Ginzuishu- Also known as Silver Imperium Crystal in the English manga and the Imperium Silver Crystal in the dubbed anime.
Tsuki no Hime
Celestial Maiden Ceres
Chapter Three
Mamoru had been my best friend for as long as I could remember. We'd always been close but liking him in a way more than that was quite another ordeal all together. My mother only allowed the friendship with aforementioned Terran because, well I didn't have that many other possibilities to choose from due to personality quirks.
I'd come close to telling him how I really felt on several occasions only to be stopped by that pesky little thing I call logic. I desperately wanted him to know, and the only thing that stopped me was the slight possibility that he could be Terran royalty.
Sleep wasn't coming anytime soon and I was more than well aware of it. I'd been alone for more than an hour and the memory of our conversation still rang in my ears. What if he was a descendent of Terran advisors and sages? If he was, was he predicting my death?
I'm not sure how long it took me to finally fall asleep but the next thing I knew I was being chased down my sages and wizards from Terra as they hurled their crystal balls at me. Not one the most pleasant dreams you can have.
Morning came at me like a charging bull as the hot early morning sun beamed down on me while I lay underneath my blankets. Surely this wasn't something I slept through on a daily basis, I thought as pulled a wet t-shirt away from my sticky skin.
Afterward I dressed hurriedly and bounded downstairs with all the mannerisms of a giant gummy bear. As I arrived at the foot of the staircase I saw my grandmother smiling triumphantly as my mother sat looking rather disgruntled in her chair. My grandma gave me a hug and a kiss on either cheek as she said, "Just a perfect lady to rise early. I told you she'd make a perfect princess." she told my mother. The comment did little but draw a dreary sight from her.
"Usagi, I'm sorry. She talked me into it!" my mother said referring to grandma.
"Usagi," Grandma began calmly. "Do you know what your true name is?"
"Um...It isn't Usagi?" I questioned confusedly.
"You are the Imperial Princess Serenity II. We named you after the Imperial Princess Serenity of Legends because... well Usagi, during the time your mother was expectant with you Selene appeared to us both." she paused as if to let the emphasis sink in. "She told us you'd be the one to reestablish the Lunarian kingdom and because of this you should be named after Princess Serenity. She also emphasized the importance of your training and being a proper young lady."
My mom interrupted. "Usagi, what Grandma's trying to say is that the possibility of you holding the Ginzuishu is very likely." My head was beginning to spin. The Ginzuishu? It kept Lunarians in existence up until this point and they're saying I control it? The Ginzuishu...one of the many reasons we are hated by Terrans to this day, the invincible power of the Ginzuishu.
Grandma looked at me, "You know the legend of course. After Serenity was murdered by those cold-blooded Terrans the crystal would be sealed until a Lunarian royal with powers that matched her own came into existence. That crystal would be sealed within her...you."
"Are you telling me that my power matches that of a granddaughter of a goddess?" I asked.
Grandma beamed while Mom cowered, turning a ghostly white. "Precisely Serenity."
"Okay, but is it necessary for you to call me that?" I requested meekly.
"You have to get used to it. After all, soon all Terrans and Lunarians alike will adore that name. Once the kingdom is reestablished here anyway." she answered simply.
"On Terra?! Don't you think that the Terran royals will have something to say about that?" I asked.
"Which is why you must train and strengthen your power as quickly as you possibly can."
Oh boy. I felt sick. How was this even possible? "Serenity, concentrate on this in my hand." it was a twenty dollar bill. Yep. I was definitely focused now! "If you can bring it to you, you can have it."
Hold it... "If I can what?!"
"Make it come to you." she grinned, her hand still stretched out in front of her.
I closed my eyes and concentrated hard. I could see that bill, smell it, and feel it. I heard a gasp come from my mother's direction and instinctively I stretched my hand out. I felt a light weight object float down onto my palm and as I opened my eyes jI saw the twenty dollars resting in my hand. Grandma was smirking. She turned to Mom, "You might want to keep all of your money put away. Look there! She even has the mark of Moon Kingdom."
My crescent moon was back; I felt its warmth spread throughout my body and saw its glow across the room.
"Princess..." came my mother's awed reply.
My Grandmother's face harbored an expression of ecstasy. "Princess Serenity II will reestablish the moon kingdom and soon. There is no way she doesn't hold the Ginzuishu."