Pale Beams
Chapter # 4
Remembrance
Standard Discalimer: Sailor Moon and all associated characters are the property of
Takeuchi Naoko, Toei Animation, and DIC.
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Hi Again! I have gotten such great reviews. Unfortunately someone realized that my
grammar is not always good. But hey, can't hide it forever. I'll try harder. In case any of
you awesome sailor moon fans haven't noticed I like Serena and Reenie, and love fics
where they are portrayed as a loving family, they are such a great combo together! Oh, by
the way these mean that what they are saying is a thought.
Anyway on with they story........
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The next day was again a day off of school. Both Reenie and Serena thanked
the moon for weekends. Serena knew why she and Reenie were always tired; it was partly
due to the energy that they expanded while awake or fighting, and partly due to the time.
Serena had done some research on Amys' pocket computer and found out that the time
had passed differently in the Silver Times. Night was longer back then, so was the day, but
she was still trying to get used to sleeping this little. Serena guessed that in the future the
Queen (herself) had slowed time down also, probably for her own benefit. And this was
why Reenie was also so tired. As to the matter of how she had used Mercury's computer,
well that was simple. Serena was able to access any of the scouts' tools whenever she
needed to. She just waved her hand and willed them to appear. That was of course another
of her many tricks that no one knew about yet. Anyway Serena was still asleep on
Reenies floor when her mom came up that morning. Her mother gently shook Serena
awake.
"Serena, Serena wake up! Didn't you say that you had to take Reenie somewhere special
today?"
Serena was immediately jolted awake. "Oh my gosh! Thanks mom, I forgot totally about that."
"Hmmm, well, better change out of those cloths and take a shower first dear. Before you
wake Reenie up." With that her mom left and went down to make a big breakfast. Serena
gently slipped her hand from Reenies and went down to shower. When she was done she
came back up and almost skipped over to her daughters bed. Instead of shouting her
awake Serena decided to try to a new idea. She grinned almost evilly and struck.
"Hahahahahahahohohohohohehehehe!" Reenie awoke laughing, her face red.
"S-s-s-Serena! Sto-o-op tickling m-me-e-e!"
Serena stopped tickling Reenie when her face turned almost purple and she had tears
brimming in her eyes. "Come on Small Lady. Today's a special day remember? " Reenie
immediately jumped out of bed and ran towards the bathroom. Serena smiled over her
exuberance. The girl sure had a gift for enjoying life. Today was the day that Serena and
the girls would take Reenie back the future to visit with her parents. It had been so long
since Reenie had seen them that Serena had finally contacted her future self to see if a
visitation could be arranged. Reenie had been gone not more than ten minutes when she
came racing back into the room all dressed and with a hairbrush. Serena sat her down and
patiently told her to hold still as she did her hair up in the royal style. Reenie sat very still
and when Serena was done, asked if she could do up Serenas hair.
"Well I guess so sweetie, I don't see why not." And so after a few dozen tries Serenas hair
was surprisingly up in two perfect buns.
"Wow, that's a pretty good job spore." She commented. Reenie beamed in spite of being
called that hated name.
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On the way to the park they met up with the rest of the girls and Darien.
"Well Reenie are you ready to go back?" Mina asked. "It has been a while."
"Yea! I want to go back and get Diana and tell my mommy all about how well I'm doing
at becoming a sailor scout!"
At a secluded area in the park they all joined hands and transformed. Reenie stood in the
middle and held up her time key. Closing her eyes she raised it up high and concentrated
on the words that would take them to the future.
"Magic time key, please.. take us home to the FUTURE!"
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A pink flash of light filled the air and all of a sudden the girls, and guy, were traveling
through the now familiar halls of the time portal to the future. Reenie was a little farther
ahead of the rest of them to guide them into the next diminution. Thump!
Ow! Serena thought as she rubbed her backside. We really need to work on these
landings!
The rest of the group all raised themselves to their feet and were also rubbing their
backsides.
"That really smarts!" Rae said wincing.
"Oh Rae, you are such a crybaby." Serena teased.
"Hey, Don't start meatball head!"
Instead of continuing the fight Serena detransformed and ran after Reenie who was
already down the hill on the way to the Palace.
"Hey munchkin, wait up!" Serena caught up to her and gave her a quite rebuke about not
detransforming. Reenie halted in her flight and changed out of her outfit.
"Sorry." she mumbled and then smiled. "Come on!" she grabbed Serenas' hand and started
to run again. Serena could do nothing but laugh and follow her down the hill. Behind them
they could hear the others call out for them to wait up, but they paid no mind and kept on
going. They arrived at the palace doors panting and gasping for breath. They waited..and
waited...and WAITED.
Geeze, what is taking those guys so long?
Serena thought.
"I don't know Serena, maybe they got lost?" Reenie looked almost puzzled. "Come on
we've been waiting for hours!" she whined.
