Sailor Moon Chronicles
Performance of the Lovely Girls from the Heavens
The Inner Soldiers Come to Hyrule
It was Friday. The bell had just rung to signal the students that class was over for the day. Zoey shot out of the building at the first second of ringing. Serena, Lita, Amy, and Mina followed, slowly compared to Zoey.
"Come on girls!" Zoey called enthusiastically. She was several meters ahead of them.
"Zoey, slow down," Mina moaned.
"If you get to the bus stop any sooner, you'll still have to wait," Amy said.
"I'm hungry!" Serena whined.
"Nothing but excuses," Zoey said. "If you didn't wolf-down your lunch at 10:30, Serena, you'd still have energy. Link is waiting for us. We still have to take the bus to the office building downtown and meet up with Rei. The sooner that is done; the sooner will be in Hyrule with Link."
"This guy better be a knockout," Serena hissed.
They all took the bus to the Sailor Scout Industries Office Building downtown. Rei, who went to a different high school, met them there. After going through the teleporter pad to the Sailor Scout Industries Earth Headquarters, which was on a secret island off Japan's coast, the next step was to take an elevator ride down to the deep and secret installations of the island where the dimensional gate was located. Zoey complained of the elevator's sluggishness. When the ding rang and the doors opened, Zoey raced out to the chamber where the dimensional gate was located. Zoey nagged the technician to start it quickly. Once the gate was up and running, the girls charged through the gate and find themselves in a Sailor Scout Industries space station in Link's dimension. Then they took a Pelican drop ship down to the world of Hylia.
As they came in, Zoey saw that the Twilight was still over Lanayru Province, meaning that Link had not yet freed the land or…
"Zoey," Serena said, "what's wrong? You seem so nervous."
"Can you see where the sky is different?" Zoey said solemnly.
"It looks so sad," Mina gasped.
"The land looks like it has been divided into Light and Darkness," Lita added mournfully.
"That is the Twilight," said Zoey. "Link said that he had to dispel the Twilight from the land to stop the Twilight King. I helped him free Eldin Province. If Lanayru is still covered in the Twilight then –"
"He is taking it slowly," Amy cut in to alleviate her worries. "From what I can tell from the maps of the region, Lanayru is enormous, the largest province in Hyrule. Lake Hylia in particular is quite large. It is also true that the Spirit Spring is there too."
Zoey still seemed really worried.
"Zoey!" Mina chimed. "Didn't you say that you gave Link a tracking device?"
Zoey perked up immensely. "I did. We can track him."
"That reminds me," Amy said, reaching into her backpack. "The World Wide Organization of Human Protection sent us these new gadgets." He pulled out five, fairly large, pink compacts and handed one to each girl. "They are called compowders. They are multipurpose gadgets. One thing they can do is track all active tracking devices and friendly homing beacons."
Zoey opened hers up. While it looked like an ordinary compact on the outside; the inside was far from normal. The mirror was replaced with a computer screen, and the powder was replaced by various buttons and gadgets.
"Cool!" the girls cheered.
Amy explained how to find Link's signal. Zoey looked at the dot and prayed that it still moved. It did move. He was on the shore of Lake Hylia. "Here's fine!" she said happily.
The pilot told them that he couldn't fly them into the Twilight.
"How are we supposed to get down there?" Zoey asked. "Lake Hylia is in a steep crater." All the girls were in there school uniforms. "I don't think we're dressed for rock climbing."
"I found something," Lita called, looking at a map displayed on her compowder. There is a chasm in the Faron Region that has a safe river leading to Lake Hylia. Do we have a raft?"
"There should be one in the ship's emergency kit," Rei said. "Just make sure to keep it from Serena. Remember the last time she had one of those instant-inflate rafts."
"I thought it was package of cookies," Serena whined.
The pilot flew the drop ship slowly and gently into the chasm. There was definitely a river down there. The door opened, and the girls had the big, caution orange raft ready with paddles. The eagerness to carry through with this plan withered when they saw that the river was actually travelling pretty quickly.
"This does not look safe," Serena said, cowering behind the other girls.
"I'm with Serena on this one," said Rei. "We should just wait for Link to dispel the Twilight and then fly in."
"No," Zoey said. "We have to do this now. I have to see him and make sure he is perfectly fine...a wolf but fine. Come on, the Jedi told us that we need some survival training."
The girls were extremely reluctant to all agree, particularly because of Serena's cowardice. They all sat in the raft in pairs. Each had a paddle. They used their paddles to push off the seats of the drop ship to slide the raft out the door. The raft landed on the surface with a plop. The waters carried them like a leaf. The girls were screaming and shrieking and laughing as they frantically bashed their paddles against the rapid waters.
