Chapter 2
The ill-boding news
After so many centuries of wars you think one gets used to the shocking waves of pain that attack your body mercilessly, but obviously not me. The pain was so intense that I could not even pinpoint its source. Was it my back? My arms? My head? Was it my soul?
The pain was everywhere. It was blocking any other emotion as well as all thought from my head. I did not know where I was. Was I dead or alive? Though I had a vague idea of falling, falling, falling, and falling into the darkness, which seemed surprisingly too light for my tired eyes.
I tired to move my right hand and slowly spread my fingers and touched what was underneath me.
Solid ground. I suppressed the dizziness and slowly sat up, opening my eyes. I was in the same silver hall, with the same crystal throne resting in the middle of it. There on the throne was the translucent image of my princess.
"Serenity" I ran towards her.
Serenity opened her eyes and looked at me. There was no surprise in her eyes, only sadness.
"Hotaru". I heard her voice even when her lips did not part.
"Hotaru. Help them"
"Whom?"
"I do not have much time left, so please listen carefully. In Middle Earth are the star seeds of the inner senshi as well as my own. You have to find them and free them. Sauron the evil force that took them will be soon destroyed. If he is destroyed and our star seeds remain in that world, the balance will be broken and Middle Earth will be destroyed itself. Find the star seeds and take them to Galaxia. We will be reborn, when our shine returns to us."
"How will I find the star seeds?"
"Follow your own it will guide you to them."
The princess was almost transparent now. I tried to embrace her with my arms but the only thing left in her place were little shiny stars that quickly dissolved in to the light surrounding me.
"Serenity" I cried hugging the last little stars to my self as tears started to run freely down my cheeks.
"Serenity" I whispered.
"Find the wizards. Release us." The echoes of her voice died with the last shimmering star, lying in my palm.
I could not believe it. She was gone and so were my friends. How could this be? Why did not I feel this crisis? Why wasn't I there, and where were the outers? Millions of questions raced through my mind. I was scared, confused and lonely. Once again I was left alone but I would not let it happen again. I would find my friends and free them. I would find this Sauron person whoever he may be and destroy him, for taking my family away from me even if I had to use my deadliest attack, but first of all I had to find the outers, and I knew exactly where at least one of them was.
I cast a last glance at the silver hall, vowing to find and release the senshi. Then I closed my eyes concentrating on the Time Gates and teleported away.
