Encouraged by the fact that TheElephantInThePrideParade herself has reviewed my first chapter, and with the first episode of season 3 airing in a few days, I have decided to turn this story into a multi-chapter story!

Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon, in fact if I ever claim otherwise, Usagi would punish me in the name of the moon.


Chapter 1: I Swear, by the Moon…

The former moon goddess, once known as Selene, looked over the surface of the moon; while she had been crying because of the loss she felt deep in her heart, the moon had changed. Lost was the radiance the surface shined with in earlier years, and rather than the smooth surface, it was now filled with craters.

However the moon was not the only thing that changed, for Selene no longer heard the prayers of the humans. After her tears had dried out and the silver crystal was formed from their fusion, she noticed for the first time that the voices of the humans no longer reached her ears; at first, that worried her, 'Did the humans stop believing in me?' she thought, 'Did they replace me with a different god? Did I lose my powers?' All these questions and more she asked herself, however she could not come up with answers right away, so she decided to try out using her powers, for that was the simplest method to answer one of her many conundrums.

The Goddess decided to shine a ray of moonlight into space, taking in a deep breath, though there was not air to breath nor did she need it, Selene put her hand forward and willed the light to shine out, and what happened amazed her. A light twice as bright as she had use to shine appeared, and rather than feeling coming out of herself alone, she felt it also coming from the crystal in her hand. Ending her action, the eternal meditated into the crystal, noting the extent of its power; finding as powerful as she herself was, she decided to keep it with her at all times and protect it, least someone use it for their own personal gain. Knowing that her powers were intact, Selene decided that the next step was to head to earth and check her temples.

Once on earth, the goddess quickly disguised herself and proceeded to investigate her temples; discovering that the temples still stood and the faithful still went to pray and receive blessings from the priestesses. It was then that Selene finally understood, while she had retained her power, she had lost her divinity, meaning that while she still had control over the moon, and it was still her domain, she no longer could influence the minds of her believers, though her telepathy still remained. Losing her divinity also meant that her domain and those she protected were no longer passively protected from chaos and darkness, but were as vulnerable to it without her protection as any other; which explained why the moon had lost its light, it no longer had her divine aura.

Returning to the moon, Selene decided that she should at least create a place for her to live there, her seat of power; since she was no longer a goddess she was no longer omnipresent. Mortals often mistakenly thought that the gods had dwellings, that was incorrect; though the gods might have a certain place that held their divinity and a larger part of their essence gathered, they were nowhere and everywhere, thus needing no place to dwell. Selene was no longer a goddess, thus creating a 'seat of power' or a place for her to live became paramount.

The first thing Selene did once she arrived at the moon was to smoothen its surface. After the craters were no more, and the moon once again started resembling it old self, the former goddess, using the silver crystal and the gathered moon dust, from smoothening the moon's surface, and shaped the dust onto an elegant, white, glowing palace. Selene paid great attention to the smallest details in the carvings, bends, floors and ceilings, and when she was finished, the castle shone with the former glory of the moon.

With the enormous palace completed, Selene finally had the time to inspect her handiwork. Moon Castle slightly resembled the architecture used in the lands where she was called Anumati, or even in the parts she was known as the moon God Sin, (which she did as a prank, appearing before the moon worshipers there as male and naming herself sin; in her defense she thought they would forget about it in a century or two, apparently no such luck,) domed roofs decorated with the crescent moon on top of each one; pools of water so still they reflect the stars and earth above them as if mirrors, and between the pools an immaculately paved road of the purest white led to the castle steps, and on the sides of the roads lanterns shone with gentle light all along the path. White was the predominant color in the palace and it pleased Selene that no other colors were strongly present, there was some pink and light blue after all, but she had feared that with her divinity gone, she would no longer be the pure white moon.

Selene entered the throne room and sat on her throne, because no palace should exist without a throne in her opinion, and looked around her; perhaps for the first time in her indefinite life she finally felt at home.

The next step however proved slightly more difficult. Making the moon habitable for mortals required far more concentration than building the entire palace had been, add to that making the soil fertile enough to allow plant life to grow and you had a very delicate project. What some gods claim they could do with one word was not as simple as it sounded; true, with the power at her disposal she could perform the task with her will alone, however the task encompassed more than simply willing it, one needed to command the bacteria and viruses living in the soil to perform certain actions to perferm them a specific number of time, otherwise the atmosphere and soil would turn poisonous to anything that might attempt to live there.


