Sooo pretty much this chapter is going to be based off my version of what happened at the end of the Silver Millennium. It's based more off the Manga version of events, because the anime made them look like wimps.

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Taiki, Seiya, Kakyuu and Yaten were seated at the giant island counter in the kitchen watching as the two senshi made sandwiches. Minako had been mostly silent since the end of the meeting with Usagi. Her body language was tense and angry. Ami seemed to be the opposite. She was calm and smiling as she served the four aliens their lunch. After a few moments the lunch was over and the silence hung heavily around all of them. At last Seiya spoke.

"What was the Silver Millennium?"

"It was what we called the time of great peace and friendship," Ami began, "When all the planets were united and Queen Serenity ruled over all. It was before Beryl and Metallia attacked and destroyed everything. It's when Usagi and Mamorou met, but back then she was Princess Serenity. Sailor Moon didn't exist, because there was no need for her. She was protected by the Princess' of the surrounding planets." She looked over at Minako, but Mina's eyes had a faraway look as if she was reliving the memories as Ami spoke.

"Wait, you guys are Princess' too?" Taiki asked confused.

"On a smaller scale than Usagi, but yes. The planets we draw our strength from are our home planets that we were born on back during the Silver Millennium."

"So you were born on Mercury" Taiki asked skeptically.

Ami bristled slightly, "Yes, I was born on Mercury. Just as Minako was born on Venus, Rei on Mars, and Makoto on Jupiter."

"I'm sorry, I just," Taiki hesitated, not wanting to provoke the tiny bluette he respected so much, "Just in my studying the planets of this system, I don't see how life is possible on any of them. Mars maybe, but Mercury, Venus or Jupiter? I don't understand."

"The planets you know today are remnants of what once was. On my planet, we had vast cities built underneath the surface to protect us from the blistering heat of the sun and the ice cold of space. People came from all over the universe to partake in our knowledge and share ideas, for Mercury was largely a planet of intellect." As she spoke Ami's eyes began to glisten, "But when Metallia struck, all of that was lost. The large craters there are the scars left by her attack."

Kakyuu's eyes glistened, "Ami, I am so sorry. We never had any idea that all of you had lost your own planets too."

Ami shook her head, unable to speak. After a few moments, she spoke again.

"Before all of that we served Usagi as we do now. We left our homes when we were young to come to the Moon and befriend the Princess we were going protect for the rest of our lives." Ami chuckled, "We were all so different back then. "

Yaten stole a glance at Mina to see that she too was smiling.

"We all had to learn new ways of living as we dropped our Princess roles and learned to obey another person. It was harder for some than for others" The four Star's laughed as Ami continued, "We had barely figured it all out when our princess took a sudden interest in Earth."

Minako surprised them by speaking, "Earth wasn't apart of the Silver Millennium. It was too busy being at war with itself. It was full of savage people doing savage things to one another. We protected it when necessary, but otherwise treated it as one might treat a benign comet. We marveled at its beauty, but otherwise left it alone. But all of that changed when Usagi first saw the Earth Prince." He eyes seemed to go far away again. "I was the first one to catch her, but then I was first in command and it would have looked very bad for me if any one else had. She was trying to sneak down to Earth in some absurd disguise. She had managed to fool the guards at the palace gates, but I was there waiting for her, just on the other side. I grabbed her arm and began to march her back towards the palace, but she begged me. She just wanted to see him close up. She would never go to Earth again if I let her go this one time. I should have said no, and maybe that would have saved all of us. But instead, I decided to escort her myself."

Minako shook her head and chuckled, "When we got down to Earth, it became clear to me that that was NOT the first time she had been there. Even on Venus, you didn't run up to some random guy and embrace him like a lover. I demanded to know how many times she had snuck away without informing one of her senshi. All she could do was apologize and say that it wouldn't happen again, but I could see by the way they were looking at each other, it would continue happening whether I liked it or not. I made Usagi swear to always have at least one of us go with her when she went to Earth." Minako's hand suddenly balled into a fist by her side. "That's when everything started to go wrong."

"You mean Metallia made her appearance then?" Kakyuu asked.

