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The Fight for Light and Truth
SilverDawn
Prologue:
Under the shades of the night, shadows lurked outside the walls, the winds blowing strongly, a sense of foreboding burning within the air. A young lady, about the age of eighteen, sat by the rose patches in the royal garden, her features hidden in the dark. She shivered as she felt the strong wind, her long gown rustling against the grassy lawn as she smiled contentedly to herself.
Staying in the shadows, the lady looked down onto the beautiful bluish-green planet : the planet Earth, whose prince was about to be engaged to the Crown Princess of the Moon, Princess Serenity...
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Inside the palace, a man was looking frantically for his sister...
"Serenity, where is Selenity?" A man in crystal armour asked as he apologized for interupting his sister's dance with her prince - Endymion, who was a young gentleman of twenty, with dark black hair, blue eyes and the frame build which won much admiration from ladies of various courts.
"Sister? I thought she was with him... I don't know. I saw her a few moments ago dancing with him, but now, she's gone." Serenity said, a worried expression crossed her petite face while her prince added in, "Is there anything wrong Christian? You look a little distraught. Here, have a drink." and he passed the man a cup of wine which the man thankfully drank.
He nodded his thanks and replied, "I just felt something familiar and wish to discuss it with her but she isn't around." I can't possibly say I felt that evil which killed Father, it would scare Serenity to death! To his relief, he saw Serenity relax, and urged the couple to continue dancing while he went to a corner and summoned one of Selenity's guardians, "Angel of fire, Leader of the Seven, Guardian Mikael, come forth to me..."
Immediately, his summon was heard and the man, dressed in silvery white clothing, which looked like something out of Roman mythology, (not armor or mail) appeared discreetly and answered, "You called me, my King?"
"Please, there's no need for protocol, we are buddies, aren't we?" Christian responded, and Mikael grinned a toothy smile. His trimmed light brown hair was parted in the center, and above his amber gold eyes revealed a sigil of the flame which marked his element of fire. He was about 1.8m in height, with the muscular look of a model, and was the most powerful angel of the Angelic System, making him the natural leader of the group.
Christian started, "Mikael, I suppose you can feel the evil can't you?" Mikael just replied with a somber nod, signaling of his knowledge. The King continued, "I want all the guardians of Selenity and mine to be sent back to the Angelic system and Diamond Galaxy immediately within five hours. If using portal teleportation isn't quick enough, use your own magick teleportation."
"But, my King. You'll need us for that fight against Metallia. Forgive me for saying this but the elite soldiers and sailor senshi aren't any match for the monster and the dragonkin will be of no use as well!" Mikael immediately protested.
"I know, that's why I can't risk any of you. Remember, I'm a foregazer, I see the future... We have to be dead for Serenity to create the Crystal Millenium a thousand years later.... Which means that we'll have to die." Christian smiled, his deep blue eyes shining sadly and his silver hair swayed in the gentle wind. His gaze softened at looking at the Earth, admiring the beauty of Endymion's homeland for a moment before turning back to Mikael, his look turning superior again.
"Get going quickly, we don't have much time. This may be the last time I'd be seeing you for this lifetime, my friend. Farewell." Mikael reluctantly kneeled and bowed, making Christian's heart softened once more as he hugged his friend and guardian one last time before he went onto his mission of getting his fellow guardians out of the Silver Millenium and into their homelands: the Angelic System and the Diamond Galaxy respectively.
After seeing Mikael out, Christian went on to party with the rest of the nobles when someone found him for a conversation...
"My my, it looks like my dearling Christian has grown up..." a soft voice said from behind, followed by a tingling laughter which was of his mother's. Christian turned to his back gracefully, only to find himself looking into the ancient eyes of his dearest aunt, Maeribeth, along with his mother.
"Aunt Maeribeth! It's so nice to see you again!" Christian exclaimed, which made Maeribeth chuckle along with her kin sister.
"Christian, where is our young lady?" On hearing this, Christian's handsome features formed a frown as he explained of not being able to find her and of the feeling of the presence of Metallia. Maeribeth immediately mindcalled her son and got all the dragonkin who were not on duty to get out of the palace area straightaway when Christian told her that the dragonkin was of no use in the upcoming fight, which caused Queen Selenity of the Moon to fret before the eldar dragonkin managed to calm her down. After all, it was her eldest daughter who was now missing, with a horde of evil by the side...
Suddenly, Christian thought of a way to find his sister. Tentatively, he mindspoke to his friend and buddy, Selenity's protector...
::Blood-brother?::
::Yes? Christian?::
::Ed, do you have any idea where Laney is? She's kinda missing and I feel the presence of Metallia...::
::No kidding???::
::I hope I'm wrong, but I know it ain't possible::
There was silence for the while on the other side. Then, Ed started:
::She said she wanted to be alone, perhaps she is in the garden of secrets, I'll go find her...::
::Thanx 'Ric, I'm counting on you.::
::No prob, I personally don't want my dearest to get caught in a fight before the actual war.::
And the link cut out, leaving Christian much relieved, knowing that he could trust Edric in such a mission.
