First of all, I'd like to thank all of you for your kind responses. It has 
meant so much to me getting your e-mails. Please keep writing me, even 
if I can't write all of you back.
I'd like to thank my two good friends, Guine and Bettina. Your 
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All standard disclaimers apply.
On with Chapter Three!
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Finding Faith- Chapter Three
By Acacia Aben
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Chapter Three
Faye slurped up the rest of her vanilla milkshake. "Yes, I've had 
boyfriends, Lita. They just never lasted. I lived in the house my whole 
life, and a lot of guys were my age. After getting to know all of them, 
and being friends with them, I just felt close, and I mistook that for 
love."
Serena smiled. "You never told me you had a boyfriend."
Faye shrugged. "It wasn't a big deal." She suddenly brightened, and 
shot a jealous look at Amy's half full chocolate milkshake. "But I've 
been meaning to bring something up. After I passed out or whatever, I 
had the strangest dream. It was in a white room, with me and you, 
Serena, only those weren't our names. I can't quite remember all of it 
though. Did you have that dream?"
They were in a small cafe. It was after the meeting in the temple, 
and Darien had left. Mina had decided that they needed some good 
shakes to go with Lita's great food, so they had headed downtown.
Serena shook her head indifferently. "No, I don't think so. I dreamt 
of Darien."
Amy shared a look with Luna, who had followed them, along with 
Artemis. Artemis and Luna shared a look, and nodded to Amy, careful 
not to speak. Amy cleared her throat.
"Faye, what else do you remember about the dream?"
Faye narrowed her eyes. "Why do you want to know?"
Raye's eyes suddenly widened, and Luna, who had snuck up to her 
shoulder, and had 'purred' into her ear, jumped to the table, and 
climbed back to Amy's side. "Amy's just wondering. So, what do you 
remember?"
Faye kept her eyes narrowed, and for a second, everyone held their 
breaths. Then she cocked her head, and squinted her eyes in renewed 
memory. "Well, My name wasn't Faye, but something close to that. 
Serena's name I remember though. Serenity, that was what I called her. 
She was talking about how much trouble I got her in, and how I 
wouldn't let her meet any cute guys. She was jealous that I was already 
engaged, but she wasn't really angry. I just laughed, and told her she'd 
meet someone soon." Then her eyes lit up again. "Faith, that was my 
name. Serenity kept saying it. My name was Faith."
Serena and Mina choked on the drink of shake they were taking at 
the same time. Lita barely managed to avoid the same fate. Amy 
nodded slightly, and Raye's eyes widened in surprise, but not shock.
Mina finished choking, and gasped out the name. "Serenity? Um, 
really? Are you sure?"
Serena turned red and denied understanding it. "Serenity? Don't be 
silly. My name has never, ever been Serenity. Never."
Lita coughed a couple of times, and tried to look innocent. "What a 
strange dream. I've never had one anything slightly similar to it. Ever."
Faye raised her eyebrows and gave that very famous expression, 
like "Ooookay, they're insane." She nodded her head and smiled in a 
talking to lunatics way. "Yeah, sure, of course. Whatever you say."
Serena smiled, relieved, and sat back in her seat. "Well, all right. I 
suppose that I can just forget you ever said it."
Faye frowned. "What did I say?"
Serena frowned back. "Um, well. Never mind. Long story."
Faye nodded again, a perplexed expression on her face. "All right."
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Faye headed slowly away from the temple. She had a strange 
expression on her face. She was thinking about earlier, about 
everyone's strange behavior. Then she considered everything that had 
happened. 
"Okay," she muttered quietly. "I tell them about my dream. No one 
cares, but Amy, and after a few minutes, Raye. They listen silently, and 
don't freak out about anything but the name Serenity. Then they freak 
out majorly, except Amy, who seems to expect it. Raye seems startled, 
but not shocked, like everyone else."
She shook her head. "So, where does that leave me?" Then it hit 
her. She had left before everyone else. Serena and the girls had gone 
back to Raye's. She groaned. "I should have stayed with them to see 
how they reacted after a longer period of time. Or, at least go back and 
spy on the and see what they say about it." She turned suddenly, and 
ran back towards the temple.
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Faye snuck up to a hole in the wall. The girls were in Raye's room, 
deep in conversation. Darien was there, Faye could identify his voice, 
and all the girls, but there were two voices she didn't recognize, a girl 
and a guy.
"I can't believe it! Faye was my sister there too? What am I going to 
tell her?" Serena wailed.
