--Prayer Of The Faithless, Chapter Three--
Usagi and the others took out their transformation broaches. One by one, they called upon their powers:
"MOON ETERNAL, MAKE UP!"
"MERCURY CRYSTAL POWER, MAKE UP!"
"MARS CRYSTAL POWER, MAKE UP!"
"VENUS CRYSTAL POWER, MAKE UP!"
"JUPITER CRYSTAL POWER, MAKE UP!"
"URANUS PLANET POWER, MAKE UP!"
"NEPTUNE PLANET POWER, MAKE UP!"
"PLUTO PLANET POWER, MAKE UP!"
"SATURN PLANET POWER, MAKE UP!"
Harry, Hermione, and Ron were in awe of these transformations. They had no idea of the abilities they posessed: after all, they just met.
"I don't believe it," Ron said in awe. "Maybe that spell of yours worked after all, Hermione."
"Of course it did," she replied proudly.
Mikiko just stopped & stared. "Who the hell are you!" she cried.
Usagi Tuskino, now Eternal Sailor Moon, stood there for a moment: her golden hair & glistening white wings shone in what remaining moonlight there was.
"She looks like an angel from heaven," Hermione whispered. Ron & Harry nodded silently in agreement.
"I don't know what you're doing here, but what you've done to these people is unforgivible! I am the soldier of love and justice: Sailor Moon!" Sailor Moon cried.
"Likewise, Sailor Mercury!"
"Sailor Mars!"
"Sailor Jupiter!"
"Sailor Venus!"
"Sailor Saturn!"
"Sailor Pluto!"
"Sailor Uranus!"
"Sailor Neptune!"
Finally, they said together, "We'll punish you in the name of the moon!"
Mikiko continued staring for a moment, then quickly shook her head.
"I've got to focus!" she continued. "I don't have time to play games with you. Now, die!" She attacked with a black flame & surrounded Ron, Hermione, and Harry.
"I've got this covered," said Sailor Neptune as she prepared to destroy the fire.
"DEEP SUBMERGE!"
Thanks to her quick thinkng, the fire was soon extinguished. Meanwhile, Sailor Uranus & Sailor Pluto launched a counter-attack:
"WORLD SHAKING!"
"DEAD SCREAM!"
Mikiko was able to dodge the first attack, but she didn't dodge Pluto's attack in time, gets hit by the attack & falls to the ground. Sailor Moon cries, "Sailor Venus, now!" Sailor Venus then attacks:
"VENUS LOVE ME CHAIN!"
The chain quickly wrapped around Mikiko & pulled her to the ground. Sailor Saturn steps forward & places the blade of her staff against her neck.
"You will now answer to us," she said. "Who is the Dark Queen and why has she invaded this land?"
Mikiko turned her head slightly towards the youngest of the Sailor Soldiers & spat on her. "I'm not telling you a damn thing," she replied. "Besides, do you really think it's this easy to defeat one of the Dark Queen's strongest soldiers?" Without warning, Mikiko breaks free from the chains and yells:
"ILLUSION BREAK!"
The forest around them suddenly turned into numerous mirrors and shattered into a million pieces, revealing that they were actually in a torture chamber. Various spiders were crawling all over the walls, making Ron start to hyperventilate; Mikiko laughed the entire time while everyone else wondered what was going on, and she was more than happy to fill them in.
"I was very fortunate to have saw that strange light heading into the sky. When I realized what these stupid children were doing, I placed an illusion spell on you lot to make you think you were going deeper into the forest. I then reported it to the Dark Queen: she knew you were going to arrive here, one way or another." Mikiko then drew her arm forward & cut it with a sharp rock she had found outside the grounds earlier. She was slowly letting the blood form into a large puddle on the ground.
"Now you will see my true power. Binding Blood!"
The puddle of blood suddenly turned black as a large black blob appeared; it turned this way and that until it finally formed into several large whips that quickly wrapped around the Sailor Solders, as well as Harry, Hermione, and Ron. Mikiko just smiled knowing that she had finally caught them all.
"The Dark Queen will be very pleased indeed," she continued, "and once she has all three Great Powers, the Dark Queen and Lord Voldemort will rule all worlds!"
"Voldemort? What the hell does he have to do with all this?" Harry cried.
"Didn't I tell you?" Mikiko replied. "Lord Voldemort and the Dark Queen are to be wed. Your forcomming death, Harry Potter, will be the best wedding gift of all."
--End Of Chapter Three--