Disclaimer: I know this gets redundant, but I have to say it. Sailor Moon and all it characters are the creation of the magnificent and talented Naoko Takeuchi.

I was walking by this pretty antique shop I had never noticed before, when I saw this beautiful old book on the window. Its being bounded in the finest leather and its having such a title such as The Ice Cold Princess attracted me.

I have always been attracted to stories about princesses, knights, and dragons. I must have been a scribe or a bard in a previous life to explain my fascination with the written word. I have noticed that there is a story written already in these pages. I plan to read it and finish it, if it is not already finished. If is, I will write a sequel, even if I do hate sequels. That is, if I can read the handwriting and the language it is in.

My favorite part of this book has to be the feather pen I’m using to write with. I feel like a real scribe, recording the events of the castle. One day I shall be a famous author receiving the Nobel Price for Literature.

I have had the story of a Princess roaming in my head since I was four. She is a Moon Princess that falls in love with a Prince from Earth. I have decided to name her Selene, after the moon goddess, and I’ll name him Endymoin, after the shepherd that fell in love with her.

I have just noticed something else the book came with. A beautiful golden broach with the design of a feather pen in a book engraved in it. If my knowledge of Romantic languages serves me right, the phrase, "The written word is true in the morning and in the night" is carved around the image. On the back of it "Nena Power…

Dear Reader, I fear that I do not know where I am. This chamber is not like any in the castle. I do not remember waking up or arriving here, but I do sense the Princess. I shall return to my duties now.

"Use your tiara, Sailor Moon!" Luna ordered, but the young heroin was on the floor. A red rose cut through the air and landed in front of the Zombie villains.

"Have faith in yourself, Sailor Moon; I do." A mysterious stranger encouraged.

Sailor Moon followed Luna’s instructions and yelled, "Moon Tiara Magic!" as she threw it at the monster, who disintegrated into dust. "Who are you?" she asked.

"I am Tuxedo Mask; you have done well tonight, Sailor Moon. Farewell!"

"I don’t trust him." Luna warned, but Sailor Moon’s eyes were filled with hearts as an old love rekindled in her heart without her knowledge.

I do not understand why the princess acted so cowardly tonight, or why her love for her Prince had to be rekindled, or why when I pressed my broach in hopes of returning to my mother’s side, I ended up in this room again. All I know is that I am weakening and mush de-transform. I’ll let the book take dictation until I am strong enough to write again.

Serena was walking home from school with her mind flooded with thoughts and doubts. "What really happened last night?" she wondered. "Does my cat really talk? Am I really Sailor Moon? Who is that masked stranger? If I really am Sailor Moon, can I handle it? I can hardly handle school; how am I suppose to pull this off?"

Serena turned the corner half dazed and half deep in thought. She walked into someone, murmured an apology and was about to continue when her victim replied, "Hey Meatball Head, can’t you walk strait?" She looked up into a pair of blue eyes that released butterflies into her stomach and a cocky smile that set her petal soft eyes on fire.

"Can’t you?" she retaliated.

"Of course I can, and I know better than to sleep walk on a busy street." He said nonchalantly. Serena returned this insult by sticking her tongue out and putting her finger under her eye. He laughed it off and walked away

Serena rushed to the Cherryhill Temple when she bumped into Darien. She hit his back and realized that he was bleeding. She decided to follow…

Inside the building Zoisite had selected to meet with Darien, he and Serena were lying on the floor. Darien awoke first. "Let her go, Zoisite!" She has nothing to do with this!" Darien demanded.

"Don’t worry about her!" Malachite said as he appeared.

"What’s he doing here?" Darien asked in a blaze of fury. "You betrayed me!"

"Now, now, Darien, someone has to hold the crystals." He said laughing as he summoned the crystals from Darien’s pocket. Serena awoke to hear Malachite, but not to see him. She wondered if Darien had been taken prisoner because of her. She decided to play it safe.

"I could…always hold them. What eva’ they are!" Serena said as she stood up. The evil couple stared in amazement.

"Darien is Tuxedo Mask, so I understand how he awoke and stood up so soon, but the girl? I sense a strong energy coming from her. She could be a worthy addition to the Negaverse." Thought Malachite.

"Who do you think you are?" laughed Zoisite.

"The one who has just even the odds!" she smiled. "They don’t know it’s me!" she thought. Darien just looked at her in surprise. He had seen her mature tremendously these past few months; he had even heard from Raye that Serena had been working hard at school to bring her average up, but this attitude of self-assurance was not only unexpected but deadly.

"Serena, you have no idea who you’re dealing with. Get out while you still can!"

"No, Darien, they are the ones that have no idea who they are dealing with.

"You are too over confident, child. It is time to teach you a lesson," Malachite stated and continued to himself, "and to test your abilities." Energy-sucking vines began to appear and chase them into an elevator.

"You’re OK?" He asked Serena.

"Yes." She said as she tried to catch her breath.

"YOU ARE LUCKY NO TO BE DEAD! What were you thinking?" he exclaimed as he worriedly examined her. "They could have killed you!"

