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Title: Another one gone
Author: Ree
Theme: Family -wounded
Genre: Drama
Version: Silver Millennium - Fates/Sihde storyline
Rating: G
Most of these characters belong to Takeuchi Naoko. The ones that don't are my creations.
Another one gone
Part VII: A wish granted
Malcolm rushed into the courtyard. Relief flooded through him when he saw Princess Selenity standing there unharmed, gazing up at a statue. "Your Highness!" His voice echoed across the open space.
Selenity spun to face the captain of her guard, her hope damped by his tone. Something was wrong. Rushing towards him, she searched his face for a hint of what was wrong. Her heart sank the closer she came to him.'Something has gone horrible wrong.' When she reached his side, she wanted to ask what had happened. She never had a chance.
"This way Your Highness, quickly!" Malcolm rushed her through the door into a darkened corridor.
The smell that assaulted her chilled her heart with fear. 'Blood...Death... Fear...It smells like a battle field. No... surely they didn't breach the palace.' Even as she ran to keep up with Malcolm, she knew that her enemies had.
Malcolm stopped before her mother's bedroom door. The smell of blood and fear were so strong Selenity felt herself choking on them.
The door opened, and the doctor that had given her such good news two months ago ushered her into the room. "Queen Meagan wishes to see you, Princess Selenity." He turned and softly walked back to the bed. In a quiet voice, he spoke to the person lying on the bed. "The princess is here, Your Majesty."
Selenity heard a wet, rattling cough as her mother tried to talk to him. Flying to the bedside, she gasped. Her mother was covered in bandages, but even they were soaked in the blood that seeping from her wounds. Her eyes met the doctor's pleading with him to tell her all would be alright. The sorrow and denial that radiated from his told her there was no hope.
"Se..Selenity." Queen Meagan gasped out the name. Selenity sank onto the edge of the bed. Her mother's hand fumbled around until it held Selenity's in its grasp. "You.. are... alright?" Selenity nodded yes, not trusting her voice. Meagan fell into a coughing fit. The doctor wiped up the blood that drooled down her chin. "They didn't find you?" The question was rushed out before the next fit took her.
Tightening her grip on her mother's hand, Selenity found her voice. "No. They didn't find me. I am not wounded."
Relief washed over Meagan's face, blotting out the pain. A smile wreathed her blood stained lips as she sighed her last breath.
Tears trailed down Selenity's face as her mother's hand fell slack in her grip. 'Another one... he has taken another one from me.'
She watched as the doctor closed her mother's eyes for the last time. A weight settled onto her head. Glancing quickly to the side, she spotted Lord Duncan limping away. Raising a hand to her head, she felt her mother's crown.
The chambered echoed with the words she had always dreaded hearing. "The Queen is dead! Long live the Queen!"
Part IX: Decisions
Author: Ree
Theme: Family -wounded
Genre: Drama
Version: Silver Millennium - Fates/Sihde storyline
Rating: G
Most of these characters belong to Takeuchi Naoko. The ones that don't are my creations.
Another one gone
Part VII: A wish granted
Malcolm rushed into the courtyard. Relief flooded through him when he saw Princess Selenity standing there unharmed, gazing up at a statue. "Your Highness!" His voice echoed across the open space.
Selenity spun to face the captain of her guard, her hope damped by his tone. Something was wrong. Rushing towards him, she searched his face for a hint of what was wrong. Her heart sank the closer she came to him.'Something has gone horrible wrong.' When she reached his side, she wanted to ask what had happened. She never had a chance.
"This way Your Highness, quickly!" Malcolm rushed her through the door into a darkened corridor.
The smell that assaulted her chilled her heart with fear. 'Blood...Death... Fear...It smells like a battle field. No... surely they didn't breach the palace.' Even as she ran to keep up with Malcolm, she knew that her enemies had.
Malcolm stopped before her mother's bedroom door. The smell of blood and fear were so strong Selenity felt herself choking on them.
The door opened, and the doctor that had given her such good news two months ago ushered her into the room. "Queen Meagan wishes to see you, Princess Selenity." He turned and softly walked back to the bed. In a quiet voice, he spoke to the person lying on the bed. "The princess is here, Your Majesty."
Selenity heard a wet, rattling cough as her mother tried to talk to him. Flying to the bedside, she gasped. Her mother was covered in bandages, but even they were soaked in the blood that seeping from her wounds. Her eyes met the doctor's pleading with him to tell her all would be alright. The sorrow and denial that radiated from his told her there was no hope.
"Se..Selenity." Queen Meagan gasped out the name. Selenity sank onto the edge of the bed. Her mother's hand fumbled around until it held Selenity's in its grasp. "You.. are... alright?" Selenity nodded yes, not trusting her voice. Meagan fell into a coughing fit. The doctor wiped up the blood that drooled down her chin. "They didn't find you?" The question was rushed out before the next fit took her.
Tightening her grip on her mother's hand, Selenity found her voice. "No. They didn't find me. I am not wounded."
Relief washed over Meagan's face, blotting out the pain. A smile wreathed her blood stained lips as she sighed her last breath.
Tears trailed down Selenity's face as her mother's hand fell slack in her grip. 'Another one... he has taken another one from me.'
She watched as the doctor closed her mother's eyes for the last time. A weight settled onto her head. Glancing quickly to the side, she spotted Lord Duncan limping away. Raising a hand to her head, she felt her mother's crown.
The chambered echoed with the words she had always dreaded hearing. "The Queen is dead! Long live the Queen!"
Part IX: Decisions