Beauty and the Beast: Serena and Diamond's Tale

Rated: PG

Genre: Drama/Romance

Disclaimer: I thought I told you… I don't own Sailor Moon!

Summary: A twist of the classic French fairy tale with a taste of Sailor Moon R. Can the curse of the Negamoon be destroyed by true love, not lust? Serena x Diamond. Read and review please!

Author's Note: Please R/R this chapter!

Chapter 1: Present-day Tokyo

It was more than Rini could take.

The young pink-haired girl found out that the blonde teenager she was living with was not only her "cousin" but also Sailor Moon. She stole the Silver Crystal after she realized Serena's true identity, denying the truth of the klutz and crybaby of the household, and nearly gave it to the Negamoon. She almost had Sailors Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, and Venus killed, but she gave the Silver Crystal back to its rightful owner. Luckily, Sailor Moon was able to rescue her friends and defeat the evil Ruebus, but he was later killed in his own trap aboard his spaceship made of crystals.

But she knew that the Negamoon was not gone.

Another Negamoon soldier, Emerald, had attacked Tokyo, and it has been going on now for a few days. The Black Moon family was so persistent in their mission, especially Diamond. Little did she know he was after the Silver Crystal's keeper more than the Crystal itself.

She began to cry and hugged her Luna P ball tight while sitting on a swing in the neighborhood playground all by herself with no one her age to talk to. "Why, Luna P?" she sobbed. "Why won't they leave us alone?"

Somewhere in her cries, she heard a soothing and familiar voice. In the Luna P ball's eyes, a hologram of Sailor Pluto, the guardian of time, appeared and said, "Small Lady, don't cry. Sailor Moon will take of the Negamoon. She is the only one with the power to do it."

"Sailor P, I want to go home!"

"I know you do, Small Lady, but you need to defeat the Negamoon first."

"Why? Why must I wait? I want to go home now!"

The lone Sailor Scout frowned and lowered her garnet gaze. She knew the young princess was not happy. She didn't fit in at school, she didn't have a lot of friends, and she didn't have her real mother and father to talk to whenever she was lonely. Before she could reply, the hologram of Endymion appeared next to her. He placed a white-gloved hand on the Sailor Scout's shoulder and asked, "May I talk to my daughter?"

Sailor Pluto nodded her head and said to Rini, "Small Lady, the king would like to speak to you."

"Daddy?" the little girl asked, perking her head up. She looked at her Luna P ball as her father's image replaced Sailor Pluto's. "Daddy!" she exclaimed.

"Hello, princess. How are you?" he asked, though he already knew the answer.

"I'm lonely, Daddy. Is it all right if I come home? I don't belong here."

The king smiled and nodded his head. "Of course, Rini. Just remember to be careful in the Time Warp."

"Thank you, Daddy!" Rini wiped away the tears from her eyes and then asked, "And is it okay if I bring my friends along?"

I thought she would never ask that question, he thought, but I do need all the help I can get. "Yes, you may, princess."

"Thank you so much!" She was so happy to go home to Crystal Tokyo once more, but just as she was about to close the connection with her father, Sailor Pluto appeared once more. "Small Lady, remember that the Negamoon is after you. There is a chance they might come back to the future."

The little girl knew her friend was right. She nodded her head in agreement and said, "I understand, Sailor P. I'll be home very soon." She pressed the nose of the Luna P ball, and the eyes returned to normal. She slid off the swing and, with her Luna P ball floating behind, she ran home to Serena to tell her the news.

But somewhere in the dark part of the playground, a woman dressed in emerald green was spying on the future princess. Her brown eyes glared at the girl, and she wore a scowl on her face. "Prince Diamond is not going to like this at all," she said through her teeth. Suddenly, she heard a girl call for Rini and immediately disappeared through a black portal.

Serena and her boyfriend Darien wandered through the park calling out Rini's name, but as they continued their search, a pink figure bumped into Serena. "Rini? Where have you been?" she asked.

"Guess what? I can go home now!" the girl giggled, bouncing up and down.

"That is great!" Darien exclaimed, but his moment of happiness quickly turned into confusion. He remembered the time when they first encountered Rini. She fell from the sky by the lake, he thought, but where did she exactly come from? Children don't suddenly fall from the sky like angels.

Serena looked at her boyfriend and noticed his expression. "Darien, what's wrong?" she asked.

"Serena, remember when we met Rini for the first time?"

"How could I not forget? She ruined our date!" She was indeed happy that the brat was going home and yet sad since they bonded over time, but she knew something was not right at all.

"She came from the sky, Meatball Head! How many children at her age do you know do that?"

"I probably did something of the sort to Sammy when he was five, but now that you mention it, none."

