The lights in the palace were on, giving it the appearance of another sun. A hundred people or so were walking, chatting, drinking, dancing and giving life to the Moon. The Inner princesses except Venus were gathered together, talking about the surprise Venus had said she was going to bring. Jupiter had already spotted three or four hunks, who (poor them) were on her conquest list. Mars had located her night's victim, and as she was looking at him so intensely; she had scared the poor man.

Mercury just stood there, grinning to everyone who came close to her. The smile was plastered on her face, and her lips were starting to ache from too many fake smiles. She had scanned several times through the crowd, looking for no one in particular. Well, that was not entirely true. Deep, deep inside, she was looking for him. She still had this need to see him again; it didn't matter if it was the last time.

To her disappointment, there was no one in there with orange hair. She had seen Prince Endymion and the other three Generals, but Zoisite wasn't with them, or anywhere to be found. She didn't know that he had being forbidden to come to the Moon, and every time the doors opened, her heart leaped a bit, and she stretched her neck, trying to see if it was him. But every time, she had to sigh in frustration, as he never appeared.

Some meters away, Serenity and Endymion chatted together. Endymion noticed that several times, Serenity had smiled a bit, to then look back at him again.

"What's up Serenity?" he asked, his curiosity getting bigger with every moment.

"What? Why do you think I'm up to something?"

"Well, there's a little grin that's been dancing in your lips for quite a while now, and I've only seen it before when you're planning something."

"You know me too well Endymion. Have you checked on Mercury?"

"Lady Mercury? Yeah, she seems pretty well for me, not as I was told she was."

"Don't let her deceive you."

"What do you mean?"

"Look at her now." Endymion casually turned around, and gazed through the dancing couples at Mercury. He saw as her eyes moved around the crowd, apparently looking for something, or someone. He turned back to Serenity and said: "She's pretty impatient back there. It looks like she's waiting for someone to come."

"Precisely. She is looking for Lord Zoisite."

"For Zoi?"

"Yes. She has looked at that door every single time it has opened. I bet it's him the one she's been searching for. I knew that act she played in her room was false."

"Act?"

"Yes. A couple of hours ago, when we were trying to convince her to come, she was very depressed, just as you were told she was. Then, she suddenly changed her attitude. She started singing, smiling, and being the Mercury we knew. But, as you know I can sense people's feelings, I felt there was something wrong. And I was right. She still loves him."

"Well, in that case why don't they just talk to each other?"

"You mean Ami and Lord Zoisite? They won't. She maybe the shyest one of all of us, but she is also the most stubborn. Inside her, there is a pride that I think sometimes surpasses even Mars'. So, she will never talk to him in person, unless some one would put them together..."

"I know what you mean. Zoi is the same. He's the weakest of all, but whenever he gets angry... hmm, it makes me shiver just to think about it. He's very proud too, it would be impossible to make him talk to her, unless, as you said there's a third intervention in here. Have you got anything planned?"

"Me?"

"Yes, you Serenity. I know there's something. Come on, tell me!"

"I can't, not until it's done."

"Oh, so there is something. Ok, I'll wait, but only if you promise me something."

"What?"

"The next five dances will be for me."

"Oh, you greedy one, but that's fine with me. But I don't think that guy over there will like it." The Princess gestured over to a man standing by the window, who had watched them for a long time.

"Him?"

"Yeah, he's being looking at us since we started dancing."

"Bah. Let him suffer. You are mine for the next five dances, so let him wait. Now, come on, the music is starting." Endymion grabbed Serenity's hand, and carried her to the dancing place. Then, he encircled her body with his arms, and they both let their minds wander away with the beautiful Moonlight Rhapsody....