Two Worlds

On a near by tree branch, Endymion was watching the princess. She was crying next to her window, so it made it a lot easier to spy on her.

\"She\'s crying...I hurt her that much.\"

Before making any more assumptions, he cleared his mind, and slowly read hers.
His eyes widened with shock at what he heard.

(Why!? I hate him so much!! I hope he and his kind go extinct and burn alive!! I hate him!! I hope to never see him again! Why did I ever say I loved him?! How could I have fallen in love with a monster!? A blood sucking monster! I can\'t believe I let him touch me! I\'ll have to scrape my skin with garlic and bathe in holy water for days!)

Endymion was heartbroken. He didn\'t know how to react. He let her mind go and just stood there.

\"Does she hate me that much? How could...someone so sweet and innocent...say something like that?!\"

He was furious and held his hands in fists. He was so mad; a blue flame burst and was flaming on around his hands. He looked up at her, with fury in his eyes. He wanted to go up there and suck the living life out of her! Then leave her to die, slowly and painfully. But he held his anger, and put the flames out with a small blow.


Serenity got up from her pillow and had a strange feeling that someone was looking at her. She neared her window and looked outside. She saw nothing until she looked down. There he was, standing on a tree branch, staring at her. She saw his eyes, he looked insanely mad. He gave a smirk, and then disappeared in the forest shadows. She couldn\'t help but cry. She closed the drapes to her window and lay down on her bed.

\"Was he angry? What was he doing here?\"

Then serenity gasped and realized why he was there.

\"Could...could he have read my thoughts? For his sake I hope he didn\'t.\"

Serenity turned over to one side then the other. Even though she was mad at vampires for killing her father, she still couldn\'t hate Endymion. He had been utterly nice to her, and very caring. Even though he yelled harsh things to her, she couldn\'t believe that he meant them.

\"He was just angry...he couldn\'t of meant them. Oh gods, I still love him, and I can\'t get him out my mind. But if he did read my thoughts, then he must hate me now. Either way, I must move on, for mother. It is not about me anymore, but of my mother. I must do everything possible to make her happy. Just as I did to Endymion, it is my mother\'s turn; it should have been her\'s to begin with.\"

With this, Serenity gave a yawn and fell asleep.

Endymion was racing to get back to his palace. He was so full of rage that he cut anything that was in his way.

\"So I\'m a blood sucking monster eh?! Well if she wants one, she\'s got one!!\"

Endymion made it to his palace just in time. He walked in and shut the door behind him. He made his way through the stone castle and up the cold stairs. It was a big castle, not as big as the Moon Kingdom, but just as big.
As he flew to the fourth floor, passing the dark stone hallway, the steel doors, he went straight to his room. Once he was inside, the first thing he saw were paintings of Serenity. One by one he shredded them into pieces. That is, until he came upon one. It was a painting of her sitting on a marble bench, in a garden. He stared at it. Then remembered how they met...

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(memory)
Endymion was crouching down behind a rose bush. His father demanded a group of spies to go to the Moon kingdom and find out any kind of information they had.
Endymion was looking about, when he spotted Serenity, sitting on a marbled bench, next to the cement water fountain. She looked up at the moonlight, and sighed. Endymion had never seen such beauty. He leaned in too much and a small twig broke. Serenity heard it and turned to see what it was. She spotted Endymion behind the rose bush. Endymion crouched lower. If she had seen him, he would have to kill her. It would be a great shame to kill something so beautiful. When he glanced back, no one was there.

\"Could that have really been a sender of the Gods?\"

Then he felt a finger poke at his shoulder.

\"Peek-a -boo!\"

He jumped forwards and took out his sword. He aimed it at her neck. Serenity looked at the blade curiously.

\"Wow! Your are quite well with that sword! May I see it?\"

Endymion was speechless! How could she not be scared of him? He was a vampire!

\"No, you may not see it! You\'re curiosity has led to the end of your life!\"

Serenity nodded playfully.

\"Oh I see! You are an actor!\"

A sweat drop dripped on the back of his head. How could she be so blind!? Should he talk to her and explain the situation she is in? Endymion cleared his throat and continued.

\"Look, I am a vampire. I was sent here to spy on your kingdom. You have spotted me and seen me, so now I have to kill you. Do you understand?\"

Serenity looked confused.

\"Wow! A vampire! I have never seen a real one before! Do you have wings?! Let me see your teeth! Do you have long finger nails?\"

Endymion in frustration put his sword away and walked away slowly. Serenity began to follow.

