"You dance well, young sir."
She looked up at the young man, smiling at him with
bright green eyes. Her pale blue dress fit her
perfectly, shaping out her beautiful figure. Many
gentlemen wanted to dance with her, although this man
must have gotten the first opportunity. They swayed
back and forth to the music, smiling at eachother,
waiting...
She looked over his shoulder, seeing Princess
Serenity with her mother watch those in the ballroom.
They seemed happy, although she could tell, the
Princess was unhappy. The Princess saw her looking at
her and smiled vaguely. What was wrong with her?
The dance was slowly ending, and she almost began to
cry looking at Serenity. She wondered where her love
was. Everyone had someone, and if not, another was
willing to dance. With what she was thinking, Nereid
became unhappy.
The Princess disappeared suddenly behind the curtains
in the ballroom. I should follow her, she thought to
herself. She pulled away from the man, picked up her
dress tail, and took off. She slid behind the
curtains, the same way Serenity did, and followed up a
massive set of steps, leading to a moonlit balcony.
"Where did she go? And what is she doing up here,
alone???" she told herself, while she treaded up the
steps.
Her dress caught under her footstep and she tripped,
falling on the uppermost part of the steps. Quickly,
she scurried up and and peeked around the room. It was
beautiful. The balcony had a clear view of the
beautiful blue planet, Earth.
"Ahh...so pretty..." she told herself, staring at it,
and the stars surrounding it.
Just then, some stifled conversation awoke near her:
"What do you mean?" Serenity pleaded, between tears.
"Queen Beryl WILL attack, please be warned."
Nereid watched them, as he kissed her, through her
tears.
"Please don't leave me...what will I do if she
comes?"
"I will be waiting for you...I will protect you to
the very end and nothing will EVER happen to you my
Princess."
With that, he left, as easily as he had come in. His
black cape, flapped in the wind as he leapt from the
balcony. Serenity clasped her hands together and began
to cry.
"What will happen tonight?" she asked herself,
"Endymion..."
Her voice trailed as she looked over to see Nereid
standing there, with tears in her eyes.
"Nereid, whatever will I do?"
"Let us enjoy ourselves Serenity, we will return to
the ballroom and there I'm sure you will feel at ease.
Your mother is there to protect us as well. Nothing
should happen with her there."
Nereid bowed to her, and quickly hurried out the
balcony through another adjacent door, leading back to
the ballroom.
"They mustn't know I was up here with you Serenity.
It is my duty as well as your fellow Princesses to
protect you."
She disappeared through the door, leaving Serenity to
herself.
She slowly descended back through the curtains, wiping
away tears.
The curtains parted before her and a young man,
wearing a black tuxedo and a white eye mask was
standing in front of her.
"Princess Serenity, it would be my honor to offer you
this next dance."
He took her hand lovingly and they began a very suave
dance in the middle of the dance floor to a beautiful,
soothing tune. Serenity's eyes glimmered as she looked
up at the masked man.
"Who are you?" she asked him, staring at his handsome
face.
"I'm a masked stranger, come to sweep you off your
feet."
They continued to dance on, while Nereid continued to
watch.
She stood among the other Princesses there. Each
guarded a planet in the Solar System. They were the
Princess' guardians, just as she was.
"I'm glad she's happy now," she told herself, smiling
at Serenity's own secret happiness.
The dance seemed to never end. The music was perfect,
and everyone stood around to watch them dance the
night away.
Suddenly the walls began to shake and the earth
began to move beneath everyone's feet. Statues began
crumbing from their mounts, breaking into a thousand
pieces in the floor. The people of the court were
screaming and running for cover while all this was
going on.
The masked stranger ran outside, while his tuxedo
materialized into Endymion's fuku.
"Stop this Beryl!"
He ran in front of her, with his arms wide,
while the Princess ran behind him, holding to him.
"Don't do this my Prince!"
Beryl saw her behind him, hiding from this
fight. She cackled. Her eyes went to the Princess
instead of Endymion.
"Give her to me now! She doesn't care for you!
Only for her life!"
Beryl grinned, hoping he would give in.
Although she knew he wouldn't. She knew that the
Princess as well as the Queen, were the key to the
Universe.
