A.N.: I just have to say… as you well know nothing that is familiar belongs to me just whatever pops out of my head next. Thanks for reading. As always, any suggestions, comments and POLITE criticism would be welcome. Any flames will be used to make s'mores. This is my first chapter hope you guys enjoy.

Chapter 1

Usagi sat up in a tree watching for the other Senshi. She had arrived early for once. After the last battle, she had vowed to turn over a new leaf; she couldn't watch her Senshi die again.

She had gone looking for Rei, whom she found deep in concentration, doing a fire reading. She was so focused on the fire in front of her; she didn't even notice Usagi in the background. Finally, sweating, Usagi went outside for fresh air. It wasn't too long before Usagi found herself up a tree.

Usagi looked around. Her perch gave her a great view of the grounds surrounding the temple. She was not only looking out for not only the Senshi, but Luna and Artemis as well. They had left for some reason or another a couple of weeks ago, and were supposed to be coming back soon.

Usagi watched as Mako, Mamoru, Minako, and Ami showed up. Usagi was about to climb down and join them when Rei came out. She slammed the door and growled.

"What's the matter hot head? Trouble with your fire?" Minako jeered.

"Shove it Minako," Rei snapped back, "Before I make you regret being able to speak."

Usagi was shocked; this wasn't the way her Senshi acted.

"Can we just focus?" Makoto frowned.

"If she's late again…." Ami said viciously. Usagi was really surprised at this since Ami had always been the quiet one.

"Calm down My Little Snowflake," Mamoru put his arms around Ami and gave her a passionate kiss on the lips. Usagi felt like a dagger had been jammed into her heart. How could they do that to her? She…They….When did this happen?

"How long do we have to keep pretending to like that idiot?" Rei asked.

"We still need her. Right now she's the only one who can work The Crystal. We need her until we can either figure out how to harness the power or until she gives birth to that little brat. Then we can harness the girl's powers," Ami sighed, "You think it's easy for me watching her hang all over my man?"

Usagi quickly climbed down the tree and stood at the trunk. "Is that all you want of me?" she asked quietly.

They all jumped out of their skins and turned to face Usagi. Mamoru quickly dropped his arms from around Ami and strode over to Usagi.

"No Odango," he said comfortingly. He reached out to take her but Usagi stepped back, tears streaming down her face. She looked from one Senshi to the next, searching for a friendly face. When she saw that each one was hard, and set, she hung her head.

"No use trying to convince you otherwise," Ami said a cold smile on her face, "Now that you know the truth what will you do?" When Usagi said nothing, Ami went on, "You'll cry and act like a baby, and give us the silent treatment. But eventually you'll see our logic. You aren't fit to be leader. You can hardly keep us, your 'greatest friends' alive. So how are you supposed to stay alive long enough to bring about Crystal Tokyo?"

"But I thought…."

"Well you thought wrong." Makoto snarled, "I've died so many times to save your sorry ass and you can't do the same for me? You are weak Usagi. Too weak to make any difference."

"The only reason we've stayed loyal this long is because of your birthright. You are The Princess. But then again I wonder," Minako said cruelly, "She might have tricked The Crystal into believing that she's The Princess."

"She'd need a fair amount of power to do that. What I wonder is who really defeated all those enemies. We can hardly believe she did it and we were more often that not either somewhere else….or you know DEAD!" Minako sneered the last part.

Usagi turned to leave but Mamoru blocked her path. "Where do you think you're going? Don't forget you have a duty to me. The title of King will be mine." He reached a hand out towards Usagi. Feeling rage build up inside her, Usagi grabbed his arm and threw him over her shoulder, planting him on his back.

"Don't touch me," Usagi said venom in her voice. She wiped tears out of her eyes with one hand.

"Where'd you learn that?" Rei said surprise evident in her voice.

"I…don't…know…." Usagi said equally astonished. She turned to leave again when Ami spoke up.

"Where do you think you're going?"

"Away from here," Usagi said quietly.

"If you think you're leaving here with The Silver Crystal, you'd better think again," Ami held out her hand as if waiting for Usagi to hand it over.

"You guys said it was my birthright as The Princess. Wherever I go it goes. If you'd like it, you can come and claim it. Over my dead body."

"We can arrange it if you'd like." Minako said. As if on cue, each one transformed, leaving four Senshi and one tuxedoed man. The Inner Senshi began throwing attacks at their former leader. Surprisingly, she easily dodged them.

