Author's Note: Okay this is for the people who actually read the author notes. This is my first story so I am open to any suggestions…even if I don't use them, thanks. I plan on trying to have a chapter out every week but if I don't please stay with me. The crossover will come in the next couple chapters. What I need to know is who do you want everyone to be paired with. I need Outer couples only…you will see why in future chapters. But for now enjoy the story.

End of the Beginning and the Beginning of the End

A harsh wind blows and a flash of silver is seen for a forest glade. Suddenly all wind stops and there is a faint song that can be heard. It is the sound of a flute. Another flash of silver and then everything stops. A bright light is suddenly seen coming from the clearing. When it fades four figures are standing where there was no one before. They look up to see a woman dress in a simple white dress and silver hair. They look to her gold eyes and then bow in respect.

"Welcome back my friends." The woman says in a melodic voice. "There is much to be done." The four men simply nod in agreement. The silver haired maiden utters a few words under her breath and the glade starts to glow in a silver light. When it fades the glade is empty. And up in the night sky a crescent moon shines it's protective light.

Dear Diary,

I have a lot to tell you so please let me get it all out before I lose my train of thought. Tonight is the three-year anniversary of the final battle with Galaxia and things have been pretty calm around here. Darien ended up going to America and will return for good in a couple weeks. He answered every one of my letters this time. Mina has finally found what she always was looking for…a place to call home. She moved in with Lita when her parents went back to London. They never did find out about her real self but they were never around to see anything that happened. So it was no change for Mina to be without her parents. Ami is already in Med. School after skipping through most of her college classes (she graduated early.) She has kept up her grades but has also learned to relax a little and is not as shy anymore. I have been working with her and she stopped studying on Friday nights and even consents to go boy watching with us… some of them were even watching her this time. Rei is still working at the temple. Grandpa is still around too. Though Rei does most of the ceremonies and priestess duties since Grandpa can't do them anymore. Lita has not changed at all… she is still looking at every guy like he is her old boyfriend. She still has not found Mr. Right yet, none of the scouts have. Trista has returned to the time gate but visits whenever she can. She said that if the 'timings right' she will be here to stay in a couple weeks. Hotoru has grown into a strong healthy teenager … she is currently on the track team. After the Galaxia episode Hotoru started having her growth spurts again, she now looks be the same age as me, nineteen. Amara and Michele are touring Europe, giving sold-out concerts. Amara has also changed a lot. She will now dress like a girl some of the time. Michele must have been working on her. And as for me I have been through a lot and need someone to tell because I really can't tell any of the scouts. The night after Galaxia was 'turned' my mother visited me.

FLASHBACK

Serena is asleep in her bed dreaming…She opens her eyes to see the fallen Moon Kingdom. Her mother is in front of her looking at her with a look of pride.

"Serena, the time has come for you to get the rest for your memories. With these memories also come your new powers. You will know what to do. I will be here to help if you should need me. All you need is to talk to the moon." A moment later a single beam from the Queen shoots to Serena's heart. Less than a minute later the beam stops. A second later Serena wakes up in her room, her hair silver and her eyes gold.

END FLASHBACK

And my mother was right. After that night I had complete control over the Silver Crystal and found my new powers to be quite interesting. I have the ability to change my appearance, to move anything I set my mind to, the power to read minds and souls, and the ability to channel energy. The last ability is the use of magic. I can use any of my scouts' powers. I learned this through trial and error. But through it all I did not tell the scouts anything. There was peace for the first time in many years. With my past memories I also found myself becoming less clumsy and more ladylike. My true appearance is that of a twenty-year-old, even though I am only just turned nineteen. My hair goes down to the ground even when put into its meatballs. The color has turned totally silver and my eyes gold. All of this is hidden by my powers. To those around me I still have my blond hair and ocean blue eyes. They noticed my change in behavior but find it too unusual, thinking I had finally grown up. If only they knew. A few other things I did without the scouts knowing was take some lessons that will come in handy in the future. I have trained in secret to learn sword fighting, gymnastics, to play three instruments, painting, and several types of dance lessons. I have also made one other major change…I brought back Darien's four generals. They may have been under the Dark Kingdom's control but it was very easy to break the spell binding them. The generals are opening their own restaurant, The Five Kingdoms; its opening night is in three nights. It has been decided that we will tell everything to everyone then. There is also one more talent of mine you might want to know about. I can talk telepathically as well as teleport myself. I really don't know why I have all these powers but I am grateful. Soon all will be revealed but for now all is at peace. But something in me tells me that change is fast approaching. And nothing will be the same after.

