All in the Hands of Fate and Destiny-chapter 4 Daniellle "talking" 'thinking' ~~~scene change~~ room under sc is where their at I know some things might seem a little weird with the way Serena's mom acts and the fact that they don't use the crystal, but it's friday and I don't have time to explain it all or the story won't be out till next week. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Courtyard Raye stared in shock at her fallen friend. It still hadn't clicked what happened yet. Slowly she herd the guards and scouts running over and she snapped out of her reverie. Mercury started giving orders, "Scouts get people away from here and guards help the others that were injured," she glanced at Serena then continued," Darien, take her to the infirmary (that right?If its not sorry)." Darien kneeled down gently and put his arms under her. when he stood up her arms hung limp below them. Raye noticing this, carefully put her hands on her stomach and yelled to Amy," I'm coming with you." "Raye, they need you help here." Amy replied although she knew this was a fight she couldn't win. "I don't care, she's only hurt because of me." At this point Darien was getting a little impatient. "Come on we don't have time to fight." With that said all three ran to the infirmary. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Other side of Courtyard "GET BACK!!!!!" yelled Venus in frustration. "This is none of your business." screamed Jupiter. People seemed to appear out of nowhere and wanted to get a glimpse of the fallen princess. "Should I threaten to burn them?" Jadeite growled under his breath. "Maybe." Zoicite replied. " Look, this is a personal matter and anyone who does not go inside right now will be removed by ANY means possible." The crowd started backing up unsure of themselves. "He just put what I wanted to do in nice, regal terms." Jadeite said a little shocked. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Infirmary Darien took Serena over to an empty bed. Raye had gone to find her mother and Amy had taken a sample of her blood and was trying to make a cure for the poison. "Ugh, this is not working. It's a new kind of poison, whenever I find a cure for it the dna changes to kill it off and help feed it." Darien looked up at her and asked "English please?" "It means that any medicine will help make the poison stronger and kill her faster." At that point Amy turned around and she had streams of tears running down her face. Raye ran into the room with Queen Serenity hot on her trail. Raye had already explained to her what happened. "Amy, could you do anything?" The queen asked calmly. Her eyes showed how she really felt. "I'm sorry m'queen, nothing can be done." "Darien, get a healer to spend day and night with her and to get me immediately if anything changes." "Of course." he replied. "I'll be in my room." she said turning to leave. The scouts knew that when the queen stayed in her room it wasn't good. Serenity never liked to grieve openly because she didn't want to upset her people so she did it alone. A few minutes after the queen left the others cam in, along with Beryl. Malachite gave an 'I'm sorry look' to Darien while the rest just shrugged. Afew excruciating hours later, Beryl confirmed Amy's theory was right. "Now, I would like all of you to leave for the night and come back tomorrow morning." Beryl told the group. Raye who had been sitting in Jadeites lap jumped up and yelled, "No way, I'm staying here with her the whole night. If anyone leaves it should be you. It took you hours to figure out what Amy figured out in a few minutes." Raye was flushed with anger. Jadeite stood up and gently put his hand on her shoulder. "Raye, it's been a rough day and we all need a little sleep. We can come back tomorrow and get permission from the queen to stay all night. No use fighting now." He led Raye out of the room and the rest followed. Darien lingered a few moments longer." Darien, would you like to come to the kitchen with me to get a bit to eat?" Beryl asked sweetly." Darien groaned and said as nicely as he could, "Beryl, you have to stay with her day and night. And if I find out anything happens to her your going to get blamed for it." With that he left with his head bent down and went to his room, to tired to do anything else. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Meanwhile back in the Infirmary " I'm the one that hurt her to begin with silly. Once she's gone, you'll realize how much you love me." Beryl said as she mixed a so called 'cure' and injected it into Serena. Then she disappeared back to the negaverse. (maybe she just doesn't understand the meaning of stay with her day and night.) