Prologue

"Majesty you must find Endymion and marry him if there is to be any hope of Crystal Tokyo". Pluto threw her hands in the air pacing the length of the room. She loved her princess, she truly did but she could be so pigheaded and stubborn. She took a deep breath and tried again. "Highness, please Crystal Tokyo is and always has been our goal, a time of peace and happiness. Endymion is your soulmate he's handsome, strong, and intelligent he will make a good match. Why do you resist this?" She questioned.

Pluto couldn't understand why Serena was making such a big deal about this. Shouldn't she be eager to find her love? Serena had been different since the defeat of Galaxia and the death of her scouts. Pluto thought at first that it was sadness at the loss of her friends but now she wasn't so sure. Ever since Serena absorbed the scout's star seeds and gained their powers she had been cold and silent. Pluto couldn't blame her first she watched her family be killed by chaos then her scouts chose to give up their destinies to be reborn as normal humans. It was a lot for the poor girl to take in. With this in mind Pluto asked her gently "Hime what is it. You know you can tell me."

Serena grab the other sensei's hands "Pluto, I love you and I know you mean well but I cannot marry him. I just can't. I was 16 years old sheltered and lonely. Endymion was the first man I ever met. He was handsome and charming and a prince. Add to that he was forbidden of course I fell in love. He was also a conceited weak-minded whore monger. It was his mistress that united with Metalia to destroy the moon in case you forgotten. I don't blame him for Beryl's actions." She hurriedly said when she saw Pluto was about to interrupt. "However had he not been screwing her and every other woman in court, she would have had no reason to join with Metalia."

"Your highness surely you jest, that was no fault of his. If you remember he left Earth to come defend the Moon." Pluto's garnet eyes bore into Serena's own violet ones and she felt herself shrink. Of all of her Scouts it was Pluto she hated to disappoint the most. Pluto, who had sacrificed her own life, in order to guard the Gates of Time.

"Puu" she whispered using the childhood nickname. "I was a girl blinded by a handsome face. Endymion was a good man with a good heart, but he was a bad prince and a worse King. He was more concerned with women than politics. Even as Darien he was aloof and superior always flaunting his wealth and intelligence. He was unnecessarily cruel to me. He spent years making me miserable. Insulting me and bringing me to tears every single day. It was only after he regained his memories that he became nice to me. I believe he loved me or at least as much as he was able to love anything. But I became his obsession and possession. He was more concerned with how I was perceived to be than who I actually was. He didn't know me Puu. I mean we dated for four years and he didn't know my favorite book or color. That says something. He never wanted me. Not who I was inside all he wanted was this face. This damnable body that everyone wants not me, never me." she tore at her face in frustration.

Pluto walked over to her and held her hands still before she could do any more damage. Already there were deep furrows on her pale skin and blood flowed freely from them. "Renity, please" She pleaded as she held the sobbing girl.

"I hate it, Puu, I really do. No one knows or cares to try to know me. I'm perfect Serenity Princess of the Silver Millennia or Sailor Moon defender of love and Justice. Who loves me just plain Serena? I'm the granddaughter of a Goddess her beauty and power run through me attracting people like flies to shit. But it's not really me. Not who I am inside. All these people they die for this face die for this body to protect it. Become obsessed with it and they want to possess me. As if I was some trophy they could put on their shelf. Endymion, Allen, Diamond they didn't want me they had no idea who I was." She pulled away from Pluto and paced the length of the room. She barely noticed the new lace curtains that hung over the charmed windows that Pluto had just put in last week. The windows that were now charmed to display a bright sunny day, the sunshine mocked Serena. How was she supposed to explain herself to Pluto? She was older than even Serena's mother and her only goal was to find a bright future.

Serena sat down in an overstuffed chair sighing. She felt every one of 1,034 years. "Pluto the scouts are gone, the Crystal Tokyo we've seen is impossible. I'm Cosmos now I have their star seeds. This is what they wanted freedom to live normal lives no longer bound by their vow to protect me. I can't hold on to a future that will never be. Don't you see if I find Endymion marry him pretend to love him I will only be making a mockery of the future we once saw. You know as Cosmos I am different, no longer just the Lunarian princess but a Goddess. When I absorbed the star seeds of the scouts I took back the power Selene gifted to the rulers of the planets so she could marry a mortal." Pluto sighed and sat at the feet of her Queen her head resting on the younger woman's lap. "Hime, all you ever wanted was to be a normal girl. You have given up your life for us. Took on a burden that should never be shouldered alone all so your guardians could live normal lives. Can you not understand my desire for you to have some happiness?" Serena stroked the older women's green tinted hair. She always loved Pluto's hair it was a soft as silk and shimmered in the light.

