THIS IS NOT EDITED! (lord save me when I do) THIS IS RAW!
AUTHORS NOTE: This was supposed to be in first person (when I remembered I was already on page 4) but it is now in third person. Wow, two pages in one day...this was long. Some of this wasn't supposed to be in here, some didn't come out as I had planned it. I should have written this first, before doing The Planet Knights. A lot has changed from what I had thought originally had happened in the past, to me this makes more sense. I hope it does to you. ANY QUESTIONS REVIEW, PM ME!!!
EXTRA NOTE (more to me): I think I may re-write The Planet Knights......
Pages: 19 (WOW this is longer then three chapters put together! Just 3 pages)
Words: 9, 657
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Her Destiny
Chapter 4
She hated Earth. She hated coming down here. She hated those mortals, those humans. But she had to come. It was all because her mother was afraid to tell anyone of her existence.
She was the Eldest daughter of Queen Serenity. She was around three hundred years old. But ever since her birth she had been hidden away. It was as if her mother was ashamed of her.
Humans did the same thing. If their child was deformed, or handicapped, they hid them away. But she was neither. She was beautiful and powerful. But she knew the reason why her mother hid her away. It was because of her power.
Some of the inhabits of the Moon would think she was evil because of her powers. But she wasn't evil.
Light doesn't always equal good, and Darkness doesn't always mean evil.
She entered the Earth Castle and navigated the maze. A quick turn here, a right turn there, straight for five minutes then down the stairs, more turns, then left up the stairs and all the way to the tower.
She didn't even knock when she entered. Why should she? She was tired of being used. All because her stupid mother would tell no one that she was alive.
The Royals of Earth had found out centuries ago that she existed. And they used it to their advantage. Everytime they needed something done, they called her and she came running like a good dog. Oh how she hated them.
Yes, it felt good to know that she could see the future. It felt good to know that their Kingdom would destroy themselves. Oh yes, it felt good to know that. But she didn't look anymore into it. Just the knowledge of the Earth Kingdom dying was enough for her. All because of what they were about to do.
Because they were going to ask her do something that her mother had done. They figured that one who had it done to her, could do it for another. She hated humans. She hated Earthlings.
"Finally you are here. Took you long enough girl." The King said.
He forgot that she was more than triple his age, and more powerful. All the royals forgot that. It was her looks, she looked so beautiful, and they figured she was dumb. She wasn't like those stupid Earth girls, letting themselves be belittled. She wouldn't let a man rule her. She was in charge of her own life. She would never let a man tell her what to do. She was her own boss.
"You are here, that is all that matters." The Queen said softly.
The Queen was nicer to her. She understood. Or she thought she understood. No, Earth was ruled by males, but the Moon? The Moon was ruled by women. Women were the ones w ho should rule things, not men. Look at Earth. How many wars had they been in? How many wars had the Moon had? There was no contest. The Moon as peaceful, as it watched over and protected the Earth. What took place on the Planet that was started by the Planet was its own business.
It had to have been every time it was time for a new King to be chosen. A Civil War or something like it would break out. And then she would be there to clean up the pieces. But not this time. Earth Kingdom was going to end, and she would laugh when it was all over.
It would be ironic if a girl was the one that started the War that would destroy the Kingdom. They belittle and put down girls, saying they aren't worth what men are worth. And that are they need to do is clean the house, pump out babies and raise those babies.
It disgusted her.
"What is it you want me to do? I will not kill the baby if that is what you are going to ask of me." Princess Serenity told them as she walked over to the window and looked out. The Kingdom was at peace and celebrating the birth of the Crown Prince, Endymoon.
"No, no we would never ask that!" the Queen cried. "No, what happened was we had a priest test his powers, you know to see if he would be a mage or a warrior. What we found was that he has the magic of a Brotherhood long forgotten. And no one can know he exists."
Serenity chuckled inside of her head. She knew it. She knew they were going to ask her to do that. And she knew that the King would say nothing as she asked them did they want her to kill the babe. But the Queen, like any real mother worth her salt, would protest.
But she still had a few more minutes of torture left. She did that every time she came here. She tortured them with words. They never did disappoint.
"So you want me to send this baby into exile? You want no one in your Kingdom to know that their Crown Prince Endymoon is so special, so honored, that he gets to be part of a Magical Brotherhood that no one knows exists?" Serenity asked.
The Queen burst into tears at this point. She had to hand her baby to the maid next her. The King wasn't fairing well himself. He could barely control his anger.
He wouldn't attack her. He remembered the last time he did. Not only did Serenity get her revenge, but her Scouts got theirs.
"Yes, we won't everyone to forget he exists. That is the Law of this Magical Brotherhood. And even if we are Royalty we must follow the Laws. You know this quite well, Serenity." The King said, trying to keeping his emotions in check, but wasn't doing a good job.
"Princess Serenity." She corrected. "We of the Moon are above you in the Royalty Hierarchy. It because of the Silver Millennium that you are at peace," Serenity stated.
"We are part of the Silver Millennium." The King grounded out.
"No, I don't believe you are. Those of the Silver Millennium consist of Sailor Scouts. You have met my Court; their Kingdom's are part of the Silver Millennium. Each King and Queen have a daughter," she watched him flinch. "And that daughter is born with a Star Seed of their Planet. Do you have a daughter who was born with a Star Seed?"
She waited a few seconds before answering her own question. "No, you don't want a daughter. You want son that you can't even claim as heir."
