Hi everyone! I am back! Well I know some of you are still waiting for the next chapter of my other story „You are mine!" And I swear I will finish it! The thing is I need to find the inspiration again for that story… But I promise it will be finished! Right now I just hope you will enjoy this new story (: A big big thanks to my Beta for this story! You are doing a brilliant job!

Prologue

The firm and confident steps echoed through the white marble hall. The shiny black boots hit the floor with the same strength every time the stranger took a step. The young man with dark black hair was dressed in black and red armor, his cape was flowing behind him as he hurried through the snow white hallway. His intelligent and keen eyes were focused straight ahead. He threw a glance around him, not slowing down for a second. Shiny white floor, silver walls, and chandeliers made from clear crystal. For some reason it sounded like a sick joke. He couldn't help but feel like he was in a museum rather than in the famous Moon Palace. Wasn't it supposed to be also a HOME for the Royal Family? And didn't they know any other colors than white and silver?

Finally before the great double doors, pure white not that is was any surprise to him, he stopped. The guard next to the door blinked at him with awe for a second before clearing his throat.

"Prince Endymion, let me inform the Queen and the Princess about your arrival." He said. Endymion threw a glance at the guard. He was in light blue uniform standing still like a statue next to the huge door. At least he was standing like a statue until he noticed him. Now the poor guy looked rather nervous. 'For a good reason.' Endymion thought, fully aware of his higher position above the guard's. He was, after all, the Prince of Earth. Earth, the only planet that as of yet refused to completely join the Silver Alliance. Every other planet in the galaxy accepted the laws in the Silver Alliance as well as the reign of the Moon and its Queen. Something the Earth would never do. Fortunately his planet was powerful and after some negotiations, the Queen of Moon gave up on her plans to bring the blue planet under the Silver Alliance and being the Queen of Peace she was not in the position to declare war against a Planet that did nothing wrong except refused to join an alliance. This independency made Earth the second biggest power in the galaxy in the eyes of the planets in the Alliance. For the Royal Family of Earth, as well as for every other people living on Earth, they liked to think they were just as powerful as the Moon.

The guard had every right to fear the young man in front of him. He was way above his rank, and not just height. He was tall, his body muscular, and his steps confident. On second glance, the guard was pretty sure the Prince was very well experienced in battlefield as well. Only Selena knows why the King of Earth would send his only son, the heir of the throne, to battlefields… It was an impossible, crazy thought from a Lunar point of view. 'People on Earth are strange.' The guard thought, looking at the Prince again. He was wearing the symbol of Earth all over him. His armor was dark blue, the color of the Blue Planet. The inside of his cap red and a golden horn across a rose, the symbol of Earth, was graved on the grip of his sword. It was so strange to see such a dark color on the floors of the Moon Palace and that alone made the Prince look powerful, but what really made the guard gulp with fear was the intelligent, piercing, dark blue eyes of the young man. Those eyes that were now staring at him with confidence.

Finally the Prince nodded and waited patiently as the huge doors opened then closed after the guard. It took only a few seconds until the guard came back.

"You may enter the Queen's study." He said going statue-like next to the door again.

Endymion didn't hesitate, or wasted more time with responding to the guard. Opening the door, he walked into the room. It was silver-white. What a surprise. He only wasted a mere second to look around the huge room before his eyes focused at the woman in front of him.

It was hard to miss the Queen. She was sitting in the center of the huge room, right behind a grand desk. She was beautiful with her white-blonde hair and blue eyes. She was a tall, slim woman, but you would be a fool to think she was weak. She was one of the most powerful women in the universe and well aware of her strength. So was Endymion. He was not afraid to look straight into her intelligent blue eyes.

Endymion had never seen the Moon Queen before, but it only took a moment to realize everything they said about the Queen was true. One of the most beautiful women, always elegant and always calm, a pleasant smile plastered on her face at all time. And the list of her virtues was ongoing. He bowed before her quickly, but respectfully.

