In the suburbs of Los Angles a young girl woke up with a start

Intergalactic Planetary--- Chapter 3

By Serenity Star

In the suburbs of Los Angles a young girl woke up with a start. Tangled up in white sheets with a pillow drenched in sweat she sat up panting for air. It was the middle of the night and like all the other nights the moon seemed to be unusually large. One thing unusual about this nightmare, compared to the countless others she had been having for a month now was, she remembered. And the word 'unbelievable' stood out in her mind. Throwing the sheets off of herself she stood up to walk to the large bay windows of her apartment. She stared at the moon and asked the hidden faces of that mysterious body for answers.

What is going on?

What are my dreams telling me?

Do I act on them, or are they just that, dreams?

WHO THE HECK AM I?

But instead of answers all she got was the insufferable silence. Not that she blamed the moon, from what the dreams had shown, how could one talk after all that tragedy. How could one live through life, knowing that all they had loved, all they had known, the life that they had cherished had all ended in that one single event.

Thunder clouds rolled by, hiding the moon from her for a moment, but it was all it took for her to be able to tear her eyes from it, and detach herself from her memories.

She looked around herself. Here she was a world wide renowned, art collector, without a past, with out a steady present, and fog for a future. She realized then that this wasn't the life she had planned out. She was missing an intricate component, without which all her efforts would be pointless. In that one moment, she knew her course of action.

Briskly she turned around and headed back towards her bed. Sitting down she reached over to her nightstand where a pearly white telephone rested. After dialing the necessary numbers, she heard the ringing, followed by the drowsy voice of her secretary.

"Who is it?"

"My, my, Jennifer, aren't you grouchy."

"Tessa, what are doing calling me at this ungodly hour of the night?"

"Jennifer, I want you to call the airlines and book me a flight to Japan as soon as possible. By the time I get there, I want in my hands a fax telling me of where my apartment is going to be, and when the moving people would be bringing over furniture. I will also be expecting an appointment with a computer personnel to set up a complimentary system in Japan, like the one I have here. . .are you getting all this down?"

"I got it, but I still don't know why all of a sudden you want to go off to Japan. You still have the meeting with the computer surveillance team tomorrow morning, then don't forget the meeting with Stanley and Company about the acquisition of the millennial diamonds...AND most of all it is the middle of the night!"

"I just need to get there, Jen, and the sooner the better. Now I don't believe you have much time, I also need to pack so I'll meet you at the airport in an hour and a half."

With that curt statement Tessa, placed her phone back on it's hook. Now it was all up to lady fate. Knowing there was only a limited amount of time, Tessa set about packing.

In the foggy corridors of time, a lone figure stood leaning against her staff. Bright light shined out from a viewing portal in front of her. She heaved a sigh of relief as she saw Tessa pack up her stuff. Fifty percent of her plans were going accordingly. The other half though tended to be as stubborn as always. Although she didn't move a whole lot, except to tighten her grip on her staff. A red orb glowed with blood red light, that shot of towards the portal. On impact the scenes of the portal changed. The lone figure stood blind as her eyes slowly adjusted to the light difference. And when she looked upon the portal once more, there was another person tossing in the throes of dreamland.

In the highlands of Scotland, a man woke up in his sleep. Lately he hadn't been able to get a nights worth of sleep without waking up in the middle of the night. Or as was his case, early day.

It was a recurring nightmare. Each time ending with death and destruction beyond even the wild imagination of Hollywood. (But not quite beyond that of anime J )

He struggled a while to unfurl himself from the sheets, finally with frustration just flinging them away from him. The morning sun shined through leaving him bitter towards the new day already. He looked around him, he was surrounded by the mementos of a lifetime and beyond. Ancient weapons from the far reaches of the world adorned the walls. Swords, shields, daggers, and all others hung on the walls. Mixed in with other materials such as tapestries, flags, and documents.