A rose flew out of nowhere and sliced Usagi across the back. Now weakened, it was harder to dodge the attacks. She was only hit a couple of times, and even then, they were weak, but they still hurt. Usagi was growing progressively weaker. Usagi watched as Rei readied for her Mars Flame Sniper. The Flame Arrow was on its way when Usagi heard a voice she hadn't heard in a long time.

"World Shaking!" The energy sphere collided with the weak arrow, and dispersed it. Sailor Uranus was suddenly there, next to Usagi. Unable to remain conscious any longer, Usagi fell into darkness.

"What's going on here?" Uranus asked.

"It was horrible," Ami wailed her eyes big and round, "Something possessed Usagi and began fighting against us. We tried to refrain from fighting her but, the monster said that it would consume Usagi if we didn't get it out of her, she'd die and it would take over her body!"

Uranus looked at all the Senshi suspiciously. She picked up Usagi and looked at her injuries. She knew she would have to get her treatment quickly if the damage was to be repaired, if it could at all. She decided she could question the other Senshi later. She quickly got Usagi in her car and was at the house she shared with the other Outers in no time.

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Hotaru saw Haruka pulling in and smiled running down the steps. She flung open the door and went to greet Haruka.

"Listen Firefly," Haruka said urgently, not letting the child see the injured Princess, "Go find Michiru and Setsuna. Bring them to my room. I need to see them immediately. Then I want you to go play outside. It's very important that you do this quickly understand?"

The child got a serious look on her young face, nodded, and then ran out the door. Haruka set Usagi down on the couch and sat on the arm. While she waited for the others, she took out a first-aide kit in an attempt to lessen Usagi's wounds.

Michiru opened the door and said, "Haruka what's so- Oh my God!" She rushed to Usagi worry etched all over her face. Setsuna soon followed with a similar reaction.

"What are we going to do?" Michiru asked.

Hotaru stepped forward, a determined look on her face. She went to Usagi, ignoring the protests of the others. She held her hands over the battered body and the others could feel the raw power radiating from the young child.

The others stood back. "How did this happen?" Michiru wanted to know.

"Some sort of youma possessed her and was draining her life-force while slowly taking control of her powers," Haruka said staring at the unconscious princess.

Hotaru slumped over, seemingly exhausted. The others rushed to her. Hotaru's eyes looked confused, but her face remained as stony as ever. She stood, still feeling a bit weak. Setsuna helped her up to her room, insisting that she lay down.

"She completely drained herself," Setsuna said, coming back from Hotaru's room "But it looks as though she healed her."

Usagi stirred and sat up slowly. She looked around and looked frightened. The three Outers stood and rushed to the couch. Usagi looked even more panicked and tried to back away.

"Not you guys too," Usagi cried, "I can't lose you guys too!"

"Lose us?" Haruka said, "You aren't going to lose us. What makes you think you will?"

"I've already lost the others," she cried softly. After being prompted by The Outers, Usagi went through the entire encounter with the Inners. After she was finished, The Outers wore identical looks of fury.

"How could they do this?" Haruka said seething, "They swore oaths!" Haruka began pacing agitatedly.

"Leave that for later," Michiru said gently, "We need to figure out what we do next. Usagi can't go home like this it will raise too many questions."

"May I use your phone?" Usagi asked. When she was given the permission, she called her house and explained that she was going to stay at a friend's house for a few days. Her voice was convincingly cheery, unless you saw the look of despair on her face.

"It's taken care of," Usagi said in a dull voice.

"So it's settled," Setsuna said, "Usagi will stay with us until she heals."

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After a couple days Usagi was healing quite well. Her parents were quite happy to let their daughter stay with a famous violinist and her friends. Everyone was getting along nicely as well. When Hotaru didn't have lessons, she spent time with Usagi. One day, she and Hotaru were playing outside in the front yard when a familiar shadow fell across the both of them.

"I thought you'd be here," Usagi looked up and cried out when she saw Mamoru.

"Go inside Hotaru," Usagi said. She gave the seven-year-old a gentle shove towards the house. Hotaru went inside and went directly up to Michiru's room. The young woman was practicing her violin. She got up immediately when Hotaru burst into her room. Seeing the girl's panicked look, she quickly followed her outside.

"What do you want with me?" Usagi asked.

"The Silver Crystal of course." Mamoru said stepping toward Usagi. He held out his hand and Usagi felt as if she were being torn in two.

"What…are…you-?" Usagi choked out.

"Taking The Crystal."

"No…" she said weakly before blacking out.

