Trying to be quicker with them now. Hope you enjoyed the last two chapters and I hope you enjoy this one. but enough of my talk, read the story.

NOTE: I don't own the Sailor Moon characters I just love writing with them.

Chapter 8

When Reni awoke from her tortured sleep, she found herself in a dark, dreary bedroom on an unfamiliar bed. It was a four-poster bed with blood red curtains around it, and a red comforter decorated with black roses. She found that she, herself, was dressed in a dress similar to the one that she wore during the Lunarian Millennium with a few minor exceptions. The dress was form-fitted to her frame with pearls around the entire bodice; a ribbon was tied around the waist with the tails hanging down the back of the dress; and was white with a dark purple tint to it.

Although the room itself had bright white walls it had a dark feel about the room that gave her chills up her spine. The dark energy that floated in the room made it hard to make out anything but shadows. She started crawling to the edge of the bed to get a better look around when Prince Diamonds appeared a few feet in front of the foot of the bed.

"I hope that you like your new surroundings. I toke great pains to make you feel comfortable here since you'll be here for a very long time."

"No, I won't," she answered back, "My friends will come and rescue me. Then you'll be in for it." She tried to stand up and face him, but found herself pulled back sharply, shackled to the bed. She looked at her arms but found nothing there. She tugged, twisted and pulled at her arms but found that no matter what she tried, they wouldn't budge. She then decided since she was unable to escape through physical means, she decided to use her brainpower instead.

"Nice try, my dear," Diamonds said with an indulgent smile on his face, "but I'm smart enough to know that you'd fight me at first." He smiled.

"Yeah," she agreed, "well any girl who was just captured would naturally struggle. Anybody with half a brain would know that."

"Indeed, you are correct, my dear," smiled Diamonds. "That is why I placed special bonds on your wrists. If you act in violently then you will be securely locked to the bed. But if you are calm then you will only be mildly restrained to the bed." Diamonds paused, smiled then continued. "You can however free yourself from your bonds, on one condition."

"Oh, really," Reni threw back sarcastically, "and how is that?" fearing that she already knew the answer to the question.

"You have to agree to stay at my side and be my queen." I knew it, Reni thought fearfully.

"You don't really think it will be that easy do you?" Reni asked putting on a brave façade, "I would never willingly turn to your side. I know you know that." Diamonds stared at her with a big grin.

"You are very clever, my dear," he laughed, "that is why I love you. I know you better than you know yourself for I have been studying you for months before I captured you." Diamonds walked over to the side of the bed and sat on the edge. "I knew that you have great loyalty to your friends and so called 'love' and would do whatever you could for them." He traced her face with his fingers along her jaw line. "But before they came along, who was there for you when you were hurting? Who was there to share your joys outside of your family?" She tried to move her head away and tried not to listen to him but with every word he said he was stripping away her resolve, given the darkness that was present inside of her to grow and spread.

"I was there," Diamonds said simply. "I was there in the shadows watching you and protecting you; sharing your joys and your pains; watching you grow into the beautiful woman before me." Reni felt herself getting weaker from the force in her body until the argument started to sound more and more plausible.

"You're staying here with me to be my queen, whether you like it or not." He then bent down a placed a kiss on her quivering mouth, not caring that she didn't respond to him. After Diamonds had kissed her, Reni felt something seeping into her body that felt a bit familiar but before she could pin point the similarity, she felt a red beam wash over her. Diamonds again moved to stand at the foot of the bed.

"This beam will help further advance what is already in your body and turn you to my side."

"I'll never turn," Reni said with clinched teeth, struggling to fight the beam, "you can't make me," Reni barely whispered. She was on the edge of consciousness and she could barely keep her eyes open. NO, please STOP!, Reni screamed in her head. She could feel the oppressive weight of, not only the beam outside, but also from the weight that the darkness was putting on her very soul. Reni could feel herself falling deeper into unconsciousness when she heard Diamonds whisper to her.

