Starlight's Dance
Chapter Nine

Obscure fact: I am wearing my pajamas as I type this chapter.

Disclaimer: Hey, I own Cammi, that's it, And the obscure fact is something I just came up with, and it is quite obscure. But I assure you it is fact. My Pjs are rather comfortable, and I wear them often. But anyway, on to the story.

Story

The Fellowship was safely off of the mountain. However, they still had three days travel to go until they would reach the entrance to Moria. Gimli was the only one who seemed happy to be in a mine for more than four days, with people (In every one but the Hobbit's and his own view) half their size. It was not a happy prospect, let me tell you.

Cammi sat away from the group often, she appeared to be in deep thought. She even pulled her laptop out of her sub-space pocket to work on some secret project, apparently. She didn't even notice when Legolas began talking to her. She simply shooed him away and continued working.

The scouts were not unduly worried, Cammi often had these spells of hermit- like behavior, and they were gone within a few days, usually a brilliant idea or scheme emerged after them. So they kept the rest of the Fellowship away and let her be.

They knew it was the best thing to do to keep their health. Cammi was not one to be bothered when she needed to brood, and they knew it from years of experience.
That night, Cammi once again took out her laptop and opened her newest pet project. She was designing suits for the Sailor Scouts. Not clothes, but something made of pure magic that could enhance their skills and strength. These suits would have a direct link to the mind, which would enable them to not just be suits, but like an outer layer magic, another layer of skin. They would act on every thought, and yet be controlled manually. These would take a great deal of time, and a good amount of complex magic. Cammi was going to have to talk to her moms pretty soon.

The stars were tough parents, but she knew they could be manipulated to a certain degree. All she had to do was probe a bit, do a little kissing-up, and she was good.

The hard part was, getting everyone to leave her alone long enough to get it all done.

That night, Cammi sat through her double sentry duty with Ami stoically, still working away on her laptop, while maintaining a good sense of her surroundings. 'Thank Goddess I'm good at dividing my attention,' she thought. 'Almost done.' The thought rang in her head. If she could complete these layouts by morning, she could be well on her way to having them completely done by the time they left Moria! That was an encouraging thought. Suddenly, the functionality scan she was running on each suit (she had designed the program specifically for this purpose) was done. They would all work perfectly.

"Yes!" she whispered loudly, her face breaking into a wide grin. The bags under her eyes were barely visible. "Finally done!"

Ami scooted closer. "What have you been working on, Camm? You have the rest of the scouts and I curious, and everyone else worried too," she asked.

Camm paused in her excited and happy self-congratulation. She thought about it for a long time, then snapped out of thought and answered Ami.

"Swear not to tell anyone about this?"

"Of course. You'll let them know when the time comes."

"Okay. I've gotten this idea."

Ami's admiration of the cleverly constructed suits went well on into the night, and she downloaded a copy of the plans onto her little 'Mercury computer'. (C.A.: You know, the one she always has when she's in Sailor mode.) She had some of her own tests to run. This was going to be a two- person project from now on.

Cammi was glad of the help. Ami was great with this sort of thing, and would prove invaluable. She knew this and accepted Ami's new ideas for improvements and additions totally, fitting each idea to the suits, and every night Cammi ran the scan to make sure they would work.

There were only a few setbacks with the new plans. Such as, they were no long the neat, trim outer layers they had started as. They were full- fledged armor suits, and would work twice as well.

"They've turned into something like miniature Mobile Gundam suits, Ames," (C.A.: I'm thinking of this little comment as in the Gundam shows are shows in their world for them. Bit of cheating, I guess, but hey, it works!) Cammi murmured on the final day of travel. She and Ami worked on the march, whispering and murmuring their ideas and operations. Their first night in Moria, Cammi was set to talk to her parents. She had a plan set already.

"I know, but that is not a bad idea," Ami replied. "It makes them somewhat more.intimidating to whatever we happen to be battling when we summon them. By the way, have you figured out how we'll summon them yet?"

Cammi squinted ahead as she answered. "Yeah. They'll each have a name, of course, for their elemental powers, and you summon them by calling out their name. Something akin to a pet. Ami, yours would be.something like.Konokori." ((Child of Ice))

"I like how you use the Japanese names. Clever."

"Thank you. I'm quite proud of it, actually."
That night, it was clearly announced that they would be at the gate of Moria within the morrow. 'Great.' thought Cammi. 'Ami and I are done the layouts, now all we're doing is coming up with names. This is going well.'

Ami's thoughts were running along the same lines. 'Hm.we're ahead of schedule. Very cool. Cammi and I make a pretty decent pair.'

"Ami, I think we should speed up the process a bit," Cammi said as they sat again, doing double sentry.

"Why?" asked she asked.

"I don't know. I just fell wrong about this Moria place.something worries me.I should talk to Hoshi as soon as possible. I'm not kidding. There's something amiss about Moria, and I can sense it from here."

Ami nodded, and set about waking the Scouts silently, placing a hand over their mouths and a finger on her own, she warned them to be quiet.

"Camm, what's going on?" whispered Lita, yawning widely.

"I need your help, guys. I have to talk to Hoshi now. Serena?" Cammi looked at the half-awake leader of the Inner Senshi. She nodded once, and they formed a circle around her, hands clasped, and heads bowed. 'Just like when we had first come to this odd world.' thought Cammi as she kneeled in the center.

~*~*~ Camm/Hoshi(head star lady) talk

*.* action

:.talking

~.~ feeling/ look on face

Camm: Mama? Did I wake you?

Hoshi: Hoom.no, no, my ko, you did not. Why do you need of me? ((ko-child

Camm: I need your help.

Hoshi: With what? Another project of yours, no doubt. Ah, well, go on, Cammi.

Camm: Mama, I need you to build these for me. *Shows Hoshi the plans for the suits*

Hoshi: *silence as she scans the plans*

Camm: I have neither the strength, nor the magic to make such things yet, Mama. Please help me?

Hoshi: Hoom. I suppose I could help you. but these.suits.will take a long time to make ko.

Camm: Oh, thank you, Mama! If you were truly tangible down here, I'd give you the biggest bear hug you'd get in your entire long life!

Hoshi: Ko, I know why you do this for your friends. They are not completely for the Sailor Scouts, are they?

Camm: Mama.how do you see such things? Even you should not be able to see into my thoughts, if guarded carefully. What tricks do you hide up your sleeve, Mama?

Hoshi: You will know them eventually. But be warned, with great happiness comes also great sorrow. This lesson you will learn well by the end of your journey.

Camm: Mama? ~confusion~

Hoshi: Do not worry over it now, ko, you will know when the time is right. Go now, your friends waken.

~*~*~ End
Cammi's soul flew back into her body as she heard sounds around her, signaling the Fellowship's awakening. 'Goddess I love astral projection,' she thought as she rose and pulled Ami to the side to talk.

~*~*~*Fin*~*~*~

Chibi Arwen: Hehehehe. I was wrong. You get the title explanation soon, I think. I must admit.Moria will be a fun bit to do. I can get extremely creative when the mood strikes me. *Evil grin* Hehehehehehee!!! *Begins doing evil little hop-skip jig around her computer desk* Good Bye! AAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAA!!!!

~Love to you all~

Chibi Arwen