Although normally the sights of these beloved weapons would lift his sprits, today they gave no solace. Each weapon he stared at faces... sprits took over it. He looked at the lances of medieval times and he saw a face of strength. A young girl with soft brown hair tied up in a pony tail. He looked at the sharp discus that had cut the throats of many an enemy in times of the ottoman empire and he saw an angelic face with a halo of gold hair surrounding it. He looked at the royal emblem of Egypt when Cleopetra was the ruler and he saw the most beautiful face almost as beautiful as that of the golden haired angel. Platinum blonde hair, purple eyes, and a laughing mouth. But what were they, what did they mean to him? He hadn't a clue. Faces of ancient times, ghosts of the past, haunted him, beckoned to him, to join them, to remember... he tried, oh how he tried, but nothing would come of it and it seemed as if he was doomed to failure, doomed to live with these... these memories.

The sharp ringing of the telephone broke him out of his pensiveness. More like jolted him, but no one would ever know the difference. He sat down to reach the telephone more easily as it lay somewhere buried in the bed sheets. Finally spotting its antennae he pulled it out and the ringing grew louder.

"Hello?"

"Tommy, man where are you?"

"Ian, what are you doing calling me at this hour?"

"Its nearing nine in the morning already, we were supposed to meet half hour back at the garage. What happened?"

"Shit, I didn't realize. Give me a few minutes and I'll see you down there. Gotta go."

Hanging up he realized how much faster time flies when thinking. Grabbing the second century BC blade he had bought last week and not to mention dressing in record time, he literally flew down the stairs of his mansion to the garage.

The garage was an unusual place. It had laboratory equipment used for dating stuff using radio active isotopes. Ian was already in his lab suit, and grinned as Tommy ran in, almost tripping over half of the equipment.

"You know it's a wonder you are so good at sword fighting, the way you navigate otherwise, can make a man wonder."

Giving Ian a slap behind the head, Tommy made his way to his own work bench. The sword he had grabbed on his way out the door, placed under a sharp microscope. Hours passed as each of them tried to figure out their mystery. The ancient sword.

After four hours of intense work, both sat back simultaneously in their chairs, a look of defeat on each of their faces.

"All written work suggests that this sword was made in 2 BC. The physical evidence suggest that it had to be built even earlier. And logic tells us that it is impossible for a weapon as advanced as this to have even existed in those times." Tommy stated as he looked at the sword with awe.

"So what does that leave us with?"

"A mystery weapon, that should never have existed."

"Tommy, there is only one other person, who I know, that can help us. She lives in the United States, and knows more about ancient history than the people who actually lived then."

"What are you talking about Ian?"

"Tessa Kindata."

"Who?"

"Tessa, she is a noble winning historian. Been in the public eye for her work since she was seventeen, four years back. Here get a hold of her. I have to go home and rest." Ian said jotting down a number for Tommy.

It had been an hour since Ian had left and Tommy was still fingering the piece of paper. It felt odd. He knew that he had to get in touch with her, all reasons set aside, it was a feeling so deep he couldn't go against it. He looked at the sword accusingly. As if blaming the inanimate object would make it answer all the questions surrounding its origins.

Little did he know, he too had just been pushed by Lady Fate to follow her discretion.

Half a world away, three girls giggled as each threw a pillow at another. A shriek, a yelp, and an angry growl followed as a pillow hit a head.

"Enough!" Rang out in the little room in an European accent. "This is supposed to be a Scout meeting. Not a free for all, pillow fight."

"There, there Luna, where would all be if we were all work and no play?" Serena asked picking up a black cat.

The black cat with the crescent moon shot Serena an angry look, before jumping out of her arms.

"I don't know why I bother with you Serena. Sometimes I wonder if I have made a mistake in giving you your powers. Our situation can hardly qualify as easy, and yet all three of you act as if the world does NOT depend on you."

"We are sorry, Luna." Ami spoke, her face already a wash with guilt.

"Yeah, so am I, but Luna, its just that all that pressure... we do need to have some escape." Rei explained. Picking up the scattered pillows. "Besides, with meatball head over there, snoozing off half the time, what is the point of the meeting here anyway." Rei added, shooting Serena a raspberry.

