Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ The Loveless Goddess ❯ Prologue

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Prologue:


Little innocent Princess Minako of Venus skipped down the hall laughing. Artimis, her guardian protector ran after her. Although he was nearly grown, he still had a hard time keeping up with his little mistress. The Princess had a carefree knack for getting into things, and always laughed off her mistakes. Minako giggled and jumped up as Artimis lunged for her. Minako's skills as a fighter were above normal. That was why she was chosen as a one of the guards for princess Serena, by Queen Selinity. So were other princesses of the planets. Minako had been overjoyed when she had learned that her best friend in all the universe, Princess Makoto of Jupiter had been chosen also. Artimis sighed as watched her run down the hall of the Venus palace.

"Please! You must stop this!" cried an older female voice. Minako herd it. Her mother. She followed the sound, jumping and turning corners. She poked her head into her father's study. Her mother and her father were arguing again.

"Aphrodite! You must understand. It's for the good of Minako!" her father yelled. Her mother, Aphrodite, looked away in anger.

"If I didn't have Artimis to protect her from the likes of you-" she was cut off when her husband slapped her across the face. Minako swallowed a gasp.

"You no good little wench. You know I only married you because I wanted the throne." he yelled. Aphrodite looked away tears in her eyes. She knew the truth, but it still hurt.

"Why do you say that? You know that I love you." she whispered so low, Minako almost didn't hear her. Her father scoffed.

"I don't care. Your a goddess, so what? So what if Minako has the power of the gods running through her." he paused and looked at his wife. He knocked her down then spat in his face.

"WHY! Why don't you attack dammit!?" he yelled. Aphrodite began to cry silently. Minako's heart broke in two. Her father was always mean to her mother. Why was he so cruel? If they were in love, why did he hurt her? Is that the way the goddess of Love wanted it?

"I.... I can't. I won't. Even though you strike me, I still love you." she said.

"Bull. I'm a street merchant, and you love me!? You are the goddess of love you love everyone!" with that he pulled out the crescent dagger. Aphrodite had kept that dagger close with her for she created it incase she had to sacrifice her life. Minako never understood why. Minako's father lifted Aphrodite off the ground and kissed her, running the dagger in her
heart.

Time seemed to freeze, for Minako and Aphrodite. Her mother gasped seeing her daughter's powder white face in the doorway. Her last telepathic thought ran through her mother's head and into Minako's. ~Never pronounce love to a man that will betray you. Never love, don't be a goddess, my little goddess Minako...~ her words bounced in her head and Minako screamed. Her father turned and saw fresh tears and anger in her eyes. Minako balled her little ten tear old hands into fists. A strange aura surrounded her, making her glow yellow. Her father dropped the lifeless body and stepped back. Minako screamed in anguish. Her tears rolled and she felt the power flow. A blinding light filled the room and anyone looking at the Venus palace could see it.

Artimis ran to the study only to find the mutilated body of the King. He covered him up with the rug and scoffed at the body. There a trail of blood caught his eye. He followed it outside to the yellow rose garden. There right in the middle. Where Minako and her mother always laughed and played, kneeled Minako. Her face and hands were covered in dirt and a
mound of Venus earth lay in front of her. A makeshift stick cross marked the grave and rose petals covered the middle of the dirt. Minako was crying. Crying so hard that it sounded like painful screaming. Artimis approached carefully and touched her shoulder. Minako, knowing the warmth of her friend, snuggled in the young man's lap. She cried.

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From that day on, Minako never shed another tear. Some say that it was because she had used them all up. Also from that day on, Minako did nothing but train and practice fighting. Her innocence was gone and she never smiled or laughed. Makoto, couldn't even get her best friend to smile. She never got to rule in her mother's place, for her duties as a Senshi came first. Minako became a cold shell. She rarely spoke to any of the other senshi, but when she did her voice was haunted. Princess Serena, worried about Minako, tried to help mend Minako's pain, but no one could get through to the once happy carefree Minako that she once was. Minako's shield a round her heart was never broken, and it seemed that it would stay that way.
Until... One day...
On the Earth...