Lost Sailors
By: Jessica Willmington Bailey and Lena Sauran
Okay loyal readers, since my feedback for Mina's Lovelife has been so enormous, I figured that I would start another one.
This story is A.R (Alternate Reality, for those who can't figure it out) and involves characters that my friend Lena
(love ya babe) and I made up.
Sailor Moon and Co. do not belong to me, gee darn! The characters (Sun, Star, Illusion, and Earth) are copyrighted to Lena
and myself, so please ask first. Profiles for all of these characters are available upon request.
Now that all the technical crap is taken care of, on with the story.
Chapter 1: It's all an Illusion
~Silver Millennium~
"We're under attack!"
"Get to the armory!"
"What? What's happening?" Mirage asked.
"Queen Beryl is attacking. Follow me to safety, Lady Mirage." A guard commanded.
"Not on your life, pal. I'm not a sailor scout for nothing!" Mirage protested.
Grabbing at her cumbersome skirts, she ran to the balcony. She thrust her hand up into the sky and shouted her
transformation phrase.
"Illusion Crystal Activate!" she yelled.
In a flash of white and yellow, there stood Sailor Illusion, a sailor from the Andromeda System. She made her way to the
other scouts. She gasped and covered her mouth at the sight before her. The carnage was terrible; Beryl's army had killed
most of the foot soldiers of the moon. Now everything depended on the Sailor Scouts. The sky was black and seemed to be
laughing at them.
"Mars Fire Ignite!"
"Mercury Bubbles Blast!"
"Jupiter Thunder Crash!"
"Venus Crescent Beam Smash!"
"Illusion Spirit Beam!"
"Uranus World Shaking!"
"Neptune Deep Submerge!"
The attacks were fired at the creature in the sky, which absorbed them and fired them back.
Sailor Illusion cried out in pain and then death's sleepy hand reached through the darkness to seize her.
~Moncal, France, 1816~
Lady DeBarise cried out in the pain of labor.
A day later, she gave birth to a gorgeous baby girl. The child had tiny curls of lavender hair and large red eyes. On her
forehead was a starburst, the birthmark of her heritage. Strangely to the mid-wife, the mark disappeared after the child
stopped crying. Choosing to ignore the strange event, the mid-wife returned the little girl to her mother's waiting arms.
"What happened to the mark, Luisa?" Lady DeBarise asked.
Afraid that her mistress was displeased the girl lied.
"What mark, milady? I saw no mark." Luisa said.
"I guess it was an illusion played on my mind." The noble woman sighed.
"You are overly tired, my dear. Please rest." Lord DeBarise said from the doorway.
"Look, dear. Isn't she beautiful?"
"She's just as beautiful as her mother."
"Jacque, what should we name her?"
"Well, she just popped up into our lives like a dream. I say we name her 'Mirage'." He answered.
"Perfect. Don't you think so, my little Mirage?"
The baby cooed in agreement.
~Moncal, France, 1836~
"You, Mirage DeBarise, are accused of Heresy and connection with the devil. How do you plea?" the magistrate asked.
"Not guilty. I am no witch, your honor." The young woman replied.
"How do you explain not growing any older?" one of her so-called friends shouted.
"Why are you doing this? Not four years ago, you were all my trusted friends, why do you hate me so?" Mirage pleaded
with the angry mob.
"Mirage DeBarise, you are hereby found guilty of heresy. Punishment is banishment." The magistrate decreed.
Her family and friends watched silently as royal officials, who escorted her to harbor, led her out of the Town Square.
There they put her on a miserable, daft ship to England with a threat. If she ever returned to France, she would be burned
at the stake for heresy.
Alone and afraid, she rode of the ship to England. Once reaching England, she found a job as a handmaiden to a young
English noblewoman.
~Winchester, England, 1867~
Mirage watched as Victoria died before her eyes. Over the years, the two had become as close as any two friends could be.
Mirage was Victoria's best friend and best kept secret. Mirage lived alone with Victoria in her enormous house in the
country.
Victoria looked at her friend from her bed.
"Mirage, you are still the same young woman that I met so long ago. How do you do it? Is it magic?" Victoria asked.
"I don't think so, it's more like a curse. I have to watch all of the people that I love die. Including you, dear friend."
Mirage replied, clasping her friend's hand in her own.
Victoria died shortly after that.
Unknown to Mirage, Victoria had left her vast fortune to Mirage with a note. The note read:
If I can not be with you throughout the entirety of your life, I want you to be well taken care of. I have left you my house
and all of my assets are now yours. Take care, my friend.
Adieu,
Lady Victoria Edmunds
~London, England, 1923~
"Here you are, Ms. Edmunds, the deed to the store." The man said, handing her a folded piece of paper.
"Thank you." Mirage replied, taking the paper and checking to make sure that everything was in proper order.
"If you don't mind my asking, what kind of store will you be running?"
"I was thinking a Magic Shop." Mirage said with a smile.
~London, England, 1971~
Over the years, Mirage had made a life for herself in England. She had had some interesting adventures in her lifetime.
While on a business trip to Italy, she found and exquisite gem with white and yellow swirls in it. The woman, who sold it
to her said that it was important that she have it, it would change the future. Confused by the woman, yet intrigued,
Mirage had bought the stone.
The stone's carrying case had a starburst on it and felt oddly familiar in her hand. She carried the brooch with her at
all times. It gave her a strange sense of strength and confidence.
