Story Notes:

Happy 30th Posted story to me!

I better make this a good one then. ;)

1. - this isn't complete but I'm working hard on it.
2. - this fic will make a few assumptions of you as readers:

First, it assumes the reader knows how the Sailor Moon Manga ends. This story picks right up after that.

Second, it assumes the reader has read Conquest. Is it needed? Heck no. Will it make some of the story make a bit more sense? Sure. But I've tried really hard to explain the references I've made to Conquest so you won't have to read that first to read this. It's just a bit of semantics but it will make some things clearer if you have followed the Conquest Arc that assumes Serenity and Endymion met and pursued each other in a crazy conquest tryst.

3. - This is an offshoot of my massive fanfiction Arc. It doesn't fit in and won't replace other fics. I just really love the characters personalities I created in the Arc and decided to put them in a new situation with new troubles. Isn't that how all fanfiction starts? Fergal sadly will not be returning in this fic as it takes place in the future. A huge disappointment I know!

Lastly, to help me stay on track and keep posting regularly please hit me up in the reviews to remind me to post. It's a busy life and I have a hard time remembering what I ate yesterday so remind me to keep working on this and let you in on what I'm working on! Thanks so much in advance.

Also a huge thanks to SerenityMorrison who read this for me to make sure it made sense. Your constant excited feedback was huge for me and it made me write faster, so go you ;)

It is my joy to write and such an honor for me to have you read it.

I hope you enjoy!


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A Future without Moon

Moments before the end of Stars (Manga)

She sucked in a harsh breath as if her lungs had just suddenly remembered how to work. Painfully she opened her eyes, her hands going to her chest and as she took in her surroundings the one breath she had taken wasn't going to help her.

"Venus," an uncertain voice said to her left.

The blonde choked on another breath, her eyes starting to blur with moisture.

"Where is Usagi-chan?" The blonde demanded, her blurring blue gaze searching the sky around them.

"We died," Jupiter confirmed and Venus gulped. "What happened? Where is Galaxia?" She demanded.

"Why are we floating in the air?" Senshi Mercury questioned, closing her eyes tightly as indeed the group was. They were all still in their Senshi uniforms but the scrapes and scars she knew she had received during the battle weren't there anymore. They all looked pristine. Venus quickly scanned them, counting each of her Senshi in turn plus three lights and Mamoru.

"Mamoru-san?" Venus questioned, moving forward suddenly. "What are you doing here? You should be in America," Venus said, panic hitting her voice.

"Who was last with her?" Senshi Mars demanded.

"Us," a female voice called from the end and all eyes immediately turned on the aliens that floated with them. "She was so foolish and brave," StarMaker continued, her face scrunched with emotion.

"We gave her more time," StarFighter breathed, a tortured look on her face and tears swimming in her eyes. Venus was having a hard time breathing.

"A woman attacked me on a plane. What the hell has been happening?" Chiba Mamoru's voice was deeper than Minako remembered. Though, it had been almost a year since she had heard it.

"OK, I have some assumptions," Ami announced and all eyes turned onto the shorthaired blue soldier. "We are all either still dead and this perhaps is heaven," she stated a bit shakily with a shrug.

"That would explain the zero gravity," Jupiter snarked.

"Or Galaxia returned our star seeds after her defeat," Mercury concluded.

"We vote for option two," Uranus snapped.

"Is that possible?" StarHealer asked desperately. "Will all the lives she has stolen be returned upon her defeat?!" She demanded and Mercury didn't have an answer for him.

"Yes."

"Princess!" StarMaker screamed, the sound almost ripped from her throat as the three lights rushed into the woman draped in red's arms.

"Where is my Princess?" Saturn asked, tears swimming her eyes and Senshi Pluto reached out to her. The younger Senshi grabbed onto her desperately, her shoulders starting to shake.

"Ami," Mamoru snapped turning to the blue haired Senshi beside him and she caught his eyes. She felt it rising in her. Utter panic. If star seeds were returned and Usagi had not survived the final battle why would she not have been reborn like the rest of them? Where was her star seed? Where was Senshi Moon?