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Back in the garden, the lady continued staying in the shadows so that no one could find her... But after a while... one person did... her prince - who called to her gently as he approached, "Selenity, why aren't you in the great hall? You had so much wanted to see Serenity again and now it's her engagement ball and you came out here?"
"I don't know, I'm happy for Serenity, but... something is frightening me. My foresight tells me that something is about to happen and we cannot escape it. It is the key for the future... I can even feel the evil for the wind has became savage too... I'm surprised brother didn't feel it..." Selenity said, a sense of dread overwhelming her. The man hugged her tightly, and kissed her, whispering soothingly, "Sel, Christian has felt it too, and he's worried sick. He tried mindspeaking to you, but you seemed to have shut off all links."
"Uh-oh, I didn't know it was him, so I shut off the link to get some solitude. Let's just hope that I won't get blasted by him." she wondered worriedly, remembering how ballastic her brother could go when frantic. The man assured her with his deep, gentle voice, saying, "Don't worry, he's your twin, he'd understand. Now let's get back to the ball before your mother or your guardians get the whole of the elite wing to search the entire palace for you."
Selenity smiled softly, shuddering a little as another gale of wind past them, her gown swaying with the wind as she murmured, "Edric, I'm scared. It's the same sense I got when Father was killed during the war against Metallia in Atzulith..." trembling as she relived the death of her father, the ruler of the Angelic System and Diamond Galaxy, resulting in the coronation of Christian and herself as the new rulers of the throne at the young age of twelve. They only started ruling at the age of fourteen while their mother, the Queen of the Silver Millenium, ruled as Regent when they were still young.
Initially, the heir to the throne was the elder child, supposedly Christian, while Selenity was the heir to the Moon Kingdom. But the people of the Angelic System wanted her as their Queen due to the wisdom she had shown in the past which surpassed her age, thus her mother had no choice but to abide to the people's demand, for fear of another civil war breaking out if they did not agree. This resulted into Christian becoming the King of the Diamond Galaxy, Selenity becoming the Queen of the Angelic System whilst the young princess Serenity became the heir to the throne of the Silver Millenium, the Crown Princess of the Moon.
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After a few moments of tranquility, Prince Edric and Princess Selenity (which she was referred to when on the moon) stepped out of the shadows, the air of nobility and grandeau apparent. Prince Edric wore the royal golden-silver garb of the Golden Millenium (something like that of Prince Endymion), an independent system like the Silver Millenium, but with one more planet. He was even taller than Prince Endymion, with golden blond hair, deep blue eyes and chiseled features.
As for Princess Selenity, she wore the traditional white gown for the Princess of the Moon, but now that she was the Queen of the Angelic System, she had a tiara of pure crystal with blue sapphires and purple amethyst on her head of silver hair, tied in the traditional odangos, signalling her status as queen. She looked like a replica of Queen Selenity of the Moon, her mother, but her eyes were silvery-blue in colour, and the sigil on her head was a cross with a small 'x' in the center of the cross, shaped like an eight-pointed star, yet not really like it. Sometimes, the sigil changes to her crescent moon sigil of her mother's side, too, which signals her status as the first princess of the moon and also the queen of the Angel Kingdom while the Diamond Galaxy was ruled by her twin, Christian.
Soon, they passed the halls and arrived at the grand hall where the ball was being held. Many people were dancing to the music and were enjoying themselves very much. Even the princess's senshi were waltzing with someone. They tried to make as small a commotion as possible, but upon their entrance, the music stopped and everyone looked at them, and curtsied or bowed. Selenity felt embarrassed when people did this and on seeing everyone bowing in front of her and Edric, she glanced pleadingly at her mother, who was seating on the throne, amused by the amount of respect given to them... for the only ones not bowing were her family members.
She cleared her throat and with a practised wave of her hand, she said in a clear voice, "Please continue with your dancing. It gives me great pleasure to be here again." and everyone continued. She walked past the hall and to her mother to pay her respects. On reaching, she curtsied and said, "Mother, I'm so glad I could be back." and Queen Selenity of the Moon went down from her throne to hug her eldest daughter.
Queen Selenity smiled and looked at her daughter as she exclaimed, "My, Laney, you have grown so much. I'm so sorry I cannot be with you for the past few years..." sadness filled her as she said this. Selenity just shook her head, replying, "Mother, it's not your fault. Blame it on the dark one. She was the one who caused us this much amount of sadness..."
