Prologue - The Reunion

"Matte!(wait)" Called a nine-teen year old Chibi Usa.



Her mother stopped and slowly turned around. A look of determination and fear pained her gorgeous face. Her beautiful gold locks of hair had fallen out of their usual pigtails.



"Please. . . let me go with you." Her voice came out choked up, she held back tears.



Neo Queen Serenity lowered her head. "Gomen, Chibi Usa-chan, but I don't want you to get hurt. If something happens to me, then you will take over Crystal Tokyo."



"But. . . I can help." Chibi Usa took a step forward, her Princess gown swayed around her slim body.



Her mother raised her head, she had tears flowing down her pale cheeks. She stepped in front of her daughter and laid a hand on her pink hair. She smiled weakly. "I know how much you want to help, but this is my duty. I must protect my family, and this kingdom. If I don't make it then you will take over as Eternal Sailor Moon and Queen." She softly kissed her daughter's forehead and took off down the marble halls.



The tears she held back flowed freely as she collapsed on the cold floor. She screamed after her mother, but received no response. She curled into a fetal position and closed her eyes. She whimpered softly as more tears ran down her face onto the reflective floors.



*****



Eternal Sailor Moon emerged from the castle. She continued running away from her home until she came to a dark area.



She stopped and looked at the people around her. Sailor Jupiter and Sailor Mars stood to her left and Mercury and Venus to her right. The Outer Senshi were ahead, but someone was missing. "Where is Mamoru-chan?"



Sailor Mars turned towards her, her expression was solemn. "He took off towards The Kurayami, but never came back."



Serena choked back tears as she looked towards the large, black cloud that lay ahead of her. Thunder and lighting haunted the skies as she looked back at Rei.



Sailor Venus laid her hand on Sailor Moon's shoulder. "Where is Chibi Usa?"



Eternal Sailor Moon looked at her friend, then lowered her head. "I left her at the castle. I don't want her to get hurt."



Venus nodded, "I understand."



Sailor Mercury closed her mini computer and switched off her visor. "I hate to say this, guys, but the chances look grim."



Sailor Saturn turned around. "But we must try, even if we die trying."



Sailor Uranus clenched her fist. "Now is not the time for tears, we've got to defeat this thing."



The other Senshi nodded and ran closer to the roaring cloud. They joined hands and called for strength.



"Matte!" Super Sailor Chibi Moon came out of the darkness and ran towards them.



Eternal Sailor Moon frowned. "Chibi Usa, I told you to stay home!"



"No!" Sailor Chibi Moon screamed over the thunder and pounding rain, "You need my powers to help defeat this thing!" She laid a hand over her fast pounding heart.



The swirling cloud roared again and was coming closer at a fast pace. Chibi Moon cried out, but it was too late. Her heart thudded faster as she watched her friends and family disappear inside the dark cloud. She collapsed onto the mud at her feet.



Tears streamed down her face and she closed her eyes to try to block the horrors of what just happened out of her mind, but to no avail. She raised her gloved hands to her face and slammed them down on the wet dirt.



She looked up at the dark cloud and screamed. She screamed so loud you could hear her from the castle, even in this loud weather. She stood up on her knees, arms raised, and continued screaming. A glowing crescent moon appeared on her forehead and glowed brighter.



It stopped when she saw an even brighter light appear before her. A large white unicorn, with large wings, appeared before her. The light from it's horn glowed. The dark cloud seemed afraid of this light because it swirled and disappeared. The light of late day shined down once again.



Chibi Usa struggled to remain conscious, "P-Pegasus?" she murmured before losing consciousness.



*****



Chibi Usa slowly opened her ruby eyes. They met with a pair of golden eyes. She studied the man's face before her, he had short, silvery blue hair, a red gem on his forehead and a golden horn decorated the top of his head. She smiled softly, "Helios, you came back to me."



Helios put a finger softly to her lips, "You shouldn't talk, you are still weak from earlier events.



She bolted upright. "Oh no," tears formed in her eyes, "It's my fault they are dead. If only I had listened to mother."

Helios frowned and pushed her back against the pillow, "If it's anyone's fault that they're gone then it's The Kurayami's." He wiped away the tears from her soft cheeks, and brushed back her disheveled pink hair.



She blinked. "Why did you come back at the exact moment I needed help?"



He smiled. "I was planning on coming back and on my way here I heard your screams for help."



"Huh? But I didn't scream for help."



"Your aura was sending off a distress signal, and I was lucky to pick it up."



"Oh." Replied a still confused Chibi Usa. "I'm glad you came back when you did."



"Not only that, but I found this." He opened his palm to reveal her mother's transformation locket.



Chibi Usa gasped and took the locket from his hand. "My mother did say that if anything happened to her that I would take over as Eternal Sailor Moon."



Helios nodded, "And she kept her promise. Will you also take over as Queen?"



"Hai." She answered sadly and ran her fingers over the locket.



"Let me see the locket."



She handed it to him.



He took the locket and examined it, holding his hand over it. His hand glowed and the locket changed. When he was done he handed it back to her. She held the crown that had formed from The Silver Crystal.

"Its beautiful." Her eyes glowed with wonderment.

"Not as beautiful as the owner."

She smiled and moved to place the crown on her head.



"No, no, no, not until you are crowned Queen." He removed the crown from her grasp and carefully set it on a crystal table near her huge bed. He held his hand out to her, "Come, we have a crowning to plan."



She removed the pink, silky sheets and reached for his hand. He lifted her out of the bed and pulled her body to his. She fit perfectly in his arms and he put an arm around her waist. "I've missed you, Chibi-Usa."



Tears formed in her eyes. "I've been waiting so long for you to return." He wiped her tears and took her chin in his hand. He guided her to him until their lips finally met. She put her arms around his shoulders and he held her by the waist. After a few moments, which seemed like an eternity, they finally broke apart.



More tears fell down her rosy cheeks, he wiped them away. "Don't cry, my love, I'm here to rescue you again."



She hugged him tighter and nestled against his head. "I hope you can."



Before she could protest he morphed into Pegasus. She opened her eyes and stepped back. "Your leaving? But you just got back."



He lowered his head, "Gomen, Chibi-Usa-chan, but my world is also being attacked by the Kurayami. This meeting was to be brief, but I will return. . . soon."



He raced through the open doors of her balcony and off into the night sky.



"Matte!" She ran to the balcony and braced herself against the cool stone ledge. Pegasus transformed into a ball of light and disappeared. "Don't leave me again." She whispered softly. She lowered her head, allowing the tears to drop onto the backs of her hands. She turned towards her bedroom. The crown he made for her glistened in the darkness.



She lowered her head to the stone ledge. "Please, let him be alright."