Author's Note: So, here we are, the sequel to Not Set in Stone. If you're reading this, it means I –finally- got back into my account and could actually upload some updates. Honestly, what the hell? How many times can a person send an email to get a password reset? It turns out its a few. Anywhos, back on site and raring to go with some old material revamped into new material. If you know the old story, this will be familiar…but oooooh soooo much better. Why? Because sometimes you go back and wonder why the hell you wrote it like that...and thought it was a good idea. Please enjoy ;)

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Dreams Can Lie

Chapter One

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Rei arrived back at the mansion in the evening of a particularly windy day. Closing the large main door behind her, she stepped out of her shoes and hung her coat. The fire Senshi had been tense all day and her grandfather had sensed her anxiety early in the morning. It was her duty to help him at the temple however, so she remained until her responsibilities were dealt with.

Oh how she was glad to be home.

Somewhere in this house was the one person who made her day worthwhile. Rei let her Senshi energy spread out around her. This alerted the others she was back besides letting her sense who was in house.

And where they were located.

"Lady Rei, glad to see you are home. Would you like anything before dinner?" Menia popped out of nowhere, as per usual. The old woman smiled kindly to her from the doorway that led towards the kitchen.

"No thank you, Menia. And please, 'Rei' is all you need to call me." Rei gave a soft smile as the old woman shook her head.

"Not going to happen, my Lady. Could you take this drink to the Princess? She needs her evening dose." Menia held out a tall glass with an orange liquid inside and a bendy straw.

Rei took the glass from her and disappeared.

Settled on the floor of the training room was Princess Terressia of Teres. A dark purple sweater dress covered her to her knees, complimenting her nearly shoulder length brown hair. She was staring dully at raw materials lined up. The exercises were becoming more boring than the first or second time Terri had practiced them. It was all Dradian's fault, again.

Damn good thing that bastard was dead.

"Angry are we?" A voice spoke beside her. Terri gasped in surprise and looked to the piece of metal that had suddenly sharpened into a small dagger.

"Dradian makes me mad…" Terri's eyes traveled the length of concealed legs, up a well trimmed torso to the shining face of the woman she had loved for over a thousand years.

"He's dead, dear. Promise." Rei smiled and plopped down beside her girlfriend who promptly hugged her and kissed her cheek.

"How was your day? Ooo bendy straw!" Terri's eyes lit at the drink with the straw in it. Her fingers wiggled the straw back and forth as she sipped the liquid.

"Very long, fall is the start of a slow season for the temple." The raven haired woman grinned as Terri listened, idly playing with the straw. Terri blushed as she realized how young she was acting.

"We don't have bendy straws on Teres, ok?"

Rei just eyed her and picked up the dagger idly.

"So, I guess these exercises pretty much suck, huh?" The dagger in her hand was sharp piece of weaponry made of steel with a fairly light weight. It looked like a predecessor design to the daggers Terri already carried as a Senshi.

"Hmmm, yea, I'm way past this stage of training. I have to move on to physical combat training and larger planetary creations." Terri toyed with a piece of metal while it floated in front of her, shifting in an out of shapes as if it couldn't make up its mind.

Rei felt her stomach flutter at the idea of Terri starting physical training already. It had been almost six months since Terressia had died and Rei had brought her back out of sheer determination. Those first few days, the Princess could barely walk. She was weak and easily fatigued. Menia had brought her an orange drink not an hour after Terri had first opened her eyes and Terri had rolled them at the sight of the frothy drink.

"Menia, please, let me rest before I have to start all over again."The Princess begged some with her large navy eyes as wide as they could get. Rei knew she would have caved under that gaze but also that Menia was a mysteriously strong woman full of secret skills. If anyone could hold their own against Terressia's iron will, it was Menia. There was a reason the old woman was Terri's personal guardian.

"Princess, unlike the other times, you died."Menia handed the weak woman the drink, adding the bendy straw as it exchanged hands.

"And being dead certainly increases the need for your health shakes. Lady Rei, make sure she drinks it."Menia smiled and left the room silently while Terri to the straw to her still pale lips.