"There is another person who has been wanting to see you for a long time too. She had just finished talking to Christian. Ah! There she is." A tall woman came to sight, her long silvery hair and ancient eyes looking into hers, her silver dragon sigil telling that she is a dragonkin.
"Aunt Maeri! Ohmigosh! I'm so sorry for not coming back earlier..." Selenity started but was cut off by Maeribirth, the kin sister of her mother. "Say no more, hatchling. You have indeed grown and is becoming more like a queen. And who is this young man you have with you?" Maeribirth asked, surveying the young man, and immediately recognised the pair bond between the lovers. She chuckled lowly and whispered it to her kin sister while Selenity stuttered and said in an embarassed tone, "Auntie, this is Prince Edric of the Golden Kingdom." Gesturing to Edric, who bowed lowly to the both of them and the crowd that were gathering beside the Queen and her kin sister.
"It is my pleasure to meet you, milady, Selenity talks often of you. About how you have been such a wonderful person and such." Rodrique said with respectfulness as Maeribirth nodded. Queen Selenity started, "Maeri, they are engaged and are about to be married about four months later, on Silverdawn's 18th birthday."
"So soon! I'll make sure that I'll be there. I won't miss it for my life and I supposed you'd invite me?" Maeribeth asked teasingly, making Silverdawn go red again as she stammered, "Of course I'd invite you. I'm intending to get Serenity as my bridesmaid, and Endymion as Edric's best man. After all, they are blood brothers too. That is if they'll agree." She eyed the couple standing near Queen Selenity, watching the whole scene with Christian, her senshi and the two lunarian guardians.
"Me? Oh great! I would love to be your bridesmaid, sis!" Serenity said in a happy tone.
"That is if she doesn't klutz out during the big day..." The princess of Mars, Rei spoke sarcarstically. Everyone laughed at that comment while Serenity just countered, "I swear, to the goddess Selene, that I would never wreck my own sister's wedding."
"Er... I wouldn't say that if I were her..." Christian whispered to Edric a little too loudly... causing everyone to burst into gales of laughter again. It was known within the royals that Princess Serenity could manage a klutz attack anywhere, anytime, although she was usually graceful.
But, Serenity didn't become a spoilsport and just cry out in public. Instead, she just pouted a little and didn't really bother about it. It was Princess Selenity, however, who silenced all of them when she started, "Since my sister has agreed, then I am glad. So, will my dear lord Endymion take up the job as Edric's best man?"
"Of course I will. I truly am honored to be the best man. But I had thought that the place would be reserved for Christian..." Endymion trailed off, but was taken over by Christian himself. "Well, the main reason why I won't be in it is because I'm preparing the whole wedding, so I'd most probably be making sure that everything would go well..." I couldn't possibly say that the wedding would never take place within this lifetime, can I?
Mixed emotions filled him, possible outcomes of what will happen next clouded his mind, but he still put up a happy facade, which only few saw through - his mother, Maeribeth, Edric and Selenity. All of the others were oblivious about it and continued partying... until...
::Brother, it's coming, isn't it...::
::Yes, Sele, and both of us know the outcome.::
::Mother and Aunt Maeri know about it, don't they?::
::Yea, Aunt Maeribeth has already got all the dragonkin not on duty to evacuate. The remaining ones would flee when Metallia does come.::
::What about the guardians?::
::I got Mikael to get all of them out of here. They are safe.::
::Well, that's one burden off my heart. If they are safe, then they would be able to help us rule the two systems peacefully. It was already stated that if the rulers aren't there, the leader of the guardians will help rule the system.::
::Yup, in your case, I suppose Mikael and Jibrille will look after the Angelic System, and Anthony and Faith will take care of mine.::
::Pray that we will be able to meet them again soon...::
::I agree...::
And they looked at one another, each praying that what they had foresaw won't go become true, which was impossible as their prediction had never gone wrong before...
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Before long, the dreaded time came... Soon, attention was called for as Queen Selenity stood up, and started announcing, "Ladies and gentlemen, I thank all of you for being able to come for this engagement ball of my daughter Princess Serenity and the Prince of Earth, Endymion. I declare that from this day on, Earth would be at peace with the Moon and, as a tradition, their wedding will be exactly two years later, on my daughter's 18th birthday."
Cheers broke up almost immediately when the speech was over, and everyone, nobles and royals alike, were euphoric and ecstatic over the announcement of the engagement and that there would finally be peace between Earth and Moon. After all, the war raging on Earth was causing serious damage, and with the Moon as an ally, they had a higher chance of winning.
But all was about to be lost when...
WHAM!!!!
Screams filled the main hall as dark soldiers filtered into the hall, killing their way to the back where the royals are standing.
