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Awakening of the Blood Moon

Chapter 14

Elune's Warning

Tokyo's new army got to work right away. Sailor Saturn led Sailor Callisto, Sailor Virgo, Sailor Capricorn, Sailor Gemini, Sailor Janus, Sailor Ganymede, Sailor Aquarius, and several other sailor soldiers through the battlefield to search for survivors and collect any dead.

Sailor Janus joined the group because she was not a skilled fighter and felt that her abilities would be best served here. She was used to being in a group with Sailor Saturn. Sailor Janus picked up several items and used her psychometric ability, something she learned from King Endymion.

Besides Sailor Saturn, there were other sailor scouts in the group having a sort of healing ability and they split up to cover more ground. Sailor Aquarius held an ornate ceramic water pitcher. It was dark blue with turquoise stars. It had many powers, one of them being water purification. Though the river was stagnant and polluted, the moment Aquarius dipped her magical pitcher into the river; the pitcher transformed the infected water into pure water to clean a soldier's wounds and heal them.

Sailor Virgo was another sailor scout with healing powers. Her powers were like the goddess Persephone from the Greek myth of Demeter and Persephone. As Persephone left the underworld, Spring came but when she returned to the Underworld, seeds returned to the ground and plants died, symbolizing Fall and Winter. Sailor Virgo was like Persephone incarnate, able to control flowers, making them bloom. Sailor Virgo used these flowers to awaken others from a deep sleep. Her offensive powers in combat caused things to wither, like the seasons of Spring and Fall. When she became especially angry, she could transform her enemies into plants, just as Persephone had done to the nymphs Hades attempted to seduce.

Sailor Ganymede from Jupiter's moon family owned a golden goblet which she had the ability to fill with a healing nectar. Water, herbs, and other ingredients were not needed for she could make the nectar appear by citing a magical phrase. Her cup was special and she was the only one able to control it.

Attempting to make the trying task easier on the group was Sailor Capricorn. She had a pan flute that eased one's spirits when she played it. It helped the scouts keep their minds on the task and not become too upset over the body-strewn battleground. Her enchanted pan flute had a different effect on her enemies. It would put them in trances in which they would hallucinate, allowing other sailor soldiers to attack or to run away.

Sailor Gemini held no healing abilities, but she was able to create copies of herself. If they were unfortunate to find any soldiers dead, Sailor Gemini multiplied herself enough times to carry the soldiers to the catacombs.

The healers arrived on the edge of the battlefield and Sailor Saturn looked at Sailor Callisto.

"See if you can find any still alive," she said. "We'll bury the dead later."

Sailor Callisto nodded, closed her eyes and clasped her hands. When she opened her eyes, they were glowing blue. She stretched out her hands.

"Callisto Soldier Search! Find any alive!"

Ravens flew from her hands, heading toward the trees. Several flew off in separate directions.

"My ravens have found them," said Sailor Callisto, "there are still some alive, but barely. They're scattered all over the place. A few mages, I think…and I'm sensing some of Chaos' army still out there too. Be careful."

"We'll need to split up," said Sailor Saturn. Sailor Saturn went with Sailor Callisto and Sailor Gemini. Sailor Janus with Sailor Aquarius and Sailor Capricorn and Cancer.

Sailor Janus and Sailor Aquarius and found a Crystal Tokyo knight still clinging to life. His body was badly burned. Sailor Aquarius immediately bent down and poured water over him. The burns healed within seconds.

"Thank you," said the knight. "Who are you?"

"Sailor Aquarius," answered Sailor Aquarius. "Do you still feel any pain?"

"I am Sir Mathew," the knight said.

"Sailor Pluto called me to get reinforcements," explained Sailor Janus. "We're looking for survivors."

"Before you keep looking," said Mathew, "you need to get Helios." Mathew pointed to a place in the woods that looked dark. "I saw him fly away from the Riders of Gotterdamerung, but they got him. They shot him down and he fell down there."

"Riders of Gotterdamerung?" gasped Sailor Aquarius, almost dropping her pitcher.

"You've heard of them?" asked Sailor Janus.

"Yeah," Sailor Aquarius answered. "The Zodiacs were fortunate never to come across them, but we've heard rumors of them. Do you know if they are still here?"

"I don't think so," said Sir Mathew. "Sailor Neo Moon was with them, and from what I heard, she killed all of them. I could feel her anger and rage. Nothing I have felt from her before."

Sir Mathew had the power empathy, allowing him to feel the feelings of those around him. He used this power to know how to calm down his friends, or enemies to make them less dangerous. His skill became very useful.

