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Boy Moon or First Mate 'M', {The First Mate formerly known as Moon..})
The ebony sky hung low to the ground as the five scouts hurriedly made their way through the dark forest. The night air had grown thick, making it hard to see against the darkness of the trees, but this was no ordinary forest, it was under the control of the dark moon. For centuries, it had been dead, slowly decaying and rotting away under the continual night sky, but now it had come to life, parting up ahead with every step that the scouts took forward. The silence of the forest was eerie, there were no sounds, no birds, no animals, not even the flutter of the wings of a bat. They must have been about half way through the forest, when Venus suddenly stopped.
"Owww," Venus cried out. A black stick had jabbed into her leg, impaling itself slightly.
"Hold on," Mercury said, kneeling down to tend to Venus's leg. "Mars, can I have some light over here please."
"Ouch!" Venus cried as Mercury yanked out the stick. "Take it easy," She said, nursing her bleeding leg.
"This isn't right," Mercury observed, taking a good look at the stick that she had just removed. "Things can not grow without light. Yet, this twig looks clearly alive. See, inside of it." Mercury held up the stick to let the other scouts see. The twig had an intricate system of green veins running throughout the centre of it, yet the outside was dead and burnt, like it was made out of charcoal.
"But they're not alive, are they?" Venus said, snatching the stick off Mercury.
"How do explain that then." Lita said, pointing behind them. Suddenly, the path behind them started to grow over where they had only just walked. The tree's started tangling and entwining together, sowing up any possible escape. There was no going back for them now, even if they wanted to.
"I'm getting some major bad vibes out of this forest," Mars said, her flame flickering in front of her face.
"Come on guys," Serena said, quickening her steps, "We need to hurry!" Their boots sounded like horseshoes on the path as they all started jogging.
"Wait," Venus said, "What was that?" She put a hand up to her head and wiped away a droplet of water. Mars's flame started to flicker wildly, as though it had just awoken.
"Don't tell me that they have rain under ground?" Jupiter said. Sure enough, water started dropping down from the sky. "Do you scouts smell that?" She asked, sniffing her fingers. "I don't think that this rain is water!"
Mercury studied one of the drops of water on her arms. "It's black," She brought her arm up to her nose, sniffed it, and then suddenly shouted. "Mercury Aqua Rhapsody!" and doused out Mars's fire.
"Good one, Mercury!" Mars said sarcastically. "What in the world did you do that for?" She asked, searching wildly through the blackness for her companions. "Without the flame the we are stuck in the dark!"
"If we kept that burning any long," Amy argued through the darkness, "We would have been burnt to a crisp, along with the rest of the forest." She walked over to the direction that Mars was standing in. "Don't you smell that?" She asked, her eyes straining against the blackness. "Oil," She said, "I think that it's raining oil!"
"Well," said Mars, feeling a little sheepish, "How are we going to get through the forest now? I can't even see my own nose?"
"Serena," A male came voice from out of the blackness. "Serena, please help me!"
"Where are you?" Serena asked into the dark.
"Where is who?" Mars said, wondering whom Serena was talking to.
"Don't you hear that?" She asked, "Some one is calling out for me, calling out for help." The blackness was constricting and Serena couldn't see a single thing, let alone the blank looks that would have been on the other scout's faces. "Silver crystal," She said to her locket. "Light my way." Sure enough, the silver crystal that she was wearing started glowing, chasing away the blackness and soaking everyone's face with light.
"Serena, I need your help."
"There it was again!" Serena said, her ears desperately straining, trying to figure out where the voice was coming from.
"Sailor Moon," Jupiter said. "I don't hear anything. I think that maybe the bump you had earlier has started to make you hear things."
"No," Serena said, determined not to listen to anyone. "I know what I heard. It's this way," She said, pointing into the dark forest. "I have to help!" She said, weaving in and out of the trees, running further into the woods.
"Serena, No!" The scouts screamed, but it was too late. They were left in the dark and Serena was long gone, her light swallowed up by the never- ending darkness.
A.N. Once again, 'Thankyou' to all the people that have reviewed my work. It is a lovely feeling (. Merry Christmas to all, and to all a goodnight!
