Another Time Chapter 1
by Sailor Vega
calli_thaala@yahoo.com
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Non story stuff:
Time frame: This takes place in an alternate time frame than the SM series. Why? Because I have only seen a few episodes from SM and SM R and SMS and nothing past there. The Outers may make an appearance, but don't flame me if I have them react in a way not normal to them. I have no idea how the Outers would act in this given situation (I've seen as many episodes with Outers as I have inners alone, but I don't want to mess their characters up.... They are my favs, and I would HATE to not do them justice!) Rini will play a part in this story: YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED. Also, the scouts have all of their attacks because of some fluke in their time travel {or because I like to use them all! (^_^) } The scouts {and Darien} can all speak perfect English because of their scout and TM/ PE Powers {TM = Tuxedo Mask and PE = Prince Endymion, in case you didn't know} In the King Arthur time frame, this is right after Guinevere was brought to marry Arthur. In fact, that's where Lancelot and the others are going when they meet Serena in the beginning. I don't know what knights went on that scouting party, or what knights went to the various tournaments, so I just stuck some that I know of in there. Since I do not know Arthur and Guinevere's ages, I have made the Scouts and Guinevere 17, Arthur and Darien 23. If anyone knows the real ages of Gwen and Arthur at this time in their life, Please send this information my way. Thanks for reading this! All comments, flames, etc go to calli_thaala@yahoo.com So, without further ado, I present to you Another Time: Chapter 1

Now on with the story!
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~~THE WOODS~~

Serena woke up and looked around * That's funny. I wonder why I am out here. * She suddenly became fully awake. *I'm in the middle of a forest! What am I doing out here? Is this some kind of trick? I'll bet it was Raye. Ooohhh she's gonna get it! * "RAYE! Raye, I KNOW you're out there! Come out, you've had your fun!" She waited for a minute "Raye? Amy? Mina? Lita? Come on, you guys! This isn't funny!" Then Serena made the realization that she was alone and this wasn't a trick. So Serena took the most mature action: she cried. Suddenly there was movement to her left. Serena jerked her head to see what it was and was greeted by a man in a suit of armor. They stared at one another a minute before Serena screamed. "It is all right. I will not hurt you." The man said in a French accent. "Who are you? And what are you doing in the forest crying?" Serena stared at him. It vaguely registered that he was speaking English. "I am fine." She said slowly in halting English. "Who are you?" The man asked again. "You speak with the same accent as some of the latest arrivals in the court of our great king. Were you in their party? Did you get separated from the others? The four ladies arrived just a few days ago..." He trailed off, realizing that she probably had no idea what he was talking about. "Who were they?" She asked. He hesitated for a moment before answering her. "There were four ladies, no guards. They were dressed in a similar fashion as you. They were asking about a lady named Serena and one named Serenity." He caught a look of recognition in her eyes. "Is that you?" He asked. Serena thought a minute, having realized that she was in the past. "Were they the ladies Raye, Mina, Lita, and Amy?" She asked. The man nodded. She smiled a brilliant smile and hugged him. "Oh thank you! Now I can find my friends again! I was separated from them and I couldn't find my way back to them! I don't remember much of anything until I woke up this morning. Tell me, where are they now?" The man looked at her in surprise before answering. "They are at the king's court in Camelot." "CAMELOT?!!?!?!?!?!" Serena squeaked. The man nodded. "Oh how terrible my manners are!" Serena exclaimed. "I am Princess Serenity, but my friends all call me Serena. Could you please take me to see my friends? And do you have anything to eat? I am famished!" The man smiled. "I am Sir Lancelot du Lac. Yes, we will take you to Camelot. It is about an hours ride from here. I have some bread back where the others are." "Others?" Serena questioned. Lancelot nodded. "Yes, we were on our way to escort the lady Guinevere to his highness King Arthur, but I suppose we have room for another." He smiled and they started back towards the others. When they had gotten close to the others, Serena stopped him from advancing. "Please, wait a minute. I really should look more like a princess when greeting the others." She transformed into Princess Serenity. "Shall we continue?" He stood there for a minute staring at her, shook his head, then nodded. Serena laughed and took his arm. They walked out onto the road where they were greeted by a large escort of men. "So that's where you've been, Lance!" One of them exclaimed. Lancelot scowled at the man. "This is her highness Princess Serenity." The others stared at him. "So that's the girl those strange ones were looking for." "Strange ones?" Serena queried. The man nodded. "Aye. Those four ladies." Serena smiled, already having been told about the senshi. Lancelot mounted his horse, and then realized that Serena had no mount. "You can ride in the carriage with the lady Guinevere." He motioned to the carriage where a young face could be seen peeping out to view the new addition to the party. 'So that's Guinevere.' Serena thought. She smiled at the lady who quickly ducked back into the carriage. One of the knights helped Serena into the carriage and they started back toward Camelot. During the ride to Camelot, Serena and Guinevere became great friends, finding more in common than one would have thought.
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~~CASTLE, LADIES QUARTERS~~

