Eternal

by Lady Tiger

Chapters 1

Rated PG

*Sailor Moon is not my product. I am just using the characters in a fan fiction, I do not own them. So please don't sue me or anything. My email is LadyTiger84@yahoo.com if you want to comment on my story.

Chapter One......

Oh this is real bad. Really bad. They totally have us outnumbered. We aren't going to be able to get out of this one without a few scratches. How many of them are there? 1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.11.12.13.14.15. 15?!?! Ok, come on now girl, put on your fighting face. If you look like you aren't scared, than the girls won't get scared.

"Come on scouts! We can take them!!" I shout, "We can do this!"

Oh what's going on? My crystal is going crazy!! Oh the power, this is amazing!! Who is that in front of us? Is she being projected from my crystal? This is super weird!

"My children, please do not be afraid. Oh, I see you are busy, I will take care of these nuisances", the projection says. Suddenly all 15 of the monsters are frozen. Then the projection comes into focus. Long silver hair, flowing white gown. I know that woman.

"Mother." It's a statement. A rather rude way of saying hi after all these years, I know. But I am totally in shock,"What is going on?!?!"

"Oh my little Serenity, always inquisitive and full of questions. Be still child, you will soon find out", Queen Serenity answered.

"CHILD? Mother I am HARDLY a CHILD! I am 22 years old!! When will I finally be an adult?" I screech.

"When you act like it."

The quiet statement stopped me in my tracks. Why was I acting like this? She was helping us. It must be the stress. We have been fighting the new enemy for 3 years now and we still have no idea who they are or what they want. The only thing we know is they are getting stronger, and we are getting tired and weaker by the day. Oh, by the way, I am Usagi, or as I am more known as these days, Sailor Moon. I don't think I've just been plain Usagi since the new enemy first showed up. Every time I finally get some rest, something happens, someone is attacked. We had all planned on going to college. It's hard to go to class and study for exams when you are constantly fighting enemies from who knows what galaxy though. It's hard just to apply for college under those circumstances. I miss my family so much. But to be around them now would only put them in danger. All of our friends and families think we've gone to America to study abroad. Oh, and the 'we' I kept saying is Sailor Mars, Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, Pluto, Uranus, Neptune, and Saturn. Yup, all the gang except Chibi Moon. I insisted she return home for this. It is far too dangerous. Plus, I don't want to know when we finally lose. And I think we might. I don't want to see Chibi-Usa fade away like that one time with Nehelenia.

"When you have stopped day dreaming daughter, I will explain everything", my mother said quietly.

"I was not day dreaming," I said.

"Oh, ok" she answered. "You were intentionally ignoring me then?"

"N-no. I've been under a lot of stress lately, OK?? If you aren't here to help us, than go back to where ever the hell you came from! We don't have time to stand around here and chat as if we were in Crystal Tokyo!!! Every second we just stand around here, is another second they have to torture Mamoru!!" I shouted. Tears dropped from my eyes, and I was shaking. So much had happened in the past 3 years and I had been constantly fighting since it all started.

"What? Endymion is not with you?" For once Queen Serenity lost her calm. Her eyes bulged out and the projection seemed to fade out for a few seconds.

"No. About a year ago, during an attack, he was captured by one of our enemies. We have not seen him since. I have no idea what happened to him. So if you don't mind, please state your buisness, and BE ON YOUR WAY!!" I shrieked at my mother.

"This greatly changes things." My mother seemed preoccupied for a second. Then she looked up sharply and a flash of white light knocked me off my feet. "Don't talk to me like that young lady. I understand what you have been through, but I am here to explain a few things."

"Your Majesty, please forgive the Princess' attitude. We have been under constant attack for 3 years now. With the little rest we've gotten, we are all a little short tempered," Sailor Pluto said.

"Ah, Setsuna, could you not have forseen this and stopped it?" Queen Serenity inquired.

"How could I forsee this when I do not even know what they are? And as for stopping them, it seems impossible to stop them, we can only postpone the inevitable." Pluto whispered.

