Dream Time
Ch. 2
Usagi stood in the old heart of Tokyo where the final battle with Galaxia had been fought almost 10 years ago, the site was still vacant while the Emperor considered how best to utilize the former battle field. She was unsure at first of what she was seeing, one moment she could clearly see the crystal palace and the next she would see a dark and desolate wasteland which was devoid of all life. What she saw next was to haunt her mind for years to come, the sight of 2 great beings battling each other to posses this site. One was a being of cruel darkness with the power to enslave all living things to her will, the other was a vision of light, radiating a wave of love and compassion for all things. The two immense beings fought bitterly against each other, being equally matched in strength there seemed no way for either to prevail without destroying the world around them. Suddenly, the dark power struck a devastating blow to her opponent, and the darkness overcame the light and plunged the world into chaos and darkness.
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Mamoru awoke with a sudden jolt as Usagi's screams echoed through out their home. Usagi was sitting up, her eyes fixed on some far off scene and her lungs venting a horrible, numbing scream. Mamoru grabbed Usagi and tried to bring her back from the hell she was viewing, desperately trying to reach the woman he loved more than life itself. Finally, the vision of dread passed and Usagi collapsed into Mamoru's arms sobbing from the terror of her dream. The next day, Usagi called the others together at the Hino Shrine and told them of her terrible dream the night before. Each of her fellow Senshi first considered her words, then each in turn, gave their feelings on what they felt was the message in the dream. Usagi found no comfort in any of the comments from her friends; she still held a feeling of impending doom, which she could not escape. As the group sat around the table talking of the many ideas they were working on, an old feeling began to fill their minds, the feeling of the time portal about to open once again.
All eyes were focused on the back wall of Rei's bedroom, silvery lines were crawling across the window, forming the outline of the time portals door. Within a few moments, the door began to swing open, revealing a dark void on the other side, next a vaporous figure passed through the portal and finally solidified once again on the mortal plane. Everyone was overjoyed to see Sailor Pluto once again standing in front of them, memories of the times they had shared, filled their minds. Pluto bowed slightly to everyone, then crossed over to stand before Usagi. Sailor Pluto dropped down to one knee and bowed her head in utmost respect to her future queen. Usagi returned her bow with and approving nod and asked her to relax and tell them all of what she had been doing for the past 10 years. Sailor Pluto then sat down next to Usagi and joined the other Senshi in their deliberations. "I have found some information about the new enemy which you all need to hear", Pluto told her old friends. "Yesterday, in Greece, there was an explosion at a University research center, some experimental component reacted violently in a test an sent out an energy pulse which caused a dimensional rift to open between our world and another space". "This accident opened a pathway which has allowed an ancient demon, sealed away by Zeus, to once again gain access to our world". "Although this demon is not yet capable of taking a physical form, she is now exerting all her power to enthrall all the followers she will need in order to fully open the door and allow her to finally gain a physical body in this world, which she longs to dominate as her own realm". With this news delivered from Pluto, Usagi suddenly was overcome with her vision once again and collapsed to the floor. After an hour, Usagi finally came out of her state and was able to rejoin everyone to discuss the threat posed by this monster. While Usagi had rested, Mamoru had arrived and confirmed that an accident had occurred at a research facility and although they knew nothing of the damage it had done, had just shrugged it off as nothing more than the usual screw up. Ami asked if the project was related to the work he was doing in fusion energy reactors and he confirmed that it was indeed a part of his project. In fact, the component that caused the accident had been designed and built by Mamoru himself. This of course left him feeling very upset that his research had caused this terrible incident to occur. Usagi saw the pain and grief on her husbands face and wrapped her arms lovingly around him, to comfort him and help him accept the facts.
Sailor Pluto then stood up and addressed Usagi directly. "You must now go to the future site of the Crystal Palace, there you will discharge the Silver Crystal, a portion of the crystal will be implanted at the site and the palace will begin to grow". "There is no time to waste, if the Crystal Palace is not able to grow enough, then the site will be vulnerable to the attack of this demon and the fate of the world will hang in the balance"! The dread of the vision once again washed over Usagi's mind, but at least now she was able to handle the feelings that it invoked and was able to do what needed to be done without hesitation.
As they all arrived at the site of the last battle with Galaxia, the girls were greeted by yet another wonderful surprise; Sailors Uranus, Neptune and Saturn were all standing in the clearing awaiting the arrival of their princess. Eternal Sailor Moon stood at the epicenter of the future palace while the other Senshi formed a ring around their princess. Princess Serenity raised the Silver Crystal above her head and called on its power to release a shard into this site. All the other Senshi focused their powers into one and sent them streaming into Usagi, to help energize the crystal and protect their princess in the moments ahead. Once the energy had built up to the proper level, the Silver Crystal fired a sliver into the ground and almost immediately started to grow. Suddenly they were overcome with a powerful blast of demonic energy, as they all heard a voice echo in their mind, "At last the site has been revealed to me"! After they had shook off the effects of the energy wave, they all realized that this was where the demon would come to enter this world, and they set off to make preparations of their own for the coming nightmare.
