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The ancient castle was as black inside as the night sky was outside, and only the light around was the radiance from Serena's Silver Crystal. Her light broke through the shadows, leaving the faint silver glow to fall upon the scout Scouts faces. 'It is too dark to see anything!' Serena complained inside her head. She closed her eyes and visualised her silver crystal. 'Please, work.' She begged the crystal, wanting it to glow brighter. Immediately, the corridor lit up enough for the five tired scouts to see where they were, although, now that they could see it, they wish that they hadn't. Paintings of people dying or being tortured hung from the charcoal walls. There were red bloodstains on the jet-black carpet. From the ceiling hung chains and nooses, there was even an iron cage that had tatters of fabric hanging from it. Tapestries of Dark Moons and Dark Worlds hung from the walls, stuffed animals that had been taxidermied took up what space that was left on the floor. The types of animals that would exist only in your worst nightmare. 'Just the usual stuff.' Serena thought to herself, beginning to worry herself for remaining so calm and emotionless.
But it wasn't the paintings on the walls that made the room awful, nor was it the howling of the wind that echoed through the ceilings high above their heads. It was the foul stench that covered everything. There was the familiar smell, which was a mixture of dampness and mould. It floated about in the air, but Serena was use to that smell now. It was the other smell in the corridor that was so unsettling. It was the rancid smell of decay, the same smell that clings to the bodies of dead animals, the smell of spoilt milk and rotting flesh. The smell that makes your head spin and your eyes water, the smell that makes you want to vomit with every breath that you breathe. The kind of smell that makes you want to stop breathing all together. Serena looked over at her friends, they also appeared to be disgusted, chocking with every breath that they inhaled.
"Any place that smells this bad can't be good." Jupiter said, looking around for the source of the stench.
"You're right!" Mars nodded "Lets just do this and then get out." Her face wrinkled, "Before I throw up!"
"Sailor Moon, are you ever going to tell us what's going on?" Venus asked, walking up to her friend who didn't seamed as disgusted as she should be.
She looked at them all carefully and sighed. "My dearest friends," She began. "I would tell you everything, I promise, but I don't know things myself." Deep in her eyes her friends could tell she was in pain. The dark memories that she had in the future were flooding back to her. She drew in a deep breath and sighed again, "All I know, is that Darien is in trouble, and that he needs my help. Scouts," She asked them, her eyes turning misty with emotion. "Scouts, please help me. I can't do this alone."
"Of coarse we will help you." Jupiter said.
"Darien is our friend too." Mars added.
"Besides, we are here now, and there is no going back through that creepy forest. Anyway, my outfit is small enough without being completely disintegrated by more acid rain!" Venus blushed momentarily and smiled to herself. "So which way do we go?"
Serena turned around thinking careful about where she should lead them, all the scouts eyes were focused upon her. She closed her eyes and conjured up the memories of the castle in the future. "This way," she pointed down a long and dark corridor. "It has got to be this way." She said, as the five Sailor Scouts made their way into the darkness.
They were walking for a few minutes, before they reached a dead end. "I think that this is the end of the line." Mars said as they stopped in front of a dark wooden door.
The door itself was massive, like it was a door that was stolen from a giant's lair. Carved in the dark mahogany wood was a huge mural of a dark moon surrounded by stars. It was breathtaking to look at, as though it had been hand crafted by blind Tibetan monks that spent their entire life carving such a beautiful door. There was no handle on it though, its one fault. In fact, if there wasn't a join running down the centre of the mural, then it could easily be mistaken for a wall.
"Stand back," Jupiter said, a malicious sparkle forming in her emerald eyes. "I'll get us through this old piece of lumber."
"Jupiter!" Mars shouted, "What are you doing?"
"I'm going to knock it down."
Serena stood back, not wanting to say anything.
"Jupiter Thunder Crash!" She said, as Sailor Mars quickly ran away from the door and headed for cover.
"You lightning-maniac!" She called out from behind Sailor Mercury. A thick smoke filled through the air, leaving Jupiter with a large smile on her face, but the smile soon vanished after the smoke cleared.
"It's still here!" Mercury observed, shocked at the door still standing in one piece.
"I can't believe it!" Jupiter said, appalled that she hadn't even scratched the woodwork.
"Yeah, and you almost electrocuted me in the process!" Mars yelled at her.
"I don't see you doing anything!"
Serena sighed silently, 'Usually its me and Raye fighting.' She said to herself and got lost in her own thoughts.
"Mars Flame Sniper!" Mars said shooting a blazing arrow from her hand that was aimed directly at the door.
"Venus love and beauty shock!"
Mars and Venus hit the door one after the other, but again when the smoke cleared, the door was still perfectly preserved.
Mercury took out her computer and analysed the door. "It's not made from anything on this Earth, I think that it may be impenetrable." She said, examining every single inch of the door, "Sailor Moon, I think that this is as far as we can go. There is no way that we can get through this!"
Calmly, Serena glided gracefully up to the door, her blonde ponytails flowing behind her. Delicately, she raised her hand and knocked upon the dark woodwork. Like magic, the door parted down the middle and opened with a tiny creak, leaving the other four scouts to feel rather sheepish. Hesitantly, they all stepped forward through the doorway.
"Ah Sailor Moon," A familiar voice came from out of the darkness. "I have been expecting you."
