Finally I will write another chapter for My Friend. Why Did You Leave? A lot has happen since the last chapter I wrote. I wrote the last chapter while I was living in CA. I'm back home in WY. So a lot has happen. But anyway on to the chapter. This chapter happens about three years after the last one. I told you guys that I would most likely bounce through the years. What else can I do? I can't write 1000 chapters. That would take forever to finish. But soon I will start adding up the years and the chapters will be a couple of hundreds apart. I'll think of how to do it so it looks okay.

I don't own Sailor Moon. But April, Jenny and Shannon are mine.


Chapter 8 of: My Friend. Why Did You Leave?

Paper work and more paper work. I hate paper work. No one told me that I would have to do tons and tons of paper work. I sat behind my desk made of thunder oak wood. The wood was un-dyed which meant that the wood had a dark brown color with just the hint of green in it. It uses to belong to my father when he was still living. The wood as you could probably guess came from the planet Jupiter.

"Agh!" I threw up my hands in forestation. I was sick of doing all this paper work. In front of me I had papers that had more requests on them than fixing anything to do with my kingdom. I had been sitting here at the desk for almost two hours. The curtains were drawn back to let in the sun.

As I sighed I pushed away from the desk. I walked over to the window. As I walked I heard the soft rustle of fabric. I was wearing a long purple dress. Just one solid color. I don't know what had posed me to wear a dress today. I usually wore pants and a shirt. I looked out the window. The window from the study looked over the small yard sat aside for a play area for the girls. I was told this use to me the area I played when I was a child. I could just make out three figures as they ran around all the trees in the yard.

"They are growing." A voice said behind me

I didn't brother to turn around or answer. It was Thomas. He had been helping me but than got called away when one of the guards needed him. I heard him sigh.

"Can I go out side with the girls?" I asked still looking out the window.

"We need to get theses papers done Your Majesty." Thomas said as I heard him pull a chair out.

"Fine. But can we work on something that will mean an improvement to my kingdom?" I asked turning around. I headed back toward my desk.

"I take it you are tried of looking at the requests." Thomas chuckled under his breath.

"Yes I am." I sat down behind the desk, picking up a paper.

We worked on the papers for another hour. As I was working on a request to make a bridge to the high plains in the south, when the door open. Before I could look up I heard the door bang close. Someone rushed over to me.

"Hotaru!" Jenny had rushed to me. Her aqua green hair was all over the place. Her little pigtails were messed up. She also had smudges of dirt and mud all over her knees.

"Jenny what's the matter? Why aren't you outside?" I started to ask, but than I spotted something in Jenny's arms. "What is that?"

Jenny heisted, what ever she had in her arms started to move.

"Jenny." I said looking down at her.

"Well…" Jenny finally held out what she had in her arms. I looked at whatever it was closer. It was an animal. But I didn't know what type of animal.

"Thomas, she has some kind of animal. What is it?" I turned toward my advisor.

"Let me see what you have Princess Jenny." Thomas held out his hands toward the little girl. Jenny slowly handed over the animal. Thomas held the animal gently in his hands. I leaned forward to look. The little creature had white fur with a black ring around its neck. Huge ears were tipped in black also. But what surprised me the most was that the creature had three tails.

"What is it?" I asked again. Thomas was smiling.

"Nothing to worry about Your Majesty. What our little Princess Jenny has found was a Becko Fox cup. They are rare creatures that are very clam and nice." Thomas handed the creature to me. "This one is just a young one. Where did you find it Princess?"

"I found it by the wall in the yard." Jenny answered as she watched me. "Can I keep it? Please?"

"Is it safe to allow her to keep it?" I asked Thomas.

"Yes it is." Thomas smiled at Jenny whose eyes lit up in glee.

I handed the Becko Fox back to jenny that had a huge smile on her face.

"What are you going to name it?" I asked Jenny, than remembered something. "What sex is it?" this question was discredited at Thomas.

"It's a girl. Males have two tail." Thomas answered.

"Oh." I said.

" Bepo." Jenny said snuggling the fox to her face.

"Bepo? That's a cute name." I smiled. I thought that an animal would do the girl some good.

