How ever did we fall in love? - Amy and Robert
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By: Silver MoonAngel - silver_moonangel@yahoo.com
Webpage: http://www.geocities.com/silver_moonangel/

AUTHOR'S NOTES
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Here's the newest chapter. I know it's been a while since I've 
updated, but this chapter is going to be long.  I promise!

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CHAPTER EIGHT
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Amy pushed herself off the bed and grabbed a robe to wrap around 
herself.  She turned her back to him and said,  "You could have told 
me."

Robert watched her from the bed, his eyes dancing.  He gave a slight 
chuckle and said, "What, so you could get even more confused?  Amy, 
I wanted you."  He stood and made his way toward her.  "I love the 
way you are, not the way you were."

Amy turned back at him and let two lone tears drop from the corners 
of her eyes.  "That's what scares me.  No one--besides the other 
Scouts--has loved me for me.  Just look at Greg; he got some other 
girl pregnant and he was dating me."

Robert pulled her up against him and softly stroked her back as she 
cried.  He felt so powerless and weak in the face of her tears; he 
couldn't do anything to help her, except give his love.  "Amy, I 
know we haven't known each other too long, but I want to let you 
know something."

Amy stopped her crying and looked up into his deep brown eyes.  They 
were full of sincerity, hope, love,  and a little fear.  She ran a 
hand over his chest and looked up at him, "I'll listen to what ever 
you have to say, Robert.  You mean a lot to me."

Robert pulled a little bit away and fished something out of the 
pocket of his earlier discarded pants.  Turning back to her, Robert got down on one knee and said, "We've only been together a short 
time, but I want to show you how much I love and care for you.  I 
would consider it an honor if you would become my wife."  He opened 
the little black velvet box and watched as her eyes lit up.

Amy sank to her knees in front of him and just stared at the 
sapphire ring.  It looked like...

Robert slowly nodded his head.  "This is the exact same one I gave 
you a few millennia ago.  It wouldn't feel right to give you 
anything but the original."

Amy cupped his face between her hands and softly kissed him on the 
lips.  "I love it."  She kissed him again, harder this time.  "Yes, 
I'll marry you."  She gave a slight laugh when he pulled her up and 
deposited her on the bed.  "I love you," she softly whispered.  She 
spent the rest of the night showing him how much.

**********

On the other side of Tokyo, someone wasn't happy with Amy's answer.

"She was supposed to remain true to my memory, damn it!"  The figure 
grabbed a crystal goblet and threw it across the room.  "Here she is 
screwing him when she didn't even let me get that close."

"Now, now Frost," a woman purred.  "It's your own fault you knocked 
that girl up.  If you had been concentrating on Amy as much as you 
were on that girl, then your evil seed would be growing in Amy's 
belly."  She took her fingertip and ran it up and down is arm, 
stopping at his palm.  "It's too bad she fell for the good side.  
Maybe she wouldn't have run straight into his arms if you had been a 
little nasty to her."

He grabbed at her finger and brought it to his lips.  Softly biting 
down, he felt her squirm as he lapped a little at her blood.  "To 
bad you're unable to bear children, Gale.  We would have had so much 
fun..."  He threw her hand aside and walked over to the dais, 
sitting himself upon the blue throne.  "Today we start work in 
reclaiming Mercury for our own.  In order to do that, we must rip 
Maris and Alan apart.  I propose we start by..."

**********

"Let me see!"

Amy gave a little blush and held her left hand out, for the fifth 
time that morning.  Looking at the ring, she gave a soft little 
sigh.  Robert had picked it out perfectly, it was the right size and 
everything.  "This is the ring he gave me the first time we met."

Serena gave a soft smile and nodded.  "I remember it.  Dylan had 
died and Alan was then betrothed to you.  Soon after that whole 
battle with Beryl and Metallia took place."

Michelle took Amy's hand and looked at it even closer, "This was his 
mother's ring."

Amy looked at her confusedly, "I thought you guys were brother and 
sister."

Michelle blew her bangs out of her face.  "I thought so too.  Until 
Brenna told me that he was her cousin somehow and an orphan."

Serena looked at the ring again and said, "The way he died was 
beautiful.  He watched you get defeated by one of Metallia's minions 
then he simply put all of his energy into one attack and killed the 
one that killed you."

'You and our child died that day,' Robert whispered on the edge of 
her mind.

Amy looked up and saw him standing in a tree, wearing his tuxedo.  
She blew a kiss to him and said, "Come on down here.  The girls want 
to congratulate you and your quick thinking."

