Book Five- The Awakening

The ominous hum of plane engine awoke me. I still felt like I was in a dream. I felt as if I was part of a cloudy haze, or at least in such. I couldn't understand myself, or my meaning, or why I was on a plane. And the more I tried to think, the more my head hurt. The drugs had taken effect. I wasn't sure what I could do, or what I may be unable to do. I tried to lift my eyelids, the once easy task now seemed impossible. My eyelids seemed to weigh a ton. As I lifted them things were not much better. Just like my brain, my eyes seemed to be caught in a glassy fog cloud. I slowly panned over to my left, my neck seemed to be weightless and seemed to dance on my frame. I could faintly see a tubular structure out a small window. The structure seemed to be the source of the hum. The window, the tube, I reach the conclusion that I was on an airplane. How did I get here? Were is the plane headed?

I pondered a second until the pain returned to my head. Then, still unaware of my control of my body's muscles, I turned my head to the right. You know that pain you get when you keep your neck in an odd position too long then try to turn it another way. That's the feeling that over powered every muscle in my neck. My neck became very stiff, so I stopped turning and fixed my eyes on the person next to me. I could barely make an outline in my head. Why couldn't I have humored the evil king? Perhaps this might not have happened. The man beside me had a heavy beard and mustache. He was in a black suit. He must have been one of them. What's up with black. Perhaps they want to match, I don't know. The only thing I did know is that they are not to be trusted, the lot of them.

The man vaguely smiled as his eyes caught up with mine. He said, "Sarah is going to meet you in a café in Tokyo.

I finally regained my train of thought and said, "Japan?" as I finished the seatbelt light came on and the steward was speaking in Japanese, and another translated.

My head hurt too much to care, but the voice said, "We are arriving the New International Airport Tokyo, Japan. Please have a nice day, and enjoy the remaining portion of your trip!"

The plane dipped from the sky and slowly but surely landed on the runway. Once outside the airport I met with a much familiar scene. I was escorted to another car and pushed inside. What was this dejavu? Ah who cares! I should live in the moment, heck it's all I have left. The car sped off. I sat up and looked out the window to admire the city. The city was nice, but was all too unfamiliar to me. The cars drove on the left side of the road. I admired the city's great architecture, heck at least the roads were better than my hometown's roads. In Detroit you bounce around every few seconds. These roads on the other hand were quite well maintained. All together the city reminded me of a much larger Los Angeles.

The car slowed down and stopped at a café. The agents opened the door to a world I was just starting to understand. I had never left the united states, well unless you count Canada. This city scared me, not because of what it looked like, or felt like. I was scared because: for one, I can't speak Japanese (The only two words I know are Arigato, and konichiwa), another reason was the fact that I didn't know much about it (what we do not know we fear), you might call it culture shock. I wanted to jump back into the car and never come out again. I was afraid to move forward. Everything was foreign to me. The café sign was written in Japanese. The only thing that was familiar was the English subscripts. I pulled my sleeve back to expose my watch. Then I remembered that I was in another time zone so I subtracted a couple hours. It was noon. I stood there waiting for Sarah to save me from this unknown land.

Many people were out and about around the city. Why wouldn't they be. Spring was just around the corner. An early warm period had come o the city. The Pink cherry blossom accented the entire atmosphere. Perhaps this wasn't such a bad place after all. I know that I am a small speck in the middle of a whole dust storm. The dust storm is earth. I knew my place within the earth. Truthfully I was too over conscience of my place within it, so much in fact, that I sealed myself within my space. Perhaps if I was a little more free I would be more eager to explore, but there I stood waiting for two hours.

I looked up into the endless sea of blue, speckled here and there with white fluffy mass. The sky and the city seemed to fit together nicely. I became lost in its beauty. A tap on my shoulder stopped my gaze heavenward. I slowly turned to see who had tapped my shoulder. It was Sarah.

She said, "Sorry I'm late, some things came up."

I asked not really caring about her, "Why am I in Japan?"