"Pluto, you are my most loyal Scout and greatest friend. You've been more like a mother to me, but I am not the same girl I once was. I realize you want the best for me. I was innocent and so in love with Darian. I forgave his insults and his sly barbs. Every time he broke my heart and each time he turned to evil instead of me. He wanted Serenity the perfect graceful princess that everyone saw. Only you and my mother knew what a klutzy terror I really was. Pluto I was encased in the crystal when we went to the future. My daughter was convinced that I didn't love her and turned to evil. Not to mention my husband." She spat the word "Thought it would be a good idea to convince his past self to break my heart! What kind of idiot does that? Even as Neo King Endymion he was a weak-minded fool. He damn near destroyed the past and left his wife to get raped! Yes Pluto raped. I was the unfortunate receiver of my future self's memories. Diamond raped her me us." Pluto cried out in denial "No highness not you." Why how she questioned herself though not really sure she wanted to know the answer.

"I talked to the queen before we headed back Puu, look." She passed her hands over the Time Gates they could see into the Crystal Palace of Crystal Tokyo. Neo Queen Serenity sat on a loveseat holding the hand of Sailor Moon. "Sailor Moon, thank you for coming to save me, and for looking out for my daughter, before you return I must speak with you." Now that there was no enemy to defeat Pluto took the time to observe her future queen. She was thin to thin. Where lush curves once resided now were only skin and bones. She was still beautiful but she had bags under her eyes and her shoulders were hunched her hands shook.

"I love Rini, I do but you have spent time in her company. She's spoiled and manipulative. She's too easily swayed by darkness like her father. I married Darien and I loved him but I became his possession not his wife. He was always pushing me I was never good enough, strong enough, smart enough. The first time I caught him cheating with another woman I left him. He came back begging me to forgive him swore he would never do it again. The he called me selfish, because if I didn't forgive him Crystal Tokyo would never happen. I knew how much Crystal Tokyo meant to you all. So I went back. I ran the kingdom as Queen while he slept with half of the court and spoiled my child beyond recognition. When Diamond raped me it was too much. I encased myself in the crystal because I couldn't bear to live anymore."

Sailor Moon shook her head in denial "No, No! Darien would never do that. I don't believe you!" She shouted at her older self. Queen Serenity roughly grabbed Serena's arm. 'You know it's true you feel it in your heart stop being such a silly fool. Do you really love him do you love the way he treats you? The way he demeans you at every turn or do you just think you're supposed to love him?" Sailor Moons tear-streaked face furrowed in confusion.

"What about the future?" She asked her voice shaking. "This future, damn this future! My daughter is a holy terror with an inclination towards evil. My husband is a selfish whore monger and I have been working non-stop for 200 years for a peace that will never come. The Black Moon Clan was only one rebellion faction of many. People don't want to be ruled by a woman who can't control her child and whose own husband does not respect her. I am giving you the gift the gift of my memories see what I did wrong and fix it. Live a better life." The queen held sailor Moon's hands the Crescent Moon on her brow shined brightly the light going into Sailor Moon own Crescent when the light finally faded Sailor Moon looked at the queen with hardened eyes.

"I will never die for an unworthy man again! I will not become you!" She shouted at the queen. For the first time Queen Serenity smiled. "Good, be stronger than I was. You can be more than a queen Sailor Moon you can be happy. One last thing Sailor Moon, I've had much time to think on this. We are made of light no darkness can exist within us the descendants of Selene. We are beings of light but the light cannot exist without the dark. You cannot see the brilliance of the moon without the dark of the night."

Sailor Moon stood up she paced the length of the room for the first time registering the cold beauty of the palace she was in. There was no warmth no love permeated these walls; instead all she felt with sorrow.

"What do you mean your highness?" She asked her older self.

