All in the hands of fate and destiny-chapter 3 by Danielle Devlin "talking" 'thinking' ~~~~change scene~~~ place under change scene is room disclaimers: look in prologue I'm soooooooooo sorry about the delays. It woulda been out last week but I got grounded and other things happened Lets just say I like to procrastinate. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ball room Serena and Darien danced together for at least three hour before they took a break (i know i know, people don't dance for 3 hours straight. But it's my story so deal with it) Both sides of the royal families noticed this. "Serena?" whispered Darien "Yeah?" she answered quietly. "Do you wanna stop dancing for a little bit and go on the balcony?" "That'd be great." she said as they started inching their way to the other side of the dance floor. "Think anyone will notice we're gone?" she asked. "Nah, look how into the scouts the generals are." 'I wonder if their having as good a time as us' thought Serena. She laughed quietly to herself, not quietly enough though. "What's so funny?" asked Darien "This is the first time since I met the scouts that I've ever seen them fall for someone." "Love can be found in the weirdest places." Darien muttered to himself just low enough so Serena couldn't hear him. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Back in the ballroom "You owe me twenty bucks Lita, I told you they'd be leave together before the night was over." Said Raye in her 'I beat you' tone. "Darn it, I thought you might not notice." cried Lita "The fire sees all." giggles could be herd coming from the girls while the generals just shrugged and slumped in a corner while the girls had a so called *girl talk*. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On the balcony "It's so beautiful here. All the clouds and blue sky. I could stay here forever." Serena said in a dream like tone. Darien smiled that lopsided smile that only he had. He enjoyed listening to her go on. With anyone else it would be annoying, but with Serena, It was heaven. "Whatcha smiling at Dare?" asked Serena, a tad bit confused. Darien was surprised she called him Dare, but he decided he liked it. "I'm just glad that you're so happy being here." "Really?" "Yeah, I thought it would be nothing compared to the Moon." "You'll have to visit sometime." "I'll have to take you up on that offer." Neither of them noticed their fingers entwine, but if they did, neither of them cared. "Would you like to go for a walk in the gardens?" asked Darien praying she'd say yes. "I'd love to." And off they went, hand in hand. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Back in the Ballroom "I'm gonna give Raye a little push so she'll stop being so stubborn and dance with Jadeite already." whispered Mina to the other two girls. "How do you suppose you're going to do that?" asked a deep masculine voice from behind them. The girls jumped and turned around to see Malachite, Zoicite and Neflyte standing there with amused expressions on their faces. "I'm gonna pretend I like Jadeite." Mina answered simply. At that small statement Malachite paled a ghastly white." Pretend silly, You know I like you." Mina said with a wink. Malachite's face went from white to red in record time. The others in the group couldn't hold back their laughter any longer. Even Zoicite and Amy joined in. This didn't go unnoticed by a pair of two violet eyes on the other side of the ballroom ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Somewhere in the rose gardens Serena and Darien had been walking through the gardens for some time now. 'This is perfect, I haven't klutzed out the whole night' Serena thought proudly to herself. As fate would have it, she tripped on a small crack on the walkway and slammed her eyes shut waiting for the impact of hard rock and soft flesh. Right as her face was about to make contact with the pavement, two gentle but strong hands pulled her safely to her feet. "All you all right?" Darien asked, a little worried. He didn't realize that he was holding her protectively in his arms. Her arms happened to be draped around his neck. "Yes, I'm ok, thank you. You're a real prince." Darien smiled at that < That irresistible one again> and pulled her just a little tighter into his embrace. He couldn't resist the urge anymore. Darien slowly leaned his head down to her and she tightened her grip on his neck. In a matter of moments all they could feel was the breath of the others on their lips. As they were about to feel the sensation of heaven, an annoyingly sweet voice called out, "There you are Prince Darien, I've been searching for you all night." "Beryl, I'm busy." Darien said in a near growl. "No it's all right, I have to get up early tomorrow so I should get going to bed. Thank you for a wonderful evening Prince Darien." Serena said as she gave him a quick peck on the cheek.' what happened to Dare' Darien thought disappointedly. In his moment of thought he didn't see Serena head for her quarters.. Darien absentmindedly caressed his face where she had kissed him. That's gotta be a good sign. He smiled at that. Beryl was enraged. ' How could he fall for her? They've only know each other for a day' As Beryl was fuming Darien took the opportunity to sneak up to his room and retire for the night. < retire, I haven't used that word in a long time> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ballroom Mina walked up to Raye with a sly grin on her face but as Raye turned around she turned it into a look of innocence. "Raye, I have a question to ask you. The others are to involved in the