AN: I am trying to update as much as I can, each chapter shouldn't take more than three days to be put up. I have made this chapter longer as requested, so please R&R and enjoy!

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Chapter three: An Eventful Day

The Kingdom of Crystal Tokyo shook violently and the King and Queen glanced at each other before being thrown to the ground by the sudden disturbance. This, they were sure, was not an earth quake, but was the kingdom under attack? As the Palace steadied to a rhythmic pulse and then died to a smooth vibration the King rushed to his daughter's room along the way being coated in light ruble from threatening arch ways. He swung the door open and felt his heart stop when he found the room lacked the presence of his only daughter.

'It..It's probably nothing' He thought to himself 'She must have been wandering the halls or maybe in the garden' He reasoned. Though deep in his gut he knew there would be no sleep for him tonight, as his daughter, the princess of Crystal Tokyo, was missing.

"Serenity" King Endymion said to his shaken wife as he entered the room.

"Serenity the kingdom is not under attack…perhaps it was an earth quake, but-

"It was not an earth quake" A voice interrupted "It was your daughter, small lady"

Both the King and Queen turned to see Setsuna standing in the door way. "Your majesties" She said with a small bow.

The King and Queen listened in numbness as Setsuna recapped what had happened with Rini, their faces growing more worried with each sentence. "Small lady somehow over ruled my powers and was sent to the past as she had wished" She concluded.

Silence..

Sestuna shifted in her seat, as if bringing the King out of his reverie he spoke.

"You're saying our daughter defied your powers?" He said in a deadly calm voice. Setsuna's eyes widened as she realized the King intended to blame her for this incident.

"Well yes I suppose you could say that..though-

"There will be no excuses" The King snapped "You are the Guardian of time, your job is to make sure only those worthy may pass through the gates, If you are not able to keep a teenage girl in her own time then you Setsuna are dismissed from your duties, you may go"

Setsuna and the Queen gasped.

"Setsuna.." The Queen started

"As you wish your majesty" Setsuna said standing and bowing, she exited the room.

Serenity turned and glared at her husband "Are you mad!" She said "How could you do that, Setsuna is a wonderful trustworthy Time Keeper, how dare you even speak to her that way!" "Her job is not yours to dismiss her from"

Endymion opened his mouth to speak but the Queen covered it with her hand as she continued. "Now without a Time Guardian ho knows what kind of beasts and monsters could travel time as they please. Really Endymion, I sometimes wonder if you even have a brain"

And with that she stood up as gracefully as ever and practically floated out of the room leaving a stunned and confused Endymion on the sofa.

Serenity knocked at Setsuna's door and slowly pushed it open as she poked her head inside.

"Hello, may I come in Setsuna?"

"Of course, you are always welcome" She said with a smile

"I am sorry for the Kings behavior, as you know he has not yet figured out the purpose of that big grey organ in his head" Serenity said rolling her eyes.

Setsuna laughed "I understand he is just upset about Rini, I myself am taking it hard, I can not imagine the kind of worry you must be experiencing"

Serenity smiled "I'm sure she will be fine, she knows she can return at any time with her time key…speaking of time I do not usually over rule King Endymion's choices but you have by no means lost your place as time keeper, he just does not realize we can not put a 'Help Wanted' sign outside the palace for this" Serenity said laughing.

Setsuna joined the laughing as the two women stood and left the room together to discuss the situation with Rini over lunch.

Meanwhile In Elysian

Rini had awoke 10 minutes earlier under a beautiful tree and had been walking aimlessly ever since.

"Ohh, where am I" Rini said rubbing he eyes in frustration. She knew she was in Elysian by all the gorgeous flowers and landscaping, what she didn't know was how to find civilization! The hem of her jade satin dress was taking on a dirty worn look and her feet felt sweaty and blistered in her heels.

"Stupid 'Princess wear', why can't I just wear normal clothes" She said taking off her shoes to carry them. Continuing her walk bare foot made things a bit more enjoyable as she started to 

take in the scenery and scent of flowers. But after what seemed like hours she had become extremely annoyed. "Where the hell is everyone!" She said out loud, "Would someone just come show me the way!" Then as if by magic she saw a little boy and girl playing together in a field not too far ahead. "Praise the lord" she muttered.

As she approached the children they seemed to brighten and rushed over to greet her.

"Hi there" She said to them smiling

"Hi" The children both said at once

"My name is Rini, what are your names?" She asked kneeling down so she was eye level with them.

