Well yet again I managed to pull a chapter out of nowhere. I have no idea when the next installment will be out, I do have it written, but I have three basketball games this week. Look for it on for sure and at Wednesday the latest Thursday. I hope you like what I do with the story line, since it is setting up a few foundations.

~Ravyn~

Disclaimer: I do not own Sailormoon.

Rei looked out the window her eyes rooming over nothing. The warm solid, almost …well salty, if you could call it that, it was almost wind blown, presence in her mind was driving her crazy. The longer she focused on it, the stronger it became. So she shoved it back in the back of her head and prayed it would go away.

Just as she managed to push every though of the blond man out of her thoughts, the castle shook. Rei grabbed the bed frame in shock. How in the world was the castle under attack? She had been under the impression that it had to be impossible, to attack this place. The castle rumbled again. Rei frantically looked around. She heard faint screams coming from the corridors and she pushed off of the bed and ran out of the room. As she raced out of the man hallway into the courtyard her heart stopped.

There were vampires racing all around. After her experience with them in the forest, they gave her a healthy dose of fear. She saw Ami being pulled to safety by the one they called Zavier. Athan was clearing a way from them his sword, she assumed it was a sword, it was moving so fast it was hard for her follow with her eyes. Her heart froze when she heard the scream.

Serenity was being separated from the others and was desperately trying to get to Endymion as fast as possible. The Vampires refused to allow it. They grabbed at her dress, her hair, her wrists, anything they could hang onto the dodging princess by. Rei missed the group that spotted her and moved in her direction. All she could see was red. Somewhere in the back of her mind warning lights were going off, but all she cared about was the silver haired girl who had tried to be her friend.

Serenity could not be hurt. Rei reached for the swords and instead grabbed something else. She froze as she looked down at the small stick in her hand. What was she supposed to do with this? Beat them with it? She could see them running in terror, run the girl has a stick. Rei look at it closer with surprise, for it had weird writing on it, much like the swords. Her vision swam for an instant and she could read the words.

Rei mouthed them almost to herself. Mars Power. It felt like an explosion went of. She was caught up in a bolt of flames, the fire burning the arrow that would have taken her throat out. Rei was suddenly in a different world.

Heads all over the courtyard snapped up in shock as they stared at the pillar of flames that rose out of no where. Rei felt as if she was being held in a warm blanket, and the fire was racing though her veins. It was the most addicting thing she had ever gone through.

Rei felt her self being dropped lightly on her feet. Looking down she almost fainted. She was in heels, something she had avoided for most of her life, and a very short skirt. Her hands were gloved in white and red. Red, white and purple seemed to be the theme her outfit seemed to take on. She had no idea what the deal was. One thought raced through her head. 'Where in the HELL had that come from?'

Looking up she noticed that she was being charged at by a very brave group of vampires. Very brave indeed for she felt as if she could take on the world, and she knew she looked pissed. She had been told as a child she had a very nasty temper and looked very scary when she was mad. Rei raised her hands and it seemed as if the knowledge came out of no where.

"Fire Soul." She barley said the words, somehow she was unsure, but confidante at the same time, and fire, the same fires that had transformed her, leapt from her fingers. Instant barbecue.

Rei looked up and saw Serenity back in Endymion's arms, but they were surrounded, with the Generals fighting to get to them. Serenity's eyes were filled with tears, and her dress was torn and ripped. She had a long cut at her temple. Her temper, already on red hot, jumped into over drive.

Jason was coming toward her, the fool, when he should have been helping Serenity. Rei had an idea, if you could call it that, since she had no idea what she was doing, and pulled out the swords. The courtyard became very quite to her ears.

It was in fact, filled with the sounds of dying, screams, metal clanging on metal, but in that instant she was caught up in her own world. Pulling the swords out of the sheaves she smiled softly. And somehow she knew. Knew without a doubt that she would win.

Rei looked up and in a matter of fact way, looked the scene over, as if she was memorizing it for a reason. Jason was on the ground wrestling for his life; Athan was backed against a wall with Zavier and Ami. Endymion was bleeding in the shoulder, having taken an arrow. Her eyes narrowed. These, things, would pay for daring to enter her castle.

Rei shoved one of the glowing swords into the air. The other sweeped in front of her, as if it was marking where it would strike. The dragons began to glow with a red-hot intensity; the dragon on the sword in the air faced the sky, the one on the lower sword faced the ground.

" Molten." The dragons seemed to shimmer, and fire began to sweep off of her in waves. In a circle motion, it seemed to rain off her. It raced around her like a storm. Her hair swirled around her in an off beat matter, stirred by invisible winds.

