Dark Beginnings
Long ago in the distant past there was the thriving Kingdom of the Moon. Ruled by the attractive, wise, and benevolent Queen Serenity. It was the utopian era known to all as the Silver Millennium. It was a time of great peace and prosperity. Each and every one the planets and the moon lived in love and harmony.
Each world had its own enchanting beauty and magic. The fellow Kingdoms of the planets worked in harmony with Queen Serenity to maintain the peace and hopeful future. The princesses of each world were not only heirs to their respected planets throne, but also known as the soldiers of love and justice, Sailor Senshi. Each princess was blessed with amazing power to aid and protect the Moon Kingdom.
Despite the fact, that our solar system would seemed to exist in thriving peace and love indefinitely, it didn't mean that the rest of the universe lived so magnificently and tenderly. What was beyond the prosperous serene worlds of the Moon Kingdom was unknown. Furthermore, the unknown time and again held deadly secrets.
There came a day that the unknown at last arrived to the peaceful solar system. It came in the form of a dark reddish black nebula. It was a petrifying spectacle to gaze at. It was so dissimilar from the bright warmth and colors of the Moon Kingdom. It gave off an ominous energy, and it caused scores of the inhabitants of the Moon Kingdom to be terrified and fearing for their safety. Whether the nebula posed any threat was unknown. But what humans fear, such as the unknown itself, they often seek to destroy it.
The panic and fear spread as quickly as wildfire throughout the Moon Kingdom, till at last reaching Queen Serenity. She herself felt the negative energy and ill-omened feelings giving off by the nebula. All this trepidation and negative energy caused the Silver Crystal to pulsate in a foreboding manner. Still Queen Serenity remained composed and sensible. She called a meeting for all the Lords and Ladies of the Moon Kingdom to meet her ASAP.
Quick as lightning the Lords and Ladies of the planets courts arrived at the palace of the moon. Each of them was adorn with enriching and charming clothes, with the symbol of their planet adorned somewhere on their clothes. The guests were escorted by Luna, the queen's feline adviser to the great hall. Awaiting them was the youthful sovereign whose pale blue eyes were gazing at the Earth. It looked so beautiful and enthralling. The Kingdom of the Moon was also an enchanting sovereignty, and yet the Earth cast its own magical spell. She breathed in the sweet scent of air before turning to face the Lords and Ladies of the Kingdoms.
"Welcome, my friends. I hope all of you had an enjoyable trip to our fair kingdom. Thank you, Luna. You may go now. Send word to the kitchen to send up a small feast, alright, Luna?" Queen Serenity requested in her soothing voice to the black cat.
The cat smiled pleasantly and bowed to her mistress. "It shall be done, your Highness. Have a lovely day. I'll be back in next to no time with refreshments," the red eyed cat replied sweetly. With another bow she skipped out of the magnificent alabaster chamber.
"Please take a seat, my friends. Please take pleasure in the fine wine whilst we wait for the serving of food. I can't guarantee the taste I'm afraid, for it's different to each person. But I'm sure you shall enjoy it nonetheless," Queen Serenity kindly offered to the group. An adolescent girl in a short white dress appeared and began to pour rich burgundy wine into the crystal chalices.
"Thank you, Eva. That will be all for now. If I need you again, I shall send Luna to fetch you."
"It was my pleasure, my Queen. I hope your meeting is fruitful," Eva replied optimistically with a curtsy. She then disappeared out the golden door as an additional servant came in with a large silvery serving dish bursting with delicious foods. She bowed once and then the pair left together.
The Queen of the Moon smiled happily for a moment. She then sipped her wine before addressing the Lords of the Planets. "My dear, dear friends thank you for coming. I trust your journey was well."
"Yes, dear, Queen Serenity, the journey to this majestic world was safe and sound as can be. But I believe its time we start to focus on the reason for this meeting. Don't you agree, oh beloved Queen?" remarked the handsome Lord of Mercury.
"Yes, I quite agree with, Lord Mercury that we talk about this problem. So it may be resolved without endangering our worlds," Lady Mars voiced as she nibbled on a slice of ham.
"Very well, if that is how you wish this meeting to go, then I shall say make it so. So tell me my dear friends, do you think the Dark Nebula pose any real threat to our Kingdom?"
"We have all felt the negative energy emitting from it, My Queen. Yet it still is an enigma. We won't know if it's a threat, unless we go there ourselves and find out. So I highly suggest that is what we do," proposed Lord Demetrius to his queen.
