Cosmos270-Ta, she is only going to get worse, but there is a reason for her madness.

Hikari Tsuki Chi-Many things, hmm, but to tell you would ruin the story.

Okay, the vote tally is ended, and the winner is Riven. Ta, sorry Diamond fans, don't worry with so many ideas in my head he will have his own.

NO ownership.

Fallen, she was laying on a blacken pool of effortless power. Her white wings, were dipped beneath the surface, dyeing the pristine white obsidian black. Her hair was a mixture of the blatant silver of her ultimate form, white of her past, and the blonde of the present. A maniacal grin was plastered on her face as she thrust her hands into the pool. Her irises were blank and the sapphire that was noted to her was flecked with empty gold. Looming in the distance were several figures, three stood together and off to the side emitting dangerous, but palpable evil. Five others stood together and directly in front of her, radiating pure good. The last two that she could note clearly was pulsing royal power, andhidden agendas's. She felt herself struggle to stand, and three beams of light shot from each of the groups to her. "A choice and many agendas's arise before you, be not fooled guardian one." A wizen voice called out, the echo disguising its sexuality. The scene then split down the middle, leaving a room with three painted walls. One of the darkest black, one of a middle grey, and one of a blinding white.

Serena sat up, holding a clenched fist to her chest, her eyes observing the foreign room. Cosmos appeared before her, translucent, but looking stronger then before. "Did it work?" She asked, Cosmos nodded frowning as she did. "What?" Serena questioned her voice a soft whisper. 'What is it that disturbed you so in the astral realm?' Cosmos inquired. "I think a warning from our plutonian side." Serena explained. Cosmos nodded and quickly searched Serena's subconsciousness. 'I see.' She remarked when she pulled back. "Really, you can make something of it?" Serena wondered. 'Not really, I can only note we are not being told everything.' Cosmos stated. Serena nodded, and pushed herself to stand up. 'Our missing powers, I can feel them, we must retrieve them.' Cosmos said, Serena sighed and turned to her warrior half. "Will we have to go through trials to reclaim them?" Serena inquired. 'I do not know.' was her answer. Cosmos then stopped Serena, wearing Minako's old smirk. Serena shuddered and raised a questioning eyebrow. 'A knight in shining armor came to your rescue, well without the armor.' Cosmos teased. "Oh, who?" Serena asked. 'Not telling.' Cosmos added. "Great." Serena stated and then pushed herself toward the door, only to have it pushed open, knocking her back. Hitting the ground she let out a groan of pain, and a sigh of irony. Glancing up her eyes locked with amused, and slightly concerned maroon orbs.

"Are you alright?" Riven questioned while kneeling down beside her. Serena nodded and stood up, only to fall into his arms when her knees gave out. "Hmm, you are still a little weak from your prior stunt." he mused, standing up with her cradled in his arms. Serena blushed, but quickly slipped out from his hold. A frown on her face, when she felt her power call out and Mercury's answered, closely. "What is it?" Riven asked.

"My powers were to be seal, instead the spell someone cast backfired and released some of my strongest powers into the world." Serena explained, walking to the door. "I need to retrieve them and I feel one close by." Serena stated. Riven nodded, but held her gently back.

"I think you might need some back up." Riven stated, to tired to argue and wanting to reclaim her powers quickly she nodded. "Good, I brought your friends here." Riven told her. Serena gave him a soft smile and followed as he lead her to them. Standing in front of her was Galaxia, the Starlights, and Diamond. "Shall we go." He inquired, Serena went to answer him when Galaxia stepped up.

"Excuse us for a moment, I must speak in private with Serena." She said bowing to him. Riven let Serena by and the two girls walked over to a corner. "Hime, your powers are harming this world." Galaxia intoned. Serena's eyes soften and she stood rigid in her place. "What happen?" Galaxia questioned. Serena offered the ginzuishou forward and Galaxia laid a trusting hand upon it. A few seconds later, she gasped. "The queen did that, why?" Galaxia inquired. Serena grinned sardonically.

"That my friend is the million dollar question." She answered. "We must hurry I feel Mercury's power is close, and its reacting to something." Serena informed them, and they all mobilized and quickly left the small area Riven had brought them to.

Bloom and Stella stood back to back fighting the spread of the deadly ice. "Icy has gotten really strong in such a short time." Bloom grunted out as she fired another blast of dragon fire. A negative cry from the technological friend stifled that comment. "What is it Techna, if not Icy?" Bloom hollered back. Techna called something to her and watched the red, and blonde frown. "Unknown?" Bloom parrot. Techna nodded, her fingers rapidly firing over the keys of her techno grid. "Well, this doesn't bode well." Bloom stated and fired another round of flame. Stella was pushing harder into her back, her staff being flooded with solar power.

"Bloom, I'm getting tired." Stella shrieked, her beam flickering for a moment. Bloom gave her an encouraging grunt as she leaned into her friend. "Okay, let's give it are all, Sunburst!" Stella cried out, and the scene was flooded with a mix of blinding golden light, and fearsome orange red flames. Stella and Bloom poured everything into there last attack, falling into their subconscious. Stella was unsure, but her last sight was her sister marching determinably past her. "Serena?" she called out weakly before her eyelids met.

Serena hurried by passing the stun fairies of music, technology, and nature. Flicking a worried glance at the fainted battle fairies, of Dragon fire, and the sun and the moon. Approaching the icy barrier of Mercury's power, that had quickly covered Alfea, she raised a hand to it. "The high hime orders passage into the heart of this power." Serena instructed to it. The ice seemed to glisten with indecision, before a thin sheet unveiled her way. The others watching sighed gratefully when the ice didn't harm Serena, and their sigh grew deeper when the ice stopped growing. They gasped when they saw Serena, seemingly walked through a heavy sheet of ice and disappear from their sight.

Serena walked on ignoring the cold to where she felt the pull of power. It led her to a small ice berg with the character for ice entwined with the symbol of Mercury. Serena laid a hand upon it and watched as a formed appeared before her. A ghostly image of the first Mercurian senshi stepped forward, her head inclined in a courteous addressing. "Hime-sama." she greeted, and Serena nodded to her in greeting. A small frown appeared on the senshi's face directed at Serena. "The line of Mercury surrendered our power to you, did we chose unwisely?" She inquired coldly. Serena stood tall, denial bubbling from her as she imperiously shook her head. "Then prove it once more." the olden senshi ordered reaching her hand forward palm outstretched. Serena stepped forward and grasped the senshi's hand. "Began." came the icy whisper, and Serena's world went light blue.

As promised the next chapter. I wanted the Mercurian trial to be in the next one. Okay, yeah for Riven, he won, (little fan fares in the background.) Ta, hmm, much to be done, and what of Saturn's power and Mars? What of Selenity's plans, and what of the dream? Still no word from Daphne or the witches, has Serena moved into a deadly position? Please Review.

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WolfchildBlazer.