"Dragons bane." The Fire raced around her till you could no longer see any sign of her, lost in the raging storm of fire around her. It seemed almost to take on a shape. Something seemed to form in the mists, almost like a…tail. " Flare."

A dragon seemed to take off out of the flames that surrounded her small form. It raced around her into the sky and circled. It then opened its mouth and spewed large chunks of lava and fire. It was the most amazing thing in they had ever seen. Rei looked at them the swords twirling, moving the dragon with there motion, her eyes reflecting the inner rage that must have moved the dragon to do so much damage. The Vampires were whipped out quickly, there screams echoing across the ruined courtyard, echoing in the listeners ears, if they could hear around the dragons roar.

Jason had been fighting; having managed to get rid of the vamp that had tried to stab him; and he turned in time to see Rei call the dragon. It was almost as if the dragon was inside him. He could feel its furry, its passion and its rage. He could feel the fire that surrounded Rei, feels it as if he was the one in charge of its destructive force. It moments he was surrounded by flames, the raced around him, howling in his ears, ripping everything to shreds.

A moment later he noticed the courtyard was quite and the storm was over. He looked up and saw Rei, looking over the courtyard as if what she had done was an everyday occurrence. Jason turned to see if the others were all right, he hoped they had the sense to put up shields.

Zavier walked over hesitantly and tapped him in the arm. " Well he is not cooked yet. Did not even singe his eyelashes. Damn, how on earth are you still breathing my man?" Zavier demanded.

Jason frowned at him." I had shields up."

" My friend, shields or no shields, you were in the middle of the blast, you should be fried crisp. Unless she protected you." Zavier mumbled as an afterthought.

Jason turned to stare at Rei, his eyes demanding answers. Rei meet his gaze, and then smiled weakly, before she passed out cold. Jason walked over and picked up her small limp form, and sighed. The swords had gone back to wherever they had come from. He now knew why those swords were so feared, knew why she gave her life to find and hide its secrets. He wondered what the others were capable of.

~*~

Ami looked around the courtyard in shock. Logic said that Rei was the one who had done it. Her eyes told her Rei had done it. But beyond that she could hardly believe her friend had formed, much less controlled the dragon that had raced from the sky.

Zavier had tried to explain what had happened. But when he told her she had a weapon that was just as powerful, well that shocked her. Ami had never really enjoyed the lessons she had been forced to take as a child. Rei had learned how to fight with a passion that was so like her. Makoto had found them easy and useful, keeping the bullies of the little people, as she called them. Minako had learned them with a skill that had shocked everyone.

But they had been harder for her, the small delicate person. She had bruised easier, knocked down faster, and beaten that much quicker. But she had learned how to evade, learned how to read what they were going to do, before they even knew. Of course you could only guess Makoto so far; she was too much of a loose cannon other wise.

Rei had taught her how to fight without really fighting, how to disarm a person without them knowing how she had done it. Defense was her middle name. Slowly but surly she was beat into being a person who could be relied on. But that that had not made her like it.

Now she was told that she was to FIGHT for a princess, use highly dangerous weapons, and kill people. And to her untold horror, and secret delight, she was enjoying it.

She was finding a thrill in training she never had. Of course some of it had to do with Zavier, who never minded helping her on stances or drills. He never minding that she was quicker, and taught her how to defend against weapons. To her shock she discovered that she like spending time with him.

Ami had never chased the boys, not like Minako or Makoto. She had been the one who stood in the shadows with her books and watched. Now she was being pursued by Zavier, and with such intensity that it turned her head. She had absolutely no idea what it meant. She knew that in her past she had loved him. And to her surprise she discovered that she could love him again. She just wished she had Minako to talk to.

Sure she had found that Serenity was a good listener, and had been one of her best friends, and she was pretty sure she was the type of person she could die for. But Minako was Minako and she needed her blond friend. Ami felt tears well in her eyes as she thought of the two that had been missing for over two weeks now. So much had happened.

She wished she could talk to Rei but Rei was still out of it, they said something about a Ki drain, whatever that was. Ami sighed to herself. The books in the library were many, but so few were in a language she knew.

Ami sighed as she crawled into bed, they had rebuilt the shields on the spot, and she had been assured it would be safe that night. They were moving in the morning, so it was best if she go as much sleep as possible. That night Ami dreamed of Harps and music like ice.

~*~

Minako listened as Makoto finished telling her of what had happened to her in the last 24 hours. It was amazing, you think you see everything, then five minutes later, another bomb has dropped and you forget to put your protective shields on.

" So I have a weird chain, a swords, and I woman poking out of the framework to tell me to trust you guys. I wish she had told me the name of the man I am supposed to find. Can you see it now? Yes have you seen Mr. Silver eyes?" Minako rolled her vivid blue-gold eyes in irritation.

