Heki bowed before a mysterious being in the shadows. All that could be seen were the shining of two eyes.
"My Master, all the Senshi are now captive. Everything is under control." Heki reported.
"Good." The voice from the shadows answered.
"Master, everything is in place for the next step."
"Proceed."
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It has been several months since I last woken up at the hospital. I have been home for several weeks now. The doctors, and my family, were so surprised that I had recovered so quickly. They thought it would months, if not years, before I would truly free of that mental prison. I am a good actor. I pretend I don't remember anything about Sailor Moon or the Sailor Senshi. I don't wear my long blonde hair in two meatballs and I don't stare for hours at the moon. I've even started home school. My marks are really good. My parents are so proud of me. Sam- I mean Shingo and I get along better than we ever have before. Molly and I are friends again.
Since I am doing so well, my parents get me a pet. I could get anything I wanted. A dog, fish or even a hamster but I got another cat. Even through I'm not supposed to know about Luna anymore, I miss her so very much. In honour of her I named the cat Diana. It's funny, the cat is even the same colour Luna's child it, except there is no crescent moon on her forehead. I am a normal person now. In fact if you meet me off the street you would have no idea I spent five years in a mental institution. I am a normal adult now.
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I ran downstairs to eat breakfast with my family. Molly is supposed to come over today. I sat down at the table and took two waffles from the plate. I watched dad read the newspaper. I sighed.
"Something wrong, Usagi?" mom asked. I shook my head and forced a smile. I have gotten really good at the forced smile.
"Nothing Mama!" I replied happily, "I think Molly- chan and I are going to go to the movies today. There is this movie about space worms we want to see."
"Space Worms?" Shingo cried, "I want to see that too!" I smiled at him.
"Maybe you and I can go later." I suggested. What a wonderful sister I am. Shingo frowned.
"But I want to go today!"
"Don't be such a whiner!" I snapped, "Don't you think I need some time with my new friends?" I stressed the word new. Shingo looked like he had been slapped.
"Usagi- chan!" he whispered in shock. I stood up, my heart breaking, I ran out of the room and outside.
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'I miss everyone so much! I try so hard to forget them but I can't! I just can't forget them... I try even harder to return to that world but it seems I closed the door. I've called out to everyone. I am so alone.' I walked besides the river, remembering this was the river I pleaded to return to normal. I was normal now, wasn't I? Molly and her friend, Heidi, walked up to me.
"Your mom called me Usagi- chan. Are you okay?" Molly asked me. I shook my head. I didn't know Heidi very well but I am sure she knows all about my delusions. Were they just that? Molly put her arm around me.
"Want to talk?" I shook my head again.
"Mol… I am… just confused. I don't know where I fit in anymore." I answered honestly. Heidi brightened.
"My dad has a job opening at his office. Why don't you walk there for a while?" she offered.
"Doing what?"
"It's just a secretary job but I'm sure it will make you feel normal again." I inwardly smirked. What was normal? When I was Serena I had no job future… now that I am Usagi… utter confusion.
"I don't know, Heidi. A secretary job can be stressful. Usagi- chan, didn't Dr. Warner say no stressful jobs? Couldn't that send you back into nut- so world?" I glared at my new best friend.
"Thanks Molly- chan. I'm pretty sure that I can handle it. What do I have to do?" Heidi smiled at me.
"I'll talk to my father for you. Just show up on Monday." I nodded and made a face at Molly. I could do this. As a productive member of society I would forget all about the Senshi.
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I entered the office building. It was huge and impersonal. I didn't like it. I wanted to turn around and go home. A man in a black suit walked up to me.
"I am Edmund. Are you here for the secretary's job?" he asked me. I nodded. He smiled and replied, "Come with me." Dread filled me. I recalled the last time I had felt like this- when I was about to face an enemy. I closed my eyes for a moment, collecting myself. There were no enemies; that was a lie. I followed Edmund. He was kind of cute. He opened a wooden door and motioned for me to go through.
"Serenity- hime." I whirled around faced him.
"What did you say?" I demanded.
"Usagi, isn't it?" I nodded, turning red.
"I'm sorry… I thought you said something else." I walked inside. The room was dark with purple lamps. Hotaru flashed into my mind. For a second I walked to close my eyes and converse with my Saturn friend. No! No. Edmund smiled at me and began to walk me through my job.
***Hotaru***
I opened my eyes. I was at the Gate of Time. I heard the cries of my friends- their cries of power. Mercury Aqua Rhapsody! Mars Flame Sniper! Jupiter Thunder Crash! Venus Love Chain, Encircle! Space Sword Blaster! Neptune Deep Submerge! Pluto Dead Scream. I tried not to cry. Where were my friends now? Suddenly a woman appeared in front of me.
"Serenity- hime?" I whispered. She shook her head sadly. She had silver hair in heart- shaped meatballs. She was a Senshi. Her colour was white. It's hard to describe her fuku. She held a staff and it looked like the Silver Crystal rested on top of it. On her forehead was an eight-pointed star. Her eyes looked like Serena's.
"I am Cosmos." I gasped.
"Cosmos? Serenity's final form?" I whispered.
"Or I should be. But as it looks like now the Negaverse will win."
"No!" I cried. Cosmos filled me in with what happened with Serena.
"But… we didn't leave! No!" I was crying now. How could Serena believe those lies? How? We love her! We swore our lives to her! Cosmos smiled at me.
"You are her Shadow. Go help her."
"Her Shadow? How can that be? I thought I was Darkness." Cosmos again smiled. She seemed so warm. Like Serena does.
"If you were Darkness then you wouldn't be crying. You would welcome the Negaverse. You would not have fought Chaos but helped her. Dosei Hotaru, you are Serenity's shadow. Help her. Take your Glaive back." Then my Silence Glaive appeared in front of me.
"But Sailor Cosmos, I do not understand. Where are the other Senshi?"
"Only one may help. One who is composed of both. One who is a shadow, neither light nor dark." She replied. My message from before. I didn't understand but I knew I had to help.
"Saturn Eternal Power, Make- UP!"
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I laid on the floor. I was sure I had broken ribs. Was I lost in the delusions again? Heki knelt to me and lifted my face up.
"Pretty Moon Princess, you will suffer for what you did to my Queen." She spat in my face.
"Lies…" I whispered.
"You are such a fool!" Heki kicked me again. I rolled on my back, not even trying to fight back.
"Lies…" Edmund glared at Heki and sat next to me.
"You were easily fooled, Princess," Edmund said to me, "But what else can you expect? All your powers come from your friends. They were much harder to deceive." I felt my Moon insignia burn on my forehead. How I been so easily duped?
"Princess of the White Moon, you killed my mother but I will forgive you." Edmund whispered to me. Tears filled me eyes. Where my Senshi dead? Was Endymion?
"What?" I asked. My mind was tired and confused. For the first time ever I wanted to give up.
"Become one of us."A/N: I know... I know that was a bad chapter. But it was hard to write! I wanted the Usagi story to go on longer but I couldn't think of what to write. And I sorry. I don't do cliffhangers but I have MAJOR writer block! So here is what you can do to help: write a review! If you have any ideas please feel free to tell me your ideas! Or you could read some of my older stuff like Twin Sailors or Sailor Libra. Please review!
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