A Sailor Moon Fanfiction: The Pledge of the Sun.

Chapter 35

Everyone stared in shock at the newly transformed Sailor Moon, now Princess Serenity feeling awestruck by her sudden transformation. Solaris especially couldn't believe what he was seeing.

"Is... is this some kind of dream?" he murmured. "If it is... some, please wake me up."

Then Luna's crescent moon mark started to blow brightly for a few seconds until it died down. She then gasped as if she suddenly remembered.

"Yes... it's her. Princess Serenity..." she murmured.

Everyone looked at Luna, surprised that she knew the princess' name.

"Luna... do you know who this is?" asked Sailor Jupiter. "And is she the Moon Princess that we've been looking for all this time?"

"And not only that... Tuxedo Mask was Mamoru?" asked Sailor Mercury.

"And my hunch about Sailor Venus was right!" thought Solaris. "She wasn't the Moon Princess like I thought!"

He then looked at Sailor Venus, seeing that the crescent moon mark on her forehead was her tiara. The moment the two made eye contact, Sailor Venus instinctively glanced away from him, not wanting to face him. The only one who seemed frozen in shock and heartbreak was Sailor Mars, who just stood there silently, not saying a word as the princess then sat before Mamoru, gently placing his head on her lap, cradling him.

No longer shocked by the princess' appearance, Zoisite saw this as an opportunity and prepared to strike.

"So the princess has awakened, has she?" he thought. "Fine! First, I'll get rid of her and then take the Silver Crystal!"

Solaris heard Zoisite and immediately shot between them, protecting the princess and Mamoru.

"Not so fast, Zoisite!" he growled. "If you wanna get to them, you gotta get by me first!"

"Fine with me!" roared Zoisite as he fired a powerful blast of black energy.

Solaris crossed his arms and braced himself for the incoming attack. But then, the Moon Stich with the Silver Crystal attached to it floated over the princess, and she grasped it in her hand. The Silver Crystal immediately unleashed a powerful bright pink light shining all over the area. Before Zoisite had a chance to react, he got sent flying into one of the stalagmites slamming into it hard. He then fell onto the floor, completely unconscious. Solaris then looked back at the princess, completely bewildered.

"Incredible... she sent him flying with just one attack..." he thought. "Just how strong she?"

The princess then set down her Moon Stick, and a single tear fell on Mamoru's cheek as she began to cry.

"Tuxedo Mask... Mamoru, I'm so sorry," she quietly wept. "You got hurt because of me..."

Then Mamoru began to stir until his eyes slowly opened as he looked up at the princess. Princess Serenity gasped and immediately held his hand, grasping it with relief.

"Princess... Serenity, I - I remember..." he gasped. "I remember who I am now. I - am Endymion, the Prince of Earth."

Serenity's eyes widened upon hearing that name. At that moment, memories began to bubble forth in her mind.

She saw herself and Endymion overlooking an ancient castle of sorts. The two then looked at each other, gazing into each other's eyes. Then Princess Serenity held out a locket. The same locket that Mamoru had with him before it ended up in Usagi's hands. Endymion opened it, and the locket began to play its lovely music. The two then braced each other lovingly, embracing each other's warmth.