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I know I suck. I was stuck, but here's a new chapter!
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tbh, I only pushed this chapter cuz someone left me a msg to encourage me to finish it. This one's for you, flaxj!
It was as if Luna was remembering a dream. Flashes of memories that highlighted her life, that she didn't remember, but knew that they were hers. Growing up in the Royal house of Mau, being chosen by Queen Selenity, receiving the Royal Moon Crest on her brow, and the sacrifice she made in order to accept the position.
She saw flashes of life on the Moon, a happy people with a benevolent queen. Young Sailor Scouts running though the castle chasing a young blonde princess with her hair streaming behind her, her eyes full of life and happiness. It filled Luna with warmth and joy to remember how wonderful the height of the Moon Kingdom had been.
Then Luna's memories started to flash dark. Meetings with the queen in despair, trying to unite their Solar System. Missives from Earth ignoring signs of a great Evil. Luna remembered that last day on the Moon. That memory of them all was the clearest.
The people of the Moon were at high alert. The prince of Earth brought news that the great evil was on it's way to the Moon. Luna was confused by this memory at first. Why was the Prince of the Earth on the Moon? He had no connection to the royal family. As the scene unfolded in front of her, she remembered. On the balcony, looking down at the darkening Earth, was Princess Serenity in the Earth Prince's arms. They were betrothed. The young Moon Princess and the Earth Prince were in love. It was hoped that their love would unite the Earth and the Silver Alliance, but the evil was too strong and their love worked against them all.
Luna remembered running with the Queen to the Prayer Room only to realize once they were there that the princess had not followed. Queen Selenity and Luna ran out of the protection of the prayer room and made it out to the gardens just in time to see Princess Serenity raise a sword over her head. Blood and dead bodies were everywhere. The Earth prince was on the ground, dead, with Princess Serenity plunging a sword towards her chest.
The Queen screamed in agony and anger and an explosion of white light came from both the queen and princess.
At that moment Usagi sat up with a gasp for breath. Her eyes were wide with tears streaming down her face.
"Serenity!" both Makoto and Ami exclaimed.
Usagi looked over at her friends for a moment, still not completely awake yet, still not completely Usagi yet. "Amelia? Mokusei?!" she sobbed forward pulling her friends into a fierce hug. "I'm so sorry! I'm so sorry!" she started crying. "I'm so glad I found you again!"
The commotion got the attention of the Tsukino family who were all in the kitchen getting the table ready for dinner. Shingo insinuated himself next to his sister for support as she composed herself as Ikuko and Kenji looked on in concern. Luna with the help of Ami and Makoto were able to fill the family in on some of the details of what happened after Luna used her mind meld on them. Basically how they had gotten their memories from their past lives back and how through those memories, they were able to recall who they were in their past lives as well as find out who the Moon Princess was.
At that last statement, they all turned to look at Usagi. She was holding Shingo's hand, tears finally subsiding. Sitting up straight, she turned to look at her parents. There was confidence and conviction emanating from her in a royal, almost holy way. "My name is Crown Princess Serenity of the house of the Goddess Celine heir to throne of the Silver Moon Kingdom. Daughter of Queen Selenity, the first of her name, holder of the Silver Crystal."
A cacophony of questions, comments and exclamations began to spill from everyone's lips. Who was Princess Serenity? What had happened after the final battle on the Moon? What was the Silver Crystal? Everyone's words overlapped each other chaotically.
Usagi deflated a little, "Please," she pleaded, "Could we discuss this some other time after we've all had the time to digest our memories?"
The girls nodded and Ikuko invited everyone to sit at the dinner table, as dinner was ready to be served. The rest of the evening was spent casually enjoying each other's company, the Tsukino's getting to know Usagi's new friends and fellow Sailor Scouts and the Scouts were able to get to know each other better.
They all spent the rest of the evening in Usagi's room gossiping about music, their classmates and just spending time as young teenage girls do normally at sleepovers with Luna supervising them.
Makoto confided in her two new friends that she had transferred schools because she had fallen for a senpai at her old school, but he rejected her and she overheard him saying terrible things about her to his friends. She was humiliated and couldn't stand to see him anymore, and that was why she transferred.
Ami and Usagi were shocked that boys could be so cruel. They confessed to Makoto that they didn't have much experience with love. They were aware of boys, but they both were so caught up with other things like school and friends, that they weren't romantically enlightened yet.
Usagi had flashes of the emotion from her past, remembering a dark haired prince and a mutual love for each other. It was an incredible feeling, to love someone as deeply as her past had loved this prince, but she felt detached from those emotions. She wasn't sure if it was because of the circumstance, or if because she was just younger, but she was not her past self. The fact that she was a Sailor Scout in this life proved that. She decided that she needed to sit down with Luna and have a discussion on her past life and her current one some point soon. Usagi shook her head and turned her attention back to her two new friends.
Ami also opened up telling Usagi and Makoto about how her parents were divorced and that she felt estranged from her father. She also told them how much she looked up to her mother.
