Hi again! Here's part 2. Hope you like it!
Till The End...
The army was watching the hills, when they saw something black coming across the tops of the hills. The blackness covered the hill tops. Then, it started to come down, covering everything in it's path in total darkness. What looked to be a thousand goblins, and more, were coming toward the army. Helios readied his troops. Alex was looking for Cashondera in the darkness, then he saw her. On top of a hill, on the blackest horse he had ever seen. As the goblin army grew ever closer, everyone started to get ready. When the goblins were about two hundred feet away, Helios gave the signal to attack. Both sides hit each other, and started to fight. Cashondera smiled to herself, when she saw already some of Helios's troops fall. The battle had begun.
Elsewhere, another battle was about to begin...on the palace. Even though the battle was taking place in the country side, the palace was still heavily guarded. Sofia was still in the thrown room, with her mother, and grandmother. Sofia had not moved from her spot near the window, and she never took her eyes off the place where she saw the army disappeared from. She was hoping to see everyone coming home. The doors were closed, but they could still hear loud noises from outside the doors. The sound of loud banning was heard on the door. Someone, or something was trying to break down the doors.
Back at the battle filed, everyone was fighting their hardest. The blood of both human, and goblin stained the once green grass. The battle had been going on for an hour now, and their was no signs of who was wining. Alex had been looking all over to see if he could find Cashondera. He did find Helios, fighting very well with a very large goblin. He looked like he had it under control, and was about to move on, when he saw one sneaking up on him. Endymion, who was fighting near him also saw this. "Helios! Watch out!" he yelled out. Helios turned, only to find a sword already through the goblin. It fell to the ground, and Alex pulled his sword out of the creature. Helios, and Alex, gave a respectful nods to each other, and went on their way. A raven flew above the battle filed. Seeing the raven, the goblins stopped fighting, and retreated. They retreated so fast, that no one really had a chance to stop them, or even go after them. The men cheered in victory, but Helios knew something was wrong. He was not the only one, Alex, and Endymion knew it to. "Something is wrong. Why did they retreat?" asked Helios. "We need to get back to the palace" said Alex. Helios looked at the battle filed. There were a lot of men wondered, and they did not have time to wait for them. "Endymion, stay here with the wondered. Alex, and I will go on, and see if anything is wrong." Endymion nodded his head, and Alex, and Helios went to go get their horses.
They raced through the country side, at an amazing speed. When they reached the palace, they saw the guards lying on the ground. Helios, and Alex quickly jumped off their horses, and went to see what happened. "What happened here!" yelled Helios in a harsh tone. Alex helped one of the guards, that was on the ground. "Goblin's...attacked us...they were to strong." Helios, and Alex didn't say a word. They rushed up, to the thrown room. They saw more guards lying on the ground, the closer they got to the thrown room. When they got to the entrance of the thrown room, they saw that the doors had been blown wide open. The first thing they saw, was Serenity, and Rini lying on the floor. Alex, and Helios went to their sides. "Rini?...Rini?" said Helios as he shook her gently to wake her. Bother Serenity, and Rini slowly opened their eyes. "Where's...where's Sofia?" asked Rini holding her head. Alex looked around. Sofia was no where in the room. He grew white, in fear of what had happened to her.
Serenity, and Rini tried to get up, but Helios told them to stay down. "Rini, what happened?" asked Helios. "I...can't remember. I can't remember!" Tears started to build in Rini's eyes. Helios held Rini in his arms. "I do" said Serenity. "We were waiting here. Sofia was standing by the window, when we started to hear noises from behind the door..." she said trailed off. "Then the doors exploded, and the last thing I remember is something hitting my head, and hearing Sofia scream." Rini started to cry again. "My little girl is gone." Helios tried to comfort her, and trying to fight his anger at the same time. Just as Alex was getting up, he saw a piece of paper on Sofia's throw. He went to pick it up, and began to read it.
"...I have you're your daughter. If you ever want to see her alive again, then you must surrender your kingdom by noon tomorrow. If you don't, your lovely daughter, will never see the sun raise again..."
Alex had fire in his eyes. Cashondera killed his mother, she was not going to kill his love. "If this witch wants a fight, I'll give her a fight...to the death."
Sofia was just waking up. She found herself in a dark room. A few feet in front of her, was a door, with a small window that had bars on it. Sofia tried to get up, but she found that she could only go so far. Her foot was chained to the floor, and allowed her to only go, a few feet in front of her. The only light, was a small torch outside the door. Sofia looked around, and wondered where she was. She then herd someone coming down the hall. The door slowly opened, and Cashondera stepped in. She stood there in the doorway for a moment, then came closer to Sofia. Sofia backed away. Cashondera stopped. "Are you afraid of me little one?" she asked, in a way that made Sofia cold. Sofia stared her right in the eye. "No...I just don't trust you" she said very calmly. Cashondera smiled her evil smile. "Now, why wouldn't you not trust me little one?" she said evilly. "Maybe, because you kidnapped me, and through me in a dungeon. You think THAT'S why?" said Sofia sarcastically. Cashondera's evil smile, was no longer upon her face. "I would watch your tone little one" she said in a very low tone. Sofia steeped back more. "Why did you bring me here?" The way Cashondera smiled, made Sofia cold all over. Everything Cashondera did, made her feel cold. "I brought you here, as ransom. I know how much your family, and that boy loves you, and they would pay anything for you...even your whole kingdom, and planet." Sofia's eyes grew angry like fire. "You'll never have this planet, or my kingdom!" Cashondera went over to her, and slapped her across the face. "I told you, to watch your tone." Sofia turned to her, eyes bring with fire...and Cashondera knew, that her powers would awaken soon.
Alex had showed everyone the letter, and they were now thinking about what to do. The sailor scouts just came in from fighting goblin's on palace grounds. They had no idea what had happened, until they were told. Endymion, and the army had also come back, and were shocked at what had happened. "What do we do?" asked Saturn. "I don't know" said Helios in a low tone, and was pacing back and forth. "There must be a way down into Cashondera's lair" said Venus. "We know that their in the catacombs" said Jupiter. "But, we don't know how many passage ways there are down there" said Mars. "We could look forever, and still not even be close to where Sofia is" said Neptune. "There must be a way" said Uranus. "Has anyone ever been down there before" asked Mercury. "The only way you could find your way down there, and back, is if someone showed you" said Endymion. Serenity shook her head in despair. "I have never heard of anyone who's been down there, and came back alive." It all seemed lose for Sofia. No one knew how to get down there...and it looked like, no one ever would.
