Title: Bedtime Stories Author: Amethyst e-mail: smdiamondchik@hotmail.com I don't own Sailor Moon, Naoko does. Special thanks to Kira and Caroline, my almost sisters. Oh, yeah, and to Travis, who's like Alec to Aimee, too bad we aren't sister and brother! This story was written with the Backstreet Boys' "Show me the meaning of being lonely" from their newest album, Millennium. Comments, criticism, and Nick Carter can be sent to smdiamondchik@hotmail.com And now.... Bedtime Stories by Amethyst "Once upon a time, in a land far, far away, there were nine planets, and two moons, and a Sun, all peaceful kingdoms that co-existed. Many know of the Moon Princess, Serenity, otherwise known as Sailor Moon, and her fearless scouts. Just as many people know of Sailor Moon's eternal love, Prince Endymon, or Tuxedo Mask. But there are other warriors in this tiny solar systems. " "Who, Daddy?" "Hush, darling." said her mother, who enjoyed her husband's tales just as much as her daughter. "Now, everyone knew that Prince Endymon was the Crown Prince of Earth, just as he is now King of Earth, with Serenity as Queen. And when he was still the Prince, In the Silver Millennium, there were four other heirs. Now, the Queen of Earth, Queen Gaia, who ruled, lost her husband just after the pregnancy was revealed. He died of a snakebite, or so the story goes. Now, the four children that were born were not any ordinary children. The oldest of the quadruplets was a girl, named Flariena, but she was called Fiona for short. She had fiery red hair and blue eyes like her brother's. The second born was another girl, Princess Liqina, or Elena, for short. She had brown hair and blue eyes. Then there was a boy born, one day after the Princesses. He was named Lalecson, or Alec, for short. Then, two days after the princesses, and exactly at Alec's time of birth, the final Princess was born. She was Princess Amethyst, and she had blonde hair and blue eyes, just like Alec. Amethyst was called Amiee for short. Now, the four children of Gaia weren't any ordinary children. Even though Prince Endymon was meant to be the Guardian of Earth,. the four siblings had an amazing talent. It was first discovered when Fiona set her bedroom on fire when she was angry. The thing was, her mother, along with Queen Aquamarine-" "Queen Aquamarine?" "Later, sweetie. Now, where was I? Oh, yes. Queen Aquamarine and Queen Serenity were there, and Fiona was angry at Endymon and her cousins teasing her about her fiery hair. So she screamed, "I was my hair was fire, and then I'd show them!" But the little girl was amazed when flames appeared on her hands. They didn't hurt her, and for the next ten minutes she played with he flames, and made them dance and jump on command. The next day, Elena's power was revealed, and she flooded the royal gardens when she complained that the beach was so far away and no one would take her. So Prince Endymon, who immediately told his mother, found the brother, the next day, toying with a strange power. He could manipulate animals and plants to do his will. By this time, Queen Gaia had dug up an old prophecy, telling of the end of civilization as they knew it. But before it got into that, it told of the four children of Earth, who would slowly become warriors and guardians. The oldest child of the Earth would be the overall protector, but the four others would guard an element of Earth. The royal scientists quickly concluded-with help from Mercury- that Earth meant Gaia, and the quadruplets would be the Guardian, since Endymon was the protector of Earth. So far, the four children could each manipulate an element, Fiona-fire, Elena-liquid, or water, Alec, life. " "What about Princess Aimee?" "Ah, yes, well, they were worried about little Princess Aimee. See, only one Royal family of the Silver Millennium named their children after gems, and that was Nemesis." "Nemesis?" "Ahem. Now, Nemesis and Earth were related. You see, the beautiful Queen Gaia was originally Princess Onyx. Her older sister, Princess Aquamarine, was the Crown Princess, so she was allowed to marry who she wished. Now, in those days, the dark crystal was light, and was the source of light for that planet. Not, Nemesis was a wealthy planet, but it wasn't on the best terms of Earth. Unfortunately for Onyx, she fell in love with King Terra, who was actually Prince, but that's besides the point. At first, their parents were strictly against it. But, soon, with Queen Serenity's mediating, she and the prince were married. Now, remember that Aimee was born tow days late. Well, King Sardonyx had just died, so the Queen had to go to her sister's crowning ceremony. During that time, Aimee had been born. The new Queen Aquamarine warned her something, something dangerous. That was that Princess Amethyst would someday be able to channel powers of Earth, and of Nemesis. This would become a problem, though. You see, the Dark Crystal was extremely susceptible to evil and negative powers, so it had to be carefully watched. If the Dark Crystal ever turned evil, she would become evil, possibly, also. Now, one day, Aimee became very angry at her cousins, Prince Diamond and Prince Sapphire, who teased her since she didn't have a power. So, the tiny Princess, only