"BUT THEY DIDN’T!" She exploded. "What do such DANGEROUS people want with you? And don’t say it’s your wallet!"

Darien suddenly remembered his mission. "I’m looking for the Rainbow Crystals." He coolly answered.

"Why?" she quickly realized her blundered and tried to fix it by adding, "If it’s not too personal. After all, I thought only Sailor Moon, Tuxedo Mask and the Negaverse were after them."

"What do you know about the Negaverse?" Darien asked surprised.

"The undercurrent: that it is Sailor Moon’s archenemy, and that it’s responsible for some of the weird things that have been happening lately… HEY! You’re avoiding the question!"

"They are the key to my past. I-my-my parents died when I was four, in a car accident that also took my memory. I’m not even sure Darien is my real name. I’ve been on my own ever since, and my desire to know who I really am wasn’t very ardent until I began to have these dreams about a princess who needed me to free her. I think she holds the key, and to free her, I need the Crystals!"

"Princess? Like the Moon Princess?" she asked looking out of the glass elevator, Standing solemnly there, she reminded Darien of the Princess in his dreams. He turned her face towards him as he pushed the thought away.

"Maybe. Who knows? It could be anyone, even you." Serena blushed suddenly and remembered his wound.

"Take off your shirt!"

"WHAT?"

"Your shirt, take it off, so I can bandage your wound."

"Oh," he sighed in relief, "don’t bother." He said, but took it off as she gave him a stern look. She began the operation by ripping bandages from her skirt.

"This was easier on the dummy." She whined, and Darien laughed,

"I guess I’m more sophisticated than a dummy."

"No; it’s that you bleed blood not catsup." Serena finished, and he put on his shirt. He took her hand.

"I didn’t think you could stand the sight of blood."

"As long as it’s not my own. How did you hurt your shoulder?" He kissed her cheek and said,

"Thank you." She blushed in return.

The elevator came to a sudden stop. Zoisite laughed and threw a fireball. Darien reached for his rose, but Serena had had enough. "You’re going down Zoisite! MOON PRISM POWER!" Darien was shocked as he saw the most inoffensive girl he knew turn into the most valiant warrior he knew. Serena used her tiara to save them.

Zoisite was walking away happily as Malachite regretted the loss of a potential warrior, but the end of Tuxedo Mask and the smile on Zoisite’s face was worth the price.

"Nice try Zoisite, but you’re going to have to do better than that to get rid of me!"

"Sailor Moon! How did you find us? Unless…" Zoisite searched in vain for the girl Darien striven to protect earlier. "It doesn’t matter. After all, we are after Tuxedo Mask, not you."

"Then he was on our side." She said to herself. She continued audible, "Too bad he isn’t here!"

"That’s where you are wrong, Sailor Moon!" Serena turned towards the voice wishing Darien was not Tuxedo Mask. She saw him transform. Her heart gave a happy leap; she wondered why. "This is my fight."

"I know ‘cause of your past, but your not fit to fight. Let me do it for you."

"No! I must do it myself." Serena reluctantly accepted. Tuxedo Mask presented himself before Zoisite for his fight. The traitorous villain shot an ice crystal behind Tuxedo Mask. Sailor Moon released her tiara, but it was too late: Tuxedo Mask was lying on the ground. She rushed to his side crying.

"Darien! NO!" She knelt beside him. "Darien, please no!"

"I want you to know…that I-I never betrayed you."

"I should have never doubted." A single tear slipped down her face and mixed with his blood. The Rainbow Crystals were thus activated and reunited to form the Imperium Silver Crystal. It moved towards Serena. Her uniform ripped into her princess dress, and some of their memories were revived. "Darien, do you remember?"

"Yes thank you my love. You will always be in my heart and with me." His voice weakened with every word he spoke.

"Darien please, hold on! Don’t let this chance we got go to waist! Please, I-I love you!" she finished in tears.

"What a pitiful sight!" Zoisite said as she prepared to attack once again.

The Scouts took Serena’s sleeping body and continued to search for an exit. When the princess awoke, she demanded to know where Darien was; she did NOT take the news well.

"This CAN’T be happening!" she cried, "What am I going to do? I can’t handle this!" she exclaimed.

"Of course you can." Luna soothingly reassured her.

"Please, I make a pathetic Sailor Moon! How am I suppose to pull of being the Moon Princess? You would’ve been better off if Zoisite had killed me!" she sobbed. Mars, in a fit of fury, smacked her, and Serena fell to the ground. "Go ahead Mars! I know you’ve always hated me! You want me spot! HERE! Take it!"

"Shut up and LISTEN!" Mars barked. "It’s true that at first I doubted you, but in the time that we’ve been together, I’ve seen you grow into the shoes you had to fill! I can’t believe that because a no-good-boyfriend-stealing-so-called-queen has kidnapped your true love you are going to digress into that klutz crybaby that needed her mommy to help her cross the street! Now, I’m going to protect my princess! It’s up to you to ensure that our princess deserves to be protected!"

