Richforce: sorry for any delays but I've been getting a lot of ideas lately
and wanted to write them down before I forgot them. All characters belong
to their respective owners.
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Chapter eleven: Scorpio's game
Rini, Darien and Serena fell down what seemed to be an endless tunnel; they finally landed on appeared to be the lunar surface. "Are you both ok?" Rini asked.
"I think so." said the still child like Serena.
"But how can we breath here?" said Darien as they started walking. "There isn't supposed to be any air left on the moon."
"We're in a dream world, remember?" said Rini. "We can breathe here because Scorpio lets us."
"Well we better find a way out of here." said Serena.
"That may be hard now that Helios..." Darien said before he stopped. "Rini I'm sorry."
Rini stopped. "Serena, Darien; tell me the truth, I'm not a good leader am I?"
"What gave you that idea?" said Serena.
"Mama and Papa made me the leader of the rest of the Mini-Scouts when I left, but so far it seems all I ever lead them to is from one bad situation to another. We got out of them because of you."
"You're being too hard on yourself. I wasn't a much of a leader at all when we started becoming a team, it took a lot of trail and error to get it right."
"So you saying that I'm still learning how to be leader and I'm bound to make mistakes."
"Yes, what happened to Helios was in no way your fault." said Darien.
"You must be becoming more like Mommy and Daddy. They always knew what to say."
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Ariel, Greg and Amy ended up at what seemed to be a polar ice cap. "We should be freezing." said Greg. "But I don't feel cold at all."
"Must be this dream world." said Amy.
"You're really smart Amy." said Ariel. "Makes it harder for me to live up to both of your reputations."
"What do mean? You're the smartest kid your age I know."
"It may seem that way but I just study more than usual, I'm not a genius like the two of you."
"Well if you think that Genius is something natural then that rules me out. I just studied more than usual myself." said Greg.
"Me too." said Amy. "Greg studied more to try to ignore his psychic powers and I did it to get more attention from my parents since they were working all the time."
"But as smart as two of you are..."
"You should just be worried about what you expect from yourself, you may fail now and then but it won't be the end of the world."
"Thanks."
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Annika, Chad and Raye were in a volcanic wasteland. "If Scorpio thinks he can scare us with this he's got another thing coming!" said Raye.
"We'll make him sorry he messed with us!" said Chad.
"I wish I could be as confident as you two." said Annika. "I'm never that confident if Mommy or Daddy isn't around. I don't think I could ever be confident without them."
"I disagree." said Raye. "I think you have a lot of confidence that just hasn't been tapped yet."
"If you start believing in yourself there's nothing you can't do." said Chad.
"Maybe your right." said Annika. "I'll try not to depend on them so much."
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Daisy, Ken and Lita found themselves in field during a lighting storm. "If Scorpio is brought us here to make us feel at home it isn't working." said Ken.
"When I get my hands on him." said Lita. "Bam, Pow!"
"I hope I can be as strong as the two of you someday." said Daisy. "I'm not sure if I'm strong enough to help my friends."
"You're not giving yourself enough credit." said Lita. "You're very strong and not just physically."
"You have inner strength." said Ken. "And that's the kind of strength your friends need most of the time."
"Thanks." said Daisy. "You just showed me that I was strong this whole time and didn't even know it."
###
Gloria, Jamie and Mina were at a bright field of wildflowers. "Seems a little too cheerful than what we'd expect from Scorpio." said Jamie.
"We better enjoy it while it's still pleasant." said Mina.
"Mina, Jamie." Gloria said. "Do my pranks go too far?"
"What do you mean?"
"About a year ago, for me a least, I played a joke on Annika and she almost drowned because of it. Does it seem that I only really care about myself?"
"Well people in general are selfish by nature." said Jamie. "But you really do care about your friends."
"You're not just saying that are you?"
"He isn't." said Mina. "From the way you talked about what happened it seemed that you were most worried about Annika's well being, you were more concerned that she would be ok than what would happen to you."
"Thanks you two." said Gloria. "Mom and Dad always did say that I never try to hurt anyone."
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In contrast to the last location Madelyn, Anthony and Hotaru were at a castle during a starlit night. "The sky's beautiful." said Anthony.
"But this castle is creepy." said Hotaru. "Feels like something evil is waiting for us here."
