©2000-2007 by Stacey Painter (Serena CrystalMoon)
Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon.
Chapter 3A looming dark shadow crept over the Earth as a woman with Flaming red hair floated above her ominous ship just a few feet above the Palace. Thunder and Lightning crashed and lit up the dark sky as the red haired woman laughed and began her plans of attack.
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"I shall send out a search party at once, Serenity. Queen Beryl has appeared and seems to be plotting an attack. Some of my men have disappeared and many Terrans have been dying. If Beryl gains control of Earth soon she will be attacking the others as well and with our children gone we have no alliance for the future." King Diamond of Earth replied through the visual-communicator
"Yes, Diamond...thank you." the Queen replied as she looked gratefully up to the screen where King Diamond was looking quite worried. His usually tidy gleaming white hair was disheveled, his face ashen and a look of dread was hiding behind his eyes.
"I will transport shortly. We must have a strong base if we are to overcome this evil tyrant. Contact as many of the other Planetary leaders as you can, we must all come together if we are to survive." Diamond replied as his picture faded into black
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"I'm afraid we must now call off our celebration." The queen said as she called for the guards watching the Library entrance.
"Yes, my queen?" a tall sandy-blond man asked as he approached Queen Serenity
"Andrew, I need your help."
"Whatever you wish, my Queen."
"No one knows of this, and we must keep it that way for as long as possible. My daughter Serenity has ran away. Luna, her guardian is with her. We believe they left before noon, two days ago."
"Oh, your majesty… I hope they're all right! What can we do?"
"Ah, you must wait, for there is more... The Prince of Earth, Endymion, left his home many days ago, five to be exact. He was on a schedule and was to be here two days after his departure from Earth. Endymion's generals are now here, we believe he has disappeared as well."
"Queen Serenity, I'm sorry for interrupting but where shall we begin? I'm sure we mustn't waste any time." Sailor Jupiter asked growing a bit impatient..
"Jupiter, You're right. We can't waste any more time. I want you and the other senshi to go to the East, Kunzite I want you and the other three generals to go West. Andrew, "
"Yes, My Queen?"
"You are my top Guardsman, I need you to tell your inner circle of our problems. Then, you must gather your best men. Lead one half of them to the North, and have your second in command lead the other half to the South. You all must find a way to conceal our problem as long as possible. Please, be careful."
"As You Wish." they replied and departed as Queen Serenity set about contacting the royals of each planet.
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"Chad, Ken, Greg we must speak!" Andrew said in a hurry as he walked into the Guards-man common-room to find his three best friends playing a game of Poker.
"Awww...c'mon 'Drew! I'm about to kick their buts! Can't this wait for a few minutes?" Ken said as he made another bet.
"No, this is of dire importance. We must speak now."
"Ok. Ok!" Chad said as he and the other guys threw down their cards. "Now, what is it?"
"Only the four of us must know. No one else is to find out. Princess Serenity has run away along with her guardian cat Luna. Prince Endymion of Earth has disappeared as well. Serenity and Endymion have never met before. Therefore, they are not together. We must find them. If it is to be found out that out future Queen and Earth's future King are missing, we will be highly vulnerable to attack."
"Does anyone know where they might be?" Greg asked
"They should both be here on the Moon."
"All right."
"We must leave at once. Chad you come with me to the North. Ken and Greg, you go to the South. We will each take ten men. If anything is found report back to the Queen immediately." Andrew said as he and his Inner Circle left on their search.
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"Alright girls, we should de-transform." Mars said taking charge as they stood in the palace gardens.
"Right." Mercury, Jupiter, and Venus answered as they followed Mars in suit, each closing their eyes and willing their transformation away.
Four blindingly-bright lights encompassed the four Senshi.
Mercury, was covered in bright blue light mixed with snowflakes.
Mars, was covered in bright red light mixed with flames.
Jupiter, was covered in bright green light mixed with lightning.
Venus, was covered in bright yellow light mixed with hearts.
As the light beams faded out the four Princesses of the Inner Planets stood peacefully in a small circle, eyes closed and each adorned in a simple outfit of a commoner in their respective colors.
Each Princess opened their eyes. Looking at each other, they knew they must come up with names to use so as not to alert the moon people of their problem.