four, caused a small tornado. Now, first of all, the Princes never bothered her again. Second of all, Princess Aimee would be able to merge her powers to become the Double Moon Princess. This would mean she would be a mixture of dark and light crystal influence. This would make her extremely powerful, Alas, her mother was worried that it might kill her daughter, who was the youngest and most spirited of the group, since that was a lot of power. So until the Princess turned eighteen, she wouldn't be able to become the Double Moon Princess. Now, let's go forwards twelve years. They're sixteen now, and happy. Fiona is the strongest of the siblings, and very temperamental. Princess Elena was the smartest. Prince Alec was the most caring and creative. And the smallest princess- well, Aimee was a character. She always wanted to fight like Endymon and the Scouts, and battle people, In fact, she'd successfully taken over the Imperial army and commanded them in a successful battle against Beryl. Now, you do remember who Beryl is?" "Bad lady. Killed everyone. And she killed the King and Queen once. And didn't she kill the Sailor Scouts? "Yes. Now, one day, Beryl's star fleet came, and attacked the planets, from the outside in. Nemesis was the first. Admiral Rubius did a very good job protecting the planet, but he was killed. Even Supreme Commander Emerald fell. The Queen, Aquamarine, was about to channel to powers of the Dark Crystal, when her world became dark. There was no light. She heard a yell and went down to the Crystal chambers. There she found Prince Sapphire, the genius of the two brothers, who told her that Beryl and Metallia's negative influence had been too much for the Dark Crystal, and it had become truly dark. Fearing for her children's lives, Aquamarine, the brave queen sent her two boys to Earth, to stay with her sister. She then died fighting Beryl there. but managed to send the rest of their defenses to the Moon and Earth. Soon, the rest of the planets had fallen. The four guardians knew when their brother, Endymon, had died on the moon, with his fiancee, Princess Serenity, along with the Moon Queen. The Nemesian princes had also fallen there, since Prince Diamond was protecting his fiancee, the Princess of Venus. Now, the guardians were hidden in catacombs, deep under the castle. After two days, they came out of hiding and found their mother's body on the throne. They were all enraged, but not as much as Princess Amethyst. They all went to the lair of the Dark Kingdom, and a great fight broke out. In the end, Princess Aimee used her Double Moon powers to fight. The Queen realized that this must be why she couldn't use the Nemesian Dark Crystal, and decided to kidnap and twist the Princess to their side. Now, Aimee had a fiancee, the Prince of the Sun. He'd also been killed on the Moon, and she wouldn't go to evil and never see him again. So she took a dagger that Sapphire had given her for her sixteenth birthday, and stabbed herself with it. At that moment, the Double crystal energies, which had been slowly tearing her apart, burst, and locked the witch away for a millennia. Her brother and sisters also locked away her four generals, and Endymon's former court. This killed all of them, since they had to use the Staff of Earth. Now, Queen Gaia's sprit was watching, and she was upset. She decided to put the planet in a sleep, like Serenity's scouts and daughters, along with the four warriors. Also, Aquamarine did the same, except she miscalculated, and her sons were reborn on Nemesis 1,500 years later. The poor Queen also had her family reborn evil and dark, due to the Dark Crystal. Now, also, they had a new councilor, Wiseman. He wasn't what he seemed to be." "I know, Daddy." A sleepy reply came from the purple haired girl. A black ribbon was in her hair, and she wore a yellow nightgown. "He killed you and your brother, King Sapphire." "That's right, Angel. But the Guardians risked their lives over and over for the Princess. And Aimee almost sacrificed her life for her cousin, you father, Prince Diamond, so he could stay with me." "And you were Sailor Venus!" Princess Amalia told her mother, the Queen of Venus. The happy couple looking over her nodded. They then kissed their daughter goodnight. The King and Queen of Venus sighed as they shut the door to their five year old daughter's room. "She never sleeps, does she?" "I heard Sapphire and Prism's daughter falls asleep almost immediately!" Diamond chuckled deeply at his wife's comment. They then walked down the halls of the Venus Palace, all of the meanwhile thinking of the small guardians. Fiona, Elena, Alec, and Aimee. Especially Aimee. The names weren't mentioned anymore, except for bedtime stories. It was still too painful. But that's another story, ne? ________________________________________________________________________ Did you like it? It's another front for my Guardians series. So, if you hated it, then sorry! Tell me at smdiamondchik@hotmail.com, though. Oh, and if you think Mina and Diamond are a couple made to be, then read Unfinished Business. A bit foggy, really weird, romantic, and it made me cry! Me! The girl who only cried when Diamond and Sapphire died! Me, who laughed at Titanic. Just e-mail me