Baby, the stars shine bright

Chapter 3: A History Lesson

Serenity shifted the limp body of Harry once more as she came to the park that they visited earlier. It reminded her of Small Lady. The boy's stringy hair cover his pale face and she couldn't help but see a flicker of the previous Soldier of Silence. Another with the title being somewhat sickly yet again. The boy was obviously malnourished, anyone could clearly see that. He was fragile mentally and physcially, his collapse after feeling the shock of his eyes told her that much. Serenity took a small key from the necklace she was wearing and pointed it to the sky.

"Time Guardian! Tear apart the sky, and open the space-time door to me! I call the true name of the almighty god of time, the time guardian's father! Chronos! Reveal to me the path of light!" Serenity shouted as the key began to glow and a silver beam of light ripped through towards the heavens. The wind began to pick up and her hair whipped around as Harry stirred but didn't awake. A bright light engulfed them both and they vanished from sight within a blink of an eye.

Harry awoke with a start, bolting straight up in bed. His breathing was a bit ragged, another nightmare to add to the collection. His mismatched eyes took everything in, as he quickly realized he did not know where he was. The lavished room was as big as the Dursley's living room, Kitchen, and Dudley's room. The double king size bed had to have the finest of materials, for it looked expensive and felt amazingly soft as a cloud. There were about four thin sheets in different shades of red and two black fluffy comforters on top. The walls were a deep maroon with gold-it looked like real gold- intricate designs of vines scaling up the wall. The ceiling was high about 15ft and small golden chandeliers with black crystals hung from above. The carpet was white and the furtunite including a small square table that sat 6 people, two large auburn love seats, a crowded bookshelf, a large showcase of various dangerous weapons, and a large golden round platform.

Harry grudgingly pushed aside the sheets of heaven and slipped out of bed. The silk pajamas he had on made him feel calmer as his wave of nervousness slowly dispasred. He knew that Serenity would keep him safe. Atleast he hoped so, after all did she not say that they were family? He was safe with her, why was he thinking so negative! He needed to have more faith in her. Harry looked around the room enjoying everything, it seemed so magnificent. He felt that he shouldn't be in the room, it was fit for royalty. He felt slightly out of place. He was just admiring a double edged sword with a hilt that seemed to be made of purely crystal, when the sound of the door opening caught his attention.

He turned, expecting to see Serenity instead he found two teen girls and two teen boys. They looked to be young around thirteen to fifteen years old. The two girls seem to differ as night and day. The taller girl had white blond hair cut just above her shoulders and skin a warm Carmel color. She had small freckles dotted on her nose and small blood red eyes. She was at least 5'8 or something around that height and was pretty slim. The other girl wasn't even 5 feet probably, she was almost his height! She had very big forest green hair that were in big ringlets and big bright grey eyes. She seemed to be a bubbly person and Harry couldn't help but notice with a red face that she had a rather big bust for her age. Her white porcelain skin seemed to glow as he turned his eyes to the males.

They were about the same height of 6ft except one seemed more buff than the other. The buff one looked as if he was having a hard time looking serious, his lips twitched every now and then. His deep blue eyes shined bright with mirth and he seemed to be a jokester type of person. He had black shaggy hair stuffed into a ponytail that reached mid back. He was very pale Harry noticed as was the other boy. Maybe they don't go out much, he thought to himself. The last boy had very short fire red with lilac colored eyes. He seemed to be reading Harry, analyzing him in every way. Harry shifted and grimaced. He hated to be stared at, like he was the freak his uncle proclaimed him to be. They all had on a uniform of some sort, a long black sleeved jacket that buttoned on the left breast and black pants with golden shoes. There a colored line went straight down and they each had one colored armband on the right upper arm. The colors were gold except the green haired girl, whose color was a deep maroon.

They were quiet as the short girl stepped up and spoke. "Your grace, will you please follow us into the Grand Hall? Princess Serenity has prepared dinner for you." Harry thought for a moment before deciding to go. He was starving, no wait that would be an understatement. He felt that he would disappear if he didn't get something in his stomach! And why did she call Harry that? Maybe its just politeness, the customs around here. Harry knew he was far away from home, that was too obvious. He nodded curtly and she turned around and walked out of the room, the others following after her. As they walked through the lavished hallways, Harry couldn't help but noticed that they seemed too developed for their age. Or maybe he was underdeveloped for his age, who knew with his on again off again diet that the Dursleys provided him with. The corridors were big and wide yet the group walked in pairs.