~London, England, 1992~
Her store had had burglars, muggers and its fair share of strange things, but nothing had prepared Mirage for
a nega-monster.
It just came into her store one day screaming its name and that it wanted energy. She panicked and shrunk behind the
counter. She gave herself a little pep talk and then popped back up to face the monster.
"No way am I going to let you hurt my customers. On behalf of Illusions and Dreams everywhere, I'll punish you." She said,
pointing at the monster.
The monster, unimpressed by Mirage's bravado, picked Mirage up by the neck and held her against the wall. She felt
lightheaded and knew that she was in real trouble.
"Venus Crescent Beam Smash!" a voice yelled.
The monster cried out in pain and dropped Mirage.
"Hold it right there, negasleeze! I won't allow you to hurt these innocent people." The blonde challenged.
Mirage gripped her brooch and felt a strong surge. She clasped her head in her hand.
"Why does all of this feel so familiar?" she asked herself.
She heard a cry and her head shot up. The creature had Sailor V cornered and was beginning to drain her energy.
"She needs my help! Illusion Crystal Activate!" she cried.
She transformed and was quite surprised. She reappeared in a short yellow skirt with a white bodice and a yellow
and white ascot. She also had pink bows on her front and back. Elbow length gloves with yellow poofy things at the elbow,
yellow strappy heels, and a yellow choker completed the outfit.
She placed her hands at her sides and bent her elbows in. Two balls of light, one yellow one white, formed in her hands.
Placing her hands in front of her, she fired the attack.
"Illusion Spirit Beam!"
The attack hit the monster squarely in the chest and dusted it.
"Another Sailor Scout?!" Sailor V exclaimed.
"A Sailor what?" Mirage asked.
"A Sailor Scout. You are Sailor Illusion, Mirage." Artemis explained.
"Okay, now that is really good, miss. A very good act." Mirage said, pointing to Artemis.
"It's no trick, Mirage." Artemis said.
"Stop that!" Mirage squeaked.
"Sit down, Mirage, you're in for a shock." Sailor V said, quietly.
"My name is Artemis. I am a guardian to the Sailor Scouts."
"So you really can talk, Artemis, was it?" Mirage asked.
"Yes, I can."
Mirage looked around and noticed that people were starting to wake up.
"Maybe we should do this elsewhere. My customers are beginning to stir." Mirage suggested.
"I agree, Sailor Illusion. Come on, Artemis, we'll take this somewhere more private."
The two Sailor Scouts and the cat quickly exited the shop and made their way to the warehouse district.
"I still don't understand. I lived in another galaxy a millennium ago? And I was a Sailor Scout then too?"
"Maybe this would be easier if I gave you what little of the things that I remember about the Silver Millennium.
Please close your eyes."
Mirage did as she was asked. Images of a time of prosperity and peace filled her mind. Images that her heart remembered.
Then the chaos and destruction, the things of nightmares, filled her mind and left her close to tears.
"Beryl." Mirage said, her eyes flashing from a sad green to a stormy dark blue.
"Yes, Beryl. She and her negaverse have resurfaced here in this time and we need your help to defeat them." Artemis said.
"She got out?! How?"
"We're not really sure. But, Luna is in Tokyo and she was reawakened four of the five inner scouts there." Artemis replied.
"But there are only four inner scouts and one of them is here." Mirage said, motioning to Mina.
"Wrong. Queen Serenity activated Sailor Moon, the Sailor Scout of the Moon and leader of the Sailor Scouts."
"So I'm guessing that Luna doesn't know about Sailor V here, does she?" Mirage replied.
"No, but Sailor Venus and I are going to join the other scouts soon. But since you've appeared, all three of us will be
going to Tokyo."
"Not me. I have a life here, my shop, my friends." Mirage protested.
"None of that will matter if Queen Beryl rules the universe."
"Artemis is right, Mirage. If you ever want to be able to live in peace, we have got to get rid of the negaverse."
"Okay, just a minute. I am supposed to give up my life to work with people that I don't even know that well?" Mirage asked.
"Exactly." Artemis agreed.
"Well, I guess there's only one thing left to do…" Mirage trailed off.
"And what is that?" Sailor V asked.
"Well, MINA, I guess I have to sell my shop and join up with the Sailor Scouts." Mirage finished with a sigh.
"Right, Sailor Illusion. Welcome back to being a Sailor Scout." Artemis said.
*Good-bye normal life* "Artemis I have one question, what happened to Andromeda after the fall of the moon kingdom?"
"I'm not sure, Mirage."
~Tokyo, Japan, a few months later~
Sailor Venus and Sailor Illusion watched as Tuxedo Mask battled with Zoisite.
"He may lose this fight, Venus." Illusion said, quietly.
"Well, it's our job to see that he doesn't. You take care of this and I'll go help the scouts."
"Right."
Illusion felt her partner leave and she watched the fight.
"Illusion Spirit Beam!"
She smirked as her attack sliced Zoisite's wrist and the general cried out in pain.
"Who threw that?" Zoisite asked.
Not bothering to answer, Illusion watched Tuxedo Mask make his exit. When Zoisite turned away, she made her's as well.
She quickly made her way to where Venus was perched. Below them, the other scouts were in trouble. Malachite and Zoisite
had them trapped in a quickly shrinking bubble of negative energy. The scouts were losing their battle and the negacreeps
were enjoying it. They demanded the rainbow crystal that Tuxedo Mask had for the lives of the scouts.
