Now that many of our characters are in the past, we will see how they begin to interact with each other and everyone else also brought to it, and deal with their sudden and unexpected time traveling bits here. They may not always recognize each other very easily, if at all, or at least not at first, anyway. But by the end of this adventure, hopefully they'll all have at least some memories of each other, once they all are finally back in their proper time periods, whatever they may be. Supposing they can have them later on, of course, that is.
In the meantime, though, they will have to survive it, of course, in order for that to potentially be the case for any or all of them later on. As I said in the summary to this story, this is going to be a wild and crazy adventure for many, folks. Please try to keep that in mind as you continue to read this story here, okay?
With no further ado, then, let's get back to the story now. I'll write more after this chapter's main text, as I often do, to give you at least a bit more information about what may or may not happen next in this story, at least. But until then, TUS out.
Outside The Future Crystal Palace's Future Walls
Moon City, Moon Kingdom, Moon
August 7, 174 BC
Moon quite soon afterward found herself in the midst of at least half a dozen other Scouts, including Sailors Calypso, Chrysalis, Bellasina, and Clarissa. Not to mention her potential future daughter Rini, who was dressed in much the same manner as she might be in the future, if not entirely in such a manner. Sailor Calypso asked who she was. And Moon said, "I'm Junior Sailor Moon. I'm actually from here, I think, but I really don't recognize where we are now."
"Junior Sailor Moon, we're in Moon City. What year do you think this is, however?" asked Sailor Calypso, after she introduced herself to Moon and any other Scout she was currently close enough to where the vortex had just deposited them all and others as well.
"AD 987?"
"No, it's not," answered Sailor Calypso.
"Then what year are we in, if you can tell us all, Sailor Calypso?"
"It seems to me that we're in 174 BC, if I judge the looks of things accurately enough here, Moon."
"Is this your time period, by any chance, then, Sailor Calypso?"
"No, it's not, if I'm right, Moon. I'm from sometime just after the start of the Silver Millennium."
"Have you seen Royal Sailor Serenity well enough by now, then, Sailor Calypso?" asked Moon.
"I don't know who she is, Moon. That particular name's not all that familiar to me. Or at least not right now, I think, Moon."
"She's my mother, Sailor Calypso. She has hair that's quite a different color than my own."
"What color is her hair, then, Moon?"
"Mostly white, if I remember correctly enough."
"Let me ask Sailor Chrysalis if I can help you look for her, then, Moon. Is that all right with you?"
"Sure. I don't mind, just so long as you don't take too long to do that, Sailor Calypso."
Then Sailor Calypso turned to another member of Moon's current group, and asked them, "Sailor Chrysalis, is it all right if I help Junior Sailor Moon look for her mother?"
A girl who was apparently about fifteen or so Terran years of age looked at Sailor Calypso, then answered, after conversing briefly with Sailors Bellasina and Clarissa, for they were apparently even older than she was, "Go ahead, if you want to. But try not to get too far away from here, just in case we have to meet up with each other again for any reason at all, Calypso."
"Understood. And what are you going to do, while I try to help Moon find her mother?"
"I'm going to go with Bellasina and Clarissa now, and try to see what might be going on here for us all as much as I can. If you can find Moon's mother, then please try to let me know as soon as you can, if at all possible, Sailor Calypso."
"Will do, Sailor Chrysalis."
Then Moon left her current area with Sailor Calypso and Super Sailor Mini Moon, at least, if not with anyone else as well in her current group. She'd eventually been deposited quite unexpectedly just outside the Crystal Palace's future walls with so many other Scouts from various times and places in the Moon Kingdom's own history. And with at least one from another time and place that might potentially exist somewhere and sometime in the Universe, as evidenced, quite obviously, by the current presence of Super Sailor Mini Moon. Moon asked Super Sailor Mini Moon, "Where'd you come from, if I may ask you this, Super Sailor Mini Moon?"
"I came from the 30th Century AD, Moon. You really look at least a bit like my mother. Are you sure that we've never actually met each other before in our lives?"
