Author's Note; So here it is readers, the final chapter of The Chamber. Hope you enjoy it and remember, review are much loved.

DAY TWENTY

"Serena! Wake up honey, or you'll be late for school!"

But I don't wanna get up...

Stretching her arms out with a yawn, Serena's eyes opened slowly, adjusting the the sunlight that filtered through her window and into her room. Scratching her head, she sat up and yawned again, before glancing at the clock on her bedside table.

Suddenly, she stopped. Memories of her past few weeks came flooding back, and her hands flew to her stomach.

"Come on Serena, you're running out of time!"

Serena looked towards her door as the handle turned and her mother walked in. "You can't just sleep all day, dear." she said softly, giving her daughter a warm smile. Serena's eyes filled with tears. "Mom?" Without warning, she flew out of her head and wrapped her arms around her startled mother. "What's wrong, Serena? Are you feeling alright?" Her hand flew to Serena's forehead. "You don't feel that hot." she commented, making Serena confused. "Didn't you miss me?" she asked quietly, retracting her arms and stepping away.

"Miss you? Of course I did Serena, but it was only a silly school trip." Her mother replied with a chuckle, patting her on the head. "...school trip?" Serena wondered aloud, causing her mother to raise an eyebrow. "You must have bumped your head, Serena. You've been in ? for the past two weeks." She shook her head, but her smile never faded. "Now come on Serena, get dressed." and with that she left.

What?

Serena couldn't believe her ears. How could she have been in ? when she had been stranded on an island with Darien? She quickly put on her school clothes, and ran into the bathroom to do her hair. Looking into the mirror, she gasped.

Her skin had returned to it's pale complexion, with only a faint hint of a tan. Her blonde hair had gone back to it's original shade, the highlights from the sun gone. Serena looked down at her stomach. Was it possible that it had all been a dream? That she had never been on an island? That Darien was still just a big jerk? That she wasn't really pregnant?

Serena grabbed her bag and her lunch, happy to see her father and brother Sammy sitting at the dining table. "Morning." she chirped brightly, slipping on her shoes. "Are you feeling better now Serena?" her mother asked, her eyes worried. "Yes Mom." Serena answered, giving her a grin before rushing out the door. It was the truth, Serena hadn't felt this good in a long while.

"Serena? Hello? Are you with us?" Serena's head snapped up to see four pairs of familiar eyes watching her. "Sorry." she apologised, clasping her hands together. "Just lost in thought." "Well we need you to pay attention." Raye said angrily, her dark orbs seeming to almost burst into flame. "I said sorry." Serena mumbled, sinking closer to the floor. It had been a strange day for her, and she wasn't too sure of what was happening anymore. Her family had thought she had been on a school trip, and after asking Molly about it, she had been under the impression that Serena had been seriously ill and therefore unable to come to school or see friends.

Am I going crazy?

Her mind returned to the room, where Mina and Raye were coming up with new fighting strategies, and Ami and Lita were discussing their enemies. "Hey guys," she spoke up, and the girls stopped and turned to her. "Do you know where I've been for the last few weeks?" Raye rolled her eyes. "You went to China with your family on a holiday, dimwit." she replied, a nasty tone in her voice. "Don't you remember?" Ami asked gently, her blue eyes worried. Serena shook her head slightly. "My mind just seems to be a little frazzled at the moment." she replied. "No surprises there." Raye murmured under her breath, before being met with angry stares.

"Raye, honestly, control your tongue." Lita told the raven-haired girl, who sniffed and turned away. "So you can't remember anything?" Mina asked, joining her fellow blonde on the floor. "No. But there are different stories that I've been told. Mom thought I was on a school trip, Molly thought I was sick, and you all thought I was on a family holiday." Serena held her head in her hands. "But I thought I was somewhere completely different."

Ami, Lita, Mina and Raye all turned to look at each other. "Where were you?" Lita asked Serena softly as they all joined her and Mina on the ground. "I was on an island. I don't even know how I got there. One minute I was arguing with Darien and then-" "Wait, Darien, my Darien?" Raye asked, raising an eyebrow. Serena nodded in reply. "He was stuck on the island with me."

A short while later, Serena had told her friends everything about her past nineteen days, from her discovery of the chamber, to Darien's death and her new found knowledge of the past, and then finally to her pregnancy.. The only thing she left out was that Darien was really their ally Tuxedo Mask. "But if you were really on an island for that long, wouldn't you be super tan?" Mina questioned, comparing her own skin to Serena's. "You're not much browner than me."

Serena nodded. "That what I thought. When I came home, I was quite olive-toned. But now I'm back to my own complexion. And I don't feel sick anymore, so I mustn't be pregnant. It must have just been one big crazy dream. Maybe I really was sick, and all these supposed memories came from that." Mina looked at Ami, who sighed. "I guess that could be possible."

But there's no other explanation for it.

The conversation was interrupted by Serena's communicator going off. "Serena here." she answered, standing up. "Serena, I need you and the scouts to come downtown. There's a youma here attacking the shoppers." Luna's voice came through. "Alright, see you soon." The scouts all stood up, nodding together as they understood their mission. Serena pulled her brooch off her uniform and held it high into the air. "Moon Prism Power!"

Moments later, the transformed scouts arrived downtown to hear screams and shouts coming from a small cafe further down the street. Moon looked around in search of their feline friends, but Luna and Artemis must have gone for safety. She turned around and looked at her fellow scouts. "Let's go get it." she grinned, happy to be in action again. It felt like it had been ages since she been Sailor Moon.

