Ryoko: Here we go for the next chapter.

Disclaimer: Sailor Moon doesn't belong to me. Nor are the chars used. They belong to Vela-chan.

A/N: Sorry for the HUGE delay in getting this chapter out, but school has been hectic.

Fate Isn't Written in Stone

Chapter 6:

The Past

"This is as far as I can go with you," Quiore announced. They were back in the long hallway were they had first met Quiore. "It will be like watching a.movie as you call them. You will see, but not be seen. Nor will you be able to be heard. Just stand still and you will see everything that is important. The settings will change and at first it will be like you're standing on nothing but don't be afraid."

"What will happen when we're done?" Sailor Mars asked.

"You will be instantly transported back to this hallway. I will be waiting for you."

Quiore touched his jewel, then two runes on a door and opened it. A blazing white light filled the other side.

"I wish you.a safe journey," he whispered as the senshi walked through the doorway. He sighed softly as the door slowly closed.

Princess Serenity stood on her balcony looking into the night sky. "Luna, I don't want him to go," she said sadly to the midnight-black cat beside her.

"Pardon?" Luna asked.

Serenity-still looking into the sky-answered, "Prince Seiya. He is one of my dearest friends Luna. I don't understand why mother is making him and the other senshi of the stars go to another solar system-" she put a fist to her forehead as tears spilled down her face "-It's NOT FAIR Luna!"

"Princess, if your mother chooses to do so it must for the best. You'll see him again."

"I'm afraid I may not Luna," Serenity wept. "I'm afraid tonight's dance may be the last time I ever see him."

"He-uh-will be in male form I'm hoping."

"I don't care if he is or not."

"Wouldn't it look strange if you were dancing with a woman?"

"You're a positive builder tonight aren't you?" the Princess asked, sobs now racking her body. She used the balcony rail for support.

"Princess-"

"Leave me, Luna." She whispered. "Please. Let me be alone."

Luna sadly walked inside, listening to the Princess cry.

"I don't want you to go Seiya," she sobbed. "Please, don't leave me. My heart will break."

"Princess! Why are you crying?"

Princess Serenity peered below her. "Seiya!" she cried looking down at him. Quickly, she wiped the tears from her eyes. "I was crying.because I'll miss you. Must you leave tomorrow?"

Seiya smiled sadly at her. "We'll talk more after we dance. Then we can say proper goodbye's to each other." He said simply and ran off.

"Wait!" Serenity called softly.

Princess Serenity brushed the long hair falling out of her odangos slowly. In 10 minutes she'd see Seiya for the last time.

"Just go up and say it to him Princess," Sailor Mars said brushing her own hair.

"What?"

Sailor Mars smiled. "Tell him you love him and tell your mother you want him to stay."

"Prince Seiya?."

"Yes!"

"But I."

"Don't tell me you don't love him, I know you do! I can see it when you're with him."

"I guess I do love him. I never realized it."

"You didn't?" asked a bewildered Sailor Mars.

"No.Sailor Mars, what if I tell him I love him, but he doesn't love me?"

Mars groaned. "I cannot believe this.Princess, I'm not saying I've been spying on you, but how many times has he kissed you? More than 3 times I can tell you that."

"I thought he was showing respect."

"No."

"I wish I had known earlier.now it's too late."

Sailor Mars put a hand on the Princess' shoulder. "It's not too late yet," she said simply.

A hand grabbed Princess Serenity's as she quickly walked down the stairs to the ballroom.

"I've been waiting for you Serenity."

Serenity turned her head and smiled at Prince Seiya. "I've been waiting for you also."

"May I have this dance?"

Serenity smiled. "Of course."

As they danced Seiya quietly told her why he had to leave.

"Your mother is sending myself, Sailor Star Healer-Prince Yaten- and Maker- Prince Taiki- to a star in another galaxy called Kinmoku. The Queen there is called Kimokyusie. Kinmoku is a prosperous star, but very weak in defense."

"Is Mother sending you because you're Star Senshi?"

Seiya nodded. "That and."

"And what?"

"There is an evil force traveling throughout the universe, Metallia and Queen Beryl. Beryl wants to someday rule the universe and she'll stop at nothing to do so. Queen Serenity is good friends with the people of Kinmoku and is sending us there to defend it, that is the area Beryl attacked last."

"But what if she attacks this solar system while you three are away?"

