion. The King and
Queen had just been announced and no sooner did the announcer cry "Prince
Endymion" than did the devil himself come rushing down the stairs slipping at
the bottom and running straight into a suit of armor. Serenity laughed but
quickly grew quiet when she saw the guests staring towards the entrance.
After straightening himself up and ordering a servant to reassemble the suit
of armor, Endymion looked up at Serenity and smiled crookedly running a hand
through his raven hair. He then linked his arm with her and whispered, "Shall
we? I believe they are calling for you." She blushed becomingly and the two
royals ventured into the ball room, unaware of the rumors that would soon
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