The Black Rose Curse

By Princess Serena

Prologue

Hello everyone! Well, this is my first fan fic I actually hope to get done. I have many ideas for fan fics, but never have completed them. If you e- mail me with good comments, I will keep on writing.

My e-mail is VanillaChick32@yahoo.com, by the way. This story is a bit like Sleeping Beauty, but not totally, if any of you wanted to know. Well, enough of my babbling. On to the story!

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the Sailor Moon characters, blah, blah, and blah. Oh! Except the ones I make up.

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Queen Serenity smiled down at her new and beautiful daughter. She put her down in the cradle and walked over to her husband, King Tranquility. She linked arms with him, then turned to her subjects.

"My fellow subjects," she started, and silence swept over the room. "I am pleased to announce that you now have a princess, Princess Serenity!" The crowd cheered at the mention of the name. The queen smiled. "I'm pleased to announce that she is the heir to the moon throne, the one and only heir. So, please, continue celebrating in her name!" The crowd cheered once again and soon redeemed their chit chat.

The queen and king walked over to the cradle and watched their precious, beautiful child. Serenity looked up at the crowd, their smiles warming her heart.

Suddenly, the lights dimmed and a chill ran through the room. Queen Serenity stood protectively next to her baby while Tranquility stood in front of both of them.

The room grew silent, and a black cloud formed over head. A figure soon began to take shape. It was a woman, with cold, red eyes and very pale skin. Her hair was long and had the color that reminded you of death. A long, dark purple gown clung to her skin like a second skin, but flared out from the knees on. Her blood red lips curled into a mocking smile. "Oh, isn't this nice. A celebration for the little princess. Oh, one question. Why wasn't I invited?" He voice seemed to be coated in ice.

"You know why, Metallica. You know you're not allowed on the Moon. You belong on your planet. You chose it," the queen snapped, glaring at her.

Her smile diminished slightly. "Oh, my dear, dear queen. Why do you speak to me in that evil tone? We're friends, remember?" Her voice dripped with mock sweetness.

"We WERE friends, Metallica, but you tried to attack my kingdom, and I exiled you from here. Now go!"

Metallica frowned. "I will go, but before I do, I will give one thing to your precious princess. Here's my gift to her!" Metallic sent a beam of dark energy at the princess.

The beam hit in a dark flash, and all that was heard was a scream. The next thing that was seen was the king lying on the ground in front of the cradle. The princess was crying hysterically, along with the Queen. Serenity stooped down next to her dead husband and held onto him, rocking back and forth. Tears streamed down her perfect face and a sob racked her body.

Metallica smiled. "Well, instead of killing the princess, I killed the king! That's good enough for me!" She turned around, about to leave, but got a different idea. "Or maybe it's not..." she said to herself thoughtfully." She flew above the wailing princess, the same mocking smile adorning her thin lips. "Your majesty," she started and bowed mockingly. "I have a gift for you. On your seventeenth birthday, you must experience true love's first kiss." As she said this, a dark cloud formed in her hands and grew as she spoke. "If you don't, or experience it before your seventeenth birthday, you will be led into the rose gardens. You will prick your finger on the thorn of a black rose..."

Only now did the Queen realize what was happening. "No! Don't!"

"...and die!" The cloud formed into a big, black ball of evil energy. Metallica smiled and shot it at the princess. It engulfed the tiny baby and the subjects could no longer hear her crying.

Queen Serenity jumped up just as the princess reappeared again, crying and wailing harder and louder than before. She picked the little one up and held her close, tears streaming out of her crystalline eyes.

Metallica laughed evilly, happy for what she had done.

The queen of Mars came up and took the infant from the Serenity, as if reading her mind and knowing what she was about to do.

Queen Serenity took out her moon scepter and mounted the crystal in its spot. Metallica seemed amused by what she was doing, thinking nothing of it. The queen held the scepter up toward the sky and shouted, "Moon Crystal Power!" A white light shone from the crystal and filled the room.

Queen Metallica screamed. "What is this energy?!" She screamed again, and then exploded into sparkling dust. Her spirit still remained a black cloud, and so did her evil, glaring, red eyes. She made and an awful sound- a high pitched screech, almost- and flew through Queen Serenity's body.

Serenity let out a yell and fell to the ground, appearing weak. The queen of Mars rushed next to her holding the baby and stooped down next to the Queen. Serenity took her daughter and held her tight as her friend supported her. "I will take you somewhere where she can't find you, and you'll be safe," she whispered to Serena. "I promise."

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Two days later, the queen stood in front of the 'Planet Portal.' Her two advisers, Luna and Artimis (Luna a black cat and Artimis and white one) stood behind her.

"Are you sure about this, my queen? You know what dangers there are on Earth," Luna stated worriedly.

The queen turned around and looked down at the worried faces of the two cats. "Yes, I am positive. I fear that Earth is the only place safe enough for Serena." Serenity looked down at the baby in her arms, wrapped up in a pink blanket.

The two cats nodded. "Have a safe trip," Artemis wished.

Serenity nodded and turned to the portal. She stepped inside and pressed the 'Earth' button. In a second, she disappeared and reappeared on Earth.

Serenity looked around, not knowing where to leave her. She remembered hearing about how nice the queen of Earth was, so she decided to leave her somewhere near the palace.

She walked around eventually ended up in the Earther palace' garden. She spun around heard voices, then hid behind a rose bush nearby. The people got closer and she could make out the figures of a small boy and an older woman, maybe a little older than Serenity.

The woman was speaking. "Endymion, you know-"

The younger boy cut in, "Mama, call me Darien. All my friends do!"

The woman sighed. "All right, DARIEN." The boy smiled at the name, and the woman continued on, "You know you're not suppose to come out here alone at night. It's dangerous!"

"But Mama, I saw-"

"I don't care what you saw. If your father finds out, he'll be furious! Now, let's go back to bed before he comes out."

Serenity realized that the small boy was the prince, only about two or three years old. She came to conclusion that the older woman must have been the Queen.

Serenity sighed, wondering where to leave her darling child. She looked down, and then remembered something. Serena's forehead! It had the crescent moon mark of the moon Kingdom family! She had to cover it up somehow. She touched little Serena's forehead and it disappeared. It would only reappear on her eighteenth birthday, when she would be safe. Or whenever Serenity decided for it to appear.

Serenity stood up and walked into the back of the palace, the servants' quarters. She put up the hood of her cloak over her long, silver hair, and opened the door. A girl about twenty years old with long, wavy, brown hair looked up. "Who's there?" she asked, a hint of fright in her voice. She got up from her chair and tried to see who the person under the hood was.

Serenity cleared her throat. "I am not here to harm you. I'm here to ask you a favor."

The woman looked skeptical, but swallowed and nodded. "Yes?"

Serenity walked up to her slowly. "I want you to take care of my baby. Her name is Serena." She handed the baby to the woman.

The woman nodded again. "But, who are you? And why won't you take care of her yourself?"

Serenity looked away. "I'm trying to save her." She turned at started to leave. When she was at the door, she turned around to face the woman once more. "Don't speak of our meeting to anyone. If anyone asks, tell them you found her on your door step."

With those last words, she left the castle and transported back to the moon, leaving her only child on Earth with a woman she didn't even know.

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Yay! I finished the prologue! Hope you liked it! E-mail me and let me know what you think: VanillaChick32@yahoo.com

xoxo Sere (that's the nickname my friends call me) ^_^