Chapter 5 -"Blast to the Past - Part II"
Jessie felt several tears fall from her eyes. "I...I remember..."
James and Meowth looked back from what they were watching at Jessie. James' eyes wobbled. "You loved him?"
Jessie nodded. "Yes. I was in love with Prince Endymion. I was so jealous of Serena...I couldn't stand it! I wanted to marry him, and I was his age..."
James turned away from her. "I see..." Meowth noticed the sadness and jealousy in his voice.
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Tonight! The biggest Ball of the year was tonight. Princess Serena felt giddy all over. It was a masked Ball, and Endymion had promised he would come. That was not all. The Guardian Princesses of the Inner Planets were also joining. It was going to be a grande event. Princess Jessie and Serena looked back at their wonderful decorating job. "I believe we've outdone ourselves this time, Serena!" Jessie laughed. "There may be so many decorations, that people will hardly be able to move."
Serena nodded. "Yes! But it will truly be a night to remember..."
Little did Serena know how true those words would be...
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"Come, my Generals! Jedite! Neflyte! Zoycite! Malachite! Tonight is the night the Moon will regret not surrendering to us..." A hideous woman sat on her throne in a dark room filled with black Energy. She wore a long purple gown, and had red hair that entwined her body and reached the ground. Three men and one woman appeared in front of her.
"Yes, my Queen?" a man with long brown hair and blue eyes said.
"We are here to serve!" a second man with short blonde hair and blue eyes shouted.
"Long live Queen Beryl!" the woman, with a long dirty-blonde ponytail and olive-green eyes, said.
"What is your wish, Your Majesty?" the final man with long white hair and ice-blue eyes sneered as he bowed gracefully.
The Queen rose from her throne. "Tonight, we shall overthrow the Moon Kingdom!" she laughed. The Four Generals echoed her laughter.
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Queen Serenity and Queen Jessica gathered their two daughters together for the welcoming of the Four Guardian Princesses. "Announcing...Princess Mercury!" A young girl of Serena's age entered. She was dressed in a blue gown, and had short blue hair and blue eyes. She also carried a Geometry book in her hand. When she reached the quartet, she bowed and moved on.
"Announcing...Princess Mars!" A beautiful girl with long black hair and dark eyes entered after Princess Mercury. Her gown was firey red. She also bowed, after giving Serena a dirty look, and exited.
"Announcing...Princess Jupiter!" The next girl wore a green gown. She was much taller than the first two. Her brown hair was in a ponytail and her green eyes shimmered with excitement.
"Announcing...Princess Venus!" This blonde-haired, blue-eyed girl wore a gown of orange and gold. Her hair was tied in a big, red bow but was still very long. She looked very happy.
Serena noticed something in her arms...A white cat with a Crescent Moon on its forehead. Serena, despite her mother's complaints ran up to Princess Venus. "How adorable...I have a cat, too..."
Princess Venus smiled. "His name is Artemis, your Majesty!" She happily bounced off.
Princess Jessie smiled. These girls, minus Princess Mars, seemed to like Princess Serena. Queen Serenity called to her daughter. "Serena, why don't you show the girls around?"
Serena nodded. "It would be my pleasure!" The two Queens nodded. Queen Jessica turned to her daughter. "Make sure they don't get into trouble, Jessica."
"Yes mother," Jessie sighed. She was twenty years old, yet her mother still seemed to treat her as if she were ten. But, she thought, it was probably for her own good. And watch the Princesses? She was close friends with Serena and always seemed to keep her happy. What could possibly go wrong?
As Jessie exited the room, she heard someone calling to her. "Psst! Hey, Princess Jessica..."
Jessie spun around. Her eyes twinkled and she blushed. "Why...Hello, Prince Endymion..."
"Princess, I need to speak with Serena right away. It's very important."
"Oh," Jessie sighed, seeming somewhat disappointed. "Yes...I'll go get her..."
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"Darien!" Princess Serena exclaimed as she met him on the balcony. "I've been waiting all day to see you. I thought you weren't going to come."
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"Serena," Endymion sighed. "I have bad news..."
"You cannot come to the Ball?"
"If only it were that, Serena." Serena gasped. Endymion continued. "Queen Beryl is very mad right now. She is planning on attacking the Moon Kingdom."
"That cannot be possible!" Serena said. "Why would anyone want to attack us?"
Behind the wall, Princess Jessie sat listening. What Endymion was saying sounded bad. "You're too naive, Serena," she whispered to herself.
"Serena...I..."
Suddenly, guards surrounded the area. "Freeze intruder!"
"I can't stay, Serena. Your mother knows I'm not an intruder..." And with that, he ran away and was gone.