"Small Lady, your the one who wanted to do it this way." Serena reminded her when she
could talk through a whole sentence.
'Sereeeena! How did you guys get up here so fast, that had to have been like six miles you
just ran in under two minutes!" Rae looking worse for the ware staggered up the hill.
"No kidding girlfriends, I think that my head is still back where we landed." Mina came
next.
"You would have made Haruka proud." Lita looked slightly better than the rest of them.
'I don't think that was humanly possible, you couldn't have run that fast." Amy
reached out to get her mini computer but decided that it was too much work right now.
Finally Darien staggered up. He simply Looked at Reenie and Serena and shook his head.
As one the gang collapsed on the ground in a heap. The two remaining people that were
standing looked back and forth between the fallen pile of friends and their fellow standee
and shrugged.
"I didn't think it was that long, did you Reenie?"
"Nope, maybe they're just out of shape."
"Yea, I think you may be right on that one, or maybe they just can't handle the
competition. You know, we are the better ones in the group."
Neither one of them saw the red faced mob of friends advancing on them, arms
outstretched.
"Yea Serena your right, it would only make sense that we would be the better runners
tooooahhhhHHH!!" Both girls squealed as they were jumped from behind, tossed to the
ground and mercilessly tickled until they cried for mercy.
"Who's the better ones now Serena?" Rae asked with relish on her face. She obviously was
waiting for the answer that she thought they would give.
"US!" Serena and Reenie chorused together. The tickling began anew.
"N-N-No stop! MERCY!" They cried.
Once the girls were helped up the group stood in a line, the inner scouts held up their
crystals, Darien held up his rose, and Serena and Reenie held up their moon crystals.
"Mercury princess make up!"
"Mars Princess Make up!"
"Jupiter Princess Make up!'
"Venus Princess Make up!"
The four inner scouts were now standing in their princess outfits. Each wore a gown of
long flowing off the shoulders silk. And each silk was colored in the palest pastel colors of
their uniforms. Jupiter was in green; Venus was in gold, and so forth. Darien said no
words he just held out his rose and closed his eyes. In seconds he stood in his Prince
uniform. Black armor with silver trim and a flowing black cape. His sword was at his side.
Serena and Reenie didn't have to utter words either but they did it any way.
"Moon Princess Make Up!"
Both the princesses now stood in their royal dresses, they were identical the same except
for the fact that Reenies was smaller.
"Are you all ready?" Serena asked.
"As ready as we'll ever be." Darien walked up and took her hand. Serena reached up and
knocked on the door. A small yet powerful man with spectacles opened it.
"May I help you?" he asked. Reenie whispered a name from behind Serena. Serena
cocked her head to hear her better.
Fredrick's? What a weird name.
"Yes Fredricks, we are here to see Neo-Queen Serenity and King Enydimion. They are
expecting us." She said this in a regal voice that was only heard when she was in princess
mode.
"Right away. Follow me please."
He led the way down an impossibly long entrance chamber that Serena had not seen when
they were last here. At the end of the hallway there were two massive crystal doors.
Fredricks opened one and walked in. A few minutes later he walked out followed by a
large group of happy looking people who Serena guessed were the Queens subjects of
Crystal Tokyo.
It must be complaint day, but it seems as if the Queen has it all taken care of.
"You may go in now." Fredricks bowed deeply and stepped aside. Serena looked back at
the scouts and nodded. They walked up to the front of the line nodded and went in one by
one. The announcer in the room announced them as they walked by.
"The Princess Amy of Mercury, the Princess Rae of Mars," and so forth. After Mina and
Lita went in Serena gave Reenie a hug and walked in with Darien by her side.
Reenie heard the announcer say Serena and Dariens' names and took a deep breath. She
was going to have to be still, and graceful and Princess like. She and Serena had practiced
for hours at home for this moment. Checking her buns one last time and smoothing her
dress she walked into the room. The inner scouts were on either side of Serena, Darien,
the Queen and the King. They all looked expectantly at her. All of them were serious and
somber. Reenie felt like she wanted to bolt. She couldn't do this; she couldn't act like a
real lady. It was too hard! Then she caught something. Amid all of the straight faces one
smiled. Serena, who had seen Reenie hesitancy and saw that no one was looking at her,
had smiled. It was a smile of reassurance, one that said that Serena believed in her, that
she could do it. Reenie forced herself to relax, to glide.
"Neo-Princess Lady Serenity of the Moon, Earth, and Crystal Tokyo."
The announcer had to take a deep breath before saying the long title. Reenie kept her eyes
forward and pretended that she was walking on clouds. Serena had taught her that trick
herself. When she reached the dais where her parents stood she lifted her skirts and made a
deep and proper curtsy. It was one of respect and loyalty. She smiled it was a perfect
curtsy, one that her mother had sworn she could never do. When she raised her head she
watched in awe as the scouts one by one each bowed just as deeply to her! Then Serena
and Darien each bowed deep, followed by the King and Queen. Reenie couldn't believe
this, this was just too weird! When her mother the Queen had risen from her bow Reenie
saw her smile and open her arms. That was all that Reenie needed.
