Chapter 1
A female figure blended into the darkness. She was watching her minions working. "They have better be doing a good job," she thought.
"They are, my queen," a man said.
The queen turned around to look at the man. He had dark brown eyes with long blonde hair. "I want those twelve signs for myself so I can rule the universe. They are the keys to what I need, Ari," the queen replied sternly.
"Yes, my queen," he said. "I've a plan to find the first one. I need the assistance of your eleven other generals."
"Come forth, Rus, Gemi, Ancer, Le, Igo, Liba, Corp, Gittari, and Capri," the queen replied. "You will listen on this meeting."
"Yes, your majesty," they said in a union and bowed.
(Tokyo)
Serena, Amy, Lita, and Mina were walking to Raye's from the bus stop after school. It has been a full year without fighting, and they were closer to graduating. Amy, of course, was head of the class. Lita still enjoyed and had more time to cook. Mina enjoyed getting to know all the hard facts of gossip. Serena was no longer on the barely making the grades; she was making the grades no one thought she could pull off. They weren't high grades or low grades; her grades were average.
"You know," Mina said breaking the silence. "It's been a full year today since we last fought our last battle."
Serena nodded. "Yeah," she said daydreaming. "I know, and hopefully, it'll stay that way. I just want to have a long and peaceful life."
"It's not going to be peaceful when preserving this timeline in the future," Amy said. "And you fall into a deep sleep, Serena."
They all sweat dropped.
"Don't remind us," Mina told Amy.
"At least, Serena," Lita replied, "it's a nice thought."
"Yeah, it was," Serena said back. "Why'd Raye call us anyway?"
"She said that she had a vision," Luna said.
The girls looked up to see Luna on the wall. "Don't tell me we'll have to fight again," Serena replied. "I've had enough of it."
Luna jumped down from the wall. "Serena, you are Sailor Moon," she said. "It's your job as well as the scouts to protect this world."
"I know that, Luna," Serena said. "I figured after Chaos, we'd be done fighting."
"Hey, aren't we getting ahead of ourselves?" Mina replied. "Let's see what Raye's vision was about first."
"You're right," Lita said. "We should see what the vision Raye enfolded."
A little more than a block away, the other outer scouts stood listening to their conversation with the cat. "Is it what you think it is, Trista?" Michelle asked.
"Yes," Trista replied. "I can't believe I've forgotten about this part of the legend."
"Don't beat yourself up over it, Trista," Hotaru replied and sighed. "We couldn't have known in any case, but I have a question."
The three, Amara, Michelle, and Trista looked at Hotaru. "Wouldn't that mean their Luna and Artemis know this part too?" Hotaru asked.
"They would," Trista replied, "but not to the exact I know."
"How is that you know more about this than Luna and Artemis?" Amara asked.
"You forget, Amara," Trista said. "I am the keeper of time. I know more than you think."
"Now that's a scary thought," Michelle teased. "I thought we were going to the temple to explain this to the other scouts."
"We are," Trista said.
At the temple, Raye sat in front of the fire trying to figure out what her vision told her. She kept seeing signs. "What does it mean?" she asked the fire.
"Having a hard time figuring out your vision?" someone said from behind her.
Raye looked up to see Darien. "More like what it's trying to tell me something," she said. "And why aren't you with Serena?"
"Because we're meeting here," Darien replied.
"We're having a meeting today," Raye said.
"I know. Serena figured I should listen in," he told her.
Of course, she did, Raye thought. It's just one more reason to see him. "Sure, Darien, you should listen in," Raye said. "Besides you're interested in a lot of things and know a lot about them. We should've urged you here sooner."
"That's what Serena said," Darien told her proudly. "What is it you're trying to figure out?"
"I'll tell it all at once when everyone's here," Raye told him.
Once when everyone got there, Raye explained her vision. "There's something coming," Raye said. "I feel it, and I've dreamed about it. Whenever I ask the fire about my dreams, it keeps giving me these weird symbols."
"What kind of weird symbols?" Luna asked.
"There are twelve of them," Raye said. "At least, I think so. There are two I remember. One is the letter m and it curves with an arrow pointing to the right, and the other is like an ocean current."
Darien thought for a moment. He took and grabbed his book bag. He took out a book and flipped through pages.
"Do you know what we're looking for?" Serena asked Darien.
"I'm not sure," he said and stopped at a page. He pointed to the first sign Raye described. "Is that what you saw?"
"Yes," she said as she took the book from him. "These are all the signs that I saw in my dreams."
"Western Astrology?" Amy said interestingly. "Each sign is ruled by a planet, right?" She looked at Darien for confirmation.
"Well, yes. That's true," Darien said.
"What does that have to do with anything?" Mina asked.
The doors opened. "Everything," Trista replied. "It's time you know the tale."