"DEEP SUBMERGE!" Neptune shouted attacking Mamoru with all her might. He was thrown off his feet, both by the power of the attack and the emotional force behind it.

He stood smiling, "You can't be around her all the time. I will come for her then." Then he disappeared.

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"We need to go somewhere where he won't be able to follow," Michiru said.

"If he can't walk he WON"T be able to follow," Haruka said murderously.

"Hotaru isn't strong enough to heal her again. Our Princess needs us. She needs all of us. We need to go somewhere where she can be safe and be healed."

"I know of a place," Setsuna said quietly, "but we have to get there quickly."

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"Are you sure we're safe here?" Haruka whispered carrying the unconscious form of their princess. They had just teleported themselves right in front of a grand castle.

Setsuna nodded, "Dumbledore said we were welcome here any time if necessary." She stepped up to the great doors and knocked loudly. They waited for a little while and Setsuna knocked again.

"If they don't open the damn door," Haruka growled, "I'll blast it in."

A transparent head poked through the door, causing the company to jump. Haruka growled as the head stated, "There will be no need for that. I am Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington. And I was sent direct route to tell you the Headmaster welcomes you and wishes me to take you where you need to go."

Haruka leaned towards Michiru slightly, "Is that a ghost? Or is carrying Koneko putting that much of a strain on me?"

"I think that was a ghost. And she hardly looks like she could put a strain on someone so strong as you," Michiru said smiling sweetly.

"She's much heavier than she looks," Haruka said, "Unless she's got bricks in her pockets."

"Knowing her it would be bricks of chocolate."

The ghost led the group up to the hospital wing and Haruka, tired from the climb and carrying Usagi, collapsed in a chair by the bed after laying the still sleeping princess on the bed.

"Might I ask what the meaning of this is?" a frazzled-looking woman asked storming out of an office adjoining the hospital wing. Se looked as though she had just woken up, and it was with some guilt that the Senshi noted the seemingly late hour.

"We are truly sorry Ma'am," Michiru said, trying to be diplomatic, "Our friend has been hurt, and we're not quite sure what happened. We were hoping you could help her somehow."

The woman took in the young woman lying on the bed and calmly took out a stick. She waved it a little over Usagi and a blue light appeared to be scanning her from head-to-foot. The woman was mumbling to herself and nodding.

"Nothing serious," the woman said, "She'll need a few potions and some rest to rebuild her magical strength. Strange, my readings indicate that before she came here, her levels were critical. Something managed to fill her with enough to just barely keep her alive. Its impossible for me to tell that it is thought," she ended disappointed.

"How can you tell all this?" Michiru asked suspiciously.

"I can tell that she needs to rest because looking at her stores, they are severely depleted. I can tell that someone was helping her because there is a foreign magical signature in her."

"Can you trace it?" a voice said from the doorway. Everyone turned to face the voice. It was a woman with square glasses and even though it was in the middle of the night, her hair was tight in a bun, not a hair out of place.

"No," the healer sighed, "I've never seen magic like this before."

The woman with glasses turned to face The Outer Senshi. She scrutinized them for a bit then said, "Would you care to join the Headmaster in his office?" The Senshi glanced at Usagi in the bed and nodded.

She led them through the hallways. None of them could really take it in all that well. McGonagall was walking at such a quick pace; they all had a hard time keeping up. Haruka noticed Hotaru was having an especially hard time, so she lifted the child up onto her back and carried her.

They were soon led to an office with many portraits hanging on the wall. There were a couple knick-knacks that none of them had seen before. Behind the desk sat an old man.

Both Haruka and Michiru looked around for the source of snore-like noises. Hotaru quickly climbed off of Haruka's back and went to stand next to the portraits. She poked one and its occupant squawked indignantly.

"Whatcha think you're doin'?" the voice actually came from the portrait. Hotaru jumped slightly and stepped back. Haruka and Michiru were speechless, but Setsuna, who looked not the least bit surprised, stepped forward.

"We apologize," Setsuna addressed the occupant of the painting, "She was just curious."

The woman in the painting huffed and closed her eyes to go back to sleep. Some of the other portraits had woken up and were giving the four girls scrutinizing looks. The man behind the desk was looking on with an amused twinkle.

"Albus," McGonagall said approaching him, "This woman claims to know you." She gestured to Setsuna who was holding Hotaru in her arms.

"It's been a rather long time," the old man said to himself. He adjusted his half-moon spectacles and spoke to the small crowd, "I do indeed know her, although the last time I saw her was over fifty years ago. If I remember correctly, I owe her a favor."