generals." As Mina said this Raye got a far away look in her eyes. ' This is gonna be way to easy' " So what's the question?" Raye asked after getting each of them a glass of punch. Raye slowly sipped hers while glancing in Jadeites direction. "Well do you think a girl like me and a handsome guy like Jadeite could ever, you know, get together?" Mina asked as innocently as possible. Raye spit out her punch which caused Mina to chuckle as she spat out what could only be received as ' never' while choking on the rest of her punch. This aroused the attention of Jadeite on the other side of the room and he came over to investigate. He hid in the shadows so he could hear what they were saying. "It would never work out." Raye repeated with fire in her eyes. "Ok Ok, cool your jets, If I'd known you were that hung up over Jadeite I woulda left ya alone. Besides, I really like Malachite, I was just seeing how you'd react." Mina turned around swiftly and walked back over to Malachite. "Well Princess Raye, If I knew how you felt I would of come over hours ago. May I have the Pleasure of you being in my arms." Raye happily accepted, although giving herself a mental note to burn Mina to a crisp later. Three 'awes' could be herd from the other side of the room. Then they halted when their owners were swept away into a dance. By the end of the night, everyone was dead tired. Each general received a kiss on the cheek from the princesses which would leave them dreaming sweet dreams for the rest of the night. This should be the end of the chapter but I wanna add a little extra because it wouldn't make a very long chapter. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dining Hall Serena managed to avoid Darien all morning. 'What was I thinking, I just met him. It's not like he loves me. Who was that Beryl? Why was she there? What does she mean to him? From the look on his face probably nothing' Serena was pulled out of her reverie by a voice saying, " Earth to Serena hello? You in there?" 'Lita' thought Serena. Oh crap Lita's talking to me. "What?" asked Serena a little dazed. " Come on spunky were gonna go train." said Mina "Spunky?" said Serena as she followed them out the door. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Training Field "You are a meatball headed freak." yelled Raye "You, my dear friend, are a pyro." Serena yelled back. As the fighting went on the words got meaner and meaner and Raye and Serena started to get mad. Not their usual mad but 'mad' mad. Like when your best friend flirts with your boyfriend mad. Serena finally got so fed up she yelled, "That's it" and threw down her sword then detransformed. Seven surprised guard/scouts and one speechless raven haired princess watched as Princess Serenity stormed out of the room." Uh Oh, I think I went to far." Said Raye as one lone tear slipped down her face. She didn't realize she hurt her that much. Serena had never freaked out on her before. Raye brushed away the tear and sullenly put away her things. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Prince Darien's quarters " And then she threw down her sword and left without another word." finished Neflyte. Darien was speechless. 'Raye musta really hurt her.' As Darien was about to reply a shrill shriek could be herd throughout the window. "MONSTER!!!!!! HELP ANYONE AHHHHHHH!!!!!!." It was one of the guards." Common, lets go." Darien commanded as they ran out of the room. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Courtyard By the time they got to the courtyard there was a full fledged battle. Mercury was helping the people that had gotten their energy drained. Jupiter and Mars were fighting a nega monster while Moon and Venus were fighting another. Two more were coming and they took them head on. "These things just won't die!" Mars screamed to Jupiter. "Lets double team em." cried Jupiter as she barely missed a razor sharp leaf jumping into a tree." Mars fire....." "Jupiter thunder...." "ignite." "crash" "Venus watch the ditch behind you." Yelled Moon. "Thanks." was Venus's only reply. "Why not combine em?" Yelled Venus." On it." Yelled Moon. "Moon tiara...." "Venus crescent beam...." "magic" "smash" The guards just finished off the monster and were helping people get outta there." Come on move it people." Yelled Jadeite. ' What kinda people are stupid enough to come near a deadly monster' he thought to himself. Near the other end of the courtyard Serena's monster turned to dust. Raye turned around thinking hers was gone to. Only Serena saw it shoot out a sharp crystal right before it vanished. " Raye, Watch Out." Serena screamed to her friend. The scream caught everyone's attention. But it was to late. The crystal was a mere feet away from Raye. Not wanting her best friend to get hurt and thinking fast, Serena threw herself in front of Raye.' We may quarrel but I'd never let anything happen to her.' Serena said to herself as the poisonous crystal pierced her skin and sank deep into her right abdomen. The last thing Serena did before the pain became to overwhelming and she passed out was smile at Raye................... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cliffhanger. I'm so cruel. I finally get out this chapter and you're probably thinking, great, another three months before we find out what happens next. Never fear, school is out next Tuesday and I have all the time in the world and nothing to do with it. Mail me anything, the address is on top. Was it long enough? To short still? Stupid? Good? I wanna know......... Now I'm just boring you so, Till next time Lotsa Love ~Danielle~