The matter was an internal emergency, and one of great distress. The senshi gathered in the most secure location, the Time Gate, to hold their meeting. Ceres, being the one who called the meeting, took center and called attention. "Fellow senshi," she started, "What we have here is a matter of grave importance. Prince Draco came home late tonight and with an odd aura about him. He was uncharacteristically cheerful and seemed somewhat paler than normal. Pallas, Juno, and Vesta can vouch for me on this. I offered to have Dr. Mizuno take a look at him, but he flatly refused-"
"We know what's wrong with the Prince," said a voice.
Ceres turned to see the three fairies standing there with grim looks on their faces. "The three Fairies?" snarled Ceres cuttingly, "What right do you have to be here?"
"He is our prince and we have all the right in the world," said Fire indignantly.
"No you don't," said Vesta from the right, anger building up inside her, "You were the protectors of King E. He died."
"Yes, but was reincarnated in the body of Prince Draco," said Wind, "We are as much Draco's guardians as we were the King's."
"If you were such grand guardians," said Juno, "Then why did you let this happen to our Prince? Something is terribly wrong here and you know it!"
"Its no more wrong than it is right," said Terra, "You people are in way over your heads here. You couldn't possibly understand."
"We understand that Draco's in trouble," countered Pallas, "That is enough,isn't it?"
"Silence!" Fire's voice suddenly boomed throughout the halls, "What is happening must happen, no matter how much grief it brings. Know this all who stand here tonight. We shall be guardians to our Prince and no other. If anyone so much as lays a finger on him we reserve the right to punish you just as we punished our sister. Whatever happens to him is our concern and not yours. He has a written fate, and that is the fate that shall stand. Is that clear?"
The other senshi sent glances amongst the group, but daren't say a word. They were caught on a technicality and if they tried to interfere the fairies had every right to punish them accordingly. All they could do was hope and pray.
************
Angel approached her brother who was, yet again, sitting on the hill. "Draco, there's comething different. I know it. What's changed?"
Draco laughed and stood facing away, arms raised to the heavens. "Oh, my dear sister!" he said, "Its nothing that shouldn't have happened ages ago! I have found my destiny!"
"But you've gone insane!" countered Angel, "You act weird and detached all the time! You rarely speak to me, anymore, and rarely to anyone else! What's wrong?"
"Nothing!" said Draco, turing to face her. The angry fire in his eyes scared her and she shrank back in fear. "Nothing is WRONG with me! I couldn't feel better if I tried! I'm a new Draco Chiba! Better than before! And if you want to know so badly, why don't you ask Grandma about April Rain." With that, the prince turned from his sister and walked towards the woods.
Angel stood there on the hill, for a moment, in shock and agony. Then she burst into tears. She wanted her brother back, her old brother - the way he used to be. This...this foreign spirit that seemed to fill her brother's body was too much.
Pallas was watching from the other side of the garden, but made no motion to move. "Princess," she said softly as she watched her get up and leave, "I wish I could help."
Angel walked through the hallways, searching. Finally, she came upon a senshi clad in brown. "Sailor Scorpio," she said, "You must help me."
"What is it, Angel?" asked the senshi of the zodiac.
"I need help, to save my brother," Angel replied desperately, "You're my loyal friend and guardian. It is your duty to help me."
Scorpio shrank back in fear of the reaction to her next words. "I can't," she said weakly.
"What?!" exclaimed Angel, "Why the hell not?!"
"I'm sorry, Princess," cowed Scorpio, "But I swore not to interfere. Please don't hate me, but if I help, they...they will give me the ultimate punishment. I can't help it!"
The princess sighed and turned away. "No, I don't hate you, Scorpio," she sighed, "I don't understand why, but I understand the consequences. If no one will help me, then I must go on my own!" And with that she set off down the halls and to the woods, to put an end to this madness.
************
"...and so she followed him," finished Pallas.
"She did what?!" exclaimed the queen. Pallas simply nodded. "I can't believe this! She could get hurt, or maimed, or worse! You must help her!"
"Now now, Queen, you know I'm not allowed to go against a senshi vow," sighed Pallas in defeat, "That's why I told you. This is all I can do to help. You're children are on their own."
"Oh, what's the world coming to these days?" whined the Queen, "There must be something we can do."
