Feel free to e-mail me your constructive criticism and praise. I appreciate your suggestions on how to better my writing.

This story is a revised version of "Princess Serenity's Revenge" and will hopefully be much better. This is a fan fiction about Serenity/Usagi and Endymion/Mamoru.

Disclaimer: Sailor Moon is copyright (c) 1992 Naoko Takeuchi/Kodansha, TOEI Animation. English Language Adaptation copyright (c) 1995 DiC Entertainment.

Contrary to my anti-Author Notes belief, I would like to say a couple of things about this chapter:

One, I don't mean for you to hate Queen Serenity. Dislike her, sure, but not hate. I'm not trying to portray her an evil or mean (although she can be the latter), but just as a queen trying to do her duty to her subjects. That means trying to keep them safe by keeping the peace with the other planets. She does not understand her daughter and Endymion's love. (Somehow I've always felt that Queen Serenity, as Naoko made her, was just a little TOO perfect.)

And two, I would like to remind you that I have changed the timeline of the Silver Millennium (as stated in the ReadMe). It is modern times on Earth, which means that Earth has all of its modern technology. However, each land has a ruler and the royal family of Earth rules over all the lands.

If there are any questions, e-mail me, IM me, or write it in your review.


The Beginning of Forever: Chapter 10
Charlyne
charlyne_o@hotmail.com
Chapter Rating: PG13


They were watching her as if she was a bomb that would explode at any moment. Serenity looked over at the clock on the mantle and mentally counted down the seconds until someone would again walk by her room.

"Serena, are you doing all right?" Raye asked as she leaned casually against the doorframe. The Martian princess's expression was calm but inside she was a jumble of nerves. She reached out with her powers but the energy around her friend only showed slight annoyance and a bit of amusement.

Clearing her throat to hide a soft laugh, Serenity replied, "Yes, Raye, I'm just fine."

"No pain?" the fire Senshi questioned again.

"No, none at all," Serena reiterated. She didn't laugh until Raye's footsteps had faded away. Every five minutes, like clockwork, someone came around to ask her how she was. Their concern was flattering, of course, but after the first hour it had become more of a nuisance than anything else.

Serenity shook her head and sighed. She sat at her desk, reading over a correspondence from Seiya. He wished her well and hoped that she would be feeling better soon. Serena didn't feel at all guilty about lying to him. She had told him she'd come down with a bad flu and that he would not be able to visit. If he was suspicious about the length of time it was taking her to recover from her sickness, it didn't show in his letters.

Although she herself was far from ashamed of her condition, her mother had promised dire consequences if the news of her pregnancy got out. Servants would gossip, of course, but anyone of breeding would discount the rumors until they were proven.

Mina had come to her after she had woken up from her faint a few weeks ago to tell her that she had posted the letter Serena had written to Endymion. Serenity was grateful that her friend had not told the King and Queen. She swore to repay the bubbly Venusian, even when Mina denied that repayment was necessary.

Standing, Serenity felt a sudden gush of wetness and gasped. It was time! She couldn't believe it, her baby would soon be entering the world. She had felt slight contractions all day (truly, for the past week), which were easily hidden from her friends because they were not painful, but she knew that now the intensity would pick up.

"Amy!" Serena called. She waddled to the door and stuck her head out into the corridor. "Amy!" The blue-haired Senshi came running from around the corner and nearly crashed into Serena. Her chest heaving from the run, she steadied her friend and led her back into the bedroom.

"Just lay down, Serena. I'll get you a sleeping gown and start gathering everything for the birth. Dr. Zeki and your mother will be here soon," Ami said as she walked around the room.

Serenity lay down on the bed and closed her eyes. Already she could feel a contraction building and it wasn't a wimpy one like the others. She just hoped this would be over soon.


Endymion was pacing a trench in the floor of his room. His four close friends, the generals that were his guards, had left him alone after he had snapped at them. The Lord help him, he didn't know if he could last much longer!

