Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Unmei wa Utsukushiku ❯ The Plan Revealed ( Chapter 8 )

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Again, no reviews, no updates. I really wouldn't be updating so soon, but on account of recent events, I made an exception.

This chapter is important to the plot. It is kind of boring though. Don't worry; next chapter will be more fun to read, I hope. Now that the whole Saturn and Ceres thing is cleared up, I can go on to bigger better things! This chap is kinda short, but I didn't want to press on and then end up making this chapter super long. Enjoy!

My Characters in this chapter:

Queen Gia

Prince Ceres

Lady Minerva

Serenity closed her eyes as she reached the first floor, he couldn't bare watching herself fall helplessly. Then, as if it were a dream, Serenity felt herself float up slightly and then back down. She opened her eyes to find Prince Endimion holding her, looking up at the window she had fallen from. Following his gaze, she was a flustered looking Ceres. "You won't get out of here! GUARDS!" he yelled, signaling as men came from every direction. Serenity had expected Endimion to set her down so they could run, but he never sat her down. Instead, he ran through the guards with more agility than anyone she had ever met.

The faster Endimion ran, the closer Serenity got to him, afraid of falling out of his arms. She had understood why he never set her down. He was much faster than she and chances are she would have tripped or gotten caught. Finally, they reached a safe spot for traveling back to the Moon. "Why did you save me?" she asked, standing for herself now.

"I'm sorry. Should I not have?" Endimion asked, panting for breath only slightly.

"I'm sorry!" she yelped, bowing slightly. "I should be thanking you, not questioning you, but..."

"How did I know where you where you were at?" Serenity nodded and he smiled. "Ceres talks about how he had always wanted to team with Lord Saturn, and then Pegasus told me that Lord Saturn had sent Ceres a message. I figured that even if you weren't here, I had to try." She smiled at him and they both looked back as guards yelled and pointed at them, rushing forward.

"Come on!" said Endimion, pulling Serenity's arm harder than he had meant to and stopped on a large platform. They both closed their eyes as a swirl of lights came up around them. Their bodies were pushed together as the velocity of the movement picked up, transporting them to a similar platform on the Moon. As soon as the two had gotten off the platform, a group of people rushed them, asking Serenity if she was okay, and where Endimion had found her.

"It's time," came Queen Selenity's voice. The people moved out of the way as the queen approached her daughter and pulled her into a tight hug. Queen Gia stepped forward and hugged Endimion, who squirmed slightly. "Everyone let us return to the ballroom. I have an announcement to make." Everyone nodded and walked back into the room. Queen Selenity guided Serenity into the palace, keeping her from speaking with her friends. Queen Gia did the same, despite the fact that Endimion didn't exactly have many friends here.

Everyone settled as Queen Selenity stepped up onto a platform, getting ready to speak. "As you all know, my daughter, Princess Serenity, has been betrothed to Prince Endimion of Earth. Today, I have been shown proof that he does deserve my only daughter's hand in marriage. However, this is not the main purpose of the gathering tonight. Nor is Serenity's party the main reason any longer. The recent event has made me decide something I should have decided upon long before now. Everyone here is familiar with the Moon Academy." Many people nodded and made slight agreeing noises, allowing Selenity to push on.

"I have been given the choice of five children to join the school. These children will under go training for a future war, one that we cannot avoid for much longer. I only regret that I had not enrolled them sooner. These five children are Sir Zoisite of Mercury, Sir Kunzite of Venus, Sir Jaedite of Mars, Sir Nefurite of Jupiter, and Prince Endimion of Earth." Everyone took a moment to clap, including Queen Selenity before he or she all quieted again. "Next, I have asked Lady Minerva of the Moon Academy to admit a select few more children for special training. This training is their birthright, but according to the Inner Law, all Inner Planetary princesses chosen for this class may only begin training at the age of 14. In light of recent events, including tonight, we have demolished the rule and enrolled the chosen children early. These children are Princess Ami of Mercury, Princess Minako of Venus, Princess Rei of Mars, Princess Makoto of Jupiter and Princess Serenity of Moon."

Everyone clapped as the girls each blushed in turn. After that announcement, Queen Selenity stepped down and everyone began talking franticly about the upcoming war. Serenity found her friends on the balcony talking about the war, and joined them, listening to what each had to say.

"This must mean that Lord Saturn has Perillia and is planning on unleashing her," said Makoto.

