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Hey Guys! Here's the awaited chapter that tells the orgin of the locket's song.

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Recap: What could they do? They were surely doomed. Adymn gripped Jupiter a little tighter. There wasn't enough time to dodge the fire; if they tried, they'd probably get separated and the fiend would launch an immediate attack on them, causing them to go down for good alone. They'd rather be together. Jupiter whimpered slightly as Adymn pressed on a tender burn, but she ignored her pain. Instead, she heard a musical locket playing a melody… one that sounded familiar. Why would she hear music right before her end? The fireballs were centimeters away. Was this truly the end? But if it was, why was there music?

Instinct told Jupiter to shield her face, but something else compelled her to look up, leaving her face clear for immediate danger. That music sounded so eerily familiar. Then it hit her. The locket belonged to her best friend, her sister at heart, Serena. Serena only opened the locket when she was with her Darien. But why was it playing now? The melody of the locket was slightly different, as if it had a harmony. Jupiter knew she was saved; she just wished she knew the reason why Serena opened her locket.

The fireballs were but an inch from her face when Mars interposed herself between the fireball and her friends, deflecting the fireball with her own body.

"Mars!" Jupiter cried out in horror, watching her friend hit the pavement in agony. "Please be alright."

Mars shifted slightly and opened her eyes. There was pain etched all over her face and especially in her eyes. "I'll be fine, Jupiter. Just don't get yourself into any more trouble."

The music from Serena's locket filled Jupiter's ears again. Jupiter turned to Serena, who was now Sailor Moon. "Sailor Moon, close your locket please. The music is getting to me."

Sailor Moon looked at her friend confused. "I don't know what you're talking about. It's not open."

Jupiter forgot all her pain as she stared at her friend dumbfounded. "What do you mean?"

"I—" She started then stopped as she dodged a fireball. "Oh wait 'til we finish this."

"Mercury Ice Bubbles Blast!" Sailor Mercury cried, freezing the flame. Her attack worked for about a second, but then the fire melted the ice. "Venus, cover for me! I need to find this flame's weakness." Mercury ducked out of view as Venus hit the flame with her Venus Crescent V.

Jupiter couldn't stand watching her friends fight the irritating flame-fiend. Her raw burns were starting to heal because of her body's incredible speedhealing. Ignoring the fact that she was still in pain, she attacked the monster with some of her own power. "Jupiter Thunder Blast!" All her anger and all her pain strengthened her attack and hit the fiend with an audible blast. The fire monster hit her back with some fire of its own while flying backwards.

Adymn was staring at Jupiter. "Why are you risking yourself for me?"

Jupiter forced herself up from the pavement. "I thought we went through this. I won't let them take you. I won't let them hurt you. I just can't because I love you. Does that answer your question?" She didn't mean to have her last sentence come out harsh, but it did. She was in agony after all.

Adymn seemed to realize he was being quite stupid for just staring at her, because he quickly rushed to her side to help her stand. "Lita, I don't want you to get hurt because of me. Just go. All of you guys should go. I'll be fine."

"Stop trying to be a macho man and let us help," Mars exclaimed as she hit the flame with her firebird strike. "You need us."

Adymn remained stubborn. "But you'll get hurt. And you are already hurt. How do you think I feel?"

"Screw it," was Mars' reply.

"Got it!" Mercury cried with delight, reappearing at last. "Shine Aqua Illusion!" She cried, hitting the flame again. But instead of waiting to see if her attack worked she hit the fire with her Ice Bubbles. Jupiter caught on. They couldn't let the fire get a breather. They had to keep hitting it. "Jupiter Thunder Clap!" Mars and Venus realized what they were up to and added their attacks—Mars with her Celestial Fire and her Firebirds and Venus with her Crescent V and Love Chain. Finally Mercury called them to a halt and signaled Sailor Moon to finish off the flame monster. "Moon Spiral Heart Attack!" Sailor Moon's attack rid them of the flame and the Scouts sagged to the ground in sheer exhaustion. Adymn was at Jupiter's side, fussing over her wounds and such. Jupiter wasn't really seeing him. Instead, she was hearing the locket's music play over and over again in her head.

"Sailor Moon, please close your locket," Jupiter requested politely again.

"It's not open," Sailor Moon replied, staring at Jupiter as if she had grown a second head or something.

"Well, I hear its music. Are you telling me I'm the only one who is hearing it?"

All the Scouts stared at her, as if to confirm she was correct in her assessment—that is until Adymn spoke up. "I hear music too. I've never heard this melody before."

"See! I'm not going crazy." Jupiter looked satisfied. "Sailor Moon, where is your locket?"

Sailor Moon pulled out her star shaped locket and opened it, only to have the music play, thought she stared at her locket oddly. "This isn't how it normally sounds. There seems to be a…a…more music to it."

"A harmony," Mercury supplied.

"What's a harmidy?" Sailor Moon asked.

"Why do I even bother?" Mercury murmured to herself. "A harmony is a combination of musical sounds."

"Oh, then yeah, it's that harmidy. I wonder what's wrong with my locket."

"I don't know," Jupiter said. "All I know is I kept hearing the locket's music in my head."

"How weird," Sailor Moon said. They all stared broodingly at the locket—that is until someone cackled sinisterly above them…someone who sounded so eerily familiar to Adymn. It couldn't be, could it?

Hint for next chapter: Who do you think the person who is cackling evilly above them is?

Something to think about: Why does the locket have a newfound harmony? Why could only Lita and Adymn hear it when it was shut?

Thanks for reading and can't wait to hear from all of you!

--moonlitsfantasy