After the completion of her palace and having decided that such a place required others other than herself to live in, Selene left the moon and descended upon the earth once more. Her goal this time was to hire servants to live and work in this castle, as a former goddess and with the help of the silver crystal, gold, gemstones and other types of precious materials were not an object she had to worry about, so hiring some servants to live and work in her palace was not a difficult thing to do. Those who would serve Selene had to be those who believed it their sacred duty to do so, and due to her previous experience with Endymion she could not trust any men; thus she chose maidens who worked as servants to nobility and warlords, and who were devout believers in the moon and its goddess.

Other than servants, she had come aiming for people to live and cultivate the moon, making it her new kingdom. The people she chose for that particular role were devout believers, who had drive, but had fallen hard on times, and now needed a chance to begin anew; some were free women and men, while others were enslaved. Purchasing those who were bound from their owners, she proceeded to set them free and cloth them properly, for non under her would suffer humiliation for that which they had no control over.

While purchasing supplies, seeds, and other such items from the merchants, the goddess noticed a man that looked extremely familiar. "Who is that man, kind sir?" she asked one of the merchants.

"You don't recognize King Endymion, fifth of his name, my fair lady?" the merchant asked surprised.

"I apologize dear sir, however I am not from around here, I had just stopped on my way back home from visiting some acquaintances in a nearby city, and decided to stop here to gather some supplies; you said he was fifth of his name, who was the first?"

"That does explain why you don't recognize him, however, surely you know of the story of Endymion who was so loved by the goddess Selene that she descended before him? And how after the goddess gifted him with a dress made of moonlight he was able to woo the king's daughter and become king himself?"

Selene hesitated for a few seconds, while she knew perfectly well that this man was not the man who betrayed her, she still felt her insides burn with anger; never the less, even with her divinity gone, Selene was still the gentle personification of the moon, and while her anger was strong, she was still able to reign it in. In hindsight, while Endymion tricked her in order to achieve kinghood, he could have ended up achieving godhood if she carried out her original plan.

"I know the story differently, and it did not have the part about him becoming king."

"Those are a lot of supplies you are buying; will you need porters to deliver them for you?"

"I wish you would prepare some wagons and have them prepared outside the city in a caravan so that my people and I can collect them and take them back home."

"As you wish my lady," the merchant was silent for a few seconds as if contemplating something and then asked "what might I call you my lady, so that my porters may know who to ask for."

Selene was about to state her name, however, having the name of the moon goddess and especially after just having talked about a story concerning her was more than a little suspicious, so she thought to give him a different name, and this one came to her naturally.

"You may call me Serenity," she said with a broad smile.


Years past and the kingdom on the moon grew quickly; the first thing about her people that Selene, who decided to change her name now to serenity, noticed was that they had become long lived, not immortal for they still were very much mortal, however rather than living like humans for less than a century, now they lived for at least a millennia. Another thing became apparent was that they were growing too fast, mainly due to the constant influx of immigrants from earth, and the moon was too small to support them all. So after fifteen hundred years of ruling over her kingdom, Queen Serenity left the moon looking for a way to expand her kingdom to other planets.

Since Serenity had no power over any celestial body in the solar system other than the moon, she could not do to the planets what she did to the moon, thus she decided to travel to other solar systems and galaxies in hopes of obtaining the power or perhaps even a clue on how to perform such a feat.

During her travels, she met the ruler of the planet Kinmoku who informed her that she could infuse the power of planets to specific individuals, thus granting them complete power over their respective planets; having done something similar to three of her advisors and closest friends, in addition, the requirements for inheritance of that specific power, and the number of people to hold it could be specified. However the ruler mentioned that only women were capable of having a planet infused with their essence.

Armed with her new knowledge, Serenity returned to her own solar system, and began constructing the first of the castles which were to serve as the base for the bonded individuals, Magellan Castle, which would belong to the one who will be called Sailor Venus. And with the construction of the castle of Venus underway, Serenity once again had hope for the future of her people.


A/N: Usually when I finish a chapter in one day, I worry myself that my passion for a certain story would burn itself out, but that hopefully will not be the case.

Anyway, here comes another chapter telling the story of the founding of the moon kingdom which will one day become the Silver Millennium.

Also I hope I answered here the question regarding why there are other sailors than the ones in the solar system.

I hope you all enjoyed this chapter and hopefully I will see you soon when the next one comes out.

Slices out