"I wanted to help them," said Sir Mathew, "but my legs were broken. I couldn't move."

"Can you lead us there?" asked Sailor Janus. "Or do you need a moment?"

"Yes," Sir Mathew answered. "I can lead you there just fine."

He took them to the spot where the Riders of Gotterdamerung killed Helios. Sailor Aquarius gasped and hurried to Helios body. Sailor Capricorn stopped her.

"No, it's too late," Sailor Capricorn said. "He's been dead too long."

Sailor Aquarius sighed. "Pluto called for us too late. We could have helped more."

"She couldn't," said Sailor Janus. "Princess Ragnarok was using a barrier to prevent anyone from leaving."

"How was Sailor Neo Moon able to take four animamates all by herself?" Sailor Aquarius asked, bewildered as she looked around.

Sailor Janus saw Helios' sword still lying on the ground. She picked it up and looked the others. "I can find out how she did it. It might give us a clue how to fight the rest of the animamates."

The other sailor scouts nodded and Sailor Janus prepared herself to demonstrate one of her powers: seeing into the past. Sailor Janus held onto Helios' sword tightly and said to herself: "Eyes of the Past—OPEN!"

The right half of Sailor Janus' brooch started glowing. This half of her brooch was the face of an old woman. Then the old woman's face appeared between Sailor Janus and Helios' sword. When the old woman opened her eyes, Sailor Janus saw what had happened in the point of view of Helios' sword.

The sword was pulled from Helios' sheath and it reflected Sailor Neo Moon's mournful face. Sailor Bellum Cades' giant sword came down hard onto Helios' short sword.. If the two swords had voices of their own, Sailor Janus could hear them yelling. It reflected the change of Sailor Neo Moon in darker clothing with a black downturned crescent moon. The dark-energy possessed Sailor Neo Moon used her black rose scepter on Sailor Victum Subigo. A black rosebush came out of the ground, ripping the powerful Rider of Conquest apart. The sword was flung into Sailor Fames Vomica's chest. Like a hidden camera, the scene continued recording through the hilt of Helios' sword. Sailor Neo Moon shoved Bellum Cades' sword into the Soldier of Slaughter's chest. Lastly, Sailor Neo Moon finished the last and most deadly Rider of Gotterdamerung with a giant black rose that devoured her until only her bracelets remained.

Sailor Janus' arms shook and she dropped the sword. The old woman closed her eyes and returned to her Sailor Janus' locket. Sailor Janus tottered as if she were to pass out. She was staring at the black rose bush. Something was so odd about it. She had seen black roses before, but what did they have to do with Sailor Neo Moon?

"Sailor Janus?" Sir Mathew asked, leaping to catch her. "What is it? What did you see?"

"Anything that could help us fight the Animamates?" added Sailor Capricorn.

Sailor Janus shook her head, trying to compose herself. "No, nothing that we didn't already know. Sailor Neo Moon attacked their bracelets. We already knew that defeated them."

Sailor Janus thanked Sir Mathew for catching her and Sailor Janus pulled a loose hair from her face. She picked up Helios' sword and returned it to its sheath. "I—I am going to teleport Helios' body back to the castle. Can you continue searching without me? I'll try to be back as soon as I can."

Sailor Janus could recall another time she saw black roses used in battle. It was in King Endymion's memories. When Sailor Janus was still at the Sailor Scout School, King Endymion was one of her trainers. King Endymion also had psychometric abilities and he taught her how to learn past, present, and future events by touching items. Though the king could not see someone's memories through touch as Sailor Janus could, his psychometric abilities helped her train her own.

Sailor Janus ability to see someone's past was easier than trying to see one's future, for the future could always change. As King Endymion did not want to know what his future, he allowed her to see his past.

~~Flashback~~

"Are you ready, Sailor Janus?" King Endymion inquired.

"Shouldn't I be asking you that?" she asked nervously.

They were standing in a classroom. A desk had a pen, jewelry, weapons and other knickknacks on it. Sailor Janus had practiced Psychometry on them.

He laughed. "I am ready. Just concentrate. You can do this."

Sailor Janus took a deep breath and raised her quivering hands to Endymion's head. "Eyes of the Past—Open!"

The old woman on her brooch appeared between Janus and King Endymion. When she opened her eyes, Sailor Janus could see King Endymion's memories: Reenie's birth, the founding of Crystal Tokyo and even a memory she did not expect, Tuxedo Mask's betrayal. She saw him throw black roses at the sailor scouts and fight against them. Sailor Janus pulled down her hands and backed away.