The King was about to jump her, his hand on his sword, when the Queen stopped him with her words.
"Please, will you help us?"
Serenity sighed and turned her back to them and looked out the window. She watched the people of Earth happily celebrating the birth of the heir.
"They look so happy. I guess I can take that away." Serenity told them before she turned around. When she did she pinned a look at the Queen.
"It will take five years. I will start it now, but the first part won't go into effect until he is one. Once he is one, all the people of your Planet will forget him. Except those inside of the Castle, they will remember. When he turns three, I will come back. Those inside Castle will forget him, except those you deem worthy. When he is five even they will forget, only those of his family will remember him. Until he turns five he will stay here at the Castle. When he does turn five, give him to that Brotherhood." Serenity informed them
"It will take five years? Make it faster. I want him out of here now." The King growled at her.
Serenity just raised an eyebrow. "Do you want done?"
"Of course." He replied.
"Then it is done, my way, or no way." Serenity told him firmly.
"But, you see here, you have to obey us!" the King roared at Serenity.
"It will be done in five years. Thank you, Princess." The Queen said, cutting her husband and King off.
Serenity got what the thank you was for. She just gave a mother five years with her son.
Serenity nodded. "I shall see you in a year then."
And with that she left the Earth Castle, leaving a fuming King behind and a crying Queen.
--
It had been a year since she had last been in here. She still hated it.
Something different happened this time, then last time. Last time she went straight to the King and Queen. This time she was stopped and told to go somewhere.
Curious, Serenity did as asked. Later, she wished she didn't.
She walked into a study, the King's Study to be exact. She didn't not like this, not one bit.
"Princess, I will offer you the same deal as I did when we first met." The King told her. "Accept it, like I told you then. Do not refuse my offer. I will not accept that. If you refuse I will see that the Alliance is null and void."
Serenity held back her anger, she cleared her mind. She would not feel anything.
"I refused you then, and I have more reason to refuse you now. You are married. I will not be your consort. How dare you insult me in such a way? You will regret this insult you bastard!" Serenity threatened him.
He laughed at her. "How can I regret such a thing? You will be mine one way or another. And it's not like you can really do anything to me. Remember the Alliance we have? You have to obey me."
Serenity narrowed her eyes. "Next time you come near me, I will castrate you." He flinched; he knew she would do it. Either her or her Scouts.
"And what's more, after I finish with what I am doing now—making sure your son no longer exists to your Planet—I will never fulfill that end of the Alliance again. You have broken the guidelines and rule set to my helping your Planet. You will not see me again. Not until your death."
The King looked ready to burst a blood vessel. "You lie! You cannot stop, the Alliance—"
She cut him off. "It seems you are a poor King. You have not read all of the Contract your ancestors signed. It was in there if your mistreat me, then you will forfeit my help. But the Alliance still stays, your foolish act does not effect it. But when your death comes," Serenity told him. "The Alliance will be over."
The King paled.
"I will take your head." The Moon Princess whispered.
That said she left and joined the Queen in her rooms and finished her part. Now, at this time, Earth did not know it had a Crown Prince.
"Thank you," the Queen told her.
"You're welcome," Serenity replied.
Right before she left the Queen stopped her. "Will I have another?"
Serenity turned around and saw the Queen wasn't looking at her, but at the child in her arms. The look on her face, Serenity knew she loved her child.
"Yes, next time I come, you will either be pregnant ready to have the child, or already have him in your arms."
The Queen hesitated. "Will I not have a girl?"
Serenity shook her head. "I am warning you now. I, unfortunately for him, will see your husband in two years. I then will castrate him, as I promised. You will have a son, and no more."
She left after that. Not knowing the dilemma the Queen had. She didn't know whether to be happy at that or sad that she would never have a daughter. But thinking how her King would treat their daughter, she thought it safe to say that what Serenity would do would be the right thing.
--
Three years had passed since the Crown Prince Endymoon had been born. Two years had passed since Princess Serenity had seen the Queen.
She told them Queen she needed everyone she wanted to remember her child's birth to be in one room.
"It will take a few days, maybe a week at the most. It took a year for the whole Planet to be done. But maybe a week with just the Castle will do. No one can come in or out during this time." The Silver headed Princess warned her.
"You keep saying how powerful you are, why can't you do it in a day?" The King mocked.
"I haven't forgotten that castration I owe you." She reminded him, he paled. "I could do it in a day, but do you want servants that can actually work? It is a lot on the mind to remove memories. I can have all the power in the Universe and it not matter if a person's mind is weak. Like yours, for example."
Serenity shook her head. "The people, who will keep the knowledge, keep them in one suite or area. I will ward that off. Now I need this done, the faster you have the in there, the faster I can finish this."
It had taken a week. It had ended on the Princes' birthday. Serenity had arrived a week early, because of this. If what she was doing was going to work, she had to make this all happen on the Princes' birthday.
It was done.
She had just lifted the ward and left a little present for the King in the form of his castration. She had promised, and she always kept her promises.
Serenity was walking through the Castle, not really paying attention to where she was going. She was thinking of the pain the King had gone through when she fulfilled her promise. The pain was delicious.
She didn't see the child looking down at the ground, not paying attention to where he was going.
She looked up at the last second and did a nice turn of her body that let her avoid the child. They almost collided with each other. The child was staring up at her shocked.
Serenity then bent down to his height. "Are you alright, little one?"
