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Chapter name, The silver Crystal returned

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The darkness of the dungeon slowly lit up as a small round objected flew through the air. A man in armor followed the small object. The orb rounded the corner, with the man following, almost running into the wall. After the light passed a few cells it stopped in front of one and hovered for a moment then flew into the cell.

Endymion stared at the object as he looked into the cell. There was the queen tied to the wall by chains. Her body hung limply and her back moved a little as she breathed.

"Queen Selenity!" He called out and wrapped his hands around the metal bars. He head slowly came up to meet him and he gasped at what she looked like.

Her face was as pale as the white moon, looked from Earth; her eyes were dull and full of despair. Her dress was tattered and the bow that tied in the front was untied, but revealed nothing. The moon on her forehead barely showed. Every part of her was caked in dirt. She coughed a few times, causing her body to jump and dust to fall to the ground.

"Your highness?" He asked as his eyes showed pity.

"Stay..." She heaved and tried to continue. "Back..." She coughed again and shook her head. "Trap!..." She then slammed into the wall. Aris appeared and held one hand in a fist. She smiled at the prince as she held the crystal in the other hand. His eyes looked to the crystal and then to the queen as she coughed again. He stepped back a few feet and rammed his body into the steel door. The steel groaned but stayed in place.

"Don't bother, the steel may be old, but it's still very sturdy!" Aris laughed and turned her body to face the Queen. Her back stared Endymion in the face.

"I told you, you would die for giving the right to that little whimp you gave birth to." She bitterly spoke. Her fist unballed and cupped a blue light in it. Slowly the light energy began to grow. "Prepare for the end, for it is near." She cackled. Endymion, filled with rage, rammed the metal doors with his body and heard it groan yet again, but stayed in place. He noticed Aris glance back at him and smile wickedly. As she returned her eyes to the queen the metal let out the loudest groan and fell from the hinges. Aris turned around in time for the door to slam into her. She screamed as she made contact with the ground. The crystal flew from her hand and hit the queen, where it disappeared, along with the chains that held her. Endymion rushed forward and caught the queen as she fell. He looked to her and sighed. He then looked to Aris, who was under the bars and his weight and closed his eyes for a moment.

"Serenity will help you!" As he turned around Sailor Saturn and the maid stood in the doorway. Endymion looked below his feet and then to Sailor Saturn.

"Sailor Saturn! Please bring this woman to medical wing?" he asked. He then pushed passed them and ran with the queen in his arms to the stairs, the darkness not allowing him to see. Somehow he knew where everything was and he made it to the stairs in which he had come down.

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Serenity sat up with a start and took in her surroundings. "My mirror, my door, my balcony and window, my room?" She questioned. She looked around in search of Endymion, but found that the room was vacant of any other life.

"Maybe it was all a dream!" She thought as she looked down to her hands. _-_-_-_

He laid the queen into the nearest room and the doctor appeared a short time afterwards and took care of her showing him out and muttering something about the four guardians and their princess. He walked down the hall wiping some of the dust and dirt off him.

Some one called to him from behind him. He turned around and found his mother and father calling to him. He walked to them.

"Endymion, we must talk about the situation at hand." Spoke his mother's worried voice. His father just nodded.

"Very well, follow me, we shall talk in the study, I'm sure Queen Selenity will not mind." He spoke as he made his way there, with a slightly shocked mother and father. After they entered the study, all doors and windows, were closed tight, leaving the room feeling stuffy and uneven.

"Your mother and I have decided, since the moon is having trouble that your generals, you and ourselves will be leaving later in the evening today." Spoke his father's strong voice.

"Yes with the recent findings, of the silver crystal and that of the very weak queen, we should leave and allow them to find this criminal that is still after the princess." Added his mother.

Endymion gaped at his parents, never before had they ever left someone on Earth who needed help, but yet they were about to leave the moon with no help.

"How can you do this?" Asked Endymion.

"It is for the best of our country, until the treaty is signed!" Said the king of Earth.

"You would go and leave this castle in ruins, with no help, so the Earth does not appear to be the ones who have done this?" He asked outraged.

"Yes! Now no more talk, we leave in a few hours. Gather the generals and say your good-byes. Well will not be coming back." Yelled his father.

