Chapter 4
After putting the dark child to bed, Jedite returned to the throne where the rest of Beryls evil court was awaiting. They all looked at him with no expression, except for Beryl who pitied him.
"Is he asleep?" asked Queen Beryl
Jedite nodded, "Yes your highness."
Queen Beryls eyes moved to the center; she kept her eyes on Malachite. She then got a idea in her head, and as soon as she thought of it, a sly smirk spread across her face.
"As you may know, the Queen's crystal had filled the child's heart with pure beauty and kindness, and with that occurring, it makes us weak. I want my little God of Death to be the ultimate destruction of the Moon Kingdom, and with his power growing rapidly, I want someone to train him and get him pumped for when we make our attack." her eyes looked over to Malachite, "Which is why I'm asking you Malachite to train Duo"
Malachite grinned "It'd be an honor"
"Good, I want you to start training him tomorrow morning" demanded Queen Beryl.
Malachite bowed and tossed his cape behind him and walked away and vanished into his own private room.
Zoycite then got a idea in her head; "Beryl; my Queen, I have a plan! That I just thought of"
"Go on Zoycite" said Queen Beryl as her eyes became suspicious.
"After when Duo has grown and has become powerful, how bout we have him kill the Princess? She will take her Mothers throne someday and with the Princess gone, there's no white moon family or any royalty!" laughed Zoycite.
Queen Beryl put her hand to her chin and thought about the idea, Zoycite did have a point. "And I'll be the one to kill that Queen Serenity" grinned Beryl, "Alright Zoycite, I like your thinking, we'll train Duo to kill the Princess" chucked Queen Beryl.
Zoycite and the others joined the little laughter for a few on what they had in plan for the future. But what they didn't notice was a mini figure who hit behind a pilar with a worried look on her face and then vanished into thin air.
Back at the Moon Kingdom, Princess Serenity was busy brushing her teeth before she went to bed. Luna sat behind her sitting on the end of the bath tub watching her brush rapidly.
"Isn't your hand getting tired from all of that brushing?" asked Luna.
"No! now will you please go lay down? I'll be there in a second" said Princess Serentiy irritated with her kittens behavior.
Luna jumped off of the bath tub and left the bathroom and jumped on the Princess's bed and curled up into a ball next to her pillow.
"Now its time to wash the face" smiled Princess Serenity as she filled her hand with soap and turned on the faucet. She began to wash her face as bubbles began to form in the sink.
However, one bubble left the sink and floated high in the air and it turned pink. Princess Serenity noticed it from the corner of her eye and panicked.
"Mommy!" she cried out.
Just then, the figure appeared, it was a Sailor Scout, she had long dark green hair with dark reddish eyes, she held a mysterious staff in one hand, she was dressed with a short dark purple skirt and boots and she smiled at the little princess and put her finger to her lips. Princess Serenity calmed down.
"It's ok Princess, I'm Sailor Pluto, the keeper of time" she smiled bending down on one knee being the same height as the Princess.
"Sailor Pluto" repeated Princess Serenity.
Sailor Pluto nodded, "I came to warn you Princess Serenity, about your future"
"My future?" asked again Princess Serenity with a confused look on her childish face.
"You're in great danger along with this Kingdom. One of your friends is going to try to kill you" announced Sailor Pluto.
"What? Who?" asked Princess Serenity getting worried.
"You're friend Duo, he's being trained to kill you and your family to wipe out the whole Moon Kingdom. You need to be on the look out, but don't worry. You're protected by Sailor Scouts throughout the Universe, I'm one of them and I'm training the others you haven't met yet" explained Sailor Pluto.
Princess Serenity was in shock on what she was hearing. On how her own friend, Duo, was going to kill her in the future. She refused to believe what she was hearing, "Duo would never do that to me! He's my friend!".
"Princess Serenity, you need to trust me. This is a serious situation. He lives in dark world called the 'Negaverse' and they're against the White Moon family and he's being trained to hate you and your family" said Sailor Pluto setting down her staff and putting her hands on the young Princess's shoulders.
"Duo is my friend! How many times do I have to tell you that!" argued Princess Serenity.
Sailor Pluto's eyes glared at the child, she covered Princess Serenity's mouth gently and spoke; "You need to promise me you won't see him again, he might kill or attack you. You need to trust me Princess".
Princess Serenity's eyes watered, "Duo would never do that, I know he won't! I healed him with Mommy's crystal" she then began to cry and covered her face in Sailor Pluto's chest.
Sailor Pluto smiled and wrapped her arms around the Princesses little body.
"It's ok Princess, its ok, we're here for you and we will always protect you"
Princess Serenity cried herself to sleep, Sailor Pluto picked her up and carried her to her bed and tucked her in. She gave Princess Serenity a good night kiss on the cheek and gently rubbed behind Luna's ear.
She looked down at the sleeping Princess and then disappeared once again to return to her own planet.
The next day, Duo slowly opened his eyes, almost being blinded by the bright light with a dark shadow standing in the way.
"Get up" ordered the voice.
Duo slowly got up and looked to see Malachite, "Malachite?"
"Your training begins" was all that came out of Malachite's mouth.