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Sailor Moon: Silver
Chapter 36:
New Threat In The Future
Aurora lands at the Time Gates on her back. Athena lands beside her and both
stand up.
"Pluto! What's going on?!"
No answer. That means you can't go back to the past anytime soon.
"That means she's in the past. Oh no."
Aurora and Athena run through the Time Gates and come out in the middle of
Crystal Tokyo. Both keep running till they reach the palace. Aurora stops and
Athena stops a few seconds after her.
"Have to be formal."
I have to transform?
Aurora shakes her head and walks up beside Athena. She puts her hand on her
horn and Athena trembles.
"I'm not Nelephina. I won't rip off your horn."
Bad memories. Sorry.
Aurora nods and her hand glows silver. The glowing surrounds Athena and when it
stops, Aurora's transformed and Athena has changed. Her mane and tail are
brushed and she has a bridle on now. Her fur is glossy and her wings are folded
down nicely.
Your not going to put a saddle on me, are you?
Aurora laughs.
"No. A saddle wouldn't fit with your wings. Besides, without transforming,
this is as formal as you can get."
Athena nods and Aurora takes the leather strap of the bridle in her hand. She
gently leads her into the palace and into the throne room. She looks around and
tilts her head to the side.
"Where's Momma?"
I don't know, but I hope we find her soon. This bit is irritating my
mouth.
Aurora walks further into the palace, still leading Athena.
"Mother! Mother!!" Aurora calls.
"In here."
Aurora walks through the door on her left and finds herself in the palace's
library. Aurora leads Athena in and walks over to Serenity.
"Mother? What happened to you?" Aurora asks.
Aurora tilts her head to the side. Her mother's dress is torn and wrinkled. On
the left side of her neck was a slash mark. Only then did Aurora notice how
quiet the palace and city were.
"Aurora I need you to do something for me."
The crystal around Aurora's neck glows. Serenity reaches forward and touches
it. Instantly Aurora and Athena transform. Aurora is now Super Sailor Crystal
and Athena has become the priestess, the bridle she was once wearing gone.
"What is it?" Crystal asks.
Serenity stands up and leads Crystal and Athena to the War Defense room.
Serenity walks in and Crystal pokes her head in. She looks around, then walks
in. She immediately notices something wrong as she sees the Inner Guard around
a crystal. The crystal is glowing, signifying the shield is up.
"Mother, what's going on? Where is the Outer Guard?" Crystal asks.
Athena walks forward, her horn glowing a slight silver. Serenity takes the
crystal off from around Crystal's neck and walks over to Guardian Mars. She puts
it around her neck and it glows a bright, fierce red. When it dies down,
Serenity walks back over to Crystal.
"Aurora, there's an enemy in the city. The Outer Guard are out fighting
it, but I don't know how much longer they can last."
Crystal looks shocked.
"Did it come back from the past?" Athena asks.
"I'm not sure, but please help them."
Crystal nods. Serenity smiles, but starts swaying. Her knees buckle and she
falls. As Crystal catches her, she goes unconscious.
"Mother? Mother!" Crystal cries, trying to wake her mother up.
"Let's take her to her room." Athena suggests.
Crystal nods and spreads her wings. She flies up and flies out of the room,
taking her mother with her. Athena runs behind Crystal and both eventually get
to the Queen's room. Athena opens the door and Crystal flies in. She lays her
mother down on the bed and gently lands beside it.
"I'll do anything I can to help you and this city." Crystal says,
softly.
She kisses her mother's forehead, then walks out of the room. Athena follows
her as both walk towards the entrance to the palace.
"Maybe after we defeat this enemy, we can go back to the past."
Crystal says as they walk out.
Athena nods and her horn glows a bright silver. She transforms back into her
pegasus form, and her and Crystal fly into the sky.
Chapter 37:
New Enemy
As Crystal flies over Crystal Tokyo her dagger appears in her hand and it
glimmers as she flies.
I wonder what the new enemy looks like.
"Did you see the slash marks on mother's neck?"
Athena shakes her head and Crystal comes over beside her. She motions with her
index finger the marks that were on Serenity's neck.
"I bet you, it's someone who uses close range attack, but still can attack
from a distance."
That could be trouble.
