In the last chapter, Sylvia spent a considerable amount of time
conversing with God, her siblings, and at least one or two other people
in her life who were close enough to her in it. She also prepared to go
to somewhere else on Earth that she'd never been to before. She didn't
know how long she'd be there yet, in fact. But she still did so, just
the same. She also didn't know exactly would happen for her and others
when she did so, for the obvious reasons, of course. But she knew that
she'd be going elsewhere on Earth for a time, in her own life. At the
end of the last chapter, she began traveling to that other place in the
world, with God's help, in fact.
In the next chapter for this fourth story, then, as she was being divinely transferred to elsewhere on Earth, several other people and/or cats that she now knew in her life would also be preparing for their next adventure as Sailor Scouts, or as guardian cats, in the Milky Way Galaxy's Sol system. Including, obviously enough, Serena Moon and several other members of her current crowd, of course. Like Queen Serenity, for instance. The aforementioned sentients who'd be going along on that adventure would then eventually be transferred to Cuzco in the Peruvian Empire on Earth, in much the same way, if not the exact same way, that Sylvia had earlier, or will have, been, as well.
Now, without further ado, if we may, readers, let's get on with the next chapter of this story here. For there are still plenty more chapters to put up for this particular story here. And I'd really prefer to put them all up in their proper order, just as soon as I possibly can, in fact. If you like what you see, or feel the need to do so, then please don't be afraid to read, review, and enjoy my related story chapters here, readers. I await your rather clean, rather courteous, and rather constructive, comments about this story and its related parts, and about its related series, as well. Supposing, of course, that any or all of you all would ever feel the need or the desire to put up any reviews for any or all of my various stories, for the obvious reasons, people. Remember, standard disclaimers will still apply here, if and whenever the need arises. However, I still would hope and prefer that you all not steal my own original characters and settings here, for I've spent many hours working on them for quite a few years, in fact. Now, let's get on with the story here again, everyone. And I really do hope that you all will continue to read and enjoy it, for it's obvious that you all haven't recently reviewed any of my fan fiction work here on , readers! It would be real nice to get some clean, courteous, and constructive reviews, though, just the same,
people. Now to the story!
A Rather Hostile Takeover
A The Chrysanthemum Chronicles Series Story
Main Ballroom In The Imperial Palace
Moon City, Moon Kingdom, Moon
January 29, 987 - January 30, 987
While Sylvia was otherwise occupied back on Earth, Serena and several members of her crowd were getting together in the main ballroom of the Imperial Palace, and it was near, if not past,
Earthrise. They were there because Queen Serenity hadn't been able to cancel that night's ball and fireworks show in time. Serena was currently in the middle of a conversation with her sisters while she watched Raye and several other people start to pair up for any number of dances for the ball in question currently. Those people included, of course, Amy, Mina, and Lita, if not others as well.
Destiny was sitting on a chair between her sisters, with Serena on her right, and Bethany on her left. She was also saying, "Serena, I suppose that you're missing Darien quite a bit right now."
"Yes, I suppose you could say that, Destiny."
"Do you think our next adventure will come our way rather quickly?" asked Destiny.
"I have this strange feeling that by this time tomorrow night, it'll come our way. And I also have this feeling that a certain Terran Princess that we know of will eventually meet up with us on it somehow."
Bethany asked, "Sylvia?"
"You bet, Bethany."
"What about Rolando and Darien?"
"I don't think so, at least not this time. Of course, I hope that Darien does show up around us at least once, if not more often than that, before the babies are due to come to us, if at all possible. But he might not be with us while we're on our next adventure, at least. I hope that won't be the case, of course, but it still might be."
"So what'll you do if it is, Serena?" asked Destiny.
"I guess I'll have to deal with it as best as I can, of course. I guess it might be good practice for me, just in case the Negaverse ever captures him in the future, as I'm afraid that they'll eventually do, after those of us who somehow survive our Moon Kingdom's demise eventually end up somehow in the 20th Century, I think."
"You mean after the Imperium Silver Crystal might show up at least once more in the future?"
"I believe so, Bethany. I believe so."
"And what if we're not around then?"
"Then I really hope that I'll still remember you two while I'm in the future. And if you're not with us in the future at least once more, I hope that you'll both be in the Celestial City, of course."
"So do we, Serena, if we're no longer with you all anywhere else in God's very own Universe,
of course."
Just then, Raye and Chad came up to the three of them, as did Amy, Greg, Mina, Steven, Lita,
and Ken. Raye then asked, "Girls, what are you talking about now?"
"The future, Raye, and, of course, Darien, at least."
"So you're still hanging the Earth over him?"
"In a manner of speaking, Raye, you might possibly say that. I don't think I'll ever feel for another guy the way I'll feel for him, Raye Erica Hino. And there's no other guy I feel more strongly for in my life. Except for maybe my Dad and any of my uncles who I get along well enough with in my life, if any other guy besides Darien as well in it."
"I see. So there's likely no chance that you'll ever be attracted to another guy more than you are to him?"
"That's right, Raye, if I'm not mistaken about such things."
"Not even Andrew?"
"Not even Andrew, Raye."
"Well, I think that you'll be interested in him quite a bit in the future at least once, if not more often than that, Serena."
"Me and who else, at least? I ask this because when I'm often interested in a particular guy,
at least one of you is often interested in him too. As evidenced by you and me, at least, with Darien, of course."
"Lita, I believe. But he'll still stick with Rita, and Lita will still stick with Ken, I think, in the future, if enough of us somehow survive the end of the Moon Kingdom that Queen Serenity and others have often predicted will eventually come our way in the future."
"I'll be attracted at least a little to Andrew?"
"At least once, Lita. If I'm not mistaken about that, of course."
"Will I be seeing Ken at this time, most likely?"
"I don't think so. You might see him at least once, but I don't think that you'll be seeing him whenever you're attracted to Andrew at least once, if not more than once."
"What about me and Greg, then, Raye?" asked Amy.
