Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon! There I said it. I hope that you all enjoy this short story! Warning this might be a bit tear jerker, I know that my eyes were starting to tear up just a little bit while writing it.

The first time that she ever met him was when her princess decided to sneak from her kingdom on the Moon to the one on Earth. It was the one kingdom that each plant of the Silver Alliance was told never to go to, as decreed by the Moon itself. It was because of that fact that she, Princess Tefnut, found the current situation ironic.

It really wasn't her fault that her Princess, Princess Serenity, was so curious. Nevertheless, the one question that popped into her mind as she was trying to find that ball of untamed energy was, "Why on her night?" Logically there was a one in four chance of it happening but why with her? Was it because many considered her the weakest of the Senshi? Or because she was the one least likely to yell at the still young princess?

Maybe there wasn't a logical answer, or it might have been fate for on that night she met one of the Prince's Shitennou. As Tefnut was looking for her wayward Princess, she literally ran right into the youngest of the four guards of the Earth Prince. She looked up into light green eyes and a face that was framed by long blond hair, and she also noticed that he was taller than her by a good head or more. She had no idea who this male was, but judging by the green uniform with gray trim, he was in a position of great importance.

He was starting to grow sick of his Prince's late night excursions through the rose garden. It had started to become a habit that was unbecoming of the royal. Zoisite, the Knight of Purification and Healing, was really starting to hate this new habit with the passion of a thousand suns. Of course he had his own theory that Prince Endymion was only doing this to see if he could outsmart the youngest of the Shitennou.

However, he knew that he would never know if the theory was correct or not. So as it happened the young male was wondering through the moonlit garden trying to find the Prince when something or someone ran into him. She was small compared to his frame, she had blue hair and light blue eyes but the strange outfit told him that she wasn't from Earth.

The two protectors stared into each other eyes for a minute before Tefnut noticed the position that they were in and promptly turned red. She lightly pushed herself off of him before giving a curtsy, as she said "I am so sorry about that, I am slightly lost."

She was soft spoken he noticed, "That is alright. I was not looking where I was going myself," he told her as inclined his head in her direction. "If I might inquire, who you are and how did you get here?" He asked noticing just how short that blue skirt was that she wore.

"I am sorry, I am Tefnut of Mercury. I followed my Princess here but I cannot seem to find her." The Mercurian Senshi told the Knight as she started to look at anything but him. "Who are you, if I might be so bold as to inquire it of you?" She asked him back.

"I am Zoisite," was all that he said. "Maybe I can help you find your inquisitive Princess." He offered his arm towards her, and she took it with a little hesitance.

Thus began their ritual. For not only was it on this night that Tefnut found the young Knight but the Princess of the Moon also found her love in the Prince of Earth. To give the two lovers a few moments to themselves their guards would walk around the gardens together, getting to know each other better until one day they feel in love. Neither of them knew that soon there would come a day that they would be split apart by an evil that was slowly taking root in the Earth Kingdom. Nor did they know of all the destruction that would ensue all because a sorceress of low rank fell in love with the Terrain Prince as well.

"Everyone we are being attacked!" Tefnut heard her leader Venus or Hathor yell into the communicator. "It's-" the line went dead.

Thinking the worst the Senshi of Mercury started in the direction of the throne room but stopped when she heard a familiar chuckle coming from the shadows. "Now, if it isn't the weakest guardian, Mercury, all alone without any way of getting in contact with the other Senshi." She turned to the left, to see her lover walk out of the shadows, he looked the same as the last night that she saw him before he left with his brothers to find and destroy the disturbance in the West.

"Zoisite, this isn't you! Come back to me!" She tried to talk him out of it as he drew his sword and stalked towards her. "I don't want to fight you," she said as her voice cracked, and tears falling unnoticed.

"That's nice to know," the Knight told her before he lunged and pushed his blade into her chest. "To bad I was order to eliminate you and your pathetic Princess."

She coughed up blood before she smiled at him and said, "I forgive you, and I still love you."

He stayed still watching her as she bleed out and as the light slowly left her eyes. It wasn't until the body of his lover went limp that he realized what he did. He woke up from his brain washing to see what he did to the lovely Princess of Mercury. She had a classic beauty that none of the other Senshi, or any other female for that matter, could ever hope to compete with in his eye.

He cried than, knowing that it was because of him that the universe just a little darker and lost some of its beauty. "How could you forgive me for something like this?" His voice cracking so much that anyone walking by would not understand what was being said. Knowing that this was his only shot at staying out of Queen Beryl's hands for good; he unsheathed his weapon from Tefnut's body and ran himself through with it. With the last of his strength he pulled the body of his love towards him before kissing her one last time and said, "Until we meet again snowflake."

AN: I know what you all are thinking, "Why another story?" The answer is simple, I hit a rock with my current stories and needed to do something different. This idea came to me while I was watching Sailor Moon Crystal episode/act 10. Also this will be a four part story and I hope to have the next part up tomorrow! I changed the names of the Senshi for all of these chapters, they are all named after Ancient Egyptian goddess. I felt like it ok, by the way Tefnut is the lion goddess of water and fertility.

Love yinz!

Sugar

Edited: 5/30/15