Authors Note: I hope you all like this next one. I was going to add more, but it's already quite long enough. Hopefully I should have the next chapter out sooner than usual. Thanks once more for all of the great reviews!

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Chapter 21

Katri smiled as she oversaw the final preparations for Serena's coronation ceremony. The reporters were starting to arrive and the florists were finishing up their set up of the flower arrangements that she ordered specifically for this day. Soon she would take her oath to protect her dear friend as a Guardian once more. This time the oath would be to her Queen, not a princess.

"Wow, this place is incredible!" Mina stated as she walked into the large hall where the ceremony was to take place. "Katri, you did an amazing job at picking this place."

Katri smiled and walked up to Mina and Amy who just arrived at the hall. "Well, only the best places were picked out for our Princess. This assembly hall is the best place in Tokyo for this to take place. Are the others with you?"

"Rei and Lita are with Serena helping her get ready and we're here to see if we can help you out." Amy responded calmly.

"I could use your help right now, actually." Katri started walking towards the main entrance of the assembly hall. "The reporters that are allowed in here have been given invitations that have a water mark that only you, Amy, will be able to see. It is the crest of the Moon Kingdom. Can you start getting them in the proper media area over in the far right corner, Mina while Amy checks their invitations?"

Amy nodded and started to immediately get to work on checking the invitations while Mina escorted them to their area. Katri turned back towards the front to see Michiru and Haruka walking towards her.

"Setsuna just arrived with the crown for Serena." Michiru told her calmly.

"Good, now do you remember how to become your princess forms still?" Katri asked them as they walked up to the front.

"Sure, Setsuna made sure that we could still do it when she found us all those years ago. I don't think the others do though." Haruka stated as an after thought.

Katri nodded as she smiled at the two women. "I can make sure they know before we get started. We're almost ready here, and the ceremony starts in just a little over an hour. Have we had any word on whether Darien will be showing up or not?"

Michiru shook her head sadly. "Apparently it looks like he will renounce his title and power today. Serena will be crushed."

Katri nodded in understanding. "I guess this time Serena is the one who truly lost."

Serena smiled as she looked in the large mirror in her dressing room. Rei and Lita had just finished helping her get into her gown and she couldn't believe the person she saw in the mirror. She no longer looked like Serena, a simple young woman, but like Princess Serena of the Moon Kingdom.

Her dress was a simple ivory colored dress with a tight v-neck bodice that flared out at her waist with simple pleats. The sleeves of her dress only went to her shoulders. She wore her hair in her standard "meatball" style, but with small silver barrettes placed just below each "meatball". On her feet she wore simple flats, knowing that she would be standing for quite some time.

"Sere, you look wonderful." Lita smiled at her friend. "Are you ready for this?"

"About as ready as I can be, I just want this whole thing to be over with so that I can focus on all of the diplomatic fall out that will happen from this." Serena turned to face her friends. "When will you go and get ready?"

"Katri wants us to stay with you until just prior to the ceremony starting so that no harm will come to you." Rei stated calmly as she grimaced at the thought of the last conversation with Katri.

"Why don't you two go and get ready, I'll be fine." Serena suggested.

"Sere, is something wrong?" Lita asked in concern. "Are you worried about Darien not taking his place beside you?"

"Darien will do what he feels is best." Serena stated calmly as she thought of their recent conversations. "I am just nervous about doing this. But I'll be fine once the ceremony is started."

Rei looked at her suspiciously. "Sere, we're here for you if you want to talk about it. Did Darien tell you something when you went out to meet him a few days ago?"

Serena looked at her in shock. "How did you know about that?"

"I was doing some tasks for Katri when I saw the two of you talking. It looked to be a very serious conversation." Rei noticed the look of panic cross her face. "Don't worry, Katri doesn't know about it. She doesn't need to."

