Sailor Moon belongs to Naoko Takeuchi, Toei Animation, Kodansha Ltd., and 
Bandai, yada yada yada...

I took my finals, I have my major projects basically done and a whole (maybe
just half) week FREE!!! Okay, maybe not free, but free of homework. I still
have a 300 question Spanish final to take... Wish me luck. I keep most of 
my promises so here's the 3rd Chapter... and worth reading too!... I hope.
Final warning: SPOILERS ALERT!!

Flames, comments, suggestions go here: chibi-usa@geocities.com
I'll gladly accept them... even flames
I'll be out for a couple of weeks starting July 1. I'll be back by July 25.

		-----Jessica AKA Chibi-Moon.
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		   Unexpected Surprises
                     Part 3: Shocking News
				

"As soon as you finish unpacking, come down to the throne room. It's the one 
with all the guards in front of it," Venus said.

"Please explain to me what is going on," Mrs. Tsukino said.
"Certainly. Your daughter, Tsukino Usagi, is actually my daughter. About a
thousand years ago, during the times of the Silver Millenium, Princess
Serenity lived in the Moon Kingdom with my husband and I. My husband, was
slain in battle and left me with Serenity, who was only five. As she turned
fourteen, we began thinking about marriage.
In your mind, you must be thinking that fourteen is too young. True, but
in royalty, we have to think of these beforehand, lest the parents die. The
tradition is that the parents arrange the wedding, but I thought that it 
wasn't fair to her so I allowed her to choose a prince for herself. She 
had many suitors seeking her hand, but none fascinated her so I had to seek
for myself. Well, it so happens that a friend of mine, the queen of Earth 
is also seeking a bride for her son so I arranged for them to meet. They
eventually fell in love and the wedding arrangements began. 
But weeks before the wedding, Queen Beryl and the Dark Kingdom advanced onto
Earth, forcing all arrangements delayed. But she didn't stop there and 
attacked Earth. We had all of our guards and soldiers fighting but it's no 
use fighting the dark powers so we sent the senshi. But their attacks were
repelled and she continued to attack the moon. Prince Endymion, Serenity's
finacee, tried to fight Beryl but she knocked him aside and tried to kill
Serenity. She did actually kill Serenity but before she did anymore, I 
locked her into the power of the ginzuishou, the legendary silver crystal 
that's passed on for every generation of the Royal family. But that had 
taken most of my power.
Not wanting to leave my daughter, having died so young, I used what was
left of my power to take Serenity, and her court and send them to the
planet Earth, a thousand years into the future so she could restart her
life. The most upseting part was that she would lose all memory of what was
here. To ensure her saftey, I sent my guardian, Luna to help guide her. 
After using all of my power to teleport everyone, I died, but my spirit had
not. I have the ability to appear in full form, but I'm not alive, I 
just appear in spirit. I've been resting for a thousand years waiting. To
my surprise, Beryl managed to escape the power of my crystal and tried to 
dominate the Earth. Luna gave Usagi her memories back, well.. most of them,
and had her fight Beryl's henchmen. Eventually all of the senshi had
reunited and they fought off Beryl as a team. They went through many youmas,
daimons, etc.. and they survived. But this case is very rare case in which 
the enemy is so clever that she managed to defeat our senshi. Now, since
she is going to blow up Tokyo, and Usagi didn't want you to go with it, her
and her kind heart asked me to take you in until it is safe. To repay you
for taking such good care of my daughter, I just couldn't refuse. But I 
must warn you, Usagi and Serenity are two VERY different people. She will 
no longer answer to the name of Usagi except when she is on Earth, and she 
will have to take on a lot of responsiblities. You are here as my guests
and are welcome here anytime. I have made a little spell that allows your
lungs to accept the low amount of oxygen on the moon. Don't worry, you'll 
be just fine here." Queen Serenity explained.
"So we're really on the moon?!" Shingo asked.
"Yes, dear," Mrs. Tsukino said.
"COOL! Wait till my friends hear about this," Shingo exclaimed.
"I'm sorry, but I doubt you'll have the chance. Tokyo is going to be blown
to dust and I really doubt anyone living thing will survive it. I've sent
the senshi to try their luck at an entrance to their hidden world, but I 
don't think that'll do too much. They'll be retuning very soon and to ensure
our saftey, I must ask you to promise that you'll never tell a living thing
about what happens here," QSerenity said.
"Of course," Mr. Tsukino said.
"Queen Serenity!" a voice called.
Sailor Mercury appeared before QSerenity and bowed before speaking.
"I got a message from Neptune saying that Jupiter and Uranus are badly
injured. Do I have the permission to teleport them back?" Mercury asked.
"Of course. Make sure their injuries are treated," QSerenity said.
"Are they going to be all right?" Mrs. Tsukino asked, concerned.
"I suppose. Now, I'm going to be quite busy but if you wish to speak to me,
don't hesitate to call. If you wish to speak to Serenity, ask one of the
princesses and they will direct you to her." QSerenity said, walking towards 
the door.

