Disclaimer: I do not own the rights to Sailor Moon, Robotech, or their characters, so please don't sue me. I have altered the aspects in which the Generals appear in this story once more. Originally many of you who have read the original version, know that I cloned all four Generals. Well now only three of them will be cloned while the fourth is a traitor. Also, I do not own the character of Ryoku/Jason Kino. This character belongs to Jason C. Ulloa who is the author of Sailor Moon AR: The Earth Scout Chronicles. The name Tranquility and the look of Sailor Sun belongs to Jendra who is the author of the fanfic's known as 'Sailor Moon Universal' & 'Sailor Moon Universal B'. This series is based on both my original Robotech Warriors series and Chibi Halo's Sailor Moon Macross. I am still going to write my original Robotech series, I just thought people might like to see a little bit of an Alternate Reality version to it. The names of the Generals are now Knave, Nathan, and Jared. These names were thought up by my other friend and fellow author named Twin Kats. I have also gone back and changed some of the character relations and their personalities. Now not only will she be smart but Serena will hardly ever get in trouble. This will be the new reason her brother Sammy makes fun of her. Please bare with me as I work on this story, I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoy writing it!
Robotech Warriors: The Early Years
by: Thunderbird
Early the next morning Nephlite was up at his desk in his chambers going over his plan to steal the crystal from the Ball that the humans were going to tonight when Zoisite entered the room.
"What do you want this time Zoisite?" Nephlite asked looking up from his desk.
"You're pitiful you know that Nephlite! You have failed at all your previous attempts to either steal energy or do away with those stupid scouts what makes you think you deserve another chance huh?" Zoisite asked slamming her fist down on Nephlite's desk.
"Zoisite you're the stupid one if you think that of the sailor scouts! If I remember right it was Sailor Moon and her then newly acquired teammate Sailor Mars that killed Jadeite not Queen Beryl and like you yourself just said I've lost myself to them too! You would do good to remember these girls are a strong force to reckon with!" Nephlite said.
"Whatever Nephlite I just hope that this last chance pays off for you because if it doesn't you'll be seeing Jadeite real soon!" Zoisite smirked.
"I know that Zoisite you don't have to remind me! I will not fail queen Beryl this time I can promise you that!" Nephlite hissed before teleporting out of his room in a flash of black lightning.
"We'll see Nephlite because I can't wait to be there when Queen Beryl ends your pitiful life!" Zoisite laughed as she walked out of Nephlite's chambers.
Chapter 22: The Grand Ball
It was a great Thursday morning and thanks to the four hours of sleep she got last night Serena was up bright and early.
"Morning mom, dad and Sammy I trust you all slept well?" Serena asked coming into the living room.
"Good morning dear yes your father and I slept just fine." Ilene smiled with Kenji looking up from his paper and nodding in agreement.
"I slept just fine too sis'." Sammy answered.
"I'm glad about that! So um dad is that project ready to go before your bosses yet?" Serena asked.
"Yes we have a working model of the project ready to go before our bosses but nothing can be released to the public just yet!" Kenji said.
"Well I hope everything goes well tonight." Serena said with a smile.
"Actually I'm not working tonight honey!" Kenji told his daughter.
"What but Kenji you work mostly everyday did they finally give you a day off?" Ilene asked.
"In a way yes!" Kenji said.
"What do you mean in a way?" Ilene asked again.
"Well you see I've been given an invitation to a masquerade ball tonight that is being held at the mansion of Baron Von Brakston whose family will be showing off a very old crystal! I figured we could all use some fun what with all these crazy things happening lately so what do you all think?" Kenji asked.
"I think that it would be so cool!" Serena said with a huge smile on her face.
"Yeah dad anything beats sitting around here all day!" Sammy added.
"I guess it's unanimous dear we'll all go!" Ilene told him.
"Okay then you should know we have enough tickets to bring some guests with us so if you two want to bring some friends ask their parents first okay!" Kenji said.
"Okay dad!" Both kids said.
"Good now let's watch the news!" Kenji said turning on the TV.
