He fainted. I had never seen a man faint before in my life! I lightly slapped his face.

"Skyler. Skyler! Wake up Skyler!" I said, begging him to come to. He had fallen onto the bed and I was now propped up over his body. He was motionless. I did not think this was a good sign as far as my question. His eyes slowly opened and he sat up.

"Skyler! I have never seen a man faint before in my whole life! I did not think that it would be such a problem." I stated. Skyler closed his eyes and rubbed them with his left hand, grabbing his nose and pressing his eyes at the same time.

"Fiona, a baby is a big step. It's not that I don't want one. I do want children and I want you to Mother them, but isn't it a little soon for that? We are barely settled here. Why don't we wait?" He opened his eyes as he told me that he wanted me to Mother his children.

I sighed. He was right. We had barely gotten our feet on the ground and here I was asking to have a child. I was only seventeen and he was probably only twenty or twenty-one. I felt bad for troubling him. He saw that I was disappointed. He took me in his arms and pulled me into his lap.

"I love you, Serena." he whispered into my hair. He always called me Serena when I was upset. I guess it was his way of showing me that he still loved me the same as before. "I just don't think I'm ready to be up all night rocking and feeding a baby yet. I want to enjoy just having you and living with you the way we want to right now. Not tied to anything or anyone. But if it means that much to you, I will be happy to Father our child now."

I glanced up at his face. "Working with the kids is fine for now, Skyler." I said. I knew we would one day have a baby, but it did not have to be right now.

I loved working at the daycare. I had gotten to know many of the children and through them, many of the people in the town more intimately.

The kids grew up it seemed over night. They would only be in day care for about two months before they'd start real school. It was frustrating for me. I would barely get to know the kids, and when I finally DID figure out how to deal with a particular child, the child would begin school.

After work, the other sitters and I would go over to one of their (or my) houses and have tea and dessert. There were four other women that worked there; Bianca, Charlotte, Tiffany, and Chloe. We would sit and talk for an hour or two.

One night we were discussing our own childhoods. I did not know what to say for mine. I made up something around the story that I was the daughter of a Moon Delegate and had grown up in the royal palace as a result. I told them of my love for ice skating, and how I was disappointed that Trysidia did not have such an activity. Then I told them that I had met Skyler at one of the benefits for the Moon Kingdom armies. We fell in love, etc.

They were most intrigued by that fact that I had been alive so long and yet I only looked a year old (to them). I simply laughed.

The next day I was working with the kids on a arts and crafts project. I was still a little disappointed that we were not going to have a baby. I was somewhat sad all day, but I did not show it. I was helping a little girl named Abigail with the scissors when she stopped and looked at me.

"Do not be sad, Serena. You will have a baby with Skyler someday." She looked away and continued working. She called me Serena! And she knew about Skyler not being thrilled about a baby. It went to the other side of her desk and I kneeled down to eyes level. She looked at me curiously.

"How did you know my name was Serena?" I asked.

Abigail looked at me for a long moment. Then she leaned over and whispered in my ear.

"I am not supposed to talk about it. The adults don't like it when the kids say anything. They tell us we are liars and that it is just our imaginations. They say we'll grow out of it." she nodded and backed away from my ear.

"Abigail, what am I thinking right now?" I asked.

Abigail thought a moment. "You are thinking about grass." she stated.

She was wrong. But even so I knew that she was telepathic. She just had not been trained on how to use the power.

"Abigail I want you to do something for me, okay? I want you to look at me."

Abigail put down her project and looked.

"Now I want you to think really hard. Now, picture me and the expression on my face in your head. Now I want you to close your eyes and tell me what you see."

She was quiet a long time. "You are in a room with lots of seats and there are people in front of you wearing funny clothes. They are dancing and singing and one of their names is Snow White."

She nailed it. This little girl was telepathic. I thanked her and walked over to Tiffany.

"Tiffany, I need to ask you something. Outside."

"Alright, Fiona." Tiffany walked over to Chloe and told her that she and I would be outside.

"Tiffany I have a strange question for you. Now it is going to sound odd, but it is not joke."

"Yes?"

I shut the door to the room. "Do you ever feel like you can read people's minds by seeing visions?"

