Sailor Moon Millennium #22(b) - A Battle Against All Odds -
Created January 31st, 1999
By: K.W. Isenor (sailor_sun_@hotmail.com)

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The queen stared in horror as the information slowly processed in her mind. "All this time you, Sailor Sun and you, the Daystar Knight. Each of you held a part of the Golden Illusion Jewel within you." So much fear could be seen in her eyes.

Prince Daystar turned to face his princess. A small quick smile escaped his lips. "Princess Cassandra, you have come back to fight with me, now together we can do this. We can do this for the world, our friends and family, and most of all for each other."

Princess Cassandra's body slowly sunk to the floor, her feet still didn't touch the floor but she was now eye level with Prince Daystar. She smiled. "You are right we shall do this for everyone." Her arms extended out to the Golden Illusion Jewel. The golden light continued to flow from the jewel. She raised it above her head as she closed her eyes tightly.

A look of determination spread across her face. Her eyes opened again as she moved her arms in front of her chest. A Beam of golden energy went straight towards the un-expecting queen.

Her shrill scream echoed through the walls. Everything went quiet, Queen Hecate sat on the floor, she could barley move. She looked up at Princess Cassandra and Prince Daystar. "Well I guess my time has come, and to be killed by your own niece. How heartless." The queen looked down at the floor.

Silence came again. Princess Cassandra's body fell to the floor; the Golden Illusion Jewel fell to her side. She too now sat on her knees. Her head fell into her hands, then the tears came, streaming down her cheeks. "I can't, I just can't. If I were to kill her, Queen Hecate, my own aunt. That would make me just as heartless as she. For she, who killed my family and everyone I held dear. If I were to be her destroyer then I'd be just as bad as her."

Tears came down her cheeks more quickly now. The princess' blue eyes looked up into Prince Daystar's. "I . . . I'm sorry. But I can't." She turned to look at where her friends hung from chains. "I'm sorry everyone, but I can't!" She screamed out the words as she threw her head back.

Prince Daystar went to her side; he put a comforting arm on her shoulders. "You can do it don't be afraid, she killed for a very cruel reason, she wanted to over throw her own brother. But you, you have a good reason, you are doing this too not only save yourself and your friends. You are doing this to avenge the death of your parents, family. And most importantly you are doing this to save the world, without you, every human, and every living thing will perish. And only you can stop it."

The prince walked over and stood in front of the princess, he took both of his hands and placed them on her shoulders. He pulled her to her feet. "Now, you can do this, the only thing that you need to do is believe in yourself."

Princess Cassandra looked up at Prince Daystar. "Do . . . do you believe in me?" She asked, tears were still running down her cheeks, her eyes were red, and the collar of her dress was wet from all of the tears she shed.

With his hand he wiped away the tears. "Oh course I do, we all do." He said as he gently kissed her forehead. With that he stepped back, brought his hands to his side and continued to stare at her beautiful blue eyes.

His words repeated over and over again in her head. Then suddenly the voices of her friends could be heard in her head. They all spoke encouraging words. Eight voices stood out the most, they were the voices of her best friends.

'I believe in you Jessica, Sailor Sun, Princess Cassandra. You can do it." Sailor Moons voice spoke softly.

'Sailor Sun, you can achieve any goal no matter how hard it seems.' Tuxedo Mask's voice was inspiring.

'You can do anything if you put your mind to it.' Sailor Mercury's voice was also soft spoken.

'I know I can be a bit bossy at times, but this time I think there is an exception. You go and do it!" Sailor Mars' voice was pushy as usual.

'Go get her!' Sailor Jupiter's voice was very enthusiastic.

'Just think of the love that everyone shows towards you.' Sailor Venus's voice was the same as always.

'Jessica, we both believe in you and so does everyone else. Why we wouldn't be this far without you.' Luna and Artemis' voices were very reassuring.

