King Cronus and his daughter Princess Setsuna looked down at the new baby princess. "Well name her Arauakami." Cronus said. "What does that mean daddy?" Setsuna asked. "One new goddess." He replied. "That's pretty." The young princess commented.
Setsuna was ten years old. She wore part of her long green hair in a bun and the rest down. Her eyes were dark purple. Setsuna looked nothing like her new sister. Arauakami had ice blue eyes and whitish blue hair. "A beauty isn't she?" her mother said weakly. "But there's one problem." The king said, "The rule for the Silver Millennium is that royal families can only have enough children to fill the jobs of royalty. "But Pluto only has one job!" Setsuna said, "And I get it." "Perhaps Queen Serenity can find a loophole in the law." The queen said.
A week later the royal family of Pluto was sitting in their private living room when someone knocked on the door. "Come in." the queen said. A maid opened the door. "The queen of the North Star is here to see you." She said quietly. "Let her in." King Cronus said.
A woman walked into the room. Her hair was the faintest color of gold and her eyes were blue. She wore a golden robe. "It has been a long time." She said taking a seat on one of the many armchairs in the room. Her voice sounded like many tiny bells ringing in unison. It was lovely to hear. Setsuna looked up from her needlework. "It has been, Tokowazen." Cronus agreed. "It has been ten years." Tokowazen said, "Ten years since my people saved your planet when one of your scientists almost blew up the planet. You promised us a gift then. You said I will give you a gift that we can barely afford to give in ten years time. This is the ten year anniversary of that day, King Cronus. I am here to receive that gift." The king and queen of Pluto exchanged glances.
"Setsuna, will you lead Queen Tokowazen into the hall for a moment?" Cronus asked. "Yes father." Setsuna said leading the visiting queen out of the room. As soon as the door closed behind them Cronus said, "We should give Arauakami to Tokowazen. She'll have a good life there." "But she was just born a week ago!" the queen of Pluto objected. "The North Star is a strong kingdom, we don't want them as an enemy. And if we do get them on our good side we would have one of the strongest alliances ever. You know that if you get one of the Star Kingdoms as an ally, you get the other eleven too! And everyone knows that the only thing Tokowazen really wants is a child of her own." "I guess I could give her up." The queen said, tears streaming down her face.
The door opened. Setsuna's face popped in through the opening. "Papa, are you ready for us?" she asked. "Yes, dear." Her mother said sadly. Tokowazen and Setsuna walked back in. "We have decided," Cronus started, "that as your gift from us to you, we shall give you our new born child, Arauakami." Tokowazen's eyes lit up in joy. She seemed to loose years with the expression. "You would really?!" she said excited. "Yes we will." Pluto's queen said sadly. She walked over to Tokowazen and gave Arauakami to the queen.
"You are now and always an ally of the North Star Kingdom and the other Star Kingdoms." Tokowazen said, her eyes brimming over with tears of happiness. In a flash of light Tokowazen and Arauakami disappeared back to the North Star Kingdom.
Queen
Tokowazen returned to her kingdom. She was surprised to see eleven
exhausted children in Sailor fukus sitting on the stairs leading up
to the main doors of the palace. They looked as if they had just come
out of a battle. "Why are you here?" she demanded in alarm. One
of the children looked at the queen. Her red and green hair was
pulled into two buns on the sides of her head. "As soon as you left
for Pluto, the North East Star Kingdom was attacked. As each Kingdom
fell, they went on to the next. No Kingdom, even with the assistance
of the other eleven held out more than a half an hour to this enemy.
The North West West Star Kingdom was just defeated. The North Star
Kingdom is next in line."
Quickly,
Tokowazen handed Arauakami to the girl who had been talking. She
waved her hand and a golden box, big enough to hold all eleven of the
children and the baby, appeared. "Sailor Christmas," she said to
the girl, "This is Princess Arauakami. She is now my child, given
to me by King Cronus as payment for helping to save the planet ten
years ago. Keep her safe. If this is the only of the Twelve Star
Kingdoms left it has no chance an army you have told me about. Get
into this transportation box. It will bring you somewhere safe and
peaceful. Where is my husband?"
This time
another one of the children spoke up. "He's dead." She said
sadly. This child had white hair with bright red highlights. She had
blue eyes. There was a blue ribbon in her hair. "He died in the
battle at the South Star Kingdom. I'm sorry." There was no time
for tears. A black cloud appeared on the horizon. There was the sound
of battle cries. "Get into portal quick!" Tokowazen said. The
eleven children and Arauakami hurried into the golden box. As soon as
the last one got in it disappeared.
Tokowazen
sighed in relief. "They're safe." She said. This was the last
thing she ever said because a black arrow pierced her back killing
her instantly moments later.
Well that's over. Sorry if you thought the whole thing was depressing. I promise the whole story won't be.