Queen of Legends, Part Four, by Sailor GltterGirl, April 
2001


	Ack! This is the hundredth time I've re-written 
this part! Ugh! I think I've got it now, though. At least
I hope so.
	*sigh*
	Anyways, anyone know of a site that has Sailor 
Moon and Batman Crossovers? I'm looking for them but so 
far no luck. Except for on Jennifer Wand's homepage, but 
it's not the best in the world. Great plot, but comes off 
as rushed. Oh, well. Not everyone -okay, no one- can be 
as good as me. 
	Aren't I motest? Alright, I'll stop yapping now, 
though I haven't gotten any complaints yet regarding my 
mile long author's notes. That probably means most of you
don't bother to read them, huh? 
	Anyways, another thanks to Glitter for e-mailing 
me. Sorry I didn't get a chance to write you back that 
one time. Hope you got my attachments okay.
	Now on with the show! -Sailor GlitterGirl


	**********QUEEN OF LEGENDS**********

Part Four: Playing Dirty
Rated: G -this part is a comedy. Sorta.
By: Sailor GlitterGirl
At: emeraldgoddess@SailorJupiter.com 

THIS PART IS DEDICATED TO MY BOYFRIEND, ROY, FOR HELPING 
ME TREMENDOSELY WITH ADVICE ABOUT GETTING MY NOVEL 
PUBLISHED. THANKS, SWEETIE (TEE-HEE!)!
**********