People moved by us in great numbers. Sarah said nothing. She knew I was scared, she knew what I was feeling. Well at least I thought that she thought that way. She led me into the café. She got us a booth near the window were we sat down. The rich smell of coffee dominated the café. What else should you expect from a coffee house? A young woman came to serve us. She was speaking in Japanese. Fortunately Sarah knew how to speak the language. Sarah ordered a coffee. The waitress bowed her head and disappeared behind the kitchen doors.

I asked, "Were did you learn how to speak Japanese?"

Sarah waited a second and said, "I have learned to speak over twelve languages. I guess you'd say that my hobby is weird."

I squinted my eyebrows and said, "No not at all."

Sarah just sat there, I don't even know if she heard me. She just stared into space, even when the waitress returned with her coffee. Sarah picked up the mug ad tried to sip. The heat repulsed her. She sat the cup back on its small saucer. After another long pause she smiled, as if a big weight had been removed from her shoulders.

She said, "We've been sent here to head to the temple of the stars below the city were we have to awake the Sailor Scouts from their eternal sleep."

I was shocked, how did she know of the Sailor Scouts? It seems I've been hidden in the dark, and now was just glimpsing the light for the first time.

I said as a test, "The Sailor Scouts are a legend, no a myth!" I stopped to check Sarah's reaction.

Sarah smiled and answered, "You will soon see first hand." Her eyes met mine, and I turned away. Sarah continued, "The Sailor Scouts are real, The Sailor Scouts were sent to the future by queen Serenity to protect their lives. Unfortunately Queen Beryl was sent along, that hag. Beryl reorganized her minions, but after a costly war she was out witted by the Sailor Scouts, and was defeated. Her minions still existed however, evil cannot truly die, it is just sent back to the darkness to grow even stronger. The evil minions found there way into the future kingdom of the earth. Rini helped the Sailor Scouts defeat the Doom Phantom, the wielder of silence.","

Darien paused and hugged Rini tightly. She just giggled. Darien said, "The future is safe because those from the past have sacrificed so much. Rini smiled.

Rini looked up at her dad and said, "Darien I may have been helpful, but what did he do in the past that changed the future? Without Serena, and the sailor scouts we may have never been able to defeat the doom Phantom. Serena smiled. Raye coughed in denial."

Darien smiled and continued with the story knowing that if he didn't start soon they would be at each other's throat., " Sarah continued after a brief sip of her coffee, " The negative universe was growing in strength. After a few powerful adversaries peace seemed to return. The end of the planet might have happened if Sailor Moon and Rini didn't bring the light out of Hotaru in time to destroy Pharaoh 90 the planet eating cloud of destruction. Hotaru gave up most of her life to stop the evil darkness, and became a baby. Pluto, Uranus, and Neptune took care of her. She finally was reawaken as Sailor Saturn. Hotaru grew very fast, which was very necessary to Stop the one who wished to erase the future, the dark moon princess was finally trapped within her mirror once more, then finally the Star Scouts needed help to save the galaxy from the wrath of Sailor Galaxia."

I asked, "Sailor Galaxia?"

Sarah said, "See I know more than you think I do, Sailor Galaxia is the guardian of the galaxy cauldron where all stars are born. She had chaos within her, but Sailor Cosmos (Sailor moon) convinced her to seal it within the hearts of all people along with the light of hope. It seemed that all evil was defeated. That wasn't the case. The battles they fought were just a distraction so that the darkness could assume control over everything, the darkness destroyed the Sailor Scouts. My company of darkness led this assault. Unfortunately we won, we sealed them in their crystals and buried them underground until a person capable of leading them could be found."

I asked, "What does that have to do with me? Why am I here?"

Sarah finished her coffee, sat it down and told me to come closer, as if to tell me a secret. She said as I drew in, " I don't want to be a part of that darkness anymore, the evil king knows it, and wants to destroy me and my fiancé. We are trying to stop our organization, but we can't do this on our own. We need you. You are our only hope, awake the scouts, and lead them against the evil king." I didn't know what to say, Sarah smiled and continued, "I fear the king knows our plans, but I believe he doesn't care. He wants to kill my fiancé."

