Rating: pg Pieces Chapter 1 Konnichiwa Minna-chan! My name is Cerulean Blue, and I am also known as Kristy-chan or Kristen, whichever you prefer. I am a first time writer and this is my first attempt at a fanfic. The story will be a Silver Millenium fic with the regular romance, with Sere and Endy and the generals and senshi. Hopefully it will be original enough, but if it has a similarity to someone else's fic, I apologize, I didn't mean to copy. It is extremely difficult to write a totally unique fanfic. I would like to give a shout of thanks to W. Bymeeth for helping me with all of the confusing html stuff. With her help I finally got it. Thanks! I just love W. Bymeeth's stories. She's great, go read her stuff! After you read mine of course. :) Please email me with what you think. If you didn't like it, tell me what you think could be improved, but please, be nice about it. No flames, but constructive criticism is fine. Now, on with the story. Kristy-chan I have seen other authors put a bible verse in their author's notes, and I love the idea. I love this verse: "Therefore the Lord will wait, that He may be gracious to you; And therfore He will be exalted, that He may have mercy on you. For the Lord is a God of justice; Blessed are all those who wait for Him." Isaiah 30:18 Disclaimer: Sadly, I will never own Sailor Moon, I can dream though, can't I? Sailor Moon belongs to the brilliant Naoko Takeuchi (did I spell that right?) and TOEI animation in the NA version. Do not sue me! I have no money! Really! 'denotes thought' "denotes speech" I will be using a little basic Japanese that you might be familiar with if you frequent Sailor Moon fanfiction. Hai- yes Iie- no Konnichiwa- Hello Ja Ne- Goodbye (slang) Arigato- Thank You Gomen or Gomen Nasai- sorry + nasai very formal Dajoubu Ka?- Are you alright? Hime- Princess Owari- The End -sama- on the end of a name signifies great respect -chan- on the end of a name means dear Oh, uh... One more thing. I forgot to mention names and nicknames of the characters in this certain chapter. Gomen for taking so long. Name: Nick names: Queen Selenity of the Moon Sele-chan, Selene, Lena-chan, Elen Serenity's mother King Solaris of the Moon Aris, Aris-chan, Sol Serenity's father Princess Serenity of the Moon Sere-chan, Serena, Ren, Rena, Serin, Bunny, Usagi, Rabbit ______________________________________________________________________ "WWWWAAAHHHHH!" The shrill, loud cry from her baby awoke her. She gave out a long, annoyed sigh and did not even attempt to hold it in. She glanced at the clock and it read 1:45. It was going to be a long night. Groggily she slipped out of bed to turn on the light, and shielded her eyes from the brightness of it. She then dragged herself slowly over to her child's bassinet, and peered over the edge of the crib. Her child took one look at her mother and emitted another high pitched screech several decibels higher than she could stand. Queen Selenity of the Moon had had enough. "Not again! Serenity, will I ever be able to sleep a night through again? Your cries are heard to high heaven!" She paused, deciding that her child was just hungry and had to get her attention somehow. Her anger was unjustified and subsided. "But," she continued,"it is worth it my sweet, darling daughter to put up with you. Don't worry sweetie, I'm just tired, that's all. I am not mad, no need to cry," Queen Selenity cooed. When Serenity finally quieted, her mother preceded to feed her ravenously hungry infant. She looked at Serenity with controlled mirth. It seemed she had inherited the family appetite. When Selenity was finally satisfied her daughter was full and would not disturb her for a time, she crept back to bed, and turned off the light. Selenity shuffled back to bed and her beloved husband, Solaris, the Sun Kingdom's Prince. She snuggled back to her coveted position deep within his embrace. Selenity was instantly surrounded by his warmth and comfort. Feeling safe, she finally drifted back to a peaceful sleep and was not awoken by Serenity until after dawn. A couple of minutes after dawn another cry was heard, except it was attended to by Solaris. Selenity was very grateful she didn't have to rise early to feed Serenity because she needed rest, so she slept on. All the late night feedings and tantrums provided by Serenity had taken their tole on the Queen and she was feeling the effects. Despite all the difficulties that went along with motherhood, Selenity positively glowed with the joy of the new life that had grown inside her. Serenity was quieted by now, and Solaris picked Serena up gently as if she would break. Carefully he carried his precious burden over to the bed on his side and laid Serena between himself and Selenity. As Solaris began stroking Serenity's golden hair he gazed lovingly to his sleeping wife. He loved her so much, she was amazing. Selenity had fathomless, clear-as-crystal, baby blue eyes that saw the soul of the person they were beholding. Her porcelain, pale skin was free of blemishes and soft like silk. But her hair, her hair was her crowning glory it was often said. Solaris agreed with this, but instead of silver, as the color was often described, Solaris used a more detailed description of it. He claimed it was the hue of the ocean mists against the bluest cerulean sky. Selenity had soft womanly curves making her highly sought after before and after she was married. Solaris let no one else look at Selenity that way. Despite that, if he caught someone looking at her feminine attributes, he seethed with jealously and fought the urge to pound them into the ground. If he a man was undressing her with their imagination, Solaris would cast them a murderous glare that sent them running. He couldn't stand the thought of her with anyone else. She was his life; he needed her, like he needed air to breathe and live. She was simply a nessecity to him. Then he looked from his beautiful wife to his slumbering daughter. She too, was incredible, already