The door to the study banged open just than. What happen next surprised Jenny and me. When the door had banged Bepo had jumped at the noise, but the most amazing thing happen. The black ring around her neck and the black tips of her ears changed colors. They turned red.

"What the?" I asked looking at the creature. April and Shannon had been the ones to come in.

"They change colors when they get excited. Red means anger and shock. Green is hungry, blue is excitement and yellow means something is wrong. Black means content. See?" Thomas pointed at Bepo's color. She had changed back to black.

"Wow." Jenny and Shannon breathed.

"I want one." April declared.

"A Becko Fox?" I asked looking at the little girl.

"I want a pet." April answered looking up at me.

I shared a look with Thomas. I think we both had the same thought; they were almost 8 years old.

"Well I guess so. But you have to take care of it yourself. If I find out that the staff is taking care of your pet, you'll not have a pet." I said. The other two girls cheered, sending Bepo into shock again.

"I guess we are done here.' Thomas smiled as he stood up. "I'll join you in finding pets."

I nodded my head in thanks. I got up and left the study following the girls.

"Let me change my cloths first." I said passing the hall were my rooms are.

"Okay." Thomas held April and Shannon's hands. Jenny held her Bepo, cooing to it.

I quickly changed my cloths. I knew that the two girls were excited. I hurried back to them.

"I want a bird." Shannon said looking up as some doves flew by.

"I think I know where we can find you a bird you will love." Thomas smiled down at the little black haired girl.

"Yeah!" Shannon jumped.

"What do you want?" I asked April. She had that look in her eyes that I had seen tons of times in her mother's eyes. She was going to be stubborn.

"I want something special." Was all the girl would say.

I didn't know what to tell her. I was still trying to figure out all the creatures and planets on my home planet. Thomas would know what type of animal to get the girls. We walked down a pathway toward a huge building that had no windows. I had seen this place from the windows in the palace. But I didn't know what it was.

"What is this place?" I asked as we walked into a door.

"This is the royal bird stature." Thomas answered as he continued on. "Your father loved to take care of birds and flew many of them. Someone from the village by the river brought in a nest the other day. The bird in the nest will make a great friend for Princess Shannon."

"What type of bird is it?" I asked. I didn't want one that would squawk at all times of the day and night.

"This type of bird is not fully a bird. It's more of like a dragon." Thomas kept on walking. I had stopped dead in my tracks.

"Dragon?" I asked. Thomas had finally noticed that I had stopped and was not following him.

"It's a type of lizard bird. It's native only to this planet and one of our moons. It looks like a lizard but has the wings of a bird and a beck like a bird. It's name is Casflone." Thomas came back for me. He let go of April's hand a held it out to mine. I took it.

"Are you sure that this Casflone will be safe for Shannon?" I didn't want anything to happen to the little girl. Oh yeah Setsuna-mama would like that a lot.

"They are shy creatures. Not many have been caught. But those that have, have made great pets." Thomas led me toward a cage in the back.

In the cage sat a Casflone. It was tiny. It did look like a dragon. Thomas reached into the cage and cooing bought the creature out. Its color was that of a ruby. It's wings were folded up on it's back. The little creature snaked its head out toward us, I lead closer to get a better look at it. The eyes were whirling, emerald green in color. Tiny knobs on the tips of its eyelids showed were horns were growing. Thomas held the creature out to Shannon. Shannon reached out with a finger to pet the creature. The creature moved its head closer to Shannon's finger. As Shannon pet it, it started to coo. Shannon's eye lit up as she smiled. Thomas softly put the Casflone Shannon's arms. We watched as the Casflone continued to coo. As it got comfy it wrapped its long tail around Shannon's wrist.

We left the building. As we did a couple of doves flew in the glassless windows. I turned to watch them fly. When they passed through a beam of sunlight they burst into colors. I gasped in wonder. Rainbow doves. How pretty.

"Your Majesty!" Thomas called to me.

"Hotaru! I want to get my pet now!" April was also calling my name.

I hurried after them. We were heading toward the small village that sat beside the river. When we got closer to the village people started to stop and stare. As we entered the village people started to bow. Oh man. Even if I'm dressed normal I get bowed too.

"Lord Thomas." One man said in a low voice.