"I'm sorry—I—didn't mean," Sailor Janus bowed her head down in apology. "I didn't mean to see something that was painful and private."

"Don't be sorry, Sailor Janus," said King Endymion. "You've done well."

Sailor Janus raised her head. "You are not upset?"

King Endymion shook his head. "You saw how the Negaverse brainwashed me and turned me against the Sailor Scouts. I am not upset. I am actually impressed you could see that far into my past on your first try. That was a very long time ago."

"I didn't know you turned against the Sailor Scouts," said Sailor Janus. "I didn't think someone of your stature could be brainwashed."

"I may have been the Prince of Earth," said King Endymion, "but I was still human. People on Earth are not like the people of the Moon. The people of the moon, like Queen Serenity and Neo Queen Serenity are more pure. They are not as easily manipulated as Earth People.

"I did put up a good fight, however. It took Queen Beryl some time for her to erase my memories of the Moon Princess. I had forgotten her in my mind but not my heart. When the brainwashing was finished, Queen Beryl had told me to get the crystal from Sailor Moon. I attacked Sailor Moon and tried to get the crystal from her but I never intended in hurting Sailor Moon. My heart would not let me."

"The black roses?" asked Sailor Janus. "What did those mean?"

"The Negaverse endowed me with some of their dark powers," explained King Endymion, "and the red roses I used to throw were black ones."

"I see," said Sailor Janus. "It must have been a lot of power."

"It was," said King Endymion. "More than I could handle. There are times I wish I had power like that again, so I could help Sailor Moon and the others fight. But at what cost? My sanity? My beliefs? My friends? No, it's best for me to stay away from power like that. I can help the sailor scouts in other ways."

Sailor Janus nodded. "I'm glad that you turned out all right after all that."

"Me too," sand Tuxedo Mask. "Now, let's practice seeing the future."

Sailor Janus sighed and nodded. "Very well."

~~End Flashback~~

Sailor Janus appeared in the castle in front of King Endymion with the dead Helios' in her arms. When Endymion saw Helios' corpse, Endymion almost fell to his knees. He staggered to him and put his hand on the wound on Helios' chest.

"No, Helios," Endymion mumbled. "I am so sorry; I shouldn't have sent you."

Sailor Janus looked at Endymion, confused. "What do you mean?"

"I'm the one who sent Helios to find Sailor Neo Moon," Endymion answered. "I regretted it immediately. Helios was a pacifist and his powers of illusion would not last long in battle. I realized when he left that I had sent him to his grave. Reenie would never forgive me…"

Sailor Janus sighed and she knew she had to tell someone what she had seen. She needed answers, though she might not like them.

"King Endymion," said Janus, "I used Psychometry on Helios' sword. It was found in the same area where the Riders of Gotterdammerung were killed."

"Killed?" King Endymion said. "By whom?"

Sailor Janus frowned. "Your daughter."

King Endymion shook his head. "No, I saw them take down the inners and outers. There is no way Reenie could take them all at once, not by herself."

"I don't think she did," Sailor Janus said. "I think she had help…from dark energy."

"Explain," ordered Endymion.

"She fought like a scout possessed," Sailor Janus said. "Her sailor suit was different, black and red. She was using black roses against the Riders of Gotterdammerung."

"Black roses?" said Endymion. "Are you sure?"

"Yes, she did two black rose attacks on the Riders of Gotterdammerung," Sailor Janus nodded. One attack was called 'Path of Thorns' and she used it on the Rider of Conquest---it tore her apart. The other, 'Black Rose Devour' was a giant black rose that ate the Soldier of Death whole."

King Endymion stepped back, holding his mouth. He turned around. "No, Reenie."

"King Endymion," asked Sailor Janus, "do you think it is possible Reenie has inherited some of the dark energy the Negaverse gave you?"

King Endymion sighed. "It's possible. When she gained her new transformation as Sailor Neo Moon, there was black on her fuku. I have always wondered why. During the war I haven't seen her use them. I think she had to be pushed beyond her limit in order to use the black roses."

"Will Reenie be all right?" Sailor Janus asked.

"I think so," answered King Endymion. "Perhaps it is best for Reenie that Pluto took her when she did. Reenie's new power would be too much for her here. I trust Pluto has set her some place peaceful where she'll be safe from the Animates…and her dark side."

Sailor Janus nodded in agreement.