"Protect the royal family!" Minako shouted as they transformed into Sailor Senshis. Sailor Mars and Sailor Jupiter immediately stood in front of Prince Endymion and Princess Serenity while King Christian and Prince Edric stood behind Queen Selenity, Princess Selenity. Maeribeth, who was ordered straightaway to get all the other dragonkin out of the palace teleported out, leaving all the Senshi puzzled.
"Crescent Beam Smash!"
"Fire Soul!"
"Supreme Thunder!"
"Mercury Bubbles!"
The senshi attacks killed many of the dark soldiers, but reinforcements kept arriving for them, with Nephrite, Zoisite, Jadeite, and Malachite leading, the outcome of it was as if they was losing drastically. Slowly, the senshi fell, one by one, until only the royals left standing.
"Prince ENDYMION, so nice to see you here with this bratty moon princess!" Zoisite spat out, and was immediately blasted by Princess Selenity with her powers, which hit each of the generals rather strongly. The small amount of power inflicted onto Zoisite caused a major wound on her arm and a cut on her face and several burns on her legs, which made her very furious. Selenity knew that she could have killed them all, but she had to let them win, if not, there will be no future for all of them.
"No one ever calls my sister that. And never, EVER, INFURIATE ME!" Selenity said with while controlling her anger which was rapidly rising... Prince Edric continued fending most of the soldiers off, but both he and Christian sustained slashes, and so did Endymion.
"How dare YOU disfigure me!" Zoisite shrieked and pulled an ice crystal and targetted at her. With a fling of her hand, she threw it at Princess Selenity's direction...
"No!!!" Edric shouted hoarsely and pushed her aside, ending up having the crystal impaled into his chest as other crystals showered continuously on him, Christian and Selenity. Although they could have gotten their dome shields up, they didn't want to, thus suffering impaling of crystals on each one of them. Christian was the first to fall among them, followed by Edric, and each of them finished off almost all of the soldiers and youmas using their crystals, the orion crystal (Christian's) and the tigalium crystal (Edric's).
With the fall of the duo, Selenity, Serenity and Endymion were anguished, and Selenity fought like a wounded tigress whose cubs were killed. She almost lost it when she saw Endymion finally falling, with Serenity killing herself to find her beloved.
She cried on and on as her own wounds bled profusely, finding no point in living on seeing all of them dead... Venus the leader of the senshis, Mercury the quiet and wise, Mars the powerful in spirit, Jupiter the strongest of them all... Endymion the prince of her only sister, Serenity the most innocent and pure, Christian the brother she leaned on most... and Edric her beloved forever and ever.
"No!!! Why must you do this to me? Goddess!!!" she screamed and started to cough profusely, blood dripping from her cuts and mouth.
"Laney!" a muffled voice she recognised at once called to her.
"Mother!" she replied, in a voice full of despair... Queen Selenity went to her daughter's side and carefully supported her up on seeing her on the brink of death...
"Mother, they are all dead, but Metallia will be back when Beryl wakes up a thousand years later. I've got to get them back to where they they belong but they won't stay put in there. I don't have time. Please, mother, let Serenity, Endymion and the others to be reborn... they will create a new future for themselves..." Selenity coughed again and again, blood spilling out from her pale lips.
Queen Selenity sobbed unlike herself, and the younger Selenity took out her crystal, the angelic crystal, and concentrated for a moment, its pure light enveloping the two of them and spread throughout the whole of the moon. Almost immediately, the chaos and war-filled land became silent and serene as Selenity forced them all of the negaverse back to where they belong. The cuts, wounds and slashes of those who were killed or alive began to heal at a very quick rate, including her own, until all of them were healed, making those who were dead to look as if they were only sleeping. And for the last time, Selenity gazed back at Earth, the bluish-green sphere of a planet which she never had the chance to go to, her silvery-blue eyes brimming with tears, while she murmured, "Earth... is so beuti..." but she never got to finish her words as she breathed her last, her angelic crystal dropping from her hand.
"Nooooooo!!!!!!!! Selenity!" Queen Selenity cried as she hugged her daughter's cold and limp form in her hand. After taking a few minutes to calm down, she prepared herself for the final rites to let them rebirth. She looked around the debris which was formerly the grand hall of the palace and placed the angelic crystal back to her daughter's palm.
"This is your birthright, child, may you be happy in your next life, with Edric by your side. You too, Christian... and Serenity, may you be with Endymion forever..." She smiled sorrowfully.
"Rebirtho Fetali... Ja 'Taime..."
She finally uttered and all of the deceased were surrounded by spheres and sent to Earth.
"May Goddess Selene be with all of you and help you all find each other a thousand years later." she whispered, and finally died...
End of Prologue......
There, i finally decided to write a fanfic on Sailormoon =) The characters may sound lame n all, but i still hope that all of you out there will like it.
As usual, reviews and flames accepted.
Thanx.
Silverdawn Kadamon
Last edited: 31st March (Tommorow's April Fools' Day!)
