A/N- Thanks for reviewing so much! You guys are great! So some questions will be answered in this chapter, but some meetings will have to wait till the next one. I really wanted to write this chapter though so hopefully it shows it!

Mel Isabelle- thanks for the review! I don't know if this is the best story to jog your memory on, but it's still nice to hear that. The plot is going to twist some more and most of the other characters are going to be in it.

ffgirlmoonie- and this is the chapter to find out if they get caught and if they do by who… thanks for reviewing!

serenity287- your wish is my command and here it is! Thanks for reviewing so much!

Peaceful blossom- ya, I just changed the last chapter so I can see where you might not have seen the other update, but hey! You got two chapters for the price of one!

Sailor Libra24- I like having the characters talk for themselves, not me for them. Hopefully the personalities will come out more when more of the characters interact.

Thanks for reviewing again!


In the forest

"Serenity, I thought you said that it was close by!" Lita whined as she avoided yet another branch that was sticking out onto the trail. When she saw Serenity had stopped she sat down on the base of one of the trees and closed her eyes.

"Well, it seemed closer on horseback." Serenity said putting her finger to her chin and thinking. She looked around at the trees until she saw one in particular. She ran up to the tree and examined its trunk.

"Serenity, it's a tree. They all look alike." Amy said as she leaned up on another tree. "Please don't tell me we're lost." She sighed.

"Nope, I was looking for… ah here it is!" Serenity exclaimed as she found a mark on the tree. "When I came this way before I marked some of the trees so I wouldn't get lost." She explained. "C'mon, we're almost there."

"Almost better mean soon Serenity." Lita grumbled getting to her feet.

Sure enough within a couple of minutes a cabin came into view. It wasn't small, but it wasn't huge. It seemed like it had a number of rooms in it, probably for a number of people. "Last time I came here no one was here… well every time I've come here no one has been here." Serenity explained.

"How many times have you been here?" Amy asked.

"I don't know a number of times I guess. Andrew and I found this place a while ago. It isn't horribly far from the castle so when we go back it will be just a day's walk." Serenity said. She started walking towards the cabin leaving her two friends behind until they realized she had started walking again.

When they walked into the cabin they found a kitchen, what looked like a room for entertaining guests, and five bedrooms. "Are you sure no one lives here?" Amy asked. Her eyes held how nervous she was because she was warily looking around the rooms as though she thought someone would jump out and grab her at any minute.

"Pretty sure, no one has ever been seen around here when Andrew and I came by." Serenity said as she sat down on a couch.

"Let's hope not." Lita mumbled. "I'm going to go see if I can find anything to cook for dinner." She said as she left the room in exploration of food.

oOoOoOo

In the village

"So where is she Diamond?" Darien asked as he walked around the room.

"I… um… I…" Diamond mumbled in disbelief. He knew it was already bad enough that King Seamus would find out that there was a pirate raid in the same village his daughter was in. Now the fact that she had disappeared would mean certain death for Diamond and the treaty would be burned.

"This is not a time to go brain dead." Darien said as his eyes narrowed down on Diamond.

"When I left them here they had locked the door. They were all supposed to be in here!" Diamond exclaimed.

"What do you mean by 'they'?" There was more than one of them?" Darien asked.

"She had convinced her father to bring two friends along, her friend Lady Amy and her handmaiden Lita." Diamond explained

"Lita!" Nephrite exclaimed looking up. "Tall woman, brown hair, tends to have an attitude?" He asked grabbing Diamond.

"I don't know about the attitude, but she was tall and had brown hair." Diamond said waiting for Nephrite to cause some physical pain.

"Nephrite calm down." Darien said as he put a hand on his friend's shoulder. "You see, my friend here has a past with Lady Lita and has been looking for her for quite some time now." Darien explained.

"No wonder she ran away from you." Diamond smirked. His smirk didn't last long because Nephrite soon landed another punch to Diamond's already bloody face.

"She didn't run away idiot! Her parents made her leave!" He screamed in Diamond's face as he punched him again.

"Calm down Neph, we'll find them." Darien said. "They're on the run now aren't they? What's the next town they come to?" He said with a smile.

"Triste, they'll go to Triste." Nephrite said as he dropped Diamond with a thud.

"There's nothing here now. I presume Zoi and Jed have gone through Diamond's room?" Darien asked looking at the two who had jewel draped around their necks, purses of coins on their belts, and more swords and guns on them.

"Yep, and you'd be surprised at what we found." Zoi said holding up a certain sword in particular. It has a normal leather sheath on it, but when one looked close enough the leather had images and words carved into it.

"It seems you found one of my swords." Darien said. He took the sword out and inspected its glistening surface. Quicker than the eye could catch the blade was right above Diamond's neck. "If I ever find anything that I declare mine with any of your baggage again I will kill you." Darien said. "And that includes things that weren't already mine in the first place."

"That's not fair!" Diamond exclaimed from his spot on the floor.