"What about the treaty?" Asked Endymion.

"We will send an ambassador, it will be done! But you may never see that filthy farm animal princess again!" Spoke the queen outraged.

"She is not a farm animal, she is the one that I l...." He began, but was stopped by a slap the face.

"How dare you argue with your mother! Do as your father commanded and we shall leave. The generals are helping the doctor. I advise you say your good-byes to that animal, you call a girl!" Spat his mother just before she opened the door and slammed it shut behind her. Endymion and his father remained in the room.

"Endymion, I will talk to her, I will convince her to allow you to visit the princess you love!" Spoke his father. Endymion looked to his father surprised. "I was forced to marry a wealthy woman, for the good of the kingdom. I will not allow that to happen to my son, you deserve true love, since you found it!" He said. "I am sorry that we must leave, it was that of your mother's decision. I follow her through this, for it is what I must do, I truly am sorry son." He apologized, and then left the room. Endymion remained angry with his mother and stormed out of he study in search of his generals.

No matter what happened to him, he would return for his true love and no one, not even his own mother could stop him from returning to her. As he stormed down the hall infuriated, and came to an open door and looked inside. He saw Kunzite and the Sailor Scout of Venus speaking to one another. He entered and joined into their conversation.

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The Generals ran back to the palace and thundered on the door. The door opened and revealed a small figure, dressed in a white dress with a blue trim.

"Can I help you?" Asked the maid. Three of the men stared for a moment.

"Our prince is here!" Kunzite said as the rest of the men drooled. HE bopped them each on the head, knocking sense into them.

"Really? We have problems at the moment with the princess's guard and the princess, so I do not have time to locate your prince." She said sadly. An elderly man soon appeared behind her rubbing his head.

"Let them in nurse, I need help with the guard, they can assist me!" He said, disappearing from view a few moments later. The maid nodded and allowed them to enter.

"Which prince are you looking for?" She asked as soon as the men came in. She closed the door and turned to face them, awaiting an answer.

"Prince Endymion of Earth!" Stated Kunzite yet again.

"Really?" She asked shocked. "He's with the princess and has been asked not to be disturbed." She said walking past them.

"Bring those men!" Yelled the elderly man.

"Right away!" called the nurse.

"Come with me, please?" She begged.

"We shall only if we will see Prince Endymion sometime today." Kunzite interjected.

"I think I can do that!" She said as she came to the doctor. He turned to face them with a serious face.

"Names please!" He said cutting toe the chase.

"Jedeite!"

"Nephrite!"

"Zoisite!" "Kunzite!"

They all said one after the other.

"Which room belongs to whom?" Asked Jedeite looking at the four closest doors. The doctor pointed out the rooms and each man entered the room, of the woman he had carried to the palace. Kunzite stopped at the door and looked to the doctor who looked a bit shocked.

"We carried them here, so whom ever we carried is the one we shall help you with." He firmly shook his head once and entered the room that held Sailor Venus.

For the next hour or so the guys helped wrapped up the cuts that they had not noticed while carrying them. The princess's healing wasn't as good as she thought. They had all thought as they helped the girls out A little while after the bandaging had been done the generals sat in the rooms next to the girls, waiting while they slept off the pain they had endured.

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Kunzite looked at the blonde that he had carried to the palace. She has long golden blonde hair, a shade lighter then that of the princess, that held their princes' interest. She had a red bow that tied the sides of her hair to the back. She held a tiara on her forehead, with a small gem in the middle the color of amber; in the small jewel he saw the sign of Venus. The outfit she wore was like that of Sailor Saturn's; only every thing was orange, except her bows. The front bow was a deep blue and the one that tied in the back was yellow.

'She is so young!' He thought as he looked at her face. 'Fighting for the moon princess, even though you are a princess of a planet as well.' Slowly the eyes of the Venus princess open and they looked into his ice blue eyes. He smiled and kept the gaze strong. Her lips graze a smile.

"Are you alright?" He asked. She looked surprised, but smiles.

"I'm fine!" She said as she sat up, then slumped back down in pain.

"You shouldn't move!" You were hurt badly.

"Is the princess alright?" She asked sitting up again and ignoring the pain. Kunzite stared at her in shock.

"She is fine!" He replied.

