All standard disclaimers that I have already used so far with any of the various stories that I
now have on fanfiction.net will apply. For your information, all of the characters that you may not
actually recognize well enough in this story are original characters of mine, unless otherwise stated, in
fact. All the Galaxians, for instance, are mine, whether in combat form or in civilian form. So please
don't steal my original characters from this story or any others, for that matter.
Now without further ado, back to the story. And I hope that you'll all enjoy it, of course.
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The Inverness Chronicles
Book One
Chapter Five
By the time that all the necessary Scouts had returned to their respective homes with or without
others, it was now no later than about five or so in the morning, most likely. Even the three present
members of the Shields family and their current passengers, in fact, did so. Both Serenas, Darien, and
their three passengers arrived there just before 5:30 am or so there, as well.
And while Rini had still been heading back to her family's house with Percy Ulysher, the
Stewart couple and her parents, she'd also slept quite soundly, as a matter of fact. She quite soundly
slept in the back seat of her father's convertible. And she slept with her pink-haired head on Camille's
lap as Camille sat to the right of her husband, who sat himself to Percy's own right as well.
Camille asked, "Mrs. Shields, how come Rini's hair is pink instead of black or blonde?"
"I don't really know for sure, Camille, but I believe my maternal grandmother had at least some
pink hair of her own a long time ago."
"And your mother, Serena?"
"My first mother had mostly white or light purplish hair. While my second one, who is still with
us, had bluish hair when she was my age, if I remember such things well enough here."
"I've heard of you before, I think. From where, I can't quite be sure at the moment. But I
believe that I've heard of you and several of your friends and relatives before. Including, of course,
your husband here."
"I see. And how long have you been married to the Star Prince?"
"A year or two, at least, if I remember correctly enough here. We married, I believe,
essentially at the same time as several of our friends and fellow Galaxians, Serena."
"Who or what are the Voidians, Camille?"
"The Voidians are the beings that we most frequently have to fight in what we've called the
Universal War for quite some length of time, Serena. You all appear to be warriors of a sort as well, in
fact. Who are your main enemies, if we may ask you this here?"
"Well, we've had quite a lot of enemies before. But so far, we've taken care of them all, I
believe. At least the ones that we know that we've come up against well enough before, that is, of
course. There may be a new enemy at work against us here. But I can't be sure of that yet here. We
Scouts will need more data for us to be sure enough here about what seems to be going on here, I
believe, Camille."
"I think that you're right, Serena," said Camille.
"I have a question, though, which has now piqued my curiosity for a little while here."
The Star Prince asked, "What is this question, Serena?"
Serena briefly looked at her husband, who then nodded at her, after somehow guessing what
she was probably thinking here. And then she asked, "Is Angelina Duke a time traveler or not?"
"She is. She came from our future on a mission that brought her to our own time period for a
while, rather unexpectedly, most likely. And she's often been with us ever since. In fact, many of us
who are Galaxians back where we come from are actually time travelers as well. We've had to travel
through time at least once or twice before in each of our lives, as well, Serena," said the Star Prince.
"I see," said Serena.
"Now let us ask you a question here, if we may."
"All right, Star Prince. If we can answer it here, I'm sure that we will."
"Okay with me. Is Rini your daughter only in this time period? And if not, what year is this?"
"This is the year 2012 AD. And she is our daughter in this time period and one other. Why do
you ask this, if I may ask you this here, Star Prince?"
"For we have this feeling that somehow, we're not on the particular Earth that we're more
familiar with in our lives. You see, Serena, on our Earth, the current year is sometime in the early to
mid-2250's, if I remember correctly enough here."
"And on your Earth, how is Tokyo?"
"It was attacked at least a little while ago. And Camille and others were unable to keep a large
part or all of it from either being heavily damaged or being destroyed by some sort of nuclear device.
This proved to be the case when they were each in their respective Galaxian states of being, at the
same time, in fact."
"Then what Japanese city is the capital one now?"
"Kyoto is," answered Camille.
"I see. And what of us?"
"What do you mean, Serena?" asked Camille.
"Some of us, if we're from there, will be entering a state of temporary dormancy for at least a
little while. And at least until it is time for us all to finally create a place that will be called 'Crystal
Tokyo', somewhere. We'll be in globes or canisters again, most likely, for about a thousand years,
after we've gotten old in this time period for a long enough time, if at all possible."
