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The Beginning of It All

A The Chrysanthemum Chronicles Series Story

Inside Dr. Matthew's Chambers In The Crystal Palace

Moon City, Moon Kingdom, Moon

July 26, 986

By the time that they got there, all the other Princesses besides Raye were already there. And so were Queen Serenity and Prince Daniel, but not Prince Darien, for the obvious reasons. As soon as Serena knocked on the door of Dr. Matthew's chambers, Dr. Matthew then asked, "Who's there?"

So Serena told him. And then he let all three of the Princesses from the Moon enter his chambers. Serena soon came to where she knew Mars had been lying unconscious in his chambers. And she was soon rewarded with a most pleasant sight. For she'd not yet expected to see Mars conscious again for at least a little while longer. By the time that Serena entered his chambers with her sisters, Mars had come out of unconsciousness a few minutes or so before. And now she was talking with a number of the other Princesses with her in Dr. Matthew's chambers.

As soon as Mars saw Serena and her sisters, she then said, "I'd like to talk to Serena alone for a while, everybody. So I'd appreciate it if you'd all leave us alone for at least a few minutes. Even you, Dr. Matthew, if you don't mind."

"Mars, are you sure?" asked Dr. Matthew.

"Yes, Dr. Matthew, I'm sure about that. She and I have some things we really need to discuss with each other in private, right now, if it's at all possible."

"I suppose we could let you do so for a while, Mars. But not for more than about ten minutes, I think. For you still really need to rest quite a bit more, before I can let you return again to your own chambers," said Dr. Matthew.

"Understood, Dr. Matthew." Mars then said to Destiny, and signed to Bethany, "I'll catch you later, you two. But first I feel I have to talk to your older sister Serena for a while."

Bethany signed to Mars, and Destiny said to Mars, "Agreed, Mars. But please don't wait too long to do so, for we still have much to talk to you about, if at all possible." Then Bethany and everyone else, except Serena, left Dr. Matthew's chambers again, of course. That soon left Serena and Mars alone with each other in them.

As soon as Mars was sure enough that they'd be alone together for at least the next few minutes, if not even longer than that, she asked Serena, "Serena, would you really kick my tail all the way to the edge of this Galaxy and back, if you possibly could? Supposing that I were to die on you at all, of course?" But she only did that here once she'd made quite sure that Serena had bolted the door of Dr. Matthew's chambers behind everyone else except her and Mars, in fact.

"I don't know. But I do know I don't want to lose you as part of my Court, if I don't absolutely have to do so."

"I see. So you were quite afraid that you'd lose me."

"Yes, Mars. I know I may not always get along with you. And that we may sometimes call each other names that we don't like to be called. But I don't really want to lose you, if I don't absolutely have to, in my life, Mars. For you just mean too much to me in my life."

"The other people told me that you and Royal Sailor Serenity beat the rest of the robots that were causing trouble for us in our recent training session on the other side of the Moon. I heard, as well, that Eclipse had summoned Sentinel Serenity to the Rainbow Springs Palace. And you and Sentinel Serenity were the last two Sailor Scouts to remain conscious and still be able to somehow beat those robots. I also heard that you and Royal Sailor Serenity somehow managed to teleport all of us back here to Moon City all by yourselves."

"Yes, somehow we were able to do that. Even though you and the rest of the Scouts were unconscious. Did they also tell you that we two were actually the only ones who were still conscious when we did so, other than both of the cats?"

Mars said, "Yes, Serena. They did. I'm quite proud of you and your mother, Serena, for most likely saving all our lives. And I surely don't intend to ever forget it, if I can keep myself from doing so."

"We didn't do it alone, Mars. Even though you and Mercury were likely unconscious by the time that Sentinel Serenity showed up in the Rainbow Springs Palace's South Courtyard on the other side of the Moon, we still had some help from everyone else there for at least a little while, before they too were rendered unconscious during our recent training session there."

"Did you really mean most, if not all, of the things that you said to me while I was unconscious here?"

"Yes, I did, Mars."

"Even the bit you said about the two of us and our dear Darien?"

"Yes, Mars. Even that. You know I like him a whole lot, Mars. And I know you actually do like him a whole lot too. But it isn't as fun chasing him if at least one other girl isn't already doing so at the same time. Even if that girl happens to be you, of course."