He gave a slow smirk and came down out of the tree, detransforming 
as he did so.  He wrapped his arms around her and kissed her neck, 
drawing sighs from the other girls.  He turned his gaze to Michelle 
and said, "I guess I'm just fringe royalty then?"

She smiled and said, "On the outermost edge.  You're practically a 
commoner."

He looked at Amy and said, "Good.  Amy's enough royalty for the both 
of us."  He kissed her hair and added, "Our child will be pretty 
royal as well."

Serena's eyes grew wide and she stared at the two of them.  
"Already?  I'll be damned."

Amy elbowed Robert in the ribs and said, "Not for a little bit I 
hope.  We're going to be getting married next month; Robert's just 
planning ahead."  She gave a little laugh and added, "Mercury was 
reborn only two days ago."

Serena smiled.  Robert was good for Amy.  Serena had never seen her 
behave so innocent and carefree; it was a welcome change.  "True, 
but remember, I manifested symptoms almost as soon as I had 
conceived."  She gave a little shrug and took one of Amy's hands.  
"I'm just saying to be prepared."

"Her body is prepared to conceive my heir," a voice called.

Robert tightened his hold on Amy and looked about.  He could 
recognize that voice anywhere.  "Show yourself, you fucking coward!"

A man slowly materialized in front of Robert and Amy.  "Tisk, tisk.  
Didn't your peasant mother teach you any better?"  When he finally 
materialized, he gave a Cheshire grin and watched as Amy's face lit 
up in recognition.  "That's right, my sweet.  Frost has come to take 
you home."

Amy ground her teeth.  The pretentiousness of that man!  She 
remembered him alright, like it was yesterday.  He was the one who 
killed her and her baby.  He also died only a few months ago.  Even 
if he was Lord Frost; he was also another man she hated with every 
fiber of her being, Greg.  She narrowed her eyes and clung tighter 
to Robert.  She glared at him and yelled, "The best thing that 
happened to me was the day you died, you fucking douche bag!"

Frost leveled a dark gaze at the pintsized redhead.  She had gone 
too far this time.  He had tried to be patient with her, but this 
went beyond the pale.  "I gave you a chance, Amy," he said coldly.  
"A chance you refused to grasp.  Now, you can give me control of 
Mercury quietly, or forcefully.  It's up to you."

Amy stood there and looked at him.  She bowed her head, and said 
just barely above a whisper, "The day you will ever seize control of 
Mercury will be a cold one, indeed."  She raised her head, looked 
him dead in the eye, and said in the most icy of voices, "The only 
way Mercury will come under your control is the day there are no 
more heirs to the throne.  It's very well possible that one may be 
growing inside me now."

Frost turned his gaze from Amy and looked at Robert.  The smile on 
Robert's face made Frost want to puke.  He had never been more 
disgusted in his life.  Well, it was time to remedy that.  He lifted 
a finger to the sky and called, "Frostbite Strike!"

Robert didn't have any time to react and was frozen in place as the 
beam moved toward Amy.  'This can't be happening.  This can't be 
happening,' he thought, as he watched the scene in horror.

Amy looked on with sad eyes and murmured an ancient language under 
her breath.  A dark blue sapphire appeared before her and she gently 
touched it.  As she did so, a blue light encased her and formed a 
shield around her.  She looked up at Frost and narrowed her eyes at 
him.  Concentrating, she willed herself into her princess form, and 
absorbed Frost's attack.  She chanted, "Ice pounds through my veins 
and through my marrow.  It will rob you of your last breath."

Frost floated in mid-air, staring at her.  She looked as beautiful 
as he had remembered, maybe even more so.  Too bad, he had to kill 
her.

Amy screamed, "It will rob you of your last breath!"

Robert manifested a rose and threw it at Frost.

The other Scouts aimed attacks at Frost.

Then everything was blinded by a blue light.

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Amy opened her eyes, looked at her surroundings, and sighed.  She 
definitely wasn't in Tokyo anymore.  She cautiously looked for any 
sign of life and crumpled to the ground when she found none.  She 
was alone, again.

"You're never alone," a feminine voice said from behind her.

Amy tuned and saw a woman with short black hair and startling blue 
eyes, Amy's eyes.  Amy licked her lips and tentatively asked, 
"Mother?"

The woman smiled and nodded.  She walked over to Amy and gave her a 
hug, asking, "Do you know where you are?"

Amy shook her head.  Nothing about this place looked too familiar.  
"Where am I?"

