Title: Crescent Mirror
Author: aaeris17
Author?s Notes:
Rating: on the cautious side it?s PG-13
Author?s Notes:
	I can?t believe the gang is finally growing up!! Sigh, I 
have absolutely loved writing them as children and now to be 
writing them as teenagers is just as much fun.  I hope you guys 
are enjoying the story and are as pleased as I am that Endy?well, 
I?ll just let you read on and find out!
Thanks again to all my readers and reviewers!  There is nothing 
more pleasing to a writer when people enjoy her work and take the 
time to send a few notes of encouragement!

			******Chapter 17************
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	The full moon was in a few hours, I noted as I slumped down 
onto my window seat, this one facing the forest and the 
Labyrinth.  Mother had said she needed to see me tonight, at 
moonrise.  As much as I had pestered her and Luna the only thing 
I could conclude was that it had something to do with the Senshi.  
My heart was worried that perhaps I had failed as Sailor Moon and 
they were too disappointed in me.  I felt that I had complete 
control of the Moon Wand now.  My tiara attacks were excellent 
and my Moon Healing Escalation was good too.  I sounded like a 
child whining.  I checked myself and did a Mina esque/ Rei esque 
critique of my attacks.  True Rei?s and Lita?s were the most 
offensive and Ami the most defensive.  I always felt like I was 
the finishing touch, like the frosting on a slice of cake.  
Sadly, I honestly thought the Senshi could do just fine without 
me.  Lita argued that this wasn?t true because I had more 
untapped power than all of them combined.  I remember telling 
Lita this very afternoon that being the most powerful without the 
ability to get to it was just as useless as not being able to do 
anything.  Rei made a face and Ami pointed out that I was always 
able to clean up the mess, healing if you will.  My retort about 
not being able to save those closest around me rattled them.  I 
wish they would talk to me about Endy.  I wish they didn?t 
pretend to think he was still alive.  I know they think he?s dead 
and they have given up all hot.   I know that they feel sorry for 
me.  I don?t need their pity!  I had come back to my room fuming 
with anger and Luna was the poor soul who dealt with me.  
	?Serenity! Sit down! Calm down, now Artemis did not report 
anything amiss during training.  What has enraged you?? Luna took 
me squarely by the shoulders and sat me down like she did when I 
was ten and upset because I couldn?t control my attacks.
	I pouted and gestured with my hand, causing Luna?s tray of 
glasses to fly up and smash downwards.  Before she could even 
yell at me I waved my hand again and tried to fix the glasses.  
The shards came together, held for two seconds before collapsing 
prettily, with a small twinkling melody back on Luna?s tray.
	?How many times have your mother and I told you that the 
Silver Imperium Crystal follows your heart?s emotions and you 
MUST learn to be in control when you try to use your power!?  
Luna motioned me to bend down and help pick the few missing glass 
pieces, ?Before you even go into Rei I want to remind you that 
her element is fire. Passion and anger control and drive her 
power.  Anger causes your power to be uncontrollable,? Luna spit 
the last word out before resting back on her heels, tray still on 
the floor, ?I haven?t seen you this upset in such a long time, 
will you not tell your nurse what ails you so?? Luna touched a 
soft hand to my cheek and I let it rest there, feeling the 
coolness and the calmness.  I stood and went to my window.
	?Luna you won?t ever think I was crazy, would you?? I asked 
in all seriousness.  Luna stood up and placed the tray on a table 
near my door.
	?No my dear, you have a loving heart and are no more crazy 
than any other teenager,? Luna answered my back.
	I put my hands on my windowsills, feeling the cold and 
closed my eyes, ?I know Endy is alive.  I have heard his voice; 
he has promised to come home, Luna, he is out there,? I 
whispered, gazing out at the sun setting over the forest, ?You 
have to trust me, Luna, he is alive and out there and trying to 
get back!? I turned and was about to continue when I saw my 
mother standing there with her mouth slightly open.  She found 
her composure.