"Oh, Rei, one of these days, I am going to get you, I am going to get you good. Both you and your boyfriend Darien."

"Sit down meatball head before you fall. For your information, Darien and I are not going out, we are just friends. Although I can totally understand if you are jealous..." That was about as far as Rei got before she found herself on the floor with Serena on her back.

It was also how much Luna heard as she stalked out of the room. Her head low, contemplating what she could have ever done to deserve this.

Luna was almost past the airport when she felt it. It was the same tingling sensation she had felt when she had found that Serena was Sailormoon, it was the same one she had felt when she first saw Ami who turned out to be Sailor Mercury. And it was that very same feeling, as the one when she had found Rei, the Sailor of Mars. The energy was just screaming for attention, it was so strong that it was hard to even tell if it was positive or negative energy. Taking one look around to see if there were any cars around, Luna crossed the street, headed straight to the airport. She was not going to take a chance that this might be an enemy. And if the energy levels were any indication then she sure hoped this person was on their side.

One look to the left and another to the right and still Luna could not see who could be the source of the energy. She was now hunched on her hind legs, gazing about when a soft woman's voice called out to her. Before she knew what was happening, she was being hauled up by two arms.

Yelling out an indignant "Meeeeeeoooow." Luna looked up to her assailant. Platinum blonde hair, purple eyes and a face so serene it could compete with Serena's.

"There, there kitty, sorry didn't mean to scare you. I just thought that you might be lonely. Aren't you the cute one."

Tessa had been waiting for her contact to arrive and seeing another lonely, lost soul had brought out the softer side in her. She just couldn't resist the little black kitten with the strange mark on it's forehead. "You know if I didn't know any better, I would have thought that mark was a crescent moon." Tessa commented stroking the cat's fur. "I wonder if you belong to anyone, what should I name you, lets see... how about Selene, or Artemis, nah, I know Luna, for some reason that name is you."

Tessa looked around. Her contact had just gotten there and was holding out some papers. She knew Jennifer would have come through. She had to be the best secretary in the world. Some times she even seemed like a guardian.

"Ms. Kindata." [OK so about the name, I couldn't think of an original last name so I thought of what Tessa is supposed to represent. She is KIND and she has a lot of DATA concerning the scouts, or at least she is going to get it. So I got the name KINDATA. Pronounce it anyway you like, I don't have any idea how to.] The man stepped forward. "My name is Al Limo [Don't even ask.] and I am supposed to give you this information from your secretary in America." Al was a nice enough looking man. He wasn't too tall, only about five feet five or so. Jet black hair and dark brown eyes. His face was extremely serious, but just by looking at his eyes, it was evident, this was a man used to laughing a lot.

"Nice to meet you Mr. Limo. I believe I am staying in the Juban district of Tokyo."

"Yes, we have found a furnished apartment ready for habitation. It has already been stocked up with food and has an extensive computer system." Al looked at the cat curiously. He was sure, that just a moment ago, it was looking at him, as if studying his every words. "But..." He was unnerved by the cat's eyes, so sharp, almost uncatty. "Your computer expert is going to be coming over tomorrow at four in the afternoon, to set up the connection with your base computer in America."

Frankly Tessa couldn't have cared more about the current situation, all she wanted was to go home and get some shut eye. So she went to sit in the Limo, while Mr. Limo still rambled off the list of things completed for her visit. When she was about to close the car door, she noticed the cat still was around. In fact it had jumped into the car with her!

"Well Luna, if you really want to join me, then I don't see a problem with that." Tessa said rubbing the cat behind the ears.

"Where has that Luna gone off to. And she tells me to be on time more often. At least I am never this late." Serena complained for what seemed to be like the hundredth time.

"If you don't stop meatball brains you are going to put a hole in my floor from all your pacing."

"How about we just forgo this meeting, and return home, I have a math test I have to study for, and my quantum physics class is going to have a quiz soon."

At this statement from Ami, the resident genius, both Rei and Serena fell to the floor. Leave it to Ami to think about school on a gorgeous day like this.

