Sailor Moon: Darkstone

By Andrew M Hujsak

Disclaimer: Sailor Moon and all names places and events used in the anime

and manga are copyright and/or registered to DIC, Bandai, Toei, etc. 

Special thanks to Naoko Takeuchi for her wonderful creation.This Fanfic 

is produced solely for entertainment purposes and is not intended nor 

shall it be used for the purposes of profit. Any one is free to download 

this story, however if they wish to post it at another location, I would 

appreciate being notified.

This disclaimer should accompany any such posting.

Notices, comments, suggestions, flames, etc. please direct to me at: 

andyhme@mix-net.net

Thanks in advance. Andrew M Hujsak

Authors note: I will be using the known names from the DIC translations 

and the ones from the original Japanese where I don't know translations, 

and will be making some up where I don't know either. So, please bear 

with me.-AMH







                                 Part Two -Sticks and Stones





   (Global Satellite Network)

   (NewsDesk, N.Y., N.Y., U.S.A.)

                                       *****SPECIAL REPORT*****  

  "Due to the recent rash of unusual events that have been occurring 

around the world, a multinational scientific team is being assembled by 

the United Nations to investigate the apparent source in the northern 

wastes of Greenland. The mysterious heat spot that had

started to melt the  northern ice cap, then just as abruptly disappeared,

apparently originated in that area. Because Japan and England seems to 

have had a greater share of 'unusual' occurrences, the majority of the 

team will be made up from those countries. More reports will come as 

findings are made. Jason Wright, GSN News."



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  The Moon Crystal Star Locket, newly created from the melding of the 

Imperium Silver Crystal and Moon Prism transformation brooch, lay 

glittering in Princess Serenity's' hand.

   "Mother," said Princess Serenity to the Queen, "It is the most 

beautiful thing I have ever seen." 

   Queen Serenity smiled down at the Moon Princess. "There is much more 

than beauty in the Locket, for the Crystal greatly enhances the magic of 

the Prism. This will increase your abilities and afford you new powers in

defense and offense. I will not tell you of these, it is better if you 

discover them for yourself, for you will be drawing on them from your 

heart rather than from just knowledge."

  "I understand, Mother"

  "Now, there other matters that need to be attended to." The Queen of 

the Moon turned her gaze upon the Sailor Scouts. "Princesses of the Inner

Planets, just as I am here to watch over my daughter, so there are others

who watch over you." This brought a look of startlement from the four 

Scouts. "Due to the presence of the Negaverse, it had been unwise

for them to reveal themselves to you, though they had so yearned to, for 

they had not the power of the Crystal to protect them. It is now time for

that to change." Queen Serenity raised her arms and intoned, "Noble 

Houses of the Silver Millennium, send forth The Royal Court of the Moon 

Kingdom!" 

  To either side of Queen Serenity, four glowing balls of light, one pale

green, one the blue of the sky, one a brilliant red, and one the color of

gold, formed and expanded to take the shape of four beautiful women, each

dressed in exquisite gowns matching the colors of their elemental auras. 

Upon  completion of their emergence, the four Ladies turned to Queen 

Serenity, made a deep curtsy and said as one, "We answer your summons, 

Your Majesty."

  Queen Serenity made a gesture for them to rise. Speaking once more to 

the Sailor Scouts, she said, "Princesses, because of your loss of memory 

when I sent you into the future, you are not expected to remember these 

four of my Court, but rest assured that they are whom I say.  Princess 

Jupiter, I present to you Queen Anomie of the Jupiter Kingdom, your 

Mother from the Silver Millennium." As she spoke, the Queen of Jupiter, 

the one in the pale green gown, moved over to stand by Sailor Jupiter. 

Her eyes just got big and round, her mouth forming a big O.

  "Mo...Mother?" Jupiter stammered. Then with the sudden release of 

locked up memories, she exclaimed, "Mother!!" and almost threw herself at

Queen Anomie. "Oh, Mother, it's been so long!" tears welling up in her 

eyes. "How I wish I had known you were still here, I wouldn't have felt 

so alone after the death of my Earth parents!"

  "Yes, I know." said Queen Anomie, gently holding her daughter. "It was 

a terrible tragedy, one that no one should have to endure. I so wanted to

go to you, but with the Negaverse still a threat, and you had not yet 

manifested your identity as Sailor Jupiter, by mutual agreement, it was 

decided that it was not the proper time. I am here now and will be

whenever you need me. I love you, my sweet daughter."