The Fight for Light and Truth
SilverDawn
Prologue:
Under the shades of the night, shadows lurked outside the walls, the winds blowing strongly, a sense of foreboding burning within the air. A young lady, about the age of eighteen, sat by the rose patches in the royal garden, her features hidden in the dark. She shivered as she felt the strong wind, her long gown rustling against the grassy lawn as she smiled contentedly to herself.
Staying in the shadows, the lady looked down onto the beautiful bluish-green planet : the planet Earth, whose prince was about to be engaged to the Crown Princess of the Moon, Princess Serenity...
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Inside the palace, a man was looking frantically for his sister...
"Serenity, where is Selenity?" A man in crystal armour asked as he apologized for interupting his sister's dance with her prince - Endymion, who was a young gentleman of twenty, with dark black hair, blue eyes and the frame build which won much admiration from ladies of various courts.
"Sister? I thought she was with him... I don't know. I saw her a few moments ago dancing with him, but now, she's gone." Serenity said, a worried expression crossed her petite face while her prince added in, "Is there anything wrong Christian? You look a little distraught. Here, have a drink." and he passed the man a cup of wine which the man thankfully drank.
He nodded his thanks and replied, "I just felt something familiar and wish to discuss it with her but she isn't around." I can't possibly say I felt that evil which killed Father, it would scare Serenity to death! To his relief, he saw Serenity relax, and urged the couple to continue dancing while he went to a corner and summoned one of Selenity's guardians, "Angel of fire, Leader of the Seven, Guardian Mikael, come forth to me..."
Immediately, his summon was heard and the man, dressed in silvery white clothing, which looked like something out of Roman mythology, (not armor or mail) appeared discreetly and answered, "You called me, my King?"
"Please, there's no need for protocol, we are buddies, aren't we?" Christian responded, and Mikael grinned a toothy smile. His trimmed light brown hair was parted in the center, and above his amber gold eyes revealed a sigil of the flame which marked his element of fire. He was about 1.8m in height, with the muscular look of a model, and was the most powerful angel of the Angelic System, making him the natural leader of the group.
Christian started, "Mikael, I suppose you can feel the evil can't you?" Mikael just replied with a somber nod, signaling of his knowledge. The King continued, "I want all the guardians of Selenity and mine to be sent back to the Angelic system and Diamond Galaxy immediately within five hours. If using portal teleportation isn't quick enough, use your own magick teleportation."
"But, my King. You'll need us for that fight against Metallia. Forgive me for saying this but the elite soldiers and sailor senshi aren't any match for the monster and the dragonkin will be of no use as well!" Mikael immediately protested.
"I know, that's why I can't risk any of you. Remember, I'm a foregazer, I see the future... We have to be dead for Serenity to create the Crystal Millenium a thousand years later.... Which means that we'll have to die." Christian smiled, his deep blue eyes shining sadly and his silver hair swayed in the gentle wind. His gaze softened at looking at the Earth, admiring the beauty of Endymion's homeland for a moment before turning back to Mikael, his look turning superior again.
"Get going quickly, we don't have much time. This may be the last time I'd be seeing you for this lifetime, my friend. Farewell." Mikael reluctantly kneeled and bowed, making Christian's heart softened once more as he hugged his friend and guardian one last time before he went onto his mission of getting his fellow guardians out of the Silver Millenium and into their homelands: the Angelic System and the Diamond Galaxy respectively.
After seeing Mikael out, Christian went on to party with the rest of the nobles when someone found him for a conversation...
"My my, it looks like my dearling Christian has grown up..." a soft voice said from behind, followed by a tingling laughter which was of his mother's. Christian turned to his back gracefully, only to find himself looking into the ancient eyes of his dearest aunt, Maeribeth, along with his mother.
"Aunt Maeribeth! It's so nice to see you again!" Christian exclaimed, which made Maeribeth chuckle along with her kin sister.
"Christian, where is our young lady?" On hearing this, Christian's handsome features formed a frown as he explained of not being able to find her and of the feeling of the presence of Metallia. Maeribeth immediately mindcalled her son and got all the dragonkin who were not on duty to get out of the palace area straightaway when Christian told her that the dragonkin was of no use in the upcoming fight, which caused Queen Selenity of the Moon to fret before the eldar dragonkin managed to calm her down. After all, it was her eldest daughter who was now missing, with a horde of evil by the side...
Suddenly, Christian thought of a way to find his sister. Tentatively, he mindspoke to his friend and buddy, Selenity's protector...
::Blood-brother?::
::Yes? Christian?::
::Ed, do you have any idea where Laney is? She's kinda missing and I feel the presence of Metallia...::
::No kidding???::
::I hope I'm wrong, but I know it ain't possible::
There was silence for the while on the other side. Then, Ed started:
::She said she wanted to be alone, perhaps she is in the garden of secrets, I'll go find her...::
::Thanx 'Ric, I'm counting on you.::
::No prob, I personally don't want my dearest to get caught in a fight before the actual war.::
And the link cut out, leaving Christian much relieved, knowing that he could trust Edric in such a mission.
