"Click, click, click." Galaxia calmly walked down an empty hallway of the Crystal Palace. The walls were made of beautiful white marble and the ceiling was of glass. Clear crystals formed fixtures for lights that hadn't been turned on for hundreds of years. Spider webs were found everywhere, and dust had collected on everything. Galaxia sighed as she entered the throne room where four beautiful crystal thrones were lined up together at one end of the room.

"This place needs some cleaning up," said Galaxia as she waved her hands around. The cobwebs and dust disappeared, and the place seemed to sparkle beautifully. "That's more like it." She continued down another hallway only to be intercepted by a little brown dog.

"What do you want?" growled the little dog.

"I need to see the princess," answered Galaxia. "Please Fido. I need to awaken the princess."

"Which princess are you awakening?" asked the little dog fiercely.

"Princess Katherine of Earth," responded Galaxia calmly. She smiled and knelt down next to the little dog. "Please Fido. I'm back to normal you know. Sailor Moon sent Chaos far away from here."

"You may proceed, but I'm going with you," said Fido.

"You are faithful just as your name suggests," Galaxia said as she scratched the little dog's chin. "Now, where's her room?" Fido yipped and led Galaxia down a couple of hallways to a room.

"She's still asleep, but I guess she won't be after today," said Fido.

"She'll be awake and ready to destroy Chaos. I have to have her do it because Chaos already knows how to take over my body. If Sailor Earth went after him, Chaos would not know what to do. Besides, she so much more powerful than me, especially if she has the Crystal Sword of Hope." Galaxia slowly entered the room and saw a young woman asleep on a large white bed. This young woman was Princess Katherine, or Sailor Earth.

She looked very different from Galaxia in many ways. Katherine had black hair, while Galaxia had golden blond hair. Katherine's eyes were blue; Galaxia's were red-brown. Galaxia preferred gold jewelry, but Katherine liked silver better. Galaxia's skin was much darker compared to Katherine's.

Galaxia knelt next to the bed and held Katherine's delicate hand. Flashbacks flowed into Galaxia's mind:

"I'll help you Galaxia," said Katherine to Galaxia as the two faced some fierce opponents. "No doubt, you'll win these Sailor Wars. White Pearl Cleansing!" A bright white light flowed from the staff Katherine was carrying and hit the opponents very hard.

"Katherine, you say you want to sleep an ageless sleep? I'll see what I can do, but you must have force fields or guards to protect you. I can't guarantee that you'll safe all the time. I'll come when Darien's twenty and wake you up. I promise. I owe you this much for helping me win the Sailor Wars," said Galaxia to Katherine.

Galaxia shook her head and thought, "Come on Galaxia. She's your best friend. Don't forget to do what you promised." Galaxia began to concentrate on Katherine and energy began to flow from Galaxia to Katherine.

***

Serena and Darien walked quietly hand in hand through a park one afternoon.

"Peace has returned to earth and the universe. Chaos is gone forever," whispered Serena softly while looking around.

"Yeah...I can't believe that he's actually gone," commented Darien. Suddenly, Darien jerked his head a bit with a confused look on his face.

"Darien, where are you?" called Katherine's voice through Darien's head, but he didn't seem to recognized it was her voice.

"Darien? Are you okay?" asked Serena worriedly.

"I'm fine. I just had a strange sensation run through me. It was like the earth was calling me to go someplace. I don't know what it was, but I heard this voice. It seemed so familiar, but I don't know why," explained Darien. Serena looked worried at Darien, but Darien just smiled a little. "Oh well, it probably wasn't anything."

"I hope so," said Serena. They continued walking for a bit. "So where to?"

"How about a movie? There's a new one out now that we haven't seen yet." Serena jumped for joy upon the suggestion and started leading Darien to his car.

***

Katherine's bright blue eyes opened slowly, and the young woman slowly sat up in her bed blinking and looking about herself. She felt around her bed.

"Fido?" asked Katherine. The little dog immediately jumped up onto the bed and licked his owner.

"Good, your memory is still intact," said Galaxia. "Here, I'll help you up." Galaxia held out her hand for Katherine to stand up.

