Wings of Serenity: The rewrite
Chapter 8: Ice cold Princess
Notes: Sorry for the delay, I promise to be more consistent with my writing. And, yes, there are more Sailor Moon stories to come. Also, as a quick warning, this chapter gets a little dark. There is a topic brought up that you may find uncomfortable, don't worry its only briefly mentioned. Also this is the last length chapter.
"I'm sorry, you want to do what now?"
When she returned from the council of heralds the first thing she did was tell her new companions everything Guardian Cosmos told her. And she didn't stop there. She told them everything she remembered about the end of the Silver Millennium. How it happened, how she and Endymion died, how her Mother sent her and everybody else to Earth that they could live normal life's, how she died when she used the Silver Crystal with a broken heart. It was the very reason why she wanted to prevent the end of the Silver Millennium - that Queen Serenity would end up dead because of her.
Part of her was expecting the reactions the others gave her. A mixture of Shock and confusion - which was coming from Sailor Vol, Sailor Star Myth and Sailor Tempest. Her eyes were on Sailor Crystal. The blonde hadn't said anything but her eyes told a different story. Anger and Pain - it couldn't had been from what she just told them. Something else was bothering her, she reminded herself to ask her about it later. Then she turned her gaze to Sailor Glacier Moon and what she saw hurt her. The bluenette was devastated. She knew Queen Serenity better then she did and, if they were unsuccessful, she could a lose a member of her family - maybe more.
She knew why they reacted like that. She was asking them to take a risk by helping her. But what other choice did she have? She only had once chance to save her Mother and in order to restore her powers she needed her Mother's help. She needed her alive.
"I know its a long shot, and we are rising a lot if we go through with this, but its the only way to restore my powers" Sailor Moon said. "Something like this has happened before and with Queen Serenity's help I was able to evolve myself further"
"I get what you are saying, Sailor Moon, but is this the right thing to do?" Sailor Vol questioned. "You are asking us to take a lot on faith"
Was this the right thing to do? Sailor Moon wasn't so sure. Questions started to run through her mind: Could she prevent the end of the Silver Millennium? Would she be strong enough to save her Mother? What would happened if they failed? Despite not being all to confidant she wanted to do this. In a way it was her fault that the Silver Millennium ended because of her love for Endymion. As selfish as it was she did love him.
"I think we should trust her" Sailor Crystal said, breaking the silence.
"Oh, and why should we?" Sailor Vol challenge.
"Are you forgetting who I am?" Sailor Crystal asked instead. "I have only known you all for a short amount of time but I believe in what Sailor Moon wants to do, even if it is risky"
"Have you seen the outcome of the battle" Sailor Star Myth inquired.
"I have seen two possible outcomes. The one Sailor Moon told us about and..."
She stopped for a moment, turning her attension to Sailor Glacier Moon who hadn't said a word since Sailor Moon return. She was facing the wall, her hands were touching it and her body was shaking.
"And what? Will we be successful or not?" Sailor Vol questioned.
"I can't tell you everything but we will be partly sucessful" Sailor Crystal responded.
"Great, so we're going blind. So much for the so called 'Seer'" Sailor Vol complained whilst throwing her hands up in the air.
"Celosia, that's not fair" Sailor Star Myth said. "We don't know the full details"
"Of course we don't, she is harbring them from us. But what I do know is that my Sister is on the Moon and she is going to be caught up in all of this" Sailor Vol yelled.
"We all have family on the Moon, Celosia. My Sister, Iris's cousin and her family" Sailor Tempest said. "You have ever right to be angry but do not take it out on your friends"
"Then why are we not questioning her? She know something we don't and-"
BANG!
Everybody stopped yelling and turned towards Sailor Glacier Moon. They couldn't see it but the bluenette was crying. She hated it when her friends were fighting with each other, she hated Celosia's moon swings mostly, but that wasn't what was upsetting her. It was the mere though of loosing her Sister and the rest of her family (technically, from the story Sailor Moon told them, she had already lost them) Serenity was the only person who helped her adjust to her new life when she returned to the Moon. She made her feel welcome when she was just a stranger in a strange new land. But more importantly she was her Sister.
She can't loose them again.
She can't...
She can't...
SHE CAN'T!
