Listen to Your Heart
Chapter 4
Breaking Dawn
The day was bright and beautiful. The sun was shining high in the sky with a few clouds floating about. It was warm but very pleasant because of the light breeze that was blowing. The sweet atmosphere seemed to draw everyone outside to enjoy it. Children were playing contently with their parents close behind, Lovers walked arm in arm chatting quietly amongst themselves, Close friends had picnics on the soft grass admiring the beauty of the day.
Amara and Michelle had also decided to go out to the park and enjoy the sunshine. Michelle had packed a delicious picnic lunch for four and they had decided to meet Trista and little Hotaru at the park at noon. Now the two were strolling through the tree's looking for the perfect spot to set up. Michelle noticed a large tree to the right of her. It was a very beautiful sakura tree that had the pink blossoms blooming all over it and made the spot ideal for their picnic.
"Amara look over there." Michelle said "That tree has just enough shade and it's so beautiful!" she looked at her companion with hopeful eyes.
"Alright then." Said Amara "Lets go set everything up then." Michelle giggled with delight as she walked over to the beautiful tree and set down her basket. Amara followed close behind walking around the tree taking in its striking beauty. Then she nearly tripped over something…Or someone. After she regained her balance Amara looked to see what it was that almost made her fall. It was a young girl maybe not much younger than herself and she was…sleeping…Why was she sleeping under a tree? How long had she been there? And should she wake her?
"Michelle." She called softly so as not to wake the seeping girl "Michelle, come over here and look at this."
Michelle looked up from her basket and walked over to see what her friend wanted. Amara pointed to the girl lying on the ground. A look of concern crossed Michelle's face. She looked up at Amara who had the same concern evident in her expression as well.
"What should we do?" Amara asked.
"Well we should wake her up of course." was Michelle's reply. She tapped the girls shoulder lightly perhaps too lightly because the girl did not stir. "Um excuse me?" She tapped her a little harder this time "Um please wake up now."
The girl stirred and turned over on her other side and mumbled "Just five more minutes." This made them both laugh.
"C'mon its time to wake up." said Amara "Its lunch time. You need to get up."
Then it was like someone had turned on the "On" switch because right then the girls eye's flipped open and she sat straight up. "Food!" she said a little too loudly. When she realized that there were other people there with her. She blushed a deep red and turned to look at the two girls who had woken her from her slumber
"Uh sorry…about that…" she said slowly "Did you say…lunch?"
"Yes we did." Said Michelle "Would you like some?"
"Well yeah that would be great!" the girl stood up and walked over with Michelle and Amara to the picnic basket. Michelle laid out a red and white checkered blanket on the ground and the three sat down. Sandwiches and drinks were handed out. The stranger scarfed down her food immediately. Obviously she had been starving and didn't have any money to buy anything to eat.
"Oh I'm so sorry!" The girl said as soon as she was finished with her food "I'm so rude I didn't even introduce myself!"
"Oh no that's okay." Amara said "I'm afraid we didn't either. Anyways I'm Amara and this is Michelle."
"It's nice to meet you." Michelle said sweetly."
"Hey, you to. I'm Helena." A broad smile spread across her face. "Thank you so much for the food!"
"Your welcome." Replied Michelle "Um if you don't mind my asking…" she hesitated a bit "but what were you doing sleeping under that tree?"
Helena was a bit bewildered by the question. "Uh well the bench wasn't that comfortable."
"You mean you don't have a place to stay?" asked Amara "You don't live in the city?"
"Uh…no…?" she was searching for a better response "I just arrived here yesterday."
"Oh I see so you're just passing through." Michelle said. Helena nodded and Michelle asked "Well then how long are you staying?"
This question seemed to surprise Helena. It looked to them like she wasn't sure how to answer."Oh well…I uh ummmmmmmm…"
Just then they were interrupted by a greeting from Trista. She and Hotaru had just arrived for the picnic and both had questionable expressions on their faces. Helena looked at Trista, then Hotaru, then at Amara and Michelle.Tirsta was very quiet, like she was trying to remember something. Does she recognize this girl? Amara asked herself. Helena looked like she was doing the same thing. Maybe they know each other from somewhere… Helena scratched her head and looked down, deep in thought. Trista just simply smiled and then sat down. But the look in her eye's still said that she was trying so hard to remember something important.
"And who is this?" Trista asked with a curious tome in her voice.
"Oh this is Helena." Said Amara with a smile "We found her snoozing under this tree and gave her some lunch."
"It is very nice to meet you." Hotaru said "I hope that we can be friends."