The queen flicked one of her pigtails over her shoulder's as she gazed back at the dark haired man. He was her most trusted Lord in her court. She was very fond of him as was her daughter, Princess Serenity. He was a goodhearted young man with a charming sense of humor. He in addition could do a small number of magical tricks.
"Yes, Lord Demetrius, I agree with you. We must investigate this Dark Nebula if we have any chance of understanding it. The Sailor Senshi are more then adequate enough to defend our Kingdom if a threat does emerge from this Nebula. I recommend you congregate a team to journey to this Nebula. Find out its secrets and the report back to me your finding. Please do it quickly."
"It shall be done, my Queen. I shall have a team assembly by dawn. First I shall return to tell my wife of the plan. I believe we all should enlighten our families of this dangerous mission ahead of us. So my friends lets embark on our quest," Lord Demetrius proclaimed as everyone nodded in agreement.
As soon as they had left the Queen once again gazed her pale periwinkle eyes at the blue world beyond her kingdom. Afterward she gazed to the far reaches of her sovereignty. The Dark Nebula was a mere dark red dot from where she was standing. "Please God protect this Kingdom and protect the people from harm. I wish to see a bright and peaceful future for all who call this world home. And please watch over my daughter, Serenity. For she is my greatest treasure and the hope for all of us," Queen Serenity whispered quietly to herself while clutching the Silver Crystal tightly in her hand.
By the next morning Lord Demetrius and his wife Demetria had assembly a team. It was made up of a variety of people from all planets. A number of were scientists, others were adventurers, but each and every one of them were extremely courageous to go on this expedition. Among them was one small child. A little girl named Devi. She was Lord Demetrius's precious five year old daughter. She looked like a raven haired version of Queen Serenity with an additional hair bun on the top of her head. She was most enthusiastic to go on this mission.
The journey itself took a fortnight to reach the Dark Nebula. When they at last arrived what they uncovered shook them to the core. It was scatter remains of a solar system. All of the planets had be destroyed and left in ruins. Only one tiny planet still remained intact. The group went to the dark planet which they christen Unloved World. Once they had descended onto Unloved they found the remains of a once great kingdom. But now it lay in ruins and decaying.
Still as horrifying as it was they still had a job to do. They must study Unloved and discover it secrets. For the only way to have a future was to understand the past. Hence they began to study the remnants of the extinct world.
The former kingdom must have been on one occasion beautiful in addition to full of life along with love. The remains of the buildings were astonishing and what remained of a beautiful garden was breathtaking. Whilst there was much to uncover and learn from this former empire, it was not the ideal spot to have a child running around. The ruins were dangerous and the land was treacherous. The precocious young child kept getting underfoot. She wanted to play and have fun. But everyone was too occupied with trying to unearth the secrets of Unloved.
One day after being on Unloved for two weeks the group uncovered an enormous library jam-packed of manuscripts along with scrolls. It was the most significant breakthrough so far. For it would be of assistance them to a great extent in their quest to determine the life and death of Unloved. One of the first things they found was a translation stone. Now at last they could translate the foreign language that had baffled them for weeks. Devi on the other wanted to play. She was playing with a ball and it got away from her. She ran after it but tripped over a stray tome and knocked over several bookcases nearly crushing half the group.
"Devi! Be more careful you silly girl! You nearly killed half the group because of your foolishness! Not to mention you cracked the translation stone in half! Now it's gonna take ages to decipher these books!" scolded her father. He and her mother looked extremely pissed off.
"I'm sorry, Daddy. I just wanted to play! It's so boring here! It so shadowy and eerie! And you and Mommy have been so busy! You haven't played with me in ages!" Devi retorted defensibly. She put on her best pout face but her parents were still angry with her.
"Devi! The work we are doing to uncover the secret of the past is very important. We must determine if Unloved and this solar system is a threat. We must also figure out what happen here to prevent what happen to this place. So it would be very supportive if you stop getting in the way of things! So go and play somewhere else!" ordered her father sternly.
Tears filled her golden eyes and her lip quivered. She opened her mouth to speak but just ran away from the library. She kept running far away from the safety of the group. She ran all the way through the desolate and shadowy forest where all foliage look like burned black licorice. She kept running through the thorny landscape, even after falling into a tar like lake. She just kept running till she couldn't anymore. As she stopped to catch her breath she looked around to see where she was. It was a glen with a few scattered dark black and purple flowers. She couldn't see the city anymore. She started to panic and the wind began to howl.
