Disclaimer: No.... I don't own Sailormoon so please don't sue me!

The Queen didn't bother to hide the smug expression playing across her beautiful features; beauty was probably the only reason why her father married this woman, a need and a want to touch her, caress her was probably all that ran through his mind at the royal alter. Haruka spat, disgusted at the turn of events, the Queen grinned at her insubordination, "Haruka, you know we only did this for your benefit." Haruka clenched her fists and gritted her teeth, she had put up with the abuse for the past few hours but this was going too far, her eyes flashed with anger and she fought to keep her voice under control. "You know the law as well, you are only to call me by my true name if you are my family or my lover and I consider you neither, so for you it will always be Uranus. Or I will see to it you are banished to the dungeons with the rest of the defiance." She stood up angrily and turned away, her father looked appalled by her cruel actions, "Haruka!" But Haruka had already turned away and was running towards her room with the grace and speed of the wind, suppressing tears that she would not let fall since she was three and would not let fall now. Every emotion that she ever felt she had trapped in a bottle, never letting it free, earning her a cold, cruel exterior and the fear of many of her subjects but she honestly didn't care, because very deep down inside she knew that somehow, some way it was true.

Haruka pushed the door to her room open, the chamber maid's took one simple glance at their mistress's face and fled quickly, but not a second before picking up the gentle Uranian Vase that signified the power of the Uranian Kingdom. It was a family heirloom passed to each princess encrusted in topaz and shining gold, instead they replaced it with an ordinary cylinder, remembering the last time their princess was like this and how she shed no mercy on the pottery shattering it about her. Haruka waited impatiently until the last maiden fled and slammed the door with enough power to cause the room to shake. Collapsing on her bed she clenched her fists and bit her lip, "She has no right to rule over me, she is not even of true Uranian blood... How can she influence my father to say yes or no?" Haruka knew why but she wasn't about to admit it. Slowly she pulled a sheathed object out from under her bed, it was a rusty, dirty sheath that smelled of old and wear, but it was what was inside that counts. Haruka placed her hand around the golden hilt and slowly pulled forth a brilliantly shining sword, relishing the sound of the ring as it escaped its confines. Haruka examined the blade slowly then leaped to her feet, she begun a pattern that required great balance she learned while watching the knights train. Swiveling on her heel she moved the sword with accurate precision and motion, she was relishing in the perfect atmosphere when all of a sudden she didn't look where she was aiming. The blunt side of the sword smashed into the replacement vase shattering it into several pieces. Haruka cursed lowly as she heard voices and footsteps coming to investigate the commotion. Quickly she sheathed the sword and stuck it under her dress, she didn't want anyone to see her like this so she did all she could think of doing. Leaping out the window she grabbed onto a nearby tree and swung to the floor, she landed oddly and her ankle cracked but she kept her mouth shut and didn't allow herself to groan in pain. She then smiled and began her path towards the transportation rooms just as the door to her room opened, "Hey... There's no one in here. THIEF! THEY STOLE THE VASE!" Haruka's eyes widened as she heard the woman's words and search lights came on all around.

'What kind of idiot... I'm not a thief!' She thought and ducked into some bushes, 'They think someone stole the vase!' Quickly she ducked into the bushes trying to avoid the lights and scent of the dogs. She began crawling and inching her way towards the transportation room, her dress snagging on branches as she went. One thorn from the rose bush dug into her thigh a few feet from the transportation chambers and she cried out in surprise. Well that sure was enough to cut it, dogs were after her in less than a second and their human companions were following. She had too much of a head start on them so they could see there faces but she made a mad dash for the Neptunian doorway. Yanking out her key she shoved it into the locket and in a flash of blue lights she landed on the lush grasses of the Neptunian palace garden. A guard whipped out his communicator, "Uranus reaching Neptune! We have a possible intruder in your sector, possibly a thief of the Uranian Vase! Over and out!" The guards of the palace of Neptune got the message and began fanning out.

