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The Ice Cold Princess:

By Sailor Nena

A month later, Mars received its first princess in twelve generations. Her parents named her Ray because she was their sunshine. She quickly learned the family business of war, for Martians generally seek honor in war by righting the wrongs of the universe. Her dark eyes and hair went along with the air of mystery she possessed, and among all this, she had a trying temper. The only thing that ever soothed her was music, so it was not surprising she took interest in it at an early age.

Just a few hours after Ray’s birth, Jupiter’s thunder collected in front of the Roaring Castle, as it was called, to welcome the birth of the second princess. Unfortunately, the Queen died at child labor and left the child at the care of her eldest son, King Thundatious, who named the new born princess after her mother, Lita. Lita inherited her father’s strength and appetite. She wore her hair in a pony tail for convenience, very unusual in princesses of the time. From her mother she inherited her soft brown hair and dark eyes. Her brother, who had inherited the thrown after his father was assassinated by an escaped member of the Negaverse, loved her as his own daughter. It wasn’t surprising that Lita called him Papi (Spanish for daddy) until she was old enough to understand he wasn’t.

The last was born Three months after Lita and three before Serena. She was the result of a love romance between her mother, Queen of Venous, and the captain of the Guard. The couple was so happy that no one could ever separate them (the Queen’s eldest son could call the marriage invalid if the Queen did not bear a child). Now, the child had won over her older half-brother, so they gave her the tittle of Goddess of Love. As a birthday present her brother named her Mina, after his most beloved song (Mina Empress of my Heart). Like all Venetian, she was a loving creature with an admirable knowledge of love. She understood not the whys but the ways, so Mina’s love advise was always right as long as the question wasn’t "Why must love hurt so much?"

These four princess met Serena three years later at Serena’s first ball. They quickly became close friends and swore eternal loyalty to one another. Even at such a young age, they knew the importance of friendship, and valued its power. They were also the most notorious of the Silver Moon Castle. Together they played pranks on the snobbish princes, let the dogs loose on an unsuspecting teacher, and convinced the head maid, an old white hair which, that the young gardener, who was petrified of her, was really madly in love with her. This last action nearly destroyed the castle as the old woman chased her supposed lover to the ends of the Moon.

The King and Queen were very happy to see that their little girl had made such lively young friend, even if it meant losing their best maid. The happiness didn’t last long. On Serena’s fourth birthday party, the now King Neffarious attacked the unknowing Moon. The party was broken up as Neffarious took revenge upon the defenseless Serena. He hated that Guile had married Serenity and had joined his small empire with the Moon Kingdom, that she had married him not even a year after he had stolen Serenity’s heart, but most of all, he hated that their vow of love had been sealed with a beautiful child.

Neffarious’s army charged the palace while he entered the ball room. With a swift movement he took out his sword and pointed it straight at Guile’s heart. "This time," he began, "I’ll be the one who steals the last laughed!"

"You know you can’t win, Nefarious!" King Guile began, "Our forces are much stronger than yours" Nefarious began to laugh wickedly,

"But I have something YOU don’t!" With a quick swift movement, Neffarious took hold of Serena’s arm,who was trying to exist the ball room with her friends when the battle began.

"Nooooooooo!" Serenity cried as Neffarious rose his sword to Serena’s neck. "Leave her alone!

"You’re in no position to order me Serenity!" and with an evil grin he added, "You never were! But if you want to see your DEAR baby girl again, you won’t fallow me."

"Mummy!" Serena cried in despair as Neffarious forced her outside into the pouring thundering rain.

"Serena! NOOOOOOOOO!" Serenity screamed at the sight. No one seemed to move, that is no one except six young people. The first was a young solider by the name of Jedite. He was fourteen years old and full of visions of glory. He hoped to become somebody through his hard work, but at this time, all he could think of was his duty to the princess. He rushed after them with one thought in mind, "she needs my help!"

