Hi Everyone! I thought this would be the last part of "Reversal" but there will be another part after this. There is angst in this part so I am just giving you fair warning. Read and Review please.
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Reversal
Part Four
By
Angel Raye

"Pluto what are you going to show us," Raye asked as she held Annika close to her. "And Chad why did you go to her? You told me you would support my decision."
"I know," Chad replied. "But I wanted to make sure it was the right decision."
"As did I," Greg admitted to Amy. "I had a bad feeling that what you were planning to do would end up tragic."
Pluto turned back to Amy and Raye. "Leave the children here," she told them. "And please come with me."
Amy sighed and turned to Ariel. "How about staying with Aunt Michiru for a little bit?"
"Okay Mommy," Ariel chirped. Michiru came over and took Ariel into her arms. Ariel went without a fuss.
"Darling Mama has to go somewhere for a few minutes," Raye told Annika.
"I want to come," Annika stated as she wrapped her arms even tighter around her mother's neck. Raye knew there was going to be a problem. Both she and Chad were going to the Gates of Time along with Amy whom Annika was very close to. Raye wondered if she would be able to leave Annika without a big fuss.
Sensing Raye's concern Serenity came over. She held out her arms to Annika, "How about coming with me for a few minutes?"
Annika tightened her hold around Raye's neck. Raye whispered in Annika's ear. "Go with her for a few minutes and I'll be back as soon as possible. Annika reluctantly reached for Serenity who took her into her arms. Annika clung to Serenity as she watched her parents leave with Amy, Greg and Sailor Pluto.