  Queen Serenity then continued on with the introductions. Queen Vestalia

of the Mars Kingdom (in red), Queen Thotis of the Mercury Kingdom (in 

blue), and Queen Diameta of the Venus Kingdom (in gold). The reunions 

with the other Scouts and their Queen Mothers released additional 

memories for all, filling some very large gaps of their past selves.

They were able to conduct themselves with a bit more composure than had 

Jupiter, having a little bit of warning and realizing what to expect, but

the scene was still very touching and emotional. The guests of the Scouts

were, to put it simply, in total awe.

  "Mother," said Princess Serenity, "this is so wonderful, I am so happy 

for my friends." her eyes sparkling from the tears of joy forming in 

them.

  "Yes, they all have needed each other for a long time. We shall let 

them be for a few minutes before we take care of the next item." replied 

Queen Serenity.

   After about fifteen minutes of getting reacquainted and introducing of

the Queen Mothers to their Earth families and/or friends, the gathering 

started to come to order. It was time to get back to the business at 

hand. Queen Serenity began.

  "Princesses, it is time to augment your powers as well, which is the 

other reason your Mothers are here. Each of you are to receive Power 

crystals from your respective planets, to be presented by each of your 

Mothers. If you would, please produce your transformation wands." Each 

Scout did so and Queen Serenity continued, "Noble Ladies, bring out the

Power Crystals." Each of the Queens' Court held out their hand and a gem 

appeared floating slightly above their palms, but more than just gems, as

each had a distinctive radiance of pent up energy. "Princesses, take the 

crystals presented by your Mothers and place them at the base of your 

wands." Each of the Scouts did so, Sailor Mars taking the one that 

appeared as a ruby, Sailor Jupiter the emerald, Sailor Mercury the 

amethyst and Sailor Venus a colorless tourmaline with gold flecks 

embedded within it. As they each placed their respective jewels at the 

base of their wands, it seemed to merge and be absorbed by them. The 

handles then reformed and the crystals reappeared in a latticework

at the base, permanently attached to the wands.

  "The wands will become fully active with the crystals the next time you

call upon your transformations."

  Princess Serenity had been watching the preceding when she felt 

something rub up against her. It was Luna. She bent down, picked Luna up 

and let her sit on her shoulder. Luna then whispered something to her. To

the guests in general, it looked like the cat had  simply sniffed her 

ear. With a bit of confusion showing, the Princess spoke to Queen 

Serenity, "Mother, there is something I need to ask your advice on, 

privately?"

  "Very well, over here." and they went to the far side of the room, 

where they spoke quietly for a few moments. Princess Serenity called 

Sailor Venus over and a few more words were spoken. "Just for your 

families, not for the others." said the Queen. The two girls nodded and 

they all headed back to the rest. 

  "It is now time for us to depart," said Queen Serenity. "I implore you 

that what you have learned here today must not be revealed to anyone else

beyond these walls. The results could have a devastating effect upon the 

Sailor Scouts and possibly bring great harm to yourselves. Do not feel 

obligated to treat these children with special privileges, for they

are yours and they must grow and learn as any other child of this world. 

All I ask is when they are called to defend this world, do not hinder 

them in their duties, for many others would suffer needlessly. Princess 

Serenity, there is one last item for you." The Queen held out her hand 

and a scepter formed in her grasp (you all know which one). "This is the

Royal Scepter of the Moon Kingdom, a powerful tool which will aid you. 

Use it wisely, use it well. Remember, we shall be there for you in times 

of need. Farewell." The Queen and her Court faded and vanished from 

sight.

  A few moments passed and the Moon Princess said "I think we can get out

of  combat mode now." The consensus was of agreement and all five powered

down into their street clothes, becoming just Raye, Ami, Lita, Mina and 

Serena once more. "Well, I think that covers most of it for now, so 

unless anyone has something to add, I'd say the meeting is pretty much 

over." Serenas' friends all indicated that they didn't have anything more

to add.

Serena closed her eyes, took in a deep breath and slowly exhaled it, 

thinking to herself, "That is something I never want to go through 

again." She felt a pair of hands on her shoulders, opened her eyes and 

saw her mother, with her father and Sammy on either side.

  "Are you all right, Serena?" she asked, genuine concern in her voice.

  "Yeah, I'm fine, just kinda relieved that this is all over." putting 

her arms around her mothers waist. Her father  encircled both of them, 

Sammy stood apart just a little. Serena noticed. "Sammy, what's wrong?'

  "I... don't know. I guess I'm not sure who you are."

  "What do you mean?"

  "Well, are you my sister, or Sailor Moon, or this... Moon Princess? 

Which are you?"

