Many years ago, there was a time called the Silver Millennium- a great peaceful time when kingdoms lived happily on all the planets in the Solar System. The greatest kingdom of them all was the Moon Palace. The ruler of the Moon Palace was one of a kind; no one could be more perfect than then Queen Serenity. She was soft spoken and calm, beautiful and powerful- perfect. The only one who could compare to this wonderful woman was her daughter- Princess Serenity, and this is where our story begins.

Hiding deep in the bushes of the royal rose garden Princess Serenity giggled and ducked as Luna, her cat- roamed around looking for her. "Serenity, its time to get ready for your guests. Come on now, enough play time." She said, getting tired of chasing the ten year old.

"Party time!" Serena said jumping out from one of the many white rose-colored bushes, and nearly scaring her cat guardian to death.

Moments later the little princess was rushed about the castle, a nursemaid fixing her hair as another brought out her gown. Once dressed she was ushered into the ballroom to wait for the guests to arrive.

"Serena, you look lovely." Said the queen smiling at her young daughter, watching her blush. "Today is a very important gathering, this is the first time the Earth kingdom is visiting the Moon. You must be on your best behavior, and please be nice to their son." She said eyeing her sometimes-mischievous daughter.

"Yes momma." She replied sweetly, taking her place next to her mother's throne as the music began to play and the large doors began to open.

Young Serena waited patiently while all the guests entered, last but not least the royalty of Earth came through and it seemed like time had stopped for several moments as she laid her eyes on the Prince of Earth for the first time.

He was tall, possibly fourteen maybe fifteen; he had black hair that shone blue under the many lights and deep dark blue eyes. She couldn't hear her mother speaking to his father nor the music that played, all she could hear was the sound of her tiny heart beating rapidly.

"Serenity?" Her mother said, knocking the girl back into reality. Everyone was looking at her, waiting for something.

Quickly remembering her little role in this, she turned and smiled at the people in front of her, "Welcome to the Moon." She said, her eyes fixing on the young boy. The crowd cheered around her as the party started up, the boy finally looking up at her. Her breath caught slightly, and she could feel the heat rising in her cheeks- a small smirk formed on his face as he broke their eyes contact and moved among the crowd.

The music was loud but, the voices of the guests were much louder, Serena had to cover her ears so she wouldn't go crazy. Finally her mother released her to mingle with the rest of the people in the large hall. Trying not to get squashed, she pressed her body against the walls and made her way through the crowd.

It took a large majority of her time searching through the throng of people, but finally she found him. Leaning against one of the refreshment tables, looking quite bored.

"So your Princess Serenity?" He said before she could utter a sound; though she doubted her voice would have been up to the task.

"Serena." She said smiling a bit, a blush on her cheeks. "Though, I don't think I've been told your name?" She asked tilting her head slightly as if that would help.

"Darien." He answered simply, his eyes drifting over the crowd.

"Well it's nice to meet you, Darien." She said smiling even bigger. He looked down at her, an amused smile across his face.

Just then the music slipped into a more upbeat melody, and guests started grabbing partners like crazy. A young woman of maybe seventeen walked over to them, her face already blushing.

"Prince Endymion? Would you care to dance?" She said softly, holding out her hand. He looked up at the woman and gave her a charming smile.

"I'm sorry, but I've just asked the Princess to honor me. Though she hasn't given me a proper response yet..." He said turning to Serena, who was completely taken aback.

He held out his hand for her's and pleaded softly with his eyes. So all she could do was smile politely at the older woman and take his hand. He led her onto the floor as they danced, he became pleasantly surprised that a girl as young as she could keep up with him. When it ended, Serena could feel her mother's eyes on the back of her neck- she turned and quickly found her mother standing among other older woman. She gave her a reassuring smile and followed Darien back to the refreshment stand.

"So your name is Endymion?" She asked, she couldn't help but think he lied to her.

"Officially, yes. I'm just like you; I like to be called Darien. Right, Serenity?" he said smirking at her.

"Right"

"I've been wondering...What's with your hair? It looks like you have two meatballs on your head." He said crossing his arms over his chest.

Serena blinked at him, her first reaction was to take offense to his comment but her mother's words drifted into her head 'Please be nice to their son'. "I don't see anything wrong with them. They are a legacy among the woman in my family." She answered, her head held high. This just got another amused look from the little Prince.

"Guests, I'm sorry to say this party must come to an end." The Queen said from her throne, the guests made groaning noises- no one wanted the party to end. "I know, I'm terribly sorry. We must do this again!" Her mother went on to thank individual groups of people for coming, but Serena had already turned her attention back to Darien.

"Whatever you say." He said. That was that, the end of the party, the end of the day, but the start of something very brand new.