Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ A Clash of Royal proportions ❯ Meetings and Misunderstandings ( Chapter 3 )

A clash of royal proportions

Chapter 3

Meetings and Misunderstandings

~~~~~ On the moon ~~~~~~

"Serenity, hurry up and get ready, they will be arriving soon." Selenity was getting annoyed with her daughter; she had been locked away in her room for the past three hours and had refused to come out until they leave. "Serenity Rose Selene! You will get out here now or so help me I'll bust this door down, and you know I can!" Selenity was beyond angry, she was furious and no one wanted to cross the beautiful queen when she was angry. Selenity heard a cry of frustration from the other side of the door and it swung open, with a very angry and annoyed princess on the other side. " Mother, how many times do I have to tell you, I am NOT marrying that JERK from earth. And I am NOT going down to greet them either, you can do that on your own, or better yet, get my guardians to do it!" Selenity could see the fire in her daughters eyes, she had only been this angry once before, when the prince of the dark moon had first come and that was something the queen would rather forget.

"Serenity, you will go down to meet them and you will behave yourself! Is that understood?" Selenity's hands were clenched by her sides and her eyes were but narrow slits. " And what if I decline, no wait, out right blatantly REFUSE!" Serenity said to her mother standing in the same position. A smirk came over the queens face and Serenity was sorry she had asked, " Well my dear daughter, I know how much you like your holidays to that resort in the outer galaxy. AND how much you love your sailor scout training. Well if you refuse to come down and play nice with our guests, then you will not be going to that resort until your old enough to take my place and you will not be doing ANY training until your twentieth birthday!"

Selenity's smirk grew wider at the look of shock and horror on her daughters face, "you… you wouldn't!" Serenity couldn't believe what her mother was holding against her, the two things she loved to do most she was threatening to take away from her if she didn't do as she was told. " Oh really, you don't think I would do you?" the queen came right up into her daughter face, " Watch me!" and with that she proceeded to walk away to make preparations, but she spoke once more with her back to her daughter, " Oh and don't forget, they will be here in two hours." And with that she was gone, leaving her daughter to get ready.

~~~~~~ On Earth ~~~~~~

" Endy, come out, we have to be there in two hours." the king was pounding on his sons door to try and get him to come out. "I've already told you, I'M NOT GOING!" was the only thing heard from the other side of the door. " Endymion Darien Shields! You will come out here or so help me you'll regret it!" the king of earth, like the queen of the moon was furious with his child, he couldn't believe the audacity of his son behaving like a child. There came a loud click and a furious young man flew out the door, "And what makes you think you can make me go?" Endymion said, his eyes narrow slits and his words flowed from his clenched teeth. "You try my patients boy, you don't want to know what I can do to you." The king was staring at his son with equal intensity as he spoke, but his words were calm and clear. " Enlighten me father." Endymion said raising an eyebrow, this was all the coaxing the king needed, and he knew the prince's weaknesses and how to use them against him.

"Well my son, if you do not come along and play nice, I will take away the two things dearest to you. Your will not be allowed to do any training until your twenty-third birthday, AND you will not be allowed to visit that place you call `the hot spot' on mars until you take over the throne of earth. Do I make myself clear?" The king stood, arms folded and an evil smirk on his face, he watched his son with grown amusement as his face turned from rage to utter mortification. "You wouldn't, you know how much those two things mean to me!" the prince's eyes were wide in shock and his voice was shaking. " Yes my son I would. So the more time you stand here arguing about it, the more time you waste that you could use to get ready. Time is ticking away my son, and so are your chances of still having the privilege of the two things you love the most." And with one last smirk, the king was gone.

~~~~~ Two Hours Later ~~~~~

"Serenity, stand up straight, and take your hands off your hips. Don't scrunch your face up at me young lady, you told me you would behave." Serenity looked at her mother and sighed, doing as she was told. "Why did you have to be so difficult about this mother, you already know I'm not going to like him." Serenity gave her mother a wide smirk; her mother was just about to reply when their company was introduced.

"PRESENTING THEIR ROYAL HIGHNESSES, KING DAMION, QUEEN DELILAH AND CROWN PRINCE ENDYMION!" trumpets blew to signal their entrance, and the queen and her entourage stood to show respect, all that is except princess Serenity, who had walked to the throne to sit down, she was not in the mood to entertain guests.

"King Damion, it's good to see you again, it's been too long." She said bowing to the king. "Selenity, we're old friends, no need for formality here and you know It." The king said with a smirk, the king of earth and the queen of the moon had been friends since childhood. "Well, you won't mind if I call you by your old nick name then wont you," the queen said giving him a smirk in return, "hey bubbles." She said raising an eyebrow. The kings' smirk turned to a look of utter horror at the mention of his old nick name. "Well now why'd you have to go and bring that up, now what was your nick name again, let me think… oh I remember, bunny" and it was the queens turn to look horrified. But the horror turned to sudden laughter as both burst into fits of laughter. " Oh it really ahs been too long." The king said trying to stop laughing. "Yes, yes it has old friend." Said the queen trying to regain her composure.

"Well, were is this lovely daughter I have heard so much about?" the king said looking around, his eyes were drawn to the throne, where she sat. She was sitting on the throne, leaning over to one side, her head resting in her hand, her legs crossed, and she looked very annoyed. " She is standing…" she looked beside her, but Serenity was not there. The queen looked around in a panic and was drawn to the throne by a voice, " Don't worry mother, I'm still here, I just wanted to sit down that's all." The boredom lingered on her voice and her mother felt a bitter taste in her mouth, and she vowed to herself that her daughter would pay for this later. "Yes Serenity, come here please." The queen asked, motioning for her daughter to join her in meeting their guests. Serenity rolled her eyes, but complied with her mothers' wishes and went to greet her guests.

" Hello your majesties, my name is Princess Serenity of the moon kingdom, I'm please to make you acquaintance." She bowed and gave her mother a sideways glance, < Well mother, I'm being polite, when can I go. This is boring me, I want to go and do something else, chase a Centrif maybe. Ha! That would be a lot more fun that this. > Serenity thought spoke to her mother (AN: BTW <> is telepathy or thought speak, so if you see it in later chapters as well, that's what it is ^_^). <Well Serenity you can just go do that, AFTER our guests have settled in. Oh and by the way Serenity, the trips to that resort have been postponed for six months. You do not act the way you did when we have guests. > Serenity tried to regain her composure in front of her guests, but it was to no avail, she let out a cry of frustration and stormed off.

Endymion was standing behind his father, arms crossed in a huff; he was about to ask his father if he could leave, when he heard an angel speak. " Hello your majesties, my name is Princess Serenity of the moon kingdom, I'm please to make you acquaintance." She said. He was staring at the wall trying to get the bells to stop chiming in his ears, they finally stop when he heard a cry of frustration and looked around to see two streams of golden hair disappear around the corner. /Humph, that must be the princess, what a brat! / He thought to himself (AN: // is thinking you know the drill, yada, yada, yada, now back to the story ^_^).

Serenity went into her room and changed into one of her less beautiful dresses, in fact it was a plain cotton blue dress. She took her hair out of the royal style and let it flow freely around her, it nearly came down to her ankles when it was fully out and she loved her long hair. She picked up her cat and went for a walk in the garden to cool off, /this day has started off really bad, it can't get much worse than this! / She thought to herself as she walked to the garden.

Endymion stood and bowed to the queen, " It is an honor to finally meet you your majesty." "Ha ha ha, there is no need for that young prince, call me Selene, that is what my friends call me." She said motioning for him to stand. " Well, In that case call me Darien, most of my friend and close family call me that, though most of the time they prefer to call me Endy." " Well Darien, I hope you enjoy your stay here." "Yes, I'm sure I will. Your majesty can I ask a favor of you?" Darien asked (AN: I'm changing Endymion's character and Serenity's names to Serena and Darien, it's a lot easier that way ^_^'). " Why of course Darien, what do you ask?" Selene looked at the young prince and smiled as a slight rose colour formed on his cheeks. " Well, I was wondering if I could take a look around, look at the area a little. I would really like to see your gardens, I have heard of their beauty." The queen couldn't help but laugh, " of course you can Darien, but be back here by noon, we are having a celebration dance starting at noon." Darien gave a quick nod, bowed to the queen and walked in the direction pointed out to him by one of the servants.