"Well, that is all over with, as of now." Queen Serenity said crisply. "Gather around girls, and listen. There was once an old army of Locusts. They attacked the Moon Kingdom when I was but a little girl, younger than you girls are now. My mother and the other Queens held them off barely. Afterwards my mother became Moon Crazed. She ran around prophesizing of the army regenerating and coming again. I became ruler after everyone realized she would never recover. I gathered all the rulers of the planets and we discussed the Locusts. They feed off the energy of everything they come across. After they have bled a planet of all it's energy, they leave. No one knows where they come from. During this meeting, my mother broke in. She used what powers her insanity left her to hold us in our chairs. Then she went still. After a half an hour we thought maybe she had died. Right when we were going to call for help, she came to life. Her eyes blazed white and she told us that our children would be the ones to protect the Universe from the Locusts. Then a sudden blast of light above each of us and special transforming pens appeared. My mother then told us to keep these until the Locusts came again. We were not to give them to our children until then. For when you use these pens, you will never again be the same. You can de-transform, to look like your normal selves. But you will always be able to call upon the power afterwards. Not as strongly as when you are transformed, but it will be there in case of emergancies."

"That doesn't sound bad, why didn't you give these to us first?" Ami asked.

"Because every gift from the Moon Goddess comes with a twist."

"Moon Goddess? You just said that they appeared while your mom was talking," Rei snorted.

"Do not scoff at me child. You, of all people, as a priestess, should know that in the Old Kingdom, the Queen was partly Goddess. She had to undergo the test of the Goddess to get the crown, and after the testing a portion of the Goddess is left inside her. My mother was Moon Crazed. She could not have had the mind control to produce such instruments of power." My mother snapped, "And yes, they do have a curse. Apparantly the Goddesses are tired. They want to rest and be mortal. If you use those transformation pens, you will become the Goddesses of your respective planets. Which means that you will have to watch those you love grow old and die. Crystal Tokyo will still be in the future, and Chibi-Usa will still be around. But Chibi- Usa will be the First Child of the Moon Blood. Which means she will not really be your child. She is the Moon's child, born to protect the Universe. She will be a demi-goddess, and in time she too will grow old and die. You will be immortal. Unable to grow old and die. Sound nice? I guess, but after a few milleniums it won't be so fun anymore. So, yes, there is a twist."

"What about Mamoru? Will I have to watch him grow old and die too? What point would my life then have? If I had to watch both my love and my daughter grow old and die?" I demanded.

"No, Mamoru would not grow old and die. There is a wand for him too. You will just have to hold it until you find him. And do not worry, whatever condition he is in when you find him, the transformation pen will heal him when he transforms. But he must know and willing accept the good and bad that comes with the pen. Or it won't work. So tell him before you hand it to him." The projection of Queen Serenity closed her eyes and glowed slightly. A beautiful heart and crescent pen appeared before me. I looked at the others and each had beautiful pens with their signs and hearts on it. I looked back at my mother.

"Mother, I am so sorry for how I was. It's just...without Mamoru I have been desperate. If I can't find him again, not only do I lose him, but I lose my daughter and the Universe is doomed. I have been pushed so hard for the past 3 years. I should not have taken it out on you though." I clenched my teeth. I hate apologizing. But the apology was worth it. My mother's face lit up with a beautiful smile. Her hand moved as if to touch my face, but she was only a small projection. Then she sighed and put her hand down to her side.

"I can not stay any longer. The Moon Goddess will not allow it. She does not like this way of communications we have with the crystal. Also, the Goddess of Saturn does not like her domain of the dead to be so interupted. Remember that I love you all, and that I will always be there if you but hold the crystal and call my name." Then her projection flickered and she was gone.

"DAMMIT!!" Jupiter shouted. Her fist slammed into the nearest Locust.

"Jupiter! What is wrong?" Venus asked.

"We didn't ask her what the words for the transformation are! How are we supposed to use these stupid things if we can't activate them?"

"Calm down Jupiter, I know the answer." I say calmly, "Don't ask how, because I don't know how I know it. But I do. We each simply say 'Eternal whatever planet Goddess...Make up'. I don't know what happens after that."

"Do we want to do this?" Saturn whispered, "If we do this, our whole world changes. We won't age or die with our loved ones. We will have to watch them die. We might save the world, but we will go insane with boredom after a few millenium of peace."

Just then the Locusts woke up from whatever control my mother had on them. They looked at eachother and let out a hissing sound then moved closer to us. Suddenly there were more of them. There are too many to count. Where did they all come from? Oh to hell with it! Being a Goddess may not be all sunshine, but hell, it can't be that bad!!!

"Eternal Moon Goddess..."

"Eternal Mars Goddess..."

"Eternal Mercury Goddess..."

"Eternal Venus Goddess..."

"Eternal Jupiter Goddess..."

"Eternal Neptune Goddess..."

"Eternal Uranus Goddess..."

"Eternal Pluto Goddess..."

"Eternal Saturn Goddess..."

"MAKE UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

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