Sorry everyone. I didn't mean to take so long in updating the story. I've been busy with school since this is my last year WHOO HOO! Anyway, here's the fourth chapter of the story.

PS. I don't own Sailor Moon at all.

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Chapter 4

"No! Nooo!!" sobs Serenity and runs away down the hallway.

"Princess!" yells out Ophellia. She moves to run after Serenity but finds that the Prince has already done so. "I knew that this would end badly."

Serenity ran blindly down the hallway while the sounds of battle surrounded her. Behind her, Darien was trying desperately to keep up with her and not get in the battle that raged around them. Serenity ran through the palace until she reached the ballroom. She wanted to cry, scream do anything to dispel the hurt and betrayal in her heart. However, by this point Darien had caught up to the distraught Princess.

"Reni." Serenity turned at the sound of his soft voice. She fought the urge to run into his arms and instead wrapped her arms around herself. Darien walked closer to her and Serenity tried not to move away from him.

"Why?" asked Serenity in a voice on the verge of tears. "Why is the Earth attacking the Moon? Why, when we were negotiating peace between the two planets? Why are you doing this?" Tears slipped silently down her face as she asked the questions.

"Reni, I don't know if you'll believe me or not," said Darien truthfully, "but this is what I know. A few weeks before the announcement, a dark being entered the castle. At first, nobody noticed until a fight broke out between the villagers causing a terrible riot. This village had never had such an event of this magnitude occur before. Once we had put down this riot, more and more such incidents started occurring all across the land. The garrison was being spread thin therefore the palace was at its least secure. At this time, the dark being slipped into the palace without too much effort infecting all the major people in the palace, including my parents. I was out at the time trying to settle a dispute in the village.

"By the time I got back to the palace, my parents were talking about joining the alliance and that they would begin negotiations with Queen Serenity. I thought this was odd since I knew that my parents had never thought about doing any such thing in the past. However, I gave them the benefit of the doubt since I thought that it was to gain help with all of the problems. After a few weeks of negotiating, I noticed that the fights across the land were dissipating. This made me uneasy but I kept my silence. When the announcement finally came, I was happy that we would be part of the alliance. After I had gone out to meet with you, I decided to stay away from the royal palace for a while because I had felt an evil shadow dwelling within. I watched and waited until the day of our official entrance to see if anything was going to happen. Finally, the night before, I noticed that they were preparing the army for an attack, instead of for an official escort. As soon as I noticed they were leaving, I slipped into their ranks in order to get to you as soon as I could. I fought through the battle, trying to only to disable anyone that fought me, and that's when you saw me."

Darien had been pacing as he told the story, but now he turned and faced Serenity. "I know that you may not believe me, but I hope that you do." He paused. "Do you believe me, Reni?"

Serenity wiped tears away from her face and smiled at him. "I do. I do believe you." Serenity began to run into his arms but before she could Darien yelled out, "Watch out!!" Serenity paused and turned to see a sword coming down at her. Darien jumped in the way to take the blow that was for her. Darien yelled at the impact of the blow then turned and quickly dispatched the attacker. Once he had done so, he collapsed from the effort. Serenity ran to his side with tears running rivers down her face.

"Darien!! Darien please don't die. Don't leave me." Darien opened his already heavy eyes and looked up at Serenity.

"Don't worry, sweet Reni," Darien gasped out with a smile, "I will never truly leave you. We are connected by love. We will always be together." Darien closed his eyes again, breathed his last breath, and was taken away by death's hand.

"DARIEN!!" Serenity's yell reverberated through the silent ballroom. Serenity lifted her hand to move the bangs away from his face before planting a kiss on his still warm lips. Then she took his bloodied sword on both of her hands and held it to her chest then said, "We will be together again, my love. I know we will and maybe then we can find our happiness." After another glance at her beloved, she closed her eyes, sunk the sword into her chest, breathed once more then never again.

Serenity woke with a start. She toke many deep breaths before sitting up. So that's what happened. Oh, Darien, thought Serenity. She stretched and then moved to get out of bed. Since that day was a Saturday, and Serenity had no school, she decided to go shopping to get her mind off things. She wanted to buy very special things for Darien and herself. While she was getting ready to go out, she turned on the TV to see what the weather was going to be like. While she was waiting the forecast, she heard the weatherman say something very interesting, "Today is a special day folks. Today, the first five planets will be meeting today. They will be joining up throughout the day until they reach their final alignment around 5 o'clock. Therefore, if you have a telescope, take a look since the next time this happens will be in 100 years. Next, your local forecast."

