He stood there upon the balcony looking out towards the dark night sky, the coolness of the air slightly chilling his skin. His husky shadow reflected down to the ground below the balcony, making him appear taller and larger.

Some of the passing people of the Moon Kingdom saw the shadow, the woman letting out an ear piercing scream while the man with her called for the guards/

The Moon Kingdom, the Silver Millennium was beginning to face some of the hardest times they had seen for decades. The seven deadly shadows had been released upon the earth by the evil Queen Beryl. It was only natural now that the people of the Moon Kingdom began to fear for their own lives. They had to of course after having been witnessing the earth's destruction.

The king sighed. If only the people of earth weren't so stubborn. If only they'd let them help them. But he knew this would never happen. The people of the earth were stubborn beings that were eternally envious of the moon kingdom for what it was. Earths people were selfish and blind.

He turned around and headed back inside, his daughter greeting him kindly, her blue eyes the first thing he ever noticed. The king was aware of his daughter's beauty but did nothing to brag about it to the people of his kingdom. No, he could never do that.

She stood there in her gown of pure white that flowed down to the floor gracefully. How she looked so much like her mother. Her hair was fair and blonde, longer than another girl her age in the entire kingdom. But again what he loved most was his daughter's eyes, those deep blue eyes that reflected everything they saw.

"What news of the planet Earth today father?" she asked as she smiled sweetly.

This comment made the kings face go sour. He threw his hands up in the air as he glared at her. "I TOLD YOU TO FORGET ABOUT HIM!" he yelled at his daughter who had drawn away from her father in fear. "HE IS LOWER THAN US; HE IS FROM EARTH FOR GODS SAKE! ALL HE WILL MANAGE TO DO IS DRAW THE EVIL TOWARDS US AND DESTROY US ALL! IS THAT WHY YOU WANT SERENITY!?"

The young girl looked at her father, wide eyed horror stricken. Covering her face in her hands she turned and ran away up the palace stairs that would lead to her chambers. Her loud sobs the only thing that could be heard throughout the room.

The king stood there for a moment. He hadn't meant to yell at his daughter but what other choice did he have? This young Prince of earth she had secretly been seeing would be the end of them all. He would destroy them. The king sighed heavily. The servants who a few seconds ago stood with him and his daughter in this room had now disappeared, the sound of his angry voice scaring them to other sectors of the palace away from danger.

"Derek" came a small voice from behind him. He turned around to face his wife and at once felt the inner warmth that always filled him when she was near. He approached her lightly and kissed her smooth lips brushing away the pain that was deep within him.

"Derek" she said soothingly again as she brushed a few pieces of hair behind his ear. "You shouldn't be so harsh towards her. She is your own daughter after all. Don't you remember falling in love? This young man makes her so happy; I only wish you could see it. She's become so much more mature since she met him and I believe that she could soon be queen as long as he was by her side"

Derek shook his head and moved away from his queen. He held his hands behind his back as he began to pace the room thinking deeply. "But I wont have it" he said silently enough for only his wife to hear. "My love, Serenity, can you not see that there are plenty of far better off suitors for her right here on the moon. And all of them would love to be her king"

"But that is not what she wants" Serenity replied. "Serena has tried many of your suitors but never felt at home with any of them. Have you considered that perhaps she does not want to be with a man from the moon at all, and that perhaps she would rather be with that prince from the earth? Oh think of it Derek! The earth and the moon united as one! Imagine the peace throughout the universe, can't you just see it now Derek? Serena would be a beautiful queen and that prince of the earth would be a perfect king. Think of the grandchildren, oh what beautiful grandchildren. Can't you just imagine it?"

The king snorted. "All I can imagine is him ruling over everything and Serena being locked away, never again to see the sun."

Serenity shook her head and she turned to leave him alone. She briefly looked over her shoulder towards her husband. "One day you'll wake up and realize all that you've done to protect her has only harmed her".

Derek watched as his wife left the room, her gown the last thing to walk out of the doors. He was filled with an almighty rage and fury. He would not allow this; he would not tolerate an 'earth boy' stealing his daughter's rightful hand to the thrown.

'An earth boy', he spat at the words. How he hated this young man who was meddling with his daughters heart and the future of his family. How the king wished this young man would just go back to his own planet and die like the rest of his followers were.

"Is he not loyal enough to his subjects to stay and fight with them!" he yelled out to the empty room. But he was right, why was the young prince back on earth, protecting it instead of always coming here to visit his daughter. Did the man not think he was worthy enough to have to stand behind his 'civilians' and fight with them? Did he think himself of a higher status?

"I won't stand for it!" he said loudly into the empty room. His voice echoed as the sound bounced off the walls making the king seem bigger and more dangerous than he really was. He even made himself feel more intimidated. He slammed his fist down against the table that stood in the middle of the room as he sat down on the fine leather chair and turned to face the wooden fire. The heat quickly covering his body and warming his bones deeply.

He had to do something to stop this young man. He had to kill him; he had to kill the prince of the earth.

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