The next four were Serena’s own friends. Between the four of them, they believed to be able to save her. Lady Aims came up with a plan; Ray used her knowledge of the Sacred Flame to locate her. Lita calmed the thunder in their path, and Mina led them into battle. When this was settle, they joined hands and filled with excitement screamed, "Planet Power Arise" which was the intergalactic battle cry, and ran into the starless night.

The last was none other than Prince Darien of Earth. Only ten years old, he was filled with a hunger for adventure, and what adventure is greater than saving a princess? He took his sword and followed the King under the thundering night. If he did save the Princess, which he was sure he would, he would also prove to his parents that he was a big boy that didn’t need to take any military lessons from an old general.

Serena had been drag through the gardens she knew so well to their solitary end. Here the gardener had a big empty box to keep any extra tools he may no longer need and which he never used. It was in this pace Neffarious decided to talk to the young princess. He sat on the box and forced the princess on his lap. She struggled in Vain.

"Do you know why I brought you here?"

"No, and I don’t care! Let me go!" the princess responded. She was scared, but not willing to show it.

"You are as defiant as your mother. Did you know that?" The rain was pouring down on the poor princess. She was completely drenched partly from the rain and partly from the tears that had finally began to surface. Her fear formed into a huge ball in her throat that prevented her from speaking. "Do you want to know why I’m doing this?" She could only nod in response, "Because I love you and want to marry you my dear."

"Is this guy crazy? " Serena thought. "How can he love me if he is hurting me? " He seemed to be able to read her thoughts,

"I don’t want to hurt you, I just want you to give me the Lunar Love Promise. I want you to promise me that no matter what you will marry me, and only me!" He emphasized the last "me". He wished that he had known about the sacred promise when he courted the Queen. If he had, none of this would be necessary.

"No." a small whisper came to him through the thunder.

"What did you say princess?" Serena mustered up all her courage and with a strong defiant voice answered,

"NO! I will never love a ugly old man like you! I HATE YOU! I HATE YOU!" Neffarious picked up his sword and put it to her neck.

"I’m not sure you understood Princess. Either you promise, or you die" A thunder clashed as he responded in a chilling calm voice. Serena’s eye’s were filled with fear.

"Unhand her you ruffian!" A voiced screamed through the loud thunder. Neffarious turned to see Prince Darien with his sword drawn.

"Ha, does the valiant prince thinks he has a chance against me? Haven’t you noticed that I am bigger than you?"

"I’m not afraid!" Darien answered as he longed straight at him with his sword. In one swift move the King deflected Darien’s blow, and sent the poor boy crashing against a tree.

"Noooooooooo!!" The princess screamed as she saw her only hope of escape break his nose.

"Didn’t you here him?" Neffarious turned to the new voice. "He said to unhand her!"

"And didn’t you see what happened to him?" Neffarious laughed at his new opponent, "I’ll gladly do the same to you solider!" Neffarious lifted his sword and began to charge dragging Serena behind him. Jedite blocked the first attack by pure luck. It was raining so hard that Neffarious didn’t see were he was going. He missed Jedite and found Derien’s sword in his arm. The two boys joined forces and prepared to attack, when Neffarious put Serena in fort of him as a shield. He was wounded now and couldn’t take any chances.

"Throw your swords away. NOWWWWW!" he barked. The boys did as they were told. He laughed and threw Serena into the box and locked it. "Now its might turn"

Serena began to kick and scream, but all she could hear was the thunder mixed with the boys’ bloody screams. Suddenly they stopped. She began to bang harder, but so did the thunder. Louder and louder, closer and closer, she began to scream at the top of her lungs for Lita. She needed the thunder to stop. If the thunder would stop then maybe everything would be all right again.

"I call upon the fire of Mars to punish you!" Neffarious turned from the boys he had just smashed into the gate, "I, its highest priestess, call upon it to curse you! May you never see happiness again!" The source of the voice did a flip towards Neffarious and smashed a small piece of paper with writing on his forehead.

"Arggggggg!" Neffarious screeched as a small fist hit him in the stomach. "Who are you?"

