hey, again. i don't own sailor moon or the song (Give Me the Strength to) Carry On. that's the song that's played as she battles Queen Beryl. So i am almost done! tear. i have this chap then one more. okay, enough of me blabbing. you wanna read the story and here you go! The beginning are about the scouts after Serena and Darien were captured.
"Oh no, we have to get Serena back!" Sailor Mercury exclaimed.
"Don't forget Darien, who's Tuxedo Mask." Sailor Mars inserted. Everyone shot her the evil eye "What?"
"Never mind. But Mercury's right. Since the Negaverse knows Serena is the princess, she might already be dead!" Luna exclaimed, as the scouts nodded and ran off.
What they didn't know was that Serena was just fine, for the moment. She woke up in a jail cell. "Where am I?" Then remembering everything, she jumped up and looked around. "I hope Darien's OK." she sank down and brought her knees toward her. "I don't know what I would without him. Now that I know." she cried.
"Stop crying, little princess." a rough voice called out, throwing her some goop in a bowl.
Serena wiped her tears and looked up. This guy was new. White, long hair and a cape. His outfit was silver and he had the cocky smirk that everyone loves to hate. "Who are you?"
The guy laughed, roughly "Since you'll die soon anyway, it won't hurt. Name's Malachite and I am the strongest warrior Queen Beryl has!"
Serena suppressed her laughter. "If your so strong, then why haven't we fought you yet?"
Malachite looked taken aback. But he quickly recovered "Cuz I am too good to be lost in petty battles!"
"If you're so strong, then you wouldn't lose." Serena pointed out.
Malachite was getting mad. "There is no way this little girl's going to insult me!" he thought. "Just shut up and eat your food!" he yelled, and turned to leave.
Serena watched him leave and burst out laughing. When she was all laughed out, she looked at the 'food' and gulped. Now, Serena isn't spoiled, but this stuff looked toxic. She was starving, though and gulped in down. It was left unsettled in her stomach. "Oooo..." she moaned, laying on the ground. She fell into a deep, unsettling sleep.
Beryl was talking to Zoicite and Nephlite "Very good. You've captured the princess and the prince."
The two warriors beamed. "But you let the princess reveal herself!" Beryl's hair flew every which way. "And for that, you must die!"
"No, my Queen..." were Zoicite and Nephlite's last words as they were destroyed.
Darien stood in horror that someone could destroy their own men. He had been brought to Queen Beryl and chained. He had tried to get out, but the chains were tough, so he eventually gave up to just glaring at Beryl.
She found this quite hilarious "Now, Darien. I have a interesting proposition."
"What is it, snake?" he growled.
Beryl was interested. "No one calls me a snake and lives to tell it. But since you are so fine..." Darien shivered at this comment. "...I'll let it go. Now, you have the opportunity to become my king!" She waited, expecting him to accept right away. Obviously, he didn't.
"Why would I want to become your king when I have my own princess?" Darien growled.
"Cuz..." Beryl snapped her fingers and who came in hanging by a rope but:
"SERENA!" Darien cried in pain. "What did you do to her?" he growled, ready to tear her heart out. "As if she has one." he thought.
"Don't worry about you precious princess. She's fine...for now. Unless you become my king!" Beryl laughed.
No matter how hard Darien really didn't want to become her king, he loved Serena too much. So he sighed "Fine."
Beryl laughed. "I knew you would. Malachite!" Malachite showed up. "Take care of that bothersome princess. She's caused enough problems for me."
"No, you promised she'd be safe!" Darien cried out.
Beryl turned and laughed. "I'm the bad guy. I always lie."
Darien was beyond mad none. Screaming at Malachite "If you hurt one hair on her head, you are so dead!!!!!!!!"
Malachite laughed "It's not like you can do anything about it." He raised his ice pick and pointed it at Serena. All Darien could do was watch his love being destroyed helplessly. Malachite was ready to throw it when: "Venus Crescent Beam SMASH!" a rope of golden hearts came at Malachite, knocking the ice pick out of his hands.
Serena groggily woke up and saw this. "Guys..." she mumbelled. "I have to help them, but too tired." she closed her eyes. Unknown to her, the goop was laced with sleeping powder.
