Hi ppl, Coral & Jonathan (my characters), may be in this story, and so may the moon mages (Lauren and Renee's creations, the moon mages). I'm in this story as Sailor Earth. However, Zach (one of my other characters) won't be in it because I want Malachite to be in this and so I want Mina to like him. If anyone at all likes my character Zachary from my previous series "water from the moon" please tell me or I'll just make him die and never get reborn in my next chapter. Ok? Fine now. If you didn't get a word I just said, ignore it. Um how to put this. SEND ME EMAIL, I WANT TO KNOW IF ANYONE BESIDES THE SCANT FEW WHO HAVE DEIGNED TO EVEN TELL ME THAT MY WORK WAS EITHER GREAT OR PATHETIC OR GOTTEN ME TO EXPLAIN SOMETHING. SOME OF YOU OTHER PEOPLE SHOULD REALISE THAT WE AUTHORS SPEND SOMETIMES MONTHS WORKING ON A PIECE, AND YOU GUYS DON'T EVEN CARE. Well now I'm sure that lots of Author's agree with me. Now I've finally got off my mind please enjoy my story. (I promise I won't ever rant and rage again.) (much.) On with the show. ************************* LONELINESS ************************* ************* It must have been cold there in my shadow To never have sunlight on your face You were content to let me shine, that's your way You always walked a step behind So I was the one with all the glory While you were the one with all the strength. A beautiful face without a name, for so long A beautiful smile to hide the pain ************* Holly sighed, it wasn't as if the other princesses and fellow senshi purposely left her out of things, it was just that, when you got down to it they were scared and awed. So they supposed that they should just ignore her completely. She remembered the night before when she had sent to her father. "Papa, I've missed you so much, the other princesses don't like me PLEASE let me come home with you." Holly begged. Sareus of Saturn looked at his youngest daughter in surprise, Serenity had said that Holly was fitting in well here. "I'm sorry sweetie, but it would be an insult to the moon princess if you left her court without reason." The king sighed, he hated being seen as the bad guy. "But Daddy," Holly was shocked, her own father was betraying her. "No buts, tomorrow I will leave for Saturn and you will stay here." A single tear coursed down Holly's cheek, then she turned and fled. The King of Saturn sighed, it was hard but it was for the best. Princess Mina of Venus "just happened" to be nearby when Holly came dashing out of the Saturn reception room. Venus took off after her, Mercury and Mars were playing chess in the library when Saturn and Venus passed the room, then they too joined in the chase. Eventually all seven scouts plus the princess were chasing Holly. Even the extremely dignified Susannah of Pluto was in on the fun. Finally, Holly collapsed from exhaustion. So did all the other princesses, by chance, the chase had ended up in the earth wing of the guest section. The prince of Earth, Darien, and his generals, Malachite, Nephrite, Jadeite and Zoicite ( authors note: amazingly enough for this series Zoicite is a man, well what do you expect I wanted to have an even amount for the inners if I wanted them to pair up. ^_^) began to open their doors. The very second before the first door opened, Lita of Jupiter woke up. She realised where she was and that the door was opening. She quickly transported all the princesses to her room. But was to tired to transport herself away, she fell to the ground for the second time that day. "Perfect" Beryl thought. "Now the strong one is down I will bring her here and, convert her to our cause." With that she gave an extremely evil cackle. Nephrite was the first to come out of one of the five doors, he saw Lita. "Wow, she's gorgeous" he murmured. Suddenly the air began to glow red around her, he reached forward and took her arm, "Jupiter what's wrong? Huh?" The red glow moved to surround him too. He realised this was Beryl's doing. "NO, YOU CAN'T HAVE US BERYL. I WON'T LET Youuuuuuuuuuuuuu" Nephrite's voice faded into darkness as unconscious overcame him. The pair were then transported into the centre of the Negaverse. "Beryl I warned you not to make the sleep spell to strong." The