"Endymion wasn't all bad." At Sailor Moon's eye roll she continued. "I am serious he had a good heart and he loved his daughter. In the end he was a mortal with mortal's faults. Yes, he was a king and had power but humans for the most part are made of light and dark. Their choices are what make them good or bad and rarely is one all bad or all good. We are not human, not even true Lunarians. If the Goddess Selene had not fallen in love with the mortal Lunarian King we would be much like the humans. Longer Lived and perhaps more powerful but still the same. It is Selene's blood that makes us different. We are made of all light and therefore are incorruptible. Even though we're made of light we need the dark we need balance in our lives. We need a man who has lived in the Darkness. Who understands that Darkness does not equate to evil. Someone who has faced evil and defeated its hold on him through his own free will, a man strong enough to stand by my side as a king. My true right hand, dark to my light, promises me Sailor Moon that you will find our Dark Prince. One who would love us flawed though we are."

Sailor Moon hugged the older woman "I will Serenity, I swear it. I will change our fate."

The picture in the time gates faded and Pluto was left looking at Sailor Moon with new eyes. "Hime, I am so sorry I had no idea. I swear to you by the planet of Pluto and the Gates of Time that I will not stop until I find your true love."

"Thank you Pluto." Serena told her quietly glad that she would no longer have to defend her hostility towards Endymion.

True to her word Pluto spent weeks in front of the time gates searching every dimension for Serena's Dark Prince. "Okay, I have a list of candidates Renity" Pluto stood in front of Serena looking very pleased with herself. Serena bit back a laugh. Pluto really was taking this much too seriously. She even dressed the part. She was wearing a black pants suit with white collared shirt a small string of pearls adorned her neck. She looked classic and business like. Serena half expected her to start speaking about the DOW and NASDAQ. They sat in front of the Time Gates. The room which had previously been a parlor was converted to a media room. Instead of a TV they face the Time Gates. Pluto had even conjured a clicker so she could change the picture from her seat next to Serena.

"First up, Son Goku." She clicked and the gates showed an extremely buff crazy-haired guy. He was cute in a brutish way, though Serena always preferred a more slim build. Pluto read off a list of stats she had prepared.

"Widowed, father of two boys, he's a Saiyan and the protector of his dimension." They watched a clip of him fighting a really ugly green guy. "He's a good fighter." Serena commented "Aww" They both sighed as they saw the father playing with his two sons. "Eww" They both said in unison as they saw the warrior polish off an entire table of food. Pluto snorted through tears of laughter. "He has even worse table manners than you your highness." "Hahaha yuck it up Pluto, besides he's pure to pure for me."

Pluto clicked for the next person "Luke Skywalker, last the Jedi's." "He's cute." Serena commented. "Yuck he's a Sister Kisser nope." (Please don't be mad Star Wars fan, little joke)

On and on they went candidate after candidate. Maxwell Duo was too goofy, Heero Yuy to robotic, Chang Wufei was no just no. "Naruto Uzumaki cute but to pure even with a tailed beasts residing inside him his light shines like a beacon."

Kaname Kuran who was yummy, but as they watched a scene of him insulting a turned vampire Serena dismissed him as another pretty boy. "Sesshomaru Taisho, oh my damn, that is a whole lot of sexy right there." Serena leaned forward licking her lips. Pluto smirked. "I thought you'd like him and he is a daiyoukai so definitely dark but not evil." Nodding her head in agreement Serena said "Put him on the short list. Even if he doesn't make the cut is there a way you can make copies of him or at least his picture?" Pluto laughed in the time gates the lord of the Western lands stood proud yielding a sword to protect the young human girl. His obi was torn open revealing a sculpted chest and abdomen.

"Moving on your highness, Sirius Orion Black put in prison for a crime he didn't commit but a bit of a ladies man." "No thanks." She shook her head. That was the last thing she needed another Rico Suave. Serena was getting tired she knew Pluto had a whole list of candidates still to go she sighed and poured herself a vodka tonic and then poured one for Pluto as well.

