Until next time,
Evening Star
For Love of the Past
Chapter 2
Sun Queen Kiaya was the last Sun Queen to befriend Moon Queen Serenity, mother to Princess Serena. Queen Kiaya had been born with a twin sister named Angeline. Since the day of their birth, Kiaya and Angeline were known through out the Sun City to be children of great power and importance. Kiaya was the one the most looked to, for she had been born with the mark of the Sun on her forehead. This had never occurred before, as all new Queens were not revealed until the current Queen was ready to step down, and until the new Queen was of age (16 years or older). Never had the Sun Stone chosen it's new Queen at such a young age. This gave the people of the Sun City the conviction that Kiaya was destined for something of great importance, therefore Kiaya and her family were sent to live at the Sun Palace, allowing Kiaya to receive the proper education and attention she would need to become Sun Queen.
Kiaya's sister, Angeline was also the cause of great puzzlement. Angeline was born with the mark of a ruby red, 5-point star on her forehead, placed in the same position as the Moon Mark on Princess Serenity's forehead. (As seen in the photo below – but red) This was a mark never before seen on the Sun City. No one knew it's meaning, nor its importance. Obviously, Angeline was not Sun Queen, but her mark symbolized something, though they did not know exactly what. So Angeline was raised as a princess, and was given the same education and attention as her sister, becoming known throughout the Sun City as the Star Princess. As the sisters grew, Kiaya took her place as Sun Queen and ruled over the Sun City with Angeline at her side.
Both sisters were very beautiful. Their hair was of the color blond,
though Kiaya's hair was a golden blond very deep in color, while Angeline's
was much lighter – almost on the brink of being silver. Kiaya was born
with blue eyes; Angeline's eyes were silver. She was the first on the Sun
City to be born with eyes of silver, making her all the more puzzling.
Both sisters had lips the shade of rubies, and were very tall and slim,
their physical features much the same.
Kiaya's hair was very long, and wavy, reaching half way down her back.
Her crown kept her hair off of her face, while sheer, feathered bangs (only
one see-through layer) brushed her forehead, slightly covering at times
her mark of the Sun. From the edge of her bangs on either side of her face
came two golden curls (one on either side) to caress her face. Her crown
was tiara - like and of sparkling silver and diamonds. Each Sun Queen received
her own crown upon taking the throne, so as to give her, her own identity.
The crown's design was based on the Queen's personality, as was her ceremonial
gown. Queen Kiaya's crown when properly worn, began above her ears, and
curved, creating a rounded corner. The crown then proceeded on an upward
slant, with both sides of the crown coming to a point above her forehead
(like most crowns). The design of the crown was the mark of the Sun.
The center of this Sun was positioned in the crown to be at its very center,
directly above the Queen's own mark. The rays of the mark branched off
the center of the Sun, each ray coming to an end when it reached the edge
of the crown, regardless if the ray had completely come to its natural
end.
As for Queen Kiaya's gown, it was long and elegant. The gown started choker-like around her neck. The front of the gown then came down, covering the front half of her neck. It then slanted downwards on an angle, on either side (forming in a sense, an upside down, flat bottomed V) covering her breasts, leaving her shoulders and back bare. (The picture below best represents what I'm trying to describe). From the waist the gown went straight down, keeping the width of her hips, then slowly widened as it got closer to the floor. There, on the floor, it spread around her, the gown just slightly longer than she was tall. The gown was wavy from the waist down, and had two under layers of silken satin to give the gown some body. The gown also had a train, which started from the back of the "choker-like" beginning of the gown. The train started at the back of her neck, covering the back half of her neck, as the front of the gown covered the front half. The train then remained close together, keeping the width of her neck, until it reached the middle of her back. At that point the train began widening, until it was the full width of the gown from behind. It then trailed behind the Queen some 4, or 5 feet. The gown itself was made of a sparkling gold material, which shone like hundreds of stars when the light touched it. The train was made of a light, see through material. It was a pale winter white, soft as silk, with sparkles of gold spread through out it. The train too, sparkled like the stars when touched by light. And while the Queen had many gowns, this one was by far the most befitting of her royalty.
Angeline wore her hair up. It started as a bun, placed where the top of her head curved down wards to the back of her head. From the center of this bun came a ponytail, which came to an end between her shoulders. Her bangs were like her sister's, sheered, feathered and only one layer deep, just hiding at times her mark of the Star. Also like her sister, a golden curl came down from either edge of her bangs, caressing both sides of her face. When Angeline wore her hair down, save for the difference in color, it was almost impossible to tell the two sisters apart. Angeline, however, wore no crown or ceremonial gown. But this was not because she couldn't; she simply decided not to. Kiaya was the one destined to rule as Sun Queen in Angeline's mind. It was she who loved being Queen, and all of the duties that went with it. Angeline would not allow herself to become tied down as her sister had. Angeline had a free spirit full of life, and by the time she was 22, she married. Her husband's name was Derrick.