Until I write again,

Serena

"Hey guys, wait up!" A minute later a young woman of about nineteen runs up to a group of girls the same age. They make an interesting sight, four girls: one brunette, one blue haired, one raven black, and the last sunshine blond. The brunette was a tall powerfully built girl with long brown hair pulled into a ponytail at the top of her head. To those in town who passed her on the street, Lita was a girl that you did not mess with unless you had a death wish. But if you knew her, she would never let you down. You could see her loyalty in her forest green eyes. Next to Lita was the woman with blue hair. She had eyes the color of the darkest sapphire that held ore knowledge and experience than one should have at nineteen. Ami had a shy nature and did not make friends easily but with those who she did talk to she was some one that could always be counted on. Ami's dream was to be a doctor and her friends thought her well on her way because of her naturally caring attitude. On the other side of Lita was Rei Hino. Rei had what was called classic Victorian beauty. She had the darkest black hair that flashed deep purple in the light, with her violet eyes she was a sight to see. But many people did not even try to talk to her because of the physic abilities she possessed and her mysterious demeanor. Not many other people knew the caring and fiercely protective person on the inside.

"Come on Mina we have to be at the Crown in ten minutes to meet Serena. I for one don't want to be the one to face her if we are late. Boy does that sound weird." Lita said to Mina, who was panting out of breath.

At that moment Mina finally made it up to the group of girls. Mina was what every girl tries to look like. She had long blond hair pulled into a half pony held by a red ribbon. With her cornflower eyes she fit the Western beauty mold to a T. But those eyes also scared her friends at time because if she got a certain gleam in them it meant she had an idea, which was a dangerous thing.

"Hey can I help it if Artemis woke me up late. Why did Serena want to meet at nine in the morning anyway? She used to sleep past noon."

"You are only blaming Artemis because he is not here to defend himself." Ami said looking at Mina with an evil eye.

"We can talk about this later… we have to get there in six minutes or WE will be late this time. So let's book it." Rei said loudly to stop another comment. At that a blur could be seen going through the streets of Tokyo, it was stripped with gold, blue, brown and black. It was nothing new in this city.

Meanwhile at the Crown…

"Where are they? They are late even for them." Serena thought as she waited for her friends to show. She was seated in a booth looking out into the street. Her friends were supposed to meet her that way she could tell them some good news. To anyone who looked at Serena, you would see a young girl of about twenty years, though she had just turned nineteen. Her hair was impossibly long, even though it was pulled up into twin buns on the top of her head with the extra falling in a golden cascade to hover just about six inches from the ground. Her eyes were the color of the ocean. All in all she made a charming picture with her eyes turned to the sunlight streaming in the window. But her thoughts were elsewhere. "What will the girls do when I tell them about the restaurant opening. But the better question is what are they going to do when they find out whom owns the place. Rei is going to have my head. But maybe after this afternoon they will forgive me, if not I can always teleport to safety. Oh crap here they come."

"Hey Serena! Sorry to be so late but we waited for Mina to catch up." Lita said, as the girls all joined her at Serena's booth.

"It's okay. I had some thinking to do anyway. I have some news I need to tell you guys and I am not sure how you are going to take it…so let me finish before you say anything. I have got us all reservations at the grand opening of the new restaurant, The Five Kingdoms, in three days. My question is…Are you interested?"

A couple of second were filled with stunned silence, then it was "Oh my god did you even have to ask…let's go!" Ami exclaimed, then thought about what she said and turned bright red.

"I think Ami spoke for us all this time Serena. But how did you get reservations. That is like the most expensive place in town. And formal at that…we have nothing to wear." Rei said.

"I know the owners...and don't ask me who they are…as for the dress, I am taking us shopping. We have to look great for the opening. And better yet, Darien will be in tomorrow night so he will be able to go with us. What do you think? You all in?"

