A/N: yeah so I found this little tid-bit in one of my notebooks while re-organizing my room LOL. I also have chapter one done, just gotta see when I can type it what with finals next week. But I hope I can finish this one through and not leave it hanging like my other stories -_- Anyways, hope you enjoy :)

Prologue

Quiet giggles echoed down crystalline corridors as a young red eyes and pink odango-ed hair girl found herself sneaking past her parent's bedroom door one afternoon.

"Small Lady," a small kitten meowed, "You know Her Highness the Queen doesn't approve of you playing in here."

With dancing ruby eyes, the girl merely smirked mischievously.

"Mommy isn't here now is she Dianna?" she replied haughtily as she sauntered into her parent's chambers.

"Besides, she's too busy to even notice that I'm not in the east wing of the palace anymore. There's no way she'll ever know I was ever in here."

Diana slowly pawed her way in behind the young princess, peering cautiously into the lavishly decorated room.

"But Chibi-Usa, we really shouldn't—Small Lady no! Don't touch that!" Diana exclaimed, watching as the Neo Princess fingered one of the Queen's delicate treasures.

"Oh Diana, relax will you? It's only a chalice, what's the worst that could happen if I just touch it? I just want to admire it."

Dianna held her breath as Small Lady slowly caressed the golden cup encrusted with beautiful multi color gems.

"It really is beautiful," the Princes whispered in awe, "I wonder what it's for? It's not like mother to have such delicate yet odd objects in sight like this."

Gingerly, she set both petite hands on either side of it and picked it up.

"I'm going to ask her what it is," she announced excitedly, "She might scold me for disobeying her and coming in here in the first place, but I'm really curious, I have to know…it feels like I've seen it somewhere before."

Entranced in her racing thoughts, the Princess turned to leave, unbeknownst to her, stepping on her gown and sending her toppling to the floor. Horror-stricken, she watched the chalice fly out of her hands and crash into the floor, breaking into pieces.

"Small Lady," Diana cried out, rushing to her mistress in worry.

"Oh Diana, what have I done?" Small Lady yelped, getting to her knees and fingering the broken bits of gem and gold. Suddenly, the ground beneath them began to shake violently. Wobbly scrambling to her feet, Small Lady took the gray kitten in her arms and ran out of the room.

"We got to go find Mother and Daddy!" she cried as she ran.

The quaking increased and Small Lady screamed in terror as glass window and floors began to shatter all around. Suddenly, Small Lady felt a dark pull within her, sending her to the floor once more—this time withering in pain.

"Diana, I feel so weak, I don't know why…" she gasped.

"Small Lady! You're….fading!" Dianna shrieked in dismay as she watched her young mistress turn more and more translucent.

"Why?" the small princess whimpered, "Why all this for a broken chalice?"

She closed her eyes tightly and let out a defeated sigh.

"Diana, tell Mommy…I'm sorry…."

And then the world around her went black….