As cold as it was outside, Reenie had to get out of the castle for some air. She had to get away from Professor Snape and Professor McGonagall's prying eyes. With classes out of session during the holidays, Snape and McGonagall have too much time on their hands. They ware watching her closely at mealtimes and they would follow her to the library when they found her in the halls. Reenie discovered that neither of them were nearby and she hid in an unused classroom. She went to the window and looked down. She was on the third floor and a jump from this high would hurt an ordinary person—but Reenie was not an ordinary person. Reenie jumped out of the window, tucking her knees and flipping as she did. She landed on her feet gracefully and was surprised to hear applause.

"Bravo, Reenie!" exclaimed Assiah. She was dressed in warm clothes: snow boots and mittens and a hat.

Reenie breathed a sigh of relief, happy that it wasn't McGonagall or Snape. However, she believed that neither of them would clap.

"Assiah, what are you doing out here?" Reenie asked, walking to her.

"I'm making snow men!" answered Reenie happily. "See, his is Serenity-mama and Endymion-papa." She pointed at each snowman. Reenie felt a pang of guilt. "Want to help me?"

"No," answered Reenie. "I am going to the forest for a while."

Assiah gasped. "Reenie, students aren't allowed to go in there!"

"I know," said Reenie, "but we're not real students. Besides, we were both in there and nothing happened to us."

"That's right," said Assiah thoughtfully, now working on a Sailor Neo Moon. "I like that forest. I'd like to visit it again sometime. Hey, can I come with you?"
"No, not today, Assiah," answered Reenie. "Finish your snowmen."

"Well, all right," said Assiah. "Say hello to the nice centaurs for me if you see them."

"Okay," said Reenie, "but you've got to something for me."

Assiah looked at Reenie excitedly. "Oh, of course Reenie!"

"Don't tell Professor Snape or Professor McGonagall where I am," she told her firmly. "They've been getting on my nerves lately"

"Oooh, I know what you mean," said Assiah. "That Professor Snape is scary! And Professor McGonagall can be mean!"

"If you see either of them," ordered Reenie, "clear your mind and tell them you haven't seen me all day."

"Clear my mind?" asked Assiah. "Why?"

"Professor Snape can read minds," answered Reenie. "I'm not sure about Professor McGonagall, but you can't be too careful."

"Ooh, scary!" gasped Assiah.

"Remember, Assiah," reminded Reenie, "you haven't seen me all day."

"I'll remember!" said Assiah cheerily and Reenie took off for the woods. Assiah made a mental note to go to the woods on Christmas Day and give the centaurs some presents.

Reenie walked deep into the forest. There was little vegetation because of all the snow. She saw some unicorns in the distance. With the scarcity of food, all the animals were hungry and scared. It was broad daylight and Reenie knew that she would be safe. Most predators were nocturnal. She came to a hollow and since Reenie did not find anything exciting, she decided to go inside and investigate. She knew it was dangerous and stupid, but she really didn't care. If she wouldn't be able to return to the castle, then she wouldn't have to be concerned with Professor Snape watching her every move.

Reenie continued through the hollow and found a giant gray spider nestled between two trees. It clicked its pincers and spoke in a raspy voice. It sounded weak.

"Who's there?" it said. "Hagrid?"
The spider was blind and dying. Reenie thought it looked pathetic. She knew this spider could devour her if it wanted to.

"She is in an intruder," said a spider from a domed web. "Let's eat her. I need the meat for my eggs."

"Acromantulas," said Reenie. "I've heard of you talking spiders. So is all you do out here is spin webs and eat humans. I thought spiders ate flies. No giant flies around, eh?"

"She mocks us!' growled an accromantula. "She is mine!"

Reenie stood still, not attempting to fight back. Maybe now was a good day to die so she could be reunited with her friends. As the acromantulas closed around her, a giant thick fence of black roses surrounded Reenie, preventing the acromantulas from getting to Reenie.

"Reenie, you fool!" hissed Wicked Lady. "You can't let yourself be eaten by a bunch of insects."

"Arachnids," muttered Reenie. "Insects have six legs; Arachnids have eight."

"They are still bugs," said Wicked Lady. "And bugs deserve to be squashed. What is wrong with you? You are the Princess of Crystal Tokyo—Daughter of the last descendant of the Royal Moon family and the last prince on Earth! You are the most powerful girl on the planet. You have fought many battles and ended up victorious. Are you going to let these pests destroy you? You are a disgrace!"

Reenie heard clicking outside the safety of the black roses. "I'm too tired, Wicked Lady." She said softly, closing her eyes.. "I'm too tired to fight. Just let them kill me."

