"It all began years ago, I think about 1 or 2 years ago, anyway, I just got home from school. I didn't feel like doing any homework and no one was home so I decided to go for a walk in the park. The park was just across the road from my place.
I was walking down one of the paths when I saw my neighbor's dog barking at something in a tree. I looked up and there was a grey cat in the tree. I ran over and growled at the dog. It took one look at me and ran home. That dog had always been scared of me. I tried to call the cat down and the next thing I knew the cat did a back flip out of the tree and landed behind me.
It's not everyday you see a cat do that so naturally my eyes were wide open and more jaw had hit the ground. I then noticed there was a gold crescent moon on its forehead. I went to get a closer look but it hissed at me. I didn't feel like getting me eyes clawed out so I left it alone and went home. The cat followed me home, though I was unaware of this.
I got to my font door and was about to go inside when I heard a meow. I turned around and saw the grey cat. For some reason I picked it up and took it inside. I sat it on the couch and went into the kitchen to get it some milk. When I came back it was sitting on the coffee table with a gold key in front of it.
'How did that get there?' I asked out loud. I didn't expect an answer but I got one. From the cat.
'It is yours.' The cat said. I was dumbfounded. This cat just talked to me. At first I thought the pressure was getting to me then I thought what pressure? The cat continued to explain.
'You may not remember me but I remember you. You are Serenity. Princess and defender of the Moon Kingdom and my name is Amarissa.'
A million thought ran through my head. 'Princess? Moon Kingdom?' I couldn't speak. She started to tell me of the last battle, of the moon key that allowed me to transform and of my sister and the Sailor Scouts. The whole time I was silent, taking everything in, waiting to wake up from this weird dream. But I didn't wake up.
When Amarissa finally finished I managed to get some words out.
'I think I'm gonna faint.' I didn't but I felt like it was appropriate. Amarissa managed to calm me down. She said that I had to train. That there was an evil rising that I had to be prepared for."
Rei interrupted her there. "The evil, was it that guy Marius?"
Serenity answered then continued her story, "Sort of. Marius was a bit higher up on the food chain, if you know what I mean. I eventually faced him but that comes in later.
As I was saying, Amarissa said there was an evil rising and I had to train. In the state I was in back then, I wouldn't have stood a chance against Marius.
Amarissa taught me everything I needed to know and how to control my power. I also joined many different martial arts classes so I had a variety of fighting styles. When I became stronger Amarissa told me about my mirror and how to summon it.
During all this training I was also battling the creeps from the Black Star. They were strong. Real strong. I tell you what; many times I didn't think I would come out alive but some how I did. I guess us scouts are harder to get rid of then cockroaches."
The girls became grossed out by Serenity's mention of cockroaches. Serenity rolled her eyes and said, "Aw, come on! Don't tell me you girls are afraid of cockroaches?"
Mina answered, "No, not afraid. Just totally grossed out by them!"
Serenity laughed. "The brave Sailor Scouts that have saved this universe on countless occasions are afraid of bugs."
She laughed again then continued.
"After defeating what I thought were the elite of the Black Star, I came up against Marius. He was stronger then I could imagine. When I first fought him, we were match for match. Every time I fought him, we were always equal. It drove us both insane! In our battles, no one would emerge victorious. Though I would rather a draw then losing. Our fights often lasted until we both collapsed, or we were very close to collapsing and one of us, usually him, retreated.
I kept training harder and harder but we remained the same. I guess he was doing the same as me. Then I did something stupid. First I'll tell you why I did it. I thought that Marius was the one at the top, that he was the one giving all the orders. I was wrong.
I decided that I would go to the Black Star and settle everything once and for all. Number one dumb thing was that I went to fight one his home turf that I was unfamiliar with and dumb thing number two was that I hadn't thought anything through. I tend to do that a bit. Act first, think later. Amarissa couldn't break me of that habit.
Anyway, I used my mirror to get to the Black Star. When I got there I understood why it was called the Black Star, everything was black. There was just enough light to see. I called Marius out. He seemed pleased to see me; he said he had a proposal."
Ami spook up, "He said something about a proposal last night, when you two were arguing. What was it?"
Serenity was a little irritated by the interruption but didn't show it. "I'm getting to that. He said that his master and the family of the Black Star could use my strength and said I should join him. 'Master?' I said out loud without realising it. I automatically thought that this was a bad idea. Marius was not the leader and that must mean that there is someone stronger than him. I started to back up ready to run but something stopped me. A black shadow-like creature rose up. Marius bowed to it.
'Oh no. This is not good.' I thought. The being in front of me introduced himself as the Dark Shadow. Even thought it wasn't the ideal time to crack jokes, I couldn't help myself. I giggled at his name because that was all he was, a dark shadow. I don't think he saw the funny side off it because the next thing I knew I was being thrashed around in the air. It felt like I was in a tornado with a whole bunch of daggers. I was dropped to the ground in bad shape. I heard the Dark Shadow say something to Marius but I don't know what.
I tried to get up but I couldn't. Marius then picked me up by the front of my sailor outfit and went to blast an energy ball in my face.
'Please help me. Someone? Anyone? I need help. I don't have the strength to do this on my own.' After I thought that I felt a surge of energy through me body and I managed to get out of Marius' grasp. I took to the air and few as fast as I could. I had to get away quick. I needed time to summon my mirror so I could escape. I didn't care where I ended up so long as it was away from him.
He was hot on my trail. I fired an attack at him which slowed him down and gave me enough time to summon my mirror. By the time he recovered from my attack, my mirror was disappearing. The last thing I heard was him yelling at me, 'I will get you and the silver crystal too!'
When he mentioned the silver crystal I remembered what Amarissa told me about it. That I had a special connection to it and that it was the strongest thing in the universe. I thought if I could use the crystal to stop Dark Shadow, our world would be safe."
"So you came here to get the silver crystal?" Lita asked.
"Yes, but not straight away. I was still injured from the battle and I had to recover so I stayed in my mirror until I had healed, along with Amarissa."
"You stayed inside your mirror!?" Serena yelled.
"Yes. My mirror has its own little world, sort of, inside it. It's like a sanctuary for me to escape to. My mirror has a lot of special abilities. It allows me to see the past and present, though Sailor Pluto doesn't like that much."
"You know Sailor Pluto too?" Mina asked.
Serenity nodded, "Yeah, since she guards time and since I was looking into the past she wasn't impressed but I convinced her that it was alright since I was only could see what had been and what was happening. I couldn't, even if I wanted to, see the future using my mirror."
Ami remembered something Serenity told them. "You said that Marius mentioned the silver crystal. How did he learn of it?"
Serenity shrugged her shoulders, "Who knows, it seems like every evil being in this universe has heard of it and its power and wants to use it to take over the universe."
Serena nodded, "That's true. I guess Marius thinks that it's the only way he can defeat you without his master's help."
Everyone seemed to agree. There was a knock at the door. Rei heard her grandpa on the other side.
"Oh Rei, I thought you and your friends would like a snack." and he slid open the door with a smile on his face. He then saw Serenity sitting next to Serena.
"Hey, am I seeing double or am I just getting senile?" Rei quickly jumped up, took the tray off her grandpa and said, "You're getting senile!" and shoved him out the door.
She sighed with relief. "Damn him. He always sticks his nose in trying to find out any gossip. We really didn't need him seeing Serenity. Now he's going to annoy me forever about who she is and why she looks like Serena."
Serenity smiled, "just tell him I'm her cousin."
Mina agreed, "Yeah, it worked when Rini was here. Opps!" Mina quickly covered her mouth. She didn't think she should have said that.
Serenity looked at her curiously and said, "Rini?"