All in the hands of fate and destiny-chapter 2 by Danielle Devlin "talking" 'thinking' ~~~change scenes~~~ place under change scene is room they're in disclaimers:look in prologue just to tell ya, I only occasionally leave the chapter ending with a cliffhanger.... ja ne ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Arena "You know meatball head, this is all your fault." screamed Raye over the clashing of their swords. "My fault, you pushed us through the doors and nearly strangled me to death." yelled Serena barely dodging a swipe from Raye's sword. "We should start on our magic soon, we've been sword fighting for about fifty minutes." she added. "Been that long?" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Other side of the arena "Are they like this allot?" asked Jadeite "Yeah, most of the time." answered Mina "You'd think they were enemies." added Darien "Actually, their the closest out of all of us." said Amy. When the generals and Darien started to have looks of shock on their face Lita added, "Yeah, they'd take a bullet for each other. Maybe even give their own life. "(major foreshadowing..) "Oh yeah, before I forget, there will be a ball tonight held in your honor and we would like all of you to attend." "Of course we will." Mina said enthusiastically ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ back in the middle of the arena "Mars celestial fire surround" yelled an infuriated Mars. Sailor Moon had just nailed her twice. Once in the ribs and the other square in the back. "To slow Raye. You haven't been fighting in a while have you?" commented Serena "Shut up, just shut up." screamed Raye "Girls!" interrupted Luna. "yeah" they both said. "The queen says you have been practicing long enough. But remember to contain yourselves. And, there will be a ball tonight held in your honor, your all expected to attend." Raye and Serena nodded in unison and went off to their rooms to get prepared for the ball. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Serena's room Three hours later, the girls we're ready for the ball and busy gossiping in Serena's room. (I'm not going to put names here because you should know who's talking) "ohhh, I hope I get Jadeite for my escort." "Neflyte looks like my old boyfriend, but allot hunkier." "Malachite can guard me anytime." "I never knew a guy could have brains and be that cute." "Darien is the hottest guy I've ever seen, and I hear he's charming." "Girls, everyone is waiting in the lounge room." said Luna. "Yeah, you'll find out who your escorts are there. "The guys picked who they wanted to take." added Artemis (gee, you were all probably thinking I killed off Artemis by now. ;} ) "Yes" is all the five girls said before practically running to the lounge room. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The lounge room "Where are they?" Darien muttered under his breathe. "I don't know. Maybe they're trying to get us heated up." answered Jadeite. "ahem." came a cat like voice. The girls came into the room in a single file with two cats behind them. "Now that we are all settled, I will tell you girls who your escorts are." said Luna 'I hope Serena likes me as much as I like her' thought Darien to himself. "Princess Serenity," Luna started, "your escort will be Prince Darien." Serena's face immediately lit with a joy beyond description. Artemis continued, "Mina, you will be with Malachite. Amy with Zoicite. Lita with Neflyte. And Raye and Jadiete." By this time all the girls had their arms wrapped around the generals and the prince. But the guys didn't mind at all. 'This is a good start.' thought Darien. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A while later in the lounge An announcer could be heard speaking through the wooden doors." Presenting, Princess Serenity of the Moon Kingdom. And her escort, Prince Darien of Earth." As they walked dow the velvet steps arm-in-arm, the others were introduced as well. "I feel like I'm on a rack being sold with they way they're looking at us." whispered Serena. " I know exactly what you mean." came Dariens reply. After a brief chit chat with the two queens and king, Darien and Serena went off to dance. Darien took Serena's delicate hand into his own and they walked out to the dance floor. People moved out of their way as they made their way to the center which made them both a little uncomfortable. " You think if we told them to lay on their stomachs they would?" asked Serena trying to lighten the mood. " You could tell them to do almost anything and they would." Replied Darien laughing a little. 'It worked' thought Serena. As the music began, Darien put his left arm around Serena's slender waist and put her left hand in his right. She complied by putting her right arm over his broad shoulder and laying her hand on his bare neck. Darien kissed her lightly but sweetly on the cheek and said, "Don't be nervous, it'll be fine." Serena relaxed a little bit from his soothing words and they began to dance. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Like it? Hate it? Send anything to danielle.devlin@dol.net ......Sorry about this. I told allot of people it would be out last week but I decided to add on and forgot to send it in. My bad. In the next chapter there will be a near death and kiss. Sorry if that's more than you wanted to know. 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