A Lost Princess

Chapter 6

Disclaimer: I don't own anything about Sailor Moon

Authors Note: The end is near, in a good way.

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They had sent dispatchers to her home in the east, but they had

come back saying that she had never been there. She had not made the long

journey back to what she might have called her home.

The castle was searched, but she wasn't there either. That meant

that she was somewhere out there, lost to them as she had been so many

years now. This time however, they had had her back, and lost her again.

They sat together again, much in the way when Serena had first

come to them, talking about how they were going to get her back.

"There are only so many places she could have gone," Raye said in

frustration. "Where haven't we looked?" She asked.

"She might be on another planet by now," Amy said.

"She doesn't have the money to go anywhere," Lita said.

"That also means she doesn't have the money to take care of

herself either," Mina pointed out. "What if she's starving somewhere and

we can't find her?" She sounded panicked.

"Stop it Mina, we need to focus on what we know and not what we

fear," The Queen said.

"But if we don't think of the worst, we might never know where to

look for her," Mina tried to argue with her, but her voice was breaking

from the constant tears running down her face.

"She came back last time," Lita said.

"Are you willing to wait another thirteen years before we see her

again?" Raye asked angrily. "I for one am not." She turned to Darien.

"What did you do to her?" She demanded viciously.

"Raye, it wasn't his fault," The Queen said surprised.

Darien looked away from them. "It was my fault," he said, and

they all turned to him to listen to the story he had been yet to tell

them. "I think that when I touched her she had a memory of something and

I was worried that it was hurting her. I accidentally called her

Serenity, and that's when she looked at me like I had just run a blade

through her or something. She said she wasn't Serenity and I knew that

there was no way out of my mistake, so I asked her what her name was. I

knew that she had been dwelling on it since her family told her that she

wasn't their daughter. I used it against her, and I could see that she

knew what I had told her. She ran from me, and into that room.

You saw what happened there; the room caused her to remember

everything; the whole night. I didn't tell her about it, she saw it, and

I could tell she saw it through her eyes. She was shaking so violently

that I was afraid to touch her, and when I did was when she turned on us."

He had tears silently running down his face.

Raye's face softened. "It wasn't your fault Darien," she went

against what she had just said. "If you hadn't have said it, one of us

would have eventually. We knew it was her, there was only so much time

before someone slipped up."

The Queen hugged the young prince tightly in her arms; she didn't

blame him in the least. She knew that he loved her just as much or even

more than the love they held for her. He had been the one to keep the

search for her going, knowing that she was still alive somewhere. He had

given her hope through the whole thing, and he had been there to help her

hold her kingdom together.

"We will find her," Amy said after a moment. "There has got to

be somewhere we haven't looked."

A few months passed, and Serenity sat as the snow melted around

her on the top of a large flat rock overlooking a waterfall. The mist

didn't reach her, but it swirled below her and around her. She looked up

at the sky, watching the soft clouds waft lazily over the sun. Birds flew

around her, some coming close and actually resting on her as they had done

since there return to the forest.

Realising that she was Serenity had made her realise something

else many months ago, and that was that she had the power of the princess.

She started looking inside herself and learning about that power. She

found that there was a lot, and as soon as she found it she could control

it without thinking about it.

She had read books about the powers that the royal families had,

and she knew that the moon royalty had always been the most powerful. She

knew therefore, that she was even more powerful than they were. She could

feel it within her, flowing now freely through her veins. They had never

been able to do some of the things that she had discovered she could do.

She had found it easy to live out here, with sterling wandering

freely around her. But the hard part was living with her knowledge. She

didn't want to be who she was; it was too much to take in. If she had

grown with the knowledge, she might have been able to take it all in, but

now she spent many nights awake and thinking about it. She realised that

it was her duty, and she felt that she could do it.

Now she sat, calmly like she had never sat before and she consumed

the last of her powers. She could feel the very earth bending to her

will, and the mist from the waterfall lifted even higher into the air and

consumed her. The water fell slower as she asked it to and it hung

mystically in the air. She knew what she had to do, and she knew that it

was time for her. It was time to go back.