"DAMMIT IT!" She yelled whilst slamming her fist against the wall.
Upon impact Ice was released from Sailor Glacier Moon's fist and instently froze the wall. Everybody else took a step back, wondering what just happend. The bluenette had her moments but nothing like this happened before. They couldn't help but wonder if Iris was loosing control of her powers, that or her powers effected by raw emotion. However, nobody was expecting what happened next. Sailor Glacier Moon turned to face them, she was breathing heavily and her eyes flashed dangerously. She stormed over to Sailor Vol and slapped her right check.
"Just what is your problem, Celosia! Since the moment I have met you have been nothing but a selfish bitch. You didn't want to help us before and you only decided to join us because you wanted to find your Sister. That's all you care about" She yelled. "Your not the only one with family on the Moon. My Sister could already be dead and I... I..."
She dropped to her knees and placed her hands over her face, hiding the fact that she was crying heavily. "I would be too late to save her. I... I can't loose her again"
"That wasn't your fault, Iris" Sailor Tempest said, soothingly.
"But if I didn't have these damm powers I wouldn't have been kidnapped" Sailor Glacier Moon muttered.
She stopped talking after that, in fact the whole room went quiet. What could they say? They had never seen Iris so emotional distress before. Her friends knew what family meant to her, especially after the whole kidnapping ordeal and what happened on Earth. But they had never seen this before. It was like she had lost all hope of seeing her family again. It was like they were doomed to failed before they could started.
"Aunty..." Sailor Moon whispered.
She hated this. She hated seeing her like this. It was heart breaking, and it felt all too familiar. There had been moments when her friends acted like this. There had been times when they were upset, angry or depressed. But she had helped them through all the pain and they had done the same for her. She could do that for her Aunt. She walked over to her, knelt down and wrapped her arms around her.
"Serenity..." The bluenette muttered.
"It's okay, Aunty. We will not fail, we will save her" Sailor Moon said. "But you have to be strong. We are stronger together and no matter what happens we will be successful"
"She's right. You don't have to do through this alone, we will help you" Sailor Tempest agreed. Turning to the others she added "right guys?"
"Of course" Sailor Star Myth replied. "And I think your forgetting something, Iris. Serenity is a fighter, even if she's more lady like. She is a Sailor Soldier, not some damsel in distress"
"You don't need to ask me twice. I will follow you to the end, My Queen" Sailor Crystal said.
Sailor Glacier Moon stopped crying. She wrapped her arms around Sailor Moon and took a few deep breaths. They were right, they can do this and they were stronger together. But to do that needed to sort things out and have Sailor Vol on board. They turned to the redhead, who hadn't spoken since she was slapped. She was touching her right check, so caught up with her own thoughts to even notice them staring at her. She had spoken out of term earlier - there was no denying that - and once again she allowed her anger get the best of her. Sailor Glacier Moon was right though, she was thinking about her Sister. She had never told them about what happened before she had met them - and it was the sole reason as to why she had her fiery temper.
"I'm sorry. I know I was being selfish earlier but Edelia and my Brother are the only family I have left" The redhead apologised. "I never thought I would tell you this but I never knew my birth family. I was separated from my siblings, forced to live in the same orphanage as Iris until I was adopted"
"You were? But I never saw you at the Radiance Orphanage" Sailor Glacier Moon said.
"It was before you arrived" Sailor Vol clarified. "Anyway my adopted family took me to Tethoris and I was happy for a while. But when I started growing up things changed. They were controlling, belittling me when I had never done anything wrong. And, when I had awaken as Sailor Vol, they tried to kill me"
Sailor Vol turned around and crossed her arms before continuing. "They were working for Queen Amalthea all that time. They were gathering energy from children because they believed that they would give them the best energy source. When they were done with them they were allowed to do whatever they wanted to do with them"
"That do you mean?" Sailor Tempest asked.
"Torture, murder, rape. I don't think they ever loved each other" Sailor Vol revealed before turning back to the group. "If I hadn't awakened in time I would have ended up like the others"
"I... I'm sorry" Sailor Glacier Moon muttered.
What else could she say?
