Allison Montgomery Hi guys :-) Well, here's chapter 5. Sailor Moon is the property of Naoko Takuchi. All the usual disclaimers apply. Now that's gotten out of the way! Thank x to everyone who has e-mailed. Here's the story. Oh, and if you haven't already, you should probably go read the Revised chapter 4 to this fanfic. I got so e-mail's asking questions about the ending, so I did a little editing. Thank x. And if Mina doesn't seem exactly like she does know, that's because I think that her personality was a little different in the Silver Millennium. I don't own Sailor Moon, so please don't sue me! Thank you. 3 Ancient Romances The ball ended and all of the guests left. The six Princes and Princesses made plans for the next day and they all left for their chambers. Right before they all left, Damon pulled Mina aside and asked her to please be nice to Serena, since Mina was still a little miffed. Mina reluctantly agreed and followed her friends to her chamber. " Good-night Mina!" Lita called as she went into her chamber next door. " Good-night Lita!" Mina called back. " Um, 'night, Mina" Serena said hesitantly. " 'Night Serena," Mina said to her friend. Serena turned to go to her chamber, but Mina called to her, " Serena?" " Yes?" Serena turned back around. "I'm sorry that I was such a pill tonight. Forgive me?" Mina apologized, Mina could never stay mad at someone even if she wanted to. She was also frequently the one to apologize first, especially if she was fighting with Damon, he HATED to apologize first. " Yeah, I forgive you," Serena smiled at her friend and went to her chamber. Mina opened her door, put on her night gown and fell fast asleep. * * * * * * * * * * * * The next morning Mina woke up with the sense that someone was watching her. She slowly opened her eyes and looked around, there didn't appear to be anyone there. Mina rolled over and almost screamed, because when she turned over she came face to face with Damon! " What are you doing here?! Trying to give scare me out of my mind?" Mina asked as she quickly sat up. She noticed Darren at the door. He was trying to hold in a snicker. Mina suddenly got an idea. " I'm going to teach you two to NEVER scare me again!" And with that she grabbed her pillow and hit Damon on the head with it. Mina then proceeded to chase the two boys out of the room hitting them with the pillow every chance she got. They ran down the hall laughing until she managed one really good blow to Darren's head. He was very surprised by the impact of the pillow and stumbled into Lita's doorway. Lita heard the thump(she's a very light sleeper) and came to see what all the commotion was. When she saw what had happened, Lita promptly grabbed her pillow and whacked Damon over the head. Darren and Damon decided to arm themselves so they ran to Serena's chamber door and pounded on it. When Serena came to ask what the knocking was all about the boys ran in grabbed the pillows off her bed and went to go pillow fight with Lita and Mina. Suddenly a shrill whistle pierced the air. Everyone looked up and they saw Queen Aurora standing there. She was wearing her bathrobe over a long blue and green nightgown. Everyone stopped and put their pillows down. " What is going on here? I could hear you from all the way across the palace!" Queen Aurora told them. " Uh, sorry Aunt Aurora," Darren apologized. " All of you go get dressed and then go to the dinning hall, NOW!" The Queen turned and went to get dressed herself. "Oh, and get Endymion." They all went to their chambers to get dressed. Fifteen minutes later everyone was in the dining hall. The boys had on their casual suits(they were forced to wear suits everyday. Some kind of Royal etiquette)and the girls had on light dresses. The dresses had long sleeves, but were meant for summer. The dresses were the colors of each girls planet(Mina:orange, Lita:green,Serena:pink). When they were all seated at the table Queen Aurora came in. She had on a blue dress much like the silver one Queen Serenity was wearing. Queen Serenity followed Queen Aurora in. " You know that you should not have been pillow fighting in the palace, correct?" Queen Aurora asked. They all nodded. " Since this is the first time it happened, I will excuse it without punishment, however I don't ever want to be woken up like that again. Do you all understand?" "Yes ma'm," they all answered. "Good, Serenity, Endymion, we need to speak to both of you," Queen Serenity said."The rest of you go into the gardens, you can't wake anyone up there,"Queen Serenity said, there was a slight sparkle in her eyes that told them she thought their little morning pillow fight had been funny. Everyone except Serena and Endymion went out to the gardens. " How about a race?" Damon suggested as soon as they had entered." From here to the reflecting pool." "Alright," they all agreed. Mina and Lita took off their high heels. "On your marks get set, GO!" Damon and Darren were off in a flash with Lita and Mina close behind them. Soon Lita and Mina were ahead of the two boys and they got to the pool first. "Cheaters!" Darren announced when he and Damon arrived. " We are not! We won fair and you know it Darren," Lita told him. " Alright," Darren said. They all sat down and for a few moments there was silence. "What do you think they needed Serena and Endymion for?" Mina asked. " Probably some formal thing," Damon answered. "You know, something really boring. Or else they're serving them cookies and hot chocolate as a way of punishing us!" he joked. They all talked until a guard came out and told them they were requested for a meeting. They all got up and followed the guard to a conference room. When they entered, Queen Aurora got up and told them all to sit down. " I'm sorry that we took so long before you were needed, but we needed to settle the matter of Princess Serenity and Prince Endymion's coming betrothal,"Queen Aurora apologized. "This next matter concernes the rest of you,"Queen Serenity said turning to the four other Princesses and Princes," the people on all of your planets have been asking when you will marry,and we think that this subject needs to be addressed. All of you are the heirs to the thrones of your respective planets, therefore you should marry someone who is not the heir to a throne, but has royal blood. I In the case of Princess Serenity and Prince Endymion, they are both the heirs to their parents thrones so now Endymion's younger brother, Madison will become the heir to the throne of Earth. Starting tomorrow each of you will begin to see suiters, since none of you have yet picked a spouse, with the exception of Serenity and Endymion. YOur parents have arranged this whole thing." When the Queen was finished the Princes and Princesses looked at each other, the same question in all of their minds, ' Do my parents really expect me to find happiness with people they have picked out for us?' To be continued...... send all feedback to stinkbug3@juno.com To be continued..... Please send all feedback to stinkbug3@juno.com Thank x!!!!