Notes: We don't own Sailor Moon. MinaV returns in this chapter.
Chapter 8 Past, Again?
Usakoi"I wasn't," said Amy, a little startled.
"Serena and Darien caught up with us and called us inside the dance hall," Taiki informed the two lovebirds.
"We'll be in in a few. Thanks," Greg responded.
Taiki strolled back to the hall where Greg and Amy could see Serena and Darien waiting there rather impatiently. Amy grinned as she looked at the sparkling ring on her finger. She just couldn't stop looking at it.
"Shall we go, my princess?" he smiled, offering his arm.
Amy nodded, took his arm, and let him lead her to the dance hall.
The room was filled with bubbles circling the air and Amy was taken by the ballroom music that was playing. This all seemed so familiar to her. She closed her eyes as Greg began to dance with her. She could feel the bubbles swimming around her and she felt warm against Greg. The music ended and she heard applause. Her eyes popped open.
"I never hear applause after music at a dance," she thought.
She looked around. The people around her had changed. Come to think of it, the whole room had changed. Instead of a miniature hall, there were giant walls and ceilings held up by large marble pillars. The people around her were in ball gowns with little masks on. She looked at herself. Her clothing was now a wondrous blue sleek silk gown. She had a choker around her neck that sprung two strands of ribbon that flowed to the bottom of her dress. She felt that there were pins in her hair and she could smell lilies.
"Greg?" she thought. "Where is he?"
She looked around the crowd of people. With relief, she noticed a very playful young face in the crowd. Serena was dancing not to far away from her with who looked like Prince Darien.
"Serena!" she cried, racing towards her. "Am I glad to see you!"
"Who are you talking about, Ami?" responded the non-Serena.
"Ami? My name is Amy. Stop goofing around."
"No, you stop goofing around Ami. You're scaring your princess."
Amy was shocked. Why was she calling her Ami? And why wouldn't she answer to Serena?
"Who are you then?" Amy asked.
"I'm Usagi. Are you feeling okay, Ami?"
"I'm okay I guess. I think the dancing is getting to me. I think I'll go lay down," Amy sighed. "Um, do you know where my room is?"
IcePrincessUsagi threw her head back and started laughing.
"Amy? Are you all right?"
Greg's voice pulled Amy out of her flashback and returned her to the present. She opened her eyes and looked up at Greg.
"Are you okay?" he asked again.
"I think I just had a flashback to the moon, Greg." Amy whispered so the people around them wouldn't hear. "I'm fine now."
Amy and Greg had now reached the edge of the dance floor and were heading towards some seats when Serena came running up to them.
"You two looked so great out there together!" Serena said grabbing Amy's hand in excitement. "What happened to Taiki, Amy? I thought you were here with him."
"I came here with Taiki because he was nice enough to get the tickets to come here for Greg and myself," said Amy.
Serena had grabbed the hand on which Amy was wearing her ring. Amy was nervously trying to pull her hand out of Serena's before Serena noticed the ring.
"It's not that I'm not excited about being engaged to Greg," Amy reasoned to herself. "It's just that I don't want Serena to know right now, I want to tell all the girls at the same time."
Darien unknowingly came to Amy's rescue when he came up to where they were standing. Serena immediately dropped Amy's hand and replaced it with Darien's.
Usakoi"Darien, come dance with me!" she wined.
Darien's eyes rolled to the back of his head as he led Serena back to the dance floor.
Amy laughed and looked to Greg, who was not laughing.
"What's wrong?" she asked him.
MinaVGreg wasn't really all that sure how to answer Amy. He just felt really odd. He walked away in a daze and fell down on his face. Darien had been watching all this out of the corner of his eye. He ran over to Greg and lifted him off the ground. Greg was really out of it. His face looked so lifeless. Amy was crying in Serena's arms. IcePrincessDarien and Taiki carried Greg out to the limo and put him inside. Taiki told Serena to go with Amy in the limo and gave the driver instructions to follow Darien's car. Darien and Taiki got in the car and drove to the Cherry Hill Shrine.
