Serena, My Love, Remember Me

By: Silver Crystal Artemis

Summary: Okay, if you don't know the summary by this point, you either need to go back to the beginning, get some sleep, or get some SERIOUS mental help....

Disclaimer: I own few things.....none of which are Sailor Moon rights...

Author's Note: Okay, guys.....first of all, I'm SOOO sorry! School started up, and I have ABSOLUTELY no time to myself anymore....it's a miracle that I can get this chapter up.....I need to get six major projects finished by mid October, and between everyday homework, the projects, writing this story, and trying to see the people who mean the most to me....well, it ain't pretty....so please, bear with me, and I promise I will make it worth your while.....I HEART YOU ALL!!!

OH! I almost forgot! So many of you asked about Beryl, and her part in my story.....well, if you want, you can read my other story, which kinda ties in to this (but I didn't know that when I wrote it), or you could just yell at me, and I'll tell you via e-mail, k? Sorry!!! Okay, anything you wanna say, anything at all, (compliments, ideas, questions, death threats, etc.) can be sent to me at . Thanks!

This story is dedicated to: Matt, my partial inspiration (and punching bag); Katrina, for being my uber-awesome otaku-pal, and MY Usagi-chan (not related), I LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!!!

Chapter Six

Explanations, Anger, and Fear

"What do you mean, 'dead'?!?" Screamed Raye, attempting to stand up, while Jadeite held her down gently on his lap. "She can't be dead! Fate can't have done that! We would be dead! Not her!" Jadeite looked to Amara beseechingly, as if begging her to somehow sedate his less than pleased wife, who was now scratching his hands.

Amara sighed, running a frustrated hand through her hair. Why was it always, always left up to them to be the bearers of bad news?! She looked down to her hand, and the smaller, more delicate hand gently held within it. She followed the smooth pale skin up the small finely formed arm to look at the face of Michelle, her one and only love. Michelle looked back into Amara's eyes encouragingly, giving her partner the strength and courage she needed to face the four closest protectors of the universe's most important, and most loved, Princess. Never mind the fact that sitting in front of them was Serenity's best friend, who was now turning her beloved husband into the human scratching post out of desperation.

"It's... complicated..." she began, running her hand through her hair again. Michelle smiled inside, thinking of how Amara had inherited this trait, albeit unwillingly, from their Prince.

"I don't care if it's as complicated as the Gordian knot! I want to know exactly what's wrong with my best friend!" Raye screamed, tears beginning to form in her violet eyes. She relaxed the slightest bit, and fell back tiredly into her husband's arms. "I just....want to know....I....need to know....." she whispered, no longer fighting the tears that threatened to, and did, spill down her cheeks. "She's my best friend....my sister....if...if she's hurt, I need to help her..."

"Raye..." Michelle began quietly, walking over and kneeling in front of the tired woman. "We know how you feel; trust me, we know. We've had to watch all this go on, constantly by her side, knowing that there is nothing we can do to help her.....nothing except make sure she isn't hurt..."

"And a DAMN fine job we've done with that, too," muttered Amara darkly, referring to the evening's accident.

"Wait, hold on a minute..." Mina interjected. Everyone jumped at the sound of her voice, having thought her to be asleep for the past half hour. "I'm confused.....You said that Serenity 'died'? How is it that I felt her presence? And what do you mean, you've been watching her? How long have you known where she's been? How long has she known you guys?"

"Yes, that's right..." Raye thought out, attempting to stand up only briefly, before falling back on to her husband's lap. "I felt her aura as well, only, it seemed....."

"Asleep?" Hotaru offered, looking up from the floor, where she was playing with Luna and Artemis.

"Somewhat....it also seemed as if...she was dying, but trying not to.....as if....she knew we were there, but she didn't know, or didn't want to know....."

Michelle gasped, and quickly turned to Trista, who nodded her head affirmatively. "Dying?" Michelle whispered, "Oh, no....it can't have happened so fast....It...it wasn't supposed to be like this...." she turned to Amara, tears in her eyes. "What did we do wrong? Isn't this....isn't this what Queen Serenity told us to do? Did we....did we not watch over her.....protect her....well enough? WHERE DID WE GO WRONG?" At this, she slumped down on the ground, and shook with the sobs that silently racked her small body. Amara knelt down beside the woman, and held her close, whispering assurances in her ear.

While they waited for Amara to calm Michelle down, the Inner Scouts and their husbands looked around at each other worriedly. What could possibly be so horrible that it had caused one of the "rocks", as the Outers were always called, to break down and cry? Nothing could ever even possibly be that it?

