Beth and her father arrived at the castle, and they landed in front of the steps. There, two stable hands stood waiting. The front door of the castle opened, and King Neptune, Princess Neptune, and Princess Uranus walked out.

One of the stable hands reached up to help Beth get down, but Deathdancer bared his teeth and laid his ears back. Beth heard a "Don't touch her" from Dancer.

Princess Neptune shook her head at the stable hand and said "Jake, don't you know that a Pegasus will be protective of their rider?" With that, she reached up and scratched Dancer on the shoulder. His ears went forward again, and he knelt to let Beth climb off.

Once off, Beth took hold of Dancer's reins and said to Jake, "Hold on a minute." She stroked Dancer on the belly and said, "It's ok, Deathdancer, you're going into the stables with Poseidon. Nothin' bad'll happen."

"But-" Dancer started, but was interrupted by Poseidon.

"By the King o' Neptune, Dancer, just follow me into the stables lad!" Dancer snorted, and followed Poseidon into the stables.

When Beth took a look at the King, she nearly hid behind her father. He was tall, very tall, and very muscular. His beard went all the way down to his waist, and Beth could easily fit into the palm of his hand. Princess Neptune wore a blue dress that went all the way down to her feet, and her ocean colored hair fell to her shoulders. Her blue shoes reflected the sunlight. Princess Uranus, on the other hand, seemed to dislike dresses and instead wore a pair of cotton pants and a gold trimmed white vest with a gold shirt underneath. Her black boots disappeared under her pant legs. "It's ok, Beth, the King is a kind soul, and you'll like him." William said, putting a hand on her shoulder.

"Now, let's see the little rascal!" The King laughed joyfully and put a finger on Beth's head. He then put it under her chin and lifted her head up to look him in the face. "Yes, the very likeliness of her father. When she's near Michiru's age, she'll shoot up like a bean stalk." he laughed and looked at Princess Uranus. "But you won't be near as tall as her, there, the little speed demon." .

Princess Uranus laughed and held out her hand. "My name's Haruka."

Beth hesitated and then shook Haruka's hand. "I'm Beth."

Haruka nodded, "Nice to meet you."

The King smiled and said, "Michiru, Haruka, why don't you show Beth around?"

"Alright." Michiru said to her father. To Beth, she said, "Follow us." Beth followed Haruka and Michiru into the castle. It was huge, and painted sea-foam green. They went down the right hallway, which led to the kitchen, servant's quarters, the huge dinning room, and William's office. "He's my dad's advisor." Michiru explained. They went up a flight of stairs to the second floor, which was mainly the throne room and meeting room. On the third floor, there where bedrooms. "One's my parents, ones mine, three are quest rooms, and the other's Haruka's." Michiru said, naming the rooms in order. Beth nodded, trying to take it all in while Haruka grinned.

On the forth floor, however, it was almost all computers. One large main screen was at the head of the room, and the control board was covered in buttons and switches. A few smaller screens lined the bottom of the large main one. Beth blinked at the brightness. "This is the control room," Michiru started, "it monitors the activity in the Solar System, and watches the other eight planets."

Haruka poked Michiru in the back, "You forgot something."

Michiru frowned, then smiled and said, "Oh, yes, it also watches the Earth's moon, where Queen Serenity and her daughter, Princess Serena, live. That's where the Moon Kingdom is located." Beth nodded, then noticed what looked like a door in the corner of the room.

"What's that thing?" she asked.

"That's a transportation gateway. It links all the kingdoms together, and you can travel from one planet to the next, and then come back here." Haruka said.

Beth stepped back as the gateway started to glow. Michiru frowned as she pulled Beth and Haruka out of the way. A tall lady with blue shoes like Michiru's and a sea-green dress entered. "Hello, mom." Michiru greeted the lady with ease.

"Hello Michiru, hello Haruka." Queen Neptune looked at Beth. "And who is this?" She bent down to look Beth in the face.

"This is William's daughter, Beth. We're showing her around the castle." Michiru said, laying a hand on Beth's shoulder, which made her feel uncomfortable.

"How do you do, Beth?" Queen Neptune asked Beth.

"Fine." Beth said, trying not to be rude.

"It's ok, child, I have a hard time meeting new people, too." Queen Neptune said, then turned to Michiru. "Princess Serena's birthday party starts in an hour. Why don't you and Haruka bring Beth along with you?"

"I don't mind." Haruka said.

"Neither do I. We'll bring her with us." Michiru said.

"Take Beth out into the garden and the stables, then come back here to go to the moon." Queen Neptune said as she exited the room.

