Knights of the Cosmos: A Sailor Moon Retelling
Chapter One: Knight of the Moon
There is a theory in our world that there exists multiple universes. In this world, you and I could be childhood friends, in another we could be siblings, and even in a third universe, we could be married. What if I told you, that there was a world where, instead of a young lady who could turn into Sailor Moon, there was a young man who could become the Knight of the Moon? This is his story. This is the story of his friends, his allies, and the adventures of being a Knight of Love and Justice!
"My Son, forgive your foolish Father for believing we could stop King Barren. Go with my hope, go with the blessing of the Moon. Become a proud warrior and stop the King!" An older man's voice spoke to a younger boy within a dream. Inside the dream, a young blonde haired prince lay beside a beautiful woman with dark hair. Both of them had perished in an attack on the Silver Millennium Castle. The older man, a bearded, white haired King held in his hands a scepter with a crescent moon ontop, pointing it to the sky and saying "To the future, take these young people! Take the Guardians of the Prince and allow them to be reborn in the modern day!" Soon a young man approached the King, wielding a large glaive. "It is time, King Serenity. Are you sure about this?" "Yes, Prince of Saturn. Let it be known that King Barren will not have the Silver Millennium, in this time or the next!" "Very well.." The young man pointed the bladed weapon at the ground, and soon a massive lightning bolt struck the kingdom, turning both castle, and the King himself, into dust. The scepter would be lost to time, until one day...
"I'M LATE AGAIN!" the young boy cried in panic, hitting his alarm clock as it blared the the buzzer for him to wake up. Quickly dressing into a school uniform, he rushed downstairs with his backpack, falling down a few steps while trying to put his shoe on. "Serrano, how many times are you going to be late for school? You promised me you'd be up early this time!" the boy's mother asked in an exasperated tone "And you believed me?!" he responded, grabbing his homework off the table and stuffing it into his backpack.
"He's never going to graduate if this keeps up, huh Mom?" said a smaller child, a young girl who was busy eating her own breakfast. "Samantha, that's so not cool! You're supposed to respect your older siblings!" Miss Tsukino said, the older child giving a glare at his younger sister before saying "I'm off, gonna meet Marty on the way to school!" Serrano grabbed a piece of toast, popping it into his mouth and hugging his Mom and Dad, then patted his little sister on the head before rushing out the front door towards his middle school.
"Serrano, there you are! I was waiting for you for a while you know." said Marty, holding his own backpack as the blonde haired teen ran up to him, panting. "Sorry man, I was having that dream again." "How many times have you had it already?" "I lost count, honestly." Laughing, the two teens walked at a brisk pace towards the school when they heard a loud screech, Marty glancing at Serrano who pointed toward a near alley. Walking into it slowly, the two saw some younger boys throwing small rocks at a black cat with a band-aid on its forehead. "HEY! Get away from that cat you jerks!" Serrano yelled, swinging his backpack at the boys who started to run off, only to be stopped by Marty, who grabbed them by their ears. "C'mon, we're going to the principals office." he said, Serrano kneeling in front of the small black cat with a soft pat to its head, it purring at the touch. "Sorry about them, kitty. We'll make sure they get puni-" he was cut off by the chimes of the school bell, both friends looking at each other with looks of utter horror on their faces as they ran to the school at top speed, each dragging one of the rock throwing boys behind them.
"Serrano, did you study for this test, or did everything just go inside of one ear and out the other?" Ms. Haruna said as she slammed a paper down in front of her student, a red thirty-eight over one-hundred circled on the top corner as the young man sunk into his seat, sighing slightly. "I did study, Miss H. I just didn't study enough I guess." "Look, I know you have a learning streak in you somewhere. Find it, or else I'm going to have to start giving you even -more- homework then I already give you." Serrano made a face of horror, slamming his head into his desk with a groan. "Mom's gonna kill me.."
Later that day at the arcade, the two friends were playing the newly installed Infinity V, a game about a masked heroine who took down alien invaders in different locations. "This is so cool!" Serrano said, hitting the buttons as a tall female walked up behind them, wearing an apron. "Hey you two, have fun at school?" she asked, both of them looking at her. "Hey Andrea, I had a decent day, but blondie here failed another test!" Marty said with a slight chuckle "Again? Serrano, you really need to buckle down and study. Your mom even called me and said not to let you play until you bone up on the books." "Awww come on Andrea! It's a new game, I had a bad day, and I really love it here!" Serrano said with a big grin, Andrea sighing. "Fine. Just try to study harder for your next test."
Meanwhile in another world, the Nega-Verse, a man sat upon a throne in a dark void, gazing into a crystal ball that sat before him, before looking up at four people who stood at attention. A woman with short blonde hair, a woman with long brown hair, a man with hazel hair in a pony tail, and a platinum blonde long haired woman. "Jadeite, Nephlina, Zoicite, and Malacyn, my loyal Generals of the Nega-Verge. It is time to begin collecting the energy of this planet to strengthen the Nega-Force; Jadeite shall go first to gather as much as she can." Jadeite stepped forward and bowed her head, speaking "Your will shall be done, your Majesty." before vanishing into thin air, laughing.
