Chapter 9: Aiden's Dream
Aiden soon fell asleep in her bed, having dreams of her past…
*Flashback*
It has been over 10 weeks since her father's death, but Aiden still couldn't get used to the idea. Since he was a cop, she should have seen it coming or at least it shouldn't have hit her so hard. But it did.
Her mother didn't know what to do anymore. Aiden had been getting into more and more fights. She didn't want Aiden suspended… again. "Maybe if I arrange one of those peer groups for her, then she could make friends and not get into fights. Now where is that number… Ah! Here it is!" She found a slip of paper with a phone number on it. She picked up the phone and dialed the number.
* * *
Aiden sat in the waiting area. "I don't need no stinkin' peer group!" she muttered to herself. "These things never work anyway! It's just someone who THINKS they know what's going on when really they are bs-ing the whole thing and they HOPE that somehow it's right!"
"Aiden Blodwyn," the receptionist called. Aiden stood up. "You can come in now. Go to table 8 and someone will be with you shortly."
"Oh great!" Aiden thought. "They are going to make me wait some more!" She found the table labeled 8 and sat down. To her surprise, someone sat down within a minute.
"Hi! I'm Adelaide. But you can call me Addy."
"Aiden," she stated coldly
"Well Aiden, first thing I always do is to take a stab at why you are here. And if I'm right, we can continue discussing why you are hear and if I'm wrong, you get to choose whatever you want to talk about."
"How about nothing!" Aiden thought. "But what have I got to loose? I'm already here." She shrugged.
"Ok, now give me sometime, I'm a little rusty…" Addy went into a fake meditation mode. Aiden rolled her eyes. Addy stopped after a few moments. "Ok, you only live with one parent and being that it has only been recently that you've gotten into fights, I'm going to assume that your other parent left recently, within the past 6 months. You are angry and upset that this person has left and frustrated that you can't do anything about it. So if someone messes with you, you release all anger and tension on them. You really don't want to be here. The parent that you are living with is sending you here because they are worried about your fighting." She smiled at Aiden's shocked expression. "Am I even close?"
"What the…? How did you…?"
"Do that? It's my job." She smiled when she saw Aiden's mouth drop. "Actually I read about your father's death in the paper and kind of assumed the rest. I'm sorry. It's not easy to lose a parent. You know there are other ways of releasing your emotions. Like writing! Have you ever written stories or poetry?"
"No," Aiden said flatly.
"I think you should try writing some poems. We'll cut this meeting short and next time you will show me some of your work."
"Whatever…"
"Don't be nervous. Everyone goes through a rough stage in their lives. The point is that we learn how to express anger through more peaceful means. Hey if you want, I'm going shopping on Friday with one of my friends, Nixie. If you want I can give you my address and you can join us. Don't worry I won't ask about this stuff there. What we say here remains and is only said here."
"Whatever…"
"Great!" She takes out a piece of paper and scribbles on it. "Here's my address and we'll meet at my house at 4 o'clock. Is that good for you?"
"Yeah, sure."
"Well then, I'll see you on Friday!" As Addy left, Aiden heard a clank on the floor. She bent down to see what it was. It was a ring with a lavender stone, an orchid was engraved in it.
"Addy! You forgot your ring!" Addy didn't seem hear her.
"Great, now I'll have to see her on Friday in order to return it! "
* * *
Aiden walked over to Addy's house. "This must be the place," she said to herself. She rang the doorbell and soon the door opened.
"Hi Aiden," Addy said. "Come in!"
Aiden entered the room and saw a girl with long, red hair and stunning green eyes. "Aiden this is Nixie, Nixie, Aiden."
"Please to meet you!" Nixie said. "Shall we get going?"
"YEAH!!!" Addy said. "Let's go!"
* * *
"So where do you want to go first?" Aiden asked.
"I want to go to the Gap!" Nixie said.
"Ok we'll go to the Gap. It's on the way anyway. First let's go to…" Addy was interrupted by screams.
"What was that?" Aiden asked.
"I don't know. Aiden, stay here… Nixie, come check it out."
Addy and Nixie left Aiden behind as they rushed towards the screams. "Oh no… you're not leaving me behind!" She ran after them.
Aiden saw where the screams had come from. There was a young girl unconscious on the ground. Aiden ran to her. "She still alive good. What could have caused this…?" As Aiden thought about it, she noticed that a monster was about to attack her.
"BLUEBELL ICE STORM!"
A ice shards hit the monster.
"Hold it right there! You think you can just attack people on the streets? Well not anymore! I am Sailor Rose!"
"And I'm Sailor Bluebell!"
"On behalf of the planet Earth…"
"We shall punish you!" they said the last line at the same time.
The monster and the soldiers attacked each other and Aiden stared in awe.
