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Chapter Two: The Locket Holds the Key.
Sweat poured from her forehead, dripping from her raven strands to the front of her eyes, which were closed in deep concentration, a look of aggravation set on her face as she struggled with the sacred fire. A hand laid on her shoulder and she pulled back gasping for air as if she hadn't breathed for hours on end.
"Take a rest Rei, we need to strategize." Ami stated sitting back on the pillow next to Mamoru and little Serena in the Sacred Fire reading room.
It was big, that was for sure, seven years earlier, right after the defeat of Galaxia Usagi walked home. Only to vanish without so much as a trace… now with her reappearance in little Serena's dream they found a clue to her disappearance. A hole. But what kind they were unsure of. All they had now was a locked star locket.
The door to the room opened and in stepped Makoto and Minako, trailing behind them was Luna and Artemis. Luna looked like she hadn't slept for days. Her cat like burgundy eyes drowsy and still watery with fresh tears… from hopeful thoughts or pessimistic thinking, no one knew but her.
Rei nodded in their direction and they nodded back. Over the years they hadn't really kept in contact. Only coming together when they needed… or when Serena was born.
Behind them Setsuna and the outers suddenly appeared. It seemed as if Hotaru seemed to be stuck within a suspended animation, as she was still the age of 10… even though Serena was 6 and very much like Rini, They hadn't come to be on good terms for that very fact. The thought that Rini would not come to be stinging Hotaru's heart and making her bitter to the Martian and Terrain princess.
"Is it true?" Minako stuttered falling to her knees on a fluffy pillow, just like old times when she was fourteen.
Rei nodded looking elsewhere, her thoughts elsewhere.
Setsuna moved to Serena and kneeled down in front of her. "Tell me, what was this… hole like. Do your best to describe everything. The smells. What you saw, what you felt. Everything."
Serena backed up a bit. Intimated slightly by the impassive and detached tone in the woman's voice. Most these women she had never seen. Looking at her mother and seeing her nod she began… "alright… "
Dream
The beautiful garden Serena and her Princess were playing in suddenly became dark and gloomy. Clouds filled the sky and flew overhead, leaving stars and no atmosphere, only the earth shining overhead. The Gardens beautiful flowers began to wilt and die, the petals turning black and floating in a dead wind. The lakes dark and murky a mist falling over them making a cold chill run down the strongest men's spine just looking at it. Turning to the castle Serena and the Princess gasped at the ruins of the once glorious palace.
A taste of copper filled Serena 's mouth and a foul stench filled the air, a low almost unnoticed laughter filled the air, chanting Serenity. Serena's feet began to slide forward until she flew into the air…
A hand reached out and grabbed her, a golden light grew between their hands, and the Princess threw Serena aside getting sucked within the swirling black hole.
The black hole looked much like a mirror. Only as the hole closed a gold light shone before the dream ended….
End of Dream…Setsuna stood and walked to the window thoughtfully. All the senshi were quiet after the recall of little
Serena's dream… it was descriptive enough but they still didn't know…
"Setsuna, what is it?" Haruka demanded impatiently, slamming her fist on the table. Everyone could tell she was upset. More then usual. Tears gathered in her unusually dark navy colored eyes hidden by whitish sandy blond hair.
Setsuna barely turned to face her. "I am not sure… I have heard of this. A long time ago by the ancients of the moon. Usagi is very… unlike her ancestors. There will never be another like her. When she dies. She will always be reborn. Just like we will. Although… we were to die at the hands of Chaos and Usagi was doomed to become immortal and bloom into her ultimate warrior form. Sailor Cosmos."
A collective gasp feel around the room.
Setsuna turned to face them finally and continued. "Because Usagi took things into her own hands the ancients must have… created a mirror."
"Like Queen Nehelenia?" Minako asked tilting her head, worry etched in her bright sky blue eyes.
Setsuna shook her head. "No. A Mirror to another Dimension, maybe several. A set of trials or punishment. It depends on the crime. In this case…"
They all new what that meant.
"We have to stop this!" Rei and Makoto shouted standing up and slamming there fists on the wall and table.
"There is only one way."
"What way?" Mamoru asked calmly. Ami nodded, sitting up straighter ready to help in any way she could.
Setsuna pursed her crimson lips and frowned. "To create another Mirror… you must understand though. Once we go through, there is no turning back."
"Lets do it" Makoto nodded, standing up and heading for the door.
"How many chances do we have?" Michiru questioned, grabbing Makoto's wrist and stopping her before she left.
Setsuna's gaze lowered. "I am not entirely sure… I doubt we will have many chances. It is extremely difficult to generate a Mirror and takes a lot of energy. Not only that, I am sure the ancients will do their best to stop us."
"How do we create the Mirror?" Hotaru piped from beside Haruka.
Setsuna turned to little Serena and took the locked that sat on the table. "We go to the moon. The Locket Holds the Key."
End Chapter
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