" Alright, let me guess, you woke up late? No,

cant be that. You started pigging out on your moms food and lost track of time? No, not that either. Hmm…. Oh, I know! You ran into Darien and couldn't help but stop and-"

" Oh stop teasing her Rei. Cant you see she has a lot on her mind right now?"

"Huh?" Rei glanced at Serena and realized that she wasn't even paying attention. "Oh"

" Serena?"

"Huh? Oh sorry, I was just thinking."

"Serena you know you can tell us anything that's on your mind, right?" Ami asked.

"Um-hm."

"Yeah, we'll always be here for you Serena." Lita added.

Serena smiled. " Thanks you guys. I guess it would be best to tell you."

As Serena launched into her story once more, Rei sensed a dark presence near the bus, following it. She didn't say anything but, she didn't ignore it either. Suddenly it was upon them like a dark thunder storm. Rei felt its power surge and screamed, " Everyone down!"

Then everyone on the bus ducked down, covering their heads like you would for a tornado. The electricity on the bus went out. Serena whispered to the others, " Lets transform now. There are no lights, no one will see."

The others nodded in unison " Um-hm"

"Mercury star power!"

"Mars star power!"

"Jupiter star power!"

"Venus star power!"

" Moon cosmic power!"

There were people screaming everywhere, some were in a mad panic.

"Eww! What's that thing?" Serena cried.

" I'm getting a strange reading from it." Ami said, in her typically calm voice.

" What's that Ami?" asked Rei.

" I don't know, but it seems familiar…" Ami continued staring at the screen and sucked in a deep breath of shock. The ground began to shake. Venus cried out,

"What is it Ami? What's wrong?"

" No, it cant be! That's impossible!"

"Ami, what is it? You have to tell us!" Jupiter shook Ami.

"Ami, snap out of it! Tell us what's wrong!"

Ami did nothing ,except point at the smoke. Serena was the first to realize what Ami was pointing at. All she could see through the fog was a man shaped figure, with another figure by his side, also male. As the smoke thinned a little she was able to see general details. The younger one had blue hair and blue eyes. The older one with the same blue eyes but with a shock of white hair-. Serena's train of thought stopped. She stared through the fog and gasped, out loud as she made the connection. * No! That cant be! That's impossible!*She heard the others gasp as well, mimicking her shock with their own.*No, no, no, no, no!* the words in her head were spoken out loud and it was only later that she realized it was her own voice.

The man smiled, and kept walking towards her. "No!", she screamed as he came closer and closer. He came closer and reached a hand to her face.

" Jupiter thunder clap!"

He turned around and caught the attack in his hand and threw it back at Jupiter. It hit her and she went down.

" No! Please stop! Don't hurt them anymore!," Serena hung her head. "I- I promise ill do whatever you want. Just leave them alone. Please."

He smiled a triumphant smile and said, " Why my dear Sailor Moon, all I want is your complete and total devotion. To me of course."

Serena hung her head lower. "Diamond. But how? How are you still ALIVE after I saw that creature kill you? I held your hand as you faded away-"

"That's just it my sweet. I faded away. I didn't die. Because you see" - here he narrowed his eyes- "my kind, well to put it simply we cant die." All the sailor scouts, including Serena, gasped.

" Alright, I've heard just about enough! Venus love chain encircle!"

" Venus! No, don't!" But it was to late. The chain flew through the air- straight into Diamonds hands. He held it for a moment, then with a grin of pure evil he ripped it in half and threw one half back at Venus.

" No, Venus look out!" As the scouts moved in to protect Venus their fate was chosen for them. The chain, now glowing blood red circled around them all and squeezed as tight as it could and kept pulling tighter. With the other half, he quickly wound it around Serena's slender body and pulled it tight. She groaned once and fell to the ground, unconscious.

"Sailor moon!" the scouts began to struggle against their bonds even harder that they had been earlier.

" Ha! You pathetic scouts! The Princess of the Moon is mine! You shall have her back when you are all ready to serve her dark needs!"

And with that said he scooped up the unconscious Serena and with a snap of his fingers he was gone.

"No! Serena!"