	"That's it? That's the bet?" Raye said, looking 
at the prince as if he were insane. "That's...that's 
ridiculous!" Raye tossed up her hands and then settled 
them on her hips.
	The five of the girls, Mina, Lita, Amy, Raye, 
and a dark Serena in a corner were meeting with the 
prince and his adversary in the wager, Mr. Anderson, in 
the library. Along with the prince had come the Generals,
whom had all simontantiously dropped their jaws at the 
site of the girls anew in their finery when the young
women had entered the room, roughly twenty minutes
ago.
	"Aw, come on, Raye," Mina drawled, brushing off 
an imaginary piece of lint from her gold gown. "I think 
it'll be fun. We get be treated like real princesses!"
	"We're more real princesses than any royal 
princess." Lita muttered.
	"Oh, how so?" Kunzite asked. Lita glared at him.
	"Because we actually care about other human 
beings besides ourselves, regardless of stature," she 
hissed.
	"Couldn't have said it better myself." Raye 
muttered, folding her arms over her chest and leaning 
against the wall.
	"That's enough, girls," Serena said quietly, but 
with clear authority. She pushed away from the wall, and 
walked into the light where they could see her better. 
Darien, as much as he hated the girl for her guts, had 
to resist the urge to gape as he saw her clearly for the
first time, without dirt and blood staining and hiding
her face. Standing there adorned in shimmering silver, 
bathed in sunlight as golden as her hair, he couldn't
help but think that she looked like a goddess of light.
	"So, let me get this straight." Serena said, 
looking at the prince, then to the doctor. "You," she 
said, pointing to Dr. Anderson. "Wnat to start a school 
for the 'low-lives' of Earth, here in the capitol, so 
that those you have the determination and will to be high 
born, but were birthed into low born families, might 
have a chance in society, and a shot at happiness, right?"
	"Correct, mi'lady,"
	"Don't call me lady." Serena said automatically, 
then continued, looking to Darien, contempt and disgust 
plain on her face. "And you, oh most-high-and-mighty-
prince, think it's a waste of time, seeing as anyone 
lower than you ought to stay there, that because of the 
cirumstances of their birth and life they don't stand a 
chance in their world, am I right?" Serena's voice as low
and dangerous. "And you think this without giving them a 
chance, correct?" Darien smirked. 
	"You've got it in a nutshell, princess." he said,
and stood up, and, taking Serena's hand, brushed his lips
lightly across it, eyes daring her glaring friends to do
something about it. 
	Serena narrowed her eyes and glowered at him. A 
low snarl was heard from Raye, and Amy, standing beside 
her, put a gentle hand on her shoulder to silence her. 
Mina leaped forward and caught Lita's wrist as the 
brunette jumped up, fists clenched. The blonde, although 
not as strong but with the element of surprise, was able 
to yank the snarling Lita back down to her seat on the 
couch. Mina hissed something in the girl's ear, and her 
outraged expression settled to a menacing glare aimed at 
all the males in the room, save the doctor.
	"Now, where do we come in, may I ask?" Amy 
inquired timidly. Dr. Anderson smiled at her, reconigzing
the shining intelligence within her.
	"Miss Amylanora, you enter the story when Prince 
Endymion here, and I agreed on a bet, a test of sorts, to
see if I was right. He was to select one maid -or five, I 
suppose- to bring to the palace to be educated in the 
ways of the court and elite society for two months. At 
the end of those two months, the eighth birthday of 
Princess Rose, Prince Endymion's younger sister, would 
take place. If the princess is pleased with you girls, 
then I will have won the bet, and shall recieve 
permission to start my school, with you five, perhaps,
as my first teachers. If the princess finds fault with 
you, however, then, well, we haven't worked that out 
what will happen to you, but I will loose all chances of 
my school."
	"Oooooh," Mina said slowly, "I get it now." She 
touched her chin in a gesture of thought, then glanced 
up at Kunzite. "Out of curiosity, boys, what's your views
on this?"
	"We follow the prince." Kunzite said simply, 
though his eyes betrayed that he thought otherwise, and 
he knew it as he gazed at Mina. Mina blushed, and cleared
her throat, looking away.
	"They sound like perfectly trained dogs, eh, 
Raye?" Lita said to her raven haired comrade. Raye 
snorted, and Amy elbowed her, as Mina kicked Lita's shin 
under the cover of their long skirts.
	Jedite coughed, masking a snorted laugh as 
Zoicite, nudged him in the ribs, signaling for him to 
hush. Kunzite hid a smile, while his eyes danced, and 
Nephlite could only shake his head, and grin slightly.
	"It's scary how much they all act alike." Darien 
muttered to Serena, whom was still standing close to him,
her hand in his. She flashed him and irritated look and 
drew her hand away, and went to stand on the other side 
of Raye, leaning against the wall and folding her arms 
over her chest.
	"So, you guys have got two months to turn us from
'uncivilized, untrained, illmannered slutty street girls'
into 'high society, well-behaved, proper, and obediant' 
ladies of the court?" Serena asked, throwing her words 
back at the prince. He blink for a moment, then smiled; 
he hand't realized she'd heard him say those things. 
	*They must have been listening outside the door 
before we let them in,* he thought.
	"Actually..." Darien said, smiling wickedly, as 
he raised his hand and snapped his fingers. At the sound,
the doors opened and six elderly women walked in stiffly,
frowns plastered to their faces, along with too many 
cosmetics. "...They will be the ones to turn you from the
'slutty street girls' into 'High-society, obediant 
ladies.'" 
	Lita growled, and Mina slapped a hand over her 
mouth, smiling prettily at the teachers.
	"Breakfast must not be settling well with her," 
she said sweetly to the women as they blanched at Lita's 
reaction. 
	"Well, they're better than I'd expected," one of 
the women stated, after inspecting each of them, then 
narrowed her eyes at Raye, who glared.
	"But they still need some work. I hope you girls 
know how to respect your betters?" She asked, looking 
pointedly at Serena over her glasses. Serena brought 
herself up to her full height, putting on her best air. 
She opened her mouth with a witty reply, but one that 
could not be considered disrespectful. But Amy, 
anticipating this reaction from her leader, beat her 
to it.
	"Of course, madam," she said, curtseying 
prettily. "We shall do out best to pay all due respect 
to you and your fellow Mistresses." Stiffly, reluctantly, 
Lita and Raye bent their knees and bowed their heads 
slightly along with the now cursteying Mina and Serena.
	"This is going to be soooo fun." Serena muttered 
sarcastically. Stiffling a surprised screech, Serena 
barely managed to keep from toppling over onto the prince
as Amy, from around Raye, kicked her in the shin as they 
rose to their feet.

