The main cooridors were covered with several paintings, consisting of rulers past, ancestors and relatives ofthe royal family on Clios. Yet although there was never a lack of paintings to decorate the castle, one cooridor seemed to possess it's on theme. The cooridor that led into the royal quarters seemed to contain nothing but paintings and paintings of a young lady in tiara and magenta gown, long violet hair that cascaded down her shoulders and was pulled away from her face by two thin braids that met in the back. This woman was usually seen in the paintings acompanying a young man of dark hair and eyes who wre a silver crown and dressed in a fine purple tunic. The entire hall had been redecorated to honor the passed Queen, it was a request of the princess that her mother be honored. The months following her coronation Princess Pheobe's health had deteriorated considerably, slipping her into a severe depression as she had become quiet and withdrawn. The servants had often heard her sobbing on her pillow for several nights. The girl had become a mere shell of her former self. Finally upon the young girls request, nearly every portrait had been gathered from the castle and re-hung in the hall just outside of her room. Violets, which had been Almira's favorite, were periodicly placed in vases every few feet down. The excecuton of Pheobe's wish had seemed to carry her out of most of her depression as over the next passing months she had managed to take on the duties of the former Queen.

It now seemed that Princess Pheobe was finally adjusting to her new role and the advisors decided it was time their princess be found a suitor.

Elson sighed, tossing the scroll aside he leaned back in his chair. He was a tall man, long white hair down his back, his face had the appearence of a dried prune. He looked at the woman who appeared to be in her fifties, a stern expression beneath round spectacles and brown hair gathered into a bun at the base of her neck. "Well? Lily?" He asked.

Lily shook her head. "Five princes from Jupitar's moons, none of them are found suitable."

Armin, a young man looking barely thirty, his hair was a bright red that layed just past his ears. He nodded. "She's rejected all of the choices. Are you sure she's ready Elson?"

Elson sighed. "We've been through this before Armin. Pheobe is the only heir, the Only one who can ascend to the throne. We've waited an entire year, it's time we began searching."

Lily folded her hands together in thought. "The Moon is holding their annual Crystal Ball."

Armin looked at the older woman. "The Moon holds several balls Lily, whats your point?"

Lily rolled her eyes. "Wake up Armin, Elson. Theres hardly. How much attention do these Balls attract? Theres always a large turnout, and theres bound to be one man Pheobe finds suitable."

Armin nodded. "So, we get her to the Ball. How do we convince her to go?"

Elson leaned forward. "She'll go. She may ignore her suitors, but she's always given her duty full attention."

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Pheobe stopped in the center of the garden,taking in the sweet smell of the roses around her. Their scent was undescribable their pressence always made it feel like spring. This was paradise, the garden had always been well kept, surrounded by a purple stone wall which was kept open on all sides. Common men would be abble to pass through it's beauty the same as royalty.

"I expected to find you here."

Pheobe turned around, smiling slightly at the aged man with snow white hair. "Hello Elson."

Elson smiled, approaching the young princess. "As beautiful as your mother, but you have your father's eyes."

Pheobe smiled shyly, turning away to tend to the flowers, avoiding to look at the advisor. "They've found more suitors havn't they?"

"Not exactly."

Pheobe looked up in curiosity.

"It's been discussed through. If perhaps you might consider attenting the Crystal Ball."

"I've never been before."

"Well you were too young before. There would be several young gentlemen for you to meet, of course the other Princesses would be attending, and it's about time you attempted to re-establish relations."

Pheobe sighed, letting go of the blossom. "Would I have to go alone?"

Elson smiled. "No, never should a Princess be without protection. Gideon and Evonne would be accomanying you, if that would be alright."

Pheobe nodded. "Alright, I'll go."

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It was a few hours later when Pheobe stood at the entrance, dressed in a magenta gown of pure silk. The top of the bodice was curved in the appearence of a heart with a low back. The dress was strapless but also consisted of long sleeves that began just after her shoulders. She wore amagenta choker, a bracelet, satin shoes and a silver tiara which had belonged to her mother. She stood their waiting until her two guardians Gideon and Evonne arrived, dressed in finest clothing and she was finally allowed to leave.

