AN: Hello everyone and thank you for reading my story! there are a few things I want to explain about this AU before you continue reading to avoid confusion...

- in this au, Usagi/chibiusa is not named after her mother. Neo Queen serenity's civilian name is Serena as per the DIC dub, as well as endymion's name is Darien rather then mamoru. I gave chibiusa her japanese name simply because naming her something totally different would cause even more confusion about her character.

- In this AU the events in sailor moon R, super S as well as Stars never occurred. After the first season and Beryl's defeat, the scouts never lost their memories and lived their lives without the events of Rini coming to the past from crystal tokyo, therefore the scouts had no knowledge of the future when growing into the future. Some events in sailor moon S did happen between the outer scouts and the team, however that will be explained in much later chapters as we get to it. As for stars, Galaxia never traveled to earth's system that early in time and waited to build her empire, therefore unleashing her power as a warlord into the future at the time of Chibiusa's birth.

thankyou for taking the time to read and please review! I would love some feedback as this is the first fanfic I've written in a long long time 3

/also not a good idea to write this story early into three in the morning I'm so tired I regret life choices


Chapter One: The shadow Princess, Enter Usagi!

It was officially clear to Usagi that the worst days of the year in this castle were, in fact, the birthday celebrations. Rather than an intimate affair between members of family, the royals held extravagant parties, lengthy formal affairs that forced the royals to dress in their best garbs and to shake hands with other nobles, that normally Usagi would fancy drowning in a cold dark well miles away on the planet's dead atmosphere.

Today was no exception, as it was indeed the birthday of the first prince of Nemesis, and heir to the throne, Prince Demande, Aka, her self absorbed older brother.

Usagi adverted her gaze to the small window, her only sight into the outside world from the castle walls.

It was a wonder how much nobility you could fit onto the planet as bleak and almost unlivable it seemed from the outside. The kingdom of Nemesisia and the castle of the black moon were hidden from sight to anyone entering the planet from afar. Outsiders saw a cold, dead, planet with decaying trees and gloom ruin of the ancient kingdom, on the interior of powerful protective magic, was a kingdom flourishing benief the corpse. An underground kingdom that was ruled by the dead moon family, the family Usagi was a part of.

The family Usagi LOATHED to be a part of.

You see, normally a girl would only dream of wondering what life as a princess was like. The dream of wearing the best clothing, to be on top of the world with the height of fashion and having to go to balls. The envy of all aspiring young women. In Usagi's case, however. She really wanted nothing more than to renounce her duties. As if she had any duties as a princess anyways. What was the fun in doing nothing all day, just standing around and looking pretty in the background of the many dinners and the court.

Her oldest siblings, the high prince and princess, were given many activities that made Usagi's blood boil with envy. With being allowed to go outside the castle walls, going to village festivals and partaking in the lives of the citizens that lived on the planet. The citizens loved them, they loved the dear royal family, of course, not really paying attention to the tweaks in personality, on how in the public eyes, Esmeraulde and Demande were the model royals and model rulers.

At home behind the public eyes, the high royals were the most self absorbed, narcissistic people on the planet, who, if it weren't for the fact that they felt like they were required to care for Usagi and her two other brothers, they probably would have left them to die when the king and queen passed years before.

The King and Queen's untimely passing was a tragic event, having occurred seven years before in a carriage accident. Being Demande is the oldest child in the family, he was the official heir to the crown, however, Demande was only 11 rotations when the event occurred, therefore being too young. The planet was then ruled by the former king's loyal adviser, Wiseman, who took on the role temporarily until Demande turned of age. And now, on the dawn of this planet's morning, was the day of her older brother's rise to power.

It was this reason, Usagi was silently cursing Demande at sunrise, gripping her white nightgown tightly and narrowing her red eyes.

Usagi tossed her pink hair back and threaded her fingers through it harshly, wincing as her fingers caught the inevitable tangles that would be expected from waking up shortly beforehand.

Usagi, having been sleeping in peacefully was awoken twenty minutes ago by Diana, her personal maid and most of all, best friend, who had dragged a chest full of her sister's old dresses and indeed informing her of the day and celebrations to held, as decreed by Demande and the advising 'Wiseman'.

While her older sister Esmeraulde always attired the best clothes and the latest fashions, Usagi always got the drag hand me downs tossed after one of her shopping sprees. The dress lying on her bed was another one of those hand me downs, a blood red silk lining with purple embroidery swirling at the edges.

Usagi smiled, her sister always had a good eye for fashion, this was no exception. Being shorter than the green haired princess, Usa would probably have a bit of trouble with the length of the dress. But it was no issue as by now, Usagi had a good idea of how to hem skirts and make them her height with no issue.

