People, this is my first primarily Silver Millennium Era-set "Sailor Moon" fan fiction series. This story and others in the series will have its chapter divisions marked by location and date inserts like the one that you will find below this section, unless I decide otherwise. I have been working on stories in its series for at least a few years now. There will be plenty of places that the Scouts and their relatives will go in this series. Some of them, you might not even expect until you hear of them, in fact. I hope that you'll enjoy all the stories that are in this story's story series, of course. For the most part, if not entirely, the actual stories, in single-file form, are about the length of a typical novel, at least when I've been using half-inch margins all the way around, I think.

This first story will at least set the scene, if not also largely introduce the main villains that the Scouts will have to face in battle, in fact. And it will most likely provide at least one possible back story for at least a few of the characters, as well. Like possibly even Queen Serenity, for example. But I better not say too much more about the story here, I think, or I might ruin it here for you. Please feel free to read, review, and enjoy this story here, if at all possible, of course.

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The Beginning of It All

A The Chrysanthemum Chronicles Series Story

Inside Serena's Chambers In The Imperial Palace

Moon City, Moon Kingdom, Moon

June 11, 979

Almost two Terran years later, Serenity was spending at least some of her somewhat rare free time with Serena and the other Princesses talking about various things that the Princesses wanted to talk to her about. They were sitting on the floor in Serena's chambers talking about whatever things crossed their minds, in a quite casual manner. For nothing major was really on their minds at the current time. Currently with Serenity and Serena in Serena's chambers in the Imperial Palace were Amy, Raye, Lita, and Mina. And Serenity was currently about 36 weeks along in a period of gestation as she was talking with Serena and the rest of the aforementioned Princesses now with her there.

This stayed the case for a little while after Serenity had joined Serena and her fellow Princesses in her daughter's chambers in the Imperial Palace, which was another Moon Kingdom palace in the Moon City local area. The Imperial Palace was considerably larger than the Crystal Palace was. But not more than about twice the size of the Crystal Palace, at most. And Serena's Imperial Palace chambers were about sixty or so percent larger than her Crystal Palace chambers were. As were the Imperial Palace chambers of her fellow Moon Kingdom Princesses, when compared to the Crystal Palace chambers of those Princesses.

However, it'd not stay the case for the rest of the day. For while Queen Serenity was with her daughter and her fellow Princesses Amy, Raye, Lita, and Mina, she'd be unexpectedly interrupted by circumstances that were beyond her own control. Meaning, of course, that either she'd have to attend to certain unexpected Moon Kingdom-related business, or she'd unexpectedly have to give birth before too much more time had passed, most likely.

As a matter of fact, as she was visiting with Serena and her friends Raye, Amy, Lita, and Mina, she'd feel her water break unexpectedly. But not for quite a while yet, though. That time would come to her within an hour or two, however, most likely, and it'd come when she might least expect it.

At the current time, though, Serenity was discussing her plans for the future of the Moon Kingdom with the Princesses talking to her in Serena's Imperial Palace chambers. She said to Serena, "I hope that our Silver Millennium lasts at least until you girls are all of sufficient age to rule our Moon Kingdom. But I really don't know if that'll ever be possible here, in actual reality."

Serena asked, "Why don't you know if that'll ever be possible, Mom?"

Serenity answered her, after a few seconds, as she sipped a bit of her mandarin orange tea, "Because I've been having some rather disturbing dreams and/or visions of late more and more frequently on an average day here in the Moon Kingdom, it seems, Serena."

"Dreams and/or visions about an unknown enemy, perhaps?"

"As a matter of fact, Serena, I've indeed had such dreams and/or visions of late more and more frequently. How do you know about them, besides the fact that I've just told you about them, Serena?"

"I've been having some dreams and/or visions like that as well for at least a while. At first, I thought they were just periodical nightmares. And I thought so up at least until early this morning, if not even later than that, here. This morning, I saw a vision of great terror while I was sleeping. It seemed a little familiar to me. Almost like the dreams and/or visions I had not long after my own birth. Do you remember those dreams and/or visions, Mom? You told me about them a few weeks before I first knowingly met Raye, Amy, Lita, and Mina. And I remembered that you'd told me then about them this morning, when I was woken up a few hours before Earth set today."

"Tell me about them, Serena, then, if you wish."

