I do not own Sailor Moon. Thankz to the reviewers. i have a writer's block on my other stories, so I'll probably focus on this one until i get ideas. but i am going to finish them. on with my story.
Serena opened her eyes slowly. She sat up and looked around. "Where am I?" she asked out loud. She was in a bed in a little cottage. It had the fairy tale feeling, like she was Snow White or someone like that. She half-expected little dwarfs to come in, singing.
She got up and walked into another room. "Mina!" she gasped and ran over to her fallen friend. She shook her, pleading, "Mina, you can not die."
"I'm not dead. But you will be since you woke me up." Mina groaned, swatting Serena away.
Serena laughed. "Get up, sleepy head. Aren't you at least a little worried about where we are?"
Mina opened her eyes and sat up. "Oh my God, it's a little cottage! How cute!" she shouts, jumping up and running into the next room.
Serena watched her go, laughing. She sat on the bed and laid down. "Okay, Mina's awake. But where are we?"
"That's simple. You're on the moon." a familiar voice rang out.
Serena sat up and gasped. "Mother!" Standing in front of her, was Queen Serenity.
Mina ran back and gasped. "Queen!" She sat on the bed next to Serena.
The Queen laughed. "You two haven't changed at all."
"What are you doing here? How did we get to the moon? And why isn't it completely destroyed like last time?" Serena asked question after question.
"One question at a time, sweetheart." the Queen laughed. "First, there is something you two need to know."
"Is it bad?" Mina asked.
"No, not at all." the Queen comforted.
When she paused, Serena prodded. "Well, are you going to tell us?"
The Queen laughed. "I guess the suspense is too much for my two girls."
"Two girls? But Serena's your only daughter...right?" Mina looked confused.
When the Queen did nothing, Serena gasped. "Wait, Mina's my...sister!?"
The Queen nodded and the two girls looked at each other. "But...how? She's the Princess of Venus, I'm the Princess of the Moon." Serena sputtered out.
"In truth, you both are Moon Princesses." the Queen said simply. But the girls didn't find this very simple.
"Then how come I'm the Princess of Venus?" Mina asked.
The Queen sighed. "It's a long, sad story." Looking at the girl's faces, she nodded. "But I guess you deserve to know." She got comfy and started. "When you both were born, me and your father were so happy, but my good friend, the Queen of Venus, had just lost her daughter to disease. She came to visit and looked so sad that I..." she stalled.
"Gave me up?" Mina supplied, a hurt look on her face.
"Sweetheart, it was more complicated than that-" the Queen started, but Mina interrupted her. "No it's not! You gave me up and that's it!" She ran out.
Serena looked at her mother and sighed, "I'll go get her."
The Queen nodded and Serena ran out after her. She found her crying under a tree. She tried to put her arm around her, but Mina stopped her. "Don't even try to make me feel better. My own mother gave me up!" She started sobbing again.
Serena tried again. "Mina, listen, I know it must be hard to hear now, but she must have had a good reason why."
Mina sniffed. "What? She got tired of me? Why didn't she get rid of you?"
"I don't know, but she didn't get 'rid' of you. She gave you to her heartbroken friend to raise as her own. It's like being adopted."
Mina turned her back and Serena sighed. The Queen came out and gave Serena a look. She nodded and got up to go back inside.
The Queen sat next to Mina and tried to calm her down. "I'm sorry, but you would be in danger if I hadn't given you up."
Mina looked at her. "Why?"
"You see, we only expected Serena, but it turned out she had a twin; you. We were happy to have you, but we couldn't protect you both. If our enemies heard that there were two Moon Princesses, they might have kidnapped you and taught you evil."
"So why not Serena?"
"In truth, we didn't know if Serena would live. She had a disease when she was born and we'd thought she would die. We thought you might get it, so that was even more reason to give you up. We just didn't know who to give you to. All the other planets had Princesses and Princes, so we were at a lost." She took a deep sigh. "Then we heard about Venus' horrible predicament and decided to give you to her." She finished.
Mina took all this in and rubbed her eyes. "So you did it to protect me?"
"Of course. If we had a choice, we would have kept you both, but we didn't." the Queen smiled.
Mina was quiet for a moment, then hugged her 'mother.' The Queen hugged back and Serena watched all this, smiling.
The Queen and Mina walked inside. "Is everything all good?" Serena asked.
Mina nodded. "Yep...twin." she grinned.