The scouts fought hard against Malachite, but they just weren't strong enough. With one last powerful blast, the scouts were thrown back, screaming.
This woke Serena up. She looked down in horror "GUYS!!!" she screamed, trying to get out of the rope.
Malachite laughed "Pitiful scouts. Now I'm going to destroy your precious princess." He turned to Serena, struggling.
"So she wakes. Now she can see how she's going to die." He raised his ice pick and threw it. In the nick of time, Serena got loose and missed the ice pick.
Getting up, she ran to her friends. "Guys, you'll be OK. Don't worry." she cried to her fallen friends. When all she got was silence, she cried "No guys, you can't leave me!"
Seeing that Serena was open, Malachite got ready to strike her one last time. But Darien, freed from his chains, ran in front of her and took the blow (again.). Serena saw her loved one fall, again. But this time, it hurt even more.
"Darien. You can't leave me. I can't do this by myself." Serena cried.
Darien groaned out "Serena, you're stronger than you know."
"No I'm not. I always have you or the scouts there. But the scouts are gone, and you can't leave me!" Serena sobbed.
Darien attempted a smile "Serena, I'll always be with you in spirit. I love you." and with that, he closed his eyes.
"NOOOOOOO!!!!!!" Serena screamed in pain. Then getting up, she glared at Beryl. "You. Your the one who made me give up my life. Your the one who makes me fight evil and risk my life almost every day. Your the one who made me lose the trust of my parents cuz I couldn't explain why I ran out in store clothes!!!!!!"
Beryl looked, in amusement.
"Now you've taken away my friends and my one true love. You will pay! Moon Prism POWER!!!!!!" Sailor Moon came, with flames in her eyes.
"Malachite, take care of her." Beryl shrugged off.
"I want to take you down, not your lackeys!!!!!" Sailor Moon exclaimed.
"Lackey's!? I'll show you a lackey!" Malachite charged toward Moon.
"Please tiara, help me. Moon Tiara MAGIC!" Sailor Moon threw her tiara with all her heart into it. It hit Malachite in the stomach. "Noooo, can't believe a child beat me!!" were Malachite's last words as the tiara cut right through him.
Sailor Moon looked up at Beryl. "Now it's your turn!"
Beryl laughed and blasted her away. Moon went flying out the 'window.' But she wasn't dead. Far from it. That just made her more angry.
Beryl turned to the Negaverse. "I need energy to defeat the princess. She's weak as Sailor Moon, but as the princess, she's tough."
"Beryl." a deep voice came out from a swirling black cloud! "I have given you many chances and you've wrecked them all!"
"Please." Beryl pleaded.
"Fine. This one last time. But fail me again and die!!" the cloud blasted a white wave into Beryl as she screamed in pain. She came out as a big, blue woman.
"No one can beat me now!" she cackled.
"Better enjoy that laugh, Beryl. It'll be the last one you'll have. You'll never rule the universe as long as I live," Sailor Moon walked up.
"We better get this over with then." Beryl laughed.
"Let's get it on." Sailor Moon replied.
"You don't know what you're up against. Goodbye, Sailor Moon!" Beryl attacked, incasing Sailor Moon into a castle of ice. Suddenly, the ice cracked, and who would appear by the Moon Princess!
"I will defeat you, Beryl, in the name of the moon." she calmly said.
"You? Pitiful little princess Serena?" Beryl cackled.
"I am not afraid anymore." Serena raised her wand, with the crystal on it.
"You should be!" Beryl exclaimed, getting ready to blast her away.
"Cosmic Moon Power. Fight this evil." Serena called out.
Here I'm standing in the night
My crescent wand the only light
Alone against my darkest fear
But I sense my friends are near
I'll draw from each the power I need
The evil queen, we will defeat
"Do not give up, Serena. You can do this." she said to herself. "I am not letting you win this one. My friends are counting on me." She has flashbacks of all the fun times she's spent with Amy, Raye, and Lita.
Give me the strength to carry on
With all our love, we can't go wrong
Only together we face the fight
Nothing can stand against our might
"I do need all of you, please help me." Serena called out to them. They spirits of the scouts, including Venus, came to help.