" I know. Who did she mean by HIM?" Mako demanded. " Who the hell is HIM?"

" I have no idea. I do no we need to find Ami and Rei." Minako got up and slammed her hand on the pommel of the sword, her irritation reflecting off her face in waves. She had no idea what to do, where do go, or who to hurt first. Minako felt something warm on her hand and felt something ooze off of it. Looking down in surprise she realized she had cut her hand on the pommel of the sword.

"I vow forever my service. My life, and my heart."

Minako blink in surprise. What the hell did that mean? Looking down back on the cut Minako almost fainted. A reaction that seemed to be happening more and more often, because instead of a cut, there was a mark and it was glowing. There was a sliver of the moon and it was stuck on top of something else that looked like a heart on a stick. Or something along those lines.

" Uh, Makoto, come here and look at this please." Minako hissed, never taking her eyes from it, wondering if she was imagining things. Wondering was to mild a word, praying was more like it.

" Hey were did you get that?" Makoto ask in surprise when she saw the small tattoo on Minako's hand.

" I have no freaking idea. I wish someone would clue me in, because I am the needle lost in the freaking hay stack." Minako spit.

" Wow calm down there has to be a reason that it just popped up right? I mean things like this don't just come off swords like a everyday occurrence, right?" Makoto ask, her own voice edging on panic.

" I have no idea here, Makoto. One minute its bleeding, the next minute it has a weird tattoo." Minako growled in exasperation.

" How were you holding it?" Makoto ask, looking at the swords and picking it up herself. Minako offered a slight shrug, and Makoto picked the sword up, it slipped, and the stones bit lightly into her hand. Makoto yelped and dropped the sword in surprise.

" See the thing just jumps up and bites you." Minako growled in annoyance, picking the swords up, carefully, and putting it back up.

" I vow forever my service. My strength and my life."

" Er, Minako, after you cut your hand did you hear a funky voice, and then did that symbol pop up on your hand?" Makoto asked, her voice off hand, belaying the panic in her.

" Oh good grief, you have one two. But instead of a heart on a stick you have a moon speared 4." Minako commented her voice slightly more sarcastic than normal.

" Oh and yours is just wonder bread to?" Makoto demanded, her eyes sparking fire.

" Here, I did not mean to insult you Makoto. I am just scarred I guess. Two weeks ago I had a normal life, now I am wields swords that would take three lifetimes to pay for, and have a weird scar on my hand. Go figure no?" Minako mummered is smoothing her friend's nerves over.

Makoto sighed, she needed to eat, and she needed to find the answers. But it looked like those would have to wait a time.

" Your right we both need food." Minako mummered off handedly.

" What do you mean? I did not say we needed food." Makoto hissed.

" Yes you did, you also said we need answers." Minako argued back heatedly.

Makoto stared wide eyes at her for a few minuets. " Minako can you hear what I am thinking?" Makoto demanded in surprise at her friend.

" I…don't think so...but…" Minako trailed off as she realized something. She felt little links off in her head. One was red-hot like lava. It felt like she knew it. Another was icy, and it to was familiar. The other, a vivid green, and it was unmistakably Mako. There were two others, one silver like moonlight, and one that was dull gray.

" Makoto I think I can." Minako all but screamed in surprise.

" Wow, okay this could be a good thing, or a really bad thing. Am I the only one who you can read?" Makoto demanded.

" No, Mako I think I can feel Rei and Ami. Rei was always fiery right? So she has to be the red link I can feel and Ami the icy one. But who are the others?" Minako hissed. " Mako concentrate on me. Can you feel me?"

Makoto felt her eyes widen to the size of saucers. She could not exactly hear it was more like feeling. But Minako was right. She could feel her friends. Makoto grabbed Minako's arm in excitement.

" We can find the others."

~*~

" HOW COULD YOU LET HER GET THE SWORDS OF THE DRAGONS?" Beryl screamed in vexation at the general in front of her. " HOW COULD YOU ALLOW THEM TO HAVE THAT TYPE OF POWER? AND HOW DID IANNA EXCAPE YOUR SOLDIERS!!!"

" My queen it seems as if they are getting help from someone."

" I DON'T CARE HOW YOU DO IT. KILL IANNA BEFORE SHE GETS HER SWORD IS THAT UNDERSTOODD!" Beryl hissed, her voice beyond angry, her fangs showing in a fury of anger.

" Yes my Queen." The babbling general stated, before disappearing as fast as possible.

" If Ianna gets that swords and find the link between her and the Senshi, it is all over." Beryl ragged sending the weapons in front of her scattering with a flick of her wrist. " I will win."