Two Moons

Sailor Moon

fanfiction

DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN SAILOR MOON OR ANY RECOGNIZABLE EVENTS, PLACES, OR CHARACTERS.

Chapter 5: Decisions to be made

It's my decision right? What if I want to find my brother? All this time I've thought I've been alone but I knew that I wasn't. So what I should I do? Should I find the scouts on my own or tell these scouts? Would giving up Rini and Serena be okay? It could mean the end of the Negaverse. And we know what happens if Serena does become queen and we do get married...the Negaverse will take over. But if we stop that from happening then what's the future? "Trista, before you leave can...can you tell me what the future looks like if these new scouts take over? Will me or any of the scouts be alive? Will anyone be alive?"

"Darien, do you really want to know?" Trista's tone dropped as she spoke. It went from concerned to questionable which only caused Darien's attention to raise.

"Yes, I do. It will affect my decision on telling the girls or finding these scouts myself."

"If things continue at this pace, you will receive your rightful title as king of Earth and you will have your choice for queen."

"And the girls? Rini? Serena? The scouts? What about them?"

"The scouts will be fine but I am not sure about Serena or Small Lady."

"Will there be peace? Will the Negaverse be gone?"

She nodded and stood up. "Yes, I believe so. I can't be sure. It seems every moment that the future changes. My king, I believe it's best for you to decide what to do. So many changes are happening. I fear I can't keep up and inform you of every one."

"That's fine. I appreciate your help, Trista. I'll do my best, I promise."

"If I hadn't trusted you, I wouldn't have come to you. I believe it's time for me to return now. Farewell, my king," Trista bowed and walked away from Darien, who just stood and watched as she walked away.

"Princess Grace, what a surprise. What can I help you with?" Prince Edymion stood up as the young princess watched into the garden.

"Oh, nothing really. My sister wanted me to check in on things. Where is your brother?" she said leaning down and smelling the bright red roses.

"I'm afraid he's gone."

"Gone?" Her attention turned to him and she slowly stood up. "To where?"

The prince looked away from her quickly and turned his attention the skylit sky. "To where he always finds himself."

She sighed as she looked up. "Again? One day he will understand his duties. Those duties are not to do as Sailor Pluto pleases."

"Maybe you should inform your sister to come and remind him who he should be pleasing, instead."

"Oh, she'll be here when she's told. Which reminds me," Princess Grace walked up the stairs to the terrance where Prince Edymion stood, "I was told that your coordination should be soon. Have you decided on your queen yet?"

He shook his head, never lowering his eyes from the stars. "No, I think I am going to pass on marriage for awhile."

"You know you can't take over as King until you do. Perseus is the next to the throne if you don't take it. We both know whom he would wed and we both know how poorly he would be able to take reigns. Look at his priorities now. He isn't exactly king material."

"I agree with you but there's no one I want to marry-"

"Yes, there is. You can't get an answer if you don't ask," she teased, poking his side.

The prince turned and looked at her with a smile crossing his lips. "I could ask but I know the answer."

"Just ask her. If my sister pleases you so much, you have to ask her. It's not like some other will cross your path and make you think otherwise."

"It's not your sister I'm worried about."

"Are you worried about the rebellion that has started?"

He eyed her. The news of the rebellion was fresh to his knowledge. The last he had heard about a rebellion it was part of a historic lesson about leadership-not something that was new and occurring. "Rebellion?"

"Hasn't she told you about it?" He shook his head. "One of her officiants has grown restless and is trying to form a rebellion. Surely she's mentioned it you."

"No, she hasn't," he looked up again at the sky and tightened his grip on the fencing around the terrance.

"You needn't worry. She is capable of handling one silly officiant."

"Which one is it?"

"That one," she said pointing to the white moon in the distance. "You're the only kingdom in danger, right now. Which is partially why I think you should just hurry up and wed. If you do, the number of rebellion forces will drop because it will prove that Queen Alana reigns this region and no one will be able to stop it."

"Princess Grace, I will consider it. I will also go talk to this officiant that is causing so much trouble. She is under my reign. If she has a problem with anyone, it should be me. Thank you for your visit. I'll tell my brother you were looking for him."

