AN: Hey people! If you can't notice this has been redone a little so that is why is back. I have made some corrections and changes so I hope you enjoy this updated version of the first chapter. Hope you enjoy!
Raining Tears"Is this finally the end of the sailor scouts?" Serena looked around at the desolation surrounding her. Chaos was gone, but at what cost? Mamoru was gone for good. The golden crystal had come to her signifying his death. The planet was in ruins and no one had survived except her. Her snow-white hair danced in the wind.
"You're wrong princess." Serena looked up to see her friends' spirits surrounding her. It was Mars who had spoken. "Our story has ended, but yours has just begun. Our spirits are finally going to rest and the planets will find new protectors so don't worry."
"Wow Pyro, I didn't know you were such a sap." Serena laughed through her tears. "I figured you wouldn't come back," she hung her head, "But you can't hate me for hoping"
"That's not all true Princess. We are unable, but I believe Haruka, and Setsuna are being reborn as we speak." Said the princess of Neptune. We are to give you our powers before we pass on."
Venus stepped up. "I guess I'll go first." She gave Serena a hug. "I bestow upon you the powers of Venus, guardian of love and beauty." As she spoke Venus began glowing a bright orange and gold mix of colors. She held out her hand and the light formed a ball in it. "Here Usagi-chan. This is yours now. I also give you my sword of Artimes and my pen." With one last hug she stepped back, giggled, and said, "Don't worry Usagi-chan, we can still visit you in your dreams. Everybody knows we're like cockroaches. We just never go away, at least not all the way. I got you some thing else too." She handed Serena a small backpack in the shape of a white cat (). "It is a subspace backpack. It's got all our stuff in it for you, like clothes and stuff, but there's Manga and Anime in there too.
"Thank you so much Mina!" Serena gave her a bear hug.
Mercury stood next. "Princess Serenity, Serena, Sailor Moon, and our Usagi, you are all of these but to me you are my sister and friend. Where I am going I do not need these powers, but your future is undecided." She began glowing an ice blue color as she spoke. "I give to you the power of ice and knowledge. I also give you my Rhapsody Harp, Mercury computer, and visor." The light around her formed a ball of ice in her hand and she gave it to Serena with her other items. Mercury also gave her a book from her subspace pocket. "This is something for you. I had been working on it forever and luckily I finished before the attack. It's a magic book full with spells from all the planets from ever since the beginning of the silver millennium. I put a mercurian spell on it so it will update itself when you make new ones."
Mars came forth. She gave Serena a hug. "You will always be my sister and I will miss our little fights, but you always will be an odango-atama to me," she said as she stuck out her tongue. As Mercury before her she began glowing. The light formed a ball of red flames in her hand. "I give you the powers of Mars, the guardian planet of fire. I give you the power to see the future within the flames and the psychic powers I possess. I also give you my Fire Bow." Mars whistled and the twin crows, Phobos and Demos flew to her. "Watch over them for me will ya?" The twins flew and landed on either shoulder of Serena. Mars gave Serena a small jar with a flame burning brightly inside by Martian magic.
"What is this for?
"This is the last flame from the great fire. It will never die. Use it to set fire to the sacred shrine at the palace on the Moon and Mars. Then we will be able to visit you that way."
"My turn." Said Jupiter. "I'll give you my gifts first." She handed Serena two books. "This one is a cookbook. It's got all of my recipes and cooking tips in it," she said with a smile. "This other one is a book on fighting, Jupiter style." She gave a peace sign. "Don't forget to kick some ass while we're gone ok? Anyway..." She began glowing and formed a ball of lightning in her hand and gave it to Serena. "I give you the powers of nature and the weather, the ability to speak with creatures of all kinds, and the power to grow life (aka: plants) out of nothing." She gave her the ball of lightning and her lightning rod tiara.