"No," said Ami, "That's when we met the Shittennou. At first they hated us. We were from the Moon and therefore not to be trusted. Back then, the Moon was despised by the people of the Earth because we had longevity and incredible power. The people were, truthfully, jealous, and the Shittennou were no different. But, their opinion of us changed when we saved their Prince from an assassination attempt. We could have just rescued Usagi and let him die, but we knew our Princess would be distraught without him, so we rescued him too. After that we all became," Ami paused, struggling to find a word she felt comfortable with, "close. Well, except Minako. She was still focused on protecting Usagi and Kunzite was focused on protecting his Prince. They actually despised each other."

Minako smiled, " Back then I refused to even consider anyone. I was wholly committed to my duty, and no one was going to change my mind. I knew my life was going to be spent by Usagi's side. At first I was resigned to my fate, but then it evolved and became my passion. Usagi meant everything to me, and ensuring that she was protected so that she could one day become Queen was my greatest goal." Minako sighed. "It's a shame that I lost my focus. I fell for Kunzite, and then all the Shittennou left to go fight the rising masses that cried out for the destruction of the Moon. But we had our own worries. Metallia was attacking our planets, and Beryl seemed like a threat resigned to the Earth. We didn't realize that the two forces were working together. Over night, the planets of Mercury and Jupiter fell. When we awoke in the morning Mars was under attack and Venus was preparing itself. The hardest part of the last days of the Silver Millennium was that we could not go to aid our planets. We had to watch from the Moon as our people fought and died. We could not leave our Princess unprotected at such a hazardous time." Minako paused. "Truly our roles are the cruelest in the Universe. We are Princess's and protectors of our planets, but we must abandon them when danger comes to protect our Princess. What other Senshi is forced to have two powerful loves but only ever be able to protect one?"

"You weren't even able to go and fight?" Yaten yelled. "But those were your homes! Mercury and Jupiter were too late, but you and Mars should have been allowed to go and try to save your planets!" He didn't know why he was suddenly so angry at the injustice, but he realized that Minako and Rei had understood better than anyone the pain the Star Light's had faced when they had come to Earth from Kinmoku.

Minako smiled at Yaten, sensing his realization, "Our duty was to begin fortifying the Moon. Mercury and Jupiter had no choice but to grieve or work. They threw themselves into their tasks to numb the pain of their dead planets. But Mars and I spent the day distracted. At sunset, Mars came from the Holy Moon Tower and informed us that her planet had fallen. I felt in my heart that the attack was now focused on Venus. I awoke in the night to the feeling of stabbing pains and cold sweat. My heart felt dead and I knew that the last planet standing between Metallia and the Moon had fallen. Venus was no more."

"But what about the Outer Scouts? How could they let the darkness into the galaxy?!" Demanded Seiya.

"You know how strict they are about duty. They never would have abandoned their post. Their job was to protect the solar system from intruders; ours was to keep it safe from internal evil. Anyways, Metallia didn't come from outside our system. One day, a dark spot formed on our Sun and rained down on the Earth with a meteor shower. We didn't think anything of it; sunspots were normal and nothing to be afraid of. But a powerful sorceress who was jealous of the Prince's love for Usagi saw the dark spot and worshipped it as a Goddess. Metallia saw the jealousy in her heart, and knew she could manipulate the sorceress to turn the people of Earth violently against the Moon. Thus Beryl and Metallia met."

"But still-" Seiya began, but Minako cut him off once more.

"They did their duty. Even as they watched the Moon Kingdom fall, they sacrificed their talismans and their lives to awaken Sailor Saturn and bring an end to the solar system. Then Saturn caused it to be reborn so we could restart on an even playing field."

Silence followed Minako's words. Everyone was caught up in their own thoughts. Kakyuu looked between Minako and Ami and then quietly asked, "What happened on the night the Moon Kingdom fell?"

Minako took a deep breath and began telling the story she only relived in nightmares.

"There was a ball. Queen Serenity was trying to get everyone's mind off of the events of the past few days and felt this was the best way to do it. Prince Endymion has snuck from Earth to the Moon to try and warn Princess Serenity that the people Earth were preparing to attack. The Queen let him stay to help in the battle and as the ball ended we settled into our rooms, ready to wake at the slightest alarm. Shortly after midnight the alarm came that Moon Kingdom was being invaded. My duty was to escort the Princess to the safety room behind the Throne. She was adamantly against going because Endymion was going out on the frontlines with the senshi to try and reason with the people of Earth. She fought me for a moment before I finally threw her over my shoulder and ran with her," Mina smiled weakly at the memory, but no one else did. The four Stars' were listening intently to her every word. Minako's smile vanished as she continued, "I had to fight some humans who got in my way, I could hear the screams and I knew negotiations had failed. Usagi didn't want to go the safety room alone, so I lied and said I would be right behind her, but as soon as she set foot through the door, I slammed it shut behind her and sealed it. I could hear her crying and shouting, but I left. She was safe in there, I thought, so I ran to search for my friends."