Tiffany was silent. She looked at me for a moment and then asked, "Why?"

I explained. "I am telepathic. Many people in the Moon Kingdom are." That was kind of a lie. The only telepaths were the royalty. But she did not know that. "I have been around telepaths all my life. Now I just got told by one of the girls that I should not be sad because Skyler will have a baby one day. She also called me my official title in the Moon Kingdom and nobody knows what that is besides me and Skyler. That girl is an untrained telepath and I have a feeling that the rest of this town is too. All untrained telepaths."

Tiffany glared at me a while. Then she glanced away and started to fumble with her dress. "Yes, I can see things." she finally admitted. "But we are told by the elders that we are just crazy or that it was coincidence. Sometimes they say that the gods are just sending us visions to help each other. We aren't supposed to mention them."

"Tiffany you have a gift! If you learned how to use it, rather than run from it, you might be able to hold off the Nemesis better."

Tiffany said that she could not do anything but told me to talk to the elders if I thought it was that important.

That night I talked to Skyler about the Tysidian's abilities. He just smiled and nodded. "It figures you would find some way to help these people fight the Negaverse." He sighed and touched my cheek, brushing a free strand of hair from my face. "Tomorrow we will go to the elders and tell them of the discovery."

That is what we did. We went to the elders the next day and sat down in their meeting room. There were five of them. They really were not elderly, they were just in high power. I guessed the youngest one was two, and the oldest, probably five.

"What can we do for you?" The head of the elders asked. His name was Samuel.

"Well, my name is Fiona and this is Skyler." I introduced.

One of the elders leaned over to Samuel and whispered something in his ear. Probably telling about our background.

"Oh, yes. Joshua here tells me that you are the couple from the Moon Kingdom and that you were abandoned here by the Nemesis. I have heard a lot about you."

"Um, yes. Well, I came here today to tell you that I have found something that would help the Trysidians fight the Nemesis."

The elders all looked at me and at each other. They were obviously intrigued.

"Continue."

"Well, as you know I come from the Moon Kingdom. And there have many differences between the people there and the people here. However, I seemed to have stumbled across a similarity. The people in the Moon Kingdom have special powers. One of these powers is an ability to read minds, sense emotions, and see the future. It is an ability called telepathy. It is a genetic gift given to us my Miota, the same person who gave us the silver crystal. Now, I know this may come as a shock to you, but I believe your people have the same gift. You see, I was speaking with this young girl yesterday in the daycare that I work at and one of the girls was able to read my mind not once, but twice. If she was coached on how to use her abilities, she would be able to detect any new or unwanted presence's in or around the town. That is why it would be such a great asset to the armies. They could sense attackers or intruders, and be able to fight more efficiently. Now, I do understand that you do not like your people to talk about the visions, but they are a rare gift, and they should not be stifled, but encouraged."

The elders were stunned. Up until now, they had onsidered the visions a horrible thing to covered up and now here I was, marching in here telling them it was a gift. I hoped this would go over alright. They spoke outside the door for a long time. Then they re entered the room and said, "Have you, yourself been trained?"

"Yes. I have spent the last eleven years of my life using these powers."

"So can you look at someone and know everything about them?"

"That would require a great deal of time and energy. I doubt if your people would have the ability to do something so elaborate. However, you must understand, I do not read into everyone I know. I only read their thoughts if I have their permission or if they have harmed me in some way. That is one of the first lessons that you learn when you are taught how to use the power."

After weeks of negotiations, the elders agreed to let me begin training the people. The first ones to learn were the children. I got permission from the elders to probe a child's mind completely to find out what they were capable of. Tobin volunteered Lina. He said he trusted me not to hurt her.

I woke up early that morning. My body ached as I stretched and yawned. Skyler, peacefully sleeping next to me slowly opened his eyes and grinned at me. He reached over and pulled my face close to his. "Morning, Babe." he yawned and kissed my cheek.

"Morning." I got up from bed slowly. I did not want to leave the warmth of the covers. When I finally did manage to drag myself out, I headed straight for the thermostat. I cranked it up to seventy-five and then proceeded to get a shower. When I emerged, Skyler took his turn while I dressed. He and I headed out the door, without breakfast and proceeded to a counselor's office.