Just then an stately, aged woman walked into the room, "My dear Lady," she said, "There's only one thing that can be done in this situation. You see, April Rain was your father's lover before he and I got together. She died ages ago, but my husband - your father - used to ramble on in his sleep. If what I heard was right, your deceased sister was the reincarnation of April Rain. And if her spirit is now hiding in the woods, then she will probably seek revenge for what I have done."
"I don't understand," said the queen, "Why would she want to harm my poor Draco if she was after Daddy all this time?"
"Because," sighed the queen in exasperation, "Your son is a reincarnation of Endymion! Hence being born when Endy died."
"Oh dear! What can we do, mother?"
"We shall go to the Crystal Tower and pray."
************
Angel came upon a little cottage in the middle of the dark woods and knocked on the door. It swung open instantly, as if some mysterious power was beckoning her in. She stepped inside and the door immediately swung close. "Greetings Princess Angel Serenity," said a voice from within the darkness.
"Who's there?" asked a panicked Angel.
"Oh, I have many names," said the voice, "Lately people have been calling me the Witch of the Woods, but I prefer others...such as Rose, April Rain, or even Nobara."
"April Rain! You're the one Draco spoke of!" exclaimed Angel.
"Bingo," said the voice.
"But who are you?" asked Angel.
"Oh, i'm a different person everytime. Although we are all one in the same," said the voice, "In this lifetime you'd probably know me as Princess Rose Chiba, daughter of Neo-Queen Serenity and King Endymion. In other words, your aunt," Angel gasped and the voice laughed, "Before that I was April Rain, your father's lover until that skank Usagi came along."
"My grandmother is not a skank!" yelled Angel.
"Obviously you haven't seen any old pictures of her," laughed the voice, "Anyway, before THAT life I had several others. And in each life I lost my love. I'm older than your history records even go! I am one of THE first beings ever in existence! I am..."
************
"The Demon Nobara!" exclaimed King Elios, "This is even more serious than we thought! We've got to stop her somehow!"
"We know how," said a voice.
They turned in time to see the three fairies. "You're...!"
"We know," said Fire, raising her hand to silence them, "You can stop Nobara. Go to the rose garden and dig under the bush that faces the pond. You'll find a heart crystal that belonged to Nobara in her last reincarnation. If you return it to her, her evil reign will cease." The others looked at each other and Elios nodded. They knew what to do.
************
"So you're evil?" asked Angel shakily.
"Evil?" snapped Nobara, "Why is it that I'm considered evil but that little hussy is the goddess of goodness? I have a brain and she has sex appeal! Now that's injustice!" The lights came up a bit in the cottage and Angel could see Nobara now, as well as her brother.
"Draco!" she exclaimed.
"My name isn't Draco!" he growled fiercely at her, "I am Hogosha! A man from before time was written! And I belong here with Nobara!"
"Oh, Draco, what has she done to you?" said Angel, tears streaming down her cheeks. She sank to the ground and buried her face in her hands.
Nobara smirked and turned to Draco. "Well, my dear Hogosha," she smiled, "Looks like we'll finally be together after all."
Suddenly, the door burst open and The former Queen Serenity stood there with her arm raised above her head. "Stop right there, Nobara!" she screamed.
"Serenity!" snarled Nobara, "What are you doing here?" Then she noticed the heart crystal the queen held in her hand. "Wait! No! You bitch! I'll never conform!" She turned around and grabbed Draco by the collar, planting a kiss firnly on his mouth, hoping to enrage the queen.
The next part seemed to happen in slow motion.
Serenity ran forward and grabbed Nobara's arm, whirling her around. Before Nobara could react, she took the heart crystal and rammed in into her chest. Nobara had a look of surprise for a moment, then clutched her chest and fell to the ground, sputtering. Draco blinked in shock as he watched the poor woman screaming in agony and thrashing on the ground. When she went still, he snatched her up, tears in his eyes. Then he turned and saw his grandmother smiling in satisfaction. He shot a deadly, red-eyed glare at her and she fell silent in fear, then a portal opened behind him and he fell back into it, taking Nobara with him. Serenity watched them go then cried out. She had lost!
AN: *huff*puff*pant* Finally made it! This last part I had all in my head, but had to type at super speed since my computer time's almost up. *sigh* I was going to write something important in this author's note, but forgot it, so keep readin' amd reviewin'. Keep in mind, also, that NO my character in this story is NOT a self-insertion in any way! Its just a lack of name creativity on my part. So please, I BEG of you, review and send me your love and hate! I need another hit of fandom! Especially since I'm cutting back on caffeine. TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK!! Even if its just to say "You fucking suck you fucking bitch so leave us the fuck alone and quick writing you stupid ho." I'm a very tolerant person. *snicker* Ooo, I remeber important thing now! I'm going to put in, like, a prequel on this thing, so you may have to reread the whole thing. I dunno.
