Title: Dark Serenity – Betrayal of the Soul
Author: Queen Serenity
Fandom: Sailor Moon
Chapter: Three – Wiseman's Plan
In darkness as black as an abyss a figure sat, a crystal ball floating between its kaleidoscopic hands, which were a myriad of darkly swirling colors. The very air around the figure was menacing, going so far as to crackling with negative energies… anyone whom had viewed this figure before, even its allies, saw one quite menacing.
Yet even though the being appeared menacing, as usual, its thoughts were not on the crystal ball which lay floating, forgotten, between its hands, but were rather turned inwards, carefully forming another of its insidious plots. This… was Wiseman.
The leader of the dark moon, Prince Diamond, was not aware of it, but Wiseman had been observing him lately, using his powers to peer into the prince's mind. And the prince's mind had acquired an obsession with something, it seemed.
More often than not, it was focused almost entirely on that annoying sailor-suited pest, Sailor Moon. It seemed, however, that the prince did not think of the sailor-suited warrior in the same way that Wiseman did…
In fact, it seemed that Diamond desired to have the young woman for himself, and Wiseman had formed a way to use this desire to his advantage… in more than one way.
He appeared in the throne room and spoke, making his presence known. "Your Highness," he said, "may I speak with you?"
The prince, resting his chin against his hand, bored, nodded slightly. What is it now? Yet another plan doomed to fail? "Of course, Wiseman. What is it that you would like to speak with me of?"
"As you know, Highness, we have been trying to capture the crystal points of Crystal Tokyo in the past, by infecting them with our Dark Energy. I have come up with a new plan to do so, one that is better than all those which failed.
"Oh?" Diamond still looked bored, his eyes half-lidded as he spoke, "And just what is this new plan of yours, Wiseman?" So predictable. Of course… what else could it have been other than a new plan? The only upside to these thing is that even when they fail, I get to see… her… in action.
"Basically, that we recruit a bit of help. Rather unusual help…"
The prince's brow furrowed. "Help?" Who could he mean? Not another Droid, I think, for that would not be counted as unusual… someone useful, hopefully.
Wiseman put out the bait. "Yes. The help of Sailor Moon, to be specific. To get that help, I would need your assistance. Would that be acceptable to you, Highness?"
At the mention of the girl, Diamond had sat up, his eyes fully open suddenly as his interest was sparked by her mention. Would it be possible? To have… her… as an ally? But how? When Diamond spoke again, though, he kept his voice perfectly controlled, his face carefully blank, so as not to betray the emotions obviously brought forth by the young woman's name. "Yes, that would be acceptable, Wiseman. What is it that you would need from me?"
Wiseman smiled inwardly, thinking to himself. Bait taken. "I have been able to determine about the age that Sailor Moon is in this time, and have come to the conclusion that she would now be in an education facility meant for a certain range of ages, one which is, in this time, called a junior high school.
"What I need you to do, Highness, is summon a droid. One which can disguise itself well. It would be enrolled into this 'junior high school'. What it would need to do is first find out Sailor Moon's civilian identity, then get close to her so that it may kidnap her without anyone immediately noticing.
"Once the droid has brought her to me, I will handle it from there, and will 'convince' the girl to aid us in our endeavors."
Diamond narrowed his eyes, smiling slightly; hearing Wiseman's plan, he had just the droid in mind to serve them. Raising his hand slightly, he called out, "Droid Hypnotina, come forth!"
Immediately, a feminine-looking droid appeared out of nowhere and presented herself in front of the prince, speaking in a soft voice, "At your service, Sire."
"You are my most loyal and clever droid, Hypnotina, and I have a very important mission which I know I can trust only you to carry out. We have studied our primary enemy, Sailor Moon, and have figured out that she goes almost every day in her civilian form to a place called junior high school, most likely.
"Your mission: To disguise yourself as a student and enroll yourself at this junior high school, so that you may infiltrate it to try to figure out which student is, in fact, Sailor Moon. Once you have ascertained her identity, you are to find a way to get close to her and kidnap her, preferably without too much of a struggle. We don't want anyone, especially her fellow Soldiers, to notice that something is amiss." He stopped, then added, seemingly as an afterthought, "Oh, and Hypnotina? Be sure not to harm her."
The droid bowed, her eyes closed. "Consider it done, Sire." She then disappeared along with Wiseman, so that he could send her to the past to start her mission.
Once they were gone, Diamond closed his eyes, picturing Sailor Moon's lovely face in his mind, and smiled very slightly now that no one was there to see it. If anyone can succeed with this plan, she can do it. She is my only droid who is actually highly intelligent. I truly do hope she succeeds…
Queen Serenity: Will Wiseman's plan work? What exactly does he plan to do with our heroine once he gets his hands on her? What is going to happen?