"Its in the past. The pain still lingers but I've moved on" Sailor Vol replied. "My opinion hasn't changed. It is stupid and reckless but, if you are adamant about this then I will help you. And I'm sorry for lashing out at you and Sailor Crystal earlier"
"You don't have to apologise" Sailor Moon assured her.
"But its the right thing to do" Sailor Vol said. "So are we going to do this or not?"
"First things first we need to do something with Sailor Moon's hair" Sailor Star Myth stated.
"What's wrong with my hair?" Sailor Moon asked.
"Nothing but you can't have your hair up like that. It will cause suspicion" The Starlight explained. "It won't take long. I have a magic touch when it comes to hair so I won't damage it"
"All right but be quick"
It was utter chaos on the Moon. Beryl's forces had the advantage from the beginning and there was no time to prepare a counter attack. In fact nobody was fully prepared for battle. Everybody was to busy indulging in the food and dancing to notice the impending doom. Had it not been for two felines, who had charged into the ballroom and warned the people about the attack, they would have been in the middle of the chaos. By Queen Serenity's orders the room had been evacuated by her and the other Queens, though the process hadn't been peaceful since everybody left the room in a disorganised fashion. The Moon Queen should have gone with them, her husband and the Outer Queens had already left to join the fighting, but Serenity decided to stay behind. She was looking for somebody.
"Everybody has been evacuated, Serenity" Nuraya informed her. "We're waiting for your next move"
"Has anybody seen Selene? I can't find her anyway" Serenity asked.
"She arrived late again, didn't she?" Aphrodite questioned.
Serenity nodded. "I asked Darlene to look for her but she couldn't find her. She arrived twenty minutes and that was the last time I saw her"
"I saw her dancing with somebody" Amphitrite told her.
"Who?" Serenity asked.
"I don't know. He was dressed in black and had a white mask over his eyes" The Queen of Mercury explained.
"I saw them make there way over to the balcony" Aphrodite said. "They were talking to each other and he kissed her. Is it so romantic?"
"Uh, how do you know that?" Amphitrite questioned.
"The Goddess of Love always knows" Aphrodite giggled.
"Urgh. Now is not the time, Aphrodite" Nuraya sighed.
Queen Serenity supressed a sigh as she turned her back to her friends. She was trying to process everything that happened. The conflict on Earth must have become worse, Earth must have been overtaken by Beryl's forces. Why did this have to happen on Selene's birthday? Selene, Who was she with? It couldn't have been some random person, Selene had only loved one person and... Then it hit her.
"She's with Endymion" Serenity realised, turning back to the other's in the process.
"Isn't that Amaryllis's son?" Hera inquired. "What's is he doing here?"
"He is. Amaryllis must have sent him here" Serenity replied. "I need to go find him, Selene has to be with him"
"Go and find them, Serenity. We'll cover for you" Aphrodite said, being serious for once.
"We will not let Beryl and her forces win" Nuraya added.
Nodding in agreement Serenity summoned her brooch. It was a lavender star with a gold border with five small orbs around it. In the middle of the brooch was a silver butterfly with a gold crescent moon in the middle. Around the butterfly were five purple gems that looked like flowers.
"Divine Moon Power, make-up!"
The brooch opened, revealing the Silver Crystal in the middle and five hearts around it. The Crystal flashed and Queen Serenity went through her transformation. A few seconds later Sailor Millennium Moon stood in her place. She was wearing a white sailor suit and winged shoulder pads, a purple collar with two gold strips on each side, white gloves with purple glove pads and white boots with a purple upwards triangular border and purple crescent moons. The skirt had three layers to it: the first was white, the second was gold and the third was purple. Underneath the skirt was a lavender petticoat. In between the suit and the skirt was a belt with two different layers: the first was yellow and the second was white, in the middle of the second layer was a purple crescent moon. On the front of the suit was a large yellow with the star brooch in the middle and behind the suit was a larger, billowy bow in yellow. Around her neck was a purple choker with a crescent on it. Finally, on her forehead was a gold tiara with a crescent moon in the middle and her ears had crescent moons on them.
Sailor Millennium Moon took of, her destination was the balcony but she had a feeling that Selene and Endymion weren't going to be there. Behind her was a flash of blue, red, green and orange.
