Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon, but a girl can dream can't she?

Chapter Seven:

It was dark and freezing cold. The little girl that stood in the center wasn't affected at all by either. In fact, the abnormal girl appeared to not notice anything at all. Her eyes were glowing a frightening dark violet. Her hands outstretched and holding the only source of light in the entire room. It was a sickening pale white light and its dim light was growing brighter. The girl's skin, or what could be seen of it was a ghostly color that only made her eyes stand out all the more. A sign suddenly appeared on her forehead. It was a purple glowing h. A death mark if ever seen, but it only made her 'light' glow brighter until the entire room was filled with it.

A chilling burst of wind came up and made the girl's short hair fly all around. Then, the light exploded. A movie-like thing was showing itself on the now completely dark wall. The girl watched solemnly, her eyes never showing any expression. The movie-like thing was showing a woman with red hair in an odd sort of outfit. It showed her shrinking herself into an incense burner that was orange.

The scene changed; now it was showing a strange planet with dead lying everywhere. Three dark figures were moving swiftly in the distant shadows. A woman with gold armor was cackling at the sight.

Once again the scene changed. It showed a vast solar system with nine planets orbiting around an star. A dark haired woman was hidden in the shadows behind the girl, watching everything as it played out. Her garnet eyes were the only feature that could be seen besides the outline of her body. She walked forward and soon was standing directly behind the girl. The image faded and the girl fainted into the woman's arms. They were once again left in darkness.

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Usagi woke up for no reason, startled out of her sleep. She looked outside her window, but instead of the moring sunlight, she only saw pitch black. Climbing out of bed, and waking Chibiusa in the process, she noticed Chbi Chibi was missing. Chibiusa rubbed her eyes sleepily.

"What's going on, Usagi-mamachan?" She asked. Suddenly she too noticed a certain little girl was missing. They both tip-toed out the door into the rest of the house, but they couldn't find her. When Usagi opened the door to the outside, she didn't find the night-time village she was used to. Instead both she and Chibiusa saw the most magnificent meadow they had ever seen.

All kinds of plants both strange and familiar were surrounding the red haired child. Chibi Chibi smiled her cute smile at them, and then turned around, heading in the other direction. Usagi and Chibiusa had the strangest urge to follow her, so they did. Chibi Chibi led them through the meadow, across a babbling brook, and stopped in front of a large gate that was attached to a half-crumbled, half-destroyed looking wall. The gate itself was large, black and rusting. After waiting for the older two to catch-up, Chibi Chibi opened the gate and partly skipped and partly bounced inside. Usagi and Chibiusa kept following her as she brought them through what seemed to be an old palace. Many rooms and buildings were either crumbling or in shambles.

Finally, they came to an area that could have been an ancient ritual place, surrounded by stone and falling buildings. Chibi Chibi stopped in the center of the strange place where a small round stone table was. It wasn't really a table, but that was the only word that came to the two girls' minds.

"Chibi?" asked Chibi Chibi as she went on her tip toes to reach the top of the 'table'. She almost seemed to be greeting it. The 'table' began to glow silvery white. When the light died down again, two small lockets were lying on the surface. A gentle voice that came from nowhere answered the girls' unvoiced questions.

"These two lockets are very special. They are for you to have. These will allow you to help protect those in need and the ones you love. A time of danger soon approaches and you will need them. The Moon will protect you, the Ki no Mistu (希乃光) will guide you, but only you can protect the worlds and people. I bid you luck and farewell!" The voice was gone and so was the setting.

The two oldest girls got up with a start to see sunlight coming through the window and Chibi Chibi waiting patiently for them to get up. Just when they both desided it was a dream, they felt the two lockets in their hands. Chibiusa's a gold circle with a pink heart in the middle and Usagi's a gold circle with a gold crescent moon in the center around a small pink dot.

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Despite what people might say, Prince Endymion wouldn't mind if his parents wanted him to marry. In fact, he almost wished they would make him marry because, frankly, he didn't like the women scheming to get at him. He also wasn't fond of their absurdly obvious flirtations or his friends' amusement. Well, at least someone was having fun at his expense.

Endymion was sitting at a small banquet, listening to Lady-what's-her-name (he couldn't remember) talk at him, obviously hoping he fall madly in love her. He pretended to listen while watching Jadeite and Nephrite, who were sitting across from him, attempt to hide smiles. Kunzite was paying attention only to his food and having a conversation with Endymion's father, who he was sitting near. Zoisite was telling jokes to Endymion's mother between bites because he sat near her. Only Helios was nowhere to be found and when Endymion realized this, he frowned.

He turned to the lady and said, "Please excuse me, but I believe I must take care of something." He stood and went over to his father. "Father, where is Helios?" He whispered. The king closed his eyes in a I'm-trying-not-to-strangle-you-for-not-remembering-because-we-are-in-public way.

Then he whispered, "Son, Helios is half your age. He is too young to be at feasts like this." Endymion nodded.

"May I be pardoned, then? " He asked his father, who nodded. The prince then left the dining hall in search of his little friend.

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A/n: Cliffy! Hee hee. For those who don't know Japanese, here's a translation:

Ki (希) means hope

no (乃) means of

Mistu (光) means light