\"Um...where are you going? Do you not know that there are monsters in the forest? You could be severely injured? Or even....killed! No, I can not let you go in there on your own! I shall accompany you!\"

Endymion just looked at her, and then ignored her. She didn\'t know what she was talking about! She was with the Prince of the Dark Kingdom! Sworn enemy of the Moon Kingdom. Endymion went through a passage way that was in back of the palace, behind the gardens, and monuments. He walked right through. Not surprisingly, so did she.

\"I did not know of this place!\"

Endymion just sighed his way into the forest, Serenity got a hold of his cape and held on. Endymion just couldn\'t believe what she was doing. Why was she so concerned about him, she didn\'t even know him! They were at the lake now and she was still following him. Endymion stopped and yanked his cape from her.

\"Look! You are very much mistaken! I am-\"

Serenity shrugged her arms and walked ahead of him.

\"I know a vampire. My yes, I am very frightened of you.\" she said with sarcasms.

She knelt by the lake, putting water in her hands. Endymion watched in surprise. Next to the lake was a dead rose, she picked it up and held it in her hands. Then she whispered to herself and the rose magically revived itself. It was no longer, dark-green or black, but was green and red. She gave it to Endymion. Endymion was in total shock.

\"I am the Moon Princess, Serenity. They say that I am the light and hope of my kingdom. And you are?\" Serenity\'s face was saddened when she spoke.

Endymion was in more shock! He had captured the moon princess without even trying! This would make a great ransom. And with the powers she has! She could be of good use to the dark kingdom.

\"I...I am Prince Endymion, heir to the Dark Kingdom. Prince of Dark.\"

Serenity\'s eyes saddened and she turned away from him. Not even the slightest bit of scare. Endymion wasn\'t sure what was going on, but he was going to find out.

\"What is the matter?\"

Serenity sighed and looked at him.

\"Oh nothing, I just....thought that you were something else.\"

\"Huh?\"

\"Never mind...\"Serenity turned around and hugged herself.

Endymion steadied his posture and spoke firmly.

\"Do you not know not to walk away with strangers? Especially a creature such as I?\"

Serenity turned to him and looked at him in the eyes.

\"A creature...you are not. You carry a burden, an unrestful soul, that is all.\"

Endymion was a little shocked to hear her say those words. But maybe she knew what was happening and wanted to escape. Oh no, he wouldn\'t let her escape, not now!

\"Charming... but you\'re intellectual manners will not let you go far.\"

\"Let me go far where?\" the princess asked in confusement.

Prince Endymion smirked and spoke.

\"I know that you probably know that I have captured you and now you want me to let you go. But I regret to inform you that I will not let you leave so easily.\"

The princess blinked in confusement at the prince. \'What is he trying to say?\'

\"Umm...excuse me?\"

Prince Endymion smirked and circled the princess as he was talking.

\"You know exactly well what I talk about! As soon as I turn my back or subdue myself to you, you\'ll turn back and run like the flesh scum that you are!\"

Princess Serenity snapped her attention to him. No one had a right to talk to her that way! She didn\'t even do anything wrong! She\'s been nothing but utterly nice to him! Let alone polite!

\"Excuse me!?!? But would you be so KIND to tell me what I have done to offend you!\"

\"I know your kind Princess! And if I know your kind as well as I do, you will do as I predicted!\"

Princess Serenity put her balled up fists on her hips, walked up to him face to face, and narrowed her eyes to his.

\"If you know my kind so well, why must you treat me disrespectfully? I have a human form just like you do, have a soul just like you do, so I demand the same respect!\"

He grabbed her by her shoulders and lifted her so he they could be at eye level, literally.

\"Look here princess! I\'m sure you know I can slice you in half easily. Not to mention I would send one half to your mother in pieces!\"

Princess Serenity struggled and shook in his grasp.

\"You leave my mother out of this! This is between you and I, and I expect you to act like an honorable noble man at the least!!\"

\"HONORABLE...?!\"

He let the princess go and she disgracefully fell on her butt. The prince watched her in disgust, what was she trying to say?! That he, prince of vampires, was not honorable?!

\"I am more honorable than any of your kind and mine put together. For you to say such a thing greatly offends me!\"

Princess Serenity stood up and brushed herself off. Then she looked at with sadness.

\"Then you now know how I must have felt.\"

Prince Endymion took a moment to gather his thoughts. She was right. But now what? The prince was silent and just looked at her. She was beautiful, for a human. And that dress hugs her curves with envy. Hmm....I wonder how it would feel like to grab a hold of those hips and have myself pounding in her? WHOA! Where did that come from?! Me, with a human....no! Absolutely unheard of!