Madelyn stopped for moment. "I have a question for you, if we use the power of darkness how can anything good come from it?"
"I can understand how you fell." said Hotaru. "I was a little hesitant about my powers as well for a time, but it isn't the same kind of darkness."
"You shouldn't be afraid of the darkness." said Anthony. "It may be scary at times, but it can also make the light more beautiful."
Madelyn looked at the shining stars in the dark. "You're right, it can."
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Maggie, Gary and Trista were in a windy mountain range. "Good thing he put us on top of the mountain." said Gary.
"Yeah, otherwise we probably would've been killed by the winds and the climb." said Trista.
Maggie turned to Trista. "Trista I want to tell you something; you shouldn't give up being the Guardian of Time because of me. You can help more people if you forgot about me and became the guardian."
Trista turned back at Maggie. "I'm glad that you are so concerned about others, but I'm still hopeful that we can find a way to keep the gate safe and allow you to be born."
"We have to keep up the hope that it will all turn out ok in the end." said Gary.
Maggie smiled. "So will I now."
###
Hope, Walter and Michelle were walking on the ocean floor. "I always wanted to see the ocean like this." said Michelle.
"But it's probably only a matter of time until Scorpio sends something to eat us." said Walter.
Hope then asked. "You two don't think I'm spoiled do you?"
"What gave you that idea?" said Michelle.
"Back home Mom and Dad usually give me toys or music I ask for and let me do a lot of the things I want to do. Sometimes I think that I only want my own way all the time."
"I don't that's true." said Walter. "I've seen you do some things you didn't like with Faith. I don't think a spoiled child would do something like that."
"You genuinely care about others." said Michelle. "You may get more than other children, but you give even more back."
"Thanks for believing in Me." said Hope.
###
Faith, Miguel and Amara were at stony desert region. "This reminds me a lot of home." said Miguel.
"Somehow I doubt that Scorpio would give us an all expenses paid trip to Mexico." said Amara.
Faith made sure that she stayed close to the other two. "Guys I have a confession to make." Faith said. "I'm afraid to be alone, all my life someone was always there to help me out. I don't think can really do anything on my own."
"Of course you can." said Miguel. "Just because you count on your friends to help you out doesn't mean you can't be good fighter or anything else on your own."
"Your friends and family will always be with you in your heart." said Amara. "So you'll never be alone."
"You're right." said Faith. "I'm never alone."
###
Kaede, Melvin and Molly found themselves in a tropical rainforest. "This place is a lot like the dream I had before I became Earth Knight." said Melvin.
"Well our lives have gotten a lot more interesting since then." said Molly.
"You're both can be serious, I wish I was more like that." said Kaede. "I wish I wouldn't be as impulsive."
"What are you talking about?" said Melvin. "You wouldn't be as fun if you were serious all the time."
"If you were serious all of the time you wouldn't be caring." said Molly. "I think your parents would rather have child that acts a little silly than one that acts like a robot."
"Thanks." said Kaede. "Mama and Papa always cheered me up."
###
The cats found themselves in a maze of mirrors. "I don't know how we are going to get out of here." said the kitten Luna. "But I think the first step would be finding our way out of this maze."
Artemis looked up and saw the lion Moonbeam look at him. "I guess you like looking down on us for a change."
"Well as much as we do we want to get back to normal soon." said Diana.
Just then Scorpio appeared on one of the mirrors. "Is everyone having fun?"
###
"What do want Scorpio?!" said Serena.
"What I wanted when I brought you here; to destroy you by destroying your minds!"
"We want out of here and if we have go through you to do it..."
"I purpose we play a little game. Here are the rules; rule one, some off you will not be allowed to play."
Rini began to rise up in the air as bright light surrounded her.
"Rini!"
###
Rini woke up in an empty classroom along with the other girls and the cats. "Serena! Darien!"
"We gotta do something!" said Daisy.
"Unfortunately getting in again won't be so easy." said Luna.
###
"What did you do to Rini!?" Serena yelled.
"She is awake now you however those who are left behind will have to fight your way out against a Nightmare."
"We beat Nightmares before." said Darien.
"But these aren't just any Nightmares." Then exact copies of Darien and Serena appeared with a couple of Nightmare stones floating into position to thrust themselves into the copies hearts. "They're your own!"
###
Rini tried to shake Serena up. "You gotta wake up now! If you don't you may never wake up again!"