"Setsuna," Venus questioned and the eldest senshi shook her head, her shoulders shrugging helplessly. She didn't have any more answers than them on this.

"Our planet is being restored. It is time for us to travel home. I am so very proud of you," Princess Kakyuu breathed, her beloved Senshi hugging tightly to her as they wept. Mars watched the scene and she felt the tears rolling down her cheeks. She felt the pit of defeat hit her that there may be a reason Usagi wasn't there but she scrunched her eyes in anger, refusing to accept what her instinct was telling her.
"USAGI!" Mars voice filled the area, tears streaming down her face as she turned around looking in every direction. "Odango Attama this isn't funny! Come out!" She cried and Jupiter rushed to her, wrapping her arms around the fiery warrior.

"Sailor Senshi of the Milky Way," a voice breathed and Venus spun, her hair whipping around her as she saw a woman floating a bit apart from them, her head bowed, her eyes closed as her hands clasped above her heart. "Your shining Star has restored the galaxy. She has restored me and I am able to go to my final rest," she breathed, opening golden eyes to look upon them.

"That's great. Where is she?" Venus demanded, her voice a hard edge as anger jumped into her eyes at the woman before her.

"I'm here to fulfill her wish," Galaxia continued, her voice so soft that it made Mercury almost angry.

"What wish?" Uranus demanded.

"Us," Neptune breathed, her hand tightening on her partner. "She wished for us," Neptune cried, her voice breaking and Galaxia bowed her head in acknowledgment.

"No, she would have wished for us to be with her," Venus argued but Galaxia did not lift her head. Instead, she started to fade before them. "NO!" Venus screamed, angry. "Us with her!"
"Because of her sacrifice the universe has been saved," Galaxia breathed and then she was nothing, returned once more to the Galaxy Cauldron from where she had come hundreds of years ago. For a moment there was nothing but silence as they stared at the sparkling dust in the air where Galaxia had been.
And then there was screaming.

Blood curdling, ripped from the heart screaming echoing and bouncing off of each other. StarFighter pulled from her Princess, moving to comfort the screaming women before her but she suddenly didn't know how. Nothing could comfort her when her Princess was taken from her and she knew nothing would comfort them either. Usagi's smiling beautiful face floated before her memory and she felt tears swim in her eyes at the loss. Their star had been taken from them and the glow would never return.

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One thousand and fifty years later…

The Moon shone brightest on the east side of his castle. He often ended his day here, staring out the floor to ceiling windows onto his world and how her light still affected it. He was starting to age. For the first forty years after the great thaw, it had been a whirlwind where the aging process seemed to stop. They had to build a utopia from scratch, creating an entire world's system almost in the blink of an eye. Sometimes he longed for those days. The long hours and the constant activity that made him forget. Yet it was only moments. Only moments where she wasn't somehow present in his mind or heart. How often he questioned himself on what she would have done. What would she as rightful Queen helped bring to their world?

Yet, now time was catching up to him. He had to be edging early thirties now and Mercury's suggestion he set up the monarchy behind him was not lost on him. There was no heir and there would be none. Venus had tried once to help him get over his lost love, parading eligible women before him but she quickly axed the idea and he was grateful. You don't get over the love of your existence.

The door to his private study creaked open and he turned his head that way slowly.

"Your Highness."

Mercury. He pushed on a smile turning to one of his most trusted advisors. After Galaxia they realized their Princess was not going to return to them. She had made the ultimate sacrifice to give them a new life. Her loss forged a bond between all of them. Their grief cementing them together and he now could not imagine a day without them. He needed them like air and they needed him in the same way. He often conveyed to them how grateful he was they stayed to help him rule his kingdom. They would only respond they were doing what Usagi would want them to do and they could think of no greater cause.

"Yes, Ami?" He questioned and he watched her shoulders relax a bit. It seemed so long ago their identity had just merged into a warrior. He was the only one now whoever used their real names. He was the only anchor to remind them they were people, not just warriors.

"You are up late," she commented, distracted from her mission by his somber voice.

"Full Moon's are hard to sleep under," he responded easily, turning fully away from the windows. "I feel something off," he commented, his face getting a faraway expression as he tried once more to investigate within him the strange undercurrents he was feeling from his world.

