Chapter 3
"Hey, Heather." Serena yells as she runs up to her friend. "Are you ready for Christmas break?"
A sad look crosses Heather's face, but she quickly lets it drop. "Yeah, I guess. My parents are taking me to see some relatives for most of it. I don't really want to go, but I have no choice."
Serena gets a sad look on her face. "Oh."
"I thought you were going home over the break." Heather says as she looks at Serena. "You haven't been home since you came to school her and your home sounds so beautiful."
"No, I can't go home." Serena says with sadness in her voice. "There are many reasons to that decision, but it is a long story."
Heather looks at her with sad eyes. She knows there isn't anything she can say that will make Serena change her mind. "Well, we have a few hours to spend together until I leave."
"Yeah, I can come help you pack if you'd like." Serena's voice gives away her depression.
"I had a trip to the mall in mind." Heather says in a sly voice. "But, if you don't want to go."
Serena grabs her hand and starts pulling her toward the gate. Heather starts laughing at her friend. Serena stops and looks at Heather. "What?"
Heather stops laughing and gets a serious look on her face. "Your moods change as quickly as the wind shifts directions." She walks up closer to Serena. "You are a good friend, Serena." She whispers. She smiles and begins pulling Serena toward the gate. "Let's go."
The two friends leave the school grounds, headed for the mall.
*****
Merlin walks over to Sailor Destiny. "She still has not returned. Are you going to go search for her?"
"I have to, Merlin." She sits down on the roof of the Tsukino house. She pulls Merlin up into her arms. "Serenity has always been a stubborn girl, but I didn't think that she was this stubborn. Will you stay or will you come with me?"
"Kaylee, Kayla, Aliegh, and Dani will protect Endymion. Artemis and Luna are with the Inner Senshi. Amber and Raye have become friends. The amazing part is that over the last four months none have found out the others secrets. I think that everyone will be fine if I go with you."
"Ocean still has not come?"
"No."
"Well, then, I think that you have a different mission then I do." Sailor Destiny jumps from the roof with Merlin in her arms. She scratches his ears before putting him on the ground. She let's her transformation fade. "I have not been in this form in a long time." She thinks to herself. "Find Ocean and make sure she is alright. I will find Serenity."
"Be careful, Mysty." Merlin says as he walks away.
"You too, Old Friend." Mysty disappears from the streets of Tokyo.
*****
Mamoru walks down the street with Kaylee and Kayla on either side of him. He had not seen the Senshi since Usagi had left. He knew it was his fault and his heart ached for her return. He had hardly even left his apartment in the last four months. Kaylee and Kayla had finally convinced him he need to get out.
As they walked down the street, the two girls stopped and looked at each other. "Time is almost up." They say in unison.
"What's the matter?" He asks as he looks down at them.
Aliegh lands on Mamoru's shoulder. "There are a few things that were kept secret from everyone." She explains. "I can only revive what memories you have, but you had no knowledge that your sisters were Sailor Senshi."
"What?"
"Four Senshi were chosen in secret. The Inner Senshi met them only once in their Senshi guises, they never knew their true identities. Only Queen Serenity, Sailor Pluto, Sailor Destiny, and the two guardians given to them knew who they were."
"We never died during the Silver Millenium." Kayla says in a sad tone.
"We had been sent on a mission, but it was a trick set up by Crystalline. She is one of Metallia's minions. The trick was suppose to lure the Inner Senshi away, but they ended up with us." Kaylee adds.
"Dani and I tried to contact the Moon Kingdom, but there was no answer." Aliegh tells Mamoru. "When that failed, I had only one choice left."
"She used a special technique that only she knew." Dani tells him. "The details are very foggy to all of us."
"When we woke up, it seemed that it had only been a few hours, but in reality it had been a thousand years." Kaylee says as she grabs Mamoru's hand. Dani scampers up his shirt and onto Mamoru's other shoulder.
Kayla grabs the other hand. "We found out that the Moon Kingdom had been destroyed that same day. So that we would not have to live with the sorrow of that knowledge, our memories were hidden from us and we were put on Earth and told to try to have normal lives, but if evil was ever to come again our powers would wake."
"Three years ago, our powers began to wake again." Kaylee says. "I began to have dreams of Queen Beryl and Queen Crystalline."
"Now, we are here. We were never sure where we needed to go." Dani puts in. "Finally, we heard of the Sailor Senshi that protected this place."
"So, we came here, but things were not as they should be. So, now we wait for Sailor Destiny, Sailor Storm and Sailor Blaze." Kayla says.
"I just hope it won't be to late." Kaylee says in a far off voice.
Mamoru's head swims with all this new information. "You do know the true identities of the Inner Senshi?"
"Yes, but back during the Silver Millenium there was no Sailor Moon, so we are not positive as to her identity, but the others we knew."
"But, before we got our powers, we all use to play together along with Princess Serenity. So, we have all known each other as ourselves a very long time."
"Yes." Mamoru says as he stares down at them. "I remember when all of you use to get together everyone would hide."
They all begin to laugh as they head toward their destination once more.
*****
Merlin wanders the streets of a small town in France. He and Sailor Destiny had always kept tabs on the Elemental Senshi. This was the last known place that they had seen Ocean. She had always been the quietest of the Senshi, but she was a powerful fighter.
He keeps looking back and forth to see if he can find her, but so far no luck. He finally finds a small park that is nearby and decides to investigate the park. As he enters, he hears the screams of someone being attacked.
As he races into the park, he sees a young woman in a Senshi outfit lying on the ground. She has light blue hair that is pulled back into a French braid. "Sailor Storm!" Merlin yells as he runs over toward her, and looks toward the attacker. "No." He whispers as he sees that it is one of Crystalline's crystal warriors.
"So, kitty, you have come to play too?" The creature says. "I have no time to play with you today." The crystal creature bends down and picks up Sailor Storm. "One little Senshi down." Merlin readies himself to pounce on the creature. As Merlin leaps at the creature, the creature looks down at Merlin. "Can you protect the rest, Kitty?" He sneers as he swings his fist toward Merlin.
Merlin goes flying backwards into a nearby tree. As his body hits the tree, darkness fills his vision.