AN: This it, you guys! This if the FINAL CHAPTER of Changes! Wow. I know last chapter I already gushed about how much this story, and your guys' support has meant to me, but I just need to say it again. This has been such an awesome journey, and I have loved writing and developing this story over the years. I'm really going to miss it!

A billion thanks and more to Sailor-Linnea, CowabungaBabe95, WhiteWinterStar, petites sorcieres, James Birdsong, and Starlight1812 for reviewing, plus n.j and Can' . . name for reviewing earlier chapters. You guys are amazing and I love you all.

I am blown away by how many reviews I got, and all the kind words. So please do one last thing and review this epilogue!

Last thing: I am planning a sequel to this, and this epilogue is kind of getting things started for that. I'm doing NaNoWriMo next month, so I will be taking a short hiatus from fanfiction, but I hope to have the first chapter of the sequel out in early December, so stay tuned!

It was a beautiful sunny day, and Usagi Tsukino woke to the irritating sound of her alarm clock.

"Mmm, just a little longer," she mumbled, turning over in her bed.

"Usagi!" her mother called from the bottom of the stairs. "It's 7:30! If you don't get up right this instant, you will be late for school again!"

"It's 7:30?" she sprung up in bed. "Why didn't someone tell me?"

She scrambled out of bed, tripping over her own feet in the haste to get dressed. She hobbled down the stairs, trying to get one of her socks on.

"Your lunch is already packed," Ikuko said. "Do you want some breakfast?"

"I don't have time," she said, mournfully eyeing the pancakes her mama had made. "I have to run!"

She grabbed a pancake from the table, stuffed it in her mouth, and snatched her lunchbox on the way out the door.

"I'm late I'm late I'm late I'm late," she muttered to herself as she hurried along. She really only had herself to blame, she should have gotten up earlier. But she had been having the most wonderful dream… the details were all fuzzy now, but she remembered that there was an incredibly handsome man with the most beautiful blue eyes she had ever seen.

She wasn't sure why, but she felt like she knew this man. There was something about him… the dream had had such a melancholy feel to it, though. It was romantic, but there was something sad about it, too, and she felt like there was something she should be remembering.

Lost in her thoughts, she didn't notice the guy standing on the corner of the sidewalk before she ran into him.

"Gah!" she collided with him head on. "I'm so sorry, I wasn't looking where I was…. going." She stumbled over her words as the man turned around. He looked just like the guy in her dreams!

He was looking at her peculiarly. "Do… do I know you from somewhere?"

"I don't think so," she said, but he was right. It wasn't just that he had been in her dream, he just seemed so familiar to her. But why?

"Huh," was all he said.

"I have to go," she blurted out, and ran away. Once she rounded the corner, she collapsed against the side of the building. Why was her heart racing like this? What was it about that guy that made her feel this way? Sure, she was susceptible to cute guys, but that wasn't it. It didn't just feel like an attraction, it felt like… something more.

In the distance, she heard the school bell ring, and it snapped her to attention. She couldn't let this guy get to her; she had to hurry to class.

After a long day at school, Usagi walked home, lost in her thoughts. All day long she had been daydreaming about the mysterious guy from her dreams, and the way she had run into him earlier. And it wasn't just him, there were other weird things going on. Like how in school she'd passed by the girl genius, Ami Mizuno, and their eyes met, and she felt some sort of… connection.

And also, that girl who had supposedly been kicked out of her last school for fighting. Somehow, Usagi felt like she should be sharing lunch with her and gossiping about boys, which was ridiculous, because she didn't know her.

None of this made any sense, and it bothered her. She didn't like things that didn't make sense to her. Sighing, she shook her head, trying to clear her thoughts.

"Hey there, kitty," she said as a black cat walked over towards her. "I bet you haven't been having weird dreams and the strangest sense of déja vu lately. Although, that mark on your forehead…" she chuckled to herself. She'd probably just been reading too many comics lately, and now she was trying to turn everything into some fantasy.

"It's good that you've been having weird dreams," the cat said. "It's a sign. The world needs you again, Usagi."

"What?" Usagi blinked several times trying to clear her vision, because surely that cat did not just talk to her. "Cats don't talk." But even as she said it, she had the strangest feeling that some cats did talk, and once upon a time she had considered it perfectly normal.

"Usagi, I need you to remember," the cat said. "A new enemy has appeared, and the world needs Sailor Moon."

"Sailor Moon?" she said. "But it's Sailor V… and yet… why does that sound so familiar to me?"