"This was a f****** stupid idea!" Lita screamed
Luckily, the description was correct. There wasn't a signal rock jutting out of the river. All their fuss wasn't need. The river flowed down into the desolate, Twilight infested lake. The silence was eerie.
"This is creepy," Serena stuttered.
The girls paddled to the nearest shore and walked onto the shore.
"So nothing happens to us, right?" said Mina.
"I guess since we have special powers, the Twilight doesn't change us in anyway," explained Zoey. "Link turns into a wolf though. I don't get that at all."
They followed the signal of Link's tracker down the shore. The signal led slightly out into the lake. A grouping of large, square, wooden rafts was arranged almost like a trail. The outline of a wolf was present on the raft furthest from the shore. Zoey was so vivacious.
"That's Link!" she squealed.
The girls saw him with Midna through the Twilight haze.
"He is even cute for a wolf, Zoey," Serena said wittily, poking Zoey with her elbow.
Zoey was so jazzed that she hopped from raft to raft over to Link and Midna. As soon as she got there…
"Get out of here!" Midna shouted.
Before Zoey could react, something erupted from the water. It was so huge that the raft rocked violently on the turbulent water.
"Zoey!" Serena screamed.
What came out of the water was an enormous Twilight insect the size of a Volkswagen New Beetle. The insect's thorax was bulbous and jiggling sickeningly. Its disproportionate legs fidgeted repetitively. Electricity sparked off his body. Zoey gripped her Lip Rod, but before she could recite the transformation phrase, the insect, the Twilit Bloat, awkwardly swooped down. Link knocked Zoey out of its way. The Twilit Bloat flew around and prepared for another strike. The girls rushed over across the rafts.
"What are those girls doing?" Midna hallowed.
All the girls were in Link and Midna's line of vision.
"Everyone, transform!" Mina called.
"Mercury Crystal Power, Make-Up!" Sparkling ribbons of pure water swirled round Amy's body, and she became Sailor Mercury.
"Mars Crystal Power, Make-Up!" Rings of intense fire spun around Rei, and she became Sailor Mars.
"Jupiter Crystal Power, Make-Up!" Bolts of lightning whirled around Lita into the form of an atomic symbol, and in a flash of light, she became Sailor Jupiter.
Venus Crystal Power, Make-Up!" Ribbons of glittering golden stars whipped around Mina and exploded in a geyser of stars. She became Sailor Venus.
"Moon Crisis, Make-Up!" Of all the transformations, Serena's was the most magnificent. Sparkling pink ribbons flowed out of her brooch and became her outfit. As she twirled, twinkling butterflies danced around the seraphic vision. She became Sailor Moon.
Link and Midna looked on in astonishment. They had never seen something that could rival the mystical beauty and majesty of the Light Spirits.
"Evil monster from a different dimension," Sailor Moon called, "you are not welcome. For love and justice, I'm a pretty soldier in a sailor suit, I am Sailor Moon!"
"I'm Sailor Mercury!"
"I'm Sailor Mars!"
"I'm Sailor Jupiter!"
"I'm Sailor Venus."
"And in the name of our world's moon," Sailor Moon continued, "we'll punish you!"
"It's true," Midna gasped. "There are more them."
"Link, Midna, Zoey," called Sailor Venus. "Leave this guy to us." He pointed at the Twilit Bloat with her index finger. "Crescent Beam!" A golden beam of light struck the Twilight Bloat. It violently twitched and charged up static.
"Shabon Spray!" Sailor Mercury conjured a fog that completely obscured the Twilight Bloat's vision.
"Fire Soul!" Sailor Mars put her two index fingers together. A huge ball of fire shot from her fingers. The flames engulfed the Twilit Bloat. The monster then fell into the water and extinguished itself.
"Supreme Thunder!" A small antenna extended from the jewel on Sailor Jupiter's tiara. A bolt of lightning was launched from the tip of the antenna. The Twilit Bloat was effectively electrocuted but still barely hung on.
Sailor Moon made the finishing blow. She took her tiara into her hand. "Moon Tiara Action!" She flung her tiara like a Frisbee. The tiara became a glittering, golden disc of energy. When it struck, the Twilight Bloat exploded. All that remained of it was a Tear of Light. Link rushed to it.
"We got all of the Tears of Light," Midna said. She looked over at the Sailor Soldiers and Zoey.
Link went to them and sat down. The girls looked at him curiously.
"So this is Link?" Sailor Jupiter said.
"You were right about those intense blue eyes of his," said Sailor Venus.
"Link, Midna, these are my friends," Zoey introduced each of them.
"Now that greetings are out of the way," Midna said impatiently, "we need to get this Vessel of Light to the Spirit Spring."
"I need to do something first," said Zoey, holding her Lip Rod. "Saturn Planet Power, Make-Up!" She transformed into Sailor Saturn.