"What a relief!" She spoke as she pulled herself into a sitting position and slightly leaned on her pillow.

"Is straining yourself for your princess more important than your own life?" HE asked a little angry. She looked at him shocked, then smiled slightly.

"Is your own life more important than your prince?" She asked receiving a questioning look.

"Yes! But that's different!" He said standing from his chair and knocking it to the floor. He stared down at her and saw her smiling and shaking her head no.

"It is no different, I do what I must as leader of the senshi to protect my princess." She looked at her hands as she spoke. He watched as a tear hit her hand. He bent down next to the bed and placed both his hands over hers. She looked to him, surprised.

"It is different!" He began, then let go of her hands and stared at her and continued, "You are a princess of your own planet! Why should another princess give up her life, if she must, to protect the Moon Princess?" He asked not understanding. She offered a weak smile and reached out with one hand and took hold of one of his.

"We are minor princesses in out solar system and she is the highest rank." She said softly.

"But..." She placed a finger on his lips with the other hand.

"Long ago it was decided that all the planets, that had baby girls, would use the powers that their planet held to protect the princess of the moon. The Moon holds the most powerful and most wanted Crystal in every universe. The planets, all of them but one, decided that they would form an alliance and train the young women to fight and protect that crystal along with the holder." She took her finger from his lips and looked into his eyes with determination held in her own and sighed. The question he held she knew.

"You may ask why the women were chosen! They were the ones always born to the planet, they were the only one's that held the strength to use the power if necessary. Men must be strong and show the least amount of emotion in public or anywhere, but the power the of the planets are controlled by emotion and most women show emotion all the time, or when it is needed." She finished.

"Which planet did not comply with the alliance?" He questioned, forgetting his anger. She gaped at him.

"It was the Earth!" She said. He stood quickly and wrenched his hand free of hers.

"How can you say that? WE are here now to lay down a treaty with the Moon!" He spat his anger returning with more force then before. She sighed and slipped down the pillow. "You see the Earth is the only planet in the entire solar system, that has never given birth to a female child. A male child has always been born, or been given the throne. The Golden Crystal, that belongs to Earth is the only one that can be controlled by a male!" She said.

"At the time of the alliance of the 8 planets, the Earth was not known to many as being easy to ask for help or one to give it. The Earth was also the only planet in the solar system that was not known to have a crystal of power. But they were asked to join anyway and refused, saying that their planet was stronger then all the rest and that they did not care to join something that would do them no good." Kunzite stared at the women who, through the entire time of reciting this history, had not looked at him when she spoke.

"That is all I know, for that is all the history that I have been taught up to now. How that crystal became to be known for the earth I do not know and everyone refuses to tell me."

"That piece of history is only recorded in the Earthen History books." Endymion said startling the two people. They looked to him, Kunzite bowed. "Someday it will be known to all, but for now it is only known to the Royal family." He spoke in a regal tone.

"Kunzite I require your assistance, as well as the others. If you will be so kind to retrieve them, we shall leave." The regal tone remained.

"Yes your highness!" Kunzite said bowing. He quickly stood and strode out of the room. Endymion moved to exit the room, but was stopped by a gentle voice.

"The princess is awake in her room feeling confused, I am sure. I know she is awake but that is all I know, for we awoke with her. Please your Highness, go to her before you leave?" Begged the weak women dressed in orange. He turned to her with an expressionless face.

'How many times had he used this face in front of a women?' He asked himself. 'He didn't know.'

"Thank you Sailor Venus, for risking your life for her and sharing that she is awake." He said with a softer tone, then he had used with Kunzite. He quickly turned and left the room.

"Only doing my duty! Your highness!" Responded the now alone princess. The response was left unheard as it bounced of the hallow walls.

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Endymion left the room and turned toward Serenity's room. He was met by him generals and stopped.

"I must say good-bye to Princess Serenity! I will allow you to say good-bye to the guardians that protect her." He said quickly, then walked by them as fast as he could. They stared at him.

HE walked down the hall and came to Serenity's room and found Mace asleep, standing up, leaning against the door.

'He can sleep anywhere?' Endymion thought as he pushed the man out of the doorway. Mace quickly woke up mumbling. He stared at the prince.