"Pluto there it's going to take a lot to change my mind," Amy stated as they arrived at the Gates of Time. "In this form she is not traumatized and it has been wonderful to see. I feel as though I have my daughter complete again."
"I understand," Pluto replied. She held up her staff and the gate opened. "No one will see us. We're just observers. I want you to look at how your daughters will turn out if you leave them the way they are."
"Very well," sighed Raye reluctantly. She and the others followed Pluto. They saw an elementary school. "This isn't Crystal Tokyo Elementary," she exclaimed.
"Do you think you two would be able to enroll these two at the same school they were at before," Pluto asked.
"I didn't think of that," Amy admitted.
"We're about two years ahead," Pluto explained. "This is the first day of school for both girls."
Raye saw herself along with Annika going into what looked like a kindergarten class. Annika had a look of utter terror in her eyes. "Now Annika," Raye heard her future self say. "I have to go now. You stay here and I will see you later."
"No Mama," Annika latched onto Raye's leg. Tears ran down her face. "Please don't leave me here."
"Where's Ariel," Amy asked.
"She's in second grade," Pluto explained. "She'll still skip two grades."
"Then both girls will be alone," Raye murmured as she watched the teacher pry Annika off of her future self. Annika screamed with hysteria. Once her mother was out of the room Annika broke free from the teacher and ran to a corner. She cowered in fear and screamed hysterically. Raye felt her heart break. "She won't have Gloria this time," Raye realized. "There is no one to pull her out of this."
"The first day of school is always critical for a child," Pluto explained. "Annika will be like this for the first couple of months. By then the other children will have made friends and won't want to have anything to do with Annika."
"What about Ariel," Amy asked nervously as Greg placed a steady hand on her shoulder.
"I'll show you," Pluto replied. Everyone watched as the kindergarten class turned into a second grade class. Ariel was sitting in a desk looking very scared.
"What are you doing in here," one little girl asked Ariel. "You don't look like a second grader. You can't be seven or eight years old."
"I'm not," Ariel whispered shyly. "I'm only five."
"Five," the girl shouted scornfully. "Then you need to be in kindergarten."
"I skipped two grades," Ariel replied.
"Oh so you're a smart freak," the girl exclaimed. "Well you could be quite useful to us. No one is going want to be friends with a freak like you." With that the girl walked away laughing contemptuously. Ariel buried her head in her arms on her desk as if she was trying to hide.
"Gloria isn't there to stand up for her," Amy stated in a numb voice.
"Not only that," Greg added. "But Ariel knows that Annika won't be much help so she won't go running to her class. Also none of the other children are around to help her. Remember how on her first day she ended up in Daisy and Maggie's class. They're not here to take care of her."
"Okay they have a rough first day of school," Raye sighed. "But we can help them get through that. Annika knows she can come to me for anything."
"Ariel too," Amy added.
"I have more to show you," Pluto informed them. The scene shifted. It showed Annika and Ariel at around eight or nine years old walking to school. Gloria and Madelyn, both in junior high school uniforms, were with them.
"I don't want to go to school," Annika was wailing. "I want to stay home with my mama."
"You'll be okay Annika," Gloria assured her kindly. "I'll come by here after school and walk home with you."
"If you don't get detention again," Madelyn pointed out.
"I wish you could come with me Gloria," Annika stated as she hugged the older girl.
"Just go on in," Gloria told her. "I'll be here after school."
"So will I Ariel," Madelyn promised Ariel.
"We'll be okay," Ariel replied trying to sound more confident then she felt. Amy couldn't help but notice that she had dark circles under her eyes. She looked like she hadn't slept in weeks.
"Now go on," Madelyn gave each girl a push toward the school. She and Gloria watched as they went through the gate. Madelyn then turned to Gloria. "Their mothers should have changed them back."
"I know," Gloria replied in exasperation. "But they didn't and now I can't defend Annika when she is picked on by others."
"And I can't be there to comfort Ariel when the other kids take advantage of her," Madelyn added sadly. "Come on we had better get to school." The two teenagers walked away. The scene shifted to show Annika walking into a third grade classroom. Immediately some girls surrounded Annika.
"Well I see the crybaby palace brat is here," one of them sneered.
"How long will it be before we can get her to cry today," another one asked in a spiteful voice. Annika tried to hurry to her desk but the girls stopped her.
"Come on crybaby," the first one jeered. "We're waiting for the tears to come."
"Leave me alone," Annika barely whispered.
"She talks," the second one exclaimed.
"What a miracle," a third one stated. "Usually this mouse never talks. All she does is cry."
Tears sprang into Annika's eyes. "There we go," the second girl laughed. "I knew whatever intelligible thing she would say would be gone once she started crying."
"Of course she can talk," exclaimed Raye. "What are they talking about there?"
"Your daughter never talks in school," Pluto quietly explained. "Her shyness kept her from interacting with the other children. The only time she says anything in school is when the teacher asks her a question. The other children know that Annika is easily upset so they do what they can to get her to cry."
"Poor baby," Raye murmured as she gripped Chad's arm. She watched as Annika got to her desk but the other girls followed her.
"Come on crybaby say something else," the first girl taunted.
"Yes we want to see if you actually have a voice or if we were just imagining it," the second girl added as she grabbed a handful of Annika's hair. Annika whimpered in pain as the girl pulled her violet tresses. "Am I hurting you," the girl asked in mock concern. Annika nodded her head as the tears flowed down her face. "Oh too bad," the girl sneered and she pulled harder on Annika's hair. Annika gave a cry of pain.
"I can't watch this anymore," Raye cried. "I don't want to see my baby get bullied like this."
"I'm just showing you what Annika will be going through in a few years," Pluto explained. "Now let's see what Ariel is going through." The scene shifted to show Ariel in a fifth grade class.
"She looks terrible," Amy exclaimed. "She's so pale and looks like she hasn't gotten any sleep."
"We're going to find out why," Pluto replied.
"Hey freak," a girl came up to Ariel. Amy recognized her as the girl who had approached Ariel in the second grade. Several other girls were with her. "Where's our homework?"
"Right here," Ariel whispered as she pulled out a stack of papers. She distributed them to each of the girls.
"Excellent," the girl replied. "With you doing our homework we could never fail."
"You haven't told anyone have you," another girl asked Ariel in a threatening voice.
"No," Ariel choked as a tear rolled down her cheek. "I wait until my parents go to bed and then I do it with my flashlight."
"No wonder she looks so tired," Amy gasped. "She's staying up doing everyone's homework."
"Just remember," the first girl said. "You do our homework and don't tell anyone or you'll be beaten to a bloody pulp. Your choice."
"I'll keep doing your homework and I won't tell anyone," Ariel murmured. The girls nodded and walked away. Ariel sat down and wiped the tears out of her eyes. Then she pulled out a book and began to read.
"Poor little thing," Amy cried. "I can't watch this anymore."
"Pluto please," Raye begged. "I don't want to see anymore. We'll be there for our girls. They will never be alone."
"I was hoping I wouldn't have to show you this," Pluto sighed. "But if this doesn't convince you then nothing will." The scene shifted to show an older version of Annika. She looked about fourteen and was in a junior high school uniform. She was pacing around nervously.
There was a knock at the door and Annika ran to answer it. Ariel entered wearing a high school uniform. "Did you get it," Annika asked nervously.
"Yes," Ariel replied and pulled out two bottles of pills and two scalpels out of her pocket. "Mom and Aunt Hotaru were still at the Senshi meeting so no one saw me. And everyone thinks we're at school."
"Good," Annika heaved a breath of relief. "By the time they realize we didn't go to school then we will be dead."
"Are you sure you want to go through with this," Ariel asked as she handed one of the bottles and scalpels to Annika."
"We promised we'd do it together," Annika replied as tears rolled down her face. "I don't want to make my parents sad but I hate my life. I don't have any friends except for you and the other Cosmic Senshi and they are off in college right now. I am tired of everyone making fun of me."
"And I am in the same boat you are with friends right now," Ariel sighed as tears formed in her eyes. "I don't want to be doing people's homework anymore. I hate to make my parents sad too but I hate life."
"Then let's get it over with," Annika pulled a note out of her pocket and left it on the counter. Ariel put a note next to Annika's. Then they got ready to commit suicide.
[Author's note: I do not condone suicide. If you are thinking of killing yourself then please get help.]
"NO," Raye screamed as she buried her head in Chad's shirt. "I can't watch this anymore."
"Please Pluto," Amy sobbed as she clutched Greg. "Take us away from here."
"I'm sorry," Pluto whispered as the scene faded away. "I had to show you this."
"You've made your point," Raye choked. She looked at Amy. "We have to change them back."
"Yes," Amy agreed. "We will change our daughters back. They may be traumatized now but it's better to have them traumatized now and live forever instead of happy now and end up committing suicide later."
"So it's agree," Pluto stated. "You will let the sliver crystal change them back."
"Yes we will," Raye and Amy said in unison.

To be continued...