Devi whipped around and around her face etched with fear. Her little heart was pounding like mad in her tiny chest. The soil began to become stained with her blood from her numerous scratches. "Mommy? Daddy?" she cried out desperately in fear and all of sudden a huge gust of wind threw a blast of bramble and sludge in her face. She tried to rub her face clean, but all of sudden tripped over something.
"Huh?" she looked at what she had tripped over. She cleared away the dirt and leaves and gasped what she saw. It was a wooden door, a door with rusty chains and a huge lock. It was a curious sight. Why on this dead planet would there be a locked door in the middle of nowhere? There was a message written across the door but she couldn't read it. Bending down she touched the ancient lock and it crumble into dust. While every fiber in her tiny body was telling to run back to camp, curiosity got the better of her. She yanked open the door and found dusty stone steps.
She looked around once more at the decaying forest. She could still turn back and head back to camp. Despite the fact that she wasn't sure where it was and the malicious words of her parents still stung at her heart. So the young child began the long descent down the winding stone stairwell. It was dark and chilly the further she went. Then all of sudden she saw a faint flicker of light. She reached the last step and passed through a stone archway. She found herself in a huge room mysteriously by flickering green candle light. There were huge statues of robed people with a broken heart held in their palms.
"What is this place?" she pondered aloud as she looked up at a peculiar skylight. It looked like the green and black glass was telling a story. She saw a strange creature and a darken sky and an archer pointing a black arrow at a silhouette of a person. She also saw a beautiful young woman holding a long crescent blade with a black orb on it. As she stared at the ceiling she accidentally bumped into another door. Turning around she saw a bizarre carving of the same creature. It had the head of a dragon, the body of a lion with three inch curved claws, the wings of a bat, and long spiked tail with a flame at the tip. Around its neck was a collar with a black sphere.
She looked intensely at the creature gazing straight into his steely crimson eyes. She reached out to touch the creature when she heard a strange voice. "Hello, little one. How are you my darling friend?"
She backed away quickly and looked around for the source of the voice. "Who said that? Who are you? What going on? Show yourself!" she demanded bravely to the empty room.
"I'm right here, little one. Right in front of you," spoke the soothing voice again. Devi looked around and stared widely at the creature on the door. Her eyes widen with realization.
"You? You can talk? Who are you? What is this place?" she asked in a timid tone as she walked closer to the door.
"My name is Enzi. What is your name, young one?"
"I'm Devi, daughter of Lord and Lady Demetrius. I've come to this world from the Moon Kingdom. We've been sent to seek answers to this mysterious nebula. Can you tell me what this place is?"
"This was a long time ago the prosperous empire of The Court of the Unloved Ones. It was a home I created for those that love had rejected. Souls that were alone, broken hearted and spurned by love. Love the so-called great power of the universe. I was the protector of these poor unfortunate souls. However one day a great cataclysm came and destroyed our happy home. The Light of Love devastated this safe haven for those unlucky souls. I was imprisoned here alone for a thousand years. I've been awaiting someone who can set me free so I can liberate those poor souls for a second time, for love my dear Devi, is nothing more then a lie. And I alone have the power to save those from its deadly clutches."
Devi listened to Enzi's story with baited breath. Her head was swimming with a barge of thoughts. Enzi seemed to be a misunderstood soul. If he had create this world it was only to help those who been rejected. She herself felt that her parents had rejected her many times. They were so busy working for Queen Serenity and the rest of the Moon Kingdom, which had left little time to be with her. His words seem to ring true and he was so alone. Being locked up for a millennium unable to help so many poor souls like her.
"I'll be your friend, Enzi! I'll come by everyday! We can play and have fun and you won't be alone anymore! I promise to return tomorrow! For now I've to go back to my parents. But I swear that I'll be back tomorrow!" she vowed to her new friend.
The carving smiled at the little girl. "I look forward to it my new friend. See you tomorrow."