Haruka stood over Michiru's bed, it was a stroke of luck that there was ivy growing up to her room or else she would never have been able to make it, she praised her arms too.... Enough muscles to withstand that punishment, muscles a princess shouldn't have. Haruka gently bent down to shake Michiru, the blue-haired beauty groaned in response and Haruka shook a little harder. "Neptune! Neptune, wake up it's me!" Michiru opened her eyes to gaze into fiercer ones of another, "Wha?!" She cried and pulled her blankets to her chest in fear that this was another suitor, slowly her eyes adjusted to the light and her mouth fell open and the blankets dropped back down to her lap. "Uranus? What are you doing here?" Haruka smiled at her silky white nightgown, she usually wore pants to sleep but that proves how different the two friends were. Michiru reached over and turned on a lamp, "Uranus... What happened to you?" Haruka smiled and began to tell the whole tale... How she watched the knights train and envied them with everything she had, how she waited until she was sixteen to request to take part in that training, how she was shot down. She related all this down to the mistake of her as a thief. Michiru listened intently the whole time until the story winded down to a finish and Michiru gathered the bigger girl in her arms, "I'll help you, no matter what I'll help you become a knight!" Haruka smiled, "Thank you Neptune..."

Michiru pushed Haruka away from her gently and looked her up and down, "Hmm... Athletic yet boyish body, good strong facial features, blonde hair, flat-chested, a less than feminine voice..." Haruka looked offended, "Hey! I thought you were supposed to be helping me!" She teased, Michiru smiled, "Well Uranus, how would you like a shorter boyish haircut?" Her partner's eyes began to clear in recognition, "Neptune... I think you're a genius."

Michiru placed Haruka in a chair in front of the mirror, she pulled out some scissors and pulled Haruka's long hair into her hand, gently she snipped off an inch or two until it ended just halfway down her neck, no drastic measures. She then picked up something she called barrettes and pulled the rest of Haruka's hair into her hands, curling it under then flattening it so that it appeared very short, she also cut her bangs oddly and made a cute little flip in her hair. Haruka was blindfolded the whole time so that this would remain a surprise, Michiru then went into her brothers room and peeked through his closet. He was a Neptunian Knight but he had some outfits in gold from when he went to court Uranus, gently she picked out something that looked like it would fit Haruka. Sneaking back into her own room she stood Haruka up, "All right, promise not to look?" She said handing Haruka the clothes, "Just put these on with the blindfold, it's only pants and a button up jacket so it shouldn't be hard." Haruka nodded and followed her friends bidding, the pants were easy but it took her a few tries to get the button right, she put the sword sheath in the pant hook that Michiru supplied her standing up she called, "I'm ready." Michiru walked in and gasped, "Uranus! You look so handsome!" Slowly she walked up and guided Haruka to a mirror, then removed the blindfold from her eyes.

Haruka looked up, no longer was an average woman looking back at her.... But a handsome man with sandy blonde hair and a strong jaw, he had what seemed to be a muscular chest but that was nothing other but hidden breasts and his sheath hung by his leg at duty. Haruka admired the person before her, hardly able to believe that she was the person she was looking at. Michiru smiled and put a hand on her shoulder, "Hiroko-kun, you are truly worthy to be a knight now." Haruka looked confused, "Hiroko? I understand why you said kun but why can't I just use my real name?" Michiru grinned, "Silly, if you use your real name you might be recognized! Hiroko is a Neptunian name that several Uranian knights go by meaning 'noble' loosely translated." Haruka smiled and wrapped Michiru in a hug, "Arigato Neptune!" She cried happily, Michiru smiled and patted her back, "My pleasure, now you better get back to the castle before someone realizes your gone." Haruka nodded, she picked up her dress and balled it up in her fist before putting it in her pocket. She'd change clothes when she got home, she wanted to enjoy the feel of trousers just a little while longer.

A man clad in aqua blue peered out past Haruka, "So that's why Princess Neptune didn't want me as a suitor? She already had a man visiting her chambers at night. Well Neptune-hime, such improperness can't be tolerated in the royal house... Unless of course, you are being improper with me. Just wait Neptune-sama, one of these days you'll have another visitor in your chambers. One you didn't expect."

A/N: I'm sorry if this chapter is kinda shaky... Well... If you liked it please leave a review!