Chapter 5: Of Demons and Dreams.
"Crow, Hyena, Snake, Bat, and Panther...Let's see, we shall start with Crow." Luna told them. "Crow was the least powerful general and like I said the most cowardly. He was a shadow demon of the lowest rank. He became Erebus's servant to gain power, because he was weak."
"He was a bumbling fool who couldn't to anything right. An Imperial guard defeated him." Artemis scoffed.
"Bat was next. She was more powerful than Crow, and she joined because she wanted Panther and would do anything to get him, even sell her soul to become a demon. So she did and became a demon of envy. The original green- eyed monster, and that is her power. To cause disruption and anger. She was hard to defeat, not because she was powerful, though. No one could stop fighting each other to destroy her." Luna acknowledged.
"I remember that. Storm was the one who killed her." Artemis said sorrowfully.
"How was she defeated?" Serena asked, puzzled.
"Storm, Sailor Nyx did her Truth in the Night attack, and it made everyone see what was happening and stop fighting. Seeing that she was losing, Bat attacked Light, and Erebus destroyed her."
"His own general? Why?" Mina asked, disbelieving.
"Erebus wanted Light alive." Artemis explained. "Anyway, Hyena was next in rank. He was the most annoying." Artemis told them, groaning.
"All he did was laugh. That's what he did. He was a demon of pleasure, and so he made everyone start laughing and having fun and then he killed him or her. And all he did was laugh. Nothing fazed him. Nothing at all." Luna growled softly. "Light and Storm were the one's to defeat him. Because Light laughed at everything and could joke while fighting him, and nothing fazed Storm. Storm and Light almost persuaded him to join the good side, but Erebus imprisoned him before they could."
"Why didn't Erebus just kill him?" Lita asked.
"To have something to blackmail Snake, who was Hyena's lover, into fighting." Artemis told them.
"Snake fought, even though he and Hyena had decided to stop fighting. He was hard to defeat, because he was a demon of persuasion. Angry at Light and blaming Hyena's imprisonment on her, he persuaded Light's own personal guard to attack Damian, her love. Light stopped him by throwing herself in front of Damian, and almost died in the process. Her self-sacrifice made Snake realize how wrong he'd been. Light talked to him, and managed to convince Snake that Erebus was evil. Hyena then attacked them, possessed. And Snake died on Hyena's sword. After Hyena realized what he'd done, it was too late, so Hyena committed suicide."
"How sad." Lita whispered.
"Yes. But that's what Erebus did. Light explained it to me once. It was not so much that he was darkness, for her best friend was the scout of darkness and night. It was the fact that Erebus was a destroyer of Life, all life, and Light could not, would not stand for it." Artemis quoted.
"It is late, scouts. Time for you to be going home. I happen to know that Serena has a big test tomorrow. Come along Serena." Luna padded to the door and opened it with her paws.
"I'm cold. Can we go home now?" Little Serenity complained.
"Well, I'm not. But we should get home." Rei said, shivering.
"Okay. Come on then guys, this way!" Princess Serenity shouted, running.
"Seri!! Wait up!!!" Light called, using her nickname for the little princess.
Serenity stopped, gasping for breathe, and waited while the others caught up with her.
Out of nowhere, a man in a black robe approached the wet girls. A cowl hid his face, so the girls couldn't see what he looked like.
"Hello." His voice was so charming and so sweet that the little girls smiled. Light, however, frowned and stepped in front. "Who are you? This is private property. The Queen's only." She told him, stomping her foot with childish anger. The man laughed. "I'm a friend of hers. She wanted me to walk you guys back to the Palace. Someone's trying to assassinate you, little Light."
"You're a friend of my mother's?" Serena asked, unsure. "Why didn't she send her courier?"
"He's busy. Come, Princesses. Take my hands." He asked, reaching for Light and Serena. Serena reached for his hand as the other little girls crowded around him. Light, however, shook her head.
"Maybe we shouldn't." Rei hesitated, having doubts. There was something wrong here.
The black robed man ignored her. "Come little ones." He said, taking Serena's hand and reaching for Light. Light shook her head hard, and grabbed Serena's hand, yanking her back.
"You're not real. Not real at all." She cried, glaring at him. And suddenly he wasn't real; the cowl fell down, and there was nothing there. Nothing but darkness.
Serena woke with a start. Yawning, she stretched and looked at the clock. 3 A.M., she thought, I'll never pass the test tomorrow. Laying down she shut her eyes. "Psst!" a voice whispered. "Hey."
Serena sat up with a start. "Who's there?" Looking around she notice that the balcony door was opened and a figure moved outside. Grabbing a robe, she went to the door. A figure sat on the rail. "Who are you?" Serena queried.
The small figure laughed. "Don't you remember me? I just saw you the other day.night anyway." The figure hopped lightly off the banister, and stepped into the light. Golden eyes smiled at Serena.
"Sailor Sun!!" Serena cried, startled. "What are you doing here?" She demanded. "It's the middle of the night. I have a test tomorrow.today, I mean." Serena yawned to prove her point.
Sailor Sun smiled. " I wanted to introduce you to someone. Stormy!" She called. Nothing happened.
