Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Cosmic Destiny ❯ The inners meeting ( Chapter 6 )

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Cosmic Destiny - Ch. The Meeting

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A/N - while cleaning up old notebooks I found this completely written chapter of CD, all I had to do was type it up, do a
few edits, and there ya go. Not dead yet!
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Serenity walked down a dimly lit corridor to her throne room. As time progressed the crystal palace had become dimmer and
dimmer. This particular corridor was worse then the others. The crystal walls that once shone brilliantly and reflected any
glimmer of light in all directions were not dull and gray.

"Open them!" She bellowed at two heavily armed guards. Quickly they shouldered their long polearms and pulled the large
double doors open. A long walkway opened up before the queen, framed by several almost sluggish looking water fountains,
and led to her throne perched high in the center of the room. As with everything in the palace, the throw was dull and gray
almost black in areas. Before the throne knelt the inner senshi. With head held high The Queen marched to her throne and
graceful lowered her self to sit. She cracked her staff on the floor, a signal for the senshi to stand.

"Where is my husband?" she asked her voice booming throughout the hall. almost in answer to her question, a small door
emerged and open to the right of her throne. Luna walked out with the king following closely behind. The sound of the door
caused serenity to turn and as she caught a glimpse of her husband she issued a cry and sprang to her feet. Luna
opened her mouth to speak but was cut off when the queen pushed passed her to embrace her husband.

Serenity immediately burst into dramatic tears and buried her face in his chest. "Oh Mamouru, I thought I'd never see you
again. I was so worried!"

The king half heartedly returned her embrace. "No need to be worried my love, but why would you think such a think?"

Serenity looked up at her husband, tears still gleaming in her eyes. "I was worried because you were the captive of those
horrid people! Those rebel who wish to tear apart my kingdom!"

Mamorur frowed his brow,"My dear those 'rebels' were once our good friends and one of them is out own little girl."

At this reminder the queens mood soured and she released her king. She spund around on her heels and hurried back to
her throne. "Hmp, don't remind me my love," She said as she sat once again.

Mamuru's eyes darkened with sadness at his wifes venomous remarks. Luna looked from her king to her queen and a
horrible indecision gripped at her heart. she had loved the queen since she was a small girl but she also loved her daughter
Diana. As a mother she couldn't bear to hear the things the queen said about her own flesh and blood, but she didn't dare
speak against her queen. Luna knew this same feeling of hopelessness tore at the king each time his wife spat on his
beloved daughter's name. The king walked up to his queen's side as her senshi formed a half-circle before her.

From the same door the king has emerged from appeared Kunzite and Artemis who's eyes quickly caught that of his wife's.
Luna silently slipped to his side and embraced him tightly. Artemis returned her hug and kissed his wife's forehead softly.

Kunzite cracked a smile as he watched his friend's quiet but joyous reunion with his wife. "Go," he whispered. "Go and
spend whatever time together allowed to you. I can keep an eye on this 'meeting.' "

Luna and Artemis smiled gratefully and gave quiet looks of thanks before slipping away together. Kunzite returned his
attention to the senshi meeting. Mamauru gave his general and friend a slight nod, grateful for his presence even though he
did not order it.

"My love," Mamauru began, his voice ringing clearly through the hall, "your intrusion into Sestuna's palace was misinformed.
I've told you that, the truth has come straight from my lips, so why are you holding this meeting?"

Jupiter stepped forward. Her form and height far larger then any of the other inner senshi and her voice tinged with
gruffness befitting a fighter of her status. "Allow me to speak for my Queen." Serenity gave her a nod and Jupiter turned to
the King and continued. " Your highness your rescue was but one objective in or raid of Charon Castle. We also wished to
get a better idea of the state of the cosmic. Mercury?"

