Hello all. Here is my next chapter for your reading pleasure. I think we are getting close to the climax and ending. things are really starting to fall into place.
Travis is my own personal character. I like the thought of Serena having a father in the past so seeing as to marry a queen you need to be a prince I figure making sure that kingdom also has someone to take over is important. He is going to help, but he is not a major character. He is mainly to help with Serena's character growth and I might give him a special task. I am not sure yet.
Now on with the show...
Serena looked around again and asked, "How did I get here?"
"We summoned you." Piper said still staring at Serena's princess gown.
"Why?" Serena could feel their worry for her slowly eating what tiny shield she made to keep it out. They thought she was angry, when she was only annoyed.
"Because we were worried about you. To many emotions can mess with your active powers. Prue about destroyed the manor when she was an empath." Phoebe told her.
"Why are you Princess Serenity?" Rei asked in confusion.
"Because all the emotions were effecting the silver crystal and it decided to send me to the moon to clear my head before something bad happened." Serena kept trying to build her shield but there was too much going on. There was so much emotion from those ten people and two cats that she thought her brain was going to explode and it did. The white light of oblivion rolled out of her like an eruption knocking down almost everything in its path.
The attic windows were shattered. Everyone was knocked out cold and there was blood in places (AN: not much, just enough to scare Serena). Serena stared on in horror of what she had done. In fear she ran to the one place that no emotions, not any human ones, would be found; the Underworld.
After an hour of searching Grace (AN: looking not as the queen, but her reborn self When I call her Serenity then she looks like the Queen of the Moon and when I refer to her as Grace the she has long brown hair and similar features to the queen), Travis, and Mathew found were Serena was summoned to. Looking around the attic none of them saw Serena and were scared seeing as her guardians, true love and cousins were bad hurt on the floor. Grace quickly summoned what little silver crystal magic she could to heal their wounds.
Feeling the magic of the crystal the scouts looked at the woman with great interest as they all woke up.
"Who are you?" Mina asked.
"I am Grace Halliwell, this is my husband Mathew and my son Travis. Sailor Scouts what happened here?" She said with a regal tone they all recognized.
"We are not sure. One moment we were talking to Serena the next we were laying on the ground out like a light." Ami told her.
"I remember a blinding white light. It passed right through us, yet sent us flying at the same time." Darien said and the others agreed.
"Then that was Serena." Mathew said looking worried. "Too much emotion and she had not outlet of release. I was trying to help her get some kind of grip before she was summoned away. I guess what little shield she built was no match for a room with this many people." Mathew took in the destruction of the windows.
The charmed ones looked ashamed. They took her away before she could learn to protect against this from happening.
"Its not your fault. You could not have known what was happening where she was at during that time." Travis said. "Sorry, your all projecting a lot of thoughts."
Grace looked around the room again. She chose a spell to fix everything, well structure damage anyway.
Object of objection become but a dream
As I cause this scene to be unseen.
Everything looked just as it did before the blast. "Thanks. I don't know how many time I have had to clean this attic in the last several years." Piper said happy that she did not have to replace the windows yet again.
"Where has she gone this time?" Lita asked.
"There is no telling. When you hurt someone you care deeply for accidentally, it can altar the mind. Serena is going to be feeling a lot of guilt over what she has done and her mind is only going to make things worse.
In a cave somewhere deep in the realm of the demons, Serena's mind began to torment her for her actions against her friends. Her brain blocked out the most important lesson on this dominion, you can not feel those above. Since Serena could not feel any of her scouts, Darien, Jadeite, or the charmed ones; her mind said that they were all dead by her hand. She needed someone to bring her to justice. So she went looking for the other three generals in hopes that they would punish her in the ways of the ancient laws; with death.
Pulling out the disguise pen the created a tight black dress and matching robe and high heel shoes. Putting the robe over her head she start trying to listen in on the different conversations around her. Until she heard…
"So who is going to use the stone of lighting? Hopefully they have no discovered the other stone or its power." A low voice asked.
"Not I, I will not go against them with only a stone." said another.
Nephlite. Serena thought. Peering around the corner she could plainly see the stone glowing beside Malachite and Zoisite. The demons were too distracting fighting over who would control the stones. Once more Serena built up her wall. Three people would be a lot easier to face rather than ten. With a look of her eye, she moved the stones to her. Slowly they floated without the demons noticing. Once they were in her hand she tucked them into her robe and walked away like nothing had happened. She then could hear the demons cry out that the stones were gone.
When she was far enough away. She set the stones down on the ground. Remembering the spell she used for Jadeite she spoke.
Generals Nephlite, Malachite, and Zoisite of Earth
I call you from your core.
Now walk the planet as a humans once more.
Before her very eyes the three stones turned into men ( AN: Yeah I am making Zoisite a man.) All three bowed to her.