The boy's eyes grew big. No one ever saw her or talk to him before. He had always been invisible. Some had good instincts and avoided crashing into him, but some just crashed and thought they tripped. But no one other than his mother talked to him.
"You can see me?" he asked her quietly.
Serenity frowned for a moment at the thought that no one could she him before she remembered.
"You are the Prince, are you not?" she asked.
He nodded, he wondered who she was. She was beautiful. She glowed like the Moon. Maybe she was a Moon Princess.
She gave him a small smile. "Happy Birthday."
She then stood up and walked away from the really shocked boy and exited out of the Castle.
--
Finally she would be through Earth after today. Or so she thought. She knew that when the war started she would kill that bastard of a King, but she had no idea that she would escape to Earth to see someone in the future.
If you told her this, she would laugh at you and say that she would. But not her. No, she would never fall in love, especially with a human.
There were only a total of ten humans who knew the secret of the Crown Prince. Of course, Earth, thought there was a different Crown Prince, Endymion.
When Serenity heard that name she thought the Queen was joking with her. Endymion? Of course, they Queen didn't know about the future where there was such thing as Mythology.
In the end she only had to erase four people's memories. Instead of six, two were close advisors to the King, so they didn't get erased.
It didn't take long since it was so little of a number to erase.
She was free of this place, her heart rejoiced. That was, if she had a heart.
It didn't take long to get to the steps of the Castle. She was in such a high of being free of the accused Royal Family of Earth that she didn't notice the two sitting on the steps. Two boys, one was five and one was three.
Until the younger spoke.
"Excuse me Miss, do you have a second?" the younger asked.
Serenity stopped and turned around, silently cursing herself because she didn't notice them.
"What is it?" she asked the child.
"I was wondering, have you ever been to the Castle before?" the little asked after the child next to him whispered the question.
Serenity eyes narrowed. "Child, I do not have time for games. If it is the older who speaks let him speak."
The little one's eyes went wide. "You can see him?"
Serenity was impatient now. "Of course I can bloody see…" she trailed off as she yet again realized who they were. She sighed and ran a hand through her hair.
"So it's the two Princes' that have come to meet me outside their Castle. Great. Just what I needed." The Silver headed Moon Princess muttered the last part. "If the older wants to talk, go inside little Endymion, I don't think you wish to be here, now do you?"
He shook his head and ran into the Castle.
Serenity turned to the child that was left. "Endymoon, do not ever hide behind others. It makes you look weak, and that is not something you of all need."
He nodded, he understood that.
As Serenity looked at him more, there was something about him, something that drew her. She didn't know what, but she knew that he would be part of her life later on.
It is probably something to do with the war that will take place. Serenity thought to herself.
"Come here, maybe I can teach you something before I go. How does that sound?" she asked him.
He nodded quickly. Very few people knew he existed, and those that did didn't want to teach him anything or pay attention to him.
She led him toward the warriors. They stopped far enough away that they could see, and far enough away that they wouldn't be seen.
"Look at those warriors over there. There is the small one, who lets no emotions enter the battle field. Then there is the older, stronger looking warrior in front of him that has let his anger take him over. Now, here is the question I pose to you, little Endymoon, which one will win, the one who has let emotion rule him or the one who rules his emotions?" Serenity asked him.
Endymoon thought as he took in their appearances. The younger one—around his age –who held back his emotions, looked small compared to the other guy. The other guy was six foot tall, muscles ripping all over his body and he had anger backing him up.
"Everyone knows that those who are anger have an extra boost of power. He will win." Endymoon told her.
Serenity shook her head. "Emotions can be a double edge sword as we will see in this fight. Yes, emotion can give you a boost of power, but it also clouds your judgment, see?"
The huge warrior ran out the small one and was attacking him. There was no style used, just pure attack. The small boy was dodging them with ease.
"See how the anger doesn't hide his moves? The smaller one can read them easily and he dodges them. There, see how the small boy waited for him to attack and gets under his guard and knocks him down easily. Now, do you see where I said that emotions are a double edged sword, is true?" Serenity asked him as they walked away from the training ground.
"I see it my Lady. But is that really how one should fight? If you are emotionless as that, how can you think?"
Serenity chuckled. "In the heat of the moment, most rely on their instincts. But, it is important to think while you are fighting. Compared to the man who is thinking of nothing but anger, he cannot see what he is doing; he cannot see his enemy's next attack. Yet, the one who is clear of mind can focus on the battle, his opponent and fight back to his fullest."
She heard an 'oh' from the boy and gave him a tiny smile.
"Do you want to be a warrior, little Prince?" she asked, curious. She had seen the way he had looked all excited when he watched the warriors fight. "Do you want to be like that boy—who was your age, no doubt—and be as he, a fighter?"
"I wish I could be, but I have been told that I was born to be part of a Brotherhood." He told her.
She nodded, that she knew. "I will tell you what I know of a Brotherhood long ago. Every Brotherhood I have come across," and wiped out, she said silently to herself. "They have been experts with swords, and other weapons. My favorite weapons are swords of course, and then there is the bow."
The five year old Prince stopped. "You weld weapons? But you are a women!" he said, his shock showing through his voice.
She chuckled. "Of course, where I come from, women are the Fighter and Warriors. Men helped out of course, but we are the main Warriors. Now I will have to go soon, but I am going to leave you a gift. Something I believe as a Warrior you may want to follow. You, unlike me, have the option of following these rules. It would help you in battle if you did. But, you are smart, you choose for yourself."