"Oh my God..." Nereid whispered to herself, her
body shaking with fright. "What's going to happen
here!?"
She ran outside, carefully dodging the Generals
and all of Beryl's minions. She looked up, seeing dark
shadowy figures wisp in and out of the kingdom,
knocking down pillars, destroying houses, and worse.
The kingdom's people were dieing one after the other.
The horror wouldn't stop.
"I'm so powerless to stop anything, where are the
Senshi!?" She looked around, searching for the Senshi,
but there was no sign of them. Where are they, she
thought to herself. Nereid began to cry, the tears
were beginning to sparkle as they flowed from her
face, there were so many. A tear for each person
destroyed.
She ran behind the kingdom to sit down and cry. I
will die here tonight, she thought. Something sparked
her imagination and she looked up, seeing the Senshi
fall, one by one.
"Mars! Mercury! Venus! Jupiter! Oh God!"
Each one fell to a blow from Beryl's staff, they
were trying to protect Serenity. She was still hidden
behind Endymion. The Queen ran from in front of the
palace only to witness 2 deaths. Beryl struck Endymion
with her staff hard, knocking him to the ground.
"My Prince!" Serenity screamed. His body levitated
and began to float. She too, floated to him and hugged
his lifeless body, kissing him.
"What a pitiful fool!" Beryl stated. With that, she
too, struck the Princess, killing her instantly. Both
of the limp, lifeless bodies, floated, with beautiful
sparkles surrounding them.
"Noooooooooo!!!" the Queen screamed through tears.
She stopped and gathered her thoughts.
"I won't let it end this way," she told herself,
"not like this."
She brought out her crescent moon wand, and implanted
the crystal on it.
Luna and Artemis arrived at the Queen's feet,
staring up at her.
"Queen Serenity, please don't do this! You'll die
using it!"
"Luna...Artemis...it is the only way."
With that, she held up the moon wand, shouting
"Cosmic Moon Power!" Beautiful pink streaks of light
shot from the crystal mounted on the wand. Instantly
the dark shadows above began to materialize into small
colored balls.
Nereid got up, her eyes sparkling, she tried to run
to the Queen before being knocked to the ground with
Beryl's staff. She tried to get up but was unable, the
hit was too great. She collapsed.
Beryl cackled one last time, before she began to
evaporate.
"This isn't the last of me!" her voice trailed off
before she vanished.
Serenity collapsed on a piece of rubble, and began
to speak to Luna and Artemis. Nereid tried to yell for
help, but she was so far gone, her voice just seemd to
trail off. The world around her became cloudy and she
could barely see.
"Not....like...this.." she whispered through gasps.
She listened to the calm quietness around her, her
body began to dissolve slowly. But before she could
start to even die, a sailor fukued soldier ran to her
side, kneeling.
"Oh God, I'm too late. I can't let you die like
this. Not like this, my sister..." Neptune brushed
away the hair from her eyes, and wiped the blood
droplets away with her glove.
My sister? Nereid thought to herself. She tried to
look up, but was blinded by a bright light, coming
from a shiny mirror. She closed her eyes before being
enveloped into a bubble of everlasting oxygen. Her
body was naked and she was curled in a tiny ball, her
hair surrounding her. She heard the mysterious figure
crying outside the bubble, but couldn't see who she
was.
"You will be reborn in the 30th century..with no
recollection of who I am. I don't know what you will
do there. Just remember me, somewhere in your hear, I
am Sailor Nep-" she was cut off quickly, also being
enveloped into a small bubble, although she fell
unconscious.
"Where..am..I going..?" Nereid spoke to herself,
before drifting off into a deep sleep...
Queen Serenity had encased everyone in a small
bubble to be reborn in the future, to fight the evils
held within.
"Luna, Artemis...please...watch over her. I will
awaken you when the time comes."
Tears fell from her face, and each one that fell,
formed a small crystal, 2 of which concealed Luna and
Artemis.
"Goodbye Luna, Artemis. Goodbye my sweet daughter."
The crescent wand slipped from her hands and she
fell to the side. Her body began to evaporate into
sparkling bubbles. The end was now. Each bubble
carrying a body, disappeared into the darkness around
her. It was over.