Seiya glanced around. "Let's talk on your balcony. I don't want to start a panic now that the music has stopped."

"You have other senshi to protect you while we're gone. And you have the Imperium Silver Crystal as well," Seiya said on the balcony.

"I don't want you to go."

Seiya took her face in her hands and looked straight into her eyes. "I don't want to go either," he said gently. "I would much rather stay here with you. If Beryl does attack Kinmoku, I swear, I'll protect it like I would you and I'll fight with all I've got.I may not return.as you know. Which is why I wanted to give you this." He put a ring on her finger (same ring). "I hope it brings you luck."

Princess Serenity smiled sadly as she cried silently. "I don't want you to leave.I love you."

Seiya smiled sadly too. "Any other time I would have been happy, not now though. I AM happy, but not as happy as I could be."

He kissed her.

(A few nights later)

Serenity sat in a rose garden holding a red rose, and gazing at her ring.

"When I return I want you to be my wife, if your mother allows it."

"She will."

"How do you know?"

"She likes you."

"Really?"

"Yes."

"You will return to me," she whispered.

"Princess Serenity!" a voice gasped.

She turned and saw Luna running towards her. "What is it Luna?" she asked calmly.

"Quickly, you must get inside!"

"Why?"

"No time to explain! You must come now!"

Serenity stood and ran after Luna back to the palace.

Queen Serenity looked down at at least 25-sailor senshi from the top of the staircase that led to the ballroom. Princess Serenity stood beside her.

"Some of you may have of why I summoned you here," Queen Serenity announced. "But many of you do not. The reason you were called here is to battle."

There were murmurs among the senshi.

"Outer Senshi of this solar system. You know this must be a difficult battle if you were called from your posts."

Neptune, Uranus, Pluto, and Saturn nodded.

"The one whom you're to battle will be Queen Beryl and her Negaforce. She is heading this way and will arrive in about 24 hours. Be on your guard senshi, you know you're posts."

'If Queen Beryl is here already does that mean Kinmoku has been defeated?' the Princess thought.

"We're under attack! We're under attack!" Luna shrieked running through the palace, Artemis beside her.

"We need everyone we can get! To the armaments!" Artemis yelled.

"Shabon Spray!"

"Fire Soul!"

"Supreme Thunder!"

"Crescent Beam!"

Metallia hissed as their attacks hit her/him (it?). "Pathetic mortals, I will destroy you!" It fired an energy blast at the Inners that threw them into the air. Mercury crashed against a pillar, Jupiter fell on a stonewall, Mars was hurled onto a balcony railing (breaking it) and Venus shattered on the ground.

Princess Serenity watched the destruction of her home from her balcony. She had witnessed the Inners death and many civilians.

An evil cackle disturbed her thoughts as Queen Beryl materialized 30 feet about her. Serenity gasped and took a step back but no more, frozen by fear.

"Well well well. Look what's here. Princess Serenity's all choked up about her kingdom, not for long.Endymion!" she yelled.

Prince Endymion appeared beside Beryl.

"Endymion? Prince Endymion of the Earth?" Serenity asked.

"The one and the same," he said.

"But-but why Endymion?" she sputtered.

"Would you rather be on the winning side or losing side??"

"If I had to sell my soul to that snake, I'd rather die!" she yelled.

Beryl hissed then muttered, "Kill her."

Endymion lunged at the Princess barely missing her with his sword as she darted out of its way. She wasn't quick enough to dodge the blow from the hilt of the sword, it hit her square in the shoulder and sent her to the ground, crying out in pain.

"What? No tears?" Endymion sneered.

"I would rather die than give you that pleasure."

"As you wish," Endymion said raising his sword above his head.

Serenity gasped but still managed to dodge the sword. Quickly she stood up and ran towards the door, down the stairs and out the front door.

Metallia was waiting. She created a tornado-like attack. The surprised Princess saw only for a second before it sucked her 400 ft. into the air (taking most of the palace with her too).

When the attack subsided, the gravity was neutralized so the princess floated slowly down to the moon still alive, but just barely. She started crying when she was 10 ft. off the ground. They weren't tears of pain but of anguish.

As she landed on a slab of-what was the palace-she let out a sob and laid a first across her chest.

"I'm afraid I won't see you for a long time Seiya." she whispered. Serenity winced and sighed, closing her eyes tightly. "Remember me." she became limp and her hand that lay across her chest slipped over the edge of the narrow slab of concrete.

