Hidden Secrets
By Tuxedo Starr
"Mother, what's wrong? You look awful!"
"I . . . . I'm not feeling so well, Small Lady."
"She's right, dear. You look positively ill."
"Why don't you go rest? I can continue hosting the ball in your place. I need practice for when I become Queen!"
"All right, Chibiusa. I'll . . . . I'll go lie down."
*~*
"Puu! PUU!!!!!"
The mysterious green-haired woman turns at the sound of the voice echoing through the gates of Time. Her lips curve into a small, pleased and surprised smile at the sight of the small, pink haired young woman running to her. "Hello, Small Lady. It is good to see you. I haven't seen you since . . ."
This is when she notices something is wrong. The maroon eyes take in the look of feared panic on the child's face, the whiteness of her skin, the feeling of horror emanating from her. She kneels to look the girl in the eye as she comes to a breathless halt in front of the Time Guardian. "Princess, what's wrong?"
Tears well in the child's eyes as she pants, hopelessly out of breath from sprinting from the highest room in the castle. "Puu, please! You've got to come!
"Mama! . . ."
*~*
The young queen thrashes on her bed, twisting in the sheets as her entire body spasms. Her hands claw at her throat and her eyes bulge as though she's choking. Her hair, formerly a beautiful moonlit silver, is now a dark, shadowy black.
Mercury and Jupiter each try to restrain her as Venus and Mars try to comfort a worried, hysterical Endymion.
*~*
"The Queen? What happened to the Queen?"
"Puu, I . . . I don't know! She was feeling a little sick at the coalition ball for the King of Andromeda, and Daddy brought her up to her room! I went up to check on her a few minutes later because I heard sounds of what sounded like screams of pain. I thought she had fallen! But I found Daddy huddled over Mama, who was lying on the bed, heaving as though she were having a spasm! And then, her hair just turned black! And . . . and . . . ."
The Princess of Crystal Tokyo breaks down sobbing. The Guardian of Time takes her into her olive arms in a consoling embrace.
"Small Lady, it will be all right. I promise to take care of everything. Listen, you just leave your mother's condition to me, I'm sure that there's a reason for it. In the meantime, since it will doubtless upset you to see your mother in any such state, why don't you go see Helios?"
"But . . . b-but . . ."
"No buts," the green-haired woman says sternly, rising. "A girl in your position has no need to see your mother in this condition. I'll take a look at it myself now."
"All . . . all right, Puu."
*~*
"All right Ami-chan, she's out."
"Thank you, Minako-chan. Although I really think there could have been an alternative to beaning the Queen over the head with her staff to knock her out . . . ."
The blonde flips her hair over her shoulder. "What else did you expect me to do? She was getting rather violent, trying to strangle you and all . . ."
Jupiter rolls her eyes. "At any rate, what do you think is wrong with her, Ami? Any ideas whatsoever?"
A shadow of worry crosses the blue eyes of the Mercurian Princess. She shakes her head. "None at all . . . what do you think, Rei?"
The Senshi of War shakes her head. "She has a powerful aura of evil surrounding her . . . ."
"Possession?" Minako asks worriedly.
Mercury nods. "Seems like. What else, Rei . . . where'd she go?"
"Ne? Ami-chan, what'd . . ."
The rest of Jupiter's sentence goes unsaid as she looks over to where Ami is looking, her mouth open in a silent scream of horror. The other two Senshi turn to see an ancient skeleton laying on the floor wearing the tattered remains of what looks like Mars' Star Senshi uniform.
As one, the three remaining guardians of the Inner Planets scream.
*~*
Pluto is about to leave her post when she hears screams echo from the top of the Crystal Palace. Her maroon gaze snaps up to the crystal tower.
"Serenity-sama . . . .!"
A sudden spark in the Time-Space continuum draws her attention away from the glistening facets of the Tower and to the Mists of Time just in time to see an explosion of shadow and a flood of blackness sweeps through the doors over the lone Senshi and the rest of the world . . .
The End
Just kidding! That'd be SUCH an awful place to stop, ne? No plot, no explanation, no nothing! I'd be so EVIL!!! *evil grin*
Anyway, enjoy this. Please review!
