Woooooow. Can't believe it's been four years. Sorry!

Thank you for the previous reviews. I reread them and found motivation, one in particular sparked something in me. Thank you all again. I won't bore you with my banter anymore. Back to business!

Ooo! And to clear something up, seeing as it was pretty confusing. What Usagi saw when she entered the throne room was not an illusion. The battle scene that was described after technically would have happened before she entered that room. The senshi and Mamoru were really captured.

Everything she knew was crumbling before her eyes. Her brother…and now her senshi. Usagi tired to reach out to them, to make herself believe that she was just seeing an illusion. This couldn't be right…

Minako, Rei, Ami, Makoto, Haruka, Michiru, Hotaru, Setsuna….Mamoru…

Usagi couldn't focus…she didn't know what to do. Her world narrowed. The voices in the background drowned out against the sorrow and anger that swelled in her chest. Her eyes took in the sight of her fallen warriors. Their broken and mangled bodies, the blood that had spilled on the floor, almost reaching her, their eyes glued on her.

How could she have let this happen! They were dying because of her. Everyone died because of her. Her father. Her brother. And now her friends…her love. She wasn't strong enough to prevent it from happening…not strong enough to save them. They were all going to die…

"Usako…I love you" Mamoru coughed out painfully. His gaze couldn't leave hers no matter how heavy his head was, no matter how much he wanted to hang his head in defeat.

Usagi shook her head. Holding in the tears that shimmered in her eyes. Her head wasn't clear. They weren't dead yet! There was still time to rectify this, even if she had to give her life in the process. She stopped her struggling against Sapphires hold. It wasn't helping her either way.

"You bastard! Let them go!" she growled out, dropping her arms at her side, balling her fists. "Now"

"You think it's that easy darling?" Diamond let out a chuckle. "No…I don't think I will let them go. The sooner they die the better"

Usagi blinked back the tears. "You may want to let me go. I don't know if you are like him or if you were the one responsible in this. I don't wish to harm you…let me go now. If you did help in this…I will find you later" venom dripped off of her words. A cold shiver went down his spine. Diamond was his brother, blood and all. He knew he had been wrong since day one, but he followed wordlessly…because they were family. This girl in his arms did nothing wrong to him. They were the ones that intervened in her life…maneuvered it to Diamonds wish. Before he knew what he was doing, his arms fell down in submissive defeat.

"What are you doing?! Having a change of heart brother?" Diamond sneered. Sapphire merely placed his hand on his chest in salute and gave him a grin before disappearing.

Usagi stepped forward towards her senshi, "I will get you out of here alive" emphasizing the word alive. She would get them out. No matter the cost. This was a fight that Diamond would never forget. She would make sure of that.

She shot her hand up and called out "MOON CRYSTAL POWER" as she began to levitate to transform, her crescent moon insignia began to pulse irregularly and she fell out of transformation. She landed harshly on her side. What the hell was going on?! She couldn't transform! Diamonds laughter enveloped her thoughts.

"Ahh, I wouldn't do that if I were you princess" he chuckled light heartedly "I don't think it would work"

"What did you do?!" she cried out. No enemy has ever been able to prevent her from transforming. Perhaps when the crystal was in her brooch they could have stolen it…but the crystal was fused within her. The crystal was her…she was the crystal. How could that be possible?

"I already told you, but you didn't seem to have caught it. Easily understood, after all, your brother had just passed moments before I informed you. Shingo was his name, wasn't it?" Diamond inhaled the scent of his wine. This was rather enjoyable. In all honesty, he wasn't sure that the plan set in motion years ago would actually work out as well as it did. This was going to be easy.

"Do not mention him! Do not taint his name!" She was losing it. If that transformation wouldn't work, perhaps the others with more power behind them will. Maybe he set some force field she could break through. Her hand shot out for a second time, "MOON ETERNAL POWER!"

Diamond's grin grew even more. 'Yes princess. Keep calling that power. Bring it forth. The sooner you exhaust yourself, the sooner you shall become mine'

She felt the power within in her grow, 'Yes…please hear my plea. Transform' her body was enveloped in a flurry of feathers. Her own wings were in the process of erupting when suddenly she felt her chest constrict. She gasped in pain and her hand immediately grabbed her chest. The pain spread throughout her entire body. Her insignia pulsed sporadically as she fell to the floor on her back, landing with a painful thud. Her body felt as if it was on fire. She wanted to hold on to something, to soothe her aching body, but she couldn't. Tears flowed out of her eyes. She couldn't control it. 'What is this?'