"Mommy! " she cried and ran into her mothers' arms.
"Did you see me, I did a perfect bow, and it was a real ladies bow!" The Queen laughed
and smiled at her daughter.
"Yes Darling I saw. Now you're a real lady. And there is yet another reason that I had
Serena bring you here today. Today you have become a real scout. You have passed all of
the tests and now you will get a right of passage that was given to me and Serena, but not
in this way. Are you ready?"
Reenie looked stunned, a right of passage? Serena had not mentioned this. Reenie knew
that she wasn't near old to be crowned the next Queen in public yet, and there was
no other right of passage that she knew about except the giving of the Silver Crystal
power. That only happened when the present Queen was ready to give up the guard for it.
Her mother was way too young for that now. So what was it?
"Yes, of course I am Mommy, but what is it if I may ask?"
The Queen laughed, "Just like me at that age, inquisitive, always asking a million different
questions. But you'll find out in a minute."
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And so it was that Reenie found herself facing all of the scouts from the past, including
the outers and Serena, and the Scouts of the Future, one hour later. Amy, Rae, Lita, Mina,
and Serena were out of their Princess dresses now and were dressed in their sailor outfits.
Reenie however was still wearing her cumbersome royal gown. She fidgeted a little then
stilled. Something big was about to happen, she could feel it deep inside, but what was
it? She glanced at her mom and dad hoping for some insight but received a knowing grin
from them instead. The Queen raised her staff on which the silver crystal sat and spoke.
Her voice was soft and clear, but it carried throughout the great chamber so that all could
hear.
"Today marks a special day in my daughters life. Today she has completed her Sailor
training. She is now a true scout, and while there are still some unlearned lessons that will
only come from experience, her mentors and myself have agreed that now is the time. In
this hour all loyal scouts from past and present will give their pledges to the Princess Lady
Serenity. You may begin Sailor Mercury."
Her mother sat down now and so did her father so that the only one left standing on the
dais was Reenie. Both Sailor Mercury's walked up to the dais and kneeled to Reenie.
"Princess, we pledge you this in front of all others, to educate you in all possible extents
and to guard you from all harm, in the name of Mercury do we swear."
The sign of mercury glowed on their foreheads and Reenie felt a strange emptiness inside
of her fill up. She nodded to them. After the two Mercury's had moved to the side, the
Sailor Mars came up and knelt. "Princess, we pledge you this in front of all others, to
protect you spiritually and to guard your life with all possible means. This in the name of
Mars."
The signs of mars appeared and again there was a filling sensation inside of Reenie. She
nodded. Next came the Venus' who swore to lead her heart and protect her with theirs.
After them came the Jupiter's, who gave their pledge to let no harm come to her and to
literally destroy those who tried to do her any. The outer scouts came and went until only
Sailor Moon remained standing. Slowly with her eyes connected to Reenies she came and
knelt. After bowing her head she looked into Reenies eyes and spoke.
"My little princess, you who hold within you great power and strength of heart. I swear on
the Moon to protect you from all possible danger, to guide you in your ways, to defend
you and yours while it is in my power to do so. This I swear to you in the name of the
Moon."
Her tiara disappeared leaving a glowing crescent moon on her forehead; the light filled
Reenie and made her feel as if she would burst. The combined powers of all of the scouts
were briefly one inside of her body and she felt as if the planets lighted every corner of her
being. Glancing down she discovered that she was in her Sailor suit now, but unlike the
last time that she had worn it instead of pink it was multicolored and the tiara on her head
was glowing with the nine colors of the planets and the moon. Soon all was back to what
it was, her suit was pink and there was a crescent moon symbol in her tiara, but she felt
more at ease in her suit, more powerful. So this was what Serena felt like when she was
transformed.
Wow!
There was a great cheer from every one and both sets of her parents gave her hugs. Soon
after when everyone was dressed in civilian cloths, including the King and Queen, there
was a party. It was needles to say that all three of the Serenas' ate the most, but the food
was the best that the scouts had tasted. Lita commented on that fact when the long grand
table was cleared.
"But Lita," said the Queen. "You prepared it yourself, we wouldn't allow any one but the
best to cook for us." The future Jupiter smiled her appreciation while the younger one just
sat in awe.
I become this good of a chef? Wow! So my dreams really do come true
For the next few hours there was a general happy pandemonium as the group discussed
various things such as the past battles and strategies and tales of what were called
"The Serena Mishaps' were told in various versions. Shouts of "I didn't do that! No way!"
and "OOPS, did I really do THAT?" were heard from the Queen and princesses alike.