"You say again, as if you've done it before," said Percy, in very short order.
"Yes, we have done so at least once before. Or at least many of us have done so here before."
"Please explain, if you can, then, Serena," asked Camille.
Serena looked at her husband, who then said, "Might as well, Meatball Head. They're going to
find it out eventually, I'm sure. So you might as well tell them more about ourselves here."
"All right, Darien, I'll tell them what I can here. But I still hope that they won't share it
needlessly with any of their friends and associates here, just the same."
"Of course, Meatball Head, we can hope that, for all the obvious reasons."
At a questioning look from Camille, Serena said, "A long time ago, in our own solar system,
there was once a Moon Kingdom that consisted of all the known inhabited places in it except for Earth.
My first mother, when I was first around, was the Queen of this very Moon Kingdom. I was her eldest
daughter before our Moon Kingdom was largely ruined by our mortal enemies from a dimension of the
Universe that we knew of as the Negaverse."
"And how does that relate to the rest of your friends and associates, Serena?" asked Camille.
"I was the Moon Princess of our Moon Kingdom more than 1,000 years ago, before my first
mother had to sacrifice it to save as many of us from the Moon Kingdom as she possibly could save
somehow, Camille."
"Why would she have had to sacrifice your Moon Kingdom to save you all, if at all possible?"
"Because Darien and I were killed, or at least rendered asleep or unconscious, by an attack
from our mortal enemy's Queen Beryl, Camille. You see, she wanted Prince Darien of Earth to be with
her, and rule the Universe with her. But he refused, for he wanted to be with me and the rest of our
Moon Kingdom's inhabitants. We were in love with each other, if I remember correctly enough here.
And when Queen Beryl tried to take me out, so to speak, he tried to protect me as best as he could. I
then didn't care what happened to me very much, after having lost my father at least a little while
before. So I tried to be with him, when he rejected her. Possibly so that we could provide a united
front against Beryl, I think. But she was so jealous that she then really blasted us both, either killing,
rendering us unconscious, or making us fall asleep. Mother couldn't stand to see us both most likely
killed by our mortal enemies forever, if it could possibly be avoided at all. So she trapped as many of
us who were still around one of our Palaces on the Moon, whether they were good or bad, as she then
could trap somehow. And she sent us into the future to have new lives. For she thought that we'd not
yet lived our lives to a sufficient enough degree to that point in time. She did so by using her Imperium
Silver Crystal to do so. She sent at least two, if not more than two, animals into the future on Earth as
well, just in case our mortal enemies were ever actually able to break free of the seal that she'd placed
on them for a certain length of time. Those animals eventually became our guardians, and our teachers,
in due time, once they began finding us well enough, somehow. And they eventually began assembling
us into groups of Sailor Scouts, if we were females, and other kinds of warriors, if we were males. My
guardian was, and still is, my cat Luna. Other Sailor Scouts had other guardians of their own, as they
often still do. Mina, for instance, still has her guardian cat Artemis with her whenever possible. Rini's
guardian animal is a cat as well, and her name is Diana."
"And what of your mother, Serena?" asked Camille.
"She fell asleep after using the ISC to trap us and send us to Earth. About a thousand years
later in time, in at least one or two Zones of Earth, we were actually reborn to other parents here on
Earth. Or we actually awoke in our various globes or canisters, to begin new lives on Earth, Camille.
This was made largely, if not completely, possible by the simple fact that each of us who my mother had
been able to save somehow, had actually been able to provide at least one copy of each of our DNA's.
Space stations all around either the Earth or the Moon of that time, if not around both worlds, then
picked up those genetic profiles of ours from the sentient beings that my mother had been able to save
somehow. And they eventually brought us to Earth at least once, if not more. We'd contributed at
least one copy of each of our respective DNA's, in the hope that we'd eventually be transferred to
Earth to live again eventually. That was if worst actually came to worst for us all in the Moon Kingdom,
of course. Those stations picked up our various genetic profiles, if Queen Serenity had been able to
save us somehow. And when they did, they often multiplied the copies of our genetic profiles enough
to allow us to come to Earth in more than one Zone of it, if not more than that, here. I know for a fact,
at least, that there are at least one or two other versions of me around anywhere else on this Earth at
least, if not any other Earths as well, or anywhere else in the known Universe or Universes, Camille."