"That's very interesting," said Serenity. "Maybe I should ask Darien if he has a telescope so we could see it." Once she saw the day was going to be in the mid 80s, she finished getting ready to go, got her purse, slipped on her sandals and walked down the street to the shopping complex. Her first stop was the bookstore to see if there were any new books she could buy. As she walked into the bookstore, she saw a girl who reminded her of the Princess of Mercury, Hydra in the science section with her nose buried in the book she held in her hand. Hydra, in the past, was a shy girl and always had her head in a book. She had short azure hair that curled slightly at her shoulder, about 5'4" in height, and knowledgeable, kind eyes that matched her hair. Her personality was that of a tranquil sea that could turn turbulent at the slightest threat of danger. This girl looked very similar to her so Serenity decided to go and meet her to see if there was any connection between the two. As she approached, Serenity felt a strong connection growing as if she did already knew this girl.

"Excuse me," the girl turned around and Serenity knew that she was looking at an exact duplicate of Hydra. The girl also stood there frozen for a bit, looking like she had seen a ghost. The blue-hair girl snapped out of it first and answered Serenity.

"Yes," she said in a soft voice, "What can I help you with?"

"I know that it's an odd thing to ask a complete stranger but can I know your name," sounding corny to her ears. At first, she thought the shy girl would give it to her, but she gave me the shy smile she remembered and told her,

"My name is Hydra Anderson. What is your name?"

"My name," she began breathlessly, "is Serenity." Both girls smiled at each other for a minute before they pulled each other into a big hug with happy tears running down their faces.

"It's good to finally see you again, Reni." After a few minutes, they stopped crying long enough to sit down on one of the benches in the store. They sat there and talked about their current lives as well as their past. In their past lives, an evil being attacked the Moon intent on ruling the entire universe with Princess Serenity. This enemy was Prince Diamonds. Nobody knew about him until he introduced himself with an attack on the moon. He destroyed everything or anyone that was in his way including the Warriors of the Moon. However, when he was about to take Princess Serenity, Prince Endymion fought him off and killed him. However, the Prince ended up dying because he blocked a blow meant for Serenity. Serenity was so distraught over his death that she toke his sword and killed herself. Queen Serenity, in her grief, sent everyone to the planet Earth to be reborn and to live a happy, safe life. She then sent Diamonds, severely life threatening injured, and his followers many galaxies away so they wouldn't be able to return until the Warriors were ready for him. The warriors were to start regaining their powers and memories when they were fifteen when they were mature enough to understand them, which is why Serenity and the others were getting dreams of the final days of the kingdom.

"Hydra, tell you what? Why don't we meet back here at about 5 o'clock, okay?"

"Okay, just don't be late."

"I won't. See ya."

"'Bye." Then Serenity walked out of the store with her new romance novel and went off to other stores to see what else she could find. As she was walking down the strip, she found a store dedicated to couples. This store had everything from matching t-shirts to wedding bands. When she went in, she began to look at different things that she could get for Darien and herself. Serenity looked all around the shop, not finding anything that really suited her taste until she got to the jewelry. She was about to give up until she saw a pair of necklaces. One necklace had the earth hanging from it while the other one had the moon hanging from it. When you put them together, the moon laided on the right side of the earth so that they looked intertwined. She picked it up from the display to get a better look at it, when all of a sudden; a voice chimes in behind her.

"The moon and the Earth, huh? Man, you really do have him on your mind 24/7 don't ya. I guess you really do have a strong bond with your guy. I know this time your relationship is going to last forever." Serenity turned around at the presumption of the person, to find that it was none other than the Princess of Venus, guardian of love, Ophillia. Ophillia, Lia for short, was 5'6" with light blond hair that was held up with an orange bow; and sky blue eyes. Her personality was very bubbly but authoritative when in battle and was the best matchmaker in this galaxy guaranteed. She was so good at it; she automatically knew whom you were buying for with her sixth sense.

"Hey, what's up, Lia," she said with a grin a mile wide.

"Glad to see that thousands of years haven't ruined your memory."

"No, neither did it dim my friendship with you."

"Glad to hear it." She said, giving Serenity a big hug. "Still hooked up with lover boy? Never mind. I know the answer to that question." Lia winked at Serenity, which brought a light blush to her cheeks.

"Of course, mistress of love. Well, I loved to stay here and chat with you, but I got buy my item and finish my shopping."

"Oh, darn. I was hoping to chat with you for a while."

"I know. Wait! Why don't you meet me in the front of the shopping center at 5 o'clock? Then we'll have lots of time to talk."

"Alright. I'll see you then?"

"Alright 'bye."

Then Serenity bought what she wanted and they went their separate ways to meet later. It was now one o'clock and well past time for lunch, so Serenity went down to the food market in order to get something to eat. Since she felt like having some chicken, she went over to the KFC booth to get her something. When she got in line, she noticed a tall girl with brown hair a few people in front of her complaining about the food. The girl was getting very loud and causing a scene that was drawing many eyes. She decided to go up to the brown-headed girl and see if she could get her to calm down.

