**This is my first Fic, so please be gentle, and bear with it. This story is about the history of my characters, and in most cases you are being told the story, not living it. That was how I intended the story to be like. In fact, it wasn't supposed to be a story, just a recount of the characters I had created for memory's sake. So, if it seems a bit slow at first, please keep reading, I promise it will get better, as this is only the beginning in a very long line of stories. I hope you enjoy it, and please REVIEW!
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Evening Star
For Love of the Past
Chapter 1
Sailor Star
With the dawning of all time, came the birth of the Sorceress, an entity of evil more absolute than the universe would ever know. The Sorceress became known as the mother of all evil. Evil entities, which plagued the universe after her birth, were in existence only because of her existence and the evil she spread throughout the galaxies.
The Sorceress could have been considered one of beauty, with hair long and black, her bangs straight cut. The dress she wore was long and black, with two thigh high slits placed provocatively up each leg. The dress, too, was sleeveless, and cut low in the front. Her feet were graced with simple black, high-heeled shoes. Locks of her hair fell in front of both of her shoulders. Her eyes were black; her lips were a blood red, and her body long and slender. But beauty for her ran only skin deep. For in her breast beat a heart of evil, and from the moment of her birth, the Sorceress vowed to destroy all that was pure in the universe. She journeyed to every solar system, planting in each the seed of evil. People who once had been good and peaceful turned against each other. War broke out across the planets of each solar system she passed, leaving in her wake nothing but utter chaos and destruction. The Sorceress continued her quest for eons, until she came upon one precious blue planet, and its solar system. Her arrival marked the beginning of the dark ages on Earth. The planet was over come by the hatred and evil spread by the Sorceress. Earth became war torn, along with all the other planets of the solar system.
It was believed during this time that the sun was the guardian of the solar system of which it was a part. And seeing the destruction caused by the Sorceress, and hearing the pleas for help from the people of Earth, the sun of our system took it upon itself to protect it's children. It called upon the powers of 9 other suns of systems destroyed by the Sorceress. Combining these powers of protection with it's own, the sun created the most powerful weapon the side of goodness had ever known: The Sun Stone. The Sun Stone was a large ruby red crystal, circular in shape, each face the shape of a pentagon. It was created within the very center of our sun, and upon its completion, made its way to the sun's surface, to be sent out into the solar system. The Sun Stone set out to find a queen pure of heart, and found her on Earth, in a small war torn village somewhere in Europe, a continent which had yet to be named as such.
The young girl was a peasant, poor, and without any family. But in her heart reigned the purest of love and goodness, and it was she who the Sun Stone made it's queen: Sun Queen Penelope. Dressing her in the most beautiful of gold, the Sun Stone then set itself in the Sun Scepter. The Scepter consisted of a long staff of golden marble (the fine, web like lines customary of marble, in this case, were made of gold instead of black), which came to a golden, rounded point. At the top sat the Sun Stone, surrounded by a golden band off of which branched the rays of the sun, rays which were reminiscent of a Mayan sun (meaning wavy). It was then when Penelope's destiny, and what it held, became clear to her. (See picture of Sun Scepter below.)
Taking the Sun Stone, and wielding its power, Penelope faced the Sorceress in a great battle, and defeated her by calling upon the powers of The Sun Stone: Imperial Sun Power. This was the strongest attack Penelope's command over the powers of the Sun Stone permitted her to use. However there were stronger, and had she had the command over the powers of the Sun Stone to wield its full power, Penelope could have destroyed the Sorceress at that very moment. But instead she trapped the Sorceress within a magical amulet by calling upon Imperial Sun Power, and releasing a great energy from the Sun Stone. Beams of golden light shone from with in it, shinning in all directions. Then all of the beams combined to form one powerful beam, strong and true, to fight against the Sorceress. After having weakened her, from the Sun Stone, through the beam of powerful light, came the Star Ribbon, a chain of golden stars, which surrounded the weaken Sorceress, preventing her from fighting. Powerless, the Sorceress was then dragged into the magical amulet, which took it's place around the neck of Sun Queen Penelope. The amulet consisted of a large emerald, set in a gold frame, with small "talons" attached to the points of the gem, keeping the emerald in place. There the Sorceress was kept for thousands of years, passed down to each Sun Queen for safe keeping.