It was a short walk to the small building that stood adjacent to the castle. Many years ago it had been built to house nearly a dozen portals, leading to each planet. In fact the portals had been established during Almira's reign and they had been installed primarily for the reason of her weakness. It had been easier to travel by portal then making the trip from planet to planet by ship. Since then the planetary portals had become a common usage and were open to the general public.

Pheobe approached the center portal, a silvery white doorway that lead to the moon kingdom. Taking a breath she put one foot forward and stepped through the gleaming liquid, Evonne and Gideon following suit.

As she reached the other side Pheobe was immediatly greeted by another girl in a white and gold dress, two silvery gold odongos were styled on her head with pigtails hanging down to reach her ankles. Her dress was strapless, short round sleaves and circles that covered the top of the bodice. The girl had run towards them, greeting Pheobe immediatly with a smile.

Pheobe smiled in return, the last time she had seen the girl was a year ago, it was good to discover the Princess had not forgotten her. "I decided to arrive early, if thats alright."

Princess Serenity smiled. "Of course it is! Ami and Rei are already here, and Minako, and Makoto..Well, a lot of people have decided to arrive early. I'm just pleased you could make it!"

Pheobe smiled, absently she fingered the Sailor Gem around her neck, wondering for a moment if anyone would mind whether or not if she just turned around and stepped back through the portal. She dismissed the idea immediatly, remembering her reason for being here. She had aggreed to go under Elson's wishes. Although she had no desire to search for romance under the circumstances presented to her, she also admitted she could not hide out forever withen the castle. Just find a suitor, get their heirs. But each man had either proved too power hungry, too violent, too rude or too lazy. Pheobe had no idea how dfficult it was to find the right one, but at least her dancing would take her mind off her duties for a time. "Where are the other Princesses?"

Serenity smiled. "Oh! they're already waiting in the palace, Come on!"

They passed the ballroom into a smaller room, four other princesses were either standing or sitting in the quarters and all of them turned to look as Princess Serenity entered the room with Pheobe. Ami smiled, walking right over to the Clioshin Princess. "Pheobe, I'm glad you could make it."

Pheobe nodded quietly. "It's a pleasure to attend."

Princess Minako smiled. "Oh Pheobe, your among friends. We can skip the usual formalities."

Pheobe smiled meakly, nodding.

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Pheobe sighed, gazing across the ballroom which had already filled with guests from every planet. "You don't seem to be havning any fun."

Pheobe turned around, looking at Princess Makoto. "It's been a long time since I've attended a party."

Makoto nodded. "It takes a while, but at least your not without admirers." She nodded to the crowd, where there seemed to be quite a number of gentlemen watching her.

"They've heard I'm searching for a suitor."

Makoto nodded. "Still, there may be a few worth the attention." With those words, she walked away, taking up a dance with a young man nearby.

Pheobe sighed, glancing across the room,eyes scanning the dancers. Her eyes caught a glimpse of another man. He was dressed in white with gold embroidery, light tanned hair and a slight scowl on his face. From the looks of it he was alone, possibly dragged here as she had been. A few worth her attention. She glanced at Makoto before stealing another look at the man by the wall. It was no use, he was gone.

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"I trust the ball was enjoyable Princess?"

Pheobe sighed, nodding as she glanced back into the ballroom. Had she only imagined him there? That man in white, in an instant he had vanished from her sight. Something about him just felt right.

She turned back to Evonne, nodding. "Yes, it was lovely, thank you Evonne."

The female guardian nodded as she helped her princess into the carraige. Sighing Pheobe watched outside as a few people were just leaving like her. She turned to her seat and layed a small rectangular box onto her lap. Unlatching the top she removed the double horned white wand from it's case and unhooked the rainbow gem from it's chain, re-attaching the two as a complete wand. Setting the wand at her side she gazed out again, watching the stars and the earth.

"Princess."

Pheobe looked down at Gideon. She nodded quietly and allowed herself to be escorted off the carraige and through the portal to Clios.

"Princess Pheobe."

Pheobe looked up, nodding to Elson. "Were there any difficulties in my absence Elson?"

The older man smiled as he began to walk alongside Pheobe. "Nothing so severe that it requires immediate attention. The servants have prepared a bath for you, whenever your ready."

