The second chapter of the myth of Celestia has arrived.
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Last time on Sailor Celestia...
She finally saw it. Resting on the other side of this strange valley sat an oak tree! She ran began to run over to its mighty trunk. Oh how it stood so tall! BAM! She fell to the ground. The gravity here was greatly different than it was on the moon. She got up and tried again. Once more she fell but she made it a little farther. This process continued on and on until she managed to be able to at least walk over. She would have to come back to Earth and continue practicing. The oak's branches and leaves spread so far and wide! She began to feel tired and lied down. She sighed as she fell into such a peaceful slumber. Something was gently shaking her. Why? What were they doing? All she wanted was to sleep under the oak tree, breathing in the sweet air. She mumbled something incomprehensive. The shaking continued. Slowly she opened her eyes and stared. It was the most beautiful sight she had ever seen! Oceans of blue stared back at her. They were captured inside of this person's gorgeous eyes. She looked at the rest of him. Her wore armor and a red cape. He had jet black hair. A razor sharp sword was sheathed on his back.
Could this man be? No it couldn't. But he looks so…strange. He looked at her intently. Then he spoke the question that changed everything.
"Who are you?"
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Sailor Celestia
Chapter Two
Moondust
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Silence.
"Who are you?" He repeated again. "What are you doing in the royal gardens?"
The girl paled. She looked at her surroundings.
Serenity saw that sure enough, the steep hills she saw before her nap were really stone walls covered with plant life. They were so well covered that the signs of human civilization were almost non existent.
The man stared at this strange girl. She was very pretty, no beautiful, no. No words could describe her. Though she wore but a simple dress, her beauty and grace reached beyond the stars twinkling above them. Her crystal blue eyes outshined the moon. He saw some strange mark on her forehead. He could not make it out due to it being hidden under the fringe of her long, golden hair. Two buns sat on top of her luxurious hair. It was unique, and it suited her.
"I-I'm sorry." The girl said. "I must leave now. I'm sorry for intruding." She turned to leave.
"Wait!" He called out to her. She turned around.
"Yes?"
"I'm not asking you to leave. I just want to know who you are. What is your name?" He had unconsciously placed her hand into his.
Serenity held her breath. If she told him the truth, it could lead to disastrous consequences. But as she stared into those blue eyes, she found herself unable to lie.
"Serenity." She said softly.
The man's eyes widened. Serenity knew that instant that she had unleashed something. Something unknown by speaking that one word, her name. This was not supposed to happen. It was forbidden. She had always grown up being told that Earthlings were not ever spoken with. That Lunarians were of the highest beings in the universe. Of course, that is what her royal teachers taught her when her mother was unable to teach her daughter. The teachers spoke of how all earthlings were despicable and full of hatred. They talked hours on end of how the blue planet was a sizzling waste pool of everlasting chaos. The queen never spoke of her beliefs of the Earthlings and most believed her to hate Earth as well. She ignored the many wishes of her people to attack the Earth.
Most believed she did this only to achieve peace. Though they didn't like it, they accepted it. She enforced a rule that none will ever go to Earth. This was created for the peoples' own protection. Princess Serenity knew that there was a huge possibility that she would be taken hostage.
Only the few that truly knew the Queen knew that she wished the Earth to become an ally. The princess followed in her mother's footsteps. But unfortunately, the general mass of the Earthlings felt the same to the Lunarians. Both sides commonly hated each other. Only few wished to make peace. The King and Queen of Earth viewed the Moon the same as their people. This man however, she did not know, he was a wildcard. She might be taken hostage or might be set free.
"It is my pleasure to meet you…Serenity." The man spoke. He had been right. The mark under her fringe was just visible. It was in the shape of a tiny, golden, crescent moon. The symbol of the Lunar Royal Family.
He smiled warmly at the girl now called Serenity. He took her small hand and brought it to his lips.
Serenity blushed. 'Why is my heart racing all of a sudden? This shouldn't be happening! I'm from the Moon and he's from Earth!' She thought, bewildered.
"My name is Endymion." The man's voice broke her thoughts and replaced them with new ones.
'Endymion! Prince of the Earth! Oh boy am I in trouble now! The princess of the Moon is in love with the Prince of the Earth! People will not like this.
"It is a pleasure indeed your highness." She tried to hide her identity and bowed. "I'm sorry but I really should be going now. My mother must be worried sick and-"
"The Queen does not know that her daughter is on Earth?" Endymion finished with a teasing question. Serenity's large, blue eyes widened in shock.