When I arrived, the elders, Tobin, Ivy, Lina, and Stephanie were already there. I almost felt late, even though we were still fifteen minutes early for the appointment. We all said our greetings and we sat down in a small conference room.

"Now what will you be exactly doing today, Fiona? What will this procedure entail?" Samuel asked while glancing down at a notepad of paper. He obviously still had a lot of questions for he must have had four pages full of notes in front of him.

"Well, first we will sit down and I will try to get her to relax. Then I will envision her mind joining as one with mine. Then my 'mind's eye' will relay the messages of her thoughts, desires, capabilities, anything that has gone on or that she has ever felt, into vision form. For instance, if she likes to play tag, I might see her laughing and running from me yelling for me to chase her. Of course, part of telepathic training is partly learning how to interpret visions."

"I see. Is there any possibility that this will hurt the girl?" Samuel questioned glaring at me. I could tell he was still not sure that this was a great idea. I had not yet earned his trust and it would not be easy for me to do so.

"No. No possibility. The only possibility is if I did something intentionally." I stated.

"How do we know you won't?" Joshua barked, all of a sudden protective of Lina.

"Sir, if I had wanted to hurt anyone, I would have done so by now. You would have never have known of my capabilities and I could have done whatever and nobody would have tied me to it. Why do something now that you know?"

"She has a point, Joshua." Jeremiah, another of the elders stated.

Joshua seemed perturbed and merely folded his arms and leaned back in his chair in a huff. They continued questioning me until they felt we were ready to begin. I cannot say I was accustomed to other people judging me. After all, I had been Princess of an entire Kingdom. The only people who had ever had the audacity to question me was Tuxedo Mask. Ironic actually, that out of all the people in my Kingdom, I ended up loving probably the only one who disliked me.

I sat Lina down in a room by ourselves. The elders, Tobin, Ivy, Stephanie, and Skyler watched through a one way mirror as I began to probe her mind. I put my hand on her face and told her to relax. Lina was very trusting and was actually looking forward to this. That I could sense even before we started. I just sat there looking into her mind. I knew everything I needed to in an instant. I took my hand away from Lina and told her, "That is all. We are done."

I took her hand and we left the room. We joined everyone on the other side of the mirror. I made my report.

"Your people are very strong in this ability. That is why despite your attempts to suppress it , it still is present. Your people have the ability to see into people through the use of a vision. With that comes the ability to project an image into another's mind. Then there is the most shocking power. You have the ability to summon energy within or without of your body and blast it at your enemy. I take it that sometimes when children or adults anger, there might be a burst of light that is released at something or someone, thus destroying it. Correct?"

I was. The elders were amazed and with that immediately allowed me to train the children. The children on Trysidia took to their abilities much faster than the children on the Moon. I suppose that made sense, considering that everything had to be quicker for these people.

Next, I began training the armies, who did not take to the power quite as quick. They eventually got it and afterwards were more confident in their ableness to fight the Nemesis. I trained twenty four people on how to instruct others and they helped me train the people faster. Soon the whole town was trained.

I headed for bed. It had been a long day and I needed to relax. Skyler came into our room and walked over to me.

"Hey you. Miss me?" he asked. I nodded and carefully draped my arms around his shoulders. He brought my mouth to his and kissed me. "I missed you too." He said after a moment. He scooped me up in his arms and gently placed me on the bed. He climbed on the bed with me and laid his head against my chest.

"I am so happy here, Skyler. Everything is going so well." We had lived here close to a year now. "I do not know what I would be doing with myself if I was still on the Moon. I would have died without you." I began lightly running my fingers through his hair. He sighed.

"I do not know what I would have done without you, Fiona. You have completely changed my life, even before we came here. I look at things and people so much different now. I love you so much." He squeezed my body gently.

Skyler tilted his head and kissed my neck. "I have a great idea." He said. He got up and pulled me across the room with him. He opened the bedroom door and we ran out of the house. "Where are we going?" I exclaimed. He had pulled me outside and although it was only moderately cold because of the summer, I still felt as if I needed a coat. We were heading towards the hills that were not too far out of town.