Afterwards when every one had settled down to bed Serenity, Serena and Reenie stayed
up and chitchatted about memories both past and present. It was when Reenie started to
yawn and nod off that Serena and the Queen exchanged knowing glances. "All right small
Lady, time for bed." the Queen stated.
'But mommmmmm." Reenie had prepared a grand gesture of a fight to stay up, but it was
interrupted by a huge yawn.
"Yep! Its time for beddie bye." Serena smiled and hugged her child. She knew that
Serenity would wish to tuck Reenie in tonight so she wisely stayed away.
"Night Serena."
"Night Sweetie." Serena watched fondly as mother and daughter went up the stairs. She
was watching a globe of the city when Serenity came back down.
"Oh Serena, I miss her so much sometimes. So very much. And she's grown since she left
us last." The Queen sat down with a tired sigh and smiled at her younger self. "So, how
are things going in the past? Any news from the famous Helios?"
Serena laughed. " No, not yet. But believe me the way that Reenie thinks about him is just
unbelievable. She'll be having her lunch and all of the sudden she'll be thinking of when she
flew on his back as Pegasus. Even now she's dreaming of him." Serena was just babbling
on and on.
"SO, you've noticed the telecommunication between you two is stronger?" Serenity had a
knowing grin on her face as she waited for the news of what she had just said to sink in.
'Yes.. What! What telecommunication?" Serena was totally lost the Queen thought. We'll
that was to be expected, it was only Serena.
Hey! What are you saying? You were that girl!
"Serena dear, have you even thought of what you just said?" Serena stood gaping at
Serenity and thought, really thought about what she had just said.
"Come to think of it, there are times that I swear that I know what she's thinking, I always
chalked it up to motherly knowledge. And outside the castle today she said something but
her mouth never opened, I did wonder about that." Serena was deep in thought now. "SO
there is Telecommunication between us."
Serenity nodded. "Yes, and your right some of it is motherly knowledge, But it also had
to do with your connection to the Silver Crystal, and the amount of love you two have for
each other. I am happy to see that you are getting along much better than the first time she
went to the past."
"Hey! That's not fair, I was young, and she was so annoying, and I loved her then too so
it makes no difference." Serena defended her self the best that she could.
"I meant no offense Serena. I was merely opening your eyes to something. Now is there
any thing else that is bothering you?"
Serena knew that she could hide nothing from herself, was that even possible? She
thought.
"Yes actually there are a lot of things. Reenie for one, she's so young and yet she knows
so much more than she should at this age. I just wish that she had a normal life."
"Oh, Serena, you don't know how much I wish that for her too. She's so young and I
know that. It is just that I have come to accept the fact that there can never be a normal
life for her. Just as there can could have never been one for us. It is our destiny and hers to
rule and guard the people of this planet and others with the power that only we can
handle. Without us, there is no planet."
Serena knew this was true and she agreed that there was no way they could ever have a
normal life.
" But that is part of the reason that I send her to you in the past.' The Queen went on. "So
that she can have a life away from the palace and grow like we did. It is as close as she'll
ever come to normal. "
Serena decided to change the subject. "She had this dream a while ago, and it is still on her
mind, the only problem is she wont let me in to see what it was. I am worried about her,
did you no notice the difference in her today?"
The Queen nodded. " Yes, I did. It will all be revealed you in the end Serena, Just be
patient." They continued to talk, sharing stories of Reenie and the others when Serenas'
eyes went dark blue and her head jerked up.
"Serena? What is it?" Serenity looked at her with concern.
"The planet. There is something wrong at home!" Serena jumped up and ran to the doors
of the room they were in. Opening she found that the scouts were running down the stairs
Reenie at their heels.
"Serena what's wrong!" They asked.
Apparently they had sensed the disturbance in Serena. This was a good sign the Queen
thought. For what they were about to face they would need this closeness that they
obviously had.
"Darien, the Earth, we have to go home now!" Serena cried as she ran over to them.
"All right lets go!" The scouts transformed and gathered in a circle.
"Can I go back with them Momma? "Reenie still stood in her pajamas and Serenity knew
that she wanted to go. She would need to go on this one; this would be a lesson that she
could only learn in battle. Reluctantly the Queen nodded her consent. But Before Reenie
could transform the Queen had swept her up into a huge bear hug and kissed her head.
"My precious one, please be careful." She whispered.
Reenie nodded and stepped away from her mother.
"Moon Pink Crystal Make Up!"
Sailor Chibi Moon stood in the little girls spot. She ran over to the other scouts and
squeezed in beside Sailor Moon. Sailor Moon glanced down and smiled, her gratitude was
clear on her face.
She loves her so much! The Queen thought. But that could be a problem. Do be
careful Serena. And then they were gone leaving the Queen and her court alone in the
palace entranceway.
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Uh oh, what's wrong at home? Who does this evil man want? Find out in the next chapter of Pale Beams. Ooh I'm having so much fun writing this, you don't even know! Please Please, Please R & R :)
Crystal Wings
Chapter # 4
Remembrance
Standard Discalimer: Sailor Moon and all associated characters are the property of
Takeuchi Naoko, Toei Animation, and DIC.
