Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon, Gundam Wing, or the miniscule bit of Outlaw Star that I use. Characters that belong to me are as follows: Terra, Dominique, and Amborsia (and they're only mention in passing in this fic.) Oh! Zylstra is mine too, and so are the Senshi's parents, sort of.

Author's Note: This is a story that takes place in the Silver Millenium. It is connected to my other story Immortal Habit (which I will update ASAP) but you don't have to read it before this one. This is my take on the Silver Millenium and is considered a prequel to Immortal Habit.

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"In the beginning there was Chaos. A jumble of the universe in one mass of useless matter. Land was not solid, water not liquid, and air was not transparent. Within Chaos there were the seeds of life, the first star seeds, and one day, though there were no days yet, those seeds grew and as they grew Chaos began to take on order. From the seeds came four beings Gaea, Uranus, Pontus, and Erebus.

"Gaea looked down on the newly separated Chaos and felt a connection to the land and set about creating beautiful green things. Uranus looked above him and saw the sky and was entranced by the way that it seemed to go on forever. Pontus claimed the seas as his dominion for they touched both land and sky. Erebus claimed nothing but decided to create something that would effect all three so he created Nox, or Night. Erebus infused Nox with his Darkness and was surprised when two new beings were formed. Aether and Hemera were exact opposites of Nox and Erebus and when they joined they created another being: Love.

"Love was not interested in land, sea, or sky but did attach itself to Gaea, Pontus, and Uranus. There began the beginning of time and our people. From Gaea and Uranus came eight sons: Ophion, Cronos, Iapetus, Oceanus, Hyperion, Crius, Coeus, and Skyeus. Also there were six daughters: Mnemosyne, Tethys, Phoebe, Theia, Rhea, and Themis. From Gaea and Pontus there were Nereus, Thaumas, Phorkys, Keto, Eurybia, Aigaion, and Halia.

These children, called Titans, fought bitterly over the land, sea, and sky until finally Gaea convinced her mates that the lands, skies, and seas needed to be divided. So they divided their domains into hundreds of millions of parts. Ten of those parts became the sun and planets, and moons of the Sol system, which was where the children chose to dwell. Hyperion chose the Sun because he ruled over all light. Oceanus and the children of Pontus took a planet covered mostly in water and named it Neptune while Cronos took a dark planet and named it Saturn. Ophion took a large green planet and called it Jupiter and Coeus chose a small planet close to the Sun and dubbed it Mercury. Crius took a red planet that became know as Mars while Sykeus and Iapetus named their planet Earth. Do you understand so far Princess?" her instructor asked.

"Yes, Luna, everyone knows how the universe began," Princess Serenity confirmed, she had learned early in her studies that Luna frequently asked questions so that Serenity couldn't doze or daydream. "But where is the Moon in all of this? Why didn't anyone take Venus, Uranus, or Pluto?"

"It is later in history that those planets were colonized. You are always jumping ahead of me, princess," Luna mockingly scolded.

"I'm sorry, Luna," Serenity apologized.

Princess Serenity and her instructor, Luna, seemed to be complete opposites of each other. Where Luna had hair as black as midnight Serenity's was white as snow. The princess' eyes were a silvery-blue but Luna's were a light brown. Luna had a formal and rigid air about her and Serenity could hardly ever keep a straight face. And to Serenity's everlasting annoyance Luna was a good half a foot taller than the princess was. If one passed them in a hall they never would have thought that the two were actually the best of friends.

"I will continue then. Most of these beings were happy to live on their pieces of paradise alone but Sykeus and Iapetus were creating from the very start. They created animal after animal until finally they could not hold any more on their planet. Earth abounded with birds, fish and beasts but it was Iapetus' son Promethius that created the best creature of all: Man. He made man in his image and gifted him with intellect, speech, and the ability to make tools. Man was an excellent companion to the Titans, though they lacked the magical abilities of their creators, but there was an emptiness in their hearts they could not fill. Clymene, Iapetus's wife, knew what they lacked and created the first Woman. She named the first woman Pandora and gave her to her son Promethius.

Pandora and Promethius' marriage was a happy one but Clymene gave Pandora one single flaw: curiosity. Promethius kept a box in his home that held horrible things that he had made men immune to so they could not fall ill from them. Pandora in her curiosity opened the box and let all the evils of the world out except for one thing. Hope. Men lost their immortality and immunity to sickness but never lost Hope. It is said that after Pandora opened the box she flung it into the ocean so that it could never be opened."

"I know how the men of Earth became mortal, Luna. I want to know how the Moon Kingdom came about, please?" Serenity begged her tutor.

"Fine. We're at a good spot for it anyway," Luna sighed and began the next tale. "Hyperion and his wife Theia dwelled on the Sun, a land that gave off a golden light and gave day to all the planets. They had three children Helio, Selene, and Eos. Helios was a child made for the Sun and shined with his own golden light. Eos glowed a pinkish gold and was always up at dawn but Selene's silver glow was covered by the Sun and for years she suffered from the harsh light. She looked for somewhere better to call home and found it on the Earth's moon.

Selene lived there for many years, watching the people of Earth live and prosper, and she became lonely. She created the first Lunarians like Promethius had made Men with golden to white hair and eyes from green to silver. Selene began to long for a child but for years her wish escaped her. Then one day she knew she was pregnant, just like that. There was no father so the young girl looked almost exactly like her mother. Selene ruled the Moon and its people for a thousand years before she was sure he daughter, Serenity, was ready then she handed the throne to her and retired within the Moon. Serenity then passed her throne to her daughter, who like her mother had no father, and she to hers. The line of Serenity has been unbroken for a million years, each queen ruling for a thousand years and passing the crown to her daughter. You, Serenity, are the thousandth of the line, a direct descendant of Selene," Luna finished with a flourish.

Luna glanced at the clock, it was finely crafted and made of Jovian wood. It was well passed time for Serenity to go to her etiquette lessons and Luna was sure that Mistress Manners was at this moment having an audience with the queen about her daughter's tardiness.

"You should probably go, Princess."

Serenity glanced at the clock and gasped in shock.

"Oh no! Mistress Manners will have a fit!" Serenity exclaimed and flew out the door.

"Princesses don't run, Serenity!" Luna called after her and laughed when Serenity waved in acknowledgement and kept running. "Oh, what a queen that one will be!"

Luna didn't realize that at that very moment forces were at work to stop Princess Serenity Artemis the Thousandth from ever being crowned High Queen of the White Moon and Silver Alliance.