"Well of course!" replied Helena "Who wouldn't want to be friends with a pretty girl like you anyway?"
"So Helena you never did tell us how long you're staying. Or even why." said Amara changing the topic.
"Oh it doesn't really matter now does it? It's not that important." Helena replied.
Serena and her friends had also decided to enjoy the beauty of the day. All five of them plus Darien strolled through the peaceful park chatting away. It was all Darien's idea that they all come and relax. Amy came so that she could read one of her many books. Ray and Mina both wanted to look for potential boyfriends. Lida only really wanted to find some beautiful flowers for a bouquet and Serena just wanted to be with her beloved (and of course she knew there would be stands all around serving delicious food.) Luna decided that she would stay home today. She had been working very hard lately making sure that no other source of evil was going to attack them soon. Ever since the fight with Galaxia she had been very paranoid. andnaturally Artemis chose to stay withher to keep her company.
"Mina! Mina look there's one!" said Ray excitedly "He's so handsome! And I'll bet he play's sports too. Just look at his muscles!"
'Oh yeah good job Ray!" cried Mina while she was admiring the handsome young man. "Now you stay here. I'll be right back." Mina started to walk over to him when Ray suddenly stopped her.
"Oh, no you don't!" Ray said "Who say's you get to be the one to talk to him? I saw him first he's mine!" and from then on they both started arguing.
Amy just shook her head at her two friends. It always seemed to be like this but she never concerned herself with it. Right now she just wanted a good spot to read her book. She walked over to a nearby bench that sat under one of the many blossoming tree's that surrounded the park. As she sat down Darien and Serena sat next to her. Serena had a very pleased look on her face since now she had an ice cream cone in hand which Darien had bought her.
"What are they arguing about now?" asked Darien
"Oh, just the usual." Amy replied and then looked back down to her book.
"Hmmm. They seem to be doing that allot lately." Darien said. Serena was lovingly holding onto his arm.
"I'm just glad that I've already found the perfect guy." Serena said with a dreamy look in her eyes as she gazed over her prince "I'm too afraid to get in the middle of a fight with Ray." She cringed at the thought.
Lida was back behind them picking whatever lovely flowers caught her eye. She had told herself that this next bouquet was going to be the best most beautiful one she had made yet. Maybe it would even be worthy enough to give to her crush. Do boy's even like flowers? she thought but then she just brushed it off and continued with her task. It was these simple things that gave her pleasure. Cooking, flower arraigning and other things like that made other people happy. That's why she loved doing them so much. She looked around her for more flowers when she noticed their friends Michelle, Amara,Trista, and Hotaru having a picnic under a tree nearby. There was also another young girl sitting and chatting with them.
"Hey, everybody." Lida said getting everyone's attention "Its Michelle and Amara."
Ray and Mina stopped fighting for a few moments and looked over to where Lida was looking. "Oh and Trista and Hotaru too." said Ray.
"But who's that other girl with them." Mina asked
"I'm not sure but we should go and say hello." Amy said looking up from her book.
They all readily agreed and walked over to greet their friends.
"What a surprise to see you here." Michelle said when she saw the group walking towards them.
"You too." replied Amy. "How are you?"
"Were all fine." Said Amara "Just enjoying the beautiful sunshine."
"Who's your friend?" Darien asked
"Hi I'm Helena. Its nice meet you all." Helena said.
"Yes you too." Lida said with a sweet smile
"Ooooooh you have sandwiches!" Exclaimed Serena, who had long since finished her ice cream.
"Yes we had a few extra." Trista said "Would you like one?"
"Of course!" Said Serena, grabbing one of the sandwiches out of the picnic basket. Everyone laughed as she scarfed down the food without second thought. Pleasant conversation flowed between them all. It was literally the perfect day… But then the screaming began. Aterrible monster completely made out of slime was sucking life out of innocent people in the park. They all had heard of a strange phenomenon similar to this that happened at the theater. Could this be the same creature?
Just before she was going to transform Hotaru remembered their guest whom sat just behind them with the same tense look on her face. What were they going to do? They couldn't just transform right in front of her. Lida looked back frantically at the others hoping to remind of their witness. The others looked back and forth at each other unable to decide what they should do. Run and leave her here? Distract her while they fight the monster? Tell her the truth? The last option was defiantly out of the question. Then Trista had an idea.
"Helena, please hurry and take Hotaru to a safe place! We will stay here and try to help the other people escape!"
"But Trista…" said Hotaru with a worried look "I have to he-"
"Don't worry about it." Trista said in a low voice "We can take care of it." She was whispering now.