She got a clear view of battle from her bedroom balcony. Endymion had 'escorted' her back to her chambers before he joined the battle - he promised her that he would defend the Moon Kingdom and defeat Beryl's forces. Selene was on her own again. Her friends were probably helping with the fighting or protecting the people - either way they were doing their duty. Why did this have to happen? On today of all days. The conflict on Earth couldn't have been this bad, could it? How much did Endymion really loose before coming here? There had to be another way to solve this without it ending up in war. Halimeda once told her about negotiation, though she had never listen to her friends' wisdom - she found it too boring and ended up falling asleep, Halimeda was annoyed but she did write a condensed version for her. Surely, agreements could have been between the two kingdoms - Earth would protect itself, The Sailor Soldiers would stay away and continue to protect the cosmos and... She would never see Endymion again. Could she live with that?
Now was not the time for such thoughts, not when there was a battle going on. Selene observed the gardens, cringing at the mess and the bodies on the floor. The flowers had been trampled on and somebody hard work on the shrubbery had been ruined. The grounds were littered with bodes. Some of them had stabbed in the heart, some had arrows in their necks, others had plentiful cuts on their bodies. One of them had been ripped apart limb by limb, just what kind of people - monsters - were helping Beryl? There were a few bodies in the fountain, water had been turned to blood. Her gaze turned to a rebel who slit a soldier's throat with his dagger. Then her eyes shifted to one of the rebels thrusting his sword into a soldier's heart before be yanked it out
"Why is this happening?" Selene muttered.
Suddenly, a strong wind erupted around her. Selene managed to grab onto the railing before she was knocked backwards. When the wind faded Selene heard somebody laughing. Looking up she saw the very women who started the rebellion - Beryl. She had long, wavy red hair that went down to waist and orange eyes. She was wearing a long purple maxi dress that was showing her breast, a gold choker with a indigo gem in the middle, turquoise earrings and a silver bracelets on her right shoulders had small horns on them and on her forehead was a black tiara. In her right hand was a long staff that looked like a tree with a orb on the top.
"Well, well, well if it isn't Princess Serenity. All dressed up but with nowhere to go" Beryl said in a mocking tone of voice. "Nowhere but oblivion that is"
"You must be Beryl" Serenity guessed. She had never seen the women before and Endymion gave her no description of the women.
"That's queen Beryl to you, little Princess" Beryl snarled. "You will do so to remember it"
The women looked around. Serenity's protectors weren't with her, neither was Endymion. The Prince had to be somewhere, he did abandon his home for the Moon.
"Where are your protectors, little Princess" Queen Beryl inquired. "Did they had enough of your childish ways and decided to abandon you?"
"My friends would never abandon me, they are defending our home" Selene replied. "They are trying to stop a warm, one that you and the other rebels started"
Beryl chuckled. "Oh, but I never started this, little Princess. I was just a sorceress who worked her way to the top. My skills in magic allowed me a place in Amaryllis's court as the royal physician, thanks to Endymion's help. You blame me for starting this war when it was you and your people who started it"
"I don't understand... We never"
"You don't understand because you have it easy in your pitiful life" Queen Beryl responded. "After what happened with Amalthea people started to fear magic. Your people were the only ones who could use magic and some say they saw Sailor Soldiers leaving the battle after Amalthea was defeated"
Beryl composed herself before continuing. "You don't understand how it was until people started to trust me again. It was simple really. The people of Earth started to question your people, saying that they wanted to defend themselves and that your kind was greedy. All it took for me to gain their trust was a few speeches about your people"
"Why are you doing this?" Selene questioned.
"Because you stole something of mine. I loved Endymion before you showed up" Beryl revealed. "He showed me kindness when nobody else did"
"I'm sorry. I- I never knew..." Selene apologised.
"It is too late for an apology. Besides I don't need your pity" Beryl yelled, "Endymion would have been mine but you... You had him under your little spell and made him love you. You turned him away from his own people. His is nothing but your little puppet"
A puppet? Turned him from his people? No, she never did that. Endymion came here on his own free will, he sent here by his Mother. They fell in love naturally, didn't they? Selene held back the tears in her eyes. She wished her friends were with her right now, they would stand for this. Endymion definitely wouldn't stand for it.
"What's the matter? Is the little Princess upset?" Queen Beryl mocked.
