Disclaimer: I do not own Sailormoon or any of the characters presented in this fic. (Except the ones I made up. ) But I do own these ideas, and please... Don't sue me!

A/N: This IS a Haruka/Michiru fic therefore it Does contain some elements of shoujo-ai. (Female/Female Relationship) So if this offends you turn back now, if not please read and review! (This takes place in the Silver Millennium)

Princess Uranus was asleep in the canopy bed, four stories up at the tip of the Uranian castle, the sunlight peeked through Haruka's drapes. Haruka groaned and turned over but her lady in waiting hustled over and pulled the blankets back with much difficulty, considering the stubborn princess had latched onto them without a thought of letting them go. "Uranus-sama! Uranus-sama! Wake Up!" The maid cried, doing her best to wake the sleeping girl up, pulling back curtains, screaming commands, moving the furniture.... And yet all this was in vain, "Uranus-sama... It's your birthday today." The maiden left smirking, knowing that had done the trick.

Haruka opened her eyes as the words registered and straightened up, "My birthday.....?" Walking wobbly over to the calendar above her dressing room she realized the maid was right. She was going to turn sixteen today! The princess dashed to her closet and changed into a long gold gown, she put on some high heels and frowned as she tried walking out. She tripped several times and swung at odd angles because of the layers of the dress and the height of the heels. Haruka stood up and leaned onto the banister, "Damned things, how come I can't wear pants and boots like my brothers can?" She muttered, realizing exactly how uncomfortable her least fancy outfit was. Haruka angrily leaned onto the banister and slowly made her way down the stairs, she had to concentrate so hard on not tripping she didn't realize all the odd looks she was getting once she reached the bottom. "What...?" Haruka asked to nobody in particular then her eyes widened, her guests were already here!

The princess did her best to walk gracefully over to the other princesses, Neptune and Saturn. Pluto was busy with problems in the timeline and the inner planetary princesses wouldn't have been able to travel here in time. Michiru laughed as Haruka sat down and rearranged then arranged all the ruffles on her dress, "Aren't you comfortable Uranus- chan?" Haruka blushed and let go of her skirts, "I'd rather be in pants." She groaned, Hotaru giggled. "Uranus-chan, don't you think princesses will look odd in pants? But your sixteen now and you can make your own choices! I can't wait to be that old!" Michiru and Haruka sweatdropped, they felt as if they had both been called old hags. Michiru was the first to speak up, "I'm betting that you have some choices you would like to make when you turn sixteen." A princess controlling her own life was highly frowned upon throughout the solar system, because it was a sign of independence – Which the men think women shouldn't have. It seems they have yet to realize the most powerful person throughout the world is a woman. Queen Serenity. And yet it was frowned upon, especially when it comes to falling in love. A princess was always to marry a knight by the time they turn eighteen, this way common men were kept away from the throne - Nothing else was to be allowed.

Hotaru smiled and was about to reply when the doors to the Uranian Ballroom opened, three knights entered. To seemingly looked seventeen and one was twelve – Obviously there to court Hotaru. Haruka stared at them and turned to Michiru, "Neptune-chan? Why are they here...?" She asked, an obvious question but Haruka feared the answer. The Neptunian woman laughed, "To dance with us of course!" Haruka turned red and looked down. "Neptune- chan... I can't dance." This time Michiru really laughed her cheeks tinted pink and she giggled mercilessly, "It's not hard Uranus. Here , I'll teach you." Michiru took Haruka's hand and pulled her up, Michiru but one of Haruka's hands on her waist and the other in her own, then she placed her other hand on Haruka's shoulder. At that, Neptune led her into a tantalizing waltz. The pair spun around the room all eyes were staring at the odd couple, two princesses dancing together but neither seemed to mind. Michiru was leading but Haruka soon found out how to do it and took the dominant spot, Michiru smiled, "Your really getting the hang of this!" Then the music stopped and both princesses parted, laughing merrily.

The knights stood there dumbfounded until the youngest knight from Saturn bowed to Hotaru and asked her to dance. Hotaru smiled and winked at Haruka and Michiru mouthing, 'Great Dancers!' then took the young knight's hand and was lead to the center of the room where the music started up once again. The two other knights slowly began to regain their composure – and their color and walked up to the remaining princesses. The Neptunian knight, a stout boy with ferret eyes took Michiru's hand without forewarning and jerked her towards the ballroom floor, Michiru yelped in surprise and pain but she had little time to protest when the boy started rudely pushing her around the floor. Haruka frowned and was about to run over there to help but the other man took her attention. "Uranus-sama? Would you like to dance with me." He asked, looking into her eyes. Haruka's cold gray ones bore into his and her long blonde hair fell over her shoulders. "Fine." She said after a moment of tenseness, he took her hand and gently lead her to the floor. The knight tried to put his hand on her hip but her glare told him to move it to her shoulder, soon they were off – Haruka was leading. The knight was mortified! He pressed his weight into her shoulders and tried to regain the lead but Haruka wasn't about to let him, soon it was a silent battle over who had the winning hand.