I nodded and before you knew it I was in the same car, and was traveling again. I was glad I knew my destination. I have been waking up in strange places lately not knowing how I got there or why I was there. How does she know so much. She talks as if she herself was or is a sailor scout. Perhaps the evil king knows more about the Sailor Scouts and perhaps the universe than I do. I wonder what powers does the king have? How many evil agents are there? What truly is the negative universe? It seems everybody wants me to do something for them. They all want me to fulfill their own purpose, but what is my purpose? All these questions ran through my head over and over as we continued our journey through the city. I was beginning to like Tokyo. I wondered what time it was, I lifted my sleeve back and to my surprise my watch was missing. I frantically searched around me wondering were it might have fallen. The watch wasn't anywhere to be seen. That stupid watch was always falling off my wrist. It was just a material thing. It really wasn't mine. I grabbed it from the car I stole. I wondered, was the car planted there on purpose? Was the atomic blast also set up by the evil king? The downtown area faded behind us. We were in an area which was cluttered with small apartments. The houses and apartments complimented each other very well. The apartments quickly faded away and left smaller homes. The car pulled to the side of the road. We had stopped by what looked like a park.

It was a park. It was full of cherry trees pink and in bloom. The door opened and Sarah stood outside waiting for me to come out of the car. I quickly bounded out of the car. I walked along the car until I was standing shoulder to shoulder with Sarah. Sarah didn't say a word all she did was look ahead at a hill in the park. Her eyes shifted from the hill back to me when I asked, "Where are we?"

Sarah grinned coldly, and after a devastating pause she began to speak but stopped and pointed at the hill. She finally said, "We are here, the Palace of the Stars."

I looked at her then back at the hill and said doubtfully, "Here!? All I see is a hill."

Sarah's face crinkled up as if she was ready to knock me out. She was kind of cute when she was mad. She straightened her face line. She calmed herself down by saying, "Yes!" She mumbled under her breath, "Don't be so hard on him, he doesn't know much about these things." She stopped and started thinking, "Come to think of it I still don't know everything about my organization, Patience is necessary. I must not make anymore enemies I already have enough of them! He is just a bit slow in figuring these things out." She Finally came out of her own trance of being deep in thought and said, "We are here, the entrance can only be seen by the light of the full moon."

I stared off into the distant skyline and asked, "So, why me?"

Sarah smiled and answered, "I don't know! I just think our destiny is intertwined. You seem to be a good person at heart, and so much has happened to you."

I sat on the trunk of the car. The heat absorbed by the sun on the black painted fiberglass hull burned through the seat of my blue-jeans. I didn't mind it too much although it hurt very bad. I looked into Sarah's eyes and quickly adverted my own. I was afraid to see what was within her. She seemed too deep to even attempt to try. I wondered what paths she had taken to get to this point? I wondered how much she had to endure? We can only see one side of the great story. It is set up that way so in the end there will be different views of a grand scheme. That's what makes us, it's our experiences, our hardships, our trials, it is what we do in order to overcome them. Everything is recorded. Every story in one great big book. Each with there own story, each different lengths, but each just as important as the rest. I said, "I don't believe in destiny. All I know is right in front of me. I have come to rely on myself because that is all I have left in this world. I have no one, I am very much alone. All I know is that what we do with what we are given makes us who we are. What we do in the present effects the future. We are only what we make of ourselves.

Sarah signaled for the guards that accompanied us to leave us alone. They quickly got in the car and started it up. I hastily jumped off the trunk as they peeled off. I almost fell down but steadied myself just in the nick-of-time. Sarah and Me headed off towards the hill. Our feet crunched into the gravel that made up the path. The sun was slowly setting, and the cold air was swiftly returning. Sarah wasn't wearing much except a spring dress. She seemed cold so I offered her my jacket. She refused at first, but as the sun sank lower she started to shiver. I quickly removed my jacket and wrapped it around her.

