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The Beginning of It All
A The Chrysanthemum Chronicles Series Story
Inside Serena's Chambers In The Rainbow Springs Palace
Rainbow Springs, Moon Kingdom, Moon
June 30, 986 - July 1, 986
About two hours later, Serena then went to find each of the other six Princesses who were still in the Rainbow Springs Palace with her, Queen Serenity, and the cats. And she did this at a time which would be about an hour before midnight Moon City time, if they were on the other side of the Moon from the one that they were on now, in fact. She first came to Bethany's chambers, and then to Destiny's. After stopping off at Destiny's chambers, she then went, in turn, to the chambers of Mina, Lita, Raye, and Amy. Then she went to where Queen Serenity had told her to look first, which was Queen Serenity's old chambers from her own time that she'd spent training as a Sailor Scout. She eventually found her mother there. And she did so while her mother was currently chatting with Luna and Artemis about various things of varying importance to any or all three of them. Meaning Luna, Artemis, and/or Queen Serenity, of course.
She was the only one of the Princesses to enter her mother's old chambers. And only when her mother said that she could do so. When she entered it, her mother was walking toward the door with a hairbrush. For she had a feeling that Serena would eventually want to use it before she retired for the night, and if Serena hadn't been able to find one yet to use as she got ready for bed later on.
Serenity said, "Hello, Serena. I suppose you'd like to go back to the Crystal Palace for a while before you go to bed, so that you can attend the ball there tonight for a while. And so that you can see Darien again before you go to bed here for the rest of it."
"Yes, Mom, as a matter of fact, I do want to go back there for a while. Do you think that we can do that?"
"I'm sorry, Serena. I can't let you go back there right now. It's just too risky, at the current time. However, I'll send him a message from you via carrier pigeon, if you want me to."
"Can't we use the Sailor Teleport Power to go back there?" Serena was wondering just how often she and others might be able to do that whenever they were in residence at the Rainbow Springs Palace, in fact.
"No, I'm afraid not. If we use it too frequently, its range is often quite significantly reduced from the normal maximum teleportation distance. I'll explain why in more detail some other time. And we'd all have to use it to get us all there with it right now. We only have enough power currently at our disposal to possibly send two of us, if even that many of us, there in such a manner. Not all ten of us. So we can't, at least not at the current time."
"Then how will you leave here?"
"I'll be able to go back alone. But if I go, I may only be able to go with one other person at the current time. And if I go, I'm not taking you, for you're not strong enough to go with me at the current time. I might be able to take Lita, but not you. If I take her, though, I won't be able to send her back here in like manner at the current time. You, Raye, Amy, Destiny, Bethany, and Mina, will, in any case, have to stay here. For none of you are strong enough for me to go back to Moon City with you, and for me to send you back here, at least not at the current time." She was quite sure of that fact, for that matter, by the way.
"Understood. Then I suppose that Lita will have to stay here as well. For I don't want to have to worry so much about Raye picking on me, for the obvious reasons, Mother."
"I can take him a message directly, or I can send it to him via carrier pigeon. Whichever you prefer."
"How soon?"
"Thirty minutes, minimum."
"All right. Will I be able to see the fireworks over the Crystal Palace, as well, before you leave, then, Mom?"
"I suppose so. You'll actually have to wear a pair of special sunglasses, in order to see them, for all the obvious reasons. The Sun's especially bright today here, Serena. I can have the necessary shields darken the skies above this palace a bit, if you want me to. But you'll still have to wear those special sunglasses, or you might eventually become as blind as Destiny normally is."
"Please, Mom, do what you have to, then. For I really do want to see them over the Crystal Palace, if I can't actually be there myself to see them." Serena was quite sure about that at the current time in her life, no matter what, by the way.
"Very well, Serena. You'll also want this hairbrush later, I think. Do you have some special sunglasses you can use when you look out your windows at the fireworks in a bit?" Queen Serenity was quite curious about that fact here, for she didn't yet know if Serena actually had any such things available to her at the current time.
"As a matter of fact, I do have some near my new bed, Mom."
"Go back to your chambers with the other girls, Luna, and Artemis. While I take care of the shields, you girls should all put on your special sunglasses. Even Destiny, for the Sun may possibly affect all her current or future powers as a Sailor Scout if she doesn't. And you can also write your message for Darien back in Moon City. I'll be at your new chambers just as soon as I can, after I take care of the required shields, Serena."
So Serena soon did as her mother wanted her to do. And as she did so, Luna and Artemis left Serenity alone in her old Rainbow Springs Palace chambers. On the way back to Serena's chambers in it, everyone, led by Serena, of course, eventually stopped off at each of the other Princesses' chambers in it. This was so that if each of them didn't already have their special sunglasses in their possession at the current time, they could each pick them up, for the obvious reasons. And then they all soon arrived back in Serena's Rainbow Springs Palace chambers.
Serena then hurried over to a desk in her new chambers there. And as soon as Raye brought her some paint and a scroll to use while she composed her message to Darien, she began writing a message to him. She said only as much as her mother said she could tell him in her message, for the obvious reasons, by the time that her mother finally arrived at her chambers as well. And when her mother arrived at her chambers, she signed the message almost immediately, after her mother had looked it over and approved what Serena had written to him here. This, of course, was for all the obvious reasons, as well.
