A/N: I don't own it, so don't sue:)

Kingdom Shattered

Chapter Seven

"Alright Scouts, no use in standing in here," Amy commented. The other girls nodded and headed outside, ready to face what was coming. Everyone around them was just hearing the news and running around trying to get out of the castle and back to their homes. Guess there's no need to ask if someone's told the guests.

Lita noticed her family rushing to stand next to Queen Serenity, forming a barrier around her. Meanwhile, the Queen was directing orders at her team to get everyone to safety. Lita glanced the other way and noticed the generals all running toward a dark hole that had formed in the sky. Whatever it was, the guys were heading right for it.

"Okay guys, plan of attack. Do we head in with the guys or stay here?" Mina questioned.

"Much as I would to love to jump in there, we've gotta protect Serena and Queen Serenity. And someone needs to try and help out all these guests if the attack comes here. I think we need to stay put," Lita suggested. Everyone nodded their heads.

All eyes watched the dark hole, wondering what was going to happen. They didn't have to wait long as an army emerged out of the void, swords drawn and heading straight for the Royal Family. "Okay guys, we know what to do. Let's go!" Raye yelled as she helped lead the group toward the charging soldiers.

Lita tried to block out the screams as she used her lightening powers to hit as many enemies as she could. Don't lose your focus, Lita coached herself. Now was not the time to be looking around at everyone. They had to stop these zombie-like infantrymen who just kept coming and coming. All of the Scouts were fighting off at least 10 soldiers a piece, quickly striking and dodging their swinging swords. But no matter how many they struck down, it seemed more just kept coming out of the void.

"Scouts, we need to regroup!" Serena called out. Nodding, they slowly backtracked so that they were all in the same area.

"God these guys are strong. No matter if you strike one down, 2 more come. At this rate we'll never keep up!"

"Scouts, we have one objective and that's to protect the Princess. Fighting these guys is not working. We need to come up with a Plan B, and quickly!" Mina exclaimed.

They tried to think while they watched the army multiply to hundreds. There was no way that the Scouts would win this battle—they were just too outnumbered. And with horror they watched as the group quickly approached them. Knowing that running would do no good, they all came to the same conclusion.

"Princess, get in the middle!" Raye yelled. She gently shoved Serena into the middle of the group. "Alright Scouts, concentrate!" Gripping hands, the girls formed a force field around Serena, preventing attacks from hurting her.

Lita felt the first blow against her abdomen. Grimacing with pain, she forbade herself to open her eyes and lose concentration. Must protect the Princess! The next hit came across her cheek, jerking her head to the side. Crying out with the pain and tears rolling down her eyes, she squeezed her eyes shut and willed herself to concentrate on nothing else than the force field around Serena.

Slowly she heard more and more screams and against her will she opened her eyes to see what was going on. Each of the Scouts was being badly beaten and Serena was almost hysterical inside the circle. She was trying her best to help her friends but her powers were no match for the sheer numbers that were attacking them. Lita quickly closed her eyes again, praying that she and her friends could keep doing this.

All of a sudden, the barrier around the Princess weakened and then disappeared. As she opened her eyes to see what was happening, all she could see was Nephlyte rushing toward her with a sword. Lita quickly dodged. "Nephlyte, what are you doing!"

"Sailor Scout, you are no match for the Negaverse."

"Nephlyte, what happened to you?" Lita was almost hysterical. Here was the man she loved more than the world, and he was attacking her!

"Stupid girl. The Negaverse has shown me the truth. I now know true power. Prepare to die!" He raised his sword again, ready to strike.

Quite unexpectedly, a voice called out from the void, "NEPHLYTE!"

"I am coming, my Queen," he responded to the void in the sky. He then turned to Lita. "I'll get you later." He turned and left, traveling back into the void. Lita collapsed on the floor. What had happened? What went wrong? Lita cried uncontrollably, saying Nephlyte's name over and over in between sobs. Slowly, she watched the Moon Kingdom being torn apart and knowing that she was completely helpless to stop it.

Suddenly, there was a flash of bright light. Lita felt as if she were floating in a warm cocoon. "Live on!" she heard Queen Serenity say. Then everything went black…

Lita was sitting by herself under a tree at lunch time. It was another new school for her, and everyone at this one seemed to be afraid of her. They all just whispered whenever she came around. Hmph, she thought. I'll show them. Who needs them anyway?

"Hi. Lita, right? My name's Serena," a blonde girl said as she plopped down next to her.

Well, maybe one friend wouldn't hurt…

Well, I finally finished it. I wanted the ending to be very much in line with the series. Not the best ending ever, but hey, I actually finished a story! Yay me. :)

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