Soon after the war for lead had erupted a scream erupted from to the left. Haruka turned and saw her vulgar knight pulling her closer to him, moving his hands over her back. Michiru tried to resist but the man ripped her skirt all the way up to her thigh, Haruka glared at him with piercing eyes. As the knight moves onto Michiru trying to get her to cooperate and lead her away Haruka walks over and taps him on the shoulder before any of the Uranian guardians could react. The knight turned and looked Haruka up and down, "Forget it, it's not you I want it's her." Haruka smirked and clenched her fist, "Well it is you I want, let's just say this will be you 'party favor.'" Haruka punched him quickly and fiercely in the chest, knocking the breath out of him and making him collapse to the floor. Michiru saw this as a chance to get away and ran off, Haruka followed her and the Uranian Second Queen looked mortified, but the King looked expectant this was how his daughter usually acted – He guessed his second wife and Haruka's stepmother didn't know that.

Haruka crept into the castle gardens and found Michiru in a fetal pose sobbing into her dress. "Neptune-chan?" She asked, creeping over to the girl, she pulled her cloak off and wrapped it around her friend while sitting down next to her, "Are you okay?" Neptune smiled and looked up, holding the golden cloak close to her. Her eyes masked a long sadness and she spoke, her voice cracking frequently. "Uranus-chan. I'm afraid... The Neptunian knights are being awfully familiar with me these days and they are in a competition over who can win my hand. They have been vulgar and cruel to me the past few years... Trying to force me to fall in love with the, a-and I can't! I want to wait!" She was confessing years of pain to Haruka and the other girl stared, wrapping one arm around her best friend she hugged her and allowed Michiru to cry into her shoulder, not caring for the fact that her tears would leave a stain. "Neptune-chan, it will be okay. I can teach you some self-defense moves to make them back off! Or since your sixteen too you can pledge to your father to make a restraint order against them!" Michiru smiled at Haruka's earnest and pulled away, "The self-defense moves would be nice... But my father will not allow me to make my own choices." Haruka's eyes grew understanding, "Well I'll start teaching you next week! How does that sound?" Michiru nodded happily and she laughed brokenly, "It sounds terrific!" A Neptunian carriage pulled up and an elderly driver stepped out and bowed to Neptune. "Neptune-sama, it is time to return home." Michiru looked up and smiled, she turned to Haruka. "I have to go now, see you next week?" Haruka smiled, "Hai." Michiru began to take the cloak off to hand back to Haruka but the blonde princess noticed Michiru's dress was still ripped, Haruka held up her hand. "Keep it, I have a ton!" Michiru laughed and got into the carriage, it soon pulled off and Michiru waved as they descended from the Uranian castle.

Uranus smiled and stands up, she began walking into the palace when her father called her, Uranus walked to the throne room where her gentle father was and to his right sat her stepmother... The second queen of Uranus. Haruka bowed and stood up, her father smiled. "Haruka, you know your behavior today was hardly acceptable." Haruka nodded, "I know..." The princess wanted to protest against the punishment, but she knew that if she did then she would have to repeat what Neptune confessed to her earlier and she didn't wish to do that. The king saw the look of masked helplessness in his daughter's eyes and smiled, "Your punishment is to clean every window in the castle.... But you are quite a great fighter if I do say so myself, where did you learn all that?" Haruka's eyes lit up as she realized how small her punishment was, then she looked down. "I learned that by watching the knights train.... Father, you know I am sixteen now and I have the right to make my own choices." The king nodded frowning, somehow he knew where this was going but he kept silent. "So father, my first and foremost decision is... That after watching the knights train as I was a child I was mesmerized by the magic and sword work, so father I would like to train to be a knight. I have waited until I was sixteen to state my proposal... So now I believe that my choice shall be heard." Haruka bowed again and stood waiting for the answer, like a guilty man waiting for the verdict. The King looked thoughtful, obviously poring over all aspects of the subject as he usually did. The queen saw his pensive expression and looked mortified. "NEVER! That will drive her into more violent acts and she will never be an acceptable woman!" Haruka glared at her stepmother "I never wanted to be an acceptable woman! I want to be a knight!" Haruka clenched her fists, 'How could my father marry this... Thing?!' She asked herself, the queen had moved closer to her father and was whispering promises into his ear of kissing and caressing, Haruka wanted to punch her there and then – But she waited for an answer, hoping for the best and yet fearing the worst. She prayed her father good resist being tantalized but as he looked at her his eyes were mesmerized. "No." He stated, Haruka fell to the floor her dream crushed. She clenched dug her nails into her palm, 'You don't know who your dealing with second queen, the original is always better than a fake!' She was going to be a knight, no matter what measures will be taken.

A/N: Sorry about the cliffhanger! If you would like to see what happens next then please review!