"Come on Serrano, my Mom's shop always cheers you up!" Marty said as he and the blonde teen walked down the street. "I don't know, the candy is nice but Mom doesn't want me eating too much of it." "Oh come on now! You need to be cheered up after that result Miss H gave you." Grabbing his friends arm, the two ran into the Baker Candy Store, the two pressing up against the case that displayed tons of colorful candies. "Ohhh man, this is making me hungry!" Serrano said, wiping the drool from his mouth. "Well you two are in luck then, tomorrow there is going to be a sale, everything will be half-off!" Mrs. Baker said, leaning over the case with a smile to the two boys. "Sweet!" Marty said, looking at his friend and grinning. "We're going to have to bring big bags for this, Halloween has come early!" "You got that right! But, I need to get home and start studying. Blech.." Serrano stepped out of the store and looked at his paper, sighing.
"So what's a thirty-eight percent? It's better than the twenty I got on the last exam!" he grumbled, balling up the paper and tossing it over his shoulder, starting to walk away before a female voice spoke behind him. "Hey, watch where you're throwing your trash!" Slowly turning around, he saw a woman with long black hair, wearing sunglasses. Picking up the paper, she opened it up and took her glasses off, glancing from it to the teenager. "Are you lazy, or just incredibly stupid?" "GIVE ME THAT!" Serrano yelled, the woman giggling as she held it up over her head, being taller then him. "Aw come now, Lazy Bones. Surely you don't care what others think of you, right?" "Don't call me that!" he said with a slight blush, the girl handing him the paper with a smile, only to yank it away when he tried to grab it. "I'm Darlene, Darlene Shields." "Serrano Tsukino. Now stop teasing me!" "Oh you're no fun." she handed the paper back, he snatching it and turning to walk away with a growl, thinking to himself "What a jerk! Who does she think she is!?" then he glanced back at her, blushing again "She is kind of cute though.."
On the way home, the black cat from earlier would walk out of the arcade from ,the blonde's eyes lighting up in delight. "Kitty!" he yelled, kneeling to pick it up and hug it. "Hi there, are you feeling better?" The cat meowed in response, then licked his cheek, the young teenager giggling. "Let's get these band aids off of you..." Carefully peeling the band aids off, a lovely crescent moon would be revealed on the cat's forehead. "Say, you wanna live with me? I have a big house!" the cat seemed to nod its head, as though understanding what Serrano was saying. "Woot! C'mon Kitty, let's go home!"
Meanwhile, Mrs. Baker arrived home after closing down the store for the night, starting a bath and starting to get in, until multiple ribbons wrapped around her body, covering her mouth so she couldn't scream. Standing behind her were Jadeite and a monster, the General saying "Humans are such feeble creatures. We'll use her sale to drain energy from the kids at her store, won't we, Morga?" the monster letting out a chilling laugh as Mrs. Baker let out a muffled scream inside of her ribbon encased trap.
The next morning, Serrano woke up with the black cat sleeping beside him. But he noticed something strange; beside his bed was a small white box, which he grabbed and slowly opened, eyes widening; inside of the small box were two white cufflinks with crescent moons on them. "Wow! Mom must have gotten these for me cause I wanna take care of the kitty!" he said excitedly, putting the cufflinks onto his school uniform. "I look so cool now!" he thought to himself, looking in the nearby mirror.
At the candy store, many children were purchasing tons of the sugary delights, Mrs. Baker taking money and giving change while calling out "Everything is fifty percent off today! Buy as much as you want, and feel free to eat it in the store!" The kid's all cheered, starting to stuff their faces as King Barren watched through his crystal ball. "Excellent, let's take that energy shall we?" he said with a slight smirk. Soon all the children began to slowly pass out, Jadeite holding her gloved hand out to summon the energy that was harvested. "Going just as planned. King Barren will be pleased!" However, Marty soon walked into the shop, stopping in his tracks when he saw the passed out patrons all over the floor. "Mom? Mom what's going on?" he asked, freezing as a woman appeared behind him. It was his mother, but her voice wasn't the same. "Why not have some candy, dear boy?!" she yelled, starting to wrap her hands around Marty's throat.
Back at the house, the cat woke up with wide eyes, glancing out the window. "Not good, the Nega-Verse has begun their attack!" it said in a British voice, Serrano slowly turning around to look at it with wide eyes. "D-did you just talk!?" he yelled in surprised, the cat turning to face him. "Why yes I did! Serrano, my name is Luna, and I want to thank you for helping me earlier. However, those cufflinks you're wearing are not from your mother, they are my gift to you, but more important, they are going to help you!" "Help me? How?" "I don't have time to explain it all in full detail at the moment. I need you to repeat these words, and the cufflinks will do the rest. Say 'Moon Prism Power, Armor Up!'" "Al-alright, I guess." Taking a deep breath, Serrano yelled out "Moon Prism Power! Armor Up!"