"I suspect that if you both survive into the future, as I think that you both will, you'll only meet up with each other every once in a while, at least normally, for a certain unknown length of time. But I think that eventually, you'll fall in love with each other, and that you'll someday marry each other in the future. Though I don't know yet, if I ever will, when and where you'll be able to do that at all, if both of you can someday possibly marry each other in the future."
Serena and her sisters talked a while longer with Raye and the rest of their current companions, before Queen Serenity soon said, "I now proclaim this ball to be open, and for it to be the last one for at least two weeks, if not longer, unless I later change my mind about such things in the meantime. And there'll be no more balls or fireworks shows in the next two weeks, at least, after this night's ball and fireworks show is over. Unless I change my mind in the meantime, that is. Enjoy yourselves, for this'll likely be the last ball and fireworks show here for a while."
Then that ball, of course, began right away, as did the related fireworks show. Queen Serenity eventually came to Serena and her current companions. And she then said, "Serena, I want you, Amy, Raye, Lita, Mina, Destiny, Bethany, Hannah, Alexis, Michelle, and Susan in the Hall of Memories in two hours, if at all possible. Three hours, at the most, in any case, though. It seems we now have another matter that'll eventually require our full attention before too much longer. Prepare for a long stay away from here, girls. It may be quite a while before we can return here from wherever we're going. I can't tell you where we'll be going as long as these boys are with you, though. We all have to be quite alone with each other before I can tell you all exactly where we're going."
"Understood, Mother," said Serena.
"I suggest that within the next hour, then, you girls return to each of your respective chambers and get ready for that long trip to wherever we're going to go next, if at all possible. When you come to the Hall of Memories, bring only the most essential things with you, please. For we may not be able to bring a lot of things with us on our next adventure to wherever we're going next in God's very own Universe."
"Queen Serenity, is it really necessary for the girls to leave again so soon after we just got back here to see them?" asked Ken.
"Yes, I'm afraid so, Ken. I know you may not like it, and that your fellow guys might not like it, but I have need of them for the time being, I think, or at least I will very shortly have need of them."
"I don't like it. How are Lita and I ever going to become really good friends to each other if we're apart from each other so often in our lives?" asked Ken.
"I'm sorry, Ken. I don't like it either, of course. But she'll still have to leave here for a while to wherever else we'll be needed next in God's very own Universe. As will several of the other people here, as a matter of fact."
"You mean your daughters, Amy, Raye, Mina, Hannah, Alexis, Michelle, and Susan, at least,
if not others as well?"
"Yes, even my three daughters, Ken. I don't like it, but even Serena and her twin sisters won't be exempt from going elsewhere with me in the meantime. I'd rather have them safe here, if at all possible, instead of having to leave here again, but it's just not possible for them to avoid having to leave here again very soon, unfortunately. I can't tell you boys where they'll be going with me. But I can tell you that I'll do whatever I can to protect them, if the need arises, while we're all away from here on our next adventure. For I really don't want them to lose their futures at all, if it can possibly be avoided at all."
Then Queen Serenity left the girls alone with their current male companions a few moments later. And she soon met briefly with her husband and her brother Raphael in another part of the Imperial Palace's main ballroom. She did this as the girls and the boys spent at least the next half hour with each other, whenever possible. She eventually left the main ballroom with Princes Daniel and Raphael. And she went to another part of the Imperial Palace with them for a while.
Eventually, while she did so, Serena and at least six other girls here, if not more than that, then left the main ballroom as well, after they'd parted from the boys elsewhere in it. They left it with four other girls and two cats, after they'd found Hannah, Michelle, Susan, Luna, Alexis, and Artemis in it in that particular order. Luna and Artemis had entered the main ballroom while Queen Serenity was still in conversation with several other members of Serena's crowd, while Hannah and the other three girls that Queen Serenity had earlier mentioned as she'd been doing so had been in it since at least an hour before Earthrise in the Moon City area of the Moon.
Serena, Amy, Raye, Lita, Mina, Destiny, Bethany, Hannah, Alexis, Michelle, and Susan soon returned to each of their respective chambers. And they all began getting ready for what appeared to be their next adventure in God's very own Universe. Artemis eventually went into Mina's chambers. While Luna did the same for Serena's chambers.
As Serena was getting ready to go on that next adventure, she often talked with Luna about various things of importance to both of them in their lives. Even while she changed out of the gown that she'd just worn at that ball, she still talked with Luna about such things.
As Serena changed her clothes behind a divider, she asked Luna, "Do you think that we'll be able to see Darien during this next adventure to wherever we're heading next, Luna?"
Luna thought about that for at least a few seconds. And then she eventually said, "Serena, I don't think so. Or at least, your mother doesn't seem to think so, right now. You may have to wait until you return here, if you ever do, before you're actually able to see him at least once more in person. I believe that the same thing will be true for the rest of us as it'll be for you, if that's actually the case for you by then."
Serena peeked her head at least a little bit out from behind that divider. And she then looked at Luna, as Luna sat right in the middle of her bed. She then said, "I want to be with Darien so much, that I'd go to Japan tonight, if it was at all possible for me to do so, Luna. Please bring me my locket now from my bedside table, Luna. I don't want to step out from behind here until I'm dressed decently enough again, just in case a guy wants to speak with me here in my chambers, if at all possible."
Luna did so, and then she asked, "Is there anything else you want me to get for you now,
Serena?"
"My pink sleeveless sweater, if you please. It seems that there's a little rip in the sleeve of this blue and white sweater that I didn't notice when I picked it out of my closet, near the right shoulder. I think I'll have to have somebody fix it up for me before I wear it again, for I don't seem to be able to sew very well at the current time in my life, if I'll ever be able to do so in it someday."
