AN- Ok this chapter will occur seven years later as you can tell from the title. Also the Sailor Scouts will be Super Sailor Scouts, and this is just as a heads-up.
Disclaimer- I do not own any of the Sailor Moon characters.
Chapter 2- Seven Years Later
The next seven years went by quickly. The princesses and Darien and his generals did not see each other at all. In those seven years, the girls had learned to cultivate their powers as Sailor Scouts and had made their powers legendary, and their identities still remained a secret. Serena, true to her word, had successfully made her beauty renowned. Many people came to the moon strictly to pay homage to her beauty. She also had become a woman famous for her political skills and kindness, all in all the perfect queen-to-be. Meanwhile, Darien had given himself the reputation as quite the playboy, along with his friend, Jadeite. Malachite, Jadeite, Nephlyte, and Zoicite had also become full-fledged generals in the Terran (AN- Was that what it was called?) army.
In the Lunarian Palace
"Not again!" Serena groaned as she got dressed in a beautiful gown of sea-foam green. It was Neptunian made.
"Wow, Serena," Mina taunted, "I didn't realize how much you loved the first Tuesday of every month,"
Serena threw Mina a deadly glare. She dreaded the first Tuesday of every month. Making herself the most beautiful woman in the galaxy definitely had its down points. Every man desired her and wanted to make her his wife. So, the first Tuesday of every month became "Seeing Suitors Day." So far, all of the candidates sucked. They were all pompous princes and kings who wanted a pretty wife, who was also in line for the most powerful throne in the galaxy.
"Hey, you put yourself up to this," Amy said.
Serena replied, "But I didn't realize I would get this shit." Sophia, who was helping her dress, gave her an admonishing look. "I mean, I didn't realize I would receive such difficulties because of it,"
"Hey look on the bright side, as soon as you get done with it today, you have the Selene festival to look forward to," said Raye.
"I guess," Serena said.
"You are all ready, Princess," Sophia said. Serena started walking out the door towards the throne room followed by the other girls. When she finally got there, she sighed as she stood beside her mother.
"Mother, must we go through with this again?" she whined.
"Now, Serena, we must find a prince for you. Who knows maybe your Prince Charming is in this group today," her mother replied.
"I betting he's not," she whispered.
Ralf called out, "His Royal Highness, son of King Xavier and the Late Queen Adrianna of the Asteroid Danaicious, Prince Heathcliff!"
"Who wants to marry a prince named Heathcliff?" Lita whispered to Mina. They were sitting on the official thrones of their planets that ran down the sides of the throne room.
"I'm betting Serena doesn't," Mina replied, giggling.
They smirked when a pompous looking prince with curly red hair walked in. He was decked in fine clothing along with a sword attached to his belt.
"I bet he doesn't even know how to use that thing," Raye said to Amy, referring to the sword. Amy smiled and nodded in agreement.
"King Apollo and Queen Serenity, it is an honor to be in your gracious presence," said Prince Heathcliff.
King Apollo replied, "It is an honor to have you here, Prince Heathcliff."
Prince Heathcliff smiled. "Thank you, Sire," he said. He gasped slightly in joy when he saw Serena.
"Prince Heathcliff, what do you seek?" Queen Serenity asked.
"I desire the hand of your beloved daughter in marriage," proclaimed the prince.
"We understand, Prince Heathcliff. Darling," King Apollo said turning to his daughter, "do you have anything you would like to say?"
"If I may, Prince Heathcliff, I would like to as you some questions," Serena said winking to her friends.
"Down goes poor Prince Heathcliff," Mina whispered to Lita.
Lita smiled. "It's a pity, I was starting to warm up to him," she whispered back.
"Prince Heathcliff, if you were to marry me, you would become the revered Prince of the Moon. You will not become King. How do you feel about that?" Serena asked.
Prince Heathcliff looked surprised. "I did not realize that I would not become king. Surely, that is not correct. If I were not to be the Supreme Ruler, who would be?" he asked.
Serena turned to her parents and smiled. Then she turned to the prince. "Me," she answered simply.
"You?! I mean, Your Majesties," he said to King Apollo and Queen Serenity, "surely you would not put a woman in charge?"
"If it was her birthright, and she was suitable for the job, then why not?" King Apollo answered.
"If we don't have a problem with it, and our people don't have a problem with it, why should you?" Queen Serenity asked.
"I don't understand. This is absurd…" Prince Heathcliff started.
"Next question," Serena interrupted. "how do you feel about the environment?"
"I feel that there are many restrictions on it already. I mean, who cares about nature?" Prince Heathcliff sputtered.
"I'm so sorry you feel that way, Prince Heathcliff, because I do. Well, I have nothing else to say, Your Majesties," Serena said turning to her parents.
"That will be all, Prince Heathcliff, we shall correspond later," King Apollo said dismissively.
"Yes, of course," Prince Heathcliff said disappointedly. He trudged out. The other candidates didn't seem much better. Most of them were way too arrogant. There was one nice, selfless-seeming man, but he was way too old and was looking for his third wife, one who could bear him his long-desired son.
Back in Serena's Room
"My favorite was Prince Heathcliff! Can you believe how sexist he was?" Raye exclaimed.
"But he was pretty hot," Mina said.
"Do you think of nothing else but hot men?" Amy asked. She was once again…reading.
"No," Mina replied.
"I liked crushing him. That old king Gorlois was nice, but it's a shame he was so old," Serena said.
"And that he was looking for his third wife," Raye said.
"Yeah, that too," Serena said, giggling.
Lita ran into the room smiling. "You won't believe it guys! Seven years of work, and it will finally pay off!" Lita yelled.
"Slow down there, Lita, what did you just say?" Amy said putting down her book.
