*Note* The Silver Crystal Japanese name--Ginzuishou is used, as well as the Black Crystal (Kurozuishou). Sailor Andromida (Mistress of
Dead Time) is my own Character, her attacks and transformations are my own too. The song extaction at the end comes from "Moonlight
Desetsu". If you would like to use Sailor Andromida, please contact me at cataluna@innocent.com



A bright moonbeam shone into Chiba Mamoru's bedroom window, the light from it was so brilliant, it
caused him to awaken.
Sitting up in bed, he saw something like silver glitter and white mist stir around the moonbeam. A
figure of a girl began to appear against the light. A fluted voice followed, "Mamo-chan".
   "Wha---?" Blinking hard a couple of times, Mamoru again looked at the girl, this time he could see
the Odango-Atama hairstyle worn by the girl, giving away who she was. "Usako!" Mamour
whispered, and then again much louder.
The silhouette of Tsukino Usagi began fading in and out of the moonbeam as cloud cover set in.
"Mamo-chan, I haven't got much time, please help me be free again. Find the Ginzuishou and bring it
to me. Please Mamo-chan, I need it to live. The Sailor Star will guide you to it and moonbeam will
shine brighter than ever before once you have found it. . ." With that, the moonbeam disappeared as
quickly as it had came. Cloud cover had completely hidden the moon.
   "Usako!" Mamoru cried, reaching out to where Usagi's image had been standing.
Sometime later, Mamoru laid back down, thinking of his Moon Princess. "On behalf of the moon,
you shall be free again, Usako." A lone tear tracked down his cheek. He soon fell asleep. Again,
wondering where to start looking for the Ginzuishou and his Princess.

The next morning, Mamoru awoke with a clouded mind, thinking of Usagi and the strange dream he
had of her giving him the simple orders to find the Ginzuishou and to set her free. But as he made his
bed, he noticed the silver glitter on the floor near his window. Moving there, he bent down and swept
most of it up in his hand. He noticed it was much to fine to be silver glitter---it was almost like dust.
A flashback of his past and of the Moon Kingdom rand through his mind: Back in the time of the
Silver Millennium, he and Princess Serenity had danced for hours under pinkish-silver stardust
which fell from shooting stars and lit up by the light of the moon. It had been so romantic to
see her with the stardust in her hair and on her soft pale skin. It had made her more beautiful
and loving her all the more mystical. And then the evil Neagverse attacked without warning,
shattering her world and trying to break his strong bond with her. . .
Sweeping up the rest of the dust, he put it in a tiny jar and placed it next to the photograph of her,
before going to meet Chibi-Usa and the other Sailor Senshi.

"So you have no idea where to start looking for the Ginzuishou?" Kino Makoto asked as she stirred
the mixture of a cake she was making for Chibi-Usa and Usagi's birthday.
   "No, all I know is wah Usako told me. I have to follow the Sailor Star and the moonbeam will
shine brighter than before when I've found it, then she will be free," Mamoru recollected his
not-so-imaginative dream, as he stared out the window at nothing.
Aino Minako looked up from Makoto's jewellery box and glanced from Mamoru to Chibi-Usa. "If
we don't find Usagi-chan soon, she'll miss her birthday and we'll be powerless against the Negaverse
without her. Mako-chan, what are we going to do?!" Minako whined.
Hino Rei threw her manga aside, which she had been staring at for quite sometime, not bothering to
read it, or turn the pages. She was really worried about Usagi, but she didn't want anyone to know
just how close she and Usagi were, when all they could do was argue. "That's easy Minako-chan,
with Sailor Moon gone, I can finally lead the Sailor Senshi! Usagi-chan was a good leader, but she
was such a whiner and she always got us into trouble rather than out of it. And she was so clumsy!"
   Stealing a bit of cake mixture from Makoto's bowl, Chibi-Usa got down off the cooking top. She
sent her Luna-P Ball flying toward Rei, so it hit her on the head.
She stuck her tongue out at Rei. "Plth, plth! Rei-chan you just want to be leader because you're
jealous of Usagi-chan and so selfish! She's Sailor Moon---the Moon Princess, so she's the leader.
Besides I'm Sailor Chibi-Moon, so I should take her place!"
Rei got steamed, "No Chibi-Usa-chan, I'm older, I will!"
   "No me!"
   "No you don't!"
   "She's my mummy, so I get her place!"
Makoto and the other sighed as Chibi-Usa and Rei continued their argument.
Only minutes into the argument, Makoto changed the topic back to the Ginzuishou and Sailor
Andromida. "So when we find the Ginzuishou, how do we know that Sailor Andromida won't try to
steal it from us? And what do we do with it to get Usagi-chan back to us?" She looked over to
Mizuno Ami and Luna. "Ami-chan should know the astrological system. Maybe she can tell us about
the Sailor Star and where it's found, but as for the Ginzuishour and Sailor Andromida, that's a whole
new ball game."
Hearing her name, Ami looked up from her lap-top computer. She had been listening to the
conversation and getting information and feeding it into the computer to find the co-ordinates of the
Sailor Star. "I'm way ahead of you Mako-chan. According to this data, the Sailor Star should show
tonight before it disappears back behind the moon for another one thousand years. It's the brightest
and closest star to the moon. So really we only have one chance in rescuing the Moon Princess, and
that's tonight."
   A disruption occured. Into the room burst Meiou Setsuna. Trying to catch her breath, she leaned
against the door.
Makoto looked at her. "What's the matter Setsuna-san?" She asked.
Setsuna struggled for her breath, "There's. . .something. . .happening. . .at the. . .Starlight Tower. .
.again." Taking a deep breath and standing up straight, she got her breath back.
The girls dropped what they were doing. "This is your chance girls!" Luna's voice rang out.
   "Yeah, if you hurry you might get there in time to defeat the Negaverse," Artemis put in.
   "Right!" Everyone said at once.
They transformed. . .even Mamoru turned into Tuxedo Kamen.

