A/N: I hope you are all enjoying this story because look I already have another chapter for you. And for those of you reading The Moon Princess Returns Home I might be putting a new chapter of that up today because well the new chapter was seemingly pointless.

Darien detransformed once again as he lay Serena down on the bed. He noticed his arms and chest were covered in blood and he had to fight to regain his composure.

Stay Calm Darien, she needs you. Now think what is the first thing to do? Darien thought perhaps he should clean the wound but a glance at all the blood that was quickly coating his bed told him that finding a way to stop it was much more important.

"Hold on Serena, Please hold on!" He found bandages to wrap the wounds, but there was so much blood he had no idea where the wounds were.

I'll have to undress her he thought, but then the idea of undressing Serena seemed wrong, how could he do that to her? He shook the thoughts out of his head, he needed to find out just where the wounds are, and if she even had a chance.

If? What are you thinking if? Of course she'll live. She has to. Now that I know she's my Princess I truly cannot live without her. Darien's thoughts raced to him in a panic and once again he had to regain his composure.

With a small sigh he began undressing her, taking off her pink jacket and white shirt to expose three deep wounds. He cried out to see how close one had come to piercing her heart, and the other two seemed to have shattered her ribs. He looked at the pieces of bone deep in the wound and wondered if even a doctor could repair that damage.

He heard a knock at the door, but before he could get up to answer it the door was kicked down.

"Raye! What was that for!" Mina asked as they looked around for Serena.

"We don't have time for him to come and answer the door. Now where's Serena?" Raye asked the anger in her voice trying to cover the worry and fear.

"In here." Darien called softly and the four Senshi walked in and were unable to contain their tears at the pale, bleeding form of Serena. Darien noticed the Senshi had come as themselves. They must not trust me enough to show me who they really are yet he thought.

Mercury pulled out her computer and began trying to figure out the best way to care for Serena, and just how bad her condition was.

"She's lost a lot of blood." Mercury said quietly.

"We can see that can't you say anything useful?" Mars asked holding Serena's hand tightly in her own. Mercury ignored Mars and continued working on her computer.

Darien tried to work around the cluster of Senshi to try to clean up and stop the blood. When Mercury's tapping on the computer stopped, the other four turned to look at her.

"What is it Mercury did you find out how to help Serena?" Jupiter asked not enjoying the look on Mercury's face.

"One of the daggers…" she leaned over and pointed to a gaping hole in Serena's chest. "Pierced her lung…it's filling up with blood. And this one…" she said pointing to a wound that seemed right in the middle of her chest. "shattered two ribs and the bone shards are in heart…we can't save her." Mercury broke down then crying. The other Senshi sharing similar looks.

"We knew the risks we all took, but we never thought it would be Serena would who die. She was the one we were all supposed to protect…what purpose are we now?" Venus spoke softly her eyes not leaving that of her friend.

All were too intent on Serena to noticed another figure enter the room. But when Serena's limp form was transformed into Serenity, and Darien became Endymion they looked around to find a woman who looked just like the Princess lying on the bed.

"So Endymion, you look after her still. I never should have stood in the way of your love…" Queen Selenity felt tears coming down her cheeks as she looked at the pale, dying form of her daughter. She came closer to the bed, and all made way for her to kneel beside her.

"My darling daughter, you were always so protective of your friends and your people. It should not surprise me to see it in you now. I love you, Serenity and I always will but now is not the time for you to join me." Serenity gave a weak nod at her mother's words. She tried to speak but only choked. Selenity felt her daughter's pain clutch at her heart. "Hold strong my daughter, help will come."

Selenity stood up and turned toward the frightened Senshi and Endymion who looked as if he might die there beside Serenity.

"You are the truest friends my daughter could ever ask for, and the strongest protectors. I can give my daughter the energy to survive for a few days, but I do not have my human form to use the crystal to heal her. There is a place on the Moon, a looming forest that now covers the majority of the planet, within that forest you find someone with the power to heal her. But the journey will be filled with many dangers. Uranus and Neptune will go with you." With that Uranus and Neptune appeared next to them, they ran to Serenity's side, obviously having already been told by Selenity what had happened.

Again Selenity walked over to her daughter, but this time she placed a firm hand upon her chest. Serenity was covered in a pink glow, and before the others eyes her wounds disappeared and breathing became less labored. They all gave cries of happiness to see Serenity faring so much better.

"Do not be mislead by her appearance, she is still very near death, you will have to carry her, Endymion. She has more energy and strength but if you do not find one that can completely heal the wounds before the next full Earth, she will die." Selenity turned as if to leave but as she looked upon her daughter, she knew there was one more thing she had to say.

"If you get into trouble, press this button…" Serenity said causing a new button to appear on Serenity's communicator. "It will place a shield around her and you will be free to fight, it will also keep her from fighting with you." Serenity said the last softly, knowing her daughter would never forgive her if any of her friends were hurt.

"What do you mean Serena wouldn't fight in her condition how could she?" Jupiter asked, surprised that anyone would think such a foolish thing. Uranus and Neptune shared a knowing look, there was much about their past the Inner Senshi had yet to learn, and it was during this mission that much of it would be revealed.

"Serenity would try and use the crystal to protect you if she thought you were in danger, she would die before she saw any of you hurt." She glanced over at Endymion who remembered the shield Serenity had placed over him earlier that night.

"Stand together and I will teleport you to the moon. Remember my darlings, separate you will always fail but together you will never lose. Watch over my daughter Endymion." With those words they all disappeared from Selenity's sight only to reappear before a castle in ruins.

"Welcome Back." Uranus muttered under her breath.