Title: Artemis and Luna

Rating: PG

Author: Alcandre

Well, here's chapter 2! *Sigh* I know I should be working on my other stories but I had this idea stuck in my head for soooo long!!!! Anyway, hopefully some questions will be answered in this chapter or the next! Enjoy!

I no own Sailor Moon!
So, we were on a ship to the Moon Kingdom. The kingdom that ruled over all the others and had the queen of the Silver Millennium. I kept telling myself that all of it had to be a dream; I mean we were going to the Moon? Right!!!

I woke up the next morning feeling much better, rested, well fed, and like nothing had happened the day before. And then it all came rushing back. The ships, my parents and sister dead on the kitchen floor, Luna's family dead, and the ceiling falling in on us.

I sat up with a start. Luna was beside me, cuddled up against me, still sleeping. Sighing, I fell back on my back and tried not to wake her, worried that she would become even more upset than she was yesterday. And I hated seeing her cry.

My mind started to wander then. I started actually thinking about what had happened and why. Why had my father told only me and Luna to go to the basement? Why didn't my family and Luna's family go with us? They could all be alive at the moment if I had insisted that they go with us. But then I shook my head at my own thought. My father must have had a reason behind it. He was a smart man; he knew everything.

"Maybe it was our destiny."

I blinked and looked at Luna's upturned face on my shoulder. "What?"

She smiled sadly and slowly sat up, stretching. "Maybe we are still alive for a reason, Arty."

I smiled, amazed on some level that she knew what I was thinking but then again not surprised at all. That sort of thing had started happening right after we both turned 10. My mom told us that only really close friends had that kind of connection.

"Maybe so, Luna. Maybe Father knew that, too."

She nodded, suddenly very serious. "But I wish they had said something."

Shrugging, I answered back with, "Think about it, Luna. If we had known we were going to be the only ones to live, would we have gone to the basement so willingly?"

She sat silently for a few seconds then shook her head. "No, Artemis, we wouldn't have. At least, I wouldn't have let you pull me into your basement. I would have run outside to get to my house and would have died there."

I put my arms around her and sighed. "But I would have gone after you. And you know it."

"Idiot," she whispered.

The door to the room we were in suddenly opened and the old woman from the night before entered. "Ah, I see you are both awake."

I got off the bed and bowed to the woman. "Thank you for taking care of us, ma'am. We are in your debt."

"Nonsense," the woman said chuckling. "It was my duty to the queen." She walked over to me and felt my head, nodding in satisfaction. "You have both healed very nicely. I will be right back with new clothes for the two of you to wear when you see the queen."

Luna's eyes widened. "We're going to see and meet the queen?"

"Of course, dearie. Why else would you be going to the Moon Kingdom; to see the flowers?" She left, laughing softly to herself and closed the door behind her.

I felt my mouth fall open at the thought of actually meeting Queen Serenity. The supposedly most beautiful and kind woman in the universe and we were going to meet her.

Luna jumped up and ran over to me. "We are going to meet the queen, Arty!!" She hugged me around my waist and started giggling. "How exciting!"

An hour later, the two of the old woman, around thirty Moon soldiers, and us stood at the ship's door, waiting to land. The old woman, whose name turned out to be Lisa, had given me a nice silver suit that fit me perfectly. My white hair went well with it and my blue eyes stood out because of the silver. Luna, standing beside me with fidgeting hands, wore a beautiful yellow dress that accented her blooming figure wonderfully. Even at 14, it was obvious that she was going to be a breathtakingly beautiful young woman.

The opening of the doors snapped me out of the trace and Luna grabbed my hand, pulling me after her. Lisa just chuckled and followed, along with the soldiers.

I have seen beautiful women before; my mother was amazingly beautiful and I considered Luna's mom the same but when I first laid eyes on Queen Serenity, I was in awe. Beautiful would not describe her accurately. She was just plain amazing. And when she smiled, the whole room seemed to light up.

I felt Luna thinking the exact same thing as me when she saw her in the throne room. "Wow," Luna whispered, loud enough for only me to hear.

The queen smiled at us and motioned for us to come closer. "So, these are the two that survived the attack on Lucer?" At the nod of a soldier beside her she looked me in the eyes. "What is your name?"

"Artemis, majesty. And this is my best friend, Luna." I gave a nod and noticed Luna curtseying.

"How old are you two?"

"14."

"You two seem very mature for such a young age."

"I guess losing your family suddenly over night does that to you," Luna said. Then she gasped and covered her mouth. I looked over at her in shock. Did she just say that out loud?

Looking back at the queen I saw her smile. "I guess it would."

I gave a sigh of relief and winked at Luna. 'Good thing the queen's good natured,' I thought.

"Mommy!"

The entire throne room echoed with the shout that came from the back of the room. I turned in unison with Luna and we saw a small, blonde-haired toddler running toward us.

"Mommy, Rei hit me!!"

Another young girl, raven-haired and with violet eyes appeared from the doorway running after the blonde.

"I did not!"

The first nodded as she ran to the queen, passing us without a glance, her eyes full of tears. "Yes, she did! She's being mean again!" She threw herself at the queen and her mother just smiled and hugged the tiny girl back.

"Aren't you two supposed to be with the others?" the queen asked.

"We were, Majesty," the one I assumed was Rei answered. "But Serenity ran off with one of my toys."

The queen looked down at her daughter. "Serenity." This was said in a tone that made all children tremble with fear.

"Yes, Mommy?" Serenity asked in a small voice.

"Did you take one of Rei's toys?"

"Um," the young princess looked away from her mother's gaze.

"Tell the truth."

Serenity sighed and nodded. "Yes, I did. But she was teasing me!"

The queen sighed and looked at Rei, who was standing between Luna and me by then. "Rei."

Rei looked down at her feet and nodded. "I was, Majesty."

The queen shook her head. "Can't you two just get along with each other?"

Her daughter looked up at the queen's face and smiled. "We'll try, Mommy. I promise! Right, Rei? We'll try!"

Rei nodded and smiled at the queen. "Yeah, we promise!"

"Good," the queen said, putting Serenity on the floor. "Now, go back to the others and play until Lisa comes to get you."

"Lisa's back?" the blonde asked.

"Yes."

"Yay!" Both Rei and the princess said in unison. It was then that the blonde noticed us.

"Hi!" She walked over to Luna and me and looked up at us. "Who are you?"

"Sere, that was rude!" Rei whispered.

I laughed and knelt down so I was eye level with the princess. "My name is Artemis. And this is Luna." Luna knelt down beside me, smiling at the two young girls.

"I'm Serenity and I'm five years old." She held up five fingers and grinned. She then blinked and looked at Rei. "And this is my friend, Rei. She's five, too!"

Rei rolled her eyes but then smiled. "It's nice to meet you." She said to both me and Luna.

"Why are you here?" Serenity asked bluntly.

I opened my mouth to answer with an 'I don't know' when the queen interrupted me.

"They are going to be your teachers."

To be continued...

Whoa, that was unexpected!! ^_~ Well, if it isn't obvious already, this is going to be longer than 2 to 3 parts. I keep getting grrreat ideas! So, stay tuned for more chapters!