"Ami..." said Mercury
"Rei..." replied Mars
"Makoto..." Jupiter said solomly
"Minako..." Venus sighed
Smiling slightly the girls began their search as they left the palace.
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As Kunzite stood with Jadeite, Nephrite and Zoicite, he looked into the mirror across from him. There he stood. Looking At himself. Bright blue eyes. Long Silvery-White hair. Black Terran General Uniform with Metallic Yellow trim. And to top it off...a glowing sign on his forehead, That of Earth with a small orangish-yellow heart to the bottom right. Then and there he decided sadly, a change must happen.
"Jade, Neph, Zoi...we're going to have to change our appearance so as to not stand out as much..."
"Ya know. you're right Kunz..." Nephrite sighed as he looked into the mirror as well. The others silently agreed with this disappointing fact. They hadn't worn different clothes or hidden their sacred mark since they pledged their allegiance to Endymion.
Standing together, they each closed their eyes, silently willing their Terran Powers to transform them into something they were not.
Kunzite closed his eyes and sadly concentrated, a fuzzy warm feeling filled his body as he was engulfed in a bright yellow beam of light. After the light faded, there he stood, in a pair of black pants and a yellow shirt, staring into the mirror. His Terran Mark of Allegiance gone, hidden in his heart.
Following Kunzite's example, the others transformed as well and left on their search.
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Sitting in her chair in the library, Queen Serenity looked around at her fellow planetary leaders. Sitting in a semi-circle around Serenity, were:
King Diamond of Earth...Queen Emerald had been left on Earth to watch over the growing problems.
Queen Mariella [mah-re-ella and King Suisei [swee-say of Mercury
Queen Reinah [ray-nah and King Kasei [kah-say of Mars
Queen Litanna [lee-tawn-ah and King Mokusei [moh-koo-say of Jupiter
Queen Lohvia [low-vee-ah and King Kinsei [keen-say of Venus
Queen Setsuna [sets-nah of Pluto
Queen Heisui [hay-swee and King Kaiousei [kye-oh-say of Neptune
Queen Jishin [jee-sheen and King Tennousei [ten-oh-say of Uranus
and surprisingly there too sat Queen Shinkan [sheen-kahn and her husband King Dosei [doh-say of the planet Saturn.
"It's nice to see you all, and would have been better if it wasn't under these dreadful circumstances..." Queen Serenity began
"Queen Serenity, I am sorry, we have been so foolish as to not join the Silver Alliance until now, and I hope you and the rest of you, " she looked around " will forgive us." Queen Shinkan said truthfully as she held her husbands hand
"It is all right, I'm sure we're all very glad to have you and your husband here though, right now I believe we have more important matters on our hands..." Queen Serenity gracefully replied
"Yes, you are right..." King Kasei answered as the Silver Alliance began their Meeting of War Preparation
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At noontime the road traveled by Endymion and Serenity forked into two. As Endymion turned to the left to follow the more peaceful looking path, Serenity abruptly screamed out.
We can't go this way. The Moon-Guards are down there, searching for me… Serenity thought silently as Endymion's head whipped around to look at her, Oh dear...now what? Serenity quickly thought as she came up with a way to get Endymion to take the other path without having to explain herself. "Oh! Do we have to go this way? Can't we take the other path?"
"But Usagi, this path seems much safer." he said as he looked down into the darkness of the other path.
"I know. I know. But please trust me. I have a bad feeling about this. If we take this path, I almost know for certain, something bad will happen."
"This path looks peaceful and quiet. How can you be so sure?"
"I don't know… it just feels wrong. Please trust me on this Mamoru!"
"Alright, we'll take the other path." Mamoru replied as they turned around to venture down the other path.
After a while, with no bad encounters, Endymion and Serenity found themselves deep within a dark forest, yet the sun shined brightly overhead. The leaves blocked the main light from the sun creating a darker atmosphere.
"So far no problems." Serenity chirped happily, "See Mamoru, I was right."
"Yes you were Usagi. Yes you were."
"Where do you think we're going?" Serenity asked with interest
"I have no clue. Hopefully it's no where harmful."
"Oh Mamoru. Think on the bright side of things, don't be so gloomy all the time."
"I'll try but I can't promise anything." Endymion laughed
"Oh Mamoru." Serenity said with a bit of false annoyance His laugh is so cute! she sighed dazedly.