A girls voice, one that Faye didn't recognize. "Oh, come on Serena. 
Please tell me you have at least wondered about how you can have a 
sister. A twin sister! You aren't even really related to anyone DNA-
wise around here, except Mina. You two were first cousins."
Raye agreed. "Really Serena. How can you be so stupid?"
Mina's voice was surprised. "Serena and I were cousins? How 
come you never told us that Luna? Even Artemis never mentioned it to 
me, and he lives at my house."
Serena responded angrily. "Well, Luna lives at my house, and she 
never mentioned it to me! Artemis never tells us anything."
A guy's voice, most likely the before mentioned Artemis, curtly 
replied, "That's not true. I gave you all plenty of info. I just relaxed once 
I caught up with all you guys."
Faye had been pressing her ear to the hole, so she could hear 
better, but she couldn't stand it She put her eye up to the hole when 
Artemis began to talk. That was the one sole thing in the world that 
caused her become speechless. Artemis was a cat, and apparently Luna 
was too. Talking cats. She relaxed, and kept her eye up to the hole, 
because although she couldn't hear as well, she could understand them.
Amy tried to keep the weird bunch on track. "Come on you guys. 
We've got to figure out what to do. Faye is undoubtedly Princess 
Serena's twin sister. Younger, I think. I have no idea why we didn't 
know about her sooner, but we have to deal with this."
Darien nodded. "I agree. Sooner or later she's going to find out 
about everything, once she catches Serena sneaking out at night a 
couple times. She isn't exactly quiet, and she usually yells when Luna 
wakes her up. She won't know why Serena's up, but after certain 
coincidences, like Sailor Moon fighting on the same night, then she will 
figure it out. She's not dense."
Faye's eyes widened. 
Amy nodded. "And, since Serena and Faye are identical twins, I 
don't think the disguise power will work on her. If she saw a picture of 
Sailor Moon, then she would be able to tell that Sailor Moon is Serena. 
And once she figures that out, finding out the rest of our identities will be 
a piece of cake."
Faye gasped and fell away from the hole in the wall. Raye heard 
her, and looked sharply in her direction. Then for the second time in her 
life, Faye blacked out, making a loud thud as her body hit the ground.
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(Just after the battle with Beryl in the Moon Kingdom)
Faith was sitting in her room, thinking of the wedding she was going 
to have with Kyle, her fiancee. She smiled. It had been a week since 
she had come to his kingdom to prepare for the wedding. It was in a 
week, and her mother was coming in a few days, along with her sister, 
Serenity, and Sere's fiancee, Endymion, from the planet Earth.
Faith smiled. She had fell in love with Kyle the instant she had seen 
him. He had proposed a few weeks after they had met, claiming he had 
fallen in love with her the instant he had seen her. He was the prince of a 
planet very far away from Earth, called Tiranita, under another sun. Her 
mother had been very happy, not only because Faith was so happy, but 
because Kyle wasn't from the Moon Kingdom. His people weren't 
friendly with hers, and this could mean a more peaceful existence.
Suddenly she felt it. A horrible pit of grief and desperation, and 
despair. It was Serenity's emotions. Faith clutched her stomach, unable 
to bear it for even a second. But she knew what it meant. Death. 
Serenity had lost Endymion. Then it all stopped. Everything. Faith was 
so stunned, for a second she couldn't comprehend what it meant. Then 
she shook her head in refutation. "No, no. No, Sere."
Serenity was gone too. Faith searched every inch of her mind for 
the smallest part of it that Serenity's thoughts and emotions usually were. 
There was nothing. Faith shook her head and raised her voice in a howl 
of grief. Her sister was dead. And most likely her mother and all their 
friends.
Kyle slammed open her door. His bright emerald eyes were 
worried. "Faith, what's wrong? Why were you yelling?" 
Faith looked up at him with empty eyes, "She's dead. They're all 
dead. Kyle, I've got to make sure. I've got to go help, if even anyone is 
left."
Kyle searched her face, knowing that she wouldn't be talked out of 
it. He nodded, "Of course. Just let me go get a ship, the we'll be there 
right away, I promise. Just wait for them to get the ship ready. It 
shouldn't take long."
Faith reached out and grabbed his hand. Her eyes pleaded with his. 
"I'm so sorry Kyle."
He opened his mouth to ask why, but it was to late. His Faith had 
made her decision, and although she was a joker, and never took 
anything seriously, her decisions were never undone once she made 
them.
"Moon Eclipse Eternal Power!"
