Lady Byul: -V

Angel: What's with tha victory sign?

Lady Byul: I was in the St.Patrick's Day Parade yesterday.

Angel: So?

Lady Byul: I walked 5 bloody miles, marching and playing the flute. I have blisteres all over my feet. Ouch.

Angel: Ooo. 5 miles?

Lady Byul: Yea, up hills and lot's of turns.

Angel: No wonder it took u a long time to finish this chapter.

Lady Byul: Yea, yea. N e wayz, let's begin! I do not own Sailor Moon, all rights and privileges go to Naoko Takeuchi the creator of Sailor Moon. However, King Blaze and Angel belong to me and n e 1 else u c that's not in Sailor Moon.

Ready for the Ball?

Serenity had woken up several hours before. She had eaten breakfast and lunch and had her lessons. She was also tested many times until she had to prepare for the ball. Servants rushed to the royal baths and prepared it for the princess.

"Your highness, you bath is ready for you," said a servant to a distracted princess.

"Hmm? Oh! Yes! All right," replied the girl and followed the servant.

The servant led the princess to a long hallway with steam coming out. She oponed the door and held it for the princess to walk through. Princess Serenity entered the baths and looked around. She grabbed a suspicious looking servant and felt two very large bumps and immediately blushed. For the past couple of weeks there were male servants disguising themselves as maidens and peeking at her while she was bathing. They were immediately banished and lost all memories of the Moon Kingdom and sent to Earth.

Trusted male guards were stationed at every entrance and made sure each servant was a female before going into the baths. Serenity walked cautiously over to the large pool of hot water. The bathing place was in the shape of a heart. It was made of white marble and every part of it was smooth so as to not scratch the skin of the person bathing. Gold swirly designs were set into the sides.

Serenity slipped off her robes and a servant took them. She let down her hair and walked into the bath. Her feet made little waves in the water as she walked towards the middle and sat down. The warm water washed over her like a warm blanket. She cupped some water in her hands and splashed it on herself. She lay back and leaned on the side. The servants added perfumes and a concoction that made bubbles. Serenity sat in the baths playing with the bubbles as the servants washed her.

A few hour later Serenity was in her bath robe and brushing her hair. She changed into her princess gown and lastly placed three pearls on the side of her hair. She walked back and forth and faced a mirror and tried to smile. She was currently practicing when she was interrupted by a voice, "Hey Serena! You ready for the ball?" asked Rei.

Along with Princess Mars, Ami, Lita, and Mina were all in her room surrounding her. Each princess was dressed in their planet's colors.

Princess Mars wore a red dress that came to her feet and trailed along the floor. It had a sparkling effect and it was sleeveless. The dress connected at the back of her neck and part of her back was exposed. She wore white wrist length gloves with red ribbons weaving through the end. She had on her usual red pumps except they sparkled just like her dress. Her hair was down and small red star earrings decorated her ears. To finish her attire she had a small red crown with the symbol of the planet Mars.

Princess Mercury wore a dress of a sky-blue shade and was Cinderella type of gown with puffy short sleeves. She had a sky-blue ribbon on her neck and with small bow tied in the back. She had wrist length gloves on with a sky- blue ribbon weaving through the end of it. She had sky-blue pumps with a star on each toe. Her hair was in the usual style and ice-colored blue earrings with three pearls decorated her ears. She had the same small crown as Mars except her's was a blue shade and the symbol of Mercury shown brightly.

Princess Jupiter didn't exactly wear a dress. She wore a very light shade of lime- green, almost faded, Jasmine type of clothes. The shirt exposed her shoulders and was high enough to admit sight to her belly button. She wore pointed-up green shoes; and pink bracelets jangled on her ankles as she walked. Her hair was in a ponytail with a pink ribbon and the same rose earrings decorated her ears. She wore gloves with no fingers and a green ribbon was planted in the center of each glove. She also wore a small green crown with the symbol of Jupiter.

Princess Venus wore an orange dress. It came just below her knees and the sleeves came to her elbow and long yellow fringes were on them with a orange ribbon on each. She had a yellow sash tied on her waist and it ended in a flourish of a bow and the strands trailed below the dress. Yellow lace went on the hem of her dress. Her hair was the in usual and large gold hoop earrings were on her ears. She wore her orange pumps with the straps but a small gold heart was on each strap. She wore the usual wrist length gloves with orange ribbons weaving at the end. She too, had a small gold crown with the symbol of Venus.

Now you're all probably wondering why Serenity doesn't have a crown on her golden head. It is because she has a crescent mark on her forehead that the royal family would have. And also, because everyone knew who she was. Serenity looked at her fellow friends and smiled, "You all look so pretty!"

"Yeah, of course WE do, Serena. I'm not too sure about you though," Mina said teasingly.

"She was only kidding Serena, let's go to the ball," Ami said as she tried to calm the princess down.

"Yeah, and try your best to impress the men. Reel them in, 'kay?" encouraged Jupiter.

Serenity smiled. She really loved her friends a lot. "Okay, let's go!"

