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Sailor Moon: Silver

Chapter 15

Neptune's Medicine

"Guardian Neptune?"

A soft chuckle is heard as a girl looks into the room.

"No need to be formal, Aurora. Come in."

Aurora slowly walks into the room.

"It's a force of habit."

The chuckle is heard again and Aurora smiles.

"Well, I'm not being formal with you."

"Alright, you win."

Aurora walks over beside the bed and gets down on her knees beside it. She looks over Michelle and pictures her past self. She looks exactly like her past self, expect for the fact her aqua colored hair has gotten longer and her royal blue eyes have gotten more brighter.

"So how do you feel?"

"Terrible. I wish I wasn't so sick."

Aurora smiles and helps Michelle sit up. It had only been about two months since Crystal Tokyo had been restored and two scouts had fallen ill. Michelle's illness was the worst, for her strength had been zapped and she could barely do anything, but talk. Aurora, on the other hand, was rarely seen out of her princess form. When Guardian Jupiter had asked her about it, she had answered it was it made her feel out of place.

"Well, it's time to take your medicine."

Michelle winces and Aurora smiles. She holds the pill out and Michelle weakly takes it. She puts it in her mouth and swallows it. Aurora lays her back down and Michelle winces again.

"You're just like Raye."

Michelle smiles.

"Course. I don't know a single person who likes taking medicine."

Aurora smiles and stands up.

"Amara's going to be in soon to check up on you, so have a little more color on your face."

Michelle laughs softly and Aurora leaves the room, smiling. Outside in the hallway, she sighs.

"Her illness isn't getting better, but it hasn't gotten worse. What will we do?"

Aurora turns and walks further down the hallway, looking cheerful.

"And I thought you didn't know how to lie."

Aurora laughs as Guardian Saturn walks over to her.

"And why would you say I was lying?"

"Your eyes tell all feeling."

The blade of the Silence Glaive glistens as Saturn moves it so she can stand comfortably.

"I would expect that from Neptune, Mars, or Venus. Not from you."

Saturn laughs and both girls walk out into the Gardens.

"You know me. I'm unpredictable."

"So true."

Aurora and Saturn laugh. They sit down on a bench and Saturn lays the Glaive across her lap.

"So, what's wrong?"

Saturn's violet eyes gaze into Aurora's pale blue ones and the girl knows Saturn will not tell.

"Hotaru, Michelle's illness is not getting better."

Aurora looks back over at Saturn. She had grown older from the time in the past and was no longer the young innocent girl she once was. She had grown hard from all the battles she had been through. Saturn returns her gaze.

"Aurora, what will we do?"

Her voice has gone to her childlike voice she sometimes uses when extremely upset.

"I came out here to try and find a rare flower that I've found in a book."

The blade glistens again as Saturn twirls it on her lap.

"What's it look like?"

"It has yellow petals and orange pollen. Its stem is red, but it looks like a rose."

Saturn narrows her eyes and Aurora keeps quiet. She knew Saturn was thinking. All the scouts seemed to narrow their eyes while thinking.

"So, Aurora, where do you think it is?"

Saturn's voice startles Aurora and she jumps.

"I don't know. I'm thinking that it's here in the gardens, but if it's not. I'll try going to one of the other planets."

Saturn notices something in Aurora's eyes and changes the subject.

"How are your wings?"

Aurora fans out her wings. After the attack that had paralyzed them, they had changed. Her wings now looked like Athena's expect bigger and longer. Saturn gets up and looks at them. She reaches out and moves Aurora's wings with her hand. As she moves the right wing, Aurora cringes under her touch. Saturn automatically reaches to where the wings connect to the back. She moves some feathers out of the way and Aurora lets out a loud groan of protest and pain.

"It's still injured. You know you shouldn't have gone up against Amara like that. You're lucky to have made it out with just an injured wing."

"How was I suppose to know she was going to use her space sword?"

Saturn puts the feathers back into place and stands up.

"Well, we better go looking for that flower."

Both girls walk off into the Gardens. Unknowingly a figure is standing in the darkness of a tree. Her blood red eyes follow after the retreating girls and her long forest green hair flows out behind her. She disappears and a couple hours later, both Aurora and Saturn come walking, or rather limping, back. Both are exhausted, bruised, and Aurora's eyes hold a look of excruciating pain. Along Saturn left arm is a cut that runs from her elbow to her shoulder. The blade of the Glaive is stained crimson and so is part of Aurora's dress. However in Aurora's clutched right hand, a yellow flower is shining in the setting sun.

"Hota, I can't give Michelle the medicine tonight."

Saturn comes over and Aurora leans against her, eyes closed and panting.

"Your mother is going to wonder what happened to you."

Aurora steps away from Saturn and groans loudly as she puts pressure down on her right leg. The crimson on the dress grows bigger and her knees buckle. Saturn catches her as she falls.

"How injured did you get?"

"A lot worse then you."

