*Note-This fanfic is narrative, but jumps from the
view of one person to the next. To simplify, each section is a different
scene, and in most cases the point of view changes.*
"Princess?" I paused, "Princess." She must be deaf. I leaned
close to her ear, "PRINCESS!" She sat up faster then a bullet. That
must have worked, I thought, either that or she's sleep wal-er…sitting.
"Princess? Are you awake?"
"What happened?" She looked around, bewildered, "Where am I?" I
just sighed; the girl had the worst memory…
"Don't you remember? You're staying in our castle until either
your guards or another member of your court finds some clues about
whoever tried to kidnap you."
"Kidnap me?" She had a dazed look on her face.
"Forgive me, I didn't want it to have to come to this." I concentrated
and a glass of cold water materialized in my hand, but was soon
splashed onto her face.
"AAAAAAAAAH! What did you do that for?!"
"I'm sorry, but I had to, you wouldn't wake up. It's my duty to
protect you for the time being, and it's quite a bit harder to protect
a drugged princess then an awake and well one."
"I'm not drugged, and that water was COLD!"
"Well you were acting like it, and it was supposed to be."
"You're worse then Mars," She looked down at her pajamas, "And
now I'm all wet."
"Here." I chanted a small spell, and waved my hand. She was now
dressed in a gown of golden color with her hair braided in the back,
as was the style of the sun's noblewomen. "You'll fit in better
that way." I thought back to her first comment, "and don't be so
hard on Mars. You know she cares about you as much-if not more then
any of us."
"Yeah, I know," she looked down, "she seldom lies, huh?"
"Oh, princess. You shouldn't take what she said so hard."
"How could I not?! She said I was a spoiled moon brat that doesn't
have enough sense to learn to defend herself!"
"She was afraid, you had come very close to danger."
"But she was right," she looked down, "if you and Venus hadn't
caught me…"
"But we did, and whoever it was didn't. You shouldn't be running
off to Earth so late, anyway. I'm sure Prince Endymion wouldn't
mind if you spent at least five minutes staying on the moon."
"I know…do you think Mars was right?" She met my eyes and I knew
that she'd see right through me if I lied. Damn, that gift was
supposed to only belong to me, I thought wryly.
"Well…" I tried to search for the best words, "you are being raised
to become a queen, not a court soldier like us." Her gaze didn't
waver, I knew I couldn't avoid the question, "I suppose it wouldn't
hurt for you to learn some self-defense, though."
"You DO agree with her!" Tears began to well in her eyes, "you
think I'm weak, well it's not my fault!" She looked away, presumably
to hide her tears, making me feel horrible.
"I didn't say that, you just haven't been trained," I tried to
think of an excuse, "but seeing as there was a threat to you, I
think that it would be alright to allow you to come to the senshi
meeting tomorrow. You would be thoroughly protected, and you could
pick up some skills, and maybe you could learn to control magic."
"You're kidding, right?"
"No, I'm sure we'd all feel better if you were close by and out
of danger."
"That's not what I meant," she rolled her eyes, "don't you know
about moon magic?"
"Um, the magic of the Sun is more of my thing," I replied sheepishly.
"It's supposed to be the most powerful magic in this system."
"That's a good thing."
"Well, it also means that it's the hardest to learn."
"Ah. Well, with five soldiers trained to a high level of their
magic, I'm sure you could get pointers." A second thought then occurred
to me, what magic DOES the moon provide? All anyone knew was
that the moon family derived power from the family crystal, known
as the ginzuishou, which only Queen Selenity knew how to
control. But other then that, nothing was known. "Princess,
do you know what the magic of the moon is?"
"Of course, everyone in the moon family knows, why?"
"Well, would you mind sharing the info?"
"Oh!" She blushed slightly as a sweat drop appeared on her head,
"I forgot about that, sorry."
"Quite all right, but are you allowed to tell others?"
"Yeah, but I'm not sure exactly how to put in words…"
"Try, we need to know what senshi your magic most closely relates
to."
"Well, it has to do with purity, justice, and…" She looked up.
"And?"
"I'm thinking…OH! The other thing is love."
"So, you should probably train with Venus to control love magic
and me for justice magic, but I don't think anyone can help you
with purity. That's probably the most powerful magic of the moon,
which means you have to learn it on your own."
"What if I can't?"
"You should try to do things yourself, but I'll always be there
to help."
"Alright, I'll try."
"That's good." I stood and gestured for her to do the same. When
she arose, I turned and we walked toward the dining hall. I just
hoped that no one would attempt another kidnapping, at least not
today.
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