"Peter." Thomas said in greeting.

"My Lord who are your friends?" okay so it wasn't me they were bowing too.

"This is their Highnesses Princess Shannon of Pluto, Princess April of Uranus and Princess Jenny of Neptune. Her Majesty Queen Hotaru." Thomas held a hand out to me. I stepped forward. Everyone around us gasped and bowed even lower. Around me I could hear people mumbling, "Your Majesty."

I was starting to blush. I didn't like this. It took me weeks to get everyone up in the palace to stop doing this when they saw me. I stepped forward to Peter.

"Please Peter, do not bow to me. I don't want you to bow to me. I want to be friends. Please get up. Please everyone." I set my hand on his shoulder. Peter rose with shock.

"Peter could you please go find Penny. Tell her to bring one of the litter with her?" Thomas said to the surprised man. Peter nodded his head at Thomas; with a nod to me he pushed through the crowd behind him.

I glanced at Thomas. He had a smile on his face. I saw him nod ever so slightly. He approved with what I had just done.

"Your Majesty?" a voice asked me. I turned back around to see a woman holding a tiny bundle in her arms.

"Yes?" I asked.

"Could I get your blessing for my son?" The mother asked holding out the bundle to me.

"Oh course. Can I ask you his name?" I gently held the tiny child in my arms. I pushed the blanket away from the child's face.

"His name is Mike." The woman was nearly bursting with pride.

"What a fine name." I kissed his forehead softly.

"I want to see the baby." Jenny tugged on my shirt. Bepo was sitting on her shoulder. I looked at the baby's mother to ask first. She nodded her permission. I bent down to let my little 'sisters' see the baby.

"Thank you Your Majesty, My Ladies." The mother said glowing with pride when I handed the baby back.

Just than Peter came back. He was leading a child behind him. In the child's arms was an animal.

"Hello Penny." Thomas said bending down to her level.

"Hello. Here." Penny held out the animal she was holding.

"April comes here." Thomas called April over. April went to him. "Penny this April. The Shimmy is for her."

"Take good care of her please." Penny handed the Shimmy over to April.

"Thank You." April smiled at the girl.

We all leaded over to see the Shimmy. The creature looked like a small cat. Blue in color. But than all of a sudden the animal changed form. It was now in the form of a dog. Still blue in color.

"It changed." April was surprised at this.

"That's what Shimmies are." Penny said.

"I'm going to call her Penny." April looked at the girl who had given her, her pet.

"You honor us My Lady." Peter said setting a hand on Penny's shoulder.

"We should get back to the Palace Your Majesty. It is almost time for training." Thomas said looking up at the sun.

I nodded even though I heard groans from the girls. They were still not use to training as Sailor Scouts. We said goodbye to the villagers and headed back toward the palace.

"Shannon you never said what you were going to name your Casflone." I looked at the girl was she carried the creature.

"I think I'll name him Norton." Shannon giggled. Norton had wrapped his tail around her neck, loosely and was licking her ear.

When we finally reached the palace Stacey was waiting for us.

"Hello Stacey. What's wrong?" I asked when I saw the look on her face.

"Can I talk to you and Thomas in private?" Stacey asked looking down at the girls.

"Sure. Tony can you take the girls to the practice yard please?" Thomas asked Stacey's brother who was coming up to them.

"Yes sir. Come on girls." Tony led the three girls away.

"Let's go to my study." I said as I lead the way.

As we entered the room I headed for my desk. Thomas closed the door behind us. Stacey stood in front of the desk. She looked kind of upset.

"Okay so what's wrong?" I asked not liking the look on her face.

"While you were gone we got a message from someone named Sailor Star Fighter." Stacey started to say, but when she said that name I jerked in surprise. "What's wrong Hotaru?"

"Your Majesty? You look like you've seen a ghost." Thomas was on his feet.

"I know Sailor Star Fighter. What was the rest of the message?" I assured them.

"It seems like they are coming this way. Something about talking to Sailor Moon." Stacey hurried with the rest of the message.

"Where are they?" I asked hurriedly.

"They just pasted Pluto's castle. Guardian Pluto sent us the message. As you know, no one can get into the solar system without first stopping there to tell why they are coming. After the attack from Sailor Galaxia, Sailor Pluto, Uranus and Neptune set up the block ad to be this way. " Stacey said.