"Fifty years?" McGonagall said surprised, "This girl can't be more than twenty!"

The man at the desk laughed, "Perhaps that was more than I was supposed to let on?" He looked at Setsuna, still smiling widely. Setsuna shook her head and sighed.

"I only look young," she offered no other explanation. She set Hotaru down and gave her a gentle shove towards Michiru. The child went wordlessly to her second surrogate mother and took a hold of her hand.

"There must be a reason you are here," the old man said.

"Actually," Setsuna said, "We are currently looking for sanctuary. We have a friend in your hospital ward right now due to… unforeseen circumstances."

The man smiled wider, "Minerva is to be trusted if that is your worry. And I think as Deputy Headmistress, she should be aware of the situation."

Setsuna nodded but looked at the other portraits warily. The Headmaster waved his stick and said, "They are no longer able to hear us." It seemed true too because each one of them seemed quite annoyed and a couple were adjusting hearing devices.

"We are from Japan," Setsuna began, "We belong to a team who use magic to protect people from harm in our area. Recently, some of our team has decided that our leader is less than worthy. So they tried to kill her. We came here after a former ally tried to kill her in front of our adopted daughter."

McGonagall looked thoughtful, "Albus? What are you going to do?"

Albus smiled, "I will allow them to remain, I owe them that much."

"I feel as though you aren't telling me everything," McGonagall sighed, "I suppose Albus knows best."

"Does that mean we can stay?" Michiru asked. When Dumbledore nodded, she smiled and said, "We thank you, all of us."

"There are two conditions however," Dumbledore said, "The first is: This is first and foremost a school. I expect those of you who are of the proper age, to participate in some level of learning. The others can find some other way to work their way in around here."

"And the second?" Haruka asked.

"I would like to know what we are to call you during your stay."

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Usagi woke up in a very unfamiliar room. She quietly climbed out of the bed she was in and analyzed the situation. She was in a crisp, white gown and she was barefoot. She stuck her head out of the curtains that separated her bed from the rest of the room.

She saw a room that looked like a hospital. There was a woman in an adjoining office. Usagi threw on her clothes that were lying by her bed. They were torn and had a bit of blood. I t wasn't too noticeable, better than the breezy hospital gown. Usagi snuck past the office and out the open door into the hallway. She looked both ways, each giving way to a long expanse of hallway, seemingly endless.

Usagi sighed and decided to find the nearest stairway. She began walking around aimlessly. She got the shock of her life when she found herself on a staircase that began moving when she was halfway down.

She put her hands over her head and squeezed her eyes shut. She stayed like that even after the staircase stopped moving, unsure what was going on. A hand on her shoulder made Usagi squeak and jump, toppling down a couple stairs. A gentle pair of hands caught her and stopped her from rolling down the other 30 or so stairs. Usagi opened her eyes a little and gasped.

"Mamoru?" Usagi asked her heart beating in her chest. She blinked and relaxed a little seeing it wasn't Mamoru.

"Seems like you hit your head pretty hard," the black-haired teen that caught her laughed.

"Eh?" Usagi said not understanding a word he was saying.

"Don't think she gets what you said mate," a new voice said. Usagi looked in the direction it came from. Her eyes fell upon a red head and a girl with long brown hair.

"What am I doing here?" Usagi asked the teenagers, "Where is here?"

All three looked at her confused. The red head leaned over to the girl with brown hair and said, "What did she say?" The girl with brown hair only shrugged.

Usagi felt so confused and overwhelmed and tired and scared and confused, she could feel tears beginning to well up in her eyes. She backed up to the banister and curled her legs up to her chest. A redheaded girl appeared out of nowhere and laid a comforting hand on Usagi's shoulder.

"Ginny where did you come from?" Ron asked his younger sister.

"While you guys were arguing about which way to best get here, I Flooed in and enjoyed a nice bottle of Butterbeer," she said without taking her eyes off the girl. She wore a gown similar to the ones given out in the Hospital Wing.

"Told you I heard someone spying on us," Hermione said.

"I never said you didn't," Ron shot back.

Usagi watched the exchange with scared and confused eyes. She had no idea what they were talking about. The words they spoke sounded like gibberish. The girl with red hair smiled at her warmly and pointed to herself, "Ginny."

She pointed to each of the other members in the group and said, "Harry, Hermione, Ron."

"Tsukino Usagi," she said quietly. Ginny made a move to help her up but the staircase moved. Usagi squeaked and covered her head again.