"I don't know. Why?"
"Because you seem to have her hairstyle, somehow, Moon."
"I see. Would you tell me more about your mother, then?"
"She has a husband named Darien."
"You wouldn't be kidding me?"
"No, of course not. Why do you ask?"
"Because I know a Darien, as a matter of fact."
"Is he tall and dark-haired, and does he often carry a cane?"
"As a matter of fact, he is, and he does."
"Are you married to him?"
"No, of course not. How old do you think I am?"
"You appear to be about eleven years or so old, I think."
"Yes, I am. But how can you tell?"
"Just a feeling, I guess. I sometimes get these strange feelings about people, just from looking at them a few times, at most. And Mars sometimes thinks that's quite weird back where I come from. She sometimes has dreams and visions about the past and the future in our Universe. But sometimes they're not as accurate as the ones that I have in my life."
"Did you say Mars, Mini Moon?"
"Yes. Why?"
"I've not seen her long enough since we just got here. I was with her when this vortex came and sucked us and others into it, and I've not seen her for a long enough time, after it dropped us here."
"You were?"
"Yes, I was. Hopefully I'll be able to find her later, then, Mini Moon. That's after we try to find my mother, of course."
Then Moon continued hunting for her mother with Calypso and Mini Moon, for at least a little while, if not a long while. It took her at least two hours after the vortex had deposited her and so many other Scouts in Moon City's local area, vintage August 174 BC, to do that. But eventually, she and they were somehow able to find Royal Sailor Serenity just outside what'd later be the Crystal Palace's northwestern corner.
Royal Sailor Serenity was with Sailor Peppermint, Luna, and Artemis, as well as with Junior Sailors Corona and Eclipse, when Moon, Calypso, and Mini Moon found her there. She saw Moon with Sailor Calypso and Super Sailor Mini Moon. She then asked Moon, "Are you all right, Moon?"
"Yes, Mother. I'm fine now. I see that Junior Sailors Corona and Eclipse are with you now. Where's everyone else?"
"I don't know yet, Moon. I've not seen them for a long enough period of time. I hope we'll meet up with them again later, of course, Moon."
"I've met up with Sailors Bellasina, Calypso, Chrysalis, and Clarissa, at least, as well as with Super Sailor Mini Moon. And I think a few others that I'm not yet all that familiar with in my life, if I'll somehow ever be familiar enough with them in it, as well."
"I see that you have Sailor Calypso with you now, Moon."
"Yes. And she seems to be a lot like we've thought she might have been in her life."
"I see, Moon. Well, maybe we can get to know her a bit better. For it seems that we might be here for at least a little while, quite possibly, if we're all not here forever."
"Maybe, Mother. But until then, how would you suggest we handle things, if at all possible?"
"I suppose we could play things by ear, of course, Moon."
"As you wish, Mother."
Just then, Corona said, "Mother, do you think that it'd be wise for us to power down now?"
"Why, Corona?"
"Because Eclipse and I would like to rest for a while in our normal states of being, if at all possible."
"I don't know yet, Corona. I don't know if it's safe enough to do so yet, as a matter of fact."
Just then, the current rulers of the Moon Kingdom passed by in a carriage of sorts. And they came upon several, if not all, of the Scouts now located on or near the future Crystal Palace's grounds in Moon City. One of them got out of the carriage shortly thereafter and came up to at least one of them, if not all of them. That ruler was the current Queen Eve of the Moon Kingdom, of course.
Queen Eve had seen all the Scouts in or near the future Crystal Palace's grounds. So she'd told the driver of her husband King Jason and her carriage to stop it as soon as possible. When Jason asked why, she said, "Because there are people that I don't seem to recognize near or on where we're going to be building our future Crystal Palace. I think I should see what their intentions are here, Jason."
"Very well. If you do this, though, please be very careful, my love."
