Hi All,

Here is the next Chapter. Thanks for the review. Sorry it is a little confusing. Trying to fix that.

Enjoy!

PP

Chapter 19

A week later, Hotaru sat on the park bench swinging her legs lost in her own thoughts. Beside her Michelle was reading her book, enjoying the sunshine. As she turned the page she looked over at the young girl a smile on her lips, "Why don't you go play, Hotaru, it is a nice day and you only live once," Michelle said laughing at her own little joke.

Hotaru looked up from her thoughts, "Oh, I know, it is just, I am wondering why the other girls don't like me and why there was a rift in the team."

Michelle closed her book, slipped it into her bag and turned to face the young girl, "Oh Honey, it wasn't your fault; they just don't understand the power that Saturn possesses. It didn't help that before you were on the moon your Father didn't like the Queen of the Moon."

"My father? Why don't I remember him?" She asked.

"It was just after you were born. They were dark times for your planet. Your father had joined the royal court through marriage and he had ideas that as the Scout of Saturn held certain powers they should rule the planet."

"But they were happily married, how did my mother marry someone so hateful?" Hotaru asked

"They were, but as time progressed, Lord Alex became resentful to the Sailor Scouts and the Moon court and the Queen. He did not like the power that she held, or that everyone loved her daughter, or that one of the strongest planets, had to bow to a Moon, not a planet and why did it have to be the Earth's moon and not one of the many of Saturn's." Michelle shifted on the bench and tucked her hair in a ponytail as the wind pick up.

"What happened next?" Hotaru asked wide eyed.

"Well, a war happened, the supporters of your father, against the Army of the moon. The battle raged for 3 three years. Many were lost on both sides, as what your father didn't understand that the power of Saturn may be the strongest in our galaxy, it can only be used once, and the power could only be wielded by the Scout of Saturn, and you were only a couple of years old, and no idea about any of your powers that you hold. After some careful planning the scouts with the assistance of the Kingdom of earth we were able to capture your Father and he was locked away in the Palace jail. But it was a year before your Planet was peaceful again, but since then, people worry that you share the greed of power, as you are a descendant of him."

"But I am nothing like that, how could people think that?" Hotaru asked, sadness reaching her eyes.

"People are dumb, honey, or they are misled, which is what has happened with the inner scouts, their families pushed them to believe that what your father did could happen again, and people from Saturn couldn't be trusted."

"But I am not him; I want to be part of the team, part of our team." Hotaru pleaded.

Michelle wrapped her arms around the young girl and hugged her, "Of course, they just don't understand. It was a scary time when the Inner scouts were brought up; they just haven't been taught differently. But that will change; eventually they will see the error in their ways. I think the Princess will help them see that." Michelle said comfortingly.

"Promise?" Hotaru asked looking up from under Michelle's arm.

"Of course, and we will be a force against this new monster, but for now we need be patient." Michelle said with a sweet smile. Michelle looked up from the girl and saw Amara walk up to the bench.

"What are you telling her about Michelle?" asked the cropped blonde girl, leaning against the arm of the bench.

"Her history," Michelle simply said.

"Trista is going to be cranky with you; I hope you realize this Michelle." Amara said crossing her arms.

Hotaru moved from Michelle and looked at her other guardian, "Why would Trista be cranky?"

"Because she promised you Mother that you wouldn't know the truth about your father," Amara said.

Michelle unhooked her arm from Hotaru, "She asked, about the feud with in the scouts, did you want me to lie to her, she is part of the team, and we remember why, even if they don't," she bristled.

Amara raised her hands in defence, with a smile on her face "Love, don't take it out on me, I am just stating a fact, and you may remember I was with you from the start, everyone should know their history."

Hotaru shot Amara and Michelle a look, "I would like to go home now, and I have got a lot to think about."

Amara patted her on the head, "Of course, we need to discuss some things with Trista as well." With that the three walked to the exit of the park to the car park.

Across town, at Serena's parents' house, she sat in the middle of entry way of the house, she had boxes sitting in front of her, and the cupboard was open and items were strewn in the boxes and the floor.

Darien was sitting in the lounge room, his study books sitting in front of him but he was staring off into space, thinking about the past couple of days. She still wasn't herself, but she was functioning, she had made him start studying again, and had slowly cleaned his apartment. She still cried every night, but during the day, she went into the sunshine, and somehow functioned. What shocked him the most was that she asked to come to the house today, she wanted to start packing up the house. She wouldn't let him help, also wouldn't let him call either of the courts to help her.

So here he sat, in her lounge room 'studying' while she listened to loud angry rock music on her IPod. He glanced at the time, and saw that a few hours had passed since they had arrived, he stood and stretched his legs, he wandered into the kitchen and pulled out two glasses from the boxes and filled them with water, and wandered around the house until she found her in her Mothers room. There were tears streaming down her face as she smelt her mother's perfume, and the music still blaring loudly from her earphones.

He walked up to her and sat down next to her, and placed the glass of water in front of her, she jumped a little, when she realized she wasn't alone, and looked at Darien and quickly wiped the tears from her eyes.

"Did you know that she wasn't even my biological mother?" She asked Darien, he just shook his head. "I was adopted, many years ago, they had had Sammy, but they wanted a daughter. But from the moment I came here, I was a Tsukino." She said with a smile, and offered the perfume bottle to Darien to smell. He inhaled the flowery scent, and smiled fondly at Serena.

"You don't need to back up the house, you know that right? I can get some people in to help and you can just supervise." Darien said gently.

Serena smiled sadly, "No it is alright, I need to do this for them. I can't help but think that maybe this is my fault, maybe being the princess has brought this misfortune to this family. They were a loving family Darien, they didn't deserve this, or the burden of me. So no, no one else can do this job, I owe this to my family, as my final way of saying sorry for the trouble." She sniffed and wiped her nose on her arm. Darien went to rub her back, but she shifted away. "Go back to studying; I will be a couple of more hours." She said turning back to put the glass bottle into the packing box.

Darien kissed the top of her head, and let her get back to packing and went back to his books in the lounge room.