Selene took a deep breath, she brushed away the tears before replying. "I am not the cause of this. Yes, I love Endymion with all my heart but what we have is natural. I should have stayed away but nobody fights against love. You are nothing but a evil witch who doesn't know the true meaning of love"
"Nobody talks to me like that!" Queen Beryl yelled.
Gripping her staff she charged towards Princess Serenity. The Moon Princess closed her eyes , waiting for the staff to hit. Only it never came. Beryl hissed and teleported back to the her original position. Serenity opened her eyes and saw a red rose on the ground. Beryl and Selene turned to where the rose came from and saw Endymion standing there.
"You will not harm the Princess. You have done enough all ready" Endymion stated.
He jumped towards Princess and landed in front of her, placing himself between Beryl and Serenity. Endymion grabbed his cape and shielded the Princess.
"I warned you to stayed away from the Moon and never speak about its people again" Endymion said. "You disobeyed my orders"
"Your orders? I was not the one who turned his back on his own people" Beryl accused. "But don't worry. As Earth's new Queen I will forgive you, providing that you join our side and end your loyalty to this wretched Princess"
Earth's new Queen? So, his parents didn't make it. That, or they were captured. He hoped it was the latter but there was no time to dwell on it now. He had to Protect Selene.
"Well? What is it going to be, Endymion? Your people or her?" Beryl questioned.
"I will never join forces with you!" Endymion declared.
"So be it!" Beryl snarled.
Raising her staff the orb started glowing, dark magic surrounded it. When the magic had reach its limits Beryl unleashed it and sent it towards Selene and Endymion. The Prince pushed Selene backwards and ready to take the hit. Until...
"Crystal Shield!"
A shield surrounded the Prince and the Princess. The magic bounced of the shield and went back to Beryl, hitting Beryl in the process. The women screamed in agony as the magic hit. Selene and Endymion's eyes widen, wondering what just happened and why they were being protected by a shield. In fact where did the shield come? Looking to the right they saw a Sailor Soldier with blonde hair and blue eyes, dressed in gold, purple and blue. Standing next to her was a another soldier, this one had red hair and green eyes, and she was dressed in orange, red and pink. Beryl had noticed them too.
"Who are you?" She demanded.
"I am Sailor Crystal, and I will not allow you harm those people" The women spoke before turning to the redhead. "Your turn, Vol"
Nodding in agreement Sailor Vol lowed her hands. They started shaking and she slowly raised them. She yelled the words "Volcanic eruption!" when the they were raised above her. Out of nowhere lava and volcanic rocks appeared and Beryl was stuck in the middle of it. She yelled as the lava and the rocks hit her, her screams were so lowed that everybody had to cover their ears. When the attack stopped Beryl was breathing heavily and hissing in pain, there were a few burnt makers on her skin. Knowing she needed time to recover, Beryl teleported away. Sailor Crystal released the shield as she and Sailor Vol walked over to the Prince and Princess.
"Are you two all right?" Sailor Vol asked.
"I'm fine, just a little shaken" Selene replied. "Uh, forgive me, but I have never seen you two before"
"We come from the outer reaches of the cosmos. We had been monitoring the Earth and once we saw what was happening we came to help" Sailor Crystal lied. She couldn't tell the Princess about where she actually came from and what she was doing on the Moon.
"Why were you monitoring Earth" Endymion inquired.
"I cannot tell you that information. All you need to is get the Princess inside and protect her" Sailor Crystal said. "We have to find Queen Serenity at once"
"But-"
"Listen here mister we are not your people and we only answer to our Princess. She needs us right now before she does something stupid and we have more pressing issues" Sailor Vol interrupted.
"All right, I do as you say" Endymion sighed.
"My Mother might be with the other Sailor Soldiers" Selene told them. "Whatever you have to do please protect her. I can't loose her"
(Funny, somebody else said that) Sailor Crystal thought. "We will do, Princess. You have my word"
Elsewhere Serendipity, as Sailor Lunar, were fighting a couple of the rebels. Her sailor suit was the same as her friends, only her colours were blue and silver and she had a blue crescent moon on her tiara, bow and belt. In her hands was her lotus staff and she attacking the rebels with it, no magic just physical strength. When she had a moment to herself she twirled the staff in front of her and created an illusion of the moon. When the Moon was visible she pushed her staff forward and the Moon went flying towards the rebels, killing them in the process.