"Good morning ladies and gentlemen and welcome to the Thursday edition of Good Morning Japan! I'm Lisa Christian, Jason La'Street has the day off. In today's news Baron Von Brakston is throwing a masquerade ball tonight where his daughter Princess Diamond will unveil their families heirloom during the dance. Also in the news the sailor scouts were able to stop the person known as Nephlite with a little amount of damage to the mall. Mall CEO James Styles said that the elevator and part of the floor in the middle of the mall should be fixed in a couple of days. When we come back after the break we'll have a look at weather. I'm Lisa Christian and we'll be right back!" Lisa said as they went to break.
"Well I better get going to school now!" Serena said getting up to leave.
"Okay dear." Ilene said.
"Now remember what I said Serena if you want your friends to come too you need to ask their parents first!" Kenji stated.
"Yes sir!" Serena said before she left out the door.
"Well Sammy I think you better get going too son! Oh yes and what I told Serena goes for you too! If you want to invite anyone else ask their parents first!" Kenji told his son.
"Thanks dad!" Sammy said getting up to leave.
"Be careful on your way to school!" Ilene said.
"Yes ma'am! See you later!" Sammy said as he walked out the door.
Meanwhile on her way to school Serena ran into what can only be described as a living wall.
"Can't you ever watch where you're going meatball head?" A masculine voice asked.
'Oh no not today! Why does it have to be Darien?', Serena thought before saying, "Oh leave me alone Darien! I've got to much to do today!" She hissed.
"Really and just what is it that you have to do today?" Darien asked.
"If you must know I've got to ask my friends if they want to go to a masquerade ball with my family tonight!" She said.
"What! Your going to the Von Brakston masquerade ball tonight! Why would you be going to an extravaganza like that?" He asked.
"None of your business Darien! I've got to go to school now so if you'll excuse me I'll be going now!" Serena said running off.
"I've said it before and I'll say it again! That girl is cute when she's angry." Darien said with a smile before he continued walking towards his own school.
Later that day at lunch Serena found and was talking to Amy about the ball when Molly and Melvin showed up.
"Hey guys how are you two doing today?" Serena asked.
"We're fine now that we got through last night, no thanks to Melvin here!" Molly said.
"Why what happened?" Amy asked.
"Oh just that Melvin here decided to see if his assumption of the people the scouts are fighting and the SDF1 was correct! When we got to the mall I told him that I thought I saw the sailor scouts go into the mall and I said I thought that we should let them handle it. Melvin didn't want to listen to me though and ran inside. I ran in after him but I never found him instead I ran into the guy who challenged the scouts yesterday. Afterwards that creep did something to me and I passed out. That's all I remember!" Molly said.
"I said I was sorry Molly!" Melvin said.
"Melvin it doesn't matter you should have known better then to drag Molly plus yourself to the mall! You both could of been killed." Serena exclaimed.
"Serena's right Melvin what you did was very dangerous!" Amy added.
"I'm sorry it won't happen again okay!" Melvin said.
"See that it doesn't Melvin!" Serena told him.
"Well guys it looks like it's time for us to go to afternoon classes now!" Molly said heading inside.
"See you guys later!" Melvin said as he turned to run inside as well.
"Well Amy I guess we'll have to finish talking about the ball this afternoon." Serena said.
"Okay meet me by the front doors after school!" Amy said as both girls walked towards the building.
"Sure thing Amy!" Serena said as they walked inside.
After school Amy and Serena finished their conversation about the ball that was going on that night then they headed over to Amy's apartment to see if Amy could go. Once they had Mrs. Mizuno's approval the two girls then headed over to Raye's temple to see if she wanted to go. On their way there the girls ran into Luna.
"So what are you two girls up too?" Luna asked.
"Oh just discussing the ball my family and I are going to tonight and I wanted to see if Amy and Raye wanted to go too!" Serena said.
"A ball really! What are you going to do Amy?" Luna asked.
"My mom said that I could go to the ball with Serena now we're on our way to see if Raye wants to go with us!" Amy said.
"Well I'll go with you two girls. We need to discuss Nephlite and what happened last night!" Luna stated.
"Sure thing Luna let's go!" Serena said as she picked Luna up then headed off to Raye temple with Amy.