"P-pardon? I'm sorry but you must have me confused for someone else." She said quickly.
"No, I'm pretty sure that the Princess of the Moon has a crescent mark on her forehead, even if it is covered by her golden hair.
She blushed in embarrassment. "Okay…you got me. I am Princess Serenity of the Moon Kingdom."
"It is wonderful to finally meet the daughter of my parent's enemy." He joked. Her eyes widened further.
"Wha-what are you going to do with me? Please…please let me go. I promise I will never come back. I-"
Endymion held a finger to her lips. "It is okay my princess. I am not like my parents. I do not hate the people of the Moon. Though I do not tell anyone that." Serenity giggled.
"Me too!" She replied happily. They stared into each other's eyes.
"I see you favor the rose." Endymion said suddenly, seeing the flower in the Princess's hand.
Serenity looked the flower in her hand in shock. She remembered plucking it from the garden earlier that night. It had not left her fingers since.
"Oh! I-I'm sorry! I didn't mean to! I'm sure the gardeners must work day after day keeping these flowers beautiful and I just…I" She babbled on. Endymion looked at the princess with adoration.
"You are cute when you babble like that." He teased. She looked at him and stuck her tongue out.
"Jerk." She muttered.
"And it's okay. The workers don't care for this garden, I do." Serenity looked at him, shocked. "What? Cant everyone have a hobby? I like roses. They're my favorite flower."
"I have only seen pictures of roses. The Moon cannot grow plants like the Earth can. We have jewels but" she looked to the sky. "They are not the same."
"No. They are not." He agreed. Come, follow me. I want to show you something." They looked into each other's eyes with a newfound love.
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Unbeknownst to the royal children, another pair of eyes were staring at the scene. They glowed blood red. Long red hair rippled down her back as well. Her dress left very little to the imagination.
The owner of the blood red eyes had just come to see her prince. Hopefully he would finally see her as more than one of his citizens. After all, many men wished to court the her. But only one man had caught her red eyes. Only one man was suitable to be her husband. Their love was engraved in the stars. He just has not realized it yet.
What she had not planned was to find her soul mate to be talking to another person. And she wasn't even a woman like herself. It was a little girl talking to Prince Endymion!
'Endymion? Talking with that little kid?" She smirked. 'She's probably some little fan girl wanting him to marry her. He was probably just telling her that he's in love with me. I do feel sorry for her. She is beautiful. Maybe she and I could become friends and I could introduce her to another nice man-'
Her thoughts were cut off as she saw them leaving. She followed them.
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"How much longer?" Serenity asked once again.
"Just a little farther." Endymion said. He had made Serenity close her eyes. He held her by the hand and was leading her somewhere. Her repetition of the same question didn't bother him in the least. In fact, it made him even more attracted to this girl.
"Alright." She said annoyed at the same answer he gave her last time she asked. She felt Endymion stop.
"Open your eyes." he said. She did as he asked. She found herself right in the same place where she had landed. Only now, the moon's light shined down, making everything glow anew.
"This…this is where I landed." She said.
"It is?" He asked.
"Yes. I teleported straight to this spot. I fell asleep over by that oak where you woke me up. Where are we by the way?"
"This is the innermost section of my gardens. Only I know about it."
"Why don't your parents know? It's in their castle…isn't it?" She asked. She noticed his features darken.
"Yes." He said sadly. "It is. But my parents don't particularly care about me. Only their wealth and fame. That is why they promote slandering of the moon people. They don't want it to be known that we are being helped by the moon. They want to have the power the moon does."
"I am sorry."
"It's okay. You didn't know. So yeah…I always come here to think. It…soothes me…in a way. The moon is always over head in this spot. I have never figured out why. Everywhere else it rises and sets…but in this place…" He didn't finish.
"Yes. Staring at the Earth has always soothed me as well. I guess we both have longed to know what the other world we are forbidden to see is like."
"But you did not care about the separation. Why?" He asked. Serenity stared at the moon as she answered.
"I never really wanted to be a princess I guess. Everyone wishes they were me. Always having money and power. Always protected. Having men wanting to court you. I had enough of it. I wanted to be a normal girl for once."
"I feel the same. My parents want me to marry this one girl they like. But I do not love her. She is selfish. I know that after she has my power, she will then want only more."
"Who is this girl?" Serenity asked.
"Her name is Lady Beryl." He said with repulsion.
"She doesn't sound good at all. Maybe she is just misunderstood."