"I suppose, but I still feel I should go look her up anyway, so I'll see you Ami in school, as for you, pyro don't burn up the dojo." With that statement Serena ran out the door before she was burned.

Serena walked down the street in the direction of the Crown arcade. It was weird, ever since first becoming the great super hero known as Sailor Moon, about a month back, her life had drastically changed. Now at any moment she could be called to defeat the negaverse, rain or shine, and she didn't even get paid for this! But through all this she had discovered two great friends, although sometimes she wished there wasn't a Rei... but all in all, Rei wasn't that bad. Heck her life was great. She had great parents, great friends like Ami, Rei and Andrew, and then there was her brother... well she guessed, not everyone's life can be perfect. With these thoughts she started to skip, happy to be out in the sun, with the birds, and all thoughts of homework miles away.

Some how it always happened. Her skipping happily, and then the next moment, her shoe flying through the air. She cringed as she heard it thump someone on the head and was about to apologize...

"Ever since I have met you, it hasn't been safe to walk the streets. What is it with you meatball head that you have against my head?" And then there was Darien.

"And enter the jerk." Serena greeted. Darien was handsome, tall, dark hair, mysterious blue eyes, great body, but too bad he lacked all necessary components in his head. "And as for your question, why do you always come in the way of my stuff."

"What do you think my head is anyway, a target, a trashcan. Unlike other people, who I wouldn't mention and who have spaghetti hair to go with their spaghetti brains, I have to use my brain to study." Darien replied easily.

"Why do you bother me so much?" Serena asked whining.

"Would you mind cutting of the decibels before my ears bleed?"

"Jerk!"

"Space brains."

"Um... um tadpole."

"Amoebae."

"Huh?" Serena asked, wondering if she had been insulted or not. "Oh, you make me so MAD!" Serena yelled stopping away. Why can't I just moon dust him and get it over with, its not as if anyone is going to miss having him around, no one wants to be insulted all the time, and why does he have to pick on me always... and where is that darn cat. Serena looked around angrily, finally stomping and giving up her search.

Darien watched her from around the corner seeing the two "meatballs" bounce away. He couldn't help but smile as he saw her storming away. He didn't know why he always turned into a jerk when she was around, but it was fun. There was not another sole around who could make him feel the range of emotions in an entire week that he would feel around Serena in a few minutes. All the way from anger and frustration, to joy and happiness and more. He turned around planning to walk back home, when he almost ran over that strange cat of Serena's. Leave it to the meatball headed alien, to find an alien cat. He turned around planning to walk back home, when he almost ran over that strange cat of Serena's. Leave it to the meatball headed alien, to find an alien cat. He turned around planning to walk back home, when he almost ran over that strange cat of Serena's. Leave it to the meatball headed alien, to find an alien cat. He turned around planning to walk back home, when he almost ran over that strange cat of Serena's. Leave it to the meatball headed alien, to find an alien cat. He turned around planning to walk back home, when he almost ran over that strange cat of Serena's. Leave it to the meatball headed alien, to find an alien cat. He turned around planning to walk back home, when he almost ran over that strange cat of Serena's. Leave it to the meatball headed alien, to find an alien cat. He turned around planning to walk back home, when he almost ran over that strange cat of Serena's. Leave it to the meatball headed alien, to find an alien cat.

Luna saw the incident, and knew that when she got home, she would get an earful of Darien, this and Darien that. She looked up at the man who made her charge so mad. Honestly, if she didn't know better, she would say they were having a lover's quarrel. With that she ran after the disappearing head of Serena.

In Los Angles Jennifer was trying to organize the mess that was the appointment book of he boss. She still couldn't believe it, Tessa just got up and left, half way across the world, just like that. With out no apparent reason, just the fancy of her mind. She was trying to reschedule a speech, Tessa was supposed to give at the University of California in Los Angles when the phone rang. She picked up the phone on autopilot only to falter when she heard the most handsome voice.

"Is Ms. Kindata there?"

"I am sorry, she is not available right now. This is Jennifer, her secretary, how may I help you, sir?"