That done, she then rolled up the scroll currently in question. And she then handed it directly to her mother, so that she could bring it to Darien by herself. That done, Serena and all nine of her current companions then put on their special sunglasses, if they'd not already done so, for the obvious reasons. Then they looked out Serena's nearest window in which they'd be able to see the fireworks over the Crystal Palace of Moon City on the other side of the Moon. And they watched the fireworks until they ended about an hour or two after what would be midnight back in Moon City. By the time that they ended, it was now about an hour or two past midday on June 30, 986, in Rainbow Springs on the Moon. But all ten of them were still on Moon City local time. For they'd not yet adjusted to Rainbow Springs local time on the other side of the Moon from Moon City.
After the aforementioned fireworks finally ended, Serenity then said not long afterward, "Serena, I have to return to Moon City now, for the obvious reasons. I've made it possible for you all to contact me, in case of emergency. And vice versa, while you're here, whenever the need arises, and the situation permits either you or me to do so."
"I love you, Mom. Please tell Dad I love him too, okay?"
"Yes, Serena. Luna and Artemis, I'm putting you in charge of all the Princesses here right now with us. I expect you to train them all as best as you can whenever I'm not with you. I trust you both very much. And please try to make sure that I'll be very proud of them as long as they're all Sailor Scouts, if at all possible."
"Understood, Niti," said Luna.
"Serena, please take care of all your Court's members who are currently here with you now, if you possibly can. Even Destiny and Bethany, of course. And even if you happen to have some disagreements with them, please try to do that for me, Serena. I'll be very happy with you, if you try to do that for me, at the very least." Serenity then said her good-byes to all of the Princesses, even Serena, if she'd not already done so. Then she soon powered herself up into her Sailor Scout status as Sentinel Serenity again, so that she could teleport herself back to Moon City, as planned, for the obvious reasons.
Seconds later, after realizing that nobody currently with her in Serena's Rainbow Springs Palace chambers had anything more to say to her, she then said her Sailor Teleport phrase twice. And she soon vanished from their sight, so that she could go back to Moon City, as planned. Everyone else watched her go. And after she was no longer visible to them, Serena said, "I hope she gets back there safely enough, Raye." Serena was quite concerned about that fact here, for the simple reason that she was afraid something quite bad might happen to her mother before the end of the Silver Millennium was due to come to the Moon Kingdom, of course.
"So do I, Serena. So do I. I don't think any of us want to lose your mother for quite some time yet, for the obvious reasons. That is, of course, if we don't have to, Serena."
"What's that supposed to mean, Raye?"
"Are you ready yet to be Queen of the Moon Kingdom?"
"No, I don't think so."
"Exactly my point, Serena. If you're not ready to be Queen of the Moon Kingdom, Serena, then I really don't think any of us want to lose your mother for quite some time yet, for the obvious reasons. That is, if we don't absolutely have to do so, of course."
"Understood." Then the Princesses spent only a bit more time with each other before Serena said that she wanted to retire soon for at least a while. She then had Raye make sure that both Destiny and Bethany got back to their respective chambers, before she returned to her own again, of course. Then she sent all the other Princesses out of her new Rainbow Springs Palace chambers in Rainbow Springs on the Moon. And she sent Artemis out of them as well, for the obvious reasons. She only let Luna stay in her chambers with her, after all her other current companions had left them both alone in it again. But only for a while, for Luna eventually wanted to go to sleep elsewhere in Serena's new Rainbow Springs Palace chambers here. As soon as Serena let her do so, Luna hopped up on a chair somewhere in them, and she went to sleep there in very short order.
Then Serena began to get herself ready for bed. And as she did so, she also brushed her own hair quite a bit. As she got herself ready for bed, she took a short bath. Then she eventually dressed herself in a nearly-floor-length nightgown. Then she brushed out her hair, just before she closed her windows and the curtains near them, so that the Sun wouldn't shine too brightly in them as she slept in her new bed. That done, she then began blowing out various candles all over her new chambers, until she was sitting on her new bed. She then kicked off her new slippers, and climbed into her new bed moments after sitting down on it. She plumped up her pillows just as she'd often like them whenever she used at least one pillow while sleeping in one of her beds that were in various Moon Kingdom Palaces all over the Moon.
Moments after she did that, she was then asleep again, and soon was lost in somewhat peaceful dreams, as she slept in that bed for at least six to ten Terran hours. She only woke up again when the Sun began to set near the Rainbow Springs Palace on the Moon, and when the Earth began to rise near it. Even though the Earth itself was still below the horizon in the area of Rainbow Springs, at least as of the current time, she could still tell that it was beginning to rise near and in it. For obvious signs of somewhat imminent nightfall were beginning to appear in the lunar sky. Such as the stars, for instance. Including, of course, Polaris, for the obvious reasons, which was currently the North Star for all of the known inhabitants of Earth. That was at least as far as she knew about Polaris and its current relation to Earth and to Earth's skies, of course. And then she spent most of at least the next few hours with her sisters and Luna, at the very least. If not also with Artemis and the other four Princesses now with her, Destiny, Bethany, and Luna anywhere in the Rainbow Springs Palace.
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'll 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!