The ebony sky hung low to the ground as the five scouts hurriedly made their way through the dark forest. The night air had grown thick, making it hard to see against the darkness of the trees, but this was no ordinary forest, it was under the control of the dark moon. For centuries, it had been dead, slowly decaying and rotting away under the continual night sky, but now it had come to life, parting up ahead with every step that the scouts took forward. The silence of the forest was eerie, there were no sounds, no birds, no animals, not even the flutter of the wings of a bat. They must have been about half way through the forest, when Venus suddenly stopped.
"Owww," Venus cried out. A black stick had jabbed into her leg, impaling itself slightly.
"Hold on," Mercury said, kneeling down to tend to Venus's leg. "Mars, can I have some light over here please."
"Ouch!" Venus cried as Mercury yanked out the stick. "Take it easy," She said, nursing her bleeding leg.
"This isn't right," Mercury observed, taking a good look at the stick that she had just removed. "Things can not grow without light. Yet, this twig looks clearly alive. See, inside of it." Mercury held up the stick to let the other scouts see. The twig had an intricate system of green veins running throughout the centre of it, yet the outside was dead and burnt, like it was made out of charcoal.
"But they're not alive, are they?" Venus said, snatching the stick off Mercury.
"How do explain that then." Lita said, pointing behind them. Suddenly, the path behind them started to grow over where they had only just walked. The tree's started tangling and entwining together, sowing up any possible escape. There was no going back for them now, even if they wanted to.
"I'm getting some major bad vibes out of this forest," Mars said, her flame flickering in front of her face.
"Come on guys," Serena said, quickening her steps, "We need to hurry!" Their boots sounded like horseshoes on the path as they all started jogging.
"Wait," Venus said, "What was that?" She put a hand up to her head and wiped away a droplet of water. Mars's flame started to flicker wildly, as though it had just awoken.
"Don't tell me that they have rain under ground?" Jupiter said. Sure enough, water started dropping down from the sky. "Do you scouts smell that?" She asked, sniffing her fingers. "I don't think that this rain is water!"
Mercury studied one of the drops of water on her arms. "It's black," She brought her arm up to her nose, sniffed it, and then suddenly shouted. "Mercury Aqua Rhapsody!" and doused out Mars's fire.
"Good one, Mercury!" Mars said sarcastically. "What in the world did you do that for?" She asked, searching wildly through the blackness for her companions. "Without the flame the we are stuck in the dark!"
"If we kept that burning any long," Amy argued through the darkness, "We would have been burnt to a crisp, along with the rest of the forest." She walked over to the direction that Mars was standing in. "Don't you smell that?" She asked, her eyes straining against the blackness. "Oil," She said, "I think that it's raining oil!"
"Well," said Mars, feeling a little sheepish, "How are we going to get through the forest now? I can't even see my own nose?"
"Serena," A male came voice from out of the blackness. "Serena, please help me!"
"Where are you?" Serena asked into the dark.
"Where is who?" Mars said, wondering whom Serena was talking to.
"Don't you hear that?" She asked, "Some one is calling out for me, calling out for help." The blackness was constricting and Serena couldn't see a single thing, let alone the blank looks that would have been on the other scout's faces. "Silver crystal," She said to her locket. "Light my way." Sure enough, the silver crystal that she was wearing started glowing, chasing away the blackness and soaking everyone's face with light.
"Serena, I need your help."
"There it was again!" Serena said, her ears desperately straining, trying to figure out where the voice was coming from.
"Sailor Moon," Jupiter said. "I don't hear anything. I think that maybe the bump you had earlier has started to make you hear things."
"No," Serena said, determined not to listen to anyone. "I know what I heard. It's this way," She said, pointing into the dark forest. "I have to help!" She said, weaving in and out of the trees, running further into the woods.
"Serena, No!" The scouts screamed, but it was too late. They were left in the dark and Serena was long gone, her light swallowed up by the never- ending darkness.
A.N. Once again, 'Thankyou' to all the people that have reviewed my work. It is a lovely feeling (. Merry Christmas to all, and to all a goodnight!