"Okay, you say that those of you who she was then able to save eventually either were reborn
or awoke in your various globes and/or canisters. How did those of you who were Scouts or other
similar enough people reunite with each other?"
"Camille, we were eventually found by our respective guardians, in large part, whenever
possible. I was found first in this particular Zone of Earth after I saved Luna from some cowardly
bullies who were then picking on her, if I'm not too mistaken here. Though I could be wrong about that
here, in fact. She soon made me a Sailor Scout. And when she did, I soon met this very handsome
guy, who I didn't yet know was also my greatest teaser. This guy was so doggone hot, I really went
bonkers dreaming over him sometimes. He was so doggone cute in his tuxedo and mask, and I really
liked his cape, cane, and roses too."
"You found out that he was your greatest teaser eventually, Serena."
"Yes. The guy who I thought was so doggone cute was also the guy who would quite often call
me Meatball Head whenever we'd actually meet outside of fighting bad guys."
"Your hair looked like meatballs, Serena. It still does. Just like Queen Serenity's hair often
looked, if I remember correctly enough here," said Darien.
"Yet you never actually called her that."
"She was of higher rank than I was. And she might not have liked it at all if I'd done so with
her, I think. Remember, she was a Queen, while I was still a Prince, Serena. Granted, we were from
two different peoples. But she still outranked me. However, you didn't outrank me. So I could get
away with it, and I always will be at least your equal in royal rank."
"And Darien wasn't the only one to call me that, in fact. But he's always been the one to do it
most frequently whenever we've been with each other, Camille. I still don't like it, of course. But he'll
always call me that, and so will several, if not all, of my friends. And my very own dear daughter Rini
often calls me that as well. It's most definitely part of me now, and I really don't think I'll ever be able
to get away from it. Even if I do actually change my hairstyle eventually, which I really doubt that I'll
ever do once and for all. It's just too linked to me not to be, I think. Now, though, Darien often makes
it sound more like an endearment to me, but not all the time. Especially when he's quite upset with me
about something big in our lives, Camille."
The still-awake Shields often conversed with the Stewarts and Percy Ulysher for at least a little
while longer. And they did so at least until they were actually able to pull up into their own driveway
again, for all the obvious reasons, of course. As soon as they did so, Camille eventually handed Rini to
her mother for a time, who then carried her to bed for a little while longer, as of the current time.
Two hours later, then, at most, Serena then woke up her still-sleeping daughter Rini. And she
then helped her get ready for school again, if it wasn't too late for her to do so in time to get to school
on time here. And if her other children who were of school-age weren't already up, she got them up as
well. And she got them ready for school too, if necessary. If any of the Scouts were still asleep in her
house then, she got them up too, for all the obvious reasons. But no other Scouts were currently
asleep, in fact, in her house, if they weren't actually her children, when she began waking up all of her
school-age children. After all her school-age children were off to school again, Serena and Darien
then both retired to their master bedroom for a while, for all the obvious reasons, if they'd not already
done so well enough by now here.
Percy went with the Stewarts to enroll temporarily in Eagle Mountain High School, if he was
still young enough to go to high school here. And he would begin the following Monday, at the very
latest, if at all possible. After enrolling, if need be, in that school, he then had the rest of the day free all
to himself, if at all possible. The Stewarts stayed quite near him, of course, wherever he might go in the
area, for all the obvious reasons.
As for the other marrieds, they stayed as close as they could to their new Scout friends, even
when they all weren't in their respective Scout or Galaxian states of being. This, of course, was for all
the obvious reasons here. No matter who they were, they still did so, whenever possible, in fact.
Chapter Six will bring several characters more into the main storyline, if at all possible. Another
good-sized battle will take place in Chapter Seven, somewhere. And it'll then introduce several more
characters into the story at least a little bit, if not a lot, readers. Other chapters that are still to come
here will then introduce even more people into the story as well, in fact. Until then, though, you'll all
just have to see what's coming up soon enough. But I promise you at least a few more crossover
elements will be added to the story as well within the next few chapters, at most, most likely, readers.
