Chapter Four
Light flashed, then all five of them found themselves on the ground of a very dark place. Fog floated like a ghost around them, the sky seemed streaked black and dark blue and purple, like that of misery and jealously. The ground was hard, life-less dirt and the only structure they could see was a huge, dark crystal wall.
" This place feels very foreboding," Rei said as the others nodded.
" Well, what can we do in a place like this with the clothes we're wearing," Lita said, looking don at her long, frothy green dress as did the others to theirs (minus Darien).
" Wait," Amy said," Didn't Pluto say something about transformations?"
" Yeah, so?" Mina spoke," We don't know how it works though."
Amy thought for a while," Maybe it has to do with our home planets! Maybe, we know, deep down inside, somewhere! For instance, Rei, you have the power to sense things and have some visions just by chance."
Rei smiled," Amy, that's a brain wave! I think you're onto something!" Rei closed her eyes and pressed her fingers together (AN: Think of when she does her Fire Bird pose, you'll get the idea).
The others waited patiently.
Suddenly, her eyes flew open and she seemed to glow. " That's it!"
The others looked at her in confusion.
Rei extended her hand and small stick with her planet's symbol appeared in her hand as she yelled," MARS POWER MAKE-UP!!"
Suddenly, a light like flames escaped the stick and swirled around her as she spun and from her toes to her head, she transformed into red heels and a red and white fuka like that of Pluto's.
The others stared in amazement. Rei turned to them, then looked confused as she looked over herself," Uhhh, what just happened?"
" We were just going to ask you that," said Mina," What made you say that?"
" I don't know. I just…well…knew! Kinda strange, huh?"
" Well, maybe we should try the same." Mina suggested.
" Okay, I'm game." Lita stretched out her hand and yelled," JUPITER POWER MAKE-UP!!"
Nothing happened.
" Did I do it wrong?" Lita asked.
" No, it sounded like Princess Rei's." Darien said.
" Call me Mars."
" There has to be some logical explanation for this," Amy said," Mina, you try."
Mina nodded and stretched out her hand. An orange stick with her planet symbol appeared in her hand." VENUS POWER MAKE-UP!!"
A light shaped in rows of yellow stars escaped and swirled around, hit the ground around her and exploded upwards, surrounding her, then leaving her in heels with straps and a similar fuka but with an orange skirt and collar and a red bow in her hair.
She too looked over herself.
" Well," Amy said," that just doesn't make sense. Why can't Lita change?"
" Because," Pluto's voice rang out," It is not time for you or Lita." Her voice began to fade.
" But," Lita said," What about Prince Darien?"
" He will know when the time comes." And Pluto was gone.
" Well," Mina said after a minute of silence," I guess we should look for an entrance."
Just after she spoke, a large entrance with two doors appeared.
" Ask and you shall receive," laughed Lita.
Darien looked somber. Lita stopped laughing and put a hand on his shoulder." Don't worry, your highness. We'll find her.
" Thanks," Darien said with a small faint of a smile," but please, call me Darien."
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He watched through his crystal table top as the five people made their way through the doors. He grinned.
" Yes, do come. Try to save your precious princess. For as we speak, she will be mine."
He turned to a table where Serena lay, eyes closed, strapped down at the wrists, ankles and forehead. She seemed to struggle in pain in her unconscious state.
The dark man swept his hand over her bonds and they vanished. Serena lay, still unconscious. He lifted his hands and she floated in the air, her golden hair dangling, and pointed his hands towards a wall where a long, white bad appeared. Serena floated over there and was set down.
The dark man swept his hand over her face and she awoke. Serena stared, groggily, then sat up but two shackles and chains, crystal to be precise , prevented her from leaving the bed. Serena struggled.
" Careful, my dear," the dark man spoke," I wouldn't want you to hurt yourself."
Serena stopped struggling and looked at the shadowed outline of the man.
" Why have you done this to me?!" she cried," What has the moon ever done to you?!"
" Why," he laughed," you wouldn't know, would you? The future, now, is wrong, and I intend on changing it. Your present self and future self have both refused me. And with those pesky scouts and your darling prince," he spat out," I could never change you for long! But in the past, they have no power and are therefore helpless. Leaving me to make you mine! Isn't it beautiful, my dear?"
Serena struggled again, tears falling as she did," Who are you?!"
" My name," he stepped out of the shadows and Serena saw a white hared man, and gasped at the black moon symbol on his forehead," is Diamond!"
He took hold of her chin and Serena winced.
" You should rest, my love." Serena gasped in terror as the dark moon symbol slowly changed into a third eye. Her eyes widened in fright as she was slowly hypnotized by the flash eye.
" Yes," Diamond grinned," sleep, my sweet."
Serena's eyes slowly closed and Diamond gently set her down. The shackles and chains disappeared and a dome covered her with a small white energy pulsing over it. Diamond laughed.
" Soon, my love." He turned to his table top and the five people he could see.
" Yes," he laughed maliciously ," try as you might, scouts-to-be and you, pitiful Prince Darien. You will never leave my Crystal Labrynth of Sorrow alive!"