	?I see, Serenity.  You are not crazy and I will see you at 
moon rise tonight,? Mama spoke softly and left my room with the 
tray of broken glass.
	I turned to Luna who looked as white as a ghost, ?Luna?? I 
queried desperately.  Luna just looked at me and could not seem 
to speak.
	?Your mother is right, Sere? was all she managed to say 
before also leaving my room.
	?What? You?re going to leave me with that?? I called and 
followed her out of my room and saw her hurrying towards my 
mother?s office, ?Yes, that?s right! Don?t tell me what?s going 
on! No one tells me anything! What now? Are you going to send me 
on some unknown mission and I get to disappear next?? I shouted 
down the hall way and into my angry call echoed.  I stomped my 
foot and turned back towards my room but I did not fail to see 
the awed and somewhat sad looks of Kunzite and Jadeite who were 
walking with Ami and Rei.  The girls looked sympathetic and 
hurried away while the boys lingered a little longer until I went 
and slammed myself into the room.
	Stupid moonrise.  I would sit here until it was time and 
then see what Mother finally had to say to me.
	So here I was-- waiting for the moon to rise and letting my 
temper cool down.  Why didn?t Mama tell me what was going on?  
How did she know that I was not crazy?  Who was she to judge and 
what wasn?t she telling me?  I tried to read but felt myself just 
staring out onto the balcony and waiting for the moon to rise.  
What would happen when I told them about the voice I heard, 
possibly the Goddess Selene herself?  I flopped backwards onto my 
bed, I hate my life.
	I allowed myself to wallow in the self pity mood for a few 
more moments, but I couldn?t focus any anger into it.  My 
curiosity was getting the better than me and now I just wanted to 
know what Mama had to say.  I sat up on my bed and picked my 
broach off my bedside table.  I stared at the compact and opened 
it, touching the crystal that rarely glowed as it did that day 
four years ago.  What is your magic, crystal?  Tell me why you 
called on me as your holder! Tell me what everyone is hiding from 
me! I wished, holding the compact.  The crystal stayed silent.  
What did I hope would happen?  Something stirred within me and I 
glanced outside.  Moonrise was just around the corner.  It was 
time to meet Mama and see what was going on.  I pinned my brooch 
to my dress and clasped my hands over it, concentrating on the 
Crescent Mirror.  Air rustled my skirts and I felt the world 
quickly spin around me and found myself standing on soft grass 
and sand.  I was at the Mirror. 
	Releasing my hands from my brooch I glanced around, I guess 
I was early.  I went to the rock and sat down on it, looking down 
at my reflection. I saw a young girl whose face still had the 
baby fat roundness and whose crescent birthmark did not have the 
serenity she was named for.  The crescent moon stayed somewhat 
yellow, not nearly as silvery white as Mama?s was.  My bangs sat 
flat on my forehead, not as poofy as they should be and my hair 
was not in its typical odangoes but in a long plait down the side 
of my face.  I picked up a pebble to shatter the reflection.  I 
looked so alone.
	A hand clamped down before I could launch my pebble.  I 
hadn?t even heard my mother coming up behind me.
	?Your heart is full of conflictions,? Mama stated. I 
slouched my shoulders and dusted off my hands and knees, ?No 
dear, stay seated,? Mama effortlessly sat down facing me, with my 
back to the mirror. 
	I sighed and turned away from her, to idly pluck the grass 
in the cracks on the Crescent Rock.
	?Serenity, I know you have many questions, and I can only 
hope that I have all the answers you are searching for,? Mama 
started, looking at me even though I could not meet her gaze, 
?First of all, you are not crazy.  You and Endy have always had a 
special bond and I am not surprised that you can sense his 
thoughts and emotions among other things,? My heart skipped a 
beat as she spoke of Endy in the present tense. Something people 
rarely did I quickly looked at her and saw that she was staring 
at the rising moon.  I watched her face and she suddenly seemed 
old and wise, yet perfectly ageless.  My beautiful mother, she 
will always be my idol.  She saw me looking at her and smiled 
sadly, ?My daughter, you are growing into such a strong beautiful 
woman and at the same time you are growing away from me.  You are 
going places I cannot follow and it breaks my heart to let you 
go,? She fluffed my bangs with her right hand, ?I have known 
since before you were born that you would be special.  I always 
wanted a daughter and now I have a goddess reincarnated,? Mama 
whispered.  She looked away from me again, to the moon which was 
almost above the mirror now. 
