Nightmares

"Mama!"

Selenity shot out of her bed and ran to Usagi's adjoined room, where the two-year-old child was crying. "Hush, my child, it's okay," she cooed picking her up and rocking her gently. Usagi snuggled closer to her a whimper escaping her lips. "My darling daughter, it was just a nightmare."

"Is she alright?" Endymion asked stepping into the room and gently brushing Usagi's forehead with his lips.

"She had another nightmare," she whispered as she noticed Usagi drifting back to sleep. "It confuses me, how something in the past has not happened yet. Dark mirrors scare her, but she doesn't know why. I'm glad she grows out of it, but I can't bear to think of her fighting Queen Nehellenia."

"She will over come it. She is stronger than a father would care to admit, but it is the truth. She will, and does, return home safely. Even you were able to defeat Metallia," he smirked.

"I kno--, hey! No insulting the woman you love," Selenity scowled. She then smiled and stood on tiptoe kissing Endymion on the cheek. "But I had you there to help me."

"We defeated Nehellenia once, we can do it again."

Selenity placed Usagi in her crib kissing her softly on the forehead before she started out the door with Endymion's arm around her. Stopping at the doorway she looked back fondly, a small smile on her lips. "Goodnight, ChibiUsa."