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Back in the garden, the lady continued staying in the shadows so that no one could find her... But after a while... one person did... her prince - who called to her gently as he approached, "Selenity, why aren't you in the great hall? You had so much wanted to see Serenity again and now it's her engagement ball and you came out here?"
"I don't know, I'm happy for Serenity, but... something is frightening me. My foresight tells me that something is about to happen and we cannot escape it. It is the key for the future... I can even feel the evil for the wind has became savage too... I'm surprised brother didn't feel it..." Selenity said, a sense of dread overwhelming her. The man hugged her tightly, and kissed her, whispering soothingly, "Sel, Christian has felt it too, and he's worried sick. He tried mindspeaking to you, but you seemed to have shut off all links."
"Uh-oh, I didn't know it was him, so I shut off the link to get some solitude. Let's just hope that I won't get blasted by him." she wondered worriedly, remembering how ballastic her brother could go when frantic. The man assured her with his deep, gentle voice, saying, "Don't worry, he's your twin, he'd understand. Now let's get back to the ball before your mother or your guardians get the whole of the elite wing to search the entire palace for you."
Selenity smiled softly, shuddering a little as another gale of wind past them, her gown swaying with the wind as she murmured, "Edric, I'm scared. It's the same sense I got when Father was killed during the war against Metallia in Atzulith..." trembling as she relived the death of her father, the ruler of the Angelic System and Diamond Galaxy, resulting in the coronation of Christian and herself as the new rulers of the throne at the young age of twelve. They only started ruling at the age of fourteen while their mother, the Queen of the Silver Millenium, ruled as Regent when they were still young.
Initially, the heir to the throne was the elder child, supposedly Christian, while Selenity was the heir to the Moon Kingdom. But the people of the Angelic System wanted her as their Queen due to the wisdom she had shown in the past which surpassed her age, thus her mother had no choice but to abide to the people's demand, for fear of another civil war breaking out if they did not agree. This resulted into Christian becoming the King of the Diamond Galaxy, Selenity becoming the Queen of the Angelic System whilst the young princess Serenity became the heir to the throne of the Silver Millenium, the Crown Princess of the Moon.
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After a few moments of tranquility, Prince Edric and Princess Selenity (which she was referred to when on the moon) stepped out of the shadows, the air of nobility and grandeau apparent. Prince Edric wore the royal golden-silver garb of the Golden Millenium (something like that of Prince Endymion), an independent system like the Silver Millenium, but with one more planet. He was even taller than Prince Endymion, with golden blond hair, deep blue eyes and chiseled features.
As for Princess Selenity, she wore the traditional white gown for the Princess of the Moon, but now that she was the Queen of the Angelic System, she had a tiara of pure crystal with blue sapphires and purple amethyst on her head of silver hair, tied in the traditional odangos, signalling her status as queen. She looked like a replica of Queen Selenity of the Moon, her mother, but her eyes were silvery-blue in colour, and the sigil on her head was a cross with a small 'x' in the center of the cross, shaped like an eight-pointed star, yet not really like it. Sometimes, the sigil changes to her crescent moon sigil of her mother's side, too, which signals her status as the first princess of the moon and also the queen of the Angel Kingdom while the Diamond Galaxy was ruled by her twin, Christian.
Soon, they passed the halls and arrived at the grand hall where the ball was being held. Many people were dancing to the music and were enjoying themselves very much. Even the princess's senshi were waltzing with someone. They tried to make as small a commotion as possible, but upon their entrance, the music stopped and everyone looked at them, and curtsied or bowed. Selenity felt embarrassed when people did this and on seeing everyone bowing in front of her and Edric, she glanced pleadingly at her mother, who was seating on the throne, amused by the amount of respect given to them... for the only ones not bowing were her family members.
She cleared her throat and with a practised wave of her hand, she said in a clear voice, "Please continue with your dancing. It gives me great pleasure to be here again." and everyone continued. She walked past the hall and to her mother to pay her respects. On reaching, she curtsied and said, "Mother, I'm so glad I could be back." and Queen Selenity of the Moon went down from her throne to hug her eldest daughter.
Queen Selenity smiled and looked at her daughter as she exclaimed, "My, Laney, you have grown so much. I'm so sorry I cannot be with you for the past few years..." sadness filled her as she said this. Selenity just shook her head, replying, "Mother, it's not your fault. Blame it on the dark one. She was the one who caused us this much amount of sadness..."