So Luna went to one of Serena's closets, slid its door to one side, and then climbed up several shelves in it, until she was able to find that sweater hanging from a rod in Serena's applicable closet. She then jumped onto that rod. And she soon made her way to where Serena's sweater was hanging on it. While reaching down until she was able to lift the sweater's hanger free from that rod, Luna also somehow managed to keep her balance well enough to avoid falling from that rod at all. She soon had that hanger hanging from one of her front paws. And when she had it hanging from it well enough to suit her enough, she then began to back off that rod, of course. No more than a minute later, then, she was back on top of the nearest shelf in Serena's applicable closet. And she was beginning to make her way down to the floor with Serena's sweater as quickly and as safely as she possibly could do that at all. Moments later, she then brought Serena her sweater behind that divider. And then within a minute later, a random pair of denim blue jeans from another shelf in that closet of Serena's, once Serena asked her to do so. Serena quickly donned those blue jeans and that pink sweater, after Luna brought them to her, of course. Moments after doing so, Serena then walked out from behind her divider again, so that she could check her appearance in the nearest full-length mirror in her chambers. She was soon satisfied enough with it, after she'd also taken care of her long blonde hair first, of course. And Luna also thought she was rather good-looking in her current outfit. Serena then picked up her locket, and a dark blue neckerchief. And she soon put them on her person, if they weren't already there. She put her locket in her left front pocket, and put her neckerchief on, around her own neck, of course, as well.
She then began assembling all the other things that she thought she might be able to take with her on her next adventure, if she'd not already done so. It took her a while to do so, in fact. For she'd possibly have preferred to bring a whole lot of things with her, if at all possible. But, due to her mother's earlier instructions, she couldn't bring everything that she'd most likely want to bring with her on it. She had to content herself with bringing only a few scrolls with her, besides all the other things that she'd have to bring with her, most likely, on her next adventure. She packed all the things that she'd likely be able to bring with her on it into one or two large sacks.
In that sack or those sacks, she put no more than eight scrolls of hers. She also put one of her gowns, as well as four changes of clothes, in that sack or those sacks. Several items that related to her position as the Moon Princess in the Moon Kingdom also ended up in the sack or sacks she was now loading up, if not all of them. Four pairs of footwear soon followed those items as well. As well as other items that she thought that she might need to use on her next adventure in God's very own Universe, such as at least one knife, a medical kit, at least one pair of sunglasses, and at least one item of headgear, for example. Finally, when Serena had everything packed well enough into the sack or sacks in question, she soon tied them off in the required manner, before she placed them all on a cart that Luna got for her while she was still packing for her next trip.
Then, after the sack or sacks were most certainly on that cart well enough, and secured sufficiently enough to it, Serena soon said, "Luna, let's go. We've only got a little time left, I believe, for us to get to the Hall of Memories before my mother, at least, really wants us there, if at all possible. Let's go there, then, and see if we're there before the others get there as well, if they're not already there, Luna."
So Luna and Serena did that moments later, after Serena had quickly jotted down a note for her father and her Uncle Raph. This was just in case she didn't see them again for quite a while, and just in case she'd forgotten to tell them anything the last time that she'd seen them both within the last few hours or days, as the case might be for her and them, of course. Serena jotted down that particular note on a rather small piece of parchment, most likely. And then she left it on top of her bedside table, under a new paperweight she'd just received as a present from Princess Michelle at Christmas, about a month before the current date.
She soon left her chambers as quickly as she could with Luna for the Hall of Memories, after she'd made as sure as she possibly could make sure that nobody who didn't need to be in her chambers for any reason whatsoever during her upcoming absence would likely be able to get into it easily enough, of course. Those people, of course, wouldn't include her father Prince Daniel, her uncle Prince Raphael, or her honey Prince Darien, at least, if not anyone else as well, for all the obvious reasons.
She and Luna were in the Hall of Memories just about ten to fifteen minutes, at most, before all the other Princesses and the cat Artemis who'd likely be going with her on her next adventure got there. But not before both her parents were already there. When she and Luna entered the Hall of Memories, her parents were already there, saying their goodbyes to each other for a time. Mostly with kisses, of course. Serena and Luna watched them kiss each other for a little while longer, before Serena then suddenly cleared her throat, and she got their attention by doing so.
Queen Serenity saw her first, then she soon said, "I see you're here now, Serena."
"Yes, I am, Mother."
"How long have you been here now, Serena?"
"About five minutes, Mom."
"What do you think of your Dad and me kissing here?"
"It's fine with me, I suppose. You're likely going to be apart for a time, so I don't really mind it all that much right now, Mom."
"I see, Serena. Luna, do you mind me and Daniel kissing at all either, by any chance?" As she asked Luna that, Serena sat down on a nearby bench in the Hall of Memories.
"No, of course not, Niti. At least partly since you're married to each other right now, I don't,
if not entirely. And I think it's good for Serena to see that her parents love each other enough to kiss their spouse at least every so often in their lives. Many children may not see that from their parents at all, or very rarely, if ever. And she may be right about you being away from her father for a while, if we're all not too mistaken about such things in our lives."
"I see, Luna," said Queen Serenity.
Daniel said, "It's good that we're still quite in love with each other, you two. And it could be that we always will be. Even if something bad happens to either or both of us, as several of us might think might happen eventually here in the Moon Kingdom."
"Even your possible death, Dad?"
"Well, yes, Serena, even my possible death sometime yet in the future. Listen, Serena, I know that you and your siblings might miss me quite a bit if I get killed before the Negaverse gets here to the Moon, for the obvious reasons. But if it's really my time to go, then I must go, if it's truly God's will that I do so. If I do go, though, Serena, I want you to do all you can to help your mother deal with my loss, if at all possible. Not to mention yourself and your siblings, of course. And to try to possibly buy more time for our Moon Kingdom to try to protect itself, if you can. It's very likely that we'll all either die or fall asleep, as the case might be, Serena. At least we might all do that at least once, if not more often than that. Even you, as you often seem to think, of course. It may not be a very pleasant idea for us, of course. But death happens for everyone, unless God sees fit to bring them to the Celestial City before they do so. Do you remember hearing about Enoch from me and others at least once in your life?"
"Yes, Dad, I do. What about him?"
"He was evidently one of only two Terran men to not die before Jesus Christ's coming. And both men were somehow translated to the Celestial City, which Terrans often call Heaven or Paradise, where they've likely been ever since. Besides him, the only other Terran man not to die was evidently the prophet Elijah from Israel, I believe. I don't know if any other people have been translated to the Celestial City without dying since Jesus Christ ascended to Heaven about 950 or so years ago, though. That's if my math about such a time is accurate enough here, of course. It could have actually happened since then, Serena. But I really don't think that it actually has happened at all since then, in fact."
