Title: An Unsuitable Match
Part: Prologue
Author: W.bymeeh
Rating: G
E-mail: jhyunl@aol.com
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*Author's Note: Just to warn you, I've definitely messed
around with the storyline here. This takes place in the
Silver Millennium, but it's an alternate reality.
I'd love to hear feedback and comments...please! =)
*Disclaimer: These characters aren't mine, so don't sue me!
I have nothing worth suing for anyways. Also, the story in
this form is mine, so please don't take it without
permission! Thanks.
Prologue
Queen Serenity was running.
Outside the palace, the sky was dark with the evil
powers that had come to attack the moon. The walls within
shook as it absorbed each hit that came from Metalia's
forces. And yet, all Queen Serenity could think of was the
little baby cradled in her arms. Although the palace had
not yet been breached, each hit took Serenity's power down
a notch as she struggled to keep the shields over the
palace up.
"Not yet," she thought determinedly.
Another blast of power shook the building to its
foundation, and Serenity fell to her knees. Breathing
raggedly, she struggled to stand up again. She half-ran,
half-limped her way to the enormous double-doors leading
into the throne room. One of them had been left open,
abandoned long ago when the evacuation had begun. She
feebly pushed her way through and, gathering her last
remaining strength, walked calmly up the twin thrones.
Serenity placed her baby daughter in a wicker basket,
and tucked her blanket around her. Tears started to form
in her eyes, but she refused to let them fall. She seated
herself in her throne, and closed her eyes as she began to
concentrate.
The palace of the King and Queen of Earth...the place
where the princesses of the other planets had been sent
merely an hour ago...thank God that they were safe now, the
Queen couldn't possibly transport all of them now,
considering her waning strength...just enough to ensure the
safety of her beloved daughter...
The queen visualized the palace...and tried to find
people who would love and take care of her child...not the
royal family...the life of royalty was too harsh and
demanding for her daughter...she wanted her to be happy and
loved...a couple came into view...servants of the
palace...lonely...they wanted a daughter, so desperately...
She hesitated, and stared at her scepter, and then
at her infant daughter. Did she want her daughter to inherit
her position as future queen of the moon? She knew now,
that this was not a decision she could make for her daughter.
Her daughter was bethrothed...to someone who was to be her
soul mate. But now, it seemed, that that would not be...
Not when the Moon Kingdom had been destroyed...and without a
kingdom there was no princess...and Serenity knew that she
would not be able to be there to oversee a new birth.
Perhaps it was better for her daughter to be able to choose
her own way in life, her own life, instead of being
dictated by powers and politics that required alliances.
Even the soul mate of her daughter...Metalia had changed
everything. If they were meant to be, they would somehow
find each other.
It had been so hard, she remembered. Sacrifice
after sacrifice for the good of the kingdom...losing the
one she truly loved for the sake of duty. She did not
want that for her daughter...she knew that the Silver
Millennium was over...Serena would not have to bear the
burden of a title...she closed her eyes and touched her
daughter's head with her wand. 'Let her powers be
dormant,' she thought. 'Unless she truly wants and
needs to be who she was born as...'
The Queen opened her eyes. Having picked her
daughter's destination, she came to the most difficult
part...having to say goodbye. She leaned over and kissed
her baby daughter, who sighed in her sleep. Baby Serena
has slept soundly throughout the entire attack. The Queen
placed her star locket around her daughter's neck, and
closed her eyes.
A blinding flash of light appeared, and when it
dimmed, the basket had disappeared. The Queen fell to the
floor, and the shields around the palace came crashing
down.
"One more thing..." muttered the Queen grimly.
She picked up her scepter, abandoned at her side, and
she raised it above her head.
"I call upon the power of the moon!"
An enormous sound similar to the shattering of a
thousand pieces of glass was heard, and with a loud shriek
the forces of Metalia were locked away...the sky was clear,
and the dust of the battle began to settle...
In the throne room, Queen Serenity lay still on the
floor. "Serena..." was her last thought.
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