Almost ten minutes of walking and they finally reached the Grand Hall. Harry was too tired to admire its splendour as he saw a large gold rectangle table that could fit 50 people piled with many types of food. Serenity sat there, conversing with another woman. She looked at Harry and smiled and he felt a strange warm feeling inside. He wasn't used to someone showing him affection. Serenity was wearing a black corset dress that reached to her knees. The lacing was white as were the small heels that adorn her feet. Her hair was pulled into her unique ponytails and she a small jeweled crown onto of her head. She had a necklace with a beautiful golden key hanging from it. She sat at the head of the table, looking like the royal princess he knew her to be.

"Harry, please sit down and eat, enjoy yourself! I know you must be very hungry after the trip." She proposed while her guest looked at him with an interested stare. He nodded and sat down across from the unknown woman and began to pile his plate up. He ate in silence until Serenity saw fit to interrupt.

"Harry, I would like to introduce you to my friend. This is Lady Hecate." She told him, taking a swig of her beverage. Lady Hecate nodded and Harry noticed that she was incredibly beautiful. She was a strong regal figure, towering over Serenity with a height of almost 6ft. Her movements were graceful and precise. Her hair was thick and long chocolate rivers flowed down until a few inches after her bottom. Her face was small, a small nose, small pink lips, and small vivid dark green eyes. She worn a regal looking white robe with golden designs on the front.

"It's nice to meet you Lady Hecate." He said shyly. She looked at him and gave a small smile. "My child, you may call me Hecate. No title is needed coming from you." He nodded once again and finished his plate. Serenity looked at Hecate before continuing on.

"Harry how do you feel about you're eyes?"

"I look like a monster, a freak!"he exclaimed.

Serenity shook her head gently, her worried eyes trained on him. He was so emotionally abused, it greatly upset her.

"Harry, you are not a monster nor freak. You are a very special boy, and I never want you to ever say or think that about yourself again. Understood?"She asked softly in a mothering manner. He nodded his head and she began to smile a bit wider. "Good, they will be in that state for some time, so you need to get used to it...Harry, there are many things you need to but I fear that you may not be emotionally stable to handle it-"

"Please tell me!" he cried out, his eyes wide. His young face was determined and he pounded his right fist in his left palm."I would like to know Serenity, I need to know whats going on, anything! I know I fainted with the eyes thing, but please tell me everything that you need to! I'm more than ready for it. I am stable to handle it. Just explain everything please..."He trailed off, as he took his seat and Serenity closed her slightly open mouth and smiled.

'Such strong determination and spirit, just like Hotaru. Willing to prove one's worth.' She thought to herself as her blue eyes twinkled at Harry.

"Alright Harry. I will start from the very beginning, just let me know if anything starts to get confusing. Ask any questions you see fit, no matter how small they may seem. Okay?" she asked him. He gave a curt nod and she glanced at the silent Hecate, who gave her the smallest of nods to go on.

"Harry, many centuries ago, there were kingdoms on each of the planets and royalty that governed them. The royalty were said to be descents of the Gods themselves, for they had great power passed down their lines. Each royal family had a unique power to their own. The royalty of Mars being blessed with the gift of Fire and Psychic abilities, Mercury with Water and intelligence, Jupiter with Lighting and Plants, Venus with Love, Pluto with Time and Space, Uranus with the Sky and Winds, Neptune with the Ocean, and Saturn with Death and Rebirth. The Earth's Moon also had a royal family, whose power was centered around light and purity. Earth's Royal Family did not have a great power like the rest of the Planets. However unlike the rest of the population on their planet, they could do what became known as witchcraft." She stopped and glanced at Harry. He seemed fascinated with her story, his eager eyes wanting more.

"Now you have to pay attention, this may get confusing. Except Earth, all the Planets were in an alliance together. The people on these planets did not possess the powers of the royals, yet they were blessed with smaller gifts instead. They had the gift of being able to perform sorcery." Here she stopped as Harry shyly raised his hand, feeling a bit foolish for the action."Yes?" she asked.

"Aren't witchcraft and sorcery the same thing, Serenity?" he questioned. Serenity laughed and tilted her head slightly.

