Okay, since i wanted to write and i had a mental blockage as to the next chapter for Where the Wind May Lead, instead of banging my head on the keyboard for an hour till i got an idea, i decided to write the first introductory chapter to this :)

Right... i'd like to stress this point, i'm not a scientist, i haven't got the faintest idea whether sun rises/sets even exist on the moon and i quite frankly don't care since i am going to use them anyway.

Once again another beautiful day was ending in a spectacular sunset. Princess Serenity the III of the Lunar Kingdom watched as the sun disappeared once again below the white horizon. The stars were already setting themselves in the sky for another long and quiet night, the earth shone large and brilliant in the darkening sky. Sighing she turned away from her window to face her large and perfectly clean bedroom. Yes, another day had ended, another extremely long, highly uneventful and intensely boring day.

After rising at exactly seven as always, Serenity had proceeded to be dressed in a pure white gown, and then made her way promptly, but not to fast (for of course it is improper for a Princess to run, most especially in hallways) to the breakfast room. There she had sat with her mother and some Lady, of some town, of some importance, and drank her morning tea silently while pretending to listen intently to her mother and this woman's business.

She had then gone out to walk in the gardens with her friends Princess Ami and Princess Minako, as usual there were many people bustling in and out of the castle, so the girls talked in quiet voices about events that were taking place around the castle, while they picked flowers… these were then arranged and placed in the dining room. The three Princesses had then had lunch on the terrace and then it was time for their daily lessons, Luna was as strict as ever. At precisely four that afternoon, Ami and Minako took their leave for their training sessions with Artemis. Serenity had been called to talk to her mother about details of the visit from the Earth King and Queen and their sons. This would have excited her slightly, had they not already been over it several hundred times already. The visit was the next day and her mother and the Queen of Earth had been planning it for at least four months.

She had then gone on to have dinner, thankfully Ami had been present for this and so Serenity did at least have someone other than her mother and her dull Lady friends to converse with, there had then been a speech her mother was to give to the representatives of the kingdom, Serenity had sat silently beside her for the whole time; and then, finally, at eight that evening Serenity had excused herself from the evening room, where one of the dull friends of her mother was talking in a high voice about the audacity of the 'common folk', and she had retired to her own room.

She pulled off her shoes, silently cursing whoever's stupid idea it was to make high-heeled shoes in the first place. There was a knock on her door and she called them in. Her personal maid bustled in with her neatly folded nightdress in her arms. She allowed her to dress her without a word, the maids never did make good conversation, they were all terrified that if they said the wrong thing they'd be immediately replaced, and Serenity could hardly start a conversation with one herself, if word got around the servants quarters that the Princess had gone out of her way to say anything other than make a request or order with a 'mere servant' well… word might reach her mothers sharp ears, and she'd be disgusted. Her mother was a kind woman, generally, and a cherished leader, but she was, after all, a Queen, and she had standards. Finally the maid left and Serenity was able to collapse on her enormous four-poster bed and crawl under her covers. She was soon fast asleep and dreaming of simple things, dressing herself, talking to whomever she wished, running, shopping, and not having to wear stupid tight high heeled shoes.

Meanwhile Usagi Tsukino was also sat looking out of her window, she however was not watching the sun sinking ever lower, instead she peered longingly up at the Grand Palace, which stood only two miles from her own home in the large town of Runa, the main Lunar town which surrounded the Queens Palace. It had been a nice day she supposed, she had slept late, as per usual, then her and her best friend and foster sister Rei had joined their other best friend Makoto in shopping around the market.

They had then spent the rest of the time showing off their purchases in the town centre. Makoto had spotted a couple of extremely cute guys, but Usagi had been far too embarrassed to actually speak to them. Her and Rei had bade goodbye to Makoto about two hours ago and had returned home to the smell of their foster mothers homemade cooking, naturally both had raced into the kitchen and joined Usagi's brother Shingo at the table.