That day something happened that nobody foresaw, or they wouldn't

have because they were all still focused on finding the princess again.

Buy this time, the entire kingdom knew that the princess had been found

and was alive, so they all helped. The royalty had come from all the

planets to help the Queen with her search, all with renewed hope that

their princess was alive. The only planet not present was Pluto, and that

was a mystery to them all.

The day though, the castle was attacked with a force far more

powerful then the one thirteen years ago. It came suddenly, and they were

all fighting it. The power of the evil was something none of them had

ever seen before, and it came swiftly so that they had no chance, even

with all of them present.

They fought hard and valiantly, and managed to hold them off for a

long time. But they tired, and the power of the moon Queen without the

crystal quickly drained her of any energy she had had after the search for

her daughter. She stood strong, but she had not been enough to hold it

off. When she had fallen, the others had dropped off one by one. Darien

and the girls had done everything they could to protect the Queen, but

Sailor Jupiter took a hard blow and was rendered unconscious. Sailor

Mercury was hit from behind and thrown into the wall. She had hit her

head hard on the marble, and lay unmoving in front of the fight. Sailor

Mars had fought until at least her power was drained and she collapse.

That left only Sailor Venus and the prince Darien. His guards had been

thrown together through the wall in the throne room, and the evil had

overpowered them as they had fought to get to their prince.

Darien was the only one left fighting when everyone else had been

captured. They could only watch him, fist as Sailor Venus went down when

no less then six demons came at her at once, and she was hit hard. Darien

fought with everything he had, and they could only watch as he did

everything he could for the moon. What finally brought him down was a

sword. It had come from the leader of the group, and it had run straight

through is right shoulder. He had cried out, and even kept on fighting.

But the pain and the loss of blood failed him, and he was hit with a

mighty force.

They evil had come into the castle and captured them all; locking

them in cages in the great throne room that had been the same room

Serenity had seen who she was in. They were there now, all beaten and

tired and lined around the enormous room waiting for something to happen.

The evil lord came in then, not saying his name so that they could

not know him. But they knew he was the leader by the immense power that

came with him. He was frightening to look at, and even more frightening

to think about. He walked confidently to them, smiling under his folded

hood.

"Which one of you is the royalty from the earth?" He asked them

hauntingly, for his voice drifted about them. When nobody answered, he

looked around with an evil smile. "If nobody will speak up, I will simply

have to find out for myself, and there will be consequences," he said

angrily. But still, nobody answered. "Fine!" He left the room again,

but only to return after a few moments with a smile on his face again.

He walked straight for the cage that held only Darien. He had been

placed alone, for he had caused the most damage. "Ah, the valiant young

soldier, Prince of the Earth." The door was thrown off the hinges, and

everyone rushed towards the end of their cages to call out to him.

Darien was grabbed by his shirt and thrown out of the cage. He

landed hard on the marble floor, calling out from the pain. But he had

little strength left to even lift himself up.

The dark lord came to him again, picking him up and again throwing

him, as another minion hit him with a serge of some sort of dark power.

Darien coughed heavily this time, and there was blood on the floor

under him that came from his mouth along with many wounds. He was

hanging on only slightly, and it didn't look good. Nobody could do

anything but watch as the evil walked again towards him, and they all knew

that he would kill him.

"What's this, the young prince has nothing left to fight with?"

He taunted him. "But you fought so bravely before."

Darien looked up at him, and everyone could see that one of his

eyes was blood shot and blood was dripping from a long gash on his head.

He starred evenly at this monster, and then to everyone surprise, slowly

pulled himself up.

He staggered where he was, standing only by some miracle. He held

his head high, his bloody arm hanging heavily on his right side. That

stance would be painted in everyone's memory forever, for it showed his

power was ten times more then theirs. But it was to late, for he could

not even take a step; not even when the energy burst from the dark lord

rushed at him, he could not move. It hit him dead on and he was thrown

into the very centre of the room.