"Okay. Which means that they should be either at Neptune's castle or just coming up to Uranus's." Thomas said. He looked over at me, "What should we do Your Majesty?"

"Send messages to both castles. Tell the Guardians that the Star Lights are to come straight here. This is the message." I ordered.

"And if they refuse to stop?" Thomas asked.

"Than I will throw the last wall between here and Earth. Tell them that they have no choice but to stop here." I stood tall as I said this. I knew even though I wore jeans and tee shirt I looked like the Queen I was.

"Yes Your Majesty." Stacey bowed to me.

She left the study. After she closed the door Thomas stared at me.

"When did you meet these Star Lights?" Thomas finally asked.

"A few years before I came here. I don't want to talk about it." I said getting up. "I'm going to go change into something nice to meet our guests in."

"Your Majesty, you need to get down to the training ground." Thomas calmly said.

"I guess your right. Will you please have Stacey tell me when the Star Lights arrive?" I asked heading toward the door.

"Yes." Thomas nodded his head.

I left the study and headed toward the training grounds. I was thinking about the Star Lights. What did they want with Sailor Moon? Was something wrong? Did something happen to their princess? I guess I wouldn't know till they got here. I might as well train with the girls.

"Look out!" Jenny shirked as soon as I came out of the door into the yard. I ducked as a rock came flying my way.

"Jenny!" I yelled after the rock hit the barrier that was up around the yard.

"Sorry." Jenny looked down.

"Why aren't you three in scout form?" I asked looking at them. They were still in normal cloths.

"Because we were waiting for you." Shannon answered for all three of them.

"Well since I'm here lets get to it." I got nodes out of all three. "Saturn Planet Power! Make Up!"

"Uranus Planet Power! Make Up!" April held out her hand.

"Neptune Planet Power! Make Up!" Jenny held her hand up in the air.

"Pluto Planet Power! Make Up!" Shannon held out both hands.

Lights flashed around us as we transformed. When the lights went away we were standing in our scout uniforms.

"Okay Thomas. Put the settings on level 2." I called to Thomas who was running the program.

"Yes Your Majesty." He called back just as a monster appeared before us.

It looked like a huge snake. It couldn't kill us but its attacks would hurt if we got hit. On the tail of the snake was a rattle. Thomas had made the monster look like a rattlesnake from earth. It coiled for a moment, shaking its rattle. Its head swung back and forth, slowly. Than like lighting it struck. Sailor Neptune and Sailor Pluto jumped out of the way just in time.

"World Shaking!" Sailor Uranus slammed a fist on the ground. The attack flew toward the snake. The snake slithered out of the way just in time.

"Quick get it!" Neptune yelled as she ran forward.

"Wait!" I yelled. I didn't want her to get closer to it.

The snake shot its head out, striking Sailor Neptune. She went flying backwards.

"Ah!" Neptune yelled as she flew. She hit the ground hard.

"Dead Scream!" Pluto whispered. Her attack hit the monster causing it to yowl.

"World Shaking!" Uranus's attack flew right after Pluto's. It hit the monster as well. This caused the monster to yowl all the more.

I ran over to Neptune, who was trying to sit up. She had landed hard on her butt and lower back. She pointed behind me, her eyes growing big. I turned in time to see the snake get hit by the two attacks. It yowled, shaking it head around. It saw Neptune and me. It moved fast toward us.

"Silence Wall!" I yelled holding the Glaive out in front of me. A wall of sheer power went up around us.

"Dead Scream!" once again the attack flew at the monster. It hit the giant snake making it yowl in pain again. It turned on the other two young scouts.

Suddenly out of nowhere a new attack came flying in, " Star Serious Laser!" A laser of bright light flew toward the snake. When the attack hit the snake, it caused the snake to scream in pain. Right before our eyes the snake burst into bright sparks. As the sparks died, so did the snake.

"What happen?" I asked Thomas as the barrier around us went down.

"Um…" he pointed behind me.

