Chapter 2: Of Psychics and Monsters
It was after school and the girls, minus Serena, were walking to Rei's. Serena would join them later.
"I can't believe Serena got detention again." Lita said, putting her hands on her hips.
"She really has got to stop being late for school." Amy said thoughtfully.
"For everything, you mean." Mina told them. She looked at the sky. Storm clouds had a rose, and the sky was dark gray. The girls watched the angry swirling masses of blackish cloud. Drops began to fall, and in a matter of seconds it began to pour down rain.
"Oh no!!" The girls shrieked and put their bags on their heads.
"We'd better get to Rei's fast!" Lita told them, and they all ran off for Rei's Shrine.
Meanwhile, at school Serena sat in a lonely classroom, doing her homework. I wish I was at the Arcade or even getting ice cream, she thought. Serena had begun to dream about hot fudge sundaes and choclate chip cookies when the door to the classroom opened and Lee backed in. Serena looked at him, startled that anyone was here that late. Lee grinned at her and wheeled a cart into the room. Serena studied the cart curiously. It was large with a white sheet was draped over it, covering the square object on top of it. It looked kind of like the a cage, and strange hissing noises where coming from it. Serena looked at him suspiciously.
"Just a little something for the teacher." He told her, picking up the square object. With a small grunt, he pushed it under the teacher's desk, hiding it from view. He studied it, and then smirked. "Perfect."
"Lee?" a voice called, and Ana peeked in. "What are you doing here?" She asked, curiously.
Serena jumped, going five feet up in the air, as did Lee who smiled nervously. "Hey, Illy, what are you doing?" He asked, looking innocent.
"I stayed after to help the substitute biology teacher feed the reptiles. Now, what are you doing here?" She asked suspiciously, eyeing the empty cart.
"Waiting for you." He said, approaching his sister.
"We'd better leave. Bye Serena, sorry if he was bothering you." As they walked out, Serena heard Ana ask Lee. "By the way, you haven't seen a monitor lizard, have you? It's gone from the biology room." Then the door banged closed. Serena twitched and listened afraid, to the thing under the desk hissing.
The girls saw Serena running toward them and opening the door to the shrine, they let the poor soaked girl in. Serena shook herself off like a dog. "Your early." Rei observed by the fire.
"I skipped half of detention." Serena told them. They all crowded around her, surprised. Serena never skipped detention, because she'd have to make it up.
"Why?" Amy asked, fretfully. "You know you'll just have to take it over again."
Serena sniffed sadly. "I was almost eaten."
"What?" The girls shrieked anxiously.
"Well, maybe not almost, but I could have been." Serena told them about her episode with Lee.
The girls looked at each other, uneasily.
Shouldn't we tell someone?" Amy asked, hesitating.
Lita snorted. "Not me. That teacher's mean to everyone. Besides, the thing was in a cage, right?" Another round of nervous looks went around the room.
"Well, we can't now. The doors are locked." Mina told them.
Rei got up from beside the fire. "So, tell me about these new people."
The girls told her all they knew, chattering. Rei hesitated. "I've been having nightmares."