"A very good question Harry! Witchcraft is the use of prating certain types of magic. It is limited, because the person practicing it isn't powerful enough to do certain things. Any magical person has what is called a magical core. It is the essence of magic inside you, the amount. Just as you have been born with eyes to see, your magical core has enabled you to perform magic. It is a purely natural thing." She stopped to take a sip from her cup. Harry felt like trembling in excitement, this was completely mind blowing to him. It was the most amazing thing he had heard in his life. He remembered how Vernon banned the word magic from the house. To know magic was real, was truly astonishing. He sat up as Serenity was about to start again.

"Now as I said before," she stated. "Every magical person in this universe has a magical core. Every living person has a life force. A magical person has a life force intertwine with their magical core. However those from the alliance also have something called a star seed. This enables the people of the Alliance to perform a very higher form of magic known as sorcery. The star seed allows you to truly use every inch of your magical core while without one you are cannot access the entire thing. So basically witchcraft is limited and star seedless and sorcery is unlimited and has a star seed. Do you understand?"

Harry shook his head with excitement and motioned his hand fo her to continue.

"Very well. Now the Alliance's royal families obviously held a magical core, but not only was that together with their life force and star seed, their star seed was different. The royal families star seeds were known as eternal star seeds or Sailor Crystals. This allows the families to have each unique planet's powers. The royal families were chosen because each ancestor has done something very great in the past and thus they were given the gift of having a Sailor Crystal in their family." she stopped as Harry once again raised his hand to question her. She gave him a curious look then nodded.

"Who gave the Sailor Crystals to the ancestors? Didn't you say that the ancestors might have been gods, so who gave it to them?" He asked, shaking his head in confusion. She nodded, enthusiastically.

"I'm glad you're paying attention! It is known that if you may prove yourself worthy, you maybe become a God. So no it was not the Gods, Gods can't decide who is worthy to be given a Sailor Crystal or who is to join them. Only the Galaxy Cauldron can. The Galaxy Cauldron is a most sacred place, it is located in the center of the galaxy. It is where everything begins anew and is where everything shall eventually end. It is guarded by Guardian Cosmos, guardian of the Cosmos Star Seed and of the Cauldron. The star seeds are born in the Cauldron and some grow into Sailor Crystals. The Sailor Crystals are sent throughout the galaxy and wander around looking for a host and when found, they will basically be reborn into their host of choice." She finished folding her hands. He took a sip of the juice in his cup and sat it down. He had a thoughtful look on his face.

"Okay, I understand now...continue please." He said with a nod.

"Alright," She began. "Now back to the alliance and planets. In the alliance, the royal families always produced women, not one single male heir was ever recorded in History. The women who did not regin as Queen, but as Princess was what is called a Sailor Solider. Once the Princess produces an heir, and the heir is at the right age, the Princess will revoke her title as a Sailor Solider and take the title as Queen. The Sailor title is then given to the heir. She cannot be Queen and a Sailor Solider at the same time, it is too much power to handle at once. The Sailor Solider is the Planet's guardian, not leader. Now, Earth's moon was the Supreme Ruler of the Alliance, because the Moon Family's had a separate Sailor Crystal, it was known as the Phantom Silver Crystal. The crystal could actually be transformed into a physical object and used consciously. It alone had the power to revive an entire world from ruin, but the price of using such power is the life of the current wielder. It was passed down throughout generations. However later it would be discovered whose star seed it truly was." She paused, shifting in her seat.

"A few centuries later, there was peace that lasted many, many years. This era became known as the Silver Millennium. There a Queen named Selenity ruled the Alliance and had a daughter named Princess Serenity. The princess was not a Sailor Solider, instead she had other Sailor Solders be her personal guardians. Sailor Venus, Sailor Mars, Sailor Jupiter and Sailor Mercury. Harry, I was that Princess many years ago." At this, Harry gaped. Serenity was centuries old?! She barely passed for 20! Serenity laughed and Harry closed his mouth, wiggling his jaw.

"Careful Harry, don't let the flies in!" She joked. He glared at her playfully and she laughed. "I'm not finished yet, keep listening! At this time, Sailor Uranus, Sailor Neptune, and Sailor Pluto were really not involved in the Alliance. Their planets were, but not them. They protected the outer rim of the galaxy. Sailor Saturn was in eternal rest. Now in that age, technology was greatly advanced and people held longer life spans. The people of the Silver Millennium only had two main goals. To protect the Phantom Silver Crystal and to protect Earth from any negative influence. The people of the Alliance and Earth did not mingle at all, only the royal family did. And even then it was limited events and mostly the Kings and Queens. The people of the Alliance thought they were greater, kind of in a snobbish way. They thought that earthlings were barbaric. Times back then were peaceful but also very twisted."