Pheobe nodded, dissmissing her two guards as they entered the castle. "There are no recent problems?"

Elson smiled. "Princess, you act as though an hours absence would threaten to bring the planet to ruin. You enjoyed the ball at least?"

"Somewhat." She failed to tell him about the man she had seen there. What use would it be to make a large deal over a seconds glance? She didn't even know who he was. Still, Pheobe couldn't help but wonder. "Actually Elson, I'd like to attend the next following balls."

"Could this be? The Princess is sincere to find a suiter?"

Pheobe smiled. "When do the next few balls on the moon occur?"

"They're usually weekly occurences Princess, you wish to attend them all?"

Pheobe nodded. "For now, yes."

Elson smiled. "Very good Princess. We'll schedule it immediatly. Now, off to your bath, don't let me keep you."

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Pheobe sighed, leaning back in the tub as she ran water down her arms and legs. Closing her eyes she sunk deeper into the water, soaking her hair and submerging her head for a moment. Endia, she had never met the princess of earth before tonight. She knew the girl had two brothers, one of whom she had met. The older brother was rumored to have never left Earth, in fact everyone knew very little about the older prince, save, perhaps for his own planet.

//your thinking too much Pheobe//

But wasn't that what she was supposed to do? An entire planet was depending on her shouldn't she be considering everything? Still, they were only random thoughts, and random thoughts were hardly useful. Wringing out her hair she climbed out of the tub, wrapping a towel around her body before re-entering her room. Never mind tonight, she would have plenty to think about in the morning.

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"Good morning Princess."

Pheobe nodded to Elson as she descended down the stairs. "Good morning Elson."

She looked up past her shoulder to examine the entrance hall and could see at least five people awaiting conference. I looked like it was going to be a slow day, perhaps a steady stream of visitors by the hour.

"PRINCESS!"

Pheobe's eyes widened in surprise as one of the visitors began to advance on her. Wild eyes focused on the princess and Elson atempted to block his path as he sreamed for the palace guards. The man was stopped just a few inches from her as Evonne and Gideon each grabbed his arms and pulled him away.The man struggled against the guards, still attempting to reach for Pheobe.

"Listen to me! Princess!..I know!..She's back!"

Gideon scowled jerking the man back. "Crazy Bastard. You'll leave the princess alone."

"...She's gotten stronger..she wants revenge! All who oppose her will die!" The man coninued to scream as he was dragged away.

"Are you alright Princess?"

Pheobe looked up, nodding slightly. "Yes, thank you Evonne."

Elson folded his arms, shaking his head. "It's just not a full week unless we get one crazy in here."

"Elson?"

"Hm?"

"What do you think he meant by 'she's back'?"

"Hard to tell with these people. Well, thats enough excitement, time for your lessons Princess."

Pheobe nodded, glancing back at the visitors before stepping down another cooridor.

"Concentrate Pheobe, just let it flow freely."

Pheobe nodded holding the staff out before her, she stared at the Rainbow Gem, completely fixing her gaze on it. "Voco Imperium."

She watched the Gem while still nothing happened. She sighed, bowing her head. "It's not working, I can't do it."

Ginya nodded, her pale blonde hair was pulled loosely back from her face, which mde it easier to control while instructiong the young princess. She was one of the top priestesses of Clios and now she had been teaching Pheobe for nearly a year how to control the Gem she had been charged to protect. Pheobe herself was dressed much differently from her usual princess attire. She wore the traditional sailor fuku, a magenta skirt and white gloves with magenta cuffs and boots. Both bows, choker collar and boot laces were purple and matched the amethyst stone on her tiara while a large magenta heart shaped brooch remained in the center of her front bow. "Thats alright, maybe you havn't found the right words yet. Put it away."

She nodded, focosing on the staff again. "Virga."

Immediatly the staff reduced in size, returning to the form of a wand in her hands. Ginya nodded. "Lets try the stage three attack."

Pheobe nodded, turning the wand horizontal with one hand. "Clios Spirit..." She stopped, tuning to her instructor. "I forgot it, I just forgot the invokation."

"Mist."

Pheobe nodded, once again taking postion. "Clios Spirit Mist!"

The area around her flooded with a magenta gas that expanded outward before being called back by it's summoner.