	?At your birth, the Guardian of Time came and blessed you.  
Setsuna, the Senshi of Pluto, knows all the events to come and 
the events that have been.  She told us that the Silver Imperium 
Crystal had reawakened for you, and you were the one who was to 
save the Kingdom.  Not only dearest, were you the true owner of 
the Silver Imperium Crystal, but your birth had caused another, 
greater artifact of time to awaken,? Mama?s eyes turned to me, 
shining with happiness and possibly unshed tears. 
	?The Legendary Quisez called upon you and young Endymion to 
be its owners and to wield its great powers and rid the Earth of 
the greatest evil it has ever known.  The Shadow Wars were only a 
precursor, we soon discovered,? Mama paused to let me absorb all 
this information, ?There is more, Serenity.  Your bond with 
Endymion is no mere best friend relationship but a soul bond that 
can only result from two souls being bond before life and after 
life, do you understand?? Mama put a hand on my hand, ?Endy is 
your soul mate and life partner.  He is the one the Goddess 
selected for you before life began and the one to escort you from 
this life into the afterlife.  You are not crazy for knowing he 
is alive.  If you feel that he is alive, Sere, than he is.  He 
must be trying to reach you and is somewhere he cannot. I feared 
this. I feared his mission to the Wraith Kingdom would result in 
his being caught between the two dimensions.  Now I know at what 
cost I sent that boy??Mama stopped. 
	?But this is not the time to worry about Endy.  If he has 
told you that he will return to you before the year is out than 
he will.  Let?s just not raise speculation and keep your soul 
bond to ourselves,? She whispered the last part and tried to 
smile. ?Serenity, while I may not be able to give you Endy at 
this moment, I believe I can give you something that will make 
you feel, more in control of your situation, ? Mama stood up. 
?Dearest, I know these years have been hard and the coming years 
will be no slice of cake, yet there is something that I have that 
will help you,? Mama raised her hands and faced them palm outward 
to the sky.  She took them back to her heart and raised the in 
fists to the full moon.  I saw her face brighten with power and I 
felt myself being pulled to my feet. ?Princess Serenity, to you I 
give a gift greater than a kingdom, I give you the power of the 
Moon itself and with it the Goddess, ? Mama held out her left 
palm, in it lay a new broach, different gems, same basic design, 
?You know the words, my Princess,?
	I gingerly took my new broach and held the compact close to 
my heart, ?Moon?.CRYSTAL POWER!? I called and felt a greater 
surge of power rush through me and the wind that caught me in my 
transformation was softer and sweeter.  The same uniform 
enveloped me yet I knew there was something greater about my new 
transformation.  I reached for my inner dimension pocket where my 
Moon Wand should have been but pulled out a rod instead of a 
scepter.  The rod was long and pink with a red globe at the top 
and a tiny star on top of it.  Tiny gold wings flourished below 
the globe and I smiled, ?Cute?? I felt light in heart for the 
first time in months.  My own new cutie moon rod.  
	?Care to show me what you can do?? Mama teased stepping 
back.  I nodded and twirled the rod around to get a feeling for 
it. The rod twirled easily and surely in my gloved deft fingers.
	?Moon?PRINCESS?..HALATION!!!? I called sweetly to the 
stars, the moon, and the waters.  My attack harmlessly cleared 
the Crescent Mirror of any rubbish and weeds.  The whole area 
literally sparkled with light and glitter; ?Whoa?.?I looked down 
at the rod and grinned.
