Chapter 1

Once upon a time, in a land far far away, there lived a beautiful princess, trapped forever within her crystal tower. There she waited for the day when her prince charming—her soul-mate, her one true love— would come and save her. But who is she kidding, he will never show. Her dear prince charming does not exist. He never did and he never will. Why? Because, it is all just a fairytale. Reality is never so nice. In my reality people do not live happily ever after. They live and as long as those they love live too, it never really matters if they are happy. They are together, that is all anyone really asks for.

I used to believe in those fairytales, but that was back when there was actually something to believe in. Back when my life seemed like the fairytales my mother would tell me. I was a princess and I had a prince, who was awfully charming. But it was all a fool's dream. My life used to be a fairytale—at least at one point it was. Now there are only our dark, dismal futures filled with war, hate, and death. Magic still exists, but the beauty of it has been mostly lost. It is now tainted with the pain that it has caused. My lovely fairytale life did not end happily. Destruction was my end, for there was darkness in my fairytale, and though I was oblivious to it, it still existed. Waiting for the day to come when it would destroy everything. I was naïve though—there was still too much hope and love in my fairytale for it to be true.

Like I said, I once believed in happily-ever-afters and fairytales, but I grew up. No longer did I see the world through rose colored glasses. No; the illusions were shattered long ago, and I can never return to that time ever again. The blood-stained can never be innocent again. Harsh, I know, but that is today's world. At least, for me it is.

I was born Serenity, Princess of the White Moon Kingdom and Heir to the Silver Alliance. But that life came to an end on my eighteenth birthday. My mother, Queen Selenity, was holding a ball in my honor. It was at this celebration that mother was to announce my engagement to my beloved Endymion. But all that night was not celebratory. As the ball went on, a dark shadow had begun to cover Terra, and it was soon taken over. But the mysterious shadow was not ready to stop there, for we were soon attacked. Queen Beryl had arrived along with the brainwashed forces of the Terran army. My kingdom was destroyed that night. My family, my friends, and my people were murdered before my eyes. I felt so numb. It was not until after Beryl turned her attentions on me that everything snapped. She attacked me but the hit never came. My lover, my dear heart, my soul, had stepped in between us. He had taken the hit for me and was dead. He died for me. For me—because of me. A rush of emotions filled my heart. In an act of cowardice, consumed by my own grief and despair, I took my own life. Laying myself down to be forever within my lovers arms, it now looked as if Beryl had won.

Who could stand against her, if we were all dead? But my mother had survived. After having watched me die, she used the last of her power to seal Beryl within the Silver Crystal and send my court and I into the future to one day defeat Beryl and live again.

I was born Usagi Tuskino, the child-like girl of Earth. No longer just Serenity, now I was something more. I was born Serenity and Usagi; although, I only knew Usagi. Not until I was fourteen did I remember Serenity. I was naïve like Serenity, but unlike her, I did not understand the harshness of responsibility and duty. As Usagi I was ignorant of the world I was about to enter into. The week of my fourteenth birthday, I met Luna and became Sailor Moon. I was a senshi. The only problem: I was now given the duty to find and serve myself. The irony of my beginning.

I struggled to live up to the honor of who I know was, but I began to fail. No one child can protect everyone. Thankfully, I was not alone in this world; there were others, my dear family of old. I eventually found my lover and my sisters again. I even found the truth of myself. Together we battled 

many foes, including avenging my people by defeating Beryl. We strived for our bright future—the future that my first mother died for. But something went wrong along the way. While facing our latest enemy, my sisters and my love fell. Death was usually nothing to us—we had died many times before. This time was different, though. This time, they never came back. The enemy—Chaos—had fully taken them from me. Chaos destroyed everything. The world—my home—was now a barren wasteland. And like all those many years ago on the moon, I snapped under the weight of my emotions. Only this time I destroyed not myself, but my enemy. I threw all my power and anger and grief into one attack and my enemy was no more. All that stood when the smoke cleared—when the war was finally over—was me, in my final form. I was now Sailor Cosmos. No longer was I just Serenity, Usagi, and Sailor Moon. Now I was all those fused together in a way I had never been before. My soul was complete. Gone was the Princess or the normal Earthen girl, here was the Queen of the Stars and legendary warrior. But there was a price to pay. There is always a price to pay for greatness and power, and I have learned that it is never worth it. My home was once again destroyed by the darkness. I was all alone.

I could not stay here, I knew. So I planted the seeds of life back into the planet in hopes that those of my heart would return. The Fates placed my body in the Cauldron to sleep and wait. My dreams would be my only comfort from the pain of losing them. I would be with them again, one day. At least I could see them in my dreams, and wait for the day when I would be called to battle once more.

To be continued...

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