Allison Montgomery stinkbug3@juno.com Ok. Sailor Moon is the property of Naoko Takeuchi, the usual disclaimers apply. Please don't sue me. HAPPILY EVER AFTER? - Chapter 4 Serenity slammed her door and sat down on her bed. 'Why does mother think she had the right to chose who I will marry?' Serenity thought angrily. She was sure that her mother would be along shortly to punish her for such an outburst. However after half an hour, Queen Serenity had not come and Serenity had clammed down a little. 'I haven't seen much of the Senshi recently, maybe I'll go visit them,' Serenity got up and went to see the Senshi. * * * Prince Endymion was in his chamber waiting for Queen Serenity to finish talking to her advisors and his mother. PRincess Serenity's outburst had surprised him, but sooner or later he probably would have done the same thing. The funny thing was the more he thought about not having to marry Serenity, the more he missed her. 'No! I WILL NOT marry her! I will not be forced to marry anyone!' he thought. Ever since she had pricked her finger on the rose, he had missed her presence when she wasn't around. Endymion sighed, he felt very confused, on one hand he missed her, on the other hand he didn't want to have anything to do with her because his parents chose someone for him. Endymion sighed, maybe he'd ask Kunzite for advise. * * * Princess Serenity was sitting in the garden on the stone wall, the senshi had been in training with the generals and Venus seemed to have her hands full with Mars and Jaedite still at each other's throats. Serenity thought about all that had happened int the past weeks. She wasn't officially engaged to Prince Endymion yet, but he had suddenly walked into her life. She tried to think of what she would be doing right now if he hadn't come. 'I'd be bored out of my mind,' was the answer. Endymion had a certain quality of excitement around him, and this past week whenever she had been with him she had never been bored. In fact, she had had fun, and got very lonely when she wasn't with him. 'Maybe mother was right to-- NO!' she thought shaking her head as if to rid her mind of the thought, 'No I won't marry him!' Serenity looked over into the sky, the sun was setting, that same beautiful sunset as she had seen with Prince Endymion. 'I wish he was here!' her heart said while her mind tried to free herself of those thoughts. Finally after a few seconds she stopped struggling with her emotions. 'You are in love with him Serenity, every moment you think of him and want to see him. You can't deny it any longer, you're miserable without him!' she told herself sternly.'But I'm still so confused!' she thought miserably. When the sun had sunk well below the horizon Serenity got up and started in. * * * Endymion found Kunzite, but he was busy trying to break up a fight between Jaedite and Mars. He decided to go to the garden. When he got there, Endymion stopped short. Serenity was already sitting on the stone wall watching the sunset. So Endymion stood there watching her. 'She's so beautiful, ' he thought then another thought came to his mind, strait from his heart. 'I love her!' he realized. Endymion wanted to go out right then and hug and kiss her and tell Serenity that he loved her. But he didn't, he was afraid that she wouldn't love him, also how could he love someone his parents had chosen for him to marry? He watched her get up from the wall and start to come in. 'I can't let her see that I was watching her!' he thought frantically and turned around the corner. * * * Serenity started to run, she knew that it was late and she had probably missed dinner. As she ran inside someone came around the corner and she ran right into them. Serenity hit the ground with a thump, while the other person fell against the wall. When she looked up Serenity saw who she had ran into. Prince Endymion was pushing himself away from the wall. "Where were you going in such a hurry?" Endymion asked her as he reached out to help her up. Serenity took his hand and he pulled her up off of the floor. "To dinner, that is if there still is any dinner, I must be terribly late," Serenity said worriedly. "Actually, dinner hasn't been served yet. Your mother and mine are still in the court room." Endymion said. "Really?" Serenity asked, she couldn't believe her good luck. "Really, Queen Serenity and my mother are still holed up in court discussing 'important matters'." Endymion said. "Yeah, I can guess what the 'important matters' are, thinking up a punishment for me!" Serenity said disgustedly. Endymion decided to not respond to that last comment, as the Princess was obviously angry. He was just going to change the subject when the door to the training grounds burst open and out ran Nephlyte, Jupiter, Zoicite, and Ami. "What's going on in there?" Serenity asked Jupiter. "Mars and General Jaedite are trying to kill each other again, and Venus and General Kunzite aren't having any luck in stopping them!" Jupiter replied. "We all figured that it would be safer out here, than in there," Nephlyte informed the Prince and Princess. Ami and Zoicite nodded in agreement. They all headed for the Elder Senshi quarters, to see if they could help to stop this. Endymion and Serenity peered through the doors and saw Mars and Jaedite standing with arms crossed and their backs facing each other. Venus and Kunzite had been able to get the two to stop fighting using their powers or their fists. However the two where still at odds with each