"No!" shouted Wicked Lady. "I won't have it! If you die, then I die with you! It is not our time, Reenie."

"Even if I wanted to fight back," said Reenie, "I couldn't. I used up so much energy during the war with Chaos."

"Then I will give you mine!" exclaimed Wicked Lady. "You cannot die now, Reenie. You still have to avenge your friends!"

Reenie was reminded of the other anima mates: Sailor Cobalt Wanako, Sailor Silver Serpent, Sailor Copper Owl and Sailor Bismuth Hare. They had taken the sailor crystals of the Asteroid Sailor Scouts. Their deaths still needed to be avenged. Wicked Lady was right. Reenie couldn't die here. How could she avenge her friends as accromantula chow—or worse—accromantula waste?

Reenie shook her head, trying not to visualize it.

"Sailor Juno," mumbled Reenie, "Pallas, Vesta, Ceres….I will avenge you." Reenie tightened her hand and swallowed. "You've convinced me, for now, Wicked Lady. I will take a bit of your power but I won't let you take me over completely. My mind is still my own."

"Very well," said Wicked Lady. "You shall be called Sailor Black Moon!"

Reenie was enveloped by darkness for a second time. She stood again in the dark sailor suit, a fuku combined with Wicked Lady's dress. The black rose shield began entrapping the accromantula. Sailor Black Lady jumped out of the enclosure and landed in front of Aragog. Seeing that he was blind and already near death, she left him alone. She fought against the acromantulas that tried to make her lunch. She entrapped them, tore them apart, and tortured them. She began to enjoy it almost too much. Fighting giant spiders was much easier than anima-mates.

Sailor Black Moon jumped onto a sticky domed web to destroy a pregnant accromantula. "Black Rose Nightmare!"

A rose shaped like a giant snake coiled around the pregnant accromantula, squeezing the life out of her. Sailor Black Moon laughed and then ripped up her web. Sailor Black Moon's body was coursing with so much energy that she did not have to use her scepter's attacks. She tore out the acromantulas pincers with their bare hands, pulled off their legs or tied their legs together so they couldn't move. The remaining acromantulas scurried behind Aragog, frightened.

"Go," they said. "Just go."

"But I thought you guys were hungry," said Sailor Black Moon. "Lost your appetite for humans, huh? I told you to stick with flies." Sailor Black Moon laughed and turned for the exit.

When she made it outside, she was unaware of an acromantula about to pounce on her from another web. A flying arrow hit the acromantula in the abdomen, followed by several others. Sailor Black Moon turned to the acromantula and shook her head.

"Thought you could follow me, eh?" she said. "Bad move! BLACK RROSE DEVOUR!"

A giant rose popped out of the ground and finished the acromantula off. Sailor Black Moon looked in the direction the arrow went. Something was probably trying to attack her too.

"Black Rose Nightmare!" she cried, sending her attack. Several arrows went through the snake-like rose and Reenie heard the clopping of hooves.

"Who's there?" she demanded. "Show yourself!"

"You look different, Moon Child," said a familiar voice.

Elune, the female centaur that Reenie had met on her arrival to Hogwarts, stepped into view. She was carrying a bow and had a quiver of arrows on her back. Sailor Black Moon was fighting the urge to attack her.

"No," Sailor Black Moon mumbled, "the battle's over, Wicked Lady…I don't want to attack her."

Sailor Black Moon's fuku disappeared and Reenie stood standing in her jeans, shoes, and coat. Reenie shook her head while placing one hand against it and another one against a tree. Reenie took a deep breath and calmed herself.

"I—I remember you," said Reenie. "When I came to Hogwarts for the first time."

"Yes, my name is Elune," answered Elune. "You've intrigued me, Moon Child. I studied the moon very closely after your arrival and I've come to a terrifying discovery."

"Discovery?" Reenie asked.

Elune nodded. "Yes, walk with me."

"Aren't you worried that the others would be upset if they find you with me?" Reenie inquired.

"They won't," said Elune. "I will take you someplace that they do not know of. It is my secret place where I study the stars. We will be safe there."

"Lead the way," Reenie said with a shrug.

Elune led her up the mountain, to a place surrounded by rock formations. Reenie sat down on a rock and Elune lit the campfire. "This is my own secret place. The other centaurs do not know of it."

"They never tried to follow you?" asked Reenie.

"I am too quick for them," Elune smiled. She pointed at the sky. As it was a new moon in the moon cycle, the moon was visible during the daytime. "These are dark times for you, Moon Child."

