This an alternate universe. In which Queen Serenity made a different decision involving saving Sailor Moon and company. Changing destiny and what not.

Most likely Seiya/ Usagi paring. Along with others. Mamoru and Diamond will be thrown in the mix.

Disclaimer: Do not own Sailor Moon.

Beware of spelling and grammar errors! I always have a bunch of them.
please keep in mind that I am not a writer. I will have tons of errors. I am just writing this story for my own enjoyment and for anyone else that may find enjoyment in this. I like constructive criticism. I don't like when people say they can't understand the story with all my bad grammar. That doesn't help. So if you don't have something nice or constructive to say please leave. I don't want to deal with all the sass. This is supposed to be fulfilling to me not discouraging. So take a chill pill, and just enjoy the fan fiction.

Before The Beginning-

"Serenity, try your best to keep my pace, darling-" These words flowed out of the young Queen's mouth firmly as she rounded a corner, clutching the child's petite hand tightly in her own clammy palm as they skipped over patches of discolored water from the recent rainfall, mixed with soil, and the unmistakable stench of copper, blood.

"It's just a bit farther-," Queen Serenity panted heavily, tucking a wisp of silver grey hair behind her ear while trudging up a hill, pleading to her legs to not give out on her.

The young princess, Serenity, was exhausted and on the verge of dehydration, even attempting to gulp the air, like it was water, when it left her body. Her long moonlit golden hair flailed relentlessly in the gale of wind, while she struggled to meet the strides of her mother.

While hopping over a shallow puddle, one of her hair buns weaved itself free from her tangled mess of hair, the corresponding bun on the other side of her head barely holding its position. Normally, she would have gone to fix her favorite hair style fashioned after her mothers, but now paid it no attention. For her full focus was on her beloved mother.

As they neared the peak of the hill, she began to gaze upon the structure that was their destination. It was minute and spherical, with short white pillars holding it in place. There were no walls or doors inclosing the area, with only a slab of slick marble rock on the bottom and top.

She looked on with dismay. This place resembled a very oddly shaped cage, the pillars being the bars that held 'in' whatever was not allowed to be 'out '.

It was…frightening.

She tilted her head up to her mother with scared curiosity. Wondering why they were in a hurry to get to such a place.

When they approached the structure she began to feel goose bumps trailing her arms, her sweat becoming even more profuse from fear than from the run, making her entangled bangs stick to her forehead like glue.

She eyed the structure inquisitively, and noticed that at first glance, this place resembled the ruins of an ancient civilization that was long sense dead.

However, on closer inspection, she noticed there was an infinite amount of intricate designs carved everywhere upon the pillars and slabs. As she carefully examined the carvings she realized the designs were not designs at all, they were actually a form of text. She was confident of this because her mother had just recently started to teach her this text not but a week ago.

She concentrated on a fraction of the text in the center of the top slab that stood out boldly from the rest. She tried to decipher it, but found it quite difficult to translate without breaking the text into segments and pronouncing it out loud.

"-T…Tem…Temple...Kinmoku"

Right as she finished enunciating the last syllable, a man wearing a dark hooded cloak emerged from behind one of the age caked pillars. His cloak was clearly too big for him, for he looked lost within its many creases. The man's drawn-out nose made his eyes pop into a very obscure expression. She knew this man. She hated this man. The man smiled cruelly then flicked his wrist and suddenly appeared behind them before she could warn her mother. The man grabbed her away roughly by the wrists while swatting away the distressed Queen.

"Serenity, did you honestly think you could save her?" -The corrupted man asked, obscenity flavoring his voice while wagging the princess in front of his figure.

Princess Serenity shut her eyes tightly in an attempt to block out the terrifying man. Her brow furrowed however, when her lashes felt damp. She hated this feeling…of being so utterly helpless and easily scared.

The man then tightened his grip.

A small gasp escaped her lips as she felt the crushing pressure of his grasp while she trembled.

The man stifled a laugh at the sight of the frightened girl in his hands, enjoying her fear of him.

"Besides-" - he began while relocating his foot to the Queens rib cage in several fluid motions when she attempted to come at him.

Queen Serenity groaned as she doubled over and felt several of her ribs crack beneath her skin. Her groan slowly turning into muffling spurts as she began to release warm fluid from her mouth.

"I seriously doubt you would have the strength to perform the ritual, and even if you somehow managed it, what guarantees you that the dear sweet princess could." The man relished in the last part of his sentence smugly.

Queen Serenity spat at him, forcing her saliva drowned in blood to strike his demented face.

The man brushed off the liquid from the cleft of his chin, leaving a small smear.

"If my husband could see you now he would be disgusted with his brother, Kunzite." Queen Serenity narrowed her cobalt eyes into a mincing glare as she gathered up enough energy to sit up.

"Hm, he was always disgusted with me. Too bad he's dead. He was only my half-brother anyway. God, it was so pathetic watching him give himself up to Queen Beryl. Did he really think that he could convince her that he was the one from the prophecy, using his weak power of concealment? It worked on her for what, a few precious minutes?" The man lost in his thoughts for a few seconds stared down at the young princess who met his eyes defiantly. He snorted, and then proceeded to gently rub her pinkie finger in his hand before he twisted it in an unnatural manner. Queen Serenity's anguished screams matched that of her daughters as she watched helplessly.