"Of course I will be. I don't think that we'll have to worry about them causing us trouble, however. For you know that I control the Imperium Silver Crystal right now in our Moon Kingdom. If they're hostile, then I'm sure that my Crystal will tell me so soon enough."
"As you wish. I'll want to keep an eye on you, though, if you do this, my dear."
"Of course you will. But I don't think you'll have anything to fear with them, for some strange reason. Some of them seem at least a little familiar to me, also for some strange reason. I hope God will make it possible for me to learn why I'm thinking what I currently am thinking about them, Jason. But I won't badger Him into telling me why I'm thinking the way that I'm thinking about them now, just the same."
Then Queen Eve left her carriage for at least a little while, if not a long while. The first Scout she encountered was Super Sailor Rainbow, who was her future granddaughter Abigail. This granddaughter of hers would rule the Moon Kingdom in about fifty years, if nothing prevented her from doing so in the future. Super Sailor Rainbow appeared to be about seventeen or so Terran years of age, at the very least, as she appeared to her future grandmother Queen Eve. Queen Eve went to her, for she'd noticed first that she had what appeared to be at least a copy of her own Crystal. Which was actually the case, for all the Scouts that were now present, and who'd follow Queen Eve on one, if not the only one, of the thrones of the Moon Kingdom had at least copies of Queen Eve's own Crystal. That was if they didn't have the same ISC with them right now that Queen Eve wore on her neck in a hanging locket, of course.
It'd quite possibly likely take most, if not all, of the power in each of those crystals, at least, if not other crystals as well, to return everyone to their proper times and places in the Universe's history. That was why everyone was now here, or at least one of the reasons why they were here. Also they might need to be there to witness the founding of the Sailor Scouts in the year Terrans might reckon as 174 BC. But whether that was also the case, nobody now present yet knew, if they ever would. And they didn't yet know why all the Scouts with Imperium Silver Crystals, or at least copies of Queen Eve's Imperium Silver Crystal, were here, if they'd also eventually know that as well. The same was true for all other Scouts who were now present on or near the future Crystal Palace's grounds, for all the obvious reasons, of course.
But until they learned why they were all here at the current time in the Moon Kingdom's history, they'd have to do what they could to find out why they were, and what it'd take for them to all be able to return to their own times and places in it. Whether they might like it or not, they'd have to do that. No matter how much they might actually prefer to stay in this time and place in the Moon Kingdom's history, they'd have to do that.
When Queen Eve encountered Super Sailor Rainbow, she asked, "Who are you, and what are you all doing here on or near the future Crystal Palace's grounds?"
"I am Super Sailor Rainbow, and I really don't know exactly why we're all here in Moon City. This is Moon City, is it not?"
"Yes, it is, but how can you tell?"
"My grandmother told me once upon a time that near where the Crystal Palace will stand, if not on its future grounds, she met some strangers in or near Moon City. She told me that during her time as Queen of the Moon Kingdom, she met them in August of 174 BC. When she met them, plans were being made to build the Crystal Palace somewhere near the Imperial Palace in the Moon City local area. This place appears to not be as heavily populated as the Moon City of the time from which I come. This place appears to be a good deal more forested than the Moon City of my time, and you seem to be rather young, like in your early to middle thirties, at the very most, in your life. I notice that you have the Rose Shield of Nallisa hanging from your carriage's left side. And it appears to be in fairly good condition. That tells me that this time must be sometime in your early reign with King Jason Calumet. For if you'd ruled much longer as Queen of the Moon Kingdom, the shield might not be in as good a condition as it appears to be now. My grandmother told me once that it disappeared in a strange manner, for some yet-unknown reason, quite a few years after the time this appears to be. And in my time, it's not been seen by me or anyone else in my family for quite some time, if at all."
Queen Eve considered this, for at least a little while here, and then she asked her future granddaughter, "And do you think this is the time that your grandmother once told you about?"