"And Jesus actually died for all of us, even though He really didn't have to?"
"Yes, Serena. He didn't have to die. He could have gone back up to Heaven without dying,
in fact. But He still chose to die, so that everyone who'd accept Him as their Lord and Saviour would eventually be able to spend all of Eternity with Him in Heaven, if His Father saw fit to let them do so. Now I don't really think I'll be able to go to the Celestial City without dying, Serena. But if not, then I hope that I'll eventually end up there someday, if it is His Father's will to let me do so eventually."
Just then, other Princesses and Artemis began filing into the Hall of Memories. And before anyone else besides Serena and Luna could see them do so, Queen Serenity and Daniel kissed and hugged each other only once more apiece, before they then let each other go, They did so even while also stepping back from each other before they were spotted by anyone else who was now entering the Hall of Memories. Serena then rather quickly rose from where she'd just been sitting, as well. And she brought her things to the middle of the Hall of Memories, if she'd not already done so, as ten other Princesses and one certain mostly white cat showed up in the area of the Hall of Memories that she, her parents, and Luna were already in there. Which was, as a matter of fact, the middle of that Hall of Memories.
Queen Serenity soon had everyone else put their things on certain tiles in the middle of that Hall of Memories, as Serena was now just doing with her things. After she saw all the girls who were now with her do so, she then at least briefly checked each of their sacks of things, for all of the obvious reasons. She checked all their things, of course. And she only rejected a few items from all the things that she'd just checked out, for various reasons, in each of their lives. She'd have Prince Daniel and others bring back all the rejected things to each of the necessary chambers elsewhere in the Imperial Palace later, of course, whenever possible.
She rejected all the two-piece swimsuits that any of the girls had tried to sneak past her. For she thought that they'd all be too revealing for the girls in question, if they were worn, on their current adventure, around strangers wherever they were elsewhere in God's own Universe, if not for any other reasons as well. The four girls that'd just tried to sneak bikinis past her had been Raye, Mina, Alexis, and Michelle. And she'd likely discuss such things with them sometime soon, if she ever got the chance during their next adventure elsewhere in God's own Universe, of course, if at all possible. Nobody else tried to slip a bikini kind of swimsuit past her, though. Not even Serena, who'd also thought about doing so for a while before she'd chosen not to do so.
Amy's science-related scrolls soon met a pile of rejected items. For the Moon Kingdom was rather technologically much more advanced, most likely, than the nation that they'd most likely be finding themselves in very shortly, if things went sufficiently according to plan for them all, of course. Some of her other things also soon ended up in a pile of her rejected things, for reasons likely too numerous to mention currently.
Several of Raye's scrolls met up with a pile of her items that Queen Serenity wouldn't let Raye bring with her on their next adventure. For they were often filled with things that Queen Serenity didn't want anyone who they might meet up with, while they were on their next adventure, know yet about them, if at all possible, for the obvious reasons. Raye didn't like it very much at all, in fact. But when Queen Serenity gave her a certain strong look, she immediately shut up, of course. For she really didn't want to invite any trouble from Queen Serenity, if she could possibly avoid it, at least while they were on their next adventure anywhere in God's very own Universe.
After checking Raye's things, Queen Serenity moved to Serena's things, and began checking them as well. She set a few items aside. For she'd rejected them, for various reasons too numerous to mention as well. She put them in another pile of rejected items, of course. Eventually, she then cleared what was still left of Serena's things for the trip in question. And she set them all down on the tile in the Hall of Memories that she, Serena, Luna, and Artemis would all be leaving it from, of course.
With that then done, she did the same with each of the other Princesses' things, of course, just as she'd already done with Raye, Amy, and Serena's things just a little while before. Eventually, she'd cleared most of the things that the girls had brought with them to the Hall of Memories. And the rest, she'd have Daniel and other servants of theirs attend to later, of course. And when she was satisfied that she'd cleared enough things for the trip, she then said, "All right, everyone, get on your proper tiles now," as she got on one with Serena, Luna, and Artemis as well.
After all the Princesses and both cats were wherever they each had to be around her, she then said, "Girls, prepare to depart here momentarily. We'll be getting a free trip to our next adventure's location, courtesy of God, as a matter of fact. And you all don't need to transform into your respective Sailor Scout states this time, at least, for He'll transport you there without any of you having to do that at all."
A moment later, she got several acknowledging nods from her cats and all the girls now with her in the Hall of Memories. And after she did so, she then quickly said, "Daniel, I love you. And I want you and Raph to hold down the fort here on the Moon, if at all possible, as well as you can, while we're all away from here."
"Will do, and I'm sure that your brother will do the same, of course."
Then Queen Serenity said, "God, we're all ready to leave here now," once she was sure that everyone who'd be going with her on their next trip to somewhere else in His Universe was indeed as ready as they'd most likely ever be to do just that. Seconds later, and about ten minutes after local midnight, which'd mean that the current date was now January 30, 987, Queen Serenity, her cats, and all eleven of the Princesses began vanishing from the Hall of Memories for another location elsewhere in God's very own Universe. As did all the things that Queen Serenity had cleared for them all to bring on their trip to that same location, of course. Minutes later, they were already on their way to wherever that location might be in the Universe, which, as a matter of fact, happened to be somewhere in the Cuzco, Peru, local area on Earth.
A Rather Hostile Takeover will still take at least some time to put up here, just the same,
readers. For I've not yet completed the series, even though I've written at least partly into the seventh volume of this series, if not totally into it. Six volumes are complete. The seventh volume in this series is in progress, as of the current time. And the Moon Kingdom hasn't yet fallen at the point that I am now at in its series. When I finish getting the first six volumes of this story series up, I'll then start to upload the seventh one. And then we can go from there, once you've seen all that I'll have by that time for "The Chrysanthemum Chronicles" story series, readers. I don't expect to be able to start uploading the seventh volume in the series for at least a few weeks or months, though, people. For each volume in this particular story series of mine here is generally of good size, whenever possible, in fact, readers. There are many more things yet to come in this series. But if I say too much more than that right now and right here, you might choose not to continue reading this series, I think. For I might then be spoiling it for you all here, obviously enough, of course. Until later, then, this is "The Universal Storyteller" signing off here. Happy reading, and God bless, and all that, of course,
readers! Over and out!
