*Theme song: Dare, by Stan Bush*

Lucy slowly opened her eyes. She was staring at a white ceiling, and she could feel an oxygen mask over her face sending air into her mouth. Knowing that she could breathe, Lucy reached up with an aching arm and pulled the mask off. She breathed slowly, trying to remember why she was in the hospital. She looked over to her right to see the other four Titans sleeping on chairs next to her bed. Miya was resting on top of Chris while Michelle and Reuisu slept in two different chairs. She then turned her head to the left, and saw a clock that said it was 3 AM. Lucy smiled and looked over herself. She saw bruises around her chest and could feel pain in the same vacinities.

Lucy: Geez... What happened?

Voice: You were beaten half to death.

Lucy turned her gaze towards the doorway. King Darien stood in the doorway in civilian clothes.

Lucy: Your majesty! ARGH!

Lucy had attempted to get up to greet her highness, but the pain snapped her back down. Darien ran over to her and kneeled down.

Darien: Take it easy! You've been in the hospital for two days. You were beaten pretty badly by the demon. Four ribs broken and some minor internal bleeding in your liver. The Doctors say that you have to stay in the hospital for another day.

Lucy: But... What about the mission?

Darien: Which mission?

Lucy: The reason I was walking to Crystal Tower to talk to everyone was because there's this mission into space... It's a mission back to my home planet, Cephiros.

Darien: Oh, I wasn't briefed very well on it. What about it?

Lucy: I want to be on it!

Darien: Lucy...

Lucy: PLEASE! Ever since I first got my Sailor abilities back and learned of how my original home planet, Cephiros, was destroyed, I've wanted to go back there and see if there were any survivors! I need to know, PLEASE!

Darien: Lucy, we only have a few days launch window. We don't know if you'll be able to survive the liftoff in your condition.

Reuisu: Yes, she can.

Darien and Lucy turned to see Reuisu, Miya, and Chris getting up. Michelle was still sleeping.

Reuisu: I have gravitic suits in my lab, they'll help her from anything the ascent might bring.

Lucy: YAAAAAY!!!!

Reuisu: On one condition.

Darien: Name it.

Reuisu: The Titans come with her.

Lucy: HUH?!

Reuisu: My databanks are completely empty about the planet Cephiros, I'd like to get as much information about it as possible.

Darien: I'm not so sure about this...

Reuisu: Oh come on, your majesty. Do you really think there's anyone else better suited for this job than us?

Voice: 3...2...1...IGNITION!

The spaceship rocketed into the sky, passing the layers of the atmosphere quickly, and beginning it's trek towards the planet Cephiros. Lucy was amazed at how technology had advanced enough to get interplanetary travel in a matter of days. Her thoughts returned her back to her home planet, Cephiros.

Princess Cephiros woke up in her bedchamber, silk sheets practically dripping from her body. She rubbed her eyes and looked around.

"Good morning, princess!" Came the voice of one of the princess's servents. She entered the room and helped the princess to her feet. "Are you well today?" The princess nodded.

"Very well, thank you." She replied politely. The servent rushed into the princess's wardrobe.

"Let me see..." She said quietly, looking through the beautiful dresses that were given to her as presents. "Ahh, here's one!" The servent pulled a shimmering, lilac-coloured dress from the wardrobe. "What do you think, Princess?" The princess nodded.

"I'll wear that today." She said in agreement. The servent grinned, happy that the princess was in a good mood. She helped the princess to dress, and to brush her hair and put on a bit of makeup.

"Doesn't our princess look lovely today?" The servent said with an approving smile. Two male servents entered the room.

"Beautiful," They agreed with a nod. The princess smiled at them, and they escorted her downstairs for breakfast.

After breakfast, the princess snuck out of the palace. She hated being confined inside the palace, especially since there was nothing to do. She left the castle grounds and took the path she usually took when running away; the path to a wildflower field. She smiled as she approached the vast field of purple and magenta flowers. It was her favourite place to be.

Approximately an hour later, a carriage led by two white horses came down the path.

"Princess Cephrios!" Came the stern voice of Queen Cephiros. "Come here this instant!" The princess sighed. She HATED the palace.

Lucy: I LOVED the palace.

The transport ship had landed twenty feet away from the nearly broken down palace that had half of it in a pile of rubble. Reuisu was using several scanning tools with him to document the things he saw around him and of what Lucy was saying.

Lucy: I mean, sure, it was boring and all, but I had everyone I ever cared about in there. In fact...

Lucy ran off from the main group of Titans, and she immediately ran inside the doorway. The Titans followed after her. She turned into a room on her left and looked underneath a nearby shelf. She scraped off peices of wall, debris, and dust that had fallen on the box she was looking for, and opened it up. Inside the box were rings. Not just a few rings, but thousands of small rings, each one unique in it's own way. Lucy put her hands down into the rings and moved them around, remembering how she felt when she had promised to collect one of every ring in the galaxy. And how that promise had been cut short by one known as Sailor Juuv.

Princess Cephiros looked out the window helplessly as Sailor Juuv landed on the small planet of Cephiros. She took a quick glance back inside the palace. Several of the palace's servants scurried around to prepare Princess Cephiros's disembarkation.

"Princess Cephiros, hurry!" One of the princess's handmaidens hissed. Princess Cephiros simply shook her head.

"It's really going to happen, isn't it?" She whispered. The handmaiden nodded.

"I'm sorry, Princess." She said solemnly. "Please hurry, strap yourself into this seat." She gestured toward a chair with two wrist clamps on the arms and two ankle clamps on the legs. Above the chair was something that resembled an upside-down, metal bowl. Princess Cephiros gulped.

"That's an electric chair," She said, her face growing pale. The handmaiden sighed.

"It's the only way to get you to live." She said. The princess raised an eyebrow.

"By killing me? That makes no sense." She muttered.

"Please, princess. We're saving you from STAYING dead, try to realize that." The handmaiden told the worried young princess.

"If I must." The princess replied. She walked over to the chair and sat down. Two servents; one male and one female, strapped her in. She sucked in air. "Okay," She said. "I'm ready." Tears streaked one servents face as she pulled a switch, sending thousands of electrical volts through the princess's body, killing her almost immediately.

Then, the room she was in exploded as half of the palace had been destroyed by it. The electric chair had sent the soul and power of the Princess of Cephiros to the ones who the Cephiros Kingdom had been trying to negotiate an alliance with: The Moon Kingdom and the planet Earth.

Tears slowly moved down Lucy's face as she breathed slowly, lifting up her box of rings. The other Titans cleared the path for her as she slowly made her way back to the ship. The other Titans did not question her, they understood the pain she felt. Lucy was no longer a Princess, but an Agent of Love and Justice, a Sailor Titan. A Sailor who fought by their side, and was the one who brought smiles to their faces. However, she was also the one who felt so much pain because she was the only one to survive her planet's destruction. She was a member of their family, and it pained them all to see her like this.

To Be Continued...