Tuxie Starr
By Tuxedo Starr
"Mother, what's wrong? You look awful!"
"I . . . . I'm not feeling so well, Small Lady."
"She's right, dear. You look positively ill."
"Why don't you go rest? I can continue hosting the ball in your place. I need practice for when I become Queen!"
"All right, Chibiusa. I'll . . . . I'll go lie down."
*~*
"Puu! PUU!!!!!"
The mysterious green-haired woman turns at the sound of the voice echoing through the gates of Time. Her lips curve into a small, pleased and surprised smile at the sight of the small, pink haired young woman running to her. "Hello, Small Lady. It is good to see you. I haven't seen you since . . ."
This is when she notices something is wrong. The maroon eyes take in the look of feared panic on the child's face, the whiteness of her skin, the feeling of horror emanating from her. She kneels to look the girl in the eye as she comes to a breathless halt in front of the Time Guardian. "Princess, what's wrong?"
Tears well in the child's eyes as she pants, hopelessly out of breath from sprinting from the highest room in the castle. "Puu, please! You've got to come!
"Mama! . . ."
*~*
The young queen thrashes on her bed, twisting in the sheets as her entire body spasms. Her hands claw at her throat and her eyes bulge as though she's choking. Her hair, formerly a beautiful moonlit silver, is now a dark, shadowy black.
Mercury and Jupiter each try to restrain her as Venus and Mars try to comfort a worried, hysterical Endymion.
*~*
"The Queen? What happened to the Queen?"
"Puu, I . . . I don't know! She was feeling a little sick at the coalition ball for the King of Andromeda, and Daddy brought her up to her room! I went up to check on her a few minutes later because I heard sounds of what sounded like screams of pain. I thought she had fallen! But I found Daddy huddled over Mama, who was lying on the bed, heaving as though she were having a spasm! And then, her hair just turned black! And . . . and . . . ."
The Princess of Crystal Tokyo breaks down sobbing. The Guardian of Time takes her into her olive arms in a consoling embrace.
"Small Lady, it will be all right. I promise to take care of everything. Listen, you just leave your mother's condition to me, I'm sure that there's a reason for it. In the meantime, since it will doubtless upset you to see your mother in any such state, why don't you go see Helios?"
"But . . . b-but . . ."
"No buts," the green-haired woman says sternly, rising. "A girl in your position has no need to see your mother in this condition. I'll take a look at it myself now."
"All . . . all right, Puu."
*~*
"All right Ami-chan, she's out."
"Thank you, Minako-chan. Although I really think there could have been an alternative to beaning the Queen over the head with her staff to knock her out . . . ."
The blonde flips her hair over her shoulder. "What else did you expect me to do? She was getting rather violent, trying to strangle you and all . . ."
Jupiter rolls her eyes. "At any rate, what do you think is wrong with her, Ami? Any ideas whatsoever?"
A shadow of worry crosses the blue eyes of the Mercurian Princess. She shakes her head. "None at all . . . what do you think, Rei?"
The Senshi of War shakes her head. "She has a powerful aura of evil surrounding her . . . ."
"Possession?" Minako asks worriedly.
Mercury nods. "Seems like. What else, Rei . . . where'd she go?"
"Ne? Ami-chan, what'd . . ."
The rest of Jupiter's sentence goes unsaid as she looks over to where Ami is looking, her mouth open in a silent scream of horror. The other two Senshi turn to see an ancient skeleton laying on the floor wearing the tattered remains of what looks like Mars' Star Senshi uniform.
As one, the three remaining guardians of the Inner Planets scream.
*~*
Pluto is about to leave her post when she hears screams echo from the top of the Crystal Palace. Her maroon gaze snaps up to the crystal tower.
"Serenity-sama . . . .!"
A sudden spark in the Time-Space continuum draws her attention away from the glistening facets of the Tower and to the Mists of Time just in time to see an explosion of shadow and a flood of blackness sweeps through the doors over the lone Senshi and the rest of the world . . .
The End
Just kidding! That'd be SUCH an awful place to stop, ne? No plot, no explanation, no nothing! I'd be so EVIL!!! *evil grin*
Anyway, enjoy this. Please review!
Tuxie Starr