"I am Thunder! Hear me roar!" A loud husky female voice answered him. "I call upon Jupiter’s Thunder to finish you!" As she said this, the thunder grew louder and closer. Serena screamed louder and kicked harder. She wanted out now! With her rising screams another form ran through the gardens and, using her knowledge of anatomy, pushed Neffarious in such a way that he was forced to the ground. He looked up to see the form looking down at him.

"With the knowledge of Mercury, I will defeat you!" she declared. He grabbed her foot and pulled it off the ground. She fell with a loud scream. The rain fell hard upon her face as she saw him standing over her with his sword, blade down, over his head.

"No little girl. I, with no planet’s help, will defeat you!" Neffarious mocked. The others stood helpless at the sight. Suddenly, a little girl punched the back of his kneecap causing him to fall on his back. She kicked his sword away, kicked his side and said,

"With the power of love and Venous and the strength of my friends’ help, we WILL defeated you!!!!!" She announced. The boys grabbed his arms, Jupiter and Mars his legs. Mercury pointed to a spot on his stomach, and Venous jumped with all her might on it.

"AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Neffarious screeched in pain. His new-found adrenaline gave him the strength to free his arms and legs throwing the children against the trees. He grabbed Venous, who was the only spared from the throw. A thunder clash broke through the storming night. Serena screamed harder. He placed his hand around her neck.

"Prepare to die love child!" He began to squeeze her neck when a white rose hit his hand. He let go in shock.

"Picking on defenseless children again Neffarious!" Neffarious turned to see his newest attacker. He was a tall man with golden brown hair and a white tuxedo that matched his eyes standing on a tree branch. It was King Guile dressed for battle.

"You know they are not defenseless, and neither am I." He was going to grab one of the children when suddenly, a glowing discuss came flying through the gardens straight at his stomach. He was thrown asleep as Queen Serenity dressed as Sailor Moon appeared. She too was dressed for battle.

"Where is my daughter?" She asked nervously. Darien pointed at the box.

Serena had kicked and screamed all through the fight, and all she got in response were very loud thunderclaps. She hated the thunder now. Her face was wet with tears. She screamed for help, but the thunder swallowed her voice. There was barely any air left in the box, and the small princes was chaotic. With barely any strength left she hit the cover of the box one last time to see it open.

"Daddy?" she choked. He picked her up in his arms. Soothingly patting her on the back. The rain poured down on them harshly. She turned to look at her friend, who had been so brave for her. A week smile was all she could give them. Her mother took her arms, and together they approached Neffarious.

"This is not over Guile!" he began.

"Your army has been defeated and you are dying. Yes it is!" Guile suddenly put his arm around Serenity and pushed her and their daughter closer. For some strange reason, Neffareous’s look worried him.

"Challame," Neffareous began with an evil laugh, "hamanati, curucu, gods of evil and hate curse this child by my grace!"

"Noooo!" The King and Queen cried unison

"It’s .....tooo..... late! It might have taken my last strength, but...BUT your daughter.... she will die before she can truly find love." With his final words, a loud thunder clasp roared in the sky leaving the tremulous sky in Pandemonium. The princess shrieked. Lita realizing that she could stop the down pour and calm the sky, let out a wave of energy that did. She only wished she had done it sooner, so they could have heard what Neffarious had said.

"You asked to see us?" Jedite asked the king. The king turned to see a straight line of six heroic figures.

"Yes I did!" he began, "First of all, you six were very irresponsible to leave the ball without anyone knowing. If it wasn’t for Luna and Artimis....I don’t know what would have happened!" They were back at the caste,in front of Serena’s bedroom, to be exact. All the children had been treated by their personal physicians, bathed, and changed into clean, dry, unripped clothes. The door was slightly ajar, and Ray leaned on her side to try and get a peak. "She is fine." The king startled her. "Thank the heavens, she’s fine."

"Lord," Mina began, " don’t yell at the girls. It was my fault. I convinced them to go."

"But they went." She was willing, at such a young age to take responsibility for her actions, a clear sign of leadership. "Second of all, you challenge Neffarious by yourselves. What were you thinking?" He was yelling now, "He could have killed you! I’m surprised you are still alive..."

