A fan fic by Caleyndar.
Rating: PG.

Notes: The names used by the genrals and the Black Moon 
Kingdom brothers are what they claim to be, and as far as I
know, they are correct in both spelling and their relations
to others in mytholgy. The mysterios character who appeared
in this chapter has already been mentioned in this story. 
You may very well guess who he is, and those who have read 
Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles should surely be able to see
clearly who he is. 
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The Name Endymion...

Part Three: Faces of War...

Chapter Six...

	The twelves figures stood apon the deserted look out, 
tall, shadowed shapes against the night sky. To the right 
was the ocean, dark now, with only the light from the three 
moons to illuminate the tips of the crashing waves. To the 
left were the millions of lights which represented the 
capital city of the planet where Serenity and her companions 
had decided to take their vacation. The planet, I was finally 
told, was named Tranquillity. It?s name matched it?s 
atmosphere, and were it not for what had taken place over 
the last day, I would have agreed that it?s name was fitting. 
	I stared out at the sea now. It reminded me of the 
oceans of Earth, though living where I had, I had seldom 
visited the waters which covered two thirds of the world. 
	"I thank your Prince for putting his life in danger 
for our Princess," Venus?s voice drifted into my memories. 
"General Kunzite, I would be honoured should you and your 
party accompany us to dinner tonight. That is, of course, if 
your Prince would accept our invitation. I assure you, all 
differences will be laid aside by all parties tonight."
	I glanced over at my generals. Jadeite?s eyes shifted 
from his gaze at Mars to implore me to accept. And Kunzite. 
He too seemed to want to accept. Did his eyes flicker from 
Venus?s every now and then? As for Nephrite, his dark green 
eyes never left Jupiter?s, nor she his. Zoisite seemed very
interested in Mercury. He kept wanting to speak to her, but 
could not muster the courage, and it was the same with 
Mercury. Both kept on blushing.
	I wanted to laughed. But I merely gave a soft smile 
and nodded my head at Kunzite. In truth, I too wanted to go. 
But I did not wish to see Serenity there with Diamond. And 
Diamond truly despised me. Still, I could not turn down the 
opportunity to see me generals act like lovesick puppies. 
	But of course, there would be hell to pay later. My 
Father would not be pleased. What amazed me the most, however, 
was that Kunzite and my other generals had all seemed to have 
forgotten their duty. Let it be. For once, let us act like 
mere mortals. Even if we acted like strange mortals.
	Diamond and Serenity were standing some distance off, 
both looking out towards the city below. I looked at them 
now, always feeling the pain. She did not know what I had 
done for her. And in a way, I was glad that she did not. I 
did not want her to love me again without the fear because 
she felt that she must because of my foolish attempt to save 
her. She must come back to me on her own. 
	"Well then, peoples, let?s go and get some food!" 
Venus said cheerfully once Kunzite had agreed on my behalf. 
"Hey, Serenity! You know the most about food. Where do you 
recommend starving people to go?" Venus said very informally 
to Serenity, her tone happy and light.
	With the mention of food, Serenity turned away from 
Diamond and grinned, her bright blue eyes sparkling. "I know 
just the place! All you can eat! Come one, let?s go!"
	"Um, shouldn?t we change?" Mercury spoke up. "And we 
can?t go around calling each other by our real names," she 
pointed out.
	Changing into civilian cloths proved easy enough. 
Deciding on names were a little more difficult. I took my 
Innocent Name, and Serenity followed suit by taking Serena 
once more. The Scouts fussed for awhile deciding apon their 
names, but they finally settled on the following. Mercury 
became Amy, Mars was Rei, Jupiter took the name Lita, and 
Venus said her name would be Mina.
	My generals quickly made up names for themselves 
also. Kunzite; Kedalion, whose name came from a man given to 
Orion by Vulcan. Jadeite; Janus, the God of all Beginnings, 
of entrances and gates. Nephrite; Notus, the South Wind. And 
Zoisite; Zethus, twin brother of Amphion, and son of Jupiter 
and Antiope. These were all names from the mythology of 
Earth, strangely enough.
	And, in keeping with the theme my generals had 
started, Diamond took the name Dionysus, God of Wine and 
Revelry. Sapphire became Sarpedon, the son of Jupiter and 
Europa.
