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Meeting the Menace

A The Chrysanthemum Chronicles Series Story

Somewhere In The Negaverse

Negaverse Dimension, The Universe

September 11, 986

Meanwhile, as several Moon Kingdom Princesses either slept or awoke from states of sleep somewhere in Stramesville, a very evil force was seeking to conquer and destroy, if they possibly could do so at all, in it. They were doing this in another dimension of the Universe, by the way. They were seeking to conquer and destroy all the good things in the Universe which the One True God of it had created many long centuries before, in fact. This dimension was the Negaverse Dimension. And its countless inhabitants were from the Negaverse.

The Negaverse would someday seek to conquer and destroy the Moon Kingdom and as many of its inhabitants as it possibly could. And it was currently being led by a very wicked woman named Queen Beryl. That was if the visions and/or dreams that Queen Serenity, and at least one other person in her life, had periodically had over at least the last few years of their life or lives, were sufficiently accurate in their natures, of course. Often without any, or very little, prior warning, by the way. Those particular people besides her, at least, also included Darien and Serena. If nobody else as well who Serenity currently knew in her life were also having such visions and/or dreams relating to the same people, as a matter of fact.

There were countless beings of various kinds that were part of the Negaverse. But to date, nobody from the Moon Kingdom had actually engaged them in battle anywhere in the known Universe. But that'd not actually continue to be the case much longer. As many people would eventually find out, once the Negaverse entered a sufficiently inhabited area of the Universe, most likely. And when they then sought to conquer it, so that they could rule it, essentially, with an iron hand, in a manner of speaking. Supposing, of course, that they didn't have to destroy it instead on their endless quest to either conquer or destroy any number of inhabited worlds anywhere in the known Universe.

Once elements of the Negaverse hordes began making contact with certain peoples who'd undoubtedly oppose them anywhere in the Universe, if they'd not yet done so, they'd seek to conquer or destroy those peoples, if at all possible. And they'd continue trying to do so for as long as possible. Unless they were somehow stopped from doing so for a certain period of time, of course. And it'd likely be the case for at least as long as the Negaverse would ever exist somehow in the known Universe.

In the meantime, one of a countless number of projections of the Negaverse was now seeking to gain entrance somehow into the Universe's Cassini Galaxy. Most specifically in the general area of the Cassini Galaxy where the Ozotovian solar system actually was in it. And this projection was now trying to break into the Cassini Galaxy with as much force as it possibly could break into it. It was doing so here, just so that the Negaverse hopefully could somehow find a way to invade all the inhabited worlds close enough to where it was now trying to break into it. This was because certain elements of the current Negaverse hordes had somehow managed to detect the presences of potential enemies in the Cassini Galaxy. Most specifically in the Ozotovian solar system of it, in fact. Meaning, of course, Serenity and all her current companions on the Ozotov IV landmass of Marzotek, most likely.

Queen Beryl of the Negaverse had heard much about the Moon Kingdom ever since she'd been a very young girl deep in the heart of the Negaverse. She'd heard about it from countless other Negaverse beings of numerous kinds. Especially from her parents Sodom and Gomorrah, who'd passed on their hate of countless good things to their daughter Beryl. For many long millennia, even before the start of the Moon Kingdom's currently-ongoing Silver Millennium, there'd been a never-ending battle between the forces of Good and Evil. If not also from the Creation of the whole Universe by the One True God of the Universe. And it'd likely continue for many more long centuries or millennia yet to come in the future. Also for all those reasons as well, as a matter of fact.

And if things actually happened to make it impossible for the Moon Kingdom's people to avoid fighting as well in that very battle, then they might eventually find themselves all quite deeply involved in that battle. Especially for those who were Sailor Scouts of any known kind in it. Most especially Serenity and so many other people in her own mortal life in God's Universe, of course.

Serena and her fellow Moon Kingdom Princesses wouldn't want to fight against other sentient beings to the death, most likely. But they'd still probably have to do so, of course. Especially if Beryl and countless other beings from anywhere in the Universe sought to conquer their Moon Kingdom, at the very least. If not also destroy it, as much as they possibly could do so. Even Serena, who'd most likely really hate having to fight other beings to the death. For she especially didn't like the idea of unnecessarily killing any other sentient being in the known Universe. And several other Moon Kingdom Princesses might also feel much the same way that she'd most likely feel if that were ever the case for her, at the very least. If they didn't feel entirely the same way, they might then do so, for all the obvious reasons, of course.

Deep in the middle of the projection that was currently seeking to gain sufficient access into the Cassini Galaxy, Beryl was having a meeting with a number of her fellow Negaverse beings. Specifically with certain humanoid beings that looked almost like Terrans, if not entirely like them. At least one of them was male, and at least one was female.