other. "FINE!" Venus suddenly yelled, startling everyone. "IF you two want to fight, go ahead! But I have about had it with trying to break up your fights! It is literally IMPOSSIBLE!" Venus spun on her heel and marched out of the room, not even noticing the Prince and Princess. Soon Kunzite followed, feeling that this might work. Only Mars and Jaedite were left and they soon came out deciding not to fight after all. * * * Queen Serenity and Queen Alexis stood up from their seats in the throne room, quite satisfied with the decision they had come to. * * * Dinner was finally ready and everyone was on time for once. Mars and Jaedite weren't fighting, they still weren't speaking, but at least they were not at each other's throats. Princess Serenity and Prince Endymion were there, they were both on edge about the decision that was made in the throne room would be. Queen Alexis was quietly talking to King Brian about what had happened in the throne room. The Elder senshi and the Elder Generals were getting along quite well. Nephlyte and Jupiter(the younger)were talking about something or other very quietly so that no one could hear them. Zoicite and Mercury were descussing a book that both of them had read. Kunzite was trying to strike up a conversation with Venus, but she was still hopping mad at Mars and Jaedite so she just sat at the table and glared at them. Queen Serenity was waiting for the right moment to announce the 'decision she and Queen Alexis had come to in the throne room. They had already located a nice young boy and girl willing to help them in their plan. In a lull in the conversation Queen Serenity stood up and cleared her throat. Everyone stopped talking and looked at her. "As you all know, there was a court meeting today, in which Queen Alexis and myself were in the throne room talking for many hours. We have reached our decision. Princess Serenity and Prince Endymion will not have to marry each other since they so obviously dislike one another. We will announce this next week, Princess Serenity and Prince Endymion will be free to marry whom ever they please, as long as they are royalty." Queen Serenity smiled at Queen Alexis and sat down. Elder venus immediately knew what the Queens were up to and soon the rest of the Elder Senshi and Generals had figured it out. King Brian thought the plan was excellent. Mars and Jaedite stared at the Queen in disbelieve. Venus and Kunzite started to understand what was going on while Endymion and Serenity just sat there with shocked expression on their faces. "We will expect you all to report to a court meeting tonight at nine o'clock," Queen Serenity said. Everyone finished eating their dinner in silence. please send all comments to stinkbug3@juno.com Allison Montgomery stinkbug3@juno.com Ok. Sailor Moon is the property of Naoko Takeuchi, the usual disclaimers apply. Please don't sue me. HAPPILY EVER AFTER? - Chapter 4 Serenity slammed her door and sat down on her bed. 'Why does mother think she had the right to chose who I will marry?' Serenity thought angrily. She was sure that her mother would be along shortly to punish her for such an outburst. However after half an hour, Queen Serenity had not come and Serenity had clammed down a little. 'I haven't seen much of the Senshi recently, maybe I'll go visit them,' Serenity got up and went to see the Senshi. * * * Prince Endymion was in his chamber waiting for Queen Serenity to finish talking to her advisors and his mother. PRincess Serenity's outburst had surprised him, but sooner or later he probably would have done the same thing. The funny thing was the more he thought about not having to marry Serenity, the more he missed her. 'No! I WILL NOT marry her! I will not be forced to marry anyone!' he thought. Ever since she had pricked her finger on the rose, he had missed her presence when she wasn't around. Endymion sighed, he felt very confused, on one hand he missed her, on the other hand he didn't want to have anything to do with her because his parents chose someone for him. Endymion sighed, maybe he'd ask Kunzite for advise. * * * Princess Serenity was sitting in the garden on the stone wall, the senshi had been in training with the generals and Venus seemed to have her hands full with Mars and Jaedite still at each other's throats. Serenity thought about all that had happened int the past weeks. She wasn't officially engaged to Prince Endymion yet, but he had suddenly walked into her life. She tried to think of what she would be doing right now if he hadn't come. 'I'd be bored out of my mind,' was the answer. Endymion had a certain quality of excitement around him, and this past week whenever she had been with him she had never been bored. In fact, she had had fun, and got very lonely when she wasn't with him. 'Maybe mother was right to-- NO!' she thought shaking her head as if to rid her mind of the thought, 'No I won't marry him!' Serenity looked over into the sky, the sun was setting, that same beautiful sunset as she had seen with Prince Endymion. 'I wish he was here!' her heart said while her mind tried to free herself of those thoughts. Finally after a few seconds she stopped struggling with her emotions. 'You are in love with him Serenity, every moment you think of him and want to see him. You can't deny it any longer, you're miserable without him!' she told herself sternly.'But I'm still so confused!' she thought miserably. When the sun had sunk well below the horizon Serenity got up and started in. * * * Endymion found Kunzite, but he was busy trying to break up a fight between Jaedite and Mars. He decided to go to the garden. When he got there, Endymion stopped short. Serenity was already sitting on the stone wall watching the sunset. So Endymion stood there watching her. 