"Remember!" the cat said, the crescent moon mark on its forehead beginning to glow.

Suddenly, everything came back in a rush. Life as Sailor Moon, the Senshi she fought alongside with who were also her best friends, the Dark Kingdom, Queen Beryl, everyone dying, dying herself… Mamoru! She gasped, clutching at her head.

"Sorry," the cat, who Usagi now remembered as Luna, said. "The memory rushing back can be overwhelming, but there wasn't any other way of getting you to remember."

"Luna!" she cried out tearfully, pulling the cat into a hug. "What happened? I thought I would never see you again, you said I had to die to save the world… I did die! Does this mean the world is still in danger?"

"You succeeded," Luna said. "The Dark Kingdom is no more. And I'm sorry I had to awaken you, I know you just wanted to lead a normal life. I truly though that with the Dark Kingdom gone, you and everyone else could just be normal. But a new enemy has appeared, and the world needs Sailor Moon again."

"What about the others?" she asked. "I can't do this alone."

"I know," Luna said. "Which is why Artemis is awakening them as we speak. The whole team will be back together again."

"What about Mamoru?" she asked. "I ran into him earlier! Is he being awakened as well?"

"I… don't know," Luna admitted. "I cannot control whether or not he regains his memories."

"Oh," she said. "Well, that doesn't mean he won't remember, just that you don't know. I'm sure he'll remember."

"Another thing," Luna said. "Using the Hikawa shrine as our headquarters will no longer be feasible, it's inconvenient and out of the way. Artemis and I have set up a new base, located underneath the arcade. Artemis and the other Senshi will be arriving there once they have all been awakened."

"Then let's go," she said.

"How are we supposed to get in without anyone noticing us?" Usagi asked as they approached the entrance to the arcade. "The arcade is usually pretty crowded, and it's not like we can just saunter down to some secret base."

"There's a hidden entrance," Luna said. "Don't worry, no one will see us."

Sure enough, despite the many people in the arcade, Luna led Usagi towards the back, pulled a lever on an old version of the Sailor V game, and a secret staircase appeared. No one noticed as they walked down the stairs.

Usagi gasped as she took in the room. It was much better than the meetings they'd held at Rei's shrine. There were multiple state-of-the-art computers, and a large overhead display.

"There's a training room at the back," Luna said. "This facility should provide for all of our needs."

Usagi heard footsteps on the stairs behind her, and whirled around, afraid that someone had discovered them. Instead, she found Makoto, paused on the top of the staircase.

"Mako-chan!" Usagi cried out, running towards her friend, and throwing her arms around her neck.

"Usagi!" Makoto said, returning the hug. "It's so good to see you."

Ami, Rei and Minako arrived shortly after, and five girls threw themselves at each other, hugging and reveling in the pure joy of being alive and having their memories back.

"I will never forgive you all for dying to protect me," Usagi said tearfully. "It was a terrible, terrible thing."

"We all had to die," Ami said gently. "But let's just focus on the fact that we're somehow here now."

Usagi nodded, wiping away her tears, and hugged Ami again.

"Speaking of which," Ami said, turning to Luna. "How are we still alive?"

"When Usagi died defeating Beryl, she unconsciously used the power of the Silver Crystal to reincarnate all of you," Artemis said from the top of the stairs. "Similar to how Queen Serenity sent all of you to the present after the fall of the Moon Kingdom."

"Now that we're all here, we need to discuss this new enemy which has appeared," Luna said. "It's why I awakened all of you."

"What do we know about it?" Ami asked.

"Not much yet," Luna admitted. "The computers have been running all kinds of tests and diagnostics, but it's still unclear. All we know is that there have been several unusual energy spikes lately, which have seemed malicious and unnatural in behavior. In addition, there have been a few civilian reports of seeing monsters."

"Um… how long has it been?" Usagi asked. "Since we all died."

Luna and Artemis shared a look.

"It's been three months," Luna said. "After the fall of the Dark Kingdom, there was peace for the first time in a very long time. We thought you had all died during the battle, but I went by your house anyways, Usagi, to check on your family. And through the window I could see you, very much alive, and seemingly just a normal girl."

"We know how much all of you wished to return to your normal lives," Artemis said. "And we wished we could have let you stay normal and happy, but with these mysterious new enemy sightings, Luna and I knew the world needed the Sailor Senshi again."

"Artemis and I have been keeping tabs on you for the past three months," Luna said. "We've been following you, making sure you were safe. At first, I was reluctant to awaken you, but when you mentioned that you'd been having strange dreams lately, Usagi, I knew it meant that you were ready to be awoken as Sailor Moon once more."