"There is another person who has been wanting to see you for a long time too. She had just finished talking to Christian. Ah! There she is." A tall woman came to sight, her long silvery hair and ancient eyes looking into hers, her silver dragon sigil telling that she is a dragonkin.
"Aunt Maeri! Ohmigosh! I'm so sorry for not coming back earlier..." Selenity started but was cut off by Maeribirth, the kin sister of her mother. "Say no more, hatchling. You have indeed grown and is becoming more like a queen. And who is this young man you have with you?" Maeribirth asked, surveying the young man, and immediately recognised the pair bond between the lovers. She chuckled lowly and whispered it to her kin sister while Selenity stuttered and said in an embarassed tone, "Auntie, this is Prince Edric of the Golden Kingdom." Gesturing to Edric, who bowed lowly to the both of them and the crowd that were gathering beside the Queen and her kin sister.
"It is my pleasure to meet you, milady, Selenity talks often of you. About how you have been such a wonderful person and such." Rodrique said with respectfulness as Maeribirth nodded. Queen Selenity started, "Maeri, they are engaged and are about to be married about four months later, on Silverdawn's 18th birthday."
"So soon! I'll make sure that I'll be there. I won't miss it for my life and I supposed you'd invite me?" Maeribeth asked teasingly, making Silverdawn go red again as she stammered, "Of course I'd invite you. I'm intending to get Serenity as my bridesmaid, and Endymion as Edric's best man. After all, they are blood brothers too. That is if they'll agree." She eyed the couple standing near Queen Selenity, watching the whole scene with Christian, her senshi and the two lunarian guardians.
"Me? Oh great! I would love to be your bridesmaid, sis!" Serenity said in a happy tone.
"That is if she doesn't klutz out during the big day..." The princess of Mars, Rei spoke sarcarstically. Everyone laughed at that comment while Serenity just countered, "I swear, to the goddess Selene, that I would never wreck my own sister's wedding."
"Er... I wouldn't say that if I were her..." Christian whispered to Edric a little too loudly... causing everyone to burst into gales of laughter again. It was known within the royals that Princess Serenity could manage a klutz attack anywhere, anytime, although she was usually graceful.
But, Serenity didn't become a spoilsport and just cry out in public. Instead, she just pouted a little and didn't really bother about it. It was Princess Selenity, however, who silenced all of them when she started, "Since my sister has agreed, then I am glad. So, will my dear lord Endymion take up the job as Edric's best man?"
"Of course I will. I truly am honored to be the best man. But I had thought that the place would be reserved for Christian..." Endymion trailed off, but was taken over by Christian himself. "Well, the main reason why I won't be in it is because I'm preparing the whole wedding, so I'd most probably be making sure that everything would go well..." I couldn't possibly say that the wedding would never take place within this lifetime, can I?
Mixed emotions filled him, possible outcomes of what will happen next clouded his mind, but he still put up a happy facade, which only few saw through - his mother, Maeribeth, Edric and Selenity. All of the others were oblivious about it and continued partying... until...
::Brother, it's coming, isn't it...::
::Yes, Sele, and both of us know the outcome.::
::Mother and Aunt Maeri know about it, don't they?::
::Yea, Aunt Maeribeth has already got all the dragonkin not on duty to evacuate. The remaining ones would flee when Metallia does come.::
::What about the guardians?::
::I got Mikael to get all of them out of here. They are safe.::
::Well, that's one burden off my heart. If they are safe, then they would be able to help us rule the two systems peacefully. It was already stated that if the rulers aren't there, the leader of the guardians will help rule the system.::
::Yup, in your case, I suppose Mikael and Jibrille will look after the Angelic System, and Anthony and Faith will take care of mine.::
::Pray that we will be able to meet them again soon...::
::I agree...::
And they looked at one another, each praying that what they had foresaw won't go become true, which was impossible as their prediction had never gone wrong before...
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Before long, the dreaded time came... Soon, attention was called for as Queen Selenity stood up, and started announcing, "Ladies and gentlemen, I thank all of you for being able to come for this engagement ball of my daughter Princess Serenity and the Prince of Earth, Endymion. I declare that from this day on, Earth would be at peace with the Moon and, as a tradition, their wedding will be exactly two years later, on my daughter's 18th birthday."
Cheers broke up almost immediately when the speech was over, and everyone, nobles and royals alike, were euphoric and ecstatic over the announcement of the engagement and that there would finally be peace between Earth and Moon. After all, the war raging on Earth was causing serious damage, and with the Moon as an ally, they had a higher chance of winning.
But all was about to be lost when...
WHAM!!!!
Screams filled the main hall as dark soldiers filtered into the hall, killing their way to the back where the royals are standing.