"Pirate." Darien said. He smirked at Diamond and walked to leave the room. When he stood next to Malachite and Giselle he grabbed Giselle and threw her at Diamond. "I believe she belongs to you though." Darien said. He exited to the room along with the four other men leaving Giselle and Diamond stunned in their wake.

Within half an hour the town was ablaze and the pirates back on their ship. Everyone was going over their plunder and keeping the sticky hands of others away from their stash.

The pirates didn't even notice Darien had come on deck until his booming voice filled the deck. "I hope you guys got enough money for some rum. We sail back to Triste as fast as possible!"

The men started cheering and scurried off the deck to hide their booty in their bunks before returning to deck and getting the ship ready to head to Triste. Darien just smirked as he watched the men work. "So the little princess is smart enough to run away from the likes of Diamond after all. This might prove to be more interesting than expected." Darien thought to himself as he took his sword out of the sheath and inspected it once more.

oOoOoOo

In the cabin

Lita had somehow managed to find some food stashed in the corner of some cabinets when she was searching the kitchen. She had started a fire and started cooking a soup for Serenity, Amy, and herself for dinner. Amy and Serenity were sitting in the next room talking the whole time. Every once in a while they would ask Lita for her opinion on the topic.

"Lita, would you like me to find some bowls?" Amy asked as she walked into the kitchen.

"Ya and I'll find some spoons!" Serenity exclaimed already going through the drawers. Soon enough three bowls were placed on a counter with three spoons next to them. Lita brought each bowl to the pot and poured some of the soup into each one.

As the girls all sat back down in the entertainment room whispers from outside reached their ears. Each girl looked up with worried faces as they listened to the steps and voices get louder. Amy and Lita's worried glances soon became mad glares at Serenity who shrunk into the couch she was on.

"Malachite said that they would be returning soon. I received a letter from him today." A voice, distinctly feminine said.

"Ah, I also received a letter from Jadeite as well. He said they should be arriving tomorrow to Triste and that all five of them will be arriving here that night!" Another feminine voice said.

The two voices started laughing and soon became rushed in their stories of what happened that day and what they had heard. The door opened and two women stepped in. One had long blonde hair that only had a red ribbon in it and blue eyes. She was wearing a light yellow dress that fell off at the shoulders, but covered her feet. The bodice of the dress had intricate lace covering it and lace ran down the sides of the dress as well. Lita and Amy went back from looking at her to Serenity.

"What?" Serenity mouthed. The two girls just glared back at her and watched the nearly arrived women.

The other woman had raven black hair and dark, almost purple eyes. She had on an identical dress, but instead of the pale yellow it was a blood red with black ribbon running through it.

"Rei, do you smell something?" The blonde haired girl asked.

"I do, it smells like something is cooking in the kitchen." Rei said as she headed towards the kitchen. Instead of following Rei into the kitchen the other girl walked into her living room.

"There's a soup cooking in here, Mina!" Rei shouted from the kitchen. "And it's really good too!"

"And there are three women dressed in men's clothing in our living room!" Mina shouted back.

"What?" Rei said as she dashed into the living room. Sure enough Serenity, Amy, and Lita were huddled up on the larger couch. Their soup dishes were discarded on a table in the middle of the room.

"Who are you and what are you doing here?" Rei asked.

"My name is-" Serenity tried to talk, but was cut off by Mina.

"Princess Serenity, I've seen you and heard about you. In fact, aren't you supposed to be with Prince Diamond?" Mina asked.

"Ugh, don't remind me. I'm betrothed to him, but I can't stand him. So my plan was for my friends and I to run away. I had found this cabin a while ago, but every time I had come here no one was here. We were going to stay here for a while then go back and tell my father how bad Diamond was so I didn't have to marry him." Serenity explained.

"Well that doesn't give you the right to come here!" Rei huffed as she crossed her arms.

"And we are sorry; we will leave right now if you wish." Lita said.

"What is your name?" Mina asked.

"Lita, I am a maid in the Castle Ceinlys." Lita said as she lowered her head.

"You wouldn't happen to know someone named Nephrite would you?" Mina asked.

"Mina, what are you talking about?" Rei asked.

"Hush Rei and let her answer." Mina said as she turned her attention back to Lita.

"You know Nephrite? How is he? Is he OK?" Lita asked with a new hope in her eyes.

"He's just fine. You three are staying here for a couple days. Nephrite is coming here tomorrow night!" Mina exclaimed.

"Really? You do not mine?" Lita asked.

"Yes I'm sure. Nephrite has always acted so sad, especially when he mentions a girl from his past named Lita." Mina exclaimed. "Come, you can use some of the guy's rooms until they get here."

"Thank you so much!" Lita exclaimed. "Why don't I get you some soup as well? I made too much for the three of us and I used your food."

"That sounds great. Your soup was really good." Rei said for the first time. "Wait a second; I know your Lita, and your Princess Serenity, what's your name?" Rei asked pointing to Amy.

"Lady Amy Mizuro. My father is one of King Seamus's advisors." Amy explained.