Serena calmed down some as she thought about what exactly to tell them. "Darien just had a few questions for me about the Moon Kingdom days. He still hadn't made a decision at that time." Serena looked at a clock on the wall before looking back at her friends. "There isn't much time until the ceremony starts. You better go get ready. I'll be fine until then."

Rei and Lita nodded as they headed out the door, leaving Serena alone with her thoughts.

Katri walked into the dressing room for the inner scouts and smiled as they stood around talking while they waited for her to arrive. "Okay ladies its time for your final lesson, becoming your princess forms from your Senshi forms."

"What do you mean by a final lesson?" Mina asked in astonishment.

"We don't have time for another lesson, Katri. We are just a few minutes away from the start of the ceremony." Rei stated as she felt her anger towards the mysterious woman rise.

"This is the most important lesson I could ever teach you, Mars. This last lesson is how we lived during the Silver Millennium. We were known throughout the universe as the Guardians and protectors of the heir to the throne, Princess Serena. There were only the few who knew we were also the Princesses of Serena's court. That was kept very quiet from the rest of the kingdom and the court of the Silver Alliance.

"We were able to find out much more information by keeping our identities quiet from the rest of the Alliance. Only the few who Queen Serenity trusted to the fullest ever knew that we were both the Princess's Guardians as well as her court. This helped us in the final days when it was discovered that Beryl was planning an attack on the kingdom and she was getting help from the inside. Unfortunately we lost that battle due to poor timing and not all of the facts that we desperately needed at that time."

Amy looked at Katri, her blue eyes full of speculation. "What else went on during those final days, Katri? I can tell you are not telling us everything."

Katri smiled at her perceptively. "You are still as perceptive as ever Mercury. Unfortunately this isn't the time or place to go into just how much I know about those days. I only have a short amount of time to teach you what you need to know before the coronation starts."

"Wait a second, if we keep the two identities separate back during the Silver Alliance why not continue to do so now?" Rei asked candidly.

"The world already knows more than the alliance ever did. The world has known you as the Sailor Senshi for over five years. The world will never know that you were Rei, Amy, Mina, or Lita as well. Those identities no longer exist."

"What about those who love us and our friends and family?" Mina asked directly as she thought about all those they have known over the years.

"They will just simply forget they knew you." Katri brushed off the question lightly before looking at them with her gaze showing them just how serious the she was. "This is what you do. First you transform into your Senshi forms. Then allow your minds to clear, only think about who you were during the Silver Millennium and nothing else. As your memories of those wonderful days come to your mind you will know exactly what to do to become Princesses once more."

Lita nodded in understanding as she pulled out her Star pen with the symbol of Jupiter on it. "Jupiter Star Power!" Once Lita was the Senshi of Thunder she closed her eyes and began to meditate about the days of the Moon Kingdom. As her mind opened up to the days she had forgotten of she felt herself transform once more, this time becoming Princess Jupiter.

"I am Princess Jupiter of the Silver Alliance and Princess Serena's court." She opened her eyes to see her friends looking at her in shock and Katri smiling at her.

"Welcome back Princess Jupiter." Katri welcomed her as she bowed respectfully.

"I am your equal Lady Katriana you do not need to bow to me." Lita smiled at her warmly before looking at her friends. "Please transform my friends."

"Mercury Star Power!"

"Mars Star Power!"

"Venus Star Power!"

The other three women transformed in to Sailors Mercury, Mars and Venus before beginning their meditation to become their princess forms once more. Soon instead of the Senshi standing in the room there stood Princess Mercury, Princess Venus and Princess Mars of the Silver Alliance.

"Welcome back ladies." Katri greeted them warmly. "Princess Jupiter will lead you into the hall. Behind her will be Mars, Venus and then Mercury. You will all follow the outer Princesses in. After you are standing at the front of the hall then Serena will come in. Once she has been introduced you will all take your oath and become the most powerful women in the world and the Guardian Senshi. All of your training has been leading up to this day." Katri opened the door and looked out before turning back to them once more. "It is time."