Ch 9: Reviewing the Past
The next day they all meet at Raye's, like they planed. Bunny couldn't help but notice how the group gathering had changed so much in the 3 years sense Metallia had been their enemy. At that time it had only been her, Amy, Raye, and Luna, later joined by Lita, Mina, and Artemis. Now there was also Rini, Darien, Amara, Michelle, Trista, Hotaru, Pallas, Ceres, Vesta, Juna, and Diana. It was a large group, there was no possible way they could lose to the new enemy. Whoever the new enemy was.
"So did Neo-Queen Serenity tell you anything about the terrible thing that was going to happen?" Amy asked.
"Well, she said it had something to do with the past. You're past, not just the present that is our past," Vesta responded.
"Our past? Could it possible be one of our old enemies returned?" Michelle questioned.
"It's possible, but which one. Hey Raye, do you think your fire could help us?" Amara asked.
"I think so. I should be able to tell what our former enemies are doing," Raye replied.
They all went to the sacred fire. They had decided to start with the most recent enemies and work backwards. They skipped the Amazon Quartet, seeing as they were right there. Next was Pharaoh 90, but he was still in his own dimension, no sign of contact with this one. Then there was the Black Moon and the Doom Phantom. The Doom Phantom was dead along with all his followers. Then there was Ann and Allen with their Doom tree. They seemed happy. They had 2 new companions, one was a girl and the other, Fiorie, Darien's childhood friend. They were glad to see they had all found love. That just left Metallia. She was still sealed away. But who was this girl Raye keeped seeing?
"I don't recognize her, but she is apparently connected with Metallia now. I guess it's Metallia who is from the past," Raye said. They were all shocked. Metallia had been responsible for destroying the Moon Kingdom, and had been the hardest of all the enemies to defeat. However, there were a lot more scouts now, and they were much stronger, so this would be no problem, right? However, they were all worried.
"You said you saw a girl? I wonder what that means," Luna was saying.
They all talked about what could be going on. However, they couldn't figure anything out. Metallia was still sealed away, Beryl was dead, but who was this girl? They talked for a long time, but it was useless. After a while they decided to just go about their business till they got anymore information.
Bunny, Darien, Rini and Hotaru stared home. Bunny was very worried now. Could this be why she had been dreaming about Beryl taking Darien? Because Metallia was back? For the first time she wished she could have another of her memory dreams. Maybe it would give them the clue they needed. She didn't tell Darien this because she knew he wouldn't want her taking all the responsibility on herself.
Rini and Hotaru played for the rest of the day. Bunny and Darien were no longer worried about them, knowing that the Astro Scouts where there to protect them. Darien and the scouts had always protected Rini before she became Chibi Moon, but if they had to go against Metallia again, they wouldn't have the time or strength to worry about them.