	With out names decided, we set off into the twinkling 
lights which was the capital of Tranquillity, the Planet of 
Peace.
	The place Serena took us to was a rather fancy buffet 
style restaurant in a very exclusive hotel. Gaining entrance 
was difficult, considering our youth and the fact that we had 
nothing going for us. Being civilians had it?s down side. 
Still, in the worlds of today, money talked, and of that, we 
had much.
	I had never been in such a place in my life before, 
and I must comment that I did not overly enjoy my experience 
there, though the building itself was a different story. The 
patrons of both the restaurant and the of the hotel all 
looked at us as we entered, a large group of teenagers 
dressed in formal cloths. Yes, we were dressed appropriately, 
but we were still teenagers. And in their eyes, teenagers had 
no right to be in such a place, much less share their dinner. 
	Despite the people, I adored the hotel. Everything 
was so brightly lit and perfect. The entrance was grand, with 
those highly entertaining revolving doors. It led one to the 
immense foyer with it?s high ceilings. And hanging from those 
lovely lofty ceilings were the most elaborate crystal 
chandeliers, sparkling as the light shone through the facets 
of the crystals. A magnificent fountain stood in the middle 
of it all, spouting forth clear water which gleamed in the 
bright light and making the most peaceful and magical sounds. 
I was captivated by it all. I stared wide eyed at everything 
as if I was for the first time seeing colours and shapes.
	"So, Ami, do you like chess?" Zoisite?s voice asked 
nervously as we walked to the elevators which would take up 
to the third floor, where the restaurant was situated. How 
like a boy he sounded. Much like I had been when I had first 
meet Serena.
	"Yes, I?m quite fond of the game," Mercury replied 
softly, her cheeks glowing red already. 
	I smiled to myself before my eyes fell apon a bright 
burst of colour in the small hallway whilst we waited for the 
elevator to arrive. The flowers! So bright, and so many. Did 
hotels always have such flowers? I wanted to run my fingers 
along their petals, to feel the texture. And how my senses 
must react to their scent. The vase! What fine porcelain. 
And the designs! This could not have been hand painted! 
Everything was too perfect, too without fault.
	"Uh, Darien?" Jadeite?s voice cut into my thoughts. 
"Please come along before more people start gawking at you!" 
he said and dragged me away from the flowers and into the now 
full elevator. 
	The elevator?s doors slid shut. Ever wall was a 
mirror! I looked into one, and there were hundreds of me 
looking back into my eyes! "God, it?s like there are 
hundreds of dimensions!" I gasped as I pressed my hands up 
against the glass. 
	Unfortunately for my companions, we were not the only 
ones in the elevator. There was another couple who stood in 
the corner and just gave us that look. Everyone just smiled 
back. And I just continued to look into the worlds beyond the 
mirror.
	"Okay, he has gone mad," Jadeite whispered to Kunzite 
as we exited the elevator.
	"No, I think he?s just trying to keep his mind off 
her," Kunzite replied softly. "He?s hurting inside, even if 
he doesn?t know it."
	You know me too well, Kunzite. I can even deceive 
myself, but I can not deceive you, my High General. You would 
be a very worth adversary if you were ever pitted against me. 
	It was the truth, though I tried to hide that even 
from myself. I knew my soul was hurting much after all I had 
been through today. To be tested like so by my enemies, and 
to be told the truth about human nature at the same time! And 
of course, seeing Serenity put through such pain was 
unbearable to me, despite the fact that I gave her back to 
Diamond when I could have held her for just a little longer, 
to see her eyes lock apon mine when she awoke from her pain. 
	And now, to see her so close to Diamond, to see her 
so happy, brought about such a wave of sadness that I tired 
to throw it all off with an illusory sense of well being. I 
was drowning in my own pain, and I did not know it. Was I so 
blind?
	We were seated at a long table, with six on either 
side. Serenity and Diamond sat at one end, myself at the 
other. Sapphire placed himself beside me at the end of the 
table. Jadeite sat on the other side of me. The waiters 
asked us for our drinks, and once we had ordered, he left us 
to serve ourselves. 
	Serenity at once left the table with her plate. 
