A.N: JadesRose, cecilia, serenity's rose, ashley (sunstardp) and MoonWonderer. You guys are all legends! Thankyou!

Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon, nor any of the scouts. However, Daymon is mine. *She throws her head back with an evil laugh* He doesn't want to be, but he is.





Time had stopped. The eight ghostly scouts stood together, each could clearly see their death, slowly unfolding before them. Their eyes glistened; each of them was thinking the same thing. 'No, this can't be the end? Please, it just can't be!' They were all on their last legs. In fact, just getting into the castle had tired them beyond comprehension. Still, they stood strong, none of them would ever show him any surrender. They would rather die in battle, instead live in defeat. They were not going to fade out into the darkness of the night, they would stand and fight, until their last breath. Even if that last breath, was now.

The second passed slowly. The scouts started to notice the little things in the room. The broken shards of glass on the floor, the scorch marks on the wall, they even noticed the blood stains on the floor, things that they had no time to pay attention to before. Now, it seamed like they had all the time in the world.

Another second ticked by. Daymon moved in slow motion. His stolen powers danced in his hands, he was playing with them like a slinky, shuffling his powers from one hand to the next. His eyes danced with an eerie blue fire, passion raged in his blood.

Another second went by. "Rahhh!" He yelled as he threw the powers at the scouts.

"No!" Serena cried as she snapped out of her daze. She could see the terror and sorrow on her friends' faces. Quick as a lightening bolt, she jumped up and raced over to the scouts.

"Sailor Moon! No!" Mars shouted, as she watched her princess jump in front of them, colliding directly with all of the energy. A huge white flash filled the room.

One heartbeat.

"Sailor Moon!" Mars cried and ran towards the intense light.

Two heartbeats.

Sailor Mercury and Venus both collapsed to the ground, gold and blue tears running down their ghostly cheeks.

Three heartbeats.

The light faded. The scouts looked on in horror, their eyes adjusting to the sudden darkness.

"Sailor Moon!" Sailor Mars said, cradling her friend's head in her arms. "Sailor Moon! Please, speak to me."

The other scouts ran over to Sailor Moon, each of their eyes as misty as the bottom of a waterfall.

"Sailor Moon. Please be okay!" Mars cried. She looked down at her friend. Serena's heart appeared to be glowing, at first Mars didn't notice the light. It had started out small, but now it was growing brighter and brighter with every second that passed. A tear ran down from Mars's cheek and splashed onto Serena's forehead.

"Scouts?" Serena asked, slowly opening her eyes. "Scouts, is everybody alright?" She sat up steadily, ignoring the throbbing pain in her joints.

Mercury knelt down next to her. "I can't believe that you are okay!" She said and hugged her friend so hard she almost choked her.

"I am glad you are all okay as well." She smiled sweetly.

"Well, Isn't that just touching!" A patronising voice came from behind them. Shakily, Serena rose to her feet.

"I can't believe it." Venus said, shocked that Daymon was able to speak. "You, You can talk! Why didn't you say anything before?"

Daymon raised an eyebrow. He obviously didn't care to talk to the scouts, only to their leader.

Serena turned around to face him.

"Ah, Sailor Moon." Daymon said. "I have heard so much about you." His voice was soft and seductive, a real smooth criminal. "Back in my world, you are all they talk about." He bowed slightly, showing a slight amount of respect for the white moon princess.

"Who are you?" She asked.

He smiled slyly. "Allow me to introduce myself. I am the Spirit of the Dark Moon."

"The spirit?" Mars asked, standing next to her princess, ready to protect her.

"Yes," He answered with his velvet voice. "I am the thing that corrupts people souls. I am the darkness that lurks in the shadows. I am what evil fears. I am the Spirit of all things wicked."

"Alright!" Serena rolled her eyes, not at all impressed by how evil he was. "We get it, you're bad. Can we move on now?"

"Silence!" He yelled, his smooth voice disappeared and was replaced by a bellow. The walls around the scouts caught on fire, Serena had obviously pushed his buttons. "I have much respect for you, Sailor Moon, maybe you should show a little for me!"

All of a sudden, all of the Sailor Scouts (excluding Serena) dropped down to the floor. Something was pushing them into the ground, as though something was on their shoulders. The floor below them started melting; each of them was getting buried in the diamonds below.

"Stop that!" Serena yelled at him, she grabbed onto Mars's arm and tried to pull her free.

"No, Sailor Moon. This is between you, and me!" He yelled back at her. "There is only one way to save them and your world, and that is by defeating me."

"Lets do it!" She spat at him. "Prepare to be Moon Dusted."

"If you do that," He smiled wickedly. "Then your precious Daymon will be destroyed forever."

Serena gasped. 'He is right!' She thought to herself. 'I can't hurt him.' She was still confused about her feelings towards both Daymon and Darien. They both had a place in her heart, and choosing between either of them would break her into two. Whatever her feelings were, she knew that she could not hurt Daymon, no matter what the cost. Just then, an idea jumped into her head. "Fine!" She said, full of confidence. "If I can't hurt you, I will have to help you." ' She took her locket off her chest and opened it.

"Moon Cosmic Healing!"

The silver crystal started to glow. An intense light surrounded her as she pointed the crystal directly at him. The light surrounded the Dark Moon spirit, encasing him in a beam of pure white energy. He dropped to his knees and started screaming.

"This is for Daymon!" She said, the light intensifying. "And this, is for Darien!" The light grew stronger again. "This is for my friends!" The pure light beamed stronger then ever, lighting up the entire room. "And this," She said, passion coursing through her blood. "This one, is for me!" The light grew blinding. Serena's crystal had never had this much power before. She was growing weak, using up all of her energy, but she knew that she had to do this. She believed in the power of the silver crystal.

"Dark Moon Black Energy!" Came a voice screaming out of the blinding light. Suddenly, Serena's crystal shattered in her hands. Tiny fragments of the jewel imbedded in her skin, leaving luscious red blood to roll down her wrists and splash onto the sparkling floor. Her pure light was gone. She looked up at him with hated shooting from her eyes, but fear was now rooting itself in her brain.

"Is that the best you can do?" He taunted her.

She ran up to him, ready to strike him with her bare, bloodied hands, but he caught her by the neck and lifted her high off the ground.

"Let go of me!" She screeched, her arms and legs connecting with the air.

"No!" He laughed. "You had your fun, now I am going to have mine!"

"Sailor Moon!" Jupiter cried. The floor below them returned to normal, they were no longer stuck, but for some strange reason they were unable to move.

Daymon closed his eyes, black energy started to circle his body. It poured out of his skin, out of his nostrils. He opened up his eyes. Their eerie blue had disappeared and had now been replaced with complete blackness. "Dark Moon Spirit Devour!" He yelled, the dark energy stopped swirling around him and gathered itself up into a ball. He let go of his grip on Serena, and like a ton of bricks, she dropped to the ground.

"You are going to be in big trouble now!" She spat, lifting herself up off the floor.

"Guess again girlie!" He bellowed. "Prepare to meet your end!" He said, and shot the ball of pure black energy straight towards Serena.



A.N. As usual, I hope that you have enjoyed this chapter. Thankyou for reading, and don't be afraid to review. It makes me so happy. :-p

Peace to all.

xxx Destiny xxx