The Pharaoh's Return
A Sailor Moon Fan-Fiction by: Helina
Date: May 2003
Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon.
Author's Notes: Here's the beginning of my fan-fic, hope you like the idea. Enjoy! ^_^

I. Prologue


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 Many years have gone by since Mistress 9 and Pharaoh 90 were defeated by the powers of the Sailor Scouts. But little did they know, a renewed Pharaoh 90 was seeking the one who banished him into the depths of the Negaverse…

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"Oh Artemis, isn't it wonderful having to lie around the house all day and not worry about any Negaverse scum?"
"Oh yeah, but with Mina constantly bawling over cute guys on soap operas, it hard getting a decent nap."
"I know what you mean." Luna stood up from Serena's bed and perched up onto the windowsill. She and Artemis had been lounging in Serena's room while Serena and Mina went shopping. "I guess now we can be ordinary housecats hanging around the house all day."
"Ordinary talking housecats." Artemis corrected, perching up next to Luna. The two sighed.
"Oh look, here comes Rini." Luna said, watching the young pink-haired girl race into the house.
"Luna, Artemis, hi!" Rini hopped onto Serena's bed and grabbed a small pink rabbit on the pillow. She tossed it into the air and laughed.
"How was your day Rini?" Luna asked.
"Oh it was great!" The girl replied cheerily. "I went to the park and played with some friends from school and ate some ice…" stomp
"What are you doing in here you little runt?" Serena stood at the door with two arms full of shopping bags.
"You're not the boss of me." Rini replied, still tossing the rabbit. Serena marched in towards her.
"You know you're not suppose to be in my room touching my stuff. Now give me that!" She tried to snatch the rabbit but Rini grabbed it quickly. Rini then hopped off the bed and stood at the doorway. She stuck her tongue out at Serena and ran off. "That brat!" Serena exclaimed.

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"Daddy I'm home!" Hotaru cried running into the kitchen. Dr. Tomoe wiped his hands on his apron and picked up his little girl. "Mmm, something smells good." Dr. Tomoe smiled.
"Yup, we're having my homemade vegetable soup, would you like to help?" Hotaru nodded and went to get her apron. She ran through the hallway and passed a mirror on the wall. A woman with long black hair appeared, and then disappeared. Hotaru took a few steps back and looked at it.
"I could have sworn I saw a lady in that mirror. Heh must've been my imagination." The little raven-haired girl skipped back into the kitchen and helped her father with dinner.

After dinner, Hotaru went up to her room and turned on her table lamp. She sat on her bed and grabbed a book on her nightstand and started to read. She giggled at humorous parts of the story. As she flipped the page, the light from her table lamp started to flicker. Hotaru looked up at the ceiling where strange shadows began to float around. The light continued to flicker and the shadows began to race around Hotaru's room. Frightened, Hotaru got up from her bed and headed for the door, but it slammed shut. Hotaru frantically turned the doorknob, but she was locked in. She leaned against the door and watched the shadows fly around and howl. Hotaru was about to scream, but before she could, the shadows gave out one last howl and vanished. The light also stopped flickering. Hotaru breathed in heavily and looked around. She walked away from the door towards her bed. Everything seemed to be normal. Just then, Hotaru began to hear the sound of evil laughter, getting louder and louder. She couldn't tell where it was coming from. Poor little weak one. Said a voice. Hotaru jerked backwards. The laughter continued. We could have been invincible. We could have gotten rid of this pathetic planet! An image appeared on the mirror on Hotaru's vanity. Hotaru jolted at the image. It was the lady from the hallway mirror.
"Wh-what do you want?" Hotaru stammered. She stood frozen staring at the mirror.
"To finish what I started!" The image burst through the mirror and went straight into Hotaru. Hotaru screamed and collapsed once the image completely entered her. The lady's maniacal laughter continued into the night.

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Knock knock

Serena groaned.

Knock knock

"Hmm? What time is it? Why are people bother me at this hour?" Serena popped her head out from under her covers and looked at the clock. "9 AM! I'm not supposed to get up for another 3 hours!"

