In the Stars

Mamoru

A/N: Oh dear goodness. I have so many feels about Sailor Moon Crystal every time I watch it. EVERY. TIME. For reference: I have no idea if I'm going to continue. It'll depend on the new episode of Sailor Moon Crystal! :D

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Where is she? My feet are planted to the marble floor of the palace as I peek from behind the pillars. There is no sign of her blond hair and white dress anywhere. I purse my lips and allow my thoughts to run wild. Behind me one of the clocks in the library chimes twelve times. Tonight I should have never agreed to meeting her. Not this late. Not on palace grounds. There are too many dangers of her being out here tonight.

The moon shines over the area, dominating the sky as it rises steadily. Being at perigee, this would have been a night my family spent on the moon with the royal family there. Celebrations would last for as long as the full moon and this relationship of ours will be accepted without question. Balls and parties where the traditions of the moon and the traditions of earth are merged together to show our unity. A prince and a princess could be together without somebody pulling us away.

We met when I was sixteen. She was thirteen. Technically she wasn't supposed to be at the celebrations because of her age. The celebrations between kingdoms had a strict age limit of fourteen. It was not her fault we met, though. It was mine. I could not handle the loudness of the party and slipped away to the rose garden. There she was.

It was comical, really. She tried to duck behind the nearest bush except her hair couldn't exactly hide in time. We talked for the rest of the night ignoring the daybreak. Her innocence was unlike anyone else's that I've ever met back home. All the princesses that my parents set me up with were never there for me—they were there for the crown or whatever that meant. She was different from day one.

It was only inevitable. These celebrations happen at least three times a year and we would spend each night of the triad talking.

By the time she turned fourteen and we could formally meet, the celebrations ceased.

The priestesses here have been telling my parents about the Moon Kingdom and how they're going to try to take over our world. All lies. But now our kingdom is paranoid with the prospect of a war that was never supposed to happen. Myths of a Silver Crystal with the power to kill a planet began to circulate. Nobody from our kingdom is supposed to interact with the Moon Kingdom.

I just can't help myself.

We fell in love when we weren't supposed to. At any moment the priestesses will persuade the kingdom to declare war on the Moon Kingdom, to take any civilian of the Moon that happens to be on Earth captive. I am stupid for agreeing to have her meet me here. The smartest thing I could have done was to sneak away to the Moon. My fingers curl and I restrain myself from hitting the pillar in front of me. I'm stupid.

Hearing heavy breathing and a set of footsteps rushing in my direction my hands loosen and my head snaps up. She's here. My heart races and a grin spreads across my face. At least for these next few hours, we don't have to worry. War won't happen…yet. The only thing we need to focus on is each other. I step out from the shadows and make my move toward her.

"Serenity." Her name falls easily from my lips in a soft whisper.

I see her eyes meet mine and brighten with recognition as her dress swirls around her running legs. "Endymion!"

My fingers intertwine with hers and I pull her closer to me as I lean over to join our lips together. I don't care what happens to my kingdom. As long as she is safe I have no need to worry. I would do anything to protect my love. I would die for my sweet Serenity.

With the current state of my kingdom, I just might have to.

My breath shudders out and I shoot up from my bed. Sweat drenches my body as I try to catch my breath. I swing my legs over my bed and push myself up. These dreams leave the worst feeling in my head. These two people…the prince and the princess… have been haunting my dreams for the past few months. I don't know how I know but I have a feeling this couple ended tragically.

In my own life I don't think I could ever handle such a secretive love. Or love at all. What the people in my dreams have is a love that is too tragic. I could never handle it. Not even if I was a prince. My eyes turn to the clock beside my bed and bright green numbers tell me I should be leaving soon.

The people in my dreams may not be leaving me. But now is not the time to dwell. I have nothing connecting me to them so I don't need to worry about leaving them in the back of my head.

It's not like I'm going to meet a princess anytime soon.

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Dreams are supposed to be important but I have yet to determine how exactly the story of star crossed lovers are supposed to be important to me. There is no time for romance for me, not when there is a dream that I can follow. The nights love take a place in the back of my head, another princess beckons to me. I don't know if it's the same "Serenity" I dream of every other night, but the message is the same regardless of who is saying them. "The Legendary Silver Crystal. Please. It will help everything."

I don't remember my past, my childhood. For all I know I could be living a lie. There are several other people I could be instead of Chiba Mamoru. I just want to know if I am living the life I should instead of ripping another person out of theirs. So for the past few months I have been through several store with only a mask to hide my identity.

Today I find the newest store after only a few short minutes walking the streets. OSA-P Jewelry, a store from a somewhat prominent family here in Japan. The crowds due to "explosive" sales are the perfect cover for a moonlit heist of the store. No respectable owner would want to stay there after being on their feet all day

My feet move closer to the opening entrance and out of the corner of my eye I see a flash of blonde hair huffing out of the building. I stop just in front of the now closing doors. If only I knew what the crystal is supposed to look like-life would be a whole lot easier.

Wham.

I am brought out from my thoughts with a crushed piece of paper I catch quickly in my hands as I look up. The same blonde that walked out now swings around in confusion, her eyes widening as she sees her paper in my hands. My lips curl into a smirk. "You hit me, Miss Bump Head. Are you trying to make bumps on my head too?"

The anger that sparks in her eyes is almost enough to make me smile. Her hands motion wildly around her head and her face reddens. "Excuse me, they're not bumps! They're buns!"

Is that right? Bun head then. I look down to the paper in my hands and carefully unfurl it. All the angry red marks makes me nervous and I look back at the still furious blonde. "Thirty Percent? You need to study harder, Miss Bun Head."

I didn't know it was possible to get that low of a score on a basic English test, honestly. My fingers push the test into her face. This has gone on long enough. The test is grabbed from my hands and I feel her own fingers flutter at my wrist.

What?

We both step back, a shock filling my head as she lets out a gasp and drops all her school stuff.

Serenity.

This girl. Ha-Have I seen her before? I'm sure this isn't the first time I've seen a hairstyle like this...and not a lot of girls are blonde haired and blue eyes. My jaw locks in place at the thought of forgetting where I know her.

I would die for my sweet Serenity. With the current state of my kingdom, I might have to.

No. It's simply...no. Definitely impossible. There is no way on this Earth that the girl who stands in front of me is-Serenity. Dreams, yes they mean something. But never does that mean the same girl in your dreams comes to life and is living, breathing, right in front of you.

Not unless...

After her figure disappears into the distance I turn, back to the store, back to my original mission. There's no way I could have asked for her name or something like that. Besides, she already ran off in a huff. Bun-head. She can't be this Serenity, the princess from my dreams.

Not unless...

This is a romance written in the stars.

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A/N: Cheesy? Good. For the mean time I'm marking this story as complete! New episode will be up in almost half an hour! I almost missed my self-imposed deadline! Oops!

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