Light flashed, then all five of them found themselves on the ground of a very dark place. Fog floated like a ghost around them, the sky seemed streaked black and dark blue and purple, like that of misery and jealously. The ground was hard, life-less dirt and the only structure they could see was a huge, dark crystal wall.
" This place feels very foreboding," Rei said as the others nodded.
" Well, what can we do in a place like this with the clothes we're wearing," Lita said, looking don at her long, frothy green dress as did the others to theirs (minus Darien).
" Wait," Amy said," Didn't Pluto say something about transformations?"
" Yeah, so?" Mina spoke," We don't know how it works though."
Amy thought for a while," Maybe it has to do with our home planets! Maybe, we know, deep down inside, somewhere! For instance, Rei, you have the power to sense things and have some visions just by chance."
Rei smiled," Amy, that's a brain wave! I think you're onto something!" Rei closed her eyes and pressed her fingers together (AN: Think of when she does her Fire Bird pose, you'll get the idea).
The others waited patiently.
Suddenly, her eyes flew open and she seemed to glow. " That's it!"
The others looked at her in confusion.
Rei extended her hand and small stick with her planet's symbol appeared in her hand as she yelled," MARS POWER MAKE-UP!!"
Suddenly, a light like flames escaped the stick and swirled around her as she spun and from her toes to her head, she transformed into red heels and a red and white fuka like that of Pluto's.
The others stared in amazement. Rei turned to them, then looked confused as she looked over herself," Uhhh, what just happened?"
" We were just going to ask you that," said Mina," What made you say that?"
" I don't know. I just…well…knew! Kinda strange, huh?"
" Well, maybe we should try the same." Mina suggested.
" Okay, I'm game." Lita stretched out her hand and yelled," JUPITER POWER MAKE-UP!!"
Nothing happened.
" Did I do it wrong?" Lita asked.
" No, it sounded like Princess Rei's." Darien said.
" Call me Mars."
" There has to be some logical explanation for this," Amy said," Mina, you try."
Mina nodded and stretched out her hand. An orange stick with her planet symbol appeared in her hand." VENUS POWER MAKE-UP!!"
A light shaped in rows of yellow stars escaped and swirled around, hit the ground around her and exploded upwards, surrounding her, then leaving her in heels with straps and a similar fuka but with an orange skirt and collar and a red bow in her hair.
She too looked over herself.
" Well," Amy said," that just doesn't make sense. Why can't Lita change?"
" Because," Pluto's voice rang out," It is not time for you or Lita." Her voice began to fade.
" But," Lita said," What about Prince Darien?"
" He will know when the time comes." And Pluto was gone.
" Well," Mina said after a minute of silence," I guess we should look for an entrance."
Just after she spoke, a large entrance with two doors appeared.
" Ask and you shall receive," laughed Lita.
Darien looked somber. Lita stopped laughing and put a hand on his shoulder." Don't worry, your highness. We'll find her.
" Thanks," Darien said with a small faint of a smile," but please, call me Darien."
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He watched through his crystal table top as the five people made their way through the doors. He grinned.
" Yes, do come. Try to save your precious princess. For as we speak, she will be mine."
He turned to a table where Serena lay, eyes closed, strapped down at the wrists, ankles and forehead. She seemed to struggle in pain in her unconscious state.
The dark man swept his hand over her bonds and they vanished. Serena lay, still unconscious. He lifted his hands and she floated in the air, her golden hair dangling, and pointed his hands towards a wall where a long, white bad appeared. Serena floated over there and was set down.
The dark man swept his hand over her face and she awoke. Serena stared, groggily, then sat up but two shackles and chains, crystal to be precise , prevented her from leaving the bed. Serena struggled.
" Careful, my dear," the dark man spoke," I wouldn't want you to hurt yourself."
Serena stopped struggling and looked at the shadowed outline of the man.
" Why have you done this to me?!" she cried," What has the moon ever done to you?!"
" Why," he laughed," you wouldn't know, would you? The future, now, is wrong, and I intend on changing it. Your present self and future self have both refused me. And with those pesky scouts and your darling prince," he spat out," I could never change you for long! But in the past, they have no power and are therefore helpless. Leaving me to make you mine! Isn't it beautiful, my dear?"
Serena struggled again, tears falling as she did," Who are you?!"
" My name," he stepped out of the shadows and Serena saw a white hared man, and gasped at the black moon symbol on his forehead," is Diamond!"
He took hold of her chin and Serena winced.
" You should rest, my love." Serena gasped in terror as the dark moon symbol slowly changed into a third eye. Her eyes widened in fright as she was slowly hypnotized by the flash eye.
" Yes," Diamond grinned," sleep, my sweet."
Serena's eyes slowly closed and Diamond gently set her down. The shackles and chains disappeared and a dome covered her with a small white energy pulsing over it. Diamond laughed.
" Soon, my love." He turned to his table top and the five people he could see.
" Yes," he laughed maliciously ," try as you might, scouts-to-be and you, pitiful Prince Darien. You will never leave my Crystal Labrynth of Sorrow alive!"