Hi, this is Channing, for those of you who know me. I now have three different pen names, which are MistressSilverWings, Fairy Asphodel, and White Hawk Dawn. I am not going to change them anymore, because it would be too hard to remember all three pen names and passwords, if they kept changing. Well, this is my first Tamora Pierce/Sailor Moon cross over, and a lot of things will be confusing at first. Please, just bare with be, all will be explained in due time. Until then, just sit back and enjoy the prologue.

A Pain Filled Life Prologue- The End of the Begenning

"Run Serenity! Get away, don't let them catch you!" yelled Lita, while fighting off three soilders at one time, as Eternal Sailor Jupiter.

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It was by far the worst battle they had ever fought. The scouts had been caught by surprise, fore they hadn't been on guard or alert, on such a special day. It was Serenity and Endymion's Coronation Ceremony. As was their custome, Serenity and Endymion had waited until their child, Rini, turned seven before they offically became King and Queen of Crystal Tokyo, and Serenity the rest of the demension.

All was going well, until they were attaked. It all happened so suddenly, they didn't have a chance, even with all of the Palace's soldiers and the scouts fighting it. 'They' were too powerful. It was a new enemy that called themselves, "Tortallans."

It was strange because only few of warriors used magic. The others had weapons, that no one in Crystal Tokyo had ever seen, much less used. There were long pole-like shapes of wood, that had sharp pieces of metal, in all different twists and turns at the tip. Some were large and thick, some were small and wide, but all of them looked very dangerous and capable of killing.

The palace solders only had spears, short swords, and the occasional dagger. And the Eternal Sailor Scouts were only trained in hand-to-hand combat and their magical powers. Also with the occasional weapon that Sailor Uranus, Sailor Pluto, and Sailor Saturn had, but that still wasn't enough. They were still out skilled by these strange new warriors.

The battle was a short one, lasting for only four days. During that time the forces of the Eternal Scouts became weaker and weaker, until they could fight no more, and were forced to surrender.

Out of the thousands of people that made up the populace of Crystal Tokyo, and the millions that occupied the rest of the world, only about two hundred survived the encounter. The women and children were taken for slaves, or concubines, Serenity and the scouts included, and the men were mercilessly slaughtered, including Endymion. When Serenity was informed of it she wanted to use her crystal to bring him back, but she was forcefully stopped by the scouts. They reminded her of why she hadn't used her crystal, at all, this far, for Rini was but seven years old and much too young to lose her father and her mother, the Tortallans had no idea that she was Queen of Crystal Tokyo and the rest of this Dimension, and because she needed to save her energy for when she escaped.

The young Queen, being only 25, had protested and said that she needed to help her people, and her husband! But the scouts were firm and so she stayed at the enemy's campfire, for the time being.

The plan to get Serentiy and her daughter far away from the Tortallans, was risky. They would have to be very careful, especially since the Tortallans had lookouts everywhere. The plan was that Mina, Rei, and Michiru would giggle and flutter their eyelashes, while giving them their supper, and the solders would think they would be having a bed partner later, when in reality they wouldn't be waking up the next morning. While they did that Ami, Lita, and Haruka would silently take out the lesser guards, by similar means, giving Mina, Rei, and Michiru time to take out their guards, or try to. Then when it was clear, Serenity, her daughter, the scouts, and the rest of the women, girls, and children would escape.

It was a pretty foolproof plan, except that it didn't work.

All was going as planned when Mina made a mistake. She had thought that her "assignment" was dead, so she had prepared to leave, so she could aid her fellow scouts and Queen. Her conquest had not died, he had been able to hang on to his pitiful life long enough to survive her Cresant Beam, and inform his commanders of the Queen and Princess. The Tortallans waited, letting the scouts think that they had gotten all of the guards and sentries out of the way, but when they were about to escape completely, the Totallans struck.

The scouts used the last of their power and energy to try and help Serenity and Rini get away, but they were already so weak and tired, and soon one by one, the scouts fell, never to serve their Queen and friend, again. As for the last of the Lunarian race of children and women, the Tortallans no longer wanted them, some were killed right away, and some, some were raped and then killed, but all were dead within the hour.

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The only ones left now were Sailor Jupiter and the two royals, and Lita would be damned if she if she died before the two of them got to safety. It was her duty, and she would follow it until her very last breath, just as her fellow scouts had.

Again, she called out to her best friend, while she was still fending off two Tortallan warriors, the third had gotten his throat slit, and was not choking on his own blood.

