*Gasp* could it possibly be chapter 9? So sorry I haven't been working on it, but you know how hard it is to work around school, homework, and extra activities...

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Trista looked around her as she stood in the gates of time. Where was Chibi Chibi? She was down her to meet her. Suddenly a movement caught her eye and she swiveled around on her heel.

"Chibi Chibi! I know you are here!" Trista exclaimed to the silence. Out from behind a post tottered the two-year-old child in her scout form.

"Chibi Chibi!" She greeted before blasting into a white flash of light.

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Serena squirmed recklessly in her throne. She hated addressing the public with issues she didn't even understand.

"And so we will proclaim the..." Darien droned on to the interested crowd. Sometimes, Serena thought, I know he makes me listen to this as punishment! As Darien finished his speech the crowd cheered.

"And now for you to sign the deed," someone stated and Serena automatically rose to the stand.

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Trista backed away and shielded her eyes from the light with her hand.

"What are you here for?" She gasped as a beautiful woman walked towards her in white.

"I am Sailor Cosmos," the elegant figure stated, "I am yet another form of queen Serenity, her most powerful. I need your help. Time must be altered to make my plans go correctly." Trista gaped at the gorgeous stranger, well, not really a stranger.

"What are your plans?" Trista.

"Well, I have to make sure that Rini's energy doesn't wake to soon. That could cause destruction of the entire Kingdom. I need to alter the energy so it wakes up when she's ready to handle it. I need to make sure the Queen or any of the scouts see me though. I need you to make sure of that. I also need to travel back to the first night Rini was here, before you analyze her energy. If I don't alter the energy you could die."

"How come I already haven't died from it then?" Trista said uneasily.

"The effects haven't taken a toll yet. The energy wasn't harmful until you analyzed it. When you analyzed it something went wrong with the energy and when you put in back in her body you endangered everyone."

"So I need to take you back to that night without anyone seeing you?"

"That is correct and I can't stay much longer, so I must press you to move a little bit faster."

"As your highness wishes." Trista put out her staff in front of her. She had to make sure she planned it just right, just before the deadly energy touched her. She started whispering some words and the room became engulfed in smoke.

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'I think I'll go take a walk, maybe visit Trista before I have to get the baby back. I'm sure the scouts are having fun with her anyways'. Serena thought on her way down to the Gates of Time.

When she reached the gates Trista wasn't anywhere. 'She must be on business, I shouldn't bug her'. The Queen thought with a bit of curiosity, but she knew from past experiences that curiosity could get the best of her and she quickly left the Gates of Time.

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The calmness of night was in the air all around her. Trista looked over her shoulder at Sailor Cosmos.

"We don't have much time," Sailor Cosmos stated looking as if she was lost in thought.

"Ok right down this hall," Trista said leading the way to Rini's new room. It was silent all except for-

Sailor Cosmos quickly grabbed Trista around the corner of the wall. Trista almost stopped breathing as the footsteps drew nearer. Who was out when Trista hadn't noticed in the past? Had they seen her?

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"SERENA! Thank God you are here!" Rei shrieked as soon as Serena entered the nicely furnished room.

"Yeah, she wants food and she wants it now!" Lita added gesturing to the baby.

"Oh wow, I had no idea I had to feed her so often!" Neo-Queen Serenity exclaimed while taking the crying Rini out of Michelle's hands.

"They always do when they are new born," Michelle said with a sweet smile.

"Yeah, Meatball head!" Mina said jokingly. Their queen had grown up a lot over the years, but the young, forgetful, and spirited girl still showed through her new-distinguished self.

"I'll never be late again!" The Queen promised.

"What were you late for anyways?" Ami asked offhandedly.

"Well I thought that maybe I would visit Trista really quick, but she wasn't in the Gates of Time," Serena responded while feeding Rini.

"She wasn't?" Amara questioned a bit worried.

"No, I thought she might be doing something with the past," Serena replied, "Do you think there is anything wrong?"

"No," Michelle said almost too quickly, then added, "It must be something with our past selves, I wouldn't worry." But the tension didn't leave the room.

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Your faithful, boingy ruler,
Princess BOING Serenity