Sometime later Serena, Amy and Luna walked up the steps of the Cherry Hill Temple to find Raye finishing up her chores.
"Hey Raye how was school today?" Serena asked.
"Hey guys! School was just fine today Serena." Raye said with a smile.
"That's good to hear! Um Raye is there some place we can talk in private?" Serena asked.
"Sure my room why?" Raye asked.
"Well I have a question to ask you about tonight and we need to have a you- know-what meeting!" Serena said.
"Okay come on guys!" Raye said as she lead the others to her room.
After the girls all gathered around Raye's table in her room they began the girls talk/meeting for the day. Before the girls could start talking though Luna jumped up onto the table and asked both Amy and Serena, "So what were you two saying about a ball when I joined up with you?"
"Well you see we said earlier Serena's family is going to a masquerade ball tonight where the daughter of the host who apparently is a princess is going to unveil an heirloom crystal that has been in their family for generations. Serena already asked me and my mother said I could go now we wanted to see if Raye would like to go too!" Amy said.
"Hmmmm, a princess whose family holds a crystal that has been around for generations I wonder!" Luna said to no one in particular.
"What are you wondering about Luna?" Serena asked.
"Well you see back during the Silver Millennium our queen had a powerful crystal that could either destroy or rebuild whole worlds! It might be possible that this crystal is the same one that was our queens crystal and if it is then the Dark Kingdom might want it as well!" Luna stated.
"So what you're saying is that we have two things to do tonight! One, see if this crystal is what we're looking for and two, if this crystal is the one we're looking for we keep the Dark Kingdom from getting their hands on it!" Raye stated.
"Yes that is it exactly Raye! So in order to find out anything you'll all have to go out to this ball and find out what you can and if need be protect it and the people from the Dark Kingdom. So Raye you must get your grandfather to allow you to go to this dance alright!" Luna told her.
"Okay well let me go see if he'll let me go with you guys!" Raye said as she left the room to talk to her grandpa. A few minutes later Raye returned with a smile on her face.
"Well what did he say Raye?" Serena asked.
"He said I could go as long as I represented our temples honor!" Raye exclaimed.
"Good now that, that is taken care of I'd say that counts as a scout meeting!" Luna said.
"Good cause now its time to talk about dresses!" Serena exclaimed.
"Yeah!" Amy and Raye cheered.
Later that night at the Tsukino household Kenji and Ilene were in their room getting ready for the evening as were Sammy and Serena who were also getting ready in their own rooms. A couple of minutes later and Kenji and Ilene were downstairs waiting for their other guests as well as for their ride to tonight's festivities, when Serena and Sammy came downstairs.
"Wow mom, dad you guys look great!" Serena exclaimed.
Ilene was dressed in a long black dress with two slits up the sides of the dress that ended at the knees. She was also wearing black neon pantyhose with black high-heels. To complete her look she had on a diamond necklace with matching earrings. Kenji was wearing his dress uniform which complied of white pants with a white top and a black cover jacket that held his medals, rank and name tag. He also exchanged his glasses for contact lenses. (I don't know what the Japanese dress uniform looks like! All I know is it isn't time for the RDF uniforms yet.)
"Yeah Serena's right you two look just wonderful!" Sammy added.
"Well thank you kids and may I say you two look quite beautiful and handsome yourselves too!" Ilene said with a smile.
Sammy was wearing a black tuxedo (Think Tuxedo Mask with out the mask!) with a white cummerbund, black dress shoes, and he had his hair combed down nicely. Serena was wearing a long white dress with gold trim. Her hair was done in her usual style with pearl earrings and a golden crescent moon necklace. (Think Princess Serenity. Now to protect the story line Luna won't know Serena is really the Princess until the end of the rainbow crystal saga is over!)
"Your mother is right you two look like your ready to enjoy a night on the town!" Kenji said smirking.
"Daddy!" Serena said blushing.
Just then the family heard the front door bell ring.
"I'll get it!" Ilene said as she headed for the front door.
"Hello!" Ilene said opening the door.
"Good evening Mrs. Tsukino!" Two voices said.
