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My Knight In Shining Armor

Prologue

"Fruit often tastes sweeter when it's forbidden." - Lord Stéphane Narcisse, Reign

They were far away from the castle. Something was wrong. Serenity looked up into the eyes of her dark-haired lover, knight, and protector. He was the one that she was never supposed to fall in love with. His midnight blue eyes looked down at her cerulean ones and Serenity detected a hint of fear and worry in them. No matter how hard he tried to mask his concern, she could tell he was worried. She could read him like a book, and he knew it.

"He knows. Someone told him something," Endymion choked out. Serenity froze. Her father knew. If her father knew…that meant…she didn't even want to think about what it meant. Her blood ran cold and her knees went weak. She held on tightly to Endymion just so she could keep standing and prevent her fingers from trembling.

"W-what-what are we going to do?!" She could barely get the words out she wanted to say. Her panic level was rapidly rising to the point where it hurt to breath. "He'll never be okay with this!" Serenity said, pulling away as she fought to think of a plan to save her beloved. Tears ran down her face as she was struck with images of the inevitable. "He can't know, Endymion...he just can't," she said, barely bringing her voice above a whisper. Endymion was silent as he pulled her close once more, trying his best to remember every little detail of her; her hair, her eyes, her voice, her body, her skin, everything. He never wanted to forget it.

"I know, but you can't worry about me. You have to be careful. If he knows, then Diamond knows…and that's much worse. You have to protect yourself. I won't be able to-" Endymion was cut off by Serenity's warm finger against his lips.

"Yes you will. Don't say that. Don't even mention things like that," Serenity said, staring hard into his eyes. "Let's just go; run away. They don't have to find us!"

"We have to come back to reality. We're not supposed to be together. You're supposed to be with Diamond, not me. Your father is going to come after me; we can't avoid that. We can't keep running and hiding. Eventually, they will catch up to us and split us apart. It's pointless..." Endymion said.

The lack of hope in Endymion's voice and eyes practically shattered the young Princess's heart. Why did things have to be so hard for them? Why couldn't they just be happy and live like her older sister did? Was that so much to ask for? Happiness?

"Just please…please protect yourself. That is the only thing I can ask you to do right now," Serenity said, tears filling her bright eyes. Endymion gently cupped her face in his hands.

"I love you. I will always love you and only you. Thi-" He was cut off at the sound of a wagon and horse hooves. Serenity expression changed from one of sadness to one of fear. "We don't have much time," Endymion said worriedly. Serenity's father was at least 30 feet away.

"Endymion, I…I love you," Serenity choked before she threw her arms around him. She squeezed her eyes shut, begging whatever God was up there that time would freeze and she could just stay like that forever. She would rather die than be separated from him.

"I love you too, Sere," he sadly replied. Despite the depressing circumstances, Serenity couldn't help but crack a small smile. She loved when he called her that. She was just afraid it would be the last time she would hear it from him. "I'll find a way back to you. No matter what I have to do. Nothing will keep us apart," Endymion declared, a newfound determination in his voice. For a moment, Serenity had hope.

He pulled her closer and pressed their lips together, kissing her with as much passion as he could. They pulled away and as soon as Endymion opened his eyes, the tip of a sword was hovering in front of his nose. Serenity gasped at the amount of guards there were with dangerous weapons. Was this really necessary?

"You broke a law Endymion; an important law that holds a severe punishment when broken," The King said, shoving his daughter behind him and pressing the sharp sword against Endymion's throat.

At the sight of his beloved Princess being restrained by armored men, tears streaming down her face as she tried to fight their strong grip, the valiant Endymion shed his first tear.

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