The girls chattering stopped as a silence fell over the room.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Flashback~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rei woke up with a start. Another nightmare. She didn't know exactly what they were about. She had been having them for weeks now. Over and over again each night. In the nightmare, she was surrounded by darkness. Only the darkness seemed, well, almost alive. Like it was a being. And it was like she was there, but not there. As though she was only observing, that it had no real effect on her, except it did. There were people there too, three of them. They were floating in what looked like suspended animation in crystals. Studying the people she noticed two of them were sailor scouts. The smaller girl had long blonde hair with black streaks and looked younger than the other one. Her outfit was gold, yellow, and black. On her bow she wore a sun-shaped locket. Rei couldn't see her facial features. Rei only knew that she was the essence of light. She was on the side of good, Rei could tell. Yet there was a tinge of evil stuck to her. A small pinch off darkness, Rei couldn't define. It wasn't like the living darkness. It was different. Rei studied the other girl. She was tall, with a long dark blue braid. Her outfit had the colors of blue, grey and black. The brooch she wore was dark gray and circular. Rei couldn't see her facial features either. She, too, had a tinge of evil to her. Yet, it was different then the other girl's. More rooted and more like blood, then essence. The girl was basically good. Both girls, she noticed, had metal bracelets on. The 1st girl's were golden, the other's silver. The last person was male. He wore what looked like a modern green version of knight armor. A long emerald cape floated behind him and a long sword was sheaved at his belt. Suddenly, the golden girl began to glow, light spreading everywhere as her brooch opened. A golden crystal floated out. The glow, Rei noticed, was coming from her crystal. The live darkness seemed to flinch and back away, almost like the light hurt it. The glow shimmered, and the girl's eyes snapped open and the crystal encasing her shattered, and the dream ended with broken crystal and broken dreams.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~End of Flashback~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
There was complete silence. "You know, that darkness might be what's been causing the blackouts." Amy suggested, taking out her computer. Blackouts had been going on for weeks all over the city.
Rei nodded. "That's what I thought." She told them.
"Luna, what do you think?" Mina asked. Everyone looked at Luna. The whole time Rei had been accounting her dream, Luna had kept silent.
"I know the Darkness you are talking about. I think I know whom the scouts in your dream, and maybe the knight, too. " Luna said, quietly.
"Really?" Serena asked. "Who are they?"
"Long ago, during the Silver Millennium, there was not only the Moon Kingdom, but the Realm of the Sun, as well." Luna began.
"What?" Lita cried, sitting up from where she had been laying for the past hour.
Luna ignored her. "The King of the Sun was a friend of your Mother's, Serena. He, too was an alien, not born in this Universe. His name was King Daylight. He was a just, kind ruler, but a little too softhearted. King Daylight had a wife. Her name was Queen Circe. She could cast illusions at will. She could also do minor spells. Circe was very kind and good-willed. Despite this, she was very sickly. After having a baby, the prince, she could not have any more children, no matter how much she wanted another one."
"Poor lady." Serena whispered.
"Her husband, the King, loved her very much. He, too, wanted another child. To please Circe, he had an affair with another.being. There came a child of this union. He took it to the Queen, and she adopted it as her own, and no one knew. She had been sick and kept in the palace for months, so it was easy to say the child was hers. The real mother disappeared, leaving no idea as to where she went. And the child, a daughter, was raised with love, and went on happily for years. They named her Sunlight Millenia. She was very beautiful, and very kind-hearted. She had powers over plants, animals, and light. She could also, for some strange reason, cast illusions. Unlike the Queen, though, she could turn her illusions into were reality. Really, she was Life itself "
Everyone was shocked into silence, and waited. They knew the story was not over.
"Eventually, Sunlight, or Light as she was called, found out that the Queen was not her mother from her older brother, named Flame, and ran away. The Princess was very lonely. The Sun people kept to themselves, they were shy and protected, and that is why you never met her, scouts. This happened when she was about ten." Luna stopped and took a deep breath, letting this sink in.
Artemis snorted. "They were snobs, more like it." Luna shot him a look.
"Her older brother told her? Why?" Rei asked.
"She ran away when she was ten?" Serena asked.
"He let it slip. And yes, when she was ten. The Queen, struck with grief, died."
"She died?"
"Yes. Now, the Princess had a best friend named Stormnight. Stormnight was a princess of the Night star. It is one of the darkest stars in the galaxy, and one of those closest to the Sun. The two princesses' had been friends since Light was five, and Storm was 4 years older then her. They were almost always together. It was a great surprise to all, because the Night star line and the Sun line had always been fighting. The Night royal line was a very evil lot, and they wanted the Sun for themselves. But, no matter, the princess became friends with her supposed enemy. Some say it was because the Night princess was very lonely, and she bewitched Light. Others vice versa. Others say it was all a plot to get the Sun. We may never know. The King and Queen saw the good in her, or maybe they were bewitched too. They made Storm the royal protector of Light, because Storm was a warrior princess and had been trained in battle since she was 4, while Light knew very little. Anyway, shortly after Light disappeared, Storm went with her, and renounced her family. People thought that she'd kidnapped Light."
