The Future Was Ours

Chapter 2: Telling the News

By: Dame Rose Tyler

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To the scouts it seemed to be a normal day, a normal meeting. Yet deep inside all of them felt a cloud, as if something was missing. Something was of course and they all figured she was just late as usual.

"Blast that meat-ball head. She's always late; Luna made a poor choice making her leader."

Ami shook her head at Rei and went back to her book. Mina and Lita were giggling at the latest manga. That's when Rei looked up and saw Darien, he looked like he was drunk a young woman with black hair walking beside him.

"Darien, hey, you ok?" Rei's voice was full of concern; Serena would kill them if anything happened to the prince. Darien just gowned as the woman sat him down on the stairs.

"Rei, we have something we need to talk about in the scout meeting." Rei was immediately on guard.

"Alright nega-scum how did you find out and what do you want?" Her stance was tense; the others had just come out to see what was going on.

"It's me Luna." To prove her point Luna let the crescent moon on her forehead become visable.

"I have been sent by Serena to watch over you and take her place as sailor moon." Darien moaned again and handed Rei the crumpled letter from his pocket.

"She wanted you guys to have this." His voice was slurred as his head bobbed from side to side. His eyes were obviously trying to focus and stop the world around him from spinning.

"What do you mean that she has left you in charge Luna?" Luna turned to Ami and sighed.

"She's left us for awhile. She had things she needed to do and she needed to find herself. I supported her decision so I will hear nothing fowl from you Rei." Luna sighed and reached down to pick Darien up once again.

"Now if you all don't mind I could use some help with him."

Once they were all settled and Rei was sure Darien was sleeping they turned to Luna.

"So where is she?" It was a simple question, Luna knew they had the right to know where their princess was but she had made a promise to only tell them what they needed to know at this point.

"She's gone somewhere, I'm not entirely sure where. She is however being protected by the outer scouts and will return when her mission is complete I hope. Other than that she has severed all bonds to the planet Earth. She has released Edymond, therefore Darien as well from the bond they once shared. Hence his current state of mind.

Lita laughed and covered her mouth, "for someone who was trying to push her as far away as he could he sure seems to be taking this hard." Luna sighed and looked at Ami to explain.

Ami could only nod. "The bond between the Prince was something special, they where bonded for a reason. Basically one cannot live without the other. When Serena severed that link she killed not only a part of her spirit but his as well. I'm assuming Luna that is why she has left, to heal her soul." Luna nodded.

"That means meat-ball brains is on the moon doesn't it?" Luna blinked, apparently the scouts knew more then they let on. Mina chose this time to speak.

"She has all of her memories back doesn't she?" Her voice was quiet.

Luna could only nod. "Her soul aches along with her heart for a home. So she did the only thing she could think of. She has returned to the moon to build her kingdom. I'm sure once Rini is returned home and the current threat is taken care of she will call you all forth to come home. The main thing is she will understand if you chose not to." Darien groaned again and sat up, his hand on his forehead.

"She became Queen Serenity again because of me didn't she?"

Rei nodded and handed him a cool cloth for his forehead.

"I only did it to protect her, I still… I still love her." Rei stood in front of him and growled.

"Well for someone who seems to love her so much you sure have made a mess of things. Besides how is breaking her heart going to protect her?"

Darien looked away in shame, it was true and he knew it he had made a mess of things.

"She would die, right there in front of me every night. The dreams where so real, and the voice just kept telling me to leave her alone and stay away if I wanted her to live. I ignored them for so long until they got to the point I couldn't sleep anymore. I love her so much and if that meant being away from her I was willing to pay that price as long as I could still see her face every day." The girls all looked at him with sad eyes, finally aware of how he really felt. Luna placed a hand on his shoulder and rubbed it.

"I'm sorry, I'm sure if she had known she wouldn't have gone to these measures."

Darien sobbed as only a broken man could, "I have nothing without her, there's such a large hole here now. Doesn't she know that she is literally my heart?" The girls were around him in a second, all encouraging him to hold on.

"She'll be back Darien just hold on to her and refuse to let her go, I mean you are the king of Earth aren't you?" It was more of a challenging sarcastic statement but it set a look of determination across his face.

"Luna I want to know the minute Serena's done building the kingdom; I'll have to pay her a diplomatic visit. You treaties and what not." Darien winked and Luna could only laugh. Artimis chose that time to arrive. He looked around the room slightly confused.

"Did I miss something?" His question only caused the room to erupt into laughter once again. Mina reached over and gave him a noogie. "Hey Artimis doesn't Luna look hot?" His face flushed crimson as Mina continued to taunt him.

Luna of course could only smile as she cleared her throat, gaining the attention of the room.

"I have one more matter to address; first off Darien can artimis stay with you?" Darien frowned and looked from Artimis and back to Luna.

"Why would he need to stay with me? I mean he lives with Mina."

Luna nodded, "This is true, but Serena gave me the power to make him a human as well. She was unable to create the same glamour for him that she did for me. So in order for him to become a human he will have to live elsewhere and you're the only one Serena could think of besides Rei." Darien smiled and nodded over to Artimis who looked as though he was about to fall out of his seat.

"Bow artimis and take your vow to the moon once more."

Artimis bowed low as Luna recited the right to him as was done to her. With a flash of light he was human once again. Glancing at his human fingers flex he jumped up and cheered.

"Yes I'm human finally after all those years!" Luna laughed and joined him in his celebration, one she had just experience the day before. At this point in time Darien though of something he had heard from Serena once, after they had broken up. The futures not set in stone, at the time she was referring to their futures as king and queen. Now he knew that the saying may be true, but their love for each other was no matter how hard either of them tried to fight it.

'Well meet here again tomorrow to discuss what we'll do when Serena's done."

Wow again, that was a long chapter. Hope you all enjoyed it. The next chapter will be Serena and what's happening with her so check it out later k? Other than that don't forget to push that cute little button down there and review. Thank you to all of you who have already reviewed!

-Dame Rose Tyler