In the next chapter for this fourth story, then, as she was being divinely transferred to elsewhere on Earth, several other people and/or cats that she now knew in her life would also be preparing for their next adventure as Sailor Scouts, or as guardian cats, in the Milky Way Galaxy's Sol system. Including, obviously enough, Serena Moon and several other members of her current crowd, of course. Like Queen Serenity, for instance. The aforementioned sentients who'd be going along on that adventure would then eventually be transferred to Cuzco in the Peruvian Empire on Earth, in much the same way, if not the exact same way, that Sylvia had earlier, or will have, been, as well.
Now, without further ado, if we may, readers, let's get on with the next chapter of this story here. For there are still plenty more chapters to put up for this particular story here. And I'd really prefer to put them all up in their proper order, just as soon as I possibly can, in fact. If you like what you see, or feel the need to do so, then please don't be afraid to read, review, and enjoy my related story chapters here, readers. I await your rather clean, rather courteous, and rather constructive, comments about this story and its related parts, and about its related series, as well. Supposing, of course, that any or all of you all would ever feel the need or the desire to put up any reviews for any or all of my various stories, for the obvious reasons, people. Remember, standard disclaimers will still apply here, if and whenever the need arises. However, I still would hope and prefer that you all not steal my own original characters and settings here, for I've spent many hours working on them for quite a few years, in fact. Now, let's get on with the story here again, everyone. And I really do hope that you all will continue to read and enjoy it, for it's obvious that you all haven't recently reviewed any of my fan fiction work here on , readers! It would be real nice to get some clean, courteous, and constructive reviews, though, just the same,
people. Now to the story!
A Rather Hostile Takeover
A The Chrysanthemum Chronicles Series Story
Main Ballroom In The Imperial Palace
Moon City, Moon Kingdom, Moon
January 29, 987 - January 30, 987
While Sylvia was otherwise occupied back on Earth, Serena and several members of her crowd were getting together in the main ballroom of the Imperial Palace, and it was near, if not past,
Earthrise. They were there because Queen Serenity hadn't been able to cancel that night's ball and fireworks show in time. Serena was currently in the middle of a conversation with her sisters while she watched Raye and several other people start to pair up for any number of dances for the ball in question currently. Those people included, of course, Amy, Mina, and Lita, if not others as well.
Destiny was sitting on a chair between her sisters, with Serena on her right, and Bethany on her left. She was also saying, "Serena, I suppose that you're missing Darien quite a bit right now."
"Yes, I suppose you could say that, Destiny."
"Do you think our next adventure will come our way rather quickly?" asked Destiny.
"I have this strange feeling that by this time tomorrow night, it'll come our way. And I also have this feeling that a certain Terran Princess that we know of will eventually meet up with us on it somehow."
Bethany asked, "Sylvia?"
"You bet, Bethany."
"What about Rolando and Darien?"
"I don't think so, at least not this time. Of course, I hope that Darien does show up around us at least once, if not more often than that, before the babies are due to come to us, if at all possible. But he might not be with us while we're on our next adventure, at least. I hope that won't be the case, of course, but it still might be."
"So what'll you do if it is, Serena?" asked Destiny.
"I guess I'll have to deal with it as best as I can, of course. I guess it might be good practice for me, just in case the Negaverse ever captures him in the future, as I'm afraid that they'll eventually do, after those of us who somehow survive our Moon Kingdom's demise eventually end up somehow in the 20th Century, I think."
"You mean after the Imperium Silver Crystal might show up at least once more in the future?"
"I believe so, Bethany. I believe so."
"And what if we're not around then?"
"Then I really hope that I'll still remember you two while I'm in the future. And if you're not with us in the future at least once more, I hope that you'll both be in the Celestial City, of course."
"So do we, Serena, if we're no longer with you all anywhere else in God's very own Universe,
of course."
Just then, Raye and Chad came up to the three of them, as did Amy, Greg, Mina, Steven, Lita,
and Ken. Raye then asked, "Girls, what are you talking about now?"
"The future, Raye, and, of course, Darien, at least."
"So you're still hanging the Earth over him?"
"In a manner of speaking, Raye, you might possibly say that. I don't think I'll ever feel for another guy the way I'll feel for him, Raye Erica Hino. And there's no other guy I feel more strongly for in my life. Except for maybe my Dad and any of my uncles who I get along well enough with in my life, if any other guy besides Darien as well in it."
"I see. So there's likely no chance that you'll ever be attracted to another guy more than you are to him?"
"That's right, Raye, if I'm not mistaken about such things."
"Not even Andrew?"
"Not even Andrew, Raye."
"Well, I think that you'll be interested in him quite a bit in the future at least once, if not more often than that, Serena."
"Me and who else, at least? I ask this because when I'm often interested in a particular guy,
at least one of you is often interested in him too. As evidenced by you and me, at least, with Darien, of course."
"Lita, I believe. But he'll still stick with Rita, and Lita will still stick with Ken, I think, in the future, if enough of us somehow survive the end of the Moon Kingdom that Queen Serenity and others have often predicted will eventually come our way in the future."
"I'll be attracted at least a little to Andrew?"
"At least once, Lita. If I'm not mistaken about that, of course."
"Will I be seeing Ken at this time, most likely?"
"I don't think so. You might see him at least once, but I don't think that you'll be seeing him whenever you're attracted to Andrew at least once, if not more than once."
"What about me and Greg, then, Raye?" asked Amy.
"I suspect that if you both survive into the future, as I think that you both will, you'll only meet up with each other every once in a while, at least normally, for a certain unknown length of time. But I think that eventually, you'll fall in love with each other, and that you'll someday marry each other in the future. Though I don't know yet, if I ever will, when and where you'll be able to do that at all, if both of you can someday possibly marry each other in the future."
