Hi! Sorry I took so long getting this out. I have been lazy. Yes I know, but I have finally taken leave! It's been a year! I have been typing, but then a friend I haven't seen for a year pops up and says hi and another of my friends is moving! So I had to stop writing everyday so I could spend time with them. So I'm sorry about not getting this out sooner.

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Luna woke to the sound of the alarm going off. Looking at Usagi she watched as she lifted the alarm clock and threw it out the window. Shaking her head, Luna padded over to Usagi. Taking a deep breath Luna shouted directly in Usagi's ear.

"WAKE UP USAGI!!!!!"

With a shriek Usagi jumped up and fell out of the bed. "Luna!" Usagi yelled

"Come on now Usagi its time to wake up. Remember you promised to meet Ami. Minako, and Makoto at the Crown."

"Ahh, I have to hurry! I don't get to see Ami that much with her being in college!" Usagi said running around the room getting ready. While putting on her jeans she looked to see what time it was and noticed her clock was missing. "Luna? Where's my clock?"

Sighing to herself she pointed towards the window. Usagi followed her paw to the window and sweatdropped. "HeHe. Oops." She said placing a hand behind her head.

Luna shook her head. "Usagi you're going to be late."

"Oh my God!" Usagi exclaimed. Running out of the room she grabbed Luna and her broach. Jumping down the stairs she shouted out. "Bye Mom! I'll be at the Crown with Ami! See you tonight!" and slammed the door.

Ikuko shook her head at her daughter's antics smiling. Though her daughter wasn't the smartest in her class she had improved in her schooling making her very proud. But what made her the proudest about Usagi was the love and caring she had for everything and everyone. Yes Ikuko was proud of her daughter, but she couldn't help but feel like something was going to happen to her little girl soon. Something that would effect everyone around her.

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Luna prayed the whole way to the Crown. **Please let me live. Please let me live.** over and over in her head. Usagi ran at top speed hoping she would make it on time.

Rounding the corner she skidded to a stop as she neared the Crown. Taking a few deep breaths she calmed herself down and happily walked in looking for her friends.

Seeing her friends seated at their favorite booth she walked over to them. Makoto was the first to see Usagi and smiled. "Hey girl, what happened to Luna?" Usagi had a confused look on her face and looked down at her arms.

Luna was laying in Usagi's arms her eyes twirling and dazed. Smiling sheepishly Usagi replied, "oops. I didn't even realize I had taken Luna with me." Taking a seat she placed Luna beside her so she could recover. "Sorry, I'm late." Usagi began only to be cut off by Minako.

"Oh you're not late. We just arrived a few minutes before you did."

"Really. I thought I was so late." Usagi said relieved.

"No you made it with a few minutes to spare." Ami replied.

"Great. So what does everyone want to do?" Usagi asked

"We could go to the park." Ami suggested.

"No, we always go to the park. Lets go some place different or somewhere that we don't go to often." Minako said.

"Well, we could stop by Rei's." Makoto said

"No, Rei is out with Mamoru." Usagi said shaking her head. "I think she said something about shopping and a movie."

"Well there is the Library and the Museum." Ami added

"Maybe later. I have to find a book for a project and I'd rather wait on that." Usagi said grimacing a little.

Ami smiled at Usagi and thought, **You'll never change, Usagi.**

"Hey I know what we can do!" Makoto exclaimed

"What?" Minako asked

"Let's go to the Rose Gardens. I hear that they have a new exhibit of a rare flower."

"That sounds great!" Usagi said happily.

"Let's go and grab Artemis. I'm sure Luna would like company." Minako said getting up.

Luna finally gained her bearings and glared at Usagi. Usagi noticed the glare and smirked. "Yeah, Luna really misses his company." Luna blushed and the others giggled at her blush.

"Artemis misses her too. He's always talking about her." Minako added and smiled, as Luna blushed even more.

Laughing happily they walked to Minako's and grabbed Artemis who protested until he saw Luna with them. Arriving at the Rose Gardens they happily inhaled the fragrance of the many flowers there.

"This place is so beautiful." Usagi sighed.

"Not as beautiful as you Koneko-chan."

Turning around Usagi smiled happily and hugged the person behind her. "Haruka! When did you get back?"

"Just today Usagi-hime." Another voice answered. Looking at the speaker Usagi's eyes went wide.

"Hotaru?" Usagi questioned. The last time she saw her, Hotaru was around the age of 12 and not at the appearance of a teenager.

"Yeah that's Hotaru all right." Haruka said with much displeasure in her voice.

Ami, Minako, and Makoto finally came out of their shock of seeing the outers and happily greeted them like Usagi had done.

"So what happened to you Hotaru?" Ami asked highly curious.

"Saturn decided she was tired of being in a body of a child." Hotaru began.

"And so she turned by little baby girl into a boy magnet." Haruka grumbled

The others laughed at the expression on Haruka's face. They could just image how Haruka had taken that and could only image what she did to Hotaru's possible dates.

"So are you just staying or are you visiting?" Makoto asked as everyone walked to the new exhibit.

"You could say we are just visiting." Hotaru replied

"So how long are you guys staying?" Minako asked

"Not long." Haruka replied.

Usagi looked at Luna and Artemis worried. Something wasn't right. She could feel it. It was like they were hiding something. Luna and Artemis caught their princess's look and nodded in understanding. They felt that they were hiding something as well. Coming to a decision Usagi stopped.

