Wings of Serenity: The rewrite
Chapter 10: All is well.
"Everybody... I hung in there..."
She had done it. She saved the world again. Galaxia had been healed, peace was restored to the Galaxy.
"I managed to saved the world again..."
But... She wasn't happy. Her happiness faded the moment Galaxia left her.
"But... If I'm being honest... I'm lonely..."
Sailor Moon was standing amongst the wreckage. She was looking up at the sky with her hands clasped together as if she was praying. Maybe she was. Maybe she was praying for her friends. Where were they? They should of been brought back right now.
"I tried so hard to remain strong but I'm not strong enough to carry on... Never have been. Raye, if your watching, you know what I'm talking about. I'm meant to be a strong Sailor Soldier, the strongest in the universe apparently. But I'm not strong. Raye, Lita and Amara are more stronger then me. Mina is the leader of the Inner Sailor Soldiers, not me. Amy is the intelligent one. Michelle and Trista are the graceful ones. Hotaru, and I don't like saying this but she is the deadly one, probably the leader of the Outer Sailor Soldiers"
Where were her friends?
"The last few hours haven't been easy. I have been on an impossible adventure, seen and met members of my family who I didn't know about. My Grandparents, my Great Aunt, My Great Aunt's daughters, my Aunty and her friends... and, believe it or not my own Mother. I... may have alter the past to save my Mother. Its stupid, I know, but in order to save Galaxia I needed to evolve myself once more"
"I... I don't know if your watching me... but I hope your proud of me..."
Sailor Moon dropped to her knees with tears pouring out of her eyes. She covered her face with her hands.
"I'm so sorry... Please, come back... Please... I'm so alone..."
"Your not alone, Serena."
Sailor Moon gasped. She thought she was hearing things but... there was no mistaking that voice. Raye. She heard Raye talking. Removing her hands she looked around frantically, looking for the raven haired girl with the purple highlights. But she couldn't find her.
"Raye... Where are you?" Sailor Moon murmured.
"Behind you, meatball head"
She spun around on her knees, blotting out the pain as her eyes widen. Standing before her were four familiar faces. Sailor Mercury, Sailor Mars, Sailor Jupiter and Sailor Venus were wearing their eternal fukus. Their own eternal fukus were similar to Sailor Moon previous form, however, there were no wings on their back and on their forehead was a gold tiara with a star in the middle.
"Everybody…" Sailor Moon whispered before running towards them.
Sailor Venus was the first to open her arms out for her. Despite not being blood related the two blonds could have been mistaken for sisters. Twin Sisters to be precise.
"I missed you" Sailor Moon muttered.
"I missed you two, Rena" Sailor Venus said.
After that she hugged Sailor Mercury and Sailor Jupiter. The Soldiers of Mercury and Jupiter welcomed her back with smiles and a few thank you. Then she hugged Sailor Mars and once again the blonde was crying. All of there deaths effected her badly, but Sailor Mars's was the worst. She remembered holding the raven haired girl, begging her to not leave her. Of course, fate had other plans and Sailor Moon was left without her friends.
"Honestly, can't you got one day without crying?" Sailor Mars teased
"I'm Sorry, Raye" Sailor Moon apologise.
"For what?" Sailor Mars inquired.
"I should've been stronger. Galaxia wouldn't haven't have killed you and took your Star Seed if I had been stronger" Sailor Moon told her.
Sailor Mars shook her head. "Listen to me, Sailor Moon you have always been strong you just didn't realise it till the end. Nobody become strong over night but you had enough willpower to carry on"
"Besides, look at you now. You managed to gain new abilities and you successfully healed Galaxia" Sailor Jupiter pointed out.
"You power through until the end" Sailor Mercury agreed.
"Thank you, all of you" Sailor Moon replied before hugging them again.
"Sorry for the interrupting ladies but I believe its our turn with this Princess"
Sailor Moon looked behind her. Standing before her were Sailor Uranus, Sailor Neptune, Sailor Pluto and Sailor Saturn. Just like the others they were wearing eternal fukus. Surprisingly, the older women were smiling at her.
"Looks like you saved the world again. Nicely done, Kitten" Sailor Uranus said.
Sailor Moon blinked. Did Sailor Uranus just complimented her? "Is this a dream?"
"I could pinch you if you want" Sailor Mars offered.
Playfully, Sailor Moon stuck her tongue out at the raven haired girl before she hugged Sailor Neptune.
"Sailor Moon... about what happened before" Sailor Neptune said.
"There's nothing to apologise for" Sailor Moon interrupted her.