"Serenity please run away, and take Rini with you, you can't die! You are the only chance the Lunarians will ever have to take revenge on what has happened! Please go!!"

While Lita was struggling to plead with her Queen to leave, Serenity was slowly realizing what she must do, even if it would emotionally kill her her later. She had long since gathered her daughter in her arms, and was about to run, but as she looked at the fight her friend was facing, and losing. The friend that had been there for her every time that Darien dumped her, there for her when her parents died, there for her when her little girl was born, and there for her now, risking her life to save her. She knew that she would never be able to turn her back on her friend, even if her friend wanted her to. She had to help, just the one last time.

Setting Rini down behind a tree, out of sight, Serenity stood up, her face pale and grim. She neared the battle and silently sent up a prayer to whatever gods were listening, and drew her crystal from her broach.

Closing her eyes, she focused on the crystal and her energy, and drew on the power of the Silver Moon Crystal to help her friend. She opened her eyes as she unleashed a whirlwind of shimmering silver magic at the two remaining Tortallans in sight, though she knew that there were still thousands left. The two warriors fell to the ground, silent, and lied there, stone still. Never, would they open their eyes again. Serenity spat on the ground in front of them, and went to get her child, and check on her friend.

Lita was very badly injured, Serenity saw when she dragged the taller woman into a secluded area, that was not drenched in blood and covered with dead bodies, mostly Lunarian.

They had to let whatever or whoever was left of the camp think they had succeeded in making the Lunarian race extinct. Rini looked on worriedly, almost crying, while her mother tried as hard as she could to stop Lita's many wounds from bleeding. The thunder scout was bleeding everywhere, with gashes, cuts, bruises all over her body, as well as a broken finger or two. Serenity cleaned out as many cuts and gashes as she could reach, and bandaged up Lita's broken fingers, with strips from her dress. When she was through, Lita still looked very banged up, it was no use, not matter what Serenity did, Lita was going to die. They both knew it.

"Serenity, Sailor Pluto wanted to tell you something, but she was killed before she could-" Lita broke off, a rasping cough taking hold of her. "She said to tell you that, that you must use your crystal...to call upon a portal that only a di-direct decedent of the gods and goddesses can call upon. You must go to her and the realm of the gods. They must know what has happened here, to the race of the Lunarians," at the Moon Queen's puzzled look Lita went on, "The great gods and goddesses of out past and present, have had no clear view of this dimension for a long time beca-" Lita broke of there, before taking her last breath in this life. She would always have a special place in Serenity's heart, as would all the scouts, and the rest of the Lunarian race. They were her people, people that loved her, cared for her, and respected her. Sighing mournfully the grave Queen Serenity stood, for the first time noticing her own wounds, and gathered her child in her arms.

"We must leave this place, Rini. I am sorry but I do not believe that you will ever see out lovely home again. Yet, we will never forget that we are Lunarian, for that is something that no one can take from us," said Serenity softly to the young princess, who was weeping silently into her mother's shoulder. Face set, betraying no emotion, Serenity began the long walk to the only salvation she could think of, The Realm of the Gods.

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A few hours and a long trudge later, the young mother, and the even younger little girl arrived in a seemingly deserted area of land, that was surrounded by white marble. This ground was scared to the gods and goddesses, and only those favored by the gods, or those who were somehow related could enter this clearing without being struck dead.

Serenity placed her child on the ground, nowhere near the center, so that she would not be harmed when her mother performed the ancient spell.

Walking to the middle of the scared ground, she knelt and once again drew her crystal from the broach on her chest, and laid it on the ground in front of her. Next she placed her cupped hands over the crystal, and clenched her eyes shut. Focusing her power and energy and her need, she called upon the Goddess Selene.

Rini, who was watching on cautiously, was thrown back by the wind, as a blinding white light filled every inch of the clearing. Even Serenity had to shield her eyes from the light. When it died down, there was a woman standing where the brightest of the light had been.

The woman was an almost exact replica of Serenity, except her hair was white, instead of silver. Also she was bigger, taller, definitely looking more like a goddess than anything else. She looked at Serenity, who was now now bowing low to her in her kneeling position, with a look of respect and love you wouldn't expect to see from a goddess such as her.

As Serenity looked up, and beckoned Rini over, the goddess spoke. "It has been a long while since I last laid eyes on you, my granddaughter."

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I hope you liked the prologue, I worked hard on it. I know that there are some things that might be confusing right now, like the time line, but it will be explained soon, in either chapter one or two. I have already started writing chapter 1, so it will be out soon. Till then, Ja-ne.