"Usagi is something wrong?" Ami asked when she noticed that Usagi had stopped and her face held a serious expression.

Hearing Ami they all noticed Usagi had stopped and walked back over to her concerned. Usagi looked directly into Haruka's eyes and was about to speak when a portal opened up beneath all of them. With screams of surprise they vanished. After what seemed like an eternity of falling into nothingness the girls landed in a heap on the ground.

Getting up Usagi looked around at her surroundings and gasped in shock. Whipping around she stormed up to Haruka. "Where are we? What is going on?" she demanded

The others looked around themselves and gasped as well. Hearing Usagi demand where they were, they turned to see their little bunny standing in anger and uncertainty in front of Haruka.

Gulping a little Haruka couldn't answer. She was too surprised to see Usagi act in such a manner. She'd never seen her princess this angry before.

Hotaru noticed Haruka's situation and came to the rescue. Bowing low she said, "Please forgive us Usagi-hime. We were about to tell you but it seems that Setsuna-mama had other plans. We are in another dimension that greatly needs you. You bring peace wherever you go and this place greatly needs it. Right now they only have a fragile peace. They need the peace that only you can bring to it."

"Whose idea was this? Nevermind." Usagi said and looked up at the sky. "Pluto! I know you can hear me! Appear before me now!" Usagi demanded. Luna and Artemis looked at Usagi concerned. She just didn't seem like the same Usagi that they all knew and loved.

"Usagi please calm down you are scaring us." Minako said with concern

Usagi looked at her friends and saw that she was truly frightening them. Taking a deep breath she attempted to calm herself. Once she was calm Pluto appeared kneeling before her. Seeing her lonely friend kneeling, Usagi sighed and spoke in a tired voice that no one but Luna and Pluto had heard before. "Raise Setsuna. There is no need to kneel."

Raising Pluto spoke, "Please forgive me Hime."

"I do Setsuna, but please explain to me why you couldn't have just told me or at least asked me to come and help them. Oh and don't call me Hime." Usagi said as an after thought bringing a smile to Setsuna's face

"That was the plan but Fate had different plans." Setusna said, "It was she who brought you here. I believe Destiny is now scolding her for missing with the flow of time."

"I thought I was free from them." Usagi whispered sadly.

Placing a hand on her shoulder Setsuna gave her a reassuring squeeze. "You are free to a certain extent. You are free to choose your love, your friends, and many other things, but you are the Light of Hope and Bringer of Peace. That is something that you can never be free from. Just as I am the Guardian of Time. I shall always guard the Gates. I may be able to chase my dream now, but my duty to protect time will always be there as well as my duty to you."

"So mind telling us where we are?" Usagi asked smiling a little. The others let out a breath of relief when they saw her smile.

"Yes, Setsuna. Where are we? By the looks of things the technology here is very different from our dimension." Ami asked.

"Let us walk to someplace with a little bit more privacy. We would not want anyone to accidentally over hear us." Setsuna replied.

"I agree, Sets. Let's get out of here." Haruka said.

Taking one more look around the girls still couldn't believe it. There was no sky, just metal. It was sad how you couldn't see the blue sky and the clouds.

Pluto cleared her voice when she noticed that her friends had zoned out. "Please, let us leave. I'll explain everything shortly."

Coming out of their thoughts they nodded and followed Pluto through the portal.

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Elsewhere

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"Oh you are in some much trouble!" Destiny growled at Fate. "Do you realize what you have done! Although she was to arrive there with her friends it was suppose to be her own choice! She was to be given a choice! We no longer control her!"

"You no longer control her, but I still do!" Fate snapped back. "I wasn't going to risk the chance of her refusing! She is needed there to complete her Fate and she shall!"

"You baka! If you push her into something she has no desire of being all is lost! Why do you think I released her! By releasing her she will still complete her destiny as a Queen and bring about peace to all! With her free of me she can at least be happy! If she is not happy then her Light dies and so does she you fool!" Destiny shouted

Fate looked at Destiny in shook then shame. "I was only to trying to do what I thought was best. She is to important."

Calming down Destiny put his arms around Fate. "I know, but you must realize this. With her being who she is and seeing what she is capable of doing it is important that she feels free. I understand that you must still control her Fate until the time is right, but do it secretly. This way she will not resent what she must do. She has a kind and caring heart. She may have wanted to say farewell to her parents and friends before coming. By your actions she could have refused to help even though she was there just so she would no longer be controlled."

"But she didn't." Fate said

"No, but she was close and you know it." Destiny replied.

"Hai, I know. But if I am to release her she must be here. I care for her greatly. She is so special to me."

"I know, wait are letting her go?" Destiny asked slightly surprised

"Yes, I have decided to once I know that she will follow her Fate willingly. It was sooner than what was planed, but plans change. I know I messed with time and things will happen sooner now, but I just couldn't let my friends daughter stay in that slow depression of hers. She was killing herself without even knowing it. I couldn't let her die inside! Selene would have never forgiven me if I had." Fate answered watching as Usagi traveled through the portal.

"She was?" Destiny asked shocked

"Yes. It was from that slow depression she was starting to develop there. I had to bring her here sooner than planned and without her decision. Once she is asleep I will talk to her and find out if she will stay and help willingly and not because of duty. Her answer will decide whether she shall be free of me or not." Fate said

"Then I hope she answers well." Destiny said no longer upset with Fate.

"As do I." Fate said, "As do I."

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Well I hope you liked it.

BubblyOne