"But somehow," She rolled her eyes at this part and Harry snickered. "I snuck off and visited Earth. I fell in love with Earth's Crown Prince, Prince Endymion. It basically fueled a war. There was a maiden named Beryl who also was in love with him. An evil Queen Metalia brainwashed her and they began to build an army of citizens in war against the moon. Beryl eventually killed Endymion and in turn, I committed suicide. Beryl was later killed by Sailor Venus and my mother sealed Queen Metalia away. The war had basically wiped out both kingdoms. She then sent me and the entire Moon Kingdom to be reborn. My mother was only able to do this because she had achieved a Goddess status. After this happen the Outer Soldiers came to the ruins and accidentally awakened Sailor Saturn, who destroyed the rest of the entire alliance, who were later reborn on earth."

"What!" Harry exclaimed. "Why would she do that? I don't understand how could she-"Serenity interupted him sharply.

"Harry!" She said sternly and he promptly closed his mouth. "Sailor Saturn was a misunderstood Sailor Soldier. She was the Soldier of Death and Rebirth. Harry, I know it may sound difficult, but she killed the people to offer them another chance at life. She is the destroyer yet the creator of life. There was nothing left for the people of the Alliance, their planet's protectors, the Sailor Soldiers were gone and their supreme ruling kingdom was wiped out. It would have fallen into chaos and eventually, they would have brought ruin onto themselves. She saved them, death is a necessary thing, it is natural. She then proceeded to breathe life into them by having them reborn." Harry twisted his face and sighed.

"That's very twisted logic. I think I may understand...but at the same time." He stopped and stared at his empty plate. "So, is that all to the story?"

"No, not by a long shot." Serenity said and Harry glanced at the all-too-silent Hecate to see a small smirk on her face.

"After I was reborn, I eventually met up with the Sailor Soldiers again, this time becoming a Sailor Soldier myself, Sailor Moon. We fought many enemies, but after we defeated a reincarnated Beryl and her Queen, the Moon Kingdom was resurrected. It was hidden from Earth, this time, and has been becoming greater each day. Harry, there is a community of people on Earth who have the bloodlines tracing back to the people of the Alliance. They are called Witches and Wizards. They have their own little communities and governments and so on and so forth. However, I'm not going to get into much detail about that, you'll learn later about that. So after, we finished our last enemy, it was thought that me and Prince Endymion, who was reborn as a man named Darein, were going to get together and create the ultimate utopia on Earth, called Crystal Tokyo. Nice, right? But wait there's more!" She threw up her hands in an exaggerating manner. Harry giggled and she shot him a smile.

"Darein and I decided that the love we shared in the past was great, but we were two different people now. There wasn't any romantic love any more, we both agreed on that. So we seprated. And just like that, very drastically everything changed. More than what anyone could have guessed." At this, she shook her head before breathing in deeply and letting out a big sigh. Harry looked at her in concern.

"He stayed on Earth, trying to rebuild the kingdom. I went to the Moon Kingdom and took over as Princess and the rest of the Soldiers went back to their own planets to raise their kingdoms again. However things had changed, times are way different then they once were. A few years passed, when he told me he had a big problem. Now at this time, there was an alliance again but it was way different than the previous one. We included new planets from nearby Galaxies, therefor new Soldiers were now part of the team. Instead of the Moon Kingdom being the primary ruler, supreme rule was shared by three dynasties. The Moon Dynasty, which I ruled over, the Black Moon Dynasty, which rules the planet Nemesis, and the Solar Dynasty, which rules over the planet Aurora. It was a new beginning, a new dawn. It was named the Golden Age."

"Anyway, Darein apparently had trouble because of the magical community on Earth, the witches and Wizards. As you can tell, they are hidden from non magical people. They wanna stay that way. And their government is too, excuse my language, fucked to be under one supreme rule. They like the way things are, independent governments. They thought that Darein was a powerful psychopath trying to rule everyone just for the hell of it, not truly seeing that he wanted to unite Earth again, like the past. He wanted the Three High Kingdoms, as we were called, to back him up on it. We tried but they wanted no part of it. They were fine all this time without us, and they would continue to be alright,is what they claimed. The governments were selfish, is what I say. Everything was extra top secret. We met only the highest heads of the nations." She shook her head and curled a strand around her finger.

