Hi Minna-san! Here is the 5th chapter of my story! Enjoy!
Disclaimer- I do not own sailor moon, and the chibi scouts, with the exception
of Rini, belong to Angel Raye.
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The Bond of Twins
By: Starlight Angel
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Chapter Five
*****
'It looks like we are all going to get power-ups,' Rini thought as she walked
through the hallways of the Crystal Palace. When she finally got to her room,
she dropped the heavy school books on her desk and fell onto her bed. With a
sigh, she took out her homework and tried to begin working on it. She couldn't
concentrate. 'I wonder what this enemy is gathering energy for, and why when
one of us chibi scouts gets our energy drained, we get a power-up. Are we
receiving the energy of the people the youma drained? Or does something in
the youma trigger our energy to increase?' Rini sighed again, resigning her
thoughts and started to do her homework.
***
"It seems we are the only ones that haven't had a power-up," Faith stated
as she and Hope were on their way back from a scout meeting. Hope nodded in
agreement.
"It seems we will soon however," Hope said, remembering the previous day when
Chibi Jupiter, Mars, and Venus received their power-ups. Faith nodded slowly.
Hope's eyesite suddenly got fuzzy, and she felt extremely weak. A headache
hit with intense force, and she fell to the floor. Faith turned around
quickly when she heard a thud behind her, and was greeted with the image of
her sister laying on the marble floor clutching her head.
"Hope!" Faith yelled in surprise and concern as she quickly made her way
to her sister. Faith felt a slight headache hit her as Hope clutched her
head more tightly and whimpered in pain. Faith flipped open her communicator
and was about to call for Amy, when the headache subsidded and Hope manovered
herself into a sitting position.
"I'm alright," Hope said quickly as she clamped Faith's communicator shut.
Faith looked at her sister with a look of questioning on her face.
"We need to call Aunt Amy and have her examine you to see if you're okay,"
Faith said.
"I'm alright," Hope repeated and stood up. "There is no need to bother Aunt
Amy, when there is nothing wrong." Hope plastered a look of assurance on her
face. Faith hesitated, and finally agreed not to call Amy.
"Okay, but if this ever happens again, you had better call her, or I'll do
it myself," Faith said as she and Hope entered their quarters. Hope nodded
slowly. Silently, the two girls made their way to their bedroom and started
their homework.
***
Later that night, Faith sighed. She knew something was up with her sister,
and Hope wouldn't tell her anything. She had tried many times earlier that
day while they were doing their homework, but she didn't say anything. She
knew whatever it was that was bothering Hope must have something to do with
the enemy, since she started acting wierd since Maggie had received her
power-up. Faith looked at the ceiling as she let her thoughts run rampage
in her mind. 'Why is Hope keeping so much from me? She tells me everything,'
Faith hesitated. 'Or at least, she used to tell me everything,' Faith thought
sadly. A thought then struck her, 'I know she must still feel hurt that I'm
not allowed to tell her about Sydney, but I've taken an oath not to let anyone
know about that, so I have a good reason. As far as I know, whatever Hope is
keeping from me isn't so important that she had to take a vow of secrecy. I
just don't understand.' With that thought, she looked at the sleeping form of
her sister. The look on her face made her look like a mouse cornered by a cat.
She was shaking in her sleep, obviously with fright, and her lip was trembling
as if she were about to cry. Seeing her sister this way made Faith's agitated
expression change to worry. Faith climbed out of her bed and sat on the edge
of Hope's bed. She wrapped her arms around Hope.
"It's okay Hope," Faith whispered, "I'll always be here for you, even if you
are shutting me out right now, I want you to know that you are the most important
person in the world to me, and that I won't let anything bad happen to you."
Faith then got up and went back to her bed. Faith missed the look of content
that followed her words.
~~~* Hope's Dream *~~~
She woke up to find herself once again on the sapphire floor of the dark
throne room. Hope looked up at the dais to see the woman with silvery-blue hair
sitting in one of the two thrones. "Who are you?" Hope heard herself ask. The
woman smirked and gracefully got up from her throne.
"I am Venedyla, princess of the dark star, Andromeda," The woman's cool voice
answered. Hope shivered because of the woman's icy tone. Venedyla began to
advance on Hope, and her deep green, flowing, velvet dress shifting lightly at
her movements. A look of terror spread across Hope's face as she came closer
and closer. Hope tried desperatly to get to her feet, but found that she was
too weak and was unable to back away. The woman then raised her hand and had
her palm facing Hope. Hope began to search for her transformation pen, but was
horrified by the fact that she didn't have it. Hope began to tremble with
fright, knowing full well that she wouldn't be able to defend herself. A beam
of dark blue light shot from Venedyla's palm, and hit Hope in the chest. The
dream went fuzzy, and Hope was floating in a black void. A warmth enveloped
her, and the comforting voice of her sister could be heard.
