Note: In order not to get the two confused, the former Queen of the moon will be named Serenity and her daughter, Usagi. By the way, this is set in an ALTERNATE universe.

Sleeping Beauty

Cursed

There was a huge celebration going around on the Moon Kingdom, for the Queen Serenity had given birth to a daughter named Usagi. All the kings and queens from all the nine planets came together in order to join the celebration of the newborn princess. The celebration was very beautiful, given the grace of the stars and also the outer planets.

Each planet gave their gift to the princess. Either an item she could use when she got older or something that would protect her from harm. For all the gifts, the infant smiled, the most beautiful smile anyone had ever seen. Yes, a very magical party indeed.

When the three guardians, Luna, Artemis and their daughter Diana were about to give their gifts, something in the door interrupted them with a loud bang. It was the thirteenth guest whom had arrived late at the party.

Metalia. Queen of the dark kingdom.

No one liked her, or trusted her for that matter. She seemed to have that strange personality where she only wanted power and control, or maybe something even more. Queen Serenity invited her anyways, despite protests of other guests but she knew it would cause something if she did not.

Metalia bowed before the cradle and Queen Serenity. "I apologize being so very late," she said. "You thought I wouldn't come, did you Majesty?"

"Just what are you doing here?" Queen Serenity questioned. "Don't you have better things to do then to be here to celebrate?"

"Perhaps I do,"Metalia replied, with a smirk on her face. She looked at the princess. "Such beauty in even an infant... how is that even possible?"The princess smiled at the dark queen, resulting in a powerful ray of light that made Metalia's skin burn. She backed away from the cradle, in shock by what she saw. "So, even she is out to get me?"

"Don't make me laugh,"Queen Serenity repressed, "she's an infant. What could she possibly do to you?"

"You did not see that Light?" Metalia snapped. She put her hands over the cradle. "Such a light, cannot exist."

Queen Serenity stepped forward, grabbing Metalia's arm before doing anything. "If you lay a finger on my daughter, you will be sorry,"she said, angrily. She pushed Metalia back. "Be gone. No one wants you here. I guess it was a mistake to have you as a guest."

"Don't be foolish, Queen Serenity, I did not come here to celebrate,"Metalia said, "I came her to give her a special kind of gift."She whispered some sort of language that could not be decoded. Some guests were in too much of a shock to stop her and others were whispering to each other. "Yes, I give you not a gift but a curse. When she reaches the age of adulthood, she will die."

This announcement caused a commotion, but Queen Serenity remained calm. She knew how to deal with a snake like Queen Metalia. "I order you to leave right now, and if you don't co-operate, I will make you leave by force."

Metalia only laughed at the Queen's threats and disappeared.

"Don't worry, your Majesty," Luna said, stepping up to the cradle, and smiling at the baby. She closed her eyes. "I shall reverse the spell that Metalia has put on Usagi, and instead, she will fall into a deep sleep when she pricks her finger on a spindle for a hundred years. The only thing to awaken her, will be a kiss from a true love. This, princess, is my gift to you."

And so, it begins.

What kind of a story will this be?