"There too many of them" She cried as she was fighting with her staff again.
"Celestial Star beam smash!"
At the corner of her left eye there was a shower of shooting stars, which were hitting one for rebels. She hadn't seen him coming. Then the attack was moved left to right and the others went down. Sailor Lunar knew who it was, there was only person who that attack belong to. Turning around she saw Chika, as Sailor Infinity, with a star in her left hand. Her Sailor Suit was identical to Sailor Lunar's, only her colours were purple and white.
"Didn't think you could do this without me, huh?" Sailor Infinity asked.
"Now's not the time, but thanks for helping me" Sailor Lunar replied, checks blushing.
"Anything for you love" Sailor Infinity winked.
"Infinity, Lunar!"
Turning to the voice they saw their friends, minus Sailor Vol, and Sailor Moon running towards them.
"You made it, just in time too" Sailor Infinity said. Turning to Sailor Moon she asked. "Did you get the answers you needed?"
"Sort of" Sailor Moon replied.
"We need to find Serenity, we need her alive before Sailor Moon can get her power back" Sailor Glacier Moon told them.
"She was in the ballroom during the party, that's the last time I saw her. She probably helping the people or hiding" Sailor Lunar said before frowning. "Iris, What's going on? One minute everything was peaceful then next we are fighting a battle"
"I tell you everything later, I promise. The short version is that we found a new ally, Sailor Crystal, and we have prevent the end of the Silver Millennium" Sailor Glacier Moon explained.
The brunette and the white haired girl looked at each other. Did they just hear that right?
"Something's not right here" Sailor Lunar said. "And there's something your not telling us"
"And where is Sailor Vol?" Sailor Infinity asked."Did she blow a short fuse again?"
"She did when Sailor Moon told us everything but... Well, its better she tell you then us. It's personal" Sailor Tempest replied. "When we came back we told her and Sailor Crystal to head to Princess Serenity's bedroom. If she and Prince Endymion were to die then it would be all over"
"Why?"
"Because If she - I - were to die then Mother would send everything to the future. Beryl and her allies would be defeated but... My Mother would only manage to seal them away" Sailor Moon answered. "She would be forced to use the Silver Crystal and it would use all of her life force"
"So Queen Serenity would die" Sailor Infinity realised.
She didn't miss the look in Sailor Glacier Moon's eyes. So, saving Queen Serenity was a major priority. She wasn't happy with the lack of information she received but it would do for now. Before she could say anything the group heard music playing, it was a soothing melody coming from the gardens. Sailor Lunar told them that it was Queen Serenity playing her harp, she was mostly likely using it to heal somebody. Sailor Lunar and Sailor Infinity decided to stay behind and protect the people. The others decided to follow the music, knowing that it would take them to the Moon Queen.
The search for her daughter hadn't been going well. She had checked the balcony but her daughter wasn't there. She made her way through the Palace's walls, saving people who had been left behind whilst checking the available rooms - yet, the blonde haired Princess was not in sight. Her search took her to the gardens, Selene's favourite place. She wouldn't be there, Endymion must of taken her to safe place, yet she couldn't ignore what was happening. Her people were dying and she needed save them. First, she dealt with the remaining rebels - using her tiara and her Cutie Moon Rod. When they were defeated she summoned her harp and started to play a melody which would heal any person near by her. When she healing process was done she stopped playing.
"Thank you, Queen Serenity" One of the Soldiers thanked her. There was another soldier beside him with his right arm around him and his left hand on his left knee.
"There's no need to thank me, gentlemen." Sailor Millennium Moon replied. "Please, get inside and find somewhere safe. That knee has to be examined"
"Of course. Be safe out her, your majesty. These monsters are vile" The soldier said.
Slowly, the soldiers made there way back inside the Palace. Sailor Millennium Moon continued her search, helping those who needed healing and defeating any of the rebels. She was about to make her way back inside when she her somebody laughing above her. She turned around and saw Beryl above her.
"Beryl!" The Moon Queen exclaimed.