"But what we did was unforgivable. We betrayed your trust for our mission, we betrayed and killed our comrades" Sailor Neptune replied, gesturing to herself and Sailor Uranus in the process.
"I known you guys for a few years now, you would've done anything for your mission. I don't agree with your methods but we can put what happened between us behind us" Sailor Moon said.
"I see... Thank you, Sailor Moon" Sailor Neptune said.
Sailor Moon smiled before turning to Sailor Pluto and hugging her. The green haired women returned it but she said nothing. It was only when they pulled away that Sailor Moon noticed the glint in Sailor Pluto's eyes. She knew. She knew what Sailor Moon did in the past. Sailor Moon opened her mouth to speak but Sailor Pluto shook her head: There would be a time to talk about that. Nodding in agreement Sailor Moon turned to Sailor Saturn and hugged her next.
"Thanks for everything, Sailor Moon" Sailor Saturn said.
"No problem, sweetie" Sailor Moon replied.
"So what do we do now?" Sailor Venus inquired.
"We return to our normal life's until the next enemy comes" Sailor Mars replied.
"Considering what happened its going to be a hard time adjusting again" Sailor Mercury pointed out
"We'll manage" Sailor Neptune said.
Everybody was about to leave, except for Sailor Moon. Noticing there Princess's absence they turned around and saw her looking up at the sky again.
"Is everything alright, Sailor Moon?" Sailor Mercury asked.
"Somebody's missing. Where's Darien?" Sailor Moon replied.
Yes, where was Darien? Wasn't he killed by Galaxia as well?
"Maybe... he's not coming back this time" Sailor Moon muttered.
"I'm right here, Rena"
Once again Sailor Moon gasped. Turning around she saw Darien - no, Prince Endymion, standing before her with Chibi Chibi in his arms.
"This little girl guided me back to you" He said.
"Darien..." The blonde muttered before running towards him.
When she was standing in front of him Sailor Moon wrapped her arms around him, being very careful to not accidently hit Chibi Chibi in the process. Darien did the same. It felt good having him back, she missed Darien terrible. Whilst he was in America, she had wrote him letters but he never replied back. But he never reply to any of them. Of course, he could've been caught up with his studies and wouldn't have time to response to them. Except that wasn't the case. Galaxia killed him and took his Star Seed before he made it to the states. Sailor Moon was devastated. She wanted Galaxia to give the Star Seeds back - all of them - but the armoured Sailor Soldier attack her in response. But now that Galaxia had been healed they had all returned to her.
"I've missed you" Sailor Moon murmured.
"I've missed you two, Rena" Darien replied. "Don't worry, its all over now"
It was at that moment when Chibi Chibi managed to escape from the couple. She was hovering above them, everybody was watching her.
"Thank you" The little girl said before heading towards the sky.
"Thank you, Chibi Chibi" Sailor Moon
Meanwhile the Sailor Starlights were watching the scene from a distance. As much as they wanted to see the others they knew it wasn't there time to see the others. This was about Sailor Moon and her friends - there would time for them to meet.
"Looks like everybody got their happy ending..." Sailor Star Fighter muttered whilst hugging herself.
She felt somebody touch her shoulder. Turning her head she saw Sailor Star Maker looking at her.
"Hey, don't worry about it, our time will come" Sailor Star Maker told her.
"Our happy ending is waiting for us. We just need to find it" Sailor Star Healer added.
"To do that we have to rebuilt what was lost"
The Sailor Starlights turned around. Standing before them was their Princess.
"Princess, you came back!" Sailor Star Fighter said.
"I couldn't just leave you three, could I?" Princess Kakyuu replied "Not after everything you've done. You helped Sailor Moon save the universe"
"We would be lost without you" Sailor Star Healer said.
"Welcome back, Princess" Sailor Star Maker said.
"We've missed you" Sailor Star Fighter said.
Princess Kakyuu nodded in agreement. She missed them too. Sailor Star Fighter turned back to the other group with a smile on her face.
("Thank you, everyone")
After everybody powered down they left for their individual homes, promising that they would see each other soon. They needed time to catch up and there was a lot of explaining to do. Darien had insisted on escorting Serena back home and Serena had agreed. As they were walking home Serena told Darien everything he missed, she even told him about her adventure to the past and why her hair changed colour. Surprisingly, he took it well, although he did have some concerns about the past being change. Serena told him that the past had only changed slightly, that the only thing she did was save Queen Serenity and prevent the end of the Silver Millennium. Everything that had happened still happened.
By the time they reached Serena's place they realised something. There was a slight problem with Serena's hair. When she released her transformation had hair hadn't returned to its natural colour. Serena decided that needed to create a lie about her hair change. That she had done it accidently. Walking to the door Serena opened the door and walked inside,Darien followed her inside.