"Chibiusa"

Usagi turned her head blinking at her friend and maid, the purple haired girl still in her room bowing slightly. Diana was very small, looked only to be 9 rotations old with long grayish purple hair tied into four tight and clean buns. She had red eyes much like Princess Usagi's that were a much lighter shade and her body was compared to skin and bones, despite having a healthy appetite and being fed by kitchen staff constantly.

She felt her cheeks redden realizing that in the last twenty minutes, she had not realized she was still waiting in the room with her, "Yeah Diana?" Usagi nodded her head to Diana sheepishly. Diana smiled softly and giggled, giving a playful glare to the elder girl "You know better Chibiusa, talking about you're big brother like this shame on you" The pink haired princess scowled at her dress and shrugged a little, shooting a look to her friend with tired eyes.

"He's my brother I can call him and grumble all I want to, besides, it's not like I have a say in anything." Usagi picked up the dress gently and threw it haphazardly onto her vanity table, sighing with relief when flopping down on the now dress-less bed. Diana jumped onto the bed next to the princess, Usagi grunting a little turning away from the younger girl and swatting at her playfully.

"Go away I need more beauty sleeeeeeep pppppp"

"Not a chance Chibi-u - s - a" Usagi smiled and laughed a little at her nickname for her and found her arms being pinned by the other female to prevent the swattings from continuing. The younger maid found herself sitting on the princess giggling continuously, her eyes glinting in mischief.

"Usagi come on, seriously you need to get ready. You know how important today is!"

The pink haired princess grumbled again, still smirking with mischief under the weight of the small girl still pinning her down to the bed. Usagi turned her head into one of her bed's pillows and huffed in elaborated agitation, coaxing a giggle from the younger girl.

No doubt, Usagi felt Diana was more of her sister then anyone in her family actually was. Being the youngest, Usagi was always picked on by most of her siblings in the castle, and as the youngest, was the most ignored of the royal family. This only escalated after the death of her mother, Queen Sophia. Wiseman, who took over for Demande, pretty much ignored her as a child, and the only acknowledgment Usagi received as the princess was his 'kindness' in shelter and nourishment. She was seen as a low class royal, especially since she was never born with the mark.

The mark in question was the black moon mark, a birthmark acquired by all of her siblings and her parents, but for some unknown reason, never appeared on her forehead. As far as Usagi had always known, she was born with a blank forehead, when inquired about it in the past, her mother always told it it made her the more special, but her father always saw it as a disgrace, and for Usagi to be seen in public was forbidden. The mark was a symbol of power, and for Usagi to be seen in the public eye without one, the public would never accept her as their princess. Because of this reasoning, Usagi was dubbed, the princess in the shadows by her subjects, and being dubbed that, she was quite lonely the first years of her life, that was, until she met Diana.

They found Diana as a toddler wandering the castle grounds. Sophia, naturally found her and ordered the staff to search for Diana's parents. After searching the castle grounds, and the planet itself, and discovering the mysterious girl was truly alone, Queen Sophia lovingly opened her arms and the Staff immediately adopted her into the castle. Afterwards, Diana and Usagi quickly became fast friends, and Diana gave her the nickname Chibiusa, which in Diana's native language, translated to 'little rabbit'. At first, Usagi was flustered upon hearing the endearment but was soon enough use to the cute nickname, only reassuring the fact of how close she and the purple haired girl truly were.

Lost in thought, Usagi never realized Diana climbing off of her and letting go of her tightened grip she had on her arms. The purple haired girl was now rummaging the chest full of Esmeraulde's old clothing graciously donated to her younger sister. Usagi snapped back to reality when Diana tossed a light pink heel at her, the shoe landing in her stomach area and knocking the wind out of her slightly.

"Diana!"

The little maid snickered holding the other shoe in her left hand. "You need to get. Up-ppp"

"I don't wanna though" The princess whined. "I don't care about a stupid coronation or an stupid party where all I'm allowed to do is stand around and be pretty!"

Usagi grumbled, taking hold of the shoe lying on her stomach.

"Even so…. Prince Demande wouldn't be very happy if you didn't arrive to breakfast on time. And when HE's irritated, Esmeraulde gets irritated, and when the high prince and princess are BOTH irritated.."

"Yeah yeah" Usagi waved it off and sighed, sitting up taking hold of the pink heel in her hands tightly. "I hear you,,"

"I'm only the messenger Usagi, luckily it was Saphir who told me you were sleeping in" Diana shuddered a little, cupping her hands together.