I asked, "So who is your fiancé? Is he nice?"

Sarah answered, "Andrew is a good guy, you and him would get along quite nicely. He is very cunning, and he has a commanding presence. I love him so much. I'm afraid for his safety. He can be quite naïve at times." She smiled at me and then turned to look at the skyline. She continued, "There are many things we cannot explain in life and what we can't explain we hide away. Humans are afraid of change, the are all afraid of what it is to bring!"

We laid down on the hill, the goose bumps weltered up on my skin. It was becoming a very cold night. I leaned back laying down looking into the infinite reaches of space, the stars were not visible, but Venus loomed over the horizon burning ever-so-brightly. I searched for the moon, but it was currently blocked by a huge patch of clouds. I asked, "What is your mission? How can I trust you?"

She halfheartedly smiled and said, "You don't have to trust me, but I feel that you do, I myself are as lost as you are on the road called life. I feel sorry for you being all alone."

I said, "Don't be, I'm not"

Sarah closed her eyes and said, "I feel somewhat safe when I'm around you. I believe that if me and Andrew have you on our side as well as the Sailor Scouts on our side we can't loose."

I quickly asked, "Where are these so called powers the evil king is looking for?"

Sarah was puzzled and said, "I really don't know, but I know we must get to them before he does! If we don't…well I don't even want to guess!"

Then she turned to face me and said, "I bet you know were they are hidden."

I was very hesitant and even though she freed me before I still didn't fully trust her. That's just something else I have learned, trust no one no matter how close, those who are the closest can hurt you the most.

Sarah began to laugh a bit and then said, "You are wise to be cautious, but you can always trust me."

With her words still ringing in my ears the little trust I had for her slowly ebbed away. I couldn't believe the words that were coming from my lips. It was if I was betraying everything I stood for, "All I know is that the powers can be reach by traveling through a gate of sorts. The gate links all points of time and space. The gate is found on the moon, the company you work for the Satania-Cals have found two portals to the moon located on this map." I pulled the map out and Sarah told me to put it away with the movement of her hand. She probably knew the locations. As time slipped ever onward into the future the dreary clouds didn't yield the moon. Just as we were about to get up and leave the clouds broke allowing the moon's light to pass over the hill. The hill began to glow. This was new. I never heard of anything like this. The hill lit up in a most colorful display. A doorway appeared. I was very amazed at what was happening.

I was scared of what may lay ahead in the cave, or palace in the hill side. I edged Sarah out in front of me like a coward using her as a portable shield. The doorway led into a small chamber. At the end of the chamber there was a spiral staircase that led downwards deep within the Earth. The walls glowed with the weird light that engulfed the outside. It was a light show like the tunnels in some airports like the one back home. A laser light show of multiple colors constantly fading in and out, changing from bright laser-like colors to a dull pastel color. Sarah and me headed down what seemed like an endless flight of stairs. The space was cramped and the stairwell was quite cramped as well. If a person had claustrophobia they wouldn't be able to stay here a second without flipping out. The wall was circular and it totally wrapped around the stairwell. To me this palace was more of a tomb.

The staircase continued on for what seemed like an eternity. Downward we walked. Finally, the staircase came to an end. I wondered how such a small plot of land held such an extensive tomb. The Stairway opened into a small antechamber. Sarah stood staring ahead. I asked, "What's wrong?"

Sarah said with enthusiasm, "Nothing! Look at that!"

I asked, "Look at what?" My eyes fell over a huge-round-stone table sitting in an adjacent room. I thought to myself, "Whoever built this temple must have been a genius. There were relics from all points of time. I asked, "Who built this temple?"

Sarah said, although she only partially heard my question, " My fiancé was the designer. The King had him design this place to house the sailor crystals. He owns this park. Look!" I looked at the table, as I did She said, "There they lay the Scouts who have fought the darkness to the best of their ability. Their souls are sealed forever in the crystals that make them. They are sleeping an eternal sleep. The Guardian Angels of this system lay asleep. The evil king wants to convert them into the demons of destruction. You must awake them, use their power to kill the evil king. Use them for good. Please I beg you! You are a good person at heart and the world took advantage of you. But please understand it wasn't the people of earth who did this to you. It was the very organization I work for."