Everyone looked at each other than at Serena and said in one voice "We're in!"

"Okay so let's go shopping. There is that new place in the mall that has formal dresses that they can alter right there so they are sure to fit right." Serena said. All the girls started talking at once as they got up and walked out of the Crown. Catching the bus to the mall they got off and were STILL talking. Looking at the map of the mall stores they found where the dress shop was and made their way there. When they finally reached the shop they could not believe their eyes. Here was a whole store full of gorgeous dresses. How were they going to pick one?

" Everyone split up and look around. If you find anything get it then meet back here in twenty minutes…we will go and try things on then. If you find a dress that one of us might like, get it also. Then we can find the perfect dress. Now let's move out troops." Those were the orders everyone got from their shopping commander…Ami.

All the girls took different corners of the store while Serena made her way to the back of the store and went into one of the dressing rooms. Closing and locking the door she faced the mirror. Calling her crystal she looked to the mirror and said, "Out of the past and into today, show the dresses that will sweep them away." A beam of silver light rushed from the crystal to the mirror. A second later the glass started to glow. When the light receded there was a reflection of five gorgeous gowns. One she knew was for Rei and no one else. The dress was the color of red wine, with ruby red marbling looking like tongues of fire around the bottom of the dress. The style of the dress was also what Rei would wear. It had a V-neck line with straps that were three small coils of midnight black piping. The dress would be tight from the chest to the midthigh and then fan out to the ground. Rei was in for the perfect dress. The next dress that came forward was Ami's. The color was a swirl of baby blue and cerulean blue, reminiscent of ocean waves. Along the swoop neckline was a border of silver satin. The dress would hug the figure down to the hips then flare to a full skirt. The sleeves were long and tight to her wrist…that was one thing Ami would not like to wear for dinner and dancing. Serena concentrated a moment and the sleeves shortened to two-inch straps that rested on her shoulders. Mina's came forward after Ami's, in all its golden light. The dress looked that it was made from the light of the sun. Unlike Ami's or Rei's dress, Mina's was a solid color. The neckline was a halter that wrapped around her throat to about half way to her chin. The fit of the dress was tight throughout the bust area and then falling like a waterfall past the hips. The last dress to come forward was Lita's. The color was an emerald green with and gold border along the hem and its shoulder to shoulder neckline. The sleeves went down to the elbows, before floating out to the wrist. The form of the dress told Serena that it would be tight until the hips and fall gently to the ground. Having approved of all of the dresses Serena once again took her crystal and said a quite chant. "What I see make appear, bring the objects to me here." The dresses seemed to grow out of the mirror and fell gently into Serena's arms. Serena checked her watch and saw that she had three minutes to get back up to the front of the store. She sent the crystal back inside of her and unlocked the door. She made it to the front of the store just as Ami was walking up.

"So did you guys find anything?" Rei was saying to Lita and Mina as she walked up to them.

"I have a couple for you guys and I have mine in the back room I had set aside for us. So we can talk back there and not have to worry about saying something that might offend someone." Serena said walking up to them.

"Then let's go. I can't wait to see the dress you picked out Serena. And I know I should not ask this, but how are we going to pay for these dresses. I can't even tell how much they are…there are no price tags?" Mina said.

"Don't worry about the dresses. I am paying for those. And don't fight me on this." By this time they had reached the back dressing room. Which was really a big central lounge area with side rooms to try things on. The rooms were all side-by-side and had several hooks in them. "I put my dress in the room on the far right so you guys can decide which rooms you want from there. And here are the dresses I found for you girls", Serena said handing each of the dresses to the proper owner. Everyone else took this as a cue to hand out the dresses that they had found. In the end Serena had two dresses, Ami had three, Lita had three, but Rei and Mina both had four each.

"Since we don't have that many dresses to try on why not have one of us go at a time and the rest of us can see all the dresses." Ami said thoughtfully. "lita you go first, I can't wait to see that dress Serena picked out for you…it is gorgeous."