"Ella" said the girl "And he's Andrew, he's real shy" she said giggling as the boy blushed.

Rini chuckled and stood up "You wouldn't happen to know where the town, or whatever it is you call it here, is would you?"

Both children nodded furiously, turned around and bolted in the other direction. Rini, caught off guard started stumbling after them until they made it to a small outdoor palace like place.

"Wow" Rini breathed "It's beautiful." She followed the children as they lead her through this place nodding occasionally to passing men and women. Everyone, she noted, was well dressed. Rini wondered what the occasion was or if maybe it was just everyday dress wear here. Thankful for once that she had to wear the clothes that she did, she continued strolling through this sanctuary until the children suddenly stopped.

Rini, a bit confused, also stopped to see what was wrong. But as soon as she opened her mouth to question the abrupt stop she saw the children bow as Helios himself passed by, his arm laced through that of another woman. Helios continued walking as he did not so much as acknowledge the presence of her or the children, she clenched her fists at this and also at the 

fact that her Helios was with that woman. Then as quickly as they had stopped, the children once again resumed their walk.

After about 5 minutes they arrived at a small door that the little boy gently pushed open. They were greeted by the warm aroma of vanilla and cinnamon, and as they entered the house the smell of beef stew also teased their noses.

"Mother? Mother we are home!" The boy said

"Well you two are early aren't you, dinner will be ready in just a minute loves.." The woman cut off as she stepped into the room. "Oh dear you should have told me we had company" She said blushing as she tried to figure out how she was going to expand the stew enough to make another bowl for their unexpected guest.

"Mom this is Rini, we found her wandering the fields alone and she looked pretty lost so we brought her home with us…are you mad?" Ella said nervously fidgeting with the button on her dress.

The woman laughed "I'm not mad at all, it was very nice of you to show her around. Now go wash up before dinner" She told her children playfully flicking their noses.

The Kids scampered off as the woman gestured Rini to sit down.

"I'm afraid I don't remember seeing you before, and since Elysian is not exactly a known place I'm interested in finding out where you came from" The woman said.

"..Well actually I am the daughter of Queen Serenity, of the moon" She may not have told the truth but she didn't lie. She was the daughter of Queen Serenity, just not in this century.

The woman's eyes widened to a point that made Rini nervous "But I thought the Princess was traveling the constellation with her mother right now"

Rini gasped. How was she going to talk her way out of this? "Well I um..Imnotreallyfromthistimeperiodsee." Rini blushed as she thought of how big an idiot she must look like.

"I'm..sorry I didn't quite catch that"

Rini took a deep breath "I am Princess Serenity, daughter of Neo Queen Serenity. But I come from the 30th century" She said chewing her lip so hard she was practically breaking skin.

The woman's jaw dropped all the way down to the floor. "And just what are you doing here in this time? Is there something terribly wrong in the future? Is the world coming to an end? Am I the only one who can save the world? Noooo my stew is burning!" She said running to the kitchen.

Rini stared at the doorway that the semi hysterical woman had just run through. 'That was some outburst' she thought. Still worn out from the days activities Rini heaved herself up and entered the kitchen leaning in the door way.

"Everything in the future is perfectly fine and there is no need to worry, I am simply here for….a visit." Rini said carefully.

"I see.." The woman brightened "Well in that case you are welcome to stay here during your visit, that is if you do not already have a place".

"Actually I don't, I am very grateful for your kindness" Rini said, then slowly added "If you don't mind I would like to take a walk..get to know this place a little better".

"That is perfectly fine, but please try to be back before it gets too dark"

"Sure thing, I won't be gone too long".

Leaving the house Rini decided to walk the same way she had seen Helios go just an hour ago. It was already beginning to get dark but she still had about 15 minutes left. There didn't seem to be anyone else out and she figured people just turned in early around here. As she was about to turn around and head back to the house she saw a dim light emitting from what looked to be a tool shed.

Her interest being sparked she began walking toward the shed. Then, so soft she couldn't be sure it was really there, she heard a woman cry out. Rini immediately quickened her pace as she neared the shed. Once about 3 yards away she ducked under a window so as not to be seen. Then slowly she let her eyes barely look over the edge. As soon as she saw what was taking place inside she felt more nauseous than she could ever remember and she had to use all her might to stifle the scream that danced behind her lips…

AN: You got to love cliff hangers! R&R and maybe I'll tell you what happens :P