Hey there people! Sorry about the extremely long wait for this chapter... it's not exactly a long chapter. Anyway, here's chapter twelve.

Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon, as we all know. I do own Lara and Sol, as they are my own characters, so I would appreciate either being asked to use the characters, or given credit for them if you use them in another story. Other than that, enjoy!

Chapter 12: Change is good..right?

A figure stands in the shadows of the Gates of Time. Light reflects off of a mirror held in this figure's hands.

"Small Lady, your time has passed, but you remain. You are a drifting bit of time that has been displaced. Now you may never return home.I am sorry that I did not foresee this. I remove you from the time stream, little one. May you find your place in this new time."

The light flashed, and a tall woman with long, dark green hair was thrown into relief. The sad look on her face showed an ageless sorrow caused by her inability to save one from pain.

Then the light changes, and the look on the woman's face changes to one of mixed surprise and joy.

"So, our true princess has been finally revealed. The others will be very happy to hear this."

The light of the mirror fades, and the figure falls back into darkness, and there is only silence before the Gates of Time.

* * *

"So.we're in an apartment? This is one weird looking apartment!" Lara glanced around at her surroundings. It looked more like a fanciful cave than an apartment to her.

"Well, it's been used for a few purposes, the last one being to hold a Tree of Life. There is still some residue left from that." The white-haired man, Malachite, told her.

It had been a few hours since she arrived in this place and she still had not met the owners of the other two voices she had heard. Malachite had further explained about the Negaverse, and about the past that he could remember.

Suddenly there was a commotion in the other room, the room where the other three generals were. Malachite went to check.

Lara, curious as she was, crept up to the crack in the wall that joined this room to the other one. From here she could listen to what was being said.

"The Sailor Scouts are on their way here. What should we do once they get here?" This from one of the anonymous voices.

"We will let them in, and try to explain before they destroy us." Malachite sounded so calm. But Lara had a better idea. She stepped out through the crack and into the light of the other room.

"Why don't I talk to them?" Four pairs of eyes turned to stare at her. One of the blond men looked like he was about to protest, but Malachite stopped him with a gesture.

"This could be a very good idea. The Sailor Scouts believe that we wish you harm. As you know, that may have been true at one time, they do not know of our change of allegiance and would therefore feel that they must attack and defeat us to save you." The other generals nodded agreement.

Lara almost laughed. "It seems that these Sailor Scouts don't understand people at all! They think that Tiger wants to hurt me, but that couldn't be farther from the truth, and they think that you want bad things to happen to me too, but you have been protecting me for thousands of years. Oh well, I'll set them straight."

The man with long brown hair threw back his head and laughed. It was a beautiful, deep laugh. "I wish we'd had you with us when we faced the Sailor Scouts the first time, they never would have stood a chance!"

Malachite looked startled, but said nothing. Jedeite looked like he was about to fall asleep, but suddenly he opened his eyes. "They're here."

* * *

Renee was walking in the forest, but it seemed so wrong. There were no animals, no sounds, just complete silence. She was dreaming, she knew that, but she couldn't find Pegasus anywhere.

"Pegasus!! Where are you?" She cried out finally. But there was no answer. "Don't you like me anymore? Why won't you answer me?"

Then there was a glimmer to her right. "Pegasus!"

Renee? Is that you?

"Of course it's me! Who else would I be?" Renee was confused, what was wrong with Pegasus? "You're all blurry Pegasus, are you all right?"

Renee, I can't get to you. Something has changed. You're not the same anymore. You're not the same person.

With that, Pegasus faded. "NO! Pegasus, where did you go?" Renee cried.

She sat up straight. She had fallen asleep in her room. She didn't feel as transparent as she had before, but she still felt strange. What had happened to Pegasus?

Renee got up to look at the globe that Pegasus had given to her, but the orb was dark.

On her pillow lay a single black hair.

* * *

The scouts ran up the six flights of stairs of the apartment they had last been in when defeating Anne and Allen.

"Are you sure this is where Lara is, Amy?" Serena panted, half a flight behind everyone else.

"Yes. If it makes you feel any better, this is the floor she's on." Amy pointed to the door on the landing.

"Why didn't we take the elevator?" Mina whined.

"Because that would have given us away. Also, I seem to remember some bad experiences involving Malachite and elevators. And if the other generals are back then we really don't want anything to do with elevators." Rei replied, a little harsher than absolutely necessary.

The five scouts tumbled into the hallway to find that Neptune and Uranus had beaten them to the target.

Neptune stared at them. "We cannot allow you to pass, at least not without us."

"We would never dream of it." Lita said. "We can use all the help we can get against this Nega-twit!"

Uranus gave her a strange look. "I don't think you really understand what is going on here. But let us proceed."

Now all seven scouts approached the door. Serena looked at her friends. "All right, on three. One. Two. THREE!!"

Lita and Uranus rushed the door. It opened without much effort. They all ran into the room, and stopped in surprise.. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

All right, that's all I've got for now. Hopefully I'll have more to put up before the end of Christmas holidays. See ya!