Saturn takes Aurora into the hallway, purposely not going into the throne room.

"Why did we split up?"

Saturn takes Aurora into her room and sets her Glaive so it's propping up against the wall. She goes over and lays Aurora down. As she looks Aurora over, she notices the blood trickling down her leg.

"Aurora, tell me what happened."

"Well, I went over to Planet Mars after finding out Raye had went to visit her home. I decided to look around



She spent the time Hotaru took bandaging her leg to tell her what had happened while finding the flower. Saturn notices the pale look on Aurora's face and frowns.

"You used your wings didn't you?" She asks, noticing the ruffleness of her wings.

Aurora nods and opens her eyes.

"Hota, don't tell mother of what happened."

"I might have too. Aurora, you've lost a lot of blood. If you risk death, I will tell her."

Aurora nods and closes her eyes again. Saturn stays with her until she hears Aurora's breathing become slow and even. Saturn gets up and slowly walks to the door. She grabs the Glaive and walks out. She opens her gloved hand and looks at the flower in it. She lifts her head up and wipes some of the blood of the Glaive blade. She walks down the hallway and goes into her own room.

Chapter 16

Aurora's Nightmare

Saturn's night was a lot less remember full then Aurora's. All night she kept getting jolted awake from her sleep by nightmares. One of these nightmares is of what happened on Mars. The nightmare started at the palace. Aurora, as her present self, was watching. She saw herself as she was then, uninjured and transformed. She watches as she goes over to Raye and starts talking. Aurora then walks off, going into the gardens. She walks out into the outskirts beyond the city. She looks around and spots a cave. Aurora, as herself in the present, shudders and disappears but she still sees the dream, not having to interfere with her dream self. The dream continues on as Aurora walks into the cave. She walks around and comes to a pedestal with the flower on it. She walks up to it and gently takes the flower in her hand, that's when she got injured. The cave started collapsing, so she decided to use her wings. Ignoring the pain in her right one, she tries to fly out of the cave. At that time the monster appeared and tried to attack Aurora. Aurora, on the other hand, had other plans. She launches a barrage of the attacks at it. right before it dies it launches a punch at Aurora. Already drained she can't block it. The attack hits her lower leg and Aurora attacks once more. It dies and the barrier Aurora had put up drops. Rocks fall on and around her. The only way Saturn found her twenty minutes later was because Aurora had found a way to let her arm be on the surface. Saturn noticed the staff and came over. Aurora wakes up with a start, and winces. Her upper thigh and leg had been injured in the collapsing cave and now she notices that it's bandaged up. She hadn't noticed it when Saturn was fixing it up and now her right side completely hurt. She lies back down and concentrates on slowing her breathing and going back to sleep. She eventually does. The pain in her leg and wings are becoming less and less and her breathing becoming less and even. In the darkness a silver horn is glittering as its owner, a pink pegasus uses its light to soothe the young princess. The light disappears and the pegasus lays her head on the ground. She eventually ends up falling asleep, letting her spirit go to Elysion.

Chapter 17

Saturn's Night And Neptune's Recovery

Saturn is sitting on her bed. The lamps lighting her room up enough so she could clean the Glaive and make the flower into a liquid. Both was hard work. The blood had dried and the flower wasn't the easiest thing to turn into a liquid. At the end, she added water to sweeten the flavor and went into the hallway. She was halfway surprised nobody noticed her wound, and even more surprised nobody had missed her and Aurora. As she walks down the hall, her thoughts wander to Raye. She had been sick also, but was too stubborn to admit it. A faint smile comes to Saturn's lips as she thinks about the fire princess. She stops in front of Neptune's room and knocks. It was late, but Saturn seriously hoped Neptune was awake.

"Yes?"

"Michelle? I need to talk to you."

"Come in."

Saturn opens the door and walks in. She sees Michelle sitting up on the bed, with help from Mercury. Saturn walks over and smiles.

"So, Hota, how are you?"

"Could be better. I brought you something."

She holds up a vial and gives it to Mercury. Mercury holds it up to Neptune's lips. She drinks it and cringes.

"Bitter."

"Sorry. It will make you feel better."

Mercury looks at Saturn's arm and notices the dry blood and the cut.

"Saturn, what happened to you?"

Saturn's hand flies up to cover her wound.

"Nothing."

Neptune, whose medicine had already kicked in, notices Saturn's uneasiness.

"Hota."

"All right. I got injured during training."

"You weren't in training today. Neither was Aurora."

"We went out to find Michelle's medicine. Both me and her got injured."

"What?!"

Saturn nods.

"But we're fine. Aurora's asleep and I'm on my way."

Mercury and Neptune look sternly at Saturn and she sighs.

"No, I didn't tell the queen. Aurora requested it. I said only if she risks death would I tell."

"Why weren't you protecting her?"

"One we split up. Two, she was on Mars while I was still here, and three I got attacked also."

Saturn walks out of the room and walks back into her room, favoring her arm.