A desperate man, fearing for his life, ran from the beautiful blonde chasing after him. Sweat dripped down his forehead and into his eyes. He wiped them away with his dirt covered sleeves.

He turned around and looked to see how close the woman was gaining on him. He then realized just how much he was slowing down, making himself an easy target. His legs ached and screamed at him to stop, but he dared not too.

Once more he turned around and knew his efforts were in vain. The woman was toying with him. He stopped running and whirled around to face the beautiful woman and his fate.

As the woman walked up to him with an evil smile on her face, he kneeled to the ground and lowered his head in defeat. “Grant me mercy, my lady,” said the man, breathing heavy. “Please, spare me. I beg of you!”

The woman laughed and placed her slender hands on her hips. “Why should I try and save your pathetic life? Do you think I should let every criminal off lightly, just because they want me to?”

The man started to cry and Serenity sighed. “At least die an honorable death. Stop trying to take the coward’s way out. Your tears will not move my decision. Besides, you should have chosen a better profession than being a spy.”

The man raised his tear stained face and looked into her cornflower blue eyes. “I ask of you once more, spare my life. My wife and children still need me to provide for them. My children cannot grow up without a father.”

Serenity lowered herself down to the kneeling man. “I have grown up without my father to guide me. If I seem to give a damn, please tell me. I would hate to give you the wrong impression.”

“Then nothing I say will sway your heart or has it blackened and grown cold?” he spoke, while trying to raise himself up.

Serenity shoved him face first, back onto the ground. “You’re not getting away from me, Tristan. I have my orders to execute you and I always follow my queen’s orders.”

“Why can’t you see that you are being deceived, princess? Metallia is only using you and will get rid of you once you have served her purpose,” he spoke, with his face covered in dirt.

Serenity pulled his hair and forced him to look at her. “Do you think I would believe your lies?”

The man watched as the sun rose for the very last time for him. “I feel nothing but sorrow for you, princess. One day, you will realize the truth and regret all that you have done.”

Serenity took her sword from its sheath and cut off his head with a clean, swift stroke. The man slumped onto the payment into a poll of his own blood. “Ashes to ashes and dust to dust,” she whispered, while wiping the blood from her sword.

She looked down at his crumpled body. “I am truly sorry, my friend. I wish things would have ended differently for you. Don’t worry. I will make sure your family has all they need for the rest of their lives. I promise you.”

As she turned to walk away, a man in black armor appeared in front of her vision. “Go away,” she spoke. “I have no time for charity cases. I have to report back.”

The man surveyed the scene that was set before him. “Damn, another spy bites the dust.” He turned towards her. “Did you do this? Are you the one killing all of my spies?”

Serenity looked at him straight in the eyes. “Yes, you should train your people better. Then I wouldn’t have to kill so many of them,” she spoke, then turning back around to walk away from him.

She underestimated her opponent and didn’t realize how quick the man could move, until he was right in front of her. He grabbed her wrist and forced her to look at him. “Let me go, you bastard!” she hissed at him.

The man enveloped her suddenly, that she didn’t see it coming. His lips pushed down on hers, and she felt herself being pulled against his muscled body. “Mmmmfff!” she cried, as she tried to speak against his lips, while struggling to free her mouth.

He felt her slowly giving into him and loosened his grip on her. Once he did that, he felt a pain spread through his groin. He pulled back from her and cradled his privates. “Ouch, what did you have to do that for? We were getting along nicely.”

“Bloody hell, don’t pull anything that foolish again!” she said, wiping her mouth with the back of her hand. “I am not some common whore you can do what you please. I never gave you permission to kiss me. I should kill you for your insult.”

Endymion smiled at her and she felt herself entranced by his charm. “Don’t fool yourself, my princess. You know you thoroughly enjoyed that kiss. Admit it.”

Her shock could not be contained within her. “Do you hear yourself? How can you say such a vile thing to me? I don’t even know you.”

Endymion stood up and presented a rose from thin air. He laughed to himself as he heard the princess gasp. “I am like any other man. I expect a woman, like you, to adore me and think me perfect,” he spoke, while twirling the rose between his fingers.

Serenity gave a snort. “You’ll have a long wait for that one.”

Serenity was becoming annoyed with him each second, but for some unknown reason, she couldn’t leave his presence. There was no magic involved, for she would have felt it. There was something about him that made her feel warm inside.

Endymion walked closer towards her and held out the rose for her to take. “I know you love roses,” he spoke, while staring into her cornflower blue eyes. He saw that she hesitated and held the rose out further. “Go ahead. It is my gift to you.”

Serenity wanted the rose very badly, but she still couldn’t understand why. It was just an ordinary rose except that it came from him. She took the rose from his hand and shock went through her entire body. Serenity looked at him and he just smiled, like he knew a secret that she didn’t.

She smelled the rose and the instant that she did, a vision filled her head of a beautiful woman with a moon engraved symbol on her forehead. Serenity shook her head to clear the foreign image.

“What’s wrong?” Endymion asked her. “Is there something I can help you with?”

Serenity thought the woman looked familiar, but she just couldn’t remember who she was and it frustrated her. “There is nothing that you can help me with. Everything I perfectly fine,” she spoke, while backing away from him.

Endymion cocked his head at her. He didn’t believe her one bit, but he wasn’t going to force her to tell him the truth. He knew she saw something that she didn’t understand and if she wasn’t going to tell him, there was nothing he could do.

Serenity remembered that she needed to go home to the Negaverse and report to the queen. It was late and she would be punished for her tardiness. She turned to run away, when he placed his hand on her arm. “Let me go, please.”

“At least, tell me your name before you go. I want to see you again,” he spoke softly to her.

Serenity shook her head. “It is best that you forget me. I can never see you again.” She released his arm and disappeared into a cloud of mist. “My name is Princess Serenity,” her voice whispered into his ear. He looked around, but didn’t find her. He then shrugged his shoulders and walked back the way he came.