"Mercury Power!" "Mars Power!" "Jupiter Power!" "Venus Power!" called out all the scouts. "Cosmic Moon Power!" Serena called out, sending a powerful blast toward Beryl.
Give me the strength to carry on
With all our love, we can't go wrong
Only together we face the fight
Nothing can stand against our might.
"This can't be!" No!" Beryl cried as the blast covered her. "Aah!!!" she screamed in pain as she was destroyed.
With all our strength, the battle's won
With all our love, we can't go wrong
We have the strength to carry on
"Beryl is gone, blasted back to the Negaverse. The universe is safe again, thanks to you, my friends." Serena said. "Finally we have a chance for peace. Real peace." She was transported back to Beryl's lair. She found Darien and the scouts still dead on the floor. She teared up. "Ya, we beat her, but you're still gone."
"Don't cry, sweetie."
Serena spun around and saw a beautiful woman with long, purple hair. "Who are you?"
"Why, I'm your mother. Queen Serenity." the woman smiled.
Serena was surprised "Mother? Can you tell me about the moon?"
Queen Serenity smiled "That's my daughter, always asking questions. Well, we have time. I'll take you back to the final days of our kingdoms." A flash of light engulfed them and they went back in time.
" The universe was happy, and the Moon Kingdom was the happiest place of all. There were parties every night. Dancing, laughing. I raised you to follow me and rule the moon. Most of the time you stared at the Earth. You had fallen in love with a man down there." Queen Serenity explained.
"Serena!" Prince Darien called up to her.
"Darien, you're finally here." Serena called down.
"I have bad news." Darien announced
"You can't come to the ball?" she asked.
"If it was only that! Terrible things are happening. An evil power is taking over Earth." he told her.
"Then you must go." Serena sighed.
"By the time I get home, it may be too late. No one knows where this Queen Beryl came from. Her warriors are strong, maybe unbeatable."
"Stop him! He could be a spy!" a couple of guards charged at him.
"I have to go!" Darien ran off.
"Darien...they must suspect everyone from Earth." Serena sighed.
"After him!" the guards exclaimed.
The scene flashes to Princess Serena walking down the steps, when a voice calls out "May I have this dance? It could be our last." Prince Darien smiled. Serena accepted and they danced.
"I'm happy you came back."
"I couldn't leave without one last dance. All this is going to change. Beryl is more dangerous than I thought. The whole universe is in danger."
"Even the moon?" Serena asked.
"Especially the moon. Beryl plans to take over, and to do so she must conquer the moon." Darien held Serena against him. "Prepare for the worst. Your mother knows I'm not a spy. She's asked me to stay and help defend her kingdom."
The scene flashes to the balcony. Serena and Darien are standing together. "I can't believe this is happening." Serena said.
"Beryl will destroy everything in her way to get what she wants. I'll fight as hard as I can, but I might not come back. I hope you know how much you mean to me." Darien told her.
"I do." Serena told him, moving closer to him.
"You're in my heart." Darien said, staring down at her.
"And you'll always be in mine." Darien wrapped her in his cape and shared a kiss of true love (aw!)
Back in the ball, Luna and Artemis are running through the hall." We're under attack!" Luna exclaimed. "Get ready for battle! We need everyone to fight! To the armaments!" Artemis yelled.
The woman and children ran out, while the men ran to the fight. The past Sailor Scouts were already there.
"Mercury Bubbles... BLAST!" "Mars Fire... IGNITE!" "Jupiter Thunder... CRASH!" "Venus Crescent V... SMASH!" But their attacks were useless.
"Stupid humans! I will vanquish you!" Beryl attacked, blasting the scouts away. "Ha, ha! Soon the universe will be under my control. Queen Serenity will beg for mercy! No one can beat the Negaforce! Only the Negaverse will prevail!"
She looked down and saw Serena trembling on the balcony. "If it isn't the Moon Princess! All dressed up and no where to go, except oblivion!" She struck towards Serena when a rose hit her in the hand. Growling, she looked and saw Darien. "Who are you?"
"I am Prince Darien, sworn to defend Moon Kingdom!" He jumped in front of Serena and shielded her with his cape.
Beryl laughed "Prince Darien of Earth? I've heard of you! You have promise. I see why she'd want you," she sneered toward Serena gripping Darien's shoulder, "But don't waste your time. Come taste the joy of winning. We'll rule together!"