"What about Mamoru?" Usagi asked. "I know you said you can't control whether or not he remembers who he is, Luna, but have you been following him, too? Has anything seemed different about him?"

"I'm sorry, Usagi," Luna said. "He seems to be perfectly normal."

"Oh," Usagi said, crestfallen.

Before anyone could say anything else, a loud beep sounded from the computer. Luna and Artemis rushed over to see what it was.

"There's been a report of a monster in downtown Tokyo!" Artemis said. "Right in the middle of the park. You girls should head over to see what it is."

Usagi nodded, pushing away her fears and doubts about Mamoru. "Let's go!"

The girls arrived at the park several minutes later, looking for any signs that a monster had been there.

"What's that?" Rei asked, pointing off into the distance.

"I think it might be a youma!" Minako said. "Let's go!"

They quickly transformed, and ran off towards the youma. As they got closer, they could tell that it was definitely some sort of monster, but it didn't look like any kind of youma they had experienced before. It was humanoid, with what looked like razor-sharp claws. That in and of itself wasn't unusual, but something about it just seemed… different.

"You there!" Sailor Moon said. "Who are you, and what do you want with the citizens of this city?"

"You are Sailor Moon!" it hissed. "I must destroy." It swiped towards her with its claws, just barely missing her.

"Shabon Spray!" Mercury provided a fog to help shield them from the creature.

"Fire Soul!" Mars cried out.

"Crescent Beam!" Venus said at the same time, and their attacks combined, hitting the monster.

"Moon Tiara Magic!" Sailor Moon cried out, ready to finish off this… thing.

"Supreme Thunder!" Jupiter's lightning combined with Sailor Moon's tiara, and it dusted the monster.

"That wasn't too bad," Sailor Moon said.

"I get the feeling this is just the beginning," Mercury said. "We should go back to the base, I want to do some research on this, and see what Luna and Artemis already know."

The Senshi dropped their transformations, and headed back towards the base. Despite the ease of the battle, Usagi was worried. There had been no sign of Tuxedo Kamen. Sure, maybe he hadn't shown up because they defeated the monster so quickly, but if he remembered who he was, wouldn't he have shown up anyways? Usagi didn't like it.

Back at the base, Ami was researching this new enemy, while Usagi sat moping.

"Hey, what's the matter, Usagi?" Makoto asked.

"It's Mamoru," she said. "Tuxedo Kamen didn't show up at the battle. What if he doesn't remember? What if he never remembers who he is, who I am? How am I supposed to do this without him?"

"Maybe he just didn't show up because you weren't really in danger," Makoto offered. "You and he are meant to be, Usagi. I'm sure he will remember eventually, if he doesn't already."

"But Luna said he seemed perfectly normal," she said. "She said he hadn't shown any signs of remembering. Although…" she broke off, suddenly recalling her encounter with him earlier.

"What is it?" Makoto asked.

"Before I had been awakened, I ran into him," Usagi said. "And it weirded me out, because he seemed so familiar, despite the fact that I didn't know him. But I wasn't the only one, he seemed like he recognized me, too, but didn't know why."

"Well, there you have it!" Makoto said. "Maybe he just needs a little prodding, a refresher. Why don't you go talk to him?"

"You're right," she said. "Thank you, Mako-chan."

She ran up the stairs, coming out into the back room of the arcade where the old Sailor V game was located. She wasn't sure where to find Mamoru, but she was already at the arcade, and he used to frequent there, so it seemed like a safe bet to start there.

She was in luck. As she entered the main part of the arcade, she saw him sitting at the counter, his back turned to her. Suddenly, her mouth went dry, and she was tempted to turn around and go back. What was she supposed to say or do? What if she tried and failed?

But before she had a chance to talk herself out of it, he turned around and saw her. For a second, he looked slightly confused, and her heart fell. He didn't remember her. But then his face broke into a grin, and he strode towards her.

"Usako," he breathed, pulling her into his arms.

"Mamo-chan," she said. "You remember?"

"I remember everything," he said, and he leaned down to kiss her.

She melted into his arms, and in that moment she knew that everything would be all right. Mamoru was here, he remembered who he was and who she was, and whatever came their way, she could fight it. And she would succeed, because finally, after a thousand years, after dying and being reincarnated twice, after him being brainwashed, after everything that had happened, they were together again. Princess Serenity and Prince Endymion, Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Kamen, Usagi and Mamoru.

She could face anything as long as he was by her side.

AN: I love you all. Please review?