The new Queen Selenity rushed into the huge stone chamber holding her mother's dormant body. She didn't pause to look at the moving gold carvings on the cold marble walls. She knelt in from of the clear crystal casket and looked at her mother.
She knew that she wasn't dead. People from the Moon had such a long lifespan that they were almost immortal. In that sense, their bodies didn't turn to dust like normal people. It was as if the person was in a coma. Forever. Queen Selenity had never liked that idea, because she thought that it was unsettling for her to look 8 years old and actually be 904. But, now that she thought about it, it was better to look young your whole life, up to all 4000 years of it.
The crystal around her neck was slowly feeding her body trapped energy to heal her burns from Helios's protective attack. But somehow, she knew it wasn't good. It was doing it of its own free will. She wasn't controlling it, and didn't that mean that it might let someone else use it? Her mother's neck looked bare without the chain.
She left the room after a few hours, hungry at last. She had slept for 2 days. The pink-haired lady walked down grand flights of stairs into her personal dining hall. Helios must have been waiting for a longer time than she had thought, because he was sleeping with his head on the table. She burst out laughing. He lifted his head sleepily, and frowned at her laughing. She sat down at the table and looked at a pair of engraved doors. Suddenly, a horde of servants weighed down with food entered. She looked on delightedly, and dug in.
One hour later, she sat back and sighed contentedly. Of the 14 pounds of food before, only 1 and a third remained. Helios looked at her, slightly annoyed, as he finished his first plate. He got up and dragged her out of the room, against her protests. She would get fat if she did this every meal.
She pulled away and grinned mischievously. The queen walked to her chambers again, and weighed herself. She hadn't gained a pound.
"Hah! You lose, Helios!"
He smiled and gave her a gold coin. "You win the bet."
She glanced at him one last time before plopping onto the gigantic bed in the room. She fell through a few inches of cloud before coming to a stop. After rolling around a few times and looking at her crystal hopefully, she picked up the pink wand on a bedside table. The lady rolled it around in her hands a few times, and got up.
"Moon Crisis Make-Up!"
Nothing happened.
She tried a different chant, and another, but nothing happened.
Three hours later, she sat on the bed again, out of breath. Helios was still leaning on the doorframe, waiting for her to stop. "Do you need some help?" Chibiusagi leered at him before demanding yes.
"Then this is what you need to do."
He took the wand and tapped it on his horn. It grew longer, and the heart changed to a star. He handed it back and asked her to say what she thought at the moment.
"What's this going to do, you nasty-"
With a flash of light, her dress disappeared and she wore a pink and yellow fuku. "Thank you Helios!" She gave him a huge hug and ran off towards Setsuna's monitoring room.
She watched the huge black blot cover a star on the screen before her. She watched the star explode into a million pieces. She watched it over and over again, without understanding it once. Setsuna changed the picture again, this time to a library. Books flew through the air, and black inkblots zoomed after them, ripping them to shreds.
"The sure don't like our literature, eh, Setsuna?"
Setsuna stared at her for a moment, without saying anything.
"But what should we do? It's not like I can help."
"Yes you can, Lady Chibiusa! You can go back to where they came from and ask what they want."
"No way!"
"You'll have to. I think that's the only way to keep them from attacking. We'll use you as bait."
"No way in hell!"
The next day, Chibiusagi was standing outside the palace crying her head off. "I hate you Setsuna! Die die die!" She turned away and looked for the first time at her kingdom with watery eyes.
She felt she would faint.
Huge crystal buildings covered busy streets. Dark thick smoke layered the sky, making it hard for her to see the sun. People walked past her without seeing her. No one noticed who she was, and she couldn't believe that this ugly yet beautiful city belonged to her.
First things first, she took out her wand and transformed. Afterwards, she wondered why none of the people found it out of the ordinary. She didn't have time at the moment, because a group of the inkblots had flown into her.
"Pink Sugar Heart Attack!"
Sadly, nothing happened and the blots closed in.
"I need a god-damned attack! Jeez!"
She knew what to do suddenly, and opened her hands to release a blast of pink light…Like Helios's. The blots fell around her. It was raining ink! There were too many blots, covering her, churning her into one of them.
She closed her eyes until it stopped, then opened them. She was completely covered in ink. It itched. She had a feeling her eyes had turned black too.
"Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwww!"
She ran screaming against the palace doors, trying to get back in. 50,000 feet above her, Setsuna and Helios looked down at her disgustedly.