Diamond followed, almost unable to take his eyes off her 
cheerful form. I stared after them both, my heart becoming 
heavier. If she could hate me, it would not be so bad. But 
fear? That cut me. Deep.
	I let my head drop onto the table with a loud thump 
and just stayed there. The fallen Prince. Dead apon the 
table in a fancy restaurant. But I was no Prince. Just a 
seventeen year old by the name of Darien with a broken heart. 
I moaned. My stomach growled. 
	"Stupid stomach," I muttered as I lifted my head up 
and sat back against the chair. In that short period of time, 
everyone had left the table. I rolled my eyes. Yes, leave me 
to guard our table alone, since no one else wanted to be seen 
with such an insane person. 
	I sighed and looked around the restaurant. It was 
nothing like that little place I had dinned in with my 
generals last night. That place was very comfortable and 
rather romantic, with those scattered candles casting off 
their soft light. Despite the fact that I loved light, and 
that this entire establishment was over lit, I did not adore 
this restaurant. 
	And I certainly did not appreciate being left all 
alone at such a big table. Not only was I hungry, I was very 
thirsty too. What ever happened to our drinks? My eyes spied 
a bar at the opposite end of the restaurant. Without 
thinking, I walked over there and sat myself down at one of 
those high stools that dug into your flesh uncomfortably and 
whose synthetic leather stuck to any material. 
	It was only after I had ordered that I realised that 
I had no money on me. Yes, Endymion, real smart. Kunzite had 
taken care of all expenses up to now, and I had not even 
spared a thought about cold hard cash. The bar tender 
returned with my drink, and I was just about to give some 
very poor excuse when a man came up beside me and paid for 
me. The waiter took the money and was gone.
	The man sat down, and I at once realised that this 
was no human being. From him emitted too strong a sense of 
power, and he just did not have the presence humans had; that 
feeling of being alive and full of natural energy. His long 
golden hair and light blue eyes resembled that of Lestat. But 
the air about this creature was calm and wise. What was most 
noticeable about him, however, was the colour of the material 
he wore. Red velvet.
	He sat down beside me before he turned his white 
face to me. A face that somewhat shocked me for all it?s 
beauty and radiance. It was so compassionate, so kind and 
gentle. Like that of a loving father or teacher. "It?s a 
wonderful night to view the moons," he said quietly. He 
voice was patient, seeming to be incapable of anger or 
violence.
	I just stared at him for a moment, pondering his 
motives. Why was this immortal talking to me? Surly he could 
not know who I was? And who was he? This resemblance of a 
human man in his late thirties or early forties. 
	"Oh, I am sorry," the man said, looking genuinely 
regretful. "Have I been so rude to not introduce myself? I?m, 
ah, should I say, a friend of Armand?"
	I raised an eyebrow, not knowing whether to trust 
this being who seemed to see so easily through me. "You know 
who I am then?" I asked cautiously.
	"You know what I am, Prince Endymion," he said 
softly. "Of course I know who you and your companions are. 
But that does not concern me now. What I wish to know is how 
Armand behaves himself these day."
	"Funny you should ask such a thing. But I do not 
know nor trust you. And though I have reason to despise him, 
I am not lowly enough to betray him in any way," I answered 
softly, picking up my glass at last and drinking much of the 
dark liquid. 
	The vampire smiled. "I understand. It does not 
matter. I will see him soon enough and ask him myself. But 
tell me, why do you hate him?"
	"Because he is a deceiver and a devil," I said darkly 
and sculled the rest of my drink down. "I thank you for the 
drink," I added as I turned and back towards my table. 
	The others had returned when I reached our table. My 
generals looked up at me as I passed by and picked up my 
plate before heading to the food section. I hardly noticed 
their inquisitive glances. My mind was occupied with other 
thoughts. 
	This was a most unusual development. I knew I should 
tell Armand about it, but after all that he had done to me, 
I wondered if I should be so kind as to do such a deed. This 
stranger, this immortal; there was something about him. 
Something I sensed in his powers that I did not sense in 
Armand, Lestat nor Louis. I could not place it, but it almost 
felt as if he was not fully of this world. As if he had been 
to places we had not yet, and knew of things we had never 
even dreamed of. 
