Fate's a Funny Thing…
Sailor FaD
AN: I have a confession. This is a heavily revised version of a chapter I wrote in elementary school and before ever editing. It's… A little different, hopefully for the better. Much love to everyone, I would really appreciate reviews since I made such huge changes.
Disclaimer: The characters contained herein are not my own, and I claim no part in their creation or copyright, nor do I wish to infringe on the rights or intellectual property of their creator, Takeuchi Naoko. I'm not receiving any compensation for this work, other than the satisfaction of writing it. The story itself is an original work and may not be reproduced or redistributed by any means, in part or in whole, without my express permission. Not that anyone would want it.
Prologue
Once upon a time there was a young girl of barely seventeen. She was raised a farmer's daughter, but she was born a princess, just as she had dreamed for so long. Before the Plague, she was princess of Moiria, but had to be sent to Earth until a cure was found, but it was never found and she was lost and forgotten. Almost.
Years later, Sailor Pluto told Queen Serenity the truth about the Princess's fate, about her existence on Earth. As a show of good faith, Prince Endymion promised to find the Princess of Moiria but searching in the general area the princess was believed to be.
"Is Donata really your daughter?" Endymion asked the farmer, Seoras.
The humble man stared at his prince and swallowed the lump that tried to choke him, "No. My wife and I found her when she was a baby… I… Why do you ask?"
"I have been searching for a girl, Seoras. Donata is that girl, Princess of Moiria. It is her birthright to be Sailor Senshi and Princess. I know you want the best for your daughter, and the best thing for her is to allow her to be taken to the Moon and be trained."
My name during the Silver Millennium was Donata. I love that name. It's Latin you know. The name I was reborn to was… Well, it's also a boy's name, as well as a girl's name. Riley. Celtic. Or Gaelic, I can never really remember. It kind of set the tone for my childhood as a tomboy.
My story as Donata didn't go much farther after meeting Endymion. At the time, I was okay with that. Admittedly, my dream was to meet Endymion. I suppose I should be used to doom. I wanted to be a princess. I became one, the same night as the fall of the Silver Millennium. I was in love with a man who died for the same person I did. Serenity. I don't begrudge her though. I admired her. She was… Everything good. Sugar and spice and everything nice. Enough of my foolish ramblings, the past is just that, the past. Well, it is important, but not extraordinarily important to this particular story.
I was a curse. The year I was born on Moiria, a planet just past the orbit of Pluto, known now as planet "X", a Plauge came. I don't really know what it is, just that it killed every living thing left on the planet. The day I stepped onto the Moon, Beryl launched her final, fatal assault. I don't know why Selenity allowed me to be reborn, however, I was sent to a very different place than the rest of my peers, the Sailor Senshi. I was sent to America, while Serenity, Endymion and the rest of the senshi ended up in Japan.
I was made aware of my heritage not by a cat, but by Sailor Pluto; she didn't tell me much, just that I need to learn my powers so I would be ready when the time came. My training came in the form of stray youmas that Pluto sent in my direction. When I was seventeen, after the Sailor Wars, a battle I was once again left out of, Pluto came to me and informed me it was finally time. So I'm off to Tokyo. Wish me luck.