The Silver Reaction, By Sakurenity Midnight.
Note: I am putting this story up purely for others to read. I will accept Critiques but only fair ones. Flames will be deleted. Anyone who doesn't like the idea of a living and well Tranquillity, or the fact that I have included Andrew, Molly, and Melvin should turn back now. Anyone who doesn't like Darien should also turn back now.
Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon, Naoko Takeuchi does and if she found out there was a writer as appalling as me, she'd have me assassinated……………
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Selenity sat around the circular table with her friends, rulers, and protectors of the Silver Alliance. There were quite a few heads, to say the least. Alyssia and Lucid, rulers of Mercury sat to her right, and the rulers of the other nine planets-in order counting outwards from the first little planet-around her. Last, and two seats to her right, was the very young prince, Solandre. He was the youngest royal to ever be admitted to the Alliance meetings, at the mere age of eighteen. He represented the Sun, technically not a planet, but more of a holiday destination. There were people living on it, enjoying its tropical temperatures, but as it was a star, it had not been counted up till now. It was only now that the ruler of the Sun had been allowed to sit in and become part of the meeting, due to the circumstance that he was, in fact, related to Selenity. The two seats between her and the young delegate were empty, yet to be filled by the Queen's personal advisors.
"Well, Lu and I agree wholeheartedly in this matter," Alyssia was saying. "The whole of our System should be included in the alliance, regardless of their past circumstances."
"I don't know Alyce," A brown haired man replied to the woman, shaking his head furiously. "Tomi thinks it's a good idea too, but what of all the other, unrecognised peoples scattered about the System." He shot a meaningful look at his wife.
"They may take it as unforgivable move to impose dictatorship over them." A voice came crisply out of the shadows. All nineteen ambassadors looked towards the source. A tall woman stood inside the door, her long black hair flowing loose to hang about her waist, wearing a dark purple dress that stretched to the floor.
"Lady Luna." Selenity greeted with a smile. Lady Luna made her way over to the conference table.
"I am sorry for my lateness my queen. It seems that a certain group of young dignitaries got a little too excited. Rest assured that the matter was dealt with as swiftly as was possible."
"That, I have no doubt about." Selenity smiled benignly. "And what of Lord Artemis?"
"Finishing off with the young charges as we speak." Luna said with a smirk. She surveyed the rest of the group, before seating herself to the left of her liege. "I'm sure he will be along shortly."
"Good. We were just having an informal chat before we begin the summit." She looked around the table. "Lady Luna, These are the rulers of the nine other planets of our System. I believe that you have already been acquainted." Luna nodded as the door crashed open, and her fellow advisor stalked in.
"When I get my hands on those five…" he trailed off as he approached the table, realising the company he was in. He quickly ducked a bow. "I beg forgiveness for my late intrusion my queen. I was…"
"Don't worry Artemis, Luna has already explained."
"I see that my daughter has been at it again, Lord Artemis?" Queen Enika questioned upon the sight of the noble's sodden hair and clothing.
"Oh, she certainly has!" He snorted, sitting down. His wet white hair hanging around his face made him look like a child, and his blue eyes sparkled with innocence. "And they've now managed to get the young Princess of Mercury interested in their hi-jinks." Alyssia and Lucid shared a look that said all too clearly that their daughter would find herself chastised before the day was out. "That young elflike royal, has abandoned her usual solitude to join them." He added, and the Jupiterian royals found themselves torn between the joy of their little girl finding friends, and her getting up to mischief. Selenity noticed too.
"Oh, Swift, don't punish her too hard. You know how difficult she finds relationships. I trust another young princess has also shared in the fun?" She looked pointedly at queen Ariane as she said so.
"Oh, be sure of that!" Artemis replied, clearly annoyed. "Not only that, she found it amusing." King Verve of Mars was surprised by this. His young child was never the type to laugh.
"I think that it's safe to say," Tessa piped up, from beside the young Sun prince. "That children need to be children." She glanced at her partner for support. "And of the four older girls?" She requested, meaning the ones of the outer four planets.
"The last time I checked." Luna began. "Hotaru and Michiru were out on the tennis courts. Haruka was challenging another guard to a duel, and Setsuna taking a walk through the gardens."
Selenity watched as Solandre's face lit up at the mention of the Plutonium princess.
"I see." She said simply. Well, on with the meeting." A black haired man and reddish purple haired woman arose. "King Wisp and Queen Rosaline, you have been recognised. What is your word?"
"Well," Wisp lamented, casting an eye to his neighbouring planetary friends, the royalty of Uranus. "Kara and Skill, I think, are with me on this one, we do not yet have enough information." He received nods of assent from the two addressed.
"Marina and Furtive of Neptune?" Selenity greeted as the two rose as one from their seats. "We are yet unsure on how to speculate, we agree, there is not a lot of information, but how are we to acquire any?" Marina put forward. They sat and Aeon pulled himself up as the Moon queen recognised him.
"My wife thinks that the way to go about this is to invite all in the System to join the Alliance. Then the choice is theirs. If they do not take it, we will not bother them any further. But neither will we give them any help."
Sol of Earth stood, back straight.
"I am glad that my son stayed behind on this trip my queen. We cannot refuse help where it is needed though. It would do more damage than good."
"I think." Solandre said quietly from his seat. "That we need to find a solution to this soon. If we don't, the Silver Millennium will never come to be."