"Well, I was looking for somebody else but you'll have to do" Queen Beryl said. "After all with you dead the Silver Crystal will be mine and I will be the ruler of the entire universe"
"You will not take it from me" Sailor Millennium Moon remarked. She summoned her Cutie Moon Rod and yelled "Moon Queen Halation!"
The Rod unleased a mixture of yellow crescents , blue stars and pink light. When the mixture became one the attack went straight for Queen Beryl. But Beryl was much quicker and she managed to intercept the attack with her own magic. The two attacks were cancelled out. Before Beryl could attack again Sailor Millennium raised her Rod high and created a round circle which turned into a Moon.
"Divine Moonlight Shower!" She yelled.
The Moon glowed white and was sent towards Queen Beryl. When the attack hit Beryl the Moon shattered and turned into a sparkling lights. The sorceress went down, hissing in pain as she slowly stood up. She charged towards the Moon Queen. Sailor Millennium Moon waved her hand over the Rod, the Rod extended and became longer. She grasped it with her free hand and parried the staff before it could hit her. The two went back and forth, trading blows and blocking each others attacks, until Beryl got the upper advantage and managed to hit Sailor Millennium Moon on her head.. The Lavender haired Queen went tumbling down. Before she could react Beryl pressed her heels into Sailor Millennium Moon's arm, the Moon Soldier hissed in agony.
"Die Serenity!" Queen Beryl snarled, putting her staff at the lavender haired Queen.
She was about to strike the Moon Queen went she was attacked by a cold attack. Hissing in pain she turned around and to her surprise she saw a group of Sailor Soldiers standing before her, none of them she recognised. The one in blue and silver had her Ice sceptre in her right hand, her eyes were cold.
"Get away from my Sister" The bluenette yelled.
"More Sailor Soldiers?" Beryl questioned "Who are you?"
"I am Sailor Glacier Moon, mistress of Ice and Snow and future Queen of Permafrost Moon!" Sailor Glacier Moon said "These are my friends: Sailor Tempest, Sailor Vol, Sailor Star Myth and Sailor Crystal"
"And I am Sailor Moon, defender of the light and the champion of Justice" Sailor Moon added.
"And in the name of the Moon we will punish you!"
So, there were more Sailor Soldiers. Well, no matter, if she could deal with a few Soldiers then fighting these Sailor Soldiers couldn't be that much difficult. Although, the group looked stronger then the ones she had seen before - except for the Serenity and her fellow Queens. Her eyes were on the bluenette. She had called Serenity Sister, she would be the only person stopping her from getting what she wanted - no doubt she was the leader of the group. Then her eyes turned to one of the blonde, the one who called herself Sailor Moon. Something at the back of her mind was bothering her. She had seen that face before, same hair and eye colour as well.
(It will have to wait. If they are Soldiers of the Moon then they might carry a crystal similar to Serenity's. If I get my hands on them then my rule will be obsolete) Beryl thought.
She charged towards them. The group managed to get away and Sailor Vol and Sailor Tempest started to use fire and wind attacks. They had managed to hit Beryl but they weren't Beryl's target. She landed before Sailor Glacier Moon and Sailor Moon. Gripping her staff she started attacking the two Moon Soldiers . They manage to keep up, blocking and dodging whilst using their own attacks against the sorceress. Queen Beryl aimed for Sailor Moon head and managed to slam her staff into Sailor Moon's face when she wasn't looking. The mask had been removed. At that moment Sailor Millennium Moon was slowly moving herself into a sitting position. When she saw what was happening her eyes widen when she saw Sailor Moon - No, it wasn't Sailor Moon she saw but her daughter. And Beryl was about to kill her. She got onto her feet and dashed towards her. Once there she pushed Sailor Moon away and took the attack for her. She fell to the ground.
"SERENITY!" Sailor Glacier Moon screamed.
She ran over to her sister, Sailor Crystal and Sailor Moon were behind her. Sailor Crystal placed a shield around them whilst the two Moon Soldiers checked Serenity over. Checking her pulse Sailor Glacier Moon noticed that it was weak. This shouldn't have happened. She can't loose her sister, not when she and her daughter needed her. Sailor Glacier Moon started shaking, her eyes had tears coming from them. She turned to face Queen Beryl, her face flashed with anger as she watched the Queen grinning with glee. That when she stood up and her brooch started glowing, both Sailor Moon and Sailor Crystal were watching her. Slowly she started walking until she was away from the two Sailors and her Sister.
