Sailor Moon: C

Prologue

The world is changing….

I feel it in the Water….

I smell it in the Air…

I sense it in the Earth…

I see it in Fire….

Much that once was is lost, for none now live to remember how it all began…

Prince Helios,

Guardian of the Golden Crystal

Keeper of Pure Dreams
In the beginning, there was once chaos before the time of the Silver Millennium; much chaos and darkness swept the planets. It only ceased until the king of the Moon asked the Guardians of the Sun and Moon to forge artifacts to bring forth peace within the Milky Way Galaxy. Peace began with the forging of the artifacts that would bring not only great and terrible power those who wield them, but would bring about a new era of peace and stability.

The Imperium Silver Crystal was given to the Moon King's daughter, Serenity, who would one day become Queen and bear a daughter who would one day inherit the crystal. The Golden Crystal was given to Prince Helios, Prince of Elysian, Land of Dreams, and Guardian of all pure dreams everywhere. And with the other kingdoms, the royal court was given each powers that symbolized their world. With them, they would protect peace and stability along with the Moon Kingdom.

On Earth, the Guardians of the Sun and Moon had forged for Darien, Prince of the Earth, six rings and six weapons to give to six knights that would become the Fellowship of the Moon; a band of warriors who above all else were to protect not only the inner planets, but also the outer planets and beyond. Their duty was to be the first and last line of defense against Dark Forces not of this Galaxy. Within these rings and weapons, were the spirits of Constellations; points of lights in the night skies that would help guide others. In truth they were spirits that were bound to the spirit of the Earth, taking on elements and power of the different worlds.

A samurai sword and ring, called the Blade of Pisces and the Ring of Pisces, was given to a chosen warrior of the Water Clan. Japanese warriors that were calm and swift as water, and cold and unforgiving as ice itself.

A ring and Hammer-Axe, called the Hammer and Ring of Taurus, was given to a chosen warrior of the Earth Kingdom. Warriors that channeled the power of Lightning and the Earth itself through themselves; indestructible as the mountains, and powerful as a lightning storm. Great miners and crafters of the mountain hall kingdoms, such as the Mine Kingdom of Moria.

Two rings, the rings of Gemini, the Chaos Blades of Kratos, and the Bow of Orion, were given to two warriors of the Chinese city of Bah Sing Se, the Fire Nation. The Chinese home of the spirits of Balance.

A ring, two scimitars, and the Dagger of Sand, were given to the people of Arabia; the Sand and Air Nomads. The city guarded by the constellation of the Sands of Time; the most unusual power of the sands.

And finally, one ring and a Zweihander Buster Sword, called the Ring and Blade of the Phoenix, was given to the reincarnation of the Phoenix spirit in human form. That human was the adopted son of the king of the Earth, and the youngest stepbrother to Prince Darien.

These six rings and weapons were given to humans of Earth to create the Fellowship of the Moon Kingdom; for within their rings and weapons were given the power to be the first defense against all darkness. For within these rings, weapons, and the two crystals were bound the strength and will to lead and govern each planet as well as their kingdoms.

But they were all of them deceived; for unknown to the Queen of the Moon as well as the spirits of the Moon and Sun, another artifact was forged.

In the farthest regions of a dark realm called the Negaverse, in the land of the End World. Inside a fortress called Hollow Bastion, a dark lord named Ansem, forged in secret a dark crystal to control all others. Into this crystal, he poured his cruelty, malice, and will to dominate all life.

One crystal to rule the Darkness.

He used the crystal to peek into the hearts of humans and created an army of creatures called the Heartless and Nobodies. One by one, the Heartless and Nobodies had conquered all the free lands of Earth as well as the respected Kingdoms, while a loyal subject of Ansem's, Queen Beryl, was leading an army to the Moon Kingdom to conquer it. But there were those who resisted, as Prince Darien went to the Moon to warn them of the coming danger. While there, the Fellowship remained on Earth with the last alliance of the Earth Kingdoms to charge at the Heartless and Nobodies in a battle that would last for one day and one night from what would one day be called the Grand Canyon. All for the freedom of the Silver Millennium.

Victory was close for them, until the sky was blackened by the sudden coming of a black comet that seemed to give the Darkness strength. It was then the Fellowship realized that the power of the Negaverse could not be undone, as Ansem led the final battle. Not even the Fellowship could stand up to the awesome power of the Dark Crystal as it swiped them away like wheat. It was that moment, when all seemed lost, that Aarogon, Knight of the Phoenix, took up the Blade of the Phoenix one last time and with his final breath, fought Ansem. With one mighty swipe, Aarogon sliced Ansem in half, striking the Dark Crystal that lay within him. His power shattered, he could no longer hold his form nor the form of his armies as they all disintegrated into nothing; back into the Void from which they all came from. It was then that moment, Ansem, the enemy of the free people of the Silver Millennium, was defeated.

With that knowledge in mind, Aarogon dropped to the ground, and with the others, died in honor and peace. Prince Helios, who watched the battle, would not let them die for nothing as he used the power of the Golden Crystal to give them a new life; after all the six Knights had done for this time of peace, he knew that Prince Darien and Queen Serenity would not let their futures be taken from them. He used the power of the Golden Crystal to have them be reborn in a time that knew no evil. But the spirit of the Sun, Ceroberos, suggested that he be reincarnated in that time as well, so that if Ansem and his armies were ever revived, the Fellowship of the Moon would be back to help the Moon Princess and her royal court.

And so, Ceroberos took the rings of the Knights and transformed himself into a hand held statue for Helios to keep. But he felt that someone else would be most suited, so he gave the statue to a raven haired woman named Kikuyu and asked her to look after it. But the hearts of Humans are easily corrupted as she saw this as an opportunity to gain power. She took the mini statue of Ceroberos, but in the end she was betrayed by circumstances and was slain by bandits. The statue was forever lost in what would be one day be called, the Nile.

And some things that should never have been forgotten were lost.

History became legend…

Legend became Myth…

And the Silver Millennium, the Negaverse, and the Constellation Knights were all forgotten. For over fifteen hundred years, the statue of Ceroberos passed out of all knowledge. Until, when chance came, it ensnared a new keeper. The statue came to the Homunculus, Wrath, and took it to what would be called the Rocky Mountains. There, the unimaginable power the statue had within it consumed him. Somehow the statue was able to give Wrath unnatural long life, and for five hundred years, the unchecked power of the statue poisoned his mind. And in the gloom of Wrath's cave, it waited for when the power of the Fellowship was needed again.

Darkness crept back into the forests of the world. Rumors grew of shadows in the East; whispers of untold evil growing stronger. The statue of Ceroberos had perceived, the time of the Fellowship was needed once more to bring peace. It abandoned Wrath in search of the ones who would be the reincarnations of the former knights. But something happened the statue did not expect; it was picked up by the most unlikely of people imaginable: a human explorer, Benjamin Masters, of North Carolina.

For the time would soon come, when the Fellowship of the Moon, the Constellation Knights, would shape the fortunes of the New Silver Millennium.

Next Chapter: The Phoenix Rises Again: New Beginnings!