	The smell of food brought me out of my thoughts, a 
spirit snaking into my mind and curling around my senses to 
demand the attention it sought. My stomach grumbled again, 
and mindlessly, I picked up anything that appealed to me, 
pilling my plate high, embarrassingly so.
	"Aren?t we hungry tonight?" Diamond commented as I 
returned to the table in a rather snobby tone. He sounded 
just as he did two years ago.
	"Yes, we are. I have nothing better to do than eat. 
It keeps my mind of things. Besides, it keeps my big mouth 
shut from answering your stupid questions," I said and sat 
down angrily.
	"You were right. He is pissed off," Jadeite muttered 
to Kunzite who sat on the other side of him. Jadeite quickly 
looked away when I glared at him.
	I hated myself when I acted in such a way. I could 
only blame myself and human nature. And so I just started 
eating and tried to ignore the world around me. 
	Eyes were watching me. I looked up to see him pass 
by, the gentleman dressed in red velvet with those golden 
lock and kind blue eyes. Almost god like. A kind god. Unlike 
Lestat, who so loved to be amused by my suffering.
	?Yes, he is like that, unfortunately. My name for 
him, the Brat Prince, is very fitting,? the vampire?s voice 
said to my thoughts. 
	I quickly sealed off my mind. Brat Prince. The same 
name Armand had used to describe Lestat with, and which I had 
adopted myself. So this immortal had started the little 
trend? Who was he?
	"You look as if you?ve seen an elemental," Mars 
commented.
	I shook my head and focused my eyes on her dark 
purple ones. "No," I said uncertainly. "Not a pesky little 
spirit," I trailed off. I looked down at my plate, and 
resumed eating. 
	With half interest, I listened to the little 
conversations that went on around the table. The generals 
and the Inner Scouts were getting along very well. Too well, 
for their own good. They would be hurt once this night was 
over. I heaved a sigh.
	"Have you heard from Luke and David? Or at least, do 
you know if they are well?" Sapphire asked softly from 
beside me. He was pushing his food around on his plate.
	"No. I must admit, I had hardly spared them a 
thought since that fateful night," I replied in a whisper, 
realising what an uncaring fiend I had become. I suddenly 
had the urge to know, to see, to be with them. But I knew 
that had to wait. There were too many unresolved issues I 
had to clear up before I could leave this hell hole. And when 
that was done, I would surly go. Or so I promised myself.
	"Pity. I feel guilty, strangely enough, for beating 
them up and drawing the attentions of the girls away from 
them. And I would feel better if I knew they were well now," 
Sapphire replied. "I do wonder what ever happened to them 
after we left. 
	"When we awoke, you, your best friend Nicolas, and 
his girl friend, Dawn, were missing. Dionysus, Serena and I 
assumed you had been taken by the Shadow Kingdom, considering 
how you were attacked earlier that day. It was not until we 
returned to the capital of the Moon Kingdom did we find out 
the truth. 
	"And then, the night after the ball, Serena began 
acting strangely. I did not know then what had happened, and 
I never thought of your involvement. Diamond and I left after 
that night in any case. It wasn?t until the after the attack 
by Blade that we returned. After hearing the Scout?s story, 
I figured out that you were the cause for Serena?s 
displeasures," Sapphire concluded.
	"Yes, you were right. I was very foolish. I listened 
to those who cared for nothing except their own ends and who 
used me and my feelings to achieve it. I know what I?ve done 
wrong, and I deserve this punishment delt to me by Serena. I 
will bare it as long as she sees fit," I answered, not even 
trying to put together a defence for myself.
	"In a way, I was glad of what you did, for it moved 
Serena?s affections to my brother, who loves her so dearly," 
Sapphire continued. "But I know now, though I dare not tell 
Dionysus this, that Serena does not really love him. Not as 
she loves you. But you, of course, know all this. You know 
she loves you, and only appears to love Dionysus because she 
fears you. 
	"It would be better, for all parties involved, 
including your generals and the Scouts, I dare say, if this 
whole issue is resolved. The longer this goes on, the more 
everyone will be hurt," said Sapphire. He looked at his 
brother, who was smiling softly at Serenity, his eyes full 
of affection.
