After the Sailor Senshi finished telling the queen about her daughter, the queen looked terribly upset.
"Oh no, that's awful! In the state she's in, she'll never be able to do all that's needed of her!"
"Huh? What stuff does she need to do?" Michiru asked.
"Nothing, never mind, you'll find out soon enough. But you'll have to help her. The future, as well as the past, depends on her being able to do what's needed at the right time." The queen sat down on a nearby chair and cupped her hands under her chin. "If she loses the will to live, as well as her friends, then Destiny will be doomed to repeat itself. "
"Don't worry, we'll help Hotaru, that's actually why we're here." Makoto said.
"Yeah, what are friends for? We'll help her, especially since you're so worried about her…"Minako added in, "… but do you know where she is? We kinda lost track of her…." Everyone else sweat-dropped.
"Thank you… her safety means so much. Where she is…yeah.
Of course, she's…" The queen closed her eyes and whispered "firefly" to no one
in particular. All of a sudden, she snapped her eyes open and smiled. "She's
nowhere in particular now, but in an hour, she'll appear, with someone else I
don't know… - oh wait! Pluto?! She hasn't changed a bit! -
"That's great!" Michiru exclaimed. "We'll just go there and meet with her."
"OK then," the queen said and stood up. "It's all settled. I send you there immediately, before the spell wears off."
"Wait, what spell?" Haruka proclaimed, suddenly uneasy. 'There's something she's not telling us.' She thought… if she needed a spell to show herself…
"Oh, did I forget to say… well…" the queen trailed off, unsure of how to tell them or where to start. "Like queen Serenity, I used up the last of my strength to cast a spell to protect my kingdom, to send them … well, I can't discuss it… until everything's reborn. Unfortunately, I had no idea that Queen Beryl would attack the moon Kingdom. I sent my daughter and her consort there, to help protect Queen Serenity. I died after that, along with everyone else on Saturn. Some were reborn on earth, I suppose, but most of them are waiting until Saturn's restored. There is only so much they'll tell a dead person, you know, even if they're a queen." The Queen laughed for a minute.
'Well,' Usagi thought,
The Queen continued on, not leaving much room for
discussion.
"Sure. I'll make sure she gets it." Haruka gave the queen an encouraging smile. The queen smiled back, but frowned and recoiled, as her whole body seemed to fade out for a second. "Are you OK? " Haruka asked, voice full of concern, as she held the Queen up to stop her from falling. The queen looked up, nervously.
"The spell won't last much longer." The Queen said, and stepped back from everyone. She put her hands together, and a purple light formed from them, until it encircled everyone. The last thing they heard was the Queen wishing them luck before they all blacked out.