I turned around to see four women standing there. Three of them were black leather. Black gloves that went almost up to their shoulders, bikini like tops with wings in the middle, really short shorts and mid calf boots. Each one wore a small belt across their stomachs in different colors, purple, green and blue. Purple to the brown hair one, green to the gray/white hair one and blue to the black hair one. All three women wore their hair tied back and long, all the down their backs to their knees.

The fourth woman wore a dress in deep red with a yellow top. See through sleeves covered her arms. A pale brown/red nurse shaped cap covered long red hair. The four women stood there looking at us.

"Hey! I had the monster!" Uranus suddenly yelled.

"Opps." The one with black hair looked ashamed.

"It's okay Sailor Uranus. Retransform please." I said. Pale lights flashed next to me as the girls changed back in their normal cloths. I stayed as Sailor Saturn.

"Hello." The woman in red said. She stepped forward.

"Hello. I'm Sailor Saturn. I'm not sure if I meet you last time you were here." I stepped forward to meet her.

"Hello I'm Princess Kakyu." Princess Kakyu nodded her head.

"Say hello to our guests." I poked Jenny in the back. She and the other two were just standing there.

"Hello." The three said in one voice.

"Hello and who are you?" Princess Kakyu bent down to their level.

"I'm Jenny. Um…I mean I'm Princess Jenny of Neptune." Jenny quickly fixed her speech.

"I'm Princess of Pluto, Shannon." Shannon looked at me for approval. I nodded my head at her phasing.

"Princess April of Uranus." April flatly said.

"Nice to meet you all." Kakyu said. She smiled at the three.

"So who are you?" April pointed with her chin. She was pointing at the other three women standing there.

"April!" I gasped. I couldn't believe her sometimes. We tried to get her to act politely.

"It's okay. I'm Sailor Star Fighter." The black hair one said.

"Sailor Star Healer." The gray/white hair one said.

"And I'm Sailor Star Maker." The brown one ended.

"Why don't you three go play with your new pets?" I suggested. They nodded eagerly. They went to collect their pets from the severest waiting for them over by the door.

"This is Bepo. She's a Becko Fox." Jenny held her pet out for Princess Kakyu to see.

"She's cute." Fireball cooed.

"This is Norton. He's a Casflone." Shannon also held out her animal for all to see.

"Mine a Shimmy and she's named Penny. Watch what she can do." April held Penny out for all to watch as Penny turned into a small monkey.

"Oh." Fighter bent down for a better look, "How neat."

"Thank you." April said.

"Okay you three go on and play." I said giving them the hint. They took it. With a polite goodbye to our guests they left.

We watched them go for a moment.

"How can I help you?" I asked.

"Well…" Healer looked at her Princess.

"Where are my manners? Please come inside. I'll have drinks sent to use. Are you hungry?" I lead the way into the palace. We went into a small receiving room. Stacey had followed us. She left with a nod to my own.

"Might I ask a question Sailor Saturn?" Maker asked me.

"Yes. Please sit. And call me Hotaru." I changed back into my normal form. But as I was changing I managed to change into a dress. That took some thought.

"Thank you Princess." Kakyu sat down on a chair.

Stacey came in the room carrying a tray that held drinks and a small plate of cookies. She almost dropped it when she saw me. But managed to catch herself before she said anything, "Here are your drinks Your Majesty."

I saw Princess Kakyu jerk in surprise, along with the Star Lights. I hadn't said anything when Princess Kakyu had called me Princess.

"Now what is your question Sailor Star Maker?" I asked the gaping Star Light.

"Oh why did you ask us to come right here? And threaten to put up a wall to keep us from going further into the system?" she got right to the point.

"I'm sorry if it sound like I was threatening you. But I can not allow you to go to Earth." I sipped my drink.

"But why? We carry no ill news." Healer said.

"Earth is covered in ice right now. Everyone there is sleeping in the ice." I said looking at them.

"Covered in ice? We must go, free them." Princess Kakyu said in shock.

"No we will not. I don't know if you ever meet Rini but she is Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Mask's daughter. She came from the 30th century. Sailor Pluto I know you have met. She is the keeper of the Gate of Time. She knew of this event. Plus Rini had talked about something like this as well. Sailor Moon, no Neo-Queen Serenity will wake in a 1000years to free everyone. Till than no one is to approach Earth." I finished telling them.

