My first Silver Millennium story! Yay!

"This is stupid!" a man growled, "I do not want to go court a spoiled princess, no matter how pretty she is!"

"You know, Endy, they say she isn't just a pretty face," another man commented, his green eyes narrowing as he looked at his prince. He wasn't happy either but it was for the good of Earth.

"They also said that you were gay, Zoicite," Endymion retorted, amused at Zoicite's attempts to cheer him up. The other Shittennou had given up a long time ago.

"Well, am I?" Zoicite asked, looking at his lord through his eyelashes slyly.

When Endymion failed to reply, the Shittennou resumed slouching, waiting for the notice that the teleport was ready. 10 minutes oozed by, then 20, 30 minutes waiting in a small room with a very pissed prince.

"My Lord, the teleport is ready," a servant reported, bowing as he looked to his prince and his guards. The prince sighed, dragged a hand through his ebony locks, and stood up. He walked stiffly out of the room, followed by four annoyed, unhappy, and bored men.

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The prince blinked, dispelling the last vestiges of vertigo from his body. The long-distance teleport on Earth was slightly awry and tended to make you dizzy and occasionally sick.

He gazed around taking in his surroundings, tuning out Zoi as he babbled on about Lunar architecture. The white marble path they stood on was surrounded by flowers in pastel colors and then farther on bright gardens before melting into the Moon Palace. The Palace itself was full of fountains and finery, just what he hated.

His eyes flicked over the path again then turned back, focusing on one approaching figure. The image slowly got taller, coalescing into the image of the current Queen of the Moon, Queen Serenity, the daughter of Selene.

Endymion bowed and gestured for his Shittennou to bow. The queen inclined her head gracefully, acknowledging the action.

"Prince Endymion, the Senshi will be joining us shortly. They were, slightly detained," the queen said, her tone cool and melodic. Her lavender eyes focused on Endymion's bored face and scathing eyes. "It would be wise not to insult the princess in the presence of the Senshi. You would earn yourself eighteen new enemies to add to all your others."

He bowed slightly, his anger tempered by that threatening statement. Were there eighteen Senshi or was she exaggerating? he wondered.

A second later, he had to close his eyes as five flashes of light blinded everyone but Queen Serenity, whose back was to the light. Once the spots on his vision faded, he saw five girls in very short skirts finishing a bow to the royalty. The corners of his mouth twisted upward as he looked them over. They surely didn't look like a formidable fighting force.

"I hoped to be impressed by the Sailor Senshi. It seems the reports were exaggerated," he sneered, smirking at the young women. Behind him, the Shittennou gulped in unison, nervous about what might happen next.

Their fears were fulfilled as barely a second after he finished speaking, the Sailor Senshi had each of the men in very uncomfortable positions. Endy gasped, he had not even seen them move!

"Girls! Apologize," the Queen growled, a hint of anger entering her voice.

"I should be apologizing, Your Majesty. It seems that the Senshi are even better than the reports say," Endymion hastily said, suddenly very scared of the glowing disk of light at his throat.

"You hear that Jupiter? He's flattering us. How nice. Only, it doesn't work," the senshi of the moon growled, holding her tiara closer to his throat. At the queen's glare, she nodded and moved back to her original position in the blink of an eye, followed by the other Senshi.

"I would have you follow my previous order to you," Serenity said, not turning around, just moving to the side of the path.

"With all due respect, Your Majesty. May I say something? These actions you intend to have us initiate will cause the downfall of the Moon Kingdom," Sailor Mars said, her eyes fixed on the ruler.

"Mars, it is the time for the end of one millennium and the beginning of another. There is nothing we can do about it," the queen said, her face growing irritated. Mars acquiesced and nodded to the others.

With what seemed to be a sigh of wind and an implosion of light, the Senshi faded into five young women. They were dressed I n black leather pants with a shirt in the respective color of their planets, Serenity's being silver.

"Now, Prince, may I introduce myself? I am Princess Serenity of the Moon, also known as Sailor Moon and these are my companions, the Inner Senshi and planetary princesses," the center one said, bowing in a short dip before straightening up and looking him in the eye.

The prince fell over, promptly followed by four other thumps.

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