"Umm...okay." Lita said. All the other girls put theiir gowns in their respective dressing rooms and then ha seats on the couches that were in the main room. When Lita came out in the first dress, you could see right away that she was not happy. The dress itself was pretty but it did not suit the wearer. "Can I get out of this now…please?"

"Sure, try on Serena's next. Green always was your color." Rei said, speaking for all the scouts...ermm…girls. Everyone else nodded in agreement. Lita went back into her room and a couple minutes later you could hear a…

"Wow, Serena I love you!"

The next thing anybody saw was a green blur and then a very purple Serena with A Lita attached to her neck like a leach. "Lita…need…air…girls…help…" After disengaging the human leach otherwise known as Lita, Rei, Mina and Ami proceeded to fawn over the dress Lita was wearing.

"I was right." Serena thought to herself proudly. "So who is going next… Mina." Serena said trying to break through all the excited talking.

"Sure but I am trying on Serena's first. If she did that good for Lita, I can't wait to see if she did the same for me." The two retreated to their rooms one girl to get out of her perfect dress and the other to find hers.

A few short minutes later Mina shouted angrily, "Serena, I am afraid I am going to have to kill you now."

Taking a quick peek at her thoughts Serena found that Mina was only bluffing.

"Really, what did I do this time."

"You gave me this incredible dress to try on and now that I have it on I don't want to take it off but there is no way under Selene that I can afford to pay for it. And you have to ask me what's wrong?!" During this tirade Mina had stormed out of her room and all the other girls could do was look at her in shock.

"Do you like the dress Mina?"

"Yes of course I do."

"Then you will have it and don't worry about the cost." And seeing that there was about to be an argument she added in the most mature and commanding voice she had, "Don't fight me on this because there is no way you are going to win. So I will ask you…Do you want the dress?"

All Mina could do was nod a yes. The routine repeated itself with only minor differences with the rest of the girls. Ami liked her dress but a little unsure about the deep neckline but the girls simply said it made her seem more mature. Rei loved hers, there was no question about that, you could tell by the way she was looking at herself in the mirror. Then it was time for Serena to try on her dresses.

As she made her way into the dressing room, Serena heard, "Try on the ones we gave you first."

"Kay… Which one first Rei?"

"The one Ami gave you. The ice blue dress with the gold designs."

"Alright, be out in a couple minutes." Serena looked to the dresses on her wall and ssaw the dress that they wanted her to try on first. It was ice blue with gold marble designs and it had a straight neckline. It would be tight all the way to the ground but having a slit up to mid thigh by her right leg. The most shocking thing about the dress though was not the fit or the color but the fact that the dress had NO BACK!! Yep. The dress covered her fully in the chest area but it more than made up for it with the back. This was definitely not Ami's regular style. But Serena didn't mind…she looked hot! "Ami I love it." As she said this he walked out of the dressing room. Once again the girls were speechless. Ami had picked out THAT dress.

"Okay that one works, what about Mina's?"

"Sure might as well see all my options." Going back into the dressing room, Serena looked at Mina's dress. It was pure black with a thin midnight blue trim. As Serena put the dress on, her mind strayed. She started thinking about how she was going to tell the girls about all her changes. "I will tell them about my transformation and telekinetic power today…maybe the looks thing to. Everything or almost everything else fill come later." Happy to have figured that out, she looked in the mirror and had to do a double take. The color of the dress made her look really pale but other than that she could find nothing else wrong with it. Taking a deep breath she left the room and went to go face her friends. The girls could take one look at her and see the she did not really like the dress and they agreed with her about the color being all wrong for her.

"Well so much for that dress. If it was not for the color I would say we have another dress that is perfect for Serena. Okay I want to see the dress you found for yourself now." Rei said trying to figure out why Serena was still standing there.

"Well here goes nothing." Serena said to herself. After checking to make sure that all the door were locked she put up a sound barrier around their area. "What if the dress was not back but a lighter color. Like …umm…iced pink. Do you think that would work?"

"I don't know we would have to see it first." Lita said.

"Okay give me a minute." Serena said. And not giving the girls a chance to question what her last comment meant she called her silver crystal and change the dress to a soft pale rose pink. After sending the crystal back to its resting-place she took a deep breath and said "So want do you think, was I right about the color?"