Silver Millenium Fic. It tells all of Serenity's story, her father, her mother, Endymion's mother, her entire court, Luna, Artemis. It'll be long, the rating will change and it takes a while for me to write new chapters. Chapter Three up! REVEIW!!! b-bai
Rated: Fiction K - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 4 - Words: 13,072 - Reviews: 6 - Favs: 4 - Follows: 1 - Updated: May 29, 2001 - Published: May 6, 2001 - id: 276033
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Disclaimer: Um, im not making money off of this, as good as I think it is, and I don't own sailor moon.
OHAYO? Well, technically, it's 1:30am here. No longer on vacation but this stupid inspiration won't let me sleep. :Yawn: K, here we go…
Chapter Two: Celebrations and insane enemies! Pass the salad, Artemis.
She worried. That's mostly what she did, all that she did. That, and she worked. To keep her mind from worrying, her daughter ran around the tree chasing another butterfly. 'The lucky girl is clueless,' the Queen thought bitterly. 'To be young again…'
She hadn't planned for this. Her heart might have been prepared for war; if it had been with Earth even. They had a chance against Earth…
But Exaultrus? It would have been a challenge for Galaxia herself. The Moon kingdom of this Solar System was particularly strong, that's true. Universal Guardians were unique. They had the power to use Crystals as well; or at least to learn how, though they still wouldn't be as strong as the descendants of her family tended to be.
She clasped her hands and remembered. Exaultrus was truly the most powerful being known. His race was all-powerful at the beginning of time, but their power led to greed and they destroyed themselves in their struggle to obtain even more power. Ironically enough, Exaultrus only weakness is what saved him from his own destruction in the first place, his insanity.
True, pure, insanity. In a moment of weakness he was to be sealed inside the guardian planet, where the most powerful guardians in existence could protect him. It's even rumored that Galaxia and Chaos were descendants of his race but never proven. Why would he suddenly become more powerful? Galaxia and Chaos must have been balancing out his power, then when Chaos was absorbed… The galaxy's natural balance must be disrupted.
Her husband was in the middle of it; her thoughts always ended in the same place. It always led to the same thing, work.
Now she's looking down at a complaint from Venus about a random transport accident. 'How did I get here?' she thinks. Now she's doing all the political work her husband used to do. A tear slipped down her cheek and she brushed it away quickly before anyone saw it, 'Weak, coward. You're a queen, don't be soft.' This thought however depressed her though; wasn't she also a mother and a wife? She shouldn't drift from her daughter, 'Sere will miss Solstice's affection and I have to start training her soon; yet I feel detached.'
There was a knock at the door and her mask was immediately back up…
"Mommy?" Sere pulled at her mother's dress. It was soon torn out of her hands.
"Don't do that," Serenity scolded. "What is it? Mom's busy," she said coldly.
"Where's daddy?" Her mother stiffened but said nothing. But Serenity was getting used to her mother's distant coldness; she refused to even look at her daughter except when necessary. Her mother once said, 'she's too much like her father; I can't bear to look.' So Sere simply put her head down and after a moment more of silence, walked away.
Arrangements, so many arrangements to be made… Arrangements for Serenity's court, for her courtship, for the introductory ball and the transportation were being made. The food, the decorations, the dresses, the gifts, the press… where was Serenity anyway?
The door was locked. Who knows how a three year old locked the door, probably with magic, but she did. Inside on her bed by the far wall she had her knees against her chest and her head resting on them as she sobbed.
She didn't know what she did wrong; to make her father leave and her mother hate her. That's all she had really. She didn't have any other friends yet because she had to stay on palace grounds. So now she spent most of her time alone.
She slowly raised her head; her face was sticky with tears. She looked out her window to the rose garden below and remembered walks with her father and mother. What could she do to regain their love? She put her head down again and sobbed some more.
Suddenly Serenity felt her daughter's emotions. They had a very strong bond that had been recently weakening but whenever one of them felt a very intense emotion, both of them felt it.
Pain, sadness, guilt confusion, depression were all the emotions felt. No happiness, cheerfulness, carefree emotion felt by three year olds. 'Three year olds shouldn't feel depression, this is wrong, she must have it just as hard as I but for her it's worse. This is all my fault; I must go talk to her.'
"I have something I need to do," she said. Then she turned on her heel and left the helpers gawking.
Serenity approached Sere's room and the feelings got stronger. After a moment she could hear her daughter crying. It broke her heart. When she attempted to open the door she found it was magically sealed; but unskillfully so. In a blink of an eye Serenity was in.
Her daughter looked up and gasped. Perhaps unintentionally she back up against the wall and curled into a tight ball. Serenity almost cried seeing her daughter so afraid. She couldn't her but rush forward and encase her daughter in a fierce hug.
