Summary - Queen Selenity married King Venus and gave him a child, Princess Aphrodite, who was taken back to Venus to be raised as the Princess there. Two years later Selenity fell pregnant once again, but this time the child had no father, instead she is the child of The Silver Imperial Crystal, and so Princess Serenity was born, but she was kept hidden for safety and only the Outer Senshi knew of her existince.
" Princess, are you ready yet ?" asked a sweet voice as a small head covered with short black hair poked around a beautiful crystal door. The child had wide but deep purple eyes filled with an inner darkness.
The only person in the room turned around, " sorry, just one more thing " answered Princess Serenity in a bell-like voice. She was beautiful with pure silver hair tied up into a bun on each side of her head while a pig-tail came out of each one and streamed down to the floor, and bangs framed a gold cresent moon on her forehead. Her eyes were also pure silver and filled with warmth and kindness, and a hidden power and light lurked just beneath the surface. She had a nicely shaped face with high cheek bones, a small but sharp nose and naturally plump red lips.
Serenity smiled " come in, Persphone " she said softly, eyes sparkling happily.
Sailor Saturn walked in, clad in her Senshi uniform and Glaive in hand, and stood a few feet away from her princess. She looked to be at least 10 years old.
Serenity smiled brilliantly " I need my mask " she said, turning to her vanity, and she picked up a pure white mask and slipped it onto her face. It covered the upper-half of her face, leaving her cheeks, nose and mouth visible, but covering her eyes and forehead. She twirled around " how do I look ?" she asked.
Saturn looked over her friend and princess and nodded " beautiful " she said honestly.
The unknown moon heir smiled widely. She did look beautiful in a long and flowing pure white dress that hung onto her lithe and slender frame by a thin white strap on each shoulder, it hugged to her chest and sparkling jewels were lined underneath her bust before it flared out into layers all the way down to the floor.
Serenity picked up a silvery-white flower from a vase on her table and walked over to her friend " come on, firefly " she said, tucking the flower behind the small girl's ear, " time to go and meet my prince " she said dreamily, and glided from the room.
Saturn smiled, touching the flower delicately, before she followed after the silverette.
General Kunzite, bestfriend and first General of Prince Endymion, stood in the shadows and watched as many couples twirled and glided over the large white marble floor of Moon Palace throne room. His dark silver eyes were drawn, almost as if by magic, to the double doors where his date for tonight stood, the strange princess of Saturn behind her. He managed to hide his fond smile as he walked over and held out a gloved hand " may I have this dance, Princess ?" he asked.
Those visible plump lips curved upwards " of course, My Lord " spoke a lovely bell-like voice, and she placed a small and delicate hand into the offered large one, before she was swept onto the dance floor, mingling with the crowds of royals.
They twirled around in a graceful dance, never once looking away from eachother's eyes.
After minutes of dancing, Kunzite suddenly looked up, his eyes turning cold and hard as he stared at his Prince and the other Generals who were regretfully saying good-bye to their princess'. Two soft and delicate hands cupped his face and he looked down into the face of the owner of said hands, and found himself looking into concerned silver eyes. He smiled sadly " forgive me my princess, but duty calls, Earth is in peril " he admitted, knowing that lying to his love would get him no where.
Serenity stared at him, worry written clearly in her eyes, " be safe, Kunzite, I do not wish for you to be harmed " she spoke softly.
Kunzite smiled " I shall not be, my love " he said, bending down, quite alot since his princess was so short, and pressed his lips to her warm and plump ones.
Serenity kissed back with all the love she could muster, which was alot, and love blossomed in her chest " you will return to me, won't you ?" she asked once the kiss was broken.
Kunzite stared down at her with complete love " Yes, I promise to return to you, My Serenity, My Love " he said, before he left her.
Serenity felt a weird feeling fill her stomach, it was a bad feeling, and she felt as if that promise would never be kept. She spotted her senshi and hurried over.
Sailor Uranus looked at her " is something the matter, Kitten ?" she asked in concern.
Serenity nodded " I fear so, Kunzite has just been called away, he says that the Earth is in peril, I have a bad feeling about this, I know it is Metallia " she said, fear in her voice. What if her Kunzite did not return to her?
Sailor Neptune, the most gentle one of the Outers, wrapped an arm around the young Moon heir's shoulders and held her close " do not fret, my princess, you know he is strong, he will return " she said, but she had a feeling tonight would not end well.
Uranus nodded, she was suprised when she discovered that she actually liked the man who had captured her princess' heart, he was a good sparing partner.
The secret moon heir nodded, unsurely, before she looked around " where is Pluto ?" she asked, wondering where her fourth protector was.
Saturn shook her head " Pluto said that she would be here soon " she said soothingly.
