The morning is Endymion's favorite part of the day. For as long as he could remember he had always woken up at dawn. It was as though he has an internal alarm that was forever set to the early hours of the day. His love for the quiet beginnings of the day only grew when he had started waking up next to Serenity. She never looked as much like her namesake then she did as she slept, the first of the days light caressing her skin. He couldn't stop staring at her. It was something he did every morning. He hated that he didn't see her beautiful eyes every morning, but he could never bring himself to disturb her. Especially when over the past few weeks she looked so exhausted, even in her sleep.

After returning from their honeymoon it was a rare day when he was able to see her wake up. That was why he had taken the whole day off because it was no longer enough for him to only see her in the evening. So today he was able to spend the hours before Serenity woke up just taking every detail of her face which was currently resting on his bare chest. Finally, when the sun almost completely filled the room she started to stir. She slightly lifts herself, resting her palm on his chest, looking at him, sleep clouding her eyes. Endymion shifts himself upward, leaning his back against the headboard. He brings Serenity with him, holding her, Serenity pulling the blanket with her for modesty's sake. She places her head on the crook of his neck.

"Good morning." He says kissing the top of her head. She grumbles in response. Opposite of Endymion, Serenity was definitely not a morning person. In fact it was actually kind of strange that she woke up that early. They sit like that for a while, Endymion tracing patterns on her back as she slowly wakes up.

Finally Serenity is wide awake, but too comfortable to move until she finally realizes that Endymion was still there. She looks up at him with a huge smile on her face.

"You're still here!" She looks up at him, her face shining with happiness. Endymion smiles sadly at her, realizing just how much time he wasn't able to spend with her recently.

"Of course I am." He kisses her lightly. Her smile widens even more.

"So you really have the entire day off? You won't have to run off for anything at all?" See bites her bottom lip looking up at him through her lashes.

"Nope, the whole day is devoted to you and you alone." Serenity squeals excited and straddles his thighs, placing her hands on either side of his face and giving him a searing kiss. They didn't actually end up leaving the room until later that afternoon.

"You have the blanket?" Serenity nods lifting her folded arms, said blanket draped over them, for Endymion to see. He takes the blanket, laying it down on the grass. Serenity kicks off her shoes and down, folding her legs underneath her.

"Now let's see what Lita has packed for us today." Endymion says, opening the basket sitting next to him. Serenity had commissioned Lita to make lunch for them, nervous for the conversion that they will be having while they eat. Serenity and Endymion have been married for a little over a year. They were able to have a nice, long honeymoon, but all things must come to an end and about four months ago they had to return to the real world. While Serenity and Endymion were able to spend some time together, he had become increasingly busy with ruling the kingdom and would frequently arrive late whenever they had plans. Six weeks ago, however, was their first anniversary and were able to spend the entire day together. And last week she was excited to discover that she was pregnant and she was hoping to tell him this afternoon.

Lita was the first to realize what was going on, even before Serenity, as she was the only one to have actually gone through a pregnancy herself. Eventually all four of Serenity's friends learned her exciting news. Ami figured it out because she had currently taken up an interest in learning about medical science and happened to recognize the symptoms. Rei found out because Lita accidentally blabbed. Mina was completely oblivious to what was going on so they had decided to take pity on her and just told her.

Serenity smiles remembering when she told them of her plan to tell Endymion. She quickly became nervous that Endymion wouldn't be happy about her news and shared her concerns with her friends.

Flashback

"Do you really think he'll be excited?" Serenity says, unable to stop the tears from filling her eyes. Serenity was discussing how she was planning on telling Endymion with Rei, Mina, Lita, Ami, and Luna in the library when she couldn't hold in her fear any longer.

"Are you kidding? Endymion is going to be so excited!" Mina squeals as she jumps slightly, jarring Luna who is on her shoulder.

"He'll be excited if he knows what's good for him." Lita says, looking incredibly intimidating, even while her twelve month old son is on her lap.

"Seriously Serenity you have nothing to worry about. In fact I'll bet he'll be so excited he faints!" Rei chuckles, the girls starting a pool on whether Endymion will actual faint or not.

Serenity smiles at her, feeling grateful that Rei was willing to get to know her. Over the past four months the five girls have become great friends. And though Rei still insulted her it was no longer malicious, in fact, Serenity had even started fighting back, which Rei thought was much more entertaining. Their whole dynamic became based on that fighting, acting more like sisters, which they legally are, than enemies. Lita and Serenity immediately bonded over their love of food, Serenity to eat it and Lita to make it, and now they had even more in common. Lita had become a huge help to Serenity, answering all her questions and talking to her about what to expect during the pregnancy. On paper the five girls didn't look as though they would get alone very well, but they worked well together and had grown incredibly close.

End Flashback

As soon as the basket opened the smell wafted over to Serenity, causing her stomach to growl. Endymion chuckles, hearing the growling. He reaches in and grabs one of the roast beef sandwiches, handing it to Serenity, the bread still warm. Endymion grabs the other and they eat, making small talk. When they finished Endymion lies down, resting his head on Serenity's lap. She starts running her fingers through his hair. She glances in the basket, happy to see that Lita remembered to pack some carrots, something she had been craving lately. She starts snacking on a carrot and Endymion looks up at her surprised. For as long as he has known her, she has never willingly eaten a carrot, not since she chocked on one when she was younger. Endymion becomes confused as he watches Serenity munch happily on the carrot. Deciding to say something when she moans slightly after biting into a new carrot.

"Serenity?" He asks. She hums a reply, not really paying attention as she was fully focused on the carrot in her hand. "When did you start eating carrots again?" Still absorbed in the carrot she gives her response.

"Oh, the baby has been making me crave them lately." Serenity keeps snacking on the carrots, but Endymion completely freezes.

"What did you just say?" He says, quickly sits up and gently cups her face urgently.

"I said that the baby has been making me crave them lately?" She says, posing it as a question worried about his response after realizing her little slip-up and deciding to just go with it.

"You mean?" Endymion looks down at her stomach, shell-shocked.

"Yep. You're going to be a father." Serenity's eyes fill up as a huge smile crosses his face, his eyes darting from her eyes and stomach. He stammers for a few seconds before letting out a whoop, standing her up and twirling her around. He sets her down and pulls her toward him for a deep kiss. Eventually they break apart, staying close together resting their foreheads together just looking at each other, both of their eyes cloudy with tears.

"Are you happy?" Serenity asks, wanting to hear him vocalize his reaction.

"Are you kidding? I am ecstatic!" He lets out a joyful laugh. "We're having a baby!" He exclaims in awe, kneeling down to the level of her stomach. He places a gentle kiss on their growing child before resting his ear on her stomach as if trying to hear the heartbeat. Serenity brings her hands to his hair, combing through his silky locks as they enjoy the miracle growing in her in the silence of the garden. Eventually Endymion lifts his head and gazes at her reverently. He rises cupping her face once again. "I love you so much." He says, his eyes misty, before kissing her once again. Serenity lets out a surprised squeak as he scoops her up into his arms.

"Endymion what are you doing?" She giggles as Endymion starts carrying her back toward the castle.

"I am taking you back to our room so I can worship my beautiful," he kisses her quickly, "amazing," kiss, "radiant" kiss, "wife." And when they arrive at their room he does exactly that.

So I finally decided to post. I hope you enjoyed! I will try to be as consistent in my posting as possible, but I'm sorry to say that I can't promise anything. This one is going to have elements from both the Swan Princess II and III, but there is a lot that is not really from either. Anyway, let me know what you think and I'll try to post the next chapter soon.

Just need to say that I don't own Sailor Moon or the Swan Princess (though I wish I did!)