'She's so beautiful, ' he thought then another thought came to his mind, strait from his heart. 'I love her!' he realized. Endymion wanted to go out right then and hug and kiss her and tell Serenity that he loved her. But he didn't, he was afraid that she wouldn't love him, also how could he love someone his parents had chosen for him to marry? He watched her get up from the wall and start to come in. 'I can't let her see that I was watching her!' he thought frantically and turned around the corner. * * * Serenity started to run, she knew that it was late and she had probably missed dinner. As she ran inside someone came around the corner and she ran right into them. Serenity hit the ground with a thump, while the other person fell against the wall. When she looked up Serenity saw who she had ran into. Prince Endymion was pushing himself away from the wall. "Where were you going in such a hurry?" Endymion asked her as he reached out to help her up. Serenity took his hand and he pulled her up off of the floor. "To dinner, that is if there still is any dinner, I must be terribly late," Serenity said worriedly. "Actually, dinner hasn't been served yet. Your mother and mine are still in the court room." Endymion said. "Really?" Serenity asked, she couldn't believe her good luck. "Really, Queen Serenity and my mother are still holed up in court discussing 'important matters'." Endymion said. "Yeah, I can guess what the 'important matters' are, thinking up a punishment for me!" Serenity said disgustedly. Endymion decided to not respond to that last comment, as the Princess was obviously angry. He was just going to change the subject when the door to the training grounds burst open and out ran Nephlyte, Jupiter, Zoicite, and Ami. "What's going on in there?" Serenity asked Jupiter. "Mars and General Jaedite are trying to kill each other again, and Venus and General Kunzite aren't having any luck in stopping them!" Jupiter replied. "We all figured that it would be safer out here, than in there," Nephlyte informed the Prince and Princess. Ami and Zoicite nodded in agreement. They all headed for the Elder Senshi quarters, to see if they could help to stop this. Endymion and Serenity peered through the doors and saw Mars and Jaedite standing with arms crossed and their backs facing each other. Venus and Kunzite had been able to get the two to stop fighting using their powers or their fists. However the two where still at odds with each other. "FINE!" Venus suddenly yelled, startling everyone. "IF you two want to fight, go ahead! But I have about had it with trying to break up your fights! It is literally IMPOSSIBLE!" Venus spun on her heel and marched out of the room, not even noticing the Prince and Princess. Soon Kunzite followed, feeling that this might work. Only Mars and Jaedite were left and they soon came out deciding not to fight after all. * * * Queen Serenity and Queen Alexis stood up from their seats in the throne room, quite satisfied with the decision they had come to. * * * Dinner was finally ready and everyone was on time for once. Mars and Jaedite weren't fighting, they still weren't speaking, but at least they were not at each other's throats. Princess Serenity and Prince Endymion were there, they were both on edge about the decision that was made in the throne room would be. Queen Alexis was quietly talking to King Brian about what had happened in the throne room. The Elder senshi and the Elder Generals were getting along quite well. Nephlyte and Jupiter(the younger)were talking about something or other very quietly so that no one could hear them. Zoicite and Mercury were descussing a book that both of them had read. Kunzite was trying to strike up a conversation with Venus, but she was still hopping mad at Mars and Jaedite so she just sat at the table and glared at them. Queen Serenity was waiting for the right moment to announce the 'decision she and Queen Alexis had come to in the throne room. They had already located a nice young boy and girl willing to help them in their plan. In a lull in the conversation Queen Serenity stood up and cleared her throat. Everyone stopped talking and looked at her. "As you all know, there was a court meeting today, in which Queen Alexis and myself were in the throne room talking for many hours. We have reached our decision. Princess Serenity and Prince Endymion will not have to marry each other since they so obviously dislike one another. We will announce this next week, Princess Serenity and Prince Endymion will be free to marry whom ever they please, as long as they are royalty." Queen Serenity smiled at Queen Alexis and sat down. Elder venus immediately knew what the Queens were up to and soon the rest of the Elder Senshi and Generals had figured it out. King Brian thought the plan was excellent. Mars and Jaedite stared at the Queen in disbelieve. Venus and Kunzite started to understand what was going on while Endymion and Serenity just sat there with shocked expression on their faces. "We will expect you all to report to a court meeting tonight at nine o'clock," Queen Serenity said. Everyone finished eating their dinner in silence. please send all comments to stinkbug3@juno.com