'Princess, I have been watching you all of this time, I don't know if you have noticed what an interesting person you have become, you have become stronger, smarter, more beautiful. It would be a shame to see everything that you have become, everything that you have worked all your life to achieve, it would be a shame to see all of that gone to waste. So please, please do this for me and most importantly yourself.' Eclipse's voice was the one that stood out most of all; it was filled with so much love, and 
trust.

Princess Cassandra looked up from her feet; the Golden Illusion Jewel floated up to its place, right in front of her chest. Her arms raised to meet the jewel. Determination spread across her face as her eyes went to look into 
Prince Daystar's eyes.

During the time that the princess was getting a boost of self-confidence the queen had rose to her feet and had been gathering all of her strength into a Power bomb. Just as Princess Cassandra turned to face the queen, 
she was greeted by a blinding ball of energy, which was hurdling towards her, and the prince with tremendous speed.

Without anytime to block the oncoming attack, the prince and the princess were thrown off their feet. They were flung at the wall as if they were useless pieces of garbage. The queen's laugh rang throughout the walls.

"Stupid human's, those who have a heart can feel guilt, and your guilt will be your demise. If you had only taken your chance then you would not have to worry about this little predicament that you have gotten yourselves into." 
She raised her hand and shot a ball of fire at the two badly wounded soldiers.

The prince and the princess both let out pain curdling screams. Princess Cassandra tried to stand, her attempt was in vain. The prince also tried, but much like the princess, it was in vain.

"How stupid you are, to actually think that you'd be able to stand after two powerful attacks like that." The queen threw her head back and laughed.

'I can't do this, I'm sorry everyone but I have failed in what you have asked me to do, even after you all gave me every bit of faith that you had.' The princess thought to herself as she let her head fall and rest on her shoulder.

Unexpectedly the voices could be heard in her head all over again. She shook her head, and looked to the right, then her right hand inched its way across the floor to where the Golden Illusion Jewel lay. Her fingertip touched it and pulled it closer.

Her hand wrapped around the precious jewel. Her entire body was filled with strength; she could feel the energy coursing through her veins. All of her wounds were healed, and with the power of the jewel she was brought to her feet.

The queen stared in disbelief, "N . . . no this can't be, you were to die by my hand, there is no way that you could be standing before me, no wounds, not even any scratches." Her mouth dropped open, a gasp escaped.

"Ah, but really, an intelligent woman like you should know by now that not even you can stop me nor any of the others. For we fight with all of our heart. And I'm also sure that at this point you should know that good ALWAYS 
triumphs over evil." Princess Cassandra stepped forth without any fear.

"And guess what, I'm the good and you are the evil! So prepare to die for I am the princess of the red star the sun, fighting for all within the sol system! With the flames of the sun, and the power of fire, prepare to burn because I will punish you!" The princess got into her fighting stance.

The queen was speechless, she now knew that there would be no stopping her niece now. Nothing could be done to save her life, unless . . .

"I call upon the great power's of the star which is the center of the Sol system, bring forth the legendary Sun Fire Saber!" Her tiara then emitted a blinding light. She stood with her feet apart. Her right hand was slightly above the left. The Fire Saber appeared above her head. It hovered there for a few seconds then Princess Cassandra reached her hands above her head and the Saber floated down into her hands.

Princess Cassandra then closed her eyes and brought the Fire Saber down in front of her chest. She then cried, 

"SUN FIRE SABER . . . . . STAB!" 

Her body became surrounded by her golden aura, as did the sword. Princess Cassandra jumped into the air and did a flip and swung the Saber right in front of the queen. 

First she swung to the left then to the right causing the imprint of a "X" in front of the queen. Princess Cassandra the jumped back and the marks in the air begin to glow and move closer to the queen. Once the mark touched 
the queen she became engulfed in bright golden energy. Her scream's could barley be heard because the energy which surrounded her was strong.

Once the light died down the queen lay on the floor, the only thing that was moving was her chest, which slowly rose up then, went down. The princess stood still, she knew it wasn't over yet. She was right, the queen astonishingly stood up, even if it did take her a few minutes she stood to her feet.