She looked up at the young man, smiling at him with
bright green eyes. Her pale blue dress fit her
perfectly, shaping out her beautiful figure. Many
gentlemen wanted to dance with her, although this man
must have gotten the first opportunity. They swayed
back and forth to the music, smiling at eachother,
waiting...
She looked over his shoulder, seeing Princess
Serenity with her mother watch those in the ballroom.
They seemed happy, although she could tell, the
Princess was unhappy. The Princess saw her looking at
her and smiled vaguely. What was wrong with her?
The dance was slowly ending, and she almost began to
cry looking at Serenity. She wondered where her love
was. Everyone had someone, and if not, another was
willing to dance. With what she was thinking, Nereid
became unhappy.
The Princess disappeared suddenly behind the curtains
in the ballroom. I should follow her, she thought to
herself. She pulled away from the man, picked up her
dress tail, and took off. She slid behind the
curtains, the same way Serenity did, and followed up a
massive set of steps, leading to a moonlit balcony.
"Where did she go? And what is she doing up here,
alone???" she told herself, while she treaded up the
steps.
Her dress caught under her footstep and she tripped,
falling on the uppermost part of the steps. Quickly,
she scurried up and and peeked around the room. It was
beautiful. The balcony had a clear view of the
beautiful blue planet, Earth.
"Ahh...so pretty..." she told herself, staring at it,
and the stars surrounding it.
Just then, some stifled conversation awoke near her:
"What do you mean?" Serenity pleaded, between tears.
"Queen Beryl WILL attack, please be warned."
Nereid watched them, as he kissed her, through her
tears.
"Please don't leave me...what will I do if she
comes?"
"I will be waiting for you...I will protect you to
the very end and nothing will EVER happen to you my
Princess."
With that, he left, as easily as he had come in. His
black cape, flapped in the wind as he leapt from the
balcony. Serenity clasped her hands together and began
to cry.
"What will happen tonight?" she asked herself,
"Endymion..."
Her voice trailed as she looked over to see Nereid
standing there, with tears in her eyes.
"Nereid, whatever will I do?"
"Let us enjoy ourselves Serenity, we will return to
the ballroom and there I'm sure you will feel at ease.
Your mother is there to protect us as well. Nothing
should happen with her there."
Nereid bowed to her, and quickly hurried out the
balcony through another adjacent door, leading back to
the ballroom.
"They mustn't know I was up here with you Serenity.
It is my duty as well as your fellow Princesses to
protect you."
She disappeared through the door, leaving Serenity to
herself.
She slowly descended back through the curtains, wiping
away tears.
The curtains parted before her and a young man,
wearing a black tuxedo and a white eye mask was
standing in front of her.
"Princess Serenity, it would be my honor to offer you
this next dance."
He took her hand lovingly and they began a very suave
dance in the middle of the dance floor to a beautiful,
soothing tune. Serenity's eyes glimmered as she looked
up at the masked man.
"Who are you?" she asked him, staring at his handsome
face.
"I'm a masked stranger, come to sweep you off your
feet."
They continued to dance on, while Nereid continued to
watch.
She stood among the other Princesses there. Each
guarded a planet in the Solar System. They were the
Princess' guardians, just as she was.
"I'm glad she's happy now," she told herself, smiling
at Serenity's own secret happiness.
The dance seemed to never end. The music was perfect,
and everyone stood around to watch them dance the
night away.
Suddenly the walls began to shake and the earth
began to move beneath everyone's feet. Statues began
crumbing from their mounts, breaking into a thousand
pieces in the floor. The people of the court were
screaming and running for cover while all this was
going on.
The masked stranger ran outside, while his tuxedo
materialized into Endymion's fuku.
"Stop this Beryl!"
He ran in front of her, with his arms wide,
while the Princess ran behind him, holding to him.
"Don't do this my Prince!"
Beryl saw her behind him, hiding from this
fight. She cackled. Her eyes went to the Princess
instead of Endymion.
"Give her to me now! She doesn't care for you!
Only for her life!"
Beryl grinned, hoping he would give in.
Although she knew he wouldn't. She knew that the
Princess as well as the Queen, were the key to the
Universe.