"…I'll give you the crystals." Tuxedo Mask said, stepping out of the shadows.
"Now that's more like it, hand them over, we haven't got all day." Zoisite smirked.
"I think it's time for our entrance." Illusion said.
"Right." Venus agreed.
"He's not giving you anything, Negasleeze!" the two said in unison.
The two generals looked up to see the back to back silhouettes of Sailor Illusion and Sailor Venus.
The two scouts jumped down to face the two negaverse generals.
"Who are you?" Malachite asked.
"On behalf of love and beauty, I'm Sailor Venus."
"On behalf of Illusions and Dreams everywhere, I'm Sailor Illusion."
"Venus Crescent Beam Smash!"
Venus' beam slashed Malachite's hands, breaking the forcefield, setting the other scouts free.
"She broke the forcefield!" Zoisite exclaimed.
"Hey! They're the rest of our team, you guys." Sailor Moon said.
"What?" the others asked, looking at the two new sailors.
"Look, we didn't come here to throw some scout jamboree." Zoisite snapped.
Malachite and Zoisite froze in mid-threat.
"But we can beat them!" Zoisite cried.
"We'd better hit it." Malachite said.
"We're in for an earful." Zoisite sighed.
"You got lucky this time, scouts, but remember everyone's luck runs out. We'll be back." Malachite said as the two
disappeared.
"They're our new scouts." Moon whispered.
"That's right, and I'm their guardian Artemis."
Artemis flirted with Luna for a little while and the scouts introduced themselves.
"Are either of you the moon princess that we are looking for?" Sailor Moon asked.
"I don't know." Venus said
"I don't think so." Illusion said, quietly.
"Well, gotta go." Venus said.
Illusion, Venus and Artemis left quickly.
"That was a little rude, Venus." Illusion said.
"Well, we'll have plenty of time to get acquainted later, Mirage." Venus said, as she detransformed
"I suppose so." Mirage replied, following suit.
~the next day~
"Mirage, Mina, We're going to be late to the scout meeting if you two don't hurry up." Artemis said.
"Coming." Mina said as she rushed down the stairs followed closely by Mirage.
The trio was walking towards the meeting when Mirage and Mina stopped dead in their tracks.
"What is it, girls?" Artemis asked.
"Major negavibes." Mirage said.
"I think it's coming form the Starlight Tower." Mina added.
"I'll check it out, Mina. You go get the others." Mirage said.
"Be careful, Mirage." Artemis said.
"Don't worry, I will." She replied.
Mirage walked towards the building. Once she arrived, she placed her hand on it. The moment that she touched it, a spark
was emitted. Mirage looked up just in time to see a red bubble vanish through one of the upper windows. The next instance,
thunder crashed and the building changed into an evil looking citadel.
*I hope that they get here soon.* "Illusion Crystal Activate!"
Sailor Illusion tried to find a way into the building, but turned up nothing.
The other scouts arrived in short time and Mercury began to scan the tower.
"Is there anyway into that building, Mercury?" Mars asked.
"No, all of the exits are sealed. Wait a minute. There is an elevator moving towards the top floor."
"Anybody in it?" Illusion asked.
"Serena and Darien are in it!" Mercury exclaimed.
"We have to get into that building, scouts." Luna said.
"I call upon the forces of thunder and lightening, help me bust into that building. Jupiter Thunder Crash!"
Jupiter's attack demolished the door, much to the surprise of the other four.
"Nothing like the direct approach." Jupiter said.
The scouts rushed into the building, hurrying to save their endangered leader.
A terrible sight greeted the scouts. Sailor Moon was crying over Tuxedo Mask's unconscious body. A single tear slid down
Sailor Moon's face and a flash of light momentarily blinded the scouts. When their eyes adjusted they saw the formation
of the Silver Crystal. The crescent moon wand combined with the crystal and Sailor Moon reached for it.
"It's Sailor Moon…"
"She's the moon princess."
"Who'd a thought?"
"We've finally found her, Artemis."
"And it's about time."
"Cosmic Moon Power!" Princess Serenity whispered, blasting Zoisite into a nearby stone pillar.
A few hushed words were said between the Princess and Darien.
"We are free." She said as she changed back to Sailor Moon and promptly fainted.
"Sailor Moon!" the scouts cried as they rushed over to her.
"Is she going to be alright, Mercury?" Jupiter asked.
"She just fainted." Mercury replied.
"All of this must have been too much for the poor girl, it just over-loaded her royal circuits." Artemis said.
"How princess-like." Illusion said with a sigh.
"You'd better enjoy your little reunion because your princess is going back in history." Zoisite wheezed.
"Zoisite, you're trembling!" Malachite cried.
"Help me, Malachite, before they find their way out and take the crystal with them."
"Don't worry, they'll never find the way out of here." Malachite said as the two vanished.
"Come on, Darien. You gotta wake-up." Mars said, shaking Darien.
"Come on, you guys, we've got to get them out of here." Illusion said.
"And where do you think you're going?" Malachite asked.
The sailor scouts flanked Sailor Moon and Mercury stayed with the unconscious super-heroine.
"You wanna get to her, you'll have to go through us first, pretty boy." Venus challenged.
"Don't worry, it's not her that I'm after." Malachite said.
Darien's body began to glow red.
"Oh no! They're after Darien." Venus exclaimed.
"Don't worry, scouts, you'll get your turn." Malachite said, disappearing once again.