In a flash, Faith was gone, and Princess Serenity's closest protector, 
Sailor Moon Eclipse, was standing in her place. Kyle's eyes widened, 
and he grabbed her hand, as if he could somehow keep her there. "No 
Faith. I need you. You can't leave me. You'll be killed if Beryl is still 
there. Assuming it was even Beryl."
Sailor Moon Eclipse, her name meant to strike fear into the hearts 
of those seeing her, watched as her violet fuku appeared in her final 
transformation stages. "It was Beryl. I shouldn't have left them yet. I 
should have waited. I love you Kyle, I always will."
He realized what she was saying. "Faith, no! You can't leave me."
She took his hand, hating to even wait this long. "I love you. You 
know that if you were in my position, you would already be gone."
He didn't do anything for a second. "Yes, I know. Once you get 
there, you don't get yourself killed, all right? I need you. I'm going to get 
there as soon as I can. Wait for me to get there before you do anything 
rash, all right?"
Faith smiled. "I will, I promise. I love you."
He smiled in response, and she took a step back. He reached out 
and held her hand. She smiled slightly at him.
"MOON ECLIPSE POWER TELEPORT!"
She stayed there for two more seconds, then her small figure 
shimmered out of existence. Here, anyway.
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Faith opened her eyes when she shimmered into existence on the 
Moon. Instantly, she wished that she could just keep them closed. It 
was ruined. The beautiful world was gone and in it's place was a war-
torn battlefield. A tear slipped down her cheek. But that wasn't the bad 
thing. No one was there Everything was silent.
Sailor Moon Eclipse walked slowly out of the doorway in which 
she had appeared. It was then that she saw them. Her friends, the 
scouts, were lying on the ground, unmoving. She ran at top speed, 
tripping several times, sobbing helplessly. She reached Mercury first, 
blood-stained throat causing Faith to stop crying. It was to horrible to 
be covering in simple tears. She stared in silent horror, then went to the 
next body. Venus was next, her stomach gutted out. Holding back 
vomit, Faith reached out for a pulse. There was none.
It was the same with Mars, who had been stabbed through the 
heart. Jupiter was last, and Faith cried for her. Lita was her best friend. 
Close like sisters. Raye was Serenity's best friend, but even they 
weren't as close as Faith and Lita. Lita seemed to have no wounds, but 
blood seeped out from her back. She had been stabbed in the back. It 
was hard to notice, because she was face up. Faith slowly sat down 
next to her body. 
"What happened, Lita? Why didn't you call me? Why didn't I know 
that this was happening?"
Faith got up, suddenly unable to be near it. She didn't look back, to 
empty inside to feel the losses anymore. She passed Serenity's body, 
next to Endymion's. She couldn't look at them any longer than she had 
to. She only made sure that it was their bodies. She reached her 
mother's body last. Other bodies were littered around, but she couldn't 
see them, only her mothers body, clutching something to herself.
Faith pried open her mothers hands, knowing what it would be 
inside. The Imperial Silver Crystal. She reached out to gently pick it up 
with a small bag that she had grabbed from her mother's side. Then she 
reached into a pouch at her side and took out a bright violet stone, 
crystal clear, that matched her fuku exactly. She grabbed the bag with 
the crystal in her other hand. She slowly said, 
"Moon Eclipse Crystal! Show me the light of one hour ago!" She 
yelled. "Show me what has happened to my family and my friends."
Nothing happened for a few seconds. Then, inside the crystal, 
incredible changes began. She saw the events that had happened. After 
it was done, she put the violet stone back in the pouch. Then she held 
up the other bag, and smiled sadly.
"I'm sorry, Kyle. I'm so sorry. I have to break my promise. I love 
you, but I want to be with my sister, and my friends. I'm leaving." She 
knew that he would try to follow her, and if he didn't do the right thing, 
he would die. All he had to do was touch the crystal, and it would send 
him to the future with her. But he might not know that. 
She smiled. "I'm going to see you soon, Sere. I promise." She 
reached out and took the crystal out of the bag. In a bright flash of light, 
Faith fell to the ground, a small smile on her face, the crystal clutched in 
her still hand. She stopped breathing, and her soul flew to Earth.
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Kyle walked out on the surface of a planet he had only seen for the 
first time the year before. He knew deep inside that if he ever saw Faith 
again, she wouldn't be alive.
The smell was overpowering. He passed body after body, 
searching only for his Faith. Once he saw her, he wished he hadn't. She 
was transformed sill, and it was unlikely she had ever detransformed. 