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Hi Again! I have gotten such great reviews. Unfortunately someone realized that my
grammar is not always good. But hey, can't hide it forever. I'll try harder. In case any of
you awesome sailor moon fans haven't noticed I like Serena and Reenie, and love fics
where they are portrayed as a loving family, they are such a great combo together! Oh, by
the way these mean that what they are saying is a thought.
Anyway on with they story........
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The next day was again a day off of school. Both Reenie and Serena thanked
the moon for weekends. Serena knew why she and Reenie were always tired; it was partly
due to the energy that they expanded while awake or fighting, and partly due to the time.
Serena had done some research on Amys' pocket computer and found out that the time
had passed differently in the Silver Times. Night was longer back then, so was the day, but
she was still trying to get used to sleeping this little. Serena guessed that in the future the
Queen (herself) had slowed time down also, probably for her own benefit. And this was
why Reenie was also so tired. As to the matter of how she had used Mercury's computer,
well that was simple. Serena was able to access any of the scouts' tools whenever she
needed to. She just waved her hand and willed them to appear. That was of course another
of her many tricks that no one knew about yet. Anyway Serena was still asleep on
Reenies floor when her mom came up that morning. Her mother gently shook Serena
awake.
"Serena, Serena wake up! Didn't you say that you had to take Reenie somewhere special
today?"
Serena was immediately jolted awake. "Oh my gosh! Thanks mom, I forgot totally about that."
"Hmmm, well, better change out of those cloths and take a shower first dear. Before you
wake Reenie up." With that her mom left and went down to make a big breakfast. Serena
gently slipped her hand from Reenies and went down to shower. When she was done she
came back up and almost skipped over to her daughters bed. Instead of shouting her
awake Serena decided to try to a new idea. She grinned almost evilly and struck.
"Hahahahahahahohohohohohehehehe!" Reenie awoke laughing, her face red.
"S-s-s-Serena! Sto-o-op tickling m-me-e-e!"
Serena stopped tickling Reenie when her face turned almost purple and she had tears
brimming in her eyes. "Come on Small Lady. Today's a special day remember? " Reenie
immediately jumped out of bed and ran towards the bathroom. Serena smiled over her
exuberance. The girl sure had a gift for enjoying life. Today was the day that Serena and
the girls would take Reenie back the future to visit with her parents. It had been so long
since Reenie had seen them that Serena had finally contacted her future self to see if a
visitation could be arranged. Reenie had been gone not more than ten minutes when she
came racing back into the room all dressed and with a hairbrush. Serena sat her down and
patiently told her to hold still as she did her hair up in the royal style. Reenie sat very still
and when Serena was done, asked if she could do up Serenas hair.
"Well I guess so sweetie, I don't see why not." And so after a few dozen tries Serenas hair
was surprisingly up in two perfect buns.
"Wow, that's a pretty good job spore." She commented. Reenie beamed in spite of being
called that hated name.
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On the way to the park they met up with the rest of the girls and Darien.
"Well Reenie are you ready to go back?" Mina asked. "It has been a while."
"Yea! I want to go back and get Diana and tell my mommy all about how well I'm doing
at becoming a sailor scout!"
At a secluded area in the park they all joined hands and transformed. Reenie stood in the
middle and held up her time key. Closing her eyes she raised it up high and concentrated
on the words that would take them to the future.
"Magic time key, please.. take us home to the FUTURE!"
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A pink flash of light filled the air and all of a sudden the girls, and guy, were traveling
through the now familiar halls of the time portal to the future. Reenie was a little farther
ahead of the rest of them to guide them into the next diminution. Thump!
Ow! Serena thought as she rubbed her backside. We really need to work on these
landings!
The rest of the group all raised themselves to their feet and were also rubbing their
backsides.
"That really smarts!" Rae said wincing.
"Oh Rae, you are such a crybaby." Serena teased.
"Hey, Don't start meatball head!"
Instead of continuing the fight Serena detransformed and ran after Reenie who was
already down the hill on the way to the Palace.
"Hey munchkin, wait up!" Serena caught up to her and gave her a quite rebuke about not
detransforming. Reenie halted in her flight and changed out of her outfit.
"Sorry." she mumbled and then smiled. "Come on!" she grabbed Serenas' hand and started
to run again. Serena could do nothing but laugh and follow her down the hill. Behind them
they could hear the others call out for them to wait up, but they paid no mind and kept on
going. They arrived at the palace doors panting and gasping for breath. They waited..and
waited...and WAITED.
Geeze, what is taking those guys so long?
Serena thought.
"I don't know Serena, maybe they got lost?" Reenie looked almost puzzled. "Come on
we've been waiting for hours!" she whined.