"No thanks!" Darien sneered at her. "Why would I want to join forces with you, all twisted and ugly and bitter?"
Now Beryl was mad! "No one speaks to me like that!" she shot a whirlwind towards the couple. Darien was sucked in and Serena cried out "Darien, what's happening?"
As he was being sucked away, he yelled "Run, Serena!"
"I want to be with you!" Serena exclaimed, running towards Darien.
"You can't! Don't! " But it was no use. Serena jumped into the whirlwind, flying towards Darien. They reached towards each other and held hands, but Beryl blasted them apart! "Aah!" they both exclaimed. "Darien!" "Serena!"
"Serena, no! She's taken them both!" the queen cried as she watched her dead daughters tears still running.
"Not the princess!" Luna cried.
"The twit and her prince are gone! And the snake survives! They won't mess with me again!" Beryl laughed.
"No! Serena! It can't be. Darling, I won't let it end this way. I won't let them take away your future." the queen cried, placing the Silver Crystal onto her wand.
"Queen Serenity, if you use the Silver Crystal, you won't have any strength left." Luna cried, trying to stop her.
"It's the only way. I must sacrifice my kingdom to regain peace." Queen Serenity said. Standing up, she held up the wand and cried out "Cosmic Moon Power!"
"What is this?" Queen Beryl screamed. "You can't do this to me! You haven't seen the last of me!" She was blasted back to the Negaverse.
"Majesty, you did it!" Luna cried.
"They're gone!" Artemis exclaimed.
"I only trapped them all. If I had destroyed them, I would have destroyed Serena, too. Now they're inside the power of the crystal and I must send them to a new future on Earth." the queen teared up.
"Why are you so sad?" Luna asked.
"Because none of them will remember anything about this time. And I won't see my daughter again. Or you two. But it's the only way for you to live on. I have power left to send everything you'll need in the future to Earth. Serena and her court will need you if the Negaverse breaks free." The queen cried.
"Yes!" both the cats cried.
"You'll be reborn on Earth, with no memory of the Moon Kingdom. But if evil forces try to repeat what's happened, you'll know what to do." Queen Serenity encased all of them in bubbles and the cats into tubes. She sent them all to Earth. "Farewell, all. Good luck. Goodbye, Serena. You're in my heart, always. Be happy. On behalf of the moon, you'll be free again. Perhaps we'll meet again." She cried, dying.
In a flash of light, Serena was returned to the lair. She was crying. "You sacrificed yourself to save all of us."
The queen smiled. "Sweetheart, I will always love you."
"I will always love you." Serena cried. Serenity was about to leave, when Serena cried out "Wait, how do I help my friends?"
"It's in your heart." was all the queen said as she left.
Serena fell to her knees. She looked at her friends and her fallen love and cried out "How do I do that!?"
Suddenly, a light came out of her. She stared at it, realizing this might be it. She held it up "Please work. Please bring me friends back!" she cried, as the white light covered everyone. It was absorbed into them. Serena felt weak. "That took a lot outta me." she weakly laughed, passing out.
Darien was the first to wake up. "Huh, I thought I was..." he stopped. He had spotted Serena passed out, and thinking the worst, ran to her. "Serena! You can't be dead!" he cried. One of his tears hit her face and she groaned.
"Hey, that's cold." Serena joked, weakly. Darien pulled her into his arms and held her there. When they pulled apart, they kissed. Darien stopped it first, "Wait, what happened to..."
"Queen Beryl?" Serena supplied. "Oh, I destroyed her. Well, me and the girls did." Serena laughed at the look on Darien's face when she said her dead friends helped.
By this time, the girls had woken up. Seeing Serena, they ran to her and hugged. Everyone was crying, except for Venus, who was standing outside.
Serena noticed her and got up. She walked over "Sailor Venus, I presume?"
Venus smiled. "Yep, real name's Mina Aino, though."
"Nice to meet you, Mina. My name's Serena Tsukino." They shook hands and laughed.
"Come on, let's get outta here." Serena said, holding Darien's hand. They all nodded and they walked out into the sunset.