"I am afraid that is why I am here," Mercury breathed stepping up to him. "A planet has entered our galaxy near Saturn," she said sturdily and he raised an eyebrow at her.

"The future changed and yet not," he muttered and she pressed her lips together.

"The others are assembled in the communications room," she stated then a rush of air hit her face and she cursed. She blinked seeing him no longer in front of her and her eyes narrowed in annoyance at his magic to teleport anywhere his mind could picture for him. "I hate when you do that," she snapped turning on her heel to follow him.


He pushed open the doors. He never bothered waiting for someone to open them. He may be King but he knew how to open a damn door. The heavy doors slid across the floor and his warriors stood immediately. He stilled, a hologram projecting from the middle of the table. Immediately his memory triggered at the dark black planet before him. For the first decade, it was weird having two lifetimes of memories rushing through your brain. The second decade it was painful and he wished he only knew one life, the one where she hadn't been his wife but even after a few years it was those memories that kept him going. He needed her to keep going. The planet raged before him and it looked burnt and inhabitable but he knew better as he spied the bright red cracks throughout its surface. It was a prison once upon a time that forced itself into being a planet.

"How an entire planet learned to time travel," he spit out and Jupiter cast him a look.

"Perhaps he is still dead," she offered with a small smile of hope and Endymion tilted his head curiously at the rock.

"No. If they can travel back in time than getting their disgusting Prince would be their first stop," he confirmed and Venus nodded.

"And his first stop then would be to come for her," she added and Endymion's deep blue eyes turned to his faithful friend. "We're just going to have to disappoint him to death," she snarked and Endymion glanced back at the planet before him. He hated no one more in existence than Prince Demande of Nemesis. Two thousand years ago the disgraced prince of darkness' crowning achievement had been securing the Princess of the Moon's hand in marriage. Endymion's fondest memory had been watching his beloved blow that decrepit man to bits. Diamonde had tried to taint her and keep her as his toy but they had saved her at the last minute. He gripped his fingers into his palm, the memories painful even though the outcome was favorable.

Mercury jolted, snapping out of her position and Endymion's gaze flicked to her as his thoughts left him.

"Ami?" He questioned as she rushed to the side communication console. She started pushing buttons and Venus left her position moving towards her friend.

"We are receiving an intergalactic message," she hissed, a small glowing device at her ear blinking with life.

"A what?" Mars demanded, her arms crossing across her chest.

"It's from another galaxy," Mercury breathed, planets and stars starting to display on the screens. "It's a recording," she breathed and pushed a button, the hologram on the middle of the screen of Nemesis vanishing to be replaced by a woman.

"Greetings Earth of the Milky Way," the garbled voice began before it suddenly came into focus. The woman was mid-twenties, eyes dark and hair coiled in braids as a dark grey and white Senshi uniform hugged her features.

"Who is that?" Endymion demanded and Mercury stared at the message as it began to play, the others doing the same.

"I am Senshi Andri, a galactic ambassador for the Galactic Council of Senshi," she stated proudly with a deep smile. "I have been assigned your quadrant and will act as a liaison between you and our Protectors. A dangerous moon has been spotted heading in your direction," she stated lifting her hand and a picture of Nemesis appeared. "I am on my way to you to help ensure a speedy solution and protection for your planets," she stated with a smile. "Please expect me in three galarcs," she said with a bow of her head.

"What the hell is a galarc?" Jupiter questioned and Mercury shrugged dumbfounded.

"Maybe duration of time?" She asked scratching her head. She looked at her datapad and started the message again.

"She's pink," Mars commented, tilting her head to the side curiously and Venus did the same.

"More dark lavender," Venus mused and Mars shot her a look, smacking her friend's arm.

"Greetings Earth of the Milky Way," it began but everyone was ignoring it now and looking at the brain of all of their operations.

"It was sent about a week ago," Mercury said with a shake of her head. "It just reached our satellites," she said looking up at the image once more. "What is the Galactic Council of Senshi?" She questioned and Venus looked thoughtful for a moment.