"Wow, did she?" Mina asked, staring. Luna shrugged. "I do not know." Luna sighed.
"Three years later, Light came back. With her were Storm, and another person named Loki, whom she claimed was her half-brother with her real mother, Lillith. Apparently she'd found her real mother and was staying with her all that time."
"I remember him." Artemis interjected. "He was a monster. Always pulling pranks and being mean to whomever made him angry. Eventually, Light was the only one who liked him. And he, in turn, actually said he loved her. Yeah. Right. He was very possessive, and whomever Light spent time with, other than Storm, he got revenge on. Storm hated him, though." Artemis finished thoughtfully.
"Are you done?" Luna asked, glaring at him.
"Yes." Artemis said meekly, and the girls smiled briefly, and then turned their attention back to Luna.
"The Darkness, called Erebus, came shortly after that. It had found Light in her wandering's and followed her to claim the Sun for it's own. And so, the war began. Darkness versus light. The planets kept out of it, because Erebus was very powerful, and they were afraid. Your mother, Serena, wished to help, but if she did she would be faced with a revolt. In the beginning, Light pleaded with the King to make her a scout. It was her fault that it had found this Universe. She could have stayed out of it, and yet, she didn't. You should take a leaf out of her book, Serena." Luna advised as Serena blushed.
Luna continued. "He granted her wishes, on the condition that Storm become a sailor scout, also. And so, Sailor Sun and Sailor Nyx were born. They fought the Erebus, and drove him back to where he came. Loki, during the war, too battled, as the Dark knight, and the Emerald knight, two alter egos."
"So the Darkness is gone?" Amy questioned.
"I do not think so." Luna said, glancing out the window.
"It is getting dark. I will finish the story tomorrow." Luna stretched.
"There's more?" Serena groaned.
"Yes, Serena. Much more."
Sunny: Chapter O2!!! Sailor Sun actually appears though in Chapter 3!!!
Best regards,
Sailor Sun.
It was after school and the girls, minus Serena, were walking to Rei's. Serena would join them later.
"I can't believe Serena got detention again." Lita said, putting her hands on her hips.
"She really has got to stop being late for school." Amy said thoughtfully.
"For everything, you mean." Mina told them. She looked at the sky. Storm clouds had a rose, and the sky was dark gray. The girls watched the angry swirling masses of blackish cloud. Drops began to fall, and in a matter of seconds it began to pour down rain.
"Oh no!!" The girls shrieked and put their bags on their heads.
"We'd better get to Rei's fast!" Lita told them, and they all ran off for Rei's Shrine.
Meanwhile, at school Serena sat in a lonely classroom, doing her homework. I wish I was at the Arcade or even getting ice cream, she thought. Serena had begun to dream about hot fudge sundaes and choclate chip cookies when the door to the classroom opened and Lee backed in. Serena looked at him, startled that anyone was here that late. Lee grinned at her and wheeled a cart into the room. Serena studied the cart curiously. It was large with a white sheet was draped over it, covering the square object on top of it. It looked kind of like the a cage, and strange hissing noises where coming from it. Serena looked at him suspiciously.
"Just a little something for the teacher." He told her, picking up the square object. With a small grunt, he pushed it under the teacher's desk, hiding it from view. He studied it, and then smirked. "Perfect."
"Lee?" a voice called, and Ana peeked in. "What are you doing here?" She asked, curiously.
Serena jumped, going five feet up in the air, as did Lee who smiled nervously. "Hey, Illy, what are you doing?" He asked, looking innocent.
"I stayed after to help the substitute biology teacher feed the reptiles. Now, what are you doing here?" She asked suspiciously, eyeing the empty cart.
"Waiting for you." He said, approaching his sister.
"We'd better leave. Bye Serena, sorry if he was bothering you." As they walked out, Serena heard Ana ask Lee. "By the way, you haven't seen a monitor lizard, have you? It's gone from the biology room." Then the door banged closed. Serena twitched and listened afraid, to the thing under the desk hissing.
