Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters in this story. I dunno if anyone (other than Naoko T. and the dubbers of SM) does own any characters. Keep in mind I didn't write this story, I got it off SailorJupiter.com.



Kingdom of Minthro

King Thomas eyed his wife as she glided across the white marble floor. Her long brown hair was pinned back into a tight bun amd fastened with a large golden clip. A gray dress clung to her curved body and hugged her chest. A silver-laced garment that fastened onto her shoulders looped down, forming a puddle on the floor overlapping it's silky beauty. Her face was pale and painted with ruby lipstick and plum blush. Her eyes sparkled under long, curling eyelashes.

Thomas stood to greet his wife as she had just returned from a visit to the moon. Her friend, Queen Serenity, was expecting a child and let Melissa be the first to know about it. She strolled into the thrown room with joy surrounding her body like a cloud and a bounce in her step. "Why so happy my love?" Thomas said as a greeting and kissed Melissa on the cheek. She sat down next to her husband and held onto his hand.

"Wonderful news! Serenity is with child!" Thomas grew wide-eyed and hugged his wife. She laughed and kissed him.

Thomas was a wonderful king whom had brought his kingdom into a glorious time of prosperity and well being. His regale stance held him in high stature. Thomas was of average height with a short beard and shaggy black hair. His kingdoms' colors and his family shield adorned his body. Gray and Silver were the colors of the kingdom of Minthro. Thomas was proud of his heritage and his rule over Minthro. Anyone could see his pride by looking into his old, green eyes. Those eyes were the one thing that had caught Melissa's attention so many years ago.

"Do they know what the gender of the child is?" Thoman inquired.
"Of course not darling. We won't know until the child is born." Thomas nodded.

While the two gabbed on about the news, their young son of four crept in from behind a pillar and snuck up behind his father. The boy wrapped his chubby finger around his father's leg and yelled his father's name. Thomas was caught by surprise and reached down for the boy.

"Father." The small boy said. Thomas smiled warmly at the child and put him on his lap. Melissa patted him on the head.

"You mustn't frighten your father like that, Seth. He's not as young as you." She rubbed his head and fixed a button on his collar that had come unfastened. Seth squirmed in his fathers arms and commanded to be put down.

Thomas set his son back down and watched him scamper off through the thrown room doors.

"You should go discuss the agreement with Richard. With Serenity pregnant, I'm sure he would love to arrange a marriage between his wife's new baby and one of our own children." She pointed toward the place Seth had run off. Thomas nodded.

King Richard was the King of the Moon along with his young wife, Serenity. They had been married less than a year but their love was beginning to take root. Serenity was the daughter of a wealthy noble who arranged the marriage of the children with Richard's father years ago. Serenity didn't want to marry Richard but their love was forming unexpectedly and now Serenity was pregnant.

"I will go see Richard tomorrow, until then," He bent down and kissed his wife's head. "I am going off to bed. I suggest you gather Seth and put him to bed as well." Melissa picked up her dress and walked out of the thrown room. Thomas intended on going off to bed but he was sidetracked in the kitchen, filling his stomach with the cooks food.