The dark lord pulled out his sword and again walked towards the

fallen prince. He stood over him. "This is the first step. His death

will show that I am the only one with power that shall be acknowledged.

From this moment on, from this boy's death, you will see that it is useless,

and that your kingdom has fallen. With his death comes my victory." He

grabbed Darien by the shirt and pulled him up to a sitting position. He

held his sword above him.

Darien, along with everyone else, watched the glittering sword

hanging in the air, and it started to come down.

That's when the silver blade shot through the stomach of the evil

lord, and he looked down in surprise. His own sword clattered slowly to

the floor, and everything moved in slow motion. He could not stand up,

but he turned slowly, everything moving in slow motion. His dark red eyes

met with those of clear sky blue. His turned revealed the one behind him,

the one person they had not captured. Princess Serenity.

The evil lord could say nothing as he fell, his blood running from

the open wound left from when Serenity had pulled her blade from him. It

pooled around him, and his last breath came between his lips only moments

later.

They all starred at her, with her unmoving. She stood their

calmly for a few moments, power pulsing within her. Her eyes were

slightly glazed, and they had become lighter then when she had left. They

were even lighter than the sky itself. Her blonde hair flowed around her

from the ponytail that had come mostly undone in some hurried journey.

Nobody had ever seen anything like it, and nobody could even imagine the

power running through her.

Serenity suddenly bent down to Darien, he looked at her painfully.

The cut on his head was bleeding a deep red, and she could tell that he

was holding on to his consciousness.

"Darien? Please hold on," Serenity suddenly begged of him. He

was bleeding from to many places. "Darien, don't you dare die on me,"

she demanded angrily as he faded for a moment away from her. She took his

hand and placed her hand on the side of his face that was less covered in

blood. "Darien look at me," she instructed evenly.

Darien heard her voice and looked towards her again, but he could

not speak.

"Darien, I need you." There were tears running down her face at

the thought of him dying. She hardly knew him, and yet her heart ached at

the site of him. "I can't do this by myself," she said in a whisper.

Darien heard her, but only his eyes showed the emotion he felt to

that. Only Serenity could see the sadness in his eyes. But everyone else

could see the white light glowing in her hand.

Serenity summoned the powers within her, focusing on them. Darien

was going to die if she didn't do something, so she would save him no

matter what it cost her.

They all watched in silence.

"Darien, hold on, I'm going to help you," she said still

whispering. She closed her eyes for a moment and opened them slowly, they

were glowing an almost white blue. The mist started to swirl around her,

pulling itself towards the almost lifeless form of the prince. He looked

steadily at her, holding on with everything he had.

The mist circled until it came together at their joined hands, and

then there was an explosion of light. Darien yelled out in pain as the

light covered him, sinking into everything he was. Serenity concentrated

on the power, and she could feel it leaving her. Her energy was leaving

her. But then something happened that she hadn't expected. Another light

came up within her, and she found herself sinking into it. It warmed the

inside of her, and she saw that it was a crystal. It opened even more

knowledge within her, and the light around her intensified until everyone

was forced to look away. There was another explosion, and screams all

around. It lasted minutes, and then suddenly everything was silent.

Darien felt his heart beating, and he felt the blood pumping

through it. He felt strange, like his whole body was floating. He slowly

opened his eyes.

What he saw first was white, and then it cleared to show him the

painted angels on the ceiling of the room. At first he was confused, and

then slowly events started coming back to him.

He rolled over on his side, hearing gasps from the other people in

the room at his movement. He coughed roughly as he moved, feeling his body

object to the movement. But he didn't pay any attention to it, for he saw

her.

She was lying still, not moving even the slightest bit. Her

golden hair was thrown about her, and her blue eyes were shut. He

couldn't feel her, his heart ached suddenly. He suddenly became terribly

afraid.