"Skyler, I am barefoot!" I called. I was tired and I did not like running through the dark like this with no shoes. Heaven only knows what I could have stepped on. Skyler, rather than take me home, picked me up and carried me as he ran into the surrounding brush. He ran for a good ten minutes before we came to a clearing. I could see a huge waterfall that was coming out from the side of the mountain. There was a pool below it and it filtered out into five different streams. Skyler approached the side of the waterfall and walked right into it.

"SKYLER! I am soaked!" I exclaimed accusingly, as if he did not already realize this. My clothes were drenched now. To my surprise, there was what looked like a cave at the other side of the falls. Water had pooled inside making it completely secluded.

"We need some light." Skyler told me. "Princess, would you do the honors?" I looked into his eyes. They had the reflection of the three moon's light that circled Trysidia in them. The light showed though the water at the mouth of the cave. Enough to see outlines, but not enough to see anything clearly. He set me on my feet.

I knelt down to the water. I summoned some of my energy and touched the water. The pool lit up in an iridescent aqua color. It was beautiful.

Skyler began to strip off his clothes and, to my dismay but not surprise, he jumped in.

"Come on, Serena!" he called to me. I groaned. I was tired, but I could not say no to him. I stripped off and jumped in after him. The water was surprisingly warm, probably because of the energy I had released into it. We swam around a while and it ended up in a splash fight. I laughed. I had never done this type of thing with Tuxedo Mask or Skyler before. Skyler swam over to me and put his arms around my waist. He pulled me close and whispered in my ear, "Happy anniversary, Serena."

Anniversary? I had completely forgotten. Today was the anniversary of the day that we met three years ago. "Happy anniversary, Tuxedo Mask." He kissed me.

We put on our wet clothes and headed home.

Fiona climbed on my back as we headed back to town. It had been an exhausting night, but a memorable one. I knew she had not remembered our anniversary, but I did not give her a hard time about it. We had both been busy and I would have forgotten also if it hadn't been for Lucas mentioning that he and his wife had just had theirs.

On our way back to our home, I noticed some dark objects flying around in the sky. At first, I thought they were birds. But then I knew. It was the Negaverse preparing to attack the town. I sent Fiona home. She ran through the streets yelling, "It's the Nemesis! Wake up! They are here! Wake up!" I went to the weapons locker. I got my sword and put on a uniform. Fiona didn't want me to fight. I did not have the same mental abilities as everyone else here. I was not royalty in the Moon Kingdom and I was not Trysidian. The dark portals opened up above us and soldiers started to infiltrate the town. Boy would they be surprised!

I saw the first Negaverse soldier come to a house. He was greeted with a blast of energy from the owner. He fell back, dead. The training had paid off! Our armies had surrounded the town, making a defence perimeter around the edge. Good thing too, because the Nemesis soldiers began attacking by coming through the brush surrounding the town so that no one could escape. Our men were hidden up in trees, so they could surprise the Nemesis by blasting them from above. Several of our troops stayed in town to protect the civilians. They hardly needed to be there how ever. When the Nemesis tried to attack the daycare, they were met with not only the experienced and powerful Fiona, but the children combined strength and used their energy to kill over a hundred enemy soldiers. Fiona turned in surprise to the children and just said, "Well done." The children laughed.

Our armies were now better able to defend themselves because they could sense their attacker if he tried to come from behind by using their mind's eyes. I fought by sword against thirteen men considering I had no other line of defence. One of them, the last one I fought stabbed my side. I came back to the town wounded. I saw flashes of light everywhere. It was hard to see and I would have been helpless to an attacker.

Unfortunately one of the Nemesis solders noticed me. He snuck up behind me and threw me to the floor. He stuck his sword in my face and laughed at me. "Today, is your day to die Trysidian!"

He brought the sword up and held it over my chest. As he raised it I heard Fiona's voice in my head. I saw he image flash before my eyes and began to feel tears swell in them. "Goodbye, my only love." I said.

Then I realized her voice had said, "You will not live long enough to regret that mistake, you Harpie!"

Harpie? She called me, her love, a Harpie?