Everyone was still thinking of a way down to the catacombs. Alex, knew that someone that his father knew, had been down there...and lived. He was trying to think, of who it was. Then, it all came back to him. "Tom White" said Alex. Everyone stared at him, like he was crazy. "What?" asked Jupiter. "Tom White. He was one of my father's friends that did go down into the catacombs, and he's still alive today." Dianna, who was listening to all of this, with her parents, thought he must be crazy. "This guy must be crazy to go down to the catacombs." Luna, and Artemis (and everyone else) stared at Dianna. "Dianna!, that was totally uncalled for" said Luna. "Well, it is true" said Artemis. "Artemis!" yelled Luna. "What! It's true." Luna just looked at them both. "She gets this from you, Artemis" was all Luna said. The others were just watching all of the, waiting for them to shut up. "Alex, this Tom White, dose he know the catacombs well?" asked Helios. "Very well. He has been going down them, for forty-six years, and nothing has ever happened to him." Rini stood up, with hope starting to came back to her. "Where can we find him?" she asked. "He lives far out in the country. I will have to go for him." Helios nodded his head. "When you find him, bring him here." As Alex raced into the country, the only thing he could think of, was if Sofia still lived.
Cashondera was still with Sofia. Both of them were eyeing each other, waiting to see what the other would do. Cashondera grew tired of this, and started to leave, Sofia called out. "You ugly witch. Do you really think my family would ever just give up their kingdom, and our planet?" Sofia's tone was harsh, but after what had been through, she didn't care what she sounded like. Cashondera slowly turned to face Sofia. "I think they will little one. I took the one thing, that everyone would die for...you. Your family has until noon tomorrow to surrender their kingdom, or you will die." As Cashondera turned to leave a second time, Sofia couldn't take it anymore. She jumped up, and tried to hit Cashondera. She would of had, if not for the chain holding her back. Cashondera quickly turned around, and laughed at Sofia for thinking she could hit her. "You have spirit little one. You get that from your family. Well, that noble spirit will soon die, along with you. When the royal family, surrenders the kingdom to me, you will still die. You have the powers of the moon, and earth. Powers more stronger then your mother's was, and I can't let that kind of power free." Cashondera slammed the door shut, and all that was left, was the small amount of light from outside the door. Sofia was left alone in the darkness of the room.
When Alex arrived at Tom's house, he could see him sleeping under a tree. He went over to him, and tried to wake him up. "Tom...Tom...wake Tom" He did not ever move. The, Alex remembered that there was only one way to wake up Tom. "Tom, there is a beautiful girl here for you." Tom woke up, and jumped up. "Where!? Where!?" When he saw that he had been tricked, he stopped shouting. "Don't be play'n with my fancies boy." Alex just smiled, and shook his head. "Haven't changed a bit, have you Tom." Tom was a very skinny man, and was old. He was wearing a straw hat, and some baggie old clothes. What little hair he did have on his head was white. "So Alex, ye old man tells me you saved one of em's royal people" said Tom. "Yes Tom I did, but that's not truly why I'm here for." Tom shook his head. "Okay then, what do ya want boy? Come all the way out here to see me?" he said crossing his arms. "I need you to guide me, and a few others down into the catacombs." Tom just looked at him for a moment. "Now, why would ye want to be go'n down there for?" he asked. "The princess was kidnapped, and she was taked down into the catacombs, and we need you to show us down there" said Alex. "Uh, who are the "we's" here?" asked Tom. Alex knew, Tom was not going to like what he was about to say. "The royal family." Tom's eyes almost popped right out of his head, when he heard that. "You want me, to be take'n the royal family, down into the catacombs, to be look'n for the princess. Boy, have you lost your mind!?" Alex rolled his eyes. He had almost forgotten how Tom was. "Not the whole royal family, just the king, Endymion and two sailor scouts." Tom stared at him. "Is that all," he said sarcastically "What, did you say "sailor scouts?" (Tom had a thing for the sailor scouts. Well what guy wouldn't? It's girls fighting evil, in mini skirts.) Alex had to made Tom understand this...time was running out.
Alex had been trying to make Tom understand what was depending on finding Sofia in time. "I still think your crazy, bout go'n down there boy" said Tom. "I don't care, all I care about is finding Sofia, and making sure she gets back to her family. Now, you know those catacombs better then anyone on earth, mainly you're the only one how has been down more then once, and not die. We need to find the princess, we need your help." Tom thought about it. He hadn't been down there for awhile, and was wondering if he still knew his way down there. "Okay Alex, I'll do it. But tell those royals to keep up, you stop in the catacombs, you might not start again." Alex smiled, relived he had finally got through to him. "Thank you Tom." They started to make their way back to the palace. Alex had to go slow, because of Tom's donkey. She was like a hundred years old (really she was) and moving as slow as time. "Can't she go any faster?" asked Alex. "Hey, she's not as fast as Buky over there" asked Tom. "My horses name is Bukephalos, I told you that a hundred times" said Alex getting very upset. "Well, what kinda name is that for a horse?" Alex let out a sigh. "I told you that also before, I named him after Alexander the Great's horse." Tom nodded his head. "Oh yeah, the one your named after...right?" Alex nodded his head. Alex asked one more time, if Tom could go a little bit faster. "Calm down boy, we got lots of time." Alex kept remembering what the note said. " Until noon tomorrow." Alex stared off into the distance. "I would not be so sure about that."
When they finally came to the palace, Tom was amazed at the sight. "Wow, hard to believe, that just one of them family lives up in here" said Tom looking all around. Tom had never seen the palace before, he hardly ever came to the city, and when her did, it would only be the entrance of the city. "Tom, we need to go in now, and go over plans" said Alex. Tom looked down. "Boy, you don't need plans, you got me."
Inside the palace, Alex had to led Tom through, so he wouldn't get lost. "How do these people get around here?" he asked himself. Everyone was waiting for them in the thrown room. Before they went in, Alex went over a few things first. "Tom, you do know you have to show everyone in here with respect right?" he asked. "I guess you want me to bow to?" Alex looked at Tom. "It couldn't hurt" he said in a low tone. "Yeah, yeah, yeah, I got it." As they went in, Alex was beginning to think, drawing a map would have been better. "Your majesties, this is Tom White, the man who knows the catacombs." Tom gave a little bow, and said "It's nice to meet you...um, your majesties." Tom then saw the sailor scouts, and thought his dream had come true. "It's really nice to meet YOU ladies" he said eyeing them all. The sailor scouts were very surprised at this, and when Tom had his back turned, they all moved away. Helios, got right to the point. "Tom, when can we leave for the catacombs?" Tom snapped out of his thoughts of the sailor scouts, and answered the question. "Um...well, what time do ya need to be come'n back?" he asked dumbfounded. "We need to be back before noon tomorrow" Helios said. "Noon!" Tom yelled. "Well, then we better get go'n now, 'cause it takes a day to get where ye be go'n."
They all agreed to leave right then. Rini, and Serenity stayed behind. ( Man, they never get to have any fun anymore, do they? ) Jupiter, and Mars went with the party, and the others stayed to guard everything. ( and, of course they wanted to stay as far away from Tom as they could. ) "Next time, would you please not use us as betting objects to see who will go on a very long journey, with an old man who keeps trying to look up our skirts, every time we sit down" said Mars to Jupiter, as they were getting on their horses. "Sorry, I thought I was going to win" she said mounting up. "I'm playing next time" said Mars. "Fine by me, then I can nag at you for a change." They rode off, Tom tried to ride along side Mars, and Jupiter, but they rode ahead every time. "I think they like me" Tom thought to himself, with a smile upon his face.
