Title: Coming Home
Co-author: Jessica M. Moonflower
Co-author: Silvery*white*rose
Rating: PG
Chapter: 2

Disclaimers: Do I really need to say this again?
Well I do.  We didn't create Sailor Moon or own
any part of that.  We really wish we did but
nope not us.

Jessica M. Moonflower: salud731@earthlink.net
Silvery*white*rose: silverrose71442@aol.com

Now this is a plea to email us on our story. We
would love to hear from all of the readers out there.

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	In a room in the west wing sat a boy on his bed 
discussing things with an older gentleman. They seemed to be 
in a heat conversation.

	"How are we suppose to do this?" demanded the young 
boy.

	"I have taking the liberty to hire someone to come 
and take them away," stated the man.

	"Good.  And they won't be able to track it back to 
either one of us, correct?"

	"I have paid a great deal to the person and he has 
sworn that he will not fail us. There is no way that they 
can track us," the man smiled wickedly.

	"If he fails, we can just make sure to have him 
killed. Maybe we should?"

	"You mean to make sure our tracks are covered?"

	"Yes. I don't want anything to go wrong. It should 
be me that receives that throne when I am older. This way 
I know I will."

	"When do you want to take care of the king then?"

	"Not now. That would be too close to my cousins 
disappearances. I don't want anyone to suspect anything. 
I just want to make sure my cousins are out of the way for 
now."

	"Yes, I understand."

	"This will give me the opportunity to make sure I 
am here to help my aunt and uncle get through this 'crisis',"
grinned the boy as he thought of how he hated his cousins 
especially the prince. 'Soon and you will be gone.'

	"So we plan on staying for a little while then?"

	"Yes. And it also depends on when this person comes 
to take them."

	"I told him to come tonight. He should be here early
this morning sometime. So when we awake we can be here to see 
what is happening."

	"Very good. You are a great friend. I am glad that you 
see this my way."

	"Of course I do. I am here to help you. And you should 
be the rightful heir to the throne." They laughed at how their 
plan would be a success. And soon he would be the rightful 
heir to the kingdom.

********Meanwhile in Darien's room ****************************

	Darien was tossing and turning in his sleep. He had this
horrible feeling that something was going to happen to Rei and 
him tonight, but didn't know what. Still tossing and turning, he
finally awoke from his slumber. He sat up breathing heavily and 
beads of sweat were running down his neck. 'I better go check on 
Rei. Something just doesn't feel right,' Darien thought with a 
queasy feeling in his stomach. He looked around the dark room 
only to hear the rain coming softly down upon his balcony.

	Darien threw back the blankets from his bed and got up to 
open the door to Rei's room that was connected to his. There, he 
saw Rei peacefully asleep in her own bed hugging her teddy bear, 
Blackie. 

	'Rei seems alright, but why does this bad feeling that I'm
having seem to be getting stronger by the minute,' Darien thought 
with a shudder.

	As he was about to go back to his own room, a hand was 
clamped over his mouth. 

	"Don't try to struggle, your highness. It's really futile," 
said a deep, sinister voice. "Now if you do as your told, I won't
hurt you or your sister."

	Darien stopped struggling with the thought of Rei's life 
being in danger. He stood helplessly as he felt the stranger 
covered in black, tie his hands with a rope and tying a gag over
his mouth so he couldn't scream or yell for help. 

	Darien now watched as the man in black went over to 
Rei's bed and and put his hand over her mouth. Darien heard Rei's 
muffled screams as she tried desperately to break free from 
the man's strong grip as he gagged her and tied her hands.

	Darien saw that his sister was truly scared and he 
couldn't do anything about it. He watched as the man picked 
Rei up and head toward him. The man sat Rei down next to him 
and went to the balcony in his room . Darien then notice the 
man signaling to something or someone below his balcony.

	'I wonder what is going to happen to us,' Darien thought 
as he saw that the man had come back to them and picked Rei up.

	"Stand young prince for I do not want to use force. And 
if I have to then someone could get hurt," the man told Darien 
as he pulled out a knife and brought it in view. He then put the
knife in front of Rei's throat to show that he meant business. 

	Darien understanding that he had better listen, stood up 
and walked to where the man was directing him. Darien stepped 
onto the wet balcony and went to the ledge. He could hear a voice 
calling up to them.

