Forbidden Hearts
	Chapter 6a/?
	By Elisabeth James
	squall_no_megami@ameritech.net

	*laughs as minna gasps in awe*  I finally finished it 
(chapter six that is!)  Granted this is much shorter than I 
wanted it to be.  I have to use what inspiration give me 
though.  So please enjoy this short little piece of the fic 
and please please PLEASE write me, I'm beginning to think 
everyone forgot about my little fic :(

	Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon but I do own the 
characters of Raina and Adonis :)
	
	Footfalls echoed across the pavement as her feet moved deftly
along the wet stone path.  A light rain poured down around her,
soaking Queen Serenity's pale silver gown.  The fabric clung to her 
arms and legs, making the journey to her destination more difficult.  
Her right arm was wrapped tightly against her left side as blood
continued to pour out, leaving a watery red trail behind her as she
ran.  
	Through the mist, she saw the silowhet of the chapel coming
into view in front of her.  She forced herself forward, dragging her
feet as quickly as she could.  Gunshots still exploded around her,
bright flashes lit up the midnight sky.  Thousands of tiny stars had
shown themselves for the evening, prepared to witness the
beginning of the end.
	She came upon the rain drenched building and with the last
remainder of her strength she pushed open the heavy wooden door
blocking her from the salvation she so desperately sought.  With
deep heaving breaths she allowed herself to collapse onto the cold
concrete floor.  She looked at the shrine that held her late husband
and sighed softly.  At least her final wish would be realized.
	“My darling, it looks as if we will be meeting sooner than
originally planned.” she felt a weary grin spread across her blue
tinged lips.  She struggled to her feet and stumbled toward the dark
tomb which held the body of her beloved.  She ran her slim fingers
over the marble and felt a shudder go through her from her head to
her feet.  Her long silver locks hung limply across her shoulders
and brushed against the ground.  She closed her steel gray eyes and
said a short prayer of salvation for her soul.
	With a single short thought, her connection to the silver
crystal was snipped.  She let out a soft cry as she cruppled to the
ground once more, her eyes focusing lazily on the candlelight
flickering on the ceiling.  Death became a quick and fleeting thing,
taking the soul of the queen up to heaven to watch over her
daughters from the safety of the stars.

	Serenity was dimly aware of the pain, the pounding that
seemed to echo throughout her entire body was not to be ignored. 
She fought off the burdensome chains that held her tight to the
land of unconsciousness, despite the how wonderful the darkness
felt, bringing the agony into full light.
	There was no describing the feeling of torture that seemed to
clutch her tightly as soon as her azure eyes snapped open.  Her
body screamed with the sudden movement of her arms and torso as
she willed herself to sit up.  Tears formed silent rivers down her
cheeks, mingling with the dried blood.  Crimson stained hair hung
limply around her face.  She brought her shaking hands up her
forehead, skimming gently over it for any signs of the terrible hit
she had taken earlier.  It was nothing but a thin scar now, healed
quickly by the power of the silver crystal.  The rest of Serenity’s
body had not been so lucky.
	With a soft groan she pushed back the heavy blanket that
someone had laid gently over her while she had slept.  The pain
seemed to lessen by the minute and her swimming vision was
clearing.  She took a long look around the room she was in.  It was
obviously a man’s room, the bedspread and curtains were dark and
the furniture and accents had a masculine feel.  
	“Endymion...” the name spilled from her lips and a smile
crept slowly across them.  She swung her legs to the side of the
bed and stood up without thinking.  She tumbled to the carpeted
floor, her hands and knees taking the brunt of the fall.  She got the
first good look at her damaged body.  Her hands had been torn
apart, cuts and scraps covered every inch of them from the
numerous explosions that had hurled plaster and wood
relentlessly at her and Adonis.  She was still covered in blood,
no one had washed it off when they had set her in Endymion’s bed. 
She repressed the urge to vomit and closed her eyes.  Adonis’s
death came rushing back in a flood of memories, things the
blackness from earlier had guarded against.  The feeling which
engulfed her then was ten times worse than any pain she had ever
felt before.  She sucked air into her failing lungs and she felt her
heart speed up.  Tears ran unchecked down her face and onto her
blood stained arms and hands.  The room appeared to stand still as
she felt the power of the crystal rush through her.  The hum of
energy rushed past her ears and exploded into a burst of ivory light.  
	With a soft moan, the darkness once again claimed the young
princess.