"You think that you have won princess, but I assure you that you haven't. No matter how much you believe in yourself there is nothing you can do to stop what lies ahead." The words barely escaped her lips. Her arms were 
scorched, as were her legs.

"Right now as we speak the, the planets will still aline, and once they do then there will be panic, terror, death, and victory. Even if you kill me now, I will still be victorious, I'd die knowing that I was victorious in destroying everything that you hold dear yet again!" The queen said with a sneer.

Princess Cassandra's eyes grew wider with surprise and wonder. She looked at the queen.

"Surprised, you should be, just look out there, towards the planets, soon enough they shall all be alined and then a power like no other will come down through them destroying everything in site. Including every planet in 
this solar system, even the sun shall be destroyed.' The queen looked up towards the ceiling. The blackness of the ceiling faded away, she looked up into the sky through the glass like surface, as did the princess.

"Originally I was going to seize the energy, make it my own, I was going to do it just before everything was destroyed, just imagine, with all of that power I would be supreme, every living being would fear me, I would be the supreme ruler over this entire system." She paused and looked at Princess Cassandra.

"But now I will just let the energy destroy everything, including you and the other sailor failures. So if you have any last words you had better say them now, because it has begun." She looked back into the heavens above,
A distant light could be seen, it was all the way at Pluto. The light began to come closer slowly.

"You must stop this, for even yourself will be destroyed." Princess Cassandra said, she was unable to take her eyes away from the light, which inched its way towards them.

"I already said that I do not care if I perish, I'll still be victorious." She looked up into the stars.

'What can I do?' The princess thought to herself. She then felt Prince Daystar's hands rest on her shoulders. His arms were full of cuts and scraps. Princess Cassandra turned to face her prince.

"Use the Golden Illusion Jewel it is the only chance you will have." With those words he fell to the floor, he was tired; it had taken almost all of his energy to get up from where he had fallen.

"But will the power from the Golden Illusion Jewel be enough? I don't think it will, this is something that is bigger then anything that we have ever gone up against before.

The voices could be heard in her head again. They all talked together this time. They said, 'Princess, we will lend you our power, with all of our strength, it should be enough to save everything.' The voices trailed off.

Princess Cassandra turned to look at each of her friends, they all began to glow the bright colors of their auras. They were giving up their energy to help her.

The aura's left the bodies of her friends and floated towards princess Cassandra. She turned to face the oncoming energy. In front of her hands was the Golden Illusion Jewel, the auras flowed into the Golden Illusion 
Jewel causing it to glow even brighter then before.

The light that it was giving off was blinding even for the princess, but she kept her eyes open and focused her energy on the task at hand. Her eyes then closed, thus making it easier to concentrating, the light had by now passed by Jupiter, it was coming at a quicker pace now.

"Solaris Star . . . . . POWER!" 

Her voice could only be heard faintly, the energy was practically on top of her. The energy was an inch away from the Golden Illusion Jewel, her eyes snapped open, she raised the Golden Illusion Jewel at the energy, which was before her.

Her arms were under much strain as she forced them to hold the jewel forth. The energy didn't go any further, it fought with the jewel which the princess held onto.

Sometimes the energy would force her arms back, but she was quick to thrust her arms forth, not allowing the energy to pass by her. The battle went on for sometime.

Her teeth were clenched together; her eyes were squinted against the blinding light that was given off. Then the voices were heard again, giving her the encouragement that was needed. Their smiling faces could be seen clearly before her.

Upon her shoulders were Prince Daystar's hands. He could barley stand but he stood up with his true love, he had to lend more energy to help with the battle, the battle which was against all odds.

The sailor scouts and Tuxedo Mask broke away from the chains, which had held them, they made their way over and stood around the princess of the sun in a circle, the held hands. The five girls went into their princess forms; 
Tuxedo Mask went into his prince form.

They gave more energy as the yelled out their transformation phrases one by one.

"MOON STAR . . . . . POWER!"

"MERCURY STAR . . . . . POWER!"

