A/N: I am not sure if anyone is reading this, but I am enjoying writing it. So if people are reading this, please review, it really makes my day… and trust me I need them now more than ever :( Disclaimer: own nothing except the new characters.
The scouts appeared in a field and looked around. They saw a town, which was destroyed. The only thing that stood was the castle in the middle that was surrounded by a dome of power. Rei gasped as she looked around at the destruction.
"We need to get to the castle; I think that if we go there, we can find out what the princess from the future was telling us about." Ami said, Rei nodded and the two scouts started to walk. They could tell that they were not on Earth, at least the Earth that they knew. A shadow flew through the ruins. Rei stopped, reaching out to Ami.
"Something evil is following us." she said, Ami nodded and the two scouts continued up to the dome. Ami reached out and her arm went though.
"There is a force field protecting the castle, but for some reason we can get in." Ami said. Rei nodded but turned around as she heard a scream. The shadow was coming towards them.
"Bubble spray!" Ami said as the shadow approached them. Rei used this chance to use her attack.
"Fire soul!" she said as a fireball hit the shadow and it turned into dust.
With the shadow gone, the scouts walked through the force field and began to walk up to the castle, until they were stopped.
"Sailor Mercury, Sailor Mars, why are you not holding up the force field." the person asked.
"We come from another time we are not the scouts that are holding up the force field, we are here to seek the princess, Sailor Stardust is..." Ami said, but she could not continue the sentence.
"The princess is in danger? But if she... I am sorry sailor scouts, allow me to introduce myself, I am Prince Darien, but you may know me as the Silver Solider?" he asked. Both of the scouts looked at him.
"You look familiar, I think you have helped us in a battle, but we have not been awoken for long, please accept our apologies your highness" Ami explained to him as they both bowed down.
"Arise my loyal scouts. As you can tell, I am a hologram; my body is resting deep in the castle. This is all that remains from the war between the star kingdom and the black nebula kingdom. The sailor scouts are giving their energy to protect me and the princess, I am afraid I can not tell you too much in case that this would cause problems with the time lines." He said. Ami looked at her book.
"Cleo called out your name several times, she was worried about you. We need to find out what is making her sick and help her with the struggle." Ami explained, the prince nodded.
"Please sailor senshi, follow me." he said as they moved into the castle.
They were led into a control room, the computer was flashing and they could see images of the sailor scouts holding up the barrier, and also the bodies of the prince and princess sleeping, encased in diamond. The girls could tell that the princess was exactly like Cleo, only an older version. Ami went up to the computer, but the prince held out his hand.
"I am sorry Sailor Mercury, but you can not use this computer, again time lines. Now, what is wrong?" he asked.
"This is Sailor Stardust's thoughts, she is struggling about something, she had a message from the future, and the princess was telling us to find him. We think that we need to find you, and help you regain your memories. She is dreaming of you, but something else is blocking her from finding you." Rei said, the prince nodded.
"I think that this is the work of the black nebula kingdom. Sailor Mars, I know that you have abilities to seek out evil, and I know that you have both already confronted one of the shadows, but I think that there are more holding her memories tapped, so that she can not find me, nor the other senshi who you need to find." he explained to them. Rei nodded and turned her back against them and closed her eyes as she sat down. Ami turned back to the prince.
"Sailor Mercury, you have listened to what the princess has been saying you know what is going on in her head. She has to help me, to awaken me."
"Can you not help us to find out who you are?" Ami asked.
"No, I am not sure what that would do to the time lines, also I am sure the Senshi of time would not like if we create a new timeline." He said as he walked up to the computer and checked something. A gasp came from Rei and they both looked at her.
"Evil, approaching the force field. Ami-chan, we need to move, now!" she said as she stood up and grabbed Ami's arm.
"Help her, she needs to fight this. Without her..." the prince left it to trail.
"Don't worry your highness, we will save her, we promise." Rei said as they both bowed and then ran out of the palace.
"We need to get it away from the palace; this is where Cleo's memories are being kept. The shadows are her fears; we need to face them for her." Ami said as she looked up from her computer. Rei nodded as she faced the first shadow.
Rei looked into it and was taken back to when Cleo was younger, finding out about her parents dying.
"Her saddest day." Rei said, the memory turned into a monster. Rei looked at it and smiled. "She does not have to fear loneliness since she has us and her brother. Fire soul!" she said, the attack hit the monster and destroyed it.
