Disclaimer: I dont own Sailormoon...BUT I DO own an overly imaginative mind that likes to run rampant from time to time.

Chapter 1: Seperation

A young girl dressed in a soft blue dress lifted the skirts of her dress higher as she ran through the grassy field, golden blond hair trailing behind her and sky blue eyes flashing with joy.

"Come, Endy, you're getting slow!" she called, her musical laughter drifting back towards the boy who gave chase to her not too far behind.

Raven hair fell in to a sea of deep blue eyes as the young man quickened his run, hand reaching out towards the younger girl. Almost there….almost…

"Hah!" he exclaimed, hand grabbing hers and pulling her back, causing both teens to fall to down to the grassy field in a tangle of clothes, limbs, and laughter.

Giggling, Serenity brushed away the bangs that had fallen in to her eyes and stared at the breathless boy beside her.

"Have you been cooping yourself in the library again?" she whined, then let her features fall into mock seriousness. "You should really get out more Endymion, studying so much and going over so many war tactics is going to turn you into an cranky old man."

"I know, I know," he laughed then uttered a small sigh ", but you know how father is 'The future king of earth must be ready for anything! And that includes going into war! You must know your defenses and land inside and out'."

Serenity nodded, eyes darkening in to a darker shade of blue and her small smile falling into a frown. Oh yes, she knew very well how Endy's father could be. The man who didn't care for others, who would rather die than be caught to someone 'below' him, and never even tried to show his son caring and understanding. No, that man was only interested in ruthless violence and wars, in fact, he seemed to crave it. Endymion , noticing his dear friend's frown, frowned too. Thank god Endymion was nothing like him.

"What's wrong?" he asked, hand finding hers and squeezing it in an all too comforting way.

She blushed lightly at the contact and shook her head softly, a soft smile returning to her lips. No, Endy was definitely nothing like his father.

"Nothing, nothing," she mumbled and smiled a bit wider to reassure him when she saw his worried look. "But anyway, we'd better h-" she started only to be cut off as a loud horn rang in the distance, a sign that everyone should head back inside since the gates would be closing any minute and you would probably be stuck either inside or outside unless you had a very good reason to get in- or out.

"Head back to the palace?" he finished, and Serenity gave him a playful shove at his cheeky- and obvious- reply.

"Come on Mr. I-know-everything-and-then-some, we better go before they tear up the whole kingdom looking for us," she retorted, standing and brushing off the stray leaves and dirt specks that had caught on her dress during their fall.

Smiling, Endymion followed the younger girl as she trudged down the hill and towards the kingdom's gates.

Once they had finally passed through the gates and were inside the large kingdom Serenity spoke again, carefully keeping her voice down.

"Hey…Endy? Wont your dad be mad that you didn't stay in your chambers like he told you to?"

Endymion shrugged in answer, grinning when he spotted a few merchants waving their way and waved back.

"Even if he did get mad, I don't care," he replied, and Serenity glanced at him out of the corner of her eye. "He knows that the reason I kept begging him to come back to the moon kingdom was to see you and the king and queen, not so he could show me off to the other royals like some prized doll."

Serenity didn't comment on his words but instead turned her gaze in front of her, teeth gnawing lightly on her bottom lip. Sometimes she worried for her friend, sure he'd seen how harsh and bad his father could be but…she gulped, she was almost sure that Endymion hadn't really seen how his father could be. She glanced at the smiling prince beside her. Quickly taking his large hand into her petite one she broke into a run towards the palace, dragging a confused Endymion behind her. She wouldn't let him see that side of his father if she could help it.

Once the two teens had reached the palace entrance they checked in with the closest, frantic guard – who immediately send message to his other fellow guardsmen to quit their search because the moon princess and earth's prince had been found- before heading inside. Serenity smiled to herself as she held Endy's hand tighter in her own and continued through the winding hallways and rooms until, turning a corner, they crashed into a tall body, sending them sprawling on the floor. Groaning, the 12 year old princess looked up to see Thar, King of the Earth, looming over them with a deadly glint in his eyes.

"Where in all hells have you been Endymion? I thought I told you to stay in your chambers."

Normally, to someone passing by, the words would have seemed normal coming from a worried parent wondering where their child had run off but the deadly glint in the king's dark black eyes proved other wise. Instantly Serenity knew that the temperamental king was about to exploded and gasped in panic when she saw Endymion raise himself proudly to his feet.

"Well where do you think I was, father? Remember the whole reason for coming here! To see Sere and the king and queen, and you know what? You're barely let me see them!" spouted Endymion, his deep blue eyes reflecting a stormy sea.

Serenity instantly winced and scrambled to her feet.

"I'm sorry your majesty. I didn't realize how late it had go-"she tried to apologize but Thar's hand suddenly lashed out, slamming her against the opposite wall and pining her there.

"You stay away from my son, you hear me?" He breathed, eyes squinting in anger and mouth pulled back in a snarl. "My son will someday be king, and he doesn't need to be wasting his time with little, spoiled, crybabies."

"P-please…" she choked out, tears blurring her vision as the pain where her head had been hit increased. Whimpering she clawed helplessly at the firm hand that held her against the wall and gasped when the hand suddenly released her. Opening her eyes Serenity watched the king cradle his jaw as he leaned against the opposite wall, glaring as Endy stood in front of her.

