Moon Myth
Rated: PG-mild swearing
Silver Millennium
Note: In this story, the princesses are 16 years old while the prince
and guardians are around 21.

Also, I'm re-posting this at fanfiction.net from moonromance.com.
Just so ya know. ;D I'm hoping to re-inspire myself to write more
since I love writing this fic, it's just the matter of sitting down
and actually writing it. ^^;;; And besides all of that, I love
fanfiction.net. ;P It's my new-found friend.

Enjoy!
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A beautiful sixteen year old princess was walking through the
palaces' gardens stopping every now and then to look at the white
roses, or the orange poppies or the lilies. But if you looked
carefully at her, the smile on her face was a sad one which could
cause tears to anyone who dared look apon it and her eyes, although
a lucious deep blue where happiness usually was, were lonely and sad.
You have to understand though, that usually she was the happiest
person bringing joy everywhere. Her white grown flowed behind her
with silver specks glistening in it and a golden bodice spun around
her upper waist. The hair on her head was the color of sunlight with
small traces of silver in it and if she would've taken it out of her
traditional royal hairstyle (AN: we all know what that is....) her
long hair would be almost blinding in it's rays. She suddenly looked
up at the earth... and sighed.

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'Oh, I wish I could just see the real beauty of earth once
more' she thought although it could never happen since lunarians were
forbidden to go on Earth. 'Nothing exciting ever happens and with one
guardian always looking after you and four other ones to tag alone.'
As if one cue, the respected princesses of their own planets, Minako,
Rei, Ami, and Makoto popped up.

"Hi Sere-chan!" exclaimed Minako, her bubbly attitude showing.

Serenity quickly smiled and replied back.

"Whatchya do'in?" Minako started walking at Serenity's pace
and studied her friends expression. It was the one she had been
wearing for a while, and it puzzled all of them. Serenity, the
happy-go-lucky klutz, was not the same person. Something dimmed
slightly in her. A part of her was missing, Minako was sure of it.

"Just looking" she answered. 'At the earth', but she didn't
say that aloud.

Rei looked at her questionly. This was annoying her so
much!! They never kept secrets from each other, but she was positive
Sere was keeping something from her! And that was so un-Sere like!
Being so sad was not her style and keeping her feelings locked in
herself was defiantly not another one of her traits. Anyway, she was
going to find out. She glared at her senshi friends, mouthing at
them to leave.

"Oh!, I almost forgot" Ami said, a look of shock appeared on
her face, "I left my study books in the library! I need them for
tomorrow." Serenity watched Ami zip off towards the library, with
surprise.

"I'd better check on the cooks to see if they have the recipe
for tonight's ball" exclaimed Makoto and she walked towards the
kitchen. Serenity suspect that she already visited the cooks several
hundred times to check the food and to make sure it was just right.
And they can't kick out a princess, especially not Princess Makoto of
Jupiter, so go figure.

"I think I'd better start my training right now, I'll see you
later!" And Minako ran off towards the training grounds before
Serenity could protest and go with her.

"Okay Rei, what is it?"

"Sere, what's wrong?"

"What do you mean?" Serenity looked down at a flower,
nervously.

"Sere, what's on your mind? You never tell me anymore."
Rei looked directly into Serenity's eyes, hoping to get a real answer,
but Serenity couldn't keep the gaze.

"Maybe because I don't have anything on my mind"

"Then why are you alot glummer than usual? Everyone notices
it," Rei put her hand on her shoulder, and softly added, "Especially a
best friend."

Serenity took a big breath, as if to explain everything at
once, but instead it came out as a sigh and she looked up at the
Earth, which seem to twinkle every now and then, like a blue star.

"You aren't still hung up about that, are you?" Rei wrapped
her arms around Serenity to comfort her. Carefully, she wracked her
brain at what happened at the moment a few weeks ago.....


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"The Princess, I can't find her!!!"

"Have you checked by the waterfall?!?!!?"

"Yes, and the roses, SHE'S NOT ANYWHERE!!"