"Oh no, Darien. What are they going to do with him?" Mars asked in a whisper.
"I don't know, Mars, but we need to get her out of here before Malachite gets back." Illusion said.
"It's very strange. This place is lie a dimensional rift, but I think that I've found a way out." Mercury said, typing
furiously on her mini-data computer.
"Good work, Mercury. Jupiter, since you're the strongest, you pick up Sailor Moon and when you get tired, we can switch."
Venus said.
"Got it." Jupiter replied.
Illusion and Mars helped Jupiter get Sailor Moon on her back.
"Lead the way, mercury." Venus said.
The six scouts followed Mercury's directions and seemed hopelessly lost.
"We'd better find a way out of here soon. She may be a princess, but she's not light." Jupiter said, shifting under the
weight slightly.
"I heard that." Sailor Moon mumbled.
"She's awake." Mercury cried.
"Thank goodness." Illusion replied.
Sailor Moon looked around groggily, trying to remember where she was and how she got there. Her eyes flashed in recognition
and tears of fear and worry automatically filled her eyes.
"Do you remember where we are, Sailor Moon?" Jupiter asked.
"Where's Tuxedo Mask? You didn't abandon him, did you?" she asked.
"Of course not! The negaverse took him." Mars yelled
"Was he okay?" Sailor Moon asked.
"We don't know, he seemed to be hurt pretty badly." Mars replied.
"Oh, Darien." Sailor Moon whispered as she sat down.
"We have a big battle ahead of us, scouts, now that the negaverse has Darien, we're in for a big fight." Luna said.
"So what you are saying is that our battle with them has just begun." Mercury said, typing on her computer.
"Right, Mercury, we need to pull together as a team if we want to defeat the negaverse." Artemis replied.
"Count me out, I don't want to fight." Sailor Moon said.
"What! You can't mean that." Venus said.
"Sailor Moon, we need you. You're our leader." Jupiter said.
"No, I'm not! I just want to be a normal teenager. Not Sailor Moon, Moon Princess, Moon anything! I can't do this, I could
barely handle being Sailor Moon and now I'm the Moon Princess. This is too much. Oh, Darien…" she cried.
"Sailor Moon!" Mars started.
"Leave me alone, Mars. I don't need this right now." Sailor Moon said.
"I have to say, I never thought you were much of a leader but I know I was wrong." Mars said, tears in her violet eyes.
"I was really proud of you today, Sailor Moon." Luna said.
"Yeah, you really nailed that creep Zoisite." Illusion said.
"Mercury, get us out of here. I want to go home." Moon said.
"You're not going anywhere." Malachite snapped.
The scouts quickly surrounded Sailor Moon. Venus stood in front, Jupiter and Mars on the right and Illusion and Mercury
on the left.
"It's not you that I'm after, girls, but the one that you are protecting. Now step aside and you won't be hurt." Malachite
said.
"Dream on! No way are you getting to her or the crystal." Jupiter said.
"It's not a fight that I'm looking for, but if you want on, you'll get one." Malachite replied.
"Jupiter Thunder,"
"Venus Crescent Beam,"
"Crash!"
"Smash!"
The two attacks hit Malachite's forcefield.
"Ha, pitiful." Malachite sneered.
He formed a ball in his hands and fired the lightening and energy at the two lead scouts.
The two screamed out in pain as they were electrocuted and then collapsed.
"Jupiter! Venus!" the four others cried.
"Oh you are going to pay for that!" Illusion said.
"Oh, I'm shaking." Malachite taunted.
"Get her out of here, Mercury." Mars said over her shoulder.
"You scouts are really stupid if you think that you can beat me."
"Well, Mars, what do you say we show this guy what the sailor scouts are all about." Illusion said.
"I'm with you, Illusion." Mars replied.
"Mars Fire,"
"Illusion Spirit,"
"Ignite!"
"Beam!"
The two attacks once again hit Malachite's shield and he fired them back.
Illusion cried out in pain as she was burned by Mars' flame and her own attack. She collapsed alongside Mars.
"Mars! Illusion!" Mercury and Moon cried.
"Step aside, Mercury." Malachite said.
"Go bleach your roots, creep." Mercury said, taking a defensive stance in front of Sailor Moon.
Malachite fired an attack and neutralized Mercury.
"My friends." Moon whispered.
"Give me the Imperium Silver Crystal!" Malachite demanded.
*Oh no, I'm toast.* Sailor Moon thought, shrinking away from the negaverse general.
*No you're not*
*You can do it*
*Our future is counting on you*
*You know what to do*
*We believe in you*
Her friends' encouragement gave her the strength to face Malachite.
"You and your queen can go to hell, Malachite. You are not going to defeat me and you're never getting my crystal!"
Sailor Moon cried.
"Grr. Ugh! This is for Zoisite!" Malachite said as he fired his attack.
"Cosmic Moon Power!"
The two attacks collided and Malachite, knowing he was the weaker of the two, vanished.
Sailor Moon collapsed to her knees *Whoa! Where did that come from?*.
She looked at her friends, they were her future and she knew that they would always stand by her through whatever mess
that she got herself in. They were all going to be okay and she had defeated Zoisite and Malachite by herself. *Maybe I can
do this after all.*
The scouts all woke up and found their princess watching the sunrise.
"Hey, girl. Are you going to be alright?" Venus asked.
"Yeah." *I will set you free again, Tuxedo Mask.* Sailor Moon replied.