"Why did she have to be used as bait, Setsuna? She's like a child trapped in an adult's body."
"You'll see, Helios."
*To Next*
She knew that she wasn't dead. People from the Moon had such a long lifespan that they were almost immortal. In that sense, their bodies didn't turn to dust like normal people. It was as if the person was in a coma. Forever. Queen Selenity had never liked that idea, because she thought that it was unsettling for her to look 8 years old and actually be 904. But, now that she thought about it, it was better to look young your whole life, up to all 4000 years of it.
The crystal around her neck was slowly feeding her body trapped energy to heal her burns from Helios's protective attack. But somehow, she knew it wasn't good. It was doing it of its own free will. She wasn't controlling it, and didn't that mean that it might let someone else use it? Her mother's neck looked bare without the chain.
She left the room after a few hours, hungry at last. She had slept for 2 days. The pink-haired lady walked down grand flights of stairs into her personal dining hall. Helios must have been waiting for a longer time than she had thought, because he was sleeping with his head on the table. She burst out laughing. He lifted his head sleepily, and frowned at her laughing. She sat down at the table and looked at a pair of engraved doors. Suddenly, a horde of servants weighed down with food entered. She looked on delightedly, and dug in.
One hour later, she sat back and sighed contentedly. Of the 14 pounds of food before, only 1 and a third remained. Helios looked at her, slightly annoyed, as he finished his first plate. He got up and dragged her out of the room, against her protests. She would get fat if she did this every meal.
She pulled away and grinned mischievously. The queen walked to her chambers again, and weighed herself. She hadn't gained a pound.
"Hah! You lose, Helios!"
He smiled and gave her a gold coin. "You win the bet."
She glanced at him one last time before plopping onto the gigantic bed in the room. She fell through a few inches of cloud before coming to a stop. After rolling around a few times and looking at her crystal hopefully, she picked up the pink wand on a bedside table. The lady rolled it around in her hands a few times, and got up.
"Moon Crisis Make-Up!"
Nothing happened.
She tried a different chant, and another, but nothing happened.
Three hours later, she sat on the bed again, out of breath. Helios was still leaning on the doorframe, waiting for her to stop. "Do you need some help?" Chibiusagi leered at him before demanding yes.
"Then this is what you need to do."
He took the wand and tapped it on his horn. It grew longer, and the heart changed to a star. He handed it back and asked her to say what she thought at the moment.
"What's this going to do, you nasty-"
With a flash of light, her dress disappeared and she wore a pink and yellow fuku. "Thank you Helios!" She gave him a huge hug and ran off towards Setsuna's monitoring room.
She watched the huge black blot cover a star on the screen before her. She watched the star explode into a million pieces. She watched it over and over again, without understanding it once. Setsuna changed the picture again, this time to a library. Books flew through the air, and black inkblots zoomed after them, ripping them to shreds.
"The sure don't like our literature, eh, Setsuna?"
Setsuna stared at her for a moment, without saying anything.
"But what should we do? It's not like I can help."
"Yes you can, Lady Chibiusa! You can go back to where they came from and ask what they want."
"No way!"
"You'll have to. I think that's the only way to keep them from attacking. We'll use you as bait."
"No way in hell!"
The next day, Chibiusagi was standing outside the palace crying her head off. "I hate you Setsuna! Die die die!" She turned away and looked for the first time at her kingdom with watery eyes.
She felt she would faint.
Huge crystal buildings covered busy streets. Dark thick smoke layered the sky, making it hard for her to see the sun. People walked past her without seeing her. No one noticed who she was, and she couldn't believe that this ugly yet beautiful city belonged to her.
First things first, she took out her wand and transformed. Afterwards, she wondered why none of the people found it out of the ordinary. She didn't have time at the moment, because a group of the inkblots had flown into her.
"Pink Sugar Heart Attack!"
Sadly, nothing happened and the blots closed in.
"I need a god-damned attack! Jeez!"
She knew what to do suddenly, and opened her hands to release a blast of pink light…Like Helios's. The blots fell around her. It was raining ink! There were too many blots, covering her, churning her into one of them.
She closed her eyes until it stopped, then opened them. She was completely covered in ink. It itched. She had a feeling her eyes had turned black too.
"Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwww!"
She ran screaming against the palace doors, trying to get back in. 50,000 feet above her, Setsuna and Helios looked down at her disgustedly.
"Why did she have to be used as bait, Setsuna? She's like a child trapped in an adult's body."
"You'll see, Helios."
*To Next*