That's when I saw what seemed like a lightening bolt hit the soldier above me. He began to shake and turn to a kind of brownish-gray dust. I looked up to see Fiona. "Moon dust!" she cried with triumph. Must have been a Moon thing. She smiled at me before running back into the fight. She didn't realize I had been stabbed. I got back up slowly.

The battle was over within two hours. The Negaverse had come hoping for an easy target. They were not equipped for a real fight. They might even leave the town alone completely from now on. There must have been other colonies they could attack, they would most likely just go to those and not trouble with us.

When I stumbled in the door to our home, Fiona greeted me and told me that the Negaverse had retreated. Then she saw me gripping my side. I had lost a lot of blood and was feeling quite weak. She gasped loudly and began to fuss over me. She helped me over to the couch and used her own power of telekinesis to heal me. I immediately had my strength returned. I kissed her.

"We totally stopped the Nemesis, at least for this battle. They left after only a few hours. Oh, Skyler it worked! And I have other news. I talked to the elder and explained to them why the Nemesis was cutting out their eyes and hands." She proceeded to explain.

I was quite pleased myself. All of the training Fiona had given them had paid off. I looked into her eyes. It was still not even noon yet. The day was young, even though she and I were quite drained from being up all night and now this.. It was then that we got a knock on the door. It was a few of my soldier friends. They came in and thanked Fiona for training them. They said that the armies would have failed if she hadn't helped. They left after staying a while and talking. Then Ivy came over.

"Oh, Fiona! They are having a huge celebration tonight! The fight went so well, not one man was lost. On our side, of course. This is the first time any Trysidians have ever won a fight against the Nemesis. Of course, we haven't been in contact with any other colonies recently, but we are sending out three people from our town to go find other towns and train them the same way you trained us! Isn't that wonderful?"

"Yes, it is!" Fiona exclaimed. That must have made Fiona feel overjoyed to know that she had saved a whole planet from the Negaverse. I smiled. Ivy looked at me.

"Will you and your husband be attending the celebration?" she asked Fiona. Fiona's face fell slightly. I knew why. I had been thinking the same thing for quite a while. We were not even officially married yet. We had no ceremony, no rings, nothing.

Fiona said that we'd be there and went and sat on the couch. Fiona did not know it, but I had already bought her a ring. Custom made. It was a gold ring with one star shaped diamond and a crescent moon shaped diamond. I had to haggle with Ambrose, the diamond cutter for an hour. He had never cut a star shaped diamond before. I paid him good though, so he didn't mind.

I knew then that I would propose to Fiona that night at the celebration.

The celebration was huge. There was music and dancing, and the markets had gotten together and prepared a huge feast. Fiona went around talking to everyone in sight. She knew every single person in town, thanks to training all of them. I knew all of the army, but I was not nearly as talkative as she was. She had been throwing parties and entertaining guests her whole life, while this was one of my first big parties. Fiona may as well have been the hostess, for she was so social, and had practically saved the entire colony.

I had many of the men come up to me and thank me for training them in how to keep quiet. Between the skills I had taught them and the ones they had learned from Fiona, they easily defeated the Nemesis, or so they said.

Dinner was delicious. I enjoyed the atmosphere almost as much as the food. There was music all throughout the meal. I looked over at Fiona. She was so funny. Here I was stuffing my face and there she was, as dainty as could be. She refused to eat anything with her hands. Finally, I picked up the biscuit and shoved it in her mouth. To her horror, crumbs and butter went everywhere.

"Skhuhuh!!" she said as I shoved the biscuit in. I think she tried yelling my name, but when she spoke crumbs blew everywhere. Then she turned to me and blew them all on my shirt. I laughed and then got a mischievous look on my face. I threw some pudding at her but she ducked and I ended up hitting Tobin. She covered her mouth and started bursting out. Needless to say, We started a gigantic food fight. I ducked under the table with Fiona who was cracking up. Well, here goes nothing. This is as good a place as any.

I touched Fiona's face. She looked at me with the biggest smile on her face I had ever seen. I kissed her lips.

Fiona saw my serious expression and quieted quickly. She stared at me for a moment as I reached into my pocket. I brought out the tiny box that held her ring. He eyes widened and I smiled sweetly at her. I took her face in my hand and with my other hand, I opened the box and handed it to her.

