Note: This was inspired by the series Mina's Tale by Sailor Nova. Read his fan-fics. They're incredible!!! This is the diary of Sailor Mars BEFORE the attack on the moon when Serenity gave up her life to save the solar system. This is my 4^th fan-fic. I really hope you enjoy it! To send me e-mail and feedback (and I LOVE getting e-mail and feedback) e-mail me at pikoloo@hotmail.com. Have fun!

-Soldier of Souls

Phoenix of Mars

Part I: Princess Ray

April 18^th, Silver Millennium,

Fire Palace, Mars

Mother has been meditating again. I can tell. Her eyes are dull and her face is pale. Like she's seen a spirit. Which I'm sure she has. It is what is believed happens when you meditate. You connect with the spirit world. They say it has a calming affect on MOST people. Maybe I should start…in any case. My father is fighting on the planet Pluto. Attacks have been constant there. People believe that it's because the evil forces are grouping together for an attack as they did many years ago…I must go feed Fiara. Got to go.

April 20^th, Silver Millennium,

I've been riding Fiara. I love the feeling of the cold air against my face and the warmth of sitting on her. Her shrieks give me thrills as we soar through the clear, baby blue sky. My hair is growing longer. My mother has given me the nickname raven because of it. It looks like a black bird trailing behind me as I ride Fiara. I still worry constantly about father. No news of the battle has reached us for a month. I wish I could be as sure as Mother about Pluto just being very far away and that we'll get word any day now…

April 27^th, Silver Millennium,

Word has indeed gotten to us. Pluto has been taken over by the dark. Father is dead. The Moon kingdom is in an uproar. It seems that the Silver Millennium is finally ending…

April 30^th, Silver Millennium,

Mother is a wreck. Her eyes are duller than normal and her face is snow white with tear streaks. She hasn't combed her hair since we got the news and her head looks like a hairy blonde mass. Her clothes are all black and she is at the temple praying 5 times every day. I too wear black, but I am not in such bad shape as she. I fear that she may soon die of a broken heart. Then I would be designated Queen of Mars. What would I do? I must find a way to comfort mother so that doesn't happen.

May 2^nd, Silver Millennium,

I am sitting in a clearing in the Royal Gardens. Rose bushes surround me and little delicate flowers surround my feet. I finger a rose. The petals are crimson. Soft and smooth as my finest silk kimono. The color is as vibrant as the sun is warm. The tiny blue flowers are delicate, but many. They seem to form an intricate pattern of shades of blue. It is beautiful…so many tiny flowers forming a thing grander than all the roses in the garden. For every crimson rose there was a drop of blood shed for the Moon. Yet for every tiny blue petal on the flowers below me, there was a tear shed for the blood.

May 30^th, Silver Millennium,

I have met Princess Serena of the Moon Kingdom. We are both in fear of becoming queens. Serenity to whom I have always hated has also been grieving the loss of the people. Some even of whom she held dear. We have decided there is one thing only we can do. We must relieve the queens of their misery. We shall take over the kingdoms for a while. As a symbol of our pact, I have given her a locket. It plays a lovely little song whenever it's opened and she has given me a necklace. A bright vermillion necklace. It looks stunning on me I do believe. But enough about that. We are to tell our mothers tonight. I hope that our plan succeeds!!!

Well, that's part 1. Hope you enjoyed it! Please note that if you researched extensively, this PROBABLY didn't happen. But it's just a story after all. Thank you for reading this! Be sure to read part 2!

-Soldier of souls