Hey Everybody! Thanks for giving this a chance. It's the first fanfic I've posted in over a year since my Internet was cut off! (SOB! ). I know, I know; the prologue is very short! Bear with me okay, the rest of the chapters are a lot longer! (I promise!!). This is a brand new account (I can't even remember my old one.) and I'm really sorry if you read some of my old writing, the files are lost and I can't do anything about it. Unfortunately right now I'm an unemployed bum whose still attending high school, I have no money (So please don't sue me Naoko!) All Sailor moon Characters are the property of Naoko Takeuchi, they aren't mine and unfortunately that means I can't sue the pants off everyone to get more money.

By Your Side

Prologue, Weep

By: EmeraldSong

"Endymion" her voice called out softly. A large man dressed in black immediately came to her side. His bright blue eyes misting with tears, as he looked at the woman on the floor. Her normally immaculate white robes stained crimson with blood.

"Serenity" he croaked. She was looking at him trying to smile but failing as the wound in her chest pained her. Her pale silver tresses fell around her face in waves, unbound from her usually cheerful hairstyle. Her inhuman silver eyes, glinted and the small crescent moon on her forehead faded in and out as her heartbeat began to slow.

"I'm sorry," she whispered as tears trickled down her cheeks.

"For what?" he asked holding her little hand in his two large ones.

"I broke my promise. I said I would never leave your side," she shuddered and whimpered as the wracking of her body caused her even more pain.

"Serenity! This is all my fault, if you hadn't been protecting me, this never would have happened" The man known as Endymion began to weep, his tears falling and mixing with her own.

"Hush beloved one" her hand and voice trembled as she reached out to place her delicate fingers on his cheek and wiped away his tears. "I would gladly die a thousand times to insure your safety, even if it meant I had to leave you."

"No!" he cried in denial, though he had seen wounds like this and knew there was no way to save her.

"I'm sorry Endymion, but remember, even though I will no longer be with you in body. My spirit, my soul will reside by your side forever. I love you and I always will." Her hand slipped off his cheek, and her lovely face softened. "Good-bye, my love" she whispered as the dark claimed her.

"No! Please Serenity! Do not leave me! NOOOOOO!"

Against the wishes of their parents, the Moon Princess and Endymion were married. The moon and Earth had been at war for countless generations, and peace between them would not be bought easily. A lunarian man who had loved the innocent princess since the day she was born grew jealous of the happy couple and sent assassins to tear them apart. They were told to kill Endymion, but their plan went to shambles when the Moon Princess Serenity took the arrow that had been intended for her beloved prince. The arrow stuck her chest, not only piercing her heart but also shattering the silver Crystal that she carried within herself into many fragments.

Endymion was devastated by her death. He began withdrawing into himself he went into a self-imposed exile, his guardians the four generals going with him. None can say what occurred during this period of exile save that, his guardians disappeared never to be seen from again, and that Endymion returned mad.

Fearing for his kingdom should Endymion inherit the throne, the King gave the order for his own son to be assassinated. The attempt failed however and Endymion retaliated by killing his father in cold blood and taking the Golden Crystal of Earth as his own.

Once the golden crystal was his Endymion took the throne and enslaved the population of Earth. Corruption flourished and many people were forced underground to escape Endymion's tyranny. In Tokyo, called Dark Tokyo by many, Endymion created his dark fortress Shiranai and ruled the earth.

Earth should have been enough for any man, even a mad man like Endymion, but nothing could dissuade his paranoid delusions. Soon after his takeover of earth, Endymion set his sight on the Silver alliance that had refused communication with Earth since the death of the beloved princess Serenity.

A war started but without the silver crystal, it was a doomed effort on the side of the moon. Soon all the planets of the Alliance and their populations had been destroyed and all that remained was the moon where the planetary senshi guarded the last stronghold. Against the might of Endymion's golden crystal, they did not last long.

Soon the entire Universe grew quiet, and Earth held the only life left in the galaxy.

Weep if you have a heart. Weep for the loss of sanity. Weep for the death of what makes us human. Weep for the sake of faith, hope, and love.

I told you it was short.