Serena then touched her mother's forehead, and Serenity touched Serena's. When they did so, a crescent moon appeared on both their foreheads. And all four of their eyes snapped shut. A mind-link soon ensued. And during it, Serena and Serenity conversed silently with each other for at least twenty or so minutes. This they did while keeping their fingers on each other's forehead, and specifically where their respective crescent moons appeared on them. Serenity viewed Serena's recent-enough visions and/or dreams that'd caused Serena to become afraid about a yet-unknown enemy of the Moon Kingdom. And after she did so, she then chased away all the disturbing emotions Serena had been experiencing while she'd seen those dreams and/or visions that had bothered her so much. Or at least as many of them as she could possibly chase away at the current time, anyway. This, of course, was for all the obvious reasons. After she did so, Serena and Serenity each dropped out of their mind-link at the same exact instant by both of them thinking of different things and/or people at that time. Serena had been born with the gift of frequent dreams and frequent visions. As had her mother. And Serena had also been born with the ability to link minds with at least one other being with sufficient intelligence, if not more than one, if she was actually given the proper circumstances under which such a mind-link could occur normally, at any time in her own life.

However, sometime in the future, Serena would lose the aforementioned gift of frequent visions that she'd been born with, for reasons that weren't yet known to her or to any other Moon Kingdom inhabitant, at the very least. This gift would somehow be transferred to Raye someday after that happened. But she'd not lose her ability to have frequent dreams in the future. And neither would the rest of the Princesses now with her in her own chambers somewhere in the Moon City-area Imperial Palace in the Moon Kingdom on the Moon.

After a time, she and at least a few other people would be transferred somehow from the Moon to the Earth, if the visions and/or dreams that she and her mother had recently been having for at least a while were sufficiently accurate in their respective natures. But Serenity wouldn't be among them, at least not in a physical sense. For reasons that eventually would become evident to the necessary people, if things went well enough to allow them to somehow travel to the Earth from the Moon, and if they'd ever become evident to those people.

After Serenity and Serena had mutually broken their mind-link with each other, Serenity said, "Raye, Lita, Amy, Mina, and Serena, you'll all eventually be going to Earth to live full-time. I can't explain how I know this here. But I somehow know that you'll all be living there someday in the future. Even though I don't know when it'll come to pass, I just know it, after seeing Serena's recent-enough dreams and/or visions, and comparing them with mine that are sufficiently similar to Serena's dreams and/or visions of late. I wish I could tell you more at the current time, but I can't. For reasons that I can't fully explain right now, but that I'll likely be able to explain someday yet in the future, if things go sufficiently well for us until then, I can't tell you more than I've already told you about them at the current time."

Raye asked, "Are you sure, Queen Serenity?"

"Yes, unfortunately, I actually am sure, Raye. Sorry."

Amy asked, "When are you due to stop gestating, Queen Serenity?"

"Sometime in the next month or so, Amy. Why?"

"I think Serena wants to have a sister or a brother soon, if not at least one of either or both. She's been wondering why she doesn't yet have at least one. For she's been asking me quite frequently about my family."

"I see. Raye, has she been doing the same for you?"

"Not really. I'm not as close to Serena as Amy evidently is. Sure, I'm close to Serena, of course, but not as tight with her as Amy seems to be. I suppose that's because Serena bawls and complains quite frequently. Especially when she has to attend certain trade conferences, I think. She doesn't really like attending them much, Queen Serenity. And I'd be willing to bet, if I were a betting girl, that Amy, Lita, and Mina don't either, for I don't normally like to attend them either."

"I see. Lita, how's your family back on Jupiter?"

"Okay, based on what I'd last heard from and about them, which was about two weeks or so ago, at the very least, if not longer. I forget exactly how long it's been since I last heard from or about them. I do know it's been a while, though, since then."

"Mina, how about you?"

"Same thing with my family as it is with Lita. I've not heard from or about them for a while either. I don't know why, and I don't think Lita knows why she's not heard from or about her family for a while yet either."

Then the six Moon Kingdom royals chatted with each other for a little while longer, for the obvious reasons. At least they did so until Serenity's water unexpectedly broke while she was still with all the aforementioned Princesses in Serena's Imperial Palace chambers. Serenity had ducked into Serena's bathroom area for a few minutes. And while she was in there, her water broke unexpectedly.