	"I know," I answered. "But there is nothing I can do 
right now. I can not command Serena to love me, to not fear 
me. These delicate issues take time and thought. And there 
are other things which must be done before I ever seek 
Serena?s forgiveness; things I must do to prove to her I am 
worthy of her undying love, to be her soul mate."
	"You have my support. I only wish that my brother be 
happy, but this is not the path to his peace. I thank you, 
Darien, for your understanding. Though strictly speaking, we 
are enemies. I consider us as friends, and I hope you feel 
the same way," Sapphire answered.
	"May I ask you something?" I said suddenly, as the 
thought slipped into my head. "Why exactly did Serenity go 
to Earth two years ago?"
	Sapphire looked momentarily displaced, but then 
answered softly, "To find you. Did you not know this? There 
were issues that had to be resolved between you kingdom and 
hers, which, if her mission had been completed, I would think 
none of this would be transpiring now. But she failed. You 
were taken by the Dark Dragon Kingdom before she ever brought 
you back to meet Queen Selenity."
	"So that vision was no lie," I said softly to myself. 
It had only been interrupted by me in the wrong way. Or at 
least, Armand had led me to see it in the darker light. How 
could one little vision which meant so very little have 
changed me that much as to make me feel hate for the only 
one I had ever loved, and ever would love? 
	I was a fool. For have ever trusted Armand, to have 
believed him despite what he had said to me from the very 
beginning: ?I can not help what I am, and by my nature, I am 
alas cruel, and very much evil?. Yet still I had believed 
everything he had ever told me! I had even fallen in love 
with him! Could I believe anything he had told me then? I 
knew my parents were alive, but what of everything else? Why
could not someone just tell me the truth!
	"You look pained," Sapphire commented, looking at me 
with those dark blue eyes of his.
	"I don?t know what to believe," I whispered in reply. 
"I?ve been told so much, and do not know what is the truth 
and what are lies! All I know to be real to me is that I don?t 
care about any of it except that I love her! It matters not 
whether her kingdom destroyed mine, or whether she lied to me 
or not! None of it matters except that I love her! But I want 
to know the truth. I want to know under what circumstances I 
came to be on Earth. I want to rid myself of these lies!"
	Sapphire stared at me, a frown apon his thoughtful 
face. He seemed deep in thought. Finally, his dark eyes 
focused back apon my ocean blue ones. "You know too little 
of the whole story. Were I you, I would find out all that 
has been locked in the dark before I continue along the path 
you have taken. Find Queen Selenity sometime in the near 
future. You should be told what you were meant to know from 
the beginning. Were I asked to guess, I would believe that 
the Dark Dragon Kingdom took you away from Earth when they 
did because they did not wish for you to know the truth."
	My expression darkened. 
	How I had not seen this before, I did not know. 
Perhaps I was too taken up in crying about my loses, and the 
pain others were inflecting apon me. But the simple truth 
was, Armand had used me all this time, and so had my Father. 
Still, I did not know why my kingdom had been partially 
destroyed, nor why it was slipt up. But I knew now that what 
Armand had told me when we had first encountered one another 
in that small moonlit clearing, of the Moon Kingdom wanting 
my powers all for greed, that had been nothing but a lie. 
And he had used my emotions to make me believe it the truth! 
	And my dear Father. How I hated him more and more. 
With uncovering each piece of the puzzle, the more he seemed 
the tyrant than our so called enemies. 
	"But why?" I wondered, trying to calm my raging sea 
of emotions. "Why would immortals want me? Their powers can 
equal mine. Why would they go to such lengths to stop me 
from finding out the truth?" Armand, you are more of a fiend 
than I ever thought possible. What hidden agenda have you 
underneath your angelic grace and innocent smile?
	"For you kingdom, perhaps? With your parents killed, 
having you on their side would automatically make the your 
sectors of this galaxy part of their kingdom," Sapphire 
suggested.
	I realised that they knew not that my natural 
parents lived. They knew not that it was my Father?s doing 
that I sat with them now after sending me to kill Serenity. 
But I knew, and there had to be a reason Armand had done all 
that he had. For after all, my beloved Father did not even 
know where exactly I was in the galaxy until Armand informed 
him. But Armand had known all along, and I would believed my 
Mother did too. 