"Can I go back to bed now, Sunny?" Serena asked sleepily.
Sunny frowned. "Stormy.get down here now. I'd like to get some sleep, too, you know."
Serena watched as a figure jumped down from the roof onto the rail and stood there.
"Come into the light, Storm, so she can see you. You look all freaky there." Sunny prodded.
The figure jumped down and stepped into the light. She was tall, with a masculine build, and long dark blue-black hair, down up in a braid that hung down her back. Her skirt was a dark night-blue. Her tiara had a silver jewel on it and her necklace was dark blue, with a silver symbol on it. The bow she wore was black, with a round silver locket on it. Her skirt was dark blue, and her boots, like Sunny's, where black. They were shin length, and had silver lining around the ankles. She had a serious mistrustful look on her face, and her eye's narrowed at Serena. She bowed. "Hello, Princess Serenity." She said. "I am Sailor Nyx, Sailor Sun's partner and guardian." "Um.. Hi." Serena said.
Sunny beamed at both of them and whispered to Serena. "Just ignore the protocol. She's always like this with everyone. It took her a hundred years to stop doing it with me." Sunny then clapped her hands and beckoned Sailor Nyx forward. "Storm-chan, her name's Serena now." Sunny informed her friend.
"Very well." Sailor Nyx said.
"Why are you here anyway?" Serena probed.
"Well..." Sunny looked to Storm.
"We wanted to take you somewhere." Sailor Nyx said mysteriously.
Sunny nodded happily.
"Now?" Serena asked rubbing her eyes and yawning. "Can't it wait till tomorrow? I'm kind of tired."
Sunny pouted. "Well.if you don't want to go dimension traveling, that's fine with me."
Serena stared. "Dimension traveling? Really???"
Sunny nodded.
Serena hesitated.
"Come on.it'll be fun. Please, please, please!" Sunny begged.
"O.k. So, how does it work?"
"A couple different ways." Sailor Nyx explained. "We'll do it the easiest way for people without dimensional powers."
"How?"
"Me n' Storm-chan will use our crystal, Baka!!" Sunny laughed, and clapped her hands.
Sunny touched her locket and a soft glow came from within. A bird song played, and the locket opened and revealed a crystal. It was large and round, and was swirling gold and white. The bracelets and linings on Sailor Sun's boots glowed. Sailor Nyx hesitated, and then touched her tiara. Her locket opened with a dark flute playing, reveal a triangle crystal. It too, had swirling colors, only hers were black, blue and silver. Sunny leaned over and touched Serena's head, and suddenly she was falling through a deep hole.
"Crow, Hyena, Snake, Bat, and Panther...Let's see, we shall start with Crow." Luna told them. "Crow was the least powerful general and like I said the most cowardly. He was a shadow demon of the lowest rank. He became Erebus's servant to gain power, because he was weak."
"He was a bumbling fool who couldn't to anything right. An Imperial guard defeated him." Artemis scoffed.
"Bat was next. She was more powerful than Crow, and she joined because she wanted Panther and would do anything to get him, even sell her soul to become a demon. So she did and became a demon of envy. The original green- eyed monster, and that is her power. To cause disruption and anger. She was hard to defeat, not because she was powerful, though. No one could stop fighting each other to destroy her." Luna acknowledged.
"I remember that. Storm was the one who killed her." Artemis said sorrowfully.
"How was she defeated?" Serena asked, puzzled.
"Storm, Sailor Nyx did her Truth in the Night attack, and it made everyone see what was happening and stop fighting. Seeing that she was losing, Bat attacked Light, and Erebus destroyed her."
"His own general? Why?" Mina asked, disbelieving.
"Erebus wanted Light alive." Artemis explained. "Anyway, Hyena was next in rank. He was the most annoying." Artemis told them, groaning.
"All he did was laugh. That's what he did. He was a demon of pleasure, and so he made everyone start laughing and having fun and then he killed him or her. And all he did was laugh. Nothing fazed him. Nothing at all." Luna growled softly. "Light and Storm were the one's to defeat him. Because Light laughed at everything and could joke while fighting him, and nothing fazed Storm. Storm and Light almost persuaded him to join the good side, but Erebus imprisoned him before they could."
"Why didn't Erebus just kill him?" Lita asked.
"To have something to blackmail Snake, who was Hyena's lover, into fighting." Artemis told them.
"Snake fought, even though he and Hyena had decided to stop fighting. He was hard to defeat, because he was a demon of persuasion. Angry at Light and blaming Hyena's imprisonment on her, he persuaded Light's own personal guard to attack Damian, her love. Light stopped him by throwing herself in front of Damian, and almost died in the process. Her self-sacrifice made Snake realize how wrong he'd been. Light talked to him, and managed to convince Snake that Erebus was evil. Hyena then attacked them, possessed. And Snake died on Hyena's sword. After Hyena realized what he'd done, it was too late, so Hyena committed suicide."
"How sad." Lita whispered.
"Yes. But that's what Erebus did. Light explained it to me once. It was not so much that he was darkness, for her best friend was the scout of darkness and night. It was the fact that Erebus was a destroyer of Life, all life, and Light could not, would not stand for it." Artemis quoted.
