Chapter 2
By: Sailor Cappuchino
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"I know who you are." I snapped sharply.
He stood and grasped my shoulders firmly, staring into my eyes intently.
"It know what's happen to you." he said slowly.
"You do?" I asked, my eyes still locked with his.
"Yes. It's that wretched Endymoin." he said and nodded.
"What?" I asked a little curious.
"He's always looked at you differently than any other woman. He's placed a spell on you." he said and nodded, as if that was a fact. I became angered. How dare he accuse Endymoin of such a thing?! My eyes narrowed, and I sent a jolt of electricity through my body, so that he felt it and had to let go.
"Endymoin is a friend of mine. Why on the Moon would you accuse a friend of mine capable of such things?" I spoke calmly, my eyes burning his.
"I'm sorry my love. I didn't mean to-" he started, but I held up my hand.
"I'm not your love, and I don't care whether you meant to or not. You offended me, and so I now ask you to leave." I said and then pointed to the door. He frowned but nodded again and proceeded to leave.
"You'll feel better tomorrow after some rest." he said as he passed me.
"No Rynato. I want you to leave not only this room, but the castle, the Moon, and the Kingdom." I said. He turned to me stunned.
"Serenity, listen to what you're saying." he said, desperation in his voice.
"Good-bye Rynato." I deadpanned and then teleported to my room. I changed into my nightclothes, and slipped into my bed, thinking about how I would be able to visit the Earth again quickly, but not to arrize suspicion. I had to explain to Darien what was going on. I also needed to explain it to the scouts and the rest of the guys. I fell asleep with the picture of Darien in my head. He was my number one worry. The next morning I bathed and dressed quickly. My maid came in and fixed my hair. She twisted and pulled it up into the meatballs, easily and efficiently. After that, she brushed out the long tails and I finally said she could go. I put on my white and golden cloak, and then checked my image in my mirror before leaving my room. I walked to the throne room, where mother was already on her throne. I took my place next to her, and we had a small chat.
"I got a letter from Gia this morning." mother told me, her lips curving into a small secretive smile.
"What did she have to say?" I asked.
"She wants me to come and have lunch with her today. Endymoin asked for you to come as well." she said. So that was the reason for the smile.
"And when do we leave?" I sighed.
"Now." she said and stood.
"What?" I asked stunned. She had usually given me an hours notice.
"Now. Come along Serenity. We must hurry." she said and I followed her to the teleportation room. We were teleported to the Earth within 10 minutes. Gia and Endymoin where sitting on their thrones when we appeared infront of them. He looked a little confused, but looked relieved when I looked at him. Our eyes met, and I gave him a comforting smile.
"Welcome!" Gia said and rushed to hug mother.
"It's so great to be back here." Mother said and smiled brightly as she hugged her back.
"Well, I suppose Endymoin will want to wisk Serenity off to the gardens." Gia said. I nodded and smiled softly. Endymoin (Darien) took my arm and lead me out of the room. When we were finally secluded in the gardens, he release a sigh of relief.
"Is that you meatball head?" he asked, gazing intently into my eyes.
"I'm so sorry Darien. I didn't know that Jeremy would do this." I apologized and hugged him tightly, my arms around his neck.
"Jeremy? I thought Jeremy was dead."
I pulled away quickly. He shouldn't have known about Jeremy. My eyes narrowed suspiciously.
"You know about Jeremy?" I asked slowly, taking a step away.
"Serena." he sighed. "I know a lot more than you think." he said and looked away.
I put another step between us.
"Just what exactly do you know?" I asked, grasping the silver crystal in my hand. It appeared when I called for it.
"I know that if you don't give me that crystal right now, I'll take it from you, before you try to use a memory spell on me." he said and held out his hand.
"What makes you think I even have the crystal?" I asked, tucking it in my pocket without moving my arm and stirring the material of my cloak.
"I know Serena." he told me, his gaze still fixed away.
"I don't care what you think you know. I want to know how you know what's going on, and how you know about Jeremy." I demanded.
"No." was his reply.
"No? You might hold the secret to getting us out of here!" my voice was high, almost shrill. He lifted his eyes to me, and my breath caught.
"I will not tell you. I know how to get out of here, but the task is impossible to do. Trust me." his voice was calm.
"Nothing is impossible." I snapped. He grasped my shoulders.
"Believe me. This one is." with that, his hands settled on my hips.
"S-so what are you saying? We-we're stuck here?" I couldn't help the trembling in my voice. I'd already lived this life. I knew what was to happen. We would die. He nodded slightly. A sob escaped from my throat. "W-we can't be!" I felt weak as the tears spilled from my eyes. He pulled me to him, helping me keep standing, because my legs had seemed to turn to that of a rubber chiken's.
"Shh. It'll be alright Serena. We'll be okay. Atleast we know what will happen and can try to prevent it." he tried to sooth me, but it didn't work. I pushed away from him, but he was too strong right now. Too strong for me to beable to move, in my weakend state.
"Leave me alone. No one told you the complete future. It is only I who survive." I whispered the last part broken-hearted.
"W-what?" he put me at arm's length. "What do you mean?"
I motioned for us to sit on the bench. He helped me to it. I wiped my face with my cloak, and began.
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