I said to her, "You are very nice, although you don't understand what I have went through. You have only heard stories, rumors. I understand you. If it was your corporation, or organization, and I try to destroy it then every human will be effected. War must begin, but I fear that I cannot destroy your king without the sacrifice of many people. War I guess is unavoidable. Tell me the truth, why did the sailor scouts go to sleep?"

Sarah said, "The Sailor scouts were attacked by my corporation from the inside. I am a sailor scout of sorts."

I asked, "Of Sorts?"

She began to cry, she stumbled over her words, "I.I.. I am the one who destroyed them! I am the Sailor Scout of Chaos, and I no longer wish to serve the evil within me. The Sailor Scouts figured out what we were trying to do. The light of hope which Galaxia sealed along with Chaos in the hearts of all people started to fail. Chaos was released. I fought them and Sailor Moon the Sailor of the Cosmos sealed my powers within herself to safeguard the world against the evil empire. She knew they were after it. If they had gotten their hands on Chaos. They could have destroyed the universe leaving only the darkness. The new kingdom of Hell on earth! A new war torn kingdom. I am the Chaos within! The Emptiness of Space, the Sailor Scout of Dark matter and Dark energy. If you wake the Sailor Scouts up you wake me up as well. We must save the dying Universe!"

I was certainly stunned, the sailor scout of the emptiness? The chaos within? I said more questioning then speaking, "So, if I wake up the Sailor scouts war will return to the earth once more. A blanket of destruction. And you will be the leader?"

Sarah said, "No, I cannot, you are the one who will lead us. Sailor Saturn will drop her glaive of silence the Earth will be purged of darkness. Then Sailor Cosmos will reawaken the Earth. True many must die, but it is your call, you have two choices: One-you let the darkness grow until it can engulf the Universe. You sacrifice the world, no the Universe you love. -or- Two-you awaken the Sailor Scouts, and together we will start a war to repel the darkness back into space where it belongs."

I asked, "How can I trust you to follow me? You have powers! What type, that I fear! I will wake up the Sailor Scouts and wage war against the Earth, We will restart, but Queen Serenity told me that Chaos is the enemy, your trying to tell me that chaos is good? You are a Sailor Scout? Oh I'm so confused. Anyway if we wake the Sailor Scouts up can't the evil king use Chaos? Anyways what is Chaos?"

Sarah sighed then tried to explain, "Chaos, first of all is what most of the universe is made of. The Emptiness of space is filled with Dark matter, whole planets are hidden in its veil. Chaos can be used to Repel the Blast of the Dark Gate."

I asked interrupting her, "Dark Gate?"

She Said, "That's not important right now! No the king wants you to use Chaos to do his bidding. Chaos is nothing without the light of hope! Darkness isn't evil but evil dwells within it. I am only the bearer of the Darkness, I cannot use its power! Queen Serenity fears this power because she couldn't control it due to her greed! That is one of the reasons she needed the Sailor Scouts to protect her, she knew chaos would destroy her world."

I asked, "How can I control Chaos?"

She Said, "You are no stranger to greed, but since you have learned to live without you alone can wield its power. When you get the Powers you can use Chaos and the light of hope to repel no vanquish the darkness."

I said, "You sure think of me highly. Forget this Chaos crap, I just want to wake them up. I really don't want to do any of this, I just want a normal life! I don't want to destroy the world, or anything else! I'm sorry I don't know what to do."

Sarah Said, "It is your choice. I can't force you to do anything you don't want to do."

I walked into the room with the round stone table. The table took up most of the room. On the table there were numerous brightly colored stones. Each stone gave off its own light. In the center of the table there was an inscription written in Japanese but to my surprise I was able to read it.

