Mystic
rickey18@hotmail.com
Races Of Men
PG
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disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon, nor plan on publishing anything that 
is based on that story. I am just using her ideas to entertain myself and 
hopefully other fans. Thank you. Hope that you enjoy.


The king was outraged when he heard his firstborn had the trait of the 
moon, the deep blue eyes. He was scared and wondered what did this sign 
mean. The legend can’t be true! We are not mixed breeds are we? He sent 
for the best soothsayers in the land. All were baffled at this young 
child. He seemed to possess special powers that the Earth people did not 
have. It was almost like he was linked with the Earth. After many years 
of studying the child, the king was not satisfied with their explanations 
for his son, his Darien. One of his advisors spoke of an old woman who 
knew of the myths and legends of the previous ages. She lived in the old
ruins of one of the old nations that worshiped the Moon. The king sent for
her and within a month she came.

“Sire, what do you want with my services? I have traveled long and far 
from my home. Please ask your question and let me go home,” the old woman 
announced with authority.

“Old woman, it is said that you know of the old legends, the age from long
 ago. Please the look at my young boy. Tell me why he was born not of the 
earth but of the Moon,” the king demanded. 

“As you wish, my king.”

“Follow me then.” He took her to Darien’s room. She went over to the four 
year old and held up his face and stared into his eyes. Then to the king’s
surprise, she smiled and laughed and then cried. 

“So, it has finally happened. The rebirth has begun. Your son has been 
chosen. He must find the other eight races and the princess of the moon. 
Once he finds her, his destiny will be revealed.” She walked out of the 
child’s room.

The king was so lost in his own thoughts that he did not see her leave. 
What does she mean ‘the rebirth has begun’? Chosen? More like cursed! The 
king snapped out of his thoughts and saw that she had left. “Guards! Where
did that woman go? Find her!” he yelled. After hours of searching, they 
could not find any trace of her. They even search her out at her home, but 
never did she return. 

“So my young son, you have a quest a head of you. So be it! I will train 
you with the best swordsman and teach you with the best philosophers.” 
The king looked lovingly at his special son. Young Darien was playing with
his toy blocks unaware the destiny that has been placed upon his little 
shoulders.

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Sixteen years later, Darien had turn into an impressive man. He was 
courted by all of the beauties of the land. He was known for his strength 
and his intelligence. People saw his blue eyes as a part of his perfection
and soon forgot the foretelling of Darien’s future. However, the king and 
queen never forgot, but instead of burdening their son, they kept his 
future from him. However, beyond his perfect body and looks, his heart
was hard. He never desired any of the ladies that loved him. He knew that 
he must have a greater importance to life, for he is the only one of the 
people who had blue eyes. The Earth people worried about his arrogance and 
wondered if any love existed in the rock hard heart. They hoped that once 
he found a love, his heart would change and turned into his father’s son. 
However, that day never came.

Today was his 20th birthday, the day that marked him a man. Darien was 
expecting his father to formally name him his heir at the feast of his 
birth. Darien was the heir and he did not have any siblings. The feast 
was delicious and all of the court attended for they too thought that he 
would be blessed by the king and be named his successor.

When everyone was finished with their meal and chatting, the king stood up
and the murmuring silenced. “Lords and Ladies, I greet you and thank you 
for attending. Darien it is time for you to learn of your destiny. Twenty
years ago, you were supposed to be born on the day of the Earth. However,
fate has marked you for a different purpose than to rule. Your true 
birthday is not until nine days until now, the day of the moon. When you 
were born we were shocked to find that you had blue eyes. It seemed to 
your mother and I that you belonged to the Moon and not to the Earth. We 
had many magicians, prophets and soothsayers study you when you were little, 
but none could tell us of your unusual powers and your destiny. We became 
desperate and perused a witch, the last of the White Moon priestesses. She
looked into your eyes and said, ‘So the rebirth has begun.’ She told me 
that you must seek out the Moon princess and the eight other races of man.
Now that you have become a man, it is now your time to start your quest. 
Let all who are present bare witness, Darien, my son, I charge you to seek
the Moon princess and her people. By doing so, you may not return to my 
court until you have succeeded or are dead. It has been spoken. This is 
your last night in my dwelling, you leave on the morrow.” At the end of 
this frightening speech, the queen’s red satin gown was stained from the 
tears that she shed. The king was pale as death, with his lips pressed 
together tightly. 

Darien sat in shock at his father’s speech. How could he do this to me! 
This is not supposed to be my destiny. I am supposed to rule, my visions 
told me I would rule over all of the people. If my father closes the door 
on me, my dreams will never come true. There is any way I will be able to 
return home! That is just a legend! It is not true!! At the moment he 
thought this, the doors flew open and the clouds in the sky parted and 
revealed a large bright full moon. The prince look down from the sky and 
saw the last of the moon priestesses. She was an old woman with long 
silver hair that fell to her feet. It was in two ponytails with balls on 
top of her head. She stood with a staff in her right hand. She is real! I 
cannot believe it! 

She searched the court until her eyes fell on Darien and smiled at him. 
Her gaze was so strong, that without thinking Darien stood up from his 
seat and walked to her. The court watched Darien walk up to the woman and 
kissed her hand and knelt at her feet. “So, Endymion, you have been
 returned,” she says softly. That is the voice of my dreams, he thought. 
The priestess raised her staff above her head and a bright white light 
surrounded her. When everyone was able to she again, they saw something 
very frightening. The old woman had become young again. She looked the 
age of twenty but she still retained her silver hair. “Prince, I charge
you to a difficult quest. Find the princess of the eight forgotten races: 
Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Venus, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, and Saturn. They 
are the court and sole protectors of my daughter. I am Queen Selenity of 
the Moon Kingdom that fell one thousand years ago. Seek out my daughter. 
She was lost in the Hundred Year War and was never found. When you find 
her, your true destiny will be revealed. Go! Find your true love!” The 
Moon Queen bends down and kisses him on the head.

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I hope that you enjoyed this section. I have a lot written up but will 
publish each section periodically. Please email your opinions. Just 
want to see what you think. Thanks a bunch...
Mystic (rickey18@hotmail.com)