Sorry, Sorry for the long wait. I was finishing up school and now I'm Graduated! WOOHOO!!!. Anyway, here's the next chapter. I should have another up sooner this time.

NOTE: I do not own Sailor Moon or any of the characters.

Chapter 5

All the girls, except Reni, were standing on the porch with shocked looks on their faces.

"What's wrong with you?" he asked. "You act as if you've never seen me before."
Then all the girls sobered and bowed low while blushing beet-red. The girls remembered the last time they had encountered him and were immediately suspicious but decided to be courteous since Reni seemed to accept him openly and lovingly.

"Forgive us your highness," stated Hydra in a soft voice, "but-,"

"We didn't expect to see you," finished Marisa, cutting of Hydra.

"Can we get inside the apartment before people begin to stare?" Reni interrupted.

"Yeah," they said in unison and went inside the apartment.

When they got settled, they began to talk about everything and anything; from their childhoods to what they were doing currently. Once they had finished talking about the present, the topic of the past came up. Everyone knew that this topic was a bit touchy for all members involved. Just as they were about to breach the subject, a moonbeam suddenly showed up right in the middle of their circle. Everyone immediately turned their heads at the bright light that filled the space. As the moonbeam continued to glow, all of their clothes changed into the ones they wore during the Moonia Millennium. When the moonbeam finally died down, a form toke shape that revealed a figure Reni knew immediately. It was her mother of the past, Queen Serenity.

With careful steps, she walked up to her mother and curtsied. Queen Serenity quickly raised Reni up and gave her a big hug. The girls and Darien were behind Reni bowing, or curtsying, politely and respectfully to Reni's mother.

"Dear Guardians of the Moon," said the Queen addressing the rest of the room. "Rise, for pressing matters have sent me here."

"What is it, Mother?" Serenity asked pulling slightly out of the hug.

"My darling, I'm afraid that neither the earth nor I can wait for all of you to fully gain your powers. I need to give you all your powers right now. I'm afraid that I made a mistake in taking them away from you when you all were young, but it was done in your best interests in mind. I had planned to open the seal slowly but there is no time for that now."

"Queen Serenity," said Ophillia, "what is the problem?"

"Princess Venus you are attentive as always. The problem is that a powerful enemy is on the way to take away something that is crucial to the future of the world. If he takes it, the future is doomed."

"Queen?" said a worried Ariesa. "What is this thing?"

"Serenity," she stated simply. The room immediately went silent. "You all need to be ready for this enemy very soon. Now, at the time of the alignment, is the time for you all to take on the powers of your planets." She turned to Hydra. "Princess of Mercury, I bestow upon you your powers of ice and water." After she said that a blue glow began to pulse around Hydra. The pulsing then became a steady blue glow and then died away, leaving Mercury in her new uniform. The Queen did the same to the other girls. As she gave them their powers, they began to pulsate their respective colors: Princess of Mars, given the power of fire and enhanced ESP, pulsated a brilliant red; Princess of Jupiter, given the powers of nature and lighting, pulsated an emerald green; and the Princess of Venus, given the powers of love and beauty, pulsated a stunning orange.

Their uniforms made them look like Arabian princesses. Their tops were cut off just above their bellies with puffy see-through sleeves with a cape that draped around their necks and floated down their backs. The tops were colored to each individual princess; blue for Mercury, red-orange for Mars, light green for Jupiter, orange for Venus, and blue-grey for the Moon. The bottoms were totally unique to each individual princess. Princess Mercury had pants that flowed like a waterfall down her legs: calm, yet dynamic at the same time. She had blue slippers to finish her outfit.

Princess Mars had a short, spiked skirt that looked like flames burning up her legs. It was a mixture of orange and yellow throughout the main body of the skirt with blazing red at the tips of it. It also had a long trailing sash around her waist that complemented Marisa's eyes. To complete her uniform, she had reddish-purple heels.

Princess Jupiter wore dark green Capri-type pants that had a forest on the bottom of them with lightning flashing closer to the top of it. They were loose so she could do what was needed to do, yet was quite form fitting. Ankle boots that were emerald green with lightning along the sides completed her uniform.

Princess Venus had a mini-skirt that went down to mid-thigh. It was actually like a slip over a skirt. The bottom layer was a completely brilliant orange to set off the top layer, which had hearts in a lighter orange. She had orange heels that had ties crisscrossing up to mid-calf.

Serenity had a skirt that went to her knees with a sheer layer on top that went down to mid-calf. The bottom layer was a light blue-grey and the top layer was sheer enough to see her hair behind it. She also had light blue slippers that had ribbons that criss-crossed two times up her legs to complete the ensemble. Once each one had been bestowed their powers, the Queen began again.

"Now that you have gained your powers, you are ready to defend and help the princess. Farewell, dear daughter. I cannot stay long; the power of the Earth pulls hard on my powers of the moon and weakens me. The alignment helped me but it is losing its power. I will continue to keep watch of you from afar but know this. The outer warriors have already been granted their powers and will be there if you feel you need to call upon their aid. Be assured that they will come immediately if you call for them." Queen Serenity walked up to Reni and gave her a big hug before pulling away. "I love you, my dearest one." Then she left the way she came.

"I love you too, mother," Reni said to the empty space that once held Queen Serenity.

"Well, girls," said Ophillia, "it looks like we have a job set out for us."

"Yes indeed we do," agreed Hydra, "we have to keep watch over our princess very closely."

"Well, just don't keep too close an eye over me," Reni said, "I'm a person not a bug and unlike a bug, I need my privacy." With that everyone laughed but they all knew that what they had to do was no laughing matter. After they all settled down, they agreed to have their communicators, made by Mercury later that night, on-line at all times so as to alert everyone of trouble. Then they all left for it was getting late and they needed to get home. When Serenity got home, she completed her usual ritual and then went to bed. But little did she know that she was being watched from a secret place.

"Yes, sleep my lovely and exquisite Serenity," said a low tenor voice, "for you will be my wife very soon."

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