A Sailor Moon Fanfiction: The Pledge of the Sun.

Chapter 49

Queen Beryl gazed into her crystal ball in the Dark Kingdom, serving as her window outside. She could see Sailor Moon and Solaris standing just outside of the entrance.

"So, they're finally here," she murmured, standing up. "I will personally seek to it that you both will feel and go straight to hell."

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Sailor Moon and Solaris soon arrived at the entrance of the Dark Kingdom, which was the same large smoking pit that Luna and Artemis had found before. However, it was a lot bigger than the two imagined, and they could feel the evil emanating from it.

"So this is the entrance to the Dark Kingdom," Solaris said. "They certainly not hiding that fact with all the purple smoke."

Sailor Moon gazed grimly upwards, her eyes filled with determination. "Ami. Rei. Mako. Minako. I'll do my best until the very end," she said with conviction.

"And not just you, Sailor Moon," said Solaris. "We're both going to make sure they pay a hefty price for what they did. Especially Queen Beryl! And no matter what happens, we'll face her together."

At that moment, the two heard the sound of something rushing at them at an incredible speed. They both looked back behind them in time to see a giant glowing red ball of energy coming straight for them, and before the two had a chance to react, they were swept away by the ball of energy which vanished from sight. The red ball of energy then reappeared in Queen Beryl's throne room, dissipating in an instant, setting Solaris and Sailor Moon free as they fell to the floor with a thud.

"Ow... Geez! Are you OK, Sailor Moon?" asked Solaris.

"Somehow," replied Sailor Moon. "But what happened?"

"I welcome you, Prince and Princess," said a voice. "You both did well to get this far. I commend you both for that."

Sailor Moon and Solaris looked up, and from the darkness, a small light shone, revealing the presence that stood before them, which was, of course, Queen Beryl. Solaris scowled at the evil queen while Sailor Moon stared at her with some slight fright.

"Y-You're Queen Beryl," gasped Sailor Moon.

"That's right. The one and only, in the flesh," Queen Beryl spoke.

Then the light grew brighter, revealing Queen Beryl's body and something else, which made Sailor Moon and Solaris gasp in surprise and horror. Kneeling beside her while kissing her hand was Endymion.

Queen Beryl then turned to the prince of Earth, giving him a loving smile. "Endymion, make yourself useful to me and please kill the princess," she said.

Endymion's eyes snapped open, revealing them to be glowing red and vacant as he stood up. "As you wish, Queen Beryl," he said in a zombie-like tone.

He then turned towards the two, drawing his blade causing Solaris to stand in front of Sailor Moon, protecting her immediately. But Queen Beryl had other ideas.

"Sorry, Solaris, but I'm afraid I won't allow you to interfere," said Queen Beryl. "I have other plans for dealing with you."

She gave her staff a sharp tap sending a wave of black energy at Solaris, encasing him inside of it, and before Sailor Moon could react, Solaris vanished the black orb that enveloped him disappearing from view.

"What did you do to him?!" demanded Sailor Moon.

"Don't worry. Solaris isn't dead. Not yet anyway," said Queen Beryl. "I moved him to another location over to my followers so that they could give him a nice welcome. Besides, I'd be a little more concerned with yourself if I were you. Now, Endymion, kill her!"