"Thank you princess for freeing us. We need to leave here before they find us." Malachite said taking in her appearance.
"Princess why are you in this place?" Zoisite asked.
"To find you to punish me." Serena said falling to her knees before them.
"But there could be no possible reason for anyone to do such a thing." Nephlite tried to reason.
"By the ancient laws when one kills a member of royalty then the only punishment is death." Serena said with her voice breaking.
"Who have you killed princess?" Zoisite put a hand on her shoulder trying to calm her.
"My court, prince Darien, general Jadeite, both my advisors, and three innocent women who have been nothing but kind to me." Serena tried to control herself.
"Impossible. You could never do such a thing." Malachite said expressing the shock of the other two.
"I can show you. A white light came from my crystal and it destroyed everything. Close your eyes and I will take you there." Serena said gravely.
While Serena's underworld adventure was going on….
"Well Darien, Mina, and Ami go check to see if she might have went to her place. Paige, check the club. Phoebe call the paper see if they might have seen her. Piper start working on a potion to slow the growth of Serena's empathy, Mathew will help you (AN: I made it up. There is however in the show one to make those around immune to the power). Lita, Rei work with Jadeite on understanding this new time period. Leo go talk to the elders about why her power is growing at such a rapid rate. Travis and I will see if she might have went back to the moon after we left." Grace said taking over.
"How said you could give orders?" Piper said sounding like someone had moved in on her turf.
"Sorry, when I see the scouts it makes me feel like the queen I once was." Grace blushed with embarrassment.
"Its okay. I didn't mean to snap." Piper didn't want to make her feel bad. "Lets go guys." Everyone went as they were told to do.
When Serena appeared with the three generals in the attic, she could not believe the sight. Everything was normal.
"This is not how I left it." was all she could say.
"Well then this means they must be okay princess." Malachite tried to reassure her.
"Why do you keep calling me that?" Serena asked looking around the room for something that would give away what happened before.
"Because your crescent moon is on your forehead." Zoisite pointed out.
"It likes to appear when I use the crystal." Serena said and with a deep breath she made it disappear. "Please call me Serena."
"Serena can you not feel them still; because I can feel many life forces in this home. One being Jadeite." Nephlite told her and the others nodded confirming they felt it too.
Serena closed her eyes and reached out. Darien was in her room looking at all their pictures and wondering why she kept running from him. It broke her heart. "Go meet the others down stairs. I have to go fix something." Serena said and took off running through the manor past Lita, Rei and Jadeite asking question. Into her house and up the stairs paying Ami, Mina, Luna and Artemis no mind. Bursting through her bedroom door she tackled Darien before he could react.
"I'm sorry, I thought I killed you and everyone else. I wasn't thinking right. Please forgive me for everything that I have done wrong to you as of late." Serena said laying on top of him crying into his shirt.
"Oh sweetheart. I am extremely worried about you, as you can tell. You had no control over the matter. I understand. They are making a potion to slow do the growth and Mathew is going to work with you on how to control it. Everything will be okay. No one was permanently hurt in anyway. You scared us when we could not find you again. I am just glad you can back to me. I love you Serena." Darien held her while she cried trying his best not to project any emotions outside of his love.
"I know. I love you too Darien. I just don't like seeing you get hurt. Normally I have a evil being to destroy over it. I even went as far as getting Malachite, Zoisite, and Nephlite from the demons below to try and avenge you. If I had really been thinking I would not have go into the underworld alone. The generals would not act without more information." Serena said drying her tears.
A shiver went through Darien. She really thought he was dead. The only good thing he could see was that his other two generals were safe and they had the good sense to go beyond what she had told them. He would thank them later, but for now Serena and himself had there own wounds to heal. He could tell for the way her body was acting that using the crystal and what ever spell she might have been casting had taken a lot out of her. "Serena why don't you take a nap. I will let the other know and then I will come back to lay down with you okay."
"Alright Darien." Serena said with a yawn. She allowed him to lay her down on the bed. She was out before her head hit the pillow. Oh how peaceful she looked to him. Slowly he creped out of the room and went to tell Ami to inform the others of what Serena had said to him. Mathew had already told them that it was best to keep the number of people around her to a low number until she gains a little more control. Piper was fine with her taking a little time off and Darien had said he would help Serena cover her bills.
After Darien took care of seeing his generals altogether again he went back to Serena's room as promised. He laid down beside her mainly to watch her sleep. He pulled her close and just held her. His mind raced with many thoughts of what had happened, but soon he too fell asleep and was down for the night.
Hope you all enjoyed. Hopefully I will have out another chapter before the end of the week. but no promises.
Leave me some love and anything you might want to see happen. Suggestions are always welcomed.
--Keeper of the Balance