"I would as that if you ever guard anyone again, that you do not fall asleep!" Endymion expressed as he entered the room and shut the door before Mace had a chance to think.

Endymion looked to the bed that his princess was supposed to occupy, she was not there. He glanced around the room in a panic state, until his eyes fell on the open balcony door and the billowing curtains. He walked to the open door and saw his princess looking into the garden. A slight wind blew and made her shiver. He moved quickly and silently through the curtains and removed his cape form his shoulders. He walked up to her silently and placed the cape on her shoulders, scaring her. She whirled around and gasped.

"You shivered!" He said. She took the cape in her hands and wrapped it around herself, smiling.

"You are still here?" She asked.

"I truly couldn't leave without saying good-bye!" He said. Her eyes grew wide.

"You are leaving for Earth so soon?" She asked.

"I am afraid so, my mother and father wish to come back at a later date, after these men whom are after you have been dealt with and are no longer threatening you." He said placing a dusty hand on her cheek. Tears welled up in her eyes and Endymion pulled her into an embrace.

"Your mother has been placed in a room in the hospital wing and is recovering from Aris's little trick. When you are well, you may wish to heal her, for her recovery, without your help, will be painstakingly slow. The silver crystal has also been returned and Aris has been captured, she will be awaiting your mothers punishment." He said as she cried into his chest.

"Thank- you Endymion!" She said tearfully." Without your help, we may never have caught her and my mother and I may have died." Endymion pushed her to arms length and looked into her eyes.

"I will come back, I will be with you Serenity! I can't live without you and as soon as I can convince my parents I will return to help capture that evil man, who threatens your way of life!" He promised. She smiled through her tears, believing every word he spoke. "I love you Serenity!" He stated, then pulled her to him and kissed her with everything he had left. She responded best she could, knowing that this would be the last kiss they would hold for possibly a long time. The cape that covered her fell to the stone floor. They parted as night hit their side of the moon and the Earth rose slowly into the sky. They watched this for a moment. Endymion picked up his cape and held it out to her. She looked at him surprised.

"Serenity, I have nothing else I can give you but my cape, please take it and hold it for me until I return." Her eyes welled up with tears once again as he placed the cape around her and hugged her one last time. They moved back inside her room. He headed to the door.

"Wait!" she called. He turned around and she walked up to him, cradling something in her hands. When she reached him, she opened them and there laid a star shape with a small round latch in the middle. He stared at it surprised. She held it out to him and he took it. "Open it!" He smiled at her and slowly, as not to break it, open the round latch and as he did so a beautiful melody filled the room. In the opening there was a crescent shaped moon that slowly spun around a night filled sky. He looked to Serenity to see her tears gone and he eyes filled with happiness and surprise. "It was true!" "What was true?" Asked Endymion as he stared at his princess.

"My father gave me this locket! He said when I find the only person in then universe that can touch me and I do not change, this locket will recite the melody of our love. This locket was one of only a few, that only plays music for two people who are truly in love." She said smiling as she looked into his eyes.

"By the way Endymion, I love you too!" She said as she dropped his cape and jumped into his arms. She them pulled his head down to hers and they shared one last kiss. As they parted the locket's melody filled the room once last time. Endymion let go of his princess and closed the locket and placed it close to his heart. "When you get lonely open that locket and allow the melody to remind you of what waits for you on the moon." She said smiling. He walked to the door with her behind him. He turned around in the doorway and looked down to her.

"I will my love, I will." He promised as he closed the door and left Serenity in a slightly dark room, with nothing but his cape to remind her of him.

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I am so sorry for the long wait I hope this was worth it and there are only a few more chapters left, this makes me sad, but this is the way it has to be, all storied must come to an end. I must again apologize to Cats-eye for not having any time to write and send her the original episodes of the Golden Hind. Forgive me I will try and find time as soon as I can, but the end of the school year is so busy I will miss so much school and I have so many projects due. I will try to find time to type it. I really wanted to get this out, because I had great inspiration from Cardcaptors the movie 2. Nothing in that is in here though, but it gave me an idea. Thanks for reading and please tell me what you think. Anyone else interested in subscribing to my mailing list for the last few chapters? I hope 9 full pages is enough for the long wait, please enjoy this and as much as this might sound like the end it's not there shall be a few more.