Serena's eyes wobbled heavily. She walked back into the palace. Inside, everyone was dancing and having a wonderful time. Jessie greeted Serena, acting as if she had heard nothing. "Hey, girl! You look glum. What is wrong?"
Serena pulled Jessie aside. "Endymion said we were under attack. Is it true?"
"How should I know?" Jessie said calmly. "Look, I'm just as scared as you are, but the people don't know about it. We can't let the guests know anything is wrong. Understand?" Serena whimpered and nodded. Jessie walked off.
As Serena was about to exit, a hand reached out and grabbed hers. "Mind if I have this dance, Princess?"
"Darien!" Serena smiled. She and Endymion entered the ballroom floor and began to dance.
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Jessie saw them. "Again..." She exited the ballroom and ran out into the garden. "...Again they must torture me!" she exclaimed as she sat by a fountain. She ripped the band off from around her head and looked at her Crescent Moon in the reflection. "I'm a Moon Princess, too..." She began to sob softly. Suddenly, loud laughter was heard, and it was not coming from the guests from the party. Jessie looked up and saw black smoke throughout the sky. "What is that?"
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Inside, an alarm was heard. Endymion, Serena, and all the other guests immediately stopped dancing.
Two cats, one Artemis, and the other a black cat with a Crescent Moon on her forehead, ran through the room. "We're under attack!" Artemis screamed.
Chapter 6 -"Blast to the Past -Part III Finale"
"We're under attack! We're under attack!" The two Cat Guardians approached Queen Serenity and Jessica.
"Queen Serenity," the black cat gasped. "The Earth is attacking the Moon!"
Queen Serenity was taken aback. "Luna, when did you find this out?"
"We just saw them approaching, Your Majesty," Luna said. "They're attacking with full force!"
The guests were in an uproar. Everyone was panic-stricken. The Four Princesses, Mercury, Mars, Venus, and Jupiter, scrambled together.
"It's our job to protect the Queen and Princess," Jupiter began. "No matter what!"
"Right!" Mercury agreed. "We must transform into our Super-Hero selves so we can be stronger..."
"Yes," Mars said as she clenched and unclenched her fists. "The Sailor Warriors! I am Sailor Mars!"
"I am Sailor Venus!"
"I am Sailor Mercury!"
"And I am Sailor Jupiter!"
"The Sailor Scouts are here!"
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"Darien!" Princess Serena screamed. Endymion had disappeared during the scramble of guests. "Where are you? Jessie?" She looked all around her. Neither her love nor her best friend were in sight. Behind her, a shadowy hand reached for her neck. Serena turned around and screamed.
"Mars Fire...IGNITE!" yelled a voice. The shadow was immediately burnt to a crisp. Serena turned around to face her savior and was surprised at who she saw. "Princess Mars?"
"Princess," Sailor Mars said as she gripped Serena's shoulders. "You have to get out of here."
"But I can't find Jessie or Endymion..."
"Never mind that. The Sailor Scouts will take care of them. You just need to get to safety."
"But..."
"GO!" Sailor Mars grabbed Serena's hand and led her away from hideous monsters. As Serena was evacuated from the premises, she looked around her. Her once peaceful home was in shambles. She began to cry. "I want my mother!"
Sailor Mars kept dragging her. "Don't be such a cry-baby! Everything will be ok..."
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Princess Jessie frantically searched for people she knew. "Serena! Endymion! Mom!" Suddenly an arm gripped her neck. She tried to wriggle free, but to no avail. "Help!" she managed to scream.
A rose flew from the sky and slashed at the monster's face. It screeched in pain and released Jessie. Endymion immerged from the shadows. He drew his sword and thrust it into the monster's gut. Then he picked up Jessie and ran, carrying her to safety. Jessie felt her face grow hot. Endymion actually came to her rescue! When they reached a secluded spot behind the castle, Endymion put her down. "Where's Serena, Jessie?"
Jessie snapped out of her daydream and realized what was happening. Tears welled up in her eyes. "Serena? No! I don't know!" This was it! Her best friend was nowhere to be found. "Serena..." she sobbed.
"Jessie, get a hold of yourself!" Endymion said as he took her in a comforting embrace. "We've got to keep our cool, or we'll never get out of this alive!"
Not knowing what to do now, Jessie snuggled deeper into Endymion's grasp.
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Queen Serenity, Queen Jessica, Luna, and Artemis fled outside to where the source of the evil Power was waiting. It was Queen Beryl. She laughed in their faces. "So, Serenity, having a fun time? You can tell, I'm having a ball!" She laughed more wickedly.
"How could Earth let you do this, Beryl?" Serenity yelled.
"Earth?" Beryl sneered. "Earth? I am not Earth. I am the NegaVerse!" She then disappeared.
"No," Jessica silently gasped.
