Kon'wa! Here is chapter seven, possibly the last chapter, or close to it. I'm 

so glad you all like my story, and look out for more of my old ones to be finished as

well. Thanks goes to Lady Spring for posting this, and the smrff list for reading this 

and giving me feedback.



Standard...oh who cares?



Broken Dreams

Chapter Seven

by: Lazuli

<jupiterlightning@yahoo.com>



	I leaned aganist the side of the falling down remains of the palace. 

Everywhere I looked, there were people dead...their lives taken away from

them cruelly because of...what? Because I dared to love someone from the 

Earth? Dared to find the man whose soul was tied to my own?

	I felt Endymion come up beside me, and he knelt by the bodies of 

his generals, that were slain among my senshi. They killed eachother in the 

end. It was so unfair! Tears sprang to my eyes, but I pushed them far back, 

locking them away inside. This was no time for tears. Somehow, Endymion 

and I had to find Sailor Saturn. Otherwise we would all be stuck in this limbo. 

We would never have the chance to live on to a new life, the kingdom would 

be forever stuck in this dead state. I knew in my heart of hearts that the Moon 

Kingdom would not rise again, but at least there could be a chance for the 

Earth. Saturn could bring down her glaive, ending my misery, ending this 

death, and bringing on a new life. I prayed that we would uncover her soon.



	Saying it was so much easier than doing the task, though. We 

first had to bury our dead. So, so many....I felt my heart break over and over

as we said goodbye to our friends again and again. If it was not for Endymion,

then I surely would have gone insane and killed myself. But to leave my

friends, those I loved and cared for in this state of limbo was unthinkable.

	Endymion was quiet, too, but I could tell his heart was on the 

Earth were his kingdom lay in ruins as mine did. I wondered how his body

could be on the Moon with mine, when his sleeping body had been on the 

Earth. He just smiled and said something about my mother. I was glad he

spoke no more, for at that time we were carrying her body to the remains

of the Crystal Spiral Temple. The ginzishou hung around my neck on a 

delicate silver chain. The power in it was all but gone, but I felt it warm

aganist my skin, my own power connecting to it. I hoped that I would not

have to use it anytime soon.



	Once the rites had been performed, I fell into a state of semi-shock.

Endymion had his arms constantly wrapped around me as I tried to make

my mind work, to use the power to get myself to Saturn...the dead planet.

I was no longer afraid of the planet. I had seen too much death, handled it

myself, and held myself responsible for all that had happened. All the

planet would hold for me now was comfort, and relief of life. 



	Power flared around Endymion and I as we transported ourselves

to Saturn. I was not prepared for the mass destruction on the planet. I knew

Saturn had not done this, not without risk of her own life, but it was as dead

of a planet as the Moon or the other planets in the Silver Millennium. I 

despaired of finding her here... how could one find a single person in this 

lifeless land? The ginzishou flared around my neck, and I was startled to

see a small purple glow in the distance, much like a steady light. Could

it be Saturn? There could be no time for doubting. I walked toward that

light, forgetting that I was still alive, that I was still subject to hunger and

pain and sadness. I was only able to walk a few miles before I collapsed

on the ground in front of a peasants house. There wasn't much of it. It

looked like an overgrown fireplace. The edges were burned black, and 

I feared going in. I was not sure if I would find anybody in there or not.

	"Do not worry. All lives that were on this planet were already

moved on. You will not find a single body. I made sure of that."

	I whirled around at the voice, clinging on to Endymion for 

support as we faced a young girl with purple-black hair and dark eyes.

She seemed weary, but her eyes were not the carefree eyes of youth.

She looked as if she had seen more in her short lifetime that most people

see in years on end. The wisdom and strength...I wished that I had what

she did. She then smiled and curtsied before Endymion and I.

	"Let me introduce myself. My name is Saturn, the Princess

and Senshi of this planet. I know that you are Serenity and Endymion, and 

that we three are the only ones alive in this galaxy."



	My heart almost stopped at that moment. The only one alive?

It couldn't be. Surely...somewhere...there was someone alive. In the 

outer planets....on Earth....there had to be somebody. I slipped from 

Endymion's arms, and let my tears fall. Sobs racked my body, and I

shut out all sounds and feelings except my crying. I wasn't aware of 

Saturn next to me, nor Endymion stroking my hair. I was lost in my 

grief, and I felt everyone of those lives that *I* caused to end. It was

all my fault...my foolishness made me stubborn enough to persist in

seeing Endymion.....I cried until I had no more tears left. 

	I finally lifted my head up, my throat and eyes sore from all

the crying. I managed a wavery smile and looked at Saturn.

	"We have been searching for you for a time, Saturn. Can you 

tell us what happened here? I was on the Moon when *my* world was

destroyed, and I didn't see how Beryl...Metallia....could destroy the rest

of the planets as well.

	Saturn's eyes grew dark. "A large amount of power swept 

across the galaxy. Every living form was destroyed...all that had their

spirits still inside their bodies. Endymion...Serenity...the reason why 

you are not dead is because of the power of Elios, who protected your

bodies, your very souls with his power. The reason why I am still alive

is that I will not die until the world is restored to it's proper order." 

	Saturn gestured briefly, and her Silence Glaive appeared in

her hands, and she pointed it straight at me and my heart.

	"Time to die, Princess."



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