She was lying unmarked a few inches away from her mothers also 
unmarked body.
He ran as fast as he could, wishing he had let anyone come with 
him. Anyone. He reached her body, and knelt down beside her, 
searching for a pulse before he even realized it. She was dead. Tears 
tracked down his cheeks. He cradled her body in his arms. Noticing for 
the first time that she was holding something in her hand. He slowly 
reached out, as if sensing that this would be the thing that would take his 
life, pulled her hand open. Seeing the crystal, he reached out to touch it, 
not wondering why she had been holding it so tightly.
In another flash of light, his body lay motionless.
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Raye threw a bucket of water on Faye.
She jerked up, suddenly awake. "What did you do that for," she 
asked numbly, still not understanding what was going on.
Raye put her hands on her hips. "You were spying on us."
Serena's eyes were hurt. "Why were you spying? I thought you 
were better than that."
Faye suddenly comprehended where she was and what was going 
on. "Apparently I had a reason to spy. I knew you were keeping 
something from me, and now I know I was right. You're all the Sailor 
Scouts. I heard you say Serena was Sailor Moon."
Then she remembered her dream, and she closed her eyes in 
renewed memory. "Raye is Mars, Amy is Mercury, Mina is Venus, and 
Lita is Jupiter. Darien is Endymion, and in his form he wears some sort 
of cape, and a tuxedo. I don't know his name though."
Amy looked surprised. "We never were specific, all except Serena, 
who we mentioned. And you've never even heard of Tuxedo Mask. 
You couldn't possibly know all of that. Especially about Endymion. 
How do you know all this?"
Faye smiled weakly. "I had a dream, " she admitted, opening her 
eyes and staring off out the window in a distant way. "You were all 
dead, and I was so sad. I could feel Serenity, or rather Serena, die. I 
felt her pain when he died. And I couldn't even do anything. I was with 
Kyle, on his planet, far away from the Moon. We were going to get 
married, and I left, even though he didn't want me to. I came and saw 
all your bodies, and you were all dead. I saw Serenity by Endymion, 
and I cried. But Mother was clean, not bloody, and I used my crystal to 
look into the past somehow. Then I touched the silver crystal, and I was 
dead too. I felt my soul leaving."
Serena started to cry, and Faye's eyes went empty. "There was so 
much blood," she whispered. "So much blood."
Then she collapsed again, and Lita barely caught her before she hit 
the temple floor.
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Lita and Mina half-carried, half-dragged, Faye to Faye's bed. She 
was out cold, her face icy-pale. Serena walked behind everyone, her 
face white, the same color as Faye's, only for a different reason.
Raye walked into the room with a cool cloth in her hands She put it 
on Faye's forehead. Then she stood up. "What are we going to do? She 
knows who we are. She knew, all be herself. She's one of us. Maybe 
not a scout, but one of us, from the Silver Millennium."
Lita nodded. "She's right. We need to decide now, whether we 
want to or not. How do we deal with this?"
Mina frowned. "She's Serena's sister, in this life, and that life. She is 
one of us, that I'll agree with. But since she is one of us, it's her right to 
know about everything."
Serena blurted out, "I don't remember her. Not at all. The few 
memories I do have of that time are of being in love with Darien, and of 
the battle with Beryl. And that isn't very much, at that. I want to 
remember her, anything about her."
Raye frowned. "So, actually, we have no proof anything she said is 
true. She could have been on Beryl's side, for all we know, and that is 
why she wasn't there."
Serena grimaced, and Mina shot Raye a ferocious look. Lita looked 
hurt. "That's not true. I know people, and Faye is a good person. She is 
on our side, and she always has been," Lita argued.
Amy said softly, "There's something you're overlooking."
Mina turned. "What's that?" Luna's eyebrows raised.
Amy smiled a little. "Before we make a decision, I think we had 
better review exactly what Faye said happened back then."
Raye grew impatient. "Look, it's simple. She was gone, felt the 
battle with Beryl, or rather, felt Serena's pain, came home, saw what 
happened, and touched the crystal, which made her die, and come 
here."
Amy smiled. "How did she say that she knew what happened?"
Lita frowned, then her eyes went wide, "She said she used her 
crystal."
Amy nodded, "Yes! And the Silver Crystal was Serenity's 
inheritance, and even then, it wasn't even Serenity's yet. Faith, the 
Princess, BUT NOT HEIR, had a crystal of her own use. She is one of 
us, probably more than she knows. She's, most likely, a scout."