He had received the letter from Serenity only a couple days ago and already it was worn from all the times he had read it. He was filled with a myriad of emotions that he could not keep under control. Anger coursed through him from what his love had said that her mother was going to do with their child and worry battled with his anger as he thought of her collapsing. And now, today, she would give birth to their child.

His pacing took him over to his desk and he sat down, staring blankly at the smooth, polished surface. After a moment, Endymion pushed a hidden latch that opened a secret drawer. Inside was every letter Serenity had ever written him and, on top of the pile, was a large envelope.

Picking up the envelope, Endymion let its contents spill onto the desk. Two ID's, a school transcript from a small academy in France, and a birth certificate that had all the stamps and signatures but none of the information on it now cluttered the desktop. Serenity's ID was missing a picture, however.

"Chiba Mamoru," Endymion pronounced, the name sounding odd in his ears. He would have to get used to it, it would soon be the only name he would be known as. He picked up Serenity's ID and read the name printed there, "Tsukino Usagi." It would be changed to Chiba Usagi as soon as they could find a temple to marry at once they got to Tokyo. He could have easily acquired a marriage certificate, but he wanted to say the vows.

He was suddenly glad for all of those language lessons he had had to take growing up. He spoke most of the languages on Earth and could also read most of them. He also knew Lunarian, which was a lot like Latin. His family had not had any contact with the other planets, though, other than those who had been at the Moon Kingdom's palace and those people had spoken Lunarian also. He was also glad that Serenity had learned some of the most common Earth languages. He knew that she spoke French, Spanish, Japanese, and English.

Sighing, he repacked the envelope and put it back in the hidden drawer. He had only succeeded in distracting himself for a few minutes. Endymion once again stood and began to pace.

"I give up!" he muttered in frustration. He pulled off his clothes and dressed in a flowing tunic and loose slacks, which was what was worn on the Moon. Sneaking from his room, he was stopped by one of his guards, Jadeite.

"Don't try to stop me, Jad," Endymion warned, his voice menacing. Jadeite held his hands up in surrender and let the prince pass him. He felt it was wrong of the Queen and King, anyway, to prevent Serenity and Endymion from seeing each other. He would say nothing about Endymion leaving.

Endymion brushed past his friend and continued on his way. His strides were hurried as he walked through the castle's corridors. His mind was filled with the image of his princess and his entire focus was on getting to her.

As he approached the portal room, his steps slowed and he cautiously looked around. There were no guards that he could see, but he knew that there would be at least two in the room with the portal. He would probably have to knock them out, but felt no qualms about doing it.

He pushed the door open and gave the guards a look at suggested they ask no questions. Both men looked uncomfortable and he was sure that it was because they had orders to prevent him from using the portal. His anger built up within him over the cruelty of his parents and Serenity's parents. An unknown power seemed to glow around him and with a blinding flash of golden light, both guards collapsed.

"What the hell what that?" Endymion swore. He had felt the power within himself before, but this had been the first time it had actually done something. After making sure both men were still alive, Endymion punched some numbers into the portal. When the light above it blinked several times, then held steady, he stepped through and entered the Moon Palace.


"One final push, Princess, and then you'll be done," Dr. Zeki, the royal physician coached. Queen Serenity stood next to her daughter, mopping her brow with a wet cloth. She whispered soft words of encouragement to Serena.

"I'm done, I can't do this any more!" Serena cried, tears trailing down her cheeks. She was so tired, all she wanted was to sleep for the rest of her life.

"Come on, Serenity, you can do this," the Queen said, squeezing her daughter's hand. "One more push."

Taking a deep breath, the princess bared down one final time. The soft whispers in the room were suddenly replaced by the piercing wail of a baby and Serenity saw a tiny body being lifted, small legs kicking wildly. She reached out her arms for her child, who was proclaimed to be a little girl, but the baby was whisked away. Serena felt bereft and so utterly alone. She turned her face into her pillow and sobbed.