"This food is cold! How can you serve cold food to your customers? I could end up sick! Let me talk to your manager before I sue." said the girl.

"I don't think that's necessary," Serenity said coming up to her, hoping to calm her down. The girl whipped around to face her and that's when Serenity noticed the resemblance to one of her guardians and friends, Princess of Jupiter, Terra. She thought when Terra noticed whom she was about to yell at, she instantly calmed down, blushed a little bit and gave Serenity a smile and a wink, and then she knew that Terra wouldn't lose her temper over bad food. Terra was one of the tallest girls out of the Princesses, standing at 5'9". She had wavy, auburn hair that was almost always put into a ponytail and brilliant emerald eyes that shined bright green when she was happy, like now, but went to a dark dangerous emerald green when irritated or angry. Her personality charged like lightning ready to strike out if something was wrong.

"You're right," she said to Serenity. To the clerk she said, "I'm sorry I lost my temper over your food. It won't happen again. Just make sure you check the food before giving it out or I will be back." Then she turned around and herded Reni away from the stand to another one. However, before Reni was turned fully around, she saw that the clerk had his mouth wide open and staring, wondering how she could calm a tall, rough girl down.

"What was that all about?" Reni asked her.

"Oh, that? I was just funning around. I really do like that food." She smiled and gave a wink. That was Terra for you. Always trying to give guys she liked a rough time.

"So, how's it been going?" she asked.

"It's been hectic, you know; with all of the dreams and everything."

"Yeah, I know."

"Wanna sit and talk a while before I finish my shopping?" Reni said as she got the food she'd ordered from Subway.

"Sure!" They talked there for half an hour before Serenity decided that it was time to finish her shopping. "Can I meet you later?"

"Sure! What time?"

"At five o'clock at the front of the shopping center."

"Okay. It's a date." Terra said and then left to do more shopping. Reni sat there and finished her drink, then went off to finish her shopping. This has been a weird day, Serenity thought. If I meet Ariesa today, then I might just pass out from the coincidence. It was half past one and she still had time to spare. So she shopped around until she realized that it was a quarter 'til five. One last store before I meet up with the others, she thought. She decided to go inside a charm store because she thought the items inside looked cool. When she entered, she thought her eyes were seeing things. Reni thought she'd seen her best friend in the entire universe, Ariesa, Princess of Mars. Ariesa was 5'6½" with straight black hair with scarlet highlights. Her hair was slightly longer that Lia's but only by a few inches. The thing that everyone automatically notices is her light violet eyes that looked as if it had red fire in them. Her personality was that of a calm blaze that threatened to burst into flames at the first sign of someone or something harming a loved one. Then Reni knew it was Ariesa when she saw her turn around and face the helper of the store. She decided to go up to Ariesa to see if she remembered her, forgetting why she came into the store in the first place.

Reni tapped on her shoulder, "Excuse me, but can you help me?"

"One moment please," she answered back sounding annoyed. After she was finished doing what she was doing, she turned around.

"Good afternoon, princess," she said smiling at her. "Still interrupting me while I'm busy, I see. You haven't changed a bit. It's been forever since I've seen you."

"I know," Serenity said coming up to hug her dearest and most trusted friend. "It's been far too long." They pulled away from each other a short distance.

"So, how have things been going moon gal?"

"Things have been going great for me, Pyro. How about you?"

"Well, things have been kinda dull but, with you here, that's going to change."

"Glad to hear it," She told her as they began to leave the store. "Say, you want to come with me to my friend's house?" Not mentioning to her that that friend was Darien, "We can talk all we want to there."

"Well, what are we standing around here for? Let's get going!"

"Alright, let's go." Then they began to walk to the front of the shopping center where they saw three familiar faces.

"Hey everyone!" Reni yelled to them.

"Hey," They said in unison.

"Is everyone ready to go?" She asked them.

"I'm ready to go and chat," said Lia.

"Yeah! Me too," said Terra.

"Well, let's get going," Reni said enthusiastically. Then they left and began to walk to Darien's apartment.

When they were right outside of Darien's door, Ariesa asked the question that was everyone else's mind just as Reni rang the doorbell, "So who is this friend-," but before she could finish her question, Darien opened the door and greeted them.

"Hello Ladies and welcome." Everyone's, minus Reni's jaw dropped clear to the ground.

"Girls, I'm sure you remember him but if not let me reintroduce you. This is Darien formally known as Prince Endymion of Earth."

R&R Again I'm sorry for taking so long. I'll try to update sooner next time. :)