"We know what's wrong with the Prince," said a voice.
Ceres turned to see the three fairies standing there with grim looks on their faces. "The three Fairies?" snarled Ceres cuttingly, "What right do you have to be here?"
"He is our prince and we have all the right in the world," said Fire indignantly.
"No you don't," said Vesta from the right, anger building up inside her, "You were the protectors of King E. He died."
"Yes, but was reincarnated in the body of Prince Draco," said Wind, "We are as much Draco's guardians as we were the King's."
"If you were such grand guardians," said Juno, "Then why did you let this happen to our Prince? Something is terribly wrong here and you know it!"
"Its no more wrong than it is right," said Terra, "You people are in way over your heads here. You couldn't possibly understand."
"We understand that Draco's in trouble," countered Pallas, "That is enough,isn't it?"
"Silence!" Fire's voice suddenly boomed throughout the halls, "What is happening must happen, no matter how much grief it brings. Know this all who stand here tonight. We shall be guardians to our Prince and no other. If anyone so much as lays a finger on him we reserve the right to punish you just as we punished our sister. Whatever happens to him is our concern and not yours. He has a written fate, and that is the fate that shall stand. Is that clear?"
The other senshi sent glances amongst the group, but daren't say a word. They were caught on a technicality and if they tried to interfere the fairies had every right to punish them accordingly. All they could do was hope and pray.
************
Angel approached her brother who was, yet again, sitting on the hill. "Draco, there's comething different. I know it. What's changed?"
Draco laughed and stood facing away, arms raised to the heavens. "Oh, my dear sister!" he said, "Its nothing that shouldn't have happened ages ago! I have found my destiny!"
"But you've gone insane!" countered Angel, "You act weird and detached all the time! You rarely speak to me, anymore, and rarely to anyone else! What's wrong?"
"Nothing!" said Draco, turing to face her. The angry fire in his eyes scared her and she shrank back in fear. "Nothing is WRONG with me! I couldn't feel better if I tried! I'm a new Draco Chiba! Better than before! And if you want to know so badly, why don't you ask Grandma about April Rain." With that, the prince turned from his sister and walked towards the woods.
Angel stood there on the hill, for a moment, in shock and agony. Then she burst into tears. She wanted her brother back, her old brother - the way he used to be. This...this foreign spirit that seemed to fill her brother's body was too much.
Pallas was watching from the other side of the garden, but made no motion to move. "Princess," she said softly as she watched her get up and leave, "I wish I could help."
Angel walked through the hallways, searching. Finally, she came upon a senshi clad in brown. "Sailor Scorpio," she said, "You must help me."
"What is it, Angel?" asked the senshi of the zodiac.
"I need help, to save my brother," Angel replied desperately, "You're my loyal friend and guardian. It is your duty to help me."
Scorpio shrank back in fear of the reaction to her next words. "I can't," she said weakly.
"What?!" exclaimed Angel, "Why the hell not?!"
"I'm sorry, Princess," cowed Scorpio, "But I swore not to interfere. Please don't hate me, but if I help, they...they will give me the ultimate punishment. I can't help it!"
The princess sighed and turned away. "No, I don't hate you, Scorpio," she sighed, "I don't understand why, but I understand the consequences. If no one will help me, then I must go on my own!" And with that she set off down the halls and to the woods, to put an end to this madness.
************
"...and so she followed him," finished Pallas.
"She did what?!" exclaimed the queen. Pallas simply nodded. "I can't believe this! She could get hurt, or maimed, or worse! You must help her!"
"Now now, Queen, you know I'm not allowed to go against a senshi vow," sighed Pallas in defeat, "That's why I told you. This is all I can do to help. You're children are on their own."
"Oh, what's the world coming to these days?" whined the Queen, "There must be something we can do."
Just then an stately, aged woman walked into the room, "My dear Lady," she said, "There's only one thing that can be done in this situation. You see, April Rain was your father's lover before he and I got together. She died ages ago, but my husband - your father - used to ramble on in his sleep. If what I heard was right, your deceased sister was the reincarnation of April Rain. And if her spirit is now hiding in the woods, then she will probably seek revenge for what I have done."
