A/N notes. Based off the Japanese version after Sailor Moon Stars. I recently picked this up (9/2017) YEARS later after watching Sailor Moon Crystal- though it does not follow it. I'm currently updating. This story is currently incomplete. I do have an outline upon request. I'm on a Friday (or Saturday) update Schedule. I'm publishing a new chapter and editing an old one once a week from Chapter 21 on. On 12/22 Chapter 29 Uploaded, Chapter 8 edited.

Usagi gazed out the window to the full moon, like she did every full moon. It shown bright in the sky, floating above the tall buildings in Tokyo, rays bouncing off office buildings lighting the city in this soft white glow. She'd been drawn to the moon her entire life, and now she knew exactly why. In her dreams she kept seeing the distant past of her previous life where she had been a princess of a powerful kingdom. She kept seeing marble steps and iridescent lights that fell on the palace as if they were placed there like an ornate rug. Planned and perfect. When she closed her eyes; she could still hear the soft music coming from the open ballroom windows, and feel the cool air as it went through her brushed hair daring it to get out of place. She sighed, coming out of her thoughts and looked over at Luna, her dark colored cat, sprawled out over a cushy pillow and purring in her sleep. Usagi smirked, that old cat could sleep as deeply as she could.

She stood up and grabbed her brooch from the bedside table. It had changed so much over the years finally to settle with the winged heart shaped, a the large Imperium Silver Crystal sitting in the middle. The colors did not reflect the pain, or the long dangerous life that she had lived so far at a mere 18. The more she thought about it the more burdening it came. Not that she would ever tell the scouts that she just wanted to throw it in the ocean, walk away and be the teenager she should have been. Make friends that weren't protectors, laugh about dirty jokes, not be obligated to listen to the news to make sure there weren't any odd disturbances that could be some other evil force. She wanted to go back to the arcade and flirt with Motoki, the high school boy who worked at his father's arcade, and just be the naive girl she was back then. She didn't want to realize that she didn't have enough fingers and toes to count all her near death / death experiences. That was all worth another sigh.

The tree outside her window and the moonlight made an intricate display on her sheets and she traced the outline of the tree with her finger idly. Some part of her deep inside wanted to still be that princess before hand, wanted to have that first home that was torn away from her by an enemy compared to everything else seemed to be the least powerful. How many lives had been lost? But at the same time she selfishly thought 'How many of my dreams have been lost?' She drew her knees up to her chest,and rested her head, while staring at the brooch she still held in her hand.

She had some many questions about the past, and her future. She wondered, could she recreate that past, could the moon kingdom become the moon kingdom once more? Could the magic give the moon at atmosphere, could that little shiny crystal bring back relics from a thousand years ago. She wondered what she'd find if she got to go through the rubble of her home.

Could she go back?

The brooch made a glow that Usagi suspected wasn't the moon reflecting off of it. It was warm in her hand, the soft warmth of magic not hinting to what that "little shiny thing" (a comment from her brother) could do.

"Can I go?" She whispered to it.

It glowed.

Her blue eyes widened as she felt herself getting lighter and lighter then poof.

Thunk.

While the crystal was great for transportation, apparently it hadn't taken any courses on landings. Usagi brushed herself off and stood up and looked over the wasteland of her home.

There was no wind now, she was encapsulated by a bubble of air from the crystal itself. She placed it in her pink pajama pocket and and kept walking. She bent down placing her hand in the fine settled dust. She looked at the rock, shards of buildings and a piece of cloth that somehow was still there from over the years.

She remembered the last day clearly, as if it had happened a few minutes before. Havoc everywhere. She had been told by guards to stay inside the palace. She could hear the screams of the people, of Luna and Artemis, she saw the eyes of her peaceful mother go into fear. It's the first time she'd seen that expression from her in her life. Multiple people kept assuring he that everything would be okay, as they whisked her away from battle into her quarters where she was suppose to stay. She remembered dying that day, an experience beyond description.

A whole civilization crushed in mere hours was the result, the finality of war.