Crystal nods and looks down.
"There they are!"
Athena looks and neighs loudly in shock.
What is that?!
"It looks like a demon! And only Uranus is still standing!"
Come on!
Both Crystal and Athena fly down.
"Crystal Light!"
The white energy blade flies out and hits the demon looking creature. It
screams in pain as the blade hits. Crystal lands beside Uranus who gives her a
smile.
"Nice to see you again."
"It's good to be back."
Look out!
Uranus and Crystal look up. Crystal gets in front of Uranus and holds up her
dagger.
"Crystal Barrier!"
The barrier gets put up and the attack bounces off.
"What is that thing?"
"It's a demon, with very strong power."
"Great."
Another attack hits and Crystal groans as her power gets strained.
Aurora!
"Attack!" Crystal cries.
Athena runs out of the barrier and rams her horn into the demon's stomach. It
glows silver and the demon cries out again as both his hands glows black. One
attack he shoots at the barrier. Crystal cries out as the barrier shatters and
she gets thrown back. The other attack is thrown at Athena. Her piercing neigh
jolts Uranus out of her trance-like state. Her Space Sword appears and Crystal
slowly gets up.
"Athena!" Crystal cries as she sees Athena on the ground.
Her back has burns on it and her left wing is crippled.
"Come on, Crystal!"
Both Uranus and Crystal run forward. As they near the demon, Crystal falters in
her run and almost falls. She doesn't though and plunges her dagger into the
demon's stomach, making Athena's made wound even worse.
"Space Sword Blaster!"
"Crystal Desolation!"
The demons lets out one more scream, then disappears. Uranus catches Crystal as
she falls back. Her crescent moon is flashing and she's groaning.
"Crystal, what's wrong?" Uranus asks.
"Something's wrong with Rini."
Athena slowly limps over, having gotten back up on her own after the demon was destroyed,
and touches her horn to Crystal's forehead. The crescent moon flashes and disappears.
Crystal goes limp and her transformation reverses.
"What happened to her?" Uranus asks.
There's a battle going on in the past. The king's past self is possessed
and that in turn makes Rini not even be born. She disappears and Aurora is left
unconscious until the battle is over.
Uranus picks Aurora up and carries her back to the palace. Athena goes over to
Neptune and Saturn and wakes them. All three walk behind Uranus back to the
palace.
Chapter 38:
Awakening
Two days pass before Aurora finally wakes up. During which time Athena gets her
back and wing healed by Saturn. The Queen was very worried, but knew how the
battle out and told everyone else not to worry. When Aurora did wake up, Saturn
and Athena were in their with her.
"Hey, nice to see those pale blue eyes again. How do you feel?"
Saturn asks.
"I hurt all over." Aurora answers.
Saturn smiles.
"Has Rini come back yet?" Aurora asks.
Saturn shakes her head.
"But she should be at the Time Gates as we speak."
Aurora sits up and activates her time key. Aurora waves bye to Saturn and walks
through, Athena following her through.
"Pluto!" Aurora calls.
"Silver Lady? Is that you?" Pluto's voice asks.
"One and only. Is Rini here?"
"Aurora!"
Aurora gets knocked to the ground as her older sister plows into her. Aurora
laughs and Rini helps her up.
"I'm so glad you made it home safely." Rini says.
"So am I. What happened in the past?"
"You-know-who came back."
Aurora looks shocked and Athena neighs, frightened.
"How...?" Aurora asks.
"We don't know, but now we can go home together." Rini says, happily.
Aurora shakes her head.
"I want to go back to the past."
"What? Why?" Both Rini and Pluto ask.
"See the Amazoness Quartet again and see the past selves of all the
Scouts."
Pluto nods, with much hesitation and Aurora hugs Rini.
"I'll come back. After I make sure there's no more threat."
Rini nods and rubs Athena nose. Pluto opens the Time Gates and Rini steps
through.
"What would you do if there was a threat, Aurora?" Pluto asks.
"Help out, of course."
Aurora and Athena walk through the Time Gates and come out in the park.
Nobodies around so Athena starts grazing. Aurora sits down beside her and leans
against the tree.
"Sense anything?"
Athena shakes her head, but stops as her horn glows.
Company.