"Usagi!"

"What's happening?!"

"Get up!"

"Koneko!"

"Usako! Please!"

Voices she knew and loved cried out to her but she couldn't respond. She couldn't cry out against this pain. Her entire body was shaking with pain, sweat mingled with her tears. Every time she tried to transform, the pain became worse. If she tried a third time, she didn't think she would survive the pain of it. As the pain in her chest became less noticeable, she turned her body around so she would be lying on her stomach. She inhaled slowly and braced herself for the pain that would come as she tried to stand up.

"Tsk tsk tsk. I do believe I warned you. It won't help you. Cease your attempts. I do loath to see you hurt dear" he said condescendingly. He walked up to her and kneeled down. He tenderly grasped her chin and forced her to look into his eyes. "While your friends prefer to call you 'Usagi', I have much more of an attachment to Serenity. It suits you so much better."

She smacked his hand, forcing him to let go of her face. "You shouldn't address me at all" she picked up her trembling body off of the floor. Groaning in pain as she stood straight, refusing to bend down before him. "Now what HAVE YOU DONE!?"

"It's quite simple really. I didn't have to do much. Many were willing to cooperate in this little plan of mine. Especially your mother."

Usagi froze. Her mother? "What does she have to do with this?"

Diamond snorted, "A lot, actually. Your mother was never a fan of yours, was she? She held some sort of grudge against you ever since you were born, which is odd, since that wasn't the case where I'm from. She adored you in that timeline"

"Timeline? Where are you from?!" her body shook violently. Usagi bit down on her lip to prevent from screaming out in agony. She felt so weak.

"A time where Crystal Tokyo existed. We traveled there in order to form an alliance with you, but when we arrived, we were shunned because of our origins. I, however, remained hopeful to meet you and forge this alliance. I guess you can say that I fell in love you since the moment I did meet you. Your peaceful nature, your beautiful serene aura. It was everything I could have imagined. Your advisors were adamant about our alliance, so you declined. I held no ill will towards you. I did, however, want to posses you. That's when we decided to come back to a time when you weren't in the process of making crystal Tokyo. To ensure that you become my queen, but ultimately where I come from is of no consequence." He gazed passionately into her eyes

"You did all of this so I would become your Queen?!" she sneered as she waved her arm towards her senshi. "You killed my brother…harmed my senshi…for me? You're pathetic!"

"Oh no. Don't leave out your father and of course your mother" he added

"W-what?" Usagi faltered.

"Yes. Very tragic. You see…we needed to get really close to you. I caused the accident that killed your father. I needed him out of the way. He was your protection against that hell bent mother of yours. She always had it out for you, for stealing away her husband's affections. The moment you were born, she knew he loved you more. Jealously made it easy to manipulate her."

"You killed my father!" she balled up her fist and raced towards him. She didn't care her body was screaming out in pain. He was the source of her sorrow for years! All this time, she blamed herself. Now she knew why.

He snapped his fingers and Emerald appeared behind her and restrained her arms. "Now now darling. The story only gets better." Emerald hissed in her ear.

"Where was I? Oh yes. So with your father dead, I approached your mother during the funeral. We had a lovely little chat where I gave her a vile. She was to give it to you with a meal or something over a small period of time. It would make you sick, in a sense. We agreed to meet again a couple of months where I would check on the progress" he paused to take a small sip of his wine.

Usagi narrowed her eyes. Taking in his appearance, his eyes, his hair, the way he moved about and suddenly she gasped loudly. "You! You're the doctor that we met with all those years ago!"

He nodded his head lightly, "Correct. I needed to make sure if it was working. So I had to touch you in some way. After I knew it was working, I told your mother privately that she had to leave you in order to ensure that her son live. With her distaste for you, it wasn't hard to convince her to take her wonderful child away from you. So she left"

Tears fell from her eyes. All along…she was to blame. If it weren't for her, Diamond wouldn't have come back, wouldn't have killed her father, her brother. Everything was because of her. "That still doesn't explain everything!" she lunged forward but Emerald tightened her hold on the princess.

