From Schoolgirl to Royal 23/?

Rating: PG-13

Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon; none of these characters are mine, no infringement intended.

A/N: This doesn't really follow the timeline, although it is after season 1. Even though, Serena is the moon princess, Darien doesn't know that she is Sailor Moon. Just pretend that the whole evil-Darien thing never happened and the scouts defeated Beryl on their own, but didn't loose their memories. Sorry if this is confusing; if you have any questions just ask.

Serena may seem OOC in the next few chapters, but let's just say she is extremely stressed out and that explains her sensitivity and she's pissed because her family was attacked which will explain her bouts of seriousness.

Warning: Some cursing and otherwise bad language.

The Final Showdown

My gown was flapping in the wind as I floated above the ground. The crystal pulsed with power as it met Vortar's dark energy. He has noticed my transformation and threw as much dark energy in my path as he could.

This quickly turned to a battle of wills as our powers clashed and attacked each other. The others were giving me as much of their power as I could wield safely, while I was throwing my power through my crystal and out to meet Vortar's. Wisps of black power hit me as Vortar pushed harder, cutting my gown in several places and leaving traces of red on the white material, marring it's splendor.

Just as I was about to collapse from the onslaught a sudden weight was holding me up. When I looked to my side I saw Darien dressed in a black suit and cape, complete with armor guards on his shoulders and a sword at his waist. As our eyes met for the first time, memories of my time on the moon overwhelmed me.

FLASH:: Meeting my royal guard for the first time, fighting with Rei, learning how to fight from Makato, Mother, the court, meeting Endymion and his guards, running through the gardens with Endy, our first kiss, my guard falling in love with each of Endy's generals, peace and happiness, betrayal, death and destruction, utter despair. ::FLASH

"Endymion." I opened eyes that I didn't even notice had closed with a gasp and stared at my love.

"Serenity, my love." He acknowledged pulling me into his arms. I burrowed closer to his welcome warmth, keeping the crystal between us aimed at Vortar.

"Darien." I murmured content with his arms around me.

"Serena." He answered chuckling softly. "We'll talk more later right now we have a bad guy to finish off."

"Damn Negaverse!" I snarled, thoroughly annoyed at being interrupted. "Ready my prince?"

"Of course Princess."

"Don't make me hurl." Raye growled from down below. "Enough with the lovey-dovey stuff, huh, Moon? We are in the middle of something important here."

"Calm down, Mars." I answered snippily. "I'm on it."

"Yeah, well hurry up, would ya." She bellowed back up to me, glaring in my direction.

"Fat lot of thanks I get for saving your bacon, Mars." I grumbled in response.

"Sailor Moon!" The Senshi all growled at once, surprising me at their fervor.

"Alright already, geez. Calm down." I wailed as I grabbed a tightened hold of my crystal. "Moon Crystal Power!"

As I screamed out the incantation again Darien put his power into the crystal's final burst and along with the other senshi and my own full power Vortar didn't stand a chance. That didn't mean that he just surrendered however. No, he put all of his power behind one final attack and just as he was overtaken by the moonbeam a slash of black energy cut through the white energy and hit me in the chest. I didn't hear Vortar's final scream as he was banished back to the Negaverse as I was lying on the ground unconscious at the time.