"Serena," said Reenie. "Call me Serena." Reenie found 'Moon Child' too cryptic.

Elune nodded. "Yes, Serena, the moon has been acting strangely since you've come here. It is not normal behavior. There will be a lunar eclipse in three months time. The eclipse shouldn't arrive for another ten years. The moon is out of orbit."

"A lunar eclipse?" asked Reenie. "I don't understand why you beleive that is a bad thing."

"Because when the lunar eclipse starts," explained Elune, "you will undergo another transformation. It will be unlike the one I've seen today. It will be much different. The power will consume you. I will advise you that when the eclipse starts, you should be inside and away from others."

Reenie laughed. "You're not serious, are you? The moon doesn't effect my transformations that way."

"Perhaps not in the past," said Elune, "but it will now. The way you looked confirmed it. The moon will look like blood…I've called this new transformation 'the Awakening of the Blood Moon.'"

"Blood Moon," murmured Reenie and she remembered a time when she over heard her parents arguing centuries ago.

~~Flashback~~

Reenie returned to the future for a second time. It as after the sailor scouts defeated Nemesis and the doom phantom. Neo Queen Serenity was telling her husband thoughts she had shared with Sailor Moon. They were in their bedroom, getting ready for bed.

"I still had a conscious mind while I was asleep," Neo Queen Serenity was saying. "Sailor Moon transformed into me to bring Reenie out of some sort of dark transformation. Do you remember the legend from the Silver Millennium?"

"What legend?" King Endymion asked. "There are many."

"The one about someone from the moon kingdom falling," explained Neo Queen Serenity explained. "They called it the Awakening of the Blood Moon."

Reenie was about to knock on her parent's door to tell them goodnight when she heard them talking. 'Blood Moon?' she thought 'What is that supposed to mean?'

"Ah, yes, I remember," said King Endymion. "It's just a legend."

"What if it isn't?" inquired Neo Queen Serenity. "What if Reenie is in danger? Wiseman brainwashed her and she changed into one of the Black Moon family. Sailor Moon had to transform herself into me in order to bring her back. I fear that this is the beginning of Reenie's troubles."

"If this legend is real," said King Endymion, "then the Awakening of the Blood Moon must be when Wiseman transformed our little Reenie into Wicked Lady. It is already over. Reenie knows we love her. Reenie will be all right."

Reenie remembered for a split moment becoming Wicked Lady and attacking all her friends. She tiptoed away from her parents' bedroom and went to her own. She eventually forgot what she heard, and the transformation that Wiseman did to her.

End Flashback

"There was a legend like this in the Moon Kingdom," said Reenie, holding her chin in thought. "Someone from the Moon family falling."

Elune was looking at her closely. Reenie took down her hand and scowled at Elune.

"Look, this has been very interesting and everything," said Reenie, "but this 'Awakening of the Blood Moon' thing has nothing to with me."

"The moon has been moving in perfect orbit until you have arrived, Serena," Elune said urgently. "This unexpected eclipse has me worried. You must beware the eclipse and prepare for it, or the new transformation will destroy you! You need to find a way to overcome this transformation in order to get ready for the next."

"No!" Reenie got to her feet. "I don't believe you. I appreciate your…moon gazing and stuff, but you're wrong. I just want to be left alone."

Elune sighed and shook her head. "You have sealed your fate, Moon Child."

"It's Serena," Reenie muttered and she walked away.

She came out of the woods and found that Assiah was nearly finished with the court of Crystal Tokyo.

"How was your walk, Reenie?" Assiah asked.

"Fine," Reenie answered dryly and she went into the castle. She took the stairs to the Slytherin dormitories and laid down on her bed. She looked at her trunk, where she kept her Forgetfulness Potion stash. Reenie groaned and opened it. She took out a vial of Forgetfulness Potion.

"Awakening of the Blood Moon," she muttered. "What rubbish!" she swigged down the vial and laid back down, the memory of the legend and Elune's warning all forgotten.

Dinner came and Reenie missed it. As Assiah entered the Great Hall, she nearly collided with Professor Snape.

"Miss Shields," he said.

Assiah gasped and attempted to do as Reenie told her, clear her mind. It was very difficult, however, with the way Snape was looking at her.

"I—I," Assiah stammered, "I haven't seen Reenie all day!"

Assiah strode past him to get to the Hufflepuff table, leaving Professor Snape confused and intrigued. Perhaps he had to keep an even closer eye on Reenie, and perhaps Assiah for that matter.

TO BE CONTINUED