"Oh my God..." Nereid whispered to herself, her
body shaking with fright. "What's going to happen
here!?"
She ran outside, carefully dodging the Generals
and all of Beryl's minions. She looked up, seeing dark
shadowy figures wisp in and out of the kingdom,
knocking down pillars, destroying houses, and worse.
The kingdom's people were dieing one after the other.
The horror wouldn't stop.
"I'm so powerless to stop anything, where are the
Senshi!?" She looked around, searching for the Senshi,
but there was no sign of them. Where are they, she
thought to herself. Nereid began to cry, the tears
were beginning to sparkle as they flowed from her
face, there were so many. A tear for each person
destroyed.
She ran behind the kingdom to sit down and cry. I
will die here tonight, she thought. Something sparked
her imagination and she looked up, seeing the Senshi
fall, one by one.
"Mars! Mercury! Venus! Jupiter! Oh God!"
Each one fell to a blow from Beryl's staff, they
were trying to protect Serenity. She was still hidden
behind Endymion. The Queen ran from in front of the
palace only to witness 2 deaths. Beryl struck Endymion
with her staff hard, knocking him to the ground.
"My Prince!" Serenity screamed. His body levitated
and began to float. She too, floated to him and hugged
his lifeless body, kissing him.
"What a pitiful fool!" Beryl stated. With that, she
too, struck the Princess, killing her instantly. Both
of the limp, lifeless bodies, floated, with beautiful
sparkles surrounding them.
"Noooooooooo!!!" the Queen screamed through tears.
She stopped and gathered her thoughts.
"I won't let it end this way," she told herself,
"not like this."
She brought out her crescent moon wand, and implanted
the crystal on it.
Luna and Artemis arrived at the Queen's feet,
staring up at her.
"Queen Serenity, please don't do this! You'll die
using it!"
"Luna...Artemis...it is the only way."
With that, she held up the moon wand, shouting
"Cosmic Moon Power!" Beautiful pink streaks of light
shot from the crystal mounted on the wand. Instantly
the dark shadows above began to materialize into small
colored balls.
Nereid got up, her eyes sparkling, she tried to run
to the Queen before being knocked to the ground with
Beryl's staff. She tried to get up but was unable, the
hit was too great. She collapsed.
Beryl cackled one last time, before she began to
evaporate.
"This isn't the last of me!" her voice trailed off
before she vanished.
Serenity collapsed on a piece of rubble, and began
to speak to Luna and Artemis. Nereid tried to yell for
help, but she was so far gone, her voice just seemd to
trail off. The world around her became cloudy and she
could barely see.
"Not....like...this.." she whispered through gasps.
She listened to the calm quietness around her, her
body began to dissolve slowly. But before she could
start to even die, a sailor fukued soldier ran to her
side, kneeling.
"Oh God, I'm too late. I can't let you die like
this. Not like this, my sister..." Neptune brushed
away the hair from her eyes, and wiped the blood
droplets away with her glove.
My sister? Nereid thought to herself. She tried to
look up, but was blinded by a bright light, coming
from a shiny mirror. She closed her eyes before being
enveloped into a bubble of everlasting oxygen. Her
body was naked and she was curled in a tiny ball, her
hair surrounding her. She heard the mysterious figure
crying outside the bubble, but couldn't see who she
was.
"You will be reborn in the 30th century..with no
recollection of who I am. I don't know what you will
do there. Just remember me, somewhere in your hear, I
am Sailor Nep-" she was cut off quickly, also being
enveloped into a small bubble, although she fell
unconscious.
"Where..am..I going..?" Nereid spoke to herself,
before drifting off into a deep sleep...
Queen Serenity had encased everyone in a small
bubble to be reborn in the future, to fight the evils
held within.
"Luna, Artemis...please...watch over her. I will
awaken you when the time comes."
Tears fell from her face, and each one that fell,
formed a small crystal, 2 of which concealed Luna and
Artemis.
"Goodbye Luna, Artemis. Goodbye my sweet daughter."
The crescent wand slipped from her hands and she
fell to the side. Her body began to evaporate into
sparkling bubbles. The end was now. Each bubble
carrying a body, disappeared into the darkness around
her. It was over.