They rode on horses, because it would take to long to get to the catacombs by foot, and time was something that they were all running out of. Tom was given a horse to ride, so they would not have to stop for him. "I hope ya don't mine sleep'n in the catacombs for a night" called out Tom to the others. "What?...we have to sleep there?" asked Mars. Tom rolled his eyes, and said "Well, where did ya think we were sleep'n at? The Holiday Inn?" Mars got her serious look on her face, as she glared at Tom. Jupiter was laughing a little, and Mars glared at her. "What are you looking at me for?" she asked. Mars kept glaring at her. "Mars, you have never scared me, and you never will. So you might as well stop with the glaring, and get to riding." Mars stopped glaring, and just looked ahead. Meanwhile, the guys were just watching all of this, not saying a word, but laughing to themselves on the inside. "They may be good look's, but they sure can be mean...I like it like that" Tom thought to himself.
As they grew closer to the catacombs, they were losing light, and time. They all knew they had to pick up the pace. When they finally reached the catacombs, Tom took the lead. "When we go in, keep it together, and don't be get'n lost. It's going to be hard go'n, but up keep, and you'll be alright." They tied the hoses outside, and went in. The horses were trained not to leave their riders, unless they needed help. The deeper they went, the darker it was. "There are torches up ahead" said Tom. At the end, they entered a cavern, with hundreds of tunnels. "Tom, which way leads to Cashondera's lair?" asked Endymion. "Cashondera!" shouted Tom. "Alex, you didn't say noth'n 'bout looking for Cashondera" shouted Tom. "Tom, we need you to help find the princess, she needs our help." Tom shook his head. "You didn't say noth'n 'bout find'n Cashondera" he said again. "Should it matter? Someone needs our help." Tom crossed his arms. "Just 'cause, you be a hero, don't mean I gotta be one." Helios walked over to him. "My daughter needs your help now" he said in a very soft tone. "You may be king up there, but down here, you got know power. I don't live in your kingdom, so you can't tell me what to do." Alex couldn't believe what Tom was saying. Helios spoke in the same tone again. "I'm not asking you as a king. I'm asking you as a father. My daughter is down here, and she will die if you don't at least tell us which tunnel to take. Will you at least help us out that much?" What Helios had said, made sense to Tom. He to at a time had a loved one, but like Alex's mother, she to meet her death by Cashondera. Tom had forgotten about that, or had tried too. He looked up at Helios, then at the others. "Ya can't find her from here, I'll have to show ya all. I'll take ya as far as to the entrance, then your on ya own." Helios nodded his head, and smiled "Thank you."
They kept on through the catacombs for hours, until they stopped to rest. "Well rest for a few hours, then move on" said Endymion. "Yes sir" said Tom sarcastically. To make sure that they would not be surprised, Helios said, that he would take the first watch, but Endymion tried to convince him otherwise. "Helios, let me take the first watch, you need your sleep." Helios shook his head. "No, I'll be alright. I need to think for awhile" said Helios. "Are you sure?" Helios nodded his head again. "Yes, I'll be fine." Endymion walked off, leaving Helios to think. Alex was troubled by his nightmares. Nightmares of seeing Sofia die the same way as his mother did. He awoke suddenly, and saw everyone still asleep. Helios was still on first watch, and had not moved from his spot. Helios was looking very tired, and was almost asleep. Alex came up from behind him. "Your majesty, you look like you need some sleep. I'll take watch now" said Alex. "Thanks nice of you Alex, but I have this" said Helios in a tired voice. "I'm going to have to insist, you need some sleep for tomorrow." Helios smiled, and said "Perhaps your right. Make sure you keep your guard up." As Helios started to walk off, he tuned back to him. "Alex, I never had a chance to thank you, for saving my life back at the battle filed." Alex smiled. "Your welcome your majesty" he said. "You can call me Helios." With that, Helios turned, and went back to get some rest. All through the night, Alex kept watch. When it when it was time to go, they all went on their way, not knowing what was about to happen.
They were traveling through a tunnel, that was very old. Tom knew this, so he told everyone to move fast, and stay together. Alex was the only one who was a little ahead. They all could hear a noise, but did not know what it was. Jupiter thought it was coming from above. She looked up, only to see the tunnel starting to cave in. "The tunnel in is clapping!" A huge part of the tunnel fell in, as soon as she said that. Luckily, they were not buried alive. After the dust settled, they saw that the tunnel was blocked. They also saw, that Alex was gone. Everyone looked around, but he was nowhere in sight. "Alex?...Alex?!" called out Helios. "Alex?" called Mars. "Boy, where you go?" called Tom. "I'm over here." They all looked around. "Where?" asked Jupiter. "I'm on the other side." Tom had a confused look on his face. "Your not dead, are ya boy?" asked Tom. "What?...no, I'm on the other side of the tunnel" Alex called out. Everyone looked at Tom. "Oh...never mind then." Jupiter, and Mars just shook their heads. "Are you hurt?" asked Helios. "No, but I can't see anything." Tom again had a confused face. "Are ya blind?" he asked. "No, it's just really dark." No one even bothered to look at him. "Well, boy you've gotta tell me these things." Tom decide to just stay quit for awhile. (I think you all can agree with me there) "Okay, sailor scouts, you can blast away anytime now." The scouts nodded their heads. "Alright, stand back" said Jupiter. "No, if you blast it, the whole darn thing will crash in on us" said Tom. "He's right. Anything like that will cause the tunnel to cave in" said Endymion. Tom turned to him, and rudely said "Didn't I guess said that?" Helios didn't pay any attention to them. "Well, what do you want me to do then?" asked Alex. "Boy, your gonna have to go to Cashondera's lair by yourself. We'll double back, and go to another tunnel, and we'll meet ya later. Just keep follow'n the tunnel, and you'll get their alright." (I don't think I have to say, who said that) "Alright." The group doubled back to find another way. Alex went on, to save Sofia alone.
At the end of the tunnel, Alex carefully looked into the main chamber, and could see that all of the goblins were asleep. Alex went around another way. He could see two goblins talking about something. Alex got closer to the goblins, and heard that they were talking about Sofia. "I need the keys to her cell" said one in a low voice. "Fine here, now let me go back to sleep. We have to attack the Crystal Kingdom in a few hours." The other goblin gave him the keys, and went back to sleep. Alex flowed him to Sofia's cell. When the goblin was not looking, Alex took out his sword. In side, Sofia was asleep, when she was awaken by a scream of pain. Sofia saw Alex open the cell door. "Alex?" She tried to go to him, but she was still chained. "Sofia, are you hurt?" he asked. "No, but I'm chained to the floor." Alex bent down, and unchained her. "We have to hurry, other goblin's may have heard the scream." They started to leave. As they did, five goblin's came running down the hall, blocking their way. Alex stepped in front of Sofia. He then charged at all five of them, killing them with his sword. Alex took Sofia to the main hall. When they got there, every last goblin was dead. "Well, my job is done" said Alex putting his sword away. "No, it's really our job is done." Sofia, and Alex looked toward the entrance, to see everyone standing there. Sofia ran to her father, hugging him tightly. Helios didn't say a word, all he did was hug his daughter. "Sofia, we were so worried about you" said Jupiter. "Is mother, and grand mother alright?" asked Sofia remembering what had happened. "There fine, but very worried about you" said Endymion. "That sounds like them." They were all so happy to have Sofia back, they had forgotten where they were. "I don't mean to break up the reunion, but we need to get out of here" said Tom. Sofia turned around, and asked "Who's this?" No one wanted to say. "Long story, don't ask, just go!" said Mars. It didn't take long to get out of the catacombs, because they found a shorter way through. When they finally got out, they all raced home, before something else could happen. Inside the catacombs, Cashondera saw what had happened to her goblin army. She raced down to Sofia's cell, only to find it empty. Her anger grew inside her. "They will ALL pay for this!"