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to be continued….
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By: Jessica Willmington Bailey and Lena Sauran
Okay loyal readers, since my feedback for Mina's Lovelife has been so enormous, I figured that I would start another one.
This story is A.R (Alternate Reality, for those who can't figure it out) and involves characters that my friend Lena
(love ya babe) and I made up.
Sailor Moon and Co. do not belong to me, gee darn! The characters (Sun, Star, Illusion, and Earth) are copyrighted to Lena
and myself, so please ask first. Profiles for all of these characters are available upon request.
Now that all the technical crap is taken care of, on with the story.
Chapter 1: It's all an Illusion
~Silver Millennium~
"We're under attack!"
"Get to the armory!"
"What? What's happening?" Mirage asked.
"Queen Beryl is attacking. Follow me to safety, Lady Mirage." A guard commanded.
"Not on your life, pal. I'm not a sailor scout for nothing!" Mirage protested.
Grabbing at her cumbersome skirts, she ran to the balcony. She thrust her hand up into the sky and shouted her
transformation phrase.
"Illusion Crystal Activate!" she yelled.
In a flash of white and yellow, there stood Sailor Illusion, a sailor from the Andromeda System. She made her way to the
other scouts. She gasped and covered her mouth at the sight before her. The carnage was terrible; Beryl's army had killed
most of the foot soldiers of the moon. Now everything depended on the Sailor Scouts. The sky was black and seemed to be
laughing at them.
"Mars Fire Ignite!"
"Mercury Bubbles Blast!"
"Jupiter Thunder Crash!"
"Venus Crescent Beam Smash!"
"Illusion Spirit Beam!"
"Uranus World Shaking!"
"Neptune Deep Submerge!"
The attacks were fired at the creature in the sky, which absorbed them and fired them back.
Sailor Illusion cried out in pain and then death's sleepy hand reached through the darkness to seize her.
~Moncal, France, 1816~
Lady DeBarise cried out in the pain of labor.
A day later, she gave birth to a gorgeous baby girl. The child had tiny curls of lavender hair and large red eyes. On her
forehead was a starburst, the birthmark of her heritage. Strangely to the mid-wife, the mark disappeared after the child
stopped crying. Choosing to ignore the strange event, the mid-wife returned the little girl to her mother's waiting arms.
"What happened to the mark, Luisa?" Lady DeBarise asked.
Afraid that her mistress was displeased the girl lied.
"What mark, milady? I saw no mark." Luisa said.
"I guess it was an illusion played on my mind." The noble woman sighed.
"You are overly tired, my dear. Please rest." Lord DeBarise said from the doorway.
"Look, dear. Isn't she beautiful?"
"She's just as beautiful as her mother."
"Jacque, what should we name her?"
"Well, she just popped up into our lives like a dream. I say we name her 'Mirage'." He answered.
"Perfect. Don't you think so, my little Mirage?"
The baby cooed in agreement.
~Moncal, France, 1836~
"You, Mirage DeBarise, are accused of Heresy and connection with the devil. How do you plea?" the magistrate asked.
"Not guilty. I am no witch, your honor." The young woman replied.
"How do you explain not growing any older?" one of her so-called friends shouted.
"Why are you doing this? Not four years ago, you were all my trusted friends, why do you hate me so?" Mirage pleaded
with the angry mob.
"Mirage DeBarise, you are hereby found guilty of heresy. Punishment is banishment." The magistrate decreed.
Her family and friends watched silently as royal officials, who escorted her to harbor, led her out of the Town Square.
There they put her on a miserable, daft ship to England with a threat. If she ever returned to France, she would be burned
at the stake for heresy.
Alone and afraid, she rode of the ship to England. Once reaching England, she found a job as a handmaiden to a young
English noblewoman.
~Winchester, England, 1867~
Mirage watched as Victoria died before her eyes. Over the years, the two had become as close as any two friends could be.
Mirage was Victoria's best friend and best kept secret. Mirage lived alone with Victoria in her enormous house in the
country.
Victoria looked at her friend from her bed.
"Mirage, you are still the same young woman that I met so long ago. How do you do it? Is it magic?" Victoria asked.
"I don't think so, it's more like a curse. I have to watch all of the people that I love die. Including you, dear friend."
Mirage replied, clasping her friend's hand in her own.
Victoria died shortly after that.
Unknown to Mirage, Victoria had left her vast fortune to Mirage with a note. The note read:
If I can not be with you throughout the entirety of your life, I want you to be well taken care of. I have left you my house
and all of my assets are now yours. Take care, my friend.
Adieu,
Lady Victoria Edmunds
~London, England, 1923~
"Here you are, Ms. Edmunds, the deed to the store." The man said, handing her a folded piece of paper.
"Thank you." Mirage replied, taking the paper and checking to make sure that everything was in proper order.
"If you don't mind my asking, what kind of store will you be running?"
"I was thinking a Magic Shop." Mirage said with a smile.
~London, England, 1971~
Over the years, Mirage had made a life for herself in England. She had had some interesting adventures in her lifetime.
While on a business trip to Italy, she found and exquisite gem with white and yellow swirls in it. The woman, who sold it
to her said that it was important that she have it, it would change the future. Confused by the woman, yet intrigued,
Mirage had bought the stone.
The stone's carrying case had a starburst on it and felt oddly familiar in her hand. She carried the brooch with her at
all times. It gave her a strange sense of strength and confidence.