Maris took Amy's hand and said to her soothingly, "We're on Mercury.  
When you called to your crystal, it transported you here, to 
activate your powers properly."

Amy looked at her quizzically, "My powers?  I thought I had gotten 
all of them."

Maris smiled and said, "Not your royal ones.  Mercurian royalty 
could always control ice, and you can, to an extent.  It's time to 
fully activate them."  Maris laid her hands on her daughter's head 
and said, "Awaken, Princess.  Let ice flow though your veins and 
mold it to your purpose."

A blue glow surrounded Amy for a few moments, then subsided.  She 
looked at Maris and kissed her cheek.  "I hope to see you soon."

"You will Princess."  Maris kissed her daughter's cheek and said, 
"Go home.  Robert and the others need you."

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Robert and the others staggered back at the flash of blue light and 
covered their eyes.

"The princess has arrived," Trista all but mumbled.

Robert gazed back at the light and felt himself transform.  He was 
now fitted into armor like Endymion's and gasped to feel a sword 
strapped to his side.  As he watched the light, he saw Amy finally 
emerge dressed in a blue dress with a silver tiara on her head, a 
queen's tiara.

Amy let out a choked sob as she saw Robert and ran to him.  Clasping 
his waist, she murmured, "I love you," before pulling away and 
glaring at Frost.

Frost floated there speechless.  The light had blinded him, so he 
was caught by a few attacks, but they hadn't inflicted too much 
damage.  He waited to see what Amy would do next.

They all waited.  Amy pulled out a locket and pulled a stone out of 
it.  The group watched--the sailors and Robert with awe, Frost with 
horror--as the stone grew until it was the size of Amy's hand.  Amy 
pointed it at Frost and said, "You found the wrong princess to mess 
with."  She went on point and started to twirl.  Finding a center, 
she threw her head up and called, "Royal Jewel Ice!"  A blue beam 
rose straight up from the jewel, scattering among the clouds.

Frost laughed, "You missed.  I was an open target and you missed!"

The Scouts were still looking at Amy--who, by this time, had a smug 
smile on her face--and wondering what she had done.  It was Hotaru 
who finally looked at the clouds and whispered, "She has him 
trapped."

One by one, the other Scouts looked up at the sky where Amy's beam 
had gone and stared.  Surrounding Frost were razor sharp icicles, 
waiting to move on Amy's command and Frost wasn't seeing them.  
"I'll be damned.  He is stupid," Amara murmured.

Amy looked up at Frost and said, "Move.  I dare you."

Frost smiled and moved a little to his left.  He cried out in pain 
and five drops of blood fell to the pavement.  He moved back to his 
right and saw five bloodstained icicles hanging just below his 
shoulder.

Amy watched and felt the ice move through her veins.  She slowly 
said, "Mercury will never be yours."  She smiled and screamed at 
him, "The ice that flows through my veins will take your last 
breath!"

Frost twitched his hand to open a portal, but was stopped when 
nearly a hundred icicles impaled him.

A portal opened just below him just when Amy was going to deliver 
the final blow.

**********

Frost dragged himself from his savior's arms and growled at her, "I 
almost had them, Gale."

Lady Gale shook her head at him.  He really was pathetic now and the 
Master wanted to see him.  She took his arm and led him into the 
throne room.  Outside the door, she kissed him hard and said before 
she threw him inside, "I was never barren.  I carry your child.  
Hope for sleep, not death."

Frost just looked at her and nodded.  He entered the room with his 
head held high.  Stopping before the robed figure, he asked, "What 
is your will?"

The figure held out a hand and said, "Sleep and the assurance that 
you will see your child only once."

Frost dropped to the floor like a ton of bricks, asleep on the spot.  
The Master stayed in its chair, and barked, "Lord Ruin, step forth!"

A man with dark hair immerged from the shadows,  "Yes, Master?"

The figure stood and took out a sword and handed it to Lord Ruin.  
"Take this and conquer your planet.  Is that clear?"

"Crystal."  The two figures laughed maniacally in the deep recesses 
of space.

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He was gone.  Totally gone.  Robert breathed a sigh of relief.

Amy snuggled closer to him in their bed.  "Don't sound too happy.  
I'll have to tackle you again."

Robert rolled on top of her and kissed her senseless.  Touching her, 
he asked, "Oh yeah?  What are you going to do about it?"

Amy just giggled and held him close, before tickling him.

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Well, this is the last chapter before the epilogue.  This was a nice 
story and will be my first one completed!  (Go me!)  Thanks to 
everyone who read.

Carley/Silver MoonAngel