Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Consequences: Book One- A Changing Destiny ❯ Chapter Six ( Chapter 6 )

Title: Consequences: Book One- A Changing Destiny

Rating: 13-R

Genre: Alternative Universe

Author: Sean Wright

Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon, I'm just a fan.

Chapter Six

; From the swing in her backyard, Ilene stared longingly at her former Kingdom. In the dark sky and her eyes cleared of their mortal sight, she could see all the planets of the Universe and the border of her Silver Millennium.

; The moonlight washed over her, filling her heart, restoring her serenity. But it was a poor substitute for the feeling of standing on her own world.

; "It's not the same, is it, your Majesty?" A rich, deep masculine voice called said from the shadows.

; Ilene continued to stare at her fallen Kingdom as she replied. "It will never be the same." She admitted quietly. "Terra will never be my home, it doesn't matter that I was born here in this lifetime, she knows my soul and knows that I am not of her making and she will forever reject me."

; "Why haven't you left this place then?"

; She turned her head in the speaker's direction and smiled, "I stay for the same reasons as you, Hermes."

; Eiji Mizuno came out of the shadows and bowed to his former liege. "I wanted you to know that I have come to offer my services to you in place of Athena's."

; "Hermes-"

; "Please, hear me out, my Queen." Ilene nodded and he continued. "The terran Prince has a stronger army."

; "I know," she told him, "Artemis and Terran have been on the Terra since the Fall. It was created to stop Metallia when she reared her ugly head and to restore the terran Royal Family to power."

; Eiji was outraged "And you shall continue to allow this?" He demanded.

; "I have no choice," she laughed, it sounded dry and empty even to her ears. "This planet does belong to the boy, not me."

; "Are you happy with this decision?" He asked gently.

; "I will never know that answer." She looked at him, her face weary. "I was once High Queen of the Universe, now I am a former Queen of a forgotten kingdom." She shook her head, "I have had thirty-five years to come to terms with it."

; "Silver Millennium can be restored by either you or your daughter, Serenity" he told her, slightly pleading with her.

Ilene silenced him with a look. "Tell Pluto that she tries my patience." Her voice was low and dangerous and she stared him down. "The Era of Silver has ended, it died with me. My daughter will not resurrect it nor shall take over this planet. Remind Ananke of her place and please inform the Senshi of Pluto that Terra already has its ruler. And furthermore, if Endymion wishes to take my daughter for his Queen then he shall have my blessing, only if my daughter wants him. I will never force Serenity to follow the cookie cutter destiny Pluto has chosen for her. Never again, Hermes."

; "How do you know the path Pluto has chosen is not the one Princess Serenity should have?" Eiji demanded.

; She smirked, "I know this fact very well for as I lay dying in my ruined palace, Ananke tried to give my broken heart solace by showing me what would happen due to my "noble" deed. She showed me this present, my daughter fighting, Endymion betraying her, the Senshi abusing her, a timeline distorted by a child, a cursed child with rose colored hair."

; Eiji drew in a sharp breath.

; Ilene nodded. "Aye, my friend. This Universe's greatest foe would be born through the child Pluto is so desperate to see born."

; "So the curse was true?" He said softly.

; "You of all people should know it to be so. Your mother fought against it with my own. Because of it I became queen on the battlefield." Ilene shook her head to clear it of the pain filled memories. "The curse died when they did."

; "But how-"

; She held up a delicate hand and turned toward the garden's entrance. "Bunny?" She called out.

; "I'm in the kitchen," was shouted reply.

; But something still was not quiet right. When she turned back to Eiji, she noticed that he was scanning the area.

; "What is it?" She asked quietly.

; Eiji held up a hand and he stepped back, pulling his sword from his sub space pocket, his hair when from inky black to ice blue the space of a heart beat, but that was all the time it took for the presence to disappear.

; "Do you think it was Metallia?" He asked as he calmed down and put his sword away.

; Ilene shook her head, "I'm not sure, but I did not sense any malevolence from whatever it was."

; "But you are not sure?" He asked.

; She smiled wanly, "Is anything ever certain, my friend."

; But he was not amused, "Your Majesty, please, call us back to service-"

; "No." She said coldly. "Except for you, Ananke, and Ares, there isn't anyone left."

; "Please, Serenity, if not for yourself, think of your daughter." He pleaded. "Your call supersedes death, the others will come back to you."

; "I will not disturbed their rest," she said ending this morbid discussion. "If it is necessary, I will take up my sword and staff once more. But I will not allow my daughter to be drawn into to this nor my friends."

; "I don't believe you are thinking rationally, my Queen," he knelt before her and took her hands. "If you were really trying to protect her you would not fight Pluto."