~London, England, 1992~
Her store had had burglars, muggers and its fair share of strange things, but nothing had prepared Mirage for
a nega-monster.
It just came into her store one day screaming its name and that it wanted energy. She panicked and shrunk behind the
counter. She gave herself a little pep talk and then popped back up to face the monster.
"No way am I going to let you hurt my customers. On behalf of Illusions and Dreams everywhere, I'll punish you." She said,
pointing at the monster.
The monster, unimpressed by Mirage's bravado, picked Mirage up by the neck and held her against the wall. She felt
lightheaded and knew that she was in real trouble.
"Venus Crescent Beam Smash!" a voice yelled.
The monster cried out in pain and dropped Mirage.
"Hold it right there, negasleeze! I won't allow you to hurt these innocent people." The blonde challenged.
Mirage gripped her brooch and felt a strong surge. She clasped her head in her hand.
"Why does all of this feel so familiar?" she asked herself.
She heard a cry and her head shot up. The creature had Sailor V cornered and was beginning to drain her energy.
"She needs my help! Illusion Crystal Activate!" she cried.
She transformed and was quite surprised. She reappeared in a short yellow skirt with a white bodice and a yellow
and white ascot. She also had pink bows on her front and back. Elbow length gloves with yellow poofy things at the elbow,
yellow strappy heels, and a yellow choker completed the outfit.
She placed her hands at her sides and bent her elbows in. Two balls of light, one yellow one white, formed in her hands.
Placing her hands in front of her, she fired the attack.
"Illusion Spirit Beam!"
The attack hit the monster squarely in the chest and dusted it.
"Another Sailor Scout?!" Sailor V exclaimed.
"A Sailor what?" Mirage asked.
"A Sailor Scout. You are Sailor Illusion, Mirage." Artemis explained.
"Okay, now that is really good, miss. A very good act." Mirage said, pointing to Artemis.
"It's no trick, Mirage." Artemis said.
"Stop that!" Mirage squeaked.
"Sit down, Mirage, you're in for a shock." Sailor V said, quietly.
"My name is Artemis. I am a guardian to the Sailor Scouts."
"So you really can talk, Artemis, was it?" Mirage asked.
"Yes, I can."
Mirage looked around and noticed that people were starting to wake up.
"Maybe we should do this elsewhere. My customers are beginning to stir." Mirage suggested.
"I agree, Sailor Illusion. Come on, Artemis, we'll take this somewhere more private."
The two Sailor Scouts and the cat quickly exited the shop and made their way to the warehouse district.
"I still don't understand. I lived in another galaxy a millennium ago? And I was a Sailor Scout then too?"
"Maybe this would be easier if I gave you what little of the things that I remember about the Silver Millennium.
Please close your eyes."
Mirage did as she was asked. Images of a time of prosperity and peace filled her mind. Images that her heart remembered.
Then the chaos and destruction, the things of nightmares, filled her mind and left her close to tears.
"Beryl." Mirage said, her eyes flashing from a sad green to a stormy dark blue.
"Yes, Beryl. She and her negaverse have resurfaced here in this time and we need your help to defeat them." Artemis said.
"She got out?! How?"
"We're not really sure. But, Luna is in Tokyo and she was reawakened four of the five inner scouts there." Artemis replied.
"But there are only four inner scouts and one of them is here." Mirage said, motioning to Mina.
"Wrong. Queen Serenity activated Sailor Moon, the Sailor Scout of the Moon and leader of the Sailor Scouts."
"So I'm guessing that Luna doesn't know about Sailor V here, does she?" Mirage replied.
"No, but Sailor Venus and I are going to join the other scouts soon. But since you've appeared, all three of us will be
going to Tokyo."
"Not me. I have a life here, my shop, my friends." Mirage protested.
"None of that will matter if Queen Beryl rules the universe."
"Artemis is right, Mirage. If you ever want to be able to live in peace, we have got to get rid of the negaverse."
"Okay, just a minute. I am supposed to give up my life to work with people that I don't even know that well?" Mirage asked.
"Exactly." Artemis agreed.
"Well, I guess there's only one thing left to do…" Mirage trailed off.
"And what is that?" Sailor V asked.
"Well, MINA, I guess I have to sell my shop and join up with the Sailor Scouts." Mirage finished with a sigh.
"Right, Sailor Illusion. Welcome back to being a Sailor Scout." Artemis said.
*Good-bye normal life* "Artemis I have one question, what happened to Andromeda after the fall of the moon kingdom?"
"I'm not sure, Mirage."
~Tokyo, Japan, a few months later~
Sailor Venus and Sailor Illusion watched as Tuxedo Mask battled with Zoisite.
"He may lose this fight, Venus." Illusion said, quietly.
"Well, it's our job to see that he doesn't. You take care of this and I'll go help the scouts."
"Right."
Illusion felt her partner leave and she watched the fight.
"Illusion Spirit Beam!"
She smirked as her attack sliced Zoisite's wrist and the general cried out in pain.
"Who threw that?" Zoisite asked.
Not bothering to answer, Illusion watched Tuxedo Mask make his exit. When Zoisite turned away, she made her's as well.
She quickly made her way to where Venus was perched. Below them, the other scouts were in trouble. Malachite and Zoisite
had them trapped in a quickly shrinking bubble of negative energy. The scouts were losing their battle and the negacreeps
were enjoying it. They demanded the rainbow crystal that Tuxedo Mask had for the lives of the scouts.