Lita sat in shock. The past twenty-four hours was far too much for her to comprehend. Transforming for the first time in five hundred years took a lot out of a person, not to mention the fact that she had to use most of her power to help transport (although she would never admit it) more "dead weight" than she was used to. Then she found out her Princess, one of her closest friends in the world, as close as a sister, was in the same city that she had been living in all her life. Not to mention the fact that, supposedly, she was "dying" or "dead" or whatever. And the Queen- wait a minute, the Queen?! "Wait a minute!" she exclaimed, causing Michelle to stop crying for a moment, and all eyes to turn toward her. "Michelle, you mentioned the Queen, did you not? As in Queen Serenity, Serenity's MOTHER?! How is that possible? Didn't she...?"

"Didn't we all, Lita?" replied Hotaru, standing up. "Didn't we all die? Mina, Lita, Amy, Raye, didn't you die from your love? Jadeite, Kunzite, Zoicite, Nephlite, didn't you all die from your sorrow? Didn't we- that is to say, the four of us- didn't we die from our weaknesses? And didn't Endymion, Serenity, and the Queen, -Hell, the entire Moon Kingdom!- didn't they all die from one thing or another? But weren't we all reborn? If we were reborn, why would it be that Queen Serenity wouldn't be reborn as well? Even-even our enemies.....They might be reborn, too...."

"So, wait.....you're saying that Beryl and....Metallia....all their drones....might be reborn as well?" replied Lita, almost wanting to disappear into the cushions of her seat at the mere thought.

"Not exactly," replied Trista. "While most of their..."drones", as you call them, might have been reborn, it is highly unlikely that all of them were. The Crystal stopped that, for the most part. You see, when the Princess used the Crystal, she wished for every innocent, and for all her friends, to be reborn in a more peaceful time. It just so happened that most of the "drones" were merely innocent people possessed by Metallia in order to accomplish her most devious of tasks. So, even if they were reborn, it would be as the normal humans they were, before being possessed. However, the more...powerful of her minions were either reborn as the brainwashed freaks they are or completely destroyed.

"What about us, then?" Inquired Zoicite, standing up. "What about the four of us? We were her most powerful generals! Why were we reborn here, with our loves, instead of in Metallia's service? What made us so special?" He then looked down at his wife, who appeared to have tears in her sapphire orbs. "Not that I'm complaining or anything!" He exclaimed, waving his hands in front of his face. :Trust me; I prefer this much more to working for....Her, but I'm still puzzled..."

"That would be the princess's doing," Trista supplied. "She knew why you joined Metallia. Yes, she knew all about that, Kunzite," she stated, gesturing to Kunzite's shocked expression.

"Wait," Raye began, turning to her husband. "Why did you-?"

"That's not important right now!" yelled Ami, causing everyone in the room to stop and turn toward her. "What's important right now is finding out exactly what is wrong with Serenity, and finding out how to fix it. So, Amara, everyone, if you don't mind?"

Jadeite turned toward the Ice Princess, and mouthed a 'thank you' to her for helping him to get out that more than awkward situation. She glared back at him, with a 'the four of you aren't even close to being off the hook yet' look, causing his smile to falter and his throat to constrict. Oh, how Raye was going to kill him when she found out.....

"Alright...but I'm warning you, you're not going to be happy." Amara sighed as she pulled Michelle back onto the couch, still holding her lovingly in her arms. "The princess... isn't dead...yet. But she may very well be by the time we have the power to save her. You see..." Amara went on to explain, yet again, along with Michelle, Trista, and Hotaru, what had happened to their princess during Silver Millennium.

Endymion cuddled against the small, delicate being in his arms, pulling her closer to him even in sleep. He smiled, and murmured some sweet nothing to his angel in his dream...

Laughter, dancing, and music. The norm at the Silver Millennium this time of year; with all the grand galas and balls, there was no possible way for anyone in the universe to not be seen at at least one of these grand gatherings. And tonight was no exception: the palace's ball room was just as magnificently decorated as the night before, and everyone of any regal importance was present. Well, everyone except for two people. A one Prince of Earth and Princess of the Moon...

Endymion laughed as he pulled Serenity down under the water, feeling her writhe and struggle against him. This was much better than going to yet another one of the oh-so-boring balls their titles required. As his beloved came above the water, sputtering and coughing, she quickly regained herself and splashed water in his face, causing him to stop laughing at once.

"Aww, what's the matter, your highness? Did I mess your hair?" she mocked, laughing herself.

"You're going to pay for that, Sere," he warned playfully, plastering a dangerous look on his face, inching toward her slowly, slowly...

"Do your worst! I am Serenity, heir to the Silver Millennium and I-" Serenity's speech was abruptly cut off, as her lover grabbed her and held her still, despite her many protestations.

"Sere, don't move. It will only make your punishment more severe," he whispered to her seductively, pulling her intimately against his body.

She looked up at him sweetly, and, expecting a kiss, he bent down to her and closed his eyes. Serenity waited only a moment before pulling herself out of his arms and splashing him yet again. He sputtered, and watched her laughing at his now sopping hair.

