"Mom, where are you going?" said a young Princess Mercury.

]"My daughter, I must go and fight those aliens. I can't stay here, while my troops are fighting for their lives."

"But Mommy, I want you to stay with me. I'm scared." A rumble was heard, and the floor shook. Young Princess Mercury ran to her mother, and clung to her leg. "Please Mommy!"

"Daughter, act like a Princess. You will be the next Queen of Mercury, you need to show your values. I must go and help our army with my powers, since the Moon army will never arrive in time to help us. Now, stop crying, and be brave."

Young Mercury wiped the tears away, and nodded. "Yes Mommy. I'll wait here. Please come back soon."

"Of course I will, my munchkin." With those final words, Queen Mercury left the room, praying that she wasn't too late.

Young Princess mercury was now alone. She looked through the window, tears falling down her cheeks as she saw the destruction her home planet was receiving. Why does everyone has to fight? Can't there be peace in the universe? A rumble was heard, and she saw as a high tower, just a couple of kilometers away from the palace noisily fell. Mommy, I'm scared. Where are you?

Suddenly, the door opened, and Mercury turned around, with joy in her eyes, calling for her mother. However, those who had entered the room weren't even human. They were three aliens, with laser guns, and a fiery look on their faces.

"$5gfsjfiugnfgyr&5df,mg," said one of them. Mercury had studied all the languages in the universe, and her excellent mind recalled this dialect. It was ancient Moldavian. (For a better understanding, I will translate all they say immediately. It would be too confusing to do it later).

"So, this is the Mercury princess."

"W... what do you want?"

"We'll take her with us. This planet will pay us very well to get their princess back. Or, we can sell her to some slave dealer. She is pretty, some king will use her as his personal toy." Mercury shivered, and felt as tears threatened to leave her eyes again. However, she held them back, and trying to look as impotent as a ten year old kid would, said: "I will not go anywhere. Now leave, before I call security."

"Oh, you mean those pitiful men that were outside this room? They were too easy to kill."

She gasped in horror, as she realized that she had no escape. They were ten times stronger than she was, and struggling was no worth. She would only hurt herself. Even though this pessimist thought plagued her mind, her own will fought them back. I must fight. If I can hold them back, Mommy will come and make them leave. She walked some steps towards the window, thinking about a way to fight the ugly creatures. That's when, moving faster than their appearance let now, one of the aliens moved, and was by her side before she could react.

"Don't move, little princess. You'll regret it."

She froze in place. The evil eyes of the alien boar were red, and flashing. She was hypnotized by them, and couldn't move. The creature stretched a hand to take her, when a voice interrupted the silence.

"Leave her." The sound broke the spell, and Mercury looked to the door. There was her mom, with her dress torn, but apparently with no serious wounds.

"Well, Queen Mercury. We meet again."

"I told you, leave her. If not, you'll pay."

"What will you do? Spank us? You no longer have energy to fight, so leave before we kill you. You spent all your energy trying to reinforce the magic planet shields."

"This is my last warning, leave, now!" Queen Mercury was so distracted looking at the alien who she was talking to, that she didn't notice as another one appeared from behind her, and grabbed her violently from behind. Young Mercury was so surprised that she didn't say a thing. The alien was grabbing her mother from her long, silky blue hair, so much like her own. Her eyes showed surprise, but most of all, fear. The princess had never seen her mother like this, and it made something stir inside her.

The third alien grinned, and taking out a laser gun, pointed it towards the Queen. "You should have left when you had your chance." All the creatures laughed evilly.

Young Mercury had started crying again, the hot tears sliding down her cold-from-terror cheeks. She felt so impotent. Her mother was going to die in front of her eyes, and she couldn't do a thing to stop them. "That's not true," said a voice inside her head. Who... who are you?

"An old friend. Do you really don't know who I am?" The voice was awakening some old memories. About nine years ago, when she received a gift... God Mercury?

"I'm glad you remembered. I'm here to help you."

Are you going to save my mommy?

"No. You are going to save her."

Me? How? I can't do anything, I'm just a kid. I don't even have my Mom's powers.

"That's what you think. But search inside you, and you'll find them."

Inside me? What do you mean? God Mercury, where are you?

But the voice was gone. She came back to reality, to see as the alien boar was still laughing. A strange force was burning inside her. A wild force. It called her, urged her to dive in it. It was like a friend, something she always had, but never realized. All her body was tingling in power, as she accepted what was rightfully hers. She accepted the power, and it enveloped her completely. The creatures didn't notice. Mercury gazed at the gun, and saw as the alien's finger stiffened; it was about to pull the trigger. Her eyes flickered, and suddenly, the alien shook. It looked around, a look of incredible surprise in its eyes.

"Wha… What's going on?" The rest of the creatures looked at him without understanding, until they saw as the top of the gun started freezing. Ice spread through the weapon, with a crackling sound. Then, young Mercury cried out: "Leave my Mommy alone!" The sign of Mercury appeared in her forehead, shining blue. The aliens tried to escape, walking back, but it was too late. A light blue ray exploded in the room, and everything went white.

When all returned to normal, only four piles of dust were left of the aliens. Queen Mercury was amazed, and looked at her daughter. She was also surprised, and with her eyes wide open. Then, realizing what she had done, ran to her mom, and burying her face in her leg, cried. Queen Mercury lifted her up, and hugging her, she whispered: "Thank you, munchkin. Thank you for saving my life."

"Mommy, you are not mad at me?"

"Of course not. You've done it, darling."

"Done what?"

"You have unleashed your power. You have become a Sailor Senshi...."