Wow! Beryl's gone. But don't go! I have one more chapter that explains the strangers, so stay tune! Oh ya, I borrowed the past scenes from the show, so I don't own them. You all better review, cuz this took me 2 days and 7 pages!
"Oh no, we have to get Serena back!" Sailor Mercury exclaimed.
"Don't forget Darien, who's Tuxedo Mask." Sailor Mars inserted. Everyone shot her the evil eye "What?"
"Never mind. But Mercury's right. Since the Negaverse knows Serena is the princess, she might already be dead!" Luna exclaimed, as the scouts nodded and ran off.
What they didn't know was that Serena was just fine, for the moment. She woke up in a jail cell. "Where am I?" Then remembering everything, she jumped up and looked around. "I hope Darien's OK." she sank down and brought her knees toward her. "I don't know what I would without him. Now that I know." she cried.
"Stop crying, little princess." a rough voice called out, throwing her some goop in a bowl.
Serena wiped her tears and looked up. This guy was new. White, long hair and a cape. His outfit was silver and he had the cocky smirk that everyone loves to hate. "Who are you?"
The guy laughed, roughly "Since you'll die soon anyway, it won't hurt. Name's Malachite and I am the strongest warrior Queen Beryl has!"
Serena suppressed her laughter. "If your so strong, then why haven't we fought you yet?"
Malachite looked taken aback. But he quickly recovered "Cuz I am too good to be lost in petty battles!"
"If you're so strong, then you wouldn't lose." Serena pointed out.
Malachite was getting mad. "There is no way this little girl's going to insult me!" he thought. "Just shut up and eat your food!" he yelled, and turned to leave.
Serena watched him leave and burst out laughing. When she was all laughed out, she looked at the 'food' and gulped. Now, Serena isn't spoiled, but this stuff looked toxic. She was starving, though and gulped in down. It was left unsettled in her stomach. "Oooo..." she moaned, laying on the ground. She fell into a deep, unsettling sleep.
Beryl was talking to Zoicite and Nephlite "Very good. You've captured the princess and the prince."
The two warriors beamed. "But you let the princess reveal herself!" Beryl's hair flew every which way. "And for that, you must die!"
"No, my Queen..." were Zoicite and Nephlite's last words as they were destroyed.
Darien stood in horror that someone could destroy their own men. He had been brought to Queen Beryl and chained. He had tried to get out, but the chains were tough, so he eventually gave up to just glaring at Beryl.
She found this quite hilarious "Now, Darien. I have a interesting proposition."
"What is it, snake?" he growled.
Beryl was interested. "No one calls me a snake and lives to tell it. But since you are so fine..." Darien shivered at this comment. "...I'll let it go. Now, you have the opportunity to become my king!" She waited, expecting him to accept right away. Obviously, he didn't.
"Why would I want to become your king when I have my own princess?" Darien growled.
"Cuz..." Beryl snapped her fingers and who came in hanging by a rope but:
"SERENA!" Darien cried in pain. "What did you do to her?" he growled, ready to tear her heart out. "As if she has one." he thought.
"Don't worry about you precious princess. She's fine...for now. Unless you become my king!" Beryl laughed.
No matter how hard Darien really didn't want to become her king, he loved Serena too much. So he sighed "Fine."
Beryl laughed. "I knew you would. Malachite!" Malachite showed up. "Take care of that bothersome princess. She's caused enough problems for me."
"No, you promised she'd be safe!" Darien cried out.
Beryl turned and laughed. "I'm the bad guy. I always lie."
Darien was beyond mad none. Screaming at Malachite "If you hurt one hair on her head, you are so dead!!!!!!!!"
Malachite laughed "It's not like you can do anything about it." He raised his ice pick and pointed it at Serena. All Darien could do was watch his love being destroyed helplessly. Malachite was ready to throw it when: "Venus Crescent Beam SMASH!" a rope of golden hearts came at Malachite, knocking the ice pick out of his hands.
Serena groggily woke up and saw this. "Guys..." she mumbelled. "I have to help them, but too tired." she closed her eyes. Unknown to her, the goop was laced with sleeping powder.
The scouts fought hard against Malachite, but they just weren't strong enough. With one last powerful blast, the scouts were thrown back, screaming.