"It is late, scouts. Time for you to be going home. I happen to know that Serena has a big test tomorrow. Come along Serena." Luna padded to the door and opened it with her paws.
"I'm cold. Can we go home now?" Little Serenity complained.
"Well, I'm not. But we should get home." Rei said, shivering.
"Okay. Come on then guys, this way!" Princess Serenity shouted, running.
"Seri!! Wait up!!!" Light called, using her nickname for the little princess.
Serenity stopped, gasping for breathe, and waited while the others caught up with her.
Out of nowhere, a man in a black robe approached the wet girls. A cowl hid his face, so the girls couldn't see what he looked like.
"Hello." His voice was so charming and so sweet that the little girls smiled. Light, however, frowned and stepped in front. "Who are you? This is private property. The Queen's only." She told him, stomping her foot with childish anger. The man laughed. "I'm a friend of hers. She wanted me to walk you guys back to the Palace. Someone's trying to assassinate you, little Light."
"You're a friend of my mother's?" Serena asked, unsure. "Why didn't she send her courier?"
"He's busy. Come, Princesses. Take my hands." He asked, reaching for Light and Serena. Serena reached for his hand as the other little girls crowded around him. Light, however, shook her head.
"Maybe we shouldn't." Rei hesitated, having doubts. There was something wrong here.
The black robed man ignored her. "Come little ones." He said, taking Serena's hand and reaching for Light. Light shook her head hard, and grabbed Serena's hand, yanking her back.
"You're not real. Not real at all." She cried, glaring at him. And suddenly he wasn't real; the cowl fell down, and there was nothing there. Nothing but darkness.
Serena woke with a start. Yawning, she stretched and looked at the clock. 3 A.M., she thought, I'll never pass the test tomorrow. Laying down she shut her eyes. "Psst!" a voice whispered. "Hey."
Serena sat up with a start. "Who's there?" Looking around she notice that the balcony door was opened and a figure moved outside. Grabbing a robe, she went to the door. A figure sat on the rail. "Who are you?" Serena queried.
The small figure laughed. "Don't you remember me? I just saw you the other day.night anyway." The figure hopped lightly off the banister, and stepped into the light. Golden eyes smiled at Serena.
"Sailor Sun!!" Serena cried, startled. "What are you doing here?" She demanded. "It's the middle of the night. I have a test tomorrow.today, I mean." Serena yawned to prove her point.
Sailor Sun smiled. " I wanted to introduce you to someone. Stormy!" She called. Nothing happened.
"Can I go back to bed now, Sunny?" Serena asked sleepily.
Sunny frowned. "Stormy.get down here now. I'd like to get some sleep, too, you know."
Serena watched as a figure jumped down from the roof onto the rail and stood there.
"Come into the light, Storm, so she can see you. You look all freaky there." Sunny prodded.
The figure jumped down and stepped into the light. She was tall, with a masculine build, and long dark blue-black hair, down up in a braid that hung down her back. Her skirt was a dark night-blue. Her tiara had a silver jewel on it and her necklace was dark blue, with a silver symbol on it. The bow she wore was black, with a round silver locket on it. Her skirt was dark blue, and her boots, like Sunny's, where black. They were shin length, and had silver lining around the ankles. She had a serious mistrustful look on her face, and her eye's narrowed at Serena. She bowed. "Hello, Princess Serenity." She said. "I am Sailor Nyx, Sailor Sun's partner and guardian." "Um.. Hi." Serena said.
Sunny beamed at both of them and whispered to Serena. "Just ignore the protocol. She's always like this with everyone. It took her a hundred years to stop doing it with me." Sunny then clapped her hands and beckoned Sailor Nyx forward. "Storm-chan, her name's Serena now." Sunny informed her friend.
"Very well." Sailor Nyx said.
"Why are you here anyway?" Serena probed.
"Well..." Sunny looked to Storm.
"We wanted to take you somewhere." Sailor Nyx said mysteriously.
Sunny nodded happily.
"Now?" Serena asked rubbing her eyes and yawning. "Can't it wait till tomorrow? I'm kind of tired."
Sunny pouted. "Well.if you don't want to go dimension traveling, that's fine with me."
Serena stared. "Dimension traveling? Really???"
Sunny nodded.
Serena hesitated.
"Come on.it'll be fun. Please, please, please!" Sunny begged.
"O.k. So, how does it work?"
"A couple different ways." Sailor Nyx explained. "We'll do it the easiest way for people without dimensional powers."
"How?"
"Me n' Storm-chan will use our crystal, Baka!!" Sunny laughed, and clapped her hands.
Sunny touched her locket and a soft glow came from within. A bird song played, and the locket opened and revealed a crystal. It was large and round, and was swirling gold and white. The bracelets and linings on Sailor Sun's boots glowed. Sailor Nyx hesitated, and then touched her tiara. Her locket opened with a dark flute playing, reveal a triangle crystal. It too, had swirling colors, only hers were black, blue and silver. Sunny leaned over and touched Serena's head, and suddenly she was falling through a deep hole.