'...I want you are the most important person in the world to me, and that I
won't let anything bad happen to you.' The words made Hope feel secure, and
a content expression passed across her face as she floated in the void.
~~~* End Dream *~~~
Faith tossed and turned. She had sweat plastered to her forehead, and her
thick hair was in a disarray around her face and pillow. What she was seeing
didn't comfort her.
~~~* Faith's Dream *~~~
Faith stirred from her place on a cold sapphire floor. She slowly sat up to
survey her surroundings. What she saw was a throne room with two thrones.
There was just enough light to see a little more then the outlines of two women.
One had long silvery-blue hair and a deep green dress with silver embroidery along
the bottom hem. The other woman had long navy blue hair and a dress identical to
the first figure's. Both women stood up with exact, graceful movements and began
to move towards her. Faith quickly stood up and went into a defensive stance.
It was at this time that she noticed that she was in her senshi form. The two
woman stopped and smirked.
"Do you really think you can defend yourselve against us," the one with navy
blue hair asked in a silky voice. Something about that voice was naggingly
familiar to Faith.
"What do you want, and where is my sister?" Faith asked, surprised at the
question her dream self asked.
"Why would we let you know that?" the one with silvery-blue hair asked with
an amused tone in her voice. Both woman raised their hands and pointed their
palms at Faith. Dark blue energy began to form, and were shot at Faith.
~~~* End Dream *~~~
Faith snapped her eyes open. She breathed heavily as she moved herself into
a sitting position. 'Who were those people in my dream, and why was I asking
them where Hope was?' Faith asked herself. She glanced at her sister who seemed
to be sleeping more peacefully since she had last seen her. 'I have a very
bad feeling about all this...'
***
"Shirina, come forth!" Venedyla commanded. An orange flash of light revieled
Shirina.
"Yes Mistress," Shirina asked shakily.
"I will not tolerate anymore failure from you or anyone else," Venedyla said in
an icy tone. "If you fail again, you will suffer the consequences." Shirina
nodded in understanding. "Now go!" Shirina quickly vanished in a flash of orange
light.
Venedyla waved one of her hands over the nearby crystal ball and an image appeared.
'You will be mine soon little one,' she thought, 'and no one will be able to stop
me.'
***
"Annika, forget Miyaki, she's not worth it," Hope said gently to Annika on the
way home from school. Annika sniffled as Gloria put her arm around her.
"Hope's right, she's just a jerk, and she deserves everything bad that happens
to her," Gloria said.
"What happened with Miyaki today?" Faith asked in an exasperated tone.
"She made fun of her again," Ariel piped in. Everyone, except Annika, Gloria,
and Hope, sighed.
"When will that girl learn to just leave Annika alone?" Daisy mused aloud.
Maggie shrugged.
"Cheer up Annika, she can't do anything to you when you are with us," Rini said
reassuringly. Annika wiped her tears and smiled.
"Thank you everyone," Annika said quietly. Suddenly, a loud scream was heard by
the group.
"It seems we have to be going," Faith commented, and the girls ran in the direction
of the scream.
***
Shirina walked around agitated. This was her last chance to gain energy. She
walked down the streets of Crystal Tokyo looking for a target. She glanced sideways
and saw a group of three girls walking home. Shirina smirked. 'Children have large
amounts of energy,' she thought. She took out her compact and opened it. A heart-
shaped black mist filtered from it and into a nearby fire hydrant. It slowly formed
into a youma and attacked the little girls. The girls let out a blood curdling scream
as the youma wrapped one of its arms around one little girl.
"Stop right there! How dare you attack innocent little girls on their way home from
school, I won't allow it! I'm the pretty sailor soldier of the Moon, Sailor Cosmic
Moon! And in the name of the Moon.."
"And our planets," added the Chibi Scouts.
"We'll punish you!" they finished. The youma continued to drain the little girl's
energy and ignored the chibi scouts. The second generation of scouts sweatdropped.
"Pluto Time and Space Cyclone!"
The attack caught the youma off guard, and dropped the little girl. Chibi Jupiter
caught the girl before she hit the pavement, and laid her down on a patch of grass.
The youma looked extremely annoyed and shot vines at the chibi scouts. They all
managed to dodge them.