"I’m surprised they manage to do so much damage!" The king was interrupted by his wife as she came out of the room. Darien was able to get one quick glance at the princess sleeping serenely in her warm bed. " She’s asleep, the Queen explained." She looked at her six little heroes. "Don’t you think they received enough yelling from their parents?" She looked at her husband who nodded. "You six were very irresponsible tonight, but heroic none the less. Jedite," he stood forward, "For your bravery tonight, I promote you to my daughter’s personal guard. A position so important, until tonight we did not find a solider brave enough for it." A smile formed on Jedite’s lips. "Starting tomorrow you will report only to my husband and me. Do you understand?" He nodded in response, "Darien."

"Y’ m’lady" his pronunciation was a bit funny. Between the broken nose and the bandage that now covered it he could barely speak.

"You were wounded for my daughter, for this we are for ever grateful to you. You can consider the moon your second home. I grant you the Silver Moon Promise of Friendship. Your planet will never find an enemy in the Moon as long as your family lawfully rules the planet."

"Tan’ cue." He could barely speak.

"Princesses, you four managed to work as a team tonight, and as a team you will remain. From now own you will stay on the moon with Serena and attend the Lunar Academy. You are the next generation of Sailor Scouts." The Queen turn to see the glowing expressions in the girls’ eyes. "Any questions?" Darien stepped forward,

"Could his ma’es’y the ‘ing show m’ the wose ‘ick?" The king looked down at him in confusion,

"You mean you still haven’t covered the rose throwing lesson in your military schooling. You’ll cover it soon. Don’t worry, you’ll learn then."

"Mina..." the queen began, "is your mother waiting?"

"Yes." she answered.

"You may all go and sleep now. Jedite, you will start tomorrow." They bowed and exited.

"I was worried we were going to get punished even further. It would have been dishonorable." Ray explained.

"Instead we get rewarded." Mina’s continued

"Yeah," Lita took over, "and we get to stay with Serena all year long.

"This is the best ending possible." Jedite added.

"No it isn’t." Everyone turned to face Aims, "It is the best beginning!" They all laughed and went to their rooms.

"So Queen Venus, was he lying?" Serenity begged quietly. Since the curse placed on Serena was of love, Venus was the logical person to call. She looked up from a crystal ball that had different colored gasses swirling throughout.

"Not exactly." was her only response.

"What do you mean, not exactly? Either he did or he didn’t!" the queen was near insanity.

"Calm down Serenity, and trust me." Venus soothed. They were in the Crystal Room. It was located far from the palace at the other end of the lake. It was a room made of crystals. In fact there was nothing in that room that was not made of one crystal or another. The chairs, the floor, the tapestries were all made of crystals, and in the center of the room, sitting on a crystal pillow was the Silver Imperial Crystal. Serenity walked to it and asked slowly,

"What exactly do you mean?"

"Serena will know love, but will dye before they can join together in the most sacred act of love, but that’s not the end."

"How is death not the end?" Serenity asked confused

"They will have a several chances at life." She looked up as Serenity and smiled "Love is the strongest thing in the universe, but these ancient demons are very powerful. They will try to kill the two, but in the end their love will win, but..."

"But we won’t see that day." Guile finished.

"To hurt the princess after all the blessings she has received you first must destroy the Silver Millennium. The Princess and her Prince will not be able to seal their love until it is restored."

"So there is still hope." Serenity said as Guile put his arms around her.

"My dear Serenity, there is always hope." Venus consoled, "Now, another thing this curse has done is to irritate the tear between the Negaverse and the Universe."

"What is that suppose to mean?" Guile asked in surprise.

"It means that the Negaverse can cross over and attack!" Venus answered, "We must be on our guard. The strange thing is, the Negaverse has nothing to do with the princess. She was born after it was cast away."

"So?" the queen asked.

"Why did this curse affect it?"

