Past Life: Bending the Rules

[sylver]

[ Selenity - New Flowers ]

Her mother would be furious if she knew where she was, but she just couldn't sit through another one of those boring meetings. She didn't see how adults could stand it. Why sit in a boring room staring at the same boring people for hours on end when there was an entire world filled with new sights, sounds and smells right below their feet? Selenity had asked her mother countless times to let her come visit the planet, but her mother had always refused. She couldn't go to the planet until she had her Guardian by her side to look after her.

She didn't see what good it would do to have somebody tagging along with her. She could get into places a lot easier by herself. Guards never noticed children. At least the ones on the Moon never noticed her.

Sneaking down to the blue planet was so easy, she couldn't believe she hadn't done it before. Never mind the fact that she had only just grown tall enough to reach the handles on her chamber door, with the help of an old toy chest.

After wandering for nearly an hour, the young Moon Princess eventually found herself in a garden several times larger than the one on the moon. "Mother's stories of the Earth were true. I've never seen flowers like these." She touched one that was as purple as her hair and frowned when she realized it was hard. "I thought all flowers were soft."

(OOC: Sorry it took so long, Ree. Yes, she's in a vegetable garden and that is an eggplant she's looking at.)

[ree]

Cybele - Those Aren't Flowers, Silly

The Princess of Earth, affectionately called Cybele by her family and intimate friends, was off exploring again. Her gardens were calling to her and she couldn't stay indoors anymore. So she slipped away from her books once her tutor was convinced she was sitting quietly and reading. She knew that her mother's protector, Kunzite, would soon seek her out but she figured she had a little while before that happened.

There was a warm summer breeze that day and it blew the fragrant scent of roses all around her. It lifted her black hair and tickled her nose, making her giggle. Someday I'm going to have my own gardens, like mama. She wandered through the flower beds, making believe this was her garden and the roses were her babies.

"Mama always says they have bright little souls and can actually hear you when you speak to them."

Eventually Cybele wandered over to the vegetable patches to make sure all of the produce was doing well. From what her mother had told her, they shipped fresh produce all over the Sol System to the different kingdoms, particularly those who couldn't grow their own fruits and vegetables. That's when she spotted another little girl looking at the eggplants and saying how flowers were soft. She hid a giggle.

"That's actually a vegetable. It's called an eggplant. It's really tasty when you cook it and sprinkle it with salt and melted cheese." She trotted over, untangling her knee-length skirt from some vines. "I'm the Princess of Earth. Who are you?"

((OOC: Sorry it took so long Slyver, vacation and then real life had knocked me flat. Plus, I needed to find a name for baby Princess Earth besides Gaia or Demeter XD))

[sylver]

[ Selenity - Eggs don't grow on plants ]

She had been so absorbed in her study of the strange flower that Selenity didn't hear the other girl's approach. She jumped at the voice and spun to face her. "I thought gardens were only for flowers. And they don't taste very good when you eat them. Mother says they're a delicacy in certain cultures. I just think it's disgusting."

When the other girl introduced herself as the Princess, Selenity's face broke into a smile and she bounced over to her. "I've always wanted to meet you!" she squealed excitedly. "Mother said I had to wait until I was older, but I thought that was just silly, so I snuck out of a meeting and came to the castle. She's told me such wonderful stories of your line that I just had to see for myself if they were true. I think I got lost, though, cause I was looking for the flowers that were like the ones we have back home, but this was the only garden I could find. But I'm so very glad to finally meet you."

She paused for breath and then realized that she had shoved protocol completely out the window by ignoring the other girl's question. She took a deep breath and replied in a much calmer voice, "I'm very pleased to meet you, Princess of Earth. I am Selenity, Princess of the Moon."

[ree]

You Are So Cute!

This was Selenity? Cybele also beamed happily. She'd been hearing stories about the Moon Princess, the one she was supposed to protect, since she was little. Her mama, Demeter, had pictures in her room that she sometimes played in and she'd always thought Queen Selenity was so beautiful.

"Well then if your name's Selenity, you must call me Cybele. That's what my mama named me." She tilted her head, big black curls dangling over her shoulders. "Well we have lots of gardens. This one's just for vegetables though, so no flowers here. We have gardens for flowers though. Mama's favorite garden is for the narcissus flowers but I like the roses. They're so pretty and they have such a nice scent. There's this one rose where the bottom of it is all gold and pretty. Would you like to see? I could have someone bring tea and cookies."

There were always bodyguards around her, Cybele was quite used to them. But she wanted to have a tea party with her new friend and get to know her. Maybe I should ask for some sugared flower petals too! I bet she hasn't tried them yet.

"It'll be fun. Please?"