Author's notes: This is the prologue is for a line of SM fics that will come to be known as Sailor Moon: 2nd Generation or simply "2nd Gen". It is based off of the alternate universe established by AngelDellaNotte and utilizes her character sets from "It Takes Two" and "Shared Destiny" as well as "Future Senshi" even though the latter will be considered an offshoot as everything was resolved after its conclusion. This series will largely center on the children of the Senshi and there eventual ascension to the roles of their parents as the guardians and protectors of the crowned queen of the moon kingdom.

This series is co-written by AngelDellaNotte and Ultima-Matrixed and will be under a joint name of Angelic-Ultimus. As there isn't much action with the elder Senshi, it allows us to be freer with the characters as they are personal creations. So the standard disclaimer applies when interacting with the original characters, but anything outside of that is reserved by us and we won't take kindly to unpermittied renditions of the 2nd gen characters.

This could have been made as long as "It takes two" but we decided we needed to introduce Shizuo quickly so we could spend more time on the long plot of 2nd gen which at this point is planned to be 4+ fics with at least 15 chapters each. There may be more but this will be a very long project. It will be as if we were adding a sequel series onto SM after SuperS which essentially is what we are doing. But this isn't a part of Nanako's series so we will call SM a saga and 2nd gen another series within it.

With saying that, all three of AngelDellaNotte's fics "It takes two", "Future Senshi" and "Shared Destiny" are part of the 2nd gen with "It takes two" being the progenitor of 2nd gen and all its possible sequels if you will. This prologue is the beginning of 2nd gen but considered more of a supplement or extension of "It Takes Two". Though "Shared Destiny" isn't directly connected to the 2nd gen series it is the story of Haruka and Michiru in the Silver Millennium and might be referenced to in the 2nd gen series…

2nd gen will be set to take place inside of the timeline of "Future Senshi" but is essentially an alternate universe from FS with a few exceptions. Such as all of the introduced characters; the children of the Senshi, remain with Shizuo added to their ranks. And at the very end of the story when the timelines are restored and Haruko and Kimi get married and the relationship that had been mentioned between them. That does not change but everything else in the fic is gutted out and 2nd gen takes its place.

We recommend that you read "It Takes Two", "Future Senshi" and "Shared Destiny" to get a full grasp of how 2nd gen will operate. However, it is not required that you do so. You can just pick up 2nd gen and start reading it as long as you have knowledge of how SM works. This series is based off of those workings when having to do with powers and Senshi transformation things and the base plot that has used to create the plot(s) of these fics.

Sorry that was so long but we needed to explain how everything at this point interjects. So with that out of the way …