The boy had looked sad when she mentioned she was leaving, but once she told him she had a gift for him, he was all happy.
Out of nowhere she took a scroll and handed it to him. "Read these carefully, and follow your mind. Your heart can betray you, young one, never forget that. Sometimes you can't trust your heart, it can lead you astray from your duty."
He took her words and memorized them; knowing deep down that he would need those words later on in life.
With that said she walked off into the forest surrounding the Castle. After twenty minutes she was enough away from the Castle and closer to where her meeting point was.
It didn't take long for her Scouts to find her. They bowed.
"Princess, you took long then you said you would. Did something happen?" Pluto asked.
"The two Princes' was sitting on the steps to the Castle when I left and the older one wanted to talk to me. So I decided to teach him something. But," she paused, trying to find the right words.
"What?" Uranus asked. She had never seen this side of her Princess act this way.
"I was drawn to him, I don't know why. Something about him…I don't know. I have a feeling that he will be in my future. By the way," she said, distracting her Scouts. "In the future I will be killing the King. How fun will that be?"
"We are going home now, right Princess?" Saturn said.
The words underneath her own created the silence.
Serenity nodded. "It is time that I go back. I believe I shall sleep now. I shall await for the day my Light half awakens me."
With that said she closed her eyes and her head twisted to the left side of her. When she opened them, she blinked a few times.
"Oh…I left the Palace again, didn't I? Will I ever know why I don't remember stuff?" she sighed. "I need to be more carefully. Let's go home, my loves."
--
They thought she was in her Garden, oh she but was, a few minutes ago. Now, she was sneaking out of the Moon Palace. She just had to get to Earth
It had been seventeen years since she had gotten lost and wound up on Earth and didn't know why. But now she had a reason to go back. She was in love.
They had met two months ago. And they had seen a lot of each other, they met at least three times a month, this month it had been more than the last one.
Serenity had made her way to their secret meeting place. It took a almost half an hour from the time she exited the Teleportation Chamber. Inside of it, members of the Silver Millennium could transport themselves to any Planet of their choosing, within minutes.
She was almost there, just a little bit more, and there, she could see the clearing where they met. But…the sight she saw broke her heart.
The one she loved was not waiting for her. He was with someone else. Prince Endymion was kissing her sister.
She ran away. Her emotions taking over, her sadness was so great that the Planet felt her pain. In response, it cried with her. Though, at the time, she had no idea she was crying. She thought the water falling down her cheeks was the rain.
She didn't want to run back to the Teleportation Chamber. Her sister was probably running there herself. No she ran to a spot that had given her a measure of peace. Not as great as her Garden did, but a little of it.
It was her tree. With her power as Princess of the Moon, she could shape things. And the tree in front of her moved in itself. When she was next to it, there was a hole big enough for her to sit in, her knees drawn up to her chest.
She cried her heart out then.
It had rain for days; she was soaked to the bone. But she couldn't feel, she wouldn't let herself feel. The pain was too much.
After the fifth day was coming toward her, she didn't look, she didn't care. There was no way that this person would find her in a tree.
But he did.
In fact, he was actually looking for her, thought she would never know that.
When he approached her, she didn't move. When he got close, close enough to stare into her eyes, they had a staring contest. It didn't matter if the other blinked or not.
Soon, he stopping playing, and slowly raised his hand and held it out for her to take.
She was so unsure. Her heart was broken, she was broken, her emotions—she didn't want them to come out, but…what should she do? Should she go with him? She didn't even know him.
Lightning flashed across the sky and Thunder boomed. She saw him. He was as wet as she was, and yet here he was, instead of getting cover and dry clothes, waiting for her.
She took a leap of faith and took his hand.
--
A year later she ran through the forest, not even noticing when she past the tree that she had been in for five days wet, she had somewhere to go.
With her running, it didn't take long to reach her destination.
"So, you decided to get here after all." A deep male voice said.
She turned around and smiled as she ran into the man's out stretched arms.
"Come on, Kunzite, I'm just a little late." Serenity said as she backed out of the hug. "Moonie kept me a little late."
Another voice chuckled, she turned. "So, are you ready to take us all on? Or has all Moonie's training been for naught?"
Serenity scowled. "I can take you all on at once! So when I kick your butt, Nephrite, don't be crawling to me for mercy."
Another voice laughed. "I want to see that happen. He needs to be knocked down a peg or two."
Serenity nodded. "I totally agree Zoicite, so, where is Jadeite? I missed him last time." Serenity said as she looked around for him.
She didn't see or sense him coming up behind her. His arms encircled her waist, picked her up and spun her around.
She squealed. "Jadeite put me down! I mean it, don't make me make you." She threatened, but when he tickled her she lost her mean voice and laughed.
He put her down. "Oh, you will, will you?"
Serenity growled and pulled out her two swords, spun them around in her hands and launched herself at Kunzite, who wasn't expecting it.
As she threw her weight and strength into the swords she noticed that he win this struggle, he hadn't been ready enough.
"Never let your guard down, even among friends." She told them wisely.
"Oh that is from a girl who just got picked up and tickled?" Zoicite asked as he sent a kick her way.
"Yep!" was her reply as matched his kick with hers and they flew back a little, she twisted and launched herself at Kunzite again with one sword while she flipped her sword and knocked Nephrite out.
She jumped back from Kunzite and stopped. The other three Knights surrounded her, but didn't move.