	Mother smiled happily, ?I am glad I was of some use, 
darling, now quick, change back into my Princess, its getting too 
cold to be in that skirt,? Mother held her hand out for mine.  I 
touched my new brooch and felt myself in my nice woolen dress.  
Winter was coming early this year.
	I took Mama?s hand and we walked back in silence to the 
Castle.  For the first time in years I felt a huge weight off my 
shoulders and that a new peace had been born between my mother 
and me.  I looked up at her, in a few years time I hoped to be 
her height, if not taller.  For now, I was content in being 
simply the Princess Serenity, who was officially not crazy and 
just needed a little more time to step into the shoes of her 
mother.


*The Wraith Kingdom*
	
	Endy?s eyes hurt so badly, but this was the only time he 
had to study if he ever wanted to escape the black magic 
imprisonment of Beryl. He rubbed his eyes with some water and 
read the runes through blurred eyes.  He knew he was on the brink 
of something big.  He was so close to learning the magic that 
would allow him to transport out of the Wraith Kingdom and closer 
to the Luster Palace.  Sure the Wraith Kingdom had carefully 
taken all precautions to ward off against black and white magic 
but they associated White magic with the magic of the planetary 
kingdoms: the Sun, the Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and 
so on.  Everyone at the Wraith Kingdom seemed to have forgotten 
that the Earth was once its own independent magical planet before 
the wars had polluted the worlds of their ancestors and everyone 
had settled onto Earth.  Queen Selenity had once hinted that in 
his blood lay the ability to be the avatar of Earth.  She was 
hinting at more than just being the Terran Prince.  She was 
saying that he had an older magic than he understood and in him 
only laid the power to access it.
	These ancient books had been his lifesaver. For the past 
two years he had been studying and deciphering the ancient lore 
and magic.  Only recently had he finally cracked the mystery and 
beginning to practice the power that only belonged to the Terran 
Royal Family: his mother?and now only him.  His hand went to his 
breast pocket where he had managed to hold onto a few of his 
mother?s precious rose seeds.  
	Then it hit him.  It hit him so hard that he didn?t know 
whither to laugh or cry out of insanity. The rose!  The very 
EMBLEM of the Terran Royal House.  The very thing he had complete 
control of!  He took the seeds out and peered at them.  Only now 
did he notice what he always thought was gold edging to be tiny 
Terran runes.  He sighed out of exhaustion and put the rose seeds 
back into his pocket, now knowing why he had risked life and limb 
to hold onto the last memory of his mother.
	He sat up from his desk and stretched his exhausted and 
pained limbs.  He guessed the time to be a few hours before dawn 
that would allow him a few hours of precious sleep that for once 
wouldn?t be clouded and interrupted by dreams of Serenity.  For 
once he would dream of her tear stained face and it would be tear 
stained with happiness, for he was months away from returning to 
her.  Just two months?two mere moons and they would be together 
and this time?nothing, he swore, nothing would tear them apart.
	Sleep came peacefully for both Serenity and Endymion that 
night.  They dreamt of each other and what they would say when 
they finally got the chance to berate each other for those long 
years of teasing they had missed out on.
	Yet, time has a way of changing relationships. Time has a 
nasty habit of sneaking up on you and biting you, when you least 
suspect it.  Such was the case of Endymion and Serenity who had 
naturally been destined to be together since before day one.   
The easy comradie was already fraying at the seams before 
Endymion had left.  The last argument, the unspoken words, the 
love that was so strong, so clear, it blinded the two young 
lovers.  What would happen when they finally saw each other?  
Would love really be that simple?  Love was never simple, and 
when it comes to lovers who have great destinies, ah, well, Fate 
has a queer way of behaving.  

		*				*				*

	Beryl stormed back into her room and screamed in 
frustration as she shaking tore off one feather heel after the 
other and chucked them at the wall or the unwitting maid who 
waited up for her and kept the bed warm. Still screeching she 
ripped the curtain off the mirror where Nehelenia slept.