Now Usagi was sat in her window seat, wondering. The castle looked so beautiful in the light of the setting sun. She did like her life, but she couldn't help but dream about how it would be to live in such an amazing place. To be able to wonder its halls freely, spend her days running through the gardens, dancing in the falling blossom from the castles many trees. Have every need catered for, eat in the huge dining rooms and explore every inch of the castles white washed halls and rooms. She sighed heavily, she had only seen the Queen and Princess Serenity twice in all her life, but they had struck her as the most beautiful people she had ever seen. Both had their long hair, silver and gold, done up in the royal styling, two buns on top of their head, their hair reaching down almost to the floor in long pigtails, they were both dressed in pure white dresses. She looked down at her own dress, it was nice enough, but the material and style was not even nearly as beautiful, her hair, though a similar golden colour and length, was slightly matted and had nothing close to the shine of the royals. She let out a long sigh.

"Dreaming again Meatball head," Rei leant against the door to the room they shared, staring at her foster sister and friend.

Usagi frowned slightly at the nickname and turned to face her friend. Rei was not typically the kind of girl you found on the moon. Most were fair haired and skinned, light blue or grey eyes were typical, but Rei had none of these features. She was almost exotic, with long black hair, which had an almost dark red tint in the right light. Her eyes were a deep, fiery, reddy-brown and her skin slightly tanned. Usagi could only suppose that she had Marsian ancestry, possibly even her parents were Martians, still they would probably never know, Rei had been adopted two years before Usagi's parents had died leaving her and her baby brother alone.

"Just thinking about the Palace," She said with a small smile. Rei returned it with a smile of her own and made her way over to her bed.

"Do you ever think about anything else Usagi?"

"Yes," Said Usagi in an indignant tone. "I think about many things Rei,"

"You mean like, sweets, games, and cute boys"

"Meany," Said Usagi sticking her tongue out and throwing a plush toy in Rei's direction. Needless to say it missed by a mile, not that Usagi couldn't aim, Rei was just well trained in dodging fast.

"Bad throw Meatball head. Don't sit in that window seat all night, okay," She pulled back her covers and slipped into bed as Usagi sighed and nodded. She rolled off the seat onto her bed and pulled the curtains closed behind her. She crawled under her own sheets and pulled out a photograph from beneath her pillow. She looked into the smiling faces of her parents, holding her sleeping brother and her own three year old self, also smiling. She kissed both her parents in turn before placing it back beneath her pillow.

"Night mum, night dad," She whispered into the pillow before pulling up the covers and snuggling down to sleep.

'Damn that servant… of all the days to be late!' Serenity thought as she walked as fast as was ladylike down the castle hallways towards the throne room; her mother would be there already and she only hoped that the Earth King and Queen had been slightly held up. She pushed open the throne room doors and gave the tiniest sigh of relief. Things were still being put into place, which meant she was all right for time.

Her mother was stood talking with one of the butlers a little way from the doors and Serenity made her way over, gliding across the floor.

"Good Morning Mother," She chimed in her highest sweetest voice.

"Ah Serenity, thank goodness, we're running a little behind schedule," Her mother looked slightly flustered, not a sight usually seen, but then she had been planning this particular visit for months, and the possibility of a visit had been on the planning cards for years. She wanted everything perfect. After all the King and Queen of Earth were well known to be very picky of whom they continued to associate with. The Queen and her mother got along very well… at a distance. What remained to be seen was whether they would be impressed enough to agree to the match between Serenity and their eldest son Endymion. A tie of marriage between the two eldest children of both planets was a sure key to a lasting peace, and was therefore necessary. Serenity of course had no problem with this arrangement, if anything it meant she would be able to get out of this castle for a time, the Prince would surely wish to take the carriage for a tour, around the main town of Runa at least, and the Prince of Earth was said to be both handsome and very charming, she was certainly looking forward to meeting him and was almost as anxious as her mother to impress his mother and father.

Everything was finally in place and Serenity and her mother took their places on the thrones at the head of the room. Just in time, for only a couple of minutes later a man in emerald green robes came dashing through the doors holding a long scroll of parchment.