"Ah Amy and Raye good to see you two! You're right on time we're still waiting for our ride to get here." Ilene said as she brought the two teens into the living room.
"Wow Serena you look great!" Amy told her friend upon seeing her.
"Thanks Amy you guys look great too!" Serena returned with a smile.
Amy was wearing a long light blue dress with sapphire earrings and a golden necklace with the sign of Mercury hanging from it. Raye was wearing a long red dress with ruby earrings and she had a golden necklace with the sign of Mars hanging from it. (I don't own the creative genius behind the necklaces! I just can't remember who does!)
"Thanks Serena!" Amy said with a smile.
"Yes Serena thank you for the complement. Now will someone be so kind as to tell me how much longer this ride of ours is going to take to come get us?" Raye asked. Just then there was a sound of a car horn coming from outside.
"Well Raye you got your wish!" Serena said with a smile.
"Yes Serena I can see that!" Raye answered.
"Well let's go everyone our ride has just arrived!" Kenji said as he looked out the door.
As the group walked out the door and to the limo Kenji turned to address the others.
"Okay everyone I've been told on the invitation that there would be enough masks to go around for each ticket that they sent me. I figure that if it had only been my family and I then there would be three leftover masks. Well enough small talk let's have fun okay everyone!" Kenji said.
"Hey Sammy speaking of inventions how come no one's with you?" Serena asked.
"Well I asked Mika a friend of mine at school but she said she was too busy tonight!" Sammy told his sister.
"I'm sorry Sammy!" Serena replied.
"Sorry! Sorry for what I can still have fun and maybe meet some of dad's bosses or even meet a girl my own age there right!" He said.
"You're absolutely right little brother." Serena said with a smile.
"Hey you two let's go! I've got boy's to meet so I can make Darien jealous!" Raye yelled from next to the limo.
"We're coming!" Serena exclaimed as she lead Sammy over to the others.
Later at the mansion of the Von Brakston's the ball was in full swing. Amy who was wearing a blue mask now was having an intelligent conversation with a doctor. Raye who was now wearing a red mask was just sitting around watching all the guests enjoy themselves. Serena who was wearing a silver mask would dance with a lot of men as well as for her father who would also dance with his wife. Sammy would on occasion dance with Molly or his sister as he didn't like dancing to much, but he would talk to other girls from time to time. At around eleven O'clock Nephlite in his guise as Maxfield Stanton arrived at the ball. His entrance did not go unnoticed by several people already in the room.
'I'm getting bad vibes from that man!', Raye thought to herself as Serena walked up to her.
"Raye are you okay?" Asked a worried Serena.
"Other then getting the willies' I'm fine!" Raye told her.
"The willies'! Tell me are they coming from the guy that just came in?" Serena asked.
"Yes they are." Raye answered.
"So do you think he could be the enemy?" Serena asked again.
"It's possible, we should keep an eye on him Serena!" Raye said.
"Right I'll tell Amy about this and we'll watch him like a hawk!" Serena said before walking off to find Amy.
'What ever the Dark Kingdom is up to the Sailor Scouts will stop them!', Raye thought as she went back to watching the dance floor.
Meanwhile back with Nephlite/Maxfield...
As Maxfield walked through the room he ran into Molly Baker.
"Excuse me miss I didn't see you there!" Maxfield said.
"It's quite alright it was obviously my…" Molly tried to say until she saw his face.
"It's you!" Molly exclaimed in fear as she backed away.
"I'm sorry miss do I know you?" Maxfield asked.
"Yes you attacked me in the mall yesterday!" Molly informed him.
"So it is your energy that my queen is enjoying right now but unfortunately you know who I am and I can't afford to let you ruin our plans!" Maxfield said as he grabbed Molly.
"What are you planning to do with me?" Molly cried.
"Just borrow your body for awhile!" Maxfield said as he sent dark energy into her.
A minute later and Molly was possessed by an evil shadow youma.
"What is your command my master?" The possessed Molly asked.
"You shall go to Princess Diamond's room and retrieve her crystal for me do you understand!" He ordered.
"At once sir!" The mind slave said walking off.
A minute later Serena, Amy and Raye walked up to Maxfield.