"Jupiter Tornadic Lightning Blast!"
The youma narrowly dodged the attack and shot more vines, this time entrapping
Chibi Uranus and Chibi Neptune.
"Chibi Neptune!" Chibi Mars yelled in concern.
"Chibi Uranus!" Chibi Venus yelled, worry clearly lacing her voice.
Blue and yellow specks of energy began to drain out of Chibi Uranus, who had
detransformed into Faith, and blue and aqua green specks of energy began to drain
out of Chibi Neptune, who had also detransformed, and changed back into Hope.
"Mars Spiritual Fire Incinorate!"
"Venus Heart Beam Dissolve!"
The two attacks snapped the vines, and set Hope and Faith free. Yellow, white, and
blue specks of energy began to flow back into Faith, and blue, white, and aqua green
specks of energy began to flow into Hope.
Both girls felt a burst of energy and a new power phrase entered their minds.
"Neptune Star Power.."
"Uranus Star Power.."
"MAKE-UP!"
In an array of water and wind, the two supers sailor chibi senshi stood.
"I'm the serene sailor soldier, guided by the planet of embrace, Neptune. I'm
Sailor Chibi Neptune!"
"I'm the sailor soldier of the wind, guided by the planet of the sky, Uranus. I'm
Sailor Chibi Uranus!"
"And in the name of Neptune, Uranus, and the Moon, we will punish you!" The two sailor
scouts finished. The others looked on with pride as the remainder of their team powered-
up.
"Neptune Sea Storm Whirlpool!"
"Uranus Turbulant Hurricane!"
The two attacks combined and destroyed the youma upon contact.
Shirina looked on in anger as the chibi scouts destroyed her youma. "You brats! I've
had enough of your interfering!" Shirina yelled angrily as black energy began to build
in her hands. The chibi scouts looked up in surprise when they heard the furious woman.
The energy in Shirina's hands was released and sent flying at the chibi scouts. All the
chibi scouts were hit, and were sprawled on the ground. They all groaned in pain, and
stood up to attack.
"Mercury Freezing Snowstorm!"
"Venus Heart Beam Dissolve!"
"Pluto Time and Space Cyclone!"
"Saturn Glaive Avengence!"
The volley of attacks hit Shirina, and she cursed.
"Now Cosmic Moon!" Chibi Jupiter said and Cosmic Moon nodded.
"Silver Star Moonlight Kiss!"
Shirina screamed as she was destroyed by the attack. All the girls breathed a sigh of
relief. The girls detransformed and started heading back towards the palace.
Hope felt strange after detransforming. Suddenly, her legs gave out and she fell to
her knees.
Annika turned around and saw her on the ground. "Hope!" she called as she ran back
towards her. The others turned around and gasped. A dark green aura was surrounding
Hope. Hope's vision began to get blurry as she felt the energy leaving her body. She
soon passed out and fell into Annika's arms.
"We need to get her to Aunt Amy quick!" Faith said and Daisy picked up Hope. The
girls quickly ran towards the palace.
***
"Excellent," Venedyla said as she saw the image of Hope in her crystal ball, "she will
be mine soon." With that ending statement, she gave a sinister laugh, as she drained
Hope of her energy.
***
Haruka, Michiru, and Faith were at Hope's bedside waiting for Amy to find out what was
happening to Hope. Amy came in shaking her head.
"She is somehow continually gettng her energy drained. I have tried to find the source,
but my computer isn't picking anything up," Amy said grimly. Michiru and Haruka nodded
solumnly and Faith's worried expression deepened.
"Is there anyway we can stop the energy drain?" Faith asked anxiously. Amy shook her
head sadly.
"Not until we find the source." Michiru let out a strangled cry, and Haruka wrapped
her arms around her. Faith's face went sheet white.
"The only thing we can do for her right now is let her rest," Amy said. The other
three nodded.
Later that night, Faith was in the room with Hope. Amy had made an exception, and let
Faith stay with her for the time being. Faith looked up at Hope from her homework. For
the second time that day, she went sheet white. Hope's body was fading!
"Haruka-papa! Michiru-mama! Aunt Amy!" she screamed. The three adults quickly bolted
into the room. When they saw Hope, they gasped. Within seconds, Hope's body disappeared.
"Hope!" Faith screamed as her hand when to the place where her sister had been. For one
of the first times in Faith's life, she broke down and cried.
***
"I have you now," Venedyla said aloud as the sprawled form of Hope slowly appeared on
the sapphire floor of her throne room.
