Beauty and the Beast: Serena and Diamond's Tale

Rated: PG

Genre: Drama/Romance

Disclaimer: I thought I told you… I don't own Sailor Moon!

Summary: A twist of the classic French fairy tale with a taste of Sailor Moon R. Can the curse of the Negamoon be destroyed by true love, not lust? Serena x Diamond. Read and review please!

Author's Note: This is my first attempt making a spinoff. Please, don't flame me!

Prologue: Crystal Tokyo

He was only a little boy when his family was banished to the planet Nemesis. By the time he was in his teenage years, he was ruling his own kingdom. Everyone loved him, but he loved no one; not even one of his servants Emerald. She had an interest in the young prince, but he treated her no differently than anyone else.

For many years, the mysterious Wiseman led him as his advisor. No one knew his true identity or the reason why he was part of the Black Moon family. No one knew where he came from.

No one knew if he was indeed a friend or foe.

But his guiding advice had brainwashed the naïve prince ever since the day Diamond took the throne. "You can have anything you want," he always hissed under his cloak.

"Anything?" Diamond would ask.

"Anything. You can take over the universe if you wanted to!"

The prince would contemplate those words and savor them like the best wine in his collection. His first mission was to make peace and trading negotiations with the Earth, the one planet that banished his family years ago over a rebellion. He wanted to do some good for a change, and he believed he could do it.

When he arrived at the Earth Kingdom, or Crystal Tokyo, things between him and the splendid King Endymion were fine. That was, of course, until he met the king's wife Neo-Queen Serenity. She was like the angel that came to his dreams night after night. She was the reason why he never fell in love with other women. She was meant to be his, and he had to have her!

If there were two words that would describe the White Prince, they would be "selfish" and "spoiled." He always got everything that he wanted, and he was not going to let her slip through his fingers. He started to court her, flirt with her… All this behind the king's back. He was close to convince her to leave her beloved husband behind, bring her daughter Small Lady, and come to the Negamoon with him.

She was fond of him and his charisma, but her eyes spoke the truth each time. I will remain faithful to my husband. No matter how hard he tried, she would only thank him for his kindness. He gave her a necklace made with the finest diamonds. He gave a lovely light blue dress made for a queen like her.

He gave her white roses to mismatch her husband's dozen of red. Endymion was not too pleased to see his guest being with Serenity every passing moment. He made sure the Sailor Scouts kept a close eye on their leader and reported anything that would be considered as unfaithful.

But the girls knew the queen was better off with this young man, although he was the enemy. They kept their mouths shut, especially Sailor Venus who was known as the Sailor of Love, and observed the queen and the White Prince with curious eyes. If only she would listen to her heart, they thought. She wants to be with this man, but she believes in destiny too much.

Destiny… That was something Diamond never believed in. If that was the only thing that was separating him from the queen's love, he would make sure it would collapse right before him. He wasn't afraid to kidnapping the queen, and he would do it if he wanted to. But to see her miserable and unhappy would make him also miserable and unhappy. Yet, he wanted to leave her with his token of love.

They were out in the gardens, a clear blue sky over their heads. Diamond gave her one white rose in remembrance of him. "Please, Serenity," he pleaded.

She knew what he wanted. Sadly, she shook her head and replied, "I can't, Diamond. This is my home. I can't leave my people, my Sailor Scouts… And Endymion."

Hearing the king's name made his blood boil in hatred. He was not going to give up his love for her. So he did the unthinkable.

He grabbed her and forced a kiss upon her lips… Right in front of Endymion's eyes.

"You!" the king bellowed. "You leave my wife alone!"

Diamond's cold violet eyes burned into Endymion's blue orbs. "I don't think so. Your wife belongs to me."

"You will dearly pay for this!" The king took out a bill out of his overcoat. It was recently passed for Earth to trade with Nemesis, but Endymion showed it to Diamond for one brief minute and then ripped the paper into shreds. "Diamond, you are strictly forbidden to come on Earth again," he ordered in a harsh tone.

He attacked the Crystal Palace the next day.

The Sailor Scouts tried their best to defeat the Black Moon family, but they refused to let the queen fight along with them. "Serenity, you must stay in here," Sailor Venus said. "You're the bait to their victory."

"I don't care," the queen argued. "I must save my people!"

"Your majesty, please listen to Sailor Venus," Sailor Mars pleaded. The four soldiers ran out of the throne room, leaving the queen alone. She knew what exactly the Black Moon came for: the Silver Crystal. But she was not willing to give it up.

Time passed as the battle continued. Every Negamoon soldier fought against the quartet, but Diamond found his way into the Crystal Palace. He searched through the halls to find his queen and take her away from Endymion, but he had no such luck until he saw his angel crying on her throne.

This is my chance, he thought as he quietly strolled up to Serenity. He placed a hand on her exposed shoulder and asked in a tender voice, "Why are you crying?"

The queen brushed her blonde hair aside and looked up at the man, hoping it was someone from her court. But when she saw Diamond's face, she let out a high-pitched scream. "You!" she cried. "You are responsible for this!"

Diamond merely chuckled and approached her closer. "You deserve so much better," he said. He smiled as his third eye appeared in place of his inverted crescent moon insignia. The eye blinked and cast a hypnotic spell on the queen. While stuck in her trance, he lifted her chin and began to place a kiss on her lips…

…But her hand smacked his face away for she had broken the powerful curse. He landed on the crystal floor hard and growled in frustration. "No one ever defies the power of the Negamoon, and no one ever slaps me in the face! Do you hear that, Serenity? NO ONE!"

Serenity tried to run away from his anger, but Diamond cast a spell on her. She fell unconscious and landed in a bed of crystal. Then, he used his magic to create an unbreakable glass coffin to keep his angel as a prisoner of war. Without the queen, Crystal Tokyo was powerless.

Endymion, Small Lady, and the Sailor Scouts mourned for the lost of their leader, and no matter how hard they tried, they knew the only way to free Neo-Queen Serenity was to defeat the Negamoon once and for all.

He was then known as the Beast for he was ruthless and unforgiving. His heart was filled with hatred, and he refused to love no one but Serenity. He would spend time in his throne room drinking his usual wine while staring at the lovely hologram of his prisoner. Oh, he was madly in love with her, but she did not love him back.

But he was going make her love him, now that he is planning to attack Tokyo in the 20th Century. He was told that Small Lady went back into time to seek the help of the powerful heroine Sailor Moon, the younger incarnation of the queen, to save Crystal Tokyo. The blonde was young but still as beautiful as she would be in the future.

Diamond took another sip from his wine and gave a menacing smirk. Lifting up his glass to the hologram, he said his infamous words whenever he had his mind set on a goal. "I always get everything I want… Everything."

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