	"I don?t know," I finally said. And then I shook my 
head slightly and gave him a smile. Never mind that is was 
rather fake and never fully lit up one?s face as a genuine 
smile always did. "Enough of such heavy talk. We are at a 
party right now."
	Sapphire smiled. How such a small change of one?s 
facial expression could change another?s perception of that 
person, I did not know, but apon seeing his smile grace his 
handsome face, his past coldness left my memory, and I began 
to like him immensely. 
	After our conversation, I had a new reason to
continue my seemingly pointless life over run by those I now 
greatly despised. I had new convictions about all that had 
passed, and how to continue. There was much I had to do 
before even I myself thought it right of me to have Serenity 
back. So much to prove to myself, so much to understand and 
to right. The first of which, was the little matter of 
speaking to Armand. And then I would deal with my Father. If 
I lived through all that, I would seek out Queen Selenity. 
Perhaps, after those tasks, I would no longer consider 
myself as a fool and idiot. And then perhaps Serenity too 
would consider me as something more than I appeared to 
myself now: just a pawn in a galaxy full of deceit and those 
who would have me hurt the one I loved.
	The cool and night scented breeze greeted our faces 
as we stepped outside the lobby. Liked long forgotten spirits 
they swirled around my face, their fingers brushing my cheek 
and lips. The screams of vehicles as they decelerated and 
turned along the over crowded night streets arose from the 
heart of the city. They reminded me a little too much of 
Earth and her over populated cities in which many died each 
day and were instantly forgotten, had they ever been a memory 
at all. 
	"I want to go home," I said softly to the twinkling 
lights of the tall skyscraper building towering like dark 
stern giants above us. "I want to see my family, my friends. 
And I want to be free and innocent again. To do as I pleased, 
and bury my face in Wild Spirit?s silky silver mane and cry 
out all my sorrows and regrets." My words were lost into the 
night, heard by no one but myself. Like autumn leaves 
falling from the branches of the almost bare trees, my voice 
had spoken those words only to let them be taken from me by 
the wind. 
	All around me there was happiness. Mercury and 
Zoisite. Mars and Jadeite. Jupiter and Nephrite. Venus and 
Kunzite. And Serenity and Diamond. 
	I looked away, into the display windows lit with the 
miniature spot lights. All the shops were closed now. It had 
been late when we left the restaurant. Everyone complained 
that they were too full. I had only replied with silence. 
Now we walked along the still populated streets. People never 
seemed to  sleep in cities such as this. There were always 
some clubs open, bars, places which I had never set foot into 
in my life. Places for those who believed they were evil, or 
those who pretended they were. Or those who merely wanted to 
forget, to drink and gamble away their troubles. 
	?Taking the easy way out is never the answer.? Sword, 
how can you know so much of human nature, yet be like one 
who has no humanity?
	With our journey?s end, I would start down another 
road. One which I can not say I did not fear. But if I was 
able to travel that road and reach it?s end, Hope might come 
back to me. 
	Once more we stood above the city, looking out over 
it and the ocean. The three moons were high above us now, 
forming a triangle directly over head. 
	"To see the three moons together like that is very 
rare," Mercury said to Zoisite quietly. "Those who live on 
this world believes it foretells love and peace."
	Love and peace. Both of which I do not have but 
wished that I did. 
	"Well, General Kunzite, I thank you for accompanying 
us tonight. Once again, I thank you for what you have done 
for us and our Princess today. I hope that when we next meet, 
we may do so without trespassing on our kingdom?s laws," 
Venus said, smiling at Kunzite. 
	"Yes. Unfortunately, that would be the only way. But 
my fair Venus, I will not let you slip from my mind. I hope 
it will be the same for you with me," Kunzite replied and 
bowed to her. He caught her hand as he returned to his 
upright position, and brought it to his lips.
	Venus blushed.
	"Farewell now. May you travel safely," Kunzite said 
and backed away. 
	My other generals said their farewells to the other 
soldiers. Nothing passed between Serenity and me. Diamond 
stood by her side out of the way, never looking our way. 
Sapphire caught my eye before we teleported off the planet, 
our mission abandoned for our hearts were lost. He gave me a 
smile, saying that he believed in me and what I said I could, 
what I must achieve.

End Part Three, Chapter Six.