It read, "To save the world from Chaos we enslaved ourselves in stone. Evermore to rest an eternal sleep until we are needed once more, until the day comes when the bearer of chaos finds the one who can control its power. The one who can lead us to reclaim what is lost to the Darkness, before the hour of the event horizon, on the edge of what is known, he must awake us to fight a battle to free the world of its oppressors once more. Beware, however, the Chaos that sleeps amongst us it can consume the entire universe if it fell in the wrong hands."

Sarah said, "If you are willing to take this risk then pass your hands over each stone!"

I was scared, I knew nothing of Chaos. I really didn't understand much of what she said. I wondered deeply what may happen if I awoke them, so I hesitated. I put my hand out over a stone and it started to glow in a light-blue tone. I touched it and it was so cold it burned my hand. I jerked my hand back quick. All I knew was that if I woke up the Sailor scouts and Sarah turned renegade I could use them to fight her. I wondered how the Sailor scouts might react to being woke up, and seeing the one who forced them into this mess.

I put my hand over each stone, and one by one they started to glow. Whispers, I could tell what they were saying it was rough, choppy, and slurred. I finally passed the last stone with my hand. The walls that shone in colors so vividly had faded to stone color. The darkness returned to the room for a second as the stones stopped shining. Then in a beautiful display of lights they came back each pulsing in their own color.

I started speaking! I couldn't control my tongue. I was scared. I could hear myself saying, "Amy you must revive your body and become Sailor Mercury once more. Your power of ice is needed to shatter that of obscurity and ignorance." The Light-blue Sphere vanished. "Mina, you must revive and become Sailor Venus, to crush hatred and vanity with love and light." The orange sphere vanished as well! "Serena and Darien arise again and become who you were destined to be, Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Mask, your love for each other will shine throughout the universe!" There spheres disappeared too! "Raye reawaken and Become Sailor Mars, Lita reawaken and become Sailor Jupiter. You shall burn the chaff of evil away, and Strike at the core of adversity." Their spheres disappeared, the darkness was slowly coming back to the room. The Last four spheres were the only light left, I didn't want to awaken them because if their light went out how could I see? I couldn't believe it, I was beside myself as I continued to speak, I tried to stop myself but was incapable of such. "Omara arise and become Sailor Uranus. Michelle reawaken and become Sailor Neptune. You will shatter the Darkness that embraces the world, you will flood out all negativity. Your destiny is pure, together you will not fail." "Awake Guardian of time. Trista, awake and become Sailor Pluto the guardian of time. Time tells all, and its story will not fade." One Stone remained, the light it emitted was very dim. Its color was black although its aura was grey. "Awaken Angel of Death, the bringer of Destruction, the one who saves the earth by destroying it, awake and let all be afraid, your services are needed once more. Hotaru become Sailor Saturn ruler of Destruction, governess of the fall of mankind."

There was no light, I reach out to find Sarah, Then, as soon as my eyes started to adjust to the Darkness a blinding light exploded from the center of the table. I couldn't see, now there was too much light. A voice called out from within the light, "Where am I?"

The light ebbed away and the walls were now dancing in light just as before. However, there were people standing where the table was! The voice called out again, "Where am I?"

Were these the sailor scouts? I felt inadequate compared to them! What have I done to save the Earth? All I wanted deep within me was revenge. Revenge to Destroy the Earth. Sarah wants me to destroy the Earth to Save it from itself. I am confused, more than I ever was in my life. Was this a dream? Yeah it must be! Magical girls! Chaos? The Darkness within? Maybe I'm in a movie? This thought entertained me! Yeah, I'm just wondering why the Director hasn't said cut! Was I that good? Maybe he did and I wasn't paying attention! If this was a movie I wanted to do my best to act as good as I could. I walked right up to the woman asking me where she was and kissed her. Not just a peck on the cheek, like you would give your mom, one of those Hollywood film kisses, you know the kind that convey a lot of emotion and some deep meaning of significance.

Sarah looked on as I did and asked, "I hope you don't mind me asking, but what the hell do you think you're doing?"