"I believe that it very well could be. We might even be the strangers that she told me about once upon a time. And if so, then that may mean that you could be my grandmother, eventually. My grandmother was Queen Eve of the Moon Kingdom. And when she was somewhere between her twenties and her forties, she looked a lot, if not entirely, like you look now here in this place, in fact. I suppose that if that's true, you might even be my grandmother eventually. Though not for quite a while, of course. For if I remember at least one conversation I had with her, she won't have her first child until at least 170 BC, if not even later than that."
"I'm Queen Eve. And yes, I do rule the Moon Kingdom with King Jason Calumet. The Rose Shield of Nallisa is also on my carriage, as you've already said, Super Sailor Rainbow. So if I follow your logic through to a sufficient enough degree, you may be my future granddaughter. However, I don't know why she might ever be dressed the way you're dressed now, or why you seem to have at least a copy of my Imperium Silver Crystal, if not actually mine, with you here now, Super Sailor Rainbow."
"I'm from the future, and I was brought here by some strange phenomenon like a hurricane or tornado, if it wasn't like both, Queen Eve. I am the Super Sailor Scout Rainbow. And I am also, in my time, Queen Abigail of the Moon Kingdom. And supposedly, in my time, I will be the first Abigail to sit on a throne, if not the only throne, of the Moon Kingdom. But my time to rule is quite distant from this time. I predict that the two of you will rule for many years over the Moon Kingdom, until you are succeeded by me. For my parents will not rule the Moon Kingdom, at least partly due to your long ruling of it. I will succeed you when you two either abdicate or fall asleep, and then I will rule until I do the same. We will be the first three rulers of the Moon Kingdom, if my prediction is entirely correct, Queen Eve. Others will follow me, of course, for as long as the Moon Kingdom continues to exist. God willing, of course."
"And who are the Sailor Scouts, if I may ask you this, Super Sailor Rainbow?" asked Queen Eve.
"They will be a group of female warriors that will fight all enemies of the Moon Kingdom, whenever the need arises. Their group has not yet been founded, but it will be, if nothing and nobody at all keeps it from being founded. Many, if not all, of our future female descendants will become members of that group in their lives, I believe. Though I don't know how long they'll continue to be part of that group, I suspect very strongly that it will continue for a very long time after we fall asleep, and are buried somewhere in our Moon Kingdom, preferably somewhere on the Moon, of course."
"Do you know any one else here well enough, then, Super Sailor Rainbow, by any chance?"
"No, I can't say that I do, Queen Eve."
"Then maybe we should get acquainted with them, if we've not already done so."
"I suppose that'd be wise, Queen Eve."
Then Queen Eve motioned briefly to King Jason in her carriage. And that let him know he was to return to their Imperial Palace elsewhere in Moon City, at least long enough to leave the carriage there, and to pick up a large wagon there to bring all the Scouts and any cats that were now present back to the Imperial Palace for the rest of the day, at least, if not for a long time. He briefly nodded to her, and then called out to the carriage's driver to take him to the Imperial Palace as she'd asked him to do just now. Moments later, he was on his way to the Imperial Palace. When Queen Eve saw that he was, she had Super Sailor Rainbow follow her. Eventually, all the Scouts and cats who were present on or near the future Crystal Palace's grounds were all together in a group, no matter who they were. And they were all behind her, of course. Then she, those Scouts, and those cats waited patiently for King Jason to return with the necessary wagon.
About an hour after Queen Eve had motioned to her husband King Jason to get a large wagon from the Imperial Palace's grounds for their strange visitors, he returned with it. And he was controlling the horses that pulled it. For he'd left his carriage driver back at the Imperial Palace, as he was preparing the cart for use by their strange visitors. This wagon was large enough to hold at least fifty Scouts and/or cats, if not more, and it was being pulled by a team of a dozen horses, all completely under his physical and verbal control. The wagon was at least forty feet long, and eight feet wide, with sides that were four feet high from the wagon's bed area. And as already stated, the wagon was large enough to hold at least fifty Scouts and/or cats in it.