Ginya smiled. "Very good princess. I think thats enough for today."

Pheobe nodded, holding steady as magenta and purple energy circled around her, disolving her uniform before replacing it with an elegant princess gown and silver tiara, fit with amethyst stone. "Thank you Ginya."

"I was informed you have been going to the Moon Balls lately."

Pheobe nodded. "Thats correct."

"Good luck."

Pheobe smiled. "Thank you."

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Step steps, twirl. Step, step, twirl. She practically stared at her feet, hardly listening as her dance partner droned on while pulling her across the floor, nearly jerking her.

"...Of course it's known the Queen favors me, in fact just the other day she told me 'Sir Lawrence, I wish to make you a prince' of course....and then i defeated the great beast of...One of the greatest..."

Pheobe continued to nod helplessly, thanking her stars when she was escorted by another into a dance, only too thrilled to be leaving her last partner behind.

"You know you look very beautiful tonight."

Pheobe nodded, stealing occasional glances into the crowd. Over four weeks and he still hadn't shown, she was starting to give up hope. The one man she could not stop thinking about had vanished in an instant.

"Princess?"

Pheobe looked up, noticing the oung knight was staring at her. She relized her eyes had glazed over and she had completly ignored everything the man had been saying. She was almost relieved when the song ended and any awkward questions had been successfully avoided when the knight took another partner.

Her releif was short lived though, when another gentleman practically grabbed her, sweeping her across the floor in swift movements that Pheobe barely had enough time to recover from.

"You know I own nearly half the moon on Phoebos. A proporty successfully aquired though my many business dealings....."

Pheobe barely listened to the merchant's ramblings, just bareing it as he pulled her across the floor while he bragged incesantly. True he wasn't a bad dancer, but he was nearly impossible. An annoying pompus fool that had vanity pouring out his ears. Briefly she caught a glimpse of what appeared to be light tanned hair, but she was lead awayso quickly she barely had the chance to made an identification. She coldn't tell if it had really been him.

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"I thought you hated leaving Earth Damien?"

"I've come to relize the error of my ways."

"Uh huh."

Endia folded her arms, watching her older brother dawn another stylish tunic. He was going to his third party this month without persuasion. Damien had seemed to take on a lot of new changes lately. For one thing she had not seen another woman with him in the past month, not to mention he made trips to the moon at every oportunity. The whole thing was getting out of hand.

"I bet it's another girl."

Damien shrugged. "Maybe." He finished buttoning his tunic. "Chibi wheres my sword?"

Endia folded her arms. "Endia, and how come you can date when I can't even see Demitri?"

Damien turned around, looking at his little sister. He walked over to his chair, strapping on his sword. "Alright Chibi, I'll make you a deal. If you can defeat me in a match, I'll let you date Demitri."

"What? Damien thats not fair!"

He grinned. "It's as fair as it's gonna get."

Endia folded her arms. "Isn't Demitri supposed to fight for me?"

Damien grinned. "Not the way I play it. I didn't train any of my siblings to have someone else fight for them. Besides, this way if her hurts you, I know you can kick his ass."

He checked himself in the mirror and winked at Endia before slipping out the door and down the cooridors.

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He arrived alone on the moon, Endymion had already gone ahead, eager to see the princess obviously. He sighed, slipping into a carraige and taking a ride to the palace. When he arrived the ballroom was packed, thats what he got for arriving late. He passed the priestess on the way in and Damien looked at the girl in confusion. There were tears in her eyes as she ran to escape the palace. He sighed, glancing where she had come from, the stairs, he knew the sight of a heartbroken woman when he saw it.

He sighed, scanning the ballroom, searching for that mysterious girl. No one around possesed beauty like hers, it was cruel that he was only allowed one glance at the goddess to satisfy him a lifetime. He sighed in defeat, leaning against the wall. Whys should he be tortured this way? The girl was like no one he had ever seen before, her eyes had made him wish to be with her always. Well this was hopeless.