***
End of Chapter 5
Disclaimer- I do not own sailor moon, and the chibi scouts, with the exception
of Rini, belong to Angel Raye.
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The Bond of Twins
By: Starlight Angel
*~**~*
Chapter Five
*****
'It looks like we are all going to get power-ups,' Rini thought as she walked
through the hallways of the Crystal Palace. When she finally got to her room,
she dropped the heavy school books on her desk and fell onto her bed. With a
sigh, she took out her homework and tried to begin working on it. She couldn't
concentrate. 'I wonder what this enemy is gathering energy for, and why when
one of us chibi scouts gets our energy drained, we get a power-up. Are we
receiving the energy of the people the youma drained? Or does something in
the youma trigger our energy to increase?' Rini sighed again, resigning her
thoughts and started to do her homework.
***
"It seems we are the only ones that haven't had a power-up," Faith stated
as she and Hope were on their way back from a scout meeting. Hope nodded in
agreement.
"It seems we will soon however," Hope said, remembering the previous day when
Chibi Jupiter, Mars, and Venus received their power-ups. Faith nodded slowly.
Hope's eyesite suddenly got fuzzy, and she felt extremely weak. A headache
hit with intense force, and she fell to the floor. Faith turned around
quickly when she heard a thud behind her, and was greeted with the image of
her sister laying on the marble floor clutching her head.
"Hope!" Faith yelled in surprise and concern as she quickly made her way
to her sister. Faith felt a slight headache hit her as Hope clutched her
head more tightly and whimpered in pain. Faith flipped open her communicator
and was about to call for Amy, when the headache subsidded and Hope manovered
herself into a sitting position.
"I'm alright," Hope said quickly as she clamped Faith's communicator shut.
Faith looked at her sister with a look of questioning on her face.
"We need to call Aunt Amy and have her examine you to see if you're okay,"
Faith said.
"I'm alright," Hope repeated and stood up. "There is no need to bother Aunt
Amy, when there is nothing wrong." Hope plastered a look of assurance on her
face. Faith hesitated, and finally agreed not to call Amy.
"Okay, but if this ever happens again, you had better call her, or I'll do
it myself," Faith said as she and Hope entered their quarters. Hope nodded
slowly. Silently, the two girls made their way to their bedroom and started
their homework.
***
Later that night, Faith sighed. She knew something was up with her sister,
and Hope wouldn't tell her anything. She had tried many times earlier that
day while they were doing their homework, but she didn't say anything. She
knew whatever it was that was bothering Hope must have something to do with
the enemy, since she started acting wierd since Maggie had received her
power-up. Faith looked at the ceiling as she let her thoughts run rampage
in her mind. 'Why is Hope keeping so much from me? She tells me everything,'
Faith hesitated. 'Or at least, she used to tell me everything,' Faith thought
sadly. A thought then struck her, 'I know she must still feel hurt that I'm
not allowed to tell her about Sydney, but I've taken an oath not to let anyone
know about that, so I have a good reason. As far as I know, whatever Hope is
keeping from me isn't so important that she had to take a vow of secrecy. I
just don't understand.' With that thought, she looked at the sleeping form of
her sister. The look on her face made her look like a mouse cornered by a cat.
She was shaking in her sleep, obviously with fright, and her lip was trembling
as if she were about to cry. Seeing her sister this way made Faith's agitated
expression change to worry. Faith climbed out of her bed and sat on the edge
of Hope's bed. She wrapped her arms around Hope.
"It's okay Hope," Faith whispered, "I'll always be here for you, even if you
are shutting me out right now, I want you to know that you are the most important
person in the world to me, and that I won't let anything bad happen to you."
Faith then got up and went back to her bed. Faith missed the look of content
that followed her words.
~~~* Hope's Dream *~~~
She woke up to find herself once again on the sapphire floor of the dark
throne room. Hope looked up at the dais to see the woman with silvery-blue hair
sitting in one of the two thrones. "Who are you?" Hope heard herself ask. The
woman smirked and gracefully got up from her throne.
"I am Venedyla, princess of the dark star, Andromeda," The woman's cool voice
answered. Hope shivered because of the woman's icy tone. Venedyla began to
advance on Hope, and her deep green, flowing, velvet dress shifting lightly at
her movements. A look of terror spread across Hope's face as she came closer
and closer. Hope tried desperatly to get to her feet, but found that she was
too weak and was unable to back away. The woman then raised her hand and had
her palm facing Hope. Hope began to search for her transformation pen, but was
horrified by the fact that she didn't have it. Hope began to tremble with
fright, knowing full well that she wouldn't be able to defend herself. A beam
of dark blue light shot from Venedyla's palm, and hit Hope in the chest. The
dream went fuzzy, and Hope was floating in a black void. A warmth enveloped
her, and the comforting voice of her sister could be heard.