"I suppose that gave you both the ample time you needed to escape our scrutiny. We were very curious as to why he would deceive them, so. They thought to ask you of his unusual behavior. But, alas, you could not be found so they marked you both as traitors and sent me to track you down. They knew you were hiding something then. Ah, Serenity, if you had only stayed a little longer before evading them they may have been none the wiser. You should have never come to Nemesis. You screwed up. They now believe the little princess was the one you both were protecting. You both gave your lives up for nothing, sweetheart." He paused briefly to let his last statement marinate.

The Queen grimaced, reliving the last precious moments she shared with her late Husband.

A handsome man with neat short white hair enfolded Serenity in his arms as he spoke into her ear.

"They must not find her. I will use what is in my power to make them believe I am the one they've been searching for. They mean to kill her, my Queen. We must not let that happen. She must fulfill her destiny and we must fulfill ours."

Tears enveloped Serenity's eyes as she held her husband tightly. "I know. I just didn't think this day would come so soon."

"I will be waiting for you on the other side, my dear."

Queen Serenity pinched aggressively on her forearm, launching her back to the present in time to get her emotions under control. She refused to give Kunzite the satisfaction of knowing his words plucked a sore chord on her heart.

Upon receiving a stoned expression from the Queen, not exactly the reaction he had hoped for, Kunzite flicked his wrist as if to smack away a pesky fly.

"Anyways, what's done is done. Now, let us move on to more pressing matters. I hope you don't mind, but I need to take little Serenity, here, to Queen Beryl where she will be dealt with immediately and we can all put this behind us. When I say 'we' ,that does not include you." He gave a sigh of annoyance.

Queen Serenity spat angrily and gave out a shaky laugh as she gasped from the pain in her lungs and began to wretch out more driblets of blood.

The man sneered, "So pathetic, you are blinded with your own selfish desire to save your only daughter. Most would consider this an honor and obligingly help the Dark Kingdom in any way possible way." The man paused to gaze up at the sky for a definition of the time that had lapsed.

"I have spent more time than is truly necessary fiddling around with you. If I waste even a minute more to your silly antics, I will be considered incompetent to handle this mission and they will send others. So if you will excuse me, you disgraceful women, I must be on my way."

"There's no way I'm going to sit idly by, why you gleefully take off with my daughter just so you all can slay her."

"It is not murder. We are simply making sure the prophecy does not come to pass. I don't think you have what is necessary to save her anyway in that condition."

The man, snickering and ignoring the Queen, turned his back and began to decline the hill while the princess screamed for her mother.

Queen Serenity narrowed her eyes coldly while she started to murmur in foreign tongue a sequence of sentences while making a seal with her hands. After the seals were completed she kept the last seal she formed with her hands in place. Then for one brief moment there was complete silence. During this moment she blew her breath into the seal towards the man as the crescent moon on her forehead illuminated.

The man looked ahead of him in shock as he could not move his feet. Faltering for a second his grip lessened on little Serenity's hands. The princess took the opportunity to yank them free and bolt towards her mother.

The man turned around savagely and screamed angrily before his eyes registered what was slowly coming towards him. He gasped in shock as he struggled to move from his position and found that impossible. He had just enough time to shut his eyes as the impending light reached him.

"Serenity, sweetie, turn around and cover your ears." The Queen ordered her daughter. However, the princess did not listen and continued to watch, her azure irises cast at the figure a few meters in front of them.

Princess Serenity shuddered as she heard a wail strike her tender ears as the man crumpled to the ground and was shredded to myriad pieces. New tears began to prickle and sting her already puffy eyes.

The princess clung to her mother tightly while letting loose a segment of un-discernible words in between sobs. The Queen patted Serenity's back gently while lifting her chin up and wiping away her tear-streaked face with her thumbs.

Upon hearing a choked cough, the Queen returned her attention back to the man on the ground lying in a pool of blood, surprised that he was still breathing.

"You really are a stupid woman," he muttered while coughing and rising with his hand a few inches from the blooded dirt.

"Do you have the slightest idea of what you are doing?" - He managed to croak out before slipping in his blood and returning to the ground.

"I do. I'm setting Serenity free from this Hell." The Queen responded flatly.

Kunzite snickered before choking on his own blood, "You won't be setting her free from it. You will be releasing her into a world of chaos sanctioned in Hell. She will know a pain far worse than she would by The Dark Kingdom's hand. You will be changing the destiny of the universe." With his ominous proclamation his eyes glazed over and his chest stopped moving.

While clasping onto her mother the young princess found her watery eyes wandering back over the structure behind them.

"Mother…What's The Temple Kinmoku?" Serenity asked shyly, now completely desensitized by the incident that just took place. The young princess had seen so much bloodshed in the past twenty-four hours.

The Queen let out a saddened laugh. Pulling back from the hug she looked upon the Temple.

