Prologue





"Remember, stay together and no matter what, keep your destination in mind. You mustn't be separated or you could be lost in the sea of Time forever."

The scouts nodded and joined hands. Sailor Moon smiled down at Rini before raising her gaze to Tuxedo Mask. He smiled back comfortingly and took Rini's other hand. Together, they all passed through the Time Gate and into the swirling abyss before them.

* * *

The pressure was unbearable and was growing by the minute. Debris whirled about and the wind shrieked. It all went unnoticed by the phantasm who stood in the center of it, an intangible, slick path behind him, as if where ever it walked, the path was fouled by his evil presence. He watched as the group entered the time warp, chuckling evilly to himself.

"The future will never happen..if they cannot find each other."

* * *

"AHH!!!!!!!!! I don't think I can take much more of this!"

"Hold on minna-san!"

"I'm holding, I'm holding, but this pressures too much!"

"Come on, Scouts, you can..." Tuxedo Mask's encouraging speech was cut short as he spotted a large pile of debris flying directly at them, "LOOK OUT!"

His warning came too late and the pile hit the group in a headlong collision, pulling their hands apart, despite their vain attempts to hold on. Sailor Moon watched in horror as she was forced further and further away from everyone.

"MINNA!!!!!!" Her calls were drowned out in the high-pitched screaming of the wind. Suddenly, a stinging sensation occurred in the back of her head, as her head made contact with a shapeless substance. Slowly and willingly, she sank into unconsciousness.