"It seems he needs to pay attention, and not think someone can only focus and fight with one person at a time. He needs to multi-task. Oh wait," she smirked. "Guys can't."
Jadeites growled at her. "Let's see if you can fight two people at the same time, Kunzite, back."
She gave him an evil grin. "Bring it on lover boy."
He blushed a second before he controlled himself. She launched at her right side, while Zoicite got her left. She didn't move, didn't raise her sword. Instead she rolled forward. The two Knights' swords clashed.
Serenity then jumped backwards, over then and kicked them in the head, left foot connected with Zoicite, while her left got Jadeite.
They stumbled, but it was enough. Serenity knocked their swords away; she put up hers, and launched into a fist fight with them.
Zoicite, in a flash, kicked Serenity on her right side.
"Zo, please, you can kick better than that." Serenity said as she held her side. "I thought I showed you how to do a real kick a second ago?"
Jadeite thought this was a great opening, so he went for it. He punched at her head, but she ducked, twisted around dashed under his legs—which shocked everyone and froze Jadeite—she twisted again, now she was facing him. She laid down and kicked at his back, all within a few seconds. Jadeite went flying into a tree, head first, knocking him out.
Then she turned to Zoicite and Kunzite, and jumped into the trees. They shook off their emotions and focused on their hearing and sight.
But they couldn't tell where she was. It was as if she was born in the forest and knew how to use it to her advantage.
Zoicite didn't see it coming when Serenity jumped down onto his shoulders and pressed a few fingers into his neck. He collapsed and she jumped off of him.
Serenity faced Kunzite. They started to circle each other, while she got out her swords.
"I am impressed my Lady. You have improved greatly since you first started training with the Prince." He said before he did a right jab with his sword, one she twisted to the right to avoid.
"Yes, I have come a long way in this last year. I can't believe it's been so long since Moonie kicked me so hard I flew—what?—thirty feet? I thought it was fifty. And my scream caught your attention and you caught me. A dress was not something to train in."
Now she had tight black pants, with a tight fitting black shirt as well. There were two sword sheaths at her waist, one on each side, and a place on her back for a bow. Her boots were black. Most Knights had capes, but her; no she had a black leather jacket that went down to her feet. She didn't have it now, because Moonie was messing with it. He did cut it earlier today.
"What I have on now, is so much better." Serenity said before she went down and dove for his knees.
He jumped back, but didn't expect her to jerk herself back, her feet hitting the ground and she launched her after him.
For five minutes all that could be heard was metal clashing. No one got nicked—this time—but it took awhile to get around the others tight knit guard. By then Nephrite had awaken and was watching the fight interest.
Finally, Serenity grew tired with fighting she did a nice front dash toward him, knowing it wouldn't work.
But she tripped and with a strangled cry fell to the ground. Her swords dropped to the ground, while her left hand, close enough to grab it, was holding her left ankle.
"Princess!? Did you sprain it?" Kunzite asked as he put away his sword and knelt down next to her.
A split second and her swords were crossed at his neck.
"I win." She smirked.
Nephrite busted out laughing. "Oh that was good, that was a great trick to get his guard down."
Serenity groaned as she dropped her swords, her left hand went to her ankle. "No, that wasn't actually a trick. I actually did something to the dang thing. The whole me wining thing was a bonus."
She leaned against her right side and tried to get up, but as soon as she put weight on her left, she almost fell.
Kunzite grabbed her. "Watch it, you are as clumsy as that sister of yours."
Serenity gave him a death glare, and turned away from him. She jerked her head at Nephrite and he came to her.
"Pick those up will you?" she asked, closing her eyes.
She heard when he had finished held out her hands and put them away, all without opening them.
"Should we help her back?" Nephrite whispered to Kunzite. "She looks as if she's about to fall."
"I don't need your help." Serenity gritted out.
"Kunzite? Nephrite? Zoicite? Jadeite? Where are you guys?" a voice called.
Serenity snapped her head toward the sound. Her eyes had gone wide. She didn't want to meet Endymion, she didn't want to see, or talk to him at all.
When she looked back at Kunzite her eyes were desperate. They all knew what had happened before. That was one of their reasons for help training her, another was being her friends. They were drawn to her anyway, without knowing the pain she went through. Every time someone mentioned the Prince her eyes showed the pain, but her face did not, and it was gone before they saw it again.
Before they could think of a way to help her she ran off. A good think too, seconds later, the youngest Prince of the Earth Kingdom came into view.
"Hey guys—" he stopped when he looked around, Jadeite came into view.
"Damn, my Lady, what the hell was that? Knocking me into a tree...oh," he said as he saw his Prince.
Endymion looked confused. "A Lady knocked you into a tree?" he found it hard to believe.
Nephrite—being who he was—saved his friend. "Please, don't call me a Lady. I may have hit you like one, but do I look like one?"
Endymion laughed, he was used to his Knights calling each other girls from the way they hit.
Nephrite sighed inwardly. He was at least glad that Jadeite hadn't come in saying my Princess. They it would have been a little harder to explain.
"We were having a spar, sort of training for a little while." Kunzite told his Prince, hoping the Princess was away and wasn't hurt much because of the ankle she had just ran on.
--
"That's what happened? You knocked him into a tree and he just came out and said that, not even looking around to see if anyone else was there, or if you weren't?" Uranus asked in disbelief.