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Sailor Mars had led Princess Serena to a safe place. "You wait here." Mars said as she smiled. "I'll try to find your friends." Serena sadly watched her leave. It was strange Sailor Mars was so concerned about her. Hadn't Princess Mars hated her?
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Princess Jessie and Prince Endymion were huddled together, each in fear for the other's life. Suddenly, Endymion stood up. "I have to find Serena."
Jessie looked up at him with tears in her eyes. "Endymion, don't leave me. I'm afraid for you and me..."
Endymion looked down sternly at her. "And I'm afraid for Serena. I love her!" Then he ran off, leaving Jessie alone and frightened. Jessie stood up and shouted at the top of her lungs. "ENDYMION!"
Endymion ran and searched with all his might, calling Serena's name. Serena, in her corner heard him and called his name back. The two were reunited at last and shared a warm embrace.
"Serena..."
"Darien..."
All of a sudden, they were surrounded by a dark shadow. It laughed at them. "Oh, how sweet...I'm getting cavities!"
Serena ducked behind Endymion as he drew his sword. "It's you...Beryl..."
Queen Beryl laughed again. "Endymion, you could've joined me, you know. We could have ruled the NegaVerse together..." Endymion spat in her face. "Why would I want to be with a snake like you? So twisted and ugly, and full of bitterness!"
Beryl wiped her face and raised her arms in the air. "Nobody talks to me that way! Serena shall die!"
Serena felt herself being lifted high into the air. She was being sucked into a NegaVerse hole. "Darien!"
Endymion watched as his love was sucked into the hole. "No! Serena!"
At that moment, Jessie happened to be running by. She saw Beryl taking her two best friends. "Endymion! Serena! Hold on!"
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"It cannot end this way!" Queen Serenity screamed. "I cannot let it!" With that, she pulled out a pink rod with a Crescent Moon on the top. In the center of the Moon was a glowing, silver crystal. "My daughter, I'll save you..."
Queen Jessica, Luna, and Artemis gasped. "No, Your Majesty!" Jessica yelled. Luna cried, "If you use the Silver Imperium Crystal, you'll die!"
Serenity looked calmly at the trio. "But no one else will. I will save you all."
"No," Luna sobbed. "Please!"
Queen Serenity rose the Wand over her head. "Silver..."
"Queen Serenity..."
"...Crystal..."
"QUEEN SERENITY!"
"...POWER!"
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"Endymion! Serena!" Jessie followed beneath them, every step getting closer to Beryl. "Stop it! Let them go!" Beryl continued laughing. Soon, Jessie felt herself rising. "Nooooo!"
"STOP!"
Beryl looked over her shoulder and saw a glimmering Queen Serenity. "What?"
"We will not end like this!" Everyone became trapped in a bubble of their own. "I will send you all into the Future...One thousand years into the Future. You will all..." she began to cry. "...Will all forget these memories. This day will never have happened, and you will all lead normal lives on the rival, planet Earth..." She wobbled, her Energy being drained from her, and fell on her knees. "Goodbye, my daughter. Serena! Luna and Artemis will know what to do..."
With those last words, Queen Serenity died. All souls, even evil ones, were saved but hers.
Chapter 7 -"MIR - Men in Red"
Not a single eye was dry. Everyone was crying or on the verge of doing so. Even Meowth wiped damp cheeks. "Meowth...Meowth never knew..."
Jessie looked at the Light. "Mother...I remember everything."
"As do I," Serena said. "Jessie-chan..."
"Serena-chan..."
The two girls stared at each other. They had once been best friends. Now, they were like total enemies. One was good, the other evil. But all that didn't seem to matter at this time.
Darien walked up to Serena's side and held her close. "I remember everything too."
Jessie smiled. "Thank you, Endymion,"
"For what?"
"Oh, I dunno." Jessie sighed. "I'm sorry to say, but I don't have the same feelings for you as back then."
Darien and Serena laughed. "That's okay, Jessie-chan!"
Jessie laughed too. "In fact, I..." She looked around her. Someone from the group seemed to be missing. "James? James, where did you go?"
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James sat in an isolated area of the Ruins of the Moon Kingdom. He leaned against a broken pillar and pulled out his Weezing. "I don't understand women," he sighed.
"Weezing?"
"I guess a Pokemon wouldn't either. Oh well...I need someone to talk to anyway. Weezing, you'll have to do for now."
"Weezing! Weeze..."
"Women are so...Fickle. Here, all this time, I thought Jessie liked me. I never knew she liked this other guy who we'd never even met before today but she knew him from a long time ago..."
"Am I confusing you?"
Weezing nodded. "Weeze."
"Nevermind," James said. "You're no help!" "Weezing..."
"Weezing return!" James shouted. Weezing was sucked back into its Pokeball. "I should know better than to talk to Pokemon..."