This woke Serena up. She looked down in horror "GUYS!!!" she screamed, trying to get out of the rope.
Malachite laughed "Pitiful scouts. Now I'm going to destroy your precious princess." He turned to Serena, struggling.
"So she wakes. Now she can see how she's going to die." He raised his ice pick and threw it. In the nick of time, Serena got loose and missed the ice pick.
Getting up, she ran to her friends. "Guys, you'll be OK. Don't worry." she cried to her fallen friends. When all she got was silence, she cried "No guys, you can't leave me!"
Seeing that Serena was open, Malachite got ready to strike her one last time. But Darien, freed from his chains, ran in front of her and took the blow (again.). Serena saw her loved one fall, again. But this time, it hurt even more.
"Darien. You can't leave me. I can't do this by myself." Serena cried.
Darien groaned out "Serena, you're stronger than you know."
"No I'm not. I always have you or the scouts there. But the scouts are gone, and you can't leave me!" Serena sobbed.
Darien attempted a smile "Serena, I'll always be with you in spirit. I love you." and with that, he closed his eyes.
"NOOOOOOO!!!!!!" Serena screamed in pain. Then getting up, she glared at Beryl. "You. Your the one who made me give up my life. Your the one who makes me fight evil and risk my life almost every day. Your the one who made me lose the trust of my parents cuz I couldn't explain why I ran out in store clothes!!!!!!"
Beryl looked, in amusement.
"Now you've taken away my friends and my one true love. You will pay! Moon Prism POWER!!!!!!" Sailor Moon came, with flames in her eyes.
"Malachite, take care of her." Beryl shrugged off.
"I want to take you down, not your lackeys!!!!!" Sailor Moon exclaimed.
"Lackey's!? I'll show you a lackey!" Malachite charged toward Moon.
"Please tiara, help me. Moon Tiara MAGIC!" Sailor Moon threw her tiara with all her heart into it. It hit Malachite in the stomach. "Noooo, can't believe a child beat me!!" were Malachite's last words as the tiara cut right through him.
Sailor Moon looked up at Beryl. "Now it's your turn!"
Beryl laughed and blasted her away. Moon went flying out the 'window.' But she wasn't dead. Far from it. That just made her more angry.
Beryl turned to the Negaverse. "I need energy to defeat the princess. She's weak as Sailor Moon, but as the princess, she's tough."
"Beryl." a deep voice came out from a swirling black cloud! "I have given you many chances and you've wrecked them all!"
"Please." Beryl pleaded.
"Fine. This one last time. But fail me again and die!!" the cloud blasted a white wave into Beryl as she screamed in pain. She came out as a big, blue woman.
"No one can beat me now!" she cackled.
"Better enjoy that laugh, Beryl. It'll be the last one you'll have. You'll never rule the universe as long as I live," Sailor Moon walked up.
"We better get this over with then." Beryl laughed.
"Let's get it on." Sailor Moon replied.
"You don't know what you're up against. Goodbye, Sailor Moon!" Beryl attacked, incasing Sailor Moon into a castle of ice. Suddenly, the ice cracked, and who would appear by the Moon Princess!
"I will defeat you, Beryl, in the name of the moon." she calmly said.
"You? Pitiful little princess Serena?" Beryl cackled.
"I am not afraid anymore." Serena raised her wand, with the crystal on it.
"You should be!" Beryl exclaimed, getting ready to blast her away.
"Cosmic Moon Power. Fight this evil." Serena called out.
Here I'm standing in the night
My crescent wand the only light
Alone against my darkest fear
But I sense my friends are near
I'll draw from each the power I need
The evil queen, we will defeat
"Do not give up, Serena. You can do this." she said to herself. "I am not letting you win this one. My friends are counting on me." She has flashbacks of all the fun times she's spent with Amy, Raye, and Lita.
Give me the strength to carry on
With all our love, we can't go wrong
Only together we face the fight
Nothing can stand against our might
"I do need all of you, please help me." Serena called out to them. They spirits of the scouts, including Venus, came to help.
"Mercury Power!" "Mars Power!" "Jupiter Power!" "Venus Power!" called out all the scouts. "Cosmic Moon Power!" Serena called out, sending a powerful blast toward Beryl.
