The Silver Millenium

'Soon. Very soon,' Sailor Eternity thought to herself and turned away from the windows with her Eternity Staff in hand.

'I must alert the queen.' "Eternity Teleport! Take me to the Queen!"

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"Your majesty?" Eternity called in the queen's private salon.

"Yes, what is it, Eternity?" Queen Serenity called out.

"There is trouble. Queen Beryl has decided to take the initiative and attack the Moon. I will announce it to the -"

"No! You will not. If it is destiny for us to be attacked, then we will be attacked." Then Queen Serenity's tone gentled. "Besides, they don't know you or about you. We need to keep it that way."

"Yes, majesty," Eternity murmured, then teleported back to the room that was hidden from everything and everyone else.

"Soon," she whispered to herself.

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Two days later . . .

The attack on the Moon Kingdom had started. Standing in the front line for the Negaverse was the four people who used to love the Scouts. Malachite, Nephlite, Jedite, and Zoicite (Queen Beryl had turned Zoicite into a female, because she was the most reluctant to betray the Scouts).

The first blast came from Jedite.

"Take this, Sailor brats!" he shouted.

Mars might have loved him at one time, but, when he'd turned evil, their love had been torn apart.

"Mars Celestial Fire Surround!" Mars screamed.

A circle of magic rings with symbols on them form a circle around her then shout at Jedite. They wounded him bad enough that, after he had killed Mars, he needed to teleport away.

"Shine Aqua Illusion!," a drop and puddle of water appeared at Sailor Mercury's feet and a blast of cold water shot at Zoicite, temporarily freezing her seconds after she killed Mercury.

Their love was not meant to last.

***

"Mars and Mercury are dead," Eternity told Queen Serenity.

"Yes, I know. Where is Serena and Endymion?" the Queen asked sharply.

"On a terrace, just outside the gardens."

***

Just at that moment, Sailors Neptune, Uranus, and Saturn were killed by the Negaforce, Jupiter was killed by Nephlite and Venus was killed by Malachite. Seconds later, on the terrace, Queen Beryl killed Prince Endymion and Princess Serena.

***

"No! Serena!" The Queen wailed and started to run out of the room. Luna and Artemis were waiting for her in the great hall.

'Well, I'd better go put in my two cents.' Eternity thought to herself and teleported to the battlefield.

***

"Dark Dome Close," Pluto whispered her forbidden attack and was transported to the gates of time just before the attack was established.

"Eternity Blast!" Sailor Eternity called and destroyed a few people and things. She saw Smoke rushing to get to the Queen before she could use the crystal.

"Eternity Teleport! Take me to the home of Sailor Star Fighter," she called and teleported to his planet.

***

"Serena! I will not let it end this way! You will not be made to give up your future. I will sacrifice my kingdom for you, my dearest daughter. In the name of the Moon, you will be free again. Cosmic Moon Power!" Queen Serenity shouted.

After the Imperium Silver Crystal shattered into the seven Rainbow Crystals, Queen Serenity's final words were, "Be happy. I will always be in your minds."

***

As the Rainbow Crystals flew to Earth, the six Gemstone Scouts were encased in their personal gems and were held there until the years from 1982-1984, when they would be reborn.

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On the sun, Queen Serenity's sister, Queen Amber, wept with great sorrow. To ensure that her niece and daughter would know each other during their time on Earth, she slipped the Imperium Sun Stone from around her neck.

"Sunshine! Will you please come in here?" she called to Sunshine, her daughter.

Sunshine came running, wearing an exact copy of the dress Serena wore.

"Yes, Mother," she said.

"I need to give you something," she whispered and dropped the precious stone into Sunshine's hands.

The minute it touched her hands, she disappeared.

The Queen picked up the Stone. "My daughter, I will always love you," she whispered, before sending the Stone to Earth's future.

'Luna will take good care of the locket until Sunshine is ready for it.'

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