Chapter 2- First meetings
Raye's temple- scout meeting.
" Well I would never have believed it if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes. Serena is actually early?" Raye said in utter disbelief.
" Can it pyro, I'm not in the mood," Serena snapped back. Everyone stared at her in shock. For once she didn't break down and start whining.
" Cool it Serena I was only joking," Raye said defensively.
" Look can we just get on with the meeting?" she asked changing the subject. They all sat down. There hadn't been any youma attacks for a couple of weeks and every one was beginning to become edgy.
Ami was relaying to everyone that there was no youma activity showing up on her computer. But two scouts weren't listening. One was looking out into the sky thinking of the dream she had been having for the last couple of nights. The other was studying Serena and remembering back to the vision she had only minutes before the girls arrived. The resemblance between Serena and the lady who Raye was by now completely sure was the Queen, was eating away at her.
She really needed to talk to Luna about it. Raye focused back on Serena. She could tell that something was bothering her. Her eyes showed everything. Confusion. That was plain to read. Serena was confused. So are you Raye she thought to herself.
" Raye, have you found out anything from the fire?" Luna asked. But Raye hadn't heard her.
" Raye?" finally she came out of her trance only to be met by bemused faces. For once Raye hadn't been listening and it was a shock to all the scouts and most of all herself.
" What?" she asked as she once again focused her attention back to the matter at hand. The girls' sweat dropped.
" We were just wondering if you had found out anything from the fire," Artemis replied.
" Oh." should I tell them about the vision? She thought.
" No I haven't seen anything," she said making sure to avoid the eyes of Serena. Although she was well equipped in ways to hide her thoughts, for some reason Serena always knew if she was hiding something. But unbeknownst to her, Serena had caught the flash of uncertainty cross Rayes' face.
" Oh ok well I guess that would end the meeting girls. But remember that enemies can strike at any time, and just because Ami's computer or Raye's visions don't bring to light the fact that an enemy is out there doesn't mean that an attack won't occur soon. Be on your toes at all times," Luna said as she began walking away from the temple.
" Yes Luna we know," the girls chorused. Artemis chuckled at the expressions on the scouts face and just barely ducked the angry swipe Luna sent in his direction. Ami, Lita and Mina all laughed as they walked away from the temple. Raye hastily went back to her fire, she desperately needed to get to the bottom of her vision. Serena however hadn't moved from her seat as she continued to stare at the sky.
I have to tell someone Raye thought as she settled herself in front of the fire. She closed her eyes and began to focus.
" Oh great fire, help me to understand my last vision, show me who the woman is." She opened her eyes and stared into the fire.
She was so focused on the fire that she didn't sense the presence out side her door. She needn't have worried for it was only Serena. But still she would have been the last person Raye would want to know about her vision. Serena just stood at the door. She knew Raye was hiding something and she had a feeling that this was the reason she had gone straight to the fire. So she followed her and waited.
Maybe Raye can help me understand my dreams she thought as she quietly snuck into Rayes' room without (for once) having a klutz attack. She sat down in the far corner and waited. It was hard for her to be still and quiet but she knew she must do this for Raye to fully understand what ever it was she was seeing. She listened intently as Raye began speaking to herself.
" She is the moon Queen!" Raye gasped in surprise.
" And that definitely is Luna. How could she not see it? Its so obvious," Raye said in a mixture of excitement and confusion.
Suddenly a small breeze swept through the room. Raye shivered and turned from the fire. She still hadn't noticed Serena sitting in the corner. No, her attention was focused in the centre of the room. Serena followed her gaze. She let out a small gasp then covered her mouth for fear that Raye might hear her.
There stood the most beautiful women both Serena and Raye had seen before. Raye stood there shocked into silence and Serena sat trying to make sense of it all. There were five altogether. Four women standing in front of the last one.
There was on the far left, the tallest of all, with a beautiful forest green dress, which looked to Raye like velvet. The top of the dress covered all her shoulders and front, Raye guessing doing up at the back and finishing at her neck. It also had the symbol of Jupiter on the top of the woman's chest. Raye noticed the top of the dress was studded in tiny pieces of emerald. The sleeves were loose and just dropped around her hands, the material a sort of form of lace. It fell to her feet which were in cased by a pair of sandals similar to those worn in ancient Greece only they were of a green similar to her dress. The lady's hair was of a brown much the same as Lita's. Holding the ponytail up was a beautiful emerald clip she knew Lita would die for. The same emerald stones sat in a necklace around the woman's neck. When Raye looked into the woman's eyes she gasped. The woman smiled.
