Serena awoke in an elegant bed covered in silk sheets, in a room of beautiful silvers and purples, her favorite colors. The wall adjacent to her bed was lined with huge windows through which she could see her beloved Earth.
So the time had come, it was time to leave the Earth and take her responsibilities on the Moon. She knew one day she would live again on Earth, and so would her people but for now she was Princess Serena. No longer would anyone call her "meatball head" or complain about another failing grade. She sighed as much as she hated pretending to be someone else, she had loved being among her friends and Darien as just another girl with just another life.
"So there's the sleepyhead finally waking up I see." Andrew pounced upon her bed paying no attention to the fact that she remained in her nightgown. There was very little that was not shared between the two. He noticed Serena staring out the window at Earth and his playfulness died.
"I am sorry I had to take you away from them, but we've had three attacks in the last week, our enemies are growing stronger and closer, your people needed you home Reny, and I missed you."
She looked over at her brother with a smile, she had missed him greatly too. She hugged him gently. The two had been inseparable since birth, twins were a blessing and a curse among those of the moon kingdom. While twins shared a bond that was closer than nearly any other, their lives were also entwined the death of one would almost surely cause the death of the other.
"I missed you too dear brother. It was time I came home it was just so nice there, and I am going to miss them." She once again looked out the window toward Earth, she thought it was not the life she was going to miss nearly as much as her friends and Darien. Oh Darien, how she already missed him, she wondered how he would feel to know how much she had hidden from him.
"It does not have to be that way Serena, we could use their help, you could bring them here." Serena shook her head, all of them had dreams in their lives on Earth, how could she destroy those dreams, she had seen how it had destroyed the lives of Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune. She would not drag her friends to the same fate, at least not unless her powers were not enough to save her people.
"I can't let them leave their lives to come here, it is my duty to protect the Moon Kingdom, not theirs."
"But Serena, Endymion would want to be here, he must be worried sick and I know we could use his strength in the battle ahead. Your love for your people only goes so far, you will not be happy with him so far away. At least bring them here, you can tell them without forcing them to stay, let them make the decision. Even if they do stay and fight they could still return to their lives on Earth. They have a right to know their past."
Serena nodded softly, her brother was right but yet part of her knew that once she awakened the past of her Court and Endymion, their lives would never return to the way they were.