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This story is a revised version of "Princess Serenity's Revenge" and will hopefully be much better. This is a fan fiction about Serenity/Usagi and Endymion/Mamoru.

Disclaimer: Sailor Moon is copyright (c) 1992 Naoko Takeuchi/Kodansha, TOEI Animation. English Language Adaptation copyright (c) 1995 DiC Entertainment.


The Beginning of Forever: Prologue
Charlyne
charlyne_o@hotmail.com
Chapter Rating: G


They met one warm summer's eve in a garden draped in roses. Alabaster marble sparkled around them, veins of silver streaking through the pristine whiteness. A globe of blue and green, swirled with misty white, rose into the night sky, giving off an iridescent light. This soft illumination clung to all that was around, bringing soft edges to hard planes.

A young woman, her silver hair pulled up into matching buns, strode leisurely through the paths paved with pale stone. Her silver-blue eyes surveyed her surroundings with a calmness that she wasn't feeling.

Behind her a great palace stood, its walls soaring so high as to nearly touch the velvet blanket of stars far above. Graceful arches added their beauty and a giant, rounded dome capped the castle of shimmering marble.

A waterfall spilled its water into a basin of ivory, lending its music to the peaceful atmosphere. A bench stood next to it, made of the same shining stone.

The young lady sat on this bench, her long streamers of silver hair flowing over the seat to pool on the ground. A white dress clung to her body, outlining the soft curves of her young form. Her hands were clasped in her lap, the white-knuckled grip the only sign of her nervousness.

"Princess Serenity?" a voice asked, causing the girl to look up, her eyes wide from being startled.

"Yes?" she asked.

As she raised her eyes, she followed a pair of black leather boots up trim calves to dark blue pants that encased muscular thighs and circled slim hips. A white shirt smoothed its softness over a hard chest and wide shoulders. Above that, a face too handsome for words held a softly smiling mouth and deep blue eyes. Blue-black hair feathered over his brow and brushed against his collar at the back of his neck.

"Greetings." He smiled boyishly and swept a deep bow. "May I sit beside you?"

"Of course," she murmured, dropping her eyes and scooting over.

"I am Prince Endymion of the Earth. My parents and I just recently arrived."

The princess's grip tightened and she looked up at him. This was the Prince of Earth? The Goddess help her, she thought she just might swoon for the first time in her short life of fifteen years.

"You? You are Prince Endymion?"

He chuckled, his eyes sparkling with amusement. "Expecting me to look different?"

Serenity shrugged, chewing on her lower lip. "I am not quite sure. Perhaps."

Endymion grinned. "Am I a disappointment?"

"Oh, no!" Serenity exclaimed, then blushed at her outburst. "You...you are...I am speechless." Which was a lot to say for her. She was always chattering away about one thing or another.

Her giggle floated on the night air like tinkling wind chimes. Prince Endymion was captivated by the sound and enchanted by the young lady sitting next to him. A feeling, one unlike any he had felt before, coursed through him. And, in that moment, he knew that whatever may happen, his destiny was intertwined with that of this young princess of the Moon.

Through trial and tribulation, their love would break through all barriers and seal all chasms. The times ahead would not all be clear and peaceful, but nothing would keep them apart. Nothing.

This was the beginning of forever.