"She isn't. I can feel the arrogance pouring off of her. I do not feel that she is the best for the kingdom. I've tried to tell my parents but they don't believe me." Before she could respond, a call was heard.
"It is my mother!" Endymion said in panic. "You must go back to the Moon! If she finds you then she will capture you!" He looked into the sky. "The Sun is beginning to rise! Your mother will find out soon that you are gone!"
"Endymion?" A voice called out.
"I will teleport you back. Just think of the place you want to go."
"But I want to stay with you!" She said in despair.
"I wish for that to but you would be discovered."
"But Endymion, I love you!" She cried out silently. Tears trickled down her face.
"I love you as well Serenity. But our love, for a time, must remain secret." He said sadly. Their noses were almost touching.
And then, she kissed him on the lips.
"ENDYMION! COME HERE NOW!" The voice echoed throughout the halls of the castle. The Prince and Princess broke the kiss. The need to breathe was too great to ignore.
"I will see you again."
"You're in my heart." He said quietly.
"And you will always be in mine." Serenity said as she disappeared in a white light.
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Lady Beryl watched the Endymion and the girl from the shadows. She was outside the section of the garden they were in and they were too far away to hear. If she came any closer, she would be discovered.
They talked with each other endlessly. From her viewpoint, the Moon was beginning to sink. Unknown to her, for our royal couple saw the Moon melt into the Sun.
She could not understand what was between the two. She seemed like a good girl. She could become an advisor to her and the prince even. They seemed to be friends. Then the idiot of a Queen shouted for her son to come. The two seemed to panic. It was improper for the Prince to talk with the non worthy. But then again, the two looked like friends. Who was the girl?
And then, they kissed.
Something inside Lady Beryl changed that day. Something shifted. Something snapped. Something that would cause her to go to the dark. To become evil and twisted. To turn her towards the evil only known as the Negaverse.
She glared an undeniable rage as she watched the two traitors break their kiss. The girl disappeared in a white light. Endymion ran right past her, heading straight for his idiot mother.
She was about to follow when a ice cold, raspy voice spoke.
"Lady Beryl. Betrayed by those thought to be her friends. Stripped of everything she held the right to." A sudden chill filled the air. "I have seen your pain. I too have been stripped, betrayed, filled with pain. I can help you get your revenge. I can ensure that you will have Prince Endymion back. All you have to do, is do exactly what I say."
A black orb of the Negaverse broke through the air.
"Touch the orb. Touch it and begin to have what you crave. Your mortal body will need time to become able to wield such power. Touch it and you will have unbeatable power. You shall be rid of the girl and you shall have Endymion begging to marry you. Touch it and you will have your revenge." It hissed.
Lady Beryl, full of rage, reached her hand out, and touched the black orb. A bolt of black lightning shot down from the sky. It hit the red eyed girl head on. A black glow emitted from her body. When it subsided, Beryl let out an evil laugh.
Lady Beryl was dead. Queen Beryl had been born.
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Eleven months had passed since that very day. Tomorrow would be Princess Serenity's and Prince Endymion's wedding. Their love would also have lasted one year tomorrow. They had managed to keep it a secret for half a year but eventually the Scouts and the Queen of the Moon found out. Queen Serenity approved their love and soon the scouts followed suit. It brought hardships once their wedding was announced. Many people did not approve. Some said the two were betraying their kingdoms by joining the other side.
Queen Gaia did not approve their love at all. She had called Serena quite a few rude words when Endymion announced their wedding. Endymion told her off and she would have renounce his right to the throne, but there was not another to take it. Endymion was the last person to take the throne that was of Royal Blood. King Arthur did not say anything at all. Over the past year, his eyes had been opened to the truth of Earth's wellbeing. People were suffering. He also was growing to regret the choice in Lady Beryl. After the announcement, he took his son aside and told him about his new beliefs. Endymion was glad to hear that one of his parents were happy that their son had found his true love.
Endymion had taken Lady Beryl aside the next day and told her the truth of his feelings. She glared at him the entire time. He noticed that she had been disappearing and her eyes were growing darker each time she returned. She screamed at him that she would free him of the Moon Bitch and they would happily rule the universe together very soon. She had vanished on the spot laughing like a maniac.
He needed to get to the moon immediately!
Tonight was the night Queen Serenity would host the ball for their wedding. He really appreciated what she was doing. It was not easy to rule a powerful kingdom when half of the citizens hated your very soul because of your beliefs. She had supported them from the very start. He was happy to call her his mother in law. He even thought of her as his real mother. Queen Gaia was growing more and more paranoid each day. She was beginning to execute all her guards, saying they were against her and trying to take away her throne.