At the palace, Sofia was being looked at to see if see had any injuries. Everyone was happy to have Sofia back, but they knew their happiness would not last. They knew Cashondera would still come. Everyone was trying to come up with a plan, when they heard the doors being banging. "Oh no, not again" said Sofia. One of the guards came rushing in. "Your majesties, Cashondera is attacking the city" said the guard. "What was the plan again? Oh right, there WAS none" said Tom. The sailor scouts wondered why he was still here. (Well, you have to admit, he is funny) "Not now Tom. We have to fight Cashondera" said Alex. "Again?" Alex turned to him, and gave him a look. "Yes AGAIN, come on." Everyone raced down, to try and stop Cashondera. "Hey wait...why did I have to go, I don't have a reason. No one dose!" asked Tom to himself. The sailor scouts went down to help fight. "Now that's a good reason for anybody." Tom said, as he ran down after the sailor scouts.
Cashondera was on a rampage, nothing was going to stop her. The guards were trying their hardest to keep her out of the palace. As soon as the sailor scouts arrived, they started to launch their attacks at her. "VENUS LOVE AND BEAUTY SHOCK," "MARS FIRE IGNITE," "JUPITER WIDE PERSUER." Their attacks rushed at Cashondera, and a cloud covered over everything. When the smoke cleared, Cashondera was still standing. "Nothing will stop me, until the earth is main!" Cashondera formed energy in her hands. An explosion was heard through the palace. Neptune, Uranus, and Saturn who were inside protecting the others, rushed out when they heard the sound. They found everyone badly hurt, and could not move. "Alright you witch. Now you have to deal with us" said Uranus. They all launched their attacks, but the same thing happened. At this point, everyone who was left came running out, only to see Cashondera standing over the fallen scouts. "My Serenity, what powerful scouts you have," said Cashondera, grinning evilly "No wonder Beryl defeated you so easily. Your as weak today, as you were back then." Cashondera turned to Sofia. "Are you afraid of me now little one?" Alex stepped in front of Sofia, with his sword ready. "Come one step further, and I'll kill you the same way you killed my mother." Cashondera started to laugh, which only made Alex want to kill her quicker. "Was that your mother I killed last time? If I would have know she was your mother...I would have made her suffer more." In a blind rage, Alex charged at Cashondera. She launched a powerful beam at him, throwing Alex into a wall. "NO!" Sofia ran to him. Alex was still alive, but badly hurt. "Alex?...Alex?" she said, with tears in her eyes. In a low tone, he said "I have failed my mother." Sofia started to cry. "I'll stop her Alex, for you, and your mother." Alex could no longer fight, but Sofia could. She only hoped, that her powers would come to her when she did.
Helios, Endymion, and Mercury, were trying their best to stop Cashondera. Rini, and Serenity knew there was only one way. Mother, and daughter focused their powers into the Silver Crystal. It started to glow, and time seemed to stop. What they did not know, was the Cashondera had become even to powerful, for the Silver Crystal to stop her. When the crystal reached it's full power, time started again. A white beam headed for Cashondera, the others moved out of it's way. Once the beam hit Cashondera, another explosion was heard. They all knew Cashondera was dead, or at least they thought she was. When the smoke cleared, a black beam, come out of the smoke hitting everyone in it's path . Now, no one was left standing, except for Sofia. Sofia didn't know why, out of everyone else, she was the only one left standing. Sofia then remembered Cashondera had said, she had powers of both moon, and earth. Cashondera remembered this as well, and knew she had to kill Sofia now, before her true powers could come to her.
The beam that was launched at everyone, was a spell to keep them from moving, and even from speaking. Sofia was trying to remember what her mother had told her about her powers. She remembered hearing her mother said to focus her powers. She was not sure if it would work, but she knew she had to try. Sofia closed her eyes, and focused her powers into the earth. The ground below her started to glow. She had a feeling to look up, and as she did, she saw the moon was glowing as well. Sofia could feel the amount of energy running through her whole body. Until even Sofia her self was glowing. Cashondera let out all she had at Sofia. As the dark beam grew closer, Sofia cried out her new attack. "ELEMENT ENERGY FORCEFILED!" The evil beam bounced off of Sofia, and hit Cashondera dead on. Cashondera cried out in pain. The power was so much for her, she was turned into ash. The light coming off of Sofia, coved everyone, healing all of their injuries. The light faded from Sofia, and she stood their before her family, and friends. They had seen what happened, and were very proud of her. Sofia ran to them, happy that they were alive. "Sofia my dear, you finally received your powers" said Rini hugging her daughter, and crying at the same time. "You defeated Cashondera by yourself" said Helios. "We are all very proud of you Sofia" said Serenity. "Your finally like us" said Mars. "We knew you would get your powers sooner, or later" said Jupiter. "Your powers maybe as strong as ours soon" said Venus. "No, there stronger now" said Sofia. "Oh no girl, we got the power" said Saturn. "Keep practicing, and maybe you'll come close someday" said Uranus. " I could still teach you a thing, or two" said Sofia mockingly. "She is challenging you Uranus" said Neptune. Then out of nowhere, Tom comes up. "Anyone want to challenge me?" All the scouts started to walk away...well more like run away. "Um Sofia, I'll have to get back to you on that, bye!" All of the scouts ran back into the palace, with Tom still chasing them. "Sofia, I think you have someone waiting for you over there" said Helios pointing to the stables. Sofia turned, to see Alex waiting for her. Sofia smiled, and went to him. "Well, lets go see if we can get Tom to stop chasing the scouts" said Endymion. They all went inside, to find Tom and the sailor scouts.
Sofia went to the stable, where Alex was waiting for her. "That was really amazing what you did with your powers" said Alex with a smile. Sofia moved closer to him. "Know what else I can do with my powers?" she asked him, also smiling. "What?" he asked. "This." She waved her hand over them, and a shower of gold swept over them. They joined together in a sweet kiss. "That was also amazing" said Alex. "What? The kiss, or the lights" asked Sofia. "Both." Their lips meet again in a kiss. As the light of the setting sun shown down upon the two new lovers, the future for Alex, and Sofia shown brightly in the rays of the golden sun.