Serena and her sisters talked a while longer with Raye and the rest of their current companions, before Queen Serenity soon said, "I now proclaim this ball to be open, and for it to be the last one for at least two weeks, if not longer, unless I later change my mind about such things in the meantime. And there'll be no more balls or fireworks shows in the next two weeks, at least, after this night's ball and fireworks show is over. Unless I change my mind in the meantime, that is. Enjoy yourselves, for this'll likely be the last ball and fireworks show here for a while."
Then that ball, of course, began right away, as did the related fireworks show. Queen Serenity eventually came to Serena and her current companions. And she then said, "Serena, I want you, Amy, Raye, Lita, Mina, Destiny, Bethany, Hannah, Alexis, Michelle, and Susan in the Hall of Memories in two hours, if at all possible. Three hours, at the most, in any case, though. It seems we now have another matter that'll eventually require our full attention before too much longer. Prepare for a long stay away from here, girls. It may be quite a while before we can return here from wherever we're going. I can't tell you where we'll be going as long as these boys are with you, though. We all have to be quite alone with each other before I can tell you all exactly where we're going."
"Understood, Mother," said Serena.
"I suggest that within the next hour, then, you girls return to each of your respective chambers and get ready for that long trip to wherever we're going to go next, if at all possible. When you come to the Hall of Memories, bring only the most essential things with you, please. For we may not be able to bring a lot of things with us on our next adventure to wherever we're going next in God's very own Universe."
"Queen Serenity, is it really necessary for the girls to leave again so soon after we just got back here to see them?" asked Ken.
"Yes, I'm afraid so, Ken. I know you may not like it, and that your fellow guys might not like it, but I have need of them for the time being, I think, or at least I will very shortly have need of them."
"I don't like it. How are Lita and I ever going to become really good friends to each other if we're apart from each other so often in our lives?" asked Ken.
"I'm sorry, Ken. I don't like it either, of course. But she'll still have to leave here for a while to wherever else we'll be needed next in God's very own Universe. As will several of the other people here, as a matter of fact."
"You mean your daughters, Amy, Raye, Mina, Hannah, Alexis, Michelle, and Susan, at least,
if not others as well?"
"Yes, even my three daughters, Ken. I don't like it, but even Serena and her twin sisters won't be exempt from going elsewhere with me in the meantime. I'd rather have them safe here, if at all possible, instead of having to leave here again, but it's just not possible for them to avoid having to leave here again very soon, unfortunately. I can't tell you boys where they'll be going with me. But I can tell you that I'll do whatever I can to protect them, if the need arises, while we're all away from here on our next adventure. For I really don't want them to lose their futures at all, if it can possibly be avoided at all."
Then Queen Serenity left the girls alone with their current male companions a few moments later. And she soon met briefly with her husband and her brother Raphael in another part of the Imperial Palace's main ballroom. She did this as the girls and the boys spent at least the next half hour with each other, whenever possible. She eventually left the main ballroom with Princes Daniel and Raphael. And she went to another part of the Imperial Palace with them for a while.
Eventually, while she did so, Serena and at least six other girls here, if not more than that, then left the main ballroom as well, after they'd parted from the boys elsewhere in it. They left it with four other girls and two cats, after they'd found Hannah, Michelle, Susan, Luna, Alexis, and Artemis in it in that particular order. Luna and Artemis had entered the main ballroom while Queen Serenity was still in conversation with several other members of Serena's crowd, while Hannah and the other three girls that Queen Serenity had earlier mentioned as she'd been doing so had been in it since at least an hour before Earthrise in the Moon City area of the Moon.
Serena, Amy, Raye, Lita, Mina, Destiny, Bethany, Hannah, Alexis, Michelle, and Susan soon returned to each of their respective chambers. And they all began getting ready for what appeared to be their next adventure in God's very own Universe. Artemis eventually went into Mina's chambers. While Luna did the same for Serena's chambers.
As Serena was getting ready to go on that next adventure, she often talked with Luna about various things of importance to both of them in their lives. Even while she changed out of the gown that she'd just worn at that ball, she still talked with Luna about such things.
As Serena changed her clothes behind a divider, she asked Luna, "Do you think that we'll be able to see Darien during this next adventure to wherever we're heading next, Luna?"
Luna thought about that for at least a few seconds. And then she eventually said, "Serena, I don't think so. Or at least, your mother doesn't seem to think so, right now. You may have to wait until you return here, if you ever do, before you're actually able to see him at least once more in person. I believe that the same thing will be true for the rest of us as it'll be for you, if that's actually the case for you by then."
Serena peeked her head at least a little bit out from behind that divider. And she then looked at Luna, as Luna sat right in the middle of her bed. She then said, "I want to be with Darien so much, that I'd go to Japan tonight, if it was at all possible for me to do so, Luna. Please bring me my locket now from my bedside table, Luna. I don't want to step out from behind here until I'm dressed decently enough again, just in case a guy wants to speak with me here in my chambers, if at all possible."
Luna did so, and then she asked, "Is there anything else you want me to get for you now,
Serena?"
"My pink sleeveless sweater, if you please. It seems that there's a little rip in the sleeve of this blue and white sweater that I didn't notice when I picked it out of my closet, near the right shoulder. I think I'll have to have somebody fix it up for me before I wear it again, for I don't seem to be able to sew very well at the current time in my life, if I'll ever be able to do so in it someday."
So Luna went to one of Serena's closets, slid its door to one side, and then climbed up several shelves in it, until she was able to find that sweater hanging from a rod in Serena's applicable closet. She then jumped onto that rod. And she soon made her way to where Serena's sweater was hanging on it. While reaching down until she was able to lift the sweater's hanger free from that rod, Luna also somehow managed to keep her balance well enough to avoid falling from that rod at all. She soon had that hanger hanging from one of her front paws. And when she had it hanging from it well enough to suit her enough, she then began to back off that rod, of course. No more than a minute later, then, she was back on top of the nearest shelf in Serena's applicable closet. And she was beginning to make her way down to the floor with Serena's sweater as quickly and as safely as she possibly could do that at all. Moments later, she then brought Serena her sweater behind that divider. And then within a minute later, a random pair of denim blue jeans from another shelf in that closet of Serena's, once Serena asked her to do so. Serena quickly donned those blue jeans and that pink sweater, after Luna brought them to her, of course. Moments after doing so, Serena then walked out from behind her divider again, so that she could check her appearance in the nearest full-length mirror in her chambers. She was soon satisfied enough with it, after she'd also taken care of her long blonde hair first, of course. And Luna also thought she was rather good-looking in her current outfit. Serena then picked up her locket, and a dark blue neckerchief. And she soon put them on her person, if they weren't already there. She put her locket in her left front pocket, and put her neckerchief on, around her own neck, of course, as well.