"Thank you Galaxia. I can't believe it all worked," said Katherine.

"Don't thank me. I owed you this," responded Galaxia as she helped Katherine to her feet. Katherine took hold of her staff and started to walk.

"I think I'll be okay Galaxia. I've only been sleeping for about one thousand years," said Katherine. "How are things going?"

"Chaos is still alive. It will take more than Sailor Moon to destroy him," answered Galaxia. "I think Sailor Earth will need to do this job now."

"But, what about you?"

"I couldn't now that Chaos knows much about me after he took over my body. He almost took over me while he was inside of me. I couldn't possibly fight him. I also don't have much in the means of destroying him. Sailor Earth is the only one who can, especially if she finds the Crystal Sword of Hope and the righteous warrior to use it."

"Galaxia...."

"Trust me Katherine. You are Sailor Earth - the only one who can do this. Please. You must. Sailor Moon can't keep up with Chaos forever," explained Galaxia. "I must be going to check on my Galactic Protectors. I hope you wouldn't mind leading this sector's group of them."

"No problem."

"Good. You're the only Galactic Protector in this sector, but you can add members any time. I must be off," said Galaxia. "I'll visit you sometime." Galaxia body floated up in the air and then disappeared in a mist of golden light. Katherine stood watching the golden light fade away.

"Katherine, we should get going. Get your bag ready to go," said Fido. Katherine nodded and started packing a bag. "You caught up with everything?"

"What do you mean?" asked Katherine.

"You know all the new technologies?"

"Oh, of course. My spirit has been watching over earth and keeping up with what's going on. I think I'll be able to figure out the stuff easily after seeing it so much," answered Katherine as she packed her bag. She left the room briefly, and when she came back, she wore a nice black skirt, knee high black boots and a white shirt. She looked around her room, grabbed her coat, a leash, her staff and bag, and then left the room.

Quickly, Fido hurried to keep up and yelped, "Wait for me." Katherine turned around and closed the door to her room after the little puppy left the room. She put down her bag and knelt close to Fido. She pulled out the leash and attached it to Fido's little collar.

"Let's go, Fido," said Katherine as she rose and positioning the strap of her bag over her shoulder. The two walked down the empty hallway together.

***

Four female warriors walked down a dark hallway into a room and carried a woman's body. They said nothing except gestured to each other. They reached the end of the hall, and one of the women knocked on the door.

"Come in," called a male voice from inside. The four entered slowly and laid the body on the ground.

"We have found the perfect body for you, Chaos. She has been dead only for a day now," said one of the female warriors.

"Very well done Elemental Scouts. Now, leave so I may perform the transformation alone," answered the same voice, which came from a black spirit floating above the warriors. The four warriors swiftly left the room. The black spirit floated down close the female body.

"The perfect empty human shell," murmured the black spirit. "Chaos shall live again and shall rein the universe forever." The spirit then rose a little and entered the woman's body through the mouth.

The appearance of the body began to change. The hair grew longer turning from blond to black. The skin lightened, and the eyes opened. They quickly changed from brown to blood red. The body, now taken over by Chaos, stood up and walked over to a box. It pulled out a very dark red dress from the box and put it on.

"I am Chaos...no Chaotica - Queen Chaotica," said the body. "Nobody can defeat Chaos now!" Chaotica giggled and looked at herself in the mirror.

***

Darien whistled happily as he walked through the lobby of his apartment building. He looked outside through a window and saw the rain coming down gently. He then entered an elevator up his floor and then headed towards his apartment. As tossed his keys in his hand as she strolled down the hallway, but then he stopped.

"That feeling from earlier today," he thought as the strange sensation went through him again. He slowly walked further down the hallway and spotted a girl and puppy sitting by the door to his apartment. He approached the two carefully, and the strange sensation went through him again. The knelt down in front of them and discovered that they both were asleep.

A bag and staff lay on the floor next to the two. The girl had her coat wrapped around her legs to keep her warm, and the puppy was nestled in the girl's lap. The girl's hair and the puppy's fur were wet from walking in the rain.

"She feels so familiar - like I knew her a long time ago," thought Darien. "My sister?"


©2001 Hotarubi Yasuragi