"Serena, Princess. Would you marry me?" I brought out the ring and she opened the box. Tears filled her eyes and she nodded. "Yes of course I will!"

She looked at it for a long while before I reached in and retrieved the ring. I took her hand in mine and I placed the ring carefully on her finer. It fit fine.

We let the town fight. We stayed under the table and kissed. When things calmed down we came back up. Dessert was served. It was some sort of cinnamon cake. I pulled the cake to my face and smelled it.

I had a flash. I saw for the first time my Mother's face. I knew it was her. I remembered looking in a mirror as a child and turning to the woman behind me and calling her Mommy. Then I remembered the smell. She smelled like this cake. Cinnamon.

I ate the cake and as soon as I was able, I pulled Fiona home. She was reluctant to leave. She was chatting with everyone still. Ivy had noticed the ring and there was a gigantic squeal fest. Everything said even was in a high voice.

"Oh how sweeeeet!"

"AAAAH! You're so lucky!"

"It's BEAUTIFUL!"

"Oh my God!"

"When is the wedding?"

"That's so adorable!"

"I wanna get married!"

"That's a beautiful ring."

There were various screams and squeals going on the entire time. The men gathered around me and Tobin shook my hand. "Way to go." he said. The other men just said, "Yeah." We sat down. That was it for us. We continued to watch our women swoon a while before someone Alexander came over to me and said, "Oh my stars! It's so beautiful!" in his falsetto, purposefully lisping all his 's's. Then the other men gathered around me and started mimicking the ladies. We all turned and laughed at how when we started squealing like them, they all stopped and glared at us like WE were the strange one's. Didn't they know how stupid they looked?

I finally got Fiona home. I sat her down on the couch.

"Serena, I remember. I remember my Mother's face. I was in a fancy room and I remember her face. She smelled like cinnamon. She had short brown hair that was always in a loose bun, and she wore burgundy dresses that came to her ankles. She had high cheek bones, and blue eyes. Serena, my Mother was..."

"The Queen of Earth!" She screamed. Tears filled her eyes once more and she threw her arms around me. "Oh Darien!!"

Memories flooded my mind. I remembered everything. From Nanny Wildman, to the crash, to my Mother, my crush on Serena, to finding my way to the center, then meeting Serena, falling in love with her again. It was complete. I told Serena all of it. She sat in amazement as I revealed the reasons for running away and how I had done it. Everything was explained. I felt finally complete. She was relieved to now have all the gaps filled in. We made love all night that night, for the first time as a Princess... and a Prince.

I woke up in the morning next to Darien. It all fit together. I was so happy. I reached over and brushed his cheek with my lips.

"You do realize this means that we could have children and still keep the pure bloodline." I stated.

Darien sat up. "You're right! We could go back!" His face fell. "Do we really want to?"

I stared for a minute, silently urging him to explain.

"I mean, we have lives now. We have a house, friends, jobs... Do you really just want to walk away? Besides, these people could use our help. Everyone back there won't miss us."

He turned away from me, his feet now hanging off the bed. I sat up and came behind him, putting my arms around his shoulders. I kissed his neck. "Honey, I know. But I must say that I do miss my family. And my friends, and my old life. I know we have it good here. But think about it. Your Mother will never know that you are still alive, my Mother and friends think I am dead. Is that really fair to them to have lied and now live our lives like nothing's changed now knowing what we know? It is not right."

"It is not right what they did to us in the first place, Serena. They banished me because I didn't have the right blood type. They put power over love. We are not like that."

"But we will rule one day if we go back and we can change things."

Darien turned and looked me in the eyes. He sighed. "Well Serena, you gave up your life to be with me. I can give up this one to make you happy. We'll go back."

I hugged him. "Thank you Darien, my Prince."

"Will the crystal work this far away?" he asked. I had not thought of that. The Silver Crystal was how I transported to begin with. I did not believe that I could get it to work all the way over here. I have to give myself a boost of energy to kind of propel my body from one place to another. If could not create the boost... "Well there goes that idea."

"Not necessarily." Darien stated.

