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In response to Ree's special request, I give you:

The Sleeper

Epilogue

Lady stood in front of the door to her parents' suite and debated whether or not to knock. Her parents had had to return to an important global meeting just after her return, so Lady had not been able to pass along her grandmother's presents. She wasn't certain if they were back yet, or whether or not they had invited another guest back for a private talk. She listened intently, but didn't hear any voices.

Looking down at the bag in her hand, she decided to knock. A moment later, she heard her mother's voice giving permission to enter. As she stepped into the room, she looked around automatically to make sure she hadn't interrupted anything. She smiled as she saw only her mother, curled up in a chair by a window with Luna in her lap.

Her mother smiled back happily. "Small Lady!" Luna jumped gracefully out of her lap as she stood up and held her arms out to her daughter.

"Mama!" Lady walked quickly across the room, and was soon enveloped in a tight hug.

"Oh, I've missed you," Neo-Queen Serenity said softly. She loosened her hold, then stepped back. "So, did you have a good time?" she asked with a mischievous smile. Lady laughed and nodded. "Oh yes! It was so much fun being in 20th Century Tokyo again. We spent a lot of time at the temple and Crown and the beach and the park. It was great."

Neo-Queen Serenity tilted her head to one side. "You did remember to bring me home some souvenirs, right?"

Lady laughed again. "Of course! Usagi would never have let me forget that!" she replied, making her mother grin.

"So what did I get?" the queen asked eagerly. "Oh, you'll find out later," her daughter teased. At her mother's playful pout she added, "We brought back some gifts for everyone this time, so we plan to give them out after dinner. You'll just have to wait to see what I bought you."

The queen's pout dissolved into a smile. "Oh, all right. If you insist." She turned back to her chair and sat down. Lady looked at the seat across from her, then decided to sit on the floor by her mother's feet. Neo-Queen Serenity looked at her in surprise.

"But, I do have something just for you," Lady said with a soft smile. She held out the string bag. Her mother took it with a puzzled look. "This is from Ikuko-mama," Lady added watching her mother face.

The queen blinked, then slowly opened the bag. Her eyes went wide and filled with tears as she saw the photo albums and videos. Slowly, she pulled an album out, put the bag on the floor, and opened the book. On the front page was a picture of the Tsukino family, complete with ChibiUsa, Luna, and Diana, standing in front of the house. "I thought... I thought these were lost forever," she said as tears slowly flowed down her cheeks. She slowly turned the page, and saw a picture of Shingo and Kenji holding up a large trophy.

"Mama?" Lady asked tentatively, surprised by the tears. The queen gave her a quick, reassuring smile.

"It was the war, you see," she said softly. "It destroyed everything. Well, almost everything. Some people hid away irreplaceable treasures when they could. Things like famous paintings and statues and such. But the everyday things, like this, were forgotten." She looked at the book in her lap again and ran a finger down a picture of Ikuko and Kenji dressed for an awards banquet. "I don't have anything from before the war," she added quietly. "No pictures... No letters... No home videos... Nothing."

"That's not quite true," Lady said blinking back tears of her own. "You have your memories, right? And your friends and their memories. And now, you have photos and videos, too, so you can share those memories with other people."

Neo-Queen Serenity Usagi Tsukino looked at her heir, then closed the book in her lap and slid off her chair onto the floor. "You're right," she whispered as she gave Lady another hug. "Thank you." She sat back with a smile, then opened the book again. "You see this picture?" she asked, then began to share her memories with her daughter.