She walked on barefoot, her feet leaving small footprints in the fine dust. She rubbed her hands against some flat ground and could feel the cool marble against her hands. The pathway to the palace. That's what that huge pile of rubble was. It was her home at one point, a place she'd only remembered from dreams. She remembered mostly events involving Mamoru- balls where he had escorted her, hundreds of eyes drawn to her entrance. She remembered feeling so embarrassed, but standing proud. She remembered laughter and drinks fading into private moments and dances. She sometimes would glance at her mother- the queen, and see the small smile when their eyes would lock. Usagi knew that she was happy for her.

She wanted it back. She wanted it all rebuilt. And there was a flash of light from her pocket.

Dust lifted from the area immediately in front of her and then disappeared. She saw cracks in the marble pathway fill, and it begin to shine as if it where new. She see her reflection in it, with a slightly startled expression. Yet beyond the small area of the path was still the broad gray wasteland still of a world forgotten by all. She felt slightly dizzy and swayed for a second.

"Wow."

Her mind raced. Could she restore it? She grabbed her brooch from her pocket and stared at it intently. She had been linked to the magic crystal for years, but could never understand its secrets. Every-once in awhile it just showed her, giving her hints and instructions. Did the magic want this? Was she suppose to do this? Could this become a moon kingdom again?

She heard a piece of rubble fall to the ground and she spun around and saw the Senshi of Pluto.

"Shit!" She jumped and fumbled on her words for a second staring at the Senshi of time. She stood tall holding her large key staff, her emerald green a hair a sharp contrast to the gray land. Pluto watched bemusedly as Usagi tried to make herself slightly less shocked and more presentable, unconsciously dusting off her pink moon and star pajamas as if it would make her look less child-like.

"Setsuna-san! What what…are you doing here?"

"Just know Princess, this is being done for a reason. There are forces that want to know the secrets buried here."

"Buried?"

"They died with The Queen. Only legend remains."

"Where?"

"I do not know. The gate will not show it to me. Keep your eyes open." Pluto turned around raising her staff high in front of her, the red garnet glowing. In front of her opened a dark vortex, and she walked through the gate of time. Usagi was left with more questions than answers as she was transported back to her bedroom, from the crystal's powers.

Nights pass. Every night she restored something new. With focus she found that she could restore larger areas than the first night, but it was absolutely exhausting. Usagi did it all in secret, teleporting at nights after Luna had fallen asleep. Each day seemed to drain more and more out of her, she knew needed a break.

Usagi sat in front of her vanity, and let all her hair loose and began to brush it. Even the act of brushing her hair, usually a very relaxing task for her, seemed to be long and tiring. Yet, over the past few weeks her brain had just filled with more and more questions, and she could not quiet it enough to get quality rest even when she tried.

"Luna ?"

"Hrm?" The cat stretched its paws clawing slightly into one of Usagi's pink pillows.

"How big exactly was the moon kingdom?"

"exactly?" Luna stood up with a cat stretch and jumped onto the white vanity to look at Usagi.

"How many civilians?" Usagi put down her brush and pet Luna's ear gently.

"Civilians? Usagi? What are you wondering about?" Luna stepped away giving her a strange look.

"I just, I just am trying to understand how big the war was." Usagi shrugged.

"With the negaverse?"

"Yes, Luna."

"It was a hectic time back then. It wasn't just the negaverse, it was so many different things. Your mother tried so hard to hold it together, but when the Pluto colony fell…it just, it took a matter of days."

"How many? On Pluto alone?"

"Pluto, probably the size of what China is today in people. Usagi-chan, you have to understand, many many things went wrong then and it cost us."

"It cost them. We're still alive." Her voice was bitter. She picked up the pink brooch and looked at it for a second. "Luna," she picked the cat up "I'm going to show you something." With a flash of white light, they disappeared.

Usagi was much better with the transporting to the moon after a few times of practice and came down gracefully on the marble pathway.

There were streetlights, but they did not turn on. There was the gate, and a fence that surrounded the perimeter of what use to be the palace. There were steps that led to an empty archway with a pile of debris that seemed to be stories high.