"…I'll give you the crystals." Tuxedo Mask said, stepping out of the shadows.
"Now that's more like it, hand them over, we haven't got all day." Zoisite smirked.
"I think it's time for our entrance." Illusion said.
"Right." Venus agreed.
"He's not giving you anything, Negasleeze!" the two said in unison.
The two generals looked up to see the back to back silhouettes of Sailor Illusion and Sailor Venus.
The two scouts jumped down to face the two negaverse generals.
"Who are you?" Malachite asked.
"On behalf of love and beauty, I'm Sailor Venus."
"On behalf of Illusions and Dreams everywhere, I'm Sailor Illusion."
"Venus Crescent Beam Smash!"
Venus' beam slashed Malachite's hands, breaking the forcefield, setting the other scouts free.
"She broke the forcefield!" Zoisite exclaimed.
"Hey! They're the rest of our team, you guys." Sailor Moon said.
"What?" the others asked, looking at the two new sailors.
"Look, we didn't come here to throw some scout jamboree." Zoisite snapped.
Malachite and Zoisite froze in mid-threat.
"But we can beat them!" Zoisite cried.
"We'd better hit it." Malachite said.
"We're in for an earful." Zoisite sighed.
"You got lucky this time, scouts, but remember everyone's luck runs out. We'll be back." Malachite said as the two
disappeared.
"They're our new scouts." Moon whispered.
"That's right, and I'm their guardian Artemis."
Artemis flirted with Luna for a little while and the scouts introduced themselves.
"Are either of you the moon princess that we are looking for?" Sailor Moon asked.
"I don't know." Venus said
"I don't think so." Illusion said, quietly.
"Well, gotta go." Venus said.
Illusion, Venus and Artemis left quickly.
"That was a little rude, Venus." Illusion said.
"Well, we'll have plenty of time to get acquainted later, Mirage." Venus said, as she detransformed
"I suppose so." Mirage replied, following suit.
~the next day~
"Mirage, Mina, We're going to be late to the scout meeting if you two don't hurry up." Artemis said.
"Coming." Mina said as she rushed down the stairs followed closely by Mirage.
The trio was walking towards the meeting when Mirage and Mina stopped dead in their tracks.
"What is it, girls?" Artemis asked.
"Major negavibes." Mirage said.
"I think it's coming form the Starlight Tower." Mina added.
"I'll check it out, Mina. You go get the others." Mirage said.
"Be careful, Mirage." Artemis said.
"Don't worry, I will." She replied.
Mirage walked towards the building. Once she arrived, she placed her hand on it. The moment that she touched it, a spark
was emitted. Mirage looked up just in time to see a red bubble vanish through one of the upper windows. The next instance,
thunder crashed and the building changed into an evil looking citadel.
*I hope that they get here soon.* "Illusion Crystal Activate!"
Sailor Illusion tried to find a way into the building, but turned up nothing.
The other scouts arrived in short time and Mercury began to scan the tower.
"Is there anyway into that building, Mercury?" Mars asked.
"No, all of the exits are sealed. Wait a minute. There is an elevator moving towards the top floor."
"Anybody in it?" Illusion asked.
"Serena and Darien are in it!" Mercury exclaimed.
"We have to get into that building, scouts." Luna said.
"I call upon the forces of thunder and lightening, help me bust into that building. Jupiter Thunder Crash!"
Jupiter's attack demolished the door, much to the surprise of the other four.
"Nothing like the direct approach." Jupiter said.
The scouts rushed into the building, hurrying to save their endangered leader.
A terrible sight greeted the scouts. Sailor Moon was crying over Tuxedo Mask's unconscious body. A single tear slid down
Sailor Moon's face and a flash of light momentarily blinded the scouts. When their eyes adjusted they saw the formation
of the Silver Crystal. The crescent moon wand combined with the crystal and Sailor Moon reached for it.
"It's Sailor Moon…"
"She's the moon princess."
"Who'd a thought?"
"We've finally found her, Artemis."
"And it's about time."
"Cosmic Moon Power!" Princess Serenity whispered, blasting Zoisite into a nearby stone pillar.
A few hushed words were said between the Princess and Darien.
"We are free." She said as she changed back to Sailor Moon and promptly fainted.
"Sailor Moon!" the scouts cried as they rushed over to her.
"Is she going to be alright, Mercury?" Jupiter asked.
"She just fainted." Mercury replied.
"All of this must have been too much for the poor girl, it just over-loaded her royal circuits." Artemis said.
"How princess-like." Illusion said with a sigh.
"You'd better enjoy your little reunion because your princess is going back in history." Zoisite wheezed.
"Zoisite, you're trembling!" Malachite cried.
"Help me, Malachite, before they find their way out and take the crystal with them."
"Don't worry, they'll never find the way out of here." Malachite said as the two vanished.
"Come on, Darien. You gotta wake-up." Mars said, shaking Darien.
"Come on, you guys, we've got to get them out of here." Illusion said.
"And where do you think you're going?" Malachite asked.
The sailor scouts flanked Sailor Moon and Mercury stayed with the unconscious super-heroine.
"You wanna get to her, you'll have to go through us first, pretty boy." Venus challenged.
"Don't worry, it's not her that I'm after." Malachite said.
Darien's body began to glow red.
"Oh no! They're after Darien." Venus exclaimed.
"Don't worry, scouts, you'll get your turn." Malachite said, disappearing once again.