"Protect the royal family!" Minako shouted as they transformed into Sailor Senshis. Sailor Mars and Sailor Jupiter immediately stood in front of Prince Endymion and Princess Serenity while King Christian and Prince Edric stood behind Queen Selenity, Princess Selenity. Maeribeth, who was ordered straightaway to get all the other dragonkin out of the palace teleported out, leaving all the Senshi puzzled.
"Crescent Beam Smash!"
"Fire Soul!"
"Supreme Thunder!"
"Mercury Bubbles!"
The senshi attacks killed many of the dark soldiers, but reinforcements kept arriving for them, with Nephrite, Zoisite, Jadeite, and Malachite leading, the outcome of it was as if they was losing drastically. Slowly, the senshi fell, one by one, until only the royals left standing.
"Prince ENDYMION, so nice to see you here with this bratty moon princess!" Zoisite spat out, and was immediately blasted by Princess Selenity with her powers, which hit each of the generals rather strongly. The small amount of power inflicted onto Zoisite caused a major wound on her arm and a cut on her face and several burns on her legs, which made her very furious. Selenity knew that she could have killed them all, but she had to let them win, if not, there will be no future for all of them.
"No one ever calls my sister that. And never, EVER, INFURIATE ME!" Selenity said with while controlling her anger which was rapidly rising... Prince Edric continued fending most of the soldiers off, but both he and Christian sustained slashes, and so did Endymion.
"How dare YOU disfigure me!" Zoisite shrieked and pulled an ice crystal and targetted at her. With a fling of her hand, she threw it at Princess Selenity's direction...
"No!!!" Edric shouted hoarsely and pushed her aside, ending up having the crystal impaled into his chest as other crystals showered continuously on him, Christian and Selenity. Although they could have gotten their dome shields up, they didn't want to, thus suffering impaling of crystals on each one of them. Christian was the first to fall among them, followed by Edric, and each of them finished off almost all of the soldiers and youmas using their crystals, the orion crystal (Christian's) and the tigalium crystal (Edric's).
With the fall of the duo, Selenity, Serenity and Endymion were anguished, and Selenity fought like a wounded tigress whose cubs were killed. She almost lost it when she saw Endymion finally falling, with Serenity killing herself to find her beloved.
She cried on and on as her own wounds bled profusely, finding no point in living on seeing all of them dead... Venus the leader of the senshis, Mercury the quiet and wise, Mars the powerful in spirit, Jupiter the strongest of them all... Endymion the prince of her only sister, Serenity the most innocent and pure, Christian the brother she leaned on most... and Edric her beloved forever and ever.
"No!!! Why must you do this to me? Goddess!!!" she screamed and started to cough profusely, blood dripping from her cuts and mouth.
"Laney!" a muffled voice she recognised at once called to her.
"Mother!" she replied, in a voice full of despair... Queen Selenity went to her daughter's side and carefully supported her up on seeing her on the brink of death...
"Mother, they are all dead, but Metallia will be back when Beryl wakes up a thousand years later. I've got to get them back to where they they belong but they won't stay put in there. I don't have time. Please, mother, let Serenity, Endymion and the others to be reborn... they will create a new future for themselves..." Selenity coughed again and again, blood spilling out from her pale lips.
Queen Selenity sobbed unlike herself, and the younger Selenity took out her crystal, the angelic crystal, and concentrated for a moment, its pure light enveloping the two of them and spread throughout the whole of the moon. Almost immediately, the chaos and war-filled land became silent and serene as Selenity forced them all of the negaverse back to where they belong. The cuts, wounds and slashes of those who were killed or alive began to heal at a very quick rate, including her own, until all of them were healed, making those who were dead to look as if they were only sleeping. And for the last time, Selenity gazed back at Earth, the bluish-green sphere of a planet which she never had the chance to go to, her silvery-blue eyes brimming with tears, while she murmured, "Earth... is so beuti..." but she never got to finish her words as she breathed her last, her angelic crystal dropping from her hand.
"Nooooooo!!!!!!!! Selenity!" Queen Selenity cried as she hugged her daughter's cold and limp form in her hand. After taking a few minutes to calm down, she prepared herself for the final rites to let them rebirth. She looked around the debris which was formerly the grand hall of the palace and placed the angelic crystal back to her daughter's palm.
"This is your birthright, child, may you be happy in your next life, with Edric by your side. You too, Christian... and Serenity, may you be with Endymion forever..." She smiled sorrowfully.
"Rebirtho Fetali... Ja 'Taime..."
She finally uttered and all of the deceased were surrounded by spheres and sent to Earth.
"May Goddess Selene be with all of you and help you all find each other a thousand years later." she whispered, and finally died...
End of Prologue......
There, i finally decided to write a fanfic on Sailormoon =) The characters may sound lame n all, but i still hope that all of you out there will like it.
As usual, reviews and flames accepted.
Thanx.
Silverdawn Kadamon
Last edited: 31st March (Tommorow's April Fools' Day!)