Usagi sighed, Diana was always terrified of the high royals, Saphir even being the third prince made her more jittery than naught. She was probably imagining what would have happened if diamond himself came to her inquiring about Usagi. "I better get ready….Diana could you help me with my hair?"

Diana perked up and smiled, nodding her head vigorously and running to Usagi's vanity to grab her hairbrush.


"I assume the gates would be open during the festivities tonight. And the wine..?"

"all is ready my prince, no need for worry. The last of the nobility have also been seen arriving into the capital city for the coronation as well."

"very good, rally the soldiers to allow them safe passage.."

Usagi toned out the conversation from across the table, picking at the breakfast trying not to give eye contact to anyone in the room. At the elongated dining room table sat all of her siblings, enjoying a peaceful breakfast.

Across from her was her older brother Rubious, a red haired teen who was also the fourth youngest of the group and the youngest prince overall. He was eyeing a few of the maids and flirting shamelessly with a personal maid of his named Koan, a teenaged brat who had three older sisters working as maids for the family as well in different sectors of the castle. From the time Usagi was still a baby, Rubious was always the biggest bully out of her siblings. Having being guilty many times to putting the princess through utter hell throughout the years with getting slicky sluge in her hair and catching her clothing on fire a few times. Growing into a fifteen year old hadn't matured him one bit, though more often then teasing Usagi, he's found a hobby in seducing all of the female workers in the castle under both Demande's and Wiseman's noses.

Sitting next to Usagi to her left was Saphir, the second oldest prince and the most level headed of the siblings. He was silently gazing over to Demande while hardly touching his own food. Out of all of her siblings, Usagi found herself to have a more civilized relationship with Saphir moreso then with anyone else. Even though he has a more emotionless exterior, he deeply cares about everyone in the family, as dysfunctional as it was at times. As a child, Usagi found herself seeking comfort from Saphir at times, especially when it came to Esmeraulde and Rubious's bullying tactics and teasing. He became the peacekeeper in the family, keeping the siblings in line….for the most part.

Farther to the right sitting right next to Demande at the head of the table was her obnoxious green hair elder sister, Esmeraulde. The high princess and laughing in an annoying way while trying to egg on a few of the guards flanking her older brother. Usagi couldn't say she hated her sister, as Esmeraulde had some ups to her relationship with the pink haired princess, even if there are mostly downs. But Usagi did, greatly dislike her. There are times where it would seem that she truly cared about her, and other times, where Usagi would be treated as nothing, the dirt on the bottom of her expensive designer heels. As a child, Esmeraulde often ganged up on Usagi alongside Rubious in her torment and bullying. While Esmeraulde never physically attacked Usagi like Rubious did, Usagi found herself verbally abused by her instead, often being mocked for her poor fashion choices and her lower standing in the royal family as the youngest member. In her own way to make up for it all, Esmeraulde 'donates' her older clothing to Usagi, which only confused the pink haired princess even more as one of the topics she's often mocked over was her 'fashion sense'.

Right next to the obnoxious elder sister there at the head of the table in all of his glory was the high prince and eldest brother of the black moon family, Prince Demande. Demande had always been an enigma to Usagi. Even growing up the older prince seemed to always ignore her and not acknowledge her existence. The only sibling he really payed any attention to was Saphir, and even then, he spent more time with Wiseman than anyone else.

Usagi drowned out the chatter and laughter from her older siblings picking at her food with a tired frown on her face.

"Oi, Rabbit. Whats with a gloomy look on your face"

Usagi twitched, looking up at Rubious who had looked away volunteeringly from Koan to smirk at her, his eyes glinting mischievously. "And she's playing with her food, no matter, its more scraps for the servants"

"Don't call me that" Usagi stabbed her fork forcefully into a piece of fruit on her plate and shoved it into her mouth.

"Call you what, Rabbit? Isn't that what your servant girl calls you?"

"For your information Rubius she has a name, it's DIANA, and that's totally different!"

"Aww is the baby rabbit offended? Should I go get your blankey little rabbit?" Usagi growled and Rubius laughed, Koan laughing along with him. Saphir diverted his attention to him and cleared his throat.

"Unnecessary Rubius, leave Usagi alone and please, quit flirting with the staff. It's unprincelike and it'll embarrass the family". Usagi shot Saphir a grateful look, Rubius only waving the scolding away. He turned back to Koan with a smirk on his face, and brought her closer to whisper in her ear. Whatever he said made the teen laugh in a high pitched squeal, the sound made Usagi cringe from the frequency.