"MARS STAR . . . . . POWER!"

"JUPITER STAR . . . . . POWER!"

"VENUS STAR . . . . . POWER!"

"TUXEDO MASK COSMIC STAR . . . . . POWER!"

"DAYSTAR COSMIC . . . . . POWER!"

Each gave the remaing power to Princess Cassandra. The light of the Golden Illusion Jewel grew stronger, it grew larger then that of the energy which would destroy everything. The golden light surrounded the ball of energy, it covered it entirely, it then began to grow smaller and smaller, causing the great ball of energy to slowly lose its power and shrink in size.

The strain that was on Princess Cassandra's arms began to reside. The energy was no more, the golden princess fell back into Prince Daystar's arms, her face had gone blank, her eyes were closed, her chest still moved, scarcely.

The five-sailor scout's fell to their knees, everyone was exhausted. Prince Daystar slowly went to his knees, being careful not to move the princess too much.

He lay her head on his lap. Her ran his fingers through her hair. The others all looked towards Princess Cassandra, the one who had saved them all.

The princess still didn't stir, she lay motionless on Prince Daystar's lap, worried looks came across their faces. "Is, is she alright?" Princess Serenity asked as she looked at her dear friend. "Please say that she is alright and that didn't take too much out of her." She crawled closer to her friend. She lay her head on Princess Cassandra's chest. She could feel the heart beat, it was slow, but it was there.

"Come on princess, you can't leave us now, you have saved us, and everyone else. You can't go now, for if you go now then there was no point of you doing this for everyone. Life isn't worth living without you." Prince Daystar leaned closer to the princess' face, his eyes got wet. He tried to hold back the tears but his attempt was in without success. The tears streamed down his face. I single tear dropped onto Princess Cassandra's forehead.

The sign of the sun began to glow brightly. Her eyes flinched, then slowly opened. She looked around at her friends then up at Prince Daystar. She opened her mouth, "Did we win?" She asked softly.

Everyone began to laugh with delight, tears now ran down everyone's face with tears of pure joy. Many congratulations were heard in Princess Cassandra's ears.

Once she got enough energy she rose to her feet, she walked over to where Queen Hecate lay. "Please, please let me heal you with the Golden Illusion Jewel. You have nothing left, nothing but me. I would be willing enough to give you another chance at life. Now if I have your permission." Princess Cassandra said as she kneeled by her aunt.

The queen turned to look at her niece with questioning eyes. "You would do that, after, after I nearly killed you and your friends, I even killed your parents and you feel no hate towards me." The queen turned away. "Why?" She 
asked.

"Because, because you are the only family that I have remaining form my time." Princess Cassandra held the Golden Illusion Jewel tightly in the palm of her hand, waiting for an answer.

"Yes, I give you permission." The queen turned back to her niece.

With those words Princess Cassandra stood up and held the Golden Illusion Jewel above her head. The golden energy poured out of the jewel, it flowed down to towards the queen.

The golden light touched her body, and covered her in light, blocking her from everyone's view. Once the light died away and everyone lowered his or her arms, the form of the queen lay on the floor. The queen's form then 
began to glow a mysterious black and gold color, she disappeared.

Princess Cassandra stared in shock. "Well I guess even she couldn't be saved." Prince Daystar said as he lay his hands on he shoulders.

'I don't know, I have a really weird feeling about this.' Princess Cassandra thought to herself. Then she shoved it into the back of her mind, she didn't want to think about the different possibilities for why the queen had disappeared. So she turned to face her friends. "Well we did it everyone, I say that we should all go and celebrate! What do you say, ice cream and cake for all!" Princess Cassandra said with a smile.

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Well that is it, Sailor Moon Millennium is over sadly. But don't worry I have already started to think of new ideas for a whole new adventure of Sailor Sun and possible a few new scout's. Well anyway moving on . . . I would ask anyone who has read SMM to please write to me and tell me what you thought. Oh and don't forget to sign the guestbook before you leave! Well until I write again.

~Sunrose aka K.W.Isenor