Tonight was a night to remember, in more ways than one. Tonight was the night Queen Serenity was to give birth to her first born child. Queen Serenity came from a long line of female-only births, so it was assumed that the child would be a girl. The father, however, was Apollo, king of Sol, the beacon of the system.

Apollo came from a long line of powerful people, always the strongest in the universe. The royal Solar line was filled with the most intelligent, yet powerful persons in history, or so it is said. When the king or queen came to marry, they would hold a tournament of sorts. Contestants would have to pass a battery of tests, followed by a battle of the contestants. The power that would be imbued in those that joined the family had the ability to destroy persons, if they were not strong enough.

The Moon Kingdom, or rather Queendom, was a matriarchal bloodline, the daughter had always been female, so even though there was every signal that her child would be female, Serenity was still nervous. She was not nervous about having a son, she would rejoice if she had a son, but she was not sure she would be able to raise him properly, not without Apollo.

Apollo had left about three months into Serenity's pregnancy on a diplomatic mission to the center of the galaxy. He never made it. The galactic police had searched high and low, and every available senshi and kamen searched for him. The search was to continue for about 4 more years, as it took a long time to search every system, and even nearby galaxies were alerted to the incident.

So it was, that Serenity, Monarch of the Moon Queendom, Lunaria, went into labor alone. As the contractions came, Serenity was reminded of the set-up for the children. She and Apollo had agreed to have at least two children. They had agreed that the situation they were in dictated these two criteria – 1) they would have at least one girl, the powers willing, 2) Apollo would take the strongest [unless it was the girl and there were only one girl to become the next ruler of Solara, and Serenity would have her girl.

The hours drug on, and the labor pains became more intense. To get her mind off the pain, she thought of names for her new daughter. She and Apollo had not discussed names, both claiming that it was too far off to think about names. Secretly they kept their thoughts from each other, that the child might not survive.

Serenity did not go through the normal process to become part of the Solar Family. Just coming back from her campaign against Metalia, Apollo had wed her without hosting the tournament, and the marriage was not the normal ceremony either. There was no bonding of their energies, no allowance of Serenity the powers of the sun, nor Apollo access to those of the moon. This was more because of their advisors, and all parties involved were frightened of what the mixing of energies would result as. This said, there was agreement by the doctors and priests that should the child survive, (s)he would be immensely powerful with no problem of the mixing of the energies, as it was in the child's blood.

The contractions coming faster now, Serenity kept loosing her focus. In attempt to find a proper name for her daughter, she tried to remember all of her foremothers, and the mothers on Apollo's side. Soon enough, the contractions were only minutes apart, and the doctors stayed in the room, urging her to breathe in a productive manner.

It was all she could do, breathe in, push and breathe out, breathe in, push and breathe out. She could not see anything, save for the blanket across her legs, but when she heard the squeal of her child, she knew that she had made it, and felt the darkness surround her, taking her.

Queen Serenity awoke the next day as the nurse brought her breakfast. Yawning deeply, the queen asked to see her daughter, and to send a message to the steward of the Throne of Sol that Apollo's child had been born. A look of unease passed over the nurse's face, but the queen did not notice it; she was looking out the window overviewing the gardens, a small smile gracing her lips.