They rushed towards the cafe, opening the door and quickly beckoning for the patrons to flee out onto the street. Once the cafe had cleared, the scouts could assess their new enemy. "Well well, if it isn't the Sailor brats." a droning voice echoed around them, and Zoicite appeared before them. "I should have known it was you." Moon growled, getting into a defensive stance. "Oh please, you don't scare me. Besides, I have much better things to do than waste my time on you." Zoicite replied with rolled eyes. "I'd like you to meet my new friend. Freezechan!"

The door at the back of the cafe was knocked down with force as a white figure entered the place. Moon and the other scouts gasped as they were approached by the youma. It was quite large, and the colour of white snow, except for it's piercing blue eyes, which watched the five girls carefully. "Well I'm off. Have fun!" jeered Zoicite before disappearing, leaving the youma to face the scouts. "Mars, you're our best shot at defeating it!" Moon called out to the fiery scout, who simply nodded.

Moon moved back as Mars took the lead in the group, smirking at the youma as she did so. "Ready to feel the burn? Mars Fire Ignite!" The room quickly heated up as Mars blasted fire at the youma, who quickly moved out of the way with a speed the scouts couldn't follow. The fire merely hit the wall and left a large scorch mark, but the youma was nowhere to be seen.

"Hey, where'd it go?" Mars asked angrily, annoyed that she had not hit it. "I can't see it anywhere!" Jupiter replied, before the room began to get rather chilly, and ice began appearing on the walls. "It's getting cold in here!" Venus called out, rubbing her arms. "It must be the youma!" Ami wondered aloud, before the monster itself appeared before them, giving them a wide grin.

"What will we do?" Moon cried out through chattering teeth. "Let's all attack him together. Weaken it and give Serena a chance to use her tiara to destroy it." Mars suggested, getting into position along with the others. "On a count of three. One, two, three-"

"Mercury Bubble Blast!"

"Venus Crescent Beam Smash!"

"Jupiter Thunder Crash!"

"Mars Fire Ignite!"

The youma yelled out as the scouts' combined attacks hit it, and it seemed like Mars' plan had worked perfectly. "Now it's your turn Sailor Moon!" Mars called out, falling to her knees. "I can hardly raise my arms, it's so cold!" Moon replied, rubbing her arms ferociously. "Come on Moon, you have to do it now while its weak!" Venus told her, exhausted after using all her energy in her attack.

Suddenly a red rose came flying the air, cutting off the youma's concentration and restoring the cafe to it's normal temperature. Sailor Moon turned around to see a familiar masked man.

Darien?

"Come on Sailor Moon, now is your chance to finish him off!" Tuxedo Mask called out with encouragement, giving her a warm smile. Moon nodded in reply before attacking. "Moon Tiara Magic!"

The youma yelled as it was hit with the tiara, and quickly exploded into dust. Moon sighed in relief as she moved across the room to collect her tiara. "Good job Moon." Venus gave her a smile as she stood up. "And just in time too." Mercury agreed, patting Moon on the back. "She could have destroyed him sooner." Mars retorted. But Moon wasn't listening.

Instead Sailor Moon's attention was focused on Tuxedo Mask, who seemed to return her own curious gaze. But before she could say anything, he turned and began to make his way down the street. However, Moon wasn't going to let him get away that easily. "Wait!" she called out, and Mask slowed down before turning into a dimly lit alley. She followed him, watching him carefully.

Her eyes met with his, and there was no mistaking it – she knew those sapphire-blue eyes well.

"...Darien?"

Bowing his head slightly, Mask took off both his mask and hat with one movement and detransformed before returning his eyes to Moon's. "Serena." he replied in a low tone, not sure of what to make of the situation. She had changed since the day previous, her complexion was paler, much like his own, something he had been trying to figure out all day long.

Serena took a step backwards before also detransforming, her eyes wide. "But... how can I know your true identity? The island was just a dream. The chamber, you dying, me getting pregnant... none of that ever happened. So how do I know who you are, and how can you know who I am?"

Darien froze, surely he wasn't hearing right. "Serena... it wasn't a dream. The chamber, the island... it was all real. I really did die, and you brought me back to life. And...and..." he was unable to speak, playing her words over and over again in his head.

Serena slumped against one of the brick walls. "It was all real?" Darien, lost for words, could only nod in response. "But then that would mean..." she trailed off as her hands flew to her stomach. "I'm pregnant?"

Meanwhile, in a small room surrounded by screens and images of the pair, a loud chuckle could be heard. "Everything is in place." one figure said proudly, watching one of the screens intently as Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Mask continued to talk. "Everything is indeed on track now." The other figure agreed, sitting down beside their companion.

In front of the screen, a white paw met a black paw in a high five. "Mission accomplished."

THE END

So guys, after starting this fanfiction all the way back in 2005, here we are four years later and it's finally finished!

I never expected the story to turn out like it did, when I originally started writing it was just meant to be Serena & Darien stuck in a room for 20 days, and that was it. But as I continued to write, my brain started going to insane places and I guess the story kind of just wrote itself.

As for the culprits behind it, it was always going to be Artemis and Luna.

To everyone who has read 'The Chamber' and loved it, reviewed, added the story to your favourite stories list or added me to your favourite author's list, you can't imagine just how great that makes me feel, and I'm so grateful for all the support. You are all fantastic and awesome – especially those who have been reading the story for the last four years. If it wasn't for you, I wouldn't continue to write.

Now that the story is finished, please feel free to read my other fanfics, especially as I have some new ones coming soon and new chapters for the existing ones. And who knows – maybe a sequel? ;P