Serenity nodded. "I didn't get that far away before I fell. I'm glad Moonie came when he did. I didn't think I could stand hearing his voice anymore."
Pluto understood, but she had to tell her Princess the news she had gathered. "I got the information you wanted, my Princess."
Serenity nodded before she slowly sank her foot into the bowl of water, that she had seen Saturn slip something into.
"A human named Beryl had been seen with Darkness cloaking her. I believe Metaria has gotten a hold of her."
"But what would Metaria have that a human woman would want?" Serenity mused.
"When we wait for you sometimes, before the Prince comes back to his Knights, and before your sister runs off, we have sensed someone. I myself have seen a woman near the location I can guess your sister was at. She spies." Uranus told her.
Saturn nodded. "I have actually looked at that woman. She had long waist length dark hair. She looked like a commoner from the way she dressed. And the way she looked at the Prince…" she paused as her voice went quiet. "She loves him."
Serenity snapped her fingers. "That's it! Metaria could give her the power to kill my sister—supposed heir of the Moon Kingdom—and Endymion could be hers. Humans are easy to manipulate. Next time I go down, I shall tell Moonie."
--
A few days later on Earth, the sky was dark as if it knew what would happened that day. Darkness was everywhere. She could taste it on the Wind. She could feel it behind her boots in the Earth. Darkness had taken the Planet Earth.
Serenity first came across the Knights. She didn't notice that there were others with them.
"Kunzite, Jadeite, Nephrite, Zoicite, can't you feel that?" she said as she turned her back to them and walked backwards as she looked around. "Darkness has taken over your Planet. The Dark Kingdom has struck, I have warned you—" she stopped when she turned around and saw others with her Knights.
"My Knights, what are you doing with the little Scouts?" Serenity asked cautious.
Her Knights knew that this wasn't a good sign; they were wise and choose to say nothing. The Scouts were not wise.
"Your Knights, please, not everything is yours Princess." Jupiter spat. "And what's this about little Scouts? A Scout is more powerful then the pitiful Princess who hides away all the time. How the hell did you get down here? You're not good enough."
Nephrite was appealed. How could his Scout say something like that? Yes, he cared for her, but how could she speak to her Princess that way?
Serenity narrowed her eyes at the Scout. "You need to watch your tongue; I am your superior and more powerful than you are. But something is not right." The Princess walked up to the Scout and leaned forward and when her face was almost on Jupiter's cheek she took a deep breath.
She jumped back as if she were slapped. "You have been comprised Scout. You have failed your duty more than once on this night. All of you," Serenity shouted as she fully released what had happened.
"You have neglected your first duty to your Princess. Where is she? You have let her on her own in this Dark infested World? The enemy has taken root in this Planet, and you let your Princess run amok? You have failed, you are not worthy of being called Sailor Scouts. Nor are worthy to be Princesses," Serenity spat at the ground in front of them. "For you have let the enemy have its way with you, you are the enemy." She said the last four words slowly.
The Knights jumped back into the trees around them.
Serenity's attention was drawn to them. Her eyes blazed. "Don't think you aren't going to be scolded. You should be guarding your Prince—even though I hate him! The enemy wants him. Those two are their targets! How much more do I need to spell it out to your guys?! By…" she waved her hand. "Partaking in this act or falling in love with each other, you have condemned those who you guard! How can you be called his Knights, his protectors', when you just offered him up to the enemy?"
She turned to the Scouts. "Same goes with you as well; you will have disappointed your Queen when she finds out what has happened. And your King and Queen of your Planets, what will they say?"
"They will say nothing!" Mercury screamed at her.
Serenity gave a dark chuckle. "You are right, they won't, want to know why? Because they are DEAD! By now the Dark Kingdom has destroyed The Inner Planets, except the Moon. That will be next."
"What about the Outer?" Mars asked quietly.
"They are protected. They are more powerful than your Planet's are. The Dark Kingdom needs the Crystal to destroy them. Before long Saturn will have to do something she doesn't want to. It's all because you wanted to indulge yourselves, all because you didn't want to do your duties."
"LIES!" Venus yelled. "LIES! We have done ours, but what about you? What have you done? Nothing."
Serenity gave them a bitter laugh. "Nothing? What do you know? I have done my duty for over three hundred years, before you were even born. Don't tell me I have done nothing."
Jadeite jumped down from the tree, in front of Serenity. "Princess, you are really anger, has the Darkness touched you too?"
Serenity's eyes narrowed. They all know nothing of Darkness. They do not know what I am. Even, you, my darling Serenity, do not know what you are. But that will pass. You will know me. And then, we will take what is rightfully ours.
Yes, we will have what is rightfully ours.
They need to be punished first.
Yes, they do need to be punished.
"You need to be punished. You seem to enjoy what you have here. So I will take that away. Scouts, you will always love them, your love will run deep as it can go. But you can never have them." Serenity said her eyes and hair going black.
The sky became even darker. The Darkness surrounded them, took their breathes away.
Call upon the Darkest, my love. Bind them in it. Enforce the Scouts with Light, but bind the Knights in Darkness.
Yes, bind the Knights in Darkness, enforce the Scouts with Light.
Serenity did what her Dark side told her too. She enforced with Light and bind in Darkness. When she was done, she wanted to be horrified with what she had done, but she couldn't. Revenge was sweet.
"What is going on? Kunzite? What happened?" Endymion's voice asked.
"Scouts? Venus!" little Serenity's voice cried out. "What happened?"