Having proved her worthiness as queen, the Sun Stone put it's mark upon Penelope's forehead: the mark of the golden sun, with rays matching those on the Sun Scepter. With the universe now safe from the tyranny of the Sorceress, Queen Penelope was free to take her place on the Sun as Queen of the Sun City. Protected by the power of the Sun Stone, Penelope returned to the Sun, and there built a city of gold more grand then had ever before been seen in the universe. The Sun City was one-fourth the size of Earth, and was protected against the Sun by a powerful force field created and maintained by the power of the Sun Stone. This force field took on the role of being the atmosphere for the city, providing air to breath, and all of the cycles in nature required for life to exist (such as the water cycle, nitrogen cycle, carbon cycle, etc.). The force field also concentrated light from the Sun around the city to a specific point, so as to make it appear as if there was a sun shinning in the sky by day and a moon by night. Come nightfall, the force field allowed for not only the moon, but also the stars in the heavens to be seen. The Sun City knew of only one season however- summer. The City was forever green, lush, and golden.
To mark the edge of the force field there was a mountain range, the Border Mountains, consisting of mountains reaching such heights they could be seen from any point in the City. To the north was the grand golden Sun Palace, greatly reminiscent of the many castles during the time of the great kings of England, but consisted mostly of gold and crystal, not wood and stone. And at the top most tower sat the Sun Stone in it's alter. From there it protected its Queen, and her people from the searing heat of the sun, and/or from any outside invading force. In front of the Palace was the city, consisting of homes and businesses. The homes were simple, made as they were from white crystalline quartz, but varied in size and design, depending on the family. The familiar details of each house reflected the family, which lived within. Beyond the city limits there was the country, where the farms were located. The farms were large and vast, with large numbers of live stock and acres devoted to the planting and harvesting of crops. These farms were responsible for the feeding of the entire Sun City.
Throughout much of the Sun City there were sources and springs, lakes and rivers, streams and creeks. To the west there was an ocean, which covered one quarter of the Sun City. Along the coast of this ocean, known as the Sea Of Light, there were many small fishing villages, which made their living from the sea. Beyond the farming lands, in front of the mountain range, lay a vast forest, which covered twenty percent of the remaining land of the City. There were small lumbering villages throughout some parts of this forest, but most of it remained uninhabited.
The wild life on the sun, while very similar to the wild life on Earth,
was created by the Sun Stone and so was different in it's own way. The
people of the Sun City were chosen by the Sun Stone based on the goodness
in their hearts, and were transported to the Sun City to live (if they
wished) by the Sun Stone from all of the planets of the solar system.
Here on the sun, peace reigned. There was no war, no hatred, and no
social classes. There were no poor, and no rich, everyone was equal and
worked together. The Sun Queen was like a mother to all. She took part
in the everyday life of her people, not considering herself to be above
her people. The Sun Queen also never married, nor did she have any children.
The children of the City were her children. It was a natural occurrence
for the Sun Queen to visit the schools and day cares, to play with the
children, to teach them. The Sun Queen was adored by her people, and was
loved by all. So much so that given the chance, any citizen of the Sun
City would have gladly given their lives to ensure her continuing survival.
When it came time for a new Queen to reign, it was the Sun Stone's decision as to who would be the next Queen. For unlike England on Earth, there were never any children to inherit the Throne, as the Sun Queen never married, and so never had any children. The new Queen was always chosen by the Sun Stone based on the goodness in her heart, just as it had been done centuries before when the Sun Stone had chosen its first Queen. The new Queen could be any young woman in the Sun City- if she was pure of heart. The new Queen's identity only became known when the time came for the reigning Queen to step down. Her identity would become known to the public, and the Queen herself, when the Sun Stone put upon the new Queen's forehead the mark of the Sun. The up and coming Queen would then go to live at the palace to learn the ways of the Sun Stone, the City, and the ways of being Sun Queen. When she was ready, a great ceremony would be held where the people would honor and give thanks to the old Queen for her love and protection. The people would then recognize their new Queen, a recognition which granted her not only the throne, but all of the powers of the Sun Stone as well.
During the reign of Sun Queen Penelope, and all of the Sun Queens to follow, peace ruled the universe. Times were so grand that, from the rise of the Sun City to it's supposed fall, it was known throughout the universe as The Golden Era. During the Golden Era the Sun City reigned supreme, and was the hub of all activity in the universe. It was here that the monarchy from the other planets would come, to enjoy grand feasts and beautiful balls. And so it remained for thousands of years - until the reign of Sun Queen Katherine.
