White... everything was white around her. There was nothing she could do. She was alone...not a soul around to talk to. At first she laid on the white marble floor unconscious, her white dress got dirty, her wings disappeared. The only thing left was a her beautiful Crystal still glowing on her chest. The blond opened her eyes, her whole body felt numb form the fall. Yes, her future fell apart, leaving behind nothing but loneliness , emptiness. Can you imagine what she felt when she fell down from grace? No, you cannot. One moment she was a happy, fulfilled mother, with the perfect love story in her life, and suddenly that changed. Why? Why? It was way to difficult to have what she wanted, it was just an alternative. This was not supposed to be. As the beautiful princess opened blue her eyes, her body was sore, slowly she lifted herself up from the cold ground. Dizziness, sickness and tears in her eyes were gathering all at the same time.
" What happened? I don't feel so good." She felt like she was about to suffocate, maybe because of the fall, which seemed endless. It seemed like time just slowed down for her. "How did I even survive?" she started asking herself the same question all over again, when she remembered. "I remember still having my wings... that is how I survived..." It was still a miracle that she even survived. "Come on you need to get up on your feet." she tried to encourage herself, despite the fact that her body was aching. " This is it...On the count of three ...One, two , three..." The princess got up her feet and felt her head hard as rock, but still she wouldn't give up the fight. "Come on now I can do this... Open your eyes! Look around you! NO!NO!...But yes..." she ended up arguing with herself. "Okay I can do this..." she had to look around, there was no other way of handling this situation, because in the end this was all her fault. Two blue eyes finally managed to open, they were tearing up, and because of that all that whiteness surrounding her was at least until her eyes had no more tears to cry. "Where did everybody go?" That is when reality hit her. looking around she saw the whiteness, the kind of white that burns into your retinas and even makes you go temporarily go blind. "This is what I have feared the most...Seiya!A..At..Atsuki...Mars! Venus! Mercury! Jupiter! Why?" she started screaming, a scream that gave you goosebumps, followed by salty tears falling down on the floor almost creating a small puddle. She saw her reflection.The once happy and unconditionally loves Moon Princess was broken down to almost nothing. She was left alone in the uncertainty of the future. "If I am alone ...this means something happened ... Why I am neither with Atsuki nor Chibiusa? How? This is unbelievably painful." Yes it couldn't get any worse than this now...Or could it? Was she sentenced to live alone all her life or what? Her life rushed thru her eyes. The first thing she remembered was her small face.
"I can't do this Fighter..."
"Yes, you can...I am here with you Odango..." she gave her a smile that washed away all the pain,
"Princess, you have push harder, just for the last time..." said the midwife.
"Ohh...huhhhh...this is harder than I expected it to be...Okay one more push... for my miracle baby..."
"She is here..." The only thing she could hear was the baby crying. "Shhh..Don't cry Princess...Here she is..." The Moon Princess remembered how exhausted she was at the moment, she could barely reach out for her baby, her hands were trembling..
"Fighter, let me see her ...let me hold her in my arms...I wanna see her..." The midwife placed the small child into Fighter's arms. "Whats wrong?" she assumed something was wrong.
"Of course...Odango, I just needed a moment with her...She is just like you...she has your shine..."
"Do you mean it ?Please help me up... I wanna hold her..."
"Odango, you are still weak..."
"No..no..I am stronger then ever..."
"Alright..." the Starlight approved. In the meantime a bright Star reappeared on the dark sky shinning brightly next to the Moon and Star. The Starlight handed the child over to her mother, carefully not wanting to let go though of her.
"I will always love you...take care of you..." she whispered slowly to the child who fell asleep instantly.
"So...Have you decided on a name yet?" asked the midwife.
"Well not really .."
"Ohh..she does have the power of the Moon...She was made with love..."
"I have an idea!" The Starlight jumped up in joy. "How about Atsuki? as in moon and love..."
"Wow..that would be a great name for her...Atsuki...Princess Atsuki..." the Moon Princess gasped.
"So you like it?"
"I love it!I love both of you!"
"Thank you Odango!"
"For what?"
"THIS!"
"I couldn't be happier...Oh. my head, I feel so dizzy..." The mother weak at this point, she could barely lift her hands. "Hold her Fighter, please!"
"Let me hold her! Our Princess must be exhausted by all what happened..."
"Where are you taking her?"
"Do not worry Princess, she will be fine. You need to rest to get your strength back." said the midwife, while taking the newborn out from her mother s arms.
"Don't worry...she will be fine..."
"Yeah...I guess so..." The Princess knew very well she needed all the rest she can get, but her arms felt empty, they took her child away. She watched the midwife leave the room, her eyes gave in, slowly they drifted off in dreamland. Now. she felt the same emptiness, but this time the child was gone, her whole future was gone, the palace, her love and everything she managed to build up together with the Starlight vanished. "Get up on your feet..there has to something here...anything...a door...AnyBoddyyyyyy! Please Anyone!I am still here! Come back!Please come Back!"
It was already morning. She only had a few hours of sleep, when she woke up, she was screaming her lovers name "Seiya". Rei, the senshie of fire was sleeping on the couch, but she almost fell when she heard her friend shriek.
"Usagi..."
"Seiya...Rei-chan...I had an awfull nightmare...I dreamed that Seiya left me and the girls are missing..". While the blonde was talking her friend had to disappoint her.