The girls saw Serena running toward them and opening the door to the shrine, they let the poor soaked girl in. Serena shook herself off like a dog. "Your early." Rei observed by the fire.
"I skipped half of detention." Serena told them. They all crowded around her, surprised. Serena never skipped detention, because she'd have to make it up.
"Why?" Amy asked, fretfully. "You know you'll just have to take it over again."
Serena sniffed sadly. "I was almost eaten."
"What?" The girls shrieked anxiously.
"Well, maybe not almost, but I could have been." Serena told them about her episode with Lee.
The girls looked at each other, uneasily.
Shouldn't we tell someone?" Amy asked, hesitating.
Lita snorted. "Not me. That teacher's mean to everyone. Besides, the thing was in a cage, right?" Another round of nervous looks went around the room.
"Well, we can't now. The doors are locked." Mina told them.
Rei got up from beside the fire. "So, tell me about these new people."
The girls told her all they knew, chattering. Rei hesitated. "I've been having nightmares."
The girls chattering stopped as a silence fell over the room.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Flashback~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rei woke up with a start. Another nightmare. She didn't know exactly what they were about. She had been having them for weeks now. Over and over again each night. In the nightmare, she was surrounded by darkness. Only the darkness seemed, well, almost alive. Like it was a being. And it was like she was there, but not there. As though she was only observing, that it had no real effect on her, except it did. There were people there too, three of them. They were floating in what looked like suspended animation in crystals. Studying the people she noticed two of them were sailor scouts. The smaller girl had long blonde hair with black streaks and looked younger than the other one. Her outfit was gold, yellow, and black. On her bow she wore a sun-shaped locket. Rei couldn't see her facial features. Rei only knew that she was the essence of light. She was on the side of good, Rei could tell. Yet there was a tinge of evil stuck to her. A small pinch off darkness, Rei couldn't define. It wasn't like the living darkness. It was different. Rei studied the other girl. She was tall, with a long dark blue braid. Her outfit had the colors of blue, grey and black. The brooch she wore was dark gray and circular. Rei couldn't see her facial features either. She, too, had a tinge of evil to her. Yet, it was different then the other girl's. More rooted and more like blood, then essence. The girl was basically good. Both girls, she noticed, had metal bracelets on. The 1st girl's were golden, the other's silver. The last person was male. He wore what looked like a modern green version of knight armor. A long emerald cape floated behind him and a long sword was sheaved at his belt. Suddenly, the golden girl began to glow, light spreading everywhere as her brooch opened. A golden crystal floated out. The glow, Rei noticed, was coming from her crystal. The live darkness seemed to flinch and back away, almost like the light hurt it. The glow shimmered, and the girl's eyes snapped open and the crystal encasing her shattered, and the dream ended with broken crystal and broken dreams.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~End of Flashback~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
There was complete silence. "You know, that darkness might be what's been causing the blackouts." Amy suggested, taking out her computer. Blackouts had been going on for weeks all over the city.
Rei nodded. "That's what I thought." She told them.
"Luna, what do you think?" Mina asked. Everyone looked at Luna. The whole time Rei had been accounting her dream, Luna had kept silent.
"I know the Darkness you are talking about. I think I know whom the scouts in your dream, and maybe the knight, too. " Luna said, quietly.
"Really?" Serena asked. "Who are they?"
"Long ago, during the Silver Millennium, there was not only the Moon Kingdom, but the Realm of the Sun, as well." Luna began.
"What?" Lita cried, sitting up from where she had been laying for the past hour.
Luna ignored her. "The King of the Sun was a friend of your Mother's, Serena. He, too was an alien, not born in this Universe. His name was King Daylight. He was a just, kind ruler, but a little too softhearted. King Daylight had a wife. Her name was Queen Circe. She could cast illusions at will. She could also do minor spells. Circe was very kind and good-willed. Despite this, she was very sickly. After having a baby, the prince, she could not have any more children, no matter how much she wanted another one."
"Poor lady." Serena whispered.
