Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon or any of the original characters. This is not intended to infringe on anyone's copyright. All original characters are figments of my imagination.
Crystal Tokyo
40th Century
"Not again," moaned Neo-Queen Serenity, waking up for the fifth night in a row. She carefully slipped out of the bed, taking care not the wake her husband, Neo-King Endymion. She tip-toped to the bathroom, glancing at the clock on the way by.
"Five to one in the morning," she groaned as she slipped off her sweat-drenched nightgown and shrugged on her robe. She needed to get to her closet and get a fresh one.
"Who has guarding duty tonight?," Serenity asked herself, referring to the fact the Inner and Outer Senshi took turns guarding her room and the palace.
"Since the Outers had duty last night, that means tonight's the Inners' turn," she thought, "I'll be able to get to my closet with no problems." She chuckled at the thought. She knew that when the Inners had duty, the scout outside her room usually dozed off for a couple hours. So did the ones guarding the castle. She had to give them credit though, they always woke up when a crisis hit. The Outers were fierce warriors, who never slept on the job, except maybe Saturn, who was the youngest of the bunch, who caught a couple winks here and there.
Serenity slipped out of her room and walked quietly down the hall towards her wardrobe room, or as she preferred, closet. She passed the small alcove containing the laundry hamper and other such items, making a mental note to deposit the wet item before heading back to bed. She did not see that someone was watching her from the dark corner.
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The clock struck one just as Rei sat up. She, too, was drenched in sweat and was shaking like a leaf.
"I wonder what the dream means. I sensed something evil."
Rei walked to her closet and grabbed a new nightgown. She quickly changed and grabbed her robe off the bathroom door. She ran out of her room towards Serenity's.
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"Someone or something just came out of the Moon room," a woman whispered into some sort of communication device.
"Great, just our luck. Any ideas?" replied another voice.
"At this time of morning?" the first replied
"Point taken. I'm on my way. Wait. We have activity in the hallway. Someone's heading your way."
"I'm in position. Alert the others and get over here."
"On my way."
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Serenity, by this time, had changed and was heading back to the small alcove. Someone came behind her and put her hand on Serenity's shoulder. It didn't take Serenity long to figure out that the person was none other than Rei, her best friend.
"Rei, what are you doing in your pj's?" Serenity asked as they came to the alcove. She paused to let Rei answer, but before Rei had a chance, they were attacked. Someone shoved a sword in their faces and they felt something poke them in the back. Serenity let out an ear-piecing scream.
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Neo-King Endymion woke up to a scream and was distressed to find his wife was gone. He leapt up and ran in the general direction that it had come from. He arrived on the scene at the same time as Neo-Princess Serenity, Sailors Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, and the visiting Sailor Starlights. Luna, Artemis, and Diana weren't too far behind.
Someone turned on the hall lights to reveal Rei and Serenity in their robes. Sailors Uranus and Neptune surrounded the pair in the front and Sailors Pluto and Saturn in the back. Saturn had the tip of her Silence Glavie resting on Serenity's back to keep her from moving, while Pluto had her orb in Rei's back for the same purpose. Uranus's Space Sword kept them from moving forward.
There was a collective gasp at the sight. Neo-Princess began to laugh at the spectacle in front of her-her mother in her bathrobe, being held prisoner by her own senshi. The Princess' laugh was so contagious that it caught on. The Outer Scouts stepped back and released their prisoners. Neo-King Endymion was the first to regain control.
"What's going on out here?" He asked.
"I came to get a fresh nightgown and deposit this one in the hamper," Serenity answered, indicating the nightgown in her hand.
"I came to find the Queen," Rei said.
"And?" Endymion pressed.
"We saw someone slip out of your room and then a few seconds later someone came running out of the Inner hallway towards the Moon Room. We didn't recognize them," Uranus supplied.
"We thought we might have some unpleasant company to greet," added Neptune.
"Lately, we've been getting some strange vibes, so we've made sure security is tighter," Pluto said.
By this time, the scouts had returned to their civilian state. Something was bugging Serenity.
"Rei, you said you were coming to see me. But why? It's really early in the morning? And another thing, didn't the Inners have duty tonight?" she asked.
"We traded. We took tonight and they have tomorrow," replied Hotaru.
"I was coming to see you since I've been having the same dream for five nights straight and I think it's time we have a Senshi Meeting."
Serenity paled at this news.
"Five nights. Could our dreams be the same? What if they are?" Serenity asked herself. Michiru asked the same question to the group.
"How many of us have been having a five-night dream?" she asked the group. Not waiting for a reply she added, "I think Rei's right, Serenity."
"Senshi Meeting. Five minutes. Planet Room. Change and meet there," Serenity ordered.
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"Rei, tell everyone about your dream"
"It's always the same. The return of the Negaverse."
Everyone gasped and Serenity took that to mean that over the past five nights most had had the same dream.
"Any clue to what it means?" she asked Rei.
"I did a fire reading, but no answers," replied Rei.
"Any ideas?"
She never got any replies, because at that moment, the room went dark.