"What is she doing?" Sailor Crystal asked.
"I... I don't know..." Sailor Moon replied. It felt oddly familiar.
The glow on the brooch more brightly until it started snowing. The snow became more violent and created a barrier between Sailor Glacier Moon and the others, eventually she all but disappeared. The only thing that was remaining were her blue eyes, which had become lifeless, and her tiara. But that soon disappeared and was replaced by a blue crescent moon. Then they heard a shattering sound. Serenity's own body started glowing and soon the Silver Crystal appeared. A if pulled by some unknown force the Crystal went towards Sailor Glacier Moon and disappeared into the snow storm. There was a flash a blue and silver light and the barrier disappeared. What came next surprised them.
Sailor Glacier Moon was still standing but her form had changed. Her sailor suit had become a short dress with a icy blue petticoat underneath, the belt had been removed but there was a purple crescent . The collar had two gold stipes on each side, the choker had changed to white but the moon crescent was still there. The gloves hadn't changed but the pads were now lavender, the boots had changed to icy blue and the triangular border had changed to lavender. The bow at the back had become longer, more billowy and was lavender, the one on the front was lavender as well and had become longer. The brooch wasn't in the middle, instead there was something resembling her crystal but it was shattered and became lotus shaped. The biggest surprise was her hair. It had become longer, faded into lavender at the bottom and there were buns at the top, silver odango shields with a blue outline were in the middle of the buns.
"Iris... What have you done?" Sailor Tempest muttered.
"She's done this before but... she never done something like this" Sailor Star Myth marvelled.
"Its like she and Serenity have become one" Sailor Vol realised.
At that moment Sailor Glacier Moon summoned her weapon. It wasn't her ice sceptre, rather it was a silver staff with a blue crescent moon at the top. Behind the crescent moon were feathers and blue ribbons were attached to it. On the front of the staff were a crescent moon and eight stars (The stars were in blue, orange, yellow, gold, dark blue, purple, red and green)
"You will pay for that, you witch! Nobody hurts my family" She threatened. Gipping the staff she yelled" Millennium Artic Blizzard!"
The moon glowed and blizzard was created. Queen Beryl was overcome and started shivering, she tried to warm herself up but the attack was much colder then expected. Sailor Glacier Moon thrusted her staff, putting more and more power into. The others started to worry as Sailor Glacier Moon started straining and gritting her teeth. The scene was familiar but it wasn't like last time, what would happen if she reached her limit? Would Beryl be dead? Despite that they knew there was only one thing for them to do. Help her. They walked towards her and stood beside her, summoning their weapons. They called upon their strongest attacks and fired them at Queen Beryl.
"I have to help them but I need to lower the shield. Is there a way you can heal The Queen?" Sailor Crystal said.
"Not without my Silver Crystal" Sailor Moon replied.
She looked around until she saw the harp lying on the floor. She could use that but she didn't know how to play it. Sailor Crystal followed her eyes.
"Sailor Lunar said Serenity uses her harp to heal somebody" She recalled. "Do you know how to play?"
"No, but there's a first time for everything" Sailor Moon replied.
She picked up the harp. There were no strings attached to it but when Sailor Moon moved her hands over the part where the strings should music was created. Sailor Crystal lowed her shield and went to join her friends. Once again she used 'Supreme Crystal reflection' and her own attack joined along side the others. Beryl was screaming in agony but the others weren't done. Sailor Glacier Moon gave the last of her strength and yelled "Divine Moonlight Justice!" The crescent on her staff started glowing and absorbed the other attacks before creating a beam of light that went for Queen Beryl.
" NO!" Beryl yelled.
The light hit her and Beryl screamed before falling to the ground. The others let go of their attacks and were breathing heavily. When there breathing was back to normal they looked at the sight before them. Beryl's dead body, the snow and scorch marks around the body. They couldn't help but wonder what just happened, what did they just do. They turned to Sailor Glacier Moon. She hadn't said anything but her skin was pale. She fell backwards and hit the ground, realising her form in the process.