THE END
Till The End...
The army was watching the hills, when they saw something black coming across the tops of the hills. The blackness covered the hill tops. Then, it started to come down, covering everything in it's path in total darkness. What looked to be a thousand goblins, and more, were coming toward the army. Helios readied his troops. Alex was looking for Cashondera in the darkness, then he saw her. On top of a hill, on the blackest horse he had ever seen. As the goblin army grew ever closer, everyone started to get ready. When the goblins were about two hundred feet away, Helios gave the signal to attack. Both sides hit each other, and started to fight. Cashondera smiled to herself, when she saw already some of Helios's troops fall. The battle had begun.
Elsewhere, another battle was about to begin...on the palace. Even though the battle was taking place in the country side, the palace was still heavily guarded. Sofia was still in the thrown room, with her mother, and grandmother. Sofia had not moved from her spot near the window, and she never took her eyes off the place where she saw the army disappeared from. She was hoping to see everyone coming home. The doors were closed, but they could still hear loud noises from outside the doors. The sound of loud banning was heard on the door. Someone, or something was trying to break down the doors.
Back at the battle filed, everyone was fighting their hardest. The blood of both human, and goblin stained the once green grass. The battle had been going on for an hour now, and their was no signs of who was wining. Alex had been looking all over to see if he could find Cashondera. He did find Helios, fighting very well with a very large goblin. He looked like he had it under control, and was about to move on, when he saw one sneaking up on him. Endymion, who was fighting near him also saw this. "Helios! Watch out!" he yelled out. Helios turned, only to find a sword already through the goblin. It fell to the ground, and Alex pulled his sword out of the creature. Helios, and Alex, gave a respectful nods to each other, and went on their way. A raven flew above the battle filed. Seeing the raven, the goblins stopped fighting, and retreated. They retreated so fast, that no one really had a chance to stop them, or even go after them. The men cheered in victory, but Helios knew something was wrong. He was not the only one, Alex, and Endymion knew it to. "Something is wrong. Why did they retreat?" asked Helios. "We need to get back to the palace" said Alex. Helios looked at the battle filed. There were a lot of men wondered, and they did not have time to wait for them. "Endymion, stay here with the wondered. Alex, and I will go on, and see if anything is wrong." Endymion nodded his head, and Alex, and Helios went to go get their horses.
They raced through the country side, at an amazing speed. When they reached the palace, they saw the guards lying on the ground. Helios, and Alex quickly jumped off their horses, and went to see what happened. "What happened here!" yelled Helios in a harsh tone. Alex helped one of the guards, that was on the ground. "Goblin's...attacked us...they were to strong." Helios, and Alex didn't say a word. They rushed up, to the thrown room. They saw more guards lying on the ground, the closer they got to the thrown room. When they got to the entrance of the thrown room, they saw that the doors had been blown wide open. The first thing they saw, was Serenity, and Rini lying on the floor. Alex, and Helios went to their sides. "Rini?...Rini?" said Helios as he shook her gently to wake her. Bother Serenity, and Rini slowly opened their eyes. "Where's...where's Sofia?" asked Rini holding her head. Alex looked around. Sofia was no where in the room. He grew white, in fear of what had happened to her.
Serenity, and Rini tried to get up, but Helios told them to stay down. "Rini, what happened?" asked Helios. "I...can't remember. I can't remember!" Tears started to build in Rini's eyes. Helios held Rini in his arms. "I do" said Serenity. "We were waiting here. Sofia was standing by the window, when we started to hear noises from behind the door..." she said trailed off. "Then the doors exploded, and the last thing I remember is something hitting my head, and hearing Sofia scream." Rini started to cry again. "My little girl is gone." Helios tried to comfort her, and trying to fight his anger at the same time. Just as Alex was getting up, he saw a piece of paper on Sofia's throw. He went to pick it up, and began to read it.
"...I have you're your daughter. If you ever want to see her alive again, then you must surrender your kingdom by noon tomorrow. If you don't, your lovely daughter, will never see the sun raise again..."
Alex had fire in his eyes. Cashondera killed his mother, she was not going to kill his love. "If this witch wants a fight, I'll give her a fight...to the death."
Sofia was just waking up. She found herself in a dark room. A few feet in front of her, was a door, with a small window that had bars on it. Sofia tried to get up, but she found that she could only go so far. Her foot was chained to the floor, and allowed her to only go, a few feet in front of her. The only light, was a small torch outside the door. Sofia looked around, and wondered where she was. She then herd someone coming down the hall. The door slowly opened, and Cashondera stepped in. She stood there in the doorway for a moment, then came closer to Sofia. Sofia backed away. Cashondera stopped. "Are you afraid of me little one?" she asked, in a way that made Sofia cold. Sofia stared her right in the eye. "No...I just don't trust you" she said very calmly. Cashondera smiled her evil smile. "Now, why wouldn't you not trust me little one?" she said evilly. "Maybe, because you kidnapped me, and through me in a dungeon. You think THAT'S why?" said Sofia sarcastically. Cashondera's evil smile, was no longer upon her face. "I would watch your tone little one" she said in a very low tone. Sofia steeped back more. "Why did you bring me here?" The way Cashondera smiled, made Sofia cold all over. Everything Cashondera did, made her feel cold. "I brought you here, as ransom. I know how much your family, and that boy loves you, and they would pay anything for you...even your whole kingdom, and planet." Sofia's eyes grew angry like fire. "You'll never have this planet, or my kingdom!" Cashondera went over to her, and slapped her across the face. "I told you, to watch your tone." Sofia turned to her, eyes bring with fire...and Cashondera knew, that her powers would awaken soon.
Alex had showed everyone the letter, and they were now thinking about what to do. The sailor scouts just came in from fighting goblin's on palace grounds. They had no idea what had happened, until they were told. Endymion, and the army had also come back, and were shocked at what had happened. "What do we do?" asked Saturn. "I don't know" said Helios in a low tone, and was pacing back and forth. "There must be a way down into Cashondera's lair" said Venus. "We know that their in the catacombs" said Jupiter. "But, we don't know how many passage ways there are down there" said Mars. "We could look forever, and still not even be close to where Sofia is" said Neptune. "There must be a way" said Uranus. "Has anyone ever been down there before" asked Mercury. "The only way you could find your way down there, and back, is if someone showed you" said Endymion. Serenity shook her head in despair. "I have never heard of anyone who's been down there, and came back alive." It all seemed lose for Sofia. No one knew how to get down there...and it looked like, no one ever would.