"Her husband, the King, loved her very much. He, too, wanted another child. To please Circe, he had an affair with another.being. There came a child of this union. He took it to the Queen, and she adopted it as her own, and no one knew. She had been sick and kept in the palace for months, so it was easy to say the child was hers. The real mother disappeared, leaving no idea as to where she went. And the child, a daughter, was raised with love, and went on happily for years. They named her Sunlight Millenia. She was very beautiful, and very kind-hearted. She had powers over plants, animals, and light. She could also, for some strange reason, cast illusions. Unlike the Queen, though, she could turn her illusions into were reality. Really, she was Life itself "
Everyone was shocked into silence, and waited. They knew the story was not over.
"Eventually, Sunlight, or Light as she was called, found out that the Queen was not her mother from her older brother, named Flame, and ran away. The Princess was very lonely. The Sun people kept to themselves, they were shy and protected, and that is why you never met her, scouts. This happened when she was about ten." Luna stopped and took a deep breath, letting this sink in.
Artemis snorted. "They were snobs, more like it." Luna shot him a look.
"Her older brother told her? Why?" Rei asked.
"She ran away when she was ten?" Serena asked.
"He let it slip. And yes, when she was ten. The Queen, struck with grief, died."
"She died?"
"Yes. Now, the Princess had a best friend named Stormnight. Stormnight was a princess of the Night star. It is one of the darkest stars in the galaxy, and one of those closest to the Sun. The two princesses' had been friends since Light was five, and Storm was 4 years older then her. They were almost always together. It was a great surprise to all, because the Night star line and the Sun line had always been fighting. The Night royal line was a very evil lot, and they wanted the Sun for themselves. But, no matter, the princess became friends with her supposed enemy. Some say it was because the Night princess was very lonely, and she bewitched Light. Others vice versa. Others say it was all a plot to get the Sun. We may never know. The King and Queen saw the good in her, or maybe they were bewitched too. They made Storm the royal protector of Light, because Storm was a warrior princess and had been trained in battle since she was 4, while Light knew very little. Anyway, shortly after Light disappeared, Storm went with her, and renounced her family. People thought that she'd kidnapped Light."
"Wow, did she?" Mina asked, staring. Luna shrugged. "I do not know." Luna sighed.
"Three years later, Light came back. With her were Storm, and another person named Loki, whom she claimed was her half-brother with her real mother, Lillith. Apparently she'd found her real mother and was staying with her all that time."
"I remember him." Artemis interjected. "He was a monster. Always pulling pranks and being mean to whomever made him angry. Eventually, Light was the only one who liked him. And he, in turn, actually said he loved her. Yeah. Right. He was very possessive, and whomever Light spent time with, other than Storm, he got revenge on. Storm hated him, though." Artemis finished thoughtfully.
"Are you done?" Luna asked, glaring at him.
"Yes." Artemis said meekly, and the girls smiled briefly, and then turned their attention back to Luna.
"The Darkness, called Erebus, came shortly after that. It had found Light in her wandering's and followed her to claim the Sun for it's own. And so, the war began. Darkness versus light. The planets kept out of it, because Erebus was very powerful, and they were afraid. Your mother, Serena, wished to help, but if she did she would be faced with a revolt. In the beginning, Light pleaded with the King to make her a scout. It was her fault that it had found this Universe. She could have stayed out of it, and yet, she didn't. You should take a leaf out of her book, Serena." Luna advised as Serena blushed.
Luna continued. "He granted her wishes, on the condition that Storm become a sailor scout, also. And so, Sailor Sun and Sailor Nyx were born. They fought the Erebus, and drove him back to where he came. Loki, during the war, too battled, as the Dark knight, and the Emerald knight, two alter egos."
"So the Darkness is gone?" Amy questioned.
"I do not think so." Luna said, glancing out the window.
"It is getting dark. I will finish the story tomorrow." Luna stretched.
"There's more?" Serena groaned.
"Yes, Serena. Much more."
Sunny: Chapter O2!!! Sailor Sun actually appears though in Chapter 3!!!
Best regards,
Sailor Sun.