Yep, this is the prologue. All of the Sailor Moon characters belong to Naoko Takeuchi and the other people who made the series. But characters that I make up, including the ones that are not in (and no I will not tell you now ) are mine. Please email me with your comments, the more I get the more likely I will put out the rest of the story. This is a revision, so if you have read the story before I suggest you reread it.

Prologue: Urgent Meetings

A black sky was dotted with sparkling diamonds as a half covered pearly orb glowed down on the castle. The light from the stars and moon showed through stained glass windows leading to tall wooden doors at one end and a vast hall at another. Heading towards the large double doors, a lady was being escorted by her guardians to a waiting ship. Silence was held among the eight knights and the only thing to be heard was the ringing of their ceremonial metal armor against the cold stone and her heeled boots. Candles lighted for the evening radiated a warm glow against the metal. The sheer blue cape and blue-green dress shined in the moonlight from the open windows, her hair hanging lose with a silver band resting on her forehead. A polished steel sword hung at her side by a matching silver belt and sheath.

A voice from behind the group caused them to stop, but hearing her name being called made them turn around. Farther down the hallway a little boy came panting towards them. The sounds of bare feet hitting the cold stone echoed through the passage. From the protective circle, two guards moved away to let the boy to the lady as she carefully knelt on the floor and waited.

Behind him, she could hear the heavy footsteps of the nanny running down the stairs, but the nanny dared not show herself if the lady had heard her scolding the boy. When the little boy came close enough he slowed down to stand in front of her. His satin blue pajamas pants were half twisted as if he had escaped from a struggle and the buttons to his matching shirt seemed to have been done by non-experienced hands.

"You should be in bed little brother," she scolded, hiding a smile.

He shuffled his feet and kept his head low fearing that he might be yelled at. "I know," quietly whined the five-year old, "but where are you going?"

"I have a mission, little brother."

"I wanna go."

"No, little brother. This is mission is not for little boys."

"But I'm not little!" the boy puffed out his chest and stood as straight as the guards next to him, most of them trying not to chuckle.

"Well, when you beat my height I will consider taking you on missions. Besides they are always boring, why would you want to come?"

"Is it going to like one of those meetings with the important people?"

"Yes, a meeting with those people."

"Ok, you can go." The boy's crestfallen face made the lady's heart melt.

"If I need a good body guard I will send for you." His face suddenly brightened.

"Will you be back before I go ta sleep," he questioned. Slowly he took his head and rubbed the coming sleep from his eyes.

"No, I'm sorry."

Hastily, he yawned, "I wanna a hug before I have ta go ta sleep."

A gentle breeze came in from a nearby window playing with the girl's long hair. The flickering of candles made her light silver blue hair sparkle as much as the polished crown she wore.

"Of course," and with that the little boy flung his arms around her and gave her a tight hug. Everyone there knew that there was nothing that would ever stop these two. Slowly the older sister pulled her brother off. "Now, it's time for bed little brother."

"Will you come back, Aylena?" the boy asked in a quivering voice.

Seeing fear in his eyes, she gave him a comforting smile and a nod of her head. "Of course little brother."

Quickly he gave her another hug around the waist and skipped down the long hall back to the family rooms.

"Good night Endymion," she called after him..

"Come Princess Kaylenatye, even though you will not take an escort out to the dark moon, we will see you off." The guards walked as far as the double wooden doors and held them open for her. She turned to one of her guards before she boarded the space ship. "If I don't return, tell my parents that the alliance with the Moon Kingdom is over."

As the dream faded Mamoru stirred in his bed. Opening his still tired eyes he turned his head to the window to see the sun barely touching the sky with pink. 'Aylena? Sister? Was that another memory from the past?' Looking over to his nightstand, a single picture adorned the top. Sitting up, he reached over to the picture and held it in front of him. A picture of him kissing an innocent girl in the rose gardens was one of many candid shots that her friends had caught. Her golden hair sat in two buns with the ends streaming down reflecting the setting sun.

"Usako, you are my family now. Nothing will take that away from me."

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