Chapter 8
Othi laughed her madwoman's chortle. As she saw the 2 girls fall to the floor clutched in each other's arms, to frightened to scream. Rayann turned to look at her bonded and shake her head. She slicked back her fox ears and stared into the basin. Naharu and his raven Solan laughed with her. {They've all gone mad!} Rayann thought, careful not to convey this to Othi. Though they were bonded, their bond was growing weaker everyday. Rayann did not approve of the evil that Othi caused, and approved even less of her love Naharu.
He was a tall man with a good build and a body to make even the most spectacular of fighters envious. His black hair was streaked with red in front to signify his chosen color. His eyes were the black of night, stained that way from all the Dark magic he used. He had come up with the way to hurt the children of his woman's enemy. 'A knife through their back' as he had put it. He had turned their greatest fear into a killer. He took their fear, their past, and repeated those memories over and over till they would eventually die. When their children died, they would wither away from the guilt of not being able to save them. Then the Mistress of the Shadows could take over the Earth and Moon, making it all the easier to take the rest of the planets in that galaxy. With out their Queen and King, the Sailor Scouts would wither away into heartless warriors, to wrapped up in their grief to fight back. Othi laughed and laughed as the spell was cancelled when a presence entered the room that the young girls were in. This presence carried with it the backing of all 5 of the Elements of the Light.
She turned to Naharu with rage in her eyes and hostility in her words. "You said that it was not going to fail!" She wailed. "You promised that I would complete the task that my sister did not finish! You said that I would have vengeance!!!" She was so mad she spit fire at him. He simply held up a hand that deflected it. Rayann leapt down from Othi's lap, with her bonded in this kind of rage, she could get hurt. Naharu walked over to her and held her I his strong hands. She struggled to get free of his grip, but a moment she gave up and looked away.
"My dear, look at me." He said, shaking her a bit to gain her attention. She turned and faced him regretfully. "I love you, and I promise that you will have the Universe, but it takes time. You'll see. I can't do anything with the guardian there. Have patience my sweet." He said and gave her a kiss. "Come with me to my room, I'll make you see." He smiled a promise- filled smile and let her go. She followed him out of her working room and down the hall to his chambers where she would forget about the Moon Court and the little Goddess, for a short while anyway.
:I'm coming girls!: Gaea screamed in response. She felt a fear greater than her own, threaten to cover her like a quilt, she fought it as she ran the opposite way down the hall to where Rini's rooms were. She almost ran over a page carrying firewood and a servant bringing someone's clean laundry. {I'll apologies late}r. She thought. {Right now I have to get to the girls.} :Luna, Serena, Darien! Meet me in Rini's chambers! NOW!: She felt them shaking themselves out of shock, they had felt it to, Serena and Darien through Rini and Luna through her bonded, Serena.
:We're coming: Came Darien's mindvoice, again the first to recover.
As she rounded the corner that would take her to the princess's rooms she saw coming down the hall the other way, Carra. Since she was Rini's teacher, she had a direct link to her that made teaching her easier.
:This is not good.: Was all she got from her old teacher. She skidded to a stop in frond of Rini's door that stood open. Athena shoved her way through and ran to Gaea's side. She lay crumpled on the floor, hugging Rini. Carra burst in and bustled over to the opposite side of the 2 girls. The malice had left when she knelt beside her but she felt the eyes, watching. Then it felt satisfied and left.
"At least they still live. Help me get them apart." She said pulling Rini away from the dead looking Gaea. Athena grunted at the comment and order both, pulling Gaea by the collar away from her sworn friend. She could see the cuts on their hands that had been made by a small knife, they had made each other blood sisters, deepening the bond that they already had. Both of them had magic in their blood, when one with magic made a blood vow, it forever bonded them, even after death. In their case, it could do more harm than good. Stupid girls! Athena thought, she could see Carra looking at the cut on Rini's hand and thinking the same thing.
Just then Serena, Darien and Luna came rushing in to see their daughter and her blood-sworn friend laying n the floor almost lifeless. 2 pages followed through the door and stood there frozen and pale. They swarmed around the Princesses with questions flowing from their mouths.
"QUIET! Please!" Athena growled as everyone fell silent and looked at her. "Pages, fetch the doctors. Quickly!" They obeyed and tore out of the room and down the hall to find help. Gaea turned back to the Queen and King.
"See if you can reach her mentally." Athena said looking down at Gaea and put herself into a light trance.
"How?" Serena cried, tears streaming down her pale face. Btu Carra answered for her.
"Call out to her, she'll hear you. Don't stop till she answers. Calm her mind, it'll be in a torrent of panic." She said inclining her head at their daughter. She nodded and did as she was told.
Athena was just about to call out to Gaea when she was hit by flood of visions. They were of many things that Athena both knew and things that she had never seen before. They were things right out of a nightmare. Athena screamed and broke her trance.
"Your Highness don't!" She yelled as Serena started to go into a trance. She looked up at Athena startled.
"Don't! Why in the hell not?!?"
"You'll only be bombarded with visions to horrific to mention. We must block them or they will die! It is killing their minds slowly and the blood- bond they made is only making it worse!" Athena started to cry and then stopped herself. She had to concentrate is she was going to save her bonded.