  Serena released herself from her parents, thinking, "Poor kid, this is 

going real rough on him." Kneeling, she lightly grasped his upper arms, 

and said, "I'm actually all of them, but most of all I'm your sister, and

always will be, no matter what." She looked at him with her clear blue 

eyes with all the reassurance she could muster. "Even though  you are a 

pain in the butt and irritating as anything, always remember that I do 

love you." Sammy hesitated for a moment, then allowed Serena to give him 

a hug.

  After a minute, Sammy pulled back and said, "You know what really 

stinks about all this?"

  "No, what?"

  "I can't tell anybody that my sis is Sailor Moon!"

  "That's right, and don't you forget it." she admonished.

  Serenas' father suggested that it was time to go home and let this all 

sink in for a while. She said she would join them in a few minutes, that 

she wanted to make sure her friends were alright. Her father said OK but 

don't take too long. Everyone else was getting ready to leave, except, of

course, Raye, Chad and Grandpa.

  "Do you folks mind if I borrowed my friends for a few minutes?" Serena 

asked the guests. "They'll be right with you in a few." When the others 

had left, she turned and asked, "Are you all going to be OK with all 

this?" They all gave a positive answer. Then Lita asked.

  "What did you and Mina talk to Queen Serenity about?"

  "Well, it was Lunas' suggestion, actually. It was about  whether or not

telling she and Artemus could talk. She said we should keep that to 

Minas' and my families, that the rest didn't need to know."

  Rayes' hand went up to her mouth and she said, "Oops." Mina let out a 

giggle.

  "What's the matter, Raye?" asked Serena.

  Mina answered, "If you'll pardon a bad pun, the cats are already out of

the bag, as far as Chad and Grandpa go. Raye already told them when she 

woke up after our return."

  "Oh, good one, Raye." said Luna.

  Raye pouted (just a little) and said, "I'm sorry."

  "Well, I don't think any harm's been done." said Artemus. "At least we 

won't have to be that careful about it when we have our meetings, seeing 

how we hold most of them here."

  Serena, not one to miss an opportunity to rib Raye, said, "And here 

everyone's telling me that *I* have a big mouth."

  "Can it, Meatball Brain." Raye snapped back. "I don't need any grief 

from you!"

  "Don't start, you two." said Amy. "We have enough to deal with to have 

you start fighting."

  "Amy's right," put in Mina, "we should go to our families and friends 

and finish working this all out." After a moment the others agreed and 

they went their separate ways.



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  The walk home for Serena and her family was done in silence, each 

thinking about the days events, wondering if it was too much, wondering 

how it was going to affect their lives with the incredible knowledge they

had gained. But Serena knew that there was one more shock in store for 

them. So when they got home, even though it was getting late, she asked

them to gather in the family room.

  "Mom, dad, Sammy, there is a little bit more that you should know, but 

wasn't for general knowledge of the rest of the group." Serena paused and

took a breath. "You all noticed the marking in Lunas' forehead, and I 

think the comment was that it was 'cute'. You see, she is from the Moon 

Kingdom as well."

  "Oh," said her mother, "was she your pet there as well?"

  "Ah, no. She isn't really my 'pet' here , either. You remember that I 

said yesterday that she was smarter than your average cat?" They nodded, 

giving her a puzzled look. "Well, she's actually even smarter than your 

average person."

  "What are you getting at, Serena?" asked her father.

  Biting her lower lip and hoping nobody would laugh, she blurted out, 

"Luna can talk and she was sent here to be my guardian." Nobody laughed, 

the day had enough weird stuff so that nothing else could be a shock. 

They just looked at Luna.

  Luna thought to herself, "I'd guess that's my cue." and she jumped up 

on the coffee table and said, " That is correct, just as she said, and 

Minas' cat, Artemus, is from the moon as well, and he can talk, also. We 

were the Queens' advisors, and when Beryl destroyed the Moon Kingdom, we 

were sent into the future to find the Sailor Scouts and the Moon

Princess in their reincarnations. And thank you, Serena, for the 

compliment."



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  The cargo carrier-type aircraft circled the frozen tundra lazily, its 

occupants eagerly looking out the few available windows. One of them 

cried out and pointed to some odd shaped formations on the wasteland 

below. The pilot was contacted via the intercom and was told to put down 

at the nearest safe location. When the aircraft finally touched down,

they were about 3 km from the area they had seen from above. A check of 

their bearings told them they were at about the 81st north parallel near 

a place called Independence Bay.