Uranus, lying weakly on her stomach in the ruins, gasped.

Neptune, who lay inches away glanced at her. "What is it?"

"The.The Princess," Uranus choked out.

"She's dead?"

Uranus nodded crying silently.

Neptune got up on her hands. The battle had moved past them and left the Outers who were dying from it.

"But knowing the Princess," Neptune started. "She didn't go down without a fight."

Saturn who was sitting against a fallen pillar limply muttered, "She didn't.I'm positive."

"Serenity!" Queen Serenity ran through the rubble looking for her daughter. "Princess Serenity, where are you?"

"Do you want to know?"

Queen Serenity looked above her, and glared at the gloating Endymion.

"What have you done to her Endymion?!"

"I haven't done anything to her. She brought it on herself.But if you really want to see your precious princess, she's out there," he said pointing behind the Queen to where the palace once stood.

Queen Serenity turned around to go look for her daughter.

"Queen, watch out!" Luna cried dashing towards her, Artemis beside her.

Serenity jerked back around as Endymion and his sword hurtled towards her.

There was a sickening sound of the sword entering Queen Serenity's body but above her hip. A stream of blood trickled down the blade and fell into an ever largening puddle between Serenity and Endymion.

Endymion smiled insanely as he pushed the sword deeper into the Queen.

Serenity didn't cry out but gritted her teeth in pain. "I don't wish to do this, but I guess I have no choice."

She held out her hand and the crescent moon wand appeared in it.

A sudden look of fear came to Endymion's eyes. "You-you wouldn't," he stuttered. "You'll die."

Queen Serenity gave him a look of disgust. "I, unlike you," she said, "am unselfish and will sacrifice myself for my people." She raised the wand above her head and screamed, "MOON HEALING ESCALATION!"

"Oh my God." Taiki whispered as they stood in the ruins of the Moon Kingdom. "What happened?"

Seiya looked at all the bodies that littered the ground silently. "Where's the Princess?" he whispered to himself, than turned to his comrades. "Where's the Princess?!" he shouted. He brought a trembling fist to his forehead. "Where is she?!" He didn't wait for an answer but dashed into the rubble screaming, "Princess! Princess Serenity! Where are you?!"

Seiya stopped abruptly, his friends behind him. "Serenity?" he whispered slowly walking towards the long blonde hair and hand that hung over a stone slab.

He scanned the Princess, who now lay on her side silently, eyes quivering. Slowly he knelt down beside her and raised her into a sitting position. Seiya's shoulders shook as the sobs escaped his body.

Taiki and Yaten bowed their heads. They're grief wasn't as great as Seiya's.

"We've been waiting for you," a voice said.

They turned and saw Artemis standing weakly a few yards away.

"What?" Yaten asked.

"The Queen," Artemis replied. He looked at Seiya. "She also wants to see her daughter for the last time."

The trio looked confused but followed Artemis, Seiya weeping while holding the dead Princess.

"We were attacked by Beryl," the Queen explained lying on a pillar. "All the senshi fought with their lives and, unfortunately lost them.As well as my sweet daughter."

"Where's Beryl now?" Yaten asked holding the Queen's hand.

Queen Serenity help out her hand, the Imperium Silver Crystal in it.

Taiki gasped. "Queen, you.?"

She nodded. "I banished them all.I couldn't destroy them or else I would have destroyed Princess Serenity and the senshi."

"What will we do now though?" Seiya murmured.

The Queen smiled sadly. "You all shall be reborn in the future.on Earth.Expect for you three.you will be reborn on Kinmoku.All of you will have no memory of this time or place."

"What?" Seiya cried.

"I want you to have normal lives." the Queen explained. "But if the Negaforce or any other evil threatens the universe.someone will tell you what to do and you will become senshi once more."

There was a metallic sound and Taiki picked up the ring that had fallen off Princess Serenity's hand, giving it to Seiya who was crying silently.

The Queen stood up and her moon symbol glowed. Instantly everyone on the moon was put into one of those bubble things all but three heading for the Earth.

Then the Queen murmured. "Someday.there will be peace." and she hurled the ginzshou into space.

Queen Serenity trembled and fell against the pillar. She picked up the crescent moon wand and said, ""Perhaps, someday, they'll be together again." She closed her eyes and the wand slipped out of her hand.

'Be happy' she thought 'On behalf of the.'