A.N. Once again, thankyou for reviewing my work. You have made me as happy
as.. Umm. As happy as Serena with junk food? Thanks. xxx Destiny xxx
Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon, but it would be a nice Christmas present (* hint, hint*).
Serena's eyes delicately opened, only to find a fretful Raye hunched over her, ready to administer C.P.R.
"Get off me Raye!" Serena yelled, sitting up on the hard elevator floor.
"Fine!" Raye grumbled, "That is the last time that I try to help you!"
"Are you alright?" Amy asked, placing a hand on Serena's forehead to check her temperature. "Maybe you should go back up to your room and lie down, you don't look well."
"No," Serena said, standing up confidently, her legs shaking a little. "I need to do this," She searched herself madly for her locket, tiny tears starting to form behind her ocean blue eyes when she couldn't find it.
"Are you looking for this?" Mina asked, holding up Serena's locket. "When you disappeared, we found this in your room." Suddenly, Serena dropped back down to the ground and started bawling her eyes out.
"My power," She cried, tears of happiness rolling down her cheeks. "Thank goodness!"
"Serena," Lita said, crouching down on the floor next to her, "Serena, what happened? Where did you go?"
"I don't know," Serena said between crying breaths, "The future, I think, both times."
"The Future?" Amy asked, "What was it like?"
"Awful, and beautiful." Silver tears drizzled down her cheeks, like rain drops trickling down a window.
"What happened?" Lita asked, pulling a tissue out of her pocket and offering it to Serena. "What was so bad, and good?"
Serena drew in a deep breath and then hesitated, "Nothing, don't worry about it." She wiped away her tears and looked deeply into Lita's eyes. "It's the present that we need to worry about." She took the locket from Mina, "Come on, girls." She said, her voice still hoarse from crying, "We need to transform. Then we will be able to beat these things." She held her locket up to the ceiling of the elevator. "Moon Crystal Power!" She said, the last of her silver tears disappearing as she transformed.
"Mercury Crystal Power."
"Mars Crystal Power."
"Venus Crystal Power."
"Jupiter Crystal Power."
They all said together and the elevator was awash with a rainbow of colours.
"Lets do this." Sailor Moon said, opening the elevator doors.
"Were are we?" Mercury gasped, trying to see through the pitch black.
"Here, let me help," Mars said, picking up a thick piece of wood. "Mars fire ignite!" She said as fire engulfed the head of the stick.
"That's better," Jupiter said. Ahead of them laid a dark forest, it was overgrown with trees that had died while tangling about each other. Their black trunks blended into the earth and the sky, as though all three had caught on fire and had burnt and melted everything together.
"This place smells wrong." Venus said, drawing in a big breath of the air, "It smells like." She thought a moment, searching for the right word.
"Death," Serena whispered, walking towards the darkness of the tree line. Dark shadows danced around her.
"Was this here in the future?" Mercury asked, placing a kind hand on Serena's shoulder.
"No," She answered. "This was all old buildings, they were tall and dark, with an old cobblestone path winding throughout them." Serena turned and looked at the girls. "It still smells the same though, it still reeks of Death."
"Still," Jupiter said staring at the tangled trees, "How are we going to get through that? Unless you want Mars to burn it down?"
"No," Serena said, "You won't need to." She casually walked up to the tree line. Like magic, the tree's came alive and started twisting about each other. Slowly, they danced their Waltz of Death, before parting down the middle, revealing a black cobblestone path. Hesitantly, Serena took a step forward onto the footpath.
"Serena," Venus started, "We're not really going to go down there are we?"
"If we want to save Darien, we do."
"Darien is in trouble?" Mars asked, her eyes widening. "He can't be, we just talked to him this morning."
"It's a long story and we don't have the time," Serena answered, she was still confused herself about what really happened to Darien, let alone if he was still alive. "Are you guys with me?" She asked, looking at them all with her big blue eyes.
