Back in Time. A Love Story.

By oranjitenshi

Chapter 3 The New Moon Palace

Disclaimer: I do not own sailor moon.

A/N: Sorry minna!! I know I said I was going to post last week, but studies have made it almost impossible for me to update. Well finally here it is chapter three, hope you like it and remember to review!!

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The day before the trip, the scouts and Darien were sitting at the temple having a meeting with Artemis.

"Alright, how are we going to meet tomorrow night and where?" Asked Rei.

"Well we are going to meet at the entrance of the city park, that is a place were we can find each other easily. And about the how… well that depends in how good you are to sneak out of your room without being seen and followed" Usagi answered.

"Very well, we'll meet tomorrow night at midnight" Said Artemis.

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With that said, the meeting was dismissed and they spent the rest of the day planning how they were going to get to the park.

The day that was planned for the travel everything seemed to not go fast enough for Usagi, she had been at Mamoru's apartment since she had come out of school and by every passing moment she was getting more anxious. Mamoru saw this and approached her.

"Don't worry Usako everything will be alright, there is nothing to be worried about"

"I know it just that… I don't know… I guess I'm just a little too worried about all of this"

"Trust your mother she knows what she is doing"

Afterwards he embraced her to try and give his princes some comfort. After a while Mamoru took Usagi to her house, it was a silent ride, each one of them thinking of what could be the outcome of that meeting with the queen.

They arrived at their destination a few minutes later and stood in front of Usagi's front door.

"I'll pick you up at eleven thirty so we can get on time to the park"

"Alright, I'll say to my parents that I'm tired and go to bed early so I can be ready to clime out the window at that time"

"Ok, see you later"

"Bye"

They kissed and Usagi went inside her house. After dinner she started to put her plan into action.

"I think I'll go to bed early, I'm kinda tired"

"Are you feeling all right dear?" Ikuko asked.

"I'm fine mom, I'm just tired"

"Alright honey, if you're sure"

When Usagi got to her room all she had to do was wait. She got into her bed so that if her mom decided to check in on her when she went to bed she wouldn't suspect anything.

Time seemed to pass very slowly again, it was as if her clock was mocking her, making it seem an eternity. It was eleven fifteen when Usagi's mom decided to check in on her, after she had confirmed she was fine left the room. That was Usagi's sign, so she stood from her bed and stuffed it to make it look like she was still there, to prevent that she could be discovered if someone enter her room during the night. After finishing this task and making sure everything was in place, it was time for her to leave. She opened the window and started to clime down, only looking back to her room once.

When she got to the ground, she stood quietly waiting to hear if any noises came from the inside of the house, but none came so she started to walk towards the street where she saw Mamoru waiting for her.

"Hi Usako, did everything go alright?"

"Yeah, I don't think anyone noticed anything, we should start walking to get to the park on time"

"Let's go then"

After twenty minutes of walking they arrived to the entrance of the park. Surprisingly, even thou it was early, all the girls where already there.

"I guess all of us are a little anxious about all of this" Usagi said the moment she saw the look each of the girls had in their faces; there was excitement, but also there was fear and uncertainty.

All the girls could do was to look at their leader and smile; she was their strength, even if they didn't say it aloud, they didn't want anything bad to happen to her.

Silently, the group entered the park until they got near the lake and saw what Queen Serenity had said in the dream. There, between the leaves of the trees that surrounded the area, the moonbeams formed five spots of light on the floor that if you unite them they would form a perfect circle.

After a few minutes of observing their surroundings midnight came and the scouts stood on the moon spots while Mamoru and Artemis stood in the middle of them.

"Venus Star Power!"

"Mars Star Power!"

"Mercury Star Power!"

"Jupiter Star Power!"

"Moon Crystal Power!"

In a blink of an eye everyone landed on the deserted soil of the moon. Everything looked dead.

While the others were trying to digest what they were seeing, Usagi started to walk towards an unknown destination, but something inside of her was guiding her steps. The others started to follow close behind without questioning, trusting her instincts.

After a few minutes they saw a big archway maid out of pure white marble. As they approached the archway, it opened on its own accord to reveal the image of the moon queen.

"Come my children we have got a lot to do"

They stepped through the arched door, when all of them turned into their royal attires while Artemis became human.

"Welcome once again to the ancient moon palace, I hope you can consider it home once more"

Mamoru, Artemis and the scouts entered the magnificent palace grounds, where everything was covered with flower of all colors and tall trees that looked to be hundreds of years old. The facade of the palace was painted white, framed in silver and enormous pillars adorning the doors and halls.

Meanwhile, Usagi had stayed on the entrance, not believing what she was seeing. She knew the castle had been destroyed. Then she looked at the queen searching for some kind of explanation.

"I managed to use the magic that was left still surrounding the palace walls to make it rebuild itself, it looks just like it did back then" Queen Serenity said after seeing the look on her daughter's face.

"It really does mother, but how did you manage all of this and… your body it looks…"

"Material, yes. Selene, the goddess of the moon, has granted me this privilege while I'm here and also returned some of my old powers, they helped me rebuild the castle at a much faster pace"

"It's really wonderful to see you again mother… I…I…"

"I have missed you too my daughter, a lot more than you think"

With that they embraced, feeling that that very action had been missing for too long, it was difficult to describe. After a few minutes they separated with tears glistening from theirs eyes.

Together, they started walking to the main entrance of the palace where everyone was waiting for them. The queen approached the door, and with a simple touch the door opened to reveal the inside chambers of the palace.

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A/N: Well minna there you have. I apologize again for the delay, but I couldn't help it, so from now on I won't put a deadline unless I am certain I can maintain it. I want to thank all of those who have reviewed, it means a lot to me that you guys like my story.

This story is planned for 8 chapters. So it won't be that long, but I have planned another story that I had started writing before this one and I plan to post it after I'm done with back in time, please look out for it. ;) Well thanks again for the previous reviews and I wait anxiously for the next reviews. Bye!!

Oranjitenshi