Prologue: Beryl

Don't talk of love,
But I've heard the words before;
It's sleeping in my memory.
I won't disturb the slumber of feelings that have died.
If I never loved I never would have cried.
I am a rock,
I am an island.

Stepping into the sunlight, she couldn't have been happier. Today was the day, the day she confessed her love, the day Endymion would wrap his strong arms around her and hold her close. She could already feel his breath on her cheek, and his voice in her ears, speaking her name softly: "Beryl..."

Beryl clutched the paper she had written her poem on closer to her chest. The poem about his deep, forever, blue eyes that looked as if they would engulf you, as if by looking into them, you were looking into the depths of the Earth's oceans and into the very soul of the handsome prince. Beryl stopped herself from thinking any further than that. There was no proof that he loved her, but, she knew that he did. It was their destiny to be together, Beryl knew it. She would have Endymion's heart!

Endymion's laughter floated up from behind the walls of the garden and the sound made Beryl's heart beat faster. She felt a smile form on her face involuntarily and she quietly entered the garden. Walking by the wall, Beryl saw the back of his head and she took a step towards him. His entire body was now in view and she opened her mouth to call out to him, but just as a small sound escaped her throat, Endymion turned his body to reveal a woman standing there in his arms.

Beryl stopped short and quickly retreated back into the shadows and watched the two from behind a pillar as her heart raced away without control.

The woman was one she had never seen before, but Endymion seemed to know her very well. The two were deep in conversation and occasionally Endymion would laugh and the woman would smile at causing him joy. Beryl felt a furry she could not contain. How dare this little imp take such chances with her Endymion?! Beryl took another angry step forward in order to make herself known, but then Endymion's voice stopped her.

"What does the Earth look like, staring down upon it from the Moon?" The woman, girl really, smiled a bit more brightly and his eyes seemed to reflect her happiness.

"Its like a blue crystal ball." She said clasping her white hands together and lifting them up to her chin. One of her ribbons of silver hair wrapped gracefully around her neck and the other cascaded down her back.

Beryl stopped in her tracks as the implications of the conversation hit her.

"What does the Earth look like... from the Moon?" Beryl tried to catch her breath as the girl's identity hit her. From the Moon? Beryl stumbled backwards.

She had heard of the beautiful princess of the Silver Millennium and had even heard rumors of her being sighted on the Earth. She had never expected to ever see her, and especially not with her Endymion! It was not allowed! It was forbidden! How could these two carry on a conversation like there was no other care in the world than each other? What had the little enchantress done to her Endymion?!

Then something even more horrid happened in front of her. She could see it happening, but her heart could not believe it. Endymion leaned closer to The Moon Princess and pulled her into a loving embrace. The Princess' pale skin turned a bright cherry red as she stared into his deep blue eyes, those eyes that were meant to stare into Beryl's own!

"Endymion..." The Princess' voice was soft and sweet, but the sound of her voice only turned Beryl's heart into stone. Endymion leaned his face closer to The Princess' and he whispered her name, gently and with an air of mystery.

"Serenity," Beryl's hands tightened around her poem, and her nails dug into her palms.

"No! Endymion!" Her heart screamed in terror as the two before her touched lips and Endymion kissed The Princess with even a greater passion than Beryl had even imagined. It was a soft, lingering kiss, but behind it was a soaring passion and need to feel the other's warmth. The Princess' porcelain white hand reached up and touched Endymion's cheek. Her silvery white features contrasting to his more golden tones.

Beryl supported herself with the pillar she had previously hid behind. She still was clutching her poem in her hands, but she did not notice the pain or the blood rushing down her arms as she struggled to remain standing. She also did not notice the hot tears dripping from her eyes onto the parchment.

"You will pay dearly for this!" She seethed under her breath finally letting the anger come to the surface and it gave her the strength she needed to pick herself up. "If I cannot have Endymion, then I rather have him dead!" She turned violently away from the scene and began to walk quickly out of the garden. "I'll kill him right in front of you, and then we will see you happy smile turn into a torrent of tears!" She slammed the gate to the garden loudly so the couple would know they had been observed, but she did not wait to see if they would investigate. She would never look back. The enchantress had taken his heart, but Beryl would make sure she would break it. The little witch would know this pain of the heart! She would know what it felt like to have everything stolen from her!
She did not notice the pain in her hands until she had reached her room once more, and she dropped the soiled poem onto the ground and stormed to the back of her darkened room. Taking her crystal orb into her hands she used all of her hatred and shame to conjure... something. She did not know what she wanted, she just wanted Endymion to be hers and that pitiful Moon Princess dead!

"Powers of Hatred and Darkness! Come to my aid!"

The Darkness had overcome the world; the one nation of the Earth now stood ready to destroy The Silver Millennium, and Beryl would personally ring The Princess' neck. She sat with her Dark Orb in her hands and she peered into it.

"Gods of Time, show me, show me again my future!" The body of The Moon Princess appeared within the crystal and Beryl smiled. This was the future she wanted more than anything, but then the image shifted suddenly and the body of Endymion lay next to The Moon Princess. Beryl stared at this image with no remorse, she had accepted this as a possibility, and she repeated her mantra once more: "If I cannot have him, then no one will." She had pushed out all thoughts of love and hatred filled her entire being. "I will have my future even if it is without him."

The scene's pace escalated and Beryl saw deeper into the crystal than she had ever seen before. Scenes of death and carnage filled her vision, but Beryl did not feel anything until the sword of Sailor Venus appeared before her as a pair of bursting red eyes shone through the scene staring up at her.

"What is this?!" She asked in surprise, and a deep seated fear filled her. A pink smoke and light emanated from the orb and Beryl jumped away from the crystal ball. A deep and hideous laughter filled her chamber.

"You have no future!"

Notes/Disclaimers: I do not own Sailor Moon or any other referenced works found within this story. Also, all of the chapters have a corresponding song as their title and this comes from the fact that the entire story sprung up from me listening to music while writing "Awakenings", which I will still be working on, I just want to take time on the final chapters.

For a more easy read I suggest knowing at least general parts of the Sailor Moon manga, and Codename: Sailor V, but if you don't you will still enjoy the story. Just know if you don't understand something its probably from the manga. I will add notes to try to make everything as clear as possible, but still question if you need to. Its okay!