'...I want you are the most important person in the world to me, and that I
won't let anything bad happen to you.' The words made Hope feel secure, and
a content expression passed across her face as she floated in the void.
~~~* End Dream *~~~
Faith tossed and turned. She had sweat plastered to her forehead, and her
thick hair was in a disarray around her face and pillow. What she was seeing
didn't comfort her.
~~~* Faith's Dream *~~~
Faith stirred from her place on a cold sapphire floor. She slowly sat up to
survey her surroundings. What she saw was a throne room with two thrones.
There was just enough light to see a little more then the outlines of two women.
One had long silvery-blue hair and a deep green dress with silver embroidery along
the bottom hem. The other woman had long navy blue hair and a dress identical to
the first figure's. Both women stood up with exact, graceful movements and began
to move towards her. Faith quickly stood up and went into a defensive stance.
It was at this time that she noticed that she was in her senshi form. The two
woman stopped and smirked.
"Do you really think you can defend yourselve against us," the one with navy
blue hair asked in a silky voice. Something about that voice was naggingly
familiar to Faith.
"What do you want, and where is my sister?" Faith asked, surprised at the
question her dream self asked.
"Why would we let you know that?" the one with silvery-blue hair asked with
an amused tone in her voice. Both woman raised their hands and pointed their
palms at Faith. Dark blue energy began to form, and were shot at Faith.
~~~* End Dream *~~~
Faith snapped her eyes open. She breathed heavily as she moved herself into
a sitting position. 'Who were those people in my dream, and why was I asking
them where Hope was?' Faith asked herself. She glanced at her sister who seemed
to be sleeping more peacefully since she had last seen her. 'I have a very
bad feeling about all this...'
***
"Shirina, come forth!" Venedyla commanded. An orange flash of light revieled
Shirina.
"Yes Mistress," Shirina asked shakily.
"I will not tolerate anymore failure from you or anyone else," Venedyla said in
an icy tone. "If you fail again, you will suffer the consequences." Shirina
nodded in understanding. "Now go!" Shirina quickly vanished in a flash of orange
light.
Venedyla waved one of her hands over the nearby crystal ball and an image appeared.
'You will be mine soon little one,' she thought, 'and no one will be able to stop
me.'
***
"Annika, forget Miyaki, she's not worth it," Hope said gently to Annika on the
way home from school. Annika sniffled as Gloria put her arm around her.
"Hope's right, she's just a jerk, and she deserves everything bad that happens
to her," Gloria said.
"What happened with Miyaki today?" Faith asked in an exasperated tone.
"She made fun of her again," Ariel piped in. Everyone, except Annika, Gloria,
and Hope, sighed.
"When will that girl learn to just leave Annika alone?" Daisy mused aloud.
Maggie shrugged.
"Cheer up Annika, she can't do anything to you when you are with us," Rini said
reassuringly. Annika wiped her tears and smiled.
"Thank you everyone," Annika said quietly. Suddenly, a loud scream was heard by
the group.
"It seems we have to be going," Faith commented, and the girls ran in the direction
of the scream.
***
Shirina walked around agitated. This was her last chance to gain energy. She
walked down the streets of Crystal Tokyo looking for a target. She glanced sideways
and saw a group of three girls walking home. Shirina smirked. 'Children have large
amounts of energy,' she thought. She took out her compact and opened it. A heart-
shaped black mist filtered from it and into a nearby fire hydrant. It slowly formed
into a youma and attacked the little girls. The girls let out a blood curdling scream
as the youma wrapped one of its arms around one little girl.
"Stop right there! How dare you attack innocent little girls on their way home from
school, I won't allow it! I'm the pretty sailor soldier of the Moon, Sailor Cosmic
Moon! And in the name of the Moon.."
"And our planets," added the Chibi Scouts.
"We'll punish you!" they finished. The youma continued to drain the little girl's
energy and ignored the chibi scouts. The second generation of scouts sweatdropped.
"Pluto Time and Space Cyclone!"
The attack caught the youma off guard, and dropped the little girl. Chibi Jupiter
caught the girl before she hit the pavement, and laid her down on a patch of grass.
The youma looked extremely annoyed and shot vines at the chibi scouts. They all
managed to dodge them.