"I love you. Don't think that you did anything wrong; this is my entire fault, okay? I'm sorry and I won't ever treat you that way again." Now they were both crying and embracing at the same time. Serenity briefly pulled one arm free and sealed the door tightly. There would be no interruptions at this reunion.
After that Serenity and her daughter spent almost all their time together. They even slept in the same bed. The arrangements were still being made so the Queen didn't have much time but Sere helped her any way she could. Letter folding, stamping, carrying messages to the staff and helping to pick out decorations and costumes.
Both of them were much happier; with each other they could help fill the gap where Solstice used to be. They had never had to do that before; but they no longer minded as much.
"Terra, my dear, yes I'm doing much better. Serenity and I have each other," Serenity said. The image of her close friend shimmered before her.
"That is always good to hear. I cannot wait for this upcoming ball! To think that soon the future peace of the Earth and Moon will be secure, I'm so glad!" She almost jumped with glee. "What does Sere want for her birthday? Ask anything and I'll get it! Anything for my future daughter!"
Serenity looked solemn, "I asked her and she said she wanted her father, nothing else." Her eyes pooled with tears.
Terra folded her hands over her lap. "I'm so sorry, is there anything I can do to help? Would you wish it if I came there and helped with the preparations?" She stood up but stopped her line of questioning when Serenity raised a hand.
"Thank you, my friend. But there is much to do and only a month left." She stood and sighed. "I suppose the next time I talk to you it will be at the ball. Good-bye. End transmission in five," She told the mage controlling the magic link.
"Bye!" Terra waved frantically, Serenity laughed as her form disappeared. It seemed that Terra had become her old self after spending more time with her oldest friend; almost as if she were constantly on a sugar high. Serenity turned and disappeared to go and meet her daughter for her dress fitting.
Serenity walked down the halls, subjects bowed in surprise as she passed swiftly. The dress for her daughter must be perfect if she were to impress an Earthling. Earthlings were fast to criticize and slow to please, so she had learned. She smiled at the thought of her beautiful daughter enchanting the handsome young prince like a fairy tale out of a book.
What color should the dress be? Serenity looked good in blue but this was a special occasion. Maybe arrangement could be made to make another more elaborate white court dress. The queen opened the door to see her daughter standing on a stool with tape measures strung around her neck and being hovered over by two seamstresses.
She looked cute with nothing but her slip on and pins sticking out of her mouth, her annoyed face became happier at the sight of her mother. The small girl liked attention and people but when it came to getting dressed, she liked to do it herself, in spacious areas where one could move freely.
"Mom, please make them stop," she said in an exasperated voice. For a three year old she spoke with an adult tone, part of it was because being a princess she was spoiled and the other was that, being a princess she had public speech training and her mother was always handing over her every move and thought.
"Leave us, please, go and get some material, white silk and blue trimming, sequins and other sparkling object for décor as well. Thank you," the Queen said swiftly as she knelt by her daughter and waited. One of the workers hesitated, using her intuition the Queen responded unspoken to. "I will take the measurements, now go."
They left and Serenity lifted the measuring tape up from around her daughter's neck. She began to measure with care, making sure not to crowd her daughter and only touching her gently.
"Mother, will daddy be back for my birthday?" The Queen stopped and sighed.
"Probably not, my dear," She answered. Serenity's head slumped down in sadness; her mother used a finger to gently lift it back up. "But don't fret, the ball will bring you new friends, you are to meet your betro- a young man from Earth who will hopefully build a lasting relation- friendship with you. Listen to me though, you must be on your best behavior, at this age you will now help to represent the moon in it's glory. It is of the utmost importance that you are polite and friendly. I would like you to impress this boy. He also should be quite charming. So over the next few weeks you will be practicing your manners and public speaking. He is older than you but you must be at his standards." All the time she had begun to take the measurements once again.
"But mother," Sere whined. "Why must I act so to impress a simple earthling male?" She spoke slowly to pronounce her words well and put them in the correct order.
SMACK.
Sere's cheek was turned to the side and a deep crimson was blooming outwards. Serenity turned her head back to face eye to eye. She spoke franticly fast. "Don't ever think of Earthlings as inferior to Lunarians! I do not care what your father has put in that head of yours but he is not here, and from now on I will never hear you speak nor act in that way ever again, is that clear?" Sere's eyes began to tear; her face twitches in sniffles and anger.
"You will learn manners before the ball and if you cannot, you will never make a good queen."
In her mind, what ran through Sere's head was, So maybe I don't want to be Queen. I'll show you, I don't care what this prince thinks of me; I'll be myself. The rest of the fitting was done in almost absolute silence.
Two Weeks later…
"Curtsey," Sere did so and her mother came over. She was examined from head to toe while staying position, then her mother began to change the angle of her legs, the position of her hands, the tilt of her head, the distance between her feet and the folds in her brand new dress. "You will hold this pose until it is burned into your memory." And so she did, for a full three minutes until her legs began to tremble and she fell over.
