Chapter One

A now older Chibi-usa sat in front a large looking glass brushing her long pink flowing hair. It flowed all about her. She had changed. She looked at herself, and was amazed, after all it had taken one thousand and eighteen years for her to finally "grow up". 'An eighteen year old trapped in a thousand and eighteen year olds body,' she thought. Sometimes she hated being the Neo-Princess Serenity, other times she loved it, as some may understand why. Chibi-usa slowly wound her hair up into the 'rabbit ears' royal hairstyle.

After the task of getting her hair into place she walked over to her bed and patted Diana's head, who was asleep. The cat opened her eyes and yawned, stretched out and slowly got up. "Good morning Princess," she titled her head to the side, making her bell jingle.

"And a good morning it is too!" Chibi-usa said. "I think I will go out today." Chibi-usa walked back over to her closet and dragged out her white gown.

"Remember, you have peace talks with your mother today as well." Diana reminded her. "You are to meet your mother and the senshi for a luncheon at 11:45 in the family dining room. And then at 1:00 you and your mother are to receive the ambassadors from the planet Alderaan (Star Wars, yes I know!) and.."

"And then I'm suppose to sit looking prim and proper while my mother talks about extremely boring ideas of peace throughout the galaxy and..." Chibi-usa trailed off. Diana looked stunned and then saw the Princess on the floor halfway in her closet tossing out shoes that were flying in every direction. Diana couldn't duck, and couldn't swerve. BAM! A shoe hit her and knocked her right off the bed. Her eyes turned into spirals. "Princess...!" the cat wailed. "Found it!" Chibi-usa popped her head out of the closet waving a small strappy shoe around.

Chibi-usa ran over to the cat. "Kuso! Diana! How'd you fall off the bed?!". A large sweat-drop appeared on Diana's head and all she could manage to say was "Arrgghh!!!"

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Later that morning Chibi-usa was strolling outside the palace in a small field of flowers. She knew Diana was trailing her, even though she had told her to stay in the palace. She looked at her watch. Five to ten. She still had a little while before she had to go back to meet with her mother and the senshi. The senshi. Of course, the senshi.. they could still fight, they were still warriors, but not her. Nor her mother or father. They were the Royal Family now. She sighed and settled down into the soft green grass.

"I don't even think I could fight off a youma anymore," she said to herself. Her eyes became misty, and tears began to roll down her cheeks. She suddenly became angry with herself and wiped at the tears violently. "Stop it!" she said angrily to herself. "Stop it! You should be glad! You're a freaking princess for crying out loud!". She sprung up and began running, the wind blew at her tear-streaked face and her heart began thumping in her chest. She ran for quite sometime, but was soon out of breathe, she slowed down, but as she did her dress ruffled about her legs, tripping her. She fell over hard onto the ground and she just stayed there crying.

"Iie! Iie!" she pounded the ground with her fists. She raged against herself and pushed herself up. "Moon Crisis Power, Make Up!" she yelled. Not a thing happened. "Moon Crisis Power, Make...UP!" She shouted, over and over again until her voice became hoarse and she was over-taken by her crying again. She fell to the ground and buried her face in her knees. 'Princess, Serenity, Small Lady! That's all I am! Nothing more...' she thought to herself. 'I can't even feel my crystal anymore' she thought. Something she tried hard never to think about. She hadn't told her Mother, or her Father, she hadn't even told Hota-chan or Diana... about her crystal.

The Gnizshou (sp?)... her Gnizshou. She could not feel it anymore, it was like it was no longer there. Like it had disappeared. She could no longer call to it, and make it appear. It was a secret she had been hiding for well over three years. In vain she held out her hands and tried to feel it... hear it, see it, anything. 'Anything..' she thought. She concentrated, she tried quieting her mind, she tried calming her emotions, but nothing ever worked. Nothing appeared in her hands, no crystal, not even a glimmer of hope. Nothing.