Knock knock

"Serena get up!" Rini shouted from outside Serena's door.
"Give me one reason why I should!" Serena shouted back.
"You promised you would take me and Hotaru to the street festival today, now get up!" Rini walked away and stomped down the stairs. Serena got up and stretched.
"I really wish festivals would start in the after I've had 12 hours of sleep."

The streets downtown were filled with people laughing and having fun. There were games, food, magic acts, clowns, and music. The sights and sounds amazed Hotaru and Rini. They won stuffed animals from games, got balloons from clowns, ate hot dogs, and watched a magician perform some magic tricks. "Serena come on, quit lagging behind!" Rini and Hotaru raced to get ice cream. Serena slowly trudged behind.
"Why must they have so much energy and drag me out to a place that involves so much walking?" Serena sighed.
"Hey Serena!" It was Serena's best friends.
"Oh hey guys!"
"What are you doing out so early? Shouldn't you be in bed right now?" Raye joked.
"Rini dragged me out to the festival."
"It can't be that bad, have some ice cream." The five of them went to get ice cream and caught up with Rini and Hotaru in the park.
"Isn't this festival great Hotaru?" Rini asked, licking her strawberry ice cream. The two of them sat by the pond, watching the ducks.
"Oh yes, it's wonderful." Hotaru replied, licking her vanilla ice cream. The fun will end soon enough. Said a voice.
"What's that?" Rini asked.
"What's what? I didn't say anything." Hotaru replied.
"Oh." The two continued to enjoy their ice cream.

When the festival ended, Serena and the gang walked home as the sun began to set. Rini and Hotaru were up ahead laughing and running. "Serena!" Rini called out. "Is it ok if I walk with Hotaru to her house?"
"Ok kiddo, just remember to go straight home, I don't want mom to worry." Serena and her friends turned the corner as Hotaru and Rini raced down the sidewalk. Rini laughed when she reached the front steps of Hotaru's enormous home.
"Ha! I beat you Hotaru!" The front door opened. Dr. Tomoe greeted Rini.
"Rini, it's good to see you, would you like to come in?" Rini bowed.
"Hi Mr. Tomoe. Sorry, but I have to get home before Serena finishes the cake mom made for dessert. Bye Hotaru!" The little pink-haired girl raced off and headed home. Hotaru waved goodbye and walked inside the house.

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Rini went to bed early after eating three slices of chocolate cake. She got home in time before Serena could grab the first slice. Rini fell fast asleep and dreamed of being at an amusement park.

In her dream, she was riding on the Merry-Go-Round, the Roller Coaster, and the Ferris wheel. She then got ice cream and started walking towards a new ride. Enjoying the sweets? Said a voice. It was the same one from the festival but different from the one Hotaru encountered. Don't eat so much or you'll get a tummy ache and mommy won't like that. It began to laugh. Rini stopped in her tracks. Mommy hates it when you eat too much sweets, she gets angry when you don't listen to her! The sky began to turn black. Rini dropped her ice cream. Mommy tells daddy and daddy gets angry too. Now they're BOTH angry at you! The voice continued to laugh, louder and louder.
"No!" Rini cried. "Mommy and Daddy both love me!" She covered her ears to block out the hideous laughter. She began to cry. Her cry unleashed her crescent moon on her forehead. The light from the crescent moon shot into the dark sky. The voice stopped laughing. Stop it! Stop your annoying cry! Nobody likes a crybaby! A loud boom shook the surface. Rini stopped crying and her crescent moon vanished. A woman with long pink-hair and a black outfit appeared in front of Rini. Rini stepped back and fell to the ground. She stared at the woman.
"Who are you?" Rini said, scared.
"Don't you recognize me?" Said the woman, who was the one taunting Rini. "I'm you, you little twerp, the REAL you. Wiseman had woken me from inside your soul. I could have destroyed your petty planet, but no! That retched Sailor Moon had to fill your mind with memories of goodness. So guess what? I'm back to fill that worthless goody-two-shoed mind of yours and take back what was lost!" The woman floated up and flew straight into Rini. Rini screamed and woke up. It was early morning and Rini was terrified from the nightmare. She looked out the window. She could faintly see her reflection. The image of the woman from her nightmare appeared as her reflection. Rini rubbed her eyes and the image was gone.

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