"Galaxia," she spat and Mercury's eyes snapped to her. "She was from the Galactic Council of Senshi. She visited the Moon and gifted us the comet," Venus recalled and Mercury tried to rack her memories. The ones from her previous life didn't come as fast as Venus' remembrance of them but she did vaguely remember an outsider Senshi visiting the Moon.

"The comet from the prophecy. The more I learn about Galaxia the more I hate her," Endymion growled and Venus shot him a sympathetic look.

"Ok, so let's run with this," Mars breathed sarcastically walking towards them. "There is some Galactic Council of Senshi that is out to protect the universe. Great. Their last most powerful Senshi tried to kill the galaxy and one of their representatives are coming here? We need to install a new law that people have to be invited to step on our rock."

Endymion gave her a look and she grinned a bit at him.

"Why would they think we need their help?" Endymion questioned and a loud siren went off in the room. They all winced, covering their ears and Mercury slapped a button on the console. They all looked around the room.

"What was that?!" Jupiter yelled and Endymion rubbed his ears, hoping the ringing would stop.

"Looks like we are about to ask her," Mercury breathed heading towards the door. She opened it and looked back at them. "Someone just arrived in our transport room," she announced.


The room depressurized, a metal door sliding open and dark brown eyes, almost black looked eagerly before her. She was greeted by four women in uniforms she could identify and her lips curled up in a smile of welcome.

"Ah, Konnechiwa."

The Four Warriors of Earth and their King watched as the woman before them bowed, her hands together as if praying. Her skin was bright lavender

Pink, her legs and hands exposed from a white long sleeve bodysuit. A dark grey and white ruffled Senshi skirt wrapped around her waist as a grey top and white bow covered her chest. It was drastically different from their Senshi uniforms and yet, somehow the short skirt and tight bodysuit seemed to be a super hero staple. Her dark black hair curled around her in loops under her ears as two bright pink hair puffs sat atop her head. She didn't look ready for a fight.

"Well, haven't seen that in awhile," Mars drawled and Venus let out a breath.

"Are you Senshi Andri?" Venus questioned out right and the Senshi stood back up. She blinked, the language they just spoke not sounding like the one she had just attempted.
"Why does a Galactic Senshi speak Japanese?" Endymion demanded to his left and Mercury tilted her head to the side, watching the Senshi as she touched a small metal disc that was imbedded into the left side of her neck.

"Because she is a good cultural liaison?" Mercury observed. "Konnechiwa Senshi Andri. Eigo de onegaishimasu," she offered and the Senshi's eyes lit up as she rotated the dial on her neck, adjusting her speech modulator.

"Greetings," she started again. "Forgive me if my information was wrong. You have quite a number of beautiful languages on this planet," she stated with a bright smile and the four warriors before her did not return it. "I hope you received my message?" She offered and Jupiter nodded.

"Yes, ten minutes ago," she stated flatly and Senshi Andri let out a breath.

"Oh. I can send you updated satellites," she commented and lifted her arm, her fingers tapping on her forearm when a hologram jumped up from her white cloth covered skin and she began to type notes in. Mercury's eyes widened with curiosity and she stepped forward. Endymion put a hand on her arm pulling her back into position.

"Senshi Andri," he began and the Senshi looked at him with a smile. "I am King Endymion of the Milky Way Galaxy and I have many questions," he informed and she nodded.

"Wonderful. I look forward to answering them," she responded cheerfully.


"Sire," a female voice greeted and Endymion bowed his head to the older woman approaching him. She was draped in purple with accents of yellow and she looked beautiful in it, her dark purple locks curling down her back and over her shoulder as a few were held up in a traditional Moon bun style that always made him smile. After the thaw, their new kingdom was blessed that Artemis and Luna's curse had been broken and they were once again their forms from the Silver Millennium. Her yellow moon glowed as her painted dark lips spoke calmly. "I go to bed early once and you accept galactic visitors?" She reprimanded and Endymion smiled a bit at her.

"Why must I always remind you I am King?" He sighed and she smiled charmingly at him. "Mercury has escorted her to our Library. I came to get you," he informed and she narrowed her dark eyes playfully at him.

