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'Character thought'

Flashback (like it is now :D)

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Two years ago, at the start of the battle with Galaxia, the Starlights were forced from their home, Kinmoku, to chase after and find their Princess, who was somewhere on Earth. What would happen if the Inner and Outer Senshi of Earth must now search for their missing Princess?

Serena gazed up at the stars, watching them twinkling brightly, excitedly, as if happy someone were watching them perform. Serena stood on her balcony, lost in her own thoughts. She thought of Darien, her past love. She wasn't happy with him like she used to be. She knew this, and didn't bother to try and convince herself otherwise, like she had been doing throughout the two whole years that Seiya and the others had left.

Serena loved Seiya, this much she knew. She felt it, much more than she ever had with Darien. Feelings so different, it nearly scared her, but it also gave her unbelievable warmth, and at that she knew it wasn't bad to feel them.

She did, however, feel a bit guilty. She knew her pre-destined future. It was Crystal Tokyo, and she would be Neo Queen Serenity. Her husband would be King Endymion, and her future daughter would be Rini, the Princess of Crystal Tokyo. However, if she didn't marry Darien, there wouldn't be a Rini.

At least, not the one she met and knew.

Serena sighed, feeling a soft wind blow through her hair, letting it flutter slightly behind her, tickling her bare legs. She wore a dark navy blue skirt and a buttoned up white short sleeve shirt. She held her transformation brooch in her right hand.

"This girl... I will protect this girl's shine! Even if it costs me my life!" (A/N: Sailor Star Fighter said this in episode 199 part 2/3 on youtube, 0:34-0:39)

'No one protected me better than you had, Seiya.' She thought.

Then she thought of her friends. They thought her and Darien were the most perfect couple in the world and that nothing could ever rip them apart.

Well, they were wrong.

Serena didn't love Darien anymore. At least, not as a lover. She loved him as a best friend, most defiantely, but no longer a lover. The sadness for his hurt feelings is inevitable, but, she knew she couldn't dwell on his feelings. She knew this fact, for she had sent him five pages full of how sorry she was. She would be forever sorry for his pain, but she wanted to be happy with the one she truly loved.

Darien would not be the only one Serena would be hurting, no. She knew she'd hurt her friends by loving another. Their future would not be as Sailor Pluto, the Keeper of Time and Space, but also was known as Trista Meiou, had said it would most likely have been. The future they all had fought so hard for, would not come as they had expected it.

Even though she knew this, she knew her inner sailor scouts would not fault her for it. They'd be a little mad at first, maybe, but they'd understand. They would want her to be happy.

However, she couldn't say the same for the outter sailor scouts. Especially Amara. Serena knew Amara would want her to be with Darien above all else. She, along with the other outter senshi, wanted the future of Crystal Tokyo to be kept intact no matter what.

But Serena no longer wanted that. She loved her friends deeply, but she wanted to be rid of her pre-destined future. She wanted a new future. A better future for everyone. She wanted everyone to be happy, and for once, she wanted to include herself as equally as them.

Seiya's voice suddenly drifted into her mind. "Am I not good enough?"

Serena slowly closed her eyes. "Yes, Seiya... you are good enough. You deserve more than a meatball head like me." She murmured to herself, smiling sadly. "But... I'm sorry. I love you, and I just can't leave you alone."

Serena kept quiet, even from her thoughts for a moment, basking in the true meaning of love that she had discovered. Before she knew it, she had found herself thinking about how much she's changed. She was not the only one to notice. Everyone in her life, Sailor Scouts or not, noticed. She had matured a bit more, walking greater distances without falling and acting less like a cry baby in front of everyone. To her friend's surprise, they couldn't deny the change. Of course, Serena knew they thought it was just because she had realized she couldn't act like a child anymore, due to her age. But in reality, their reason was wrong.

She had now dyed her hair black, and had one small bun in the middle of her head, while to rest fluttered out thickly (think of a mixture of Mina and Serena's hair style). She also wore violet contacts, though in truth, she didn't need them. She did this to hide her identity, for when she would leave this world and travel to Kinmoku. Why was she hiding herself? There were many reasons. She was scared she would not be loved by Seiya anymore, after all these years. She was scared he would reject her, like she had on the roof top that one rainy day, when he asked if he was good enough for her. She was scared of how she would be treated on another world, in another galaxy.

Serena had been a fool, when she realized his true feelings for her. It was immediately after the Starlights and their princess had left. Not even thirty seconds had passed before she knew she had felt the same way. She could not change the past, but she hoped that she could change the present.

Serena looked to the sky. "Moon Eternal! Make up!" She cried, letting her outfit change from a gulf of pink light into the outfit of Eternal Sailor Moon.

She focused her energy as much as she could, until she felt the presence of her star seed and the silver crystal. They both glimmered brightly in her hands. She smiled softly, as a few tears streamed down her cheeks.

"Please, I beg of you, change me from Sailor Moon to something more... something different. And then, take me to Seiya. Please!"

The two magnificent items in her hands obeyed her commands. A soft, sweet golden light engulfed Serena, making her feel something warm and sweet. She had begun to cry softly and silently. Her wishes came true. She was no longer Sailor Moon, but now, something much more powerful.

Suddenly, angelic white wings sprouted from her back, spreading out fully, as if to show off their greatness. In the blink of an eye, Serena shot up as a soft golden light through the sky, and soon, through space, leaving Earth.

All that was left behind to explain, somewhat, why she was leaving were two letters. One to her family and one to her friends. Each letter revealed different things, but over all, she was apologetic that she was no longer upholding everything they thought she would.

As soon as Serena had left the Earth, she masked her Star Seed's presence in the Galaxy. She knew the other Scouts would know right away she had left, and she didn't want them to find her. As Serena expected, they were hurt and confused.

Preview of the next chapter:

After a week of traveling through space, Serena landed at the edge of Kinmoku's Palace garden, completely destroying a flower bed of blue violets. She de-transformed and shakily stood up, having very little energy after the long journey. It didn't take long for a person with long, midnight black hair to spot her, along with two other people. One with brown hair, and one with silver. They noticed her unsteady stance and rushed toward her.

Serena smiled just before the people could make it to her and said to herself, "I made it..."

With those words, Serena collapsed onto the ground, unconscious.

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