AN: Well, here's the first chapter. It's not as good as I was hoping it would be, but I definitely intend on the rest of the story coming out much better.

DISCLAIMER: Sailor Moon and all characters and items belong to Naoko Takeuchi, not I. :(


"Only two weeks until the Earth prince and his guards arrive!" Princess Mina of Venus cried excitedly as she burst into Princess Serenity's bedchamber, where the heiress to the throne of the moon lay sleeping.

"Hmm? What?" Serenity sat up and groggily began to wipe at her eyes, blinking rapidly to adjust to the sudden onslaught of light in her room.

"How can you still be abed at this hour?" Mina asked chidingly, shaking her head with a soft smile of fondness for her princess. "We still have so much to do in regard to preparing for the Terrans' arrival in two weeks."

Serenity waved her off and lay her head back down on her soft pillow, bolting up with a start after only a few seconds. "Two weeks?" she cried, leaping out of bed with a speed that took Mina slightly off-guard. "Oh, I haven't finished studying up on Earth culture or its geography. I'm still studying about Julius Caesar and the Roman Empire and Cleopatra! Not to mention that I haven't had time to order the dress I want to wear when I finally meet the prince..."

Mina placed her hands on Serena's shoulders and gently shook her. "Serena, calm down. We still have two weeks to finish making preparations and finish our studies."

Serena calmed only slightly. "Where's Amy? I need her help in learning about the Nile River!" She ran out of the room in a flash of silver before Mina could even respond.

Mina, still amazed that Serena was running off to learn, shook her head and made her way out of the room. She nearly collided with the fiery princess of Mars when she entered the hallway.

"Watch it, Sere..." Raye began, not noticing it wasn't Serena until she looked up and her amethyst eyes locked with Mina's. "Hey, you're not Serena."

"Great observation, Einstein," Mina replied sarcastically. "What gave it away? The blonde hair? The lack of meatball-shaped pigtails?"

Raye rolled her eyes as the two girls began to walk down the hallway together. "So, where is she anyway? She still sleeping the day away?"

"She was until I reminded her that the Earthlings would be here in two weeks."

"Two weeks? You must have your facts wrong, Mina, or you've simply not grown accustomed to the moon time yet. The Earthlings are going to be here tomorrow."

Mina's cornflower blue eyes widened and she nearly stumbled over her own feet. "Tomorrow? Uh-oh, wait until Serena finds out..."

At that moment a loud wail that sounded suspiciously like the Moon Princess echoed throughout the narrow halls.

Mina and Raye exchanged exasperated looks. "That sounds about right," Raye muttered in annoyance.


Amy, the beautiful blue-haired princess of Mercury, tried not to rub her temples in aggravation as Serena continued to try and understand the purpose of the religion of Christianity on Earth. There were many dialects in which the religion was spoken and Serena seemed to want to learn all of them. So far, she could not utter a single coherent statement in any of the languages.

"Serena," Amy began, but Serena continued to prattle on as though she hadn't spoken. After several more failed attempts to softly gain Serena's attention, Amy grew fed up and, in a very un-Amy-like fashion, slammed her hand down against the oak tabletop.

Serena jumped in surprise and, with wide blue eyes, looked up at the usually soft-spoken, quiet princess. "Amy?"

"Serena, I'm sorry for the outburst, but I could not otherwise get your attention. Even if we did still have two weeks to study, you are never going to be able to memorize all the aspects of Earth's different religions. After all, there are over two thousand different religions throughout the planet."

Serena's eyes widened and she stumbled to the left. "Two thousand?" Growling, Serena slammed the book she had been studiously examining shut. "And all this time I could have been watching my favorite Moon play." She stood to her feet and headed for the door, pausing to look back at Amy, who still sat at the small coffee table. "You coming, Amy?"

"No, Serena, I think I'm going to go grab a glass of water and lie down. I find that I have developed a rather severe migraine."

"Oh; well, I hope you get to feeling better." Serena shrugged and walked out of the room.


A little over an hour later, Serena swung back and forth in her favorite flower garden, which consisted of hundreds of colored roses imported directly from Earth itself. As she swung, Serena gazed longingly up at the blue and green planet above her, kicking at the soil beneath her feet. How she longed to see the roses, and several other wildlife from Earth, in their natural element.

All her life she had been forbidden from traveling to the planet that her home revolved around for reasons involving political issues between Earth's government and their reluctance to have to submit to the Silver Alliance. Her professors and Amy had all tried to teach her the importance of the falling out between the moon and Earth, but Serena had been unable to focus. Her mind, from an early age, had been filled with daydreams of a handsome prince with dark, ebony hair and eyes as brilliant as freshly shined sapphires. Those, however, were the only distinguishing features that Serena could see. His face had always been hidden in shadows. And how she knew that he was a prince was still beyond her, yet she was positively certain that he was a prince.

Which was the reason Serena so looked forward to the Earth prince's arrival and why she had wanted to impress him with her knowledge of his planet. There was a strong feeling of eager anticipation welling in her chest that Serena was positive had to do with the Earthlings' arrival.

Serena's back stiffened and she ceased swinging at the feeling of being watched and she spun around, prepared to run if needed. Her stance relaxed when Mina stepped into the light, her long blonde locks tied back with a bright red bow.

"Mina, you startled me," Serena said, resuming her swinging.

"I'm sorry, Serena." Mina sat down beneath the branches of the oak tree that Serena's swing hung from. "I know you didn't have time to order that dress you wanted, but I managed to have a beautiful dress made up for you about a month ago."

Serena's eyes widened in surprise. "And you weren't going to tell me?"

"Well, I was thinking that if you had ordered the dress yourself, I would get to wear the dress I have hanging in my closet and look more beautiful than you."