"A King does not get servants," she hissed and he held out his arm, her own slinking into his as they walked through the gilded halls of the earthen palace.

"A son gets a mother though," he said gently and her eyes flicked to him with surprise. Her other hand covered his arm and he felt her affection through the touch. "I'm afraid I could never be your mother," she said flippantly and he glanced at her amused. "I'd have died from pride by now," she smiled glancing lovingly at him and he kissed the back of her hand.

"Tell me what you know," he said stilling before the doors before them.

"The Galactic Council of Senshi is a government for Senshi," she began, her brain firing off old memories. "It was established long before this galaxy existed. We aren't a huge fan of it," she admitted honestly. "Yet, we recognize its importance. They were in charge of Senshi and would carry out punishments for them if they stepped out of line," she recalled and Endymion furrowed his brow curiously at her. "The only one we ever saw was Galaxia and it was because of the prophecy around Serenity."

"Galaxia traveled across the galaxy because of a prophecy on my Princess that she herself would bring to pass a thousand years later. I wish Serenity would have killed her when they met," he spat bitterly, the wound still hurting of so much time with his love lost to him.

"My guard is raised Sire," she stated looking fully into his face. "Why would a government of Senshi whose only job has been to keep their own in line suddenly be on a save the galaxy mission?"

"Let's find out," he said and nodded to the servant who opened the doors before them.


"King Endymion," Senshi Andri curtsied before him and Lunar smiled amused. When the Senshi stood back up and her eyes flickered to the woman beside the King her smile fell and she let out a shocked breath. "My lady," she stuttered, bowing differently, her frame bending yet still in a curtsey as she crossed an arm over her chest in allegiance. Lunar's eyes widened as the rest in the room looked on with surprise. "How blessed am I to be in the presence of a Mau," she breathed and Luna's smile vanished as her lips parted with shock.

"Well, then don't pass out that there are two of us here," a male voice said suddenly coming to stand beside his King and Lunar. "Rise Senshi," he commanded and the Senshi shook a bit on her legs than regained herself.

"Oh how the council would be so thrilled to know that there are still Mau in the galaxy," she cooed looking at the two with admiration. "For centuries we have been bereft of your council and guidance," she cried, emotion welling in her throat as stories of the beloved people of the Senshi igniting back in her brain.

"If we want them to know we shall inform them. We belong to this galaxy and this galaxy alone. I am sad for you though that our people's fire has long since stopped burning. ," Artemis said calmly and Andri gulped with a shaky nod. Endymion smirked a bit, always titillated by Artemis' no nonsense attitude.

"What are you doing here? I know you are not here to discipline my Senshi," he snapped and Venus looked at her mentor with alarm.

"Oh no!" Senshi Andri said quickly. "While yes, that is a big part of the Galactic Council of Senshi I am here as a liaison to help. Your Senshi are quite exemplary," she said smiling at the four women behind her. Her smile faltered a bit when she saw their dubious and somewhat annoyed looks. "And very relaxed," she muttered turning back to him.

"Since when does the GCS start handing out help?" Artemis demanded and Endymion watched as the Senshi was starting to look a bit panicked under the Mau's interrogation. Luna had once told him long ago that she and Artemis were from a world solely devoted to training and keeping Senshi. It had long since vanished from the stars and it was obvious from Senshi Andri's reaction that they were precious commodities they missed.

"Oh, very good question. Six hundred years ago," she said simply and he held her gaze, his eyes demanding more info. "Right," she stuttered. "The GCS as you stated was created three millennia ago to help regulate and police Senshi. Six hundred years ago our Grand Senshi, well," she stopped a slight smile coming to her features. "She kind of revamped our entire organization and changed our mission. While our main objective is to still monitor for illegal Senshi behavior she has made it our duty and passion to serve the galaxy so what happened a thousand years ago through Senshi Galaxia never occurs again," she smiled and she felt an immediate shift of emotions in the room.

"You mean what she did to our planet?" King Endymion reminded, his voice harsh and Senshi Andri gulped. She curtsied once more.

"Forgive me," she breathed and he let out a steadying breath to get his anger under control.