"But you certainly want to win him over everyone else, if you possibly can, of course. Even over me, I'm sure."

"Well, yeah. Wouldn't you, if you were me, and I you, in our current situation? He's actually the King of Cute, I think. Though I don't want you to say that I think that he's that, of course. I can see why you might like him so much, Mars. But I have no intention of ever losing him, if I can possibly avoid it, in the future, before we've had a whole lot of years together. Not even to you. Even though I guess I've started to get quite attached to you emotionally, at the very least, for the obvious reasons. Almost like you're my sister. Possibly my older sister, if that's actually the case here, Mars."

"I'm like a sister to you, Serena?"

"At least for the most part, it seems like that sometimes, Mars."

"Even though we're actually from two totally different places in the Moon Kingdom, Serena?"

"Yes, Mars. Even though that's the case, it still seems like that to me sometimes."

Serena and Mars talked for at least a few minutes more, at least until Mars said to Serena, "I think I'd like to transform out of my Junior Sailor Scout state of being for a while, Serena. Do you think that you could help me get out of this bed at least long enough for me to do so?"

"I don't know if that'd be wise, Mars."

"I want to be Princess Raye again very soon, Serena. My powers as Junior Sailor Mars are currently very weak, Serena. And they need time to regenerate. Which they can't do while I'm still in my current Sailor Scout state of being. I really do need to be Princess Raye again as soon as possible, I very strongly believe, Serena."

"All right. I'll get Mom to come back in here, so that we can help you do so, if at all possible."

"Thank you, Serena. You know, you're not so bad after all, Serena. Granted, you may be a you-know-what every so often. But at least you're a really loyal friend whenever you really have to be. And I'd be glad to be with you, Serena, if at all possible, I believe, if worst does actually come to worst, eventually, for any and/or all of us here in the Moon Kingdom, because of it."

"You got that right, Mars. For you don't know what you'd do without me. And I'm certain that's also the case for all of the other Moon Kingdom Princesses that we all know well enough in it. And if I have to, I believe I'd die for any or all of you, Mars. I hope that won't be necessary, of course. But it just might actually be the case for me in our dear Moon Kingdom."

Mars then had Serena bend down over her a bit, and she then hugged Serena for a few seconds, at least. Then she had Serena go get her mother, of course. Serena returned no more than about a minute later with her mother, who then had Serena get on one side of Mars, while she got on the other. Then they brought Mars to a part of Dr. Matthew's chambers where there were two counters about waist-high for Mars. And they had her put her hands on them, as she stood between them. Then they had Mars transform out of her own Sailor Scout state as Junior Sailor Mars, as they both kept very watchful eyes on her. Mars was soon enough out of her Sailor Scout state of being, and back in her normal state of being as Princess Raye of Mars.

Then Raye said, "Wow! I'm really glad that's over now, for a while, you two."

"So are we, Raye. That was some real training session that we had on the other side of the Moon, Raye. But now that you're out of your Sailor Scout state again, we can finally call it over once and for all," said Serena, seconds later.

"I guess, then, that we can call this just over nine or ten-year-long adventure of ours, Serena, 'The Beginning Of It All,' dating back to at least your first birthday, if not longer than that. That is, if I'm not mistaken, of course, Serena."

"If you say so, Raye. If you say so. It's really been a real ride, though, for our money, ever since I first met you, Amy, Lita, and Mina many long years ago, Raye. And I wouldn't have traded the time that I've spent with you all to date in our lives for all the other inhabited worlds anywhere else in God's very own Universe."

"Nor would I, and I'm sure that the other Princesses that met you then would also agree with you, at least as far as it relates to each of them in their respective lives here in God's very own Universe. Now, if you two don't mind, I think I have some more resting to do for at least a little while longer, for the obvious reasons, of course."

So Queen Serenity and Serena soon said their good-byes to Raye. And then Raye also said hers to them. Then Serena left Dr. Matthew's chambers with her mother, after reminding Raye that Dr. Matthew would likely want to check up on her again in a little while, for the obvious reasons. Raye accepted that, and then her visitors left her alone in his chambers, so that she could rest for as long as she wanted to rest in them.

I suppose that I'd better stop here now. For this will be where the last part of this particular 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 its last chapter up here on fanfiction dot net. I really don't know just 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 particular story 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!