"It's your essence, Serenity. You're soul. The vile I gave your mother was my blood. The moment you took it, and your body accepted it, was the moment a small part of myself lived within you. Slowly, without you realizing it, I began to absorb your soul, your whole self into me. It's romantic if you think about it. My sole obsession lives within me" he said proudly. Emerald growled silently.

He stood up and began to pace the room anxiously, "While you lived your life normally, your soul transferred very slowly to me. But with your transformations, it was accelerated. Now that you are closer to me, I can feel you within me. Much stronger. With every transformation, you lose more of yourself to me. You can feel it as well. You feel weak and empty. That's because you are here" he pointed at his chest. "It's nearly complete" he reached out to her and took her locks into his hands, slowly rubbing it along his cheek. "You are mine, Serenity"

"With my soul gone, I die! There wouldn't be anything to posses!" Usagi yelled out in victory. That was the solution. She died, and he would leave. The others could find some way to escape.

"I'm not stupid, love" he scoffed. "You're soul would live within me. I could recreate you. From myself. You would be molded out of my body. You would no longer the child of light, but rather the child of darkness. You would truly belong to me. Heart, body and soul" he crushed his lips upon hers. Emerald's eyes lighted with fury. Diamond was testing her patience.

"Let me go! I will never be yours!" Usagi yelled out in disgust. Diamond back away and laughed.

"You already are. More than you know"

Usagi debated within herself. What could she do? Transform again and lose herself to Diamond, and come back as what? Something evil? Her lip trembled. If she didn't transform, she'd lose herself anyways. It would just take longer, and by then, her friends would all be dead. It wouldn't just be Diamond that she has to kill, but Emerald and anyone else who refused to let her and her senshi go. God help them. She turned her head to her right to take a last look at her friends. They screamed out in protest. They could clearly read it in her eyes what she intended to do.

"No! Usagi! Dooooont!"

Usagi bowed her head. No more transformations. She would call the only thing that might work. Her body began to glow silver, and her insignia began to appear and glow brightly on her brow. 'I will not give up'

Emerald hissed as her hands were burned. She quickly let go of Usagi and fell behind. 'This is it! The perfect time to attack! While she's weak' Emerald grinned. She put her hands forward as Usagi called forth her power. "Time to say goodbye your lowness".

"NO!" Diamond shouted. He lifted his hand against Emerald and shot at her, piercing her through the chest. Emerald screamed out in agony. She placed her hand on her chest as she began to cough out blood.

"My prince…I only tried to do it for us…" she wheezed out before falling to the ground. Dead.

Usagi tried to drown out everyone else. She needed to focus on the power surfacing, to control it. To try to avoid what Diamond wanted. She didn't know if it was possible for him to absorb the crystal entirely, but if he could absorb her…the crystal didn't seem too impossible. She extended her arms out in front of her. 'This is it. May Selene be with me.'

Sapphire peaked out from behind the door. He didn't want to get involved. But Emeralds death just proves that he should no longer side with Diamond. Diamond was their prince, their lord and protector. Now he was their destruction. He would no longer help him. He needed to her the princess out…but calling forth the crystal would be her demise. He couldn't stop that. Her friends however…

"I can't do this anymore! I can't sit here and watch her die!" Selenity paced around through the void. "I need to do something for her. What's the point in staying in this form if I am without power?"

Her hands gripped the bubble in front of her, the small looking glass that Pluto left behind for her to witness her daughters struggle. She was only supposed to be an observer, but she could no longer play that role. Fate and Destiny had played with her life enough as it was, but to mess with her daughters….no…they would finally answer to someone.

"Fate! Destiny! I call upon thee. I demand that you show yourselves to me. As a daughter of the Goddess Selene, I command thee!" her voice echoed around the gates.

In front of her, two figures materialized, one in a sheer white cloak, the other in an endless dark cloak. They large figures commanded presence and inspired a small amount of fear within Selenity's heart, but she would not back down.

"How dare you summon us? We are beyond you and your gods" fate bellowed out, its white cloak moving against imaginable wind.

"Beyond my Gods, yet here you are" Selenity pointed out. She could of sworn she saw one of them scoff.

"What is it that you want from us?" Destiny questioned.

"My daughter, Serenity is going through-"

"Yes. We know of her trial. What of it?" Fate interrupted.

"I wish for her soul to be spared! It is written that a soul must be taken. Let it be mine!" Selenity urged. She was growing tired of her precious baby dying over and over again for the simply amusement of the fates.