"What did you do to our friend?" Serena hissed.
"I've done nothing to her so just leave me alone!" Maxfield said as he left the party.
"I really don't like that guy!" Raye said.
"Neither do I!" Amy added.
"You know if I didn't know better I'd swear that, that was the guy from yesterday!" Serena informed her friends.
"Are you sure?" Raye asked.
"Yes I am and if it is him then we need to check on Molly!" Serena said.
"I agree with Serena! I think we should split up and look for her!" Amy stated.
"Right and whether we find her or not we should all meet back here okay." Raye said.
"Right ma'am!" The other girls laughed out as all three girls went off in search of Molly.
Elsewhere in Princess Diamond's private room she was getting ready to go and unveil her family's heirloom when she heard a knock on the door.
'I wonder who that could be?', Princess Diamond thought before saying, "Come in!"
At Princess Diamond's command Molly who was still possessed by Nephlite's shadow youma entered the room.
"May I ask you what you need ma'am?" Diamond asked.
"I'm here to see you safely out to the ballroom with your treasure princess!" Molly said.
"Oh thank you so much! Let me just get the case!" Diamond said as she turned her back on Molly.
"Yes do hurry and retrieve it will you!" Molly whispered before she passed out and the evil shadow left her body and jumped into Princess Diamond's body.
"Now to take the crystal to Lord Nephlite and the Dark Kingdom!" The newly possessed Princess Diamond said as she ran out the door.
Meanwhile Serena was still looking for Molly when Princess Diamond ran past her.
"Boy what's with her and why do I feel bad vibes coming from her?" Serena asked to no one in particular.
Then from behind her Serena heard, "Talking to yourself again meatball head?"
"You! What on earth are you doing here Darien? Did you come here just to laugh at me?" Serena hissed.
"Actually I'm here on business! I'm in charge of security while the Von Brakston's are here! What I want to know is why you're here?" Darien asked.
"If you must know my father's bosses gave him tickets and an invitation to this ball!" Serena told him.
"Why?" Darien simple replied.
"That is none of your business Darien!" Serena fumed.
Just then both Serena and Darien heard screaming coming from the main ball room.
"Stay here Serena while I go check out what's going on!" Darien said running off.
'Oh I don't think so Darien I'm not letting anything happen to my friends!', Serena thought before shouting, "Moon Prism Power!" A minute later Sailor Moon was running towards the ballroom.
Once at the door of the ballroom she saw her family as well as for most of the guests were passed out cold on the floor. Sailor Mars and Mercury were by the back wall unconscious due to the power that the possessed Princess Diamond sent at them. Sailor Moon couldn't see where Darien was but she could see Tuxedo Mask who like the scouts was passed out near the back wall. She saw Princess Diamond surveying the damage she caused before turning to walk out of the building.
"Hold it right there missy!" Sailor Moon ordered.
"Well if it isn't the sailor brats leader! I was wondering when you'd show up!" Princess Diamond said.
"Why are you helping the Dark Kingdom?" Sailor Moon asked.
"Oh simple question Moon brat! Well here's a simple answer for you, this girl actually has no choice but to follow our orders!" Princess Diamond said.
"You mean your making her do things against her will!" Sailor Moon stated.
"Bingo sailor girl." The possessed human said laughing.
"Very well then on behalf of all these innocent people as well as for the person your controlling I Sailor Moon the champion of love and justice shall punish you!" Sailor Moon said getting into a fighting stance.
"Nice speech girl but I've got to get this crystal as well as the energy I gathered back to Lord Nephlite so if you'll excuse me I'll be going now!" Diamond said turning to leave again.
"Not so fast you evil controlling freak!" Sailor Moon yelled as she ran after the other girl.
"Oh please!" Diamond said as she preformed a round house kick knocking Sailor Moon over the balcony railing.
Before Sailor Moon got anywhere near the ground she felt someone grab her by the arm.
"I've got you Sailor Moon!" Tuxedo Mask said trying to pull her up.
"Tuxedo Mask you saved my life!" Sailor Moon exclaimed.
"Not so fast! My master will be very happy if I do away with you two!" Diamond said pushing Tuxedo Mask over.