When the staircase stopped moving, Harry and Hermione noticed Madam Pomfrey standing at the top.

"Thank goodness I found you!" she gushed. She went to the girl and took her by the hand. Gently she tried to take her up the staircase and down the hall. "The Headmaster has asked me to bring you to his office right away if you were healthy enough. You seem healthy enough to me so let's go."

Not understanding what was happening to her, Usagi began resisting the strange woman.

"Let go!" she cried. She looked to each of the teenagers. "G-Ginny!"

The red-haired girl spoke to the strange woman, who let Usagi go and nodded. Ginny took her by the hand and motioned for Usagi to follow her. Still confused, but feeling as though Ginny could be trusted, she followed.

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"Poppy should be here any moment," McGonagall said looking at a grandfather clock in the corner.

"I hope Koneko is ok," Haruka murmured.

"She'll be fine," Michiru assured her, "She's tougher than most people give her credit for."

McGonagall and Dumbledore noted their change in language use but they let them speak amongst themselves. The door opened softly to reveal a group teenagers and Madam Pomfrey.

"Potter? Granger? Mr. and Ms. Weasley? What are you doing here?"

"We are escorting someone to your office," the girl stepped aside and let Usagi have a view of the office.

"Haruka! Michiru! Hotaru! Setsuna!" she rushed to them. Michiru gathered her in her arms.

"I was so afraid. I woke up and I was alone and I had no idea where I was or where you guys were. So I went looking for you and then I got lost and the stairs moved and then this lady tried to drag me here and I was so afraid!"

"Have any idea what she's saying?" Ron muttered to Harry.

"No and by the looks of it, neither do they," Harry responded pointing at the girls around the blonde. They looked just as confused as they felt.

McGonagall stepped forward and said, "I would like to welcome you young lady to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. I hope you take the knowledge you acquire here and use it to prepare you for your life as an adult."

Usagi looked confused at her Senshi, "What is she saying?"

"Usagi!" Haruka sighed, "Don't tell me you never learned English!"

Usagi made a pouty face and looked down fiddling with her fingers, "Fine then I won't tell you."

Michiru began laughing and explained, "It seems our companion doesn't speak English."

Ron snorted and McGonagall's mouth twitched a bit. "There is a simple spell that will enable her to learn the language quickly."

Dumbledore waved his wand and muttered a few words.

"What was that for?" Usagi whispered, "Is he crazy?"

Ron burst out laughing and the others tried to hold in their laughter. No one could tell what Headmaster was thinking but Usagi thought he looked friendly.

"What?" Usagi asked, "What's so funny?"

"Nothing," Hermione shook her head trying not to laugh.

"You speak Japanese?" Usagi asked accusingly, "All this time you spoke Japanese and you held out on me!"

Haruka began laughing now, "Koneko, I think now would be the best time to be quiet."

Setsuna looked as though she was trying not to laugh. She softly, "Your Headmaster here has cast a spell so that you could speak English without having to take the time to learn it."

Usagi looked confused but she nodded. She turned to face McGonagall and bowed, "Thank you."

"I do believe she's lost it," Ron whispered.

Usagi made a face at Ron and said, "Talking about people is rude ya know."

Hermione and Ginny laughed at both of them. Ginny went to Usagi and said, "Now that we can properly introduce ourselves, my name's Ginny. That git over there is my brother Ron. Next to Ron is Hermione and on the other side of her is Harry."

"Nice to meet you…eh properly that is." She looked at each one in turn. Her eyes fell upon Harry. Her eyes widened and she got closer to him just a little.

Ginny knew that Harry didn't like it when people made a big deal about him being The-Boy-Who-Lived. She groaned inwardly hoping it wasn't going to be too bad.

"Looks like you took quite a fall. That's why I always wear a helmet…" Usagi said smiling sweetly.

"Wha-what?" Harry said completely confused.

"A bike helmet," Usagi said, "I always wore one when riding my bike so I didn't get many cuts there." She pulled up her sleeve and showed off her elbow. She pointed to a tiny scar and said, "I got this the first time I went rollerblading. Every time after that, I wore elbow pads."

Ron looked confused, Dumbledore and McGonagall looked like they could hardly keep from laughing. Hermione and Ginny looked like they were going to die trying to hold in their giggles. Harry looked utterly astounded. He began laughing so hard tears were streaming down his face.

"Did I say something funny?" Usagi asked. Usagi and the Senshi stood there looking confused. Setsuna seemed to be the only one who knew what was so funny. Everyone else in the room was holding their stomachs with mirth. She looked around and her eyes fell on Dumbledore.