He sighed, looing up again, his eyes pierced through the crowd, focusing on one single guest. There she was, the same magenta gown, the shoulder length purple curls and violet eyes. She was there, standing by a girl of long blonde hair and yellow rose bow. He stared at the violet haired girl, pushing through the crowd, he moved faster in hopes not to miss his chance again. Finally he began to run, shocking the guests as he pushed past them, broke up the dancers in an effort t reach the girl. He moved so fast he wasn't watching where he was going, running headfirst into one of the servants carrying a plate of deviled eggs. The platter flew into the air, crashing down on damien's head and causing him to slip, her practically slid across the floor and fell at the girl's feet. Damnit! He looked up at the magenta robed goddess, a princess, he had made a fool of himself in front of a princess.

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Pheobe sighed, pouring over the scrolls in the archives. She rubbed her temble groaning as she grabbed a book, skimming through it's pages for any relevant information.

"Princess, you've been at this for hours."

Pheobe turned around to Elson, smiling slightly "Sorry, it's just that man..."

Elson frowned. "Pheobe you have been dwelling over this for weeks. We're bound to recieve a few cracked nuts."

Pheobe shook her head. "No, there was something more, I could feel it, he was honest."

Elson smiled. "Ah yes, the empathic abilities of the Clioshin royal line."

Pheobe nodded. "Look at this, most of the stuff I read dates back to the beginning of Clios. Theres references to the Astral massacres, Black phage, but none of it makes any sense. But then...I looked further. Elson, it's barely mentioned but it's there. A while back there was a Clioshin..well it calls them Astral, but...there was a Clioshin who went by the name of Metelya. She came very close to destroying the peace and eliminating Earth and the Senshi. She almost won, but she was stopped by Sailor Clios, my great grandmother. Thats the closest thing anyway."

"If I remember the stories Princess, Metelya was also destroyed in the process."

Pheobe nodded. "Maybe. But before she died she vowed to return and seek revenge."

Elson smiled. "We'll look into it. In the meantime Princess, if your planning on going to the ball you should get ready."

Pheobe looked at Elson and nodded, closing her book. She sighed, standing up and walking down the hall to prepare for tonight.

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"Pheobe."

Pheobe turned around, smiling at the girl who approached. Princess Minako smiled back, standing beside the clioshin princess.

"Hello Minako."

"Hi, this is the fifth time. Some man you have set your eyes upon?"

Pheobe smiled slightly. "Maybe."

They were interupted by a loud crash and Pheobe turned around just in time to notice ayoung man, the one she had been looking for crash into a platter of snacks and fall down, sliding at her feet. Pheobe blinked in disbelief as the man looked up at her, his face beat red and covered with remenents of deviled eggs. He stared at her for a moment and stood up, removing the excess egg. He didn't appear phased and regained his composure, offering his hand. "Princess, If I may have this dance?"

Pheobe smiled, it was almost amazing how he just picked himself up without a moments thought. She took his hand and nodded. "Yes."

Damien smiled and led her out on the dance floor, drawing her close. He spun her across the floor. "Your difficult to find."

Pheobe nodded, resting her head against his chest. "I've seen you before, I've wanted to find you again."

"Eh? thats news to me. Can't complain though, when an enchanting girl is trying to find me."

"I know your right for me though."

"How can you be so sure?"

Pheobe smiled her eyes meeting his. "Because I can feel it."

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Prince Endymion smiled, making his way up the stairs, his heart pounding as he stepped onto the balcony. She was there in all her beauty, a beautiful white dress with a free skirt decorated with gold and white puffed sleeves. Her golden hair hung down from two odongos as the symbol of the moon crowned her forhead. "Serenity."

The princess giggled. "Your early to the ball Endy."

He smiled, approaching his princess and taking her in her arms. "I couldn't wait to see you."

She smiled. "I did miss you. You should come more often."

"As often as possible." He kissed Serenity deeply, caressing her lips with his own. As he broke away he glanced up, noticing a familiar blur of red hair run from behind the pillars and out of view.

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Beryl ran from the palace, red hair trailing behind her and fighting back the tears in her eyes. Kissing another, The moon princess! She didn't have a chance, not with the prince. She sobbed as she ran, refusing to return to earth, instead she ran to Clios, back home.

Even after she arrived at the castle she continued to run, far across the field and into the forest. There she collapsed to sob.

The prince, he only loved someone else. She was only a priestess, doomed to solitude, but she loved him! How she loved him.

'I'll make him love me. I'll become a queen and he will have to love me.'