"Pluto maybe we're going about this the wrong way. Maybe I should like sign up for eHarmony or Tinder." Pluto looked at her in horror "Tinder, Tinder no queen of mine is signing up for Tinder! The only people on Tinder are sexual deviants and serial killers. That are not even a real thing it's an app. Apps are for people too lazy or too cheap to pay for ." she shouted. How could she even be contemplating such a thing, sweet innocent Serena on Tinder. Pluto shuddered. "Jeez Puu chill out, Ray found a lot of great guys on Tinder." Pluto did not respond but Serena swore she heard her mutter under her breath something about a slutty Pyro. "Alright Pluto, well go through the rest of the guys. I know you have a long list and you put a lot of work into this and I appreciate it."

Pluto heaved a sigh of relief then clicked to the next one on the list. "This is Remus Lupin, he's a werewolf so there is darkness inside of him." The man on the screen look careworn but he had laugh lines around his eyes and an easy smile on his face.

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"He's so full of light Puu. I'm surprised the curse can reside in him, it must be painful." Serena murmured quietly. She felt drawn to this man. Pluto noticed her scrutiny and was hesitant to move on this was the first man she had any reaction to aside from the Western Lord. Honestly Sesshomaru was so sexy anyone would have a reaction to him. She watched Serena's face for signs of love or even attraction but all she saw was empathy. She sighed of course her soft hearted Hime would feel for this man. She would feel compelled to help him but she was not recognizing her true mate in him.

Pluto clicked again "Bellatrix Lestrange." The time gate filled with a beautiful woman who had curly black hair and dark eyes. "Pluto?" Serena questioned. "You never said your other half had to be male and she's very attractive." Pluto had wanted to be thorough there were many women, centaurs even goblins on her list. Serena could only laugh. "Well I thank you for the variety but, this one reeks of evil even from here I can see the fanatical glint in her eye." Pluto clicked on to the next candidate. "Severus Snape, he's not much to look at. He has known darkness and abuse and came to the light of his own accord he..." Pluto stopped speaking Serena had stood up and walked to the time gates. She stared at the man her hand reaching up almost to caress his face.

"Puu, this is him. I know it my heart recognized him in a way it never did with Endymion. He's so cloaked in darkness can you feel it. Yet his soul yearns for the light misunderstood and alone he needs me I need him." A single tear slid down her cheek her soul cried out for this man as though she were a rubber band stretched too thin ready to snap. Here with her Dark Prince. She continued to stare at the man. He was teaching a class full of teenager's potions. His manner was abrupt and his face seemed to wear a permanent scowl. When she looked closer she could see the corners of his mouth turn up in amusement as he watched his charges. There was something compelling about the man. His black hair hung limp and greasy to his shoulders, his nose was large and hooked and looked to have been broken at least once. He wasn't attractive in the conventional sense but his lips were full and his eyes seemed to stare straight into Serena's soul. And Gods that voice it was like poured caramel sweet and decadent.

Pluto frowned at her. "Your highness, are you certain? I have many other men and women for you to look through." Serena narrowed her violet eyes. "Pluto what aren't you telling me." Pluto looked away. I was hoping you wouldn't choose any of the last four, though it felt wrong to exclude them. Fate and Destiny must still have a hand in your life Hime." "Fate sanctimonious bastard and his prissy wife can leave me the hell alone. Haven't I done enough for them?" Serena cursed throwing her hands in the air.

"Such language from a Goddess for shame." a deep voice said from behind Serena. "Son of a bitch! Why me?" She asked herself loudly. Destiny a beautiful blacked haired goddess put petite hand on Serena's shoulder. "With great power comes great responsibility, and you have great power indeed." She spoke softly to Serena her voice gentle. Serena shook off the hand that lay on her shoulder. "Oh spare me the Spider-Man speech. I've seen the movie to Destiny." Destiny looked to her husband Fate in confusion. Fate a tall handsome God with Golden hair moved to stand beside his wife his brown eyes glowering down at Serena.

"Spare you I shall, I'm not here for you this time Serena. We came as a courtesy and to warn you. One of your former guardians has a destiny that they must fulfill but it is not an easy task. Even if they should succeed his life will be full of sorrow."

"What do you mean?" Serena asked.

"We came to give you a choice young one. You can go to your dark Prince take him and run away. He's in a fight against evil that he will not survive if he stays. You can live a happy life with him if you take him and leave, but the price you pay will be the death of your friends. Those that do survive will live in a world filled with loss and grief. One of your friends has caught the eye of a great evil that you have inadvertently created. If he succeeds and defeats this evil he will pass a curse on to his innocent child. Your magic can save them. This is not your fight. Knowing you as we do we figure you would want to help? The soul magic you have regained by becoming Cosmos can cast out the evil curse. You can save your friend and his child a lifetime of Sorrow."

