Chapter 5
Sailor Destiny pulls Gem's still body into her arms. "Gem." She whispers.
Gem's eyes slowly flutter open. She smiles at the tear stricken face of Sailor Destiny. "Don't cry. This was my destiny." She whispers.
"No, this can't be." Sailor Destiny tries to argue.
"Long ago, I was trapped. All I had was Gideon. He appeared one day in my garden. He told me one day that I would die protecting the prince of the Earth Kingdom. I had though, at the time, that Gideon had lost his mind."
"Quiet, Gem." Sailor Destiny tells her. "You must rest and get well."
"Sailor Destiny, this is the way it must be." Gem says with her dying breath.
"No!" Sailor Destiny screams.
"Destiny." Sailor Breeze whispers as she places her hand on Sailor Destiny's shoulder.
Sailor Destiny looks up at her. "Go help the others, Breeze. I must take Gem to Gideon and find Endymion and Sailor Universe."
Sailor Breeze nods and runs off toward the others. Sailor Destiny stands with Gem in her arms. Her staff appears in her hands and she waves. A portal appears, and she walks inside.
*****
"Why do you seek the Guardian?" The ball of energy asks.
"The Earth is in danger. I would like Sailor Universe to help save my world from the creator. I have been told that only she can do it."
The ball of energy stops in front of Endymion. "Is that the only reason you have come?" It asks him.
"No." Endymion whispers. "I seek her to find the truth. I seek her to find out if she is Usagi Tsukino."
"Very well, Prince Endymion. The Guardian lies beyond this gate." After the words are spoken, the energy ball disappears. After the ball of energy disappears, an intricately detailed silver gate stands before him. He stares at the patterns in the gate for a brief moment before he tries to push the gates open.
"Who seeks the Guardian?" A voice asks as Endymion's hands come to rest on the gates.
"I, Prince Endymion of the Earth Kingdom, seek the Sailor Senshi known as Sailor Universe."
"Enter." Comes the voice again as the gates swing open.
*****
Sailor Destiny steps from the portal and walks toward the gate of the garden. The gates swing open as Sailor Destiny approaches.
"Gideon." Sailor Destiny says as she walks through the gates."
"Place her on the ground and go. The other Senshi need you."
"I am sorry, Gideon." She says as she lies Gem on the ground.
"You are the Senshi of destiny and you still don't understand." The fountain begins to glow. Within moments, a glowing ball of energy appears where the fountain once stood. "Gem was trapped here long ago. She would never have been able to escape if it were not for you and Sailor Pluto.
"There are always going to be sad things that happen. That is the way of life. People will die before what seems to be their time and people will never hold their true love. It is all destiny that is put before them."
The ball of energy floats over to Sailor Destiny. "You cannot be sad for everything or everyone. Life will always go on. There are millions of destinies out there. You must fight for all the destinies that are still around.
"I told Gem long ago that one day she would be set free and that she would become a hero. She would be a key part in keep the Earth from being destroyed, but that she would be killed. The one thing I never told her was that I would finally be able to tell her how much I loved her and that we would finally be together."
The ball of energy takes on the shape of a young man. "He walks over to Gem's still body and brushes her cheek with his fingers. Her body begins to glow, and within minutes, a glowing ball of energy begins to form above her body. The ball of energy takes the shape of Gem. Gem looks toward Gideon and they embrace. The entire garden disappears.
"Good-bye, Gem and Gideon." Sailor Destiny says. "I understand, now." She raises her staff in front of her and a portal forms. Sailor Destiny walks inside and the portal closes.
*****
A soft pink glowing ball of energy watches as Prince Endymion walks into the garden.
"Serenity." Gem says from behind the pink ball of energy.
"The ball of energy turns to look at Gem. "Gem." She whispers.
"It is time for this to end." Gem tells her. The pink energy begins to slowly take on the form of Princess Serenity.