" Yes dear child, you are correct. For I am the mother of the Jupiter princess. I am Queen Sargee of the planet Jupiter." She finished by going into a low curtsey before straightening herself up.
" And you know who she is." Raye nodded.
" Lita." Was all she said. The Jupiter Queen smiled and took a step back.
Raye moved to the next. This lady was in a dress of orange, which she guessed was Chiffon. It was an off the shoulder type dress which hugged the woman's body before loosely dropping from the hips down and sitting just above the most elegant pair of high heeled shoes Raye had seen before. They were an open shoe with a strap over the top of her ankle and a strap around the back, which did up at the side. Across her toes was a thicker strap studded in a shape of a heart in what Raye guessed were Amber gemstones. The woman's hair was a beautiful blonde and was held half up by a small bow similar to that of what Mina wore in hers. Around her neck was an assortment of Amber stones set in a necklace. Raye didn't need any help figuring out who she was.
" The Queen of Venus," she whispered. The woman smiled a warm smile, which made Raye and Serena both feel the warmth of the lady.
" I am Queen Lybera. Mother of the princess. I am Queen and ruler of the beautiful planet of Venus," she said going into a low curtsey as the Queen before had.
" So Mina is the princess of Venus?" the Queen nodded and smiled to a now astonished Raye. She stepped back to stand beside the Jupiter queen.
Next Raye's eyes fell upon a woman in a baby blue silk dress. Raye new instantly that this woman was shy, she was so nervous that she was fidgeting. She giggled and the woman gave her a confused expression.
" I should have guessed the Queen of Mercury would be as shy as her princess, but I know you would also be the genius that our dear Ami is too," Raye said kindly and the woman unconsciously stood taller.
Her dress was a sleeveless one, with a v- neck collar. The silk sat around the small figure with out hugging the curves of the beautiful ruler. Raye knew this was because the Queen would be shy in showing off her body to people. The silk dropped to her feet, just sitting above the shoes. Raye needed a second glance before she realised that her shoes were made purely of ice. The Queen smiled. Raye looked back at the Queens face. She had the same haircut as Ami only it was a much darker colour but Raye guessed Ami's would eventually be the same colour one day. On the chest of her dress the Mercury symbol was studded in sapphire stones, as was the neckline of the dress. The Queen didn't wear any jewellery except for the sapphire earrings. When the Queen felt that Raye had finished studying her she began to speak in a soft voice just like Ami.
" I am Queen Gemina of the planet Mercury, and yes Ami Mizuno is the princess," she said as she too went into a low curtsey as the Queen's before.
She stepped back to stand on the other side of the Jupiter Queen. Before Raye could even turn to look at the next Queen she was engulfed in a bear hug.
" cough Could you let go cough I need air," she gasped out as the woman loosened her grip.
Before her stood a woman almost identical to herself. Raye gasped. Standing before her, was a woman, she knew had to be her mother. The two stood there for what seemed like ages before Raye began to take in what her mother looked like. Her mother was wearing a dress of red satin that only covered one shoulder. Leaving the other bare. The sleeve of the dress flared out and reminded her of fire. Raye could have sworn when the Queen moved the dress changed from red to a dark orange. It fell softly to her feet where she found a pair of high-heeled shoes in a deep blood red colour that Raye would kill for. The Queens hair was the same colour as Rayes, and she also wore it out exactly the way Raye does. To cut it short she was a dead ringer of Raye only older. She wore a ruby necklace with matching earrings and bracelet.
" Oh Raye I have missed you so much! And you've grown up into such a beautiful young woman," the Queen said tears springing to her eyes. Raye began to blush.
" Uhh I hate to be rude.. But I don't know your name?" Raye stated a little embarrassed. The Queen laughed softly.
" Oh please forgive my rudeness, I am Queen Ariyar of the planet of Mars and your mother," she finished with a curtsey like the other Queens. She straightened up and just smiled at her. Raye couldn't help but smile back. The mars Queen stepped back to stand next the mercury Queen.
And lastly she looked to the last remaining woman. It was the woman from her vision.
" You are the moon Queen," Raye said barely audible.
" Yes Raye. I am Queen Serenity of the Moon kingdom and mother of princess Serenity," the Queen said in a singsong voice. Raye just looked at the Queen. She couldn't get over the fact that she looked so much like Serena. But when she looked at the Queen's face she noticed she wasn't looking straight at her. Instead she was looking at the corner of the room behind Raye. She had a smile on her face. Raye turned to see what she was smiling at, and was stunned to find Serena crouched on the floor looking at them with a mixture of confusion and fear.