"Queen Serenity, it is a pleasure to finally meet you." He said, his deep, masculine voice echoing around the room.

The rustling of a fine silk dress made him turn his attention to the other woman in the room. Glancing up, he finally took a look at the young girl standing behind the Queen. At first sight she looked like a younger version of the Queen. Elegant, slender and beautiful. However Endymion easily noticed the differences. The Princess was smaller, her hair a lighter shade of blonde, her eyes also a different color of blue. Her eyes were bright with intelligence; however the decades of wisdom of her mother's were still missing from her eyes. She stood like a beautiful statue behind her mother. Her white dress made her pale skin look even paler, almost the color of snow. She was looking at him, confused but also curious for a second, before she put an emotionless mask on her face.

"Princess Serenity." Endymion bowed to the Princess the same way he did her mother, earning another surprise glance from the young woman. Her eyes widened a bit, and then glanced at her mother from the corner of her eyes, before returning her eyes to him again. For a second, she opened her beautiful pink lips ever so slightly before she closed them again without saying a word and down casted her eyes. The movements of her lips were so small and quick it was almost impossible to notice. After the meeting, when he thought of it, Endymion found himself wondering how he even noticed it at all... For some odd reason her full pink lips also stuck in his mind, another mystery he couldn't explain.

"Prince Endymion! Indeed it is nice to finally meet you again." Queen Serenity smiled politely at him. Standing up from her chair, she circled the desk to stand before the Prince. "I bet you don't remember me." She smiled at him with a look that showed kindness, but also the nagging feeling that she was well aware of her power.

"No, I am very sorry, but I do not." Endymion answered, finally focusing on the Queen again and dismissing the Princess from his mind for the moment. There were certain issues he had to discuss with the Queen and these needed his full attention.

"But of course. You were so very small the last time I saw you. You couldn't have been more than four. Well, you are a grown young man now." the Queen shook her head gently, waiting for the Prince to answer. When it was obvious he won't go into any kind of conversation about the past, the Queen frowned a bit. It only took a few seconds before she smoothed her brow and smiled again. "Well, what did your parents decide? When is the official engagement party?" She asked, once again becoming the kind and peaceful Queen they said she was.

"In 3 weeks if that would be fine with you and the Princess?" Endymion said, throwing yet again a quick glance at Serenity. The young woman glanced up at him again then shyly looked at her mother.

"Of course. But where are my manners! Come my dear, it is time you finally meet your fiancée!" The Queen turned to her daughter, motioning for her to step forward.

Serenity took a few steps toward the Prince and curtsied deeply.

"It is a pleasure to finally meet you, Prince Endymion." She said finally.

Endymion stared at the princess only for a moment. He had been waiting for her to finally speak. He addressed more than one question for her, but it was always her mother answering. Endymion had to admit it was slightly annoying. How she could accept the fact that someone else was answering for her was a mystery to him. The Moon and its manners were indeed far more different than those in his Kingdom. He wasn't excepting such an angelic voice though. It surely shouldn't have been such a surprise through. To her unearthly beauty could only belong such an angelic voice. Finally, he bowed again and taking the princess' left hand in his, he placed a quick kiss on it. The queen smiled approving.

"Very nice. Now we should talk about the diplomatic issues." Queen Serenity interrupted the exchange between the young couple kindly, but forcefully. "Everything should be solved before the ball. My dear, why don't you go and tell your friends about the good news." She turned to her daughter calmly, but Endymion could hear the dismiss in her voice. And apparently the Princess did too. Endymion watched her taking a few steps toward the door then turning to her mother.

"Of course, Mother." Serenity bowed and kneeled down before the Queen respectfully. Her face and the voice of a Goddess, but without real feelings.

"Prince Endymion, I look forward to seeing you again." She curtsied deeply before the Prince, without looking in his eyes, and walked to the door.

"Shouldn't Princess Serenity stay as well? Shouldn't she be involved in these issues too? She should know everything that's going on, after all." Endymion asked frowning. Something was very strange here.