Chapter 8 Past, Again?
Usakoi"I wasn't," said Amy, a little startled.
"Serena and Darien caught up with us and called us inside the dance hall," Taiki informed the two lovebirds.
"We'll be in in a few. Thanks," Greg responded.
Taiki strolled back to the hall where Greg and Amy could see Serena and Darien waiting there rather impatiently. Amy grinned as she looked at the sparkling ring on her finger. She just couldn't stop looking at it.
"Shall we go, my princess?" he smiled, offering his arm.
Amy nodded, took his arm, and let him lead her to the dance hall.
The room was filled with bubbles circling the air and Amy was taken by the ballroom music that was playing. This all seemed so familiar to her. She closed her eyes as Greg began to dance with her. She could feel the bubbles swimming around her and she felt warm against Greg. The music ended and she heard applause. Her eyes popped open.
"I never hear applause after music at a dance," she thought.
She looked around. The people around her had changed. Come to think of it, the whole room had changed. Instead of a miniature hall, there were giant walls and ceilings held up by large marble pillars. The people around her were in ball gowns with little masks on. She looked at herself. Her clothing was now a wondrous blue sleek silk gown. She had a choker around her neck that sprung two strands of ribbon that flowed to the bottom of her dress. She felt that there were pins in her hair and she could smell lilies.
"Greg?" she thought. "Where is he?"
She looked around the crowd of people. With relief, she noticed a very playful young face in the crowd. Serena was dancing not to far away from her with who looked like Prince Darien.
"Serena!" she cried, racing towards her. "Am I glad to see you!"
"Who are you talking about, Ami?" responded the non-Serena.
"Ami? My name is Amy. Stop goofing around."
"No, you stop goofing around Ami. You're scaring your princess."
Amy was shocked. Why was she calling her Ami? And why wouldn't she answer to Serena?
"Who are you then?" Amy asked.
"I'm Usagi. Are you feeling okay, Ami?"
"I'm okay I guess. I think the dancing is getting to me. I think I'll go lay down," Amy sighed. "Um, do you know where my room is?"
IcePrincessUsagi threw her head back and started laughing.
"Amy? Are you all right?"
Greg's voice pulled Amy out of her flashback and returned her to the present. She opened her eyes and looked up at Greg.
"Are you okay?" he asked again.
"I think I just had a flashback to the moon, Greg." Amy whispered so the people around them wouldn't hear. "I'm fine now."
Amy and Greg had now reached the edge of the dance floor and were heading towards some seats when Serena came running up to them.
"You two looked so great out there together!" Serena said grabbing Amy's hand in excitement. "What happened to Taiki, Amy? I thought you were here with him."
"I came here with Taiki because he was nice enough to get the tickets to come here for Greg and myself," said Amy.
Serena had grabbed the hand on which Amy was wearing her ring. Amy was nervously trying to pull her hand out of Serena's before Serena noticed the ring.
"It's not that I'm not excited about being engaged to Greg," Amy reasoned to herself. "It's just that I don't want Serena to know right now, I want to tell all the girls at the same time."
Darien unknowingly came to Amy's rescue when he came up to where they were standing. Serena immediately dropped Amy's hand and replaced it with Darien's.
Usakoi"Darien, come dance with me!" she wined.
Darien's eyes rolled to the back of his head as he led Serena back to the dance floor.
Amy laughed and looked to Greg, who was not laughing.
"What's wrong?" she asked him.
MinaVGreg wasn't really all that sure how to answer Amy. He just felt really odd. He walked away in a daze and fell down on his face. Darien had been watching all this out of the corner of his eye. He ran over to Greg and lifted him off the ground. Greg was really out of it. His face looked so lifeless. Amy was crying in Serena's arms. IcePrincessDarien and Taiki carried Greg out to the limo and put him inside. Taiki told Serena to go with Amy in the limo and gave the driver instructions to follow Darien's car. Darien and Taiki got in the car and drove to the Cherry Hill Shrine.