Suddenly Sailor Pluto appeared, dark emerald hair fading into black and exotic garnet eyes were unusually grave, and she walked over to the Moon Queen, " Queen Selenity, the Planets have fallen, and Metallia is coming " she said quietly.
Queen Selenity gasped, the planets had fallen? thousands of people were dead. She blinked away her tears " Pluto, please inform the Outers of this and tell them to escort my daughter to her room, I do not wish for her to be harmed, I shall tell The Inners, and then I will inform the Captain, we shall go to war " she said, and walked over to the Inners.
Pluto walked, rather quickly, over to her fellow Outers, " Our planets have fallen, and Metallia is coming, Queen Selenity wishes for the Princess to be safe " she said.
Uranus' protectiveness went into over-drive, she would mourn for her planet later, but right now she had someone to protect " come on, kitten " she said, guiding a rather reluctant moon princess from the room, Neptune following.
Saturn went over to the balcony and put her hands on the railing before she jumped over, falling some distance before she landed in a crouch on the floor and straightened up.
Pluto followed suite and the two Outer senshi went to join the Inners.
Princess Serenity paced her room as she heard the sounds of battle outside, worry filled her heart, worry for her love and her senshi. What was going on? She walked over to the balcony doors and unlocked them and went out onto the balcony, the scene that met her eyes was terrible.
The bodies of Lunarian soldiers were thrown about in the ruins of the once beautiful Moon Palace garden, horrible creatures were fighting some of the other Moon soldiers who were protecting the princess from harm.
She shook her head and hurried back into her room, closing the doors behind her, and she ran out of her room. She could help! she was the Silver Crystal, right? she had lots of power just waiting to be used. She felt a rather familiar tingle and her eyes brightened, Kunzite was back! she ran down the marble corridors and soon exited the palace, her silver eyes searching for her love.
" Serenity "
Serenity turned around and saw her love standing there, but he was different, his eyes were blank, evil, his skin was so pale it looked unhealthy, and his uniform was a dreary grey color. She bit her lip, something didn't feel right, " Kunzite ?" she questioned weakly. What was wrong with her love? why did he sound so cold?
Kunzite's lips curved upwards, but it wasn't his rare smile, no, it was an evil smirk " yes, my Princess ?" he asked smoothly.
Her eyes watered " what happened to you ?" she asked, putting a hand over her heart, which was panging at something, and she had a horrible feeling that she knew what it was.
Kunzite smiled his rare smile that he saved for her, but something sinister was hidden beneath the surface " nothing, my love, the battle has been weary on me, but a kiss will make me better " he said charmingly.
Serenity almost believed him, but her Kunzite wouldn't have allowed her to stay outside while Youmas were closing in on them, her Kunzite would have immediately taken her to a safe location. Her Kunzite wouldn't have asked for a kiss in the middle of a war.
" WORLD SHAKING !"
A bright golden yellow ball of energy came barreling through the youmas and straight at Kunzite, who growled and jumped away.
" Get away from him Serenity! The Generals have turned traitor " said a familiar husky voice and Sailor Uranus appeared in front of her in a defensive stance, as did Sailor Neptune, while Pluto and Saturn were on either side of the moon heir, staff and glaive at the ready.
Serenity's eyes filled with tears " why ?" she sobbed, unable to believe that her love, her soul-mate, her fiance, would ever betray the prince he had sworn to protect, or betray her for that matter, and work for Metallia.
Kunzite's face went blank, but evil shone through his eyes, " I realized that I would rather work for Queen Beryl then be with a pathetic and wimpy little princess " he said coldly.
Serenity flinched.
Uranus' eyes narrowed angrily, how dare he say such a thing to her princess? " you claimed to have loved her! I should have known you were playing with her heart " she spat, clenching her hand around the handle of her Space Sword.
" DEAD SCREAM "
" DEATH WORLD REVOLUTION "
The two attacks hit the army of Youmas surrounding the five girls, and Uranus lept forward, brandishing her sword, and it clashed with Kunzite's sword and the two fought.
The other three Senshi fought off the Youmas, intent on protecting their princess.
" DEEP SUBMERGE "
A ball of water and enegry made a path threw the Youmas and Neptune nearly smirked, but kept her face blank, as she fought off the terrible beasts.
Serenity's eyes filled with tears as her heart panged, her Kunzite had loved her, one could not fake such a love, but now, now he was fighting her friends! her protectors!
The Princess raised her hand " Crystal Shards " she said and pure crystal shards shot out of the palm of her hand and at two Youmas, who shrieked in pain as the shards glowed white and purified them, leaving nothing behind but dust.
A scream cut through the air signalling that Neptune was the first one to fall, the white of her sailor uniform quickly turning crimson, and her eyes looked into the navy blue orbs of her lover, Uranus, before Youmas over whelmed her.
