Two Worlds

Endymion and Beryl stayed staring into each other\'s eyes. Beryl\'s eyes danced with mischief, and Endymion saw it.

\"It\'s no use trying to use your magik on me, it won\'t work.\" Beryl smirked.

\"I see my future husband is no fool.\" Endymion smirked back.

\"A fool, I am not.\" Beryl walked around him and towards the bed on the far right of the room.

\"When they told me I was to be your betroval, I was ecstatic. Tell me prince. . .\"

She sat on the bed and crossed her leg over the other, revealing the high cut slit on her purple dress. She spread her arms back and leaned on them.

\"Are you as anxious as I?\" Endymion stalked towards her. He bent his body down and met her at eye level.

\"This prince, has more patience than you know.\"

Beryl closed the space between them, they were nose to nose. When she spoke, she tilted her head to the side, so that their lips brushed lightly against each other\'s.

\"Then tell me, my prince, why is it that you keep your mind filled and occupied? Is there a surprise of some sort, or simply might there be something you do not wish for me to know?\"

Endymion raged. No one, absolutely NO ONE would question him like that.
He grabbed her hair and yanked back on it. It brought her down to lay on the bed and he lured over her, whispering, hissing at her.

\"You must mind your tongue, witch! There are plenty more like you, and none would give me great pleasure than to thrash YOUR throat!\"

Beryl\'s eyes were horrified and she calmed herself quickly. She began to laugh lightly, and whispered back to him.

\"Prince, your anger excites me! I beg you; take me to your bed. Make me yours!\"

Endymion smirked and let her go and grabbed her by the shoulders. He lifted her up and slammed her body against the wall roughly. Her legs wound themselves around his waist, and he placed his hand on one of breasts\', pinching the nipple tightly. Beryl moaned in pleasure and began to buck her hips, grinding herself onto his erection. He moved his mouth towards her ear and whispered huskily.

\"Is this what you have asked?\" Beryl tried to calm her breathing.

\"Yes my lord! I-\"

\"Then maybe next time, you\'ll think twice before chanting a spell of lust.\"

He let her go and she fell with a thud. She picked herself up quickly and smoothed out her dress. She was confused. She looked towards Prince Endymion, he was already at the door, smirking at her.

\"Those things don\'t overcome me. Learn from this, and then maybe I won\'t hesitate to feel ill when touching you.\"

She watched him walk out and close the door behind him. Beryl was in slight shock.

\'How could he have known about the spell?\'

Then she remembered his words.

\'...hesitate to feel ill when touching you...\'

She growled deep in her throat, her eyes turning a menacing red.

\"Bastard. He\'ll pay for this!\"

Endymion walked towards his room. Smiling all the while. His father walked past him and stopped to ask him a question.

\"My son, isn\'t she to your liking?\" Endymion turned to him with a wide grin.

\"Father, she is more than a vampire could ask for.\"

Dark Lord stared at his son in bewilderment as Endymion whistled his way in his room.

Endymion shut the door and leaned on the stone wall. He sighed in relief and looked up towards his ceiling.

\'She\'s good, too good. Next time my mind might not be so strong.\'

He walked over towards his balcony and leaned on the rail. He looked over his kingdom and into the forest.

\'Serenity, my princess. I will come for you soon, be patient. We will be together once more, I promise you that.\'


Serenity was in tears. She sniffed and choked on each sob. Amy stood from her chair and kneeled down next to her.

\"Princess, how was Mina your cousin?\" Serenity didn\'t look up; just spoke in a hoarse voice.

\"We are not by kin, but by our own blood.\" Every one exchanged looks, then stared at Serenity.

\"We made a pact, long ago. We had known each other for so long, we visited all the time. I remember now, seeing you all when we where just children.\"

She brought her face up, fresh tear stains on her cheeks, her nose already turning a deeper shade of pink. She remembered that day, with Princess Venus, Mina.

\"I cannot believe this. This is absurd! Why would someone want to marry out of convenience?\"

Serenity watched as the sun bathed in her friend\'s golden hair. Her eyes blue like the calm water, yet her face held power, and such determination. She knew Mina would always speak her mind, no matter the occasion, or the people present. Mina was the princess of Venus, the planet of Love. She admired that about her. She wore a red ribbon on hair, and her slender body glowed within her yellow gown.
Mina sat next to Serenity and grabbed her hands.