"I don't understand," said the queen, "Why would she want to harm my poor Draco if she was after Daddy all this time?"
"Because," sighed the queen in exasperation, "Your son is a reincarnation of Endymion! Hence being born when Endy died."
"Oh dear! What can we do, mother?"
"We shall go to the Crystal Tower and pray."
************
Angel came upon a little cottage in the middle of the dark woods and knocked on the door. It swung open instantly, as if some mysterious power was beckoning her in. She stepped inside and the door immediately swung close. "Greetings Princess Angel Serenity," said a voice from within the darkness.
"Who's there?" asked a panicked Angel.
"Oh, I have many names," said the voice, "Lately people have been calling me the Witch of the Woods, but I prefer others...such as Rose, April Rain, or even Nobara."
"April Rain! You're the one Draco spoke of!" exclaimed Angel.
"Bingo," said the voice.
"But who are you?" asked Angel.
"Oh, i'm a different person everytime. Although we are all one in the same," said the voice, "In this lifetime you'd probably know me as Princess Rose Chiba, daughter of Neo-Queen Serenity and King Endymion. In other words, your aunt," Angel gasped and the voice laughed, "Before that I was April Rain, your father's lover until that skank Usagi came along."
"My grandmother is not a skank!" yelled Angel.
"Obviously you haven't seen any old pictures of her," laughed the voice, "Anyway, before THAT life I had several others. And in each life I lost my love. I'm older than your history records even go! I am one of THE first beings ever in existence! I am..."
************
"The Demon Nobara!" exclaimed King Elios, "This is even more serious than we thought! We've got to stop her somehow!"
"We know how," said a voice.
They turned in time to see the three fairies. "You're...!"
"We know," said Fire, raising her hand to silence them, "You can stop Nobara. Go to the rose garden and dig under the bush that faces the pond. You'll find a heart crystal that belonged to Nobara in her last reincarnation. If you return it to her, her evil reign will cease." The others looked at each other and Elios nodded. They knew what to do.
************
"So you're evil?" asked Angel shakily.
"Evil?" snapped Nobara, "Why is it that I'm considered evil but that little hussy is the goddess of goodness? I have a brain and she has sex appeal! Now that's injustice!" The lights came up a bit in the cottage and Angel could see Nobara now, as well as her brother.
"Draco!" she exclaimed.
"My name isn't Draco!" he growled fiercely at her, "I am Hogosha! A man from before time was written! And I belong here with Nobara!"
"Oh, Draco, what has she done to you?" said Angel, tears streaming down her cheeks. She sank to the ground and buried her face in her hands.
Nobara smirked and turned to Draco. "Well, my dear Hogosha," she smiled, "Looks like we'll finally be together after all."
Suddenly, the door burst open and The former Queen Serenity stood there with her arm raised above her head. "Stop right there, Nobara!" she screamed.
"Serenity!" snarled Nobara, "What are you doing here?" Then she noticed the heart crystal the queen held in her hand. "Wait! No! You bitch! I'll never conform!" She turned around and grabbed Draco by the collar, planting a kiss firnly on his mouth, hoping to enrage the queen.
The next part seemed to happen in slow motion.
Serenity ran forward and grabbed Nobara's arm, whirling her around. Before Nobara could react, she took the heart crystal and rammed in into her chest. Nobara had a look of surprise for a moment, then clutched her chest and fell to the ground, sputtering. Draco blinked in shock as he watched the poor woman screaming in agony and thrashing on the ground. When she went still, he snatched her up, tears in his eyes. Then he turned and saw his grandmother smiling in satisfaction. He shot a deadly, red-eyed glare at her and she fell silent in fear, then a portal opened behind him and he fell back into it, taking Nobara with him. Serenity watched them go then cried out. She had lost!
AN: *huff*puff*pant* Finally made it! This last part I had all in my head, but had to type at super speed since my computer time's almost up. *sigh* I was going to write something important in this author's note, but forgot it, so keep readin' amd reviewin'. Keep in mind, also, that NO my character in this story is NOT a self-insertion in any way! Its just a lack of name creativity on my part. So please, I BEG of you, review and send me your love and hate! I need another hit of fandom! Especially since I'm cutting back on caffeine. TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK!! Even if its just to say "You fucking suck you fucking bitch so leave us the fuck alone and quick writing you stupid ho." I'm a very tolerant person. *snicker* Ooo, I remeber important thing now! I'm going to put in, like, a prequel on this thing, so you may have to reread the whole thing. I dunno.