Serenity turned around, her hair and eyes still the same color. Her little sister gasped.
"Sister? Onee-chan? What has happened to you? What happened to the Scouts?" she stopped when she felt Endymion move beside her. Her voice went quiet. "Sister…"
Serenity tilted her head. "Serenity shut up. I know what you did. You have always wanted what I had. You spied on me didn't you, more than a year ago? You saw him; you wanted him, just like you want everything else that was mine."
The younger Princess held her head down in shame. "And so you took him. He is male, he didn't see the differences between, and he just thought we were the same. Idiot. "
Endymion looked between them. Serenity calmed down and her hair and eyes returned to normal. She was identical to her sister, besides the dress of course, and maybe height.
"There are two of you, which means that the first one…" he trailed off as he put everything together.
But Serenity didn't care. She walked off. She was almost to the Teleportation Chamber before she remembered that she was supposed to tell Moonie something. But she figured that if the Planet didn't tell him, then he was too dumb to live.
"You're leaving…forever."
She didn't have to turn around and look to know that voice. It was her Moonie.
"Yes, I do not plan to ever come back to this Planet."
"Not even for me?"
She turned around then. Her face showed no emotion, just like those first few months after he found her in that tree "No, not even for you."
"What did you do?" he asked, instead of going back to the topic of her staying. He knew that it was a lost cause.
"What do you think I did? I punished them. They had it coming, abandoning their duty like that."
"They loved you, they were your friends, and you're just condemned to the Darkness."
"Yes, I condemned them to the Darkness, but tell me something Moonie. TELL ME ENDYMOON!" she screamed. "Where am I, if not in the Darkness?"
He didn't answer her. There was so much that she didn't know about herself. And all of what he did know, he wasn't allowed to tell her.
"Misery does love company my love. Two for one deal.
His head shot up. "You know don't you." He said softly.
"That you love me? Oh yes, tonight has opened my eyes. Did you know Jadeite does as well? Nephrite loves me like a sister. Kunzite isn't sure. And Zoicite, I think is leaning more toward what Jadeite feels. Uranus loves me as well. But Neptune loves her. I think there is something going on there as well, and I don't like that. It seems that everyone loves me, Endymoon, but do I love everyone?"
Endymoon couldn't answer that. "You are the only one who can tell if you love someone. Has my brother hurt you that bad? Has he completely broken you? What happened to the woman I have known for the past year? Where is she? I want her back. She is the Serenity I love, not this one."
Serenity laughed. "Really? Tell me, my love, how can you love someone who doesn't know what love is?"
Endymoon grabbed her and pulled her to him. His eyes bore into hers. "You were the one who saw me when no one else could. And now I see you when no one else can. I love you Serenity, Eldest Princess of the Moon Kingdom. I always have. I wasn't going to act on it; I was just going to watch over you. But when I saw you inside of that tree, my heart broke."
"I told you, child, to follow your mind, not your heart. Hearts can lead you astray. Look at what it did to her," Serenity said as she backed away from him.
"She gave her heart to a Prince who was two timing her with her own sister! How is that smart? See, child, this is what happens when the Darkness lets the Light win. Hearts break. I let her take over and now she is broken."
Endymoon shook his head. "It is the way of the Worlds. Love cannot be stopped. Hate cannot be stopped. Nothing can exist without the other."
Serenity nodded. "I know that. But I am still telling you, you shouldn't follow that heart of yours. See, you said it broke."
Endymoon chuckled. "I said it broke then, you didn't let me finish. During that year that I trained your other half, it healed itself, or rather she healed it."
Serenity saw the truth of his words in his eyes.
"I concede. Watch over her Prince Endymoon. She will now embrace her duty more than ever. Watch her and guide her, but don't ever lie to her. Whether she wants to admit it or not, she cares for you. And it would destroy her if you betrayed her as well. Trying to stop her has shown her you don't care about her. You will have to make up for this betrayal. Hopefully, she will not carry this grudge later when you met again on Earth."
The Dark half of Serenity, Princess of the Moon Kingdom, went back to sleep and the Light came back out.
"Leave me alone, Endymoon. I am tired of betrayal. Everyone I love has done that to me. Except my Scouts, they are the only ones that truly love me." Serenity told him as she left him on Earth.
But just as she was about to leave, someone who wasn't allowed to entered the Teleportation Chamber. It was the King. He saw her as she was about to enter the device that sent her to her home.
"You bitch! Get back here! You are taking me out of here and onto the Moon." The King snarled at her, completely ignoring his first born son.
"Like hell I will." Serenity said as she back out of the device and toward him.
Kill him for me, my love, I did promise him. And do we ever break out promises?
No, we do not break them.
Serenity pointed her right hand, palm first toward him. He stopped in his tracks, even though he couldn't enter in the Chamber. Slowly but surely he was feeling some shocking in his body. To keep out intruders, the Chamber had wards. If someone who wasn't allowed in tried to, their body would start getting shocked. You couldn't notice it at first, but once you could feel it, your nerves didn't work anymore.
"I promised to kill you. So I will now fulfill that promise." Serenity said as she closed her palm.
The Dark energy that had taken the Planet hold came out her call. It crushed him.
Then she turned around and got off the Planet.
--
Nemesis was so was so stricken with grief that she knew the only way to ease it was to steal the Silver Imperial Crystal and ask it for its help. It had never judged her, it had only loved her.
She needed justice, they needed to be punished. She had punished one party already, now for the other one, the one that did more damage.