	?Give me the power!? She screamed flinging her hair 
ornaments at the groggy Nehelenia.  Nehelenia unknowingly 
flinched at the hurled objects that couldn?t hurt her in her 
mirror dungeon.
	?Headstrong girl!? Nehelenia barked, furious to be treated 
in such a manner.
	Beryl pounded the mirror, ?You scheming whore! You are 
under MY control! You will tell me what I WANT!? 
	Nehelenia?s temper had reached its breaking point.  Full of 
fury she stood from her throne and strode to Beryl and by some 
unseen force reached through the glass and grabbed Beryl by her 
pretty white neck.
	?You?conniving?insolent?brat!? Nehelenia screamed and 
tightened her grip on Beryl?s throat. Beryl?s face was slowly 
turning the same color as her curled masses.  She pulled Beryl 
closer to the mirror so they were eyeball to eyeball, ?You have 
NO POWER?and you will no longer receive any help from me,? 
Nehelenia dropped Beryl like a piece of marble and dissolved back 
into her mirror, ?Do not call on me.  Do not invoke me.  The 
Daughter of the Dark Moon answers to no one!? 
	Beryl, choking and on her knees, raised her eyes to see 
Nehelenia flutter and fade away.  The mirror, which had 
controlled her life for so many years, went dull and dark.  It 
was never to shine or reflect for Beryl again.  Beryl scrambled 
to her feet, screaming ?NO? and took the mirror off the wall and 
with all her might hurled it onto the floor where for a second, 
it seemed to bounce before it shattered into a thousand pieces.  
	?Fine!  Everyone leaves me! No one needs me! I?ll show 
them!? Beryl howled madly stomping her bare feet and further 
smashing the mirror. She began to laugh manically, ?They will 
never suspect me?little ol? Beryl,? she sang softly snapping her 
fingers for a newer, larger mirror to replace the broken one
	Beryl stood, staring out at the dark night as her feet bled 
onto the dark marble, matching the darkness that had enveloped 
her heart and soul.  
	Doesn?t everyone deserve to be loved? 
	
			*			*			*
				TWO MOONS LATER
	The sun seemed to shine more brightly this cold winter 
morning than it had in a while.  The bareness of the tree was not 
bleak but promising of a renewal.  Everyone seemed more chipper 
than usual this morning.  Preparations were in their final stages 
for the Grand Ball that would be happening a few days time.  
Maids and servants scrambled left and right and over themselves 
to add one last garland, one last touch here.  The Luster Castle 
was beside itself in its full regalia: everything burst of white, 
silver, and gold.  Selenity watched with immense appreciation as 
memories of her own ascension flooded back to her and reluctantly 
thought to herself that at least Serenity had the power of a 
Senshi to call upon.  She would need it to.  Selenity frowned and 
remembered a saying of Mina?s mothers about frowning and 
wrinkles. The saying was convoluted but got the point across.  
She shook her head?like Mother like daughter she thought as she 
saw a blur of orange and yellow streak by, shouting greetings and 
farewells.  Off to another dress fitting! She laughed as she 
noted another blur follow Mina?s footsteps.
	?Daughter! Have care!? She called as Serenity skidded to a 
stop and only managed to nearly miss two servants carrying 
crystal vases full of roses and star gazer lilies.  Serenity took 
a deep breath and dropped with a slight flourish into a deep bow.
	?Just another dress fitting, Mama,? she smiled unlike she 
had in years.  The new power and the new security she had felt 
these past few moons were just what the child Serenity needed to 
grow into the Princess who would become Queen.  Selenity made a 
dismissing motion with her hand at which Serenity grabbed her 
full lavender skirts and ran off after Mina, shouting disparaging 
remarks about her cousin.
	?And you worried this day would never come,? Apollo came 
upon her suddenly and grabbed her around her waist, pinning her 
arms to her sides.  Laughing, she pulled her arms out of his grip 
and wrapped them lovingly around his neck.