She then began assembling all the other things that she thought she might be able to take with her on her next adventure, if she'd not already done so. It took her a while to do so, in fact. For she'd possibly have preferred to bring a whole lot of things with her, if at all possible. But, due to her mother's earlier instructions, she couldn't bring everything that she'd most likely want to bring with her on it. She had to content herself with bringing only a few scrolls with her, besides all the other things that she'd have to bring with her, most likely, on her next adventure. She packed all the things that she'd likely be able to bring with her on it into one or two large sacks.
In that sack or those sacks, she put no more than eight scrolls of hers. She also put one of her gowns, as well as four changes of clothes, in that sack or those sacks. Several items that related to her position as the Moon Princess in the Moon Kingdom also ended up in the sack or sacks she was now loading up, if not all of them. Four pairs of footwear soon followed those items as well. As well as other items that she thought that she might need to use on her next adventure in God's very own Universe, such as at least one knife, a medical kit, at least one pair of sunglasses, and at least one item of headgear, for example. Finally, when Serena had everything packed well enough into the sack or sacks in question, she soon tied them off in the required manner, before she placed them all on a cart that Luna got for her while she was still packing for her next trip.
Then, after the sack or sacks were most certainly on that cart well enough, and secured sufficiently enough to it, Serena soon said, "Luna, let's go. We've only got a little time left, I believe, for us to get to the Hall of Memories before my mother, at least, really wants us there, if at all possible. Let's go there, then, and see if we're there before the others get there as well, if they're not already there, Luna."
So Luna and Serena did that moments later, after Serena had quickly jotted down a note for her father and her Uncle Raph. This was just in case she didn't see them again for quite a while, and just in case she'd forgotten to tell them anything the last time that she'd seen them both within the last few hours or days, as the case might be for her and them, of course. Serena jotted down that particular note on a rather small piece of parchment, most likely. And then she left it on top of her bedside table, under a new paperweight she'd just received as a present from Princess Michelle at Christmas, about a month before the current date.
She soon left her chambers as quickly as she could with Luna for the Hall of Memories, after she'd made as sure as she possibly could make sure that nobody who didn't need to be in her chambers for any reason whatsoever during her upcoming absence would likely be able to get into it easily enough, of course. Those people, of course, wouldn't include her father Prince Daniel, her uncle Prince Raphael, or her honey Prince Darien, at least, if not anyone else as well, for all the obvious reasons.
She and Luna were in the Hall of Memories just about ten to fifteen minutes, at most, before all the other Princesses and the cat Artemis who'd likely be going with her on her next adventure got there. But not before both her parents were already there. When she and Luna entered the Hall of Memories, her parents were already there, saying their goodbyes to each other for a time. Mostly with kisses, of course. Serena and Luna watched them kiss each other for a little while longer, before Serena then suddenly cleared her throat, and she got their attention by doing so.
Queen Serenity saw her first, then she soon said, "I see you're here now, Serena."
"Yes, I am, Mother."
"How long have you been here now, Serena?"
"About five minutes, Mom."
"What do you think of your Dad and me kissing here?"
"It's fine with me, I suppose. You're likely going to be apart for a time, so I don't really mind it all that much right now, Mom."
"I see, Serena. Luna, do you mind me and Daniel kissing at all either, by any chance?" As she asked Luna that, Serena sat down on a nearby bench in the Hall of Memories.
"No, of course not, Niti. At least partly since you're married to each other right now, I don't,
if not entirely. And I think it's good for Serena to see that her parents love each other enough to kiss their spouse at least every so often in their lives. Many children may not see that from their parents at all, or very rarely, if ever. And she may be right about you being away from her father for a while, if we're all not too mistaken about such things in our lives."
"I see, Luna," said Queen Serenity.
Daniel said, "It's good that we're still quite in love with each other, you two. And it could be that we always will be. Even if something bad happens to either or both of us, as several of us might think might happen eventually here in the Moon Kingdom."
"Even your possible death, Dad?"
"Well, yes, Serena, even my possible death sometime yet in the future. Listen, Serena, I know that you and your siblings might miss me quite a bit if I get killed before the Negaverse gets here to the Moon, for the obvious reasons. But if it's really my time to go, then I must go, if it's truly God's will that I do so. If I do go, though, Serena, I want you to do all you can to help your mother deal with my loss, if at all possible. Not to mention yourself and your siblings, of course. And to try to possibly buy more time for our Moon Kingdom to try to protect itself, if you can. It's very likely that we'll all either die or fall asleep, as the case might be, Serena. At least we might all do that at least once, if not more often than that. Even you, as you often seem to think, of course. It may not be a very pleasant idea for us, of course. But death happens for everyone, unless God sees fit to bring them to the Celestial City before they do so. Do you remember hearing about Enoch from me and others at least once in your life?"
"Yes, Dad, I do. What about him?"
"He was evidently one of only two Terran men to not die before Jesus Christ's coming. And both men were somehow translated to the Celestial City, which Terrans often call Heaven or Paradise, where they've likely been ever since. Besides him, the only other Terran man not to die was evidently the prophet Elijah from Israel, I believe. I don't know if any other people have been translated to the Celestial City without dying since Jesus Christ ascended to Heaven about 950 or so years ago, though. That's if my math about such a time is accurate enough here, of course. It could have actually happened since then, Serena. But I really don't think that it actually has happened at all since then, in fact."
"And Jesus actually died for all of us, even though He really didn't have to?"
