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And The Happy Ending With A Twist

Jul 22, 2010 18:04

A tall cliff overlooks a kingdom, the village around the castle in the midst of rebuilding efforts. The devil known as Metalia had not struck their village in quite some time; months, in fact. People were leaving their houses more. Children played freely in the streets and fields. And a certain other devil couldn't be happier ( Read more... )

tsukino usagi (devils_promise), *open to all, demando (kingofblackmoon)

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kingofblackmoon July 23 2010, 01:30:25 UTC

The nexus has brought Demando to this corner of this world, unimpeded by any seals that shut Usagi away. As if he doesn't even notice the eyes or the strange, tiny differences, he heads towards her.

"Princess," he greets her neutrally.

devils_promise July 23 2010, 01:35:39 UTC

"You're mistaken." An equal neutral, if more indifferent response. She doesn't turn to look at him, a breeze blowing the cloak around her body some, though not enough to make the hood fall off her head.

kingofblackmoon July 23 2010, 01:38:01 UTC

Hardly. Princess Serenity, Tsukino Usagi, Neo-Queen Serenity, his world, or a thousand alternates - she is herself. Beautiful.

But her answer checks him. "Who are you?" Demando asks. An impostor? But no impostor would admit it immediately like this. Then, what?

devils_promise July 23 2010, 01:40:39 UTC

"The princess is dead," she replies simply, "Haven't you heard? A demon stole her away in the night, while she was asleep and defenseless." That was the 'official' story, anyway. The only people in the land who knew the truth were Usagi herself and the now sealed Metalia.

kingofblackmoon July 23 2010, 01:41:44 UTC

"It makes no difference," Demando says, misunderstanding Usagi to simply mean the difference between herself and her past life. "You are still her."

devils_promise July 23 2010, 01:49:42 UTC

She shook her head. "Your thinking is too pedestrian," she insists as she turns around, lowering her hood. She doesn't recognize the man, but it matters little; her red eyes give him the same deep, piercing, appraising gaze she gives all who approach her. "Though the body is the same, the blood is now different. All that is light has been replaced with darkness. Purity has been tainted. From my very core, I am no longer the girl I once was."

kingofblackmoon July 23 2010, 01:52:55 UTC

He thinks of the princess he hated as the obstacle to his ambitions and the evil against God that would lead the Moon to destruction.

He thinks of the innocent girl and her pure heart that draws enemies to her as surely as friends.

"You are the same," he tells her, as he has always been blind to the differences. But even as he says it, he realizes dimly that it's not quite true for him, either, anymore. There are the eyes that looked at him like he was a monster, and the eyes that looked at him with love.

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