"Exactly!" Darien looked at Rini for a minute. She was scared that he might be seeking for the truth, and she felt unprepared to tell him everything. "Rini," he began, "where are you from?"

"Um, well, you see, it's a long story," the girl giggled. Unfortunately, neither Serena nor Darien held a humorous look on their face. Great, Rini thought, might as well tell the Sailor Scouts. They do need to know, anyway.

Serena called a meeting at Raye's temple, and everyone showed up an hour later. "What's this about, Meatball Head?" Raye groaned. "Normally, Luna calls for a meeting when there is an emergency! Are you finally taking up some leadership for a change?"

"Raye, you don't have to be so snobby about it," Serena whined.

"Girls, now is not the time to try and kill each other," Amy interrupted.

"Ames is right," Mina agreed. "Why are we here anyway, Serena?"

"Is it an announcement about you and Darien?" Lita giggled.

"No way, José!" Serena snapped. "Rini has something to tell us all."

"Rini?" the girls asked in unison.

"Why is Rini involved with this, Serena?" Luna asked (she was Serena's black cat and guardian). Her companion, Artemis, Mina's white cat and also her guardian, nodded his head in agreement. "Please tell us, Rini," he said. "We won't harm you."

Rini sighed. "I am allowed to go home now," she said.

"That's great, Rini!" Mina said with a smile.

"Yeah!" Lita said. "That's got to be the best news yet."

Raye, on the other hand, noticed the girl's sad expression and said, "I think there's more than that bit of information, guys," she said.

"There is," Rini said. "I need you all to come with me. I need your help!"

"That won't be a problem," Amy said. "Where do you live anyway?"

"I live in Crystal Tokyo… In the 30th Century."

Serena nearly choked on the soda she was drinking and spit it on Darien. "You what?"

Darien wiped off the soda off his face and said, "That could explain a lot about our first encounter, Serena. She did fall from the sky all of a sudden. That must be the way she time travels."

"Oh."

"You mean you're from a parallel universe?" Amy asked. "This is incredible!"

"Why do you say that, Ames?" Lita asked.

"I always wanted to meet someone from the future!"

"And you have… Several times," Rini added. "The four sisters and Rubeus are from the future too, and so is Emerald."

"We know they're after you and the Silver Crystal, but don't worry. We all will take care of it!" Raye promised the little girl. "Besides, we wouldn't be Sailor Scouts if we didn't have reasons."

"Thanks, guys! You rock!"

Meanwhile on Nemesis, Emerald strolled into the throne room as if she was trying to be a model walking on the catwalk. Diamond saw her from the corner of his eye and let out a long sigh. "What do you want, Emerald?" he asked, taking a sip of his wine.

"I have some new information about Small Lady," the green soldier replied.

"Humor me, Emerald, and tell me what you found out."

She rolled her eyes for she knew the White Prince was not impressed with her presence at all. She looked over her left shoulder and groaned. He was staring at that stupid hologram again, she told herself. Why can't he stare at me? "She has been granted permission to go back to Crystal Tokyo."

"By who? The king, her father?"

"Yes."

Diamond's eyes roamed over to the hologram of Neo-Queen Serenity and then said, "Then we will have Sailor Pluto do our bidding and send us back home. That will be all now, Emerald."

"But your majesty…"

"I said that will be enough!" he roared. "Do you not understand those words?"

Great, Emerald, you tried his temper, Emerald thought. You really had to barge in on his privacy this time. "I understand them, your majesty." She bowed before her prince and walked out of the throne room. The moment she entered the main hallway, she noticed the prince's younger brother, Sapphire, leaning against the wall. "You know he does not love you," he said, crossing his arms against his chest.

Emerald gave him a dirty look and snapped, "I will kill that Moon brat the moment she arrives in Crystal Tokyo," she hissed.

"Don't hold your breath. From what I can tell, he's going to get to her before you will."

"You listened in on our conversation?"

"How I could not? I saw you waltz into his throne room during his 'private time.' You knew better!"

"It's none of your concern!" As she began to walk down the hallway, she heard the Blue Prince say, "You know what? Your obsession with my brother is worse than his obsession with Serenity. I could tell because you're just jealous; you're envy with green."

Emerald stopped dead in her tracks at those words. She turned on her heels and bared her teeth. "Do not say that again! It is in my blood that I have this mood!" She stormed out of the Sapphire's sight until she had disappeared into the shadows.

The Blue Prince, on the other hand, sighed and looked over at the small gap between the two crystal doors of the throne room. Through the opening, he saw his brother sitting on his throne meditating and contemplating while drinking his wine and staring at the queen's hologram. "Why, Diamond?" he whispered. "Why did you leave me for more power? I wish you were the same brother I once knew."

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TheGoodWitchoftheNorth