Even thought they had just recently become friends, the bond that they shared felt like an echo in time; each girl was able to recall the same feelings of past sleepovers from another life. They smiled at each other knowingly as they said goodnight to each other and snuggled into their blankets.
All in all it was a very successful sleepover and the girls managed to feel much closer to each other by the time they woke up the next day.
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As the girls woke up Sunday morning, Makoto declared that she would treat everyone by making breakfast. Of course Ikuko tried to tell her that it wasn't necessary, but Makoto was adamant. She shooed Ikuko out of the kitchen with Ami and Usagi to help her prep.
Makoto, unbeknownst to her new friends was an excellent cook and prepared a delicious breakfast of waffles, bacon and eggs and a fresh fruit salad. Ikuko was very impressed and teased Usagi that she should learn a thing or two from Makoto about how to work a kitchen.
Usagi, who was a disaster in the kitchen and burned water by boiling it, stuck her tongue out at her mom squealing, "As the champion of love and justice, I don't have time to learn how to boil water!" making everyone at the table laugh.
Makoto sat back watching her new found friends and the Tsukino's laugh and enjoy her home cooked meal. A sense of sadness as nostalgia shot through her. Having spent so much time alone, the normalcy of a fun breakfast meal with family felt very peculiar to her.
Luna quietly observed the tall, brash, but very gentle girl. She was trying to make the effort to be the best advisor to these girls that she could be; and being able to communicate with them openly was something she wanted to achieve. She made a mental note to talk to Makoto privately about how she was coping by herself. She could see the girls becoming her family, and she needed Makoto to know that she could lean on them for support.
Luna turned to look at Ami and also observed how the once painfully shy girl had started to open up and enjoy life with Usagi's friendship. She also made a mental note to talk to Ami about possibly informing her mother about her Sailor Scout status. After several discussions with Ikuko, it was clear to Luna that no parent would be okay with their child gallivanting around fighting evil, but if evil had to be fought, as a parent, it would be better to know rather than not know. She wasn't sure of Ami's relationship with her mother, Ikuko would possibly be a good person to have in on that conversation. And if things started to get hairy, having a talented doctor accessible to girls would be convenient.
After breakfast was all cleaned up the girls got ready for the day and headed out. Ami was headed home to finish doing her homework, Luna was following Makoto home as she wanted some time to privately talk with her and Usagi and Shingo were off to the dojo for training.
The two siblings came to enjoy their time at the dojo together, seeing as life didn't afford them much quality time. While they exercised and sparred they were able to maintain their close bond. Usagi would tell her brother about her fears about disappointing their parents or Luna, and he would just listen. They both knew there wasn't anything he could do about it, but having someone who was willing to just listen without judgment or criticism helped.
Shingo on his part also told his sister about his life. About his friend Mika whom he was very fond of and how she was dealing with her illness. He told her about how well he was doing on his soccer team and his classes. Part of what drove Usagi to be the best Sailor Scout she could be were these moments where she talked with her brother hearing about his typically happy daily life. It was something worth protecting.
After their training session at the dojo, Usagi and Shingo made their way to the Crown for a celebratory milkshake. It was their little ritual for after their workout and a nice way to cool down after burning all those calories working out. Shingo would typically try his hand at some of the video games and Usagi would catch up with Motoki.
As Shingo left to go play some games, Usagi sipped on her half finished milkshake. Her mind went back to her resurfaced memories of her past life. It was so much information to take in. Comparing her past life's memories to her current life's memories, Usagi noticed how similar her experiences were; they were almost eerily similar. Both their childhoods were overall happy with some challenges. Serenity's relationship with her mother was just as close as Usagi's relationship with her parents.
Usagi's eyes closed as she thought about Serenity growing up.
Serenity's very first memories were a pair of warm blue eyes; even a baby Serenity could feel Queen Selenity's love. Serenity had been doted and was loved by every citizen of the Moon. She was their pride and hope. She was raised as a gracious noble princess.
She recollected her introduction to the Sailor Scouts. She was strictly Princess Serenity in her past life, and the Sailor Scouts were a few years older than her. She remembered them all now. Sailor Mercury, Sailor Mars, Sailor Venus and Sailor Jupiter were the inner Sailor Scouts and her protectors. They had pledged their allegiance to her at young age and were instructed to help the young Moon Princess with her studies as well as act as her personal bodyguard. Usagi smiled to herself and remembered the mischief that she would get her companions into. Sailor Venus would be her accomplice, Sailor Mercury would smile over her books and Sailor Jupiter would defend them from the scolding Sailor Mars. They were not just her guardians, but they were also her best friends.
Usagi also remembered the outer Scouts feeling sad that as Princess Serenity she didn't have much exposure to the outers. If they existed in this lifetime, she would find them. Usagi also made a mental note to see if she could somehow reach Sailor Pluto. She had met Sailor Pluto only once in her past life, but she recalled that the time guardian had a permanent post at the time gates.