The group of princesses walked to the ballroom. Two guards stationed at the doorway allowed their entrance. A young man in a tux announced them as they glided down the stairs. Every man's eyes were on Serenity and some others on looked at her companions. A group of young men battled each other and stood before the princesses. Each asked for the girl's hands and danced while Serenity was left alone. She made her way to her mother and greeted all her guests.

When she had finished she looked at the ballroom dance floor and saw everyone was having a good time. She was surprised when a young man with honey-colored hair bowed gracefully before her and asked her to dance. Smiling warily she accepted and danced with him. There were many others who came after him. None could refuse the princess's slender figure. Her long golden hair flew around her in beautiful swirls and her sapphire eyes twinkled with merriment. Who wouldn't fall for that?

Finally when the music came to a stop she politely thanked her dance partner and hurried to the drinks so that no one could ask her to dance. She held a cup of a light blue substance and sipped it. It had a very sweet taste and quenched her thirst. And the best part was her tongue wouldn't change colors! When she finished a servant went and took it to be washed.

The first man she had danced with peaked her interest. He made conversation with her but something else aroused her curiosity. She couldn't place her finger on it but she knew it was there. He had come up to her and had led her out of the ballroom. He started to tell her about himself his name, where he lived, his wealth, and how powerful he was. Serenity listened politely and nodded. She said she would have to go back inside when he drew her up and kissed her. He pulled away quickly and smiled genially at her. He did a nice farewell and left her in utter bemusment.

Serenity quickly recovered and went inside. Serenity just came back into the room when a young and attractive man asked for a dance. Unable to refuse she smiled and flutttered like a butterfly on the dancefloor. He led her outside and talked with her for a while.

Serenity had a little guess on what he was going to do next. But she was caught off guard while she was thinking and he pinned her to the pillar and kissed her. He pressed his lips harder and dared to insert his tongue into her mouth. Now Serenity like all girls or most, liked to flirt but this was a bit much. She pushed him aside and slapped his face.

Oooh. And yes, I'm sure it hurt, a lot because it was a ROYAL slap. She glared straight into his eyes and said, "How dare you!" and walked, no stomped away. When she came in, she didn't look too pleasant.

Queen Serenity was laughing over a joke with some of her guests when she looked at her daughter and said,"Oh dear....." But before she could do anything else a swarm of men surrounded the princess. The same episode went on for quite a while before Serenity finally caught onto what the princes were doing. Her other friends knew of it also and didn't like it one bit. Serenity went to her mother and asked to be excused for a while and went out to the Royal Garden. She hurried to the a spot where a medium-sized monument stood before her. The tower had twists wrapping it and on the top there was a large star with a crescent and written in the Lunarian tongue. It said as follows or as close as I can translate it:

A brave and chivalrous King,

Lives in glory in the world beyond,

To commemorate his soul,

We built this tower to honor Blaze.

Serenity placed a bouquet of flowers at the grave of her father. She stared at it for a while and then whispered, "I'm sorry, father." She gazed at the monument with tears in her eyes.

FLASHBACK

"AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! NOW PERISH LUNARIANS!" a evil voice yelled.

Serenity looked up at the sky from where she was playing with the other girls. A black evil being had appeared before them. The other sailor scouts quickly placed themselves before the princess and tried to use their undeveloped powers. They were knocked off their feet and seriously injured. When the evil being tried to kill Serenity a gleaming shield blocked the dark energy blast.

"What and who do you think you are?" shouted a deep voice.

Serenity looked up to see her father standing before.

"Serenity run with your friends and head towards the Silver Imperium Crystal Tower. NOW!" ordered King Blaze.

Lita having already heard the command, quickly grabbed Serenity's hands and the rest of the girls followed her to the Tower.

Queen Serenity had arrived and brought the Silver Imperium Crystal with her. She had seen the activity going on and ran as fast as she could. The being now was fighting with her husband. King Blaze was now covered in injuries. "A LITTLE WEAK AREN'T YOU?" boomed the voice.

"I ask you again! Who are you?!" enraged the king.

"IF YOU MUST KNOW I AM QUEEN METALIA." replied the being.

"Queen Metalia, well, I must ask you to leave or I will have to force you." And King Blaze lunged towards the evil queen and struck out at her. But to no avail. He struck again and again. But no matter what he did she didn't seem to get any weaker. While fighting her he found out that she wanted the Silver Imperium Crystal. She said that it would power her up and she would crush all living things and turn the universe into utter darkness. Of course it was obvious that Queen Serenity had to destroy her with the crystal. But every time she tried to release the pure energy Metallia managed to break her concentration.

And this was when, King Blaze realized just how much his kingdom and his family meant to him. Images of his family and friends playing together and having a good time flashed before him. He sighed, being a ruler really was a very important role sometimes. He turned to his wife and winked at her. He knew his wife would understand his signal, and would not be happy with him. He took a deep breath and raised his sword for the final time. He unleashed all of his energy and with a loud battle cry lunged towards the evil queen. He sliced through the queen and battled it out.