"My name is Tommy Lanes, I was wondering if I could talk to Ms. Kindata about a sword I acquired a while back."

"I am sorry Mr. Lanes, Ms. Kindata is currently on a trip to Japan."

"Oh, I was told by my friend Ian O'Conner, that I would find her here, is it possible for me to get in touch with her somehow. It is really important."

Tessa didn't know what to do. If Ian was the person she thought he was, then this friend was indeed an important person. In which case she would have to inform Tessa about him. But to give out her number in Japan? She decided to just go ahead and supply the number. It wasn't as if Tessa wouldn't be able to handle one caller.

In Scotland, Tommy jotted down the number from Jennifer and hung up the phone. He would have to ready his private jet for a quick trip to Japan. Didn't he have some property there someplace, what was the name again, Jutan, Jablan, Juban? Yeah that was it, Juban. With some quick calculations, Tommy decided, that it wouldn't be too late in Japan to make this phone call. Time zones, he knew, could sometimes be a major pain.

Tessa had just gotten home. She had gone out to do some exploring and was tired to the bones. Just as she stepped through the door, she heard the phone go off. It had to be Jennifer. Who else would have her number so soon?

"Mushi, mushi." Tessa spoke into the phone.

"Hello, Ms. Kindata?"

"Yes, this is her, may I know who's calling?"

"Yes, my name is Tommy Lanes, and I got your number from your secretary Jennifer. She told me I could contact you at this number, it is alright to do so, is it not?"

"Yes, yes. Its fine, its just that I hadn't expected anyone to call me so soon after my arrival in Japan." Tessa plopped down into a nearby chair. It was amazing. The voice over the phone. She had never imagined a man's voice could be so enchanting.

"How can I help you Mr. Lanes?"

"Please, just Tommy. Actually I was wondering if I could set a date to meet you. You see I have found a sword that is a contradiction of all recorded history and was hoping for some insight from you."

"A contradiction? How so Tommy?" Why did that name sound so familiar? Tessa idly wondered.

"Well... I think it would be better if I just showed you the sword. You wouldn't mind would you?"

"No, no of course not. So you are going to come to Japan?"

"I'll leave tonight, if you wish."

Across the town in a beautiful house, with blue tiles and flowers surrounding it, a girl sat by the window at the rising moon. Her long blonde hair hung from two ball on top of her head. Her beautiful blue eyes shimmered in the dwindling sunlight, as she clutched her hands in front of her, dreaming of a prince who would rescue her. She was still in this state when her cat decided to return.

"Serena, we may have a serious problem."

"Luna where have you been? And you tell me about being responsible...tsk, tsk, Luna, for shame." Serena said, waving one finger in the cat's face. Happy that for once she wasn't the one getting into trouble for being flighty.

"Can it Serena!" Luna replied bitingly. "We have to call a scout meeting tomorrow. I think we may have a new enemy."

"But we already have Beryl to face," Serena said tears forming in her blue eyes. "That's not fair, they are ganging up on us." And then the whining started. So loud, Luna was sure her ears were permanently damaged, so loud that Serena's mother came running worried into her daughter's room.

"Serena, what's wrong, are you hurt... what happened?" Ikoko asked worriedly.

"Mom!" Immediately the fountain of tears, and the unbelievable noise stopped. "Uh... nothing's wrong. Why would you say anything is wrong, I am fine, Luna is fine, ha, ha." Said a blushing blonde.

Ikoko nodded and left murmuring something about teenagers, and psychos.

"Flight 407 of Japan Airlines now boarding for Tokyo. At this moment would all passengers please bring your tickets to the gate to begin boarding." The monotonous voice announced over the speakers.

"Well, Tommy, this is it. Good luck. And Bon Voyage." Ian said give Tommy a hug. Tommy had been like a brother to him since his own parents died so long ago. Tommy had always been ambitious, at twenty four he was already a millionaire heading his company, specializing in security. Both his work and his hobby, history, had taken him around the world. Now for some reason, even though he had flown so many times before, Ian knew this time was different... special. Some gut instinct was telling him, that this journey is going to change his best friend very deeply and he hoped with all his might that it would be for the good.