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Richforce: Get ready to rumble next chapter. Please review!
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Chapter eleven: Scorpio's game
Rini, Darien and Serena fell down what seemed to be an endless tunnel; they finally landed on appeared to be the lunar surface. "Are you both ok?" Rini asked.
"I think so." said the still child like Serena.
"But how can we breath here?" said Darien as they started walking. "There isn't supposed to be any air left on the moon."
"We're in a dream world, remember?" said Rini. "We can breathe here because Scorpio lets us."
"Well we better find a way out of here." said Serena.
"That may be hard now that Helios..." Darien said before he stopped. "Rini I'm sorry."
Rini stopped. "Serena, Darien; tell me the truth, I'm not a good leader am I?"
"What gave you that idea?" said Serena.
"Mama and Papa made me the leader of the rest of the Mini-Scouts when I left, but so far it seems all I ever lead them to is from one bad situation to another. We got out of them because of you."
"You're being too hard on yourself. I wasn't a much of a leader at all when we started becoming a team, it took a lot of trail and error to get it right."
"So you saying that I'm still learning how to be leader and I'm bound to make mistakes."
"Yes, what happened to Helios was in no way your fault." said Darien.
"You must be becoming more like Mommy and Daddy. They always knew what to say."
###
Ariel, Greg and Amy ended up at what seemed to be a polar ice cap. "We should be freezing." said Greg. "But I don't feel cold at all."
"Must be this dream world." said Amy.
"You're really smart Amy." said Ariel. "Makes it harder for me to live up to both of your reputations."
"What do mean? You're the smartest kid your age I know."
"It may seem that way but I just study more than usual, I'm not a genius like the two of you."
"Well if you think that Genius is something natural then that rules me out. I just studied more than usual myself." said Greg.
"Me too." said Amy. "Greg studied more to try to ignore his psychic powers and I did it to get more attention from my parents since they were working all the time."
"But as smart as two of you are..."
"You should just be worried about what you expect from yourself, you may fail now and then but it won't be the end of the world."
"Thanks."
###
Annika, Chad and Raye were in a volcanic wasteland. "If Scorpio thinks he can scare us with this he's got another thing coming!" said Raye.
"We'll make him sorry he messed with us!" said Chad.
"I wish I could be as confident as you two." said Annika. "I'm never that confident if Mommy or Daddy isn't around. I don't think I could ever be confident without them."
"I disagree." said Raye. "I think you have a lot of confidence that just hasn't been tapped yet."
"If you start believing in yourself there's nothing you can't do." said Chad.
"Maybe your right." said Annika. "I'll try not to depend on them so much."
###
Daisy, Ken and Lita found themselves in field during a lighting storm. "If Scorpio is brought us here to make us feel at home it isn't working." said Ken.
"When I get my hands on him." said Lita. "Bam, Pow!"
"I hope I can be as strong as the two of you someday." said Daisy. "I'm not sure if I'm strong enough to help my friends."
"You're not giving yourself enough credit." said Lita. "You're very strong and not just physically."
"You have inner strength." said Ken. "And that's the kind of strength your friends need most of the time."
"Thanks." said Daisy. "You just showed me that I was strong this whole time and didn't even know it."
###
Gloria, Jamie and Mina were at a bright field of wildflowers. "Seems a little too cheerful than what we'd expect from Scorpio." said Jamie.
"We better enjoy it while it's still pleasant." said Mina.
"Mina, Jamie." Gloria said. "Do my pranks go too far?"
"What do you mean?"
"About a year ago, for me a least, I played a joke on Annika and she almost drowned because of it. Does it seem that I only really care about myself?"
"Well people in general are selfish by nature." said Jamie. "But you really do care about your friends."
"You're not just saying that are you?"
"He isn't." said Mina. "From the way you talked about what happened it seemed that you were most worried about Annika's well being, you were more concerned that she would be ok than what would happen to you."
"Thanks you two." said Gloria. "Mom and Dad always did say that I never try to hurt anyone."
###
In contrast to the last location Madelyn, Anthony and Hotaru were at a castle during a starlit night. "The sky's beautiful." said Anthony.
"But this castle is creepy." said Hotaru. "Feels like something evil is waiting for us here."
Madelyn stopped for moment. "I have a question for you, if we use the power of darkness how can anything good come from it?"