Give me the strength to carry on
With all our love, we can't go wrong
Only together we face the fight
Nothing can stand against our might.
"This can't be!" No!" Beryl cried as the blast covered her. "Aah!!!" she screamed in pain as she was destroyed.
With all our strength, the battle's won
With all our love, we can't go wrong
We have the strength to carry on
"Beryl is gone, blasted back to the Negaverse. The universe is safe again, thanks to you, my friends." Serena said. "Finally we have a chance for peace. Real peace." She was transported back to Beryl's lair. She found Darien and the scouts still dead on the floor. She teared up. "Ya, we beat her, but you're still gone."
"Don't cry, sweetie."
Serena spun around and saw a beautiful woman with long, purple hair. "Who are you?"
"Why, I'm your mother. Queen Serenity." the woman smiled.
Serena was surprised "Mother? Can you tell me about the moon?"
Queen Serenity smiled "That's my daughter, always asking questions. Well, we have time. I'll take you back to the final days of our kingdoms." A flash of light engulfed them and they went back in time.
" The universe was happy, and the Moon Kingdom was the happiest place of all. There were parties every night. Dancing, laughing. I raised you to follow me and rule the moon. Most of the time you stared at the Earth. You had fallen in love with a man down there." Queen Serenity explained.
"Serena!" Prince Darien called up to her.
"Darien, you're finally here." Serena called down.
"I have bad news." Darien announced
"You can't come to the ball?" she asked.
"If it was only that! Terrible things are happening. An evil power is taking over Earth." he told her.
"Then you must go." Serena sighed.
"By the time I get home, it may be too late. No one knows where this Queen Beryl came from. Her warriors are strong, maybe unbeatable."
"Stop him! He could be a spy!" a couple of guards charged at him.
"I have to go!" Darien ran off.
"Darien...they must suspect everyone from Earth." Serena sighed.
"After him!" the guards exclaimed.
The scene flashes to Princess Serena walking down the steps, when a voice calls out "May I have this dance? It could be our last." Prince Darien smiled. Serena accepted and they danced.
"I'm happy you came back."
"I couldn't leave without one last dance. All this is going to change. Beryl is more dangerous than I thought. The whole universe is in danger."
"Even the moon?" Serena asked.
"Especially the moon. Beryl plans to take over, and to do so she must conquer the moon." Darien held Serena against him. "Prepare for the worst. Your mother knows I'm not a spy. She's asked me to stay and help defend her kingdom."
The scene flashes to the balcony. Serena and Darien are standing together. "I can't believe this is happening." Serena said.
"Beryl will destroy everything in her way to get what she wants. I'll fight as hard as I can, but I might not come back. I hope you know how much you mean to me." Darien told her.
"I do." Serena told him, moving closer to him.
"You're in my heart." Darien said, staring down at her.
"And you'll always be in mine." Darien wrapped her in his cape and shared a kiss of true love (aw!)
Back in the ball, Luna and Artemis are running through the hall." We're under attack!" Luna exclaimed. "Get ready for battle! We need everyone to fight! To the armaments!" Artemis yelled.
The woman and children ran out, while the men ran to the fight. The past Sailor Scouts were already there.
"Mercury Bubbles... BLAST!" "Mars Fire... IGNITE!" "Jupiter Thunder... CRASH!" "Venus Crescent V... SMASH!" But their attacks were useless.
"Stupid humans! I will vanquish you!" Beryl attacked, blasting the scouts away. "Ha, ha! Soon the universe will be under my control. Queen Serenity will beg for mercy! No one can beat the Negaforce! Only the Negaverse will prevail!"
She looked down and saw Serena trembling on the balcony. "If it isn't the Moon Princess! All dressed up and no where to go, except oblivion!" She struck towards Serena when a rose hit her in the hand. Growling, she looked and saw Darien. "Who are you?"
"I am Prince Darien, sworn to defend Moon Kingdom!" He jumped in front of Serena and shielded her with his cape.
Beryl laughed "Prince Darien of Earth? I've heard of you! You have promise. I see why she'd want you," she sneered toward Serena gripping Darien's shoulder, "But don't waste your time. Come taste the joy of winning. We'll rule together!"
"No thanks!" Darien sneered at her. "Why would I want to join forces with you, all twisted and ugly and bitter?"
