Exordium Chapter 2: Prologue, a sailor moon fanfic

"As yet there were no human beings, but the world now cleared of monsters was ready for mankind."

-- Prometheus and Pandora --

For ten thousand years, there lived a kingdom so great many people throughout the cosmos tried to conquer it, for not only its power but its real beauty as well, but none of them were even close to succeeding. It was made of pure glittering crystal and looked like a shining star from far away into the night. This kingdom was situated from the depths of the moon. It was called the Silver Millennium. A queen, a power and a beautiful one, ruled the kingdom by herself throughout the thousands of years. Then one day, a very handsome warrior from another galaxy caught the queen's eyes and swept her off her feet. They met and fell in love and their happiness spread all over their land, their kingdom and the entire cosmos. Almost all the people throughout the cosmos came and congratulate the two couple with bearing gifts. In return for the people's generosity, the powerful queen declared an alliance to the cosmos. Hence, the Silver Alliance was formed. It consisted of each person of every galaxy -- they call themselves The Elders -- and Queen Serenity, the queen of the Silver Millennium, represented the Milky Way Galaxy. Everyone who took the offer of an alliance was joyful. The Silver Millennium was a very powerful kingdom with their long life spans, wealth, beauty and power. Some said it was the Kingdom of the Gods. Others simply stated it was the God itself. Those who allied with the Silver Millennium also received some of its great power and long life span. For that, every planet, every galaxy was peaceful and happy. Except for one galaxy. A very stubborn galaxy you might say. The black eye galaxy consisted of a lunar system. Four tiny planets revolved around a tiny moon. The moon was called Hera, after its own queen. The four tiny planets, Nemesis, Rhamnusia, Erebus and Nyx had their own people. Queen Hera of the Hera Kingdom refused to ally with the Silver Millennium. She wanted to rule, not become an ally. Unfortunately for her, Queen Serenity was too powerful from her own little magic. She waited for eight more years preparing and strengthening her magic. By then, the great powerful queen of the Silver Millennium brought up a beautiful daughter, so very much like hers in every way, who was also named Serenity. Everything and everyone were peaceful, the Silver Alliance stronger than ever.

Then one day, an eight-year-old Princess Serenity was out walking outside the palace and into the forest by herself, evidently unnoticed by her parents. Serenity seated herself on the side of the cool fountain, and when at last the silence became wearisome, she began to toss a golden ball in the air, her favourite toy given by her father, and catch it again as an amusement. Presently, however, the queen's daughter failed to catch the golden ball in her hand, so that it fell on the ground and rolled over the grass into the shadow of the forest. Princess Serenity remembered what her mother told her about the shadow of the forest. So she dared not going into the shadow to reclaim her golden ball. But then she missed her favourite toy and began to shed tears so softly. Out of the blue, a black raven materialized before her and asked her what was wrong. Young, innocent Serenity told the raven of her predicament. The raven told her she would help her retrieve the child's golden toy in one condition. Serenity, with a frown marked on her beautiful forehead, asked what was the condition.

'Invite me into the palace, my princess.' The raven requested. Serenity was more than happy to oblige, oblivious of the peril she was creating.

Everyone knew that nobody could penetrate the kingdom without an invitation from the royal family.

And so, the raven, which turned out to be Hera in disguise, was invited to the kingdom where she constructed great havoc among the royal family and the lunarians. Now with the kingdom's barrier destroyed, Hera's minions and powerful creatures attacked the unshielded kingdom.

For the first time in ten thousand years, the Silver Millennium came crashing down.

Still…

All was not lost.

The great Queen Serenity, before her death, chanted a spell. A spell to suspend the kingdom in action. The princess went into a deep sleep, and so were the rest of the lunarians. The queen used the guinzuishou, her powerful crystal, and Hera was exiled from the kingdom, from the moon, into her own galaxy, yet not completely vanquished. She too, was suspended in action, confined in her own magic until a person of the matching dark aura as hers will release her. Once again, Queen Serenity chanted a spell to break the guinzuishou into eight shimmering gems and proliferate them all over the solar system. The queen whispered on her dying breath, that when the time comes when the celestial gems were gathered, then and only then will the Silver Millennium rise once again, the princess as a ruler, along with the celestial warriors. Then, amity will reign all over the cosmos once more.

The Silver Alliance tried in vain to locate the celestial gems for over five thousand years.

But to no avail.

And so, one thousand years later, the Silver Alliance attempted once more. By now, another planet was created near the languor moon. The moon revolved around the planet Earth and people all over were green with jealousy for the new planet. Even though the time of revolution made the Silver Millennium more than nothing but a mere legend, most people still looked up to it and believed. Also, advanced technologies were established and people now rely more to weaponry than magic. Indeed, the only people who could summon magic were the celestial warriors but they have yet to be found.

(some characters excluded)