disembodied voice spoke. "It wasn't MY fault, you directed me." Beryl complained. "Look that snivelling Jupiter princess in waking up," Beryl said. Lita woke up on a hard stone floor, it was cold too. She looked around, assessing the situation. One evil looking woman talking to herself, an army of youma _frolicking_ in the caverns. And the most hunkiest guy in the entire universe unconscious next to her. "General Nephrite?" the thought ran clear though her mind. As if on cue her companion began to stir. The evil woman turned to glare at her, "I was not talking to myself," A second later Nephrite said under his breath, "Oh sure." Lita heard him and giggled. To him it was the most musical sound he had ever heard. They stared at each other. Half an hour later they were still staring at each other. "Oh, geez for crying out loud. They've fallen for each other." Metilla muttered. "Oh yes," Beryl said sarcastically, "why don't we just make this a sales pitch. Welcome to the almighty Nega-verse. If you get brought here with a guy, we guarantee, you will probably fall for each other. Beryl realised that the two who were SUPPOSED to be getting converted into bad guys were still standing there. "MINIONS OF THE NEGA-VERSE, HELLO. THESE TWO WERE MEANT TO BE IN THE TANKS HALF AN HOUR AGO. MOVE IT PEOPLE!" Beryl sighed. "Good help is SOOO hard to find these days." Meanwhile the newest princess has just arrived at the palace. The guards thinking that this is the person who abducted princess Lita and so Julie (sailor Earth, princess Earth) is being held up too. "Let GO of ME YOU STUPID GUARDS, I COULD HAVE YOUR HEADS FOR THIS. MY FATHER WILL NOT STAND FOR IT!" Julie was so mad that you could probably see the steam coming out of her ears. Mina was resignedly coming out of one of the rooms and saw Julie. "Hi Julie," she said. Her eyes widened as she saw that Julie was being tied up. "Uh, guards." Mina said "Yes princess Venus." The guards responded. "you've never met princess Earth, have you?" "Never had the honour, princess." The guard muttered. "You guys are REALLY lucky that she didn't blow you into smithereens the way that your treating her." Mina stifled a smile. The guards turned to me, "You're princess Earth?" one of them stuttered. Julie glared at them, "Brilliant deduction Soldier," "Why didn't you tell us you were the new princess." One of them asked. "I assumed that you saw the royal coronet of Earth." Julie said, glaring at them. At that moment Queen Serenity's maid chose to come out from behind a curtain. "M'lady, Queen Serenity requests yah' presence immediately. For t' Princess Jupi'tah hasn't shown up yet." The girls soft spoken voice was thick with fear. She later confided in Julie that she had looked as ferocious as a dragon at that point. "YOU WON'T CONVERT ME" Jupiter sagged against the guard and was quickly stuffed into a crystal conversion tank. Nephrite was quickly pushed into the room, his dark hair was tousled and he looked like he wanted to blow up something. Then he saw Lita, she know looked fragile and even more beautiful than last time he had seen her. "LITA" he yelled throwing himself against the tank. Another pair of guards grabbed him, and shoved him in a tank too. Then he lost consciousness. The war was over, but the battle had just begun. "Do we have to?" Artemis whined. "Yes" Luna said. "Queen Serenity said that the Moon mages MUST be brought in, we need to get Jupiter and Nephrite back." "But those two are even wackier than the people on those cartoons which Serena reads." Artemis complained. "And they have a DOG." Lauren and Renée suddenly popped out of no where. "You whined?" Renée said. Lauren giggled and couldn't stop, then a general called Malachite showed up and Renée and Lauren got hearts in their eyes. For no apparent reason Mina suddenly yells, "Lay off" and the three girls start a tongue war. Luna, Artemis and Malachite get sweat drops on their heads and creep away. ************************************************************ So what did you think ppl, should I continue? Oh well I think I will. Thanks to my handful of fans for your continued support, and I hope you enjoyed reading this. Seeya, Jacey (Julie Cooke)