I do not own Sailor Moon, so don't sue me, I'm poor! ^_^
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A blinding white light exploded from where Serena was
standing. Tuxedo Mask, the Sailor Scouts, Luna, and Artemis
were all thrown back by the energy that followed.
"What's happening!" Luna yelled to Sailor Mercury.
Mercury, a bit startled, took out her mini computer from a
sub-space pocket and turned on her V-R visor. Everyone
gathered around and was listening intently to what Mercury
was saying, everyone but Tuxedo Mask. He sat up from where
he was thrown to and stared at the energy bubble that
surrounded the place Serena had been.
"This is all my fault." he kept telling himself. " If
I had done my duty correctly, none of this would be
happening. My love wouldn't be battling for her life, the
world wouldn't be doomed, it's all my fault! If I had come
to her aid faster, if I had stopped Diamond from taking her,
none of this would have occurred" As Tuxedo Mask tortured
himself, he thought back a week to the day when the
nightmare all began. Serena had been captured by Prince
Diamond, so King Endymion showed me where to go to save her.
I rescued Serena and brought her back to the palace, but she
wasn't the same. Rei sensed an evil in her, and I knew that
Diamond had done something. We all found out what happened
to her when she tried to use her crystal for the first time
after she came back....
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One week earlier
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The group followed Endymion up a series of stairs.
They were almost to the top of the palace when Endymion
motioned them into a room. There was a giant crystal
formation in the center. Rini ran over to it and starting
crying, Luna and Artemis went to comfort her. As the scouts
approached, they realized why she was so upset.
"Sailor Scouts, Tuxedo Mask, meet Neo-Queen Serenity.
She was incased in quartz before the soldiers of Nemesis
could do any harm to her, but she hasn't awakened from this
sleep since then. Sailor Moon, I have asked you and the
scouts to come here to see if you can heal her. You already
know that our Silver crystal has vanished, so I thought that
yours could help."
At the mention of the future Silver Crystal, Rini ran
out of the room.
"Rini, No! Come back it's not safe!" Serena cried as
she ran after the girl. Tuxedo mask stopped her before she
could leave the room.
"Don't worry, Rini will be fine inside of the castle
walls. Let's concentrate on the Queen." Tuxedo Mask said as
he tried to calm Serena down.
"Your right." she said, then she turned towards her
future self. "I'll give it a try. Moon Crystal Healing
Power!" Instead of healing energy flowing from the crystal,
a destructive energy came out of it and attacked the people
in the room, causing them all to fall in pain. Seeing her
friends dropping around her, Serena stopped using the
crystal. "What happened? Are you guys ok?"
"We'll be fine." Jupiter muttered through clenched
teeth as she tried to stand up. When everyone was all right
Luna asked Mercury what had happened.
"Serena," Mercury instructed, "Take out your crystal
so that I can see it." Serena did as she was told. When the
crystal was out she gasped; half of it appeared to be a
grayish color, while the other side was normal. "I was
afraid of this. Serena, let me take a scan of your body.
Hold still." Everyone stood in a tense silence while
Mercury did some scans and looked over the results.
"Serena, it appears that you have Negative energy in your
system. It's not a lot, but it is enough to change the way
your crystal acts."
"Negative energy... Prince Diamond did say that he
gave me a dose of negative energy when I was captured.
That's probably where it came from. But why would that
effect my crystal?" Serena pondered as she looked at her
broach.
"The crystal and your body feed off of each other and
react accordingly. Since you have negative energy, it will
act negatively." Luna explained.
"Is there a way we can get that stuff out of her?"
Artemis said
"I don't think so. I don't know how. If it were
someone else that it had happened to, I would tell Sailor
Moon to heal them. However, since Serena needs the crystal
to heal people, it can't be done." Said Mercury as she read
the data her mini computer was giving her. "I would also
suggest that you don't transform into Sailor Moon until we
get that energy out of you. You'll do more damage trying to
transform than a nega-monster could do trying to defeat
us." Sailor Mercury instructed.
"What are you saying Mercury? You mean that I can't
transform! You've *got* to be kidding me! Either you *fix*
what ever is wrong with my crystal, or I'll see how much
damage it can do!" Serena stormed off and ran down the
stairs.
"I got an evil feeling again, did you Tuxedo Mask?"
He shook his head yes and Rei got very worried. "Why is she
acting like this? Is it the negative energy that is inside
of her?"
"It is very possible." Mercury said as she typed
away. "However, I don't think that there was enough
negative energy inside her body to effect her that much. My
computer says that the negative energy inside of her would
have to be enhanced by a larger source of negative energy.
King Endymion, do your sensors detect anything headed toward
the castle?"
"Let me check." He disappeared and came back a few
seconds later. "Yes, it's huge. You must find Serena before
it finds her." Endymion instructed then disappeared.
"Luna, Artemis," Tuxedo Mask called, " Go down to
the monitoring room and find that monster, Scouts, come with
me." The Scouts raced down the steps and out of the palace
with Tuxedo Mask in the lead.
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Hello all!
What do you think of my story so far? Please review it,
I would love to hear everyone's thoughts. I would like to
thank Natasha and Autodac for reviewing this story. You guys
might have done it a while ago, but I wouldn't have written
this story without the help you guys gave me ^_^. And everone,
read Natasha's story "Renewal". I don't know if it's on this
site, but i know it's on "A Sailor Moon Romance"'s website.
ok? Well, thanks for reading everyone! The next part will be
out soon.
Eowyn *^_^*