"Well, we'll go to the stables, then the garden, then back here. Sound good?" Michiru said, looking at Haruka, then at Beth. Beth nodded.

They traveled down to the first floor, down the left hallway from the front door, which held the armory and shelter. Out a side door and through a gate, they were in the stables. The stable hand Jake was taking care of Poseidon while a much more experienced man tried to clean Deathdancer's hooves. Dancer refused to lift his feet.

"Oh, dear." Michiru said, shaking her head. Beth walked over to Dancer and put a hand on his flank. Dancer immediately lifted the foot the stable master was trying to lift, which threw the man backwards.

"It's ok, Dancer, he's just trying to clean your hooves."

"I don't want my hooves cleaned." He snorted.

"Then you can be uncomfortable every time you take a step."

"Ok, Ok, Ok, fine." Deathdancer snorted and lifted a foot, and the stable master proceeded to clean his hooves.

"Moving on." Haruka said as Michiru grabbed Beth by the hand and led her into the stables. Beth guessed that her family was the only people that owned Pegasus'. All the animals here were either horses, cows, chickens, goats, or pigs. The barn held many cats, several were on the hay bales, and the others chased each other. A dog also came by, as if on guard duty. "This is basically the stables. Not much is here, but it's a big place." Haruka said, scratching a cat behind the ears.

"Last stop is the garden, and then we'll head on over to the moon. You'll like Princess Serena." Michiru led Haruka and Beth into the garden, which took her breath away. It wasn't one of those vegetable gardens, or orchids, or a kia pond, it was both an orchid and a rose garden. It also held other flowers, but the population was mainly roses. Beth was a little to stunned to speak. Haruka saw her face and started to laugh.

"What?" Beth asked Haruka as they started to walk through the garden.

"Nothing. It's just that I had that same exact face when I first came in here." Beth grinned, and continued to look around. They finally reached the end of the pathway, which stopped at the small back door of the castle. The three went inside, up to the forth floor, and into the control room. There, Michiru took a small blue key from the pocket of her dress and put it into a slot on the gateway. She turned it clockwise, and the portal started to glow. "C'mon, let's go." Michiru took the key from the slot and quickly stepped through the door. Haruka followed, dragging Beth behind her.

Beth felt as if she was being pulled apart. It didn't hurt, it just felt like she had been torn to pieces and was falling from a very high place.

A moment later, Haruka pulled Beth out through another gateway, this time in a different control room. It was still all computers, but this one was smaller. "Hello Princess Michiru, Princess Haruka. Who is your friend?" A lady with two long braids down her sides and ending in buns on her head stood in the doorway. Her hair was a platinum blonde color, and she wore a silver colored dress.

"This is my father's advisor's daughter, Beth. We brought her along to meet the other princesses." Michiru said. She nudged Beth forward a bit/

"Queen Serenity, where are the others?" Haruka asked.

"They're out in the garden, practicing. Why don't you join them?"

"Yes, ma'am." Haruka said, walking out the door. Beth started to follow Michiru and Haruka out the door, but was stopped by Queen Serenity.

"May I speak with you?" Beth blinked in confusion. Michiru stopped and looked back, but was beckoned to leave by Queen Serenity.

"Do you know who you are?" Queen Serenity asked Beth. Beth nodded her head, a little confused by the question. "I don't think you do. Do you know who I am?" Beth shook her head. "Do you know you destiny?" Beth frowned, confused. "Hmm, I see. Tell me, have you felt a slight burning sensation on your forehead?"

"Ummm.. yes ma'am." Beth nodded quickly, a little scared now. "When I was real little." The memory of it scared her. She had been out camping with her father when he had been given time off by the King of Neptune. That night, her father had left to get firewood when a native creature of Neptune, a demonic lizard called the Gurlox had come to the camp, found her, and tried to kill her. (A/N: With this alien race, think big winged lizard on two legs with long arms and a long tail, huge wings, and horns) It had run off after Beth felt a sting on her forehead.

"Hold out your hand." Beth quickly held out her right hand. She was really scared now. Queen Serenity took Beth's hand in her own, and held out her other hand. A small glowing orb appeared. She put the orb in Beth's hand, and the orb reshaped itself into a stick of sorts. The body part of the stick was between four and five inches long, and there was a sphere at one end with three rings surrounding it and a star with a symbol on it at the top.

"What is it?" Beth asked, staring at the transformation pen in her hand.