*********ONE*MONTH*LATER*********

	"And up, and sip, and down. And lift and nibble 
and down. And lift and pat and down." Serena, Lita, Amy, 
Raye, and Mina lifted their tea cups, took tiny bits of 
biscuts, and patted their lips daintily with a 
embroidered napkin upon command. Of them all, Serena, 
Amy, and Raye were doing the best. Mina and Lita, 
however...
	"I still don't understand the meaning of THIS 
drill." Lita grumbled to Mina beside her, who was 
desperately trying resist the urge to slurp her tea and 
spit out the atrosious biscuts.
	"Me neither." Mina sighed. "I would much rather 
be dancing than 'nibbling' at these nasty rocks." She 
made a face as she lifted her biscut to her lips again, 
and grimced as she swallowed, tying not to gag. "They're 
breaking my teeth!"
	"Very good ladies, you may pat your lips one last
time and then proceed to the Blue Ball Room." Mina 
relaxed noticably in relief and tried to suppress a sigh,
but didn't quite catch it.
	"Miss Vemina, what, pray tell, is so ominous 
about my teaching that you are so anxious to leave?"
	"Wha-well, I, uh, er, um... well.'
	"She requires asistance in a particular dance 
step, and I promised I would help her with the Shiena 
Waltz today. She is anxious to work on it." Serena 
supplied smoothly. Regaining her composure, and putting 
into practice her skill as an actress, Mina sighed a 
defeated sigh again, managing to make it sound very 
lady-like. In truth, her dancing was nearly as good as 
Serena's when she choose to drop the klutz act.
	"Yes, I do so need to work on my steps." Mina 
smiled prettily at the Etiquitte Mistress, Mistress 
Liana. "And your lessons have helped my hand and eye 
corrdination so quickly, I, well, I must say I feel it is
a waste of time, since I have improved so greatly under 
your teaching." Lita suppressed a snort, and Raye kicked 
her under the table, enducing a slight yelp of surprise. 
Mistress Liana looked at her sharply, and Lita sat up 
straight, folding her hands in her lap, and presing her 
ankles together, sitting as properly as she could. Mina 
had to stiffle a giggle.
	"Well, then since you five seem so confident in 
your posture," she placed a hand on Lita's shoulder, 
making it so the brunette had to stay in that position 
unless she wanted to stay for another hour. "And your 
table manners," she looked sharply at Mina, who quickly 
placed her napkin down to hide the crumbs. "We will have 
a sort of pre-test tomorrow evening at General Kunzite's 
sister's ball. From that we shall determine how much more
training you need to please her highness at the royal 
birthday ball."
	Lita, along with a sulking Mina, couldn't help 
but groan slightly.
	"May I ask if this was planned beforehand, 
Mistress?" Raye asked politely. 
	"Yes, may ask, and yes, it was." Mistress Liana 
smiled at the raven haired young woman genuinly. 
	Merraye, she was the best pupil. Amylanora was a 
bit shy, and a little afraid to try new things. Vemina, 
while beautiful, was a hopeless ditz, and a bit clumsy, 
though she had been improving, and her dancing was that 
of a gracefull bird. Occasionally. 
	As for Lita, it was so obvious that the athletic 
Julita thought all the pomp and frills of being a lady 
useless and silly it made Mistress Liana fume.
	But the worst, in a way, was their 'leader,' 
Serenity Lunari. She obeyed the commands she was given, 
and did them to a 'T' and could easily have been a 
teachers pet. Her dancing was superb, as if she had been 
raised in an enviroment with no gravity, her manners her 
perfect, and she learned well and quickly. She was 
radiantly beautiful, and her curves made for every 
seamstress's dream, while her silky golden hair was the 
desire of every hairartist's career.
	But there was a defiance about her actions that 
made all the Mistresses seeth. An air about her that 
clearly stated that if she did not wish to do something, 
she would not do it. Period. And yet, at the same time, 
there was something in her eyes that reminded you of an 
angel. Guarding and friendly. Warm and comforting. 
	She was the puzzle of the palace.
	"You are dismissed," Mistress Liana said, hiding 
her tone of weariness. They rose, some more gracefully 
than others, and walked lightly out of the room, silk and
satin and velvet gowns swishing elegantly.
	Watching their steps carefully to ensure their 
posture was passable, Mistress Liana nodded to herself 
in satisfaction. Those girls just might prove the prince 
wrong. And perhaps, just perhaps, one might catch his 
eye. 
	*It would do him good to have one of those girls 
in his life. They all have spunk and a light to them,* 
the Mistress thought.