	"Hey, hurry. We need to get this over quickly." 

	"Okay, I am here and I will send one down at a time."

	Darien stared at the man and wondered how he was going 
to get them down.

	"I am going to take off the rope that is on your hands, 
but if you think of doing anything foolish then your sister 
will get it," the man sneered as he held the knife closer to
Rei's throat.

	Darien then saw that his sister had started to cry 
again and he couldn't let anything happen to her.  Darien
decided he would do as he was told. The man untied the rope 
around Darien's hands and told him to climb down.

	Darien looked over the ledge and saw that there was 
another dark clad man waiting below. Darien climbed over the
ledge using the rope he assumed the attacker used. Once Darien
was to the bottom the other stranger took a hold of him and 
tied his hands again. However, this time his feet were also 
tied so that he couldn't make a for run for it. The stranger 
moved Darien off to the side because he had notice his partner
was coming down with Rei thrown over his right shoulder. Once 
on the ground the dark clad man put Rei next to Darien and tied 
her feet also.

	Once the black clad man was finished tying up Rei, he 
went over to the other man to talk over how they were going
to get rid of the young prince and princess of Cartha. Rei
sat next to Darien, crying and feeling frightened of the 
strange men. Darien looked at Rei to give her some reassurance 
that nothing will happen to them, but failed miserably when he
himself was just as scared as Rei.

	Finally, the men turned to Rei and Darien. One of the men 
pointed to Darien and the other nodded in acknowledgement. They 
came over and proceed to pick up Darien and Rei. They then began
heading in the direction of where the horses were waiting. Once
there, the man holding Rei laid her across the horse and he then 
jumped onto the saddle. The man carrying Darien put him down and 
began to speak.

	"If you try anything funny your highness, don't think we 
won't hesitate to kill you, because that can be easily arranged," 
the man sneered with an evil grin on his face. Then he picked him up
and threw him over the horse and proceed to climb into the saddle.

***************Sometime later on the journey*********************

	As Darien laid on the horse now getting soaked because 
sometime later as they rode on their way, it had started to rain
harder. He was wet, cold, and scared. He had no idea what the men
wanted or what they had planned for them. All he could do is lay 
there and think that he needed to be strong for Rei. He tried to 
lift his head to see if he could see his sister, but all he could 
see is her wet lifeless body hung over the horse. 

	'Please let Rei be okay. Please let both of us make it 
through this,' he prayed silently as sleep soon came to take him. 
He tried not to let the unconscious pull him in, but he was so tired, 
wet, cold, and he hurt all over from being thrown all over from the 
ride. He couldn't take it anymore. His last thoughts as he fell 
unconscious was...'Please, help me someone...Serena.'

****************In another kingdom********************************

	A young girl laid in her bed tossing and turning from having 
a nightmare.

	"Please help me someone. Please help me. Serena." Serena
sat up and screamed Darien's name in anguish. She looked around and
saw that she was laying in her bed.

	'It was just a nightmare,' Serena thought but still couldn't 
shake the feeling that something was truly wrong just then her 
parents came running to see what the matter was. They had heard her
scream, but couldn't tell what she screamed.

	"Honey, what's wrong? We heard you scream," her mother asked
as she pulled her young daughter into an embrace. 

	"Yes sweetie, what is it?" her father spoke softly as he bent 
down to look his daughter in the eyes.

	"I...had...a...nightmare. It was really scary," Serena 
whispered as she hugged her mother tightly.

	"Sshhh....it was just a nightmare. SShhh....nothing can harm 
you," her mother soothed as she stroked her daughter's back.

	"Yes sweetie. Nothing will ever harm you," her father told 
her as he came and kissed her forehead lightly. He then turned to
his wife and she gestured for him to leave, that they would be fine. 
He nod and left quietly.

	"Now honey, are you okay?" 

	"Yes. But it was so scary."

	"It is okay. I am right here. I will stay with you until you
fall back to sleep." Her mother told her as she laid her daughter 
down and she laid next to her stroking her back.

	"Thank you mom." Serena closed her eyes trying to fall back 
to sleep. As sleep began to claim her again. Her last thoughts were  
Darien. 

To be continued...

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