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Chapter 8: The beginning of the battle

In the morning:

Darien was the first to awake. The looked around and found everyone else still sleeping like a baby. He went to the bathroom to shower.

When he came out, he found Lita making pancakes. Ami frying eggs, Mina setting the table, and Raye trying to wake Serena up.

"Wake up Meatball Head!" cried Raye, shaking Serena by the shoulders.

"Five more minutes, mom." She whispered. Darien saw this and smiled.

"Let me handle this. Just stand back and watch." He said as he kneeled by the couch where she slept. He whispered into her ear.

"Serena, breakfast is ready." He said. Serena quickly got up and ran to the table.

"Where? Where's the breakfast?" she asked looking around. Lita placed a plate of pancakes and eggs in front of her, and Serena gobbled it all up. Everyone couldn't help but giggle.

Serena looked at them and made a face. But she quickly turned back to her breakfast. Her breakfast was too good to let everyone else ruin it.

After breakfast, Serena called everyone over to train some more. When everyone got there, they transformed and headed to the park to train. This time, Luna forbade Queen Serenity to teleport. This time, instead of a group train, it was groups of one on ones. Raye trained with Jedite, Ami with Zoicite, Mina with Kunzite, Lita with Nephrite, and the outers training among themselves. Queen Serenity (I'll use this name whenever she's transformed into her) and King Endymion (same with him).

They trained until they were all tired. They all detransformed and went to the pool for a break.

Meanwhile in Beryl's castle:

Beryl sat at the throne, watching over Liz. She was lying in a bed-like chamber.

"Soon, you will be one of us..." she laughed. Liz suddenly awoke.

"It is now time." Beryl said as she neared the girl. Liz now had a black upside down crescent moon on her forehead. She was dressed in a long black dress.

"Go and destroy Sailor Moon and the other brats." She commanded as Liz faded...

Everyone was at the pool, when a cold chill ran through the air.

"Someone's here." Said Raye in a cautious tone. They all transformed and stood guard. A blast came out of nowhere and shot towards Sailor Moon. She quickly dodged it and faced the direction from where it came from.

"Who are you? Show yourself!" she cried. All that came was a laugh.

"Haa....Sailor Moon. How could you recognize your own daughter's voice?" asked the voice.

"Liz?" she asked. A woman in a long black dress came out of the shadows. She was indeed Elizabeth. Just in different clothes.

'Please tell me this isn't happening.' Thought Tuxedo Mask to himself.

"I'm not Liz. I'm the princess of the Negamoon!" she cried.

"I'm here to eliminate you!" she laughed and conjured up a youma. The scouts fought the youma when Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Mask fought Liz.

"Please stop it!" Sailor cried while dodging her attacks.

"Why? This is fun." she laughed as she launched another attack. Sailor Moon then took out the crystal from the center of her brooch. She then turned into Queen Serenity.

"Please remember, Elizabeth." She said in a calm voice. Tuxedo Mask then also turned into King Endymion. Thoughts flowed back into Liz's mind.

Flashback~~

"Hey, mom! Stop it!" cried a young Liz in the garden. Queen Serenity was chasing Liz around with a hose. The then other scouts arrived.

"My queen, there is some business you need to attend to." Said Pluto as she directed the queen into the castle.

"Aw...mom, do ya really have to?" she asked in a childish voice.

"I'm sorry. Here. Zoicite will play with you."

"Ok." Liz took the hose and drenched Zoicite with water.

"Hey! What was that for?" he asked.

"Mom said you had to play with me" she stated matter-of-factly.

End Flashback~~

Back at Beryl's castle:

'This is not working. I need to bring Endymion and Serenity here for a person visit.' She thought.

Suddenly, Beryl's face appeared in the sky.

"Elizabeth, I need you to come back. Bring your parents with you, would you?" she asked disappearing.

"My pleasure." She said and she conjured a black cloud engulfing Serenity and Endymion, and herself in it.

"Serenity!" cried the scouts. It was helpless. It was all up to them now.

AN: Here's the end of this chapter. Don't worry, I've already starting thinking about the next chapter. It'll be up soon. Tell me what you think of it so far!

~mystic