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	"How can they *DO* this to us?" Mina wailed, 
falling back onto her bed, still dressed in a yellow, 
gold stitched satin gown with a overdress of lace 
covering it.
	After their escapade with Mistress Liana, they 
had proceeded to their dancing lessons, where the 
mistress for that class, Madam Franchesca, had declared 
that she would also have them dance at the party the 
next week. The girls had known of the party for a 
a while, along with everyone else, but had never dreamed
that they would be forced to attend.
	Then the sewing mistress had said that their test
for sewing, since you can't exactly sew during a ball, 
would be to make their ball gowns. 
	Similar things had happened with all the other 
classes, save riding and the short, 'ridiculous' (as Lita
put it with scorn and disgust.) sessions of self defence,
which was the only one in which all five girls flourished,
and other ladies tended to fail miserably. 
	In reading and writing they were to write a play
for the main entertainment, and in the 'Flippity' class,
as Mina, Lita, Raye, and Serena had dubbed it, they were 
in charge of making most of the flower arrangements, 
decorations, invitations, and such for the ball.
	"Well, if we perform well at the ball and pass 
those 'pre-tests' then they'll leave us alone." Raye 
said.
	"Or maybe they'll advance our studies." Amy said 
thoughtfully, hopefully, placing a single, slender finger
on her chin, deep in thought while dreaming about the 
many books in the library.
	"Uck, please Amy, don't give me nightmares." Lita
made a gagging motion. "I just want them to get off my 
back for three minutes so I can sneak off somewhere to 
do some training. I bet if a group of renegades came upon
me now I'd be as helpless as a REAL maiden."
	"THAT'LL be the day," Raye snorted. Lita stuck 
her tongue out at her.
	"Well, anyway, it'll be fun if we get to dance 
with guys instead of each other, at least." Mina pointed 
out, then sighed. "As long as there's no getting out of 
it we might as well be optimistic."
	"You guys are forgetting something." Serena 
stated. Mina froze.
	*Oh, no, not again.* the blonde thought. It had 
been two weeks since their arrival, since that time that 
Serena had been lost to them momentarily to her eerie 
thoughts. Mina had not forgotten that look, as she stood 
in the window. Mina's blood ran cold with dread as she 
saw her friend, almost her sister, standing in the window
with that same expression, same pose, same psoture and 
aura of pain and suffering.
	"What are we forgetting?" Raye asked cautiously.
	"We're not important to them." Serena stated 
unemotionally. "We're here as a bet, an asset to further 
his Highness's ego. As soon as he's lost he'll throw us 
out, wanting to be rid of a form of proof of his 
failure."
	"B...but..but, Dr. Anderson... He wouldn't 
allow-" 
	"As kind as he is, Amy, he is only a doctor. If 
the prince orders something, he'll have to do it." 
Everyone looked, surprised, at the speaker, and were 
slightly shocked to see that Mina was the owner of the
voice that had spoken. "Serena's right. As soon as 
they're done with us, as soon as the Princess's ball is 
over and we've proved them wrong, they'll throw us out, 
like yesterday's garbage." Mina looked down. "We've been 
our own undoing."
	"What do you mean?" Raye asked. 
	"Isn't it obvious, Raye?" Lita asked, now angry. 
She slammed a fist into her palm. "By doing better and 
exceeding in our lessons we're making the prince and his 
bet look ridiculous. He'll get ride of us as soon as he 
can. You heard what the doctor said; no arrangements had
been made as to what would happen to us if we won the 
bet. So you can stake your life that the Prince will to
everything possible to make sure we're at least thrown
out on our butts!" 
	Suddenly, Lita sighed in defeat after her 
outburst, and everyone else fell silent at the truth
in her words. "And it's too late to do anything. We've 
already proved talented in certain areas. We can't just 
go and suddenly start failing."
	"Well, what can we do?" Amy asked, sounding 
worried.
	"I say we not bother to do anything." Raye said, 
shrugging and sitting down in a chair. "We'll be kicked 
out eventually, regardless of what we do, lose or win, 
so we might as well let them give us the boot now. The 
less time we spend here the easier it will be for us to 
