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Chapter 3

Everyone stood in shock. They couldn't believe what Queen Serenity had just told them.

Usagi bit her lip, trying to fight back tears. "I can't believe someone did that to my mom."

Mamoru sighed. "It will be okay," he said, but even he was not so sure.

Just then, the servant Aiko came out. "I'll show you all to your rooms."

"Our rooms?" Michiru asked, confused.

"Yes, your rooms." Aiko said. "It would be too crazy to have all of you on different planets, so until this evil is eliminated, you're all living here."

Rei hung her head. "I'm going to miss grandpa, and Yuichiro…and Nobu."

"I'll miss Nobu too," Hotaru said quietly.

Nobu was Hotaru's older brother, and ever since he moved to Mars to be with Rei, Hotaru came to the Mars palace frequently for visits.

Aiko's eyes softened. "Don't worry. There will be plenty of time for visiting. Now come."

Everyone followed Aiko inside. "Now, our rooms are very spacious, but there are a limited number so you will be sharing rooms, except Mamoru will get his own since he's a guy."

Aiko stopped in front of the first room, which was Usagi's. "Setsuna, you'll share Usagi's room."

Aiko continued on to a room just a few feet down the hall from Usagi's. "Makoto and Ami will share this room," Aiko then pointed to a room right next to Ami and Makoto's. "This room will be Rei and Minako's."

Aiko walked down to the end of the hall and made a right, where there was a smaller hall with three rooms.

"This one will belong to Hotaru and Chibiusa," Aiko said pointing to the room closest to her. She then walked down a few steps to the next room.

"Haruka and Michiru, this will be your room."

She then pointed to the very last room. "And Mamoru, this one is yours."

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Ami stared blankly ahead at the walls in her room.

"Is everything alright?" Makoto asked her.

Ami sighed. "It just hit me how much our lives are going to change because of this."

"I know," Makoto said. "But Queen Serenity is right. As princesses it's our duty to protect the Universe. We can't stand by idly while there is a crisis."

Ami nodded in agreement. "Speaking of Queen Serenity, I feel bad. I think we should apologize to her."

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"So you're Usagi's daughter," Hotaru said more to herself than to Chibiusa. "What's it like in the future?"

"It's cool, I guess. Nothing much is going on there, so that's why I came to help." Chibiusa replied. She then got off her bed and made her way towards the door. "Let's go outside."

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"And this is the royal garden," Usagi said to Setsuna, completing the tour of the Moon Palace.
Usagi winced as she saw bent over flowers in between the two fountains. She knew that must be where her attacker raped her.

"Did that flower…just move?" Setsuna asked, pointing to a lily on the left side of the garden."

"No, I don't think-," Usagi stopped as she saw it with her own two eyes: the lily suddenly leaped out of the ground and took a human like form.

"What is going on?"

Usagi and Setsuna turned around to see Hotaru and Chibiusa, who was holding Diana, who had just arrived.

"We're not sure!" Setsuna said.

Just then, a rather handsome blonde male appeared. He snickered, his eyes lay on Usagi.

"Well well, if it isn't Queen Serenity's beautiful daughter!" The man sneered.

"Are you…?" Usagi's voice trailed off. She couldn't bring herself to say it.

"Yes I am!" He replied, knowing exactly what she was going to say. "I'm Jadeite. Don't worry, little princesses. I have no intention of harming you…for now. That's what Lily's for." He said, pointing to the flower who had taken a human form.

"Ta-ta!" Jadeite snickered and then disappeared.

"You're dead!" Lily sneered, tossing some razor sharp flower petals directly at the 4 girls.

"What do we do?" Chibiusa asked in a panicked voice.

"Take out your transformation pendants!" Diana said.

The girls did as they were told.

"How do we transform with them?" Hotaru asked, fear rising in her voice.

"Concentrate! It will come to you!" Diana encouraged them.

The girls squeezed their transformation items, and concentrated with all their might. They suddenly seemed to know exactly what to do.

"MOON PRISM POWER!"

"MOON POWER!"
"PLUTO POWER!"

"SATURN POWER!"

Almost as soon as their knowledge of what to do came to them, it left.

"Now what?" Usagi wailed.

Hotaru looked at the scythe in her hands, she raised it up in the air and slashed Lily across the arm.

"Arrrgh, you'll pay!" Lily screamed.

Lily sent out another round of razor sharp petals, straight at Hotaru, knocking her down.

"Aaaah!" Hotaru wailed.

Setsuna gripped the Time Key Staff in her hands, and once again concentrated.

"DEAD SCREAM!" she shouted, and a great purple energy flowed from her Time Key to the enemy.

The puzzle pieces began to fall into place for the others as well.

"SILENCE GLAIVE, SURPRISE!"

"PINK SUGAR HEART, ATTACK!"

"MOON TIARA MAGIC!"

"Eyyyyyahhhhh!" Lily screamed as she disappeared.

The girls looked at each other in shock. They had just fought their first battle.

"The war has begun," Setsuna whispered.