Serena gazed at the full moon and sighed. She was remembering all the good times she had enjoyed on the moon. Nights with Endymion, days with Luna and her mother, and parties with the other princesses. SO many lost day since then. Serena found the feeling of homesickness overwhelming at times. And so, she transported herself to the palace ruins. There, in the center of where the palace once stood, was the remaining room: realm of the Imperium Silver Crystal. Serena closed her eyes and imagined her mother standing there, giving her lessons on how to be a proper queen. Serena smiled unconsciously. Being queen was something she never would have thought about if her mother hadn't brought it up. She knew that her mother would live thousands of years, perhaps forever. Serena was only seventeen in the Silver Millennium when her mother died. As she thought of this, one solitary tear fell down Serena's cheek. A soft breeze blew and dried her tears. Serena could feel her mother's presence and power in this place, even if she couldn't see her. Nearby, a silent figure watched her queen from the shadows. She swiftly returned to the only form that Serena had known. Quietly the form walked forward into the light. The guardian of the moon princess and of Sailor Moon uttered one soft word, catching Serena by surprise. "Serenity." "Oh!" Serena opened her eyes and looked at Luna. "You startled me. I was just.um.I was." She didn't want to admit her loneliness for her mother. "You were just praying to see your mother here." Luna knew Serena all too well. "I hate to tell you, but I doubt that you will see her here tonight. Is there something you would like to talk to me about instead?" "No thank you, Luna." Serena sighted. "I'll just go back to Earth no." She disappeared. As soon as she was gone, Luna stood up and transformed back into her original from. She walked along the premises of the old castle, her old home. She passed the ballroom, which was now nothing more than a heap of white marble. In her mind, she could see the ballroom as it once was: beautiful white marble, whit delicate designs crisscrossing each other, over the banisters, through the halls; a never-ending circle. The floors were made of lustrous mahogany, imported from earth, and balconies were always covered with fragrant flower from the other planets. Flowers.. Luna made her way to the gardens. Some of the columns were still standing, but the flowers had long since died off. The only remnants of the beautiful garden were fossilized tree branches, dark and twisted, much like the demon whom had destroyed this world. Luna walked around the garden, making her way to the front hall of the palace, which was no longer intact. Luna stepped over the rubble and dug into the white marble rubble. Beneath her, she found the center of the control room, where all of the maps for all of the star systems in the universe had once resided. Here, all one had to do was ask for the star map to any system, and the walls and ceiling and floor became one moving sphere of stars. It had been one of Luna's favorite rooms. She paused, remembering the countless hours she had spent memorizing these star systems. Luna stood up again and walked to the back of the palace. To her surprise, the stream was still flowing. Luna looked into the water and there she saw, for the first time in many years, her human reflection. Reflected in the rippling waters was a raven-haired beauty; her nose soft but firm, her eyes were bright blue, like the sky. Her mouth was charming, the color of deep scarlet roses. Her hair hung loosely about her shoulder, except where it was pulled up into tow buns on either side of her head. It was wavy, and black with streaks of purple. Her skin was as white as snow, with one exception: the golden crescent moon on her forehead that served as a reminder of her place in the palace. Luna was surprised to see she hadn't aged. She looked to be only 18 years old, but she felt the burden of her years...such a heavy burden to carry.