"Mother, I'm home" Serena called out.
As soon as she said that Irene Tsukino entered the hallway.
"Serena Isabella Tsukino, where have you been?" Irene demanded.
"I was with the girls at Raye's temple doing a study session. Then Darien turned up and we decided to call it a day and watch movies instead" Serena told her. "I should've call you sooner. I'm sorry"
"Did you see what was going on outside? It looked like the end of the world" Irene said. "If it hadn't been for those Sailor Soldiers..."
"That's why we decided to stay at the temple. It was much safer then coming home" Serena replied. "Besides, if anything was to happened, Darien and Lita would've protected us"
"Mrs Tsukino, I promise to protect Serena with my life. She means the world to me" Darien added, playing along with Serena's lie.
"I don't doubt that, Mr Shields" Irene replied. Then she noticed Serena's hair. "Serena, what happened to your hair?"
"Well, we decided to give each other make overs and I might of accidently used hair dye instead of shampoo" Serena admitted with a nervous giggle.
"Only you could do something like that dear" Her Mother sighed, shaking her head. "But it does look pretty"
"Thanks, Mother" The blonde replied.
"Well, dinner's almost ready. Why don't you two wait in the dinning room?" Irene told them.
"In a minute, Mother, I need to use the ladies room and freshen up" Serena said.
"All right but don't take too long, Serena" Her Mother said.
Serena made her way upstairs and entered her bedroom. Closing the door behind her she turned around and saw a women sitting on her bed.
The women had long dark blue hair and gold eyes, on the top of her head was a beaded tiara made up of gold and purple beads. She was wearing a strapless purple dress that showed of her legs, with ruffles that faded into lavender at the bottom and two lines of beads underneath her breasts. At the top of the ruffles was a silver bow with a gold star in the middle. On her arms were long fingerless white gloves with purple bracelets on them and on her feet were white heals. Behind her dress was a white, billowy frilly bow. Around her neck was a gold beaded necklace and a pendent necklace made up of purple and gold beads with gold outline. In her ears with star earrings in silver.
"You must be Cora" Serena guessed.
"You guessed correctly, Moon Princess" Cora replied.
"What are you doing here?" Serena asked. "And, please, call me Serena."
"I came to thank you for doing what I could not" Cora told her. "You managed to heal Galaxia and save the world"
"Thank you, Cora, but there's one thing I don't understand" Serena said.
"Oh? And what's that?" Cora inquired.
"Who are you?" The blonde questioned.
The bluenette didn't reply. She knew she owed Serena some answers but she didn't expect her to be so blunt with her question.
Noticing the women's silence Serena pressed on "There's more to you then meets the eye. You told me you fought Galaxia. Guardian Cosmos told me that you and Galaxia protected the universe before Galaxia was overtaken by Chaos - therefore both Galaxia and Guardian Cosmos know you. The Starlights told me that you gave them their upgrade. No ordinary person could do all of that"
"... Perhaps it time I told you," Cora said. "Or, better yet, I'll show you"
Standing up Cora raised her left hand and summoned a winged pen with a gold star at the top with a purple gem in the middle, behind the star was a upside down star in a lighter colour. Underneath the gold star was a purple heart with a gold outline, the wings were attached to the heart. At the bottom of the pen was a gold orb.
"Nebula power, make-up!" Cora said.
Cora was surrounded by a purple light, causing Serena to look away and shield her eyes. When the light died down Serena turned back and, once she saw what was standing before her, her eyes widen and her mouth was wide open.
Standing before was a women in a sailor suit. The collar was white but it had three purple strips on each side and a purple glow at the top of collar. Underneath the collar was a blue ascot, on top of the ascot was a gold star with wings attached to it. On her arms were long white fingerless gloves with gold bracelets on them. The skirt had three layers to it. The first was white, the second was purple and the third was yellow. Underneath the skirt was a lacy white petticoats In between the suit and skirt were two belts, the top was in silver and the bottom was in white. On her feet were purple thigh high boots. At the back of the Sailor suit was a long purple cape that was attached to the collar. Around her neck was a beaded necklace. On her forehead was a gold star and in her ears were star earrings.
"You're a Sailor Soldier" Serena realised.
The women nodded. "My name is Sailor Nebula, Protector of Purity and luminous matter. My real name is Corona"
"It all makes sense now. I should of realised it sooner" Serena said
"Don't be too hard on yourself. We all have our secrets and, for some, they have to remain a secret" Sailor Nebula replied. "My duty requires me to protect the Universe and, when I failed I knew I had no choice but to ask for help. I was told about your adventures, the battles you faced and how you saved the world countless times. I knew you were the person I was looking for. But, once I saw your current state, I knew I had to send you the past"
"If that's the case then can't you help us?" Serena asked. "And couldn't you give my friends an upgrade?"