Serrano found himself floating in mid air, the cufflinks he had on would send out red ribbons that encircled his body. First, a blue under-cloth adorned his torso, legs and forearms. Next, the ribbons created white bracers on his arms with matching gauntlets on his hands, a blue metallic tasset on his hips with a silver belt, and red boots on his feet. Finally, the transformation ended with a circlet appearing on his forehead, a sparking red gem in the middle. Upon landing on the ground, he looked himself over in awe, gasping. "Whoa, this is cool!" he said, glancing at Luna and saying "What is this exactly?" "That is your Cosmic Knight Armor. Your are the Knight of the Cosmos, spirit of the Bunny, the Knight of the Moon!" Luna said proudly, looking him over with a smile. "Spirit of the Bunny?! Why that?! I mean why not something cool like a wolf, or a shark? Or a dragon! Dragon's are always cool!" he complained, looking disappointed. Letting out a sigh, Luna hopped onto his dresser and said "Serrano, come here." Leaning over towards the cat, he said "Yes?", and she began to repeatedly bap him on either side of the head with her paws, saying "Now is not the time for whining, young man! Your friend is in danger and so are many others! You have to stop the monster that the Nega-Verse sent out!" "Marty's in trouble? Why didn't you say so earlier!?"
Back at the store, Morga revealed her true form. A very bony woman with dark skin, who had a large red scar on her forehead. "Some one. Please help me!" Marty grunted in the choke hold, looking up as a male voice spoke up. "You leave him alone!" Morga dropped Marty and slowly turned, inquiring "What was that?" "I said leave him alone!" In the doorway stood a man in armor, taking a large gulp before stepping inside. "Who are you supposed to be?" the monster asked, the young man responding? "Me? I'm..uh...err..I am Knight Moon! The handsome warrior of Friendship and Justice! In the name of the Moon, I will stop all wrongs and defeat evil, which means you!" he answered, pointing a finger at Morga. "Can't say I've heard of you, and with these children as my slaves, I never will again! Take him on!" The children slowly rose from the floor, eyes glowing a deep purple as they slowly made their way to the warrior. "Luna, I can't fight them, they're kids!" he said with a look of fear on his face, slowly backing away into a corner.
"I know you're scared of hurting them, Serrano. But if you focus on the main monster, they'll be returned to normal. If you don't, then our world is doomed!" the cat said from behind him, he slowly getting ready to fight, only to back up once more, whimpering out "I wanna go home!" "I'll send you there myself!" Morga replied, sending a stretched out claw his way. Luna looked in horror, Knight Moon letting out a scream of terror as the claw approached him. However, the claw was stopped inches from his face; a red rose landed in front of them, hurled from above. "Another intruder?!" Morga yelled, looking up at an open window. Standing against the opened window was a female wearing a tuxedo with a white mask covering her eyes. "I am Tuxedo Masque! Knight Moon, listen to me carefully. You must look past your fear and look for the courage inside of you! You can do it, I believe you can beat this monster." "You really believe I can?" "Yes, this is your destiny!"
Giving a nod of his head, Knight Moon pulled one of his fists back and began to channel a white energy around it, yelling out "Moon Lullaby!" dozens of spheres shot out of his fist, hitting each of the controlled children, but not enough to bring harm to them; instead they would fall softly to the ground and fall asleep. Turning to face Morga, he ran towards her, starting to throw punches at her over and over as Luna yelled out "Knight Moon! Combine your circlet with your fist! You'll be able to finish the monster off that way!" "Alright!" Placing two fingers onto the circlet that adorned his forehead, it would glow as he placed it into his right hand, it starting to swirl with massive white energy. "Now! Call out 'Moon Cosmic Cannon!'" "Moon...Cosmic...Cannon!" Throwing his fist forward, a large shaft of energy shot out, hitting Morga dead on and evaporating her into a pile of dust. "Hah! Guess you can she's been moon dusted!" Knight Moon said victoriously, Luna sighing. "This one will take a while to teach.." "You did well, Knight Moon. But know that this is merely the beginning! Others will try to fight you, and you must respond with courage. Do not fear the unknown.." Tuxedo Masque said, before vanishing with a swipe of her cape into the night. "She was so cool! A little mysterious but, I think we can trust her." "I certainly hope so, Serrano." Luna said as the two stood in the shop, the victims slowly waking up.
Jadeite's sphere of energy suddenly vanished from her hand, she growling in an irritated manner. "Dammit. Someone is going to pay dearly for this transgression" she yelled, fading back to the Nega-verse.
The next day at school, Marty was telling the class about a dream that both he and his mother had the other night, dreaming of a monster attacking the candy shop, and an armored warrior saving everyone. "Serrano, are you even listening to me?" he asked his blonde friend, he opening his eyes halfway and saying "I was up studying all night, gonna go back to sleep." before shutting his eyes once more. Sitting on the roof of the school, Luna looked up to the sky, thinking to herself "I've found one Knight, there are others that I must awaken. We must stop King Barren and find the Prince of the Moon Kingdom, if we're to win!"