3000 AD: Crystal Tokyo
Serenity kissed Darien with all the love in her heart. If she was to be frozen forever, then she wanted to be frozen kissing him and holding him. But the kiss never seemed to end. And instead of feeling the incredible cold descending upon them, she felt the most wonderful heat. She opened her eyes as Darien moved his lips and mouth away from hers.
His lashes had icicles clinging to them, as did his hair and eyebrows. Serenity smiled. He looked so unbelievably handsome. But what…? She turned to the source of the heat for it was were his own slowly opening eyes were also wandering toward. But as she turned to it her eyes were burned with an unbearable light. But Serenity turned back toward the light and her eyes no longer suffered from the brilliance.
It was the Silver Crystal, and it glowed with life and heat and hope. Serenity smiled with the joy bursting through her. She looked about and saw the world frozen in ice, her friends trapped in an eternal stance. Only she and Darien had been freed by the power of the crystal. But as Darien turned her face toward his and he kissed away the icicles on her eyelashes and eyebrows did she know what she must do.
She smiled and kissed Darien long and deep. He responded as always and wrapped her close in his arms, the heat of their bodies giving them warmth. After the kiss Darien stared at her with knowing eyes and motioned to the Silver Crystal.
"Go save us all, my love."
With one last kiss, Serenity wrapped him close and then released him, and turning toward the Silver Crystal and taking its glowing heat into her hands. She turned to Darien, love shining in her eyes. "For our world, my love."
"For our world."
Serenity, with the power of the Silver Crystal, flew into the heavens and with all the love in her heart, healed the world with the heat of the crystal. The ice melted away and only love, life, laughter and hope remained and it was reborn. The sounds of life began to emerge once more and Serenity could hear the laughter and the voice of every living thing on the planet, as they were reborn into a new world. The power of the Silver Crystal overflowed and healed the wounds of the planet. Not just those caused by the ice and cold, but those wounds caused by years of terror and hatred. The wounds caused by the evil of mankind as well as the evil of the terrors that tried to destroy mankind and the world in which they lived.
Serenity knew this was when her new life would truly begin. She knew that with every new voice she heard, with every cry of hope and with every laughter that now was when she would be dubbed Neo-Queen Serenity, the Queen of the Earth. She knew this is when a new life would begin and that after her wedding she would bring forth her daughter. She knew that even though the life on the Earth began to grow once more and live once more that there will only be more evil to arrive.
She sighed as the world's wounds were completely healed. She floated back down to the midst of the Earth and to those who loved her and those whom she loved. And as Darien wrapped his arms around her and they gazed out to the people gathering before them, they both realized that their lives had only just begun. The Sailor Starlights stared out into the world that had once been frozen in ice and had been riddled with pollution and knew the Golden Age of Earth had begun. The people before them stared at the woman who had freed them all from the ice and saw the crown she wore.
Serenity stared at her friends and then at her future husband. She kissed him deeply just as the crowd before them began to chant.
"Queen Serenity!"
* * *
Serenity was incredibly nervous. She and Darien were finally going to get married. Her heart was doing flip-flops. She was so excited. The day before her daughter had arrived from the future. Everyone had been worried at to why Reeny had returned to the past. She had only grinned and said she had wanted to see her parents get married and after the wedding she would go back to the future. Serenity and Darien had only shaken their head at her impetuousness. She was so like them it was terrifying.
But the moment was finally here and everyone was so excited that they couldn't even breathe. And when it all finally began, Serenity couldn't believe it was actually happening.
Everyone they had ever known had come to the wedding and the new friends they had made at the being built Crystal Palace was also there. All of the Starlights and their men were there as the maids of honor—there had been no way for Serenity to pick which one of them was going to be the maid of honor, so they all were— and the best men. Darien had figured if she didn't choose neither did he. The church was packed full of people and the as the music began to announce the bride, Serenity's heart began to pound unmercifully. It was finally happening and Darien looked absolutely gorgeous. What would he think about what she looked like?
But as she stood by his side and saw the glow in his eyes, all her doubts were put to rest. They were finally getting married, finally going to start the life they'd dreamed of for as long as they could remember. And as they turned to face the priest before them and he began his ceremony, they knew. They knew with every fiber of their being that no matter what would happen in the future their love would still be the most power thing.
And as the ceremony continued and the friends and lovers and family members became lost in the moment, they knew without a doubt, that the adventure of life and the struggle for love and freedom had only just begun.