"You are already deceased. How can you exchange your life for hers?" Destiny questioned. Such an outrageous thing to ask of.

"My body may be gone. But my soul is as immortal as hers should have been had it not been for this devious ploy. Take my immortality and grant her hers. It's a fair exchange!" Selenity fell onto her knees. Pleading wasn't beneath her, anything for her daughter.

"You know that if we do take this exchange, you may never be allowed to look upon her face again?"

Selenity gathered herself and stood up, tears gleaming against her gray eyes, "I would not be able to see her either way. At least this way, I know she'll be safe"

"Usagi please stop this! You are offering yourself to him!" Minako yelled out. Her struggles against the heavy chains were in vain. They were all too weak to move, to even try to help her. Even talking took too much effort.

"Usako…don't do this!"Mamoru cried out. His heart heavy with fear. This is what she had been hiding all along. Usagi may not have been aware of all the details. But it was obvious she knew that she was somehow dying. His arms ached to embrace her, to soothe away her sorrow and pain that he could feel radiating off her small form. She didn't deserve to hurt this way. He couldn't live without her. He didn't know how.

Usagi managed to produce a small smile, despite her arduous task. The pain was excruciating. Her legs felt like they couldn't hold her up anymore, her tremble was getting worse. As she felt the power within her surge, she began to feel a cold sensation, almost like there was a gust of wind running inside her body. She knew she should stop, that her body couldn't handle much more but her mind decided to press on. This would end tonight, either with her death, or Diamonds. Usagi had lived in fear and shame for far too long, and she was determined to let it go. "It will be alright. You'll see" she grunted out.

"Just a little bit more Serenity. Just a little bit more" Diamond encouraged

Sapphire appeared before the senshi as Diamonds' attention was sorely captured by the princess, "shh!" he whispered, placing his finger on his lips, "If you want to live, I suggest you keep quiet" he neared them and bent down near Mamoru. "I'm going to remove the bindings on all of you, when that happens, hold on to each other and I'll you out of here."

"Why are you helping us!?" Haruka questioned.

Sapphire glared at her quickly, "Now isn't the time for questions"

"I won't leave Usagi behind!" Mamoru argued. "We need to get her out too"

Sapphire placed a hand on his shoulder, "We will. But now we need to remove you. You're the reason she's doing this." He waved his hand and their arms fell down from the lack of bindings and soon he shimmered out of the throne room along with nine other people.

They reappeared outside the throne room. Sapphire stood up straight and took a look at the senshi. Their wounds were worse than he had anticipated. Before he could utter a word, someone spoke behind him.

"Well…I never imagined this would happen Sapphire. Where is your allegiance?" Rubius stood with his arms crossed across this chest. Four girls stood directly behind him, glaring at the senshi.

"It lies with myself. Yours should also be with mine. You know that" Sapphire emotionlessly stated.

"I don't believe it should. Diamond would reward me greatly when I present him with his traitor of a brother" Rubius launched for an attack, but as quickly as he came at Sapphire, he disappeared along with the four women with a wave of his hand.

"Where did he go?" Rei questioned.

"Back to where he came from. He won't bother us anymore" Sapphire answered.

"Our strongest attacks didn't damage them…and now they're gone?" Makoto countered

"They weren't really real. The reason they absorbed your powers so easily is because they were simply vessels. They were void of souls, I guess you can say. I created them. They were experiments…made to test the methods of replicating people by acquiring souls. They are…no longer needed" Sapphire explained. "Now don't move…" He held out his hands, placing them over the senshi. Slowly a blue light emanated from his hands and enveloped the broken bodies on the floor, their wounds closing and their energy returning.

"How did you-"Ami started.

"I created them from me. The power they absorbed from you came to me. I simply gave you back what you unleashed on them. Since it belongs to you, it cannot harm you, but rather heal you"

"Thank you" Mamoru cleared his throat. He stood up along with his companions. "Let's get her out" He turned to face the large doors.

"I've done all I can for you…I cannot help you any further. While my brother may be evil…I cannot find it in my heart to fight against him…" Sapphire sadly explained

Setsuna stepped closer and bowed her head, "You have done what was required. It's understood." Sapphire gave her an odd look and vanished.

Mamoru looked around at the girls, his fist clenching. "Ready or not…"

A/n: I will be finishing this story. One more chapter to go! Wooo. Thanks for being patient. I hope you all like it

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