"What!? What'd I do now? I've been-" Endymion suddenly stopped as his eyes fixed on a small pond covered with sunny light a little off the path.
"What's wrong?" Serenity asked worriedly as Endymion stopped mid-sentence
"Look!" was all Endymion could choke-out as he pointed to the beautiful sight
"Oh Mamoru! It's beautiful!" Exclaimed serenity as she got an idea, "Why don't we go eat over there! Lizzy packed us a picnic basket."
"I dunno...It might not be safe."
"I think it is. I can usually sense danger, there doesn't seem to be any."
"You can sense danger...?"
"I dunno, it's just something I've been able to do since I was a kid." Serenity lied Wow, I hope he believes that! I can't really explain how I can sense danger without telling about Mothers Silver Crystal!
"Alright then…. " Endymion replied weakly as he contemplated this new piece of information, "I've always wished I could sense stuff like that." Wow, I wonder how she can do that.
"Come on, let's go Mamoru." Serenity said excitedly as she waited for Endymion to make Storm move.
After they left the path and rode over to the heavenly looking space they found a good-looking stone bridge leading to an island in the middle of the lake.
"Lets leave Storm under these trees. It's not far from the island and I'm sure he'd love the shade." Serenity said as she looked around. The trees where Storm would be were overhanging part of the lake, and it's water definitely seemed drinkable. "He can also drink the water."
"All right. But we'd better give him some food." Endymion answered as he fished some oats and carrots out of his bag.
After Endymion fed Storm he led Serenity to the Island. As they unpacked their lunch Serenity's mouth fell open in amazement. There were apples, oranges, pears, grapes, peaches, pickles, sandwiches, pretzels, chips, and wine! ((AN: Sorry for the present-type food! But...what did they eat in the Silver Millennium?))
"Oh My Dear! Lizzy really went over-board. Look at all this food!" Serenity exclaimed
"Why yes she did, what was she thinking? There are only two of us, not a whole army." Endymion chuckled as he looked from the food to the joyful expression on Serenity's face.
"Well, we might as well put this food to good use." Serenity said as she bit into an apple with a mischievous look in her eyes. Mmm...I haven't had an apple since the Beltane Festival a few months ago! There's gunna be barely any food left when I'm done! Hmm hmm hmm!
As they sat down and began to eat Endymion heard a weird noise.
"What was that?" Endymion said as he held up a finger to silence Serenity, "Listen..."
"Mmroooooooooowwwwllllllll!!!!!!" came the quiet screech
"Oh no!" Serenity squealed with dread, "I forgot to feed Luna!"
"Luna...?"
"Oh! I forgot to tell you..."
"What did you forget to tell me?" Mamoru broke in asking slightly worried before she could finish her sentence
"Well..." she said as she opened her Bunny-Back-Pack, "This is my cat Luna, and I haven't fed her since the morning before yesterday, I-"
"SERENITY! HOW could you FORGET I was IN there!", Luna shouted angrily at Serenity, "you are so IRRESPONSIBLE!!!"
What the-?! "Ah-Umm U-Usagi-" Endymion stuttered weakly as he watched Luna scamper off a little to eat.
"Huh?" Serenity responded half bemused.
"- Did that cat just call you Serenity?! What the- Uh. Did that CAT just TALK!?" Endymion choked out Wait, did I just see what I think I did? thought Endymion crazily as he thought he saw 'Usagi', for a split second, wearing a long white silk dress with a golden glowing crescent moon on her forehead. No, Endymion! You're absolutely off your rocket now! he told himself as he denied his weird sight, guessing he was day-dreaming.
WHAT?!?!?!?!? Serenity thought worried as she gawked at Endymion. He heard Luna!? He can't hear Luna!
After about five minutes of complete silence as Serenity stared wide-eyed at Mamoru, she decided to speak.
"You-You H-Heard Luna T-TALK?"
"I thought I did, I think she called you Serenity and she seemed really mad...Uh...Forget it, I'm hearing things!" Endymion said weakly thinking he was going insane and probably sounded crazy.
"Uh, it's okay...Umm...I've done the same thing before..." Serenity replied as she looked over at Luna. HOW did he hear Luna TALK?!...