"To her Majesty Queen Serenity, and her Majesty Princess Serenity, of the Lunar Kingdom. It is with regret that I must inform you that my husband and eldest son will be unable to attend our initial meeting. I hope that you can forgive this untimely misfortune, they shall return within the week.

Yours with Kindest Regards

Queen Yana of the Earthen Kingdom."

Princess Serenity turned her head slightly to look at her mother, but she had no opportunity to speak because only seconds later another emerald clad man walked through the door, he too was carrying a scroll.

"Introducing her most gracious Majesty, Yana, high queen of the Earthen Realm, protector of the peace, and her son, his majesty Prince Seiya, head of the army of earths second division." He stepped to one side and the doors opened to reveal their guests.

Yana was indeed the beauty she had been described as, the earthen royalty was well known for dressing very much over the top. Whereas both Serenity and her mother were wearing their traditional long white gowns perfectly fitted to their shape, Queen Yuna wore a dark green dress, with a corset top and a bell shaped skirt, the gown was decorated with intricate designs in red and gold, her hair was a dark brown and done up in an elegant knot on the top of her head. She wore a small golden tiara on her head and a lot of golden jewellery around her neck, wrists and fingers. Her skin was fairly pale and she had deep brown eyes. Despite her heavy clothing, she moved with surprising grace.

In sharp comparison her son followed slowly behind her. If she was not a princess, or if it were not improper to do so, Serenity would have frowned at the look on his boyish face. It was sulky, and she had no trouble in imagining that he was obnoxious. He was dressed in traditional earthen army general clothing, with armour bearing the insignia of earth engraved skilfully into it. He had black hair, which was far longer than Serenity had ever seen on a man. If one saw passed the uninterested look on his face, you could probably call him handsome, but their was something about him that meant Serenity took an instant dislike to this Prince, and she could only hope that his elder brother was nothing alike.

Her Mother had risen from her throne and Serenity followed, both sets of royals gave a curtsey, apart from Seiya who bowed politely, but stood straight again and folded his arms. After this display of courteousness Queen Serenity walked down the steps and her and Queen Yana exchanged a few friendly words and a kiss on both cheeks, something considered polite from Earth. Serenity hoped they didn't expect her to do such a thing; thankfully not, and just a few minutes later her mother and Yana, turned and headed towards the doors of the hall. Serenity followed closely behind her mother, not wanting to be left to walk along with Prince Seiya.

"WAAA I can't believe it I'm SO late!" Usagi leapt out of her bed and immediately crashed to the floor. "My Nose!" She scrambled to her feet and rushed to get herself dressed, crashing into several things and falling over a few more times.
When she finally came running down into the kitchen she found Rei already there, fully dressed with a piece of toast in her mouth and her school books in her arms.

"Rei you meany why didn't you wake me?" Wailed Usagi. Rei popped the books into her bag and took the toast from her mouth.

"I woke you twice, and both times you said 'just one more hour' so I had to leave or I'd be late as well," She said her hands on her hips. Usagi groaned and dashed into the kitchen where her foster mother was already stood with a plate of toast in one hand and was pointing to Usagi's school books on the table with the other.

Ten minutes later and both girls called goodbye and headed out into the crowded streets. Usagi gazed down at her new school uniform. It wasn't much different to her last one, just as plain, all girls wore the same dresses that reached down to just past the knee, and long white socks and brown shoes. They also all carried the same brown satchels. Usagi hated the uniform, it really didn't suit her; not that it was meant to be flattering.

"Hey you two," they looked behind them too see Makoto running towards them, a wide smile on her face. As usual as she reached them the scent of a just cooked meal reached them and made their mouths water. Makoto had been an amazing cook pretty much all the time the girls had known her, and had always prepared her own lunches, and she always made extra since Usagi usually managed to steal something… one lunch was definitely not enough for Usagi.

Makoto was also not the typical Lunar girl, her hair was a reddish brown, and she had sparkling green eyes, but unlike Rei there were quite a few on the moon with similar colouring so she didn't stand out too much.

