The Twilight Within

The Twilight Within

By Silver

Silver: Hello there! I guess you either got caught in the plot or are just curious to see what happens because you have made it to chapter two!

Eclipse: It should be obvious by now.

Silver: Oh, shut your mouth.

Heero: Hn.

Duo: Riiiiiiiiiight.

Heero: Hey you have a computer…….

Silver: You have a laptop.

Heero: Your point is?


Silver: *blasts Heero*

Mischana: You people are all insane.

Silver: Well, just think of it this way. I created you, Mischana. Therefore, I could do evil things around here because this is my world that I created inside my maniac like mind. Therefore, weird and unexplainable things happen here.

Mischana: You got that last part right.

Silver: *Glares at Mischana* None of this makes any sense.

Eclipse: Whatever…just state the disclaimer and move on with it.

Silver: Whatever. I don't own anything but the plot to this story. Thanks go out to Water Spirit (She wrote Silver Jewels, Pink Jewels. It's a great story. Read it. Review it.) She inspired me to write this. Thanks Water Spirit!


Mischana: And we have nothing to do with this?


Silver: Nope, you're all creations in my insane little mind. Now, enjoy chapter two of The Twilight Within! Oh yeah, one more thing. The four sisters are using their English names in this story because I don't remember their names in the Japanese version, and I am too lazy to go look them up! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!

~*~ Chapter Two: Growth In Time ~*~

"What's with this?" Queen Hotaru asked herself. There was a flame on the polar icecap of Saturn. A huge flame. One that could have melted the whole thing. She looked down from her palace on Triton. She didn't normally live there, she just was visiting to catch up with some government affairs. "That simply wont do," she said as she sent her powers down. The blast she created formed a ring around the fire. That ring slammed into the snow and ice, causing it to fly into the flame. The snow and ice melted into water, which quelled the flame. "Where did that come from?" she asked herself.

"My Queen," A young page said as he bowed before Neo-Queen Serenity. "Yes?" she asked as the young man rose. "I bring urgent news. There is a huge flame sweltering above the North Pole. Not only that but the Aurora Borealis is reacting strangely to it. Normally light doesn't do that, but there is something wrong with it. There are reports of star seeds flowing in the Aurora Borealis." "What?!" Serenity asked. "Thank you," she said as she placed ten dollars in the page's hand. Serenity went to her chamber and teleported over to the Gates of Time.

"Who goes there? Who dares to violate this sacred place? You shall now be punished severely for entering this forbidden realm," Pluto's voice powerfully rang through the area surrounding the Gate of Time. "Its just me," Serenity called out to her friend. Pluto walked out. "Sorry, standard speech," she said. "Its okay, you know I've grown accustomed to it by now," Serenity said, a witty smile crossing her lips. "I need to see Galaxia," Serenity said. "Do you know where she is?" Pluto though for a moment. "Yes, she is at the Aurora Borealis." "Thank you," Serenity said as she teleported away.

Galaxia stood on top of a huge ice block watching the small twinkling objects flow through the lights. Serenity appeared next to her. "Its beautiful, isn't it?" Serenity said as she walked up. "Yes," Galaxia said quietly. "Any clue as to what's going on?" Serenity asked. "Unfortunately," she said. "Its Chaos again. He has several of your old adversaries with him, too." Serenity raised an eyebrow. "Who might that be?" "Wiseman and Beryl." "Darn it, I thought we were rid of them," Serenity said. "Their star seeds escaped right from under me. It was Chaos's doing. They managed to revive their old bodies and reenter them." "I don't suppose Mettalia is back in her old body too? Or is she still a big cloud of smoke?" "She's got her body back, which means she is going to be even more powerful than before."

"This is too weird," Serenity said. "Who has Chaos possessed this time?" she asked wondering. Galaxia looked up at the sky. "Did I ever tell you about my life before I became the guardian of the star seeds?" "No," Serenity said. "Long ago, before Chaos possessed me, I lived on earth. Then I became Sailor Galaxia, as you know. I also met a man. A wonderful man, who is powerful beyond words, with a kind heart. That man is my husband." Serenity listened intently. "Chaos has possessed my husband," Galaxia whispered as a tear fell down her cheek to the freezing ground, only to be instantly crystallized in the frigid weather. Serenity was shocked. "Galaxia…" Serenity said, her voice trailing off. "I…I want to help him, but…I don't know how I can…" Galaxia said. "First things first, you're going to come back to Crystal Tokyo with me and you're going to stay in the palace with me. We'll think of something." Galaxia smiled gratefully.

