Chapter 48: Like the Tides, The Moon Controls Me, Its Gravity is why I Fall for You

"But how…"

"Prince Darien, my dear sister has appeared many times after her passing, and now it is about time I appear to you. I have to apologize; as much as it pains to me to have to admit. I hurt you and my daughter when all I wanted was for her to be happy. All I wanted was for people to realize that without bad there is no good. I realize that my sister Queen Serenity, dear Serene, realizes that she made her mistakes, and it is about time that I do to. Princess Serenity has saved my daughter, my people… my everything, all at the exchange of her own life." She looked down at the blond girl, now Sailor Moon, her blue eyes shut and body lifeless.

Darien saw her eyes; a purple blue colour. They seemed to soften at the sight of Sailor Moon. Maybe she wasn't as evil as everyone made her out to be?Darien looked down at Sailor Moon too. "But why? Why now?"

"I owe you deeply. Your mother and your father died because of me, and now this? I could never rest with this. Your father, Damien, was a loyal follower of mine, and I shouldn't have second guessed that he would be just as loyal to your mother and try to do what's best for you. I saw what my death did to my daughter. Honestly I wish I could have been there more for her…"

Darien looked up to see the Dark Queen's eyes watering. Tears. She was as human with feeling as any other person.

"I may be of the dark moon," she continued, "but even you should know we are not all bad. It was loneliness that isolated our hearts from our minds. The world now knows our story; our rejection and pain. But now I want the dark crystal, the one that I made, to do nothing more than what I originally wanted it to do; to bring out the good from the bad."

She held out her hands and a small black crystal appeared. "Take this. Use your sorrow, your sadness, and most importantly your want for her to be alive again. The crystal I made was to be used for good; disguised by its dark appearance and use for negative energy. It only has enough power left in it to revive your princess. It seemed she was quite the formidable enemy for my daughter. It will turn the negative energy into the intended; if you want her to be saved it shall do so. Only you can do it because you are part of the dark moon family…so please use it so I can rest knowing it was used for its better purpose."

Darien held out his had to receive it. Could this be real? Could the origin of all they fought against really be handing him a chance for Serena's new life?

"Will it harm her?" He asked. He had to be sure. As much as he had his doubts, something in her face; her eyes, had that look. Maybe it was the look of the moon kingdom; that somewhere she wasn't as bad, that she was, on the inside, similar to Queen Serenity, and Princess Serena.

"The energy from it? No my dear. Sailor Moon has been given energy from the dark crystal before; it will awaken her enough for you to heal her yourself; if your want behind your pain is strong enough. I have faith that your healing powers will do the rest; your powers are truly amazing Prince Darien. That is something I always envied of the Earth royalty." She smiled down at him.

For a quick second, she looked a lot like Queen Serenity. He could now see the resemblance. Queen Esmeray may have turned away from the Moon, but she really was of it. She just proved it to him.

"Thank you."

The dark Queen nodded back to him, was about to turn away.

"Queen Esmeray…" Prince Darien started.

She turned back. "Call me Queen Sera from now on. I was naive I could ever distance myself from something that was apart of me. I was fooling myself if I ever thought that I could hide from myself." She seemed to say this to Darien, but still to his ears, it seemed like she had made some self-realization. She just proved what he suspected was right.

"Queen Sera, I will unite your kingdom with ours. It is the only thanks I could give to you."

"But how…" She said staring opened eyed at the Earth Prince who she had caused so much pain and despair to.

"I am part of the Earth; it's Prince, but I am also part of the Dark Moon. I cannot deny my father; I am Tuxedo Mask as well. Serena… (He looked down at her in his arms) is of the Moon Kingdom. Together the future will be united in a trinity of these powers. I know this isn't what you wanted exactly; but I will make sure that everyone of your people will be take care of so this doesn't have to happen again." He looked back up at the Queen.

"I am astounded. For the first; I must thank you greatly. It may not have been what I had in mind, but what I had in mind may not have been the best. And for the second; I have no doubt that you will take care of my people. Your Princess already verified that. You two really deserve each other." She looked down at the kneeling couple.

"Goodbye Prince Darien. I can finally rest now, knowing that our worlds are at peace and all is right again. It is all I ever wanted."

With that, Darien watched as the purple aura around her grew, and she disappeared from sight. He remained in the darkness. He looked down to see the crystal in the palm of his hands.

"I hope this works Serena."

He looked at her, and instantly felt the pain of loosing her. He realized then that even pain is needed to make a person feel; to make them human and loving. He realized that there is no such thing as life and love without loss. Suddenly the dark crystal illuminated in a soft purple light. Somehow it felt warm, not cold, and it spread to Sailor Moon, and slowly it seemed to bring a bit of life to her body. Her skin became lighter with life. He cheeks…did they look rosier? Darien felt the power; that his own desperate feelings had been the basis for this power. As Sailor Moon fell back into his arms, the aura depleted and the dark crystal cracked, breaking into a million little pieces.

He looked down at her. She didn't seem to move. He thought he saw her. He thought he had seen life. It had to have worked. He held her tighter in his arms, and her body began to glow with his Earthly power. He realized now that if he was not part of the Dark Moon, and if he had not been part of the Earth, saving Serena like this would have never been possible.

"Darien…" A weak voice reached his ear.

"Serena!" He backed his face up from hers to see her blue eyes shining back at him. Nothing more was said; just a kiss. A long heartfelt kiss. With their eyes shut the blackness around them left, and when their eyes opened they realized that they were in the wreckage of the mansion; with the other scouts now beside them, staring at the sight of their Prince and Princess united again.

You can try to resist, Try to hide from my kiss, But you know
But you know that you can't fight the moonlight.
Deep in the dark, You'll surrender your heart, But you know
But you know that you can't fight the moonlight
No, you can't fight it; It's gonna get to your heart.

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...Is it over? Is that the end to the story? …hells nahhh. I have this huge epilogue idea; how they reveal to everyone who they really are; how modern Tokyo and the world becomes Crystal Tokyo and the new Moon/Earth kingdom; how they convince the world that they are all princesses and prince without sounding insane; and how Serena and Darien's marriage is a key part in it all...not to mention how all the new human dark kingdom fits into their lives. (let...me..catch...my..breath...)

SO THE SEQUEL TO "Truth about the Past" is "Beginning of a Future: The Truth Comes Out"
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Also I will be doing another story to tell Malaena's side of the story; was Darien the only man she had eyes for? What was life like on the dark side of the moon? How did she get so powerful? Was Malaena purely jealous? Did she go for second best in her heart because of the oath?

MALAENA'S SIDE OF THE STORY- "The Dark Princess: Life on the Dark Moon"

Please check it out: it blends into "Truth About the Past" and "Beginning of a Future…" too! It's a trilogy kind of that I wont stop til its finished! Lots of Love!