Losing no breath at all, the Senshi glared up at the tower, it seemed to have black lightning spark and
ziap around it, and balck ice was beginning to form. Tuxedo Kamen made his way to the entrance,
he had the feeling it was still mocking him.
The Sailor Senshi looked at each other and followed him inside, they had a duty to serve and protect
the Moon Princess and the Ginzuishou no matter how great the danger, but last week they had failed.

                                *      *       *      *

Up on the top floor, Tuxedo Kamen had a quick flashback of being in the tower once before: It was
the first time he had really seen Usagi for who she was, Sailor Moon and the Moon
Princess---Princess Serenity. When he was going to fight Zoicite alone, Usagi had followed
him and revealed to him her secret identity, and in turn he had no choice but to show her that
he was Tuxedo Kamen. Then when the seven rainbow crystals that he, the Sailor Senshi and
the Negaverse had collected, united as one with a single tear from Usagi, the Ginzuishou
appeared and placed Princess Serenity in Sailor Moon's place. . .
Sailor Chibi-Moon gasped as she saw Princess Serenity suspended in the air, limp and seeming to be
lifeless, like a marionetter. "Look everyone!" She pointed out, and ready to run to her.
Sailor Mars held her back. "Wait, I sence evil nearby and it's coming from the Princess."
   The Princess's eyes flew open, and she dropped to the ground, with delicate grace. A long
stemmed Negamoon scepter appeared infront of her, and the Kurozuishou was place in the center of
the upside down black moon crescent.
   "Hahahahmn, so the Sailor Failures decided to show up after all. I'm here for my Ginzuishou and
I'm not leaving without it!" Princess Serenity laughed. She lifted her Negamoon scepter and let loose
some of the Kurozuishou's power.
   "Wait!" Sailor Chibi-Moon yelled. "I am Sailor Chibi-Moon, and in place of the future moon, I will
punish you!" She stepped forward and lifted her hands, her Moon Carillion appeared, the little bell on
the heart shape rang as she brought it down. "I don't want to this, but you leave me no choice,
because I stand for love and justice, and I've sworn to fight the Negaverse. . .Pink Sugar Heart
Attack!" She pointed her Carillion at Princess Serenity.
Princess Serenity zapped it with her scepter's power and the Carillion fell to the ground.
The Sailor Senshi stepped forward and used their attacks, but nothing happened.
   Nearly giving up hope, Sailor Chibi-Moon turned toward Tuxedo Kamen, looking for help. It was
then that a bright moonbeam shone on her and the the Sailor Star was in it's path.
Sailor Chibi-Moon began to cry, she didn't want to hurt Princess Serenity and she didn't want the
Negaverse to have her.
From her tears, came the Ginzuishou.
Sailor Chibi-Moon took it and transformed into Neo-Princess Serenity. Seconds later she got her
own Moon scepter, she placed the Ginzuishou in the scenter of the golden upright crescent. "Mother
I don't want to hurt you, but I've got to break the Negaverse's hold on you somehow, she held her
scepter up and cried; "Moon Princess Halation!" And pointed the Ginzuishou at her mother, the
power released and headed toward Princess Serenity.
Princess Serenity held up her Negamoon Scepter too, and yelled; "Negamoon Princess Halation!"
Letting the Kurozuishou's power out.
Both powers clashed together, fuesing with one another, trying to destroy the weakest power.
   Tuxedo Kamen feeling the love for both mother and daughter stepped forward and threw a rose at
Princess Serenity's feet. "Princess, look into your heart, you are truly a Princess of innocence and
purity, just because you have the Kurozuishou, doesn't mean you are evil."
With Princess Serenity destracted, the power weakened, the Ginzuishou's power, now strongest of
the two destroyed the Kurozuishou. The Negamoon scepter flashed and disappeared.
Princess Serenity was numb, she didn't know who she was or what she was doing, her body refusing
to do anything.
Neo-Princess Serenity used the Ginzuishou on her mother, trying to heal her.
Both Princesses transformed back to Sailor Senshi.
As Tuxedo Kamen held Sailor Moon close, he thought he saw Sailor Andromida disappear vowing
to get even and the Princess back.

It was late, Usagi was standing on the balcony of Mamoru's apartment looking toward Tokyo
Starlight Tower, it had gone back to looking normal and innocent, yet she couldn't help but wonder
how she had got there and how she came to serving the Negaverse.
From what she was told, she had been gone a week, the Sailor Senshi had tried everything to find
her, but it was the astrological system that had found her and gave the Sailor Senshi a way to find her
and release her. She just hoped that one day, someone would tell her what had really happened to
her.
Mamoru came up behind her. He tapped her on the shoulder, "Usako, make I have this dance?" he
asked as he turned Usagai around so she could see him.
Usagi nodded, and went into his open arms. She sung along to the music which she felt was written
for her and only her. "Mo ichido futari de weekend, kami-sama kaneate happy-end, genzai kako
mo, anata ni kubittake. . ." her voice faded as she looked into Mamoru's brilliant blue eyes.
   "Happy birthday Usako," Marmoru spoke softly and kissed her.
When the kiss ended, Usagi smiled.
They contuned to dance, and above them, shooting stars streaked the night sky and stardust fell,
being lit by the moonlight.