With a smile she left hurrying back to camp. When she returned to the camp her parents angrily scolded her for running away. They sent her to bed without any dessert. She didn't tell them or anyone about meeting Enzi. Everyday she would sneak away and play with Enzi. The pair would spend hours talking and playing games in the sanctuary. The more time she spent with Enzi the more real he seemed to become. From her loving friendship he was gradually ceasing to be a carving and was turning into a living creature. Devi was also changing herself. She grew pale and her golden eyes took on a catlike look. She began to hate her parents for leaving her alone. They continue to be too busy to play with her and all they did lately was punish her. She tried talking to them to tell them about Unloved but they just told her to be quiet and to stay out of trouble. She poured her heart and soul out to Enzi who comfort her. Finally after months of being neglected and slighted by the team and her parents she ran to her only friend and told him she wished they just go away.
"They never pay attention to me! There so much I could share with them! I'm a kid and I need to have fun! But all they say is stop getting underfoot! They keep punishing me! I've had it! I've been alone and without friends for months! And it's not like I've got friends back on the Moon. My parents are too busy with working for the Queen and her daughter that they don't have time for me! I just wish they'd all disappear! I hate them! I hate them!"
Enzi smiled at his little friend. This was what he'd wanted for months. He had waited a thousand years for someone to come to him. So he could at last archive his heart's desire. He had told the truth when he said he had created this world. He had been worshipped like a god to those who love had rejected. But that cursed Light of Love had imprisoned him before he could use his army to conquer the universe. He wished to drain the universe of love and replace it with hate. For Enzi himself was the physical incarnation of hate and darkness in everyone heart.
"I can help you make that wish come true, my darling princess. I've grown strong enough from your friendship that I can live once again. I can grant you the power to annihilate individuals who have rejected giving love to others. Those who have shown others only unkindness and neglect. I can give you power beyond your wildest dreams. My darling Devi you can help breathe new life into The Court of the Unloved Ones. The two of us can once again liberate and give a home to those who are unloved. With you as the Queen of the Unloved Ones there is nothing we can't do!" he told her excitedly. He curled up around her and rubbed his head against her pale face. Her amber eyes became mere slits and she smiled wickedly.
"Oh my darling friend, Enzi! I would do anything to smite those who have given only false love. I'm not loved by anyone here. You only have shown me kindness and love. Even my so called parents have rejected me. They must pay. All must pay for these unforgivable actions they have done to me and the rest of the human race. Grant me the power to rid the world of false love!"
With a sinister chuckle he dropped the black orb into her outstretched hands. "Take the Black Heart. Place it next to your own heart. Then say "I forsake the false heart of humans." Your false heart will be sealed away into the Black Heart and you won't be poison any longer by petty human emotions." Enzi instructed to the young girl. She paused for a moment before doing the unholy ceremony.
"Dear, Enzi. I've one question. If I seal away my human heart, will I also seal away my ability to love? I may be an Unloved One. Nevertheless I wish to bestow love to other Unloved Ones."
"Don't be afraid of losing your ability to love another. While your human heart will be sealed away, you will still be able to love nonetheless because you'll have the stronger Black Heart. Its power is more powerful then false love you've been bestowed in the past."
The pair shared a wicked chuckle as Devi sealed her heart away into the Black Heart. She was then transformed into a radiant and ravishing dark beauty Queen Devi. She was dressed in a ravishing black gown with a black and gold circlet. He also bestowed to her the Malice Blade. It joined with the Black Heart to become one with the heartless young girl.
Devi was no-longer the happy-go-lucky kindhearted child that had come to the Unloved Planet. She was now the dark Queen of the Unloved Ones. Her first mission was to eradicate those who had invaded her home. They would pay dearly forsaking her as would all humanity forsaking her and all the other Unloved Ones!
After she had done that she would gather other Unloved Ones. They would grow and live in a thriving kingdom with Enzi protecting them from the evils of the outside world. And once they're strong enough they would seek out the Light of Love and kill them, forever eradicating the lie of love. The child queen then set out to murder the team sent to invade her home. She killed them all with one quick motion of the Malice Blade and drained them of their love energy before setting them aflame.
"Come, dear Enzi! We have a lot of work ahead of us. It may take as long as twenty years or more to gather an army strong enough to invade the Moon Kingdom and find the Light of Love. Rest assures, my friend, we will accomplish this mission to purge the universe of false love and reinstate true love to the human race!" vowed Queen Devi as she used her power to restore to life the Court of Unloved Ones to its previous magnificence. In next to no time this planet would be once again thriving.
Enzi flew down to her side as she gazed at her kingdom from the palace balcony. He smiled wickedly as he breathed in the stale air. He turned to his Queen and said joyously. "That we shall do, my Queen. That we shall do!"