Queen Serenity knew exactly what she had to do but wished she didn't have to do it. But a duty is a duty, she raised her hands and the Silver Imperium Crystal shined with a bright light and she shot it at Queen Metallia. Queen Metallia was too busy fighting the king until it was too late, she was blasted through and sealed away, only to be released several years later. Queen Serenity almost collapsed to the floor when she remebered her husband, was seriously wounded. She was about froce herself to run to him when she heard a young girl's voice cry out,"DADDY! NO!"

A small Serenity was kneeling beside her father. "Daddy, your going to be okay, right? Mommy can fix you, right?" asked the small girl.

"Ha ha ha, Serenity. I'm sorry, but Mommy can't fix me. I can't be with you anymore." replied her father.

"No, please daddy. Don't go away, please?" said Serenity.

"Now, Serenity, don't cry. I won't be really gone. I'll always be with you and mommy in your hearts." said King Blaze.

"No, daddy, don't leave me here. Please daddy, you still didn't teach me how to dance the Lunarian Waltz. You promised me..." Serenity voice cracked. Her innocent eyes looked over her father's body. Tears were falling freely.

"I'm sorry Serenity, I really am. But promise me, that you will grow up to be a beautiful princess and make me proud. Oh, and tell your mother, I'm really sorry that I didn't give her a good-bye kiss." And with a last shuddering breath King Blaze closed his eyes and the strong hand that Serenity was holding went limp.

"Daddy? Daddy? Please daddy, wake up." Serenity begged her long-gone father.

Queen Serenity finally managed to reach her daughter and husband. She pulled her daughter away from the king. She hugged her daughter close to her. She held her very tight as tears of sorrow spilled down from her eyes and onto her daughter's head.

"Mommy, is daddy gunna come back?" asked the innocent girl.

Queen Serenity looked at her daughter. She hugged her very tight and said,"No Serena, my little girl, he is not going to ever come back."

Serenity looked at her mother. But before she could say anything King Blaze's body started to glow and he floated into the air. His body started to float and fade away. Serenity got out of her mother's embrace and started to run after her father. She was shouting,"Daddy! Please don't go! Please! Daddy!!!!!"

Serenity fell to the ground and heard her father's voice,"Remember Serenity, make me prouder than I am now. Become the perfect princess."

"I promise...I promise...daddy." And with sobbing shoulders Serenity sat defeated and cried for her father. Queen Serenity came up to her daughter and held her tight. Serenity hugged her mother back and kept on crying.

That day, no one forgot about the noble king who gave his life for everyone to live their life to the fullest. These days, people think committing suicide or joking about death is amusing. But when you really sit down and think about it, it's not funny at all. You only have one life, or at least in the real world, make sure you live it with your whole heart and when it's your time to die, don't be afraid but face it with dignity because you did your best and nobody can say you didn't.

FLASHBACK END

Serenity had tears in her eyes as she recalled that horrendous day. She pulled out her brush and hugged it to her chest. No matter what she would never ever forget her father. She didn't exactly know how she and her mother pulled through after her father's death but she accomplished it and now here she was already breaking te promise she was mean to fufill. The Inner Sailor Scout were watching their princess in silence, how ironic that the day of the ball would be the anniversary of King Blaze's death. The four left Serenity and went back to the ball to cover up her absence knowing she needed to be alone.

Queen Serenity was also watching her daughter. She saw the other sailors walk away and went to the ball. She knew they would never forsake their princess and would keep the male guests at bay while Serenity was gone. Queen Serenity walked up to her daughter and hugged her, "Serenity , if this ball is too much for you we can ask the guests to leave..."

"No mother, I just need to be alone for a while." said the princess.

"Very well, I'll say that you are not feeling too well. Oh yes, you did a very good job in giving that boy a hand tattoo." And she giggled.

"It wasn't my fault!" protested Serenity.

"I didn't think so, but you know tried your best, I'm sure your father is very proud of you." And with that she squeezed Serenity's hand and left.

Serenity watched her mother go. Suddenly her gaze fell onto the blue planet. Since she was now excused from the ball, she decided that she would transport herself there, maybe she would find something interesting................

Lady Byul: So how was that chappie? I no it was a little sad. But that's how I would've pictured it. I also wanted to say that Queen Serenity did banish all evil in the begining before even Serenity was born. And now a new enemy appeared and etc. Here r the review mentions:

LiDoVi3JuLiet (tangerinetrangieyahoo.com): Thank 4 reviewing, twice! U have your vaca already? U lucky duck! Mine's in April.... so far away!!!! Thanks a lot! I hope u like this chapter!

Sugar Spice Girl: Yup. Reviews do make me write the story faster becuz I no that people r actually readin this and r nice enuff 2 reply and review!

Angel: Why didn't u put Darien in yet?

Lady Byul: I promise that the two will meet next chapter! But I am gunna wait till I have 5 reviews, K? So REVIEW, REVIEW, REVIEW! BYEZ!

P.S.

I have Finals this week so I won't update till Saturday. Must study! Bye!