	Raina sneered at the painting before her, she gripped it white
knuckled staring into the lifeless eyes of the man that should have
been hers.  She had lost everything, her fiancée, her future
kingdom and the power to wield the silver crystal.
	“Damn her!” the words spewed from her mouth, venomous,
dripping with hate.  Without a second thought she broke the
delicate canvas frame in half and let it fall to the floor.
	Raina closed her green eyes and she could feel her sister’s
pain.  The link of the crystal still bound them together and the
emotion were still being fed through it.  The feelings of torment
and grief were as strong as if they were her own.  A sadistic smile
spread slowly over her ruby red lips, she relished Serenity’s pain. 
She knew that the crystal was rejecting her body, it knew that
Queen Serenity was still alive and it couldn’t understand why the
link between the ruler of the moon and itself had been broken so
prematurely.  The crystal was slowly killing Serenity from the
inside by refusing to heal her any further.  It was her life support
system, Serenity had sustained severe injuries back on the moon, if
it chose to shut down now, there was no way she would be able to
live.
	Raina walked over to the window and peered out into the
darkness searching for her home.  This was a foreign sky, there
were no feelings of warmth, everything was different.  She
watched the storm clouds roll in from the west and blanket the
starry sky from her view.  She reached for her mother’s presence,
Queen Serenity was not dead yet.  Raina could feel her lurking in
the darkness but the link couldn’t penetrate the distance that
separated them.
	The rain started quickly and pelted the ground with sheets of
cold hard rain.  Raina traced one of the drops with a manicured
nail as it slid smoothly down the outside surface of the window. 
Everything was incredibly green and supple.  This was a life
nurturing planet, so different from the world back home where life
had been unnaturally transplanted thousands of years ago.  The
Lunatarians had once been slaves in a new colony, run by the
terrans.  They broke free with the help of the silver crystal and had
lived in peace and harmony up until a few years ago with the
assassination of Raina’s father.
	She felt a single tear work its way down her cheek and harshly
brushed it away.  She was above such childish emotions, she had
hardened herself against them.  She had forced herself to become a
cold untouchable person, feeling only hate.  Every other emotion
just caused pain and unhappiness.  
	She glanced down disdainfully at the broken painting at her
feet.  Endymion’s midnight eyes stared up at her, reading her
guarded soul with ease.  With a muffled growl she picked up her
sister’s artwork and threw it out into the rain.

	Endymion shifted uncomfortably on the small couch.  His
mind was alive, mingling with Serenity’s thoughts that seemed to
trapse through his head without warning.  She was everywhere
inside him now, the connection between them was new and
different.  He relished in the fact that he could just let her wash
over him like a wave on a sandy shore.  He immersed himself in
her, he could feel beauty as if it were something tangible when she
touched him with her mind.
	Which is why he was sleeping on a couch right outside his
chamber door.  She was still unconscious inside, lying peacefully
in his bed.  The doctors had told him there was nothing to do but
wait for her to wake up.  So he laid there content just to feel her
presence dancing with his.  She was everywhere inside him,
penetrating every pore of him, filling him with love and devotion.
	He smiled and closed his eyes, trying to drift of into
dreamland praying that when he woke she would as well and greet
him with that wonderful smile of hers that seemed to grace so few
these days.  Sleep was a distant thought, covered with so many
more worthy musings of his dear princess.  He sighed and began to
allow the exhaustion, the other force haunting his body, to claim
him.  He reached out to Serenity one last time as if to say
goodnight.
	But without warning, she was gone.

	“Serenity...” the voice was soft, and reminded the princess
of silk, smooth and flowing.  With reluctance she allowed her eyes
to open only to find with horror that she was no longer in
Endymion’s chamber.  Consciousness hit her like a brick as she
stood up suddenly, forcing her feet to function normally.  
	She stared with great unease at the black obsidian walls
that surrounded her, her mind was reeling with possibilities of
what could have happened.  She sucked in breath after gasping
breath of cold air, trying to get some sort of barring on the
situation at hand.  
	She glanced down and found her dress clean, free of the
crimson stains that had marred it just moments before when she
first woke up.  It was at this moment she realized that her mother’s
essence had disappeared from the crystal.
	“Oh dear Lord.” she buried her face in her hands as
everything revealed itself at a dizzying speed.  She steadied herself
against one of the walls and slid down into a sitting position letting
the tears stream down her cheeks.  
	Queen Serenity had cut her connection to the crystal, which
resulted in almost immediate death to the royal family.  Once a
formal crystal bearer’s union was severed, there was no way for
them to survive.  The crystal acted like a life support system, it was
bonded to the heart, lungs and other major systems of the body,
once that bond was cut, everything just shut down.
	“Please don’t cry child.” Serenity’s head shot up at the
sudden sound.  Queen Serenity knelt before her, a quiet smile
spreading across her face.
	“Mother!” the princess threw her arms around her mother’s
slim neck and sobbed into her shoulder, “Where are we, why did
you sever the connection?” she asked, her questions muffled by the
folds of fabric from the queen’s dress.
	“We are standing at the gate of the universe, just outside
normal time.  You will return to Endymion’s room as soon as I
finish telling you what I need to.” Queen Serenity brushed the tears
from her daughter’s porcelain cheeks and kissed her forehead.
	“What is it that you need to tell me?” Serenity questioned
softly, knowing that whatever it was, it wouldn’t be good.
	“You are the true crystal bearer now Serenity, you have
complete access to it’s unrestricted power.  It is up to you to stop
the civil unrest surging above us on the moon and reclaim the
throne in the name of Selene.” Serenity blinked back more tears
before narrowing her eyes, the words of her mother slowly sinking
in.
	“Am I to become queen and not Raina?” the queen simply
nodded slowly.
	“Raina is unfit to rule the Moon Kingdom and have access
the silver crystal, her heart has become tainted with evil and greed. 
It is all up to you now Serenity, only you can save the kingdom and
restore peace.  Use the crystal and follow your heart.”
	“If I use the crystal, I will die!” she blurted out, watching
in horror as her mother slowly faded away in front of her.  “Do not
leave me yet, I need your help!” she went to grasp the queen’s
hand and felt only a cold whisp of air in its place.
	“Follow your heart Serenity, trust it, for it will never 
let you down.” with that everything faded to black once more.

	~ To be continued...~

	Stay tuned for the next part of the chapter, I hopefully 
will have it finished soon.  As always a special thanks to:
	Clare-chan, my bestest e-mail buddy, Kelly, Adrianne, SB,
and Mere-chan, my wonderful but strangely absent beta reader...  
I love you all!

Liz-chan :)