"Jupiter Tornadic Lightning Blast!"
The youma narrowly dodged the attack and shot more vines, this time entrapping
Chibi Uranus and Chibi Neptune.
"Chibi Neptune!" Chibi Mars yelled in concern.
"Chibi Uranus!" Chibi Venus yelled, worry clearly lacing her voice.
Blue and yellow specks of energy began to drain out of Chibi Uranus, who had
detransformed into Faith, and blue and aqua green specks of energy began to drain
out of Chibi Neptune, who had also detransformed, and changed back into Hope.
"Mars Spiritual Fire Incinorate!"
"Venus Heart Beam Dissolve!"
The two attacks snapped the vines, and set Hope and Faith free. Yellow, white, and
blue specks of energy began to flow back into Faith, and blue, white, and aqua green
specks of energy began to flow into Hope.
Both girls felt a burst of energy and a new power phrase entered their minds.
"Neptune Star Power.."
"Uranus Star Power.."
"MAKE-UP!"
In an array of water and wind, the two supers sailor chibi senshi stood.
"I'm the serene sailor soldier, guided by the planet of embrace, Neptune. I'm
Sailor Chibi Neptune!"
"I'm the sailor soldier of the wind, guided by the planet of the sky, Uranus. I'm
Sailor Chibi Uranus!"
"And in the name of Neptune, Uranus, and the Moon, we will punish you!" The two sailor
scouts finished. The others looked on with pride as the remainder of their team powered-
up.
"Neptune Sea Storm Whirlpool!"
"Uranus Turbulant Hurricane!"
The two attacks combined and destroyed the youma upon contact.
Shirina looked on in anger as the chibi scouts destroyed her youma. "You brats! I've
had enough of your interfering!" Shirina yelled angrily as black energy began to build
in her hands. The chibi scouts looked up in surprise when they heard the furious woman.
The energy in Shirina's hands was released and sent flying at the chibi scouts. All the
chibi scouts were hit, and were sprawled on the ground. They all groaned in pain, and
stood up to attack.
"Mercury Freezing Snowstorm!"
"Venus Heart Beam Dissolve!"
"Pluto Time and Space Cyclone!"
"Saturn Glaive Avengence!"
The volley of attacks hit Shirina, and she cursed.
"Now Cosmic Moon!" Chibi Jupiter said and Cosmic Moon nodded.
"Silver Star Moonlight Kiss!"
Shirina screamed as she was destroyed by the attack. All the girls breathed a sigh of
relief. The girls detransformed and started heading back towards the palace.
Hope felt strange after detransforming. Suddenly, her legs gave out and she fell to
her knees.
Annika turned around and saw her on the ground. "Hope!" she called as she ran back
towards her. The others turned around and gasped. A dark green aura was surrounding
Hope. Hope's vision began to get blurry as she felt the energy leaving her body. She
soon passed out and fell into Annika's arms.
"We need to get her to Aunt Amy quick!" Faith said and Daisy picked up Hope. The
girls quickly ran towards the palace.
***
"Excellent," Venedyla said as she saw the image of Hope in her crystal ball, "she will
be mine soon." With that ending statement, she gave a sinister laugh, as she drained
Hope of her energy.
***
Haruka, Michiru, and Faith were at Hope's bedside waiting for Amy to find out what was
happening to Hope. Amy came in shaking her head.
"She is somehow continually gettng her energy drained. I have tried to find the source,
but my computer isn't picking anything up," Amy said grimly. Michiru and Haruka nodded
solumnly and Faith's worried expression deepened.
"Is there anyway we can stop the energy drain?" Faith asked anxiously. Amy shook her
head sadly.
"Not until we find the source." Michiru let out a strangled cry, and Haruka wrapped
her arms around her. Faith's face went sheet white.
"The only thing we can do for her right now is let her rest," Amy said. The other
three nodded.
Later that night, Faith was in the room with Hope. Amy had made an exception, and let
Faith stay with her for the time being. Faith looked up at Hope from her homework. For
the second time that day, she went sheet white. Hope's body was fading!
"Haruka-papa! Michiru-mama! Aunt Amy!" she screamed. The three adults quickly bolted
into the room. When they saw Hope, they gasped. Within seconds, Hope's body disappeared.
"Hope!" Faith screamed as her hand when to the place where her sister had been. For one
of the first times in Faith's life, she broke down and cried.
***
"I have you now," Venedyla said aloud as the sprawled form of Hope slowly appeared on
the sapphire floor of her throne room.
***
End of Chapter 5