So please read, review, and enjoy, if at all possible. 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!
now have on fanfiction.net will apply. For your information, all of the characters that you may not
actually recognize well enough in this story are original characters of mine, unless otherwise stated, in
fact. All the Galaxians, for instance, are mine, whether in combat form or in civilian form. So please
don't steal my original characters from this story or any others, for that matter.
Now without further ado, back to the story. And I hope that you'll all enjoy it, of course.
******************************************************************************
The Inverness Chronicles
Book One
Chapter Five
By the time that all the necessary Scouts had returned to their respective homes with or without
others, it was now no later than about five or so in the morning, most likely. Even the three present
members of the Shields family and their current passengers, in fact, did so. Both Serenas, Darien, and
their three passengers arrived there just before 5:30 am or so there, as well.
And while Rini had still been heading back to her family's house with Percy Ulysher, the
Stewart couple and her parents, she'd also slept quite soundly, as a matter of fact. She quite soundly
slept in the back seat of her father's convertible. And she slept with her pink-haired head on Camille's
lap as Camille sat to the right of her husband, who sat himself to Percy's own right as well.
Camille asked, "Mrs. Shields, how come Rini's hair is pink instead of black or blonde?"
"I don't really know for sure, Camille, but I believe my maternal grandmother had at least some
pink hair of her own a long time ago."
"And your mother, Serena?"
"My first mother had mostly white or light purplish hair. While my second one, who is still with
us, had bluish hair when she was my age, if I remember such things well enough here."
"I've heard of you before, I think. From where, I can't quite be sure at the moment. But I
believe that I've heard of you and several of your friends and relatives before. Including, of course,
your husband here."
"I see. And how long have you been married to the Star Prince?"
"A year or two, at least, if I remember correctly enough here. We married, I believe,
essentially at the same time as several of our friends and fellow Galaxians, Serena."
"Who or what are the Voidians, Camille?"
"The Voidians are the beings that we most frequently have to fight in what we've called the
Universal War for quite some length of time, Serena. You all appear to be warriors of a sort as well, in
fact. Who are your main enemies, if we may ask you this here?"
"Well, we've had quite a lot of enemies before. But so far, we've taken care of them all, I
believe. At least the ones that we know that we've come up against well enough before, that is, of
course. There may be a new enemy at work against us here. But I can't be sure of that yet here. We
Scouts will need more data for us to be sure enough here about what seems to be going on here, I
believe, Camille."
"I think that you're right, Serena," said Camille.
"I have a question, though, which has now piqued my curiosity for a little while here."
The Star Prince asked, "What is this question, Serena?"
Serena briefly looked at her husband, who then nodded at her, after somehow guessing what
she was probably thinking here. And then she asked, "Is Angelina Duke a time traveler or not?"
"She is. She came from our future on a mission that brought her to our own time period for a
while, rather unexpectedly, most likely. And she's often been with us ever since. In fact, many of us
who are Galaxians back where we come from are actually time travelers as well. We've had to travel
through time at least once or twice before in each of our lives, as well, Serena," said the Star Prince.
"I see," said Serena.
"Now let us ask you a question here, if we may."
"All right, Star Prince. If we can answer it here, I'm sure that we will."
"Okay with me. Is Rini your daughter only in this time period? And if not, what year is this?"
"This is the year 2012 AD. And she is our daughter in this time period and one other. Why do
you ask this, if I may ask you this here, Star Prince?"
"For we have this feeling that somehow, we're not on the particular Earth that we're more
familiar with in our lives. You see, Serena, on our Earth, the current year is sometime in the early to
mid-2250's, if I remember correctly enough here."
"And on your Earth, how is Tokyo?"
"It was attacked at least a little while ago. And Camille and others were unable to keep a large
part or all of it from either being heavily damaged or being destroyed by some sort of nuclear device.
This proved to be the case when they were each in their respective Galaxian states of being, at the
same time, in fact."
"Then what Japanese city is the capital one now?"
"Kyoto is," answered Camille.
"I see. And what of us?"
"What do you mean, Serena?" asked Camille.
"Some of us, if we're from there, will be entering a state of temporary dormancy for at least a
little while. And at least until it is time for us all to finally create a place that will be called 'Crystal
Tokyo', somewhere. We'll be in globes or canisters again, most likely, for about a thousand years,
after we've gotten old in this time period for a long enough time, if at all possible."