"Honestly, Ian, you worry too much. Besides I am really looking forward to going to Japan. I haven't been there for five years." Tommy told Ian. He knew his friend well. He knew that Ian would worry to no end. But he also knew, that one of the reasons he was so adamant about going to Japan was because of his dreams. Each time at the end of the dreams, the voice would tell him to go to Japan. It told him to help those he had sworn to protect with his life. It asked him to remember those that he loved.

The sword may be a big mystery, but to Tommy, the dream was even more mysterious. After one last hand shake, Tommy boarded the plane to his future.

In the far reaches of the negaverse, a power stirred underneath the ground. It was a power that even the evil beings of the negaverse feared so much that they had locked it up underground for millennia with the help of the universe queen, Serenity the first. No one remembered that incident, no one wanted to. The pain it had caused both the negaverse and the universe was so intense that the two loathed enemies had actually combined forces to defeat it, only barely succeeding with the help of the Queen of the universe, Serenity the first, and her creation, the Imperial Silver Crystal.

Many oracles had told of this return, in those days. But people didn't believe, more likely, they didn't want to believe. Now it was happening. It was becoming a reality. For miles around that area, it had turned darker than negaverse dark. What little life negaverse had, died. And a shadow started forming.

From the dried crust of the negaverse, a bluish fog started to rise. If someone could have survived the surrounding valley of the shadow of death, they would surely have died from that fog, it was poison.

It hissed, it fogged. And it started to take shape. The mist started to twirl faster and faster still, till it started to take shape. A body came into view, followed by arms, eight of them. On top of the body, a head formed, but no feet.

In a Shinto temple on Cherry Hill lane, three girls sat around a big fire and a black cat with the crescent moon.

"So Luna you think we have a new enemy?" Rei asked. She had just joined the Sailor team and was still in awe of the talking cat. Although she would have to be dead to actually tell that to someone, especially the spaghetti brained Serena.

"Yes. Yesterday, after I left the temple, I was going back home taking the long way, past the airport. There, as I was passing it, I felt a very powerful force. So powerful, well, it was nearly as powerful as that of Sailor moon. That of course meant that I couldn't tell if it was positive energy or negative." Luna said in her matter of fact voice. "This of course leads to the conclusion, that I couldn't tell if this energy belonged to an enemy or an ally."

"English please Luna." Serena said, her eyes glazed over by now.

"What she means is that we have a problem." Rei yelled, exasperated at her leader's lack of understanding.

"Why are you so MEAN, Rei?"

"So then what happened Luna?" Ami asked, hoping to break up the fight between the two before it got any further.

"Well, of course I went to check it out, and ran into this lady." Luna said remembering. "She was pretty tall, about twenty years old or so, white hair, light purple eyes. I got into the car with her so I could keep a closer eye on her. But she didn't do anything strange."

"So how do we know she is the one?" Serena asked.

"Because I could feel her power." Luna turned to Rei. "Can you do a fire reading?"

After tense hours in front of the fire, Rei finally sat back in defeat. "Nothing, not one single thing. It's either that the fire can't see anything wrong, or it's being blocked. If it is being blocked then we have a big problem."

Luna nodded. Thinking for a moment before turning to Serena. "Alright, Serena, tonight I need you to keep an eye on her."

"WHAT?!" Serena asked falling to the floor with shock.

"You will have to stay up tonight, and keep an eye on her. Make sure the city is safe. Do your job, Sailor Moon!" Luna yelled.

"That's not fair." Serena whined. "I need to sleep, I have school tomorrow... wait tomorrow is Saturday. Luna, I sleep in on Saturdays."

"Sailor Moon, you were given a responsibility to defend the well being of all life on earth. You were given the power to help them, this is your job. You CANNOT ignore it!" Luna yelled back, jumping on to Serena's lap and extracting her claws threateningly.

