Listen to Your Heart

Chapter 5

The Story

For a moment all that the scouts did was stare. And with good reason. Here in front of them stood two new scouts whom they had never met. Only Pluto truly knew the magnitude of what they saw, only she knew that Sailor Sun was forever missing and would never use her powers to protect ever again. And only she knew that Sailor Comet was thought to have died in the battle despite the argument that if they didn't find a body then there was no evidence that she was really dead. So out of all of the Sailor Scouts Pluto was the most shocked.. She nearly came to tears until Sailor Sun finally spoke.

"Its been a very long time Sailor Pluto." she smiled sweetly.

"Yes...a very...long time." Pluto nearly choked on her own tears."But how...? How are you both here?"

"Well if you all stand up and come with us you might just find out." Comet said with that signature smile of hers. She reached out her hand to help her friend up off the ground.

"But where are we going?" Sailor mars asked suddenly.

"Uh...well...Thats kind of a good question." she turned to Sun, "Where are we going?"

"You all can follow us to my apartment. Just don't let anyone see you transform back on the way."

"Right!" they all said in unison.

A few minutes later they were all crammed into Amory's small apartment. Beverages were handed out and they all seemed relaxed and comfortable so she started their meeting.

"Okay well I guess I should tell you my name then..." She shifted in her chair a little trying to find a comfortable position. "My name is Amory and not only am I known as Sailor Sun but also as the solar princess." she blushed a little bit because although she was very used to the attention she was not used to sharing the other side of her own self (though this would be the first time she had done it in thousands of years).

"Princess?" Serena said, "You mean I'm not the only one?" she seemed a bit mystified by this fact.

"No you are not." there was a tad bit of sternness in Amory's voice. "But don't get the wrong impression or anything. Its not like were sisters or something like that."

"More like cousins." Trista said.

"Yes, more like cousins. You see The queen of the moon (your mother) and the queen of the sun (my mother) were sisters. And one of them was crowned for the moon and the other for the sun. And because we can't simply live on the sun like we did on the moon so long ago, the duties of my royal family was to protect and keep balance and peace on Earth as well as throughout the solar system. So you see that though we are alike in some ways we are also very different."

"Tch, as different as night and day." Helena said with her mouth full of a chocolate doughnut. When she noticed everyone staring at her she looked up and swallowed. "No pun intended."

Amory knew this statement to be true. She and Serena were very different, and always had been. Princess Serenity had always been the more beloved of the two. She was after all the princess of the moon and her people were to shower her with attention and affection while Amory would stand back and observe. She and Serenity had never really gotten along that well and almost never saw eye to eye on many things. But Amory put that aside for now, she had other reasons for her dislike of Serena.

"Wow that is so cool!" Serena jumped up from her chair. "Now I have a cousin thats a princess too!" she ran over to hug Amory who immediately stiffened up and tried to gently push the blonde girl away from her.

"Um Serena," Amy said quietly, "Can you please sit down? We need to hear the rest of the story." she tugged on Serena's arm.

"Oh. Right!"

"So now I guess its your turn." Michelle said to Helena with a smile.

"Uh, yeah, I guess it is." She leaned back in her chair a little. "Well my name is Helena and I'm sort of a princess too ,but I am definatly NOT related to anyone here in this room. My dad was a nobleman of the Silver Millennium and the queen offered him and my family the task of protecting the stars. So thats how I became Sailor Comet. The End!"

"No its not," Trista said with a stern look. "I want to know how you came here. And what happened the night of the last battle."

Helena's face feel from her wide smile to all seriousness. "I see,well then..." she gave a deep breath and began, "I saw what happened to Amory at the end and I got scared. It was all so traumatic.People that I had known and loved lay on the ground dead. So many had fought so hard to save us. I was so sacred, I couldn't find him anywhere..." her head was bent low as she held it in her hands. she seemed to only be talking to herself now. "I couldn't find him anywhere! And then I saw her lying on the ground and I...I ran away...Just like I always do..."

All of the faces in the room were filed with sadness and sympathy.

Amory reached over and put her hand on her friends arm as to comfort her. "Helena...Its okay now. Your with us okay? You came back thats all that matters now." she heard silent sobs and saw wet tears fall. Then Helena sat up straighter and looked at Amory in the eye.

"Your right." she wiped away the tears for her we cheeks, "Your right and I have a good reason for coming back."

"Well what is it?" Amara spoke up.

"For years and years now I have traveled across the universe and fought many beasts and evil creatures that threatened many different peoples and planets and stars. I guess I hoped it would make up for my abandonment of my own people. As I was traveling I came across planet after planet after planet that had been destroyed with its inhabitants totally annihilated. And soon I noticed that whoever had done this was leaving a trail of destroyed worlds and soon I knew that they were heading right towards Earth."