"Hello," Dumbledore said smiling at Usagi. Then in perfect Japanese he said, "We welcome you to our halls Princess."

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"Now you four," McGonagall said once Madam Pomfrey took The Senshi back to the hospital wing to find Usagi some clean clothes she could wear, "Might I ask why you are here during the summer? And I am also curious how you all got in without alerting me."

"The Shrieking Shack," Harry told her, "And we came to spend the afternoon in Hogsmead."

"And you decided to see if you could sneak into the teacher's rooms during the summer?" McGonagall asked smirking.

"To tell the truth we don't know why we came here. On minute Ron is feeding the Giant Squid and the next we saw Hermione walking up to the castle." Harry said.

Ginny added, "I woke up suddenly and I knew you guys were leaving. I took some of Dad's Floo powder and beat you guys here. I left when you guys were arguing about whether to Floo or fly. I followed you guys up to the castle to keep you out of trouble."

"Speaking of your father, I have a letter for him," Dumbledore pulled a letter from out of his desk and handed it to Ron, "Please make sure he gets it."

Back at the Burrow, Ron took the letter to his father. They found out the contents of the letter that night at dinner.

"Everyone," Mr. Weasley said, "Dumbledore has invited us to stay there for the rest of the summer."

"I wonder why," Ron said around his mouthful of food.

"Well he knows we could use the space and the security…" Mr. Weasley trailed off.

"And according to this," Mrs. Weasley looked over her husbands shoulder to read it, "There are a few guests there already that could use a bit of looking after. Apparently he would like someone to keep them company."

She set the dishes she had been carrying in the sink.

"That's strange," Lupin said carrying his plate to the sink as well, "People don't usually spend the summer at Hogwarts. Except Hagrid."

"I wonder what makes them so special."

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"Princess?" Setsuna put a hand on Usagi's shoulder. Usagi who had been staring into the fireplace, looked up at Setsuna.

"I don't think you need to call me princess here Setsuna," she smiled. It was not her usual face-splitting grin, but a small sad smile.

"You are our Princess no matter where we go," Michiru said. The others nodded.

"I know," Usagi sighed, "but you don't need to call me Princess."

"What should we do about the traitors?" Setsuna asked, "Lunarian tradition states that the ruling power, that would be you," she said to Usagi, "Is to pass judgment on any traitors to the Lunarian crown."

Usagi sighed. "I can't strip them of their birthrights. But I can take away the powers they gained by serving my family."

"Can't I just…" Haruka began but Michiru elbowed her in the stomach to cut her off.

Usagi got a far off look in her eyes. Setsuna, Michiru, and Haruka all saw it, but they weren't sure what to do about it. Hotaru came out of nowhere and climbed up on Usagi's lap. Usagi looked at her and smiled.

"I'm sorry," Usagi said.

Hotaru was the only one who didn't look confused. She nodded and hugged Usagi. Setsuna suddenly got a knowing look on her face. Michiru and Haruka looked at Setsuna with a curious look.

'Small Lady,' she mouthed silently. The others nodded and sighed.

A small crack surprised all five girls. They looked toward the source of the noise and saw a small creature with long ears. The creature bowed low and said, "How can I be of service?"

"Excuse me?" Usagi asked.

"The Headmaster has sent me to assist you in anyway that you need," the creature said.

"Can I get a cup of coffee?" Haruka asked.

"Me too," Michiru added and Setsuna nodded.

"Just a cup of hot chocolate for me," Usagi said. "And Hotaru here," she added after Hotaru tugged on her shirt a little.

The creature nodded and another crack was heard. Haruka shook her head, "Hard to believe that all this is true."

"What makes it so hard to believe?" Setsuna asked, "We've seen, done things that most wouldn't believe."

Usagi nodded and ticked a list off her fingers, "Our powers, empires on The Moon and other planets, the youma, aliens, time travel, a Pegasus that turns into a boy…"

Haruka smiled, "Okay, okay. I get it."

The creature returned and served them their respective drinks. He bowed low and asked, "Is there anything else I can do for you?"

"May we ask your name?" Usagi asked.

The creature seemed surprised. It smiled and said, "My name is Bitty."

"Bitty?" Usagi smiled, "I am Usagi. They are Hotaru, Michiru, Haruka, and Setsuna."

Bitty bowed and said, "It is nice to meet you all."

Haruka put her hand to her head and sighed, " I think things are going to be very different from now on."

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