"And then, thats when the shit hit the fan." She grinned but her eyes were blank. "There was a war brewing between the planet Nyx and the planet Hemera. After a meeting with the other two High Rulers, it was decided I would go and personally settle the dispute. However, by the time I got there it was a big mess. The Queen of Nyx, Queen Delrenna, had stabbed the visiting Princess of Hemera, who died later on. I ended up in battle with Queen Delrenna and she used her planet's powers on me. She has the power of soul shadows, she uses it physcially and spirtually. She split my soul in two Harry." Serenity finshed, looking grim. Harry opened his mouth but she shushed him with a finger.

"With shadow magic, its a little like necromancy but not quite. Necromancy is summoning the dead or spirits basically. Shadow magic, she has the abilities to touch one's actual soul. However those powers were forbidden to use, only to be used in dire cases. She can bring someone back to life, not by healing the person, but by calling their soul to come forth and placing it in another body. However, this greatly weakens her. She can also do damage to one's soul, like she has done with me. When someones soul is ripped Harry, usually that means that they have done something bad, like murder or whatnot. When she ripped my soul from me, I was in great pain. I became lost in a state of chaos. I lost my real self and was like a wild, untamed animal. Harry I am the Princess of light and purity, to taint someone of my nature has drastic changes." Here she stopped and got a far away look in her eye. There was a moment of silence before she began speaking, in a much quieter tone.

"In my insanity and destroyed mind, I murdered Queen Delrenna. And I kept going, the Palace guards, a crowd of people in a nearby city, some officers who tried to stop me...After a while, news had broke out that I was on a rampage. The rest of the Sailor Soldiers came and tried to fight me. They tried to heal me but it didn't work. Then," she stopped and swallowed a great lump. She exhaled through her nose and made a strong face.

"Then Sailor Saturn tried. She tried to heal me a couple of times, but it didn't work. But then she stopped. She waited for the other Soldiers to be out of the way first. Then she tapped into unknown powers, at least unknown to me. She performed soul magic with her Silence Glaive. She killed me first, then she brought the broken halves of my soul together. She then put it back into my body, all of this at the cost of her life. She gave me her life force." she stopped and looked down, ashamed and slightly angry. She jumped slightly, feeling Harry's cool hands to take her warm ones. He gave her a small, reassuring smile and she gently squeezed his hands. It was a very big step for him to do so, she thought. For him to make the first move, it being physical contact meant he had unknowingly crossed an emotional barrier that the Durselys set up.

"After the event, I secretly went back to the Moon. When I got back to the Moon Palace, it was terrible. Because I'm not Queen yet, I have a council who has to approve of any political moves for me I make. They are, in a sense, slightly higher than me. I make the options but ultimately they choose which they believe is best. I overheard them agreeing that it was nothing that could be done for me. The people of the Age were not going to accept what I done, no matter what excuse was given. I was declared a criminal right then and there, wanted for murder of three royal family members, two being active Sailor Soldiers. If caught, I would face the Inaccessible Penalty, which is being imprisoned for all eternity. I ran, Harry. I took the necessary items, made contact with those who I believed would remain loyal to me and went into hiding. This all happened eight years ago. Then a couple days ago, I found you and went to go get you." She finished. Harry's eyes brows wrinkled and he shot her a questioning look.

"You were looking for me? Why?" he questioned and shook his long bangs out of his eyes.

"Harry," she began slowly. "For the first time in the history of the galaxy, a Sailor Crystal was reborn into a male. That male was you, Harry Potter. You are the Soldier of Silence, of death and rebirth. You are the Prince of Saturn."

NOTE:I'm alive! lol With the Sailor Moon plot, I have stuck to the manga more than the anime with some changes obviously. I'm trying not to make everyone so OCC but you have to take consideration in for the events that occured. Harry was being emotionally and physcially abused by his family his entire life. He is weak and in his mind, not being able to trust or being able to depend on anyone. He has learned to fend for himself. He is used to put downs, he does not know how to react to praise because he has never expreniced it, if ever, rarely. Serenity has a heavy heart, guilt, shame and self hatred is what she feels. She is not so innocent any more, her split soul has made her this way. She is and forever will be slightly jaded. READ AND REVIEW!! AND I LOVE YOU GUYS!! I know it has taken forever but I am trying to write other stories and two challenges I took up...I'm going to start right away on the next chapter so you won't have to wait long... THANKS