Minako's face grew ghostly white and her nails began digging into her palms. "I got distracted fighting some of our enemies and couldn't find the front of the line where I knew they would be. When I finally came close to them, they were all fighting. Ami was fighting Zoicite, though I could see she was losing. Jadedite had just struck down Rei, and Makoto was battling Nephlyte and Kunzite. I screamed as I watched Rei shed her last tear and die. Jupiter looked back at me, and managed to kick Kunzite away from her, but left herself just open enough that Nephlyte was able to unleash a bolt of energy that caused her to stumble to the ground. Kunzite fired his boomerang at her and she-" tears began to pool in Minako's eyes. "She died. Nephlyte finished her off with his dagger, just as Ami was getting the upper hand against Zoicite. Kunzite came up behind Ami and ran her through with his sword just as she was about to kill Zoicite."

The Light's looked at Ami in surprise. Her head hung down and her face was hidden by her bangs. The only sign of emotion were the tears falling to the counter. Taiki couldn't restrain himself and leapt out of his seat to rush to her. He wrapped his arms around her and she twisted around to hide her face in his shirt. Muffled sobs began to escape from her small trembling form. Taiki himself began to tear and held her tighter still. Kakyuu held Seiya's arm tightly as they continued to stare at Minako. Yaten could feel his eyes burning as he listened to her speak.

"I screamed at them and began to charge when Metallia attacked the palace. We watched as she blasted the safety room open and began fighting Queen Serenity. Beryl, who was beside her, screamed something at the Prince and Princess who were together. Whatever he yelled in return infuriated her and she threw an attack at our Princess. Endymion stepped in the way of the attack, and was killed instantly. I heard the Shittennou scream, but didn't turn to look at them. Usagi picked up Endymion's fallen sword and I watched as she took her own life. I had failed. My Princess and my planet were destroyed. I let my anger take over. I turned to the Shittennou and began to fight the four of them all at once. I had nothing left to lose and if I took at least one of them with me, I would feel some measure of solace." Minako's eyes burned and her voice changed to an angry tone that Yaten had never heard. But he recognized the emotion. He had spent his entire time on Earth feeling that way: desperate to get his Princess back and ready to fight as to his last breath. "I fought until only Kunzite remained. We had trained together, and he knew many of my moves. With his slain comrades surrounding him he howled in pain. We clashed and he wounded me. But when our swords met again, I disarmed him and ran him through with the Holy Blade. He fell to the ground, mumbled something unintelligible and then died. I ran from the place where my friends had fallen and met Beryl on the battlefield. She tried to run when she saw me coming for her, but I was faster. I finished her with one stroke. Behind me, Serenity was completing the seal to lock away Metallia. In a giant flash it all ended. I realized then the wound Kunzite had given me was fatal. With my last bit of life, I crawled close to where my Princess lay dead and allowed myself to die at her feet. My last memory is Queen Serenity talking to Luna and Artemis as she herself lie dying. I comforted myself with the thought that we would all be reunited somewhere. When I next knew who I was, I was in London fighting as Sailor V. I had just fought my friend and foe Danburite. He re-awakened my memories and then died. I then knew my mission was to find the Senshi and my Princess to ensure that the fate of the Moon Kingdom did not become the fate of the Earth. I had to ensure that history did not repeat itself."

When Minako finished her tale she looked at the Star Lights and their Princess. Kakyuu was crying freely and Seiya was doing his best to comfort her. Yaten just stared at Mina, amazed that there was so much more to this woman than he could have ever thought possible. How could she have ever possibly smiled with a past like that?

"If they betray us again, they are gonna wish that they had never been reincarnated. I'll make whatever Beryl and Metallia did to them look like a pie walk," said Mina fiercely.

The four Kinmokians looked at each other with confused expressions. Finally Ami turned from Taiki.

"Minako, I think you mean 'cake walk'."

"Whatever."


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