"Oh no, Darien. What are they going to do with him?" Mars asked in a whisper.
"I don't know, Mars, but we need to get her out of here before Malachite gets back." Illusion said.
"It's very strange. This place is lie a dimensional rift, but I think that I've found a way out." Mercury said, typing
furiously on her mini-data computer.
"Good work, Mercury. Jupiter, since you're the strongest, you pick up Sailor Moon and when you get tired, we can switch."
Venus said.
"Got it." Jupiter replied.
Illusion and Mars helped Jupiter get Sailor Moon on her back.
"Lead the way, mercury." Venus said.
The six scouts followed Mercury's directions and seemed hopelessly lost.
"We'd better find a way out of here soon. She may be a princess, but she's not light." Jupiter said, shifting under the
weight slightly.
"I heard that." Sailor Moon mumbled.
"She's awake." Mercury cried.
"Thank goodness." Illusion replied.
Sailor Moon looked around groggily, trying to remember where she was and how she got there. Her eyes flashed in recognition
and tears of fear and worry automatically filled her eyes.
"Do you remember where we are, Sailor Moon?" Jupiter asked.
"Where's Tuxedo Mask? You didn't abandon him, did you?" she asked.
"Of course not! The negaverse took him." Mars yelled
"Was he okay?" Sailor Moon asked.
"We don't know, he seemed to be hurt pretty badly." Mars replied.
"Oh, Darien." Sailor Moon whispered as she sat down.
"We have a big battle ahead of us, scouts, now that the negaverse has Darien, we're in for a big fight." Luna said.
"So what you are saying is that our battle with them has just begun." Mercury said, typing on her computer.
"Right, Mercury, we need to pull together as a team if we want to defeat the negaverse." Artemis replied.
"Count me out, I don't want to fight." Sailor Moon said.
"What! You can't mean that." Venus said.
"Sailor Moon, we need you. You're our leader." Jupiter said.
"No, I'm not! I just want to be a normal teenager. Not Sailor Moon, Moon Princess, Moon anything! I can't do this, I could
barely handle being Sailor Moon and now I'm the Moon Princess. This is too much. Oh, Darien…" she cried.
"Sailor Moon!" Mars started.
"Leave me alone, Mars. I don't need this right now." Sailor Moon said.
"I have to say, I never thought you were much of a leader but I know I was wrong." Mars said, tears in her violet eyes.
"I was really proud of you today, Sailor Moon." Luna said.
"Yeah, you really nailed that creep Zoisite." Illusion said.
"Mercury, get us out of here. I want to go home." Moon said.
"You're not going anywhere." Malachite snapped.
The scouts quickly surrounded Sailor Moon. Venus stood in front, Jupiter and Mars on the right and Illusion and Mercury
on the left.
"It's not you that I'm after, girls, but the one that you are protecting. Now step aside and you won't be hurt." Malachite
said.
"Dream on! No way are you getting to her or the crystal." Jupiter said.
"It's not a fight that I'm looking for, but if you want on, you'll get one." Malachite replied.
"Jupiter Thunder,"
"Venus Crescent Beam,"
"Crash!"
"Smash!"
The two attacks hit Malachite's forcefield.
"Ha, pitiful." Malachite sneered.
He formed a ball in his hands and fired the lightening and energy at the two lead scouts.
The two screamed out in pain as they were electrocuted and then collapsed.
"Jupiter! Venus!" the four others cried.
"Oh you are going to pay for that!" Illusion said.
"Oh, I'm shaking." Malachite taunted.
"Get her out of here, Mercury." Mars said over her shoulder.
"You scouts are really stupid if you think that you can beat me."
"Well, Mars, what do you say we show this guy what the sailor scouts are all about." Illusion said.
"I'm with you, Illusion." Mars replied.
"Mars Fire,"
"Illusion Spirit,"
"Ignite!"
"Beam!"
The two attacks once again hit Malachite's shield and he fired them back.
Illusion cried out in pain as she was burned by Mars' flame and her own attack. She collapsed alongside Mars.
"Mars! Illusion!" Mercury and Moon cried.
"Step aside, Mercury." Malachite said.
"Go bleach your roots, creep." Mercury said, taking a defensive stance in front of Sailor Moon.
Malachite fired an attack and neutralized Mercury.
"My friends." Moon whispered.
"Give me the Imperium Silver Crystal!" Malachite demanded.
*Oh no, I'm toast.* Sailor Moon thought, shrinking away from the negaverse general.
*No you're not*
*You can do it*
*Our future is counting on you*
*You know what to do*
*We believe in you*
Her friends' encouragement gave her the strength to face Malachite.
"You and your queen can go to hell, Malachite. You are not going to defeat me and you're never getting my crystal!"
Sailor Moon cried.
"Grr. Ugh! This is for Zoisite!" Malachite said as he fired his attack.
"Cosmic Moon Power!"
The two attacks collided and Malachite, knowing he was the weaker of the two, vanished.
Sailor Moon collapsed to her knees *Whoa! Where did that come from?*.
She looked at her friends, they were her future and she knew that they would always stand by her through whatever mess
that she got herself in. They were all going to be okay and she had defeated Zoisite and Malachite by herself. *Maybe I can
do this after all.*
The scouts all woke up and found their princess watching the sunrise.
"Hey, girl. Are you going to be alright?" Venus asked.
"Yeah." *I will set you free again, Tuxedo Mask.* Sailor Moon replied.
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to be continued….
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