Now Beryl was mad! "No one speaks to me like that!" she shot a whirlwind towards the couple. Darien was sucked in and Serena cried out "Darien, what's happening?"
As he was being sucked away, he yelled "Run, Serena!"
"I want to be with you!" Serena exclaimed, running towards Darien.
"You can't! Don't! " But it was no use. Serena jumped into the whirlwind, flying towards Darien. They reached towards each other and held hands, but Beryl blasted them apart! "Aah!" they both exclaimed. "Darien!" "Serena!"
"Serena, no! She's taken them both!" the queen cried as she watched her dead daughters tears still running.
"Not the princess!" Luna cried.
"The twit and her prince are gone! And the snake survives! They won't mess with me again!" Beryl laughed.
"No! Serena! It can't be. Darling, I won't let it end this way. I won't let them take away your future." the queen cried, placing the Silver Crystal onto her wand.
"Queen Serenity, if you use the Silver Crystal, you won't have any strength left." Luna cried, trying to stop her.
"It's the only way. I must sacrifice my kingdom to regain peace." Queen Serenity said. Standing up, she held up the wand and cried out "Cosmic Moon Power!"
"What is this?" Queen Beryl screamed. "You can't do this to me! You haven't seen the last of me!" She was blasted back to the Negaverse.
"Majesty, you did it!" Luna cried.
"They're gone!" Artemis exclaimed.
"I only trapped them all. If I had destroyed them, I would have destroyed Serena, too. Now they're inside the power of the crystal and I must send them to a new future on Earth." the queen teared up.
"Why are you so sad?" Luna asked.
"Because none of them will remember anything about this time. And I won't see my daughter again. Or you two. But it's the only way for you to live on. I have power left to send everything you'll need in the future to Earth. Serena and her court will need you if the Negaverse breaks free." The queen cried.
"Yes!" both the cats cried.
"You'll be reborn on Earth, with no memory of the Moon Kingdom. But if evil forces try to repeat what's happened, you'll know what to do." Queen Serenity encased all of them in bubbles and the cats into tubes. She sent them all to Earth. "Farewell, all. Good luck. Goodbye, Serena. You're in my heart, always. Be happy. On behalf of the moon, you'll be free again. Perhaps we'll meet again." She cried, dying.
In a flash of light, Serena was returned to the lair. She was crying. "You sacrificed yourself to save all of us."
The queen smiled. "Sweetheart, I will always love you."
"I will always love you." Serena cried. Serenity was about to leave, when Serena cried out "Wait, how do I help my friends?"
"It's in your heart." was all the queen said as she left.
Serena fell to her knees. She looked at her friends and her fallen love and cried out "How do I do that!?"
Suddenly, a light came out of her. She stared at it, realizing this might be it. She held it up "Please work. Please bring me friends back!" she cried, as the white light covered everyone. It was absorbed into them. Serena felt weak. "That took a lot outta me." she weakly laughed, passing out.
Darien was the first to wake up. "Huh, I thought I was..." he stopped. He had spotted Serena passed out, and thinking the worst, ran to her. "Serena! You can't be dead!" he cried. One of his tears hit her face and she groaned.
"Hey, that's cold." Serena joked, weakly. Darien pulled her into his arms and held her there. When they pulled apart, they kissed. Darien stopped it first, "Wait, what happened to..."
"Queen Beryl?" Serena supplied. "Oh, I destroyed her. Well, me and the girls did." Serena laughed at the look on Darien's face when she said her dead friends helped.
By this time, the girls had woken up. Seeing Serena, they ran to her and hugged. Everyone was crying, except for Venus, who was standing outside.
Serena noticed her and got up. She walked over "Sailor Venus, I presume?"
Venus smiled. "Yep, real name's Mina Aino, though."
"Nice to meet you, Mina. My name's Serena Tsukino." They shook hands and laughed.
"Come on, let's get outta here." Serena said, holding Darien's hand. They all nodded and they walked out into the sunset.
Wow! Beryl's gone. But don't go! I have one more chapter that explains the strangers, so stay tune! Oh ya, I borrowed the past scenes from the show, so I don't own them. You all better review, cuz this took me 2 days and 7 pages!