Everyone was still thinking of a way down to the catacombs. Alex, knew that someone that his father knew, had been down there...and lived. He was trying to think, of who it was. Then, it all came back to him. "Tom White" said Alex. Everyone stared at him, like he was crazy. "What?" asked Jupiter. "Tom White. He was one of my father's friends that did go down into the catacombs, and he's still alive today." Dianna, who was listening to all of this, with her parents, thought he must be crazy. "This guy must be crazy to go down to the catacombs." Luna, and Artemis (and everyone else) stared at Dianna. "Dianna!, that was totally uncalled for" said Luna. "Well, it is true" said Artemis. "Artemis!" yelled Luna. "What! It's true." Luna just looked at them both. "She gets this from you, Artemis" was all Luna said. The others were just watching all of the, waiting for them to shut up. "Alex, this Tom White, dose he know the catacombs well?" asked Helios. "Very well. He has been going down them, for forty-six years, and nothing has ever happened to him." Rini stood up, with hope starting to came back to her. "Where can we find him?" she asked. "He lives far out in the country. I will have to go for him." Helios nodded his head. "When you find him, bring him here." As Alex raced into the country, the only thing he could think of, was if Sofia still lived.
Cashondera was still with Sofia. Both of them were eyeing each other, waiting to see what the other would do. Cashondera grew tired of this, and started to leave, Sofia called out. "You ugly witch. Do you really think my family would ever just give up their kingdom, and our planet?" Sofia's tone was harsh, but after what had been through, she didn't care what she sounded like. Cashondera slowly turned to face Sofia. "I think they will little one. I took the one thing, that everyone would die for...you. Your family has until noon tomorrow to surrender their kingdom, or you will die." As Cashondera turned to leave a second time, Sofia couldn't take it anymore. She jumped up, and tried to hit Cashondera. She would of had, if not for the chain holding her back. Cashondera quickly turned around, and laughed at Sofia for thinking she could hit her. "You have spirit little one. You get that from your family. Well, that noble spirit will soon die, along with you. When the royal family, surrenders the kingdom to me, you will still die. You have the powers of the moon, and earth. Powers more stronger then your mother's was, and I can't let that kind of power free." Cashondera slammed the door shut, and all that was left, was the small amount of light from outside the door. Sofia was left alone in the darkness of the room.
When Alex arrived at Tom's house, he could see him sleeping under a tree. He went over to him, and tried to wake him up. "Tom...Tom...wake Tom" He did not ever move. The, Alex remembered that there was only one way to wake up Tom. "Tom, there is a beautiful girl here for you." Tom woke up, and jumped up. "Where!? Where!?" When he saw that he had been tricked, he stopped shouting. "Don't be play'n with my fancies boy." Alex just smiled, and shook his head. "Haven't changed a bit, have you Tom." Tom was a very skinny man, and was old. He was wearing a straw hat, and some baggie old clothes. What little hair he did have on his head was white. "So Alex, ye old man tells me you saved one of em's royal people" said Tom. "Yes Tom I did, but that's not truly why I'm here for." Tom shook his head. "Okay then, what do ya want boy? Come all the way out here to see me?" he said crossing his arms. "I need you to guide me, and a few others down into the catacombs." Tom just looked at him for a moment. "Now, why would ye want to be go'n down there for?" he asked. "The princess was kidnapped, and she was taked down into the catacombs, and we need you to show us down there" said Alex. "Uh, who are the "we's" here?" asked Tom. Alex knew, Tom was not going to like what he was about to say. "The royal family." Tom's eyes almost popped right out of his head, when he heard that. "You want me, to be take'n the royal family, down into the catacombs, to be look'n for the princess. Boy, have you lost your mind!?" Alex rolled his eyes. He had almost forgotten how Tom was. "Not the whole royal family, just the king, Endymion and two sailor scouts." Tom stared at him. "Is that all," he said sarcastically "What, did you say "sailor scouts?" (Tom had a thing for the sailor scouts. Well what guy wouldn't? It's girls fighting evil, in mini skirts.) Alex had to made Tom understand this...time was running out.
Alex had been trying to make Tom understand what was depending on finding Sofia in time. "I still think your crazy, bout go'n down there boy" said Tom. "I don't care, all I care about is finding Sofia, and making sure she gets back to her family. Now, you know those catacombs better then anyone on earth, mainly you're the only one how has been down more then once, and not die. We need to find the princess, we need your help." Tom thought about it. He hadn't been down there for awhile, and was wondering if he still knew his way down there. "Okay Alex, I'll do it. But tell those royals to keep up, you stop in the catacombs, you might not start again." Alex smiled, relived he had finally got through to him. "Thank you Tom." They started to make their way back to the palace. Alex had to go slow, because of Tom's donkey. She was like a hundred years old (really she was) and moving as slow as time. "Can't she go any faster?" asked Alex. "Hey, she's not as fast as Buky over there" asked Tom. "My horses name is Bukephalos, I told you that a hundred times" said Alex getting very upset. "Well, what kinda name is that for a horse?" Alex let out a sigh. "I told you that also before, I named him after Alexander the Great's horse." Tom nodded his head. "Oh yeah, the one your named after...right?" Alex nodded his head. Alex asked one more time, if Tom could go a little bit faster. "Calm down boy, we got lots of time." Alex kept remembering what the note said. " Until noon tomorrow." Alex stared off into the distance. "I would not be so sure about that."
When they finally came to the palace, Tom was amazed at the sight. "Wow, hard to believe, that just one of them family lives up in here" said Tom looking all around. Tom had never seen the palace before, he hardly ever came to the city, and when her did, it would only be the entrance of the city. "Tom, we need to go in now, and go over plans" said Alex. Tom looked down. "Boy, you don't need plans, you got me."
Inside the palace, Alex had to led Tom through, so he wouldn't get lost. "How do these people get around here?" he asked himself. Everyone was waiting for them in the thrown room. Before they went in, Alex went over a few things first. "Tom, you do know you have to show everyone in here with respect right?" he asked. "I guess you want me to bow to?" Alex looked at Tom. "It couldn't hurt" he said in a low tone. "Yeah, yeah, yeah, I got it." As they went in, Alex was beginning to think, drawing a map would have been better. "Your majesties, this is Tom White, the man who knows the catacombs." Tom gave a little bow, and said "It's nice to meet you...um, your majesties." Tom then saw the sailor scouts, and thought his dream had come true. "It's really nice to meet YOU ladies" he said eyeing them all. The sailor scouts were very surprised at this, and when Tom had his back turned, they all moved away. Helios, got right to the point. "Tom, when can we leave for the catacombs?" Tom snapped out of his thoughts of the sailor scouts, and answered the question. "Um...well, what time do ya need to be come'n back?" he asked dumbfounded. "We need to be back before noon tomorrow" Helios said. "Noon!" Tom yelled. "Well, then we better get go'n now, 'cause it takes a day to get where ye be go'n."
They all agreed to leave right then. Rini, and Serenity stayed behind. ( Man, they never get to have any fun anymore, do they? ) Jupiter, and Mars went with the party, and the others stayed to guard everything. ( and, of course they wanted to stay as far away from Tom as they could. ) "Next time, would you please not use us as betting objects to see who will go on a very long journey, with an old man who keeps trying to look up our skirts, every time we sit down" said Mars to Jupiter, as they were getting on their horses. "Sorry, I thought I was going to win" she said mounting up. "I'm playing next time" said Mars. "Fine by me, then I can nag at you for a change." They rode off, Tom tried to ride along side Mars, and Jupiter, but they rode ahead every time. "I think they like me" Tom thought to himself, with a smile upon his face.