~~~~~ In The Garden ~~~~~~

"Oh, isn't it beautiful Luna?" Serena asked cupping a rose in her hand. "Yes it is princess, but remember the saying, even the most beautiful rose has its thorns. Take a look at yourself." Luna laughed at the bright red tinge her princesses' cheeks had taken on. "Oh Luna, always making fun of me." Serena giggled as she hugged her guardian cat. Serena just sat there for a little while admiring the rose, when a dark shadow fell over her a deep voice spoke, " What are you doing there?" Serena stood with such speed that she nearly made this stranger fall over. " Who are you?" she asked, heart still racing from the start he gave her. She looked at the man in front of her and stood in awe, he was cute, no scrap that, he was GORGEOUS! He was about 6'2", tan skin, strong muscular build, midnight black hair that fell over his deep piercing blue eyes that's stared expectantly at her. "Well aren't you going to answer me? Are all the servants in this place like you?" That was all Serena needed to hear, she snapped the moment he had called her a servant. Her eyes burnt with rage and her fists were clenched by her sides, she stared straight at the unknowing prince.

"Who do you think you are? And what do you think your doing bossing me around! Do you have any idea who I am buster?" She was slowly walking towards him, the glint of death in her eye, all he could do was laugh. " Do you really expect me to be afraid of a Servant?" he burst out laughing once more and she came dangerously close to him, invading his personally space. "I wouldn't do that if I were you!" he growled warningly at her, " Or you'll do what?" she said jabbing him with a finger. He was completely taken back by the fact that she had the audacity to touch him, he was too shocked to even reply, so he just stood there, mouth agape. " Who do you think you are buddy? You come into MY domain, MY castle, MY life and you treat me as if I'm a SERVANT! You will dearly pay for this!" Serena's eyes were slits and she poked him to emphasize every word slowly pushing him back, unbeknown to her he was backing right into a low hedge. She saw his arms flaying around for something to grab onto, the look of shock on his face, heard his cry as he fell, and the crunch as he hit the ground, HARD!

Serena couldn't help but laugh, she heard him from behind the bush, " NO ONE LAUGHS AT THE PRINCE OF EARTH AND GETS AWAY WITH IT!" As soon as Darien had said those words, Serena's breath caught in her throat. She was just about to reply when her mother came out looking for her. "Oh, Serenity, there you are I've been looking all over for you, Argh! What are you wearing! You know I don't like you dressing like a servant, well hurry up and go and get ready, we will be starting soon." The queen rambled on so much she didn't hear the frantic movement in the bushes until she was finished talking. She looked over and saw a very pale, and very afraid prince kneeling behind the bushes, he managed to stammer, " y… you… you're the pr… princess?" The smirk on her face confirmed his fears, and now he was in hot water, no wait, more like drowning in it.

Well what did you think???? The next chapter is called let the games begin, and that's where the fun REALLY starts *Smiles evilly and rubs hands together* well if you want to find out what happens your just going to have to review, and I hope to get lots and lots of reviews, the more reviews, the quicker the updates. Well till next chapter then, SIYONARA!

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