Destiny took over for Fate. "It is up to you little one. I want to think about this why is it of all the people your advisor paraded before you it is this one man that you are drawn towards? Your friends were reincarnated through traditional means and yet there was still enough of a connection for their souls to be drawn together in the same world at the same time." Serena looked at the gates of time where Severus Snape was now sitting at his desk grading papers and seemingly taking great pleasure in writing insults on the papers.

"Oh Gods please tell me my Dark Prince isn't Ray. That would be bad. We would kill each other within a week." Pluto shook her head. "It's not Ray."

"Then who?" She questioned turning towards Fate and Destiny "You said my friends were reincarnated is he one of them? Its Endymion isn't it? Selene help me I'm stuck with him I can't escape. I can't I won't you can't make me." She sank down to the floor tears streaming down her face her violet eyes wide and her whole body trembled. Pluto glared at Fate and Destiny, Gods or not no one scared her princess.

"It's not Endymion your highness, nor is it any of your friends but Severus Snape does reside in the same world as them. He does or will know all of them." Pluto told her while rubbing soothing circles on her back. "Thank Selene, how do I save my friends?" She asked Fate.

"There will be conditions Serena."

"Aren't there always, I don't care I didn't free them to suffer if I can help I will."

"Your friends have been reincarnated through the cauldron which means they no longer look or act the same. They may or may not be the same gender the only reason they always took on the same personality and appearance before was because of your mother's magic. Even so their friendship was so strong their souls stayed close together. Severus Snape is truly the other half of your soul so perhaps in their need to be close with you they inadvertently surrounded him." Destiny sat down in a chair she conjured.

"Your friend has an old enemy who was also a reincarnated an enemy who has worn the disguise of a friend. We will send you back with all your memories but some of your powers will have to be sealed you'll still be able to transform into Cosmos to defeat any stray youma's. You will be able to recognize your friends through your magic but you are not allowed to reveal yourself to them until your Dark Prince accepts you." Fate looked at her hard.

"Why should my helping my friends depends on his acceptance?" Serena was getting frustrated everything was always riddles with these two.

"Because dear one your prince has a fate as well. He has a part to play in this fight and his death is the price of your friend's freedom temporary though it may be. If he is to live, he must learn to trust. Once he accepts you without knowing who you are trusting his heart instead of his head you will be free. But if you tell anyone the truth before he accepts your love you will be forbidden to be together such is the cost of his life." Destiny's voice was softer as she finished the conditions Fate had set.

"So I must pay the price once again? Do I not deserve peace?" Fate walked to her and gently held her chin he forced her to look him in the eyes.

"We are sorry little one but even we must abide by the rules of balance. Even when we feel the person whose life we hold deserves a break and we love that one like a daughter." Serena gasped Fate was normally the stoic hard-ass Destiny was the gentler of the two. "A stubborn foul mouth daughter to be sure, but a daughter nonetheless." Fate smirked at her. Serena laughed there's the hard ass I know and love she thought. She gave the surprised God a quick hug before going to give his wife one as well.

"You have a choice Serena you can go to him now as you are tell him your story and leave with him. He cannot stay if he stays he shall die. Should you accept our conditions and he doesn't accept you he will live a long life but it will be one of loneliness and regret. He has to learn to take a leap of faith."

"I'll take your conditions." Serena replied they gave her a choice that wasn't really a choice her happiness over her friends of course she would choose her friends. She had sacrificed everything in order for them to be reborn and live normal lives. After defeated Galaxia they asked to be free and though she missed them with all her heart she complied. She would not hold them to her when they so desperately wanted to be free.

"We knew you would." Fate said as he pushed her through the gates of time.

Serena landed on her ass in front of the arcade. "Thrice damn son of a whore monkey!" She shouted to the sky. Little girl that is not appropriate language I have half a mind to call your mother. An older lady was glaring down at Serena. Little girl? Serena stood up dusted herself off and noticed that she barely reach the woman's chest. I know I'm short but this is ridiculous. She inspected herself in the window of the arcade ignoring the still glaring old woman.