"You say again, as if you've done it before," said Percy, in very short order.
"Yes, we have done so at least once before. Or at least many of us have done so here before."
"Please explain, if you can, then, Serena," asked Camille.
Serena looked at her husband, who then said, "Might as well, Meatball Head. They're going to
find it out eventually, I'm sure. So you might as well tell them more about ourselves here."
"All right, Darien, I'll tell them what I can here. But I still hope that they won't share it
needlessly with any of their friends and associates here, just the same."
"Of course, Meatball Head, we can hope that, for all the obvious reasons."
At a questioning look from Camille, Serena said, "A long time ago, in our own solar system,
there was once a Moon Kingdom that consisted of all the known inhabited places in it except for Earth.
My first mother, when I was first around, was the Queen of this very Moon Kingdom. I was her eldest
daughter before our Moon Kingdom was largely ruined by our mortal enemies from a dimension of the
Universe that we knew of as the Negaverse."
"And how does that relate to the rest of your friends and associates, Serena?" asked Camille.
"I was the Moon Princess of our Moon Kingdom more than 1,000 years ago, before my first
mother had to sacrifice it to save as many of us from the Moon Kingdom as she possibly could save
somehow, Camille."
"Why would she have had to sacrifice your Moon Kingdom to save you all, if at all possible?"
"Because Darien and I were killed, or at least rendered asleep or unconscious, by an attack
from our mortal enemy's Queen Beryl, Camille. You see, she wanted Prince Darien of Earth to be with
her, and rule the Universe with her. But he refused, for he wanted to be with me and the rest of our
Moon Kingdom's inhabitants. We were in love with each other, if I remember correctly enough here.
And when Queen Beryl tried to take me out, so to speak, he tried to protect me as best as he could. I
then didn't care what happened to me very much, after having lost my father at least a little while
before. So I tried to be with him, when he rejected her. Possibly so that we could provide a united
front against Beryl, I think. But she was so jealous that she then really blasted us both, either killing,
rendering us unconscious, or making us fall asleep. Mother couldn't stand to see us both most likely
killed by our mortal enemies forever, if it could possibly be avoided at all. So she trapped as many of
us who were still around one of our Palaces on the Moon, whether they were good or bad, as she then
could trap somehow. And she sent us into the future to have new lives. For she thought that we'd not
yet lived our lives to a sufficient enough degree to that point in time. She did so by using her Imperium
Silver Crystal to do so. She sent at least two, if not more than two, animals into the future on Earth as
well, just in case our mortal enemies were ever actually able to break free of the seal that she'd placed
on them for a certain length of time. Those animals eventually became our guardians, and our teachers,
in due time, once they began finding us well enough, somehow. And they eventually began assembling
us into groups of Sailor Scouts, if we were females, and other kinds of warriors, if we were males. My
guardian was, and still is, my cat Luna. Other Sailor Scouts had other guardians of their own, as they
often still do. Mina, for instance, still has her guardian cat Artemis with her whenever possible. Rini's
guardian animal is a cat as well, and her name is Diana."
"And what of your mother, Serena?" asked Camille.
"She fell asleep after using the ISC to trap us and send us to Earth. About a thousand years
later in time, in at least one or two Zones of Earth, we were actually reborn to other parents here on
Earth. Or we actually awoke in our various globes or canisters, to begin new lives on Earth, Camille.
This was made largely, if not completely, possible by the simple fact that each of us who my mother had
been able to save somehow, had actually been able to provide at least one copy of each of our DNA's.
Space stations all around either the Earth or the Moon of that time, if not around both worlds, then
picked up those genetic profiles of ours from the sentient beings that my mother had been able to save
somehow. And they eventually brought us to Earth at least once, if not more. We'd contributed at
least one copy of each of our respective DNA's, in the hope that we'd eventually be transferred to
Earth to live again eventually. That was if worst actually came to worst for us all in the Moon Kingdom,
of course. Those stations picked up our various genetic profiles, if Queen Serenity had been able to
save us somehow. And when they did, they often multiplied the copies of our genetic profiles enough
to allow us to come to Earth in more than one Zone of it, if not more than that, here. I know for a fact,
at least, that there are at least one or two other versions of me around anywhere else on this Earth at
least, if not any other Earths as well, or anywhere else in the known Universe or Universes, Camille."