"...James..."
James turned around and saw Jessie. "Oh..." He turned around again so his back was to her. "...Hi."
Jessie walked over and sat down next to him. "What's wrong?"
"Nothing..."
"Don't give me that! I know something is wrong."
"You're right...Something is wrong, but I don't think it needs to be discussed." He got up and turned away from Jessie.
"James!" Jessie groaned. "Stop being so stubborn. Tell me what's wrong," Her voice became more gentle. "Is it...Me?"
He couldn't act this way. Not to her. James turned around and faced Jessie. "Kinda sorta..."
"What?"
"I've been hit with fifty-billion things at once, Jessie! You're a Princess, Serena's that Sailor Moon girl, we're on the Moon, there used to be LIFE on the Moon, your Mother's a Light, you used to be good, and you...Endymion..."
"Endymion?" Jessie laughed. "I wouldn't marry him if he were the last man on Earth!" James looked up, surprised. "What?"
"Time can change people," Jessie simply replied. James smiled.
"HERE YOU ARE! MEOWTH!"
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" Jessie and James turned blue in the face. "You scared us!"
Meowth laughed. "I wasn't about to let Team Rocket go all mushy on me..." James got a huge sweatdrop. Jessie blushed. Meowth sighed and out popped one of those little air-mushrooms. "Anyway, I just thought James would like to know HIS past..."
"Whaddaya mean?" James asked innocently.
"Aren't you at all curious?" Meowth asked. "Jessie just had her whole life flashed before her very eyes. Don't ya wanna know what YOU were like?"
"Did I live 1000 years ago?"
Meowth scratched James. "Of course not, idiot! I'm talking about when you first became part of Team Rocket!"
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An eerie man sat in a chair stroking a Pokemon which looked like a Persian. It was totally dark and his face could not be seen. He rocked a couple times in the chair before sitting up straight. "MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEOWTH!"
A smaller version of Meowth, a younger version, ran into the dark room. "Yes, Boss! You called, Sir?"
The man nodded. "I have an assignment for you..."
"What might dat be, Sir?"
"Team Rocket has never been at such a high peak! Now is the time to find fresh recruits."
"Meowth don't understand, Sir."
"IDIOT!" The man's fist pounded into his chair, which made the Persian screech with fright. "We need new members for Team Rocket!"
The frightened Meowth gulped. "Yessir!"
"I want you to find some people...People who look like Team Rocket quality and could easily be brainwashed into doing our evil schemes."
"Yessir, Sir!" Meowth said as he exited the room. Then he turned around and poked his head back in through the door. "Umm...Boss...If Meowth does a good job at dis, will Meowth become Top Cat?"
The Persian seemed to snicker at this. The Boss sneered. "you never know..."
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Meowth happily walked down the street, chanting to himself. "Meowth's gonna be da Top Cat! Meowth's gonna be da Top Cat!" He began looking at different people. Who would be good Team Rocket material? He saw one pretty woman walking down the street with a carriage. The carriage seemed to have a little baby in it. Meowth grinned evilly. The woman looked perfect! She would be Team Rocket's newest member!
Meowth followed the woman and carriage all the way to a park. "Meowth will trap her dere..."
The woman sat on a bench and gently rocked the carriage. "Go to sleep, my love," she cooed. The baby giggled. But it soon grew weary, as babies often do, and entered DreamLand. The woman pulled out a book and began reading.
This was Meowth's chance! He slowly crept over to the carriage. "If I steal da kid," he thought. "Da mother will follow..." When he was sure the woman wasn't looking directly at him, Meowth reached into the carriage and attempted to pick up the baby, and ran. The baby, sensing it was in danger, began screaming.
Mother looked up and noticed child was being kidnapped by a Pokemon. "No! James!" the woman cried, dropping her book and running to catch Meowth.
"Plan perfection!" Meowth smiled, the baby crying even louder.
"My child! My boy!" the woman screamed. "Bring me back my son!"
But Meowth had made a little flaw in his plan. He was too fast for the mother and, accidentally, eventually lost her. "Dis is not good," Meowth sighed as he sat behind a row of bushes, trying to keep the kid from screaming. "If da coppers catch Meowth, I'll be done for!" He looked at the baby. "Dis kid'll have to do! I'm sure he'll make a fine Rocketeer..." The baby whimpered. Meowth's eyes wobbled. "Uhh...Oh, I'm sorry, kiddo. Meowth didn't mean to hurt you..." Meowth gave the child a hug which immediately sent it into a fit of laughter. "What did your mother call you? Oh...I think it was...James." Meowth smiled. "Yeah, James, da Team Rocket Champion..." Baby James looked up at Meowth and smiled. His bright green eyes twinkled in the sunlight. "James...Team Rocket's Man in Red..."