"Yes, Serena. He didn't have to die. He could have gone back up to Heaven without dying,
in fact. But He still chose to die, so that everyone who'd accept Him as their Lord and Saviour would eventually be able to spend all of Eternity with Him in Heaven, if His Father saw fit to let them do so. Now I don't really think I'll be able to go to the Celestial City without dying, Serena. But if not, then I hope that I'll eventually end up there someday, if it is His Father's will to let me do so eventually."
Just then, other Princesses and Artemis began filing into the Hall of Memories. And before anyone else besides Serena and Luna could see them do so, Queen Serenity and Daniel kissed and hugged each other only once more apiece, before they then let each other go, They did so even while also stepping back from each other before they were spotted by anyone else who was now entering the Hall of Memories. Serena then rather quickly rose from where she'd just been sitting, as well. And she brought her things to the middle of the Hall of Memories, if she'd not already done so, as ten other Princesses and one certain mostly white cat showed up in the area of the Hall of Memories that she, her parents, and Luna were already in there. Which was, as a matter of fact, the middle of that Hall of Memories.
Queen Serenity soon had everyone else put their things on certain tiles in the middle of that Hall of Memories, as Serena was now just doing with her things. After she saw all the girls who were now with her do so, she then at least briefly checked each of their sacks of things, for all of the obvious reasons. She checked all their things, of course. And she only rejected a few items from all the things that she'd just checked out, for various reasons, in each of their lives. She'd have Prince Daniel and others bring back all the rejected things to each of the necessary chambers elsewhere in the Imperial Palace later, of course, whenever possible.
She rejected all the two-piece swimsuits that any of the girls had tried to sneak past her. For she thought that they'd all be too revealing for the girls in question, if they were worn, on their current adventure, around strangers wherever they were elsewhere in God's own Universe, if not for any other reasons as well. The four girls that'd just tried to sneak bikinis past her had been Raye, Mina, Alexis, and Michelle. And she'd likely discuss such things with them sometime soon, if she ever got the chance during their next adventure elsewhere in God's own Universe, of course, if at all possible. Nobody else tried to slip a bikini kind of swimsuit past her, though. Not even Serena, who'd also thought about doing so for a while before she'd chosen not to do so.
Amy's science-related scrolls soon met a pile of rejected items. For the Moon Kingdom was rather technologically much more advanced, most likely, than the nation that they'd most likely be finding themselves in very shortly, if things went sufficiently according to plan for them all, of course. Some of her other things also soon ended up in a pile of her rejected things, for reasons likely too numerous to mention currently.
Several of Raye's scrolls met up with a pile of her items that Queen Serenity wouldn't let Raye bring with her on their next adventure. For they were often filled with things that Queen Serenity didn't want anyone who they might meet up with, while they were on their next adventure, know yet about them, if at all possible, for the obvious reasons. Raye didn't like it very much at all, in fact. But when Queen Serenity gave her a certain strong look, she immediately shut up, of course. For she really didn't want to invite any trouble from Queen Serenity, if she could possibly avoid it, at least while they were on their next adventure anywhere in God's very own Universe.
After checking Raye's things, Queen Serenity moved to Serena's things, and began checking them as well. She set a few items aside. For she'd rejected them, for various reasons too numerous to mention as well. She put them in another pile of rejected items, of course. Eventually, she then cleared what was still left of Serena's things for the trip in question. And she set them all down on the tile in the Hall of Memories that she, Serena, Luna, and Artemis would all be leaving it from, of course.
With that then done, she did the same with each of the other Princesses' things, of course, just as she'd already done with Raye, Amy, and Serena's things just a little while before. Eventually, she'd cleared most of the things that the girls had brought with them to the Hall of Memories. And the rest, she'd have Daniel and other servants of theirs attend to later, of course. And when she was satisfied that she'd cleared enough things for the trip, she then said, "All right, everyone, get on your proper tiles now," as she got on one with Serena, Luna, and Artemis as well.
After all the Princesses and both cats were wherever they each had to be around her, she then said, "Girls, prepare to depart here momentarily. We'll be getting a free trip to our next adventure's location, courtesy of God, as a matter of fact. And you all don't need to transform into your respective Sailor Scout states this time, at least, for He'll transport you there without any of you having to do that at all."
A moment later, she got several acknowledging nods from her cats and all the girls now with her in the Hall of Memories. And after she did so, she then quickly said, "Daniel, I love you. And I want you and Raph to hold down the fort here on the Moon, if at all possible, as well as you can, while we're all away from here."
"Will do, and I'm sure that your brother will do the same, of course."
Then Queen Serenity said, "God, we're all ready to leave here now," once she was sure that everyone who'd be going with her on their next trip to somewhere else in His Universe was indeed as ready as they'd most likely ever be to do just that. Seconds later, and about ten minutes after local midnight, which'd mean that the current date was now January 30, 987, Queen Serenity, her cats, and all eleven of the Princesses began vanishing from the Hall of Memories for another location elsewhere in God's very own Universe. As did all the things that Queen Serenity had cleared for them all to bring on their trip to that same location, of course. Minutes later, they were already on their way to wherever that location might be in the Universe, which, as a matter of fact, happened to be somewhere in the Cuzco, Peru, local area on Earth.
A Rather Hostile Takeover will still take at least some time to put up here, just the same,
readers. For I've not yet completed the series, even though I've written at least partly into the seventh volume of this series, if not totally into it. Six volumes are complete. The seventh volume in this series is in progress, as of the current time. And the Moon Kingdom hasn't yet fallen at the point that I am now at in its series. When I finish getting the first six volumes of this story series up, I'll then start to upload the seventh one. And then we can go from there, once you've seen all that I'll have by that time for "The Chrysanthemum Chronicles" story series, readers. I don't expect to be able to start uploading the seventh volume in the series for at least a few weeks or months, though, people. For each volume in this particular story series of mine here is generally of good size, whenever possible, in fact, readers. There are many more things yet to come in this series. But if I say too much more than that right now and right here, you might choose not to continue reading this series, I think. For I might then be spoiling it for you all here, obviously enough, of course. Until later, then, this is "The Universal Storyteller" signing off here. Happy reading, and God bless, and all that, of course,
readers! Over and out!