"I'm sorry but I can't" Sailor Nebula replied. "It wouldn't be fair on your friends, they are your team mates. Besides my duties take me all across the universe and I can only stay in one area for some long. As for you second question you are the only person who can give them the Celestial power up, just like your Mother did. I gave the Starlights their upgrade because there was no time for them to power up themselves"
"I see..." Serena said, disappointed.
"Don't worry, If you ever need me all you have to do is summon me and I'll come" The bluenette told her. "Now, I have to go"
Sailor Nebula turned away and walked over to the balcony. She opened the doors was about to leave... until she remember something. She turned back to Serena.
"Oh, and one more thing. If you see Armina tell her I'm sorry for all the pain I have caused her" Sailor Nebula told her. "I will see her soon"
Later that night Serena and Darien decided to head to the park, with the promise that Darien would escort her back before ten. As peaceful as it was there was something that was on Serena's mind.
"Dairen... do you love me?" Serena asked.
"Of course I do, Rena" Darien replied. Where was she going with this?
"Do you mean it?" Serena questioned.
"I do, Rena" Darien told her. "What's brought this on?"
"Its just that... Before I found out you were killed by Galaxia I thought you didn't want me anymore, which is stupid now that I think about since we have a promising future and a daughter" Serena explained. "But... it did hurt, Darien. And when you didn't answer any of my letters"
She turned away. she didn't want him to see her cry. "I'm sorry, I'm being selfish. If you had made it to America you would've been caught up with your studies
So that what is about, she needs reassurance. Darien smiled as he turned around so that she was facing him.
"Serena Tsukino, you truly are an amazing person. We've had our difference in the past but we both got through them together. I can't imagine my life without you" Darien declared.
For what felt like a long time Serena smiled and felt her cheeks warm up. Darien brought Serena closer and kissed her. When the pair finished they looked at each other lovingly... until Serena noticed something. From the corner of her eyes she saw a women with icy blue hair sitting on a bench reading a book. She was wearing a grey coat, dark blue trousers and white boots.
"It can't be..." Serena muttered.
"Rena? Is everything alright?" Darien asked.
Following her gaze, Darien turned around and saw the woman Serena was looking at. There was no denying her beauty, yet, there was something familiar about. Almost like he had seen her before. Serena walked over to the women, Darien was hot on her heels.
"Iris?" Serena said.
The women looked up. Once she who had called out to her eyes widen.
"Serena!" Iris exclaimed.
The bluenette stood up and hugged Serena. The blonde did the same.
"It's great to see you" Serena said.
"Likewise, Serena. It's been too long" Iris replied.
"Forgive me for interrupting but how do you know this person, Serena?" Darien asked.
"Oh right. Sorry, Darien. This is my Aunt from the Silver Millennium, Princess Icesisity, but feel free to call her Iris. She prefers it over her royal name" Serena said. "Iris, this my boyfriend, Darien Shields. Although, you might know him as Prince Endymion"
"I see. Well, its an honour to meet you, Iris" Darien said.
"Likewise, Darien" Iris replied.
"So, Iris, why are you here?" The blonde inquired.
"After you left us we, or rather Sapphira and my Soldiers, since I was still resting decided to help the other Kingdoms out. Once I had made a full recovery I decided to go to Neptune with Serenity and help Queen Umi with her problem" Iris explained. "That's where I met my fiancé, Marius. He's was one of the Lords of Neptune. Eventually, Serenity said we could join you in this time"
"So that means..."
"Me and my Soldiers now live in this time, until I become Queen. And, yes, we did bring Serenity with us. She missed you so much" Iris told her.
Serena squealed in delight. This was probably the most wonderful news she heard in a while. She couldn't wait to see Serenity again as well as Iris's Soldiers, she wanted to know what adventures they got up after she left them. Looking up at the sky She couldn't help but wonder what would happen to her next. For once she wanted peace.
AN: I forgot to mention something. When Iris said "Serenity said we could join you in this time" that means Iris and her Soldiers are now living in the current Serena's time. Iris also told Serena that Serenity missed her. However, Princess Serenity is not in the current timeline (Well, technically she is since Serena is Princess Serenity) Queen Serenity still sent her people to the future except she didn't die. Princess Serenity's memories will become Serena eventually. Whether she is Serenity or Serena Queen Serenity would still miss her daughter.