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Serenity smiled as she closed the door on Galaxia's room. She had given her a room in the Crystal Palace close to hers. That way, she could get Serenity's help and advice whenever she needed to. She saw a flash of light above the crystal palace.

Serenity ran out to see a sight she never thought she would. Floating down was the Dark Moon Family. Diamond, Emerald, Rubeus, and Sapphire. They landed and Serenity just looked on shocked. "Wh-wh-wha-what's…g-g-g-going…on?" she managed to stammer. "Chaos revived us thinking he would be able to use us for his evil intentions. Without Wiseman corrupting us, we're not evil," Sapphire simply stated. Serenity was still in shock about this. Endymion came out into the courtyard. He walked up to his wife. "What are you staring at?" he asked. He looked up and saw the Dark Moon Family there. He joined her in shock.

"If you must have proof, here," Diamond said as he moved a lock of hair away, revealing a golden crescent moon like the one on her forehead. Serenity gathered herself together. 'Its entirely possible, since the others are alive,' her mind reasoned. "Okay, you…you may all stay here on Earth, where you originally wanted to live. Come, you will stay with us, in the Crystal Palace," Serenity said as she turned and began to walk off. Endymion joined her and the family followed them.

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Queen Rei looked on in shock as she watched Endymion and Serenity give the former Dark Moon Family rooms in the palace.

Serenity was walking up to Raye. Her dress was like Queen Ami's, only it was red and when it was looked at from a different angle it was black. She had a glass tiara on and a ruby was in that tiara. She had a white rose over her ear. "Why so shocked, Rei?" she asked. She was actually accepting that the Dark Moon Family was there, and devoid of the evil that once filled them. "Well, we fought them so hard, back in the past, and here," she said. "Now they are living with us."

Diamond laid back on his bed. The soft silken sheets were comforting to him. He heard a knock on his door. He opened the door, and Emerald was there.

"Emerald!" Diamond said. He motioned for her to enter and when she did he closed the door. Diamond pointed to a chair and she sat in it, and Diamond sat next to her. "Diamond, there is something I must tell you, and it isn't easy for me," Emerald said as she took a deep breath. Diamond raised an eyebrow. "Diamond, I-I-I-I love you. I always have, even when Wiseman had us brainwashed." Diamond wasn't shocked, he knew this. She just didn't know that now he returned that love. "Well, Emerald, there is something I must tell you," he said. "As you know, we are only called the Dark Moon family. None of us are related, correct?" Diamond commented. "Correct," Emerald said. "Well then, I have one simple question, Emerald," Diamond said. "Okay?" Emerald said. Diamond took a deep breath. "Will you marry me?" he asked. Emerald was stunned. She looked at him, smiled, and could only nod yes. She was so happy.

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Sapphire heard a knock on his door. He opened it and a woman with green hair was there. Prisma. "Prisma?" he asked. "Well, are you just going to stand there or are you going to invite me in?" Prisma lightheartedly asked. Sapphire just stared bewildered for second more before finally being able to bring himself to motion to her to enter.

Prisma looked at Sapphire with a smile on her face. "Its been a long time, Sapphire," she said. A year ago, her forehead suddenly had a golden crescent moon appear on it. So had Avery, Catsy, and Birdie. Her eyes searched his.

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Endymion looked on as serenity sat in meditation. The Silver Crystal was floating in her hands, filling her with the knowledge she needed at this point. It was a rather dangerous procedure, and Serenity could be lost to it. This was the reason Endymion worried so.

Serenity's eyes jerked open quicker than a gunshot. She looked around in horror, then calmed down. Endymion ran over to her and knelt next to her. Serenity was breathing hard. "Ch-Ch-Chaos has m-m-moved into a-a-another d-d-d-dimension…" she managed to choke out. She was barely able to breathe.

"What?!" he asked. "We have to go there," Serenity said, collecting herself. She stood and began to breathe normally again. "We will have to use the Eternal Cosmos Power to get our powers back," she said as she took the Silver Crystal and replaced it on its stand. The shield around it reactivated so that no one but a select few (Serenity and Rini) could get to it. Endymion and Serenity ran off to gather the others together.