Usagi stood in the old heart of Tokyo where the final battle with Galaxia had been fought almost 10 years ago, the site was still vacant while the Emperor considered how best to utilize the former battle field. She was unsure at first of what she was seeing, one moment she could clearly see the crystal palace and the next she would see a dark and desolate wasteland which was devoid of all life. What she saw next was to haunt her mind for years to come, the sight of 2 great beings battling each other to posses this site. One was a being of cruel darkness with the power to enslave all living things to her will, the other was a vision of light, radiating a wave of love and compassion for all things. The two immense beings fought bitterly against each other, being equally matched in strength there seemed no way for either to prevail without destroying the world around them. Suddenly, the dark power struck a devastating blow to her opponent, and the darkness overcame the light and plunged the world into chaos and darkness.
..
Mamoru awoke with a sudden jolt as Usagi's screams echoed through out their home. Usagi was sitting up, her eyes fixed on some far off scene and her lungs venting a horrible, numbing scream. Mamoru grabbed Usagi and tried to bring her back from the hell she was viewing, desperately trying to reach the woman he loved more than life itself. Finally, the vision of dread passed and Usagi collapsed into Mamoru's arms sobbing from the terror of her dream. The next day, Usagi called the others together at the Hino Shrine and told them of her terrible dream the night before. Each of her fellow Senshi first considered her words, then each in turn, gave their feelings on what they felt was the message in the dream. Usagi found no comfort in any of the comments from her friends; she still held a feeling of impending doom, which she could not escape. As the group sat around the table talking of the many ideas they were working on, an old feeling began to fill their minds, the feeling of the time portal about to open once again.
All eyes were focused on the back wall of Rei's bedroom, silvery lines were crawling across the window, forming the outline of the time portals door. Within a few moments, the door began to swing open, revealing a dark void on the other side, next a vaporous figure passed through the portal and finally solidified once again on the mortal plane. Everyone was overjoyed to see Sailor Pluto once again standing in front of them, memories of the times they had shared, filled their minds. Pluto bowed slightly to everyone, then crossed over to stand before Usagi. Sailor Pluto dropped down to one knee and bowed her head in utmost respect to her future queen. Usagi returned her bow with and approving nod and asked her to relax and tell them all of what she had been doing for the past 10 years. Sailor Pluto then sat down next to Usagi and joined the other Senshi in their deliberations. "I have found some information about the new enemy which you all need to hear", Pluto told her old friends. "Yesterday, in Greece, there was an explosion at a University research center, some experimental component reacted violently in a test an sent out an energy pulse which caused a dimensional rift to open between our world and another space". "This accident opened a pathway which has allowed an ancient demon, sealed away by Zeus, to once again gain access to our world". "Although this demon is not yet capable of taking a physical form, she is now exerting all her power to enthrall all the followers she will need in order to fully open the door and allow her to finally gain a physical body in this world, which she longs to dominate as her own realm". With this news delivered from Pluto, Usagi suddenly was overcome with her vision once again and collapsed to the floor. After an hour, Usagi finally came out of her state and was able to rejoin everyone to discuss the threat posed by this monster. While Usagi had rested, Mamoru had arrived and confirmed that an accident had occurred at a research facility and although they knew nothing of the damage it had done, had just shrugged it off as nothing more than the usual screw up. Ami asked if the project was related to the work he was doing in fusion energy reactors and he confirmed that it was indeed a part of his project. In fact, the component that caused the accident had been designed and built by Mamoru himself. This of course left him feeling very upset that his research had caused this terrible incident to occur. Usagi saw the pain and grief on her husbands face and wrapped her arms lovingly around him, to comfort him and help him accept the facts.
Sailor Pluto then stood up and addressed Usagi directly. "You must now go to the future site of the Crystal Palace, there you will discharge the Silver Crystal, a portion of the crystal will be implanted at the site and the palace will begin to grow". "There is no time to waste, if the Crystal Palace is not able to grow enough, then the site will be vulnerable to the attack of this demon and the fate of the world will hang in the balance"! The dread of the vision once again washed over Usagi's mind, but at least now she was able to handle the feelings that it invoked and was able to do what needed to be done without hesitation.
As they all arrived at the site of the last battle with Galaxia, the girls were greeted by yet another wonderful surprise; Sailors Uranus, Neptune and Saturn were all standing in the clearing awaiting the arrival of their princess. Eternal Sailor Moon stood at the epicenter of the future palace while the other Senshi formed a ring around their princess. Princess Serenity raised the Silver Crystal above her head and called on its power to release a shard into this site. All the other Senshi focused their powers into one and sent them streaming into Usagi, to help energize the crystal and protect their princess in the moments ahead. Once the energy had built up to the proper level, the Silver Crystal fired a sliver into the ground and almost immediately started to grow. Suddenly they were overcome with a powerful blast of demonic energy, as they all heard a voice echo in their mind, "At last the site has been revealed to me"! After they had shook off the effects of the energy wave, they all realized that this was where the demon would come to enter this world, and they set off to make preparations of their own for the coming nightmare.