They rode on horses, because it would take to long to get to the catacombs by foot, and time was something that they were all running out of. Tom was given a horse to ride, so they would not have to stop for him. "I hope ya don't mine sleep'n in the catacombs for a night" called out Tom to the others. "What?...we have to sleep there?" asked Mars. Tom rolled his eyes, and said "Well, where did ya think we were sleep'n at? The Holiday Inn?" Mars got her serious look on her face, as she glared at Tom. Jupiter was laughing a little, and Mars glared at her. "What are you looking at me for?" she asked. Mars kept glaring at her. "Mars, you have never scared me, and you never will. So you might as well stop with the glaring, and get to riding." Mars stopped glaring, and just looked ahead. Meanwhile, the guys were just watching all of this, not saying a word, but laughing to themselves on the inside. "They may be good look's, but they sure can be mean...I like it like that" Tom thought to himself.
As they grew closer to the catacombs, they were losing light, and time. They all knew they had to pick up the pace. When they finally reached the catacombs, Tom took the lead. "When we go in, keep it together, and don't be get'n lost. It's going to be hard go'n, but up keep, and you'll be alright." They tied the hoses outside, and went in. The horses were trained not to leave their riders, unless they needed help. The deeper they went, the darker it was. "There are torches up ahead" said Tom. At the end, they entered a cavern, with hundreds of tunnels. "Tom, which way leads to Cashondera's lair?" asked Endymion. "Cashondera!" shouted Tom. "Alex, you didn't say noth'n 'bout looking for Cashondera" shouted Tom. "Tom, we need you to help find the princess, she needs our help." Tom shook his head. "You didn't say noth'n 'bout find'n Cashondera" he said again. "Should it matter? Someone needs our help." Tom crossed his arms. "Just 'cause, you be a hero, don't mean I gotta be one." Helios walked over to him. "My daughter needs your help now" he said in a very soft tone. "You may be king up there, but down here, you got know power. I don't live in your kingdom, so you can't tell me what to do." Alex couldn't believe what Tom was saying. Helios spoke in the same tone again. "I'm not asking you as a king. I'm asking you as a father. My daughter is down here, and she will die if you don't at least tell us which tunnel to take. Will you at least help us out that much?" What Helios had said, made sense to Tom. He to at a time had a loved one, but like Alex's mother, she to meet her death by Cashondera. Tom had forgotten about that, or had tried too. He looked up at Helios, then at the others. "Ya can't find her from here, I'll have to show ya all. I'll take ya as far as to the entrance, then your on ya own." Helios nodded his head, and smiled "Thank you."
They kept on through the catacombs for hours, until they stopped to rest. "Well rest for a few hours, then move on" said Endymion. "Yes sir" said Tom sarcastically. To make sure that they would not be surprised, Helios said, that he would take the first watch, but Endymion tried to convince him otherwise. "Helios, let me take the first watch, you need your sleep." Helios shook his head. "No, I'll be alright. I need to think for awhile" said Helios. "Are you sure?" Helios nodded his head again. "Yes, I'll be fine." Endymion walked off, leaving Helios to think. Alex was troubled by his nightmares. Nightmares of seeing Sofia die the same way as his mother did. He awoke suddenly, and saw everyone still asleep. Helios was still on first watch, and had not moved from his spot. Helios was looking very tired, and was almost asleep. Alex came up from behind him. "Your majesty, you look like you need some sleep. I'll take watch now" said Alex. "Thanks nice of you Alex, but I have this" said Helios in a tired voice. "I'm going to have to insist, you need some sleep for tomorrow." Helios smiled, and said "Perhaps your right. Make sure you keep your guard up." As Helios started to walk off, he tuned back to him. "Alex, I never had a chance to thank you, for saving my life back at the battle filed." Alex smiled. "Your welcome your majesty" he said. "You can call me Helios." With that, Helios turned, and went back to get some rest. All through the night, Alex kept watch. When it when it was time to go, they all went on their way, not knowing what was about to happen.
They were traveling through a tunnel, that was very old. Tom knew this, so he told everyone to move fast, and stay together. Alex was the only one who was a little ahead. They all could hear a noise, but did not know what it was. Jupiter thought it was coming from above. She looked up, only to see the tunnel starting to cave in. "The tunnel in is clapping!" A huge part of the tunnel fell in, as soon as she said that. Luckily, they were not buried alive. After the dust settled, they saw that the tunnel was blocked. They also saw, that Alex was gone. Everyone looked around, but he was nowhere in sight. "Alex?...Alex?!" called out Helios. "Alex?" called Mars. "Boy, where you go?" called Tom. "I'm over here." They all looked around. "Where?" asked Jupiter. "I'm on the other side." Tom had a confused look on his face. "Your not dead, are ya boy?" asked Tom. "What?...no, I'm on the other side of the tunnel" Alex called out. Everyone looked at Tom. "Oh...never mind then." Jupiter, and Mars just shook their heads. "Are you hurt?" asked Helios. "No, but I can't see anything." Tom again had a confused face. "Are ya blind?" he asked. "No, it's just really dark." No one even bothered to look at him. "Well, boy you've gotta tell me these things." Tom decide to just stay quit for awhile. (I think you all can agree with me there) "Okay, sailor scouts, you can blast away anytime now." The scouts nodded their heads. "Alright, stand back" said Jupiter. "No, if you blast it, the whole darn thing will crash in on us" said Tom. "He's right. Anything like that will cause the tunnel to cave in" said Endymion. Tom turned to him, and rudely said "Didn't I guess said that?" Helios didn't pay any attention to them. "Well, what do you want me to do then?" asked Alex. "Boy, your gonna have to go to Cashondera's lair by yourself. We'll double back, and go to another tunnel, and we'll meet ya later. Just keep follow'n the tunnel, and you'll get their alright." (I don't think I have to say, who said that) "Alright." The group doubled back to find another way. Alex went on, to save Sofia alone.
At the end of the tunnel, Alex carefully looked into the main chamber, and could see that all of the goblins were asleep. Alex went around another way. He could see two goblins talking about something. Alex got closer to the goblins, and heard that they were talking about Sofia. "I need the keys to her cell" said one in a low voice. "Fine here, now let me go back to sleep. We have to attack the Crystal Kingdom in a few hours." The other goblin gave him the keys, and went back to sleep. Alex flowed him to Sofia's cell. When the goblin was not looking, Alex took out his sword. In side, Sofia was asleep, when she was awaken by a scream of pain. Sofia saw Alex open the cell door. "Alex?" She tried to go to him, but she was still chained. "Sofia, are you hurt?" he asked. "No, but I'm chained to the floor." Alex bent down, and unchained her. "We have to hurry, other goblin's may have heard the scream." They started to leave. As they did, five goblin's came running down the hall, blocking their way. Alex stepped in front of Sofia. He then charged at all five of them, killing them with his sword. Alex took Sofia to the main hall. When they got there, every last goblin was dead. "Well, my job is done" said Alex putting his sword away. "No, it's really our job is done." Sofia, and Alex looked toward the entrance, to see everyone standing there. Sofia ran to her father, hugging him tightly. Helios didn't say a word, all he did was hug his daughter. "Sofia, we were so worried about you" said Jupiter. "Is mother, and grand mother alright?" asked Sofia remembering what had happened. "There fine, but very worried about you" said Endymion. "That sounds like them." They were all so happy to have Sofia back, they had forgotten where they were. "I don't mean to break up the reunion, but we need to get out of here" said Tom. Sofia turned around, and asked "Who's this?" No one wanted to say. "Long story, don't ask, just go!" said Mars. It didn't take long to get out of the catacombs, because they found a shorter way through. When they finally got out, they all raced home, before something else could happen. Inside the catacombs, Cashondera saw what had happened to her goblin army. She raced down to Sofia's cell, only to find it empty. Her anger grew inside her. "They will ALL pay for this!"
