~C H A P T E R O N E~

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Don't forget me." He said. "Even If I would try I could never do it!" She said sadly wiping the blood in her hands. He slowly closed his eyes and whispered for the very last time. "Just don't. I love you." She placed her head in his bloody shirt and wept sadly ignoring her own wound that was also bleeding profusely. Finally, her breath stopped and she laid beside him in the ground.

"Don't forget me. Don't forget me. Don't forget me." It echoed in her head before the darkness engulfed her mind and body. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

FRANCE, 1875

Serenity opened her eyes and stared at the chandelier above her. She sat up straight and looked around. She was inside a big room with two large windows on each side of the room with white silk curtains. The floor was carpeted and the room was fully furnished with expensive furniture and beside her was a wooden oak table that was filled with fresh food consisting of French toast, omelet, scones, fruits, thin slices of ham and hot tea. She rubbed her eyes again to see if she hallucinating or not. She could not believe what was happening to her. Ever since she was a child, Serenity was already an orphan who didn't have a home and she was always transferring from one home to another. She was used to living like a peasant and doing all the work but now, she couldn't recall why she was in this rich place. Suddenly her thoughts were interrupted when a maid entered her room. "Miss, you should eat your breakfast." The maid said sternly, her aged eyes showing signs of stress and years of hardship. "Where am I?" She asked the old woman. The maid looked at her strangely. "You don't know?" The maid asked obviously confused herself. "I don't know." Serenity sighed. The woman opened her mouth when a handsome young man about Serenity's age entered the room. "Good morning princess! How do you feel?" He asked cheerfully. "Princess?" asked Serenity with a gasp. How ever did a lonely orphan suddenly become a princess? She thought. The handsome guy looked at the maid and the maid left immediately. "Where am I and why did you call me princess?" Serenity asked him softly. "You don't remember do you?" The guy asked her looking at her straight in the eyes. Serenity shook her head and blushed at his intense gaze. "You are Princess Serenity of France." He said a moment later. "I'm sorry but I'm only an orphan. You must be mistaking me for somebody else." Serenity interrupted and started to get off the bed but the boy only laughed so hard, his chestnut hair falling in his face. "You'll never get over your honest ways!" He announced and laughed again. Serenity frowned and looked at the laughing boy in front of her. "What's so funny?" She asked him but the boy continued to laugh harder. "Fine! I'm leaving!" Serena screamed and marched to the door. "Wait!" The boy said and grabbed her hand. "You have amnesia, princess. I'll tell you the whole story if you sit down and eat breakfast." He said. Serenity sat down and popped a scone in her mouth. "Tell me." She demanded.

"You married my brother three months ago who is the Prince of France and that makes you princess." He said. "By the way, my name is Danny. I mean you knew me before but then you have amnesia so you don't know me now." Serenity smiled and hugged the guy in front of her. "Danny! What happened to me and why did I marry your brother?" She cried. Danny stroked her golden hair and said softly, "You changed my brother, Serena. He loves you and you love him but two months ago somebody planned to kill you. A jealous countess who envied you so much but he saved you and you only receive a minor blow and then you were in comma for two months." Serenity gasped and broke away from Danny and brushed her long golden hair. "Danny, may I see my husband?" Serenity asked in a rush eager to thank him for saving her life and shower him all her love and life. Danny was quiet. " He disappeared, Serenity. When you were in a comma, he was in a hospital because his injury was greater than yours but one day he suddenly disappeared from all of us." "No!" Serenity screamed. Tears brimming down her eyes. She looked at a picture frame near the window table and saw her in a beautiful silver corseted gown decorated with studs of Diamond and on her head was a tiara. The man beside her was wearing a beautiful tuxedo and had hair that was as black as the night and eyes as blue as the sea. He is the most handsome man Serenity has ever seen and he is Darien, Prince of France. The man she loves and the man who risked his life to save hers. Serenity grabbed the frame crying and hugged it tightly in her chest. "Darien! Darien!" She cried. Danny hugged Serena tightly. "Shh! It's all right! We're going to find him someday." Serenity wiped her tears and looked at Danny. "But he's not well and he's disappeared and I feel so guilty! I can't even remember our memory together." Danny held Serenity's face with both of his hands and said, "Don't worry. The time will come when he will come back. I am sure because if he knows that your alive and well. He will surely come back here." Serenity sniffed and kissed Danny in his forehead. "Thank you, brother." She said and watched Danny as he walked towards the door but before leaving Danny said something that made her feel nostalgic. "Sister Serenity, please don't call me brother because before when you weren't married to my brother. I held great feelings for you that is beyond friendship but you gave your heart to him so please if you could just call me, Danny." He said gently. "I'm sorry for everything, Danny." Serenity smiled weakly trying to figure out the nostalgic feeling in her stomach.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hey! That was chapter one. Chapter two is "Memories." Please review and tell me what you think of my stories. That's all god bless!(^^) Jan e! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~