	?To think that we thought our times were the hardest,? she 
murmured.  Apollo poked her sides causing her to laugh and end 
her sorrowful thought.
	?Sele! You must promise me to stop your worrying!? Apollo 
burst out, ?Our daughter, will always be a tomboy at heart, and 
is a beautiful Princess, and a wonderful soldier!? Apollo?s face 
was in a huge smile as his eyes mocked Selenity?s worries, ?If 
her father?s main worry is her falling at the ball, then your 
biggest fear ought to be her ripping that dress!? Apollo pulled 
her close and kissed her without abandon, ?Now off with thee, I 
have some last minute defenses to straighten out,? he bowed with 
the flourish of his daughter and left Selenity alone in the 
foyer.
	?Defenses, dear? Against the ballroom stairs?? She called 
after his retreating figure. He made a slightly rude gesture and 
continued giving commands to the group of people who surrounded 
him.
	Selenity bit her lip and resisted a distinct urge to stomp 
her foot and pout off.  Instead she decided to retire to her 
offices, and deal with kingdom Queenish stuff and leave the ball 
in Luna?s capable hands.
*						*				
	*
	?Oh Sere! You look so beautiful,? Mina gushed from her 
stool as she saw my reflection in the mirrors that completely 
covered the dressing room.
	?Right, are you sure you?re looking at my reflection?? I 
teased as the vanity in Mina took over and she made a kissie face 
at herself.
	?Uh huh,? she muttered.  I rolled my eyes at Ami who was 
sitting straight up on a plush chair nearby.  
	Ami fluttered through the papers in her hands and looked 
over her reading glasses at me, ?Sere, I cannot believe the 
progress you have been making during training.  Your second 
transformation is phenomenal!? Ami issued high praise, ?In fact, 
if my readings are accurate, than we are all powering for a THIRD 
transformation, especially Sere,? Ami paused and looked over at 
Rei, ?Does this strike you as odd?? 
	Rei put down the sashes she had been running her fingers 
through and made a small sigh, ?If that was the only thing that 
was weird, I would be at peace,? she admitted.
	?Did you hear about Diamond?s half brother?? Lita abruptly 
changed the subject.  She was standing flat on the ground?her 
height made it too hard for her to be on a stool.  A dress 
mistress fluttered around her, placing different shades of lilac 
green against her neck and d飯lletage. 
	Rei?s eyes flashed and a hand scrunched her sashes, ?A by 
product of the late Pharaoh?s many indiscretions,? she muttered, 
?Men,? she added distastefully.  Lita shook her head before 
continuing.
	?We have heard nothing from the Wraith Kingdom for many 
years?this worries me,?
	Ami nodded as Mina chirped, ?No news means bad news,? 
	Rei had a quizzical look on her face before she decided to 
let the maxim slide. 
	?Sapphire,? Ami said, ?Not many months younger than Diamond 
and Beryl,?
	?Nehelenia?s son?? I asked, skin crawling at the thought of 
having a cousin in Sapphire.
	?No,? Mina said, turning to see her back, ?Like Rei said, a 
blow by from some unnamed woman,?
	Rei scoffed, ?I?m surprised you can hear us against the 
adorations in your head,? 
	Mina?s eyes didn?t even flash up to acknowledge Rei, ?That 
lavender sash would be lovely, Rei.  No blacks or dreary colors 
for Serenity?s ball,? Mina winked at me.
	I frowned despite my immense joy in how my coronation dress 
was turning out, ?I want us to carry our henshin sticks,? I 
began, holding my arms up for the mistress to pin my sleeves, ?I 
don?t trust them to leave us alone, especially on the Coronation 
Night,? I added.  
	The girls nodded in agreement, ?How about a bout of 
training?? Lita suggested, giggling at her own pun.
	Everyone groaned except Mina whose eyes glowed, ?I have 
this GREAT new strategy of Ami?s I want to try!? She turned 
apologetically to Ami, ?I added my own ministrations,? she added 
shyly. 
