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Love and Devotion

Chapter 1

This is my second Sailor Moon fan fiction. For the purpose of clarity, Serenity's mother is being called Selenity in this one. I hope you enjoy this one.

Queen Selenity of the Moon Kingdom stood on her baloney that overlooked the palace's rose garden. She was watching her youngest daughter sitting and reading among the flowers. Her long blonde hair swirling around her on the ground. Sixteen year old Princess Serenity sighed as she closed her book. She knew her mother was watching her and was probably disappointed in her because she wasn't inside with her tutors, studying. Queen Selenity went back into the palace when she saw her daughter rise to her feet. Serenity met her mother in the hallway as she headed back to her room.

"Good morning, Serenity. Where are you headed?" Her mother asked politely. She loved her daughter, but she didn't understand her. Serenity was so much like her father in she wanted nothing more than to spend her days among her books and flowers. She wanted nothing to do with her studies and royal life. It made Selenity glad for her eighteen year old daughter, Beryl. She was the perfect one to take over the Moon Kingdom's throne one day.

"I am headed to my bedroom, Mother, and then to join the others for training."

"Oh, I wish your father had never gotten you involved with that." Selenity groaned. "Training with your guards is so unprincess like."

"I know, Mother, but it might come in handy one day." Serenity had to keep from rolling her eyes at her mother. They had had this conversation too many times. Her late father had taught his young daughter to fight, as well as he could teach a five year old. She had decided to continue her training with her guards a few years ago. Her mother had always hated her doing it, but it was the one and only way Serenity could rebel against her mother and all her rules.

"Just please be careful." Selenity sighed and continued on her way down the hall. Serenity watched her mother depart and entered her bedroom. She changed into a shorter version of her princess dress and put on her fighter boots. She took her hair out of its normal hairstyle of the two buns on her head. Braiding it into one long braid, Serenity stared at herself in the mirror. She looked exactly like her mother, right down to her eye color. Her older sister, Beryl, was the one who looked like their father with her bright red hard and her brown eyes. It just seemed kind of funny that they both looked like one parent and they had inherited the personalities on the other one. That is why the queen barely tolerated her younger daughter because she was just like her father.

Serenity emerged from her bedroom a few minutes later and almost ran into a mass of red hair.

"Serenity!" The voice attached to the hair exclaimed. "Watch where you are going!"

"I am sorry, Beryl."

"You should be!" Beryl snarled at her younger sister.

"Geez, Beryl, you sure woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning." Serenity snapped back. Beryl stood to her full height then. At five foot nine, she was six inches taller than her sister.

"I am not going to stoop to your childish ways, Serenity. Now, go play with your little friends like a good little girl."

"I am only going because I am going to be late."

"Oh, you don't want to make Sailor Mars angry, now do we?"

"Go crawl back into your hole, Beryl." Serenity said too sweetly before she walked passed her sister. She didn't see the angry glow in Beryl's eyes.

By the time Serenity arrived at the training grounds, Sailor Mars was tapping her red covered foot in anger.

"Serenity, you're late again!"

"I am sorry, Raye. I was cornered by Beryl again." Serenity explained.

"Let's get started." Sailor Venus said. She was the leader of Serenity's guards. She threw a sword at the princess, who caught it without any problem. "Now, Mars, you square off with Serenity first. Sere, don't let your guard down. You know how Mars gets when she is angry."

"Yes, Mina, I know." Serenity laughed softly.

An hour later, Serenity finished her daily training with the scouts. As she was about to depart, a footman arrived in the training area.

"This can't be good." Serenity murmured to her friends. Sailor Jupiter and Sailor Venus couldn't help but smile. The footman bowed to Serenity.

"Your Highness, your mother requests your presence in the throne room."

"Thank you." Serenity sighed. "I had better go change. Mina, will you help me?"

"Of course."

Twenty minutes later, Serenity walked gracefully into the throne room. She had changed into her formal royal dress, but she hadn't unbraided her hair. She preferred it in a braid and not in the buns that her mother favored as her own hairstyle.

"Nice of you to join us, Serenity." Selenity greeted her daughter coolly. Serenity didn't respond as she stopped to stand by her sister. "Well, now that you are both here, I have some important news to share with you. The king of the Earth will be here next week with his two sons for a visit. His twin sons, Endymion and Seiya, are your future husbands." Beryl stood silently and Serenity only let out a small gasp. "Since Endymion is the older twin and the crown prince of the Earth, he will marry Beryl and Seiya will marry Serenity. You both will have time to get to know your future husbands, so I expect you to be on your best behavior." The queen looked pointedly at Serenity as she said the last part.

"Yes, Mother." The two princesses said in unison. Beryl curtsied to the queen and left the room.

"Now, Serenity, I have let you run around here pretty much as you like for the last few years, but now it is time for you to start acting more like a princess of the moon. You will need to attend to your studies and more royal functions, like your sister. Not spending all your times with your nose stuck in your books. You will also need to cut back your training sessions."

"No, Mother." Serenity said firmly. "I have already cut them back to an hour a day. You promised me the last time we had this conversation that you wouldn't make me change them again."

"All right, Serenity. I had not remembered our pervious bargain. You may keep your daily practice, but do try not to bore poor Prince Seiya with talk of training."

"Yes, Mother. May I go now?"

"Of course." Selenity nodded her head once and Serenity hurried out of the room. The queen just shook her head. She didn't know what to do about her daughter. It made her wish that her husband was still alive. Maybe he would have known how to get through to his daughter.

Later that evening, Serenity entered the garden as darkness began to fall. She slipped between the branches of the tree that is like Earth's weeping willow. A tall figure was waiting for her.

"Good evening, Sere." The man greeted her warmly.

"Hello, Darien. I haven't seen you for a while."

"I'm sorry. The royal family has been keeping me busy lately." Darien replied.

"Yes, I know what you mean. Working for Princess Beryl is no picnic." Serenity said. She had been secretly meeting Darien for months. He was a servant from the royal palace on Earth.

"Yes, Princess Beryl sounds a lot like Prince Seiya. What is Princess Serenity like? You never talk about her." Darien asked.

"I guess she is a lot like me. She loves to read and spend time in the gardens. The queen hates her daughter's training habits and I think on some level the princess likes defying her mother." Serenity felt strange talking about herself in that manner.

"She reminds of Prince Endymion. He would like nothing more than to spend all day among the roses." Serenity couldn't help but laugh.

"If he is anything like Princess Serenity, I don't think he and Beryl will have a very happy marriage. Her Highness doesn't like how carefree her sister can be, but I think Serenity could probably kick her sister's ass any day of the week." That made Darien chuckle. "So, will you be coming with the princes when they visit next week?"

This is end of chapter one. Pleas review!