Faye, on Raye's bed, groaned softly. She opened her eyes, and 
then, immediately, guilt filled them. Serena smiled, and quickly went 
over to help her up. Faye smiled.
"Thanks Sere, but I'm surprised you're not mad at me, after I spied 
on you."
Serena smiled, "Don't be silly. We were a little upset, but not really 
angry. I was never mad at you."
Faye smiled back at Serena, and tried to stand up. She didn't even 
make it halfway up. She fell back down to the floor, and cried out. She 
curled into a fetal position, and tears rolled down her cheeks.
Serena quickly bent to help her up, but Faye pushed her away. She 
gasped as she forced herself back up. Then she looked at Amy. 
"What's wrong with me? I'm not hurt. Why can't I stand up? Why do I 
keep fainting? I'm not sick, I'm not injured."
No one asked why she knew to ask Amy. No one had the time. 
Amy quickly grabbed her computer, and scanned Faye. But it was 
almost too late. Faye fell back down, and stopped breathing.
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Princess Faith of the Moon came in second. Second to her sister, 
Serenity, the Crown Princess. Second in everything, except love. In 
that, they were equal. But second to all else, yes. Second to be 
introduced, second to be asked to dance. Second to be noticed.
But never second to be loved by their mother. Queen Serenity 
loved both her daughters the same. And they loved her the same.
Don't get it wrong, Faith loved her sister, and she didn't begrudge 
her the right to be first in everything. Serenity would be queen, and that 
gave her the right to be first. And Faith didn't even really want to be 
first. She stayed in the background, out of sight, at least enough to get 
away with playing jokes, for doing things Serenity wasn't permitted to 
do.
So she was never jealous. She had everything she wanted, and 
Serenity had everything she had. Serenity didn't necessarily want to be 
first, because she didn't really care. The only thing Serenity cared about 
was happiness. And not only her own, but her entire families', and 
everyone she cared about. Serenity wasn't only a princess by birth, she 
was a princess of the heart. 
Faith smiled at her sister. They were eating at a banquet, in the 
honor of the royal family of Tiranita. The princes, Christopher and Kyle, 
were very handsome, green eyed and black haired. Christopher winked 
jokingly at her, smiling broadly.
Faith smiled distractedly at Christopher's wink. He seemed like a 
nice guy, but Kyle just seemed like a jerk. She had met him 
momentarily at their arrival on the moon, but he had greeted her mother 
and her sister, and just plain ignored Faith. She wouldn't have taken that 
much offense, but his greeting of her mother had been rude. She had 
waited until she had gotten back in her room to punch her pillow to vent 
her anger.
Kyle was ignoring her again. Faith seethed silently, under the table, 
she twisted the napkin on her lap silently, thinking horrible thoughts of 
revenge. She felt a gentle touch on her shoulder. Lita, Princess of 
Jupiter, was sitting beside her. Lita leaned over.
They were best friends, and Lita could often just tell what was on 
Faith's mind. She smiled. "Hey, calm down, girl. I know he's not being 
precisely a gentleman, but you've got to relax. Everyone's starting to 
notice."
Faith shot a look around. Her mother was glancing at her, worry 
creasing her forehead. Serenity was pretending nothing was wrong, but 
Faith could feel the worry for her in Serenity's mind. The King of 
Tiranita was staring openly at he vengeful looks at Kyle, and The Queen 
was smiling in a confused manner. Christopher was oblivious, but not 
Kyle. He was looking back at her with a mocking smile on his face. 
Raye and Amy, sitting beside Serenity, were also pretending nothing 
was wrong.
On Faith's other side, Mina looked a bit confused too. She was 
Faith's other best friend. She leaned over. "What's going on with you? 
Calm down. Everyone's feeling your anger, and it's upsetting the 
negotiations." Tiranita wasn't part of the Moon Kingdom, and they were 
trying to establish a sort of relation between the two kingdoms. Faith 
flushed. She was messing everything up.
She jumped up, her face bright red, a thing that almost never 
happened. "I'm sorry, I'm not feeling very well. May I be excused?" 
Before Queen Serenity could even open her mouth, Faith was already 
out the door, leaving it wide open.
Kyle jumped up too. He smiled brightly. "I'm sorry, but I'm not 
feeling very well myself. May I be excused?"
When his mother smiled tentatively, he nodded, and headed out the 
door. Once he closed it behind him, everyone could hear as he began to 
run in the same direction that Faith had gone.
