A Love to Overcome All

Serenity sat by the window. She was worried and excited all at the same time. She was almost nine months pregnant, and was anxiously anticipating the arrival of her adorable little baby. Even though she was excited, she was still very worried about how well she would be able to take care of the child. This would be her first child, as well as her last. Members of the royal family were only allowed one child, to keep the kingdom safe. Any other children were forbidden. Queen Serenity suddenly felt very tired and drained of all energy. She lay down on the bed and fell asleep almost immediately.

Serenity woke up in immense pain. She cried out as her whole body was engulfed in a wave of agony. Her maid ran into the room. Serenity had gone into labor. The maid quickly called the doctor and King Seth, Serenity's husband. He ran into the room. He had been very worried about his wife lately, she was very anxious about the birth of their child. He stayed by her side throughout the entire ordeal. He couldn't stand to see his wife in that much pain, but there was nothing he could do but tell her how much he loved her and that everything was gonna be ok.

Seth and Serenity sat side by side admiring their two baby girls!!!! Twins!!! They were still in shock over the fact that they had twins. Serenity was as happy as can be, but she was worried about what they were going to do. They had decided to name their two girls Serena and Emily. As happy as they were, they knew that something had to be done. They had thought long and hard, and Serenity had finally come up with what to do. Serenity had a cousin who lived on Lilith, Earth's second moon. She was Queen there, and her and her husband were unable to have children, thus they had no way to produce an heir. All she had to do was go to her cousin and leave one of her two children.

The couple had to make one of the biggest decisions they would ever make. Which of their daughters would they never see again? So, they decided to send the older of the two to live with her cousin. Emily would live with her aunt and be raised as the daughter of the King and Queen of Lilith. She would never know who her real parents were, or that she had a twin sister.

Serenity stepped into the transportation portal with Emily in her arms. Tears began streaming down her face. She couldn't believe that she would never see her darling little princess again. She could only hope that Emily would be happy living on Lilith. Her cousin, Queen Sophia, was waiting for her when she arrived on Lilith. Sophia had been waiting for hours. Sophia had wanted a child for so long, and when she had gotten a telegram from her cousin Serenity. Though she felt sorry for her cousin, she couldn't help but keep the joy off of her face.

As Serenity was about to leave, she kissed her daughter and thought to herself, 'I will see you again, my little princess, and I will always love you'. After that, she quickly left so that Sophia wouldn't see the tears running down her face. When she got home, she quickly ran to her husband's den. She ran sobbing into his arms. He had always been able to comfort her, no matter what her problem. It took hours, but after a while, she finally fell asleep and never spoke of her daughter again, but that doesn't mean that she didn't think of her every single day.

12 years later, Emily was walking through the palace gardens. She looked to the moon; she had always had a strange urge to go to the moon, almost as if she belonged there. She had once mentioned this to her mother, but Queen Sophia had told her that she was never to mention going to the moon ever again. It was something she had often wondered about, why was it that her mother did not want her to go to the moon? But she didn't care all that much, her mother knew what was best for her, and she would do as she said.

Just then, one of the servants walked up to her and said that her mother wanted to see her in the library as soon as possible. When she arrived, Emily noticed that not only was her mother there, but also a young man she had never seen before. He was tall with hazel eyes and short brown hair. He was very handsome, and looked very well built. There was a sword at his side, and he looked to be about 15 years old. Her mother smiled at her as she walked into the room. She asked her to sit down beside her, and asked the same of the young man. Sophia introduced the two; the young man was Prince Drake, of the planet Antrobia. He had been training to be a knight on Earth, and Sophia had asked him to serve as Princess Emily's protector. He agreed, and was now there to serve.