Lessons went slowly, not that Usagi really noticed, by a most unfortunate coincidence she had been assigned to the seat in the class with the best view of the Grand Palace and she spent most of her lessons off in a dream world. It was no wonder that her grades were so…

"Dismal Tsukino!"

She popped back to reality and looked up to see her teacher starring down at her, with an angry look on her face as she handed her a sheet. Usagi looked down at it and groaned. "Five out of Thirty, that's got to be the worst score ever," she sighed and buried her head in her arms on her desk.

"Na… I think you got a four once Usagi," She heard Rei say from behind her.

"Thanks a lot Rei," She groaned again.

"Tsukino sit up straight this instant,"

"Yes Ma'am," She sighed and sat back up again.

"That witch… I swear she does this on purpose!" Usagi was still glaring at her test score as she sat down at a table for lunch.

"Well it's your own fault," Said Rei, sitting down beside her.

"Hmph, its not my fault… she just hates me,"

"Usagi were you even paying attention when we did this in class?" Said Rei

"Well… not exactly but…"

"And did you study?"

"Er not really…"

"Well then, its your fault,"

"You are so mean Rei,"

Makoto nudged the two aside, and sat between them, sensing an oncoming argument, she quickly pulled out her homemade lunch.

"Want some?" She said offering it around. The action had the desired effect and both girls promptly forgot their argument and dived on the lunch.

Later that day as the three girls headed through the town square on their way home they came across a large crowd lining the street.

"What do you suppose is going on," Said Makoto who, being extremely tall for her age, was peering over the crowd while Usagi bounced up and down beside her.

"Have you not heard?" A woman turned around looking excited, "The Queen of Earth and her Son have arrived on the moon, and they will coming out in the royal carriage with the Queen and Princess any minute,"

Usagi squealed and grabbed Rei and Makoto by the arms.

"Come on lets get to the front," She started to drag them forwards, not that she needed to, the two girls were equally as excited as their friend. They dodged and dived around the crowd and finally came to the front.

"Why are they here?" They heard a woman a little way away ask. A man stood beside her answered,

"It is rumoured that the Princess and the eldest Prince are to be married," he said.

"Oh how romantic," Usagi cooed loudly, looking dreamily into the distance, and Rei and Makoto nodded.

"Here they come!" Someone yelled and the whole crowd leant forward slightly, and a few distant cheers were heard.

"Hail Queen Serenity!" was soon ringing throughout the town centre as the open topped golden carriage came trundling into view. Queen and Princess sat with small peaceful smiles on their faces. Usagi sighed as she stared at them, and then averted her gaze to their visitors. Such elegant clothing she had never seen on any woman. The Queen of Earth was truly beautiful. She was nodding gently at the crowds a similar serene smile on her own face. Beside her sat a tall boy, his long black hair in a ponytail, his bright blue eyes were scanning the crowd. Usagi's eyes rested on him, and had she not been gazing intently in his direction she would have noticed that she was not the only girl doing so. Despite the distinctly bored look that played across his boyish features, he was incredibly good looking.

"Is that the Prince she will marry," She heard someone say nearby,

"I believe that is the younger Prince, the King and the Eldest are away on business, I heard from a woman who works in the castle,"

"Lucky Princess if he's anything like his brother," She heard Rei whisper, and she giggled slightly for a moment, but she stopped abruptly as they passed slowly by them and the Princes eyes scanned the crowd around her and came to a stop briefly in connection with her own. A few seconds later they had passed by and Usagi tried to control the heavy blush that had taken over her pale face. She stared after the carriage for a few seconds, before she felt a tug on her sleeve and she turned to see Rei signalling over the cheering that they were leaving. Taking a last wistful look over her shoulder Usagi followed Rei through the crowds and the three headed off again.

Well let me know what you think, i think when i get down to it i'm going to like writing this story, but i probably won't be able to for a while, but i hve it all planned out so i won't forget :).

Thanks to those who reviewed my summary, i hope it turns out really good and i hope you liked my intro. :)