The Dark Prince
Prologue
By: LilBlueFairy
Disclaimer: I don't own anything of Sailor Moon.
Way back, when the Universe was young and the innocent ruled, a young maiden of destiny was born. This young maiden was of the Lunar Legacy and was prophesized to give birth to the Child of Power. Despite the great pressure put upon her young shoulders, the Moon Princess grew up with a kind heart and an innocent spirit. She knew of no horrors and only displayed mercy and compassion to others. Then the young maiden fell in love.
He was man with no power, no station, and no wealth. He owned nothing but the pleasure he took in protecting others and fighting for what was right. As a solider to the Royalty of the Moon, he admired and loved them with the same passion as any patriot, but perhaps he loved the princess a little more than that.
Every night, he would stand guard outside the Princess's balcony and watch as she would gaze into the night sky and admire the beautiful blue Earth. Her hair was made of moonbeams and her lips as pink as the light blush that would play among her delicate features. Eyes of the night and skin of silk, she was an angel. She was his angel.
Little did the soldier know that every night the maiden would come out just to see him guarding her faithfully. His light blue eyes mimicked the Earth's sky and his golden hair was spun from sunrays. He was her guardian, her protector, and her love.
One night, the soldier grew bold and daring. He was tired of living in the shadows and longed to hear her sweet voice. As she stepped out on to her balcony, he called out to her.
"Princess!"
Curious blue-eyes looked over the edge, to see her dear soldier looking up at her. "Yes?"
"I must speak with you. I must tell you of how I feel."
The maiden's heart leapt up into her chest and her lips curved into a happy smile. "Feelings?"
"Yes. I can no longer live quietly. I can no longer live to just merely look at your face from afar, but if you wish for me to hold my peace, then I shall leave now to never bother you again." His eyes held uncertainty.
A small giggle floated down from above and the princess smiled happily. "I'll only allow you to tell me your feelings if you promise to kiss me."
The uncertainty fled from the young soldier's eyes and only loved remained.
The two shared many months of love and happiness, but all of it was secret for the other Royals would have never allow such a thing to happen. But it didn't matter, because fate had a different plan.
A dark force had risen from the depths of the universe, her name was Metalia. She desired the thriving planet Earth and the power of the Moon. In order to banish her back to the dark realm from which she came, the moon sent its elite force to fight along side the Earthlings. Part of this elite force included the handsome young lover of the Princess.
In their last night together, they consummated their love and set in motion the destiny which the maiden was to perform. Later the princess would learn that her lover died on the beautiful blue planet she once used to admire.
Queen Metalia of the Dark Realm was eventually defeated and was banished back to her sinister home, but the damage had been done. The once happy Princess of the Moon, became solemn and detached. She filled her life with studying and preparation for her upcoming coronation.
She never noticed the small form of life growing within her, until it began to round her belly. The Princess's once dead eyes, shone with warmth and happiness that only a mother could contain and knew that her love was smiling down upon her.
The princess brought forth the Child of Power a month after her coronation and the Moon rejoiced. Many didn't question where the child had come from, they only looked at it with hope and love.
The former princess, now Queen, watched as her daughter grew into the beautiful young legend she was bound to become. She was a mirror of her mother except for the blood-red lips that mirrored the Earth's rose and the light cerulean eyes that danced with the merriment and mischievousness of her father.
During the growth of the young lunar princess, the Queen began to form an alliance that stretched across the stars. It was called the Silver Millennium. It involved all of the planets of their beloved Solar System, except the Earth.
The Queen was still afraid and angry with the Earth for losing her love and she refused to form an alliance between them, thus shutting off all communication between the two worlds.
The planets of the Silver Millennium sent their princesses and their future rulers to the Moon in hopes that an unbreakable bond would form between the Princesses thus preserving the alliance. Not only did they send their daughters to live but to also protect. The Lunar Princess was the future and main source of the Silver Millennium, if she died so would their Solar System. So their daughters would become the Sailor Senshi, warriors and companions of the future Queen.
The outer senshi, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus, and Pluto, served as protection from outside forces that threatened the solar system, while the inner senshi, Mercury, Venus, Mars, and Jupiter, protected the Princess that was destined to rule them.
The young princess grew up with her warriors, loving them as if they were her own sisters and all was well. It was in her 15th year that the strength between the girls would be tested.
One fateful day, while walking amongst her beloved garden, the Princess gazed longingly at the beautiful planet Earth. How she longed to feel the cool salty water of its seas and gaze happily at its exotic plants that were envied by all.
Her desire became so strong, that it became a wish and the wish came true. She stretched her long ivory arms out as if to embrace it and found that she had developed wings. Using her angelic wings she flew down to the precious planet of her dreams and there she met the man who would unknowingly steal her heart.
She flew down into a small secret garden full of roses, not knowing that this garden belonged to the Royals of the Earth. She gasped with pleasure at the beautiful hues of the roses, each displaying a unique beauty of its own. The purples, pinks, blues, and oranges made her soul laugh with delight, but it would be the red rose that would take her breath away.
In the center of the small garden flowed a magnificent fountain and surrounded by it was blood-red roses. The princess ran to the beautiful flowers and sat down in front of them to smell their sweet fragrance. "Beautiful," she murmured with her eyes closed in pleasure.
"Not compared to you," said a deep, enchanting voice. The startled moon princess turned around to see the most gorgeous man she had ever seen.