While this was happening, Ami was in another shadow. This one was not of the past, but one of a future, where Cleo, as Sailor Stardust watches her, Rei and other people that she loved die around her. "You are not weak Cleo, and no matter what does happen, this will not be it. We will always be there for you, us and the other sailor senshi once we find them. And your prince is waiting to be awakened." Ami said, the shadow also turned into a monster, she smiled "Bubble spray!" she said as the attack hit the monster, killing it.
Ami and Rei looked around, the city was beginning to rebuild itself, knowing that their job was done; they used the sailor teleport and returned to Cleo's room. They could tell right away that her fever had broken and she was looking better. The senshi powered down, closed their eyes and finally fell asleep, all the time guarding their princess.
Justin walked into her room. He did not go before, he was not sure how to face the confusion of feelings that he had every time he saw Cleo's face. He saw the girls sleeping either side of her and the cat on her stomach. He could tell that she was looking better as the color was returning to her face. He smiled, as he went in and pushed her hair out of her face. He kissed her forehead, and looked down at the girls.
"Whatever you both did, it worked." he whispered. This awoke Shadow who meowed at Justin. "Sleep now little one, I am sure that you should guard her like the princess she is." he said as he stroked the cat who purred and then rested again on Cleo. He looked at her one last time before leaving the room, allowing the girls to rest at last.
Cleo woke up, feeling much better. She knew what her friends had done for her, and looked down at both of them resting. As she moved to sit up, Shadow jumped off her stomach.
"Cleo?" he asked. She smiled and nodded.
"Silver Soldier, Prince Darien." she said. The cat looked at her confused. "Was it a dream?" she asked.
"Memories, from the past, present or future, we are not sure. Since the princess came to you, your memories came back too fast, causing your conflict. The enemy somehow saw this as a chance to attack you. The senshi helped you fight them off. You will be fine now." Shadow explained. Cleo looked down at her friends. "They would do anything to protect you princess." Cleo smiled and nodded. She got out of bed, a bit weak from being sick, grabbed her dressing gown and left her friends to sleep.
Downstairs, Cleo went into the kitchen and saw Justin at the table.
"Feeling better?" he asked, she nodded, still pale from being sick. She swayed from side to side, finding it hard to stand on her feet. Justin went up to her and grabbed her arm and led her to the sofa in the next room. He put her legs on the sofa making her lie down and pulled the blanket over her.
"Now, if I may suggest for you the oatmeal with some honey. If you can keep that, then a glass of juice." he said, Cleo smiled, knowing that he was just like her friends, taking care of her.
"Okay, please." she said as he reached over and handed her the remote to the TV. She turned this on and Justin went into the kitchen to get things ready. He first went up to her friends in her room and left them some food and juice and a note saying where Cleo was before returning to the living room to give Cleo her food. She sat up and he put the tray on her legs and gave her a spoon.
"Your brother is coaching at the moment, you know, holiday camp. But I think he would want to know you are okay." he said as he went to walk out, Cleo grabbed his arm and he turned back to her.
"No, please, stay with me." she said, fear was in her eyes, understanding that she needed someone, he lifted her legs up and sat down, stealing the remote and putting on cartons for the both of them. He reached into his pocket and took out his phone, texting Craig to tell him about his sister and then looked at Cleo.
"Eat, you will feel better!" he said, she nodded as she stirred the honey into the oatmeal and ate.
The crystal was glowing, brighter than she thought possible. She reached down at her locket and then up to her forehead, and felt it get warm. She gasped as she stood up, knocking her food on the floor and then running. Despite being weak, she knew that someone close to her was in trouble, and she needed to help. She reached out her wrist, and noticed that her communicator was not there, well no time to call the scouts she said as she reached the door. She turned and looked at Justin who was sitting on the sofa, looking at her, walking towards her. She reached up.
"Stop!" she said. A force field stopped him from moving towards her. "I am so sorry. Please, I need to go." she said. She opened the door and shouted her transformation phrase and as she did, the force field gave way, Justin then fell to the ground, his head hurting. He looked at the ground and saw that Cleo's cat had come down.
"Couldn't stop her." he said to the cat. The cat nodded in acknowledgment, Justin thought he was going mad as the cat ran away as if he understood what he just said, his headache got worse, and then there was nothing.
Cleo, now as Sailor Stardust was running towards the sports hall. She knew that she must have been giving off a lot of her energy if the enemy was so close.
