Elios wouldn't have guessed how bad though, he cursed at the muddled reality that was the dream world. It wasn't until many hours later when he sensed Rini's familiar presence as she slipped into a nightmare, "Don't worry my love, it won't last long." His mind unwound the invisible knots that were entangled allowing anyone who wanted to have access to the minds of others a roadway in. He found the familiar strand, and carefully removed it from the knotted mass. To his surprise, all of the strings straightened out, "She must have been the last one." He said to himself, and closed his eyes, allowing his dream to flow with Rini's, so that he was pulled in, "Elios!" He heard his name, and opened his eyes, embracing the princess as she stood up, after taking her bare feet out of a small pond, "Yes, I am here." She seemed to have forgotten the events of that day, but then, that wasn't anything new with her, "Did you do it? Are the people of this galaxy nightmare-free?"
"Yes, of course, as much as I wanted to see you, I could not until the others in the dream world were righted."
"I understand, you have to do your job, I am patient enough." This was his favorite side of her, carefree, happy, and kind. Outside of her dreams, she was hardly ever in that state, "That is why I lo..." They were blown apart by a massive, dark wind, "Elios, so this is your Maiden, you have already chosen your love's demise, and in less than a day." Elios winced, "You cannot see her, for she is veiled!" The wind roared, "Insolent boy! I will send my dreamonsters to find you both, and they will tear the veil apart! Just like this." The wind closed around Rini, "Agh!" She screamed, "Oh gods, Rini!" Elios woke just as Rini did; screaming, "Oh shit!" He then ran to her rooms.
"Oh gods!" (She was too lady-like to curse) She looked down at her arm and leg, which the wind had slashed. The gown was bloody, and stained beyond repair, so she ripped it, and looked at her wounds. Rini needed air, so she limped out of her rooms and fell against her closed door, breathing as regularly as she could, trying not to feel the bite of the wind across her arm and leg.
That was how Elios found her, bleeding and in pain, "Oh gods Rini!" He picked her up, as he was sure that it would be painful for her to walk, and she said, "I need to see my mother."
"My thoughts exactly." A bolt of lightning struck a tree in the center of the adjacent courtyard, and he felt Rini shudder, and sob into his shirt, realizing at once that he had forgotten her phobia of thunderstorms, "It's okay Rini, shh." He whispered. Without another thought, he picked her up and carried her to her parents' quarters, knowing that they would be awake. Elios knocked, and Neo Queen Serenity opened the door almost immediately.
"Elios, Rini, come in. Thank you Elios, for ridding my people of their nightmares, but I'm afraid that you have created a larger problem... don't just stand there, get Queen Amy!" She hollered the last to the servant in the corner of the room, who ran out the door as fast as his feet could carry him.
"Mother, what now?" Rini asked as Elios set her down on her feet. "Unfortunately, you already know the answer to that." Neo Queen Serenity stood and picked up a box off of the vanity behind her, opening the lid and handing it to her. "Your brooch? I thought that it vanished!" Elios studied the brooch closely; it had strange markings on it, there were moons of course, but also hearts and a symbol that he knew he should know. "No, it is not mine Rini; Diana created it before... before she and her parents left us. It will turn you into a scout, but which one remains a mystery. You are not Mini Moon anymore, you are something else completely."
Rini took it gingerly within her grasp and studied it. Suddenly, it flashed, and became a fluid that twisted and tangled itself until it was in the form of a rose with the strange design that Elios had noticed in the center of it. She realized with sudden clarity that it was the astrological symbol for the earth, and waved her hand over it. It opened, and she gasped, seeing a crystal of four shades inside.
"The silver crystal, the pink crystal, and the golden crystal, all fused together as one. That makes it twice as powerful as the pink crystal alone!" Rini observed. In the center was a red crystal also fused in with the three that was in the shape of a rose. "Earth Rose, I'm Sailor Earth Rose..." Neo Queen Serenity nodded, and stifled a yawn. "I'm going to bed; Amy will be here in a minute, and thank you Elios for bringing her here." Almost immediately after she left, Amy came in and fixed her arm. Privately, she noticed Elios slip out and wanted to call for him to come back, but she instead pretended that she was too preoccupied to notice.
"Yes, of course, as much as I wanted to see you, I could not until the others in the dream world were righted."
"I understand, you have to do your job, I am patient enough." This was his favorite side of her, carefree, happy, and kind. Outside of her dreams, she was hardly ever in that state, "That is why I lo..." They were blown apart by a massive, dark wind, "Elios, so this is your Maiden, you have already chosen your love's demise, and in less than a day." Elios winced, "You cannot see her, for she is veiled!" The wind roared, "Insolent boy! I will send my dreamonsters to find you both, and they will tear the veil apart! Just like this." The wind closed around Rini, "Agh!" She screamed, "Oh gods, Rini!" Elios woke just as Rini did; screaming, "Oh shit!" He then ran to her rooms.
"Oh gods!" (She was too lady-like to curse) She looked down at her arm and leg, which the wind had slashed. The gown was bloody, and stained beyond repair, so she ripped it, and looked at her wounds. Rini needed air, so she limped out of her rooms and fell against her closed door, breathing as regularly as she could, trying not to feel the bite of the wind across her arm and leg.
That was how Elios found her, bleeding and in pain, "Oh gods Rini!" He picked her up, as he was sure that it would be painful for her to walk, and she said, "I need to see my mother."
"My thoughts exactly." A bolt of lightning struck a tree in the center of the adjacent courtyard, and he felt Rini shudder, and sob into his shirt, realizing at once that he had forgotten her phobia of thunderstorms, "It's okay Rini, shh." He whispered. Without another thought, he picked her up and carried her to her parents' quarters, knowing that they would be awake. Elios knocked, and Neo Queen Serenity opened the door almost immediately.
"Elios, Rini, come in. Thank you Elios, for ridding my people of their nightmares, but I'm afraid that you have created a larger problem... don't just stand there, get Queen Amy!" She hollered the last to the servant in the corner of the room, who ran out the door as fast as his feet could carry him.
"Mother, what now?" Rini asked as Elios set her down on her feet. "Unfortunately, you already know the answer to that." Neo Queen Serenity stood and picked up a box off of the vanity behind her, opening the lid and handing it to her. "Your brooch? I thought that it vanished!" Elios studied the brooch closely; it had strange markings on it, there were moons of course, but also hearts and a symbol that he knew he should know. "No, it is not mine Rini; Diana created it before... before she and her parents left us. It will turn you into a scout, but which one remains a mystery. You are not Mini Moon anymore, you are something else completely."
Rini took it gingerly within her grasp and studied it. Suddenly, it flashed, and became a fluid that twisted and tangled itself until it was in the form of a rose with the strange design that Elios had noticed in the center of it. She realized with sudden clarity that it was the astrological symbol for the earth, and waved her hand over it. It opened, and she gasped, seeing a crystal of four shades inside.
"The silver crystal, the pink crystal, and the golden crystal, all fused together as one. That makes it twice as powerful as the pink crystal alone!" Rini observed. In the center was a red crystal also fused in with the three that was in the shape of a rose. "Earth Rose, I'm Sailor Earth Rose..." Neo Queen Serenity nodded, and stifled a yawn. "I'm going to bed; Amy will be here in a minute, and thank you Elios for bringing her here." Almost immediately after she left, Amy came in and fixed her arm. Privately, she noticed Elios slip out and wanted to call for him to come back, but she instead pretended that she was too preoccupied to notice.