Usagi smiled remembering how Serenity disliked any kind of studying just as she did. Thinking about it, Serenity seemed to have the same kind of difficulties Usagi did when it came down to studying and paying attention to her instructors. How odd that they shared even that detail, she had thought that her past self wouldn't have those kinds of troubles.
The more Usagi thought about it, the more synched she felt to Princess Serenity. Usagi wasn't an expert on reincarnation or anything, but she thought that there would be more differences between her and the Lunar royal. The biggest difference in their experiences was that Princess Serenity had fallen in love with Prince Endymion of Earth.
Usagi wasn't sure if she was quite ready to meet her soul mate just yet; not to mention the pressure there would be to be in a relationship with that person. She didn't know if she was ready to be dating someone, much less being engaged to them. She shook her head, she would get to those memories when she thought she was ready for them. Right now, she just wanted to keep her scouts and the people of Earth safe. She would deal with Endymion if and when she found him.
Looking down at her empty glass, Usagi wondered when she would find Sailor Venus and Sailor Mars. Getting her memories back was overwhelming for sure. But part of Usagi's soul sang with joy and relief. She knew who she was; she knew where she was from. She wasn't an unwanted child, cast off in the middle of Sagano in Kyoto.
She was saddened by the thought that the Moon Kingdom was gone. Luna had told them of how the Evil had destroyed the Kingdom, and she assumed that Queen Selenity had also been slain. She could still remember her last moments on the Moon.
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I looked up in the arms of Endymion, craning my head to see his face. My handsome prince. He looked tired. It made me scared. Endymion never looked tired. Even after he had a long day of training with the generals, I had never seen Endy look tired.
"I love you," he whispered to me. "You have to go with your mother. You'll be safer with your scouts."
"I don't want to leave you," I cried, clinging tighter to him. "I love you."
We were running now. There had been an explosion at the west gates and Endymion was bringing me back to the castle. My heels chimed on the paved pathway though the gardens. Running up to the steps Endymion stopped abruptly.
The witch.
Endymion pulled me behind him, drawing his sword to face Beryl. She stood, regally with her red hair blowing in the soft lunar winds.
"So you would betray your home planet for that alien?" she spat.
"Stop this madness Beryl," he yelled at her.
It was madness. The Terran King had been corrupted by the evil and it overtook all the lives on Earth. The only reason it didn't affect Endymion was because we had bonded already. The only ones that knew were the Moon, my crystal, and us.
"Come to me," she purred at him as she raised her own sword. "You belong with me, my prince."
Anger welled up from the pit of my stomach as the witch tried to claim my soul mate.
"I will never be yours, witch," Endymion growled back as he readied his stance.
"You'll see reason once that bitch is dead!" screamed Beryl. Time slowed. I saw a massive dark form from behind Beryl. It was darkness that struck fear into my heart. It was rage, hatred, envy, and disgust all in one. Chaos.
I watched as Beryl knocked the sword from Endymion's hands, and turn to strike me down. I was frozen in fear. How was she so fast?! In the last moment Endymion grabbed me into his chest taking the blow in my stead. I could hear Beryl's sword slicing though his metal armor and with that sound, I felt like I had lost my mind.
I could feel his lips on my own as he failed to support his own weight. Endymion fell onto me and all I could do was guide his fall down to the ground. As he lay on his back, half in my lap, I could see the blood. So much blood, red, the color of my favorite rose. It flowed freely from his back, pooling around us. I heard a scream and looked up.
Beryl hadn't meant to strike Endymion. I could see the despair in her eyes amidst the madness. She loved him too. "Nooooooo!" she cried dropping the sword.
"I'm sorry I couldn't protect you," Endymion's voice said softly. I quickly looked back down to my fallen prince. He reached out a hand to my cheek.
Tears streamed down my eyes, "No! Endymion, please, don't leave me," I cried. "I love you so much!"
"I… love …you," Endymion's voice faded; his hand fell from my face. His eyes, his beautiful blue eyes, the vivid color of his beloved Earth, glazed over.
My heart shattered into a million pieces and my mind was reeling. I couldn't comprehend anything that was happening around me. My white dress was half deep red from soaking in all of Endymion's blood. Who was I without Endymion? My tattered consciousness grabbed the closest thing to me. Endymion's sword.
"YOU." Beryl screeched at me with her eyes ablaze.
But she was too slow. I had already raised the heavy blade over my head. I heard my mother and Luna yell out as I plunged the sword towards my chest. I was sure I would die. I wanted to die. I would do anything to reunite with my Endymion.
A bright light exploded from my chest, a soft warmth wrapped around me and I knew no more.
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Tears trickled down Usagi's face. She cried. Not just for the fall of the Moon Kingdom and the loss of Endymion, but also for Princess Serenity. She vowed to herself that she would never let a tragedy like that occur ever again.
Then a thought, like a bolt of lightning struck Usagi into a chilling paralysis. The Silver Crystal. What happened to the Silver Crystal?
So I literally just finished writing this. I will go back and edit it when I wake up tomorrow. Promise. Hope you enjoyed!