Hi this story takes place during the Silver Millennium.
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Moon Love
Prologue
By: Lady Squirt
The twelve-year-old princess Serenity slipped out into the gardens. She was so glad her mother hadn't made her sit through the meeting with the ambassador from Earth. *Those meetings were always so boring, and the ambassadors were always old people.* she thought. Serenity spied Rei reading a book, she walked up to her quietly, making sure that she wasn't seen, and then when she was beside Rei she snatched the book and took off running, the fiery mars princess hot on her heels.
"Serenity! Give that back!" Rei shouted taking off after her. Serenity ran past the other three girls in her inner court; Amy, Mina, and Lita. The three planetary princesses stared shocked for a moment before the burst out laughing at their Princesses latest trick.
Serenity! If you don't give that book back to me I'm going to turn you into A crispy Serenity! Rei shouted as the Princess continued to dash away from her. Serenity looked back over her shoulder sticking out her tongue as she rounded a corner and then CRASH!
"Oh I'm sorry. I wasn't watching where I was going." She quickly apologized. Serenity looked up at whom she had crashed into. She found herself looking at a boy about four years older than her with midnight blue eyes that seemed to hold her in a trance. *Who is this guy* She thought as she let herself become lost in his eyes.
"That's alright" he said looking at the young girl with crystal blue eyes that held his gaze, who was in his arms since he had caught her when she'd crashed into him. *She's gorgeous * He thought, as he stood there entranced.
Another girl appeared behind her surprised to see the five people other than Serenity. Rei curtsied than walked up to Serenity and took the book and left again. Serenity snapped to when Rei took the book.
"Excuse me." Serenity said and started following Rei.
"Wait, who are you meatball head." The boy immediately regretted his words as he saw her expression.
"I am Princess Serenity of the Moon Kingdom, and you are an arrogant, self-centered jerk!" she said calmly then turned on her heel then walked off. "The nerve of that guy." She muttered under breath, "I don't care who he is, he had no right to call me that!" 'He was kind of cute though.' She thought as she managed to crash into someone for the second time that day.
"Well Serenity, what are you so angry about?" asked Galen.
"Oh Galen." she sighed leaning into the older boy who was like her brother they were so close. "I was teasing Rei and when I went around the corner I crashed into this boy and he called me meatball head, can you believe that? Calling me names!" Galen frowned.
"No one calls the princess names unless they answer to me.' He thought angrily.
"But you should have seen the look on his face when I told him I was the moon Princess and that he was arrogant, self-centered jerk." She continued now smiling. Galen smiled down at her, glad that she was already over her anger.
"Alright, but you better go see your mother. I think she has something for you to do. Also Seiya is here to visit." Galen told her then went off in search of this boy who had offended his princess. Galen met the Earth Prince, Endymion. "Hello Prince Endymion." He said.
"Hello Lord Galen." Endymion answered, "I must say that the Princess is quite unusual."
At this comment Galen frowned, realizing it was Endymion that Serenity had run into. He immediately planned to intercept him and his guard before they met with Serenity the next day' I also think I'll have a little chat with Midnight' He thought knowing that was who Endymion would be riding the next day.
Meanwhile Queen serenity had told her daughter that she wanted her and her inner court to show the Prince form Earth and His royal guard around the Kingdom the next day. Princess Serenity happily agreed not knowing who the Earth Prince was and then went to find Seiya, a boy just a year older than her that she had known since she was little. Unknown to her that Seiya had a huge crush on her; she only loved him like a brother.
The next day Endymion and his guard were on their way to meet with the Princess and her court for their tour when eight people appeared in front of them. There were four girls in Sailor Scout Uniforms and four boys in light silvery armor, all of them ranged from age 10 to 18.
"We are the Lunar Knights." Said Galen. "we as well as the inner court are sworn to protect the Princess. So if you offend or harm her in any way, you will answer to us." With that the eight guardians scowled at him a moment longer and then left. Endymion stared a t the departing people.
"I knew I'd blown it the instant I called her meatball head." groaned the Prince.
"Well you'll just have to make amends." Said Matthew, the leader of Endymion's guard also known as Malachite. With that Prince Endymion and his guard continued on their way.
Serenity sat with her inner court, who were in scout form, she stood up as the Prince and his guard approached a smile on her face. The smile quickly disappeared when she recognized Endymion as the same person she'd crashed into the day before.
