Hello lovelies,

Sorry this took so long. I got really into editting and posting my other story. That is not really an excuse though. But I give you chapter 11 and 12 will be coming out soon.

Also I finished posting Sailor Eclipse Book 1: The Return last night. I would love it if more people were reading it, because along with working on finishing this I am working on starting Sailor Eclipse Book 2: The Child of Eternity.


Over the next week only a few people at a time were allowed to be in the same house as Serena. Mathew worked hard to teach Serena to block out the world. In he evenings he worked with Darien to not project emotions as much. Slowly Serena began to block out those around her. In her mind it was unfair to spy on the emotions of her friends. Sad thing was that Serena knew the girls were going to have to go home soon. But she could tell that they were wanting to stay. How would that work? She wasn't going to worry about it. Grace and Mathew owned an apartment in down town San Francisco, so they were never too far away. With Leo's help Mathew had began to petition the Elders for not only his wings back, but the wings of both of his children.

The generals were fitting into society quite well. Nephlite discovered several ancient coins in his pocket worth over a million dollars. He quickly sold them for money to live on. Ami worked her cyber magic to create identities for each. Their new names were Josh (Jadeite), Michael (Malachite), Nickolas (Nephlite), and Zachary (Zoisite). Since the generals wanted to live near Darien, they bought a place a few houses down. The generals had asked Travis to live with them as well. Not only would he help the generals with this time period he would be able to live near Serena.

Slowly the generals were starting to make a connection with the Sailor Scouts. Josh constantly tested Rei's patience, which always ended with her yelling at him. Though he was just looking for ways for her to speak to him. Nickolas tried to become involved in Lita's interesting. This worked well for him because he loved to cook and took to modern technology in the kitchen famously. Zachary followed a similar method, he started reading different books Serena owned so that he could have things to talk about with Ami. Michael tried pure charm on Mina. She did not seem to mind his gentlemen ways; it was nice to have someone willing to hold the door or lend a hand. Serena was excited, because the girls were slowly remembering that these men were their companions during the Silver Millennium. Silently Serena wished them each the best of luck.

Things seemed to be going better for everyone until the matter of the scouts returning home was set on the table before Serena. The scouts met with her privately on the matter.

"Serena, it has come to be known that you are not going to be returning to Japan for a while. We completely understand that. That opens a problem for us." Ami began.

"Well you can always come and visit. You need to continue your education. There will be plenty of time to hang out later." Serena said sitting at her desk.

"As your guardians, we feel that it would be best for your safety if we were allowed to stay in the area." Lita said.

"Serena how can we do our job of protecting you if there is an ocean between us and we are in completely different time zones?" Rei asked.

Serena thought for a moment. The outers were protecting Japan and would call if anything happened to the future site of Crystal Tokyo. Why not? She thought to herself.

"Is this what you all believe?" Serena asked. Majority rule was something that had always effected the government of the Moon and something she wanted to keep.

"Yes." All four said in unison.

"Then we need a proper plan of action. We will implement a foreign exchange program. I will not erase the memories of you from everyone in Japan's minds. I will be listed to them as your host. This can all be easily done with the Silver Crystal." Serena knew that the girls families thought they were on a tour of the United States with the Outers. Now it would be that they enjoyed the experience so much they wish to attend school here for a little while. "I think there is a spell to create a room somewhere so that you each can have your own room. I will turn one of the hall closets into a place to live."

Each of the girls was ecstatic to know they would be allowed to stay. The reasons beyond duty shined in their eyes. The generals would be pleased to know that only after a week the girls already began to feel something for them. Serena closed her eyes and the crystal reacted to her wishes. It was done.

"So who wants the room I am going to make?" Serena asked very happy that her best friends were going to be living with her.

"I will I guess." Mina said.

"I can give you my old bed room suit from when I lived in Japan. That way you have furniture." Serena said pulling out her hand written book of spells and got up the leave the room. "Come on Mina. We got to decorate."

Mina hopped down the stairs with Serena in excitement. After cleaning the few things out of the closet, Serena began flipping through the pages until she found the spell to create a room. She filled in the blanks with closet and Mina.

In this closet create a room.

Big enough for more than two.

Make this space for Mina's things.

Where she can dream her dreams.

The girls spent until about dinner time decorating Mina's new room and fixing things in the other rooms to make them more like the girl that lived there.

At the Manor…

That night Piper, Lita, and Nickolas planned a very fabulous dinner. Everyone gathered around the dinner table. Although it was cramped; happiness filled the room. They celebrated new friends, a new start to the Generals lives, and no demons in almost two weeks. Everything was going prefect until the front door was blown off its hinges.

Four demons armed with energy balls walked through the doorway. They were dressed in Moon Kingdom style armor. A "man" walked in behind them with a familiar face. He wore black armor, a black cape with red lining, and a sword at his side. The scarcest part was that he looked identical to Darien.

Piper tried to freeze the room but they were immune to her powers. Travis tried as well, but it failed. The worst thing was they made no move to attack. The doppelganger was the first to speak. "Give me the moon princess and I shall leave you all in peace." his voice even held the same texture as Darien's.

"Never" the scouts shouted at once and transformed. Darien moved Serena behind him, trying to think of the best way to protect her from this "man".

"Well have it your way." he said as his minions began to move toward the group. The scouts realized quickly that they could not fire their attacks in the house. Mercury moved back taking scans of the imposter. Mars Venus and Jupiter started hand to hand combat, while the charmed ones figured out that none of their powers worked on them. Grace ran into the kitchen looking for any left over potions that might be of us. Mathew and Leo tried to help as much as they could along with the generals. It was hard to fight in such a small space with so many people. Scouts and witches were being thrown left and right, but the demons never used their powers on any of them.

The only thing Darien could think of was to run for it. So he grabbed Serena's hand and took off for the kitchen and the back door. As they were almost in to the kitchen, the imposter shimmered grabbed Serena and vanished. Everything stopped after that. The demons followed in suit and shimmered away.

"What the hell just happened?" Piper said getting of the floor.

"He shimmered behind Serena and took her." said Mathew looking very pissed off.

"Who was he, where did he come from, and why did none of our powers work on any of them?" Phoebe asked looking mainly a Darien for the answer.

"My scan showed that the only difference between Darien and the look a like demon we saw is that he is powered with the same energy Queen Beryl used." Ami said turning a little white.

Darien looked at the ground in shame that he could not protect Serena from what appeared to he himself. His eyes widened as he saw what laid at his feet. There on the floor was Serena's heart shaped brooch. He picked it up and within it he could feel the power of the silver crystal.

"Darien is that what I think it is?" Rei asked in fear.

"It is Serena's brooch." Darien said still staring at the powerful object in his hand.

"So our Princess is captured and with out her most powerful weapon?" Mina said trying to sound like a leader. "What are we going to do to get her back?"

"Better questions, what is Serena going to do and what is he going to do with her?" asked Phoebe trying not think about the number of evils that could happen.


Well here we are. Chapter twelve will be coming soon. Please check out Sailor Eclipse Book 1 if you can.

--Keeper of the Balance.