	Ami bowed gracefully, ?By all means, I am always open to 
new ideas,? she smiled as she stood up and onto the stool for her 
final dress fitting, ?No please, that is too tight, too much 
skin!? She protested in vain as the dress mistress continued to 
pull the bodice of her dress down and replace the neck line with 
filmy, translucent gauze.
	Sapphire.  Mina had once shown me a sketch of Diamond?s 
infamous half brother.  A genius, much like Ami, with creamy skin 
and dark blue hair. His eyes were the scary part: dark, deep, and 
full of hatred.  Mina said that many people assumed Sapphire?s 
silence to be shyness but it was attributed to a brutal hatred of 
all those around him.  He showed little gratitude to Wiseman for 
finding him and brining him ?home?.  He showed utter contempt for 
Beryl, and all women, including a certain cousin of theirs, the 
Lady?why can?t I remember her name? Something Jade, I think.  
I?ll make sure to ask Ami or Mina later.  Much under Mother?s 
protestations, many people whom she did not trust were invited.  
Artemis tried to remind her that one must keep ones? friends 
close but ones? enemies closer.  I remember Mother threw her 
hands up in the air and just sulked in her chair as Luna?s 
eyebrows shot higher and higher as she read the guest list in her 
room?
	?You invited these families?! Artemis! Whose side are you 
on?? Luna had shrieked in her private quarters.  I slinked 
against the wall to hear the argument better?for we had been 
dismissed from the room earlier.
	?What kind of question is that, Luna?? Artemis shot back in 
anger, dropping the respectful title of Lady, or Madame ?We need 
to keep our eyes on these people the most! What do you suppose I 
do? Dishonor these people as they do we and keep them free on our 
greatest night or have them under our very noses where we can 
sniff the stench of treachery?? Artemis roared.  I could tell 
that Mother was wincing and I peaked inside to see Luna stand up 
and turn to walk out of the room?breeching all protocol by 
leaving Mother, Father, and Sir Lawrence still in her own private 
quarters.
	Luna marched proudly and silently out of the room, not even 
pausing to punish me and the girls for eavesdropping shamefully.  
Kunzite and the boys had happened to pass by, to check in with 
Sir Lawrence.  I saw Mina and Kunzite change a long look before 
Mina and the other girls skulked off, leaving me alone.
	The stench of treachery.  I unwittingly balled my hands 
into fists.  Treachery had been done and someone would pay for 
the years of pain they had caused us.  I would make them pay.

	*				*					*
	The twilight came early as it always did during the end of 
the year.  I settled myself by my bay window and curled in a 
large blanket to protect myself against the frost that was 
settling on the outside of the window.  Taking my index finger I 
found myself doodling in the frost.  ?ENDY? 
	I looked away from his name and my gaze fell on the candle 
that I kept lit for him.  The candle looked strong and powerful.  
It would bring him back to me.  As always, I found myself 
daydreaming about the last time I saw him.  Never in my life 
would I forget the look his eyes held when we bid goodbye.  The 
haunting cobalt eyes, the whispered words to this day I do not 
know if I heard them correctly.  ?My Princess, Serenity?.  Was 
that just simple chivalry?  Every Princess must have her knights.  
But, I closed my eyes, there was something more! We have a 
connection.  Mother called it a soul bond.  Soul bond?  Was that 
just another name for best friendship?  That couldn?t be true!  
If that was true than why can I barely sense what Mina or 
anyone?s thinking?  I looked up to see that the warmth of my room 
was causing Endy?s name to fade.  My heart lurched as I retraced 
his name in the ice.  ENDY.  SIR ENDYMION.  HRH KING ENDYMION OF 
TERRA.  
	Oh Endy!! I wiped a stray tear.  Please return soon!  
Return to?return to?return to me?my only love!

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Coming up NEXT:
	A Coronation Ball.  A prophecy fulfilled.  A world shaken 
off its axis.  Endymion returns to his Princess in the nick of 
time!

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