"Small Lady, your the one who wanted to do it this way." Serena reminded her when she
could talk through a whole sentence.
'Sereeeena! How did you guys get up here so fast, that had to have been like six miles you
just ran in under two minutes!" Rae looking worse for the ware staggered up the hill.
"No kidding girlfriends, I think that my head is still back where we landed." Mina came
next.
"You would have made Haruka proud." Lita looked slightly better than the rest of them.
'I don't think that was humanly possible, you couldn't have run that fast." Amy
reached out to get her mini computer but decided that it was too much work right now.
Finally Darien staggered up. He simply Looked at Reenie and Serena and shook his head.
As one the gang collapsed on the ground in a heap. The two remaining people that were
standing looked back and forth between the fallen pile of friends and their fellow standee
and shrugged.
"I didn't think it was that long, did you Reenie?"
"Nope, maybe they're just out of shape."
"Yea, I think you may be right on that one, or maybe they just can't handle the
competition. You know, we are the better ones in the group."
Neither one of them saw the red faced mob of friends advancing on them, arms
outstretched.
"Yea Serena your right, it would only make sense that we would be the better runners
tooooahhhhHHH!!" Both girls squealed as they were jumped from behind, tossed to the
ground and mercilessly tickled until they cried for mercy.
"Who's the better ones now Serena?" Rae asked with relish on her face. She obviously was
waiting for the answer that she thought they would give.
"US!" Serena and Reenie chorused together. The tickling began anew.
"N-N-No stop! MERCY!" They cried.
Once the girls were helped up the group stood in a line, the inner scouts held up their
crystals, Darien held up his rose, and Serena and Reenie held up their moon crystals.
"Mercury princess make up!"
"Mars Princess Make up!"
"Jupiter Princess Make up!'
"Venus Princess Make up!"
The four inner scouts were now standing in their princess outfits. Each wore a gown of
long flowing off the shoulders silk. And each silk was colored in the palest pastel colors of
their uniforms. Jupiter was in green; Venus was in gold, and so forth. Darien said no
words he just held out his rose and closed his eyes. In seconds he stood in his Prince
uniform. Black armor with silver trim and a flowing black cape. His sword was at his side.
Serena and Reenie didn't have to utter words either but they did it any way.
"Moon Princess Make Up!"
Both the princesses now stood in their royal dresses, they were identical the same except
for the fact that Reenies was smaller.
"Are you all ready?" Serena asked.
"As ready as we'll ever be." Darien walked up and took her hand. Serena reached up and
knocked on the door. A small yet powerful man with spectacles opened it.
"May I help you?" he asked. Reenie whispered a name from behind Serena. Serena
cocked her head to hear her better.
Fredrick's? What a weird name.
"Yes Fredricks, we are here to see Neo-Queen Serenity and King Enydimion. They are
expecting us." She said this in a regal voice that was only heard when she was in princess
mode.
"Right away. Follow me please."
He led the way down an impossibly long entrance chamber that Serena had not seen when
they were last here. At the end of the hallway there were two massive crystal doors.
Fredricks opened one and walked in. A few minutes later he walked out followed by a
large group of happy looking people who Serena guessed were the Queens subjects of
Crystal Tokyo.
It must be complaint day, but it seems as if the Queen has it all taken care of.
"You may go in now." Fredricks bowed deeply and stepped aside. Serena looked back at
the scouts and nodded. They walked up to the front of the line nodded and went in one by
one. The announcer in the room announced them as they walked by.
"The Princess Amy of Mercury, the Princess Rae of Mars," and so forth. After Mina and
Lita went in Serena gave Reenie a hug and walked in with Darien by her side.
Reenie heard the announcer say Serena and Dariens' names and took a deep breath. She
was going to have to be still, and graceful and Princess like. She and Serena had practiced
for hours at home for this moment. Checking her buns one last time and smoothing her
dress she walked into the room. The inner scouts were on either side of Serena, Darien,
the Queen and the King. They all looked expectantly at her. All of them were serious and
somber. Reenie felt like she wanted to bolt. She couldn't do this; she couldn't act like a
real lady. It was too hard! Then she caught something. Amid all of the straight faces one
smiled. Serena, who had seen Reenie hesitancy and saw that no one was looking at her,
had smiled. It was a smile of reassurance, one that said that Serena believed in her, that
she could do it. Reenie forced herself to relax, to glide.
"Neo-Princess Lady Serenity of the Moon, Earth, and Crystal Tokyo."
The announcer had to take a deep breath before saying the long title. Reenie kept her eyes
forward and pretended that she was walking on clouds. Serena had taught her that trick
herself. When she reached the dais where her parents stood she lifted her skirts and made a
deep and proper curtsy. It was one of respect and loyalty. She smiled it was a perfect
curtsy, one that her mother had sworn she could never do. When she raised her head she
watched in awe as the scouts one by one each bowed just as deeply to her! Then Serena
and Darien each bowed deep, followed by the King and Queen. Reenie couldn't believe
this, this was just too weird! When her mother the Queen had risen from her bow Reenie
saw her smile and open her arms. That was all that Reenie needed.