Jupiter looked to her fellow command and stepped back as the smaller senshi stepped forward. In everyway that jupiter was
strong mercury was intelligent. Her meek frame belied her strategic and fighting abilities. As always sh e was the best
source of information for the Queen. Although in the past few years her logic and information had become ever more
slighted toward the queen's goals. While once Mercury stood as a beacon for unbiased knowledge rooted in fact and
experience, Her honest and pure answers had become as dim as the crystal palace, bent to conform to the queen version
of reality. She had become skilled in taking one kernel of truth and twisted it whatever way best suited the goals of her
queen. Mamauru held onto the hope that someday the old mercury would return and help to straighten out the queens mind.
Although this hope seemed to fade a little every day.

"The princess has ben confirmed as 'of age,' not only by the simple number of years she's been living but my sensors have
also confirmed out worse fears. By observing the activities of the planets, of the castle, and based on the hostility we
encountered the outer senshi are preparing the princess to accept the cosmic in preparation for an attack."

Mamauru's mouth dropped in disbelief and he spoke, "What activities have drawn you to this conclusion?"

Venus smirked and tossed her golden locks as she stepped forward. "As the overseer to the seizure of the outer planets
allow me to answer you my king." Her facial expression, voice, and manner was dripping with selfsatifaciton and smugness.
Vanity had consumed her. "All over Uranus Neptune, and Saturn the people are rallying against my gaurds and my control.
They refuse to accept my love, and therefore refuse to love of my queen. They chant in the streets in support of their rebel
princess and I know in my heart that if the princess receives the cosmic they would riot against me, you, and our queen in
a heart beat.

Kunzite fumed silently. Venus's 'love' involved harsh treatment, poor food supplies, and forces worship of her which of course
the planet's citizen considered blasphemy. They painted the princess, her senshi, and their people as hostile radicalist when it
was the queen and her senshi who were the radicals. Being silent against these accusations took all of the generals control
and deep down he felt a fear building within him. In a split secon decision by the king he could be forced to spill the blood
of Senstuna or any of the other outers. 'They feed Serenity exactly what she wants to hear, exactly what she NEEDS to
hear to justify an attack,' Kunzite thought bitterly and silently prayed. 'Please my king be strong, do not submit to her.'

The Queen leaned back in her seat. Mamuru was visibly uneasy as Mars, the war advisor, stepped forward. As he watched
her hair sway as she stepped forward his mind briefly drifted to Senstuna. While her hair was a deep almost abysmal
black, Mars's hair shone with the sheen of a raven's wing. The air of superiority that surrounded the senshi was stifling.
"All soldiers are on high alert and are ready to be deployed at a moments notice. Due to the civl unrest, and first hand
encounters I must suggest a preemptive strike, so we have a chance to prevent the release of the cosmic."

"So, with all of this evidence your advice is to go to war?" The queen asked already knowing the answer.

Mars nodded, "Yes my queen."

"M-my Queen," Mamaura said hurriedly, "it isn't even know what will happen when the cosmic is released and chooses it's
senshi."

Mercury stepped forward again. "Although not much is certian about the cosmic we know it was the same power the late
queen held, a power above that or our current Queen Serenity. And we have devolped several hypothesis. Because all
planets were in alignment with the old cosmic it is unknown how those planets who do not align with her will be affected. I
suspect that those that go against the cosmic will be stripped of their powers or even worse, maybe destroyed from
misalignment. This includes even your planet my king."

"But you don't know! Those are just educated guesses!" The king voice was tinged with desperation. He already knew the
way things were going.

"What are you saying my love?" The queen cooed. "Will you abandon me and leave me defenseless against the wrath the
cosmic's senshi will surely bring upon us?" Mamauru looked away and did not reply. Serenity gracefully stood, her head held
high showing off her swan like neck. She wrapped her arms around her husband's shoulders. "Mamaur..." She whispered,
"Through everything you have stood beside me. Are you going to forsake me now for a small child?"

Senstuna's question rang through mamaura's head. Abandon his daughter to stand at his wife's side, or for the first time
stand at the side of his only child.

Tears rolled down his wife's cheek and Artemis gently wiped them away. They knew that the meeting could mean the death
of their daughter possibly at their own hands.