When it did, Serenity then called out to Serena, and she shouted at her, "Serena, ring for Dr. Matthew and all the other necessary people right now. I'm going to be having at least one baby in your bathroom, it seems. Raye, get in Serena's closet and get some towels and blankets for Dr. Matthew, the necessary maidservants, and me to use while I have to give birth to at least one baby. Amy, Mina, and Lita, go find them, and make sure that they get here within the next ten to fifteen minutes, please. Serena, after you summon all the necessary people, I want you to put some slippers on, so that if you come in here, you won't fall down unnecessarily. And make sure that you put on some clean clothes and wash your hands before you come in here to your bathroom. This, of course, is for all the obvious reasons."

So each of the girls then did as instructed of them by Serenity, for the obvious reasons. Even Serena, for she didn't want to cause any unnecessary trouble for her mother or anyone else, of course.

Then, within the next ten to twenty minutes, at most, Serenity was joined in Serena's bathroom by Dr. Matthew, three of her maidservants, and Daniel. But not by Serena, at least not yet, if she'd be able to go in there herself for a while later on. That was because Daniel didn't want her in there yet, for reasons that weren't yet told to her. So Serena waited just outside her bathroom until her parents said that she could come into it.

In the meantime, Serenity spent at least the next few hours in the process of labor while she was in Serena's bathroom. And while she did so, Serena and her fellow Princesses found other things to occupy their time with, as they were watched by at least one, if not more than one, of Serenity's many royal maidservants. That, of course, was for all the obvious reasons.

Eventually, by the late afternoon or early evening, Serena was finally allowed to enter her own bathroom to see her mother again. Of course, before she entered her own bathroom, she'd made at least doubly sure that she'd put on clean clothes and washed her hands, for the obvious reasons.

Of course, before she even entered her own bathroom, she had to get permission from both her parents, Dr. Matthew, and all the necessary royal maidservants with her and the Princesses anywhere in her own chambers. But eventually she did get all the needed okays to enter it, of course.

By the time that she finally did so, her mother Serenity had delivered twin girls. Both of them were about as big as Serena had been when she'd been born, but not definitely as big as Serena had been at that time.

One of the twins was about twenty inches long, while the other was about two inches or so longer. The younger of the twins was the longer of the two, while the older was the shorter. But the younger twin girl weighed about 7.5 pounds at her birth time, which was about two pounds lighter than the older twin. Both of them, though, were both shorter and lighter than Serena had been when she'd been born to Serenity almost three Terran years before. For Serena, unlike them, had weighed in at roughly 12.5 pounds and been about 24 inches long when she'd been born on June 30, 976, in the Crystal Palace elsewhere in the Moon City local area.

When she then entered her own bathroom, her mother was propped up against a nearby wall of it, for all the obvious reasons. Now in Serenity's arms were her new twin girls, with the younger being on her left arm, and the older being on her right arm.

Serena asked, quite surprised, for the obvious reasons, "Twins? I've got twin sisters now?" She hadn't expected twins, of course. She'd only expected her mother to have one baby in the very near future, once she'd learned her parents were expecting to have at least one other child of their own several months before.

Serenity looked at her oldest daughter, and said, "Yes, Serena, you're now the older sister of twin girls. However, they aren't yet named. I was now wondering if you'd be interested in actually suggesting a name for at least one of them, if not both of them."

"Can I hold them yet?"

"Not yet. But you can look at them, if you want."

Serena toddled as carefully as she could over to her mother, and said, "Okay, I think I will." Serena looked at her new sisters, once she got close enough to them to do so better. And she studied them both.

After about ten or twenty more minutes had passed for her and everyone else who was currently in her bathroom, Serena then said, "Destiny and Bethany."

"Which one should be which?"

"Destiny should be the one with the birthmark on the back of her neck. Bethany should be the one who has a birthmark in the small of her back. Will they have crescent moons like you and me?"

"I don't know yet, Serena."

"Which one's older?"

"The one you want me to call 'Destiny', Serena. She was born about an hour before the one you want me to call 'Bethany', Serena. You were bigger than either of them when you yourself were born. Why do you want me to call them those names, Serena?"

"I don't know, Mom. I wish I did. But I don't know why. Or at least, I don't know why yet."

"Would you like to have another sibling or two someday, if it's actually God's will that your dad and I have at least one more child?"

"I'd like a brother, if possible."

"We'll have to see about that, Serena, of course. Are you sure that you'd like us to call your new twin sisters Destiny and Bethany?"

"Yes, Mom. I'm sure that I'd like that very much."

"Very well, then. Let it be as you've said, then," said Serenity, after discussing Serena's suggestion for at least a brief period of time with Daniel, for the obvious reasons. Serena watched them discuss that very matter, of course. And she was soon rewarded with the aforementioned positive response from Serenity.