After Serenity ate, she retrieved a still very angry Luna, and put her back in the backpack then decided to take her over into the shade where Storm was.
"I'll be right back, you stay here." Serenity told Endymion as she started to walk off towards Storm.
"Where are you going?" Endymion asked with interest
"Oh, I'm taking Luna over by Storm so she's not in the sun. I'm sure it'll get hot in my back-pack." Serenity replied as she walked across the stone-bridge and over to Storm.
Wow! She's amazing! Endymion said silently as he watched her with and un-blinking gaze.
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"Where could she be?" Mercury whispered as they walked through the Town of Crystal-Lake
"She might not even be around here." Mars whispered back as they searched the town high and low for and signs of Serenity or Endymion.
"Come on, lets check in here..." Venus said as they walked into the Dew-Drop Inn
Looking around Jupiter didn't see any sign of Serenity, "Excuse me?" she said to a brunette girl who just served some beer to a few guys at the bar.
"Yes?" she turned and looked at Jupiter
"My name's Makoto, and these are my friends Ami, Rei and Minako..." she said as she pointed to each of the girls in turn
"My name's Lizzy." the Brunette said happily as she looked at Makoto
"Nice to meet you Lizzy, we were wondering if you could help us," Jupiter paused for a moment then continued, " ya see, we were wondering if you might've seen a friend of ours around here...she has long silver hair that should reach her ankles if she doesn't have it up. She has bright blue eyes, is almost as tall as me and is very polite."
"Yeah, I seen a girl like that, said her name was Usagi. Usagi Moon. Was a very nice girl. She stayed in here last night and left early this morning with a guy friend by the name of Mamoru Kamen. He seemed quite the gentleman, handsome features, dark blue eyes and raven black hair..."
Sounds like Prince Endymion... Mercury thought, "Thank you...do you know where they went?" she asked
"Um...yeah...kinda..." Lizzy mumbled as she pointed out which way they left, "...oh yeah...they might be far along though, they left on a black silky horse..."
"Thank You." Venus smiled as she and the girls left on their search again
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As Serenity returned to her 'Island-Picnic' and sat down, Endymion held a glass up for her as she grabbed it and gracefully took a sip.
Wow! She'd make a wonderful Queen one day...My Queen. My Angel. Mine. Stop that Endymion, you barely even know her! Endymion quietly chided himself. "Like the wine?" he asked as he cleared his thoughts
"Yes, it's wonderful." Serenity replied sweetly with an angels smile on her face.
The two drank their wine, and many refills after that, not knowing what it was doing to them. After the wine had gone they sat quietly, now holding one another.
"Usagi…"
"Yes, Mamoru?"
"Usagi. I haven't known you for long, and believe me I don't usually do this, but I really like you and I just wanted you to know..." Endymion said as he fidgeted like crazy
"Oh Mamoru. I like you too." Serenity sighed happily as she hugged Endymion
As Serenity and Endymion sat in their embrace looking into each other's eyes, they fell into a kiss.
Ah! My first kiss! And with my Mamo-chan. My prince charming. Serenity thought not knowing exactly how close she really was to the truth.
Oh, I can't believe I let this happen! I'll have to stop this, I know I'll take this too far if she doesn't stop me… Oh but she kisses so good… Endymion thought as he deepened the kiss instinctively.
Serenity and Endymion were swept further into passion, they felt as if they had known each other forever, forgetting they had only met the day before.
As Endymion fought a one-way battle towards unbelievable want and lust he finally gave in. Without breaking their mind-blowing kiss, he gently laid Serenity down. He could feel her hand glide through his hair as he slid his hand under her shirt.
He heard a quiet moan as he cupped her right breast and began slowly twirling circles over it with his finger. As he traced the tiny circles around her nipple, tiny muffled gasps escaped her lips. As they separated from their kiss for lack of needed air they curled up together as sleep over took them.
Authors Notes: Well I hope you all like this chap. I'm not sure I'll be putting any major hot sex scenes though. I had these first three chapters up before under the Pen Name: Little P-June and my account was destroyed because of the content in Endymions flashback in the first chapter. There may be one more sexual-encounter type of scene, but that should be around the end of the fic.
Any constructive criticism or positive advice would be highly appreciated! Please review!!!!!!!
5-3-03
Edited: December 17, 2207