A few years passed, with Emily and Drake getting closer and closer. They soon fell in love, and confessed their feelings to each other on Emily's 14th birthday. That same night, a message came from the Moon. Queen Serenity had summoned Princess Emily to the party of her daughter, Princess Serena. Emily thought it a bit strange that her and the Princess of the Moon shared a birthday, but she was glad to be invited and hurriedly ran to her room to pick out a dress. Drake was to escort her. Sophia was very nervous, and seemed a little upset. Emily just brushed off, she was too excited to care. Something was obviously bothering the Queen, but Emily didn't notice. Drake and Emily quickly went to the moon. When they got there, Emily was amazed at how beautiful it all was. The Queen herself greeted her. The Queen took her into a private room, and asked Drake to wait in the hallway.

Once in the room, Serenity sat down with Emily and told her that she had something very big to tell her, and that she may not like what she had to say. Emily was a bit frightened, but she told the Queen that she wanted to hear anything she had to say. Then, the queen began. " Emily, I am your true mother. Princess Serena is your twin sister." Emily was in a state of shock. She wasn't sure she understood what the queen was saying. "You're….my mother?" Queen Serenity nodded her head, with a huge smile on her face. Emily ran up and hugged her true mother. She couldn't believe the immense happiness she felt.

After they had hugged and laughed, and Serenity told her daughter why she hadn't been able to raise her, Serenity asked her daughter something very peculiar. She asked her never to tell anyone, that it had to be their little secret. She said that she wanted to protect Serena, that they would wait to tell her since she wasn't as able to handle something as big as this as Emily was, so she agreed. Serenity and Emily walked out of the room as happy as can be. Drake was still there waiting. He took Emily's arm and they walked into the ballroom. There, Emily watched her sister from a distance, afraid to talk to her. Finally, Serena walked up to her with a big smile and said hello. They began talking and became fast friends. Then, suddenly, Serena got stiff and said that she had to go. She returned later with a frown on her lips. Then, a masked man took her hand and they began dancing. Drake came and kissed Emily's cheek. They began dancing, when suddenly, the Queen's advisors, Luna and Artemis, came running in saying that the Moon was under attack. Emily was scared, she didn't know what to do. Drake took her hand and began running with her towards the portals. Queen Serenity stopped them and told them to follow her. She took them to a deserted room, and gave them each a very special gift. She gave Emily a pink locket, and told her to call out "Lilith Crystal Power", she then gave Drake a small device and told him and call out "Lilith Protector Power."

With that, Emily was lifted by a soft pink and blue light, engulfed in a soft feeling, she was wrapped in feathers. The feathers turned into clothes, and she was slowly lowered to the ground, dressed in a white sailor outfit with a blue collar, a pink and blue skirt, with a pink and blue bow. Her hair was up in two odangos on her head, much like the way Serena wears her hair, only without the hair coming out of it. Drake was dressed in a black and blue set of armor, with a sword encrusted in Emeralds. Queen Serenity told them that she had given them the ability to protect themselves. She then said to Emily, "If you are ever in more danger than the power I have given you can protect you, reach inside yourself and a power will come out and protect you and the ones that you love. Never forget that I love you." With that she kissed her daughter one last time, told Drake to protect her, and led the two to a passage that led to the center of the kingdom where there was a portal they could use. She told them to go quickly, and save themselves. Emily resisted. How could she just leave her mother and twin sister there to die? She had only just begun to get to know the…but Drake dragged her with him, determined to save her. They were almost to the portal, when a man jumped in front of them and shot an energy blast at Emily. Drake jumped in front of it, the blast killed him instantly. Emily cried out in immense pain, she had just lost the only person she had ever truly trusted, the man she loved. Emily got a look of complete anger on her face and ran at the man. He pulled out a sword, and stabbed Emily through the heart.

Queen Serenity got a sudden look of fear in her eyes as her daughter Serena and her lover, Prince Darien of Earth were killed, at the exact same moment, she felt that her daughter Emily and her lover Drake were killed. Both of her beautiful daughters were killed. Serenity was crushed. She pulled out the crystal, and sent her daughters and all of those of their court, and sent them to a peaceful future on Earth. She only hoped that they would be able to find happiness on Earth. The last thing Serenity saw, were the souls of her daughters being sent to Earth. She smiled, and with that, she died.