"It's a transformation pen, used by a Sailor Senshi to transform from their normal form to their Senshi form." Queen Serenity replied. "The only reason you are actually looking at it and holding it is because you are destined to be a Sailor Scout. A Guardian Senshi, actually."

Beth just stared at her.

Queen Serenity sighed. "You are a protector of this Solar System, but you are also a protector of a Senshi since you are a Guardian Scout. Two of them, actually. And you are rumored to have a very unique guardian animal."

"What would it be?" Beth asked.

"I do not know." The Moon Queen said. "But you will know them when you see them." Serenity paused to let this sink into Beth's mind. "Have you ever looked up at Neptune's moon, Proteus?" Beth nodded. "The moon Proteus encircles and protects Planet Neptune from danger, just like you encircle and protect Sailor Neptune and Sailor Uranus. Do you know who those Senshi are?" Serenity asked, smiling slightly. Beth shook her head, still trying to understand it all. "They are... well, you may see for yourself." With that, Queen Serenity took Beth over to the control panel. She pressed a couple of buttons, and a screen appeared. Beth saw five girls in costumes fighting each other.

"Venus Crescent Beam Smash!"

"Mars Fire Ignite!" The air fizzled and burned and sparked as the two Sailor attacks collided.

"Wow, how'd you do that?" The girl that had yelled 'Venus Crescent Beam Smash' asked the black haired girl that had yelled 'Mars Fire Ignite'.

"I'll show ya later, Venus!" The black haired girl replied. Suddenly, Haruka and Michiru entered the screen view.

"Sorry we're late." Michiru said as she and Haruka pulled out transformation pens.

"We were wondering were you guys where. How are things?" A blonde haired girl asked.

"Sorry, Sailor Moon, we brought my father's advisor's daughter, if that's ok with you." Michiru said, raising her pen into the air. "Neptune Planet Power!"

"Uranus Planet Power!" The light disappeared and Haruka and Michiru looked different; they wore the traditional Sailor Scout uniforms.

"Uranus World Shaking!" Haruka threw a ball of yellow light at a brown haired girl, who dodged it.

"Try again Uranus!"

"Neptune Deep Submerge!" Michiru fired a ball of blue light at the brown haired girl, almost hitting her.

"And Sailor Jupiter dodges again!"

Beth watched in surprise as the Seven Sailors practiced on each other. Finally, they all abandoned their Sailor forms. They were all wearing dresses, except Haruka. "The blonde haired girl with the bow is Princess Minako, also Sailor Venus. The other blonde haired girl is my daughter, Princess Serenity, also Sailor Moon." Queen Serenity said.

"Haruka and Michiru are Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune..." Beth said.

"Correct. The girl with the black hair is Princess Rei, or Sailor Mars. The girl with brown hair is Princess Makoto, or Sailor Jupiter. And the girl with short hair is Princess Ami, or Sailor Mercury."

Beth was a little bit overwhelmed. "And I am..."

"Sailor Proteus, Guardian Proteus, Guardian Senshi of moon Proteus, and the Senshi of the Storms." Queen Serenity confirmed. "You are here to protect them. We'll go down and have them practice a little more with you, then we'll continue with the day's events." Queen Serenity lead Beth down a flight of stairs and through a hallway, out to a garden. There, the princesses of most of the planets glanced around at Beth and Queen Serenity.

"Hey, there." Haruka said, standing up.

"Oh, my God! This is Beth?!" Princess Serenity jumped up and ran over to Beth, looking her up and down, then hugging her and proclaiming she was cute.

Michiru fidgeted with embarrassment. "Yes, that's Beth Timberlin."

"You'll have to excuse my daughter," Queen Serenity whispered. "she's excited about her birthday."

"Well, girls, I'd like it if you all would practice again with Beth, and I'll go get ready for Serenity's birthday." Queen Serenity said.

"What? But she's young! We could kill her! She isn't a sailor!" Princess Makoto exclaimed.

"And she certainly couldn't dodge my attacks, they go everywhere!" Princess Rei cried.

"And the Crescent Beam Smash would blow her to pieces!" Princess Minako protested.

"I'd have to agree. We could hurt her really bad." Princess Ami said.

Serenity frowned slightly. "What are you saying, mother?"

Queen Serenity smiled. ""Trust me, you'll see." She turned to Beth and winked. "Don't be too harsh now." She walked out of the room. Beth nodded slightly. Haruka frowned, then pulled out her Transformation pen.

"Uranus Planet Power!"

"Neptune Planet Power!"

"Venus Star Power!"

"Jupiter Star Power!"

"Mercury Star Power!"

"Mars Star Power!"

"Moon Prism Power!"