Beryl, a very evil woman with orange-red or bright red hair, as the case might currently be for her, was now in the middle of what she might call a very important meeting. And now with her in that meeting here, there were three males and one female, with the female being the blonde-haired Zoisite. Also with Beryl and Zoisite were Jeddite, who was a tall blond male, Nephlyte, who was a tall brown-haired male, and Malachite, who was a tall male with somewhat grayish-white hair. All five of the Negaverse beings appeared to be about twenty to thirty Terran years old, even Malachite. Except for possibly Beryl, who appeared to be in her early thirties to her early forties, at least in Terran years. All her current companions were at least five to ten years younger than she was, if not more. Beryl was the only one of them wearing a long gown. And it made her look quite ugly. Or at least it'd likely do so, if she and Serenity were close enough to each other for anyone to see them both at the same exact time. This gown of Beryl's was mainly dark blue and black, and it looked quite terrible on her.

Beryl had sought to control as much of the Universe as she could as the Queen of the Negaverse. And she was very powerful, having had many long years to practice her various wicked powers ever since she'd succeeded her parents on the Negaverse's throne. She was now supposedly at least six hundred to a thousand Terran years old. But nobody except for maybe her and thousands or millions of now-dead people likely would know exactly how old she actually was. Not counting, of course, the One True God of the Universe. And as long as that was the case, and as long as she was still alive in the Universe, nobody else who didn't already know how old she actually was in it would likely ever know that.

But little did she know that someday yet in the future, she'd eventually meet her match in the Universe. And that she'd meet her match in it at least once, if not twice or three times, at the hands of at least Queen Serenity. If not also Moon Princess Serena and at least four other Moon Kingdom Princesses, as well. Even after the actual demise of the Moon Kingdom, by the way. Those things would eventually come to pass, not only for her, but also for all of the other still-surviving beings from the Moon Kingdom and the Negaverse, of course.

However, until that time, or those times, came to pass, she'd not know that'd be the case for her at least once, if not more than that. And any or all of the surviving beings from both the Negaverse and the Moon Kingdom who were able to somehow see those things happen wouldn't know that either as well.

Beryl asked Jeddite, "How soon do you think we'll be able to gain entrance into the Cassini Galaxy, Jeddite?"

"I think we can break into it within the next 24 to 48 hours, Queen Beryl. Most definitely within the next four or five days, I think, if Satan wills that we do so. Why?"

"Because I want to get my hands on the legendary Crystals of Orisinia. For they're rumored to have special powers which we in the Negaverse can most likely use to help us conquer or destroy any number of inhabited worlds anywhere at all in the known Universe. Especially ones that I can use to wreak great havoc in it as well, if at all possible. And which I can use, I think, if Satan gives me the ability to use them all in such a manner as I feel they should be used. Even while we're trying to conquer or destroy as much of the known Universe as we possibly can conquer or destroy in it. Long live Satan! And death to the foolish so-called One True God of the Universe who thinks he's worthy to rule all of it as he sees fit!"

Beryl and the rest of her Negaverse's countless inhabitants all hated the One True God of the Universe, as much as they could each hate him. They all believed that He wasn't actually the Creator of all the Universe, but that Satan was, or that there'd actually been a Big Bang long before. And that every sentient being in the known Universe had, most likely, except in certain very rare cases, eventually evolved from any number of lower lifeforms, whatever those supposed lower lifeforms might possibly be in the known Universe.

Of course, that wasn't necessarily true. But that was most likely what they believed, if they didn't believe that Satan had created all of the Universe. And if they did believe such things, they might eventually find that such things weren't actually true. But only if they somehow managed to stay alive at least long enough for themselves to actually do so, most likely. Then again, they might not, of course.

Beryl then spent at least the next hour or so meeting with four of her fellow Negaversers in the aforementioned Negaverse area that she was now in here. She did this at least until she was sufficiently bored with doing so at the current time. And she did this until she dismissed her fellow Negaversers from her presence in the Negaverse area that she and they were all now in. After which, she then found a nearby cave in that Negaverse area. She soon slept in that cave for quite some time. Only waking when she felt she'd slept long enough in it. She slept in a cave made by any number of the various folds and sub-dimensions that were quite often found in the Negaverse. And it wasn't the only known cave of such a kind in the entire Negaverse. In fact, it was one of at least millions, if not at least billions or trillions, of such caves anywhere in it.

I suppose that I'd better stop here now. For this will be where the next part of the story will take up from, in fact, readers. I hope that you have so far enjoyed the story, if you've gotten this far, and that you'll continue to read it, once I put more of it up here on fanfiction dot net. I don't know how long it will take me to get each story in this series up fully on fanfiction dot net. But it might take a while for each story in this series, just the same, readers. Until later, then, this is "The Universal Storyteller" signing off here. Happy reading, and God bless, and all that, of course, readers! Over and out!