The fire Senshi had not expected it would take this long for Terri to repower but as it turns out, each serious strike to her power stores caused an almost reboot to her entire system. Dradian had made sure she was drained to her very last vestiges before creating his doll and Rei…

"You should stop, Rei. Stop thinking about what happened." Terri's voice took her from her thoughts and back into the training room.

"I'm sorry…I worry. I always worry…that's the problem with being psychic. I get all these feelings and rack up guilt. Seeing you still gathering back the pieces just reminds me I should have trained harder and shouldn't have kept my feelings locked away. Had I allowed myself to realize how much you mean to me…I would have never let you out of my sight." Rei's amethyst eyes searched for understanding in Terri's navy blue, her heart starting to flutter just like her stomach.

"You may have changed my fate, Rei, but you can't force changes in the motion of time brought on by others…if that makes any sense." Terri shook her head and grabbed a piece of coal from the floor. Rei watched as she pressed it in her palm, compressing the material. The princess grabbed another chunk of metal and twisted it into a ring.

"What I am trying to say is…Dradian was coming after me and his determination was going to make something happen." Terri set a gem into the freshly made ring and held it up to Rei. Happiness shined in her eyes as they usually did when she looked at the woman she had loved for centuries.

"Luckily, I have you. I want to always have you."

Rei stared at the ring, unsure if she was catching Terri's meaning or not. The ring was silver with a ruby sitting with in the metal, simple and beautiful. The fire Senshi reached for the ring between Terri's two fingers and smiled.

"Yes."

The future Queen of Teres let out a heavy sigh of relief and slid the ring onto Rei's finger.

"Thank the goddess, because I was pretty sure you were going to think I was crazy." Terri grinned and pulled Rei close for a passionate kiss, sealing their newly established role as an engaged couple.

"I only thought you were crazy once when you mistook what the lawn mower was used for…" Rei chuckled as Terri hung her head and held up a hand to silence her next words.

"Please, no, we are sooo done talking about that. Very embarrassing."

There was silence for a few seconds, until Rei could not take it anymore and started laughing. This in turn caused Terri to start smacking her arm in mock degradation. They remained in the training room for awhile as Terri continued to work larger chunks of earth into any item Rei could come up with.

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Serena was in the kitchen, helping herself to a pre-dinner bowl of ice cream. Her new sister may have helped her to become more mature and showed her proper techniques to control her power but…she was still Serena. Ruler of the world or not, the woman wanted her sweets. Darien had taken an office job a couple of months ago to get himself out of the house and out of his sister's hair. Serena may miss him while he's gone but the constant hovering over Terri was not helping anyone in the house.

Her spoon hit the bottom of the bowl and it brought the blonde out of her wondering when her boyfriend would return. It was closing in on six o'clock and Serena was starting to realize the house was fairly empty. Had anyone been around, they would notice their leader glow slightly as her aura reached out to locate her guardians. This was one of her skills she had been practicing lately, learning to know where her soldiers were at all times. The difficulty lied in remembering it was not about distance but essence and that no matter how far each was from her, she should be able to sense them in an instant. Someday, it might make all the difference. That's what Terri told her, it was most important to know where everyone is, at all times.

"Whatcha thinkin' about, Sere? That's a complicated look on your face." Mako went for the fridge and pulled out a carton of juice.

"Mako! I was trying to sense everyone…." Her blonde head clunked to the counter. "All I got was a vision full of Jupiter. Learn to drop woman, not rain." Serena glared at her longtime friend.

"What?"

"Ugh…never mind." The blonde smiled as she concentrated again and was happy to note for once (as in finally), she could feel everyone coming home.

"What is it Sere?" Mako frowned as her leader hopped off her stool and ran for front door.

Out in the foyer, the front door opened to reveal the future king of the Earth returning after a long days work. He nearly fell into said door when a blur jumped him which a screech.

Darien would not be telling his girlfriend that she screeched.

"Are you happy I'm home, Serena?" Darien chuckled as he hugged her close.

"So happy! I get bored, you know." Serena giggled as he put her down and started to pull him away towards the family room when they both sensed a shift in the air.

Darien's eyes narrowed.

Terressia had just teleported into the foyer to greet them. With Rei. At the same time. Darien's brotherly instincts were bubbling up and his senses told him it was not Rei's power signature hanging in the ether. Terressia had the nerve to smile sweetly at him.