Serena grinned back. "But I'm the cuter one."
Mina was mock-upset. "Whatever you say, I am the cutest one."
Before an 'argument' could happen, the Queen stopped them by saying, "Aren't you wondering who your prince is?"
The girls stopped and Mina gaped. "I have a prince? Just like Serena?"
The Queen nodded and Mina screeched. The Queen and Serena covered their ears. "Andrew was right! She is louder than me!" Serena screamed.
Mina stopped and the Queen reached into her pocket. She took out a picture and handed it to the girls.
They looked at it. "There's me and Darien; and you and..." Serena stopped.
Mina's face turned white and they both shouted, "Andrew!?"
The Queen laughed. "Yes, Andrew is your prince."
Mina's eyes widened. Serena smiled, "Looks like there's your answer to asking him out."
The Queen asked, "Would you like to see how you two met?"
The girls nodded. The Queen went outside and to a weirdly-shaped tree. "This is the Tree of Remembering." she explained, when the girls arrived. "It will show you the past." She put her hand to it and started singing beautifully.
The girls watched it, anxiously and also enjoying the Queen's singing. A picture showed up and the girls moved closer, watching a scene unfold.
Princess Serena and Princess Mina were walking through the woods on the Earth. Serena groans, "I hate it when my mother makes me come with her to Earth. It's so boring!" Mina smiles, "At least I'm here, so it won't be too boring." Serena smiles back, "You're right. So, what should we do?" They both grin and shout, "Boy scouting!" Mina sighs dreamily, "I heard there are two Princes of Earth." Serena smiles, "Are they cute?" "I thought you swore off princes." "Only the annoying ones my mother sets me up with." "What's wrong with them? They're cute." Serena groans, "Yeah, but absolutely boring! Or they're jerks. Or they're...just not my type." "You are picky. What I would give to be set up with one prince. But you take them all, since you're the all mighty Moon Princess." Mina sighs. "Mina, you're gorgeous. Trust me, you can do much better. We both can." Serena comforts her. "Plus, it's because whoever marries me will rule the universe." Mina nods, "Okay. Well, let's look around."
They walk around for a while, talking and giggling, until Serena hears something. "Shh." She says to the giggling Mina. "What?" Mina asks, still giggling. "I hear something." They walk over to the noise and hide behind some huge trees. They look out and gasped. "I think I just fell in love." Serena says. "Ditto." Mina sighs, hearts in her eyes.
Standing by the lake are the cutest guys the two blondes had ever seen. One had dark hair and tall. The other, light hair and tall. They were talking and skipping rocks. "My father is talking to Queen Serenity, so I had to get out of there." the dark hair one sighed. "Darien, you do realize you probably need to hear this if you want to take over?" the light one asked. Darien groans, "Andrew, that's the point. If I want to rule, I have to marry. And all the girls here are boring." Andrew laughs, "You're just picky." Mina holds in a laugh. Serena glares at her, but trips on her dress and falls on her face!
The two guys look around in surprise and Mina is trying really hard not to laugh. Serena prays, "Please don't see me. Please don't see me!" But she hears footsteps and hears Darien ask, "Are you okay?"
Serena slowly raises her face. "Of course I'm all right. I just love the taste of dirt." She spat some out and tried to smile.
Darien held out his hand and helped her up. She brushed off her dress and looked up at him. She almost melted into his eyes. He looked a little creeped out. "Are you sure you're okay?" Serena recovered and smiled. "I'm sure, but I told my mother I shouldn't have to wear this big dress to Earth. Right, Mina?" She turns to talk to Mina, and notices she's not there. "Mina, get you're little blond butt out here now!" Mina walks out, laughing.
"You are the complete opposite of a normal Princess." she laughs, hard. "Most Princesses wouldn't trip and fall flat on their faces."
Serena glares. "Well, I'm not like most Princesses. You just noticed this?"
Mina slowly stops laughing. "Of course I noticed this. I've known you since birth."
Serena groans and shakes her head slowly. The two guys stared at these two weird girls, but didn't try to walk away like normal.
The girls stopped teasing each other and turned to the guys. "Sorry, I am completely rude." Serena curtsies. "I am Princess Serena of the Moon."
Mina curtsies as well. "And I am Princess Mina of Venus."
Darien bent down to kiss Serena's hand. Serena shot Mina a look of happiness and saw Andrew doing the same thing to Mina.