"Mommy! " she cried and ran into her mothers' arms.
"Did you see me, I did a perfect bow, and it was a real ladies bow!" The Queen laughed
and smiled at her daughter.
"Yes Darling I saw. Now you're a real lady. And there is yet another reason that I had
Serena bring you here today. Today you have become a real scout. You have passed all of
the tests and now you will get a right of passage that was given to me and Serena, but not
in this way. Are you ready?"
Reenie looked stunned, a right of passage? Serena had not mentioned this. Reenie knew
that she wasn't near old to be crowned the next Queen in public yet, and there was
no other right of passage that she knew about except the giving of the Silver Crystal
power. That only happened when the present Queen was ready to give up the guard for it.
Her mother was way too young for that now. So what was it?
"Yes, of course I am Mommy, but what is it if I may ask?"
The Queen laughed, "Just like me at that age, inquisitive, always asking a million different
questions. But you'll find out in a minute."
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And so it was that Reenie found herself facing all of the scouts from the past, including
the outers and Serena, and the Scouts of the Future, one hour later. Amy, Rae, Lita, Mina,
and Serena were out of their Princess dresses now and were dressed in their sailor outfits.
Reenie however was still wearing her cumbersome royal gown. She fidgeted a little then
stilled. Something big was about to happen, she could feel it deep inside, but what was
it? She glanced at her mom and dad hoping for some insight but received a knowing grin
from them instead. The Queen raised her staff on which the silver crystal sat and spoke.
Her voice was soft and clear, but it carried throughout the great chamber so that all could
hear.
"Today marks a special day in my daughters life. Today she has completed her Sailor
training. She is now a true scout, and while there are still some unlearned lessons that will
only come from experience, her mentors and myself have agreed that now is the time. In
this hour all loyal scouts from past and present will give their pledges to the Princess Lady
Serenity. You may begin Sailor Mercury."
Her mother sat down now and so did her father so that the only one left standing on the
dais was Reenie. Both Sailor Mercury's walked up to the dais and kneeled to Reenie.
"Princess, we pledge you this in front of all others, to educate you in all possible extents
and to guard you from all harm, in the name of Mercury do we swear."
The sign of mercury glowed on their foreheads and Reenie felt a strange emptiness inside
of her fill up. She nodded to them. After the two Mercury's had moved to the side, the
Sailor Mars came up and knelt. "Princess, we pledge you this in front of all others, to
protect you spiritually and to guard your life with all possible means. This in the name of
Mars."
The signs of mars appeared and again there was a filling sensation inside of Reenie. She
nodded. Next came the Venus' who swore to lead her heart and protect her with theirs.
After them came the Jupiter's, who gave their pledge to let no harm come to her and to
literally destroy those who tried to do her any. The outer scouts came and went until only
Sailor Moon remained standing. Slowly with her eyes connected to Reenies she came and
knelt. After bowing her head she looked into Reenies eyes and spoke.
"My little princess, you who hold within you great power and strength of heart. I swear on
the Moon to protect you from all possible danger, to guide you in your ways, to defend
you and yours while it is in my power to do so. This I swear to you in the name of the
Moon."
Her tiara disappeared leaving a glowing crescent moon on her forehead; the light filled
Reenie and made her feel as if she would burst. The combined powers of all of the scouts
were briefly one inside of her body and she felt as if the planets lighted every corner of her
being. Glancing down she discovered that she was in her Sailor suit now, but unlike the
last time that she had worn it instead of pink it was multicolored and the tiara on her head
was glowing with the nine colors of the planets and the moon. Soon all was back to what
it was, her suit was pink and there was a crescent moon symbol in her tiara, but she felt
more at ease in her suit, more powerful. So this was what Serena felt like when she was
transformed.
Wow!
There was a great cheer from every one and both sets of her parents gave her hugs. Soon
after when everyone was dressed in civilian cloths, including the King and Queen, there
was a party. It was needles to say that all three of the Serenas' ate the most, but the food
was the best that the scouts had tasted. Lita commented on that fact when the long grand
table was cleared.
"But Lita," said the Queen. "You prepared it yourself, we wouldn't allow any one but the
best to cook for us." The future Jupiter smiled her appreciation while the younger one just
sat in awe.
I become this good of a chef? Wow! So my dreams really do come true
For the next few hours there was a general happy pandemonium as the group discussed
various things such as the past battles and strategies and tales of what were called
"The Serena Mishaps' were told in various versions. Shouts of "I didn't do that! No way!"
and "OOPS, did I really do THAT?" were heard from the Queen and princesses alike.