"Aiden, it is your destiny to fight alongside Sailor Rose and Sailor Bluebell!"
Aiden looked to her side and noticed that a golden cat with a silhouette of a rose on its forehead was talking to her. She stared in disbelief. "A cat is talking to me!"
"Yes. Don't be scared Aiden. Do you still have that ring?" Aiden nodded and took it out of her pocket. "Ok now shout, Orchid Power transform!"
"ORCHID POWER… TRANSFORM!" Within seconds, Aiden transformed into Sailor Orchid. "ORCHID FLAMING LION!"
A lion of flames engulfed the monster and was weakened. "Now Sailor Rose!" Sailor Bluebell yelled.
"HEALING ROSE TERMINATION!" The attack destroyed the monster.
"Yeah Sailor Orchid!" Sailor Bluebell exclaimed. "I'm so glad we have someone else on our team!"
The talking cat walked up to the three girls. "There's more to tell you guys. Now that there are three of you I need to tell you of your true mission."
At Addy's house…
The three girls were scattered throughout the room. Marigold was sitting on Addy's bed. "So Marigold, what is this important mission you're going to tell us about?"
"First, we must locate the other two soldiers. Then and only then will our princess be revealed."
"Princess?" Aiden exclaimed. "Why do we have a princess?"
"A long time ago, there was peace throughout the solar system. The earth was one of the leading powers, second only to the moon and its power. But the peace didn't last very long. One of the Sages, Beryl, started a cult against our monarchy. She destroyed our kingdom and killed everyone. Before dying, the king had me promise that when you all were to be reborn, you are to protect the princess. They used their last ounce of strength to have our princess and all of her guardians, reincarnated in the future with the power to protect her. Their dying request was that her guardians protect her at all costs. But in order for our princess to be revealed, we need all of the soldiers."
"What is the point of protecting the princess?" Nixie asked. "It might be safer if she was never revealed."
"I have thought that myself… But if she is never revealed, she could also get hurt without us knowing it. It would be better if we knew who she was. There is something else. The princess also had an elder sibling. I can't remember if it was a brother or a sister but without the princess, neither of them will gain their full powers. One of them is destined to rule the world during the next peace and if that person doesn't have his or her full power, then peace can never occur."
"So you mean to tell me that this one girl is the key to peace?"
"Yes. Along with her sibling."
*End Flashback*
Aiden woke up with a start. She looked over at the clock and saw that it's 2 am and lies back down.
"We've found our princess… but where is the ruler? Is she the ruler?" she thinks. Deciding to wait until there was light outside to figure it out, she went back to sleep and into another dream…
Aiden woke up to find herself in another room. She also had on different clothes. Now she was wearing a long white dress, with no sleeves. "What's going on?" she asked aloud. She got up and walked out of the room. She tried to navigate herself out of what she assumed to be a palace. She found a courtyard, "Yes! Now I can get out of here!" She ran across the courtyard.
"Leaving so soon?" said a male voice behind her.
Aiden turned around to look at the speaker. "And you are?"
He smiled and let out a small laugh. "I'm not surprised that you don't remember me. That's the way his majesty planned it."
"Listen, I don't know what you drugged me with but, I must warn you that you don't wanna mess with me! I can seriously kick your ass! Even if I'm wearing a dress!"
"I didn't drug you. You send them to the future and what happens? They forget all about their family, talk ineloquently, swear, and accuse you of drugging them."
"I can talk however I damn well please and you can't… family?!"
"Yes. You are asleep now, Aiden is it? Please forgive me… during our time, your name was Pyrilis…" he smiled gently. "But I always liked to call you Pyro."
"Who are you?"
"Oh haven't you guessed? Well, I'm your older brother, Jadeite. One of the four generals to the prince. And you, Pyrilis, are one of the four guardians of the princess."
"Prince?"
"I see that you do not remember that half of our story. Yes prince. The sibling of your princess is male. I came to give you a message. Although I cannot reveal everything to you, you must know that the prince is in New York. Also, pay close attention to these new soldiers. If you do, you will find out their intentions rather quickly." He gave his sister a hug. "Oh how I've missed holding you like this. You must also know that I was partially responsible for your death long ago. Although I was brainwashed, it's not an excuse. I hope you could forgive me."
"You killed me?! Why should I forgive you for that?!"
Jadeite only smiled. "You were always stubborn." He stared at his sister. "Oh Pyro… I don't expect you to forgive me… but my time with you is short and I must go. Just know that I have always loved you, sister. Even under the influence of the Dark Kingdom, I could still feel the heartbreak after I saw you die. Goodbye Pyro."
"Jadeite…" He turned around. "I love you too… And… I forgive you."
He smiled. "I thank you for that. Goodbye dear sister, and good luck. Find the prince."
Aiden didn't have any more dreams for the rest of the night.