"Luna," Serenity called out, "Please come with me." A black cat with a crescent moon on it's forehead appeared and jumped into Serenity's arms and then perched on her shoulder. An orange tabby cat also appeared taking a similar position on Sailor Venus's shoulder.
"Greetings Princess Serenity and Sailor Scouts." Endymion called out when they were near enough.
"Prince Endymion and Royal Guard." She acknowledged, and then walked over to where horses were waiting. Serenity walked up to a light dapple-gray mare with a silvery main, tail, and wings, named Moonlight. The mare bent down allowing Serenity to get on and then leaped into the air, taking a couple of turns before landing again.
The other girls all mounted horses, or shat appeared to be horses but were actually unicorns. Stable hands led out five more, one winged the others all unicorns as well.
"My mother insists on treating our guests to rides they may not normally have." Serenity said after seeing the surprise on the Prince's and his guard's faces. "Just be careful not to treat them like you would a normal horse." She cautioned.
When everyone else mounted they went on their way. Serenity smiled when she noticed the usually gentle Midnight was being very rough and tough for the Prince. When she thought that the Prince had had enough she motioned Moonlight over beside Midnight so she could speak directly to the pegasus. Midnight automatically began going nicely when Moonlight and the Princess drew near.
"I don't mind you giving him a rough time Midnight, but mother would not be happy if he said something about a rough ride to her." She spoke quietly into the pegasus' ear. Midnight bobbed his head in acknowledgement, showing he understood and then behaved as he normally would the rest of the tour.
Endymion stared in surprise, as his mount suddenly became a completely gentle, with a very smooth gait when the princess drew near and spoke to his mount. The pegasus continued to behave beautifully the rest of the time. Th tour continued on basically uneventful, although Endymion made several attempts to make amends with the Princess who basically just ignores him. When they had returned to the stables, a young man stood by waiting for them. Serenity immediately hurried forward and then hopped off Moonlight into the boy's arms as they gave each other a hug.
"Who is that?" asked Justin (Jadeite) as the rest of the group watched the Princess and the young man.
"Oh that's Seiya, they've known each other since they were little." Sid Mercury.
"Yeah, and He has the biggest crush on her." Said Jupiter.
"But she only loves him as a brother." Said Mars.
"That may change in time though." Said Venus.
Endymion watched as the Princess and Seiya walked off together laughing, a pang in his heart that he didn't understand.
Soon after the tour, and after spending some time with Seiya, Serenity went to have a talk with Midnight, and see if she could find out why he'd been giving Prince Endymion a hard time. She quickly discovered that Galen had been behind it.
"Well I'll just have to have a talk with Galen then." Serenity said to herself as she left the stables and went in search of her brotherly protector.
Galen saw Serenity coming, but didn't expect what happened next as he sat leaning against a wall in the palace gardens.
"Galen," she started out calm and soft." I do not care if you were sworn to protect me since my birth. You do not need to protect me from every little thing. If Prince Endymion had come back from the tour and complained about a rough ride, I would have gotten in trouble for something that you caused." By the time she was done she was yelling at a level only a moon princess can reach.
Prince Endymion had been walking along the other side of the wall when he heard talking on the other side. Endymion couldn't help hearing what was being said as the Princess's voice continuously got louder. He started walking again when she stopped yelling and saw her just in time to keep her from falling as she crashed into him.
Serenity couldn't believe her bad luck, crashing into Prince Endymion for the second time. She immediately began apologizing for not watching where she was going and crashing into him, but stopped when he said.
"No need, my fair meatball head Princess." He then took her hand and gave it a soft kiss.
Serenity just stared at him in shock until she realized what he'd called her, she quickly pulled her hand away and turned, leaving him standing there. Prince Endymion watched her as she left and noticed when she glanced back over her shoulder at him. He smiled he'd gotten the exact reaction he wanted. Too bad he and his guard had to leave the next day. He would miss this Princess, and he new his guard would miss her court.
Prince Endymion didn't see the Princess again until the next day when she stood on a balcony watching the proceedings. Endymion inconspicuously walked past the balcony and tossed up a single red rose. He watched out of the corner of his eye as the Princess caught the rose with delight then quickly hid it when her complete court as well as the knights walked out onto the balcony. He smiled knowing she probably would not forget him before their next meeting.
Serenity's mind raced. 'Did she actually like this Prince who called her meatball head? Come to think of it, did she really mind being called meatball head?' Her heart raced as these thoughts raced through her head. She decided to forget about this thought as a small part of her cried out in her heart that she was losing something very special.
To Be Continued……………
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