"Why, you..." Serena leapt from the swing and playfully launched herself at Mina, the two of them rolling over on the ground amidst gales of laughter.


The rest of the day passed by in a blur for all of the princesses. There was so much that had to be done in such a short amount of time that put a lot of stress on the Senshi. Aside from making sure that their dresses would be ready in time for the arrival in the morning, all the Senshi had to ensure that the security around the Palace and grounds were well in place and impenetrable.

As she strolled down one long empty corridor, Mina sighed. At the beginning, she thought that inviting Earthlings up to the Moon was going to be a grave mistake on Queen Serenity's part. Earth had removed themselves from the Silver Alliance for a reason and wasn't too keen on letting the rest of the universe know why. Mina had the strangest feeling that they were hiding something, but she didn't know what. What were they after to be asking to join the rest of the planets once more without giving them a reason as to why they were requesting to join? They couldn't be trusted.

Especially not the Prince and his generals. From what information Mina had been able to glean about the five men, she was able to piece together that, aside from the fact that they were notorious players who never bothered to consider a healthy monogamous relationship with any woman, they were men who made sport about collecting the most precious gems in the world.

And now that they had collected all the precious jewels that there were to collect on the planet Earth, Mina was sure they were after the Silver Imperium Crystal. After all, why else would they want to come to the moon?

Mina paused in her train of thought and ceased walking, coming to a stop in front of the Prayer Room. But, come to think of it, even when it had been part of the Silver Alliance, the moon had never fully trusted Earth or any of its leaders, so they had never been made aware of the Silver Crystal. So, they couldn't be coming up here for that reason. Besides, they had their own powerful crystal that was protected by the crown prince, Endymion.

Perhaps Mina was just being overly protective. It had been many years since the moon had received visitors of any kind. Not since the princesses of the inner planets were sent to the moon to protect and befriend Serena.

Positive that's all it was, Mina continued her walk down the hall, inspecting each room carefully as she went.


Mina stood tall and rigid between Serena and Lita, the Jupiter princess, as they all stood proudly erect in the Transportation Room. They watched in slight awe as a bright white light flashed through the room, blinding them momentarily. When the light faded, they discovered there were five men standing in the transportation pod; well, one was standing, the other four knelt beside him.

The man standing-tall with wavy, ebony hair and entrancing blue eyes-stepped forward and bowed respectfully to Queen Serenity. When he straightened up, he briefly locked eyes with Serena, who blushed and turned away.

Endymion, better known as Darien, smiled softly out of the corner of his mouth and turned his full attention back to the queen. "Queen Serenity, we appreciate greatly your agreeing to meeting with us. I am Prince Darien and these are my right-hand generals and most trusted confidantes: Kunzite, Jadeite, Nephrite, and Zoicite."

The men who had come with Darien slowly stood to their feet, also taking a moment to bow before the almighty Lunar queen.

"It is an honor to meet you all," Queen Serenity said with a kind smile. She turned to Serena, who was still blushing furiously as she discreetly stared at the handsome Terran prince. Queen Serenity hid a knowing smile as she began to make the introductions.

"Gentlemen, this is my daughter Serena." Serena politely nodded her head in acknowledgement. "The princess and defender of Venus, Mina."

Mina copied Serena's movement, her cheeks flushed as her gaze landed on the tall, broad-shouldered man with silver hair that fell an inch or two past his shoulders that Darien had introduced as Kunzite. Her heart was inexplicably pounding in her chest and she subconsciously licked her dry lips.

"The princess and defender of Mars, Raye."

Raye nodded as well, her lips pursed as she eyed all the men from Earth in distrust. She could feel Jadeite's blue eyes on her, trailing over her body in the long, flowing red down she wore; heat seemed to scorch her entire being from that blonde general's gaze alone. But she ignored it and continued to focus her attention on Darien, who had come here, she was sure, to seduce Serena. She had seen evidence of his intentions in the flames of a great roaring fire in the Temple Room, whether Darien was aware of it yet or not. She would have to keep an eye on him while he was on the moon.

Queen Serenity continued. "The princess and defender of Jupiter, Lita."

Lita, excitement shining brightly in her emerald green eyes, nodded and waggled her fingers flirtatiously at the general with long auburn hair, the same color of her own hair. Nephrite, as Lita had heard him referred to, sent a wickedly sensuous smile her way, but other than that, gave no notice of her.

"And the highly intelligent princess and defender of Mercury, Amy."

Amy nodded, trying not to look into the entrancing blue eyes of the blonde-haired general that stood across from her, his hair tied back with a black bow. She knew he was watching her with a quirked brow interestedly. The brief look she shared with him bespoke volumes of how smart he was and how in-depth he would be able to hold a conversation. He was quite handsome, as well, which certainly did not slip by her unnoticed.

"It is a pleasure to meet you all," Darien murmured, he and his generals going around to shake each and every princess's hand in greeting.

Kunzite's eyes were narrowed into tiny slits when he reached Mina, disapproving of the indecent dress she had chosen to wear that day. It was a light golden color that stopped maybe two inches below her thighs, exposing firm tan legs that were evidently toned to be ready to fight at any moment. The front of her dress dipped ridiculously low between her breasts, the two round globes pushed together perfectly by the tight binding which kept the cloth from completely falling open.

Mina, on the other hand, almost had stars in her eyes as she gazed admiringly up at the silver-haired general as he murmured a curt 'hello' in passing before moving on to greet Lita. Mina could sense that he had a strong, confident aura around him, implying that he had a strong backbone and menacing demeanor. He could intimidate anyone with a single glance and that would make him a most useful ally.

Mina would hate to be a foe of Kunzite. He was terrifying. And she had only just met him.