Saturn stepped forward. "I speak for Setsuna and for myself." Saturn gave Serena a ball of purple mist. "This is the power of the planet Pluto, guardian of Time and Space. You are still to receive the majority of her power even if Setsuna is still alive." Hotaru handed Serena the time staff. "The staff is also yours as you have risen to your ultimate form Sailor Cosmos. She has received another so you need not worry. Her gift you will receive when you meet her, but as for me, here are my gifts." She handed her an antique purple lamp, a strange egg that was the size of a small melon, and a small jewelry box. "The lamp is a memento of me. The jewelry box contains all of the royal jewelry of the planets. The egg is an egg of a shadow phoenix. Place it in a flame made from the Great Fire and it will hatch in two days or so." She began to glow an eerie purple and formed a ball of black crystal that was surrounded by purple flames in her hand. "I give to you the powers of Saturn, the planet of the shadows, Death, Destruction, and Rebirth. I give you the power of the night and the ability to call forth the shadows to do your bidding." Hotaru gave Serena the ball and gave her the Silence Glaive. With one last hug she stepped back as Neptune stepped forward.
"Princess, I speak for Uranus and for myself." The winds picked up and swirled around her violently forming a ball of energy in her outstretched hand. "This is the power of Uranus, the planet of earth (not the planet like dirt and ground) and sky. You are also given the Space Sword." Neptune handed Serena said items. "Now as for my gifts I give you these." She handed her a CD case with a new player inside powered by magic with every CD ever recorded (worth listening to). She also gave her a binder type book with hundreds of sheets of music from every song for every instrument. Her last gifts were the Tidal Violin and a silver flute. A ball of water formed in her hand and she gave it to Serena. "I also give you the power of Neptune, planet of music and water, and my Deep Sea Mirror."
Serena looked to her friends, fresh tears forming in her eyes. "You are all my family and I will miss you terribly, but I won't let you down." Before disappearing for good, her friends gave her one last group hug and their best wishes.
She opened a portal to the moon where her last two friends waited for her. About to step in a familiar voice stopped her.
"Wait!" Serena spun around to face none other than Sailor Galaxia herself. "Serenity! Please wait!" She gasped trying to catch her breath.
"I thought you were dead Galaxia."
"So did I…I mean I was." She gasped. "But I'm back for some reason. Anyway, I know I am not of your Senshi, but I want to give you this." She formed a ball of golden red light in her hand. "I have no use for this anymore. It is the power of the Galaxy Cauldron." She gave the ball to Serenity and turned to leave, but was stopped by Serenity.
"Wait. Don't leave. Come with me please." She said. "You have nowhere else to go and I don't want to be alone."
Galaxia smiled and gave her a hug. "You truly have an endless heart." She gave a sigh, "Alright, I suppose I will go, but you have to call me Alexia alright?"
"I believe that is a fair trade." Serenity grasped Alexia's hand as they both stepped through the portal to the moon's surface.
When Alexia and Serenity they were met by an amazing site. Every thing was being surrounded by crystal!
"Princess, over here!" Both spun around to face the Senshi of Uranus. "Don't worry Princess. Pluto will explain when we get inside. At least she better explain or so help me…" she trailed off.
All three ran towards the palace doors. They ran to the throne room to where Setsuna was waiting for them. Alexia looked around awed by the magnificence and the air of mystery looming around the lunar palace.
"So this is the famed Lunar Palace," She breathed in awe, "The center of the universe." She turned to Serenity, "You know I thought it was bigger than this really, but that is probably because most of it is destroyed. Am I right?
Serenity looked at her strange. "Yeah, something like that. Anyway, Pluto what is going on here?"
"It seems that because Crystal Tokyo cannot form on Earth it is forming on the Moon. We are to enter our state of crystallized sleep and wait for the Earth to heal itself and Time to catch up again. As you can probably see, the palace is also being rebuilt as well." She pointed to a pillar that was piecing itself back together.
"You're right!" cried Serenity, "But looking at the pace of it won't finish for a long time. So I suggest that we prepare for the crystallization," said Serenity. They began to prepare for their long sleep under the surface of the moon. Central Control was activated and the computers set to scan the progress of time by Serenity. Haruka had made a quick trip to the outer planets to set off the crystallization process there too sealing them. Setsuna had sealed the Time Gates and Alexia had taken care of sealing the inner planets. The entire moon was crystallized and an illusion was cast over it to make it look deserted once more.