A/N: Don't kill me. I know it's been far too long since I have updated any story. So much has happened in the past year and nine months and I have had such terrible writer's block. I'm so sorry. So in this chapter (WARNING: SPOILER), I bring in Nehelenia as Queen of the New Moon (aka Dark Moon) Kingdom and as Queen Serenity's sister and Princess Serena's aunt. This addition will bring in the bad guys of the story to give it some action as well as bringing these two former enemies together as a family. We also get to see some more of Pluto in this chapter. I have put as much description as I could to allow you to picture the ball room the charity ball will take place in with your minds. I hope you enjoy this chapter. For fans who also like my other stories, I will update them as soon as I can, please bare with me as I get my writing groove back. Next chapter the rest of the charity ball…

You Know You Love Me,

XOXO,

Alyss


Chapter Six

"Aunt Trista! I didn't know you were coming." Celine walked calmly into Sailor Pluto's outstretched arms returning the offered hug easily. "And what is the New Moon Princess doing here?" she whispered into the trusted scout's ear.

"Dearest, Celine, I'm sorry to have come without notice but we must speak privately concerning Nehelenia," Trista replied calmly leading the confused heiress to an area of the massive room away from unwelcome ears gesturing for the young queen and the Starlights to follow.

"I'm sorry princess, I didn't have a choice," she began. "The New Moon Kingdom is under attack. Her own defenders are handling the best they can but this force is bent on controlling Nehelenia and the New Moon Crystal. It's for her safety that they asked me to bring her to you for protection."

"They are asking me To protect my aunt? She nearly killed Darien which would have resulted in Rini never existing, not to mention Crystal Tokyo would be a very different place! How can you, of all people, ask this of me, Pluto?"

"Serenity, I'm sorry," the young queen, who looked maybe ten but who was centuries old, spoke up for the first time. "There is no excuse for what I did to you, your scouts, or your prince. I never should have let Sailor Galaxia, Chaos, trick me into thinking I had no friends, or that you were the cause of the loneliness I felt. You are my family, my sister's only child. You've shown me the truth; please help me now."

"Why come to me?" the young princess asked, already feeling exhausted and the evening hadn't even begun. "The scouts are already suspicious of my disguise. Why give them more reason to be? Why not ask them to protect her?"

"You know they would never protect her without a direct order from you as their princess. I wouldn't have brought her to you if I hadn't known that the threat was real and what would happen if she didn't receive the protection she requires," Trista was kind but stern in her warning. Her princess needed to protect her aunt, or the consequences would be dire.

"Alright," Celine said with a sigh, defeated. "I'll protect you, Aunt Nehelenia. My Crystal will Make sure people believe you're my younger sister, who has been traveling with our God mother until today. Pluto, you can tell the others that the Starlights are protecting her when they get here for the charity ball. Yaten, show her to the room next to yours, please, it'll be ready for her by the time you get up there and please help her get ready for tonight quickly. Trista you know where your room is, please also get ready quickly. And everyone be ready for a very long and heated night."


Darien and the scouts were taken by surprise as they entered the ball room of the Ogasawara Manor. They had expected a large home one maybe a couple acres of land, but they weren't expecting the reality of the young heiress's estate. The drive from the gate to the mansion took thirty minutes and the building itself must have been 700 feet in length, 300 feet in width, and must have had 4 stories above ground, not to mention any stories below ground ball room was on the ground level and was large enough to take up at least half the square feet of the first floor. It was decorated modestly with midnight blue, dark purple, and silver fabrics draped from the ceiling, wrapped around pillars and the staircase railings that lead to the indoor balcony where tables and chairs waited for their guests with table clothes and chair covers matching the fabric decorations of the grand room. Toward the back of the room, centered between the staircase and the wall leading to an unknown room, was a stage with a band playing slow, hypnotic dance music. The stage was decorated to match the rooms decor. Though simple, as Lady Celine's charity functions were becoming known for, the room was breath taking and made the scouts wonder why other functions they had attended in the past went as far as they did when they could get the desired effect by doing things in a more simpler manner.

There was easily room for the 150 guests lucky enough to have tickets to the event, plus those who were not in need of tickets, like wait staff, the band, Lady Celine, and the Three Lights, however, they were not prepared to see Queen Nehelenia, as a child, standing hand - in- hand with the young heiress, wearing a similar dress as the hostess, talking easily with the Seiya, Taiki, and Yaten. Before they could move to confront their former enemy, however, Trista appeared in front of them, blocking their way.

"She's here peacefully, and is under the Starlights protection, by order of our princess," Trista began, hoping to defuse the situation before it became too heated. "Her kingdom is under attack; her enemies wanting to control her and Crystal. Her generals asked me to take her to her niece, our princess, to ask for her help in protecting the young body queen. Serena used her Crystal to insert her into Celine's and the Starlights life as Celine's younger sister, much as I did for you Rini with Darien."

"What makes you think this isn't a ploy to gain our princess's trust? We all know she gives it too easily," Amara tried to reason with the other outer scout.

"And we all know she was right to give her trust to the Starlights when they helped her defeat Chaos while we could not," Trista responded, quickly defending her princess instincts. "If she hadn't trusted them, she very well could have lost that battle and we would all be lost. I have seen the forces attacking the New Moon Kingdom, the threat is real, and if they were to succeed in controlling Nehelenia, they would not be satisfied until they have killed our princess and gained control of her Moon Crystal, this I have seen."

"So we're just supposed to excepted that she's here, after everything she did to us, to our princess?" Raye asked livid at seeing the person that nearly killed Darien talking to their supposed allies with a light but sad smile on her face.

"Yes," Trista answered coolly. "This is all our princess has asked of you on this manner. She knows you would be reluctant to protect her aunt, though it would be smart of all of you to remember that it is her wish that Nehelenia be protected and should you be in the situation to protect her and refuse to do so, Serena may not take that well."

Trista didn't wait for a response instead turning a walking toward the New Moon Queen, joining her as Celine and the Three Lights walked onto the stage.