'Her laughter is almost as annoying as Esmeraulde's…'

"Hey, Usagi"

Usagi looked up at Saphir who was now looking to her with an unreadable expression. As always was with him, even as children he was always more stoic out of all her siblings, minus Demande. And even though he was the most unreadable, Usagi felt he was the one who cared most about her, even if he never seemed to show it on the outside, it was always the small things, like earlier when he confronted Rubeus. Usagi smiled a little, "yes big brother?"

"Don't listen to Rubeus you know how he is. And please don't blow your gasket too much, we really don't need to cause a scene today of all days" Usagi sighed and rolled her eyes, pouting a little.

"Yes Big Brother.."

Saphir gave a rare smile to Usagi and pat the pink haired princess on the shoulder. "So do you have your outfit ready for the coronation tonight?" Usagi nodded, "Yeah, Sister sent up her hand me downs and I chose my attire from there. It really was kind of her as I have nothing of my own" Usagi rolled her eyes at the sentiment and huffed, laying her hands on the table and tapping her fingers lightly. Saphir chuckled and looked to Usagi with knowing eyes.

"That's great. We all need to look our best tonight." Usagi shrugged a little, with a frown on her face. "You know...it's not just Our brother's debut tonight. With the gates being open, the kingdom will finally get the chance to see you in person., I think that's worth making sure you're as dressed up nicely as possible." Usagi nodded, shooting a glance at Saphir and placing her fork on her plate of hardly touched fruit.

"Big brother…"

Saphir looked to Usagi and nodded, his face becoming emotionless once more. "Yes usagi?"

"You know why Father always hid me…..and why wiseman never acknowledged me...so me being shown to our kingdom tonight indirectly….and everyone noticing I'm unmarked…...wouldn't that be a disgrace to the family? For everyone to know that the youngest princess is basically powerless?" Saphir sighed, having known this was going to come up. "You're not a disgrace, don't place yourself like that. If you're really that worried about it, you could always use makeup to fake the birthmark…. But honestly, I'm sure the public would love the way are now." Usagi blinked and smiled softly to Saphir, stars in her eyes.

"You really think so Saphir?"

"Oh please cut the drama, even with a fake birthmark the baby rabbit's probably going to the hidden wallflower. Nobody will recognize her and she'll end up leaving early and hide out in her room with her servant friend"

Esmeraulde piped into the conversation, fluttering her fan to cover half of her face as her let out more headache inducing laughter. Usagi glared at her, if eyes could kill, Usagi's red ones would have incinerated the elder princess in a millisecond.

"Stop it Esmeraulde."

Esmeraulde stopped abruptly, Demande lying a hnad on her arm and challenging her with eyes to continue. Esmeraulde's face tinged a little pink at the contact and she stopped, turning and looking to the table with a pout on her face. Demand stood up, gaining the attention of the siblings around the table and looked straight to Usagi with an unreadable face. "I'm going to go and get ready. The nobility should be arriving very soon so everyone should be ready to go within the hour to greet and ready themselves for the ceremony." Demande looked between Usagi, Rubious and Esmeraulde briefly, a silent challenge in them as he regarded them.

"I expect everyone to be on their best behavior tonight… We are the royal family of this planet, and our subjects look up to us. Show them that we are worthy of being their royals. Which means I expect you to be at your best behavior...understand?"

"Yes Big brother." The siblings said simultaneously, not meeting the elder's eyes directly as he turned to leave the room. The soldiers who were speaking to him at the table following right behind him. After Demande was long gone, Esmeraulde stood up from her chair and glanced at Usagi with a glint in her eye. Usagi grumbled standing up as well and turned her back to her to leave the room, not wanting to deal with her as much as she had to. Usagi made her way to the doors and felt a hand on shoulder, stopping her. Usagi lifted her head, Saphir coming up behind her.

"Don't worry I'll talk to her later, just go and get ready Little sis."

Usagi gave a legit smile to her brother and whispered a thankyou, before leaving the breakfest hall and back towards her chambers in a quick pace. Usagi was going to get ready and tonight, she was going to be stunning. The whole planet will meet the sheltered shadow princess in person, and just like Saphir said, she needs to look her best. Usagi smiled, her eyes glinting in determination as she made her way to her chamber doors and made her way inside. Tonight, she will put Esmeraulde to shame, and be the stunning princess this kingdom deserves. She won't be a wallflower and make the kingdom proud to have her as one of the princesses. Usagi walked to her body mirror leaning up against the backwall next to her bed, threading her fingers through her braided hair.

"Chibiusa?"

Usagi heard the doors open entering Diana, the small girl coming up behind Usagi in the mirror. Usagi smiled and began to braid her hair. "Diana, we're going to have a little bit of a makeover to do…."