"Get up, you are wrinkling your dress." Her mother said coldly. There had been more falling outs since the last incident, Serenity was becoming thoughtless with worry and the ball was nearing, Sere stove for the perfection her mother demanded. With a wince, Sere stood up to face her mother and suppressed tears, this is all Earth's fault.
Just then a messenger with a huge smile on his face burst into the room, covered in sweat. "What?!" The Queen yelled in surprise as the messenger ran over, embraced her and started to jump up in down in excitement.
"The War! It's over! It ended! We won, Exaultrus was defeated by her Majesty Queen Galaxia!" Serenity's eyes teared, she started to jump up and down as well. She ran over and picked her daughter up, spinning her around and doing a kind of graceful waltz of happiness.
Soon her husband was to return, her daughter's father, her kingdom's king! She was elated to say the least.
"When will the guardian senshi return? What are the historical records?!" She asked, her mind back on business she stopped dancing but held her daughter close.
"After the award ceremony the soldiers are to journey back, for this solar system it should take but a week, the historical records for the monarchy are to be released after the first edit and should arrive soon after. For the public the second edit should be complete almost a week later. This is all I know."
"It is enough, thank you! Bring this news to the rest of the inner planets, hurry." After the messenger left the Queen ran to the royal hall, flung her arms wide and announced in her magically projected voice, "A feast we will have! Invite the leaders of the council! The war is over, We have won!" Cheers rang out among the crowd, they stopped their work and began to embrace. "Prepare my Balcony for a Royal Announcement! Gather the people! Send invitations to the planet Mercury! Tonight the preparations will be put on hold and when ready, the whole Kingdom is invited to celebrate!"
"The Balcony is ready!" Some one called back.
"Many thanks! Are the people gathered?" She held up a side of her skirt and twirled, a waterfall of sparkles covered her and exploded outward, in a spell she had changed into more fitting attire.
"Yes my Queen, they are assembling swiftly, news of the war is long awaited." Another answered back. Half of the congregation stared at the atmosphere in awe, sparkles floated freely.
"Wonderful!" She ran down the red carpet and looked back, there was Sere, dressed in her new dress, awaiting her. "Oh, this won't do." She snapped her fingers and her daughter was then clothed in a white court gown with golden sparkles using a similar spell. "We can't have your dress seen before the ball, come my dear!" She suddenly looked young again, the worry dispelled by the happiness in her face.
Sere transported herself to her mother's side, enjoying the dress to the fullest. Her mother grabbed her hand gently and jogged over to the Balcony down marble steps covered over with a red carpet. The Balcony was a marble semi-circle sticking out of the Palace's walls. Beyond the railing, thousands of Lunarians had already gathered and were waiting calmly. When the Queen stepped out towards the crowd the mass of people bowed deeply. Behind her Luna, her trusted adviser came behind her, silent as a cat, her long midnight hair cascading down her Orange and gold dress. Princess Serenity stepped back and took her hand.
The Queen cleared her throat. "The war of the Guardian planet has ended! We triumph against the evil and live to bring peace again!" The kingdom went into an uproar of cheers. She would have continued but she doubted that even using magic she would be able to hear herself. "A feast is scheduled, all are invited! Work is canceled for all non-palace workers. No bringings(gifts) are necessary except for your good will! Thank you!"
It was a grand feast, food from every planet; half of it had been saved for the ball itself but could be replaced. Thousands attended, unfortunately the King and Queen of Mercury could not, nor their daughter. The Queen was perfectly happy though with Luna, Artemis and Serenity at her side. Before dinner there was talking and laughing, a wonderful fruit plate from the Jungles of Europa was a start. On the table over the course of the night there were broiled Clavakin fish from Neptune, Ichi bird from Uranus as well as some exotic spiced Jinn wolf and peppers from Mars. The wine from Venus or the tangy and bubbly Rift juice from the Moon herself disappointed no one.
Most left with a light head and heart. The evening went well to say the least, it was too bad that Sere had to go to bed before Artemis tried to tango with a servant and got one of the salad plates dumped on his head. The man will have a hangover in the morning, and he'll need a shower, thought the Queen. She glanced at her friend, Luna, who was hanging her head in embarrassment. The Queen, (who was a little light-headed herself) almost 'aw'ed at them. They both like each other, that was clear, to everyone but themselves. Artemis was a little more open about it but Luna was in denial and said that she 'could never love such a fool' however, 'sometimes he's really quite charming'.
Ah, young love, both were only thirteen years of age. No wonder the boy couldn't hold his liquor. Maybe it was wrong to assume that just because Luna was mature enough to take her fathers place as the Royal advisor that Artemis would be similar. He was escorted back to his bedroom soon after that incident.
Nothing else particularly stuck out in the Queens memory after that, she couldn't really remember so many little details the next morning anyway. However the wait was impatient for news of her husband and it was good to rest a night without worry.
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