Twelve Moon Waltz

Disclaimer: Err...I really don't think I need a disclaimer for this. Anyway, I own all the
characters so please ask for permission before taking them. There are Darkovan terms in here,
and I'll define them after the disclaimer. All Darkovan terms belong to Marion Zimmer Bradley.
Please read the Realm Warrior's Season One Character Descriptions first.

Darkovan Terms:

Female/Male
Chiya/Chiyu- child
Mestra/Mestru- Miss or Mr.
Domna/Dom- Used for people with great importance

Laran- thoughtspeak and other gifts. There are eight known gifts to me. The Hastur, Alton,
Aldaran, Ardais, Ridenow, Elhalyn, MacAran, and Allaird gifts. I'm not sure what the Allaird
gift is.
(If there are more, I'll put them up later)

Chapter One
Cruel Destinies

The sharp night air stung Daena's cheeks. As only the second princess of the Terran
Empire, she wasn't as protected. Daena brushed her light purple hair out her face and turned to
face the stars. Her silver eyes almost reflected what was above in the heavens.

Five out of the twelve moons were in sight. A trickle of a memory began to play with her
mind.

It was when she was little...only four...that was ten years ago...

flashback

Daena (as a baby) crawled past her older sister, Estralita, and to her Grandma,
Mirabella. Grandma Bella in other words. She was the old queen of the Terran Empire, that is,
until her daughter Tatiana chose a husband. It was rumored that she had a huge amount of the
Aldaran Gift, the gift of foretelling.

"Grandma?"
"Daena...my sweet chiya...what is it?"
Daena crawled onto the elderly domna's lap. "Tell story please?"
Mirabella smiled faintly. "Alright. I'll tell you an old legend."
Daena sucked on her thumb while listening to her grandma's beautiful voice spin the tale
of the twelve moons.

"Chiya, a long time ago, when the Terran Empire was still made of wild mages and magic
ran crazily through the land, and when it only had one moon, the gods became angry. The Dark and
Light Gods made a deal. They would make twelve moons and cast a curse on them. For years, they
worked on the moons. Airel. Taurusist. Gemnium. Virgella. Leornl. Libratha. Cancerrest. Sagitta.
Aquarianna. Piella. Capricornus. And finally, Scorpia. The curse said that once these twelve
moons shown together, the world will break apart."
Daena looked up, worried. "We die?"
Bella chuckled. "No Chiya, we're not going to die. A few days later, The Goddesses found
out. They were very upset. The Light Goddess managed to stike a deal with the Gods. In order to
stop this event, a Summoning must be conducted and a person who has a strong, pure will must be
summoned to this world. This person must prove that this world is worthy to live in."

There was silence. Bella looked at Daena. Her eyes were almost closed. Bella placed
Daena on the ground and walked over to the window.

Daena lifted her head and watched her grandma. She thought she heard "The time...it's
coming...soon..."

end of flashback

That was it. Daena never got another chance to ask her grandma about the Legend because
Bella died two days after that.

"Domna Daena! What are you doing here?"

The princess turned around to see her personal two guards rushing towards her. Danilo
and Mikhail.

They stopped about two feet from her and bowned down.
"Princess, it's not proper for you to be out here, with no guard. What would your father
say?" Danilo began.
Daena faked a smile. "It's alright Danilo. I needed some fresh air that's all. Let's go
inside."

She started to walk inside, with the two guardsmen tailing her, but she stopped.

"Is there something wrong Domna?" Mikhail asked.

Daena glanced up at the sky. For the first time, she noticed that the sixth moon was
peeking out of the clouds.

"Nothing, nothing at all."

Daena walked inside a little disturbed. The five visable moons seemed be smirking at her.