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Faith stopped in the garden, gasping for breath. It had been hard to 
run in her dress, so she had transformed on her way out the door. No 
one dared stop Sailor Moon Eclipse, not as they would have stopped 
Princess Faith. Sailor Moon didn't really exist, not as a reality. Only the 
Queens and Future queens by birth could be Sailor Moon, but none of 
them had actually transformed in all of history. In fact, never had any 
Queen borne two children. A curse it seemed, was on the family. Every 
King had died before he could even see his children. So, When Faith 
had been born, it had been a shock. She had the ability to transform, 
but she didn't have a name. When Faith had been six, and was called to 
transform, her mother had came up with her name. Their father had 
been of the sun kingdom, but there was already a Sailor Sun, so she 
had been given the power of light. Blinding bright light. In an eclipse, 
you can be blinded, so hence the name, Sailor Moon Eclipse.
She quickly regained her breath, and started to rum again. Jumping 
and leaping over benches, she put herself through hard training 
exercises. She went all out, sweating as she leaped and flipped at top 
speed, being barely able to see where she was going. She saw the 
fountain too late. She tripped over the edge, hit her head, and was 
knocked unconscious. She wasn't able to see herself falling face first 
into the  three foot deep water.
Faith woke up with a start. She was on her back, and instantly she 
turned to her side and heaved up a mixture of water from the fountain, 
and vomit. She kept throwing up for a few minutes, glad for the arms 
that were around her shoulders, holding her face to the side so she 
didn't choke. When she finished, face streaked by tears, she felt herself 
falling asleep, fainting. Through her unwilling tears, all she could see of 
the person holding her head in his lap was a pair of deep green eyes, 
and a halo of dark hair.
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Kyle smoothed back the Princess's hair. He frowned. She was 
pretty cold, shivering a lot. He looked around, and his eyes widened. 
"Wow, we're along way from the palace. She sure moves fast. I'm 
surprised I even kept up with her."
"So am I," a groggy sounding voice said. "No one else has every 
been able to keep up with me when I'm going that fast."
Kyle looked down, and smiled softly. "You're awake. I thought 
you'd be asleep for a while."
Faith sat up, pushing herself up off his lap. "I'm awake. I'm okay, 
really."
Kyle said sarcastically, "Right. You're fine. I'll be sure to remember 
that another time I catch you laying on the ground, not breathing"
Faith scowled. "Fine. So, I needed your help. But I'm just fine now, 
so relax. I need to get back home." She stood up, and after a couple 
tries, she made it. She held her head for a second.
Kyle smiled. "I saw what happened. You tripped over the root of a 
bush and slammed straight into the fountain. It wasn't very pretty. You 
have a nasty bruise on your forehead." He reached out to touch it, and 
Faith felt a jolt of pain. After a second, the pain went away, but his hand 
stayed. He smiled a little. "On Tiranita, we can heal people. You no 
longer have a bruise."
Her hand came up to cover his, pressing down softly to test if the 
pain was gone. It was. She suddenly realized that his hand was still on 
her temple, under hers. It made her feel very strange. A funny feeling 
was churning around her stomach. She stared into his eyes. They had 
been a very clear, bright green, like an emerald. They were darker now, 
almost black, it seemed. She stared deep into them. Their lips were an 
inch apart.
She pulled away, looking around in confusion. Kyle blinked. He 
seemed confused. Faith frowned, and turned on him, "I don't like you. I 
think you're a jerk. You were rude to my mother, and to me."
Kyle frowned. "When?"
Faith frowned again. "You didn't greet her when you arrived. You 
completely ignored me, and the only person you were even slightly 
polite to was my sister, Serenity."
Kyle shook his head. "I didn't know." He smirked. "Maybe I was 
rude by your standards, but on our planet, I'm not allowed to greet 
anyone. The second in line isn't allowed to say anything. I'm only 
allowed to talk to the one next in line to throne. You're second in line, 
so I wasn't allowed to talk to you. I just assumed that you had the same 
customs, because you never said anything to me."
Faith's mouth opened wide. She turned bright red. She had never 
thought that he had a really good explanation. She looked at the ground, 
and then looked back up, her red face explaining a lot. "I'm sorry, I 
never let you explain."
She opened her mouth to say how impulsive she was, but she 
couldn't, because at hat moment, Kyle leaned down and kissed her 
firmly on her lips.
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End of Chapter Three
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Well, I hope you liked it! Good-bye until next week!
~Acacia