get back into the Alley Senshi. Something tells me they 
won't be too generous when they find out where we've 
been. Neither will the people; they'll think we've 
betrayed them as well."
	"That's another reason I think we should stay." 
Serena said.
	"What? So we can be kicked out of our old home, 
too?" Raye demanded. "You're crazy!"
	"No, she's a genius!" Mina said excitedly.
	"Huh? What do you mean?" Lita asked, sittng 
beside Amy on a small couch. 
	"Don't you see?" Mina asked, turing to face them 
all, except for Serena, whom was still at her window. "If
we can find a way to communicate with the Alley Senshi, 
tell waht's going on, so they know we're not betraying
them, then somehow obtain knowledge of what provinces the
King and Queen plan to raise the taxes in next, we could 
warn the people!"
	"What good would that do?" Raye asked, still 
doubtfull.
	"It would give them a chance to stock up on food 
and supplies, enough to get them through the time when 
the taxes are high in their area." Lita said, catching 
on.
	"We could also smuggle medicines and tossed out 
books out to them, so that the sick could get better 
treatment and the children could keep up their studies!" 
Amy added, also beginnning to get excited.
	"Plus we could probably talk the wash women into 
giving us some ripped or stained sheets, a couple at a 
time." Raye said thoughtfully. She looked at Serena 
wristfully. "It might work. If we're careful." 
	"Hey, we weren't all raised to be the elite of 
the Alley Senshi for nothing." Lita reminded the raven 
haired girl. "These palace pomps? They don't know the 
first thing about burglary; how would they know how to 
prevent it? And even if they had the best anti-theft 
system in the Universe, there's no way they'd be able to
stand up to the Ladies Court of The Alley Senshi! It'll 
be a peace of cake!"
	"Yes! Serena, you in?" Mina asked, turning back 
to their Alley Senshi Queen. Serena smiled.
	"Of course she's in, baka!" Raye said, standing 
up and bobbing her friend on the head. "It was her idea, 
not yours!"
	"Actually," Serena said, laughing, "That wasn't 
what I was going to say; it IS Mina's idea!" They all 
blinked for a moment, then laughed.
	"Alright, then! Operation Mission Lady Thieves is
now commencing!"
	"Yeah!" The girls, including a now smiling Serena,
did a group high-five.
	"But...how will we get word to the Alley Senshi?" 
Amy suddenly said, putting a slight damper on the excited
feeling in the room. Then, Serena smiled.
	"Leave that to me," she said. "But for now, we 
need to figure out how to MAJORLY impress the Mistresses,
so they'll let up on our studies, giving us more time to
work on Mission L.T. more. But we need to do it without 
looking suspicious. And we need Mina," Serena nodded to 
her friend, "To give us some acting lessons." The girls 
all smiled devilishly, and they could practically see the
horns and pointed tails growing on each others' heads and
behinds.
	They spent the rest of the night plotting and 
scheming, and didn't get to bed until late at night, 
without changing clothes. All were asleep within moments,
all except Serena, whom was deep in thought.
	*No matter how you look at it, this will all end,
and soon,* she thought. Then she smiled widely. *But at
least this time I can bring something good out of it. I
can use it to bring a few people happiness.*

To Be Continued...
END PART FOUR

	Sorry this part had to be so short, minna, but I 
suddenly remembered something I'd said earlier while in 
the middle of writing this and had to change the this 
part of the plot because of it, and I am now currently 
in a horrendous writer's block. 
WWWWWHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!! *sniff* E-mail me and 
help me get out of it, kay, guys? Ideas, suggestions,
even plot ideas for the rest of the story will be welcome,
along with praise! Praise is ALWAYS welcome! Thanks, 
guys. *sniff, sniff*
	Anyhoo, catch ya later! -Sailor GlitterGirl

Sailor Moon and all characters are copyright Naoko
Takeuchi/Kodansha Ltd./Toei Animation Co., Ltd, 
and the English adaptation is copyright 1995 DIC 
productions, LP. This story and story part
is copyright Sailor GlitterGirl, April, 2001.

In case your wondering, I got that fancy disclaimer
from Lianne Sentar's stories. She ROCKS! I hope you
don't mind me using these, Lianne-chan!!!:) -GlitterGirl