"My stars! Usagi? You are rebuilding it?"

"No, it is."She pointed to the brooch. "It is very tiring. Luna, but look this way." She pointed away from the palace were rubble was as far as the eye could see.

"I was wondering around yesterday. I found bowls, spoons, a highchair for a baby. How many Luna? How many died here? This is a graveyard! All the planets are just graveyards! Serenity really did loose everything didn't she? Everybody did." Her head fell, she could feel the tears start to form.

"Usagi-chan, the scale was astronomical. This wasn't a civil war- it destroyed a whole galaxy. Except for that." She turned her head up to the earth, the blue light that shone above them in a magnificent display.

"I just, I knew that Luna. I knew that it was… but I see it now. I hear their screams in my sleep, I feel the power in my chest that I could have used but didn't know how to call it like I do now. I didn't know the words! Why wasn't I taught? Why couldn't I have helped then? I wasn't any older than this was I?"

"You were twenty . "

"I'm not even nineteen yet! Here! Why didn't … could I have changed things Luna?"

"Oh, oh, don't could things Usagi. You couldn't have. You didn't grow up in a time of war. The Senshi were trained but not in experience. The outers were much older- and Pluto, well she is Pluto. Uranus had training from the Civil war on her planet. There was politics abound. You weren't suppose to be an heir for at least another eight to ten years when she was planning on handing the kingdom on. She wanted you to start your family without the responsibility of the Kingdom, not to have the trouble she endured. It was a trying time. You didn't know your power because Serenity had it. Serenity, she, I honestly think now she didn't understand or comprehend the power like you do. She saw it in war. It scared her sometimes. She had nightmares about the wars that were going on before she ruled the land. She was a Senshi, and a good one. The enemy was people, even former friends. She saw it kill people she'd gone to school with. When she took it off the chain at night, she'd look at me sometimes and say 'Luna, Luna, how much longer can I put that thing on everyday. It holds to much pain.'"

"It does! The whole thing does and will forever! You don't have to wield this. You just watch ! It was a battle over it! This killed people as well as healed others. It is a two edged sword." She slumped and laid down looking at the earth. "Luna, I'm just realizing how complicated all this is. And Pluto warns of another force."

"Pluto? You've talked to her?" Luna stretched then settled down on her stomach with an inquisitive look.

"Briefly. She said there are secrets buried here."

"The entire Kingdom had its secrets Usagi. You don't have politics without secrets."

"Something somebody evil wants. Some power, something special. Something like the Imperium Silver Crystal that made this graveyard. And I've been given the task of building the castle again and finding those secrets."

"The Castle was a myriad of secrets Usagi. Everything seeped in tradition, cultures and politics. Everything was done so specifically. Bow here, smile here, curtsy here. Dress well, waltz well, smile well and be very diplomatic. Sit down, talk about your side without giving anything away that they don't already know, and acting knowledgeable about them to see if you pick up any information. Each object tried to make some statement, some knowledge. Everything had to represent something else. Nothing was just beautiful or just dangerous. We were at peace, Serenity was truly a wonderful Queen, but it didn't mean that there weren't flare-ups. And information shared with the Marsian government may not be the same as the Neptunian government."

"Just you talking about it gives me a headache."

"Oh, you hated history with a passion. But you were a good diplomat. Amazingly good. Your mother was proud of how you settled things and how you brought your Senshi together. Yours were bound by friendship and trust. Hers were bound by necessity and duty."

"I wish they didn't have the sense of duty that they have for me."

"Its not duty. You know its love."

She sat up and Luna fell into her lap. Even though her bones almost hurt from exhaustion, She held her brooch out towards the castle and pink light cascaded from it. In the distance shimmered the front of the palace, appeared. Luna gasped. "That is…amazing.

"It's all I can do for the night. Its beautiful, but exhausting. When I finish, I'll have to bring the Senshi. All of them"

"It is a starting point to a new future."

Usagi shook her head. "Luna, lets just go home."