He crawled desperately to her, summoning his returning energy as

fast as he could. He reached her hand, and feeling her cold skin forced

him towards her fully. He pulled her towards him, holding her tightly in

his arms. She looked so pale; her cheeks white. Her skin was cold.

He was about to panic, but suddenly he realised something. She was

breathing. He laid her gently in his lap, pulling himself up to hold her

fully in his arms. He looked into her face, and gently caressed her cheek

with his right hand, not noticing that there was no longer a wound on his

shoulder.

"Serenity?" He called lightly, his tears falling freely down his

face. "Serenity?" He asked again, this time a little louder.

She stirred, and again everyone gasped.

"Serenity, open your eyes," he said desperately. She did open her

eyes, and he saw the colour they had become. They were almost white because

they were such a light blue. She looked at him, and he could feel her power

running through him, checking to make sure he was all right.

Serenity stayed in his arms for a few moments, just looking at him.

But then she slowly raised herself to a sitting position, and the Darien

helped her to stand. She walked a couple of steps away from him and into

the middle of the room. She looked straight ahead of her, and she could see

things so much more clearly than she had ever seen them before. Something

was different, and she could feel it within herself.

"I'm going to end this," she said it suddenly, cutting through the

complete stillness of the room. It echoed off the walls and drifted into

the air so that everyone heard it.

She turned slowly towards Darien and looked at him. "Free them,"

she commanded without disdain in her voice. "I will finish this." And she

turned to walk away.

"Wait!" He called out for her and she turned to face him. He

looked steadily at her. "I'm afraid for you," he said.

Serenity smiled. "I am afraid for them," she said indicating the

evil swarming everywhere around the moon. "They have not yet seen what I

can do to them," and she smiled. "The many wonders that one small girl can

do when tempted." She turned away from him and started walking from the

room. "There is nothing that stands in my way at this time," she said

laughing as she disappeared from the room.

Darien quickly ran to the nearest cell, knowing that it held the

four Sailor Scouts. "You guys better go and get her quick, before she does

anything dangerous," he said.

Mina gave him a tight hug before they set off. "I'm glad that

you're alright," she said before running with the other scouts to their

princess.

Darien freed the Queen next, and then with her help managed to get

everyone out as quickly as possible. As a group, they all hustled towards

where they could hear a great battle going on outside.

But they again were trapped by some sort of force field. Only

Darien was the one not affected by it, and he ran through it like it wasn't

there. But they could see everything that was happening, and they saw

Serenity fighting with her power almost the whole army, with her scouts by

her side.

Also, the warriors from the planet Pluto had chosen this moment to

show up, and they were aiding the princess lead by the princess of Pluto

herself; Sailor Pluto keeper of time. Among the warriors were the firs born

princesses from the planets of Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, and they were

fighting in their Sailor forms with the princess as well. But serenity was

still doing the majority of the work herself, despite her effective army

around her. She threw power out everywhere, destroying everything in her

path. The evil force was thinning out quickly, and when Darien lent in his

powers they went even quicker. But then something even more extraordinary

happened.

Without talk, the scouts formed a circle around their princess,

protecting her suddenly as Serena took in all her power. She held her arms

in the air as it came to her, from all parts of the universe. She

concentrated on it as her scouts protected her from everything, and Darien

aided her as well. He fought by her side while lending her his power. It

seeped from him into her, and she grew stronger buy the moment.

They all got the message, and suddenly they were all focusing what

was left of their energy on the young princess of the moon. Queen Selenity

lead the pack, and soon her daughter was gifted with all the power in the

universe.

It happened suddenly, light shooting out everywhere and exploding

around them. They could feel it, reaching out to the farthest tips of the

universe, killing every evil being that had ever breath anywhere. Every

army was defeated, every threat, until there was nothing left but light.

Serenity had killed everything that would ever threat any planet at any time

in the future, saving them from many deaths and wars. She had single

handily brought peace to the universe, and she alone was its controller now.

But it took a great deal out of her, and when the damage was done,

she fell unconscious into Dariens arms, where she would forever stay safe

and guarded.

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End of Chapter 6

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