"Ami, do you have that tracking thing ready yet!"

Fiercely typing on her mini computer, Ami set the scanning
device to scan the whole palace. The results were negative.

Rei alerted the senshi of Serenity's mysterious disappearance.
She felt something was terribly wrong. She just KNEW, she felt it.
That horrible feeling not only at the bottom of the stomach, but every
where!

Slamming the computer shut, Ami let some tears run down her
cheeks as she felt hope leaving her. She couldn't help her princess
anymore. She barely felt Minako's hand rest comfortingly on her
shoulder.

"What did Queen Serenity have to say?" Rei asked Minako,
seeing her depressed look, Rei was almost too afraid to ask.

Her voice, soft with sorrow, but with definent hope behind
said, "Her majesty suspects the sunarians, you know, that group of
them that have some STUPID thing against.....Sere-chan" Her voice
finished shakily.

"What do they have against her! Why do they want her!!"
demanded Makoto, fists clenched at her sides.

Ami, lifting her head, and opened the computer through her
dry tears. She typed the location of the least place she suspected
and the last place. Earth. As it scanned the primitive planet, it
beeped, and located a spot. Startled, the group all looked at Ami,
whose wide blue eyes showed no emotion.

Closing her eyes and computer, slowly, she managed to whisper
out, "It had to be...."

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"Rei" Serenity's voice, muffled by some tears, interrupted her
thoughts. "I *have* to go back."

Rei grabbed Serenity's shoulders and glared into her blue
eyes.
"What are you talking about! Are you crazy? We're forbidden!
Besides, they're barbarians, and you don't know even the slightest
what kind of ........" But Rei's voice seemed to trail off as she saw
the look of deep determination in her eyes. A look that over powered
her sadness.
"Rei-chan, I just want to see the gardens" she pleaded, "If
you guys come with me, they'll for sure track us down and you'll get
in trouble for doing your duty" she paused and looked directly into
Rei's eyes, "Don't worry."


****On Earth****

Endymion grabbed his sharp blade and swung it into a fighting
position. Jedite did the same with his. Training had begun. Jedite
moved first, taking a jab at it yet, watching Endymion like a hawk.
Endymion faked a jab and made a tear in Jedites' clothes, but of
course they ignored it.

"They're really good" remarked Zoicite. Nephrite nodded in
agreement. They had their training sessions in an open field in the
gardens. The gardens where the biggest and most beautiful on earth,
so there was of course, enough space for sword fighting.

"Gotch ya!" grinned Endymion, his blade at Jedite's throat.
Pulling the sword away and helping Jedite up, they heard someone
coming.

"Hey!" shouted Kunzcite, jogging apparently from the castle
which was a long distance away. "Sorry I'm late."

"You also missed training," remarked Nephrite.

Endymion grabbed some water from his bag and they started
walking back, much to Kunzcite's dismay.

"How'd training go?" asked Kunzcite.

"Endy won most of them," concluded Zoicite, in a short
statement.

"As usual," Jedite grinned jokingly, then added "So are you
going to attend the ball tonight, Endy? It's just the usual get to
know the ladies of the court, you know. They're dying to meet us.
No special guests, though."

Endymion shrugged his shoulders, in indifference. He didn't
think any of the ladies of the court were interesting. They were all
the same, uptight, boring and *so* flirty! It drove him crazy!
Especially that Lady Beryl......but he was not going to get into that.
He shuddered. She practically thought he was hers!

"What's wrong?" Endymion asked Kunzcite, who was staring at
the sky for some unknown reason.........

"I was just wondering..." Kunzcite started, but then, he
shook his head, "It's nothing.."

"Really, man," Jedite budged in, "Tell us. You were really
spacing out."

"Well, have you ever wondered what the people of the Silver
Millennium look like and act? I mean, they're supposed to be this
hostile type of people, but I don't know....."

The guys looked at him in disbelief, wondering where that
thought came from, but the question did bring some thought. They all
shook their heads.