So Serena's choices of first names for her new twin sisters were eventually approved by both of her parents. And the older twin became Destiny Anne Moon, while the younger twin became Bethany Rachel Moon. With that done here, Serenity then arose from her position against the nearby wall, once Dr. Matthew and her maidservants had said she could do so. That was after Dr. Matthew and Daniel had each taken one of the twins from her arms so she could then rise from that position, of course.

As soon as Serenity was able to stand sufficiently well without major help, she then sent her husband and one of her maidservants away to get her some other clothes for her to change into after a bath, of course. This she did as Dr. Matthew and one of the other maidservants present with her and Serena in Serena's bathroom held Destiny and Bethany in their arms, of course. She sat on the edge of Serena's bath, with her feet in the nearby water, as she waited for some of her clothes to arrive in Serena's bathroom, as ordered by her.

When Daniel and her maidservant returned with the necessary clothes, she asked everyone to clear Serena's bathroom except for Daniel and at least one of her maidservants. Even Serena, for reasons currently too numerous to mention, she sent away for the time being. That was once Dr. Matthew had eventually said it was now safe for Destiny and Bethany to leave their older sister's bathroom for the first time in each of their lives. Serenity had two of her maidservants bring Destiny and Bethany to her own Imperial Palace chambers, once they were wrapped up warmly enough in two blankets by Dr. Matthew. And they were to stay with them at least until she returned to her own chambers there for the rest of the day, evening, or night. Just before Serena left her own bathroom as asked of her by her mother, Serenity said, "Serena, it looks like you're going to have to take your bath in one of the other Princesses's bathrooms, if you want to take it in the next twenty or so minutes. When I actually want you back in your chambers again, I'll then summon you by pulling your bell chain six to eight times rather quickly. After which, I'll then expect you back here within fifteen minutes, at most, if at all possible."

"Understood." So Serena left her bathroom, and then, not more than a few minutes later, her chambers, followed almost instantly by Raye, Amy, Lita, and Mina, who'd waited in Serena's bedroom for Serena to exit her own bathroom again. Serena then led her fellow Princesses to another part of the Imperial Palace. And specifically to Amy's chambers in it, once she'd gotten permission from Amy to do so.

And once in Amy's chambers, she stayed there at least until she was summoned to her own chambers by her mother Serenity. While in Amy's chambers, then, Serena took a bath. That was only after one of her mother's maidservants had first joined her in Amy's bathroom, for the obvious reasons. And while she bathed, her fellow Princesses talked to her about her new twin sisters Destiny and Bethany. After she finished her bath, she then left it, and changed into some clothes that she'd brought with her into Amy's own chambers, of course. That done, she then climbed into Amy's bed, once Amy had said that she could do so here. And she then napped for a while there. By the time that she woke up again in Amy's bed, she'd also been joined in it by the other four Princesses, who'd also decided to take short naps in it, in fact.

She only left it when she began hearing the bells that were now summoning her to her own chambers, of course. The bells eventually woke her up, of course. And when they did, her right foot made contact with Mina's nose, and her left foot made contact with Raye's left elbow. That then caused Raye and Mina to wake up as well, of course. Raye and Mina both shifted their positions on Amy's bed. And Mina then rolled on top of Lita, while Raye accidentally bumped Amy off the bed onto the surrounding floor.

Of course, Amy wasn't very happy when that happened. For she landed on her hands and knees on that floor when she'd accidentally been bumped out of her own bed by Raye. Amy was startled more than anything. And when she'd shaken out her legs and arms a bit, she then reached up and tried to climb back in her own bed. But she couldn't do so before Serena rolled over her hands, and Raye began stretching out on the bed, while hoping to find a more comfortable position to be in on it. One of Raye's feet accidentally smacked Lita in the nose. While the other foot then poked Amy in the forehead, as Amy tried to get her hands out from under Serena, who'd rolled onto them. Serena had rolled onto them as Amy stood up again, after being accidentally knocked down again by Raye. And as Amy tried to free her hands from under Serena, Mina drifted back to sleep in Amy's bed.

