Chapter 23 …… The Meeting at Ami's (Part III)
"Mars open the window. They are the three." Says Sailor Moon as she turns back into Serena.
Mars changes back into Rei and walks to the window. She opens it and the three girls in sailor suits walk in.
"Serena I have been watching you for sometime and I never knew you were Sailor Moon." Says Pluto.
"Trista?" asks Serena as she gets a good look at the tall girl in front of her.
"Yeah it's me. I am Sailor Pluto, Guardian of the Time Gates. I have left my realm to help with your fight."
"I am Sailor Neptune. I go to your school Darien and so does Uranus. We are teachers there."
"Sailor Saturn is coming. But why?" says Uranus.
"I don't know. But it's not just Saturn that is coming. Someone else is in that body and will show up first." Says Serena.
"You must know that we never went dormant like you all did. Only one of us was there on the day of the end of the Moon Kingdom. We tried to stop Saturn but we couldn't. Since the princess had killed herself after the loss of her prince we didn't have enough power."
"Who was there at the last battle?" asks Ami.
"I was. We worked together Mercury." Says Neptune.
"I don't remember." Says Ami.
"Luna didn't give us our full memories back." Says Mina.
"She couldn't. The Queen told her never to do that." Says Pluto.
No one had noticed that Darien had left the bedroom until he came back in.
"Hotaru and the guys are gone."
"I'm sure she just asked them to drive her back to your place." Says Mina.
"Yeah I guess your right." Says Darien.
"I'm sorry Darien but now is not a time to leave Hotaru alone with anyone. Didn't you notice anything off about her tattoo?" says Serena.
"It's just like the girls but it has a black star on it too." Says Darien pausing to think for a moment. "Is Hotaru Sailor Saturn?"
Everyone but Rei looks at Serena. Serena nods her head yes.
"I didn't know it was her until today when I met her in your room Darien. Her voice, I remembered that voice, it's something you never forget."
"But you were dead long before Saturn arrived to the Moon Kingdom." Says Neptune.
"No I wasn't. Saturn arrived about two weeks before the final battle. The Queen and myself were the only one's who knew who she really was. She came as a slave from Saturn with the princess. But mother and myself knew better. The slave was the princess and the princess was the slave. They switched places so the princess could be there without being noticed. The Queen then told me that I was the leader of the Sailor Scouts and much more than a princess. I only learned how to transform into Sailor Moon the day before the battle."
"Which is when I saw you and you told me your secret but not the whole story fearing I would freak out and go after Saturn myself." Says Rei.
"Right. Which is why we can't leave Hotaru alone with anyone. We have to go find her." Says Serena as she heads to the door.
"Serena wait you have no idea where she is. I can help you as long as Mercury helps me." Says Neptune looking at Ami.
"Your right. And I know how you plan on finding her. I'll fill the tub with cold water for you two." Says Serena as she changes directions and goes to the bathroom.
"Girls you should change into your scout form and Darien you also have another form but he isn't as strong as Prince Endymion. So change into Endymion." Says Pluto.
The girls and Darien close their eyes and a bright light fills the room. When the light fades there stands Prince Endymion beside four scouts.
"Oh sure don't wait for me." Jokes Serena as she comes back into the room.
"Well transform then." Says Mina.
"Not yet I can't. Neptune the tub is filled. We will wait for you and Mercury to finish." Says Serena as she walks over to the bed and sits down.
"Right. Mercury follow me please." Says Neptune softly as she walks to the bathroom.
Mercury looks around and smiles as she follows Neptune into the bathroom.
The bathroom door closes and they all hear the lock engaged.
"Don't worry Jupiter, Mercury will be fine." Says Uranus as she leans against the wall.
"Why do you think I would worry?" asks Jupiter.
"We have been watching you all for quite some time now. We knew you were the scouts and our Prince and Princess for quite some time now. We know who you all love and who you hate." Says Pluto as she pauses and looks at Mars. "And we know your secrets."
"Neptune what are we going to do?" asks Mercury after Neptune locks the bathroom door.
"We are going to find Hotaru. I can't control the water alone. I'm not strong enough." She says as she steps into the tub of ice cold water.
Mercury steps into the tub next and stands in front of Neptune. "What do I do?"
"Watch the water and lend me your powers." Says Neptune as she takes hold of Mercury's hands and closes her eyes.
The water in the tub begins to swirl around and it starts to make shapes as clumps of water rises into the air. Mercury looks at the shapes and sees Darien's house and Chad's car. Then she sees a room inside the house that she hasn't seen. Chad and Alex are chained to a wall. A woman's face appears and smiles at Mercury with a wicked evil smile. Mercury hears a voice flow through her mind.
"Come and get them. Do you wish to save everyone? You know where I am, come and fight for the people of earth. COME!!!!!"
Neptune's eyes snap open and all the water splashes back into the tub. "Did you hear a voice?"
"I did. Who was that woman?"
Neptune lets go of Mercury's hands and she steps out of the tub. "She's the dark one. She will try and take over the earth. Tell me you know where they are."
"I do know. But are we ready to fight?" asks Mercury with a solemn look on her face.