I was stunned! What was I doing? Then I looked back at Sarah dumbfounded. Sailor Jupiter was blushing. My first kiss, what the hell! I tried to speak but couldn't talk. I finally managed to say, "I'm sorry! I …." My words slurred together again.

Sailor Jupiter was stunned, she said, "Its alright, I kind of enjoyed it!"

Sailor Venus started to speak, "I bet you did! That is so unfair! What about me?"

All the Sailor Scouts started to argue. Sarah Said, "See what you've done! Now were never going to get out of here!"

I said, "I don't know what came over me! I…I just, I guess I'm so overwhelmed by everything! I don't know what to say!"

Sarah said, "It's alright!"

The Sailor Scouts continued to bicker amongst themselves. Sailor Mars said, "That's just my luck, hey wait!" They stopped to listen to Raye. Raye continued, "Where are we?"

Sarah said, "The Palace of the Stars! You have been awoken to fight evil once more!"

Sailor Pluto asked, "Who are you?"

Sarah asked in reply, "You don't know? You can't remember?"

Sailor Pluto said, "No, actually I don't know. I have no memory of this room, nor you. I can remember my name, I can remember who to fight for, and what to fight with, but I can't remember my life on earth, and I can't remember what happened to me, and the sailor scouts."

I asked the entire group, "None of you know? How about the Silver Millennium the kingdom of the moon? All the battles you've fought!"

Sailor Moon said, "Yes, I remember it all, but I know nothing about what happened to me or my life on earth."

Sarah drug me aside. She whispered in my ear, "Their memory of their life on earth seems to have bee erased so that they only obey. We must g outside, the clouds will cover the moon shortly, then we will be trapped!"

I turned towards the Sailor Scouts and Said, "Let's go outside where there is more room to talk!"

We single filled our way up the staircase and finally got outside. Just as the last one got out the moon was hidden behind a cloud. Just in the knick of time. The Palace of stars fell in on itself. An eerie feeling crept into my inner soul. I looked up at the sky, it was once full of stars, but now they seemed more distant as if they were fading, hiding their gaze toward earth. I thought that I was silly for thinking this way.

Sarah led me away from the group and asked, "So you have noticed?"

I asked, "Noticed what?"

She answered, "The lights are fading! I was wrong! Chaos!" she stopped as if she was scared to continue. She looked into space and said, "I have made a terrible mistake, you were right, what if we cannot control chaos, What if we can't reach the powers in time! I have made you unleash a cataclysmic power." I was trying to make sense of her ramblings, then in anger she said, "I bet that's why he wanted them to be awakened, he didn't just want you to lead them in battle, he wanted you to awaken them so he could force you to use chaos against the world, he wants to destroy the Universe. We must go to him immediately, He is so full of himself, but he is a prisoner within his own palace, he may be the king, but his subjects are not fully loyal. He hates the fact that Andrew and I are against the darkness. He has used us for the last time! We must get to Andrew, we need his guidance."

I would talk to the king! What would I say? Should I tell him everything? I despised him, but in the search for truth there are no enemies, but ponderings and lies! I was confused! That's something no one should be, but we all do get confused. Who are we, we are what we make ourselves. All on the road of life, in a race. Some get lost and confused, and those who are get left behind in a cloud of dust.

I needed light, but to find it I was going to have to plunge deeper within the Darkness. It seems odd how I can be so close and yet so far from the truth. I wonder why I am the main attraction? So much events have transpired, Why me? I guess I am self-centered, I don't want to be. If I am going to play a part in a grand scheme I might as well think of others. I may be alone, but I'm not dragging others down with me! If I must fight I will do it for others, for myself! There's that word again, me m…e… You know if I would stop to think about others perhaps I would learn more. We traveled back to the Satania-Cals' headquarters, the Sailor Scouts were dead asleep. Sarah was as well. I couldn't sleep. I was busy wondering why? Not just for me, but for all! I looked at them as they slept. Just looking at them gave me the peace to fall asleep.