"Stop. I am the sailor of the stars that shine above us. Disturbing people during something that they love, I can not forgive. In the name of the stars, I will punish you!" she said as she posed. The monster looked at her and laughed.
"The sailor senshi who has been causing the entire energy surge. I hope that you are not too weak." it said, she knew then that the monster had been the one who was causing her to be sick. Cleo knew that she had used a lot of her power in blocking Justin from following her, and also being in bed for the last two days did not help her at all. She smiled at the monster before reaching her hand out, allowing her staff to appear. "It takes more than that to destroy a sailor senshi." she said as she took a step forward, the monster and her walking in a circle, allowing the people in the hall to run away to the safety of the weight room.
"I know who you are, you are..."
"Star cosmic power ignite!" Cleo said as she twirled the staff around. She knew that the attack was not going to work. It hit the monster, but it transformed into the person who was hiding behind the mask.
"Burning soul!" Cleo heard and turned to see both sailor Mercury and Mars standing behind her.
"I am the senshi of fire, I am sailor Mars!"
"I am the senshi of water, I am sailor Mercury!"
"The sailor scouts have arrived!" they both said together.
"Mina!" Cleo whispered.
"Introduction time is it? Well, allow me to introduce myself. I am one of the prince's from the black nebula kingdom. My name is Prince Igor and princess, you will be mine!" he said as he walked up to the sailor scout.
"That is far enough!" a voice called in the hall. The prince stopped in his step, just as he was about to reach out and touch Cleo's face.
"And who might you be?" he asked.
"I am the Silver Solider, and I ask you to leave her alone!" he said as he walked up to the dark prince and took his hand. The prince laughed and looked at him in the eyes.
"And pray tell, why should I do that?" he asked.
"Because if you do not, you will have me to answer to!" he said as he reached out to grab his sword. The dark prince again smiled and teleported himself out of his grasp.
"Silver Solider, Prince Darien!" Cleo whispered. Shadow came running into the room, he knew exactly who the Silver Solider was, he has just seen him transform.
The Silver Solider ran and attacked the prince, while the senshi were sending their various attacks, Cleo stood there, unable to move due to the shock she just received, allowing tears to fall as the Silver Solider fell, hurt as well as the other two sailor senshi.
"No!" she screamed as her moon crescent appeared on her forehead. She was engulfed by pink light and returned dressed in the same clothes as the princess, however she was still Cleo. "I can not forgive you from hurting my friends!" she said. She closed her eyes and a ball of light appeared in her hand. She opened her eyes and looked down.
"Star light purify!" she said as the beam went to the dark prince. He stood, unable to move from Rei's evil spirit spell and was engulfed by the light and vanished. The two senshi ran to Cleo who was still dressed as the princess and bowed before her. Cleo smiled at the scouts as she touched their heads and went over to where the Silver Soldier had fallen.
Shadow walked up to her. "Sailor Stardust, princess, he needs you more than you know." the cat said. Cleo looked at the Silver Soldier and held his head in her lap. She reached down and removed the mask, gasping at the face. The two sailor senshi were in the other room, making sure that everyone was okay, allowing the two some time alone. The Silver Soldier opened his eyes and groaned.
"Princess, my love." he said, and she smiled and cried. She reached out and allowed her energy to flow into him, helping him heal. She then helped him stand up. She reached out and touched his head gently as she held Shadow. The cat allowed himself to let the princess use his energy to release his memories. The Silver Solider gasped as everything came flooding back. A golden crescent appeared on his forehead as a golden light engulfed him and he returned in a suit and a cape, all in silver.
In the room, Rei and Ami were talking to the people where one of them came up to them. She was older than the rest of the students and was training to be a coach with Craig as her mentor. What stuck out about the girl was that a symbol of the planet Jupiter appeared on her head. Both scouts gasped. Rei grabbed her hand and took her out of the room, whereas Ami was talking to Craig and helping calm the children down.
Cleo was holding hands with her prince, she had found him. The light engulfed them both, lifting them up into the sky.
"Prince Darien, Silver Soldier, Justin." she whispered
"I did promise you, I would always protect you my love." he whispered as she lifted her head towards him.
"I am too weak." Cleo continued.
"No, you have done well, you found two sailor senshi and I know we will find the rest, together and defeat the evil on this planet." he leaned forward and kissed her lightly on the lips. Once the kiss was over, they felt the ground beneath their feet again.
"Princess Zara, Sailor Stardust, Cleo, I will always protect you." he said as she leaned into him and he wrapped his arms and cape around her.