They stood up. "I am Prince Darien of the Earth." He bows. "I am Prince Andrew of the Earth." He bows.
The girls wanted to jump up and down squealing, but contained themselves. "It's very nice to meet you both." Serena smiled. Darien decided that he liked her smile.
"Would you like to take a walk?" Andrew asks Mina. Mina gasps and nods. He takes her arm and they walk off.
"Thanks for telling me!" Serena shouts, but she doesn't hear. She looks to Darien and smiles. He offers his arm and she takes it. They walk off, talking.
After a couple hours, Serena was in heaven. She knew she had found her prince. Darien felt the same way. Ditto for Mina and Andrew.
"So, the Moon must be beautiful." Darien says. "I've never been there."
"It is, but Earth is too." They stop and lean in to kiss, but Serena looks up to the sky and gasps. Darien backs up, concerned. "What?"
"I have to go. Where's Mina? Mina!!!!!!!" she screams, causing Darien to cover his ears. She blushes. "Sorry." He smiles, "No prob."
Mina and Andrew come running. "What?" Mina asks.
"Look at the sky." Serena points. Mina looks up and gasps. "We have to get back or we're dead!"
Serena nods and turns to Darien. "Sorry, but we have to go." She turns, but Darien grabs her arm. She turns. "When will I see you again?" Darien asks. Serena feels her eyes water up. "Soon, I hope." He leans down and they kiss. Andrew and Mina kiss as well.
"Sorry, but we have to go. Bye!" Mina shouts, as she and Serena run off, leaving the two love-sick princes waving after them.
The scene becomes blurry and it becomes the battle against Queen Beryl. All the Sailor Scouts are down, except for Venus. She stands up and shouts, "I'll never let you win!" But Malachite forms a huge shard and throws it at her! She shields herself, expecting pain. But nothing came. When she opened her eyes, she saw a horrible sight.
"Andrew!" she screams, kneeling down to her hurt love. She's crying. "Why?" He groans. "Because I love you. Never forget me." He dies in her arms, Venus screaming in pain, tears running down her face, "Andrew!!!!! No!!!!!"
Princess Serena was told to stay put, but when she heard her best friend's scream, she ran out to see what happened. That's when Queen Beryl saw her.
The picture fades away, leaving Mina and Serena crying. The Queen walks them away from the tree and back into the cottage.
Mina's crying the hardest. Serena puts her arm around her. "It's fine. He was reborn and you'll be together again."
She shakes her head. "It's not that. It's all my fault the Moon Kingdom was destroyed! All my fault you and Darien died! All my fault that Andrew died!" She's crying harder.
Serena tries to comfort her. "No, Mina. It's the awful Queen Beryl's fault. But we got our revenge and she's gone forever now. No one can hurt us anymore."
The Queen nods. "She's right, sweetheart. None of this was your fault. It was just destiny."
Mina slowly stops crying. "Are you sure?" she asks, tears still running down her face.
Serena nods and hugs her. Once they pull away, the Queen smiles. "Now, you can only tell Darien about all this."
The girls looked confused. "Why only him? Why not the Scouts?" Serena asks.
"The Scouts will learn soon enough and Andrew already knows." the Queen said.
This surprised the girls. "Wait, he already knows? Then why didn't he tell us?" Serena asks, a little mad.
"What would you have done if he had told you?" the Queen asks.
"I would have tried to get him and Mina together a long time ago. And wouldn't have been so mean to Darien."
"Which would have changed the past and might have changed the future." the Queen finishes.
Serena nods. "Oh, I see. Well, does this mean that the Scouts can't know about us being twins, Mina being another Moon Princess, Andrew being from the past, etc.?"
The Queen nods. "Not a word."
Mina nods. "Okay, but how do we get back?"
"That's easy. Just close your eyes and you'll be home soon enough." the Queen says.
When the girls didn't move, the Queen asked, "What's wrong?"
The girls tear up and give the Queen a hug. "I love you, mother..." Mina cries. Serena hugs as well. They pull back and wipe their tears. They close their eyes and heard the Queen's voice singing again. They felt warm. Unknown to them, they were slowly disappearing, the Queen crying as she sang. They vanish completely, leaving the Queen in tears. But they were happy tears. "Both of my girls are finally free." She closes her own eyes and slowly disappears as well. "Goodbye, my girls." She vanished completely, leaving the cottage all alone.
Sheesh, that has got to be my longest chapter ever. Pleaz RR.