The princess stared at him in confusment as his face cringed in together. What was he thinking?

\"Prince? Is something the matter?\"

Prince Endymion shook his head a little and regained posture.

\"No. Now...\"

\"Now...what?\"

Prince Endymion looked beyond the princess and saw a figure coming at full force. It was going to fast for a human, and couldn\'t be a beast of any kind. It had to be another vampire. Though the vampire would\'ve slowed down by now, he just kept going, like he was going to slash something. Something or the princess....the princess!

\"Princess!\"

\"Yes! I am right here! You don\'t need to yell!\" the princess waved her arms in annoyance.

Prince Endymion dashed toward her, grabbed her, and jumped to the left.

The vampire scuffed to a halt immediately and stared at his prince.

Endymion still held her in his arms. There was a feeling he had, a warm sensation by just holding her. And he liked it; he didn\'t want to let her go.
Princess Serenity opened her eyes and found herself in the arms of Prince Endymion. Her hands were on his chest and she looked up at him.
Prince Endymion felt her move and held her tighter. He didn\'t know why, but this feeling was...it felt great. She was so warm, so silent, and so innocent. He had the sudden urge to kiss her. If holding her was this good, how would her lips feel?
Princess Serenity saw the prince look down at her with a look in his eyes. She didn\'t know what it was, but she felt he was going to do something. Even though he was a total stranger, not to mention, \'heir to the vampires\', she felt safe in his arms. Strange as it may have been, she felt protected; she didn\'t want him to let her go.

As the two heirs stared at one another, the vampire who was watching made an attempt to break the silence. \"Ahem!\"

The two heirs turned his way, and quickly departed, being a safe five feet away. The bewildered vampire knelt down and spoke.

\"My lord, I have come to tell you that your father, has asked for your presence back at the palace.\"

Prince Endymion smirked and waved his hand for him to stand. \"Of course. I shall leave shortly.\"

The vampire then glared at princess Serenity and spoke, \"What of the human?\"

Princess Serenity flinched when the other vampire stared at her. He was staring at her like she was desert or something!
Prince Endymion didn\'t like how the other vampire was staring at her and spoke with power.

\"Do not question me on my business!\"

The other vampire quickly knelt down and apologized. \"P-please forgive me my lord! I-\"

\"Go to the palace and inform my father that I shall return shortly. Now go!\"

Before a blink of an eye, the vampire was gone. Princess Serenity sighed and turned to face the dark prince.

\"I take it our conversation will have to end another day.\"

\"So it seems.\"

Princess Serenity walked up to him with a smile and held out her hand to him in a friendly shake.

\"Another day?\"

Prince Endymion looked at her with concern, but held his hand towards hers and shook it lightly. Then to the princess\' shock, he knelt down and kissed the top of her hand.

\"I am still a very honorable man. Despite our differences.\"

Princess Serenity blushed and smiled brightly. \"And I never doubted that prince!\"
The prince got up and looked at their surroundings.

\"It is rather late, should you need an escort to your palace? Who knows what is out here.\"

\"Well...I don\'t know my way around...I suppose it would be appropriate.\"

He let her walk in front. During their walk, they talked about their differences and mostly about what bugged them so much about being \'royalty\'. By the time they reached that secret passage way in the back of her gardens, before going in she turned to face him.

\"I thank you for escorting me to my palace, dear prince.\"

Prince Endymion walked towards her till her back was at the wall. He extended his right arm out so that his hand was next to her face on the wall, and leaned his weight on his arm. He leaned in, practically face to face, and stared at her pretty blues.

\"What\'s to say you won\'t go in there and snitch on me?\"

\"I would never prince! To prove my loyalty I shall meet you at the lake tomorrow night.\"

\"And if it is a trap?\"

\"(sigh) Then you can wait for me here near this passage.\"

\"That could still be a trap for me.\"

\"Fine! Would you like to escort me inside and talk to my mother why I am here so late!?\"

\"An even bigger trap.\" the prince smirked, he knew he was annoying her.

\"Then you can keep watch for me up on that window.\" Serenity pointed upwards at the window with the golden drapes, the one on the third floor.

\"That is my room, you can wait here and I shall give you a signal that I am to retire for the night.\"

Before Endymion could speak she interrupted him.

\"And you can\'t say that it is a trap because after tonight you will still know that it is my room and I am mostly always there.\"

The prince inched closer till their foreheads touched.

\"And what\'s to say one night I come to your bedroom and kill you? No fears?\"

Serenity looked at him with a smile.