Darien stared at the ceiling. These memories. Where did they come from? Did Trista remind me? Is that why I remember them? It has to be. If I don't say anything to the scouts then what will happen? Could I stand seeing Serena die? Could I stand to even loose Rini? I know Serena and I have our differences but that doesn't mean she deserves to die…even if her mother started a rebellion. How is that even possible? Why does part of me not believe that? Why didn't I remember any of this until Trista told me? Could it be that someone went back and changed everything recently? It must be. None of this can be real. That's just not possible.

His phone rang and he glanced at it before getting up and grabbing it. "Hello?"

"Hey! I hope it's not too early but I could really use some help!" Ally chimed into the phone, clearly too awake for this hour.

"Ah, no, it's not too early. What's up?"

"Well, I got my assignment but I have no idea where to go. It's Juuban? I think that's how you say it? Does that sound right? They said there's a middle school and a high school with the same name but it's the high school."

Darien crossed the living area and into the kitchen. "Um, yeah, I think I know what you're talking about. If you want, I can take you by there later."

"Oh, that would be great! You're my hero, Darien!"

He laughed as he pulled a cup out of the cupboard and poured orange juice into it. "It's no problem, really. How are you feeling today?"

"I'm fine. Just a little headache but I had issues sleeping. Time difference, right? I feel fine."

"Ha, yeah, the time must really be catching up on you. Why don't you take today to sleep?"

"I can't. I start teaching tomorrow. So, I really need to get myself adjusted today before I fall asleep during a lesson!"

"That's true," he said taking a sip. "Well, how about I come get you in an hour? I can take you to get what you need and we can see about getting your time adjusted!"

"Sounds great, Darien! Thanks! I'll see you soon!" Ally said, hanging up.

Darien put down the phone on the counter. So she'll be teaching at Serena's school. Why can't I shake the fact that I find that so weird? There are tons of schools but why this one? Could this mean what Pluto said? No, no, it can't. If Ally was a scout then she would have transformed when that siren attacked. She can't be a sailor. There's no way. I need to find these other scouts. They probably know more than I do. They have to if they're the ones that came back. The know something but who are they?

He looked up and towards the kitchen clock. Ten minutes until he said he'd meet her. I shook his head, walked into the bathroom, changed, and then left to her apartment. He rushed out of his studio apartment and downtown to her place. "Morning," he said as she opened the door with a big smile.

"Good morning. You look really tired. Do you want some coffee or something?"

"Nah, it's fine," he said, as she pulled his arm into the apartment and whisked herself into the kitchen. "Really, I'm fine. Just a little tired, I guess."

She titled her head as she poured a cup of coffee and slid it to him over the counter. "Busy night?"

"Not really just very vivid dreams."

"Where they bad?" she asked propping her elbows up on the counter to support her head.

Darien shrugged as he took a sip of the searingly hot coffee. "I don't know. Kinda, I guess. Hey, Ally, what would you do if you had a choice of saving the world at the cost of the person you love or saving the person you love at the cost of war?"

She put her hands down and eyed him, her eyebrow raising. "If I sacrifice the person I love would that mean peace?"

"Yup."

"Well, would there be any other way to get peace?"

He shook his head. "Nope. Only with their death will peace come and without her-ah their death war will be eternal and everyone in the universe will die."

"Well that's really grim, isn't it?" Her shook her head as her orange cat jumped onto the counter. "I guess I'd have to save the world. Sure I'd be sacrificing the person I love but if they really loved me then they would understand what I have to do. In the end, it's about the future, right? New beginnings are everywhere but if everyone's gone then nothing can ever start."

Darien looked up at her as she stared away towards her cat, her words were full of energy and desire. "You're right. They would understand, wouldn't they?"

Ally turned her attention back to him and nodded. "Yes! If you dreamed this then you must really have a lot going on in that head of yours, huh?"

"Yeah, a whole lot more than I'd like."

"Sounds like an understatement."

Darien laughed and put down his coffee cup. "That describes it perfectly. What do you need to get at the school, anyway?"

"Lesson plans, schedule, and name sheet. I would have gotten everything yesterday only they didn't tell me until this morning. I feel like I have so much to do but there's no time to do it."

"Well, we can get it done today. The school's not far from here. Well, it's between my place and yours," he shrugged.

"We can head out once you're done!"

"Then come on.