Serenity stopped in front of the door, staring at him with wide eyes, then turned toward her mother hopefully. That was the first time Endymion saw something sparkle in her eyes so openly. And it did wonders to her already beautiful face. Suddenly, Endymion got the feeling she could bring very powerful men fall on their knees in front of her beauty should she ever try to use her feminine powers.

"We wouldn't want to bore her with such things." The Queen dismissed the idea immediately, not even glancing up from her papers and missing her daughter's hopeful eyes.

"Of.. course." Serenity down casted her eyes for the thousandth time, then turning on her heels, she hurried out of the room without a word or glance at her mother or the Prince.

Endymion stared after her, frowning. The manners were different on the Moon but things would change from now on. He was well aware of the fact that everyone was kneeling down before the Queen, even her daughter it seemed, everyone but him or his family. He was the Prince of Earth, the future King. He wasn't kneeling before anyone… ever… And neither would his wife. Turning away from the door the Princess had disappeared through, he looked at the Queen thoughtfully, before walking to her desk to take care about the present issues. This planet and its people made him uncomfortable. The sooner he could go back to Earth, the better.

-o-o-o-o-

Serenity was sitting in the library, looking at her book but not really seeing the page. Her mother told her to go and tell her friends about the joyful news of her engagement… She smiled bitterly. If only her friends could have been there… Before the sad and painful memories could fill her mind, she glanced back at the book in front of her. Its pages were crinkled from all the times she had spent reading the book. It was a thick book about Earth and its rulers. Sir Picket, her teacher, made her learn every single word and memorize every single picture from this book. She didn't mind really. Since she was born, she knew she would, one day, be the wife of the Earth Prince, Endymion the 4th, and be the Queen of Earth, so it was logical she would need to know everything about its rulers and its manners. Sometimes it was strange, it seemed the life on Earth was much more different than on Moon. Barbaric. That was what she heard other whisper when they thought she didn't hear them. She heard servants saying how sorry they felt about her… that one day, she would have to move to that barbaric planet.

First, she was afraid that all the gossip was true. That men on Earth had many wives and children, and that women there were only property. That men there were cruel, mean, and aggressive. But when she met Andrew, everything changed. Andrew was a guard in the Palace and, as it turned out, he was a half-Earthling; which was a huge surprise once Serenity found out. She still remembered that day. She was hurrying through the halls of the Palace. She was late from her classes with Sir Picket when she heard noises coming from around the corner of the hall. It was Madam Glock, the head of housekeeping, talking to a tall blonde young man.

Flashback

"How could you be so careless… See what you did?" Madam Glock shook her head looking at the floor and at the broken vase laying there. The tall blonde man was blushing and scratching his head nervously.

"I'm sorry… I'm still new here in the Palace… I got lost and when I heard you ladies coming I turned around too quickly and my sword pushed the vase off..." He tried to explain.

"I don't even understand how you could get into the Palace guard…" A young maid said, rolling her eyes. "You are careless and have no manners… A man should not blush and should walk around with grace… Not like you ever could… Earthling." the girl said, saying the last word with such a venom in her voice that it made it sound more like a sin.

"Melania! Hold your tongue!" Madam Glock said, her eyes hard on the girl.

"It's true! Alex has a barbaric manner and he can't change that because he is an Earthling! I feel so sorry for our Princess, for she has to marry one of… THESE." Melania would have continued, but she couldn't finish her sentence.

"Melania that is enough! You can't talk about them like that! Their Prince is going to be our King…You have no right to judge them… even if it might be true…" Madam Glock stopped for a second. "Go get a broom and clean this up!" When Melanie opened her mouth to disagree, Madam Glock looked at her with all her power as the boss of the housekeepers. "Now!"

Melania closed her lips, stared at the tall young man angrily, then turned on her heels to walk away. That was when she saw the Princess. "Princess!" she cried out, her eyes wide with surprise. She curtsied quickly. "May I help you Your Highness?" She asked, her eyes still on the floor.