"Princess, my prince." a voice behind them said, Cleo looked up and saw Rei with another person. Cleo gasped when she looked at her forehead and saw the symbol of Jupiter. The girl stood in awe as to what she had just witnessed, but knew that she was in front of important people. She bowed down next to Rei. Cleo and Justin walked up to the new girl, Shadow at Cleo's side and reached her hand out to the new girl.
"Sailor Jupiter, what is your name here?" she asked.
"Makoto, your highness." she said. The cat jumped onto Cleo's shoulders.
"Time to awaken Sailor Jupiter." the cat said as a beam went from his head to Makoto's. Green light engulfed the new senshi as she began to transform. Once she was done, she gasped at her outfit and then looked at the prince and princess and bowed down.
"My prince, princess, thank you." she said. Justin bent down and helped the new senshi to stand up. Cleo went pale, the new transformation was taking too much out of her and she collapsed on the floor, not giving Justin enough time to catch her.
Ami had led Craig and the rest of the children into the house and rushed back to the hall in time to see Cleo collapse. She ran up to the group and smiled at the new senshi. Justin powered down.
"Sailor senshi, power down, help me get her into her bedroom." he said as he picked Cleo up. The senshi nodded and powered down. Cleo was still as Sailor Stardust, this was going to be hard. Ami went into the weight room and then Craig's office. She knew that he kept a blanket in there; she had sometimes fallen asleep in the hall when she felt lonely and Craig had always put the blanket on her, but no one else knew about this. She came back and Justin wrapped Cleo in the blanket and then picked her up again. A small moan escaped her mouth, but she showed no sign of waking up. Makoto picked up the small transformation pen that lay at her feet. Ami gave her the communication bracelet and the group left to Cleo's room.
"Her fever is back, slightly." Ami said as they put Cleo in her bed. She showed no sign of waking up, and Makoto was downstairs with Craig, making sure the children got home. She then made her excuses and joined the rest of the senshi and Justin in Cleo's room. Rei was meditating next to Cleo.
"No evil aura, it is fine. She is exhausted." she told the room. Justin stood up and went onto her balcony. So much was going through his mind now that he finally had his memories back. Shadow joined him.
"I know that this is a lot for you Justin. It was a lot for Cleo too and now that her power has been woken up earlier than anyone wanted, the Earth is in trouble and as their prince, and you need to protect it." the cat said as it sat on the chair behind him.
"If I am their prince, why do I have a moon crescent like Cleo does?" he asked.
"The bond between the two of you in the past allows you to have this. It is a sign of your loyalty to her and your royal blood and the rest of the planets in this solar system." the cat explained.
"And the sailor senshi?" he asked.
"They are each princesses of their own planets, hence their own symbols. They serve on your court to protect this solar system from evil. You should remember this all now?" the cat asked surprised.
"I do, it is just still trying to process through all of this is hard." he said and sighed.
"Cleo needs you and that is all that matters, the rest will fall in place along the way." the cat said as they heard a louder moan from the room. Cleo's eyes were beginning to open and she looked around to see the senshi looking at her.
"Sailor Jupiter." She whispered at the new person in the room. Makoto automatically felt welcome in the group. Justin went to her bedside and held her hand.
"You gave us a scare there!" Ami said
"I am sorry that I am weak." Cleo said as she began to stand up.
"NO! Do NOT ever think that you are weak Sailor Stardust!" Shadow said to her as he jumped onto the bed. "You have a massive amount of power that has been awoken, you can not control it at the moment." he explained. Cleo got out of bed and noticed that she was still in her senshi outfit. She powered down and realized she was in her pajamas. She blushed as she looked at her group of friends.
"I think we should leave her to have a shower and get changed, and then let us all go and grab a snack in the diner?" Ami said, all of the people nodded and left Cleo to get ready. As she went to get some clothes, she heard a sigh. She turned and saw Justin still at the door. He closed it and went up to her and put his arms around her. Cleo rested her head onto his chest. He put his hand under her chin and lifted it up so that he could see her.
"I knew that I always was supposed to belong to you. When I first caught you, I felt as if I had known you before." he said. She nodded, her heart was racing and she did not trust herself to speak. He lowered his head down and brought her lips to his as the two kissed, passionately more than the first time. Cleo felt warm, and safe. He pulled away and walked back to the door. He turned and looked at her one last time and smiled before leaving her to get ready.