As a Sailormoon fanfiction, most of the characters in the story belong to Takeuchi Naoko, the brains behind the Bishoujo Senshi Sailormoon storyline, and they belong to her and all the other companies that own the characters in Japan, North America, and around the world. Many other concepts, objects, and parts of the story belong to Takeuchi Naoko, and I in no way claim any possession of any of these.
The plot, however – the main love story between Serenity and Endymion – is a twisting of the myth of Psyche and Eros, written by the second century poet Apuleius. The translation of the myth I use is the one found in Edith Hamilton's Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes.
The subplots are also myths told by Roman and Greek poets. Ami's tale is the story of Ceyx and Alcyone, told by Ovid; Rei's is the story of Pygmalion and Galatea by Ovid. Makoto's is the story of Pyramus and Thisbe, also by Ovid. The last tale, Minako's, is the story of Orpheus and Eurydice, the main story told by Apollonius, Virgil, and...Ovid. They've all also been slightly twisted as well, and I suggest you read them in Mythology or find the myth somewhere else to find out exactly what I've done, as I can't tell you lest I spoil the story :)
As this tale is based heavily on Edith Hamilton's recounting of "Psyche and Eros" from her book Mythology, I've borrowed a few lines from Ms. Hamilton's text. They are scattered throughout the chapters.
Besides that, however, the words are all mine.
I hope you enjoy ^_^