by TerraLuna
Any questions, email me! My address is ravenwing@antisocial.com . Have fun!
Chapter Four
Darien stood there, a dark smile on his lips. He was dressed as Tuxedo Mask. Bunny gasped.
"Darien! What... what is..." Bunny moaned confusedly, still clutching her arm.
"What's wrong?" smirked Darien, his voice growing louder. "Don't you remember us?"
The pain in her arm was fuzzing her head, she was so confused... the world swirled before her eyes as she began to sway on the spot. What's going on... wh... She began to fall, but a strong hand caught her and pulled her roughly back up.
"I don't think so," Darien whispered as Bunny's vision began to clear. His voice was now booming, filled with pure evil and hatred.
"Who are you?" Bunny whispered, her voice barely audible. The black mist behind Darien now swirled and crackled like thunder. When he answered, it seemed like the smoke was answering, too.
"Our time has come," the entity roared, making Bunny's ears throb. "Today is the day you will die, Sailor Moon." As it spoke, the mist whirled dangerously. Suddenly, it began to form into a shape. It soon began to resemble a woman. As it became more distictive, Bunny could see a long violet dress, fiery red hair and an ebony-black tiara with a scarlet beryl fastened at the top. Her eyes shone in a pure black. Bunny was now face-to-face with Queen Beryl.
"Remember me?" Beryl cackled , stepping forward. "But that's not all. We are the formation of all the powers you have fought, Sailor Moon. Included in us are myself, Queen Metalia, Wiseman, Pharaoh 90, and lastly Nephrenia. We have all joined together and let go of the weakness of individuality in order to form one power that will destroy you!"
Bunny fought to remain standing as she answered. "But I... we... killed you. We destroyed you all." Beryl nodded.
"Unfortunately, yes. Our deaths were truly an obstacle in our conjoining. However, as you, we were reborn, although far away from Earth or the Moon Kingdom. We were reborn in a place of lost souls, a place that no mortal will ever see. However, we, as the opposition of the Moon Kingdom, had a different life burning inside us. We are not mortals. We will always be reborn. It seems that all who oppose the force of goodness contain inside them a pure soul of evil which can never die. Thus we will never die. Until..."
Bunny's gaze shot up. "Until what?" she cried. Beryl scowled.
"Don't get your hopes up, Sailor Moon." She replied. "Although there is but one way to destroy us, it is impossible for any mortal. It is a feat completely unatainable by the likes of you."
Sailor Moon stared at Beryl in horror as Darien, smirking, joined the wicked Queen and kissed her hand. It was then that Bunny noticed that her lover's eyes also blazed a sinister raven-black.
"The reign of the Moon Kingdom has gone on quite long enough," said Darien. "It is time for the rightful queen to step up to her throne."
"And now," cried Beryl, her voice now a horrifying mixture of all the evil in the universe, "We will destroy every trace of the mighty Moon Kingdom!
"Ah," she added suddenly. "I have forgotten. We cannot conduct a proper revenge without everyone involved in our defeat." Very abruptly, there was a flash of light and Bunny found herself in her scout uniform.
"What the-?!" Bunny whirled when she heard the voice behind her. She gasped in utter shock; there stood the other nine scouts, all of the inners, plus her sixteen-year old daughter and the outer scouts. It was Mina, now Sailor Venus, who had spoken. She stared at Sailor Moon.
"How did I get here?" she demanded. "Why am-" she stopped talking abruptly when she saw everyone else beside her, as well as Tuxedo mask standing next to Queen Beryl. Her shock immidiately turned to terror. "Bunny," she whispered urgently. "What's going on?"
"Guys!" Bunny cried. "How did... " she blanched. "Oh no... they brought you here? And you, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto? Saturn?"
The outer scouts did indeed look thouroughly shocked, as they had just been in the 30th century. "Sailor Moon? How did we get here?" Pluto gasped.
"Guys..." Bunny gulped. This could not be happening. It was then she noticed Tara a few feet away, coming to. Oh no! What will she think... what will I do?! She gulped again, and made herself continue.
"All of our old enemies were... reborn. They've come back for revenge. All of them. Wiseman, Nepherenia... all of them. And they..." she paused in order to control her shaking voice. "They're controlling Darien. They've captured him."
"Wrong again, Sailor Moon," said Tuxedo Mask from behind her. "I'm still perfectly conscious. I realized that I was mistaken in thinking that being the King of the Earth and Moon, being your husband... was my only destiny. I was truly meant to be here, at Beryl's side, and at the side of all of your foes, Sailor Moon. This is where I belong."
"No!" The word erupted from behind Bunny, coming from the throat of her future daughter. Lady Selene, formerly Sailor ChibiMoon, stepped up to stand beside her mother. Bunny gasped when she saw her, for she hadn't noticed her daughters new attire.
She wore a uniform which was, at first glance, deceptively simlar to the regular outfit, with minor differences that let her royalty shine through. Beneath the traditional sailor collar colored deep violet, she wore a white top with flaring sleeves, resembling the medieval style. Her top faded softly into the deep indigo of the skirt, which reached her mid-thigh. Tied around her waist was a ribbon of a pale red. Her creamy legs were cut short with a pair of boots of the purest white, which also faded into a dark purple by the time it reached the bottom. Her hair was tied into the usual buns but accented with two hairpins placed symmetrically on her head of three feathers, symbolizing the Royal Moon Family. Her scarlet eyes were framed by the crescent moon mark which oth she and her mother shared. On her chest was a golden brooch with four crescent moons, joined at the bases and pointing out in four different directions. In her slender fingers she held a dawn-tinted scepter, dainty and lightweight attached to a crescent moon made of pure gold with a large pearl attached in the center. Bunny was amazed how majestic and noble her once-small daughter looked.
"No!" repeated Lady Selene. "I will not believe you. They've possessed you again- my father would never say that." Her voice had a final, determined tone to it. She turned to face Sailor Moon. "Don't believe him, Sailor Moon. This isn't Darien. This isn't Papa."
Bunny's eyes were desperate, She wanted so much to believe her daughter, but deep inside she just didn't know anymore. She looked pleadingly at the strong woman before her. "How do you know? How can you be sure?" Her words were just whispers. Lady Selene never faltered.
"Look into his eyes. This isn't the man we know." she said simply.
"Enough!" Beryl shouted quite suddenly. "This has gone on long enough. We will finish this now!"
Sailor Jupiter stepped forward. "We will destroy you, just as we did before! Your pride will be your death!"
Sailor Mars nodded, stepping foward to join Lita. "That's right. You may have gotten stronger, but so have we!"
Mercury and Venus appeared at the side of their friends. "We, together will fight, and bring about your end," Mercury said bravely. Venus added, "We will end the terror with which you have destroyed the lives of innocent people!"
Uranus, Neptune, Pluto and Saturn all came forward, finishing a line of ten sailor senshi, standing determinedly before their foe. "Serenity," Saturn smiled. "We have returned to serve you, as we always will." Sailor Moon returned the smile, but then she turned to look at Beryl, and there was nothing but hate in her eyes.
"We will destroy you. Today is the day you will die!"