Raye paced back and forth in the ladies quarters, anxious about the arrival of the future queen. 'What am I so wound up about? It's not like she's gonna be my queen.' Raye sighed. It'd been 4 days since she and the other scouts had found themselves outside the gates of Camelot. She wondered how Serena was handling their sudden disappearance. 'She's probably crying for her dear Darien to come back to her...' Raye thought bitterly. "Raye!! They're HERE!" Raye stopped her pacing and looked over at the others. "Mina, stop jumping up and down. It's not like you've never seen Royalty before." Lita sighed. "Do you think that hunk Lancelot is coming back with them? He's SO dreamy!" Mina sighed happily in agreement while Amy and Raye exchanged an exasperated glance followed by a sigh. The four Senshi followed the throng of people crowding around the windows, trying to get a peak of their future queen. Mina grabbed Raye and Lita's arms and pointed to a young man beckoning to them. "Looks like Percival wants us to go down there! We'll get to see the famous Guinevere in person!" Raye sighed again and reluctantly followed her friends down to stand amongst the highest ranked lords and ladies. Percival smiled brightly at Mina and motioned for them to stand with him and some other knights. Raye watched the carriage carefully, anxious despite herself to see the famed Guinevere. Sir Lancelot dismounted and strode towards the king, Arthur. The two men exchanged a few words, then Arthur turned to the Senshi and beckoned them forward. This caused quite a bit of commotion among the other lords and ladies present. Arthur smiled at them when they arrived. "I hear your friend has become close to the Lady Guinevere. Shall we find out if this is her or an impostor?" At this Arthur beckoned for the carriage door to be opened. First out was Guinevere. She was a young girl, about their own age, Raye guessed, who closely resembled Serena. She had Serena's long blond hair, but wore it straight without adornment as opposed to Serena's odangos. Her eyes were almost of the same intensity of Serena's, but a slightly paler blue. She was very beautiful. Everyone present noticed this and mentioned it to their neighbor. Then the real surprise came. As Serena stepped out of the carriage, a collective gasp went up, and Raye noticed why. 'Why, those two could be twins!' she thought. Serena immediately saw her friends and ran to them. "Mina! Amy! Lita! Raye!" "Serena!" There was a group hug, and then, as one, the group noticed the silent eyes staring at them. Serena broke away from the group and walked back to Guinevere. Then, as loud as she could, she spoke.
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~~CARRIAGE/ COURT YARD~~

Serena barely noticed the jarring stop of the carriage. In fact, she didn't realize that they had stopped until the door was opened and Guinevere exited. When she stepped out, she could hear the gasp that ran through the crowd. Then she saw them. "Mina! Amy! Lita! Raye!" She ran towards her friends. "Serena!" they shouted, enveloping her in a hug. She was the first to notice the silence. Serena turned and walked back to where her newest friend stood. Then, hardly realizing that she spoke aloud, she introduced them. "Everyone, this is my cousin, Lady Guinevere, and I am Princess Serenity." She noticed that everyone but the scouts broke in to applause and shouting. The scouts merely stood there, dumb struck.
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~~CASTLE, LADIES QUARTERS~~