"I can understand how you fell." said Hotaru. "I was a little hesitant about my powers as well for a time, but it isn't the same kind of darkness."
"You shouldn't be afraid of the darkness." said Anthony. "It may be scary at times, but it can also make the light more beautiful."
Madelyn looked at the shining stars in the dark. "You're right, it can."
###
Maggie, Gary and Trista were in a windy mountain range. "Good thing he put us on top of the mountain." said Gary.
"Yeah, otherwise we probably would've been killed by the winds and the climb." said Trista.
Maggie turned to Trista. "Trista I want to tell you something; you shouldn't give up being the Guardian of Time because of me. You can help more people if you forgot about me and became the guardian."
Trista turned back at Maggie. "I'm glad that you are so concerned about others, but I'm still hopeful that we can find a way to keep the gate safe and allow you to be born."
"We have to keep up the hope that it will all turn out ok in the end." said Gary.
Maggie smiled. "So will I now."
###
Hope, Walter and Michelle were walking on the ocean floor. "I always wanted to see the ocean like this." said Michelle.
"But it's probably only a matter of time until Scorpio sends something to eat us." said Walter.
Hope then asked. "You two don't think I'm spoiled do you?"
"What gave you that idea?" said Michelle.
"Back home Mom and Dad usually give me toys or music I ask for and let me do a lot of the things I want to do. Sometimes I think that I only want my own way all the time."
"I don't that's true." said Walter. "I've seen you do some things you didn't like with Faith. I don't think a spoiled child would do something like that."
"You genuinely care about others." said Michelle. "You may get more than other children, but you give even more back."
"Thanks for believing in Me." said Hope.
###
Faith, Miguel and Amara were at stony desert region. "This reminds me a lot of home." said Miguel.
"Somehow I doubt that Scorpio would give us an all expenses paid trip to Mexico." said Amara.
Faith made sure that she stayed close to the other two. "Guys I have a confession to make." Faith said. "I'm afraid to be alone, all my life someone was always there to help me out. I don't think can really do anything on my own."
"Of course you can." said Miguel. "Just because you count on your friends to help you out doesn't mean you can't be good fighter or anything else on your own."
"Your friends and family will always be with you in your heart." said Amara. "So you'll never be alone."
"You're right." said Faith. "I'm never alone."
###
Kaede, Melvin and Molly found themselves in a tropical rainforest. "This place is a lot like the dream I had before I became Earth Knight." said Melvin.
"Well our lives have gotten a lot more interesting since then." said Molly.
"You're both can be serious, I wish I was more like that." said Kaede. "I wish I wouldn't be as impulsive."
"What are you talking about?" said Melvin. "You wouldn't be as fun if you were serious all the time."
"If you were serious all of the time you wouldn't be caring." said Molly. "I think your parents would rather have child that acts a little silly than one that acts like a robot."
"Thanks." said Kaede. "Mama and Papa always cheered me up."
###
The cats found themselves in a maze of mirrors. "I don't know how we are going to get out of here." said the kitten Luna. "But I think the first step would be finding our way out of this maze."
Artemis looked up and saw the lion Moonbeam look at him. "I guess you like looking down on us for a change."
"Well as much as we do we want to get back to normal soon." said Diana.
Just then Scorpio appeared on one of the mirrors. "Is everyone having fun?"
###
"What do want Scorpio?!" said Serena.
"What I wanted when I brought you here; to destroy you by destroying your minds!"
"We want out of here and if we have go through you to do it..."
"I purpose we play a little game. Here are the rules; rule one, some off you will not be allowed to play."
Rini began to rise up in the air as bright light surrounded her.
"Rini!"
###
Rini woke up in an empty classroom along with the other girls and the cats. "Serena! Darien!"
"We gotta do something!" said Daisy.
"Unfortunately getting in again won't be so easy." said Luna.
###
"What did you do to Rini!?" Serena yelled.
"She is awake now you however those who are left behind will have to fight your way out against a Nightmare."
"We beat Nightmares before." said Darien.
"But these aren't just any Nightmares." Then exact copies of Darien and Serena appeared with a couple of Nightmare stones floating into position to thrust themselves into the copies hearts. "They're your own!"
###
Rini tried to shake Serena up. "You gotta wake up now! If you don't you may never wake up again!"
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