"The Temple Kinmoku is a sacred Temple, Serenity. This Temple was once used for performing rituals, however, those rituals are now forbidden. The Dark Kingdom never allowed entry after the prophecy was made. The Temple is more of a monument now…a reminder of what could have been…or could be."

Queen Serenity then exhaled slowly trying not to show the pain in her face from her current wound.

The Princess turned to her mother in confusion. "If no one is allowed to be here Mom, then why are we here?"

Queen Serenity returned her attention back to her innocent daughter, grief glazing over her eyes as she secured a make shift brace for her finger.

However, before she could answer her daughter, two figures were headed towards them. However, the Queen was not the least bit surprised at whom she saw. Both of the impending figures were dear friends of theirs.

The one approaching them first at a rabid speed had long light blonde hair with a tress of bangs covering her forehead. She wore a red orange cloak made of silk with a navy blue sash in-crested with gold, accenting her waist.

Venus.

"There must be some other way-" Venus paused briefly as she took in the situation then gasped.

"Oh, God! Why is there so much blood?" She panted. Leaning her hands on her knees, in hopes this would help her breathing, while looking on in worry.

Another figure appeared beside Venus not but a moment later. Laying a gentle hand on the blonde's shoulder, a gesture to try and relax her nerves.

The figure was dressed in fine silk that was the deepest of indigo, the attire replicating the same style as Venus's. Her dark blue hair kept in a boy short style, with thin bangs overlooking her forehead.

Mercury.

"I will not question your reasoning, for I am sure you are perfectly aware of the consequences that will transpire once the crystal is in place." Mercury then removed her hand from Venus's slender shoulder and took a step towards the Temple.

"I hope you know what you're doing?" The voice emitting from Mercury was calm, but electrifying, stating that the last part of her sentence was not a question.

Queen Serenity laughed at Mercury's statement. "I'm glad you don't question my sanity. Now please help me into the temple and get Serenity situated before I bleed out and can no longer fulfill my purpose."

They nodded without further argument seeing that the Queen was severely wounded. Queen Serenity took her daughter by the hand and led her to the center of the temple and positioned her in a tiny circle. The same text the princess recognized on the temple formed the circle she was standing in.

Princess Serenity clasped one of her mother's hands tightly, "Mom, what's going on? Why are you so pale and shaking? Are you going to leave me like… Daddy?" The last part was strangled out through hard sobs. The Queen cupped her daughters face in her hands and looked straight into the depths of her Azure eyes.

"I will never leave you. There will always be a piece in your heart where Daddy and I will reside. And if you listen carefully you will be able to sense us there. We are so proud of you my sweet, sweet little one."

"You are leaving me! Why? Please don't! I haven't even done anything, how can you be so proud of me?" Tears trailed down princess Serenity's flushed cheeks.

The Queen smiled serenely, "Because I know the kind of woman you will become. There will be great hardships, my daughter, but you must stay strong and use the wisdom that lies in your heart and within your friends. The stars have chosen you for a special journey because they believe you are the only one who can fix what has been broken in Time. And Time, my dear, is where you must go. You may be scared, but just remember that we are always right here." Queen Serenity put her hand gently over her daughter's heart before smiling warmly and then stepped back from the circle.

"Besides, you won't be going alone." The Queen winked childishly at her daughter.

The Queen then joined where Venus and Mercury had formed an outer circle around the princess, locking their forearms together they started to relax and align their inner magic together. A soft wind played with princess Serenity's tangled locks while a silvery blue light started to encase her small figure.

Panicking Princess Serenity screamed at them, "What's happening?!You haven't told me what I am supposed to do?! I'm not ready! Don't leave me!"

The Queen smiled sadly at her daughter as she was chanting. Without her lips distracting from her chanting her mother's voice whispered in her ear, "You will have guidance do not fret. Others' destiny coincides with your own."

"What Others?! I don't want them, I want you!" The Princess was now screeching at the top of her lungs because of a loud vibrating noise that was coming from the silvery light that was incasing her, and moving at a rapid speed, she began to rise in the air

"The sacrifices must be made now." Mercury whispered as her eyes became red rimmed with unshed tears. Venus's faced read of subdued tension as sparks flickered towards the encasement. The Queen nodded calmly as her crystal materialized in front of her figure. Blood dribbled out of the light shining from the crystals radiance and began following into the silvery light incasing Princess Serenity. The Princess gasped and covered her mouth in horror as she soon began to see less and less of her surroundings as the silver light turned into a thick deep red.

"Mom…no…why?" Princess Serenity whimpered and crumbled into a protective crouch as she no longer saw anything but red.

"I love you." Was the last echo she heard before there was an explosion of blinding light and then everything went black.

Please Review and let me know what you think!

I had written this one chapter many years ago and it never went anywhere. At that time I had made it a fanfiction of Fruits Basket, then I tried making it an original story, but now I have touched it up and added to it, changing it into a Sailor Moon FANFIC! It is very different than what I had planned many years ago, and that is a good thing. I plan to write this to completion so prepare your selves for an exciting tale.

Also I am still working on my other SM fanfic Soldiers. I am just taking a little break from it with this while I sort out what exactly I want the next chapter to encompass. So stay tuned for a chapter update from Soldiers soon!