Chapter 21
I was outside in a sunny garden picking flowers. I looked up and saw…Earth and stars. I must have been on the Moon.
I remember now. This was the day my Moon Guard started acting weird.
I smiled involuntarily and looked back to the flowers. In my lap were many flowers all weaved together making a crown of flowers. I heard my guard straighten up. I looked up, but I saw nothing. What was he shifting for? I looked back to the flower ring in my lap.
"Mother will love these flowers," I giggled.
Suddenly, the world started to crumble away. I tried to back away from the crumbling parts in front of me, but the world behind me was crumbling too. Everywhere I turned, I was a step away from darkness.
"Everything has crumbled into nothing. Mother, is this the future you want me to stop?"
I looked down as my little square and fell.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH–"
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"AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
I woke up screaming and sweating. The last time this happened was when I was ten.
"Bella! What's wrong?" Charlie barged in.
"Nothing, Dad. Just a bad dream. Where's Renesmee?"
"She's downstairs, still sleeping."
"She's a pretty heavy sleeper then, huh? Sorry to wake you up, Dad."
After Charlie left, I went over to my desk to translate more of that book. The first entry was about how my guard couldn't believe that he was picked to be my guard. It also mentioned a school.
I wonder if I tried to masquerade as a student there.
I continued working on the journal and got to the third entry.
"The small queen out the flower entirety sun. That character next to "flower" means garden, so he means 'The princess was in the garden all day.'" Thinking aloud helped me.
I remembered how complex Lunarian was: three forms, dots and lines, and you couldn't just make a new word. I continued the Journal until I found something unsettling.
"Think saw black moving shade along to princess. A dark shadow?"
I've seen dark shadows around every Yoma and people under the Negaverse's influence had a dark shadow, too. Though not as dark as a "true" Yoma. Also, he used the character for the evil kind of dark. It probably scared him and he got confused. It happened to me when I got my powers this life. Now I look back and laugh at it.
I was translating the fourth entry when I realized I had to get ready and drop off Renesmee. Whoever this guy was he was really in love with his job. I quickly got ready and put Renesmee in my truck. It was sunny out today. I knew Edward wasn't going to be at school because of how sunny it was.
"Did Edward-papa tell you yet?" Renesmee
"Tell me what?"
"Why he can't go in sunlight?"
"No, not yet."
I dropped Renesmee of and got to school early. I started thinking about my dream and that entry. They were almost the same; in the Royal Garden, a dark shadow. Having the dream before translating the entry was the kicker. It looks like I have to protect the Earth until Endymion wakes up.
It was weird to think of it that way. Edward was Endymion, but the Endymion part was still asleep somewhere in Edward. I guess it's the same way with me.
The Serenity part of me is still waking up. When I'm fully awake, I'll remember all my lives and bring about the New Era that Mother always talked about.
Knocking on my window snapped me out of my thoughts.
"Hey, Bella, did you sleep last night?" Mike laughed.
I opened my door with a smile and headed for the usual hang out spot.
"I slept fine, Mike."
"Are you sure? I thought you might have had a nightmare, or something."
I looked back at him. I never told him about the nightmares. I never told anyone about the nightmares. I used my powers to see his light. His glow was darker than normal. He was being controlled by the Negaverse.
"Yes, I'm fine. By the way, I met someone you might now. Her name is Jellax."
Mike started laughing darkly. He must be under they complete control.
"I knew you'd figure it out," he laughed.
"Who are you really?" I commanded.
"You still don't know? I should expect that from you. You always were a little slow."
"This is what I hate. I ask for a straight answer and I get riddles."
"I must have possessed someone important to get this reaction. To answer your question, I am Princess Ankoku, Queen of the Negaverse. That foolish mistake you made all those years ago will finally be paid for with your own life!"
"Leave my friends out of this. You've been at this for over 6,000 years and I think it's time to end this."
"I couldn't agree more. Which is why I'm going to give you this helpful tip: Your family is more vulnerable when a storm is near."
I saw the shadow leave Mike and move to the forest. I caught Mike as he keeled over. I couldn't believe Mike was possessed by the Nega-Queen.
She must be powerful than I thought. This changes things.
I heard Mike groan. I couldn't chase her now. Mike would suspect something.
"What just happened?" he groaned.
"A monster attacked us. He took something from you just before Sailor Light blasted it. She grabbed whatever it was and gave it back. It was cool."
"Oh, okay. Hang on, Sailor Light was here? Dang it! I wanted to ask her out."
I couldn't help but laugh.
"Mike, you should really hold on. Sailor Light is a busy girl. If she goes on a date with you, it won't be very fun."
He just looked at me, but then started laughing too. I stopped to take a breath when I saw Jackie and Jade. I had to tell them about tonight. I gave Mike an excuse and quickly walked over to them.
"Bella, is something wrong?" Jade asked.
"Yeah, the Negaverse started a store called Masama Reganto Jewelry Store. I just got a pendent from them as a gift."
"Sounds like they know who you are," Jackie said monotonously.
"Whatever the case is, Renesmee and I are going to check it out tonight. Want to join?"
"Let's hope there's something that leads us somewhere," said Jackie.