A/N: This is an idea I've been bouncing around in my head for a while. And I have searched and searched for anything like this and I haven't found it (if someone does know another story like this, please tell me). So... here we go again! Also, I no longer have Microsoft Office so if this ends up having some grammatical errors and it generally looks horrible, I'll delete it and re-upload it from one of the computers on campus. Hopefully I can get this issue resolved quickly. Also, I am starting this out during the final battle with Beryl. Okay then, I'll shut up so you can get to this story!
Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon nor the characters. So please don't sue me.
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"Moon Healing..." Princess Serenity held her wand up, pointing it directly at the creature before her. She would defeat Beryl and save the Earth somehow. She had to. If not for the Earth's sake, but for her friends... her fallen senshi.
And for her fallen love as well.
Endymion... A lone tear rolled down her cheek as she watched through determined eyes as Beryl raised her hands above her head, calling forth all the black, negative energy that she could summon.
"Escalation!" She shouted, surrounding herself and the crystal/ice pillar that she was standing upon.
Beryl screamed with rage and sent her waves of darkness towards the princess, hoping to go ahead and eradicate her. Because of perfect little Princess Serentiy everything was ruined. Everything! Her hopes for conquering the Earth, enslaving the inhabitants, ruling the universe... and him. Especially him. Prince Endymion had not been able to resist Serenity's spell yet again, and had died to save the little twit... again. Not anymore! With Metallia behind her, she would finally kill the princess, destroy the Earth, and move on to other realms that would submit to her power.
Beryl growled, and narrowed her demonic eyes at Serenity. No matter how hard she pushed, how much power she summoned, the Princess' glowing shield refused to give way.
"Why?!" Beryl screamed. "Why do you always have to destroy everything I want?!" She pushed her energy attack harder. "All I ever wanted was him, but no! You always wrapped your spell around him! Now you and this worthless, pathetic planet will die!"
Serenity felt her knees buckle slightly under the pressure of keeping her shield up along with her own life energy tapping into the power of the Silver Crystal. But she would not be defeated. She couldn't be.
"No!" Serenity called back. "I won't let you destroy the Earth! I have faith!"
Beryl laughed evilly at the girl. "Oh, in love? Friendship?" She kept laughing at how ridiculous she sounded. Love and friendship didn't mean a damn thing in her world. Those were two sure-fire ways to get yourself killed, or worse, imprisoned. "Those are words spoken by a fool!"
"I have faith..." Serenity whispered, closing her eyes tightly as she tried to call the power from within herself. She opened her cruelean eyes and glared at the witch before her.
"I have faith in this world that everyone tried to protect!" She screamed back. "I won't let their deaths be in vain!"
Beryl smirked, her blue hair whipping around her face wildly as she summoned even more energy into her attack. "Their deaths were in vain! You can't stop me, princess. I have the power of Metallia behind me!" She pulled her hands back, her fingers shaped just like claws that were open for the attack, and shot down more black tendrils towards Serenity.
Serenity held her arms out before her, groaning and gasping with each passing second. The battle was barely three minutes in, yet it felt more like three hours. She was growing weaker, and Beryl seemed to only be using half of her energy. Black waves crackled and danced around her shield while the wind from her own energy sent her dress to fly around her legs, and her hair dancing behind her back. Shards of ice were flying around as well, luckily bouncing off of the golden shield. Her breathing was coming in sharp, quick breaths, but she had to be strong, even if it meant her own death.
She closed her eyes as the shield she had created started to shrink around her. The black waves of energy were dancing just a few inches away from her face. If her shield failed, she knew she would be death within seconds. Tears filled her eyes as she screamed, making her throat feel raw.
"Please! Please, Silver Crystal... please give me everything I need to take her out!" She closed her eyes once again, summoning up images of her fallen comrades. Guys, I can't do this without you! I need you!
"You shouldn't talk so casually about love." Ami said, and then giggled.
"Don't get the wrong idea! I don't care for Yuichiro like that!" Rei screamed as she turned away, unable to hide the blush on her cheeks.
"So what if he has a girlfriend? We just have to go for it!" Mako-chan gave her a 'thumbs up' gesture and winked.
"As long as they're happy, that's all that matters." Minako closed her eyes, sighing sadly as the wind sent her hair flying around her face.
Serenity felt her heart clench at the memories of her friends. But she couldn't conjured up Endymion's memory. Not right now. The pain was far too much to bear. She opened her eyes, tears falling freely down her face.
"Endymion... Ami, Rei, Mako-chan, Minako... "
Beryl smiled triumphantly. So the little princess was weakning was she? That was too bad. She was just like the rest of her little warriors: all too weak to handle her powers. No matter. She would send Serenity to the afterlife to be with her friends... and with him. She snarled thinking of the two. So, even in death the two will be together. No matter!
