It began with a dream. But she was an artist. Getting inspiration from dreams was nothing new to her. But Michiru knew that this dream was something else. Here, she found herself in a strange city, which was very Greek. There was no-one there, but a strange little boy, dressed in white. He had a horn protruding from his forehead.

"Who are you?, she asked him. "I feel like I should know you."

The other figure simply smiled "And so you should. I have been with you since the day you started dreaming. I have been with everyone on Earth. My name is Prince Helios, protector of dreams." And then he changed into something else. He became a white horse with wings. About the only consistent feature was the horn on his head. "But you know me in another form."

And then Michiru recognised him. "I think I had a dream about you once, when I was about 5. What is this place?"

With that, the Unisus turned back into Helios. "This city was once the centre of the Earth. The history I tell you now was over thousands of years ago. Back then, the planet was known as Gaiea and was ruled over by a singular ruler. Every planet in the sky was inhabited by a highly advanced civilisation, even the new planetoid that had appeared only at night."

"And by that, I take it you mean the moon."

"You would be correct to assume that.", Helios continued. "Back then, the moon was home to the most advanced civilisation of them all. They were the leaders of a vast (to put it in your terms) empire known as the Silver Millennium, or the Silver Twilight. Earth was the only planet not involved with the union of the planets. That was, until the Princess of the Moon and the Prince of the Earth met and formed a mutual attachment to one another. This grew to the point that they told each other their real names, as both were required to be addressed publicly as "Serenity" and "Endymion" respectively. This romance is when things began to fall apart."

"Why?", asked Michiru. "What happened?"

Helios resumed his story. "Many on Earth were opposed to the relationship with an alien, even the prince's own personal retinue. Considering that two of them were in similar relationships with the princesses of Mars and Venus. But I digress. To end their ruler's plans, they called upon a demon from another dimension. Some asked for power, but others took in two much, becoming horrific, inhuman creatures, born of nothing but hate. The most powerful of these were the 7 Shadows of Death. Regardless of what they asked for, everyone in the revolution gained eternal life. During a party on the Moon to celebrate "Gaiea's" initiation into the Silver Millennium, the forces of the demon launched their attack. There were no survivors, save for a pair of cats, who were left wandering the Earth for thousands of years

"With her last breath, Queen Serenity of the Moon used their symbol of power, the Phantom Silver Crystal to banish the rebels into a prison in one of Earth's polar regions and to reincarnate the deceased warriors of the Silver Milennium in the future, giving them a second chance at life. The event had seen loss of life on every planet. Only Earth had survivors, who subsequently grew apart from each other. This city survived because I moved it, and myself, into this dimension, where we would never die. But recently, the seal on the Kingdom of Darkness has been broken. The rebels that destroyed the Silver Millennium have returned, and with them, more evil forces have set their sights on Earth. It is time to reawaken those protectors that were reincarnated."

Michiru understood where he was going. "So you're saying I'm one of them? Are you going to awaken the others?"

The small boy replied solemnly "Yes and no. I was only entrusted with 3 of the pens that the Senshi used to transform. For future reference, the "Sailor Senshi" is a rough translation of the name of the defenders." Sure enough, he held out three pens, with the alchemist's symbols for Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. "One of these is yours. The other two, you will have to find on your own. Good luck, Sailor Neptune." With that, he vanished and Michiru woke up.

And so, Michiru Kaioh spent the next two years looking for signs of the others she was searching for. Though she didn't find them, she found one of the Senshi who awakened through other means. She may have interfered with her first battle to save her, but she decided to keep her distance from her. At least for now.