Afterwards when every one had settled down to bed Serenity, Serena and Reenie stayed
up and chitchatted about memories both past and present. It was when Reenie started to
yawn and nod off that Serena and the Queen exchanged knowing glances. "All right small
Lady, time for bed." the Queen stated.
'But mommmmmm." Reenie had prepared a grand gesture of a fight to stay up, but it was
interrupted by a huge yawn.
"Yep! Its time for beddie bye." Serena smiled and hugged her child. She knew that
Serenity would wish to tuck Reenie in tonight so she wisely stayed away.
"Night Serena."
"Night Sweetie." Serena watched fondly as mother and daughter went up the stairs. She
was watching a globe of the city when Serenity came back down.
"Oh Serena, I miss her so much sometimes. So very much. And she's grown since she left
us last." The Queen sat down with a tired sigh and smiled at her younger self. "So, how
are things going in the past? Any news from the famous Helios?"
Serena laughed. " No, not yet. But believe me the way that Reenie thinks about him is just
unbelievable. She'll be having her lunch and all of the sudden she'll be thinking of when she
flew on his back as Pegasus. Even now she's dreaming of him." Serena was just babbling
on and on.
"SO, you've noticed the telecommunication between you two is stronger?" Serenity had a
knowing grin on her face as she waited for the news of what she had just said to sink in.
'Yes.. What! What telecommunication?" Serena was totally lost the Queen thought. We'll
that was to be expected, it was only Serena.
Hey! What are you saying? You were that girl!
"Serena dear, have you even thought of what you just said?" Serena stood gaping at
Serenity and thought, really thought about what she had just said.
"Come to think of it, there are times that I swear that I know what she's thinking, I always
chalked it up to motherly knowledge. And outside the castle today she said something but
her mouth never opened, I did wonder about that." Serena was deep in thought now. "SO
there is Telecommunication between us."
Serenity nodded. "Yes, and your right some of it is motherly knowledge, But it also had
to do with your connection to the Silver Crystal, and the amount of love you two have for
each other. I am happy to see that you are getting along much better than the first time she
went to the past."
"Hey! That's not fair, I was young, and she was so annoying, and I loved her then too so
it makes no difference." Serena defended her self the best that she could.
"I meant no offense Serena. I was merely opening your eyes to something. Now is there
any thing else that is bothering you?"
Serena knew that she could hide nothing from herself, was that even possible? She
thought.
"Yes actually there are a lot of things. Reenie for one, she's so young and yet she knows
so much more than she should at this age. I just wish that she had a normal life."
"Oh, Serena, you don't know how much I wish that for her too. She's so young and I
know that. It is just that I have come to accept the fact that there can never be a normal
life for her. Just as there can could have never been one for us. It is our destiny and hers to
rule and guard the people of this planet and others with the power that only we can
handle. Without us, there is no planet."
Serena knew this was true and she agreed that there was no way they could ever have a
normal life.
" But that is part of the reason that I send her to you in the past.' The Queen went on. "So
that she can have a life away from the palace and grow like we did. It is as close as she'll
ever come to normal. "
Serena decided to change the subject. "She had this dream a while ago, and it is still on her
mind, the only problem is she wont let me in to see what it was. I am worried about her,
did you no notice the difference in her today?"
The Queen nodded. " Yes, I did. It will all be revealed you in the end Serena, Just be
patient." They continued to talk, sharing stories of Reenie and the others when Serenas'
eyes went dark blue and her head jerked up.
"Serena? What is it?" Serenity looked at her with concern.
"The planet. There is something wrong at home!" Serena jumped up and ran to the doors
of the room they were in. Opening she found that the scouts were running down the stairs
Reenie at their heels.
"Serena what's wrong!" They asked.
Apparently they had sensed the disturbance in Serena. This was a good sign the Queen
thought. For what they were about to face they would need this closeness that they
obviously had.
"Darien, the Earth, we have to go home now!" Serena cried as she ran over to them.
"All right lets go!" The scouts transformed and gathered in a circle.
"Can I go back with them Momma? "Reenie still stood in her pajamas and Serenity knew
that she wanted to go. She would need to go on this one; this would be a lesson that she
could only learn in battle. Reluctantly the Queen nodded her consent. But Before Reenie
could transform the Queen had swept her up into a huge bear hug and kissed her head.
"My precious one, please be careful." She whispered.
Reenie nodded and stepped away from her mother.
"Moon Pink Crystal Make Up!"
Sailor Chibi Moon stood in the little girls spot. She ran over to the other scouts and
squeezed in beside Sailor Moon. Sailor Moon glanced down and smiled, her gratitude was
clear on her face.
She loves her so much! The Queen thought. But that could be a problem. Do be
careful Serena. And then they were gone leaving the Queen and her court alone in the
palace entranceway.
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Uh oh, what's wrong at home? Who does this evil man want? Find out in the next chapter of Pale Beams. Ooh I'm having so much fun writing this, you don't even know! Please Please, Please R & R :)
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