Queen Eve soon ordered her current companions into the wagon. And they all entered it as quickly and as calmly as they could. When everyone else was in it well enough to suit her, she went to where her husband was waiting to start up the team of horses again for the return trip to Moon City's Imperial Palace. That done, he then helped her into the driver's seat of the wagon, and she took a position to his right, while he stayed on the left. When she was settled enough on the seat in question, and said so to him, he started up the team, and made them set off again for Moon City's Imperial Palace, of course.
Some length of time later, King Jason and all of his current companions eventually arrived at the Imperial Palace. They came into the Imperial Palace's main courtyard. After they did, Jason and Eve eventually let their current companions exit the wagon. But they told those companions of theirs to stay near the wagon, at least until they could all be accounted for completely. After saying that, Jason and Eve soon descended from the driver's seat to the ground. It took at least a few minutes to account for all the Scouts and cats that'd been in the wagon, for Jason and Eve. After which, they assigned their visitors to various Imperial Palace quarters.
Scouts and cats were assigned to quarters in the palace somewhat randomly, whenever possible. But certain Scouts stayed together, once they made it sufficiently clear to Jason and Eve why they had to do that. Then all the Scouts and cats went to their assigned quarters in the Imperial Palace for at least a little while, if not a long while, of course.
Among those Scouts that stayed together when they went to their assigned Imperial Palace quarters were Corona and Eclipse, and they weren't the only ones to do so. This was because Royal Sailor Serenity went with Super Sailor Mini Moon, Sailor Peppermint, and Junior Sailor Moon to the same quarters in it as well, whether or not other Scouts besides them and Serenity's twins did the same.
Mercury ended up in quarters near Venus, Mars, and Jupiter, at least, if not also quarters near the Beta-level Scouts from Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto. Those four Scouts ended up in quarters near each other and at least a few other Scouts, whether or not those Scouts also included Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, and Venus as well.
Sailors Bellasina and Clarissa ended up being assigned to adjoining Imperial Palace chambers, as did Sailors Calypso, Chrysalis, and the Moon-born Skyhorse. Near Calypso, Chrysalis, and Skyhorse's Imperial Palace quarters, there were some quarters assigned Sailor Scouts by the name of Twilight, Starhawk, and Nightwalker. Those Scouts, as a matter of fact, were much older versions of the three girls that Serenity had given birth to in late April of AD 987. Those three girls she'd given birth to in that year were Laura, Shari, and Rocío Moon. And these particular Sailor Scouts currently appeared to be about eight or so Terran years of age, at the very least, if not even older, after being sucked out of the late 20th Century or early 21st Century AD, about a millennium or so after the Moon Kingdom's expected end.
Apparently, Serenity would somehow be able to save them, when she had to sacrifice her Moon Kingdom to save as many of its own inhabitants from states of permanent death, due to the presence and the actions of the Moon Kingdom. It wasn't yet known whether or not Serenity would also be able to save Destiny and Bethany, of course. But it was now apparent, to at least some degree, that their mother would be able to save at least them and several members of Serena's current crowd, if not everyone at all from it. For why else would obviously much older versions of Laura, Shari, and Rocío currently be present in the Moon Kingdom's distant past?
After all the Scouts and any strange cats who were now present on the Imperial Palace's grounds had been assigned, and escorted, to quarters elsewhere in it, Queen Eve and her husband King Jason returned to their own chambers in it. Those chambers would eventually become Serenity's chambers, in due time. When they were alone again in those chambers, King Jason and Queen Eve spent most, if not all, of at least the next few hours alone with each other in them, doing and saying whatever came to mind for either or both of them in them. No matter what it was, they did so.
The next chapter will show at least several of the people now present here starting to get to know each other better, including Queen Serenity and her mother, for example. Even though Queen Serenity will look older than her mother does here, she will still recognize her at least a little, for sure.
To find out how well they start to get to know each other, you'll all just have to continue reading, and there's a lot more to tell yet, of this story's adventure. Until next time, however, I'll close this. TUS out.