"But if it was foreseen than why did Sailor Moon and the sailor scouts allow it?" Princess Kakyu demanded.

"And why are you here?" Maker put in.

"If they prevented the freezing, Crystal Tokyo and Neo-Queen Serenity wouldn't be born. I'm here cause Sailor Pluto was told that the outer scouts would be need to protect the system from harm while everyone slept. I'm sorry that you came all this way only to have to turn back. But you are more than welcome to stay here on Saturn for as long as you want." I told them the truth of it.

"We wanted to visit our friends and tell them some great news. Also to invite Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Mask and any guards they want to bring to a wedding celebration. I was married about two months ago. I was just now able to get away to invite them. You are welcome to come, Queen Hotaru." Princess Kakyu blushed.

"Well I'm not sure if I can make it. But please visit with us while I find out." I got to my feet. "Stacey." She entered the room, "Will you please show our guests to their rooms?"

"Yes Your Majesty." She bowed to me, "Please follow me."

Princess Kakyu and the Star Lights nodded to me and followed Stacey from the room. As they left I sank back down on to the chair I had been sitting in. I sighed in relief. This was the first time I had to do what I had been sent out here to do. I had stopped someone from getting to Earth. Would it be as easy as it was next time?

"I know your there Thomas. Come on in." I said looking toward a hidden door. Thomas pushed the panel open. As it closed you would never had known that a door was there.

"Your Majesty." He didn't even try to hide the fact that he had been listening in.

"Well what do you think? How did I do?" I asked him.

"You did every well. They took the news well." He sat down across from me. "Nice add with the changing to a dress."

"Well what about the other news?" I asked looking at him with begging eyes.

"I'm not sure, Your Majesty." My eyes didn't affect him.

"I'm sure we can think of something to keep the system safe." I said still looking at him.

"We will speck of it later. Right now you need to get into the dinning room. It is almost time to eat." Thomas put an end to it for now.

I looked at the clock next to me. It was time to eat. I nodded that I understood. I got up and left the room. I made my way into the dinning room. Princess Kakyu and the Star Lights were already waiting for me. I didn't see the girls anywhere.

"Please sit." I motioned to them to sit. I myself sat at the head of the table.

Just as everyone was sat the door at the far end of the room slammed open. The girls ran in, out of breath. Their pets were with them. When they saw us already at the table they slowed to a walk and went to their seats. They didn't sit at the other end of table like some royals did with their children. I allowed them to seat near me and they could talk as long as they didn't interrupted.

"Why did you guys bring your pets?" I asked as they sat. I didn't mind that they were a little late. Not the first time and it wouldn't be the last.

"They didn't want to be left behind." Shannon stated simply.

I shook my head while Princess Kakyu and the Star Light smiled into their cups. I looked at the girl again. Bepo and Norton were calmly sitting on their owners' shoulders. I looked around for Penny. April must have seen me looking for Penny, cause she pointed toward the floor. I glanced down at her feet to see Penny crawled up in a ball at April's feet.

I gave it no more thought when the servants brought in dinner. We ate and talked about what had been happening since they went home. April and the others had no clue what we were talking about, so they talked among themselves. Fighter, who I remembered was nice and talked to anyone, talked to them as well as us. We sat around still talking after we had finished eating. The girls grew bored and started to fidget in their seats. I smiled over at them giving them permission to leave the table. The thanked me and left. Their pets, I was surprised, had not caused any problems during the whole dinner.

"It's getting late. We shall talk in the morning." I smiled as I saw Star Healer than Fighter cover a yawn.

"Yes tomorrow." Princess Kakyu agreed.

We left the table and bid each other a good night. Thomas was waiting for me at my bedroom door.

"Can this wait till morning?" I yawned myself.

"I only came to say what you have done today was good. You were every inch a Queen." Thomas bowed to me and left with a brief goodnight.

As I opened my door I shook my head. I guess I was a Queen today. With that last thought I closed my door and went to bed.


Finally I have finished another chapter. I started it this morning and finished it tonight. I hope, pray you guys like it. I've got ideas for the next chapter so I will have it out soon as well. Every creature in this chapter came from the top of my head. Hope you like them.