Uranus let loose a shout of fury and ran with incredible speed towards them and fought the Youmas off, trying to get too her lover. Having been fighting for what seemed like hours, she was severly weakened and soon taken down aswell, and she died holding hands with her lover.
Serenity let out a sob and she clutched her chest which was filled with pain at such a loss of her friends.
Saturn spun her Glaive around and cut three monsters in half, but even she, the Soldier of Ruin, was tiring. A dark beam hit her and she grunted in pain but kept a defensive stance in front of her princess. She sighed, she knew she was going to die, it was only time and she raised her glaive.
Serenity picked up on her fellow messiah's thoughts and smiled sadly, her eyes began to glow silver with the light of her true self and she looked at the Time Senshi " you must go back too the Time Gates, Pluto, I won't allow you to die aswell " she said strongly.
Pluto's eyes widened and she dissapeared in a flash of silver.
" DEATH WORLD REVOLUTION "
The attack killed numberous Youmas and now only a few were left.
Saturn smirked. It would be easy to deal with them. Unknown to her, the creatures were drawing her away from the princess.
Serenity was left to face her traitorus fiance, but she blinked away her tears and stood strong, eyes glowing fiercely.
Kunzite chuckled " looks like it's just you and me, little princess " he said coolly.
Serenity looked to her right and saw that Saturn was now lying on the marble steps, eyes closed as if she were sleeping, and a small hand clutching the glaive, blood pooling around her. Her heart felt as if it had been ripped into tiny pieces. She looked back at her love and knew that her death was coming, and she stared at him in the eyes.
She cupped her hands and a pure white light filled them, she looked into her lover's eyes and smiled " I love you, Kunzite " she said, and shot the white light at him.
The white-haired general shouted in pain as the pure light sent fire threw his very soul, purifiying it, and as the darkness drew back from his mind, he saw beautiful silver eyes that he loved so much, before all went black.
The pain in her heart was like fire had curled around it and was squeezing so hard that she could hardly breath. She slowly walked over to her dead fiance and knelt at his side, she picked up the sword with a tiny and delicate hand, she placed the tip at her chest. There was nothing lef tto live for now, Kunzite, her one and only true love was dead, The Senshi, her bestfriends and sisters, were dead, and her beautiful kingdom was destroyed. She closed her eyes as tears fell.
" Mother, I am sorry for doing this, but Kunzite and The Senshi are dead, and without them I am powerless, for my power comes from love, and without them, I cannot love "
Then she pushed the sword in between her breasts and the sword pierced her heart like a sword on fire, and then she collapsed on her dead lover.
Queen Selenity felt the loss of the Inner Senshi, her oldest child, the Outer Senshi, except for Pluto, no, she had been sent back to the Time Gate, and then the feeling that she had been dreading came, she felt the fake Silver Crystal, although very powerful but not the original, pulse and she knew her youngest child was dead. She placed the Silver Crystal in the small holder of the Moon Wand and held it to her chest.
" Queen Selenity! No! you'll die " cried out a small bluish-black cat with a gold cresent moon on her forehead and crimson eyes staring at her in horror.
Accompanying her was a small white cat with the same gold cresent moon but blue eyes.
Selenity smiled sadly " I have nothing left to live for, my dear Luna, Artemis, I cannot stop Metallia for I do not have enough strength, but this way, my children and the Senshi will have a chance to live again, far in the future without the burden of being a scout or a princess, in a time of peace " she spoke softly, " I will seal Metallia away where she cannot harm anyone " she finished and raised the Moon Wand high.
" MOON CRYSTAL POWER "
The Silver Crystal began to glow brightly and the two cats were startled as they were placed in small pods, and they soon joined the many floating bodies of the dead in the air, all of them contained in a bubble, and they floated towards earth.
Metallia was pushed back with a high-pitched scream of fury, and she was sealed away in the sun.
The remaining Youma were vanquished.
Selenity's eyes drifted over her oldest child, Sailor Venus, Princess Aphrodite, and her love Prince Endymion, and then her silver orbs landed on her youngest child, the one who had been gifted to her 17 years old by the Silver Crystal, the truth was, her daughter was the child of the Imperial Crystal,, her little light. The man that floated next to her daughter, General Kunzite.
Selenity let the tears fall as she fell back against a broken stone pillar, such fate for such young lovers, her strength left her and she closed her eyes, the Moon Wand falling as her grip loosened and the breath left the beautiful queen's body.
The Silver Millenium had come to an end.
The once great and beautiful Moon Kingdom had fallen.
At the Time Gates, Sailor Pluto fell to the ground, crying into her gloves hands, her body shaking with sobs. She was alone again.