"I mean, you heard those rumors around the kingdom, that they
have a group of fighters, who are the best in the millennium. And the
princess. I've heard some *hot* rumors about them too. Especially
the one on the moon."

"I didn't even know people lived on the moon" remarked
Nephrite

Zoicite snorted in disgust. "If you had been listening in
class you WOULD have known. Only us and the King and Queen know that
life exists out there. All the rest is stuff the court brings out
for laughs. They have no idea how close they are to the truth. But
I'm pretty sure the King and Queen said something about those fighters.
I think they're called the 'Sailor Senshi'."

"Sailor Senshi." Endymion let the words roll on his tongue.
He felt his gaze drawn to the sudden brightness of the moon, which had
came early, along with the darkness of night. Quickly, he brought his
gaze and his thoughts, back down to earth. "Another training tomorrow,
morning?"


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By the time Serenity and Rei got to the training field,
everyone else was there, stretching. They were already transformed.
In their sailor fuku's they seemed to glow. Sun Golden. PineGreen.
Icy Blue. The colors made their own light show in the sky.

"Mars Crystal Power... Make Up!" After a wave of fiery
ribbons, there stood Sailor Mars. Joining the others, she started
stretching.

Serenity looked at them, wistfully. She wished she could
transform into at least something else besides this dress, like her
soldier fuku, but she could only do that on fighting days or when her
mother was gone. Her problem was her stupid powers. Why couldn't
she control her powers? Disgusted, she closed her eyes and
concentrated on the part deep inside her........

She felt something warm brush against her cheek and she smiled,
opening her eyes a bit. She looked at the ever moving line of
silver, twirling in spirals around her. Giggling, she watched it move
around until it zoomed back into her hand, making a blinding light to
everyone in the palace except her. Unknown to her, the light warmed
everyone who saw it and made them smile. She had no idea what her
powers could do.........

Sighing, she went to watch the senshi fight, and while she
watched them, she thought. 'Mother is gone trying to make peace with
the sunarians. This is the perfect time to visit earth!'






*Right before the ball.......*

"Any cute guys at this ball, Ami-chan?" asked Makoto. Ami
looked at her dryly and answered "Your asking the wrong person."

"Right," she replied and she then waited for Minako to
get out.

Ami turned back down to her book, letting her scarf flow down
her back like a waterfall. These balls were so annoying, in her
opinion. All the guys there had practically never read a book without
pictures in their life! "Stupid IQ deprived lower lifeforms..." she
murmured under breath, while turning the page.

Makoto widened her eyes and cowered back a little in fear.
She sure hope Ami wasn't doing any of those high tech spells she often
knew. The last one she tried out ended up leaving her mute. Makoto
shivered and arranged her deep green over coat over the short, sugary
green dress to keep warm. 'That's Ami-chan for ya' she smiled nervous
at Ami, 'she's tougher than she looks.'

Rei came out next and after a short while, she started to
impatiently tap her right foot. She brushed an imaginary piece of
lint off her tight maroon dress and pulled her remaining wisps of
raven black hair back into their sparkly red barrettes. She took a
peek at Makoto and Ami, and her look grew puzzled. 'What's going on?'

A few minutes later, Minako and Serenity came chatting down
the halls.

"Sorry we're late, we had to get some roses for Sere-chan's hair"
Minako and Serenity smiled impishly, making them look like twins.
The only difference, besides the dress, was the hair. Serenity's had
silver in it, and the eye color, Minako's being a lighter blue and
Serenity's a dark blue. There was also the family birthmark, the
golden crescent pointing upwards. But Serenity liked to hide it under
her floppy bangs.

"So, Minako-chan" asked Makoto eagerly " What's the scoop on
the cute guys for this time?" Minako made a face, "They're all blah
and snobs. Even on of those earth people would be better company."

"They're that bad!?" Rei's eyes widened.

A uniformed lunarian soldier came up to them, "It's your time,
your majesties. The ball awaits you," and he bowed.