"Terri! How could you? You are not strong enough to transport two people!" His voice raised a couple octaves and his sister smartly looked down at her feet. Her head snapped back up when Darien swiveled his head to glare at Rei next.

"And you! How could you let her? You know better, Rei!" Darien's head looked like it was going to rupture right there on his neck as Rei held up her hands in defense. Terri began trying to argue with her brother about her successful training but he refused to let her get a word in edge-wise.

"And for another thing!..." Darien continued his rant when a soft hand landed on his shoulder from behind.

"Woah! Brother Bear, chill out." Mina chastened from behind as she was coming into the house.

"You are def high up in brotherly love right now, but can we –please- talk about the shiny on Rei's finger." Mina did not hesitate as she moved passed the irritated Prince and took Rei's left hand in her own. Her sky blue eyes lit up as she searched Rei's face for answers.

"About five minutes ago, Mina." Rei rolled her amethyst eyes but grinned back at her friend. Her heart beat was going a million beats per minute. Terri's presence was hot next to her and she just wanted to be alone with her. Right Now.

"Oh oh oh, I am soooo happy! But I need a fan, congrats you guys. I'll talk to you later." Mina smiled hugely and started fanning herself while walking away. Rei glared at her, knowing the love goddess was reading her feelings again.

"Wow, Terri! When? Why?" Mako asked suddenly as she popped in between the group to look at Rei's finger as well.

"Really, Mako? You ask why?" Rei stared the Amazon down. Mako blushed and apologized profusely. Rei very happily pinched her in the arm, smiling as the injured woman whined.

"Rei! Don't be mean to Mako. She didn't mean it that way, jeeze." Serena took her turn to look at the ring and then jumped on Rei to hug her fiercely.

"I'm so excited! A wedding! I LOVE weddings!" The future Queen of the Earth squealed in delight, clasping her hands with her sister and bouncing.

Terri smiled softly, pulling Rei closer and away from the excited bunch.

"I could not wait anymore, Mako. A thousand years has passed, literally, since I laid eyes on Rei." Terri's large navy eyes roamed over Rei, clearly seeing the power falling off of her in graceful waves.

"Terri…I'm sorry." Darien hugged his little sister. He ruffled her still short hair as he pulled away and gave her a small glare. "You're making me look bad, you know?" The group giggled as Serena nodded her head vigorously, pouting at her boyfriend.

"On that note…we'll see everyone at dinner." Terri pulled Rei towards the second floor and the pair raced the stairs.

"Oh my god." Rei breathed out hard as the door to Terri's bedroom shut behind her. Terri grinned as she heard the lock click into to place.

"Bad timing?" Terressia asked as she brought Rei flush against her own body.

"Hmmm…nope. Perfect timing. Surprised, oh yes." Rei kissed her deeply as they brushed up against the bed.

"I have been looking forward to you all day." Terri spoke lowly as Rei pulled her flush by firmly grabbing her hips making the woman whimper.

The whimper always did Rei in. It made her knees want to buckle. Any little sound Terri would make from this moment would cause Rei's stomach to pool with desire and her veins would hum with excitement. Terri in her own right was lost to the possessive grip that Rei unknowingly had on her body. The instant the raven haired beauty grabbed her anywhere made Terri give in without thought. She felt like she was on fire as Rei kissed along her neck and pushed her back onto the bed. The Fire Senshi might not have known that her hands were sizzling warm. Terri gasped as each hot finger tip trailed her bare legs. Navy blue eyes met amethyst with equal lust and want.

Soft lips met soft lips again in unbridled passion as Terri moved her hands along her love's curvy body. She had already mapped Rei's body through the clothes that hid her and the Princess yearned for more contact than she was normally allowed. Terri knew the moment was coming when something inside Rei would stop her sensual movements from progressing. Terri could never tell what the reason was, only that it made Rei reconsider being fully intimate with the other Senshi.

Suddenly Rei's hands were in her hair and kisses slowed from wanton to sweet. Terri inwardly groaned at the telltale sign that Rei was ending their loving session. The Princess did her best to stir the other woman back into the heated moment but could only stall the inevitable.

Rei did not think she was ready.