"Nice speech Mars, I’ll take it you’ll be the first to die! Zoisite is dead because of your bratty princess! Spare your life! Give her to me!" Malachite ordered as he floated just below the rocky, dark ceiling behind them.

"No thanks. Try a taste of Martian Gratitude instead! MARS FIRE IGNITE!" Mars attacked with her strongest fireball; he absorbed it and returned it to her ten times stronger and full of negative energy. She could not resist the blow!

"Who’s next!"

"We are!" Jupiter and Venus answered him.

"NO GUYS!" Serena protested.

"Hey, for you, the world!" Jupiter assured

"My sword and life for my Regent!" Venus vowed.

"JUPITER THUNDER…"

"CRASH!" Venus’s chains were electrified by Jupiter’s thunder. Malachite took hold of one end of the chains before they had a chance to attack him. He sent his negative energy through them; then using them as a whip, he wrapped them around the two warriors’ necks and choked them until the girls fainted.

"Save yourself, Mercury!" Malachite ordered.

"Mercury please. I don’t want to lose you too!" Sailor Moon begged.

"No, I trust you with my life; you’re one of the closest and dearest friends I have…" she smiled, "and your are our princess!" She turned to Malachite. "MEET THE POWER OF MERCURY, IMBECILE! MERCURY BUBBLES…"

"MEET THE POWER OF THE NEGAVERSE!" A blast of black energy left his hand and crushed itself against Sailor Mercury! "It’s only you and me now, Sailor Moon!" Malachite laughed. She looked at her friends in disbelief. Something began to stir in her as she heard their voices:

"Spare me the pretty words, Sailor Brat!" He released a massive amount of energy against her. She raised her wand and blocked him. They both released immeasurable amounts of energy against each other, but Sailor Moon had found a new limit that Malachite had not counted on. She was angry, hurt, tired, vengeful, in love, alone, and accompanied by her friends; she exploded. The energy released from her fiery spirit consumed him.

Dear reader, again I apologize for my inability to continue my duties. More time than I expected has passed since my last entry. Darien has been brainwashed by Baryl, and he has been serving on her side, but he was still loyal to our princess: he never let any true harm come to her.

Now, we’ve left the Arctic and are in Baryl’s throne room. The four faithful sailor solders that accompanied my princess are dead, and my princess is about to face her true love in a battle for the universe.

"Destroy her!" Baryl ordered, and Darien raised his sword against her. Serena did not move. She stared straight at him with her eyes reflecting all the pain she felt inside. Darien let his sword come down crashing. It came as close to her as it could without harming a hair on her head. She opened the locket, and as the music began to play, a hologram of a dancing couple began to follow the revolving moon. Sailor Moon looked into Darien’s dead black eyes and said,

"I still love you too." She smiled as the tears rushed down her face. He whipped them away, but as his hand reached her chin, he proceeded to chock her. "Darien!" she gasped, "This is going to…really-really hurt you in-in the morning, but…but you leave me no-no choice! MOON TIARA MAGIC!" Her tiara circled around his arms and tightened itself until he could no longer harm her. Slowly, it disappeared. "I love you, and I refuse to give up on you!"

"Serena? Is that you?" he asked confused, as her words began to penetrate the hard shell of Baryl’s brain washing.

"Yes. Everything is going to be OK."

"You-you are my Princess!" he said as he began to remember. "I nearly killed you, and you still love me."

"I know it was against your will."

"Darien, I am your only regent!" Baryl barked as she began to take hold of Darien!

"I will love you no matter what."

"I command you to kill her!" Baryl screamed.

"Do what your heart tells you." Serena pleaded softly. A wicked smile crawled on Darien’s lips.

"Don’t worry I will!" He approached Sailor Moon as to attack. He formed a rose of fire in his hand and threw it at the unaware Baryl. Serena smiled as she saw the red petals. "You are in my heart! I could never harm you." He held her tight and desperately kissed her burning lips. Baryl recovered from the attack and threw a blast of black energy at the young lovers. Darien fell in pain. Serena lifted her wand and yelled,

"Cosmic Moon Power!" Baryl retreated nearly destroyed. "Darien?" Sailor Moon pleaded.

"Why-why is it that we always seem…to be left alone when I can’t –can’t hold you?" he teased.

"You are going to be ok. I’ll make sure of that." Tears began to fall down her cheeks and the Crystal began to glow with love energy.

"Hey, did I ever tell you how sexy you look when you worry over me?" he teased as he tried to pretend that he was not that badly injured. Serena was not fooled.

The ground began to shake as Baryl, possessed by the Negaverse, prepared to attack. The Crystal surrounded the two lovers with a protective shield. The shield took the form of an ice crystal, which bloomed like a flower, when Princess Serenity of the Moon was ready to attack.

The Crystal surrounded us, and let us back home.

"Come on you sleepy head! We’re going to be late for school!" A male voice said as he pulled me out off bed. I fell on the floor making a large thump. I looked at my aggressor, who was smiling cheerfully at me. Suddenly, I realized it had not been a dream. I WAS SAILOR NENA!