At the palace, Sofia was being looked at to see if see had any injuries. Everyone was happy to have Sofia back, but they knew their happiness would not last. They knew Cashondera would still come. Everyone was trying to come up with a plan, when they heard the doors being banging. "Oh no, not again" said Sofia. One of the guards came rushing in. "Your majesties, Cashondera is attacking the city" said the guard. "What was the plan again? Oh right, there WAS none" said Tom. The sailor scouts wondered why he was still here. (Well, you have to admit, he is funny) "Not now Tom. We have to fight Cashondera" said Alex. "Again?" Alex turned to him, and gave him a look. "Yes AGAIN, come on." Everyone raced down, to try and stop Cashondera. "Hey wait...why did I have to go, I don't have a reason. No one dose!" asked Tom to himself. The sailor scouts went down to help fight. "Now that's a good reason for anybody." Tom said, as he ran down after the sailor scouts.
Cashondera was on a rampage, nothing was going to stop her. The guards were trying their hardest to keep her out of the palace. As soon as the sailor scouts arrived, they started to launch their attacks at her. "VENUS LOVE AND BEAUTY SHOCK," "MARS FIRE IGNITE," "JUPITER WIDE PERSUER." Their attacks rushed at Cashondera, and a cloud covered over everything. When the smoke cleared, Cashondera was still standing. "Nothing will stop me, until the earth is main!" Cashondera formed energy in her hands. An explosion was heard through the palace. Neptune, Uranus, and Saturn who were inside protecting the others, rushed out when they heard the sound. They found everyone badly hurt, and could not move. "Alright you witch. Now you have to deal with us" said Uranus. They all launched their attacks, but the same thing happened. At this point, everyone who was left came running out, only to see Cashondera standing over the fallen scouts. "My Serenity, what powerful scouts you have," said Cashondera, grinning evilly "No wonder Beryl defeated you so easily. Your as weak today, as you were back then." Cashondera turned to Sofia. "Are you afraid of me now little one?" Alex stepped in front of Sofia, with his sword ready. "Come one step further, and I'll kill you the same way you killed my mother." Cashondera started to laugh, which only made Alex want to kill her quicker. "Was that your mother I killed last time? If I would have know she was your mother...I would have made her suffer more." In a blind rage, Alex charged at Cashondera. She launched a powerful beam at him, throwing Alex into a wall. "NO!" Sofia ran to him. Alex was still alive, but badly hurt. "Alex?...Alex?" she said, with tears in her eyes. In a low tone, he said "I have failed my mother." Sofia started to cry. "I'll stop her Alex, for you, and your mother." Alex could no longer fight, but Sofia could. She only hoped, that her powers would come to her when she did.
Helios, Endymion, and Mercury, were trying their best to stop Cashondera. Rini, and Serenity knew there was only one way. Mother, and daughter focused their powers into the Silver Crystal. It started to glow, and time seemed to stop. What they did not know, was the Cashondera had become even to powerful, for the Silver Crystal to stop her. When the crystal reached it's full power, time started again. A white beam headed for Cashondera, the others moved out of it's way. Once the beam hit Cashondera, another explosion was heard. They all knew Cashondera was dead, or at least they thought she was. When the smoke cleared, a black beam, come out of the smoke hitting everyone in it's path . Now, no one was left standing, except for Sofia. Sofia didn't know why, out of everyone else, she was the only one left standing. Sofia then remembered Cashondera had said, she had powers of both moon, and earth. Cashondera remembered this as well, and knew she had to kill Sofia now, before her true powers could come to her.
The beam that was launched at everyone, was a spell to keep them from moving, and even from speaking. Sofia was trying to remember what her mother had told her about her powers. She remembered hearing her mother said to focus her powers. She was not sure if it would work, but she knew she had to try. Sofia closed her eyes, and focused her powers into the earth. The ground below her started to glow. She had a feeling to look up, and as she did, she saw the moon was glowing as well. Sofia could feel the amount of energy running through her whole body. Until even Sofia her self was glowing. Cashondera let out all she had at Sofia. As the dark beam grew closer, Sofia cried out her new attack. "ELEMENT ENERGY FORCEFILED!" The evil beam bounced off of Sofia, and hit Cashondera dead on. Cashondera cried out in pain. The power was so much for her, she was turned into ash. The light coming off of Sofia, coved everyone, healing all of their injuries. The light faded from Sofia, and she stood their before her family, and friends. They had seen what happened, and were very proud of her. Sofia ran to them, happy that they were alive. "Sofia my dear, you finally received your powers" said Rini hugging her daughter, and crying at the same time. "You defeated Cashondera by yourself" said Helios. "We are all very proud of you Sofia" said Serenity. "Your finally like us" said Mars. "We knew you would get your powers sooner, or later" said Jupiter. "Your powers maybe as strong as ours soon" said Venus. "No, there stronger now" said Sofia. "Oh no girl, we got the power" said Saturn. "Keep practicing, and maybe you'll come close someday" said Uranus. " I could still teach you a thing, or two" said Sofia mockingly. "She is challenging you Uranus" said Neptune. Then out of nowhere, Tom comes up. "Anyone want to challenge me?" All the scouts started to walk away...well more like run away. "Um Sofia, I'll have to get back to you on that, bye!" All of the scouts ran back into the palace, with Tom still chasing them. "Sofia, I think you have someone waiting for you over there" said Helios pointing to the stables. Sofia turned, to see Alex waiting for her. Sofia smiled, and went to him. "Well, lets go see if we can get Tom to stop chasing the scouts" said Endymion. They all went inside, to find Tom and the sailor scouts.
Sofia went to the stable, where Alex was waiting for her. "That was really amazing what you did with your powers" said Alex with a smile. Sofia moved closer to him. "Know what else I can do with my powers?" she asked him, also smiling. "What?" he asked. "This." She waved her hand over them, and a shower of gold swept over them. They joined together in a sweet kiss. "That was also amazing" said Alex. "What? The kiss, or the lights" asked Sofia. "Both." Their lips meet again in a kiss. As the light of the setting sun shown down upon the two new lovers, the future for Alex, and Sofia shown brightly in the rays of the golden sun.
THE END