Lita awoke almost immediately, and asked who'd just bonked her in the nose, and who was now on top of her. Amy, who'd now been awake for about a minute less than Serena had, then said, "Lita, Raye was shifting position on my bed unconsciously. And she accidentally bonked you in the nose. Mina's asleep again on top of you. And she woke up briefly when Serena woke up and poked her in the nose with her foot. Raye got poked in the elbow by the stretching Serena, and that woke her up. Raye then accidentally knocked me onto the floor. And Serena rolled on top of my hands not long afterward. Raye then shifted position on my bed and knocked me down again by accident as she also accidentally bonked you in the nose. I'm still trying to get my hands out from under Serena."

Lita then prodded Mina a few times until she was sufficiently awake. Then she had Mina roll back off her, of course. That done, she then sat up in Amy's bed. She then tried to get Raye off Serena, for Raye had then rolled over onto the back of Serena's legs, as Raye was trying to untangle herself from the pile of Princesses still on Amy's bed. Raye was a bit heavy for her at the current time, so she had to have Mina tickle Raye's feet a bit. Mina then tickled Raye's feet, and that made Raye roll over until she was off Serena's legs. That done, Raye, Mina, and Lita then tickled Serena wherever they could tickle her, if they wanted to do so, so that Serena would hopefully roll off Amy's hands. A minute after they then began tickling Serena, Serena then rolled off Amy's hands and swung her legs down to the surrounding floor, swinging them barely over Amy's head as she did so.

That then freed Amy's hands, of course. And before her mother would summon her again ten minutes after the current time, Serena quite quickly apologized to her fellow Princesses, for all the obvious reasons, as she quite quickly left Amy's chambers for her own. Just under ten minutes later, then, Serena arrived back in her own chambers again, as required of her by her mother Serenity. Serenity was glad to see that Serena had obeyed her orders to return to her own Imperial Palace chambers in a timely enough manner when summoned, of course, and she then said so.

When Serenity and Serena were alone again in Serena's chambers again minutes later, Serena asked, "Mother, I don't suppose you're going to the ball tonight. Are you?"

"No, of course not. And I don't think you need to either. For it's nearly midnight, it seems. I think you should get your sleep tonight. For we're going to be busy for at least the next week, I think, Serena."

"Is Darien going to be at the ball tonight?"

"No. He's not currently on the Moon, as far as I know, Serena. Why?"

"I was hoping to see him there tonight. It's been at least four Terran months since I last saw him, Mom."

"True, Serena. But he and his parents have been quite busy of late on Earth. I don't know when he'll come back here again, Serena."

"Can I stay up at least until midnight, Mom? I want to see if I can find his land on Earth before I retire for the rest of the night."

"They're not really all that visible, if at all, at the current time there, Serena. A major storm has blown in from the southeast. And it's hidden most, if not all, of it from our view within the last twelve or so Terran hours. I don't think you'll be able to see most, if not all, of it tonight, Serena. Sorry, Serena. I wish that wasn't actually the case, but it seems to be it at the current time."

"Very well, Mom. I shall retire for the rest of the night in a little while. How long is it now until midnight?"

"Ten minutes. All right, Serena. I'm in a bit of a charitable mood at the moment. I'll let you stay up at least until midnight. But not more than an hour past it. That'll allow you to get a bedtime snack and to see your new sisters again, if you wish. But it won't allow you to stay up all night, if you don't have to."

"Thank you, Mom. Now may I try to find the Earth in the sky above?"

"If you wish. But don't stay out on your balcony too long, for it's supposed to get a little cooler not long after midnight. And I don't want you to get too cool, if you don't have to, Serena. But I expect you in your bed by the time it's an hour past midnight, if at all possible."

Then Serenity left Serena alone in her own chambers, after which Serena then went onto her balcony for a while. For at least the next eight to ten minutes, she scanned the visible sky as much as she could, while she tried to find the Earth in the sky above the Moon City-area Imperial Palace on the Moon. She soon found the Earth, and searched for Darien's nation on it. But she was still unable to see it, for the exact same reason or reasons that her mother had just given her earlier during their little discussion in her own Imperial Palace chambers. She spent about ten minutes searching for it. But eventually she quit doing so, for the obvious reasons.

Then Serena went to one of the dining halls elsewhere in the Imperial Palace, and she got herself a bedtime snack. It took her about fifteen minutes or so to completely consume it. After which she then went to her mother's Imperial Palace chambers so that she could visit with her new twin sisters Destiny and Bethany.

Of course, before she even entered Serenity's chambers there, she knocked on the door, for the obvious reasons. And she waited for someone to come to the door to meet with her, of course. She didn't have to wait more than about five minutes for them to do so. And they let her in not long afterward, when Serenity then said that she could come into her mother's chambers.