Six years past rather routinely. Jedite was promoted as General of the Silver Imperial Army, even though his main job still consisted in protecting Serena. The girls went to school, and Serena discovered she was a natural fighter. Mina was promoted to General of the Scouts, and Darien continued his military training quite well. His favorite move consisted of throwing a red rose at his appointed.

A few months before Serena’s birthday, Darien was sent to visit the Moon family. It was around this time that a Tear (an opening between the Negaverse and the universe) was detected near the edge of the galaxy. It was in the same place the family was going to see the Lucious Merger. It was a natural phenomenon that involve stars colliding into each other to form planets. When they did this, huge amounts of energy was released in the form of colorful light. Thinking of Serena’s welfare, it was decided she was going to stay behind. No one was told the real reason, and this family trip took up the clandestine mission.

"I have no idea what to do."

"Is there a problem King Guile?"

"Yes Darien there is. My wife and I can’t seem to get out of this trip, and with the scouts at home on leave, Serena will be left defenseless."

"What about Jedite?"

"Being general makes him a required person on the trip. He’ll make sure the crowed doesn’t get out of hand."

"What about Luna and Artimis?"

"My wives kittens? They are very brave and loyal, but I’m afraid that they wouldn’t be much of a challenge against an assassin." Suddenly Darien saw an opening. He hated the Lucious Merger because it was so far away, and a favor to the Moon King is always a good thing to do.

"I could stay behind if you wish."

"You, Darien?"

"Yes, I’ve already seen it, and I wouldn’t mind a rest before my trip home."

"Are you sure?"

"Of course." Guile couldn’t believe his luck. He had managed to keep both royals out of trouble without revealing the secrecy of the mission.

On the night everyone left, the worst storm in six years broke loose on the moon. Darien was in his room preparing for the big ball that was to be held at the return of the monarchs. He was wearing a black tuxedo and trying on different masks. Finally he got to his favorite.

"I like this one the best." He informed the two cats laying on the bed, "But it’s so simple that mom never lets me wear it."

"That’s a shame." Artimus replied.

"I agree. It looks great on you." Luna encouraged.

At that moment a loud thunder clash broke through the sky. The princess woke in such a loud scream that Darien heard it from his room.

"What was that?" he asked helplessly.

"It was just Serena." Luna tried to calm him, "She is scared to death of thunder. In fact, I think I’ll go soothe her right now."

"No!" Darien stopped her. "Something doesn’t feel right. I’ll go." He didn’t bother to take off his favorite mask. He just walked down the hall.

Serena had woken up in the middle of the thunder in an empty dark room. She had cried for her mommy, but no one came. She got up, stopped crying, and started walking to her parents’ room. Every time she heard the thunder, she would stop in her tracks, hold her breath and close her eyes until she though it was safe again. The castle was too quiet and the thunder echoed from every wall. When she finally reached her parents room, she was horrified to find it empty. Suddenly she felt as if she was in that box again. The thunder grew louder. She screamed in fear and ran to the entrance. Darien heard her scream and followed it. He yelled after her, but in the confusion of her mind she could only hear him screaming in pain. He was quick in catching up to her. She was full of fear and lonely. Finally she reached the front door, and just as she was about to open it, he reached her. In her mind she saw the box’s door opening and her father in a tuxedo and a mask standing in front of her, only this time, it wasn’t her father. She broke down crying as he took her into his arms. He held her close to him for a moment, then he picked her up and took her to her room. There he soothingly stayed by her side all night long. He made her feel so secure that for the first time since that dreadful night, no mater how hard the thunder banged, she was not afraid.

The next day her parents arrived from a successful fight against the Negaverse. She told them of the mysteriously masked tuxedo-man that had stayed with her all night. Her parents thought she had created a new imaginary friend. In her heart Serena knew it was more.

Darien left soon after. He had little contact with the moon family for the next four years, when rumors of Serena’s beauty and cold manner reached the ends of the universe. It was well known that she didn’t believe that love between a man and a woman was possible, and that the only loves that existed were friendship and family. There seemed to be no one in the universe that could tame that loveless heart.

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