\"If that is to happen, that is what the gods want. I will do nothing to change fate.\"

The prince was a little shocked to hear her say that. How trustworthy and innocent she is, not to mention she was trusting her worst enemy. Was he?

\"I still need proof that you will not betray me princess.\" He took a strand from her face and placed it behind her ear.
His cold hands made her shudder and give her goose bumps! Then she did something she thought she would never do. She closed her eyes and brushed her lips on his. Prince Endymion was startled and didn\'t know what to do. Her lips were so warm, so refreshing. He closed his eyes and let her take his lips.

She brought her hands to his chest and carefully around his neck. The prince took this as an invitation to touch her. He closed his body into hers and put his hands on her waist. They kissed silently and slowly, till Serenity tilted her head to the side for better kissing. He began to nibble on her bottom lip with his tongue, he demanded an entrance. Serenity gladly opened her mouth and let his tongue in, as hers swirled against his. Endymion let out a deep breath and grabbed her by her hips tightly. Their kiss became hot and fierce, the only breathing they did was through their noses, and that became tight. She wrapped her arms around his neck and engulfed one of her hands in his dark hair. They were kissing hard and breathing deep, before they knew it they were leaning against the wall. Endymion felt his pants tighten a bit and realized how warm it was getting. Serenity felt like her body was on fire! She felt something kind of like a \'poking\' at her abdomen and realized that he was just as aroused as she was. That feeling just kicked in and she kissed harder. Endymion felt this and he too kissed in fury. He massaged her thigh a bit and brought it up so that her leg was around his waist. She was practically on her toes, but she didn\'t care. Endymion leaned down a bit and brought his hips in with hers until her back roughly pounded the wall. It felt so good, so warm; he was seriously aroused by this human! Yet he didn\'t know why, but he didn\'t want to think about that, he wanted to take her so bad! Even if they were right outside the palace, he needed her, and she needed him. With one of his hands on her leg, he brought the other one on her breast and began to massage it roughly. Serenity felt him, pound in her lightly, massage her breast, and she couldn\'t take it anymore. Her body was demanding some kind of urge, something she knew nothing about. She moaned softly as she heard a low groan from Endymion. Then reality hit her. They were out side of her palace walls! Anyone could see them!

She broke the kiss and both their foreheads were leaning on each other. They panted and gasped for air. Neither knew how the kiss would affect them. Hell! Neither knew they would take it that far! Endymion let her leg go and placed his hands on her hips, rubbing up and down slowly. Serenity placed her hands on his chest and straightened up a bit. After getting comfortable and regaining their normal breathing, they looked at one another.
Endymion spoke first.

\"So I take it you will not betray me and turn me in?\" Serenity smiled and whispered.

\"Was that enough \'proof\' for you prince?\"

\"Maybe...”

\"Maybe?!\" Endymion chuckled at her.

\"Maybe if you agree to meet me tomorrow night.\" Serenity gave him a warm smile.

\"I would like that.\"

They muttered one last good-bye, and Serenity went in through the passage. Endymion didn\'t want to see her leave. He felt she was leaving forever, forever and not coming back to him. He felt damn good with her, what if something happened to her while inside? While going upstairs she trips and falls? He shook his head and peered up at her window, he soon saw her wave to him as she put her chin on her hand. She was probably lying down. From up above, she really did look like an angel. She smiled down at him and continued to smile. She let a yawn escape and small tears came down her tired eyes. Endymion noticed this and realized that it was no doubt REALLY late. He forgot, of course she would be tired, she was a day walker, while he, would walk at night. He kept looking at her and cleared his mind. She stayed at her window and placed her arms on the window sill. She then laid her head on her arms to watch him. He was so handsome, so strong built, and gods his kisses were incredible! The way his hands touched her body...whoa! She felt her face blush and she buried her face in her arms so Endymion couldn\'t see her. Down below, Endymion chuckled and laughed silently.

\"So...that\'s what you think of me huh?\" Endymion saw her face reemerge and smirked at her.

Serenity blinked in confusement and then thought. \'How stupid! Of course he\'s laughing! He can read minds! Why you!!!\' Serenity gave him a sour look, worded a \'goodnight\' and closed her drapes.

Endymion tried not to laugh aloud, and just shrugged it off. He turned around to go through the forest and make his way home. This was going to be VERY interesting!
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Endymion restrained himself and threw himself on his bed. He forgot why he was so mad to begin with, and realized that the sun was probably out now, so he just turned the portrait around to face the wall, and fell asleep. Maybe the next night wouldn\'t be so bad.