Chapter Twelve by ChibiMaylan


Beryl transported herself metres away from the castle gates, she then hid behind a tree trunk, and looked into her mirror. She looked at her face, which was now the striking image of the fair Princess Rini, and fixed her tiara to perfection. She clicked her fingers, and her magic transported the Sailor Senshi, now unchained but still unconscious. Beryl walked in front of the senshi, now lying on the ground, and touched each of their foreheads one by one. Her touch had instantly awoken them, as they opened their eyes and stood onto their feet in a straight line.

"You know the deal, my loyal servants… I've placed your souls into these bodies… Act as the Sailor brats, give the Queen and King respect – even though you will always hail to me – but enough false respect to make it believable. You mustn't name me by Queen Beryl, is that understood?" she asked. The senshi nodded, and marched upwards towards the castle gates, Beryl in the centre of the lined up senshi, had placed a robe across herself and held the hood up and propped it onto her head. She hid her orb staff in the robes, and clasped her hands together in front of her.

Two castle guards peered down at the senshi, and greeted them with praise. "Congratulations!" one yelled out, before being nudged by the other to remain quiet. Beryl snickered under her robes, patting her orb in triumph of passing the foolish men. "That's one phase passed, now for the other…" she grinned, glancing up at the large white doors that awaited her.


Malachite made another swing at Helios, this time it made contact to his arm, slicing his skin in a swift motion. Helios jumped back and held the new wound down with his hand, he felt the blood seeping out and trickle down his arm. He wiped the wound, and flicked his blooded hand behind him, the blood speckled onto the ground and he reached for his back.

Helios took his bow and arrow out, and made a quick aim at Malachite. Letting go, he watched as the arrow made a bee-line towards him. Malachite cackled, and appeared out of harms way, avoiding the arrow which had now punctured itself in Beryl's throne. "Your forgetting my advantage against you – I have magic – and you don't. You puny human" Malachite said, curling his fingers into fists and pulling his arms inwards, he opened his fist on his left hand to conjure up a green energy ball.

Helios didn't like the looks of the gigantic ball growing bigger by the second, he propped himself in a defense stance, and prepared himself for whatever was to come – If he were to lose to Malachite, then Rini would be where she is forever and the kingdom would fall into misery once again…


The castle doors were opened by the servants that always greeted at the entrance. Dressed formally, they bowed in respect. One stepped out of the rest, and cleared his throat:

"Presenting the arrival of the Sailor Senshi; Lady Mercury, Lady Jupiter, Lady Venus & Lady Mars and lastly, the young royal highness, Princess Rini." He called out loudly, which his voice trailed down empty hallways, corridors and echoed throughout the castle. Beryl gave a smile to the servant and lifted her hood off completely, watching the reactions of the servants surrounding her. Every servant bowed, as their eyes gazed up to see Beryl's beauty was gleaming along with her diamond tiara that sparkled every time light had contact with it.

A little girl had ran out of the crowd, her eyes watery with tears. She ran towards Beryl, and halted to a stop when she opened her arms and wrapped them around Beryl's waist. "Princess! You are finally safe and at home!" she exclaimed. Beryl was quite stuck, and tried to pull free from the young girl. "That's correct.. Uhm…" she paused, not able to figure out the name of the girl.

Beryl silently commanded Jupiter to talk. "We would like to meet the Queen & King. May you escort us there?" she asked, bending down to eye-level with the girl. "Rini's mummy and daddy are on the botanical gardens' balcony" she informed, letting loose of Beryl's waist and grasped her hand. "Come Rini! I want to lead with you beside me!" she said, she looked down at Beryl's hands, and then raised an eyebrow. "What is it?" Beryl asked, peering at her own hand and released from the girl to inspect it – she saw nothing wrong.

"Did you lose it, Princess?" she asked. Beryl looked at what the girl was now looking at – her own wrist – which answered two questions for Beryl; the girls' name and what the 'Princess' had 'lost'. A bracelet with the name of 'Diana' engraved onto it tinkled as she jiggled hand. Beryl gave a small sigh, "Oh my, indeed I have – the wonderf- I mean, the nasty Queen Beryl had taken all my jewelry." Beryl lied, giving Diana a smile.

"That's okay, Rini. It's not your fault… Oh! Look! Your mummy and daddy are coming with my parents!" Diana said, after conjuring another bracelet onto Beryl's hand. Beryl winced as the girls' good magic circled itself around her hand. It felt horrible, the magic felt gentle and clean, which she wasn't used to.
Diana ran to her mother, and quickly informed her about how dreadful Beryl had been by taking Rini's bracelet away. Beryl had a smirk creeping up onto her face as her eyes trailed up to her first target – Queen Serenity, who was now teary-eyed and running towards her…


To be continued…