Serena was then escorted to where her mother was with Destiny and Bethany. Serenity was glad to see her, and said so. Then Serenity said, "Elizabeth, close and bolt the door securely. Serena, come with me for a moment into my bathroom. Honey, please watch the twins for me while I'm talking to Serena and while Prince Daniel's sleeping." So Serena came closer to her mother, not knowing yet what to expect from her mother.

Honey and Elizabeth did as ordered of them by Serenity, who then picked up Serena, and put her in her arms. Serena then put her arms around her mother's neck, for the obvious reasons. Serenity then carried Serena into her own bathroom, and brought her to a nearby cushion. She set Serena on that cushion, and then she pulled another one closer to Serena's cushion, so that they could hear each other better while they were alone in Serenity's bathroom.

After a few seconds more had passed, Serena asked, "What do you want to talk to me about, Mother?"

Serenity said, "I have some bad news, if I may call it that, about your twin sisters, Serena."

"Oh?"

"Destiny's blind. Bethany's deaf. I learned these things not long after they were both born. I didn't tell you earlier, because I wasn't actually sure that they were either deaf or blind then. I suspected it, but they didn't really show any signs of being either deaf or blind until after you'd left your chambers as I'd wanted you to do earlier. While you were away, and after I'd bathed, for the obvious reasons, Dr. Matthew and at least one of my maidservants told me that they were indeed deaf or blind, as the case might be for either of them."

"So what does that mean for me and the rest of us?"

"It means that all of us will have to try to help them out as much as we possibly can in the future, Serena. Even you. I'll be counting on you quite a bit to help them as much as you can for as long as you can. You may not like it, but you'll have to try to help them out as much as you can, Serena. You'll likely need to be Destiny's eyes and Bethany's ears, Serena. Can I count on you?"

"I'll try my best, but I don't know how much I'll be able to help both of them out in the future, Mom. I'm still only about three Terran years old, Mom."

"I know that, Serena. But as you know, I'm often quite busy with various Moon Kingdom-related matters. I may not often be able to help them out in the future, because of that. I'll do what I can for them, but I'll need help from as many people as I can with them, most likely. And if you do this, I'll try to make sure that you and your friends don't have to attend as many things during an average Terran year, if I possibly can do so, as you've all normally had to attend. And that you all have often had to attend since you Princesses all met each other on your first birthday, Serena."

"Understood. Very well, Mother. I suppose I can do what I can for them, Mom. I may not like it much, but if it gets me out of having to attend so many meetings and conferences, I suppose I can do what I can for them as long as I can in the future."

"Thank you, Serena. May the three of you become quite close sisters with each other, then, in the future. And I'm very proud of you for agreeing to do what you can for them in the future, Serena. But for the moment, at least, though, Serena, I think that it's time you got to bed. I'll need you up by the middle of the morning, if at all possible. So I think you should now return to your chambers and go to sleep. I'll see you later, then, Serena."

So Serenity carried Serena out of her bathroom, and told Elizabeth to unbolt and open the required door, once Serena had seen her twin sisters for a long enough period of time. Serenity set Serena on the floor, and walked her over to where Destiny and Bethany were now sleeping quite soundly in their cradles. Serena looked them both over in turn, and brushed her right hand over each of the twins' heads quite gently, before she bussed them both on their right cheeks just as gently as she'd brushed her right hand over their heads. Then Serena said, "See you all later, Destiny, Bethany, and Mom. Same to both of you too, Honey and Elizabeth. Sleep tight, everyone. I'll catch you all later, God willing, then." Then Serena left the sides of her sisters and her mother, and she toddled to the door. Which, by now, was open enough to let her out of it. As she left her mother's chambers, she waved good-bye at her mother, her sisters, and her mother's maidservants Elizabeth and Honey, for the obvious reasons. She then hurried as quickly as she could back to her own Imperial Palace chambers. And she retired almost immediately after getting back there easily enough.

I suppose that I'd better stop here now. For this will be where the next part of the story will take up from, in fact, readers. I hope that you have so far enjoyed the story, if you've gotten this far, and that you'll continue to read it, once I put more of it up here on fanfiction dot net. I don't know how long it will take me to get each story in this series up fully on fanfiction dot net. But it might take a while for each story in this series, just the same, readers. Until later, then, this is "The Universal Storyteller" signing off here. Happy reading, and God bless, and all that, of course, readers! Over and out!