But tonight was not about her. Tonight was about him and Serena. He transported to the Moon. He needed to tell the Queen about Beryl and her evil power. He had to duck in alleyways when a bulky man almost saw him. The Lunar Resistance, the group who were trying to break his and Serenity's love, had grow by the thousands in the past six months. No one knew who was a member until it was too late. If it wasn't for the castle guards and the Scouts, Princess Serena would have been taken hostage until the marriage was called off.
After a half hour of jumping across rooftops and scurrying through alleyways, Prince Endymion somehow managed to avoid detection and reached the palace. He found Princess Serena out on the balcony, staring off at the Earth.
"Serenity." He called out to her.
"Endymion. Oh finally you are here." She said happily.
"I have grave news."
"You cannot come to the ball?" She asked sadly.
"If it were only that. Terrible things are happening on Earth. An evil power is taking over there."
"Then you must go."
"By the time I get back, it will be too late. Lady Beryl has titled herself a queen and has gathered an army. The citizens of Earth who are against our love have joined her. I'm afraid that some of the Lunar Resistance are apart of her army as well."
"STOP! HOLD IT RIGHT THERE!" A voice shouted. It was a member of the Lunar Resistance.
"I must go." He called to her.
"Endymion! Oh they attack anyone from Earth these days."
Later at the ball Serenity was walking down the staircase when a hand grabbed hers. Only one man could make her feel this way. Mask or no mask.
"Princess," The masked man asked. "May I have this dance? Could be our last one." They moved in a slow eternal pattern. No one could hear what they said as they spoke. The noise was too loud.
"I'm so happy you came back." She said.
"I could not leave without one last dance with you." The masked man said. "Everything is going to change. Beryl is more powerful than I thought. The whole universe is in danger."
"Even the Moon?"
"Especially the Moon. It is her first step in ruling the entire universe. I've told your mother about what is to come. She's asked me to stay and defend the kingdom."
"I cant believe this is happening."
"Queen Beryl will destroy anything in her path to get exactly what she wants. She has become completely evil. I will fight her as hard as I can but I may not come back. I just want you to know how much you mean to me.
"I do."
"You're in my heart."
"And you will always be in mine."
They grew closer and closer until they sealed their fate with a kiss.
A dark storm sped from Earth. The air grew colder. The stars in the sky became black. An evil aura had arrived. Thousands beyond thousand of warriors landed on the moon.
"We're under attack!" Luna the black Moon cat shouted.
"Get ready for battle! We need everyone to help." Artemis, the white Moon cat shouted after her.
A bolt of dark lightning crashed into the tip of the palace. It was left in ruin. More than half the Moon Kingdom were left dead in one attack.
"Mercury Bubble Blast!" Princess Mercury shouted.
"Mars Fire Ignite!" Princess Mars shouted.
"Jupiter Thunder Crash!" Princess Jupiter shouted.
"Venus Crescent Beam Smash!" Princess Venus shouted.
All four attacks, thought to be unbeatable were merely an itch for the dark being surrounding the moon.
"Pitiful mortals. You are nothing compared to me. You have no place in my Negaverse!" the dark entity hissed. With a wave of its hand, the four Scouts collapsed onto the rubble, not moving."
Pillars toppled. Roofs collapsed. People slaughtered.
An evil laugh rang throughout the kingdom.
"Very soon the entire universe shall be under my command! I'll have Queen Serenity begging for mercy! No one can defeat the power of the Negaverse! The Universe is no more! Only the Negaverse will prevail!"
The Queen appeared before Princess Serenity.
"Well, well. If it isn't little miss moon princess." She spat. "How does it feel to have you world crumpled before your very eyes. Now you now what I have suffered. But no more! I have waited too long. Your all dressed up and now you can dance your way into oblivion!" She charged at the cowering Princess. Her talon-like hands ready to rip the girl to shreds.
A rose soared, stopping the Queen in her tracks.
"Who dares to defy Queen Beryl?" She roared.
"It is I, Prince Endymion. Sworn protector of the Moon Kingdom." The Earth Prince wore armor. His sword unsheathed.
"Prince Endymion." Beryl purred happily. "Are you ready to take your place in destiny to rule the Negaverse with me?"
"Dream on Beryl. Why would I want to rule with a snake like you?"