"So what your saying is that there is a new power here out to destroy us all." Said Darien."And thats why you came back here."

"Yes that is exactly what I am saying."

"Geez can't we ever catch a break!" Mina thought out loud. "I mean after we defeat one enemy another one just pops back up!"

"Well thats just kind of the way the world works sometimes." Rei said with a sigh. But what about you Amory? Trista said that you had lost your powers. How did you get them back?"

"Yeah, you never told us that part." Helena turned to Amory with a curious look in her eye's.

"The queen of the moon appeared to me in a dream. I had already been faced with the enemy earlier that day ,that was when I had first seen Helena; who saved me. She gave me the choice to return and protect the Earth again. She said that you would need my help. So I gave in and now here I am."

"Interesting." Michelle mused.

"So what do we do now?" Hotaru asked quietly.

"Well I guess all we can do now is wait until the enemy presents himself again." Amory replied.

"I just hope were powerful enough to beat them before they do any real damage." Leda stated.

"Yes I agree." Amara said.

"But wait!" Serena interjected, "There is one more thing I am wondering," she turned to Helena, "If you have traveled through space for thousands of years since the last battle how come your not old?"

Helena just stared wide eyed at Serena and Amory let out a quiet chuckle.

"Well uh...you see...it all has to do with the uh...space time effghmhamaioldfhwen (cough) and it..."

"Were never going to find out are we?" Mina said.

"Nope!"

It had been a long night. The whole group had agreed that Helena would stay with Amory for as long as she liked So Amory was preparing Helena's bed while Helena herself cleaned up the dinner dishes.

All of the scouts and Darien had stayed for a not-so-quiet dinner. They had discussed the new enemy as well as things like school and work.They just all got to know each other more and more.. Amory remembered each of their special qualities from not only that night but from long ago when they had lived on the moon. Amara was the most athletic and tomboyish of them all. Michelle was an elegant beauty and an excellent violin player. Trista was still very mysterious as always but now planned on going to fashion school to become a clothes designer. Hotaru was still very young but still seemed a bit wise beyond her years. Amy was extremely intelligent and was very quiet around new people. Leda was just as much of a tomboy as Amara only she enjoyed things like cooking and sewing. Rei was a shrine maiden at her family's shrine and is still very strong willed. Mina was obsessed with love and boy's. And of course Serena and Darien are the resident love birds of the group.

Amory smiled as she remembered her old friends. Not much had really changed in them.they were the same but also different. their lives on Earth had made them more of who they were.Amory wondered if she had also changed. Maybe some but maybe none at all. She may have become more more bitter, she thought. sometimes she felt cursed with the memories of her old life. She hated remembering all of the good and even some of the bad times she had then. It made her angry whenever she thought of the last night she ever had on the moon. It was the worst night of her life and she almost wished she could forget it. Almost.

Just then s he heard a crash in the kitchen.She guessed that Helena had dropped and broken a dish or something. She hurried to the kitchen so see if there was anything she needed to help with.

Helena had dropped a small plate and was now crouched over picking up the larger pieces.

"Let me help you." Amory said. She went to go get a broom.

"Oh you don't have too." Helena replied, "Sorry about your plate."

"Don't worry about it." she started to sweep up the sharp pieces of tiny glass.

Helena went back to the sink and continued her chore. Amory finished her sweeping and had thrown the broken plate away. she looked out the large window overlooking the city.

"I know your not just here to help fight the new evil." she said as she turned to look at her friend.

At hearing this Helena accidentally dropped another plate. She cursed and started to pick it up. "What are you talking about?"

"I mean I know that your also here to try and find Andrew.And thats also why you traveled all these years.You were looking for him."

Helena sighed and continued cleaning up her mess.

"You still haven't given up? You still don't think he's dead?"

"No I don't.And I'm gonna keep searching until I find him or until I find proof that he really is dead."

"Okay then."

"I mean I have looked everywhere and not found a clue but that doesn't mean he's not out there."

"Thats right."

"So I still have to keep up hope because if I don't then I won't ever find him."

"Helena!" Amory was kneeling in front of her and put both hands on Helena's shoulders.

"What?"

Amory looked her right in the eye's and said, "Don't worry. I'll help you and we will find your brother."

TADOW!! Chapter 5 is finally done! It just took me a while to be ready to actually write this chapter. WEll that and the fact that I have been very very busy the past few weeks so...I really hope you enjoyed it! I certanly enjoyed writing it! It only took me one day so I am very happy with it. Reviews are very much appriciated. Later! XP