"Don't you dare touch her." The words were simple, yet entirely too deadly from the fifteen year old's lips. Slightly frightened by the suddenly cold boy Serenity grabbed onto his hand, pulling him back towards her. The prince didn't resist, instead wrapping his arms around her as the princess tried to make herself as small as possible against him.

"Serenity…I-I'm so..sorry…please..dont cry…" he murmured, instantly hugging her tighter as tears soaked through his tunic.

He lifted a hand to the blonde girl's head but drew it back with a startled gasp, staring, horrified, at the blood stain on his hand.

"What is the meaning of this?" spoke a deep voice, and three pairs of eyes turned to stare at the looming figure of the Lunarian King, Ryo, and his wife , Queen Selenity.

Serenity tensed in Endymion's arms at the sound of her father's quiet voice, someone who didn't know him might have thought that the king was entirely calm, Serenity knew better. Her father was borderline furious.

"Father, it's n-" she started, only to be interrupted by her mother's soft voice.

"Come here Serenity."

The words were gentle and soft, meant to be soothing and persuading. Serenity panicked at the thought of leaving Endymion's side. Her glossy eyes met her mother's sad ones and the queen shifted a bit uncomfortably and looked away, unable to answer her daughter's unasked question.

"That was not a request, Serenity," spoke her father, eyes never leaving the leaning form of the Earth's king.

" B-but father! Endy..he didn't do anything! Please father…you ca-" she protested but another look from her father swiftly cut her off.

"Come here Serenity," he repeated, putting more force into the words as he took a step towards he and the earthling prince.

"NO!" she sobbed, taking a step away from her father but refusing to let go of Endy. He had done nothing wrong! They couldn't take Endy away, they just couldn't!

"Serenity…" Endymion looked down at the shaking girl with glowing eyes, forcing himself to bite back the tears that threatened to fall from his own eyes.

Everything was wrong, so wrong. Why did this have to happen…? He bent down to the younger girl, and placed a tender kiss on her forehead before unwrapping her arms from around him and looking up to meet the queen's gaze, he nodded.

Stepping up, queen Selenity took a firm hold of her daughter, dragging the distraught princess down the hallway and away from the men. Endymion watched the two go, hand unconsciously reaching for Serenity as she disappeared down the hallway. He drew his hand back, two lone tears sliding down each side of his cheek.

Once he was sure his wife and daughter were clearly gone he turned back to the two in front of him, trying to ingnore the strange pull at his heart at the sight of the earth's prince's face. His face hardened as they landed on Endymion's father, the ruling king of earth.

"You better have a damn good reason for laying a finger on my daughter Thar."

"Of course I have a reason, your majesty," mocked the Earth's king, eyes turning hateful. "I had already warned that little wench to stay away from my son, but apparently she needed a bit more of a …push."

Ryo felt his jaw tick as he ground his teeth together, trying to refrain from pummeling the piece of slime in front of him. It wouldn't do any good to have a war with earth, even if the moon could easily win, and even though this man had clearly insulted his daughter. But he couldn't do it, he couldn't kill millions of people –innocent people- because of their king's foolishness.

"You are banned from this kingdom, you and all of your kin," Ryo winced as the last statement left his mouth but there was no other choice, he just couldn't take any risks.

Still, the great king felt his shoulders slump with the burden of his words, knowing things would never be the same again.

" Well you don't have to tell me twice," Thar sneered "I wouldn't stay one more minute in this filthy place for all the gold on Earth." Turning, the angered king walked away but stopped abruptly when he realized his son hadn't moved from his spot.

"Endymion we're leaving!"

The raven haired prince paid no mind to his father'ssharp command, eyes still glued to where Serenity and the queen had disappeared from sight.

"Endymion." It was Ryo who spoke his name now, voice soft and soothing.

The prince turned to face the great king with tear-filled eyes, stepping up and digging something out of his breast pocket and handing it to the lunarian king.

"I'm sorry… I never meant for any of this to happen," he murmured, but somehow Ryo heard him clearly.

" Please would…would you tell Serenity that I'll never forget her? I-I was going to give this to her tomorrow at her birthday ball but…" he gulped, willing the lump in his throat to go away, and lifted his eyes to lock with the Ryo's " I love her, your majesty. I truly do…and I'll never stop loving her."

Then, without a second look back, prince Endymion and Thar were gone.

Ryo didn't know how long he stood there in shock but, finally regaining his composure, he opened his fist to reveal a beautiful star shaped locket dangling on a chain. Without so much as push from the king the lid popped open to reveal a small ruby stone in the very center of the locket, a crescent moon rotating around it as light rainbow hues of color emitted from it. There, in the deserted hallway of the lunarian castle, the hauntingly beautiful music from the locket echoed and rang as a lone tear slipped down the king's cheek.

That night, when the king gave his grief-stricken daughter the locket and conveyed the young man's words there was nothing him and his wife could do as their precious daughter cried and screamed herself hoarse. Nothing they could do but hold her as her sobs lessened and her breathing evened out, the locket playing quietly as the princess fell into a dreamless sleep.

Well, this is the first chapter! Now come on, don't be shy with those reviews! I want to know what you guys think!

Kiki