"Okay, you say that those of you who she was then able to save eventually either were reborn
or awoke in your various globes and/or canisters. How did those of you who were Scouts or other
similar enough people reunite with each other?"
"Camille, we were eventually found by our respective guardians, in large part, whenever
possible. I was found first in this particular Zone of Earth after I saved Luna from some cowardly
bullies who were then picking on her, if I'm not too mistaken here. Though I could be wrong about that
here, in fact. She soon made me a Sailor Scout. And when she did, I soon met this very handsome
guy, who I didn't yet know was also my greatest teaser. This guy was so doggone hot, I really went
bonkers dreaming over him sometimes. He was so doggone cute in his tuxedo and mask, and I really
liked his cape, cane, and roses too."
"You found out that he was your greatest teaser eventually, Serena."
"Yes. The guy who I thought was so doggone cute was also the guy who would quite often call
me Meatball Head whenever we'd actually meet outside of fighting bad guys."
"Your hair looked like meatballs, Serena. It still does. Just like Queen Serenity's hair often
looked, if I remember correctly enough here," said Darien.
"Yet you never actually called her that."
"She was of higher rank than I was. And she might not have liked it at all if I'd done so with
her, I think. Remember, she was a Queen, while I was still a Prince, Serena. Granted, we were from
two different peoples. But she still outranked me. However, you didn't outrank me. So I could get
away with it, and I always will be at least your equal in royal rank."
"And Darien wasn't the only one to call me that, in fact. But he's always been the one to do it
most frequently whenever we've been with each other, Camille. I still don't like it, of course. But he'll
always call me that, and so will several, if not all, of my friends. And my very own dear daughter Rini
often calls me that as well. It's most definitely part of me now, and I really don't think I'll ever be able
to get away from it. Even if I do actually change my hairstyle eventually, which I really doubt that I'll
ever do once and for all. It's just too linked to me not to be, I think. Now, though, Darien often makes
it sound more like an endearment to me, but not all the time. Especially when he's quite upset with me
about something big in our lives, Camille."
The still-awake Shields often conversed with the Stewarts and Percy Ulysher for at least a little
while longer. And they did so at least until they were actually able to pull up into their own driveway
again, for all the obvious reasons, of course. As soon as they did so, Camille eventually handed Rini to
her mother for a time, who then carried her to bed for a little while longer, as of the current time.
Two hours later, then, at most, Serena then woke up her still-sleeping daughter Rini. And she
then helped her get ready for school again, if it wasn't too late for her to do so in time to get to school
on time here. And if her other children who were of school-age weren't already up, she got them up as
well. And she got them ready for school too, if necessary. If any of the Scouts were still asleep in her
house then, she got them up too, for all the obvious reasons. But no other Scouts were currently
asleep, in fact, in her house, if they weren't actually her children, when she began waking up all of her
school-age children. After all her school-age children were off to school again, Serena and Darien
then both retired to their master bedroom for a while, for all the obvious reasons, if they'd not already
done so well enough by now here.
Percy went with the Stewarts to enroll temporarily in Eagle Mountain High School, if he was
still young enough to go to high school here. And he would begin the following Monday, at the very
latest, if at all possible. After enrolling, if need be, in that school, he then had the rest of the day free all
to himself, if at all possible. The Stewarts stayed quite near him, of course, wherever he might go in the
area, for all the obvious reasons.
As for the other marrieds, they stayed as close as they could to their new Scout friends, even
when they all weren't in their respective Scout or Galaxian states of being. This, of course, was for all
the obvious reasons here. No matter who they were, they still did so, whenever possible, in fact.
Chapter Six will bring several characters more into the main storyline, if at all possible. Another
good-sized battle will take place in Chapter Seven, somewhere. And it'll then introduce several more
characters into the story at least a little bit, if not a lot, readers. Other chapters that are still to come
here will then introduce even more people into the story as well, in fact. Until then, though, you'll all
just have to see what's coming up soon enough. But I promise you at least a few more crossover
elements will be added to the story as well within the next few chapters, at most, most likely, readers.
So please read, review, and enjoy, if at all possible. 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!