Author's Note
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Sailor Moon and the Philosopher's Stone
Chapter 6: Of DOOM!
"Trials of doom?" Sailor Moon asked.
"No no no!" the plant exclaimed. Never mind the fact that they were in the middle of a clear zone of the Negaverse, but now they were talking to a plant? Wow, they're really losing it. "Trials—of DOOM! It's our saying. We tried Of Death, but someone had already claimed it, and then someone also took Trials of Doom—stupid copyrights—anyhow, it is a test to see if any of you can really handle reading the contents of the Book. The truth is that we let one guy just read it randomly one day, and the universe split into many tiny pieces. So after that—accident—we've developed a series of tests for those who desire to read the Book."
"It's your fault in the first place. Why not just burn the Book of Doom?" Ed asked. "That would prevent future mishaps, wouldn't it?"
"But you see, we can' t just destroy the Book. No no, that just doesn't work. You shall all discover shortly, yes you will—there are tests to pass, and you have all passed the first."
"How did we pass?" Sailor Venus demanded.
"Oh yes, an explanation is in order," the plant said, smiling with its teeth. "I am Leaflet, the test of power. Do you all have what it takes to destroy the book, if that is your desire? I say yes, yes you do. However, you are being tested even now. The girl at the front, Paige, guards the exit for those who run lack the courage to continue. If you wish to leave now, you must say so or you cannot escape until the end of the next test. However, if you escape, you can never enter this realm again. Paige will kill you upon attempted reentry."
"Whoa, wait a sec? Who made these rules?" Sailor Mars demanded.
"Binder. He handles all the little details," the plant cackled now. "Besides, where's the fun if there isn't a challenge to this task?"
"I feel like we're in the middle of some sort of game," Winry sighed.
"To us, this is nothing more than a game. I'm sure you understand," the plant continued to cackle. "However, we do not like to leave those who enter without some solace. If you are to lose, you will die. That is all I can tell you. Follow my petals to the next location!"
The plant dove into the ground, as flowers bloomed all around them.
"Follow his petals," Sailor Mars and Roy huffed.
"They all look exactly the same," Al pointed out.
"No, look," Ed said, as the group looked down. Indeed, there was one flower with gossamer petals.
"Here," Sailor Mercury said. "Pluck a petal from the flower."
"Why?" Winry asked, as Ed did so, and handed it to her.
"My computer can track the DNA signature of anything, and since we put this flower in, we can follow its path. That's what he said, right?" Sailor Mercury said.
"Technology like that isn't even available on our world," Roy said.
"Brother, isn't it strange?" Al said, looking everywhere. "This looks like home."
"In a very creepy way," Ed and Winry said at the same time.
"It also reminds me of the moon," Serena said, as the four of FMA stared at her. "I lived on the moon once!"
"I think it'd be best if we pretend we didn't hear that," Roy said.
"I got it!" Sailor Mercury proclaimed, looking through her VR visor. "Uh-oh."
"Uh-oh what?" Sailor Venus asked.
"I don't think I want to know," Ed said, seeing Sailor Mercury's exasperated expression.
"There are ten trails showing up," she said. The group sighed.
"Ten? Why don't we just split up and investigate them all?" Sailor Jupiter suggested. Ed took a random rock and threw it out into the field. At first, all was fine, but out of nowhere, giant venus flytrap looking plants showed up out of nowhere and started attempting to eat the "intruder," a rock.
"I guess that explains that. Is there any way that you can determine which way is the right way?" Winry asked.
"If I could only get an overview," Sailor Mercury started, as Ed clapped his hands, and hit the ground, as Sailor Mercury shot into the air on a pillar of rock.
"Is that high enough?" Ed asked smugly.
"You could have warned us!" Sailor Venus said, having barely lost her nose to the rising pillar.
"I just gave her a bird's eye view of this place. Can't anyone be grateful?" Ed asked, as Roy whacked him upside the head. "NOW WHAT WAS THAT FOR?"
"It's rude. Show some decency to the young ladies, will you Fullmetal?" Roy said.
"Chauvinistic, but we'll go with that if he argued in Mercury's favor!" Sailor Moon said, as the girls around her took a step away.
"MERCURY—she's doing it again," Sailor Venus whined. "She's acting like you."
"I can't help it that I'm learning!" Sailor Moon cried, digging a deeper grave.
"Sailor Moon just said the 'l' word and didn't have a heart attack—what has this place done to my poor Sailor Moon?" Sailor Venus moaned.
"Guys?" Sailor Mercury cried from the top. "I found the way out! I have a map and everything! Now get me down!"
"Do you want to live from the fall?" Ed asked. "If I take the rock down, then it'll fall at the same speed that it rose!"
"WHY DIDN'T YOU THINK OF THAT BEFORE YOU TRAPPED ME ON THIS PILLAR OF ROCK?" Sailor Mercury screamed at him.
"I did, why else do you think I did it before you could object?" Ed said innocently.
"I'm beginning to see a pattern," Sailor Jupiter said. "Something tells me those two are going to be fighting the whole time we're here."
"You think he's still mad about her calling alchemy a pseudoscience?" Sailor Moon asked.
"Good luck finding your own way down," Ed shouted to her.
"Yup," Sailor Mars and Sailor Venus said together.
"I don't care, just get me down!" Sailor Mercury shouted.
"Brother, you know you can just bring it down halfway and lower the descent that way," Al said to him.
"Okay," Ed said finally, as he brought the rock pillar down at outrageous speeds. Sailor Mercury jumped at the last second, and Al caught her.
"Thank you Al," she said thankfully. She looked to the girls, who nodded in agreement.
"Uh-oh," Al whispered, as Sailor Mercury jumped down from Al. She began charging up an attack.
"Oh Fullmetal," Sailor Mercury said in a haunting tone. "My element is ice. Screw with me again, and your next few minutes of existence will be close to hell."
"Right," Ed said, not taking her seriously.
"You've been warned," Sailor Mercury said, stopping her charge and putting a hand on his good shoulder, as he immediately chilled. "And I mean it."
"Where are we?" Sailor Venus asked to no one. "Somebody bring back my friends!"
"But we're right here Venus," Sailor Moon said.
"Never mind," Sailor Venus sighed.
"So which way do we go?" Roy asked Sailor Mercury. She smiled.
"Everyone follows exactly as I do, or else risk the man-eating flowers."
"Right," the group said, as they started trailing behind Sailor Mercury.
For about five minutes, they followed her every step, until Sailor Moon made a mistake. Man-eating plants rose around them all.
"RUN FOR IT!" Sailor Mercury cried. The group ran for their lives, following and dodging the plants of death. They finally reached an empty circle, as the plants suddenly vanished from around them. The group began to catch their breath.
"They almost ate me!" Sailor Moon squealed.
"Maybe you shouldn't have stepped in the wrong spot!" Sailor Mars reminded her.
"They almost ate my hair," Sailor Venus said, thinking about her poor golden locks.
"They almost ate my arm," Ed pointed out.
"They almost ate my head," Al said, as the group looked at him. "What? It's true!"
"So where are we now?" Winry asked.
"An empty field with no man-eating flowers, where else?" Ed said dryly.
"WELCOME!" a voice boomed…