Hi all!!! This is my first story so it probably sucks. This will take place after the Stars series. The Starlight's have left but Rini is still there. There are minor skirmishes with youma but no one serious. I use the Dub names 'cause Japanese confuses me:). I made up names for everyone else:
Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon, I never have, and I never will. Rated: ????? What do u think??? Tell me please!!!
A Princess' Farewell: Prologue
The room was filled with despair, sadness, and worst of all, regret. Nine girls, one man, and three cats were either sobbing or trying not to. When they had gotten the news, almost immediately four of the girls had dropped to their knees to beg forgiveness. They had been standing there for 2 hours lost in their own thoughts. The silence was suddenly broken by one of the cats.
"It's all your fault," came from the white cat, which, like the other cats, had a crescent moon on his forehead. Every eye turned on him. "Come now, Artemis. Let's not make false accusations..."said another of the cats, a black female. Instantly Artemis jumped up and hissed,
"You know it is, Luna!!! Don't protect them." A blond girl with a red bow in her hair spoke up.
"Artemis please... we didn't know... if we had..." She suddenly broke down in a fit of hysterical sobs. Another girl with her hair in a boyish cut rushed to the girl's side in an attempt to comfort her.
"Look who's talking. It's your fault too, Luna. Miss I'm-ashamed-to-have-trained-you." Luna hung her head in defeat. While these events were taking place, every mind thought about what happened yesterday...
They towered over her with eyes filled with anger. She shrunk back her own eyes filled with tears."Why did destiny stick us with her as leader of the Senshi?!" came from Sailor Saturn. On cue, everyone turned to Pluto.
"Don't ask me. Maybe I can fix it, though..." her voice trailed off.
"I can't believe that you could be such a ditz, Serena!" exclaimed Mercury.
"Guys, I said I was sorry. What more do you want?" Serena asked in a quiet voice.
"We want someone who IS on time to fights!" said Mars.
"We want someone who doesn't rely so much on the rest of us to do all the work!" added Venus.
"What happened to you? On the Moon Kingdom you used to be so smart and strong," Neptune wondered.
"Now you're nothing but a stupid crybaby!" finished Jupiter.
"Next time you hear about a fight don't bother showing up!!!" shouted Uranus. Serena gasped.
"W-what do you mean?" she asked uncertainly.
"It means you are no longer leader of the Senshi." They all turned to face Luna.
"I have never been so ashamed to be your guardian." Her voice was filled with loathing. Artemis and Diana just nodded their heads. Finally Serena turned to her last hope. Tuxedo Mask was just standing there with his back turned. Rini had already detransformed and was glaring at Serena. She ignored it, though.
"Darien...say something..."she pleaded. He said nothing; he didn't even look at her. Serena turned to Rini. The child's eyes narrowed and in a voice dripping with venom she said 4 words that shattered Serena's soul:
"You aren't my mother." Serena turned back to the rest of the Senshi, who had detransformed by now. Her face was grief- stricken and tears were streaming down her already flushed cheeks. Everyone was surprised when she regained her composure.
"Is that how everyone feels?" she asked. No one responded.
"Fine then." She ripped off her locket, causing her to detransform. Serena hurled it at Raye.
"You can be leader since you've always wanted to," Serena said bluntly. Her face was now emotionless and her gaze a cold stare. She then turned to Darien. He was just about to apologize when she threw something at him too. It was the Star locket. He opened it to find the engagement ring he had given to her a week ago. He knew what it meant. He looked at Serena.
"Serena, please don't..."
"What? Now you decide to talk to me?" she mocked back. With that she stormed off. Everyone watched her leave, already regreting what they had just done...