"Sere, now you've done it," he growled, grabbing her possessively around the waist before she even had the chance to move. He turned her around, and caught her lips in a passionate kiss. She eagerly kissed him back, and wrapped her arms around his neck. His arms snaked around her waist, and soon found themselves engulfed in a sea of silky silver locks. Only when oxygen was desperately needed did he pull away, only to stare at her wondrous beauty. "Sere," he whispered huskily, pulling her tightly against him, making his intentions clear.

She looked up at him and smiling replied, "Of course, my love," in an equally dazed and love-filled state. He caught her lips again in a kiss more passionate than the last, and, without her even realizing it, transported them to his bed chambers- hopefully, if all went well, soon to be their bed chambers...

"So she offered her life for us?" Nephlite asked, his arm draped possessively around his wife.

"She didn't have to do that....." Mina whispered more to herself than anyone.

"Yes, she did," Amara retorted, still somewhat gently. "What do you think would've happened if she didn't? We were reborn here for a reason; to prtect not only our Princess, but also the System. And invaders may be on their way..."

"How do we get her back?" Ami asked, stifling a yawn. "I mean, there has to be some way to reawaken that part of her, right?"'

"Ahh, here's the difficult part," Michelle said, taking over for her partner. Amara laughed darkly at Michelle's comment. 'There's the understatement of the decade' she thought dryly.

"You see, there is a way to wake her up, but it's not easy in the slightest sense. In fact, we've been trying to do it for years, and it's just not possible for us."

"Just tell us how already!" Lita snapped, growing impatient.

"Well, the part of her that's... asleep, comatose, however you want to put it, can only be awakened by the Planetary Crystals."

"That's easy!" laughed Mina. She looked at the Outers' glum expressions, and soberly asked, "Isn't it?"

"Mina!" snapped Amara, becoming frustrated over the entire situation...again. "Did you not pay any attention to your transformation earlier tonight? You transformed with probably the weakest of your powers! The only way to save the Princess is through the Crystals!"

"So how do we get our Crystals again?" she asked, not in the least understanding of the situation.

"I-I don't know....I just don't know," Amara whispered, tears welling up in her eyes, as she revealed her weakness to the others. "I've tried so hard for the past ten years, ever since I found her, and I just...couldn't...awaken the crystal...I can feel it inside me, but I can't will it to come out.."

"God! Why are all the Fates against us!" screamed Raye, becoming close to hysterical again. "It's just not fair! Why can't at least one thing go right? Why must this be so difficult?!" she started crying again, and leaned against her husband for support, who stroked her raven locks tenderly.

There was a moment of silence as everyone in the room silently agreed with the Fire Princess. Why did the Fates have to be so cruel to them?

Then, Amy spoke up, once again getting straight to business. "So, let's say we get our Crystals. How do we reawaken Serenity?"

"Well, it's hard to explain but..." Michelle started, but Trista interrupted and answered knowingly. Sometimes, it paid to be that all-knowing Guardian of Time.

"Serenity has distinct memories of all of us. To awaken her, we each-all the Scouts, the Prince, and even her Royal Advisors- have to use our most powerful weapons, our Crystals, to awaken the part of her that remembers us. So Mercury, if, or when, you find your Crystal, you try to reawaken her, if you succeed, she will remember everything about you, and only you. That is why everyone must do it; to help her remember everything about us. If we all succeed, she should, as the Queen told us, remember everything else, and be our Serenity again. How ever, time is running out."

"What do you mean by-?"

"I'm afraid the rest of your questions will have to wait until a later time," Amara interrupted, glancing around the room and laughing lightly. "It seems that some of us are rather tired, and it would not do for us to become sick while we should be helping Serenity." Indeed it was true. Mina, Hotaru, and Michelle had all fallen asleep at some point during that last few minutes, and Raye was trying, and failing, to not collapse into her husband's arms. "Especially, you, Raye," Trista added. "I don't think you want to risk the baby's health by getting yourself sick."

Jadeite, who was beginning to doze himself, instantly awoke and choked on the air he was breathing. He looked down at his wife, and whispered, shocked, "Baby?"

Raye blushed, and hugged her husband lovingly. "Surprise," she said lamely. Jadeite instantly picked her up and twirled her around the room. "A baby! We're having a baby!" suddenly he stopped, and picked her up bridal style, much to her aggravation. "You're not leaving the bed for the next nine months!" He carried her out the door, causing everyone in the room to laugh.

"I suppose we should all turn in," Amy said, standing up to leave, Zoicite following her. "Everyone; goodnight! It was great to see you all again, Amara, Michelle, Trista, and Hotaru. Hopefully, things will turn out alright."

As everyone left, Trista turned around to look at the moon, before exiting herself. "Yes...hopefully, things will be alright again....however impossible it seems..."

That's it! Please review; I PROMISE to do my best to get the next chapter out soon! Hearts to everyone!