"Usagi...it wasn't a dream, everything you said, happened last night..."
"Oh no...I hoped, maybe...Oh I am so stupid...I.." Knock, knock! The insisting bang interrupted her thoughts. It was Mamoru, he came to see his love doing.
"Who is it?" Rei went to the door.
"It is me!"his voice was serious. She looked at Usagi, made a sign to pretend that she was still asleep. Quickly the blonde cowered herself with thw silky sheets.
"I am coming..." Rei opened the door."Hello there Mamoru-San..."
"Good morning..." boy was he surprised when Rei opened the door instead of Usagi. "Oh...Were is Usako?"
"Well yeah...she is still asleep, it was a long night...You know..."she felt awkward.
"Yeah ...I can imagine."
"Listen Mamoru -san..."
"Hey there Rei-chan.." Minako greated her.
"Minako-chan, good morning."
"Boy , I am sure tired, from all that searching last night."
"What search?" Mamoru started questioning her.
"Well the girls are missing, since last night."
"What girls?"
"Our guest, Atsuki, Ai And Michiko...we have been searching for then everywhere..."
"Well to bad." said Mamoru without even blinking, then turned to Rei. "Please let her know that I was here when she wakes up."
"Su..sure..Mamoru-san...Sure..." the two girls watched him walk down the narrow hallway, and once he disappeared Usagi called out.
"Is he gone?"
"Yes...he is...Come in Minako-chan..."Rei grabbed the blonde by the hand, dragging her into the room.
"Ohhh...Usagi-chan..I thought you were asleep...Mamoru-San was here."
"I know...I can't talk to him right now, not yet..." she was clearly tried to avoid any kind of contact with him.
"You can't hide for ever.." said Minako.
"I am aware of that...I am not ready yet."
"Well, you have no choice..."
"This is so hard Minako -chan...Thank you guys for supporting me." she looked at the girls, she noticed how Rei got lost in her thoughts.
"Anytime, anytime..."
"Rei-chan, what's wrong?"
"Well,but no way.."
"Tell us!" both of the girls insisted.
"Maybe I am imagining things, but when Minako told Mamoru-San that the girls are missing, well he had no reaction what so ever. He didn't even ask what happened. It was as if he already knew."
"Know? How could he know?He wasn't with us last night..."
"I know...but his reaction was strange...That is why I said it is stupid of me to even think..."
"What happens if we can find them?"Minako was right, what will happen then.
"I guess wa have to announce the school...Go back home and see what happens."
"I don't wanna go home..."
"Me neither..."Minako sighted and laid down on the bed."I already miss the Stars..."
"Yeah me too..." Usagi started crying again.
"Oh no! I am so sorry Usagi-chan, I am so stupid sometimes.."
"No...it just hurts, I know you suffer too..."
"Well there is no time to cry... We should somehow put ourselves over this entire thing..." Rei stood up firmly.
"How could we?"
"Well just do it both of you!" with that Rei rushed out the room, closed the door behind her.
"What got into her? How are we supposed to repress everything in our heart? This is mad!"
"Maybe she is right.."
"You must be joking Usagi-chan...How about the love you feel for Seiya.What about my feelings for Yaten and Ami-chan's for Taiki?"
"They will fade...I will learn to love him again..." Usagi's voice almost choked.
"You don't mean that..."
"I do!" Usagi got up from the bed and went next to window. "I have to learn to love again, for Chibiusa, for Crystal Tokyo...for the perfect future."
"Yeah, for the perfect future..."
"Minako-chan...I don't mean to be rude, but I wish to take a shower.."
"Sure...I will go...meet you downstairs."
"Yeah...soon..I will be right down..."With that said Minako left her alone. Somehow Usagi managed to get undressed, and dragged herself into the bathroom. She gazzed at herself in the mirror, she noticed the neckless Seiya gave her. She ran her hands thru it, then suddenly took it off held it close to her heart, then gave it a small kiss, while her tears were washing thru. "I am sorry, Seiya..."
Mamoru well he was heading to meet up with the Outers. The two outers Michiru and Haruka met up with him on the hallway. He knew they were ready to leave at any moment.
"Mamoru-San...Good morning!" Michiru saluted him with a smile, but he seemed disturbed.
"This is everything, but good."
"What happened this time?"
"Haruka..."Michiru gave her a look to that could kill.
"What?"
"I was at Usako's room..They know that the girls are missing..."
"So?Do they suspect anything?" Haruka asked raising an eyebrow.
"I don't think so...They can't link us to their disappearance."
"Relax...soon everything will settle down and soon you two get married..."
"Yeah, yeah I know... We have to convince the girls to come home with us as soon as possible. " said Mamoru.
"When they realize that, those girls are gone forever, they will have no.other choice." Haruka seemed heartless, when speaking about the three of them.
"Sure..Where you heading to have breakfast?"
"Yes..but first we are going to see how Hotaru-chan is doing..."
"Alright...Meet you in ten downstairs..."
"Sure..." They said their goodbyes and went separate ways. What Mamoru didn't know was that Rei followed him and heard the entire conversation."What happened here? Did I just hear them right? They have something to do with the girls disappearance? Why? Something stinks here...I have to talk to Usagi..."
As her solar guardian her duty was not only to protect her Princes from the enemies, but now she had to see what her own soldiers have done. She thought it would be better to confront them all at once at break, in front of everyone, they will need to speak up..."Yes..that is what I will do..."