He had dark hair that had a tint of blue when the light of the moon it just right, chiseled features that made an angel weep in envy, and stormy blue eyes that reflected the night sky. His tanned and muscled body told of a warrior's life and his form was that of royalty.
To him, it was if an angel had gotten caught in his private sanctuary. Her silvery hair glowed with her light blue eyes, and her alabaster skin contrasted nicely with her blood-red lips. Not to mention her body that had to be that of a goddess. Mile-long legs that were hidden by the white slip of her dress, curves that were emphasized by the bodice, and a long graceful neck that was left uncovered by her unique hairstyle of two buns placed on each side of her delicate head with long streams of silky hair flowing down, this was definitely a body that was meant to be enjoyed and treasured.
Their meeting was no accident as it had been planned by the fates long before the first star was born. This meeting would not be the last and many more would follow, forming a sacred love between the two.
The warriors of the Princess noticed the change in their beloved friend, she was happier and more joyous than before, but also seemed to disappear at times and become more negative about the Moon's politics. The Princess demanded that the Earth be allowed into the alliance and that they were being prejudice and unfair against the people of the Earth, but the Queen would not hear of it.
Soon the Princess began disappearing more often and the inner senshi decided to follow her. There they met the young lover of the princess and realized he was the Prince of the Earth. They were about to take their rebellious princess home when they met the sacred guards of the Prince. Each of the guards fell in love with the Princess's warriors quickly and sought to win them over at once.
The love between the young people was soon discovered though, by a jealous and envious woman. Knowing that their love was forbidden, she informed the King in hopes that the young Earth Prince would be separated from his Moon Maiden forever.
The King quickly informed the Queen of the Moon and forbade the lovers to ever meet again. The Queen agreed with a hurt heart and took the Princess and her warriors back to the Moon.
The evil young woman who had separated the Prince from the Moon princess, sought the Prince in hope that he would return the love that she had for him, but he turned her away in disgust and anger knowing that is was she who took away his happiness.
Heartbroken, the young woman ran off to the resting place of the sealed and banished Metalia. There, she gave herself as an offering to revive the dark being, thus herself becoming the dark, evil Queen Beryl.
During this time, the Prince and Princess managed to keep seeing each other though it was illegal. Their love was beyond all laws and constraints. During one of their secret rendezvous, the newly risen dark realm began to overshadow the earth and its people. Feeling the earth's pain and misery, the Prince ran off to save his home.
When he got there, all he found was death and blood. All was dark and only wicked beings roamed the earth.
Inside his castle, dead servants littered the ground, their terrified and painful faces frozen for eternity. As he approached the grand throne room, sinister laughter could be heard from within and soon a pain-filled scream followed.
He rushed in, prepared to fight but stopped in sorrow as he saw the dead form of his mother fall to the ground in her own pool of blood. Just to the right of her laid the decapitated head of his father, his body laying on the plush crimson carpet that used to be blue.
Looking up from their still forms, he saw the dark grins upon his traitorous guards' faces. He shook his head in disbelief before transporting himself back to the moon.
His friends, comrades, and guardians had betrayed him for that vile woman that had separated him and his love.
When he made it back to the moon he was surprised to see the Queen standing before him expectantly. He quickly reported what had happened and the Queen told him to go protect her daughter as she went to ready her people for war.
The Terrain Prince found his love and quickly conveyed what had happened. The princess mourned for the Earth but stopped quickly when she felt an evil force invade the moon.
The Prince and princess rushed out to see Queen Beryl and her malicious forces destroy the Moon Kingdom. The Princess's senshi began to fight but the inners quickly stopped and saw their own loves come towards them with a dark gleam in their eyes. Each inner senshi died while killing her own love.
The Outers saw their fallen comrades and charged head on before they were cut down by Queen Beryl's shadow warriors. Tears filled the eyes of the shocked Princess and she could only watch as her Prince gave her a sad kiss before he ran off to join the fight.
The Princess, not able to bear the loss of her Prince, ran after him not noticing Beryl come behind her to strike her down with her sword. As the Princess turned around she saw her own love jump in front of the sword to save, taking the killing blow.
The Princess screamed in emotional anguish before she took her Prince's sword and stabbed Beryl with it. The Queen watch all of this with disbelief and screamed out in agony when her own daughter looked at her with her soulful blue eyes and stabbed herself with the same sword.
Within an hour, the Queen's life had come crashing around her.
She looked at the collapsing Kingdom and then looked at the dark force, Metalia. She had to end this now. She called upon the sacred jewel of the Lunar people, hoping that it would come to her aid. It was said that only the Child of Power could wield it, but now that she was gone it was left up to the Queen.
Giving all of her life force to the slowly dying Moon, the Queen managed to bring forth the sacred jewel, also known as the Silver Imperial Crystal. With it she sealed Metalia and all her vicious followers into the dark realm once more, but before she could stop them they had grabbed the dead Prince, his Guards, and their Queen.
After they had been sealed away, the Queen looked at her daughter and her fallen people. They didn't deserve to die like this. So with her remaining strength she sent them to be reborn into a peaceful world, filled with happiness and love. As her daughter faded away, a lone tear fell down her cheek.
"Be happy my little one, and may you and your love be reunited again."
With that last wish, the Queen died alone in her fallen kingdom.
I hope you enjoy this chapter. I know its a bit sad but it will pick up soon!
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