Serena placed her hands in front of her, "Alright, alright, I give up. I'll go take a look at her."

Jeez, Serena thought, ever since that fleabag entered my life nothing's been simple. It was a constant, do this Serena, do that. Its your job. Not that she minded being Sailor Moon. She loved to help people, it was just that even she had the brains to know she just wasn't good enough. Even she could admit to herself this. She was klutzy, a crybaby, she could never get anywhere on time, never do anything right. She had thought that at least by being Sailor Moon, she could prove that she was more, but it seemed, her being Sailor Moon, just enhanced all her down falls. Even with all the power, she still klutzed, still got scared, and still couldn't do anything right.

As Serena walked down the street towards the apartments Luna had mentioned, she cried. She cried for all the injustices. She wanted to know why fate would be so cruel to her, why she couldn't even have the respect of her own guardians. Not for the first time did Serena wonder if it would have been better if someone else was Sailor Moon.

Moon Prism Power!

Serena transformed and jumped to the roofs. Ready for another night of work.

Tessa had gone to sleep earlier than usual. Her computer was finally set up so that she now had access to all her files. Now all she waited was for fate to tell her why she was here. It had been a tiring day for her. Arriving to Japan, meeting all the new people, making sure everything was in order. Her apartment she found out was very nice. She had great neighbors. On one side was a young man, about the same age as her named Darien. On her other side was another man, Darien's best friend as it turned out, named Andrew.

As she slept, her dreams began once more.

It was misty where she was. Dark too. But far away there was light and Tessa knew she had to go to it. She walked and as she did, the darkness lightened up. The mist cleared until she could see into the light. And the sight to behold was beautiful. There in the cradle of light was a sleeping child. Hair of gold surrounded her serene features. Even in sleep she smiled. Without really knowing how she knew this, Tessa knew, the baby's eyes were blue, blue as no one had ever seen, clear, bright, beautiful. She knew that this child, this child of Serene... wait no, that's not right, this was the child not of Serene, but Selenity. The Princess of the Moon, heir to the throne of the Moon Kingdom and the Universe, wielder of the power of the Imperial Silver Crystal, the daughter of Selenity, Princess Serenity. Even now her hair was tied up in the royal hair do of two buns on top of the hair. Tessa wondered why the odd hair job, but as she once more looked at the princess, she knew it suited her.

Besides her stood her mother, the Queen. Tessa bowed to her knees, only rising when she felt the gentle tap on her shoulder. "Tessa, it is time. You must awaken." The Queen voice said, although Tessa could have sworn the voice didn't come from the Queen, but for her surroundings. From the light it self. "Tessa, Princess of Thalia, guardian of the space time continuum, wake up and remember all."

With that the light grew brighter, till it engulfed her and the royal family. It grew brighter still and Tessa couldn't keep her eyes open any longer.

When she opened her eyes it was dark again. It was also not the same place as she had been. But she saw the princess. At first she wasn't sure if it was the princess or not but, the hair, it was so unique, how could one not see. The reason for her uncertainty, she realize a while later, was the clothes. The princess was dressed up, not in her usual pearly white dress, but some sort of a scout uniform. Like all scout uniforms it had a white body suit. The princess's uniform was white, blue and red. On her head was a tira with a red stone in the center. Blue skirt, red boots and bow completed her outfit.

Tessa couldn't help but smile. **So the princess wants to play dress up. How cute!**

Then the memories returned. Her journey to this dimension, her meeting with Pluto, her love for Tommy, and her meeting with Queen Selenity and the consequent information about the destruction of the Moon Kingdom. With this Tessa cried. And when she looked once more, the princess was gone.

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I know it took a while to come out with this, its just that, well, I went on vacation. I am sorry, don't kill me I had to school stressed me out. Any way I am back. You should have another part in about two weeks because I alternate working on my stories. If you are wondering what stories I am talking about, well then, just check out my homepage at...

http://sailorrelam.cjb.net

Next time gadget, next time... oops wrong name. Until next time, reader, next time... ha, ha, ha, ha. Enjoy!