Hotaru nodded and then turned to Helena who now looked worried, surprised, and a bit confused. But she agreed and quickly took Hotaru away in hiding. They were both running and as they ran Hotoru noticed bright lights flashing behind them as the monster drew nearer to her friends. They must have transformed now. She thought to herself. Helena must have also noticed because she was looking with curiosity behind her shoulder. In the distance they could hear things like "Aqua Rhapsody!" and "Earth Shaking!" being yelled.
"Sailor scouts…" mumbled Helena
"It'll be okay." Hotaru reassured "I know that they can handle themselves."
"Huh wha…" Helena paused for a moment and then she realized that she was talking about Trista and the others. "I know I just…Never mind." And they continued running
Once they reached a patch of tall bushes they crouched down low so that no one could see them. They could still hear the battle cries of the sailor warriors behind them and it was unnerving. Though Hotaru knew that everything would be fine, Helena had an uneasy look on her face. It was a look of worry and fear almost as if she didn't think the scouts could defeat their enemy. Finally it seemed as if the suspense was too much for her and she dared peek from their hiding place and Hotaru did the same.
In the short time that they had run from the scene the creature looked as if it had gotten bigger. But how was that possible? Could it have sucked more energy from the innocent bystanders? It seemed to be a loosing battle because nothing that the scouts were doing was working. A flaming arrow shot out at the monster but merely made a small hole that filled itself in again. Lighting and water both attacked but nothing could destroy it. As time went on Helena looked more and more disturbed by the scene. She would not stay still for more than three seconds and Hotaru had to keep reassuring her that eventually the Sailor Scouts would win and the monster would be destroyed. Her kind words still did not seem to appease her friend as she stood up suddenly and turned towards the young girl.
"Please stay here okay?" said Helena in a stern voice "I'll be right back I promise." And then she ran off.
Though she was instructed to stay where she was Hotaru could not resist following Helena to see what she was doing. To her there seemed to be nothing to do but wait until the scouts won the fight. But Helena seemed to have a different idea. She didn't run very far just into a place she thought was far enough so that no one would notice her. Hotaru watched closely behind a large tree as Helena held in her hand a star shaped pendant.
"Wishing Star Make Up!" Helena yelled at the top of her lungs. There was a bright flash and then in front of her stood another sailor scout. Before she knew it the new scout was off running again and she was surprisingly fast, maybe even faster than Amara was. In no time they reached the monster and the other soldiers who were worn out from the battle; but not yet ready to give up.
"Venus Love and Beauty Shock!" Sailor Venus yelled. But again her attacks did not work.
"Do you mind if I give it a try?" said the new sailor. Everyone was silent as they stared. Who was this new scout?
"Sailor…Comet…" mumbled Sailor Pluto. Shock was evident on her face.
"Sailor Comet?" Sailor Moon said. "There's another one?" she turned to the outer scouts "Just how many of us are there?!"
"I am a bright shooting star whose light reaches the darkest parts of the galaxy! A Soldier of peace and harmony! Sailor Comet!" then she turned to face the monster "I may not have destroyed you last time but now I'm gonna finish you off!" the creature gave a muffled cry in response. "Sky Falling!" Comet yelled and small stars fell from the sky attacking her opponent. But just like all the other attacks it had no effect. She tried again and again with the other soldiers help but nothing did him in. It got to he point where the creature just ignored them all, he was just absorbing all the energy form the attacks, causing him to grow larger in size and power. Soon it slowly started to make its way to a place where it could terrorize and destroy more innocent people.
"How can we stop this thing?" said Tuxedo Mask "No matter what we attack with he just absorbs it."
"We'll find a way." Comet said with a determined edge in her voice "Sky Falling!!"
It still did nothing. Everyone was exhausted and the monster had grown to twice its original size. They were all trying to think of a way to defeat it but then suddenly the monster sprayed some of its slime all over the scouts. At first they were all just grossed out, but then they realized that it was some sort of glue. None of them could move. They were all stuck and about to be defeated.
Amory decided to sleep in because of the hard time she had the previous day. It was 11:00 by the time she finally woke up and as an immediate reaction she shot out of bed and started getting ready. Crap! No I can't be late for work! I'm never late Dave is gonna kill me! Then she stopped short and the events of the day before came back to her. She didn't have to go to work today. Everyone was probably recovering from the strange things that happened at the theater. And what about David, the director? Was he okay? The last thing she remembered was that he was being wheeled off to the hospital. She ran over to the phone and dialed the number of a co worker whom she hoped would be home.