Derrick was the only man on the Sun City to be born with black hair; every other person on the Sun City had hair of gold or red, or any and all shades in between. Derrick had also been born with eyes the color of the deep blue sea. Never had Angeline seen such beauty in the blue eyes of a man. He was tall, and well built with broad shoulders. He was muscular, but not overly. His voice was deep, but very kind, much like Derrick himself. For while most were intimidated by his powerful build and deep voice, Derrick had a kind and loving heart. Never would he have dreamed of hurting another- especially Angeline.
The two were very much in love, and like every young couple, they wanted the chance to spread their wings - making Angeline and Derrick the first people to leave the Sun City in over 300 years. Angeline wanted to see what lied on the planets beyond the Sun. So, by combining her natural powers with her sister's, Angeline and Derrick traveled from planet to planet with in the solar system, returning every so often to visit family and friends on the Sun.
It was during the earlier part of Queen Kiaya's reign, however, that tragedy struck the universe. Pluto's grand empire fell under the attack of an outside force. The entire population of Pluto was over taken by evil, and turned against the Royal Family. A planet wide mutiny was the result. The Royal Family was a large one. There was the King, a Queen, and 8 children, ranging in age from 18 to 3 years. All of the children save for one, the youngest, turned against their parents, polluted by the evil of their attacker. Seeing all was lost the King and Queen fled to the Moon Kingdom by the power of the Glacier Crystal, the crystal that was the source of all power on Pluto. The Glacier Crystal had protected the empire against the extreme cold of the planet. However, its power was not enough to protect the planet against this unknown force; a force we now know of today as Queen Beryl and the Negaverse.
Upon reaching the Moon Kingdom, the King and Queen, fearing for their lives and the life of their child, asked Queen Serenity for asylum, which she gladly gave. She bid the Monarchy to stay with her in the Palace until more plans could be made to deal with their situation. And so the King and Queen of Pluto, with their youngest son, stayed in the Moon Palace. However Queen Beryl could not leave her conquering of Pluto unfinished. She sent two of her minions to destroy those remaining of the Royal Family. The final attack occurred while the family was taking a walk in the moon light through the Silver Sands, just outside the Palace.
The attack came from no where. One moment all was well. The Royal Family was at peace, and enjoying their time together. Suddenly a blast of dark energy struck the Royal family from behind. Beryl's two minions appeared before the fallen Royalty, mocking the King on his impotency, being so unable to protect at first, his Empire, and now his family. The King, enraged, used what little power the Glacier Crystal had left to defend his family- but all was in vain, and the King soon fell under the merciless attacks from Beryl's henchmen. As it was, the Glacier Crystal had already been weakened by Queen Beryl's attacks on Pluto. The journey to the Moon Kingdom was over such a vast distance that it drained the crystal's power almost to the point of its destruction. There was precious little power left to protect what remained of the Royal Family.
During the initial attack while the King fought, the Queen ran to hide their son. She knew her and her husband's fate was sealed, but she wanted to do everything in her power to insure their son survived. Hiding him in a small rock crevice, the Queen rushed back to help her husband, only to fall as he did, under the all too powerful force of the Negaverse. While their son was not found, he was also not spared the sight of his parent's death.
The fate of the King and Queen did not become known until morning. Queen Serenity feared even the young Prince had been lost, but upon leaving the Silver Sands Queen Serenity heard the soft whimpering of a child. Looking between a small rock crevice, Serenity found the young Plutonian Prince. Fearing for his safety as his parents had, Queen Serenity paid a visit to her life long friend, Sun Queen Kiaya. Upon arriving at the Sun City, Queen Serenity explained what had happened to the young Prince's family, and how by staying with her on the moon endangered his life. Serenity requested that the young prince stay for all the remaining years of his life there on the Sun; if maybe a family could adopt him and love him like their own, as it was for his own life's protection. Queen Kiaya accepted the young Prince with open arms- into her own home.
Within the short time of Queen Serenity's visit, Kiaya had fallen totally
in love with the little Prince, and told her friend that nothing would
make her happier than to raise and love the young Prince as her own. And
so it was that Sun Queen Kiaya became the first Sun Queen to raise a child;
a young Prince of Pluto named Malachite.