Over the thousands of years since her confinement within the magical amulet, the Sorceress had been gaining strength - a greater strength that gave to the Sorceress the power, during Queen Katherine's reign, to seek and acquire her freedom.
Bent on revenge, and held captive within the City by its protective force field, the Sorceress reeked havoc upon the Sun City and its inhabitants. The visitors to the Sun City fled in terror assured that the City would never survive such an attack. Since the Sun Stone's powers were necessary up hold the force field around the City, precious little of its power could be speared for a battle against an even more powerful Sorceress. But Queen Katherine would not let her City to fall so easily, and faced the Sorceress assiduously; using her own powers if need be to fight. The casualties rose steadily with every battle fought between the Sorceress and the Sun Queen. Entire areas of the city (in front of the palace) were destroyed by the Sorceress's merciless attacks. Buildings would fall, crushing any and all that were in the way. Brave citizens who'd wished to help their Queen fight were destroyed by the Sorceress in one grand sweep. As the battles raged on, the peace of The Golden Era came crashing down.
Queen Katherine knew her powers were weakening, so in one last effort to defeat the Sorceress, she threw all she had inside of her into one last attack. Calling upon Imperial Sun Power once again, Queen Katherine was successful in recapturing the Sorceress. To be sure that the mistakes of the past were not repeated, Queen Katherine sent the amulet to Earth, where it came to rest in the deepest depths of the ocean. However this final victory over the Sorceress came too little, too late. The damage had all ready been done. The rest of the universe believed that the Sun City had been destroyed and that it existed on longer. This, they never came to know, was not true – yet heavy damages had been sustained. Of the 30 million people whom had once lived upon the golden City of the Sun, only 10 million remained. After having exhausted her powers battling against the Sorceress, Queen Katherine had nothing left in her to quickly repair the damages.
So over the next half-decade the Queen and her people rebuilt the Sun City. The universe went on believing that the Sun City had been destroyed, so no one ever returned; save one: the Moon Queen.
The strong bond between the Moon Queen and the Sun Queen had been formed
with the dawning of the Golden Era. The Moon Queen reigning during Queen
Penelope's time had gone to meet with her, when Penelope first constructed
the Sun City. The two befriended each other quickly, and passed their friendship
on from one Queen to the next. However, the Moon Queen's life was ever
eternal; an immortality granted by the powers of the Silver Crystal. The
Sun Queen lived a normal life, dying near the end of 100 years. Because
of this, one Moon Queen came to know many Sun Queens, where she would rejoice
at befriending each new Queen; yet suffered great sorrow when her old friend's
life would come to an end. Due to her long life, it was Queen Serenity,
mother of the beloved Sailor Moon, who'd befriended Queen Katherine.
When word reached the Moon Kingdom of the Sun City's destruction, the
Moon Queen could not bring herself to believe that her beloved friend could
allowed herself or her City to be destroyed, or to succumb to the powers
of the Sorceress. So, by the power of the silver crystal, the Moon Queen
ventured to the Sun City to see for herself if the rumors were true. She
discovered that they were not. The Sun City had been attacked, but not
destroyed completely. The people there were in the midst of commencing
the repairs to the City when the Moon Queen arrived.
Upon finding Queen Katherine, the Moon Queen learned the story of what had happened, and dedicated all possible resources of her Moon Kingdom to rebuilding the Sun City. Queen Katherine thankfully accepted the Moon Queen's offer to help, but asked from her friend one thing: that she keep from the rest of the universe the truth; that the Sun City existed still. Queen Katherine told her friend that the damages done to her people and her City went beyond death and destruction. Her people had been wounded in ways only time could heal - they needed time to rebuild their lives in peace; a peace they would not get if the City were to be bombarded by visitors from beyond the Sun. The Moon Queen understood, and accepted those terms. She secretly helped to rebuild the Sun City for the 5 years it took after the crippling attack of the Sorceress. The Moon Queen kept the Sun Queen's secret, as she alone was left with the responsibility to keep the connection between the Sun City and the universe alive- and hidden.
And so it went, for 300 hundred years more, with Moon Queen Serenity befriending each new Sun Queen and with the Moon Queen keeping the Sun City's existence a secret.
It is during the reign of the final Sun Queen on the Sun City, Queen
Kiaya, that my story begins.