"Well, here goes nothing. I can't wait till it's over"
exclaimed Serenity

"Agreed!" chorused everyone else.





***************** The next day and about 8:00am




The light of an early morning sunrise poured faintly into
Serenity's room through the open curtain. Slowly she opened her eyes.
A mile wide smile erupted on her face. 'Today is Visit Earth Day.
Mother won't even notice I'm gone and Rei won't snitch, so the senshi
won't know or get in trouble. I'll just teleport there, stay hidden,
and look at the flowers and wildlife. It helps that your one of the
only ones that can teleport in the universe. Maybe Puu* would want to
join me. She has to take a break from that door some time.'

She quickly jumped out of bed, that being very unusual for her
and dressed in her usual princess outfit. Then she put a brown cloak
around her that completely disguised her from behind. In fact, it made
her look like an old women. She looked in the mirror and sighed with
dismay. She almost forgot. Her crescent mark. 'I know' she thought
wickedly. She pressed her hand to her forehead, on the crescent moon
to be exact and mumbled a few ancient words. In a flash of bright
silver light, the mark was gone and so was her silver parts in her
hair. 'Perfect' she thought. She opened the door and it made a loud
CREAK!, which echoed through the hallways
"Damn" she whispered. And the senshi have to have excellent
hearing too. Quietly, she tip-toed through the hallways in the palace
towards the garden. "Princess Teleport" she whispered and in a flash
of silver light, she was gone.


(*AN:in case you didn't know, Up is Pluto's nickname made up by
Chibiusa, but you never know, Serenity could have been that close to
Pluto too and I like to think that, hence her cool nickname used by
her)


A few minutes before........



Minako wandered through the hallways. She was bored. No,
correction, she was incredibly bored. The ball, far from a success,
was horrible and for once, she felt sore from training. That made it
hard to get to sleep and that was the key thing she needed right now
and couldn't find. She tip-toed through the hallways, carefully, not
to disturb anybody. A faint noise echoed through the halls, close to
where she was. Turning around the corner, she barely got a glimpse
of what looked like an old woman who suddenly disappeared. It took
her only to seconds to realize what she had truly witnessed.
"Damn you, Sere!" Whispering harshly to herself, and she
ran towards the senshi's rooms.
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"Rise and shine morning boy" chorused Endymion's guardians,
opening the shades. Then they propped themselves around his bed.
Endymion looked around, bewildered, rubbing his eyes from the first
faint signs of morning light.

"Did you forget something?" teased Jedite, "Maybe, an early
morning training?"

Endymion felt like hitting himself at his stupidity. Early
morning training, what was he thinking??? And that ball had to go so
late.........and his "favorite" guest was there. Lady Beryl. 'I mean,'
he thought to himself while getting dressed, 'she's pretty and all,
but her personality is down right loathing! She clings to me like a
love sick puppy and screeches at every maiden who asked me to dance
that I was taken long ago.' A knock on the door interrupted his
thoughts.

"Yes?"

"Come on, slowpoke!" Endymion ran outside, picking an apple
on the way and his armor and joined his friends. As of getting to
their destination, they heard a shriek!

"What was that?"

"Did that sound like...?"

"A girl?!"

"Let's go see!"

And they took off right were the sound came from, which was
near them in the gardens.


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About 5 minutes before the guards and prince heard the shriek
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In a flash of light stood the princess hidden in her overcoat.
Her hand flew to her mouth as she gasped, letting her cloak drift to
the wet ground. It was just like she remembered it. The dew was still
on the grass, and flowers, lakes and birds where all around. Plopping
herself on a bench, she leaned over to smell the beautiful red roses.
Reaching to pick it, she gave a small cry. There were thorns on it!
On the moon, the white roses didn't have any thorns and they certainly
were not red. "What a weird flower."

Unknown to her someone was watching. A man dressed unusually
for earthen style stood in the shadows, barely making a sound, not
wanting to be heard. A grim smile crept upon his lips.
"Princess it's your time" he whispered clenching his knife tighter in
his hands.

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