"Uh huh!" They all answered in unison and made their way into the dark forest, none of them knowing what danger lay ahead of them.
Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon, but it would be a nice Christmas present (* hint, hint*).
Serena's eyes delicately opened, only to find a fretful Raye hunched over her, ready to administer C.P.R.
"Get off me Raye!" Serena yelled, sitting up on the hard elevator floor.
"Fine!" Raye grumbled, "That is the last time that I try to help you!"
"Are you alright?" Amy asked, placing a hand on Serena's forehead to check her temperature. "Maybe you should go back up to your room and lie down, you don't look well."
"No," Serena said, standing up confidently, her legs shaking a little. "I need to do this," She searched herself madly for her locket, tiny tears starting to form behind her ocean blue eyes when she couldn't find it.
"Are you looking for this?" Mina asked, holding up Serena's locket. "When you disappeared, we found this in your room." Suddenly, Serena dropped back down to the ground and started bawling her eyes out.
"My power," She cried, tears of happiness rolling down her cheeks. "Thank goodness!"
"Serena," Lita said, crouching down on the floor next to her, "Serena, what happened? Where did you go?"
"I don't know," Serena said between crying breaths, "The future, I think, both times."
"The Future?" Amy asked, "What was it like?"
"Awful, and beautiful." Silver tears drizzled down her cheeks, like rain drops trickling down a window.
"What happened?" Lita asked, pulling a tissue out of her pocket and offering it to Serena. "What was so bad, and good?"
Serena drew in a deep breath and then hesitated, "Nothing, don't worry about it." She wiped away her tears and looked deeply into Lita's eyes. "It's the present that we need to worry about." She took the locket from Mina, "Come on, girls." She said, her voice still hoarse from crying, "We need to transform. Then we will be able to beat these things." She held her locket up to the ceiling of the elevator. "Moon Crystal Power!" She said, the last of her silver tears disappearing as she transformed.
"Mercury Crystal Power."
"Mars Crystal Power."
"Venus Crystal Power."
"Jupiter Crystal Power."
They all said together and the elevator was awash with a rainbow of colours.
"Lets do this." Sailor Moon said, opening the elevator doors.
"Were are we?" Mercury gasped, trying to see through the pitch black.
"Here, let me help," Mars said, picking up a thick piece of wood. "Mars fire ignite!" She said as fire engulfed the head of the stick.
"That's better," Jupiter said. Ahead of them laid a dark forest, it was overgrown with trees that had died while tangling about each other. Their black trunks blended into the earth and the sky, as though all three had caught on fire and had burnt and melted everything together.
"This place smells wrong." Venus said, drawing in a big breath of the air, "It smells like." She thought a moment, searching for the right word.
"Death," Serena whispered, walking towards the darkness of the tree line. Dark shadows danced around her.
"Was this here in the future?" Mercury asked, placing a kind hand on Serena's shoulder.
"No," She answered. "This was all old buildings, they were tall and dark, with an old cobblestone path winding throughout them." Serena turned and looked at the girls. "It still smells the same though, it still reeks of Death."
"Still," Jupiter said staring at the tangled trees, "How are we going to get through that? Unless you want Mars to burn it down?"
"No," Serena said, "You won't need to." She casually walked up to the tree line. Like magic, the tree's came alive and started twisting about each other. Slowly, they danced their Waltz of Death, before parting down the middle, revealing a black cobblestone path. Hesitantly, Serena took a step forward onto the footpath.
"Serena," Venus started, "We're not really going to go down there are we?"
"If we want to save Darien, we do."
"Darien is in trouble?" Mars asked, her eyes widening. "He can't be, we just talked to him this morning."
"It's a long story and we don't have the time," Serena answered, she was still confused herself about what really happened to Darien, let alone if he was still alive. "Are you guys with me?" She asked, looking at them all with her big blue eyes.
"Uh huh!" They all answered in unison and made their way into the dark forest, none of them knowing what danger lay ahead of them.