"You can't seal me again! I have Metallia, the most powerful entity that ever existed! You will die!" She screetched. She pulled her arms back once more, sending the rest of her power towards Serenity. This should take the little wench out. Clearly the moon brat couldn't withstand much more.
Serenity growled lowly and pulled her wand back, whipping it around her as she summoned what was left of her power. The ground started to cave in from the pressure of both energies, shards of ice flying around the area. Serenity's entire body was shaking from fatigue, her hands clentching the moon wand so tightly that she was certain her knuckles were breaking. She gritted her teeth, ignoring the beads of sweat that started to drip down into her eyes.
"Guys I need you here with me! I need you..." She glared, feeling a new surge of energy fill her body. "Please!" she screamed, pleading desperately for a miracle.
Suddenly, one by one she felt their powers. The calming blue of Mercury, the roaring flames of Mars, the crackling thunder of Jupiter, and the glowing warmth of Venus. They had come back! Serenity's heart did a leap of happiness, and she would've collapsed from the joy had it not been for their powers supporting her. One by one, they called to their planets to give them the power to destroy Beryl.
"Mercury power!"
"Mars power!"
"Jupiter power!"
"Venus power!"
"Moon prism power!"
Swirls of red, orange, green, and blue mingled with the power that was being given off by the Silver Crystal. Suddenly, power was being absorbed into the Silver Crystal. A huge light show of pink rained down to where the Princess and her senshi were, blocking away all of Beryl's black energy.
"What is this?!" Beryl shrieked, trying to summon more of Metallia's power, but finding nothing.
The pink power that collected into the Silver Crystal finally released itself towards Beryl in a huge ball. Powers from the planets as well as the moon started to slowly destroy the witch, taking out her hands first. Her eyes widened in horror as she realized what was happening. She failed... again. Beryl was there one moment, and then the next, gone.
Serenity felt the senshi leave her once again, and she collapsed to the ground. First she appeared as Sailor Moon, and then her fuku faded away and all that was left was Usagi. "I just..." she spoke slowly, her breathing slowly down as darkness started to fill her version. "Want everyone... to be normal again..." her eyes closed, and the power of the Silver Crystal swept over her, each of the fallen senshi, as well as Mamoru, who was no longer wearing the armor that was Endymion's.
The Earth would finally be at peace once more.
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"Usagi? Usagi! Wake up, Usagi!" A voice called out to her.
Usagi grumbled and pulled her blankets back over her face. "Just five more minutes Mama, please..." she pleaded. She had just fought the most excrutiating battle of her life, and desperately needed her rest. Apparently, the major downside of being Sailor Moon was that Mommy Dearest couldn't know, and therefore never let her rest.
I wanted to be normal. But I guess I'll just have to deal with this. At least Beryl is gone...
"Usagi, this isn't your mother. It's Dr. Tomoe. I need you to wake up so you can take your medicine."
Dr. what?!
Usagi flung the blankets back and stared at the man before her. She blinked a few times and took a look around the room. White walls. The smell of Clorox. And it was unusually cold. Was she in a hospital? Damn, did the battle really take that much of a toll on me? She looked down at her body, seeing no visible wounds or bruises. She rubbed the back of her head, feeling for a lump of any kind. When she didn't find anything, she looked back to Dr. Tomoe.
"Uhm... what am I here for?"
Dr. Tomoe looked like he was taken aback, but he let his generous smile fall back into place. "You know why, Usagi. Now, please, take your medicine." He offered her two small cups: one containing this medication and the other containing a small amount of water.
Usagi shrugged. Maybe it was a pain killer. She could certainly use it. And she was thirsty. After a second debate, she downed both the medicine and the water, opening her mouth to show Dr. Tomoe that she really took it. Odd.
"Go ahead and get dressed. You have visitors today."
Visitors...? Okay... whatever you say.
Usagi shrugged again, kicking the blankets back and started to look under the hospital bed for any of her clothes. Hopefully her mother had remembered to drop some off for her. After a few minutes, she stood in the middle of the room, eyebrows knitted tightly together in thought. No clothes. And this definitely did not look like a hospital. She chewed on her bottom lip and tip-toed to the door that had been left slightly ajar. She opened it just a little more, eyes scanning her surroundings. Her eyes finally caught a sign that was above one of the doors.
Welcome to Hope for the Hopeless! We strive to provide an excellent care center for your loved ones who are having a difficult time in society. Please-
Usagi gasped and quickly slammed the door shut behind her, backing away from the door quickly as if it had burned her, and jumped into the bed. She was shaking head to toe and pulled her knees up to her chest, laying her head against her knees.
This wasn't a damn hospital. Okay, it was in a sense, but not a normal hospital. She had heard of this place a few times, heard students in her school whispering about some of the 'troubled' students coming here and never being seen again. This was horrible. This was worse than facing Beryl all over again.
This was, in all its glory, a mental hospital.
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To be continued...