; She jerked her hands from him, her expression was cold, "How dare you try to shame me?" She hissed, "You, who abandoned his daughter because for some prophecy preached by that very Senshi, how dare you try to shame me."

; "This is not about me-" He told her.

; "It's about me and mine. And I will defend my daughter to the death this time." She stood up and walked away from him. "Can you say the same, Hermes? Would you sacrifice your desires for your daughter's happiness?" She called back over her shoulder before leaving him alone in the garden. "By the way, Hermes, when was the last time you saw Athena Diana?"

; Jonathan Hino waited for the last of the girls to leave. The last was Mizuno Ami, the petite, blue haired Princess of Mercury looked so sad and lost at the moment that his heart took pity in the poor child and he blessed her.

; She had given him a watery smile and thanked him. He could feel the blessing of the Moon Princess on her, shielding Ami from her more destructive side of her loneliness. It was a pity none of them knew that it was Bunny they searched for.

; With Ami gone and Rei in the meditation room and the new novice, Chad, was gone into town. Jonathan Hino, King Ares of Mars, went on the search for the traitor of the Silver Millennium and the Imperial House of Serenity, the Royal Chaperon Luna.

; He found the cat in his granddaughter's room, curled up at the foot of Rei's bed, dozing lightly. He walked up to the bed, quietly as possible and when he reached for her, the blasted cat leapt away to Rei's desk.

; Luna turned to regard the human, she mewed loudly, hoping Rei would hear but no one came.

; Jonathan tipped his head in her direction, a cruel smirk twisted his lips. "Hello, Luna. It has been some time since we last met." She mewed again. He raised a brow. "You don't remember me, Lady? I am so disappointed hear that?"

; She leapt to the floor, still staring up at him. "Do you work for the Dark Kingdom?" She asked cautiously.

; That made him laugh. "I, serve Metallia, never, Lady?" Then he because deadly serious, "But you on the other, yes. That, I can believe."

; Luna blanched as much as cat could as she shrank back in horror. "I would never betray the Moon Princess. I am her guardian, I am sworn to protect her-"

; "You dare to rise above your position, Luna." Jonathan shouted her down, then his voice dropped to a low, deadly monotone. "You were the Princess' Chaperon, but then you were stripped of that title when learned of your treacherous plot against the Crown. You are as you were then a traitor, Luna of Mau. You betrayed both our Princess and our Queen because you wanted the Princess to marry the man you had favored instead of Endymion of Terra."

; "Who are you?" Luna demanded. Fear showed in the bright blue eyes. Her memories were coming back, faster than she could process them.

; "I am Ares," he told her, he bowed mockingly. "I am the King of Mars and Lord High Chancellor to Queen Serenity. Also, Lady, I am the one who sentenced you death for attempted murder of Queen Serenity of the Silver Millennium."

; Her head was spinning, she remembered a small girl/woman with pearl white hair and light silver eyes. "I don't believe you." She stammered against her own mental onslaught. Her mental agony forced a change in her form.

; "Believe it," his voice dropped to a deadly whisper. "On the day you were to executed, you managed to escape. But you returned less than a month later with Beryl and Metallia-"

; Tears leaked down her furry face. "No," she wanted to scream in denial, but came out in a low moaning whisper.

; "You three had killed the Queen and Prince-Consort of Terra and would have killed Prince Endymion had not his four Guardians sacrificed themselves to get him off his own planet-"

; A wail of despair escaped her, but he did not care. Because of her, he had lost his daughter and granddaughter that day as well as his Queen and Princess. Because of two women and their ambition, the Silver Millennium had been destroyed.

; Jonathan looked down at the cat, without remorse or pity as he passed his silent verdict upon her one again.

; "Phobos, Deimos," he called, his voice as flat as his eyes. The two crows fell in through the open window; their bodies were already changing before Luna's horrified eyes. "I have made my judgment on the behalf of Queen Serenity and the Silver Millennium, I order you to carryout the sentence."

The two dark haired women reached out and grabbed the weakly resisting dark haired girl by her arms and pulled her out of the room. Jonathan did not have to see to know that his order would be cared out swiftly. He heard Luna call out once more this time for mercy but there was none. The two guardians carried out their lord's wishes and Luna's life was over.

"And done." The King of Mars said quietly. "My daughter, may your soul now find peace."

;

; Artemis was in the middle a lesson when he felt a cold breeze in his soul. He heard Pluto screams of denial from the Corridor of Time. He turned around, toward the floor to ceiling windows as the setting sun and he heard her say good-bye.

; "Luna," he whispered as a lone tear slid down his face. She was gone.

Sorry all Luna fans.

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