"I said that seven years of work will finally pay off!" she exclaimed.
"What do you mean, Lita?" Serena asked.
"Well, I was in the kitchens working on this new kind of soufflé, when Boris, the head chef, said that the palace had just received word that King Ambrosius and Queen Daphne of Earth are coming to the Selene festival," Lita answered.
"So?" Raye said while looking at her nails. "So is every other royal family in the galaxy. All of our parents are coming, and Amara's parents, Michelle's parents, Hotaru's parents, and Trista's parents are coming. So who cares if King Ambrosius and Queen Daphne of Earth are coming?"
"Well we care since they are bringing their son, Prince Endymion along with his generals Malachite, Jadeite, Nephlyte, and Zoicite." Lita answered.
"What!" Serena said crying out. "Really?"
"You'd better believe it, girlfriend. So, I believe it's time for some revenge, huh?" Lita asked.
"Girls, please let's just drop this whole revenge thing," Amy pleaded.
"Are you kidding me Amy? Why would we drop this especially since we've all spent the last seven years beautifying ourselves?" Mina asked.
"I don't know about this…" Amy started to say.
"Shut up, Amy, you are going to do exactly as we say," Raye interrupted. "Ok, so I'm guessing we need a plan of action,"
"First we'd better assign each of us to a guy," Mina said. "Serena obviously gets Darien."
"Right, well I guess we should just go by ranks. Amy will take Zoicite, is that ok, Amy?" Serena said.
"Whatever, it's not like I have much say in this," Amy said while picking up her book again.
"It's so nice to see you have so much enthusiasm. Ok, well, then next Raye will take Jadeite," Serena said.
"Are you kidding me? I cannot stand him! Amy, please trade with me. Give me Zoicite!" Raye pleaded.
"No way," Amy said while reading her book, "I can't stand Jadeite anymore than you do. I would fail miserably with him,"
"Ok that's settled. Raye's taking Jadeite. Lita, you'll take Nephlyte," Serena said.
"Sure, I'm ok with anything," Lita said. Raye threw her a pleading look. "Except for Jadeite, Raye, you're on your own there."
"And that leaves Mina with…" Serena said.
"Malachite," Mina finished. "Oh, Sere, please don't give me Malachite. He can't stand me! I'll trade with Raye! Raye, you want Malachite?" Mina pleaded.
"Actually, Mina, no offense, but I would take Jadeite over Malachite any day!" Raye said.
"Thanks a lot, girlfriend," Mina said sarcastically.
"Ok, I have an idea," Raye said, "Since all five guys are different, why don't we each take a different approach to each of our guys?"
"That's a good idea, Raye." Serena said. "I'll go first. I am completely going with the beauty and charm aspect. I am going to act the part of the delicate, gorgeous, naïve princess. Trust me; Darien won't be able to resist me," The girls nodded in agreement.
"I'll go next," Amy said. The girls gave her a surprised look. "I'm just getting this over with. My guess is that the minute Zoicite gets here, he'll want to immediately head to the famous Lunarian palace laboratories. He'll ask someone which lab is the best, and of course that person will say my lab, I mean the Mercurian lab. He will come to the lab and come across me doing my experiments on liquid ice. (AN- That's just the first complex experiment I could think of) He'll be very impressed with my knowledge, and voila! He's going to be in love with me,"
"Wow, Amy, I didn't know you were such a romantic!" Serena exclaimed.
"Ok, I'll go next. The stories of the Terran general, Jadeite, are legendary. From the information I have collected, I have found that Jadeite loves challenges. What I mean is that he loves a woman he can't have," Raye said.
"He can't have any of us," Mina pointed out.
"Well of course he won't go after a woman one of his friends is going after." Raye said. "I don't think he's like that. No, what I meant by a woman he can't have is a woman who won't have him."
"Meaning?" Serena asked.
"A woman who loathes him. He will go after the one woman who hates him with passion just to prove that he can conquer anybody. Well, we all know I hate him. I am going to make the fact that I hate him widely known. You know insults, fierce looks, the whole enchilada. (AN- I wonder if they had enchiladas back then.) Trust me; it will become an obsession for him to conquer me. Pretty soon, that obsession will turn to love, and then I have General Jadeite eating out of the palm of my hand," Raye explained.
"I love your devilish ways, Raye. However, I am going to go the more traditional route. The festival is in three weeks. So, for the next three weeks I am going to research Nephlyte's likes and dislikes. From what I have heard, he likes to stargaze. I am going to read about every constellation out there. Then one night, he will just happen to bump into me stargazing. And then I will seem to understand him perfectly. I will simply become his prefect woman. And that is how General Nephlyte will be taken over," Lita said.
"Good idea!" Serena said. "Mina, what are you going to do?"
"Nothing," she answered.
"Mina, are you still mad that you got stuck with Malachite?" Raye asked.
"No," Mina said. "I meant that my plan is to do nothing. I'm going to ignore Malachite all together. Last time we saw each other, he got so annoyed by me because I kept trying to engage him in a conversation. This time when he doesn't want to talk, I won't talk either. If he wants to be left alone, I'll leave him alone. I'll give him his space to fall in love with me,"
"Oh, so you are going to admiration from a distance route?" Amy asked.
"You'd better believe it. I believe that route suits a man like Malachite," Mina answered.
"Well, now that we have got all that planned, there is nothing left to do but carry the plan out," Lita said.
"Well, I can't believe I'm saying this, but I'm actually excited about Jadeite coming," Raye said.
"Yes, girls, revenge will be sweet," Serena said.
AN- Dun, dun, dun! I hope you like this so far. I personally really like the part with Prince Heathcliff. I hope you enjoyed it, too! Please review!