\"Serenity, we must not allow this!\"

\"Mina, what do you speak of?\"

\"Let them marry us to whoever the brute is! To whomever their hearts desire! They shall have our bodies, but never our hearts. No matter what, in our hearts, we will always roam free, and they will never have our love!\"

Serenity giggled and took her hands back; she placed them on her lap.

\"Oh Mina! Tell me, how do you suppose we keep this promise? This pact?\" Mina sat on her knees.

\"No one must ever know Serenity.\"

She took out a golden jeweled dagger; the handle was made of gold and silver, adorned with rubies and gems. The blade, stainless steel, sharp to the tip.

\"Serenity, give me your hand.\" Serenity obeyed, knowing what was going to happen.

\"Serenity, this will be the symbol of our pact, the right to our free hearts. This bond that we will share will make us blood sisters\'.\"

\"I have always considered you my sister, Mina. You of all people, know me like no other.\"

Mina smiled and held out her own hand. She pointed the tip of the blade in the middle of her palm, and pushed in and slid it down about an inch. Serenity winced at her face of slight pain. She held out her hand and Mina cut it the same as hers. Both withstanding the small amount of pain. Mina grabbed Serenity\'s bloodied hand and held it with her bloody one. Their hands bled together.

\"This is our will, our bond, may we never have to separate, nor may love never tear us apart.\"

\"Yes, to us, and to free love.\"

They hugged each other and stared at their bloodied hands. Mina grabbed a handkerchief and was about to wrap it, when Serenity stopped her.

\"You forget.\" Mina smiled and put the handkerchief down.

Serenity closed her eyes and joined the bloodied hands together once more. She took a small breath and let go of Mina\'s hand. Mina looked down at her hand, only to see that the cut was sealed and now only a faint scar was left. Serenity opened her hand and saw the same thing as well. Both girls giggled and hugged each other. They hugged each other lightly, but then kept their hold of one another. Mina whispered.

\"What troubles you?\"

\"It feels as if this will be our last meeting together. Why?\" They both let go and stared at one another.

\"I share the same feeling. But remember, you will always be my cousin, and blood sister.\"

They smiled tearily, and stood up. They hugged one last time before heading back to Serenity\'s castle. They laughed and giggled the whole way. The sun still shining in both their hair.

Serenity closed her eyes, and sighed. She never thought that such a tragedy would occur to her friend. She opened her eyes and shook her head, she whispered lowly.

\"This shouldn\'t have happened...\"

Amy put a hand on Serenity\'s slumped shoulders and smiled.

\"Come princess, you act as if she has passed on.\" Serenity snapped her attention towards her.

\"What?\"

Rei gave her a warm smile.

\"Mina, she survived the fall. She didn\'t fall all the way down; she landed on a small cliff that extended beyond a little. Everyone thought she had died, though no one ever recovered her body. They assumed that she was damned, walking the land as a ghost or a ghoul.\"

Lita smiled as well and stood up.

\"She was practically dead, hadn\'t we found her. When she hit the cliff, she was barely conscious; she crawled and withered her way into the forest. I was walking about when I found her.\"

Serenity stood up abruptly and put her hand on her chest. She was breathing in and out, roughly and deeply.

\"W-where is she?!\"

Amy stood up and put a hand to her back.

\"Calm princess, she is well. Her body is wounded from the fall, it\'s been two months since then, she is slowly recovering.\"

Serenity turned to her and put her hands on Amy\'s shoulders.

\"Please! Let me see her! I can heal her! I have the power!\"

Amy looked towards Rei and Lita, they just nodded and led her upstairs. Serenity came in front of a room, and opened the door quietly. She looked back down the stairs; three princesses looked up toward her, urging her to go on. Serenity opened the door and closed it gently. She was facing the floor, frightened of what she would see. She slowly led her eyes towards the bed and saw the figure of a woman. She saw the long golden hair fallen to the side, and her skin pale and bruised.
Serenity gasped and ran towards the bed. She took hold of the form\'s hand on the side and clenched it tightly. She kissed the palm lightly, then she saw it. She saw the light scar, it was her. Serenity hung her head low, and wept.

\"Mina. . .\"