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The Pirate and the Princess
Chapter 4:  A Gift (You know, it's really hard naming these chapters)

Serenity was at the threshold of the chamber from which a bright light 
was flooding out. She knew that her constant stumbling caused quite a 
bit of noise but she
prayed that no one would hear her. Her heart lept, she could hear 
someone walking towards her, she came to quickly leave but instead 
she slipped and fell right into
the arms of the pirate leader who had came to see what the source of 
noise had been.

"What is this I have caught?" he asked himself rather amused. Serenity 
quickly stood up, blushing a crimson red. Her flowing blond hair 
covered her cheeks, hiding
her embarrassment. "Isn't it a bit late for a lady such as yourself to be 
up?" Mamoru questioned, "there are many wild animals in this cave 
that prowl at night, so you
better be careful or else you might fall victim to one of them." A smile 
broke across his lips.

"Oh really?" Serenity answered nonchalantly mustering her courage, 
"if that is so, then why do you stay here?"

"Because they only go after beautiful young ladies," he replied meekly. 
"Where the heck did that response come from?" he thought 
reprimanding himself for his
foolishness. Serenity blushed even more so, and gently pushed back 
her hair making it evident. "Seriously, why aren't you asleep," he 
interrogated the joking tone
now vanished.

"Is it a sin not to be able to fall asleep?" Serenity answered lightly.

"I supposed not," he smiled once more running his hand through his 
midnight black hair, "I couldn't sleep either." The feeling this girl was 
giving him seemed so new
and odd to him.

"I was.. er. wondering something," Serenity started, "when your band 
of pirates happened to plunder our ship, did they also happen to pick 
up with them my
luggage?" She felt a bit embarrassed to ask, but she needed to know if 
she had a change of clean cloths for the next day. Mamoru pointed to 
a large pile of suitcases
in the corner of his room, obviously brought to him from the recent 
raid. 

"If they took it, it would be in there," he stated still pointing. Serenity 
did not wait for an invitation she quickly ran over to the suitcases and 
frantically searched for her
own. She grinned victoriously as she pulled out a yellow suitcase from 
the bottom of the pile. Mamoru watched her quite interested in the 
abnormal behavior of the
young girl, yet of course it was only abnormal to him because he 
hadn't met very many ladies. Serenity opened her suitcase, carefully 
examining everything within it to
make sure it was there. But there was something she didn't remember 
requesting to be packed. On the top of the pile of her clothing was a 
package carefully
wrapped in silk with a small note attached. She gently took the 
package into her soft white hands, and glanced over the note.

"I thought this would be a nice companion for you and would also 
help widen your horizons. Love, Miss Ami." Serenity couldn't help but 
laugh, if it was from Ami
then surely it would have to do something with learning. She opened 
the package to find a pink-laced book with creamy white pages, along 
with a pen and ink. "Why
that little," Serenity snickered, Ami knew her all to well and had sent 
her a diary! Serenity had forgotten that at the moment she was being 
observed by Mamoru, so
she was a bit startled when he spoke.

"What are you doing?" he asked peering over her shoulder.

"Oh, um… personal tutor sent me a gift," Serenity explicated.

"Isn't that nice of her," Mamoru commented, walking away and then 
lounging casually on an easy chair in the corner of the room. He once 
again picked up his book
and started to read, yet every now and then he would glance at the 
young lady. 

"What are you doing?" Serenity put the gift down and came over to see 
what Mamoru was up to.

"Just reading something," Mamoru commented, "you on the other 
hand, had better go to bed, before I send my panther after you." He 
smiled that malicious pirate's
smile and Serenity shuddered a bit. She quickly picked up the suitcase 
and left the chamber heading down the corridor. Yet she noticed that 
she couldn't remember
the way back.

"Did I turn right, or left, or what?!" she pondered, becoming a bit 
nervous at the prospect of being lost. She looked all around her, but 
nothing looked familiar. She
heard a rustling sound, and she looked up to see a swarm of bats 
coming over her. "They won't harm me, if I don't harm them," 
Serenity whispered, repeating what
Miss Ami had told her. But Miss Ami as well as her home seemed so 
distant now, in this cold dark cave. The sound of growling could be 
heard from behind her, and
Serenity did not dare turn around. She froze in her steps, and mustered 
up enough courage to turn around and see what was behind her. She 
was met by a pair of
glowing green eyes, which belonged to a black panther in a pouncing 
stance. 

Ok, this chapter was not only pretty short, it was also a cliff hanger.. 
hehe….. I love cliffhangers. I hope you enjoyed it, and if I get a good 
response I'll post the next
chapter hopefully before I go on my three-week vacation. Hope you 
are enjoying the story!