Darien told the town our problem. He said that we had found a way to go home, but we needed their help. Some of the people did not want us to leave for the reason that if the Nemesis came back, they might not be able to win. Darien assured them that with the help of the other colonies they would be fine. They had already received word by telepathy that they had found another colony. Besides, they had solved the mystery of why the Negaverse was killing them and took their eyes and hands... That was the source of their power. The eyes of a telepath and the hands of one who can shoot energy would bring a great deal of energy to the Negaverse. Considering they were in the business of stealing energy, the Trysidians who had not even realized their power had made perfect targets. It also explained why so many were allowed to escape the first sweep. The Negaverse had planned on letting them procreate making even more energy. A sort of energy cultivation. They had separated them over the planet to try and make sure that they did not join forces against the Negaverse's attacks. That would no longer be the case now that the Trysidians had realized their powers.

We convinced the whole town to get together and they summoned their energy. We said our goodbyes and Serena summoned all she could get from the Silver Crystal. We stood in the middle of a giant circle of people. We managed to transport back to the Moon.

Serena and I landed in her room. Serena had concentrated on landing there. The room was just as she left it. I guessed her Mother had probably not accepted the idea that her daughter was gone and was therefore still holding onto her things.

She got in one of her old gowns and she reached for an old Tuxedo. We stepped out of the room, after she did her hair back up in meatballs. A court meeting was being held. The servants all gasped and were stunned when they saw us walking down the hall, her arm linked in mine. We pushed open the doors to the meeting hall.

Mouths dropped to the floor and the room fell silent. "Mother, I have an announcement."

Serena explained how we had run away together to the Court. Everyone was overjoyed to see Serena alive. However everyone was not so pleased to see me. Serena's Mother cried and embraced her daughter. She then embraced me to the shock of both me and the Court. I returned the hug and she took me outside with her. Serena's friends rushed to give her hugs and kisses as we left the room.

Serenity took me to a small room with two chairs in it. She sat down and pointed at the other one, offering it to me. She read Serena's mind and had discovered who she thought I was. I could just tell. She had taken me away to question me, but didn't want to get my parent's hopes up by announcing it in front of them.

"Where were you born?" she asked. I realized she wanted me to prove who I was.

"Earth."

"What is your Mother's name?"

"Augusta."

"Do you have any powers?"

"I do but I've never used them."

"How old were you when you ran away?"

"Nine." That meant I was twenty-one now.

"What happened?"

I continued to answer Queen Serenity's questions until she was satisfied. "Welcome home, Darien." she said finally.

We walked into the Court to find everyone seated again, but arguing. When Serenity entered the room fell silent. "May I present to you, Prince Darien of Earth."

My parents began to cry. My Mother ran to me and kissed my face. "But how? Oh Darien! You are back! I'm so sorry, Darien! I should never have doubted you when you told me about Natalie Wildman!" I gathered my Mother in my arms and held her against me. She sobbed. I never thought of the fact that my Mother could have blamed herself for my running away. I always figured that the emotions I felt were because my parents didn't love me, but from the memories I now had, and with my Mother weeping in my arms, I knew otherwise.

I left with my parents and we talked about everything. We were a family again.

I had a long talk with my Mother. We made up concerning the verdict and the faked death. I told her about my life on Trysidia. I loved her so much. We cried and she told me of how devastated she was when she thought I was dead. The fake noose and gown had worked just as Darien and I had planned.

Next was the hard part. Darien and I met with all the Princesses the next day. Lita and Mina came in first. Lita burst into tears and threw her arms around her sorely missed best friend. Mina and I cried as we hugged and everyone took turns holding each other.

Two months later Prince Darien and I were wed. The Kingdom was overjoyed to have two members of the royal family back in place. We lived on the Moon, but in our own wing of the palace.

We honeymooned on Venus but we did not see much daylight.

We made love all night. Afterward, I couldn't sleep. I finally remembered who I was. It felt great. I looked over at the beautiful girl sleeping by my side. I was so glad to finally be with her, on the Moon, no more lies or conspiracy, and going by our real names.

I came out of my daydream and found her looking at me. She had a smile on her face as she gazed into my eyes. "I love you Serena." I told her.

"I love you too, Darien." she replied. She looked away and rolled on her back. Then she spoke. "Oh. By the way. I have been meaning to tell you. I am pregnant."

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