"Soon, very soon, you will be turned to my side and finally I will rule this universe with you by my side, Serenity." Those were the last words Reni heard before the world went black.

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"Can you track her Mercury?" said Darien in a too quiet tone. She shook her head.

"I can't get a lock on her energy waves." She sighed, trying to hold back frustrated tears. "Wherever he took her must be surrounded by a shield that cannot be breeched by our technology." They all stood there, staring at Mercury because if Mercury couldn't find a way to connect to her then nobody could.

"Well, we can't just sit around here feeling sorry for ourselves," said Mars passionately. "We have to find a way, ANY way to get her back."

Everyone nodded. "Our dear Moon Princess, Princess Serenity," they all vowed, simultaneously, "we'll find a way to get you back safe and sound; on the honor of the Warriors of the Moon."

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Reni found herself in dark area that felt cold not from the temperature but from the aura of the area. There was nothing there but absolute blackness.

"What is this place?" she asked aloud, not really expecting someone to answer.

"This is where you will stay until you eventually vanish," replied a voice that reverberated throughout the space.

"Who are you? Where are you?" Reni questioned as she looked around the space for the voice's source.

"I am you," the voice replied behind Reni. Reni quickly turned behind her to face her opponent. At first, she saw nothing but then a form began to take shape from the very darkness itself. The figure began to move towards her at an unhurried pace. Reni could still see nothing as the figure moved closer to her. When the figure finally stood about 10 feet back, Reni could finally see the figure's features. Reni's eyes went wide and her body began to tremble in fear for there, in front of her was none other than herself dressed as Diamonds had dressed her. However, this version had dark purple eyes that held no trace of warmth.

"Of course," continued the woman, "I'm a much more beautiful and powerful version." The woman smirked. "You may call me Dark Queen Serenity."

"But how? I would… I would never…" Reni struggled to find the words that would explain this.

"Normally, you may not have," Serenity began to explain, "but you were tainted by Tentacles in that one fight and that bit of darkness spread when you allowed yourself to fear and doubt your friends." Reni wanted to dispute it but knew that it was true. Serenity smiled because she knew that Reni knew it was true and continued to explain.

"Combined with the Darkmoon power from the beam and that dark kiss we received from our Diamonds filled with his power, was enough to push back your light and allow the darkness to shine forth stronger than ever before." Serenity spun in circles and gave out a giggle that, while similar to her own, made her feel chills throughout her entire being. I have to find a way to get out of here, thought Reni desperately, before she does something terrible to my friends. Serenity stopped spinning and faced Reni again with a cold look.

"I don't think so." Reni gazed at her with a shocked look on her face. Serenity smiled but it was full of warning. "I know your thoughts, Reni for I am you. But like I said earlier, you will be here until you disappear." Serenity walked closer to Reni and stopped when she was only a few steps away. "As I grow stronger you grow weaker with every passing moment. Soon, you will be tapped out and completely disappear into the darkness." Serenity smiled bigger. "And there is nothing you can do about it." And with that, Serenity disappeared as quickly as she had come, leaving behind only her dark, sinister laugh to taunt and torment Reni. Please, please someone help me, Reni cried out in her mind as she slipped to the ground crying silent tears.

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Diamonds re-entered the room to find Serenity sitting at the vanity mirror putting the finishing touches to her hair.

"I see that you have freed yourself from your bonds," Diamonds said casually.

"Naturally, they were easy enough to get out of," Serenity returned just as casually. Diamonds walked up to her until he was right behind her, placed his hands around her shoulders, and kissed her on her jaw. Serenity smiled at him and leaned back into him.

"Are you ready for to take what is ours?"

"Yes, quite ready. Those puny earthlings won't know what hit 'em!" Serenity purred softly.

"But first we must take care of those who would stand in our way."

"Trust me they will be no match for us." Deep in Serenity's soul, her real self was trapped in the darkness with no way to push through. No, please stop! Reni cried in the depths of her mind. NEVER, answered Serenity quietly while she went out to kill the very people Reni called friends and family.

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