SUPER BONUS CHAPTER
Uh-oh, in my original idea for the story, I wanted Hotaru in it and then decided it would be easier to cut her out, for my sake. However, I accidentally forgot to erase that one part mentioning her. Oh well, I guess I could still work her in, unless my kind readers would be fine without her.
Well, I guess it'll be a vote. Tell if you want her in, and tell me if you don't. If you don't care, write "no." And no votes will mean that I cut her out.
She won't be in this chapter, so hopefully, no problems!
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"Hello, Serenity," Eriol spoke in his calm and controlled manner. "I didn't know that you had decided to visit the Earth."
Usagi took a step back, trying to assess the situation. The young man in front of her, she could tell, wasn't as strong as she was, but somehow, she knew that he had a better grasp of his powers than she. She grabbed her chest, feeling for her transformation brooch before remembering that she no longer needed it to transform.
Eriol was surprised when Princess Serenity didn't respond, he was even more surprised to see that she even looked like she was afraid, if anything, he should have been afraid of her. He checked over her aura, to find it surprisingly unstable. She wasn't in full control of her powers, he realized with relief. That would make things easier.
"Who are you?" She whispered.
"I thought you would be able to tell, princess," he said.
He looked at her face and it showed no recognition.
"I am Clow Reed."
A memory came back to Usagi from her past life on the Moon…
"Princess Serenity," someone spoke, "This is the ambassador from Earth, Clow Reed."
The princess turned away from her wondrous view of the palace gardens, stepping into her favorite room of the palace from the balcony. She saw a well-dressed man with hair that rivaled that of Venus and Mars in length. He had wiry glasses and a calm peaceful smile. Serenity matched that smile with one her own beautiful smiles and walked up to him. Luna stepped into view from behind Serenity's billowing dress, her intelligent eyes making it seem very clear that she was the young princess' advisor and guardian, which immediately drew the attention of the Earth ambassador.
"Luna has a human form if you wish to see it," Serenity spoke with a tinkling giggle of laughter.
To Clow's amazement, the black cat transformed into a woman with long wavy hair that was partially done up in buns. Her dress seemed a bit out of place, lacking the properness of the palace, but Clow hardly took notice. She looked a bit peeved at her princess.
"I am not a toy that you can transform for you enjoyment. But since it will make negotiations smoother to be in this form, so I will let it slide princess," Luna said in a prim voice, then she spoke to Clow with a much more charming voice, "Pleased to meet you."
"The pleasure is all mine," Clow said with a smile, "About negotiations, then."
The three chatted about relations and ways to forge an alliance between the Earth and Moon nations. Serenity was quite charmed with the Earth ambassador, and the issue at hand was soon put aside. Clow marveled at the advances in magic made on the moon. While the Silver Millennium lacked the simpler spells that many magicians had mastered on Earth, it had cultivated a wide variety of other spells, mostly for battle and reconnaissance. Serenity, seemed disappointed with her own power when she witnessed a few bits of more ordinary magic that Clow performed for her. Her wide-eyed amazement amused Clow.
"These are only small tricks, nothing for the greatest magician of Earth, I assure you," Clow explained, though not at all in a condescending manner, "I could make it so that you could do such things too, princess. You certainly have enough power."
"Would you? Would you really?" Serenity exclaimed.
"I've been testing a way to put spells into things such as cards," Clow answered, "all I would need is a bit your aura."
"But of course!" said Serenity, and she held her hand out to him, giving him a just a bit of her power. He took it easily into his own power, and chuckled at her innocent eagerness.
"I'll have some cards ready for you by the next time we meet, Princess. I'll escort the Prince to the next ball perhaps? It may take a bit longer than that, though," Clow explained.
Serenity smiled in delight at Clow's generosity.
"It will come at a price, though," Clow said mischievously. He clarified as he saw the princess' pouting face. "You will have to tell me how it is that your guardian transforms from animal form to human form. The spell, it is something I would like to try myself."
"Well, it will require a bit more of Moon power," Serenity began…
"I remember," Usagi spoke slowly, "You knew Endymion and I fell in love, so you decided to make a present for the both of us. A Sun and Moon deck of cards for certain spells. You even said you had another special surprise for the both of us. You took more of my power and his too. We trusted you so much…believed our powere would return to us…"
"But then our kingdoms went to war. We…we all died after that," Luna said. She had been awakened by Usagi's muffled gasp from earlier. She appeared to be fully awake, sitting in the doorway in her cat form. Her eyes sparkled as a thought began to form within her mind.
"This is why Usagi can't become Queen Serenity, why mamoru can't become King Endymion, why Chibi-Usa hasn't been born yet…it all makes sense," Luna whispered. She turned to Eriol and locked eyes with the boy, her fierce determination matching his fierce stare.
"Clow, we need those cards."
END
Well, this was a bit shorter than the rest of my chapters, and people say that I should write longer chapters, so I guess this'll be a mini-update, meaning it won't count as part of my attempt at weekly updates. I'll try and update with a couple of big ones later on, because I will be leaving for a while on vacation. Well, this is what I say…
If you wanna know, reviews encourage me to write more. I get so happy when I see my inbox stuffed with review alerts, I really do. So, as always, review review review!
I'm not really being a hog this time. I want to hear if you liked it and stuff, but also…I can't seem to think how I'm going to climax this thing and end it. If I can't figure it out soon, I might not update for a while. And if I never figure it out I might hafta drop the fic – which would suck cuz I like this one! So give me ideas people! I will graciously thank those who help me in my next chapter.
But still review even if you don't have an idea! Haha, I'm a review-whore.