"Rei, why?" Terri whispered, feeling at fault. Rei stared at her confused from her position over her prone body.

"I-I worry." The Senshi protector averted her gaze. Her own body was still alive with the need to touch her girlfriend in every possible way. The amethyst eyed warrior had discipline however, she had every intention of behaving.

"You cannot worry over everything. I can handle us being together. I'm much stronger than when I first woke up." Terri let her voice be pleading. Rei had to snap out of it or she was going to implode. Maybe literally.

"The exertion or emotional fall out may make you haywire…maybe after physical combat training doesn't tire you, we'll be able to…" Rei shut her eyes quickly as Terri reached up to kiss her deeply.

"No, Rei, right now."

Rei felt a tingle and a small breeze swept her body. She looked down and through her curtain of hair, saw the nearly full expanse of Terri's smoothe, tan form beneath her own. Her eyes glazed over and she knew she had lost this fight. In the back of her head, the guardian knew this was a horrible trick to pull. In the forefront of her head, she also knew she could play this game.

"Hope you're not attached to that bra." Rei nearly growled out, completely giving in to her girlfriend's seduction.

Terri grinned widely as her bra and panties started to smoke.

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Dinner had gone and went; Rei was quite sure about that. It was dark outside and pin-prick stars were shining through the window. Her raven hair stuck to her skin as she collapsed onto Terri's equally sweaty form. She had no idea why her resistance was ever important in this moment. Maybe she would remember later.

Rei was certain she would forget again.

Likewise, Terri was coming down from her Rei-centric high. The High Princess of Teres held a consistent grin on her face, feeling as if her face had found a new position to relax into. Had she known removing her clothes was the way to get Rei to remove the last of her conservations, Terri would have unraveled her pants ages ago. Of course, there was a bit of ash around them from Rei's revenge. The very level of Rei's control of her elemental power made Terri excited all over again.

"How are you feeling?" Rei's amethyst eyes looked up at her side ways from her chest. Terri turned her grin downward, pulling black bangs from her love's eyes.

"Happy and what I think is a normal amount of tired."

"Mmhmm, had someone not been oh so wicked, I might have made sure you had eaten before." Rei started to pull away and move towards the edge of the bed.

"Were someone not wicked, she would not have gotten what both of us wanted." Terri stuck her tongue out, eyes glued to Rei's retreating form as she walked into the bathroom. The brunette heard her bathtub start running and began following.

"Oh no!" Rei rushed out of the bathroom to find Terri on the side of the bed. The guardian placed a strong hand on her shoulder and shook a finger of the other hand.

"What? I said a -normal- amount of tired!" Terri let out a small sound of surprise as she was swept up into Rei's arm.

"Yea, I gave in but that doesn't mean I don't continue to be overprotective, ok? Ok." Rei asked and answered without pause.

Terri merely pouted as she was carried into the bathroom. If this was an ordinary situation, she would worry that a person of Rei's size might drop her. But they were Senshi, able to afford just about any situation that needed strength, power, and forethought.

A sigh escaped her lips as Rei lowered them into the rising water of the tub. The normalcy of this moment did not escape Terri's mind as she reveled in the knowledge that Rei was hers completely and vice versa. Something suddenly itched at the back of her mind and Terri struggled to place whatever it was trying to climb out. Rei gave her a curious stare but started reaching for soap and shampoo.

"What is it, Terri? That look often occurs right before disaster." The raven haired Senshi giggled and Terri returned the laughter.

"It's nothing, I was just thinking about my brother." Navy eyes watched her love's smile fall.

"Oh no. You better be squeaky clean, then! I do not need Darien trying to kill me for taking his little sister's innocence!" Rei gave a fairly convincing look of determination but it became lecherous as she scooted closer with soap in hand.

Terri giggled as a loofa met her skin but the itch in the back of her mind continued its irritation. The thought was prying at her, trying to make her realize she was forgetting something. Her senses flew out around her and Terressia could feel the universe respond. Something inside of her snapped as she confirmed her feelings. The temperature had dropped around five degrees around them.

This would not be nothing.

It would be about a month.

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BR: Well, this was longer than I thought it was going to be…But anyways, things were heating up between Rei and Terri…until maybe…they'll cool down. Until next time!