"Noooo!" Sailor Moon screamed.
"Sailor Moon it's alright I've got you!" Tuxedo Mask said holding the scared sailor scout.
"I thought we were going to die!" She whimpered as Tuxedo Mask landed them both safely in the bushes.
"Now Sailor Moon I would never let anything happen to you or the others!" He told her.
"Thank you Tuxedo Mask." Sailor Moon said with a smile.
"You're very welcome now let's go your friends need help!" He said.
"Right that brain controlling Dark Kingdom sleezeball won't get away with this!" Sailor Moon said as she ran to help her friends.
"That is one thing I hope Sailor Moon never loses! Her love for her friends!" Tuxedo Mask said before he ran after Sailor Moon.
Meanwhile after both Sailor Mars and Mercury regained consciousness they ran after the possessed Princess Diamond after seeing her push Tuxedo Mask and Sailor Moon off the balcony.
"Hold it right the creep! You'll pay for what you did to our leader!" Mars yelled.
"Oh I'll enjoy sending you both to join her too!" Diamond laughed.
"No one is going to do anything to my friends!" They heard a voice say off to the side.
"Sailor Moon you're alive!" Mercury exclaimed happy to see her friend in one piece.
"That's right I am and I'm going to whip that possessed girls butt!" Sailor Moon said.
"Oh really you and what army?" Diamond laughed.
"This one!" Sailor Moon said pulling out her Moon wand.
"Moon Healing Activation!" She yelled sending her power towards the girl.
"No you can't win!" Diamond said even as the shadow youma left her body.
"Okay guys let's finish this!" Sailor Moon said as she removed her tiara.
"Right!" The girls said getting into a fighting stance.
"Let's do this! Moon Tiara Action!"
"Mercury Bubbles Blast!"
"Mars Fire Surround!"
As the powers flew through the air they converged and flew straight at there intended target.
"No this isn't possible!" The youma screamed before turning into dust.
"Now that, that's over let's check on the princess!" Sailor Moon said turning towards the prone body. That's when she noticed Luna walking up to the poor girl. "Luna your Here!" Sailor Moon exclaimed.
"Yes I must see to something!" Luna said from next to Princess Diamond.
As Luna and the girls came closer Diamond began to wake up. "Where am I and where did my glasses go?" she asked.
"Are you okay princess?" Luna asked.
"Why yes I am! Excuse me but could you help me find my glasses? I seem to have dropped them!" Diamond said.
"Here you go princess!" Mars said handing the glasses to Diamond after finding them a few inches away.
"Thank you so much!" Diamond said taking the glasses.
"Excuse me princess but I must ask are you the princess we've been looking for?" Luna asked.
"Hold on one moment!" Diamond said as she put on her glasses. "There that's better! Now what were you saying?" Diamond asked.
"As I was saying are you the princess we've been looking for?" Luna asked again.
"Ahhhh! A talking cat!" Princess Diamond screamed as she fainted.
"I take it she's not the one your looking for?" Mercury asked.
"No she's not! If she had been the one I was looking for, she wouldn't have acted that way." Luna said.
"Luna later on we're going to have a long talk about what our whole mission is! For now you'd better get out of here before security comes!" Sailor Moon said.
"Right and I suggest you all change back! I'll see you later Sailor Moon!" Luna said running off.
"Okay let's go girls we have a ball to get back too!" Mars said.
"Right!" The others said as all three returned to normal and stayed with Princess Diamond until security arrived.
Meanwhile in the dinning room of Nephlite's mansion, he was furious that his youma's failed yet again.
"Damn you sailor scouts I was so close to getting back into Queen Beryl's good graces! I promise I will get even before I'm destroyed!" He yelled before heading to bed for the night.
To be continued...
I hope you liked this new version of my Robotech Warriors: The Early Years. Please review and let me know what you think. Stay tuned for the next installment; titled: I'll Do Anything. In the next installment, Nephlite get's Molly to steal a crystal from her mother's store, plus Nephlite finally shows his true colors to the scouts and Molly. Be there to see what else happens and please review and let me know what you think of this chapter.