"Yes, but the decrystalization process is long. It would take approximately four years to release Perillia," said Ami, thinking about all the processes and the strength and skill that would be needed for each.

"Lord Saturn must have already started the process," said Kunzite. "Otherwise Queen Selenity wouldn't be in a hurry to sign you girls up for senshi training early."

"Senshi training?" asked Serenity, having everyone jump slightly. They hadn't really realized she was standing there until that moment.

"Yeah. My mom told me about it. Senshi training is when the chosen princess from each planet is trained to fight under the power of the Moon Crystal," said Minako, who had finally decided that Prince Endimion must not be that bad if he saved Serenity, but she still had her doubts.

"The Moon Crystal?" asked Serenity. She had only heard of the crystal once, and she knew nothing about it.

"The Crystal of the Moon is actually named from the flower," began Ami. "Which is said to stand for the entire Planetary Kingdom system. The Crystal of the Moon can only be used by the heir of Queen Selenity, who was the first ruler of the Moon, the woman that Queen Selenity is named after."

"The reason the Moon Kingdom is said to rule all the Planetary Kingdoms is because of the Moon Crystal. It is more powerful than any of the powers from the other kingdoms," added Jaedite. "Therefore making the Moon Kingdom more powerful than any other."

"Which would explain why Lord Saturn wanted Sere-Chan!" exclaimed Rei. "He had to have her to control the crystal, or at least bribe Queen Selenity into using the crystal in exchange for her daughters life."

Serenity gasped and Kunzite pushed on. "Exactly, but that still doesn't explain why Ceres would team up with someone so much more powerful than he, knowing that Saturn would use him and discard him."

"Unless of course he had alternative motives."

Everyone looked around to see who had said that. Minako gasped as her eyes fell of Endimion for the first time. Kunzite followed her gaze, as did the rest of the group, then he elbowed Minako hard before she had the chance to drool.

"Ceres knew that Saturn would end up killing him in the end, and he knew that he couldn't get the crystal without Saturn and Perillia's help. Therefore he decided to have Saturn follow his plan."

"And that is?" asked Serenity, the only one able to talk.

"Well, if Ceres made you his bride, then he would have control over the Moon Crystal through you, but without you, there would be no chance. He knew that if he told Saturn that you would use the crystal if he asked, then Saturn would help Ceres get you and the crystal, however it seems he didn't need Saturn. This means that Saturn was only his backup plan, and you already fulfilled phase one of his plan."

"Phase one?" asked Minako, trying to figure it out as quickly as possible.

"To get Queen Selenity to quicken the process of Serenity's senshi training."

"Why would that help?" asked Rei, finally getting herself in on everything.

"Because when Serenity becomes a senshi," began Nefurite," she gains control over the Moon Crystal."

"And by the time Serenity has complete control of the Crystal, Saturn will be ready to release Perillia!" exclaimed Ami. "Meaning that with the power of Perillia and the Moon Crystal, the Dark Kingdom can reign over all, no chances of defeat."

"Yes, but then why is Ceres helping Saturn destroy everything he wants to control?" asked Makoto, looking at Endimion for an answer.

"Because if Ceres had me and the Crystal, he could rival the Dark Kingdom, take control over everything," answered Serenity before Endimion could even open his mouth to reply. Everyone was shocked at the sudden outburst, and the fact that she was right. "The Moon Crystal is more powerful than the Dark Kingdom, and could easily over take it if the beholder was well trained."

"This coming from someone who said they didn't know about the Crystal," said Makoto incredulously.

"When you told me about it, I remembered reading it in a book when I was studying," shrugged Serenity, dismissing the topic.

"So what do we do know?" asked Rei, staring at Serenity. "I mean, do we keep Serenity from going into training so that she can't use the crystal?"

"No way! If we do that, then Lord Saturn will take over anyway! The Crystal uses energy, and the youth always have more energy. Perillia is a tough person to compete with, so it would take a lot of energy to defeat her," exclaimed Zoisite.

"Meaning that if Queen Selenity were to try to defeat her, she would fail?" asked Makoto, looking around at each of them.

"Meaning that it would take my mother's life to defeat her," muttered Serenity, "and chances are she would die, and Perillia would still remain." Serenity's voice got lower as she spoke. It was clear that she had to do her best to become a senshi, and she had no room to fail. Serenity had to do this for her family, her friends, and herself.