** ** **

Serenity knocked on Diamond's door. No answer came and she knocked again. She had all of the planetary queens with her and all of the Dark Moon Family except for Diamond and Emerald. She was planning to go get Emerald next. "I'm coming in Diamond!" Serenity said. She opened the door to a stunning sight. Diamond and Emerald in bed together.

"Well then," Serenity said, standing in the doorway, grinning with her arms crossed over her chest. "We, uh…" Diamond began. "We're getting married," Emerald finished for him. "Wonderful!" Serenity said. "Now, I hate to interrupt your happiness, but we have a very pressing matter," Serenity said. "Chaos, Beryl, and Wiseman have moved into another dimension. We are going to need your help too, so get dressed," she said as she stepped out and closed the door.

Diamond and Emerald came out of the room. Emerald was brushing her hair as she walked out. They closed the door. The group turned to walk toward the Central Chamber of the palace.

Serenity cupped her hands in front of her and the silver crystal formed. There was an eight pointed star engraved on the stone floor. In gold each planetary symbol was on the end of its respective point. In the center was a crescent moon. Serenity stood on the crescent moon, Ami on the Mercury symbol, Rei on the Mars symbol, etc. They each extended a hand straight out on either side of them, with the exception of Serenity. "Come stand in the center with me," Serenity said to the Dark Moon Family. They came and joined hands in a circle around Serenity. She raised the Silver Crystal above her head. The moon insignia began to glow on her forehead as well as on the Dark Moon family's. The respective planetary symbol appeared on each respective Queen's forehead and began to glow its respective color. A white energy shot into each hand of the senshi, joining their hands with threads of white light. Serenity's crystal began to power up and glowed brightly. Threads of light came from the hands of the Dark Moon Family's hands and threads of light came out of the senshi's hands and into the Silver Crystal. Together they all shouted, "Eternal Cosmos Power!" The Crystal flashed brightly and then energy waves flew out of it. Transformation wands appeared in front of each of the senshi, a golden heart brooch in front of Serenity, and a pink heart brooch in front of Rini. Each of the Dark Moon Family had extreme power chorus into them. Suddenly, right before they were going to break from the power, the Silver Crystal took their sprits into another dimension.

A man shrouded in white light floated there. He had ancient style garments flowing around him. All that could be seen about his face were his eyes that were glowing blue in the shadows created by the light. The senshi and the dark moon family's spirits were all floating about 50 yards away from the man. "Who are you? Why are we here?" Serenity asked. "I am Night, the spirit of the Silver Crystal and the source of its powers," his powerful voice echoed. "I am here to tell you all that you need to know about yourselves." Serenity looked around at the Senshi. They were clothed in their queen's gowns, and Diamond and the others had their normal outfits on, but they were renewed, almost as if their clothes themselves held power. "Serenity, you and the Dark Moon family are related," he began. "Diamond is your lost brother," Night said. "You were all once the Silver Moon Family, before Wiseman came and tore them away from you." "Your time here is up," Night said. He began to fade. "Where were we though?!" Serenity called out. "Inside the Silver Crystal," Night said as they all faded.

The senshi awakened. They took a hold of their transformation wands and light emitted from them. They became golden handled like before, with the orb of their respective color and planetary symbol. However, there was a small moon insignia on them this time, and they had a large star attached to the orb. Serenity grabbed her brooch and it became a navy blue heart shape with a golden crescent moon encircling a pearl. Around the edges was a golden rim with wings like her Super Sailor Moon brooch had. Rini's became the golden heart on wings, the Eternal Sailor Moon brooch.

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"Is everything going accordingly to plan?" Chaos asked, his deep voice booming through the castle. "Yes," a woman in red with silverfish-white hair said. It was Ultimecia. Chaos needed her for her magical abilities as a sorceress. She folder her black wings around her body.

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Silver: MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!

Mischana: What's with the laugh?


Silver: This chapter was unusually long.

Eclipse: True.

Heero: Right.

Duo: I really hate it when people stop writing.

Silver: Excuse me, but even my maniacal mind must rest!

Wufei: You mean twisted mind.

Silver: *Smiles* I know! *Blasts Wufei* I've wanted to do that to some poor bystander all night! *Laughs like a maniac* Well, that's all for now, folks. I hope you've enjoyed it so far. I am enjoying writing this one so there will be more chapters soon. Very soon. It wont be a dud fic, either. I will finish this, I PROMISE! Now, I must go subject my mind's creations to some more torture before I go to bed! Ja ne!