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Infirmary, next day Raye woke up the earliest and ran to the infirmary. When she got there she was about to explode because Beryl wasn't there, but then she saw how pale and sweaty Serena was and ran to her side." Serena, wake up. SERENA!!! Come on, Amy said you should wake up for a little bit today. Please Serena." She felt for a pulse and noticed it was a little abnormal, but not much. " Serena, I'm really sorry about our fight. I never ment to hurt you. I know I can get a little carried away sometimes but I took it to far. And I apologize. And I also came early to say thank you." Raye said as she gently squeezed Serenas hand trying to get a response from her. Her hand felt cold. Almost inhuman like. Raye felt for a pulse again. There was one, but it was very, very faint. "AMY." Three minutes later, Amy and Darien came running in. "what happened?" asked Amy. "Where's Beryl?" asked Darien." I came in this morning and Beryl wasn't here, then started to talk to her and try to wake her up. I felt her pulse and it was normal then I tried again later and there's barely one." "I'm sorry, but I need you both to leave so I can work." said Amy quietly. "I'll go do a fire reading." said Raye "Beryl...." was all Darien said as he ran out of the room. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Prayer room "Oh great fire, show me what happened to Serena last night." A faint glow appeared in the middle of the fire then An image of Beryl mixing up something then injecting it into Serena. "What was it? What did Beryl do?" asked Raye. But the image disappeared. In the back of the room a figure with red hair mumbled something inaudible, then disappeared. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Negaverse "That brat knows what I did. Ahhhhhhh. I was so careful not to let anyone see me and she did that. Know everyone's going to know. Even Darien. Now he'll never be mine." Beryl ran around the room smashing pots and knocking over chairs and screaming obscene words. Then and idea came into mind and a wry smile appeared on her face" Since he's going to find out, I mine as well tell him myself." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Somewhere in the castle 'Where could she be. There's only so many places she could hide.' "Looking for me prince?" came an oddly familiar voice. 'Beryl'. "Why you..." "Before you talk Darien, listen to my proposition." Darien turned around and saw something that didn't shock him very much. "You're from the negaverse, figures." he said, unamused. Beryl shrugged it off then continued, "Princess Serena while die within a matter of hours from the crystal. I knew she wouldn't let her best friend get hit....." Darien dove at her but she disappeared." Now now now, listen or I'll make the chemical I put in her last night grow and kill her within a matter of seconds." Darien clenched his fists but didn't respond. "If you agree to come with me and live with me in the negaverse, Ill heal her." Darien knew the second he went with her she'd kill Serena. "Why would I wanna go with a snake like you. All twisted and evil." (sound familiar :P ) "Then watch your precious princess die." Beryl said and let out a laugh that could make and many deaf." C-ya soon, Darien." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Infirmary "Can I please have a minute alone with her?" asked Darien. Everyone left and Raye was going to tell him about the fire reading but she had a feeling he already knew. Darien walked over to her bedside and cringed at the image he saw. Serena was a deathly pale and her hair was matted to her face. She was skin and bones, from both not eating in a day and a half and the works of the poison. Her breath was coming out i ragged gasped for air, and if it wasn't for that it would look like she was already dead. Darien did something he hadn't done in a long time, he cried. Tears streamed down his face for at least five minutes as he crossed his hands over her stomach, laid his head over them, and wept for the love he could never have. (sentimental, ne?) "Serena, if there's one thing I could change it would be to kiss you when I had the chance" After a few more minutes, he lifted up his head and wiped away his tears. He caressed her smooth face and gently brought his lips to hers. Amazingly they were warm, the only warm thing on her. As Darien was about to pull away he herd a small moan and felt her wrap her arms around his neck. He pulled away and noticed her face had gone from pale, back to its natural tan color and she had stopped sweating." Darien?" she asked as she opened her eyes. A small smile played on her lips as she looked up at him. Then she realized where she was and what happened. "Beryl, she's from the negaverse." Serena said, her strength coming back to her. "How did you?" Darien started... "I could still hear what everybody said, I just couldn't respond." Darien blushed a crimson color when he realized what he said in front of her." And by the way Dare, I wish I'd kissed you to back then." "Lets make up for it know." Darien said as he leaned over and kissed her again. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Like? Mail me please.....I'm begging all of you. The next chapter will have some comedy and happy things. I just don't like writing depressing stuff. It's no fun. Well, I'd write more now but my brother and his friend are down here trying to get me off. Till next time.... Lotsa love ~Danielle~