almost as gorgeous as her mother at six months old. She had everything in her favor... her father was considered exceedingly handsome (he chuckled at that), and her mother was often rumored to be a goddess by men. Serenity was adorable, who wouldn't love a pudgy-faced, rosy-cheeked baby? Her soft ringlets of hair were sunshine gold and framed her face in such a way that made her appear irresistible. Her eyes, like her mother's were a breath taking shade of blue. He thought they were nearest to a cerulean blue, his favorite color. Who would have thought he was lucky enough to receive two God- given gifts such as these? He praised God for this and his life. He did indeed love them more than himself. What more could he possibly ask for? Beside him, Selenity stirred and rubbed her eyes as they adjusted to the daylight. She silently snaked next to him and Serena, who was sleeping peacefully for the moment. When she laid her head on his firm, strong shoulder he broke the tranquility of the moment when uttering his good morning to her. "Selene, love, how did you sleep?" "Actually Aris, I slept only about five short hours, but I had a good sleep anyway. How did you sleep, dear? Serena only awoke me one or twice for a feeding, fortunately. I see you happened to get saddled with the last one." "Hai. Serenity has certainly gotten the trademark family hunger." "Hai, I noticed that yesterday." At this point Solaris and Selenity both tried to contain their laughter to no avail. Selenity broke out in light giggles which sounded like bells and Solaris let out a few hearty chuckles. "She could eat all the food that was meant for a small army and still have stomach for more." "I believe you are correct." Selenity joked. "I am always right Selenity," Solaris said trying to keep a straight face. "I am never wrong, it is a well known fact." he said assuredly, still struggling to hold the laughter in. Serenity saw what he was doing and played along with his little charade. "I think not Solaris. Nice try though. It is the better known fact that I, Selenity, Queen of the Moon, have knowledge you don't and couldn't possibly possess, so there." "Oh, ok Selene. Whatever you say. Come here 'Love Bug' so we can kiss and make up." He made a grotesque kissy face complete with kissing noises and his lips resembled that of a monkey. Selene melodramatically groaned in mock horror and tried to get away from him as if he was the most repulsive thing from the moon to the far side of the galaxy. With that she dashed over to the far side of their master bedroom and he ran after her, close on her heels. When he finally caught her she giggled into his muscular chest as he pulled her closer to him. Needless to say, she didn't really mind in the least. He bent down close to move in for a passionate kiss, but was interrupted by Serenity's warbling. They tried again, but it was futile; the baby needed feeding, thus the kissing at hand was unwillingly moved to second priority. Selenity groaned distressfully, and made her way to the other side of the bed were Serena lay whining. "I'll get this one, it's my turn anyway." Selene said as she tried to speak clearly over the racket their baby caused. "Serena must be getting greedy with all the attention we are giving her. But who would be able to resist her? She is adorable." "You are right, Aris. She has my looks, so why shouldn't she be adorable? Serenity is in my likeness, not yours." With that Aris laughed and let Selene have her fun for now. He could get her back later. He grinned with the thought of Selene's facial expression when he exacted his punishment later. He doubted she would mine at all once she caught on to his intentions. Solaris settled back with his thick book and sighed. Soon he would have to get up and attend to matters of state, which he was not looking forward to. Selenity reached down and gingerly swept the child into her arms. Serena, happy to have the attention on her again, giggled, and smiled contentedly as she was attended to by her mother. A small smirk appeared on Selene's usually calm features. She had gotten Aris good, he would get her back she knew, so she would be on guard from now on. While she enjoyed jokes at his expense, she disliked being embarrassed like that. Yes, she would definitely be on guard. A few minutes into Sere's feeding Selene's gaze fell upon Solaris perched on the edge of the bed reclining back, totally relaxed reading a large novel. She often wondered why she was so lucky to have him as a husband, and have such a precious daughter, the perfect little family. Aris was drop-dead-gorgeous. He was one of those tall, dark and handsome hunks every female dreams of meeting and falling in love with. His midnight hair reminded Selene of a pitch black raven, but his eyes were her favorite feature. Orbs of piercing hunter green stared out from his masculine, angular face, and from his powerful presence, many women fainted. She couldn't blame them, but he was her's, her Aris-chan. Selene scoffed at her possessiveness of him, and concurred that she had no need obsess. Then her gaze slid from her Aris to Serenity, her beloved daughter. Her love for them was deep and immeasurable like the vastness of the ocean. This would remain untouched by time or death. She shook her head, no need to think dismal things such as death, she reprimanded herself. Still, Selene had thoughts and feelings that kept on nagging her and would not relent. With a gigantic effort, she pushed it to the back of her mind, for a time. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ So, how was it? Did you like it? Hate it? Could care less? Please email me with what you think, but please, again, no flames. Kapiesh? Good. If anyone does write me and likes it, I might be able to get the next chapters out faster (Yes, I am trying to bribe people into writing me) =). Thanks for taking time to read my first attempt at a fic. God bless you all! Ja Kristen a.k.a. Ceruclean Blue, Kristy-chan