They were taken back to that night. They were all in the throne room, Serenity was sitting on her throne, with Endymion and Small Lady beside her and her usual cheerful face was solemn.
"I command you to tell me what you are hiding," Serenity demanded and Minako stepped forward, her face cold with calmness.
"We cannot do that your majesty," Minako replied coolly and Serenity stood to her feet to impose her demand more forcefully.
"Minako I am commanding it as your Queen!"
"As your head protector I am overruling your command," Minako said easily and calmly and Serenity took the few steps off her dais and fell to her knees.
"Then as my friend please tell me," Serenity resorted to begging and Minako turned away not wanting to see her Great Queen beg.
"I can't Serenity," Minako whispered sorrowfully and Serenity looked to Ami, who stood there inbetween Makoto and Rei, her lips quivering with emotion.
"Ami, Ami please," Serenity pleaded and Ami looked away from Serenity's face so full of sincerity and honesty.
"No, I can't," Ami replied in a small voice and Serenity crawled closer to Makoto who took an involuntary step backwards her shoulders heaving with the effort not to break down.
"Mako, don't you hide from me," Serenity asked and Mako shook her head.
"I can't say, I could never say," Mako said breathlessly and Serenity turned to the last remaining senshi, knowing that Rei had always been her friend. Rei had always been the truthful one.
"Rei, Rei after all we have been through together, please tell me," Serenity looked into Rei's eyes so sincerely, so sweetly, so honestly.
"Serenity…" Rei's voice cracked and her resistance against telling her Queen wavered slightly.
"Don't you tell her Rei, don't you dare," Minako hissed at Rei, hurrying to grab Rei's arm and shake some sense into her.
"Rei, I am begging you," Serenity pleaded her hand reaching up to grip Rei's own hand and Rei knelt down to Serenity and a lone tear rolled down her cheek.
"You don't want to know Serenity," Rei said surely but Serenity nodded.
"Yes I do, I do, oh Goddess I want to know what is so terrible that you must hide from me, am I that terrible a person?" Serenity begged and Rei gave in, her heart too pained to restrain her hurt any longer. Thoughts of Relena came racing through her brain, thoughts of her baby girl, and the man that Rei loved more than life, all the pain she felt came pouring out of her now.
"You really want to hear? You really want to hear that yesterday I gave birth to a baby girl? You really want to hear that I had to give my child away because as a senshi we are not permitted to wed and have families of our own? Or do you want to hear about Mako's drinking problem and the time she nearly drunk herself to death andAmi had to pump out her stomach. Or maybe you want to hear about Ami's suicide attempts? Do you want to hear all about that? About how she was so devastated after Motoki's death that she sliced her skin under her clothes where you couldn't see to take away the pain she felt? Or do you want to hear about Minako and Endymion's affair, you want to hear all about that don't you? About how they sneak into the garden shed every week..."
"Rei! Shut up!" Minako screamed at her and Rei turned on her best friend, her eyes wild.
"I'm sick of lying! I'm sick of this! I wish we had never met! Then I would have been with my baby girl and he…" Rei broke off as tears started to flow like a waterfall and she fell to her knees burying her face in her hands. Rei felt warm and gentle hands on her shoulders and she could smell Serenity's sweet perfume.
"It was his wasn't it, Y…" Serenity asked in that gentle voice of hers and Rei turned on Serenity with eyes of fire.
"Don't you say his name, he's dead because of you, you killed him, by taking my life away from me you killed him," Rei said getting to her feet advancing on Serenity threateningly.
"Rei I…" Serenity tried to say something but Rei didn't want to hear it. Her pain had consumed her fully.
"Murderer!" Rei screamed at the top of her lungs and Serenity back away shaking her head.
"Rei please, stop speaking like that," Serenity asked of her but Rei didn't stop.
"I hate you," Rei said, her voice full of anger and resentment.
"Rei, take that back please," Serenity pleaded in a small voice but Rei's eyes burned with a fire that could not be contained.
"I wish I had never become a senshi."
Serenity looked like Rei had stabbed a knife through her stomach. Her mouth opened and closed but no sound came out. She reached to her bow and took out the Silver Crystal, her eyes full of sadness.
"If you don't want to be a senshi, then I release you," Serenity said her voice shaking with emotion and she threw the crystal to the ground, letting it shatter into hundreds of thousands of pieces.
As soon as the Crystal hit the ground everyone could see it, the crystal pieces were spreading ice crystal over everything freezing it in Crystal. Serenity sat back on her throne calmly and Endymion looked over at her placing a hand on hers his eyes apologising for all that he had done and Serenity looked over at him smiling lovingly as she reached over and squeezed his hand. Small Lady was looking from Rei back to her mother not knowing what to make of all this.
"Rei what have you done?" Ami breathed rushing out onto the balcony and the others followed her watching as the crystal began spreading freezing people as they went about their daily business.
"We have to protect the Queen," Minako said running back inside the throne room and Serenity turned sad eyes to her friend shaking her head.
"You can't stop it, what's done is done," Serenity said sadly, her voice sad and Rei felt the tears beginning to fall from her eyes.
"Odango, I…" Rei didn't know what she could possibly say to her. Serenity turned her sad blue eyes to Rei and shook her head whispering,
"Oh Rei."
Minako and Makoto grabbed hold of Rei and started dragging her from the throne room knowing they had to try and do something but Rei didn't want to go. There was so much she had to say to Serenity.
"Odango!" Rei screamed out as they dragged her from the room and Serenity was heard to cry as the doors to the throne rooms slid shut. Minako dragged Rei to the foyer of the palace and stood her up straight.
"Get it together Rei, we have to do this," Minako hissed taking out her wand and the others did the same, none could look Rei in the eyes.
"Mercury Power!"
"Venus Power!"
"Jupiter Power!"
"Mars Power!"
Beams of light shone from their wands and joined in the air and they could all see clearly the battle of their light against the crystal. The crystal would not be deterred, they weren't strong enough, not without Serenity.
"Its not enough, we don't have enough power, not without Serenity," Ami said wincing in pain as she struggled to keep her concentration and power but Minako gave up as her eyes sought Rei's and Minako's small voice asked,
"Oh Rei what have you done?"
Rei couldn't answer and the four of them could only stand there as the crystal engulfed then and froze them where they stood.
Trapped inside the crystal Rei's mind heard Serenity's voice in her head.
-Isn't this what you wanted Rei?-
-No, I didn't want this, I'm so sorry Odango-
-Save us Rei, only you can save us-
-How? Tell me what I must do and I will do it-
-You mouth has doomed us, your silence will save us, when you get free you must not speak a word, if you do Endymion, Small Lady and I will be doomed forever, you must pick roses and with your hands weave them together to make dresses for Small Lady and I and a cape for Endymion, when the thorns pierce your skins and cause you to bleed, still you must not make a sound, once they are all finished, bring the clothes to us, tell no one why you are doing this task or you will fail, if you have done as I have said, everything in Crystal Tokyo will be well, I will give you the Silver Crystal, keep it safe for me-
Rei felt something warm and beautiful enter her heart and Rei felt what it was to possess the Silver Crystal.
-I accept Serenity and I will keep the Silver Crysl safe until you awaken, but when will we be free?-
-You will be freed years from now, so sleep Rei, sleep well, you have much work ahead of you-