"No, I am fine, thank you." Serenity said, then her eyes jumped to the blonde man who was bowing deeply, not glancing up at her. "If, maybe, this young guard could escort me to the library? It seems I am late for my studies." Serenity asked politely, even though, as the Princess, what she said was an order.

Three heads snapped up in the same moment and three pairs of confused eyes stared at the Princess.

"As you wish, Princess! It would be a great honor." The young man said, still in shock. He walked to the Princess and together they walked away toward the library.

"So… Sir Alex…" Serenity began, a little bit unsure of how to continue.

"It's actually Andrew." the young man said. "I am new here, Your Highness, no one has really bothered to remember my name yet." He said, a polite smile on his lips, otherwise, he was emotionless.

"Oh." Serenity said, then went quiet again. They walked to the library like that, all the while Serenity tried to think of a way to ask this young man about his home Planet, the Earth. But whenever she came up with something, she didn't dare ask it… it would have been very impolite and not at all lady like… she could imagine her mother's disapproving face if she were to ask.

"We are here, My Lady." Andrew said bowing deep in front of her. He started to turn around when Serenity, in her panic, grabbed his hand.

"Wait!" Andrew stared wide eyed at his wrist and the soft hand holding it. Serenity gasped, letting go of his hand immediately. Her face was as red as a tomato. "I… I am sorry… I just…" Serenity started, but couldn't find the right words to say.

"I'm sorry, Your Highness, I'm a new guard here." Andrew said staring into her eyes meaningfully. Serenity frowned back at him.

"I know…" She said, still confused.

"I… I am not that kind of man. I can't… offer you any other service then protecting you from danger." Andrew said again, clearly uncomfortable.

Serenity's frown deepened in confusing. What was he talking about? Other services…. OH….GOD!

"No! No-no! That is not what I meant! I just… Oh dear Selene! I just heard you were from Earth and I wanted to know more about it!" Serenity said, blushing even more than before.

"Oh…" Andrew said, blinking a few times. "I am sorry, I thought…" What had he thought… This was the Princess of the Moon… the calm and shy Princess! Of course she meant nothing like that! What a fool he was!

"I'm sorry. This was all my fault. Please forgive me." Serenity said, uncomfortable.

"I am the one who should apologize, Princess. I would love to tell you anything you would like to know about Earth… However I have to tell you I am just a half-Earthling. My father was from the Moon and I came back with him when I was only 8. But whatever I know… I would tell you." Andrew said, with a small shy small. Serenity smiled back and that was the beginning of a great friendship.

Serenity remembered all the stories Andrew told her. Being half- Earthling, half-Lunarian must have been so hard for him, seeing as the people on these planets didn't really like each other. A Lunarian father and an Earthling mother… it was a rare mix. Poor Andrew, he must have felt like he belonged nowhere. On Earth, they said he was Lunarian, on the Moon, they said he was an Earthling. He was a nice man, though, and the first real friend of Serenity after the girls had to leave. All the stories Andrew said about the Blue Planet made Serenity believe that it, and it's people weren't as bad as she first thought. She wished Andrew could have told her more about the Prince, but unfortunately it seemed they didn't know each other. Unfortunately, their friendship had to end after a few months. Andrew got another job guarding the Palace from outside, protecting the Capital where the Moon palace was.

Sighing, Serenity closed the book again. There was nothing new she could read in it. No new pictures she could see. And definitely no answer for the thousands of questions she had about the mysterious Earth Prince. Finally, she put the book back on the shelf and walked outside the library to return to her rooms and relax a bit. That was when, at the end of hall, none other than the Prince himself appeared. He had just turned around the corner, his steps as confident as ever. For a second, Serenity thought about hurrying back to the library, but it was too late. The young Prince had noticed her as well.

They looked at each other for a moment, neither of them moving from where they'd stopped.

"Your Highness!" Serenity said curtsied deeply, again hiding her nervous eyes from him.

"Princess Serenity." The Prince said, bowing shortly as well.

They stood there for a long moment, neither moving or saying anything.