-1Author's Notes: Hey guys not my first fanfic. I found a bunch that make me shudder. But this is a side story from another Fiction I was writing but I lost all my files. Jupiter's daughter was my favorite character. I know her name isn't original but it just fit. Please Read and Review.

Disclaimer…. Don't own sailor moon, yadda yadda yadda. You've heard tons before. But I do own the children. SO MUWAHAHA…steal I will find you…Because I see you right now. Stop doing that. It's naughty.

Autumn Rhea

Daughter of Thunder, Child of Wood

Prologue

Leda slowly closed the door and leaned against it. The sturdy wood seemed to be all that kept her up has she let out a sigh. Her dark green eyes scanned her room eager to focus on something and make her mind sit still. Dark storm clouds seemed to swirl around her window, bringing the promise of rain and sorrow. On her desk by her window was a picture. Her eyes always drew to that picture.

Makoto Kino, the young Amazon beauty, held a three year old in her arms. A smile graced her pale face and her eyes were lit up from the happiness. Leda walked over to the rich mahogany desk, her hunter green skirts swished softly around her feet. She picked up the frame. The three year old had a hold of one of her mother's chestnut tendrils and was happily sucking on a thumb. Tears welled up slowly and her throat tightened. She made a small choking sound as the rain tapped softly on the window, she hugged the frame to her chest. Her legs suddenly gave out and she curled into a fetal position on the rich green rug. Tears ran their course down her cheeks, she didn't bother trying to will them away any longer.

A soft knocking on her door made her jump and the tears stop suddenly. She wiped her face clean with the back of her hand. Her teacher's voice sounded in her head, "Why Miss Leda, That's not very Lady like." She grinned, everyone told her she was just like the Neo-Queen of Jupiter. To tomboyish for her own good. Leda tossed her golden chestnut brown hair behind her shoulder and set the picture back on the desk.

"Leda-chan?" The door opened. A young boy of 15 walked in. His dark blue hair hung to his mid-back, the only attempted at keeping it at a bay a leather tie just at the nape of his neck. He wore the royal garments of the Court of Mercury. Leda turned and met the boy's light blue eyes and faked a smile.

"Good afternoon, Icelos." She inclined her head out of habit, despite the years they had known each other. He studied her for a moment and raised an eyebrow.

"You've been crying again." He stated and approached her. Leda's eyes flashed and her cheeks turned bright pink, "No I haven't."

He took her in his arms and hugged her tight. "Leda, you're not weak for crying. How it breaks our hearts to see you going through your routine day after day. Smiling with this façade that everything is alright with you." Leda inhaled his scent from his jacket. He smelled of a fresh spring in the cool shade of a forest. She squeezed him back gently before he broke away and tilted her chin up, grinning. "Where's my dear little thunderstorm stirring up trouble for our parents?"

She broke away her face stoic, her eyes seemed aged way beyond thirteen, "Icelos. I love you as my older brother, but Mother's gone and Father has locked himself in his chambers. I am the only one holding Jupiter's place in Court."

Icelos stood a frown forming as he crossed his arms across his chest, "Leda. You may be the only one of blood line but none of us has completed training enough to take over the place of our parents. You are still a child, as I am. We are meant to enjoy this time. This is our time to see the world as it is before all the lies set in." Leda's eyes narrowed in anger.

"Well tell that to my father then. If you are finished trying to "heal" me, I ask that you leave my chambers." She pointed towards the large cherry wood door her words leaving an acid taste in the air. Icelos pursed his lips and stood staring at her for a moment. Her eyes were shimmering with anger and hurt , her already tall frame seemed to grow bigger and the air crackled as the rain hit the panes harder.

He bowed his head and sighed as he turned towards the door. His sapphire eyes caught hers in one last defiant glance. "Le. You are strong, but you cannot keep it up at this pace." With that he left the Princess of Jupiter alone with only the sound of the rain dancing upon her window. Leda stared at the door where he left.

Finally she walked over to her bed and laid down. Eager for sleep when fights with your best friends didn't matter, your father wasn't a recluse drowning his sorrow in foul liquor, and your mother was still alive to chase away the nightmares that haunted your bed. She slipped into this dream world, tears tracing their well known paths down her pale cheeks as thunder rolled softly over Crystal Tokyo.