As the group broke out the Snowcats and various sleds full of survival 

and scientific equipment, they talked excitedly among themselves, quite 

ready to get on with the expedition. From what they had seen from the 

air, the journey will not be a wasted one. As they eventually got going 

and approached the area, the odd formations they had seen got closer and 

even more bizarre from ground level. There was one area that looked like 

a huge detonation had taken place, leaving a crater almost a quarter mile

across and just as deep. Then there was a large outcropping of new rock 

that might have been a lava bubble, but the nearest volcano was over two 

km  further away and appeared to be dormant. The next sight wasn't too 

spectacular, just a small mountain, but composed purely of ice, glazed

over as if exposed to heat or a fire flash. The final outcropping, 

however, was just spectacular, a pillar of twisting ice reaching thirty 

feet in the air with the top splayed out like a giant ice flower, its 

points reaching out and extending ten to fifteen feet over the edge

of the stem. Not far from there was what appeared to be the remains of 

some kind of huge plant that was withered and burned as if struck by a 

tremendous burst of high intensity energy. Like children on Christmas Day

opening presents from under the tree, the expedition members unpacked 

their equipment packages and started setting up various scientific 

sensing and monitoring devices. One group broke out and assembled an 

ultralite aircraft, while another set up a sonar type device which 

emitted ultrasonic waves used to map the substrata in the area. A third 

contingent was setting up heat and radiation detectors near the crater.

  The ultralite was soon assembled and a lone scientist with various 

small devices packed onboard, took off into the air and circled around 

while gaining altitude. Fortunately, it was a calm day, otherwise it 

would not have been possible. The small craft swung around and

made a pass over the ice pillar to observe if it would be possible to 

make a landing there. Not needing much of a runway, the pilot decided to 

make a go of it and brought it to a safe stop on top. Unpacking the 

equipment that he had brought with him, he made a few quick readings of 

temperature and altitude, recording them in a notebook as he did so. 

Getting out a set of binoculars, he started scanning the surrounding area

to see if there were any more unusual features to the land. A few moments

later, his two way radio buzzed and was excitedly informed by the sonar 

crew that a large network of underground caverns had been detected on 

their scanner. The scientist on top of the pillar was asked to look for 

any kind of cave or entrance which might allow them access. Having 

something specific to look for, it wasn't long before he spotted an 

entrance about a kilometer off to the west southwest.

Informing the crew below, he finished setting up the rest of the gear he 

had brought with him, making sure it wouldn't obstruct further landings, 

and left the top of the ice pillar.

Upon landing, he went and joined up with the group that was setting up 

the radiation detectors.

  When everybody's' job of setting up equipment and camp was done, it was

starting to get late in the day, so it was decided that exploration of 

the caverns would be put off until the next morning. Little did they 

suspect what awaited them.



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  Monday morning, Tsukino household upstairs, a sound is heard, bzzzt 

bzzzt bzzzt. A slender arm and hand reaches out from under the covers of 

the bed within the room, grabs hold of the pillow and flings it in the 

general direction of the noise, striking the source of the offending 

discord and effectively silencing it. After a few moments, the person in 

the bed realized what she had done and grumbled to herself, "Well, if I 

don't get up now, I'll really be late." The time was 7:15 .

  Meanwhile, downstairs in the same house, a woman with deep lavender 

hair was fixing breakfast for her family. She had already placed a dish 

of tuna on the floor for the black cat there with her. At the sound of 

the crash from the upstairs, the cat, sporting a golden crescent moon on 

her forehead, looked up and said, "I think Serena just killed her alarm

clock."

 The woman started a little, then remembering the previous evening, said 

"I guess it'll take me a little while getting used to the fact that you 

can talk, Luna. And I think you're right about her clock. I'll give her 

15 minutes then try calling her, though I'm not sure if that will

work. Oh well." sounding a bit dejected, knowing her daughters' sleeping 

habits all too well. Luna shook her head sadly, knowing just what she 

meant.

  "Actually, "said Mrs. Tuskino, "I'm kind of glad to be able to have 

someone else to talk to, what with Raymond being at work all day and the 

kids at school, it does get a bit lonely here. And you've obviously 

gotten to know Serena over the past year, perhaps you might have a fresh 

view on what to do about her schoolwork. I don't know what to do about 

her, I'm at my wits end."

  "There are a few things that I could suggest. I've tried to get her to 

study more, I know how valuable a good education is, but before now my 

actions have been, shall we say, a bit limited. What I think her worst 

problem is, she doesn't really know how to study, not effectively. She 

lets the assignments appear much more complex than they really are. I

believe that if someone could show her how to break them down into 

smaller bits, she might learn how to handle them. A tutor, perhaps, or 

maybe one of those self help videos that have been advertised on TV, 

though I don't really take much stock in them."

  Mrs Tsukino thought about this for a few moments, then replied "That 

may be worth considering. Pehaps I'll send a note with Serena to give to 

her teacher, have her give me a call so we can discuss it, maybe come up 

with some arrangements."