"Hey Alice," she said "It's Amory. Yeah I'm fine, but I was wondering if you knew anything about Dave. No? Is he still in the Hospital? Oh alright. Thanks so much I'll talk to you soon. Bye." She hung up and sat on the bed wondering what she should do. Alice had said that David had still not woken up and the doctors had to clue what was wrong with him other than extreme exhaustion. Yet he had no brain activity and his entire body was shutting down. Maybe she should take him flowers or something. It was a beautiful day and it would be a shame if she didn't get out and enjoy the weather. She decided that she would visit her boss and see exactly how he was doing. She quickly brushed her hair out and put it into a high pony tail then put on some jeans, a t-shirt, and a denim jacket and walked out the door.
It really was a beautiful day she noticed while she was walking out of a small flower shop. She bought a few lovely flowers to give to her boss and was now off towards the hospital. Loud, frantic screams disturbed the peaceful chatter of the people walking by. Everyone looked around to see what was going on and then out of nowhere appeared the same slimy monster from before. Amory dropped her flowers and ran to hide as fast as she could. Why am I hiding? She asked herself I should be fighting that thing not running from it! Then the Sailor Scouts appeared and started attacking the monster. That was the only answer she needed. She was not yet ready to face the other scouts but if she had too she would jump in to fight.
Soon she knew she defiantly had to. They were all glued to the ground unable to move. Amory was not at all surprised when Comet showed up, but she was alarmed when she realized that not even her dear friend could get herself out of this one. Now was the time for her other self to appear once again. She ran away from the crowd to a place where no one would see her. She then held up her golden pendant and started to transform.
"Solar Cosmos Make Up!" light flashed all around her and when it stopped she was dressed in her sailor suit. She wore a deep dark red skirt with a gold stripe at the bottom and a gold bow in the front and the back. Her gloves went all the way up her arms. Her high heeled boots (that were the same deep red as her skirt) went up to her knee's, at the top they folded down (think pirates) and had a gold stripe at the top. The gold ribbon that she wore in her hair was very long and sparkled when it was caught in the light.
Despite all their efforts the sailor soldiers still could not break free from the glue that held them to the ground. And it seemed that the monster had decided to finish them off. It was inching straight towards them. The screams became louder and louder as the creature opened its gruesome mouth wide so he could suck the life out of each and every one of them. But then a loud voice spoke from behind it and everyone became silent.
"Stop right there!"yelled the voice "Out of the cold of night and into the warmth of day comes the final soldier. I am the one who brings hope with the dawn and punishes those who overshadow us with darkness! Sailor Sun!"
Both Pluto and Comet's mouth dropped at the sight of Sailor Sun.Pluto had known about the incident with Amory and the moon queen. It had devastated her when she found out that Sailor sun would no longer be there to fight; all because she was tying to protect the earth. After all that was her job. And then there was Helena. She was supposed to be dead. No one had found her after the battle on the moon. Now she was living and breathing right beside her. She was amazed that the two soldiers that she thought she would never see again, suddenly revealed themselves at the same time. It seemed that no one knew what to say or do. Sailor Moon looked especially confused and everyone's eyes were as wide as saucers.
Sailor Sun looked as if she was glowing while standing in the sunlight. She was an absolutely beautiful sight. "This time," she said "You won't get away with anything." Immediately she jumped at her opponent, facing him with a determined stare. It gave a roar in response and reached out its gruesome hand to fling more of the disgusting slime at her. She jumped out of the way and stood firmly behind it. Then she stretched out her hand in front of her and a long glowing scepter materialized before her.
The scepter was long and made of shimmering gold. It had what looked like vines carved into the staff that snaked all the way up to the top where a round crystal ball lay. Around the ball were several golden rings, holding it in place. On those rings were words written in some language that nobody understood and on the top was what looked like a crown that sparkled brightly. Sailor Sun was silent for a moment as everyone was staring in awe. And then she made her attack.
"Breaking Dawn!" She yelled as loud as she could. Small lights started to spin all around her and the scepter and they all gathered inside the crystal ball. And then it started to glow brighter and brighter. The light was so bright that no one could see anything. But they could hear the moans of the monster being destroyed by this new power. Once the light had reseeded all that was left of the creature was the slime it had flung everywhere. It was over, the monster was gone.
Yay! chapter 4!!! I'm so happy with the way this chapter came out. I spent a week writing it and I'm very proud. Sure some of the grammer isn't that great but hey I tried okay? Sorry it took so long but I have to work on other sotries too along with school and other stuff so yah thats my exuse. And wow almost 4,000 words. Thats allot for me I mean this chapter is like twice as long as anything else I've written! So I really hope you liked it and if not then well screw it. R&R! Larer! XP