"How are you feeling, Uranus?" Serenity asked.
"I'm fine," Sailor Uranus said.
"How was the battle?" Serenity asked.
"We're definitely NOT winning!" Uranus said.
"What about the other senshi? Are they all right?" Serenity asked.
"They'll hold out for another half-an-hour." Uranus said.
"Should we just teleport them back?" Serenity asked.
"No, giving up isn't the same as being defeated," Uranus explained, "When
you give up, it's worse because it's like you just quit, not knowing if
you could have won or not. When you're defeated, you KNOW that you've lost. 
It's different Serenity, and you might not think so, but I think that 
being defeated is a lot better than quitting because when you quit, you get
all these "what if" questions in your mind."
"I understand," Serenity said.
"Keep someone at the teleporting station. One by one, everyone's going to 
come back," Uranus said.
"I'll have Ami-chan there," Serenity said, "Are you going to be okay?"
"I'll be fine. Don't worry. It's just a few scrapes," Uranus said, standing.
"But you lost a lot of blood," Serenity said.
"Just bad cuts, no problem," Uranus said, walking out of the room.
"Serenity! They're back!" Mercury's voice announced.
"Told you that they'll have to come back sooner or later," Uranus said, "I
was expecting later."

"Queen Serenity, we're back," Sailor Mars said.
"They expected us, somehow," Sailor Neptune said.
"They set a exploding device to blow up the whole place. We couldn't find
an exit because the way we came in was blocked. We fought until we found an
opening. But we all couldn't go through, so we sent Uranus and Jupiter first
since they were badly injured. But before anyone else could get through, 
more youmas came and we fought them all," Sailor Pluto explained.
"You tried. At least you tried," QSerenity said, "Did they follow you?"
"I don't know," Sailor Mars said.
"Post guards in front of the palace, just in case," QSerenity said.
"Yes," Sailor Pluto said, leaving.
"The rest of you, either tend to your wounds or get ready for tonight's 
party," QSerenity said.
"Yes," the senshi said, going their separate ways.

Princess Serenity was brushing her long hair when she heard a knocking at 
her door.
"Come in," she said.
"Hello, princess," Mr. Tsukino said.
"Good evening," Serenity said.
"I always knew you were a princess," Mr. Tsukino said.
"Of the moon?" Serenity giggled.
"That was the part I didn't know," Mr. Tsukino said.
"You look very nice," Serenity commented.
"You look beautiful as well," Mrs. Tsukino said, walking in.
"Didn't I close the door?" Mr. Tsukino asked.
"Yes, but I saw you go in, so I decided to follow you," Mrs. Tsukino said.
"Things don't change, even if I do," Serenity sighed.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Mrs. Tsukino asked.
"You two are always checking up on me," Serenity said.
"I'm just curious," Mrs. Tsukino said.
"So you're an alien?" Shingo asked.
"How did you get in?!" Serenity asked, surprised.
"The door was open," Shingo shrugged.
"Well, I'm going to take Shingo out so your mother and I can talk to you,"
Mr. Tsukino said.
"About what?" Serenity queried.
"Stuff," Mr. Tsukino said.
As soon as Shingo was out the door, Mr. Tsukino sat down beside Serenity.
"I would have never thought of giving you away at 16," Mr. Tsukino sighed.
Someone knocked at Serenity's door.
"Wno is it?" Serenity asked.
"Prince Endymion," it answered.
Princess Serenity quickly rushed to the door and opened it.
"Well, don't you look marvelous?" Endymion said.
"Thank you," Serenity said.
"Well, how are you this beautiful evening?" Endymion asked.
"I'm fine, but where in the galaxy were you earlier?!" Serenity asked.
"I was visiting some old friends," Endymion said.
"You remember Endymion, don't you?" Serenity asked Mr. & Mrs. Tsukino.
"The name isn't familiar, but he looks VERY familiar," Mrs. Tsukino said.
"You used to know him as Chiba Mamoru," Serenity laughed.
"That rascal?!" Mr. Tsukino exclaimed.
"Well, I'm happy to see you too!" Endymion said.
"What is it that you need, Endymion?" Serenity asked.
"Well, I would come to see your beautiful face anyway, but the reason 
I'm here is because your mother wants to speak to you," Endymion said.
"Well, I'm afraid I'll have to end this lovely chat but I'll have time
to speak to you soon," Serenity said.
"Let's go, fair princess," Endymion said to Serenity.

That night, the royal family toasted the new beginning for the moon with a
magnificent dinner party Queen Serenity had conjured.
"This is a dream come true," Serenity said to Endymion.
"Long waited, well earned," Endymion said.
A sudden rapping at the door snapped the two lovebirds back into reality.
As Serenity wondered how anyone had the permission to get into the palace,
Minako went to open the door. Serenity heard a short gasp and a scream. 
When the figure emerged into the light, Serenity began to screamed.
"Get away from me!" Serenity screeched.
The figure slowly walked to Serenity and the last thing she heard before fainting was...
Surprise!

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Who was it that paid the royal family an unexpected visit?
Find out in the next chapter: An Uninvited Guest