But the plan she had was interrupted by her mother, the Queen. Her mother looked at her with eyes that was mixed with pity, scolding, and something else, was it fear? Had her mother ever been afraid before?
"So childish Serenity, I thought you were more mature than that. There is a problem and your revenge will have to wait. I don't know how long child, but it can't be now. The Dark Kingdom is about to attack the Moon Kingdom, I have asked for the other Planets to help."
"They are gone mother." Serenity told her mother. Her face didn't betray any emotion. "The Inner Planets are gone. The only ones left are the Outer Planets."
Her mother seem to accept this, thought Serenity could she could see her mother took his hard. "I something more important is on my mind now, then the other Planets, or our Kingdom."
'What was more important than the Kingdom?' Serenity asked her, curious, because mother had always told her that the Kingdom was always more important. Your duty was to your Kingdom, and your duty came first.
"I must ask you to think about this hard, my daughter, you power cannot be unleashed on our enemies. I have told you I never want you to fight, which is why you have your Scouts. I have also seen you got away from them a lot." The Queen she with a tiny smile, but it w as gone as quick as it had come.
"You power is too great; I fear they will try to use you. So you must get away, please this is what I need you to do for the Kingdom. This is your duty. You have as much power as all of the eight Scouts including your little sister have together. Will you become the ninth Scout my child, and protect this Earth and this Kingdom, what's left of it from afar? Will you become Sailor Nemesis?"
A quick look at Crystal, Serenity became worried about it, from the way mother was taking about something was going to happen to her. So she asked as quickly as she could, for she knew there wasn't much time.
"What about the Crystal" Serenity asked in a monotone voice, it was emotionless, unlike her mothers.
"Your sister will take care of it till it is your time to come back and take you place as Queen of the Moon Kingdom, if that is you're wish. Your Court is already at their Planets, remember this, my daughter if things go bad I will send everyone to Earth, they will be reborn the same as your Court. They will have no memories; I will put up a barrier around their memory of you, as well. This has to be done, if they get captured by the enemy and look at their memories, they will see you. And that I will never allow, the enemy will never have you. You will be free to choose your own destiny."
Oh how the Princess wanted to believe that. No one could choose their destiny. Fate did.
"Saturn will be with you for awhile. Your Court will remember you if they summon you, like Uranus and Neptune and Pluto can summon Saturn, you can be also be summoned. But it will only happen if the World is about to be destroyed. But not without the others, the other scouts have to summon you too; both Courts will come together on this, for first and last time."
Serenity wanted to laugh. The courts never did anything together.
"Like the others you have their power as Nemesis, you know Pluto's taboos, yours will be a little different. There will be a price to pay, but death will not be that price. I do not have time to tell you what it is, you will find out," her eyes hardened, "If you dare my child."
It seemed like she was trying to say something else, but at that same moment the Palace shook.
"Oh no, you must make you choice now, my dear what will it be?" the Queen said quickly.
Serenity looked at my mother and saw her face was so deathly pale, they both knew what was going to happen, the Moon Kingdom would fall, and she would be staying on Nemesis for a long time,
"You know my answer mother, I will do it, and I will become Sailor Nemesis. It is my duty" She answered in the emotionless, monotone she always had, when her mother talked with her. The silver headed Princess always hid her feelings with the Queen. The daughter could never tell the mother anything. The things she hid from the Queen were always less then what the Queen actually hid from the Princess.
Queen Serenity gave her the morphing pen and told her what to call out: Nemesis Planet Power.
She transformed into Sailor Nemesis, her staff was in her hand, and it replaced the morphing pen that she had thrown down during her transformation.
The Queen quickly pointed out the Talisman and told her it took the power I feed into it and concentrated it and so Serenity could use it. She told her, she would not be alone until Saturn was summoned twice, the first time she would come back, but not the second.
She also said that Sailor Nemesis could take Saturn's place and do what was needed to be done, but told should not to do it, Nemesis should only judge what should be done. Nemesis like Pluto could see the Past, Present, and Future.
The floor rumbled, and she hugged her daughter and whispered into her daughters' ear, "Never forget my daughter: I have always loved you, all I did was to protect you. Everything I did was for you even if you didn't think so."
--
After that Sailor Nemesis was sent to Nemesis. She called to Pluto, Neptune, Uranus, and they met on Uranus.
They could see the destruction of what was happening on the Moon. But they watched it, even thought it hurt like hell. No one said anything when Endymion died for little Serenity, nor was anything said when the girl killed herself.
Beryl was dead, Metaria was locked away, and using the Talismans, Pluto, Uranus, and Neptune summoned Saturn, who destroyed what was left of the Moon and the other Planet Kingdoms.
"Go to sleep, my Moon Kingdom. I promise, you will awaken, and when you do, you will be great, once more." Serenity vowed to the rubble of her home of three hundred years.
She turned back and looked at Nemesis. That was her home for a lot longer.
"Saturn come with me, I will see the three of you when you are reborn." Serenity said, her emotions were almost let out, but she held them back.
She watched, as she disappeared to Nemesis, her Court, her Scouts, leave her to be reborn. Saturn was with her, but she could see that she too, would leave her, when she was summoned into a new body.
She just had to wait. And she had patience. She would have her revenge like her mother had told her.
She was Sailor Nemesis, and Nemesis did mean revenge. Just a few more Millennium and she would have her namesake.
To be continued...