A.N. Thankyou for reading everybody. I apologise if this chapter appears to be a little slow, the next instalment will be out soon. Thankyou to everybody who has reviewed my work so far. I would like to know what you all think, so please review or email me. Peace always. xxx Destiny xxx
The ancient castle was as black inside as the night sky was outside, and only the light around was the radiance from Serena's Silver Crystal. Her light broke through the shadows, leaving the faint silver glow to fall upon the scout Scouts faces. 'It is too dark to see anything!' Serena complained inside her head. She closed her eyes and visualised her silver crystal. 'Please, work.' She begged the crystal, wanting it to glow brighter. Immediately, the corridor lit up enough for the five tired scouts to see where they were, although, now that they could see it, they wish that they hadn't. Paintings of people dying or being tortured hung from the charcoal walls. There were red bloodstains on the jet-black carpet. From the ceiling hung chains and nooses, there was even an iron cage that had tatters of fabric hanging from it. Tapestries of Dark Moons and Dark Worlds hung from the walls, stuffed animals that had been taxidermied took up what space that was left on the floor. The types of animals that would exist only in your worst nightmare. 'Just the usual stuff.' Serena thought to herself, beginning to worry herself for remaining so calm and emotionless.
But it wasn't the paintings on the walls that made the room awful, nor was it the howling of the wind that echoed through the ceilings high above their heads. It was the foul stench that covered everything. There was the familiar smell, which was a mixture of dampness and mould. It floated about in the air, but Serena was use to that smell now. It was the other smell in the corridor that was so unsettling. It was the rancid smell of decay, the same smell that clings to the bodies of dead animals, the smell of spoilt milk and rotting flesh. The smell that makes your head spin and your eyes water, the smell that makes you want to vomit with every breath that you breathe. The kind of smell that makes you want to stop breathing all together. Serena looked over at her friends, they also appeared to be disgusted, chocking with every breath that they inhaled.
"Any place that smells this bad can't be good." Jupiter said, looking around for the source of the stench.
"You're right!" Mars nodded "Lets just do this and then get out." Her face wrinkled, "Before I throw up!"
"Sailor Moon, are you ever going to tell us what's going on?" Venus asked, walking up to her friend who didn't seamed as disgusted as she should be.
She looked at them all carefully and sighed. "My dearest friends," She began. "I would tell you everything, I promise, but I don't know things myself." Deep in her eyes her friends could tell she was in pain. The dark memories that she had in the future were flooding back to her. She drew in a deep breath and sighed again, "All I know, is that Darien is in trouble, and that he needs my help. Scouts," She asked them, her eyes turning misty with emotion. "Scouts, please help me. I can't do this alone."
"Of coarse we will help you." Jupiter said.
"Darien is our friend too." Mars added.
"Besides, we are here now, and there is no going back through that creepy forest. Anyway, my outfit is small enough without being completely disintegrated by more acid rain!" Venus blushed momentarily and smiled to herself. "So which way do we go?"
Serena turned around thinking careful about where she should lead them, all the scouts eyes were focused upon her. She closed her eyes and conjured up the memories of the castle in the future. "This way," she pointed down a long and dark corridor. "It has got to be this way." She said, as the five Sailor Scouts made their way into the darkness.
They were walking for a few minutes, before they reached a dead end. "I think that this is the end of the line." Mars said as they stopped in front of a dark wooden door.
The door itself was massive, like it was a door that was stolen from a giant's lair. Carved in the dark mahogany wood was a huge mural of a dark moon surrounded by stars. It was breathtaking to look at, as though it had been hand crafted by blind Tibetan monks that spent their entire life carving such a beautiful door. There was no handle on it though, its one fault. In fact, if there wasn't a join running down the centre of the mural, then it could easily be mistaken for a wall.
"Stand back," Jupiter said, a malicious sparkle forming in her emerald eyes. "I'll get us through this old piece of lumber."
"Jupiter!" Mars shouted, "What are you doing?"
"I'm going to knock it down."
Serena stood back, not wanting to say anything.
"Jupiter Thunder Crash!" She said, as Sailor Mars quickly ran away from the door and headed for cover.
"You lightning-maniac!" She called out from behind Sailor Mercury. A thick smoke filled through the air, leaving Jupiter with a large smile on her face, but the smile soon vanished after the smoke cleared.
"It's still here!" Mercury observed, shocked at the door still standing in one piece.
"I can't believe it!" Jupiter said, appalled that she hadn't even scratched the woodwork.
"Yeah, and you almost electrocuted me in the process!" Mars yelled at her.
"I don't see you doing anything!"
Serena sighed silently, 'Usually its me and Raye fighting.' She said to herself and got lost in her own thoughts.
"Mars Flame Sniper!" Mars said shooting a blazing arrow from her hand that was aimed directly at the door.
"Venus love and beauty shock!"
Mars and Venus hit the door one after the other, but again when the smoke cleared, the door was still perfectly preserved.
Mercury took out her computer and analysed the door. "It's not made from anything on this Earth, I think that it may be impenetrable." She said, examining every single inch of the door, "Sailor Moon, I think that this is as far as we can go. There is no way that we can get through this!"
Calmly, Serena glided gracefully up to the door, her blonde ponytails flowing behind her. Delicately, she raised her hand and knocked upon the dark woodwork. Like magic, the door parted down the middle and opened with a tiny creak, leaving the other four scouts to feel rather sheepish. Hesitantly, they all stepped forward through the doorway.
"Ah Sailor Moon," A familiar voice came from out of the darkness. "I have been expecting you."
A.N. Thankyou for reading everybody. I apologise if this chapter appears to be a little slow, the next instalment will be out soon. Thankyou to everybody who has reviewed my work so far. I would like to know what you all think, so please review or email me. Peace always. xxx Destiny xxx