"What is a Grand Senshi?" Mercury questioned, Venus crossing her arms across her chest, as she didn't like where all of this was going.

"Oh, it is the current most powerful senshi in the Universe. Each Senshi is ranked by a power number with the highest being a Level Nine," Sailor Andri began to rattle off. "Majority of Senshi Reach level Five or Six, some Level Three. I myself am a Level Three which is why I was chosen to be a Liaison," she said with pride and Artemis raised an eyebrow at her unimpressed. "Let me put it in perspective. Sailor Galaxia was a Level Eight yet our Grand Senshi, Senshi Cosmos, is a Level Nine. The only one in existence and ever recorded," she beamed.

"Senshi Cosmos?" Lunar questioned and Sailor Andri nodded.

"She actually is coming here along with her partner Senshi Star, who is a Level Seven," she began and than stepped back to the table the rest of the Senshi were standing around. She pressed a button on her arm and an image shot to display before them. "She is the one who discovered this planet," she began and the room was flooded once more with an image of Nemesis. "It entered your galaxy a few days ago and its well," she trailed off trying to think of the right way to describe it.

"It's a time traveling prison with one of the most dangerous evil's living within its core," Mercury spat out and Andri's eyes widened.

"Oh," she stuttered. "Yes. Exactly that. How did you know that?"

"This will be our third time encountering and defeating Nemesis," King Endymion added and Senshi Andri turned to him once more.

"All seven of my Senshi are Level Sevens," Artemis announced and Andri blinked rapidly.

"Saturn might be a level eight with the whole planet destroying thing," Mars mused thoughtfully and Venus smirked a bit at her companion.

"Still have never seen her do it so I think she is full of it," Jupiter grinned and Mars grinned at her.

"What? You have a Senshi that can blow up planets?"

"Maybe," Jupiter snickered.

"Wait, you have seven Senshi?" Andri questioned, glancing at Mars and Venus than back to Artemis.

"I use to have eight. I was never able to class her but I'm sure she would have been a nine since she held one of the most powerful crystal's in existence," Artemis growled moving past the Senshi and Lunar followed. She placed a hand on her mate and he looked at her, his eyes still tortured over losing their beloved Usagi.

"Senshi Moon?"

She knew she shouldn't have said her name out loud but she couldn't stop herself. She had been taught about Senshi Moon since she was a young child as she was the bravest of all Senshi. The one who stopped the worst of them all and reformed her with no thought of her own safety.

"She is the one we all look up to," Senshi Andri breathed.

"Excuse me?" Jupiter questioned quietly and Andri gulped a bit.

"She is in our History chronicles. The bravest of all Senshi," she whispered. "What all Senshi should be," she added glancing down at her feet. "Cosmos and Star were heavily influenced by her. They have been protecting this galaxy while you slept," she added and Endymion let out a slow breath. He was thankful Usa was remembered so well, yet it still didn't dull the whole ache.

"Are they already on their way?" He questioned and Andri nodded quickly.

"They should be arriving a few days after me. I am often sent ahead of them as they are a bit jarring and do not even attempt protocol," she said with a small grin. "They have a job to do," she repeated to herself as if mimicking them yet the private joke was lost on everyone else in the room. She cleared her throat nervously.

"We are thankful for your help."

All eyes turned on the King as he stated that and Venus let out a sad breath. Sailor Andri perked up a bit.

"We do not have what we had the past two times we defeated Nemesis. We may very well need back up," he stated and Sailor Andri glanced at the others in the room, wishing she had the whole story to what was going on. While she may have not had all the pieces she knew the piece they were missing.
"Come, you must be exhausted from your journey," Mars breathed walking to the shorter Senshi. "We will have more questions for you later," she added and Senshi Andri nodded than curtseyed once more before the King.

"If I may be so bold to say," Senshi Andri began and Endymion let his eyes fall once more on her. "She was there for us when we had no one," she breathed, not needing to say the name out loud whom she was talking about. "For that we will always be there for you," she promised, curtseying once more. Mars took her elbow gently, leading her towards the door.

Her words were kind. So very kind.

But he had grown tired of kind words long ago. He would rather a warm body, her laughter and the sound of her voice to a million kind words.

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