  "Arrangements for what (yaaawwwnnn)?" Serena asked sleepily from the 

doorway.

  "For a way to improve your schoolgrades." said Luna. "You're going to 

flunk out at the rate you're  going. Not a good thing for a Moon 

Princess."

  "Serena," said her mother "You're actually up without being badgered 

into it!"

  "Yeah, well, I kinda figured I'd better, seeing how I kinda ruined my 

last line of defense." Serena said, holding out her mangled alarm clock. 

"I think  I'm gonna need a new one." A pause as what Luna said sank in 

through her half-asleep haze. "What do you mean, 'improve my grades'? 

What are you two planning? Are you ganging up on me, now?" she whined.

  "If that's what it takes, Serena. We're worried about you, we're doing 

this for your own good. I do remember what Queen Serenity said, that you 

must grow and learn. I'm sure the growing part will take care of itself, 

but the learning will require effort on your part, and if that means 

getting outside help, then that's what it will take. Lord knows nothing 

else seems to have worked."

  "And I fully agree with your mother, Serena." said her father from the 

doorway.

  "Daddy" she cried, whirling around, "how long have you been there?"

  "Long enough to know what the conversation is about." he replied.

  Serenas' mom wrote out a short note and placed it in her lunch bag. "I 

want you to give this to Miss Haruna when you get to school, and I do 

expect you to do it. Now, sit down and have breakfast, then you'll be 

able to have a nice walk to school, instead of a mad dash."

  "Yes, mom" Serena replied, a bit dispirited.

  Sammy came in, blinked twice, and said, "Serena's up early? Is the 

world coming to an end?"

  "Oh, be quiet, you. It's no big deal!"



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  As much as she hated to admit it, the good breakfast and easy walk to 

school felt good, almost invigorating. She wasn't hungry, or tired out 

from a frantic dash to try to beat the last bell, but she was getting a 

little put out by the stares of the other students who wern't used

to seeing her there on time. Even Lita and Amy were a little surprised, 

but covered it quickly as they chatted for the few minutes they had 

before class began. Miss Haruna came into the classroom, and looking over

the students, when she saw Serena already sitting at her desk, her 

eyebrows gave a momentary twitch, then she smiled and sat down at her own

desk at the front of the classroom.

  "Good, everyone is here. Yes Serena, what is it?" Serena had raised her

hand.

  "I have a note for you from my mom."

  "Very well, give it here, please." Serena walked up to the teachers 

desk and handed it to her. Miss Haruna opened the folded piece of paper 

and read it. She then looked up at Serena and said, "Tell your mom that 

I'll call her this evening after supper."

  "Yes, Miss H." Serena replied and went back to her place.

  "Shall we get started with todays lesson. Please open your English 

books to..."



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That evening after supper, Serena was up in her room staring out her 

window at the full moon. She had heard the phone ring earlier and knew it

was Miss H talking to her parents concerning her schoolwork, or lack 

thereof, and what to do to bring it up. But that wasn't what was on her 

mind at the moment, rather it was on Darien, wondering where he was, or

if he was even all right. There hadn't been any word, and she had even 

stopped by his apartment, but the building superviser had told her that 

he wasn't home and hadn't been for about three weeks. Serena knew that 

some of that time had been due to Beryls' brainwashing, but after her 

defeat, Serena thought that he would have come back if he had been able 

to. It wasn't a good sign, not at all. She gave a deep sigh and thought 

"Darien, I miss you so much."

  She was drawn out of her reverie by the seemingly insistant beeping of 

her communicator.

"Now what." she thought to herself as she opened up the channel. It was 

Mina, uncharacteristically anxious.

  "Serena, I tried calling on the phone, but the line was busy!" Mina 

began before Serena even had a chance to say hi.

  "Yeah, my parents are talking to Miss H. I think they're going to get 

me a tutor or something." Serena said, a bit grimly, "Bummer."

  "Oh." a pause, "Oh. Well what I'm calling about, you'd better turn on 

the TV, to GSN news. There's some thing on there that you've *got* to 

see!"

  "All right, I'll check it out." She went over to the small television 

set in her room, turned it on and tuned to the proper channel. When the 

picture cleared, she let out a small screech.





                               End Part Two



Authors note: As always, comments, suggestions, praises and flames may be

directed to me.

THIS IS A NEW E-MAIL ADDRESS! andyhme@mix-net.net

Anyone out there know the occupation of Serenas' father and /or Minas' 

parents?



                      "You don't believe me?..."

                      *Luna - A Moon Star is Born*