Othi laughed her madwoman's chortle. As she saw the 2 girls fall to the floor clutched in each other's arms, to frightened to scream. Rayann turned to look at her bonded and shake her head. She slicked back her fox ears and stared into the basin. Naharu and his raven Solan laughed with her. {They've all gone mad!} Rayann thought, careful not to convey this to Othi. Though they were bonded, their bond was growing weaker everyday. Rayann did not approve of the evil that Othi caused, and approved even less of her love Naharu.
He was a tall man with a good build and a body to make even the most spectacular of fighters envious. His black hair was streaked with red in front to signify his chosen color. His eyes were the black of night, stained that way from all the Dark magic he used. He had come up with the way to hurt the children of his woman's enemy. 'A knife through their back' as he had put it. He had turned their greatest fear into a killer. He took their fear, their past, and repeated those memories over and over till they would eventually die. When their children died, they would wither away from the guilt of not being able to save them. Then the Mistress of the Shadows could take over the Earth and Moon, making it all the easier to take the rest of the planets in that galaxy. With out their Queen and King, the Sailor Scouts would wither away into heartless warriors, to wrapped up in their grief to fight back. Othi laughed and laughed as the spell was cancelled when a presence entered the room that the young girls were in. This presence carried with it the backing of all 5 of the Elements of the Light.
She turned to Naharu with rage in her eyes and hostility in her words. "You said that it was not going to fail!" She wailed. "You promised that I would complete the task that my sister did not finish! You said that I would have vengeance!!!" She was so mad she spit fire at him. He simply held up a hand that deflected it. Rayann leapt down from Othi's lap, with her bonded in this kind of rage, she could get hurt. Naharu walked over to her and held her I his strong hands. She struggled to get free of his grip, but a moment she gave up and looked away.
"My dear, look at me." He said, shaking her a bit to gain her attention. She turned and faced him regretfully. "I love you, and I promise that you will have the Universe, but it takes time. You'll see. I can't do anything with the guardian there. Have patience my sweet." He said and gave her a kiss. "Come with me to my room, I'll make you see." He smiled a promise- filled smile and let her go. She followed him out of her working room and down the hall to his chambers where she would forget about the Moon Court and the little Goddess, for a short while anyway.
:I'm coming girls!: Gaea screamed in response. She felt a fear greater than her own, threaten to cover her like a quilt, she fought it as she ran the opposite way down the hall to where Rini's rooms were. She almost ran over a page carrying firewood and a servant bringing someone's clean laundry. {I'll apologies late}r. She thought. {Right now I have to get to the girls.} :Luna, Serena, Darien! Meet me in Rini's chambers! NOW!: She felt them shaking themselves out of shock, they had felt it to, Serena and Darien through Rini and Luna through her bonded, Serena.
:We're coming: Came Darien's mindvoice, again the first to recover.
As she rounded the corner that would take her to the princess's rooms she saw coming down the hall the other way, Carra. Since she was Rini's teacher, she had a direct link to her that made teaching her easier.
:This is not good.: Was all she got from her old teacher. She skidded to a stop in frond of Rini's door that stood open. Athena shoved her way through and ran to Gaea's side. She lay crumpled on the floor, hugging Rini. Carra burst in and bustled over to the opposite side of the 2 girls. The malice had left when she knelt beside her but she felt the eyes, watching. Then it felt satisfied and left.
"At least they still live. Help me get them apart." She said pulling Rini away from the dead looking Gaea. Athena grunted at the comment and order both, pulling Gaea by the collar away from her sworn friend. She could see the cuts on their hands that had been made by a small knife, they had made each other blood sisters, deepening the bond that they already had. Both of them had magic in their blood, when one with magic made a blood vow, it forever bonded them, even after death. In their case, it could do more harm than good. Stupid girls! Athena thought, she could see Carra looking at the cut on Rini's hand and thinking the same thing.
Just then Serena, Darien and Luna came rushing in to see their daughter and her blood-sworn friend laying n the floor almost lifeless. 2 pages followed through the door and stood there frozen and pale. They swarmed around the Princesses with questions flowing from their mouths.
"QUIET! Please!" Athena growled as everyone fell silent and looked at her. "Pages, fetch the doctors. Quickly!" They obeyed and tore out of the room and down the hall to find help. Gaea turned back to the Queen and King.
"See if you can reach her mentally." Athena said looking down at Gaea and put herself into a light trance.
"How?" Serena cried, tears streaming down her pale face. Btu Carra answered for her.
"Call out to her, she'll hear you. Don't stop till she answers. Calm her mind, it'll be in a torrent of panic." She said inclining her head at their daughter. She nodded and did as she was told.
Athena was just about to call out to Gaea when she was hit by flood of visions. They were of many things that Athena both knew and things that she had never seen before. They were things right out of a nightmare. Athena screamed and broke her trance.
"Your Highness don't!" She yelled as Serena started to go into a trance. She looked up at Athena startled.
"Don't! Why in the hell not?!?"
"You'll only be bombarded with visions to horrific to mention. We must block them or they will die! It is killing their minds slowly and the blood- bond they made is only making it worse!" Athena started to cry and then stopped herself. She had to concentrate is she was going to save her bonded.