"COUSIN?!?!" Raye exploded. The new arrivals and the Scouts had retreated to the rooms given to Serena. Guinevere cowered behind Serena while the lunar princess took in full the Martian senshi's explosion. "Why yes, Raye. We discovered that her mother is Tranquility, my mother's sister. Doesn't that make us cousins?" Raye scowled. "And WHY didn't you tell us this before?!" "We didn't know until we met today. When was I supposed to tell you?" Raye pouted, knowing that for once, Serena was right. An uneasy quiet filled the room, broken only when the senshi of love spoke. "Did you guys see that hunk Lancelot? He's so dreamy!" Serena, Lita, and Guinevere, who had relaxed a little by now, all nodded in agreement. "Didn't we have this discussion a few hours ago?" Raye demanded. "You're just jealous because WE have taste in men." Serena smiled triumphantly at Raye, whose face promptly turned the color of her planet. Then it suddenly reverted back to normal. "Well then, miss lunar princess, if I have no taste and I liked Darien..." Now it was Serena's turn to turn red. "Darien?" asked a bewildered Guinevere. Serena nodded. "Maybe you've heard of him? Tall, dark, handsome, royalty..." She trailed off upon noticing the look the others were giving her. "Girl, you've got it BAD!" announced Mina. This sent the rest of the girls into fits of laughter. "I have heard of someone that fits that description, though." Guinevere said thoughtfully. "Only his name wasn't Darien. It was.... hmmmm.... I can't seem, to remember.... Endarmium? No, Endynium? No..." "Endymion?" Serena asked hopefully. Guinevere nodded. "That's it! I have heard of father calling him Darien, come to think of it." She noticed the hearts in Serena's eyes. "I'll warn you, though, he has no heart, and he breaks them by the millions. There's a story going around, gossip only mind you, about his heart having been broken by a maiden, and he swearing never to fall in love again. A pity, he has such a beautiful face." Serena frowned. "Did he name this girl?" Guinevere shook her head. "No, but rumor has it he's-" She was interrupted by a knock on the door. "Your highnesses? The king would like to see you." Serena opened the door to see Lancelot standing there. She smiled and nodded her farewell to her companions. She laced her arm through one of his while Guinevere did the same. *If all my escorts are this handsome, maybe it's worth staying here!*
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~~CASTLE, LADIES QUARTERS (again)~~

The room the two princesses just left had become silent once more. Lita scowled. "We should tell her that Darien's here! It seems so unfair not to." Raye snorted in contempt. "No. Definitely not. I mean, they broke up, so why should we tell her? Besides, if she and Gwen just went to see Arthur, then I'll bet they'll see him there. He has, after all, become quite popular, being both handsome and the heir to a 'foreign country' that no one but us has heard of yet. " Amy nodded in agreement. "I know!" Mina suddenly declared. "Let's go in there! We can watch Lancelot, I mean watch for Serena's reaction." Lita quickly agreed to this and the two of them hurried off down the hall, followed by the remaining reluctant senshi. As they drew nearer to the audience chamber, they could barely make out two familiar voices heatedly arguing about something. They paused just outside the entrance and waited to be announced. On one hand, they didn't have to wait long. On the other, they didn't exactly wait until being announced, either. Raye burst in when the sound of skin hitting skin resounded through the room.
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~~THRONE ROOM~~

SLAP! Everyone in the room (or those who had managed to appear to ignore the argument) turned when the Princess of the Moon slapped the Prince of Earth. The only sound was that of breathing. Prince Endymion reached up and touched his face, already turning red where it had been slapped, and scowled at the girl before him. Never before had she slapped him. "Serena?!" came the exclamation from the senshi of fire. "What did he do to deserve that?" Serena tried to regain her composure and turned to face her friend. Raye was barely able to hear the whisper that was her reply. "I will explain as soon as we are out of here." She threw a glance at Darien. "The sooner the better."

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Well, what do you think? send all comments, flames, ideas, etc to calli_thaala@yahoo.com Thanks!