"O, ok nice to meet you." Rei said before she started walking to the kitchen again. When Rei walked into the kitchen she found Lita and Mina quietly chatting about Nephrite. Lita poured more soup into the two bowls and everyone returned to the living room.

"I can't believe you guys live out here alone." Serenity said looking out the window. "Doesn't it get lonely?"

"Sometimes, but Rei and I also work in Triste." Mina explained.

"You guys work in Triste? Isn't that famous for pirates?" Amy asked.

"Yep, our lovers are pirates." Rei said proudly. "And from the sound of it so is Lita's old lover."

"That's so cool!" Serenity said with big eyes.

"Ya, well, you get to meet them tomorrow night. All the guys are coming here for a while. They said they're looking for someone, but they didn't say who." Mina explained.

"That was really good Lita. C'mon, I'll show you guys to the rooms." Rei said as she set her soup down. Everyone got up and started following her down the hall.

"This is my room and Jadeite will be staying here as well." Rei said opening the door to the first room. It was done in all reds and blacks. The wall was black and the bed had a red comforter with red pillows. On the far wall was a fireplace that had a light fire in it. "The fire is always going; I never let it die out." Rei explained.

"This is Zoicite's room." Mina said. She opened the door to a room full of books and tables that had stacks of papers full of writing. The rest of the room was a light blue with some white mixed in. Amy couldn't help herself and stepped in. She ran her fingers over some of the books and then started looking at the papers on the desk. "You can stay here in this room Lady Amy." Mina said with a smile.

"O, please call me Amy. I don't like a lot of that Lady stuff. I only go along with it in the court."

"Alright." Mina said with a smile.

"Amy this is the perfect room for you!" Serenity said. "You'll be up all night reading those books!"

"I know." Amy said laughing as Serena looked around the room.

"A reader huh? You and Zoi should get along pretty well." Rei said as she leaned up against a wall.

"This next room should be Lita's for right now. This is Nephrite's room." Rei said as she opened the next door. Inside was decorated in greens and browns. The bed frame was made out of oak as well as the desk and each had carvings running on the legs and sides.

"Wow…" Lita said as she walked into the room.

"I can see why you and Nephrite got along so well already." Amy said. Lita smiled when she sat her hand upon a box on the night stand next to the bed.

"Neph carried that around till the guys started staying here. No one knows how to open it except him." Mina said.

Lita acted like she didn't even hear Mina as she traced her hand around the box as if searching for something. With a small clicking sound the lid popped open. Mina and Rei were about to rush in when Serenity and Amy caught them. When they looked at each other Mina and Rei realized it must have been something important and something only Lita should know about.

The four girls backed out of the room and left Lita tracing her fingers over the object inside the wooden box.

"This is my room and Malachite's room." Mina said. Inside was mostly pale yellow. There was some white around the room along with gold objects and crystal vases that had daisies in them.

"Let me guess what your favorite colors are." Serenity muttered. "Mina's is yellow, Rei's is red, Zoicite's is an icy blue, and Nephrite is like Lita and likes earthy colors like green and brown."

"Isn't it a little too obvious?" Rei asked.

"I'm just stating the obvious." Serenity shrugged.

"And here is Darien's room." Mina said. She opened a door that led to a room that was decorated in all black and dark, deep blues. There were some sea charts on a desk in the far corner, but other than that the room took on the dark mysterious personality like its owner.

"I am really tired. I think I'll go get some sleep." Amy said.

"Sure, Amy, we all know you're going to go start reading. I'll see you in the morning." Serenity said as she hugged Amy. Amy said goodnight to the other girls and left for Zoicite's room.

"You look tired Princess…" Mina said.

"Um, could you call me Serenity please? I'm like Amy and only put up with the whole 'princess' thing when I'm in court or around the castle." Serenity said.

"Of course, but I know I'm tired and I'm only guessing Rei's tired. We are going to leave you now and get some sleep. If you need anything you know where to find us." Mina said.

"Thank you so much!" Serenity said as she gave Mina and Rei a hug.

"Our pleasure Princ… Serenity." Rei said.

Rei and Mina left for their rooms, but instead of going to sleep Serenity went to check on Lita. She found Lita looking at the box, but now lying on the bed. "Hey, how are you?" Serenity asked as she sat down next to Lita.

"Good, today has just been so much." Lita answered as she dried her eyes again.

"I can tell. It can't be that easy learning that someone that you loved is alive and you might see them." Serenity said. "Get some rest. If today was hard I can only bet tomorrow will be harder."

"Thanks Serenity." Lita said as she hugged Serenity.

"I know you'd do the same thing." Serenity whispered in Lita's ear. Serenity got up and with one last glance at her friend she left for the room she was staying in for the night.


A/N- That was kind of fun to write. I liked getting all the girls together again. Sorry about some of my language like 'living room'. I know it's set in the past, but I can't think of a better word for it. If anyone has any suggestions I'd love to hear them!

Thanks for all the reviews so far and please keep it up!