"I see you are still being brainwashed by that Moon twit. No matter. Once I destroy her, you will be set free from her spell. And then we shall rule the universe together. I have already ended the Terranian Royal Family. Now I shall end the Lunarian Royal Family. No force will be able to dream of rivaling my power. = But I am a merciful Queen. I shall make the princess's destruction quick and painless unlike the pain she has brought to me. After all, that moon twit is the reason I have been able to come here."
"What are you talking about?" Endymion asked. She pulled out a silver transporter. Serenity gasped. It was the same one she left behind when she and Endymion met.
"Your dear sweet Serenity left this behind during your first meeting. I have made great use of it."
"You are evil. Why can you not accept that my heart does not belong to you?" Endymion asked.
"Do not fear my dear Endymion. I shall free you and you shall be free to take your proper place. It is written in the stars and no moon brat will steal what is rightfully mine!"
She materialized a sword out of the Negaforce. Black energy surrounded it. She charged at the heir to the Silver Millennium, sword held high, ready to end it, once and for all."
In an instant, it all began. Instead of the Moon Princess at the receiving end of her sword, it was instead the Prince of the Earth.
"NO! LOOK WHAT YOU'VE DONE MOON BRAT! YOU ARE THE REASON HE IS DEAD!" Beryl screamed.
A brilliant white light shined throughout the ruins. It was the power of the Silver Crystal. Princess Serenity knew what her mother was doing. She was trying to destroy the Negaverse. She cried. Everything she knew was dead. Her people were dead. Her kingdom was dead. Her Scouts were dead. And Endymion was dead. Blood cloaked her white dress. She cried to the whole Universe.
A bright light surrounded the Moon.
"WHAT IS THIS? NO! YOU CAN'T DO THIS TO ME! I WILL RETURN TO CLAIM WHAT IS MINE!" Beryl bellowed to Queen Serenity and the rest of the Universe.
All was silent. Serenity listened to the last words of her mother, Queen Serenity.
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(The other side of the Moon Kingdom ruins)
"Your Majesty, you did it!" Luna said happily.
"They're gone!" Artemis shouted. "You beat them!"
"I trapped them. If I had destroyed them I would have destroyed Serenity and the others as well. Now they are trapped in the power of the crystal and I must send them to a new future on Earth." The Queen said grimly.
"But you saved them. Why are you so sad?" Luna asked.
"Because they wont remember anything about this time or place. Nothing. And I will never see my daughter again. Or you two either. But this is the only way for you to live on." The crystal began to glow. "I have enough power to send everything you need to Earth. Serenity and the others will be reborn on Earth with no memories. Should Beryl try to repeat today's events, you two will know what to do. Farewell, all of you." The crystal floated into the moonlit sky. It began to glow even brighter and all who had died began to float towards the crystal. The Queen collapsed, the last of her strength gone.
The moon cats were put into a deep sleep. Only one day on Earth would they be awakened once more.
"Maybe we will see each other again, one day." Her whisper traveled through the Universe.
What the Queen hadn't known was the Princess was still living, for now.
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(Back to Serenity)
"Mother!" Serenity cried out. There was no reason for her to live. Her reason for living was dead. Endymion and all the others were rising in crystal orbs.
"Mercury...Venus...Mars...Jupiter..." She whispered. A void of silence answered her.
"No Endymion! Please don't leave me!" She shouted to his floating form. She could barely make out any of the orbs now. She was the last one. The last one on the moon. She couldn't take it anymore. So much death and destruction. There was no point in living.
"NO!"
She grabbed Endymion's sword and held it high. She took one last look at the darkening Earth and plunged the sword into her already broken heart. She collapsed and a white light surrounded her.
A white light shined throughout the universe. An eclipse was beginning. The Earth and Moon were crossing each other. They were about to create an eclipse visible not only to the Earth, but to the entire Galaxy. But it was not just an eclipse between celestial planets. It was the eclipse of an powerful event. It was at this time that a great yet terrible moment was supposed to happen. It was to be the union of two great enemies. The Moon and the Earth.
But there was no one still living to see it. The Silver Millennium had ended.
As time went on, specks of moondust traveled to Earth. They were brought to a new future on Earth.
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A/N: Hi everyone. So I hope you enjoyed that chapter. It sure took a while to get right. Three rewrites! But anyway the past segment is over. The present is about to begin!
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Thanks To
Olaf74
Luiz4200
SailorSea
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Challenges
1. What will happen next?
2. How will Serenity deal with normal life?
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See you next Chapter,
SuperXBrother.