The senshi opened their eyes and saw darkness. Mars held out her hand as a fireball appeared and sat there, they could see that they were in a corridor of some sort. Neptune closed her eyes, trying to find out what way to go. Stardust reached her hand out and her scepter appeared. The Silver Soldier reached down his side, and found his sword with him, Stardust looked at him.
"When you powered up, it appeared with me." he said to her, and she nodded.
"We need to go this way." Neptune said as she pointed down the corridor. They followed her as they made their way into the unknown. When the corridor opened up, they were met with several doors; again Neptune closed her eyes to find out which one they needed. She opened her eyes and looked at two doors, trying to find out which one had the strongest feeling. After debating, she pointed at the left hand door and opened it. They came into a large room where there was a sort of tree, at the bottom there was a pod and next to that pod was Christian and Ellie.
"Knock knock, we thought we would pay a visit!" Stardust said as the pair turned in surprise.
"You, but the monster..." he began to say, Stardust smiled as Creator stepped forward.
"I want my dream seed back!" she said, and he gasped.
"You are supposed to be dead!" he said, Creator laughed.
"I look very much alive, thanks for asking!" she said as she closed her eyes. "Shooting star brightness!" she said as her attack aimed for Christian, he vanished and it hit the pod.
"No, don't hurt her!" Stardust screamed as she ran to the pod and saw the child inside it. "Hold on Saturn, I will get you out, I promise!" she said as the planet symbol for Saturn shone on her forehead.
"She is my senshi, how can you force her to do this, I can not forgive you!" she said in a rage, light engulfing her. Ellie laughed as she threw a flower at the senshi, causing her to fall to the ground.
"No Stardust!" the senshi said as they went to her body.
"You took my outer senshi, and now you hurt my friend. This I can not tolerate any longer!" Uranus said as she took out her sword. "Space sword blaster!" she said as she aimed the attack to Ellie, who also vanished.
"Foolish senshi, you are in our world, this means we have the advantage, now if I may, face your worse dreams!" Ellie said as she sent seeds to each of the senshi, causing them to be teleported away. Creator and the Silver Soldier jumped out of the way and ran to Stardust who lay on the ground. Creator removed the flower from the senshi's chest before her dream seed began to leave her again, Christian gasped as he saw what they are doing.
"You are willing to rescue a pitiful human?" he asked them.
"She is more than that, she is the shining star in this galaxy, and without her we would be lost. I can not forgive you for this, guiding starlight power!" she said as she pressed her ring on her finger, her second transformation took place and she landed before them in her new fuku. She closed her eyes and reached out to her power, with the ball, she directed it to Stardust; she let out a deep breath as she woke up. The Silver Soldier took her to the side to help her recover. "Me and you Christian, my life for the senshi lying there." she said as she reached her hand out, a staff appeared which was gold with a shooting star on top of it, rotating in a circle all the time. Christian laughed as he came before the senshi.
"As you wish my friend." he said as he stood before her. "If I win, I get your pretty dream seed."
"You already have that, if you win, I will give you my life. If I win, you give me the senshi and my dream seed back." she repeated, he thought about this bargain and nodded and they began to fight.
The Silver Soldier held Stardust in his embrace.
"Forgive me for doing this." he said as he kissed her, allowing his power to go from himself to her. She opened her eyes in surprised and pushed him away before he weakened himself completely. She looked up at him and tears fell down her cheeks.
"It is all coming true, the senshi are fighting their worse dreams, Polaris is fighting for our senshi and she will die, and now..." she said as she looked to the side and saw Ellie appear next to them.
"How touching, the two brightest dream seeds in the galaxy. I want them for my master, think how much he would reward me if I killed the two most powerful people in this galaxy!" she said, Stardust stood up, leaning on the Silver Soldier for help, causing Ellie to laugh.
"Pitiful, you are already weak from nothing!" she said as she dived in to attack, both jumping out of the way. Stardust reached for her scepter as the Silver Soldier appeared by her side.
"Together." he said as she nodded as she took his hand and they closed her eyes. Power shone through the pair as they lit up the room, blinding not only Ellie, but also the other people in the room. They lifted above the ground as the light grew and Stardust opened her eyes. She looked below her and saw what was going on, tears fell down her cheeks as she felt pressure on her hand, she turned to see that the Silver Soldier was smiling at her and she smiled back. She held out her hands as the star crystal appeared there and both of their dream seeds began to shine brightly. The light engulfed the room, taking out the darkness and transporting them all to the planet below. Once the light had faded, Stardust went over to the pod which held the senshi she had been looking for, the Silver Soldier looked at Ellie who was starring at him.
"So, me and you, tell you what, I promise no tricks, a fair fight!" she said as she threw the rest of her flowers and seeds down, the Silver Soldier nodded as he threw his roses to the side. "And that pretty sword of yours!" she said as he undid the belt that had his sword around his waist. The battle between the two began in the background, as did the battle with Polaris and Christian. Stardust was opening the pod and carried out the senshi of silence. The girl moved in her arms.
"What is your name?" Stardust asked.
"Hotaru." the girls said weakly. "Where are we?" she asked.
"On Earth, gomen that the outer senshi did not find you, but please do not bring on the silence for them, return the dream seeds that were used to wake you up." Stardust begged of the girl.
"No, do not listen to her, the outer senshi did not look for you since they feared your power, they wanted you dead." a voice from the tree said.
"No, this is not true!" Pluto, Neptune and Uranus replied as they ran to the fallen senshi. "We could not find her because you took her away from us!" Uranus said as she drew out her sword. "Show yourself and fight like a true warrior!" she continued as she looked at the tree. The tree was then engulfed in a bright light as a new pod appeared. Pluto and Neptune grabbed Hotaru and also Stardust and took them away from the fighting. Stardust handed them the child as she looked on at the battles in front of her.
The Silver Soldier had Ellie on the ground, Stardust ran between them before he could deal the final blow, instead of hitting the girl as he planned, he hit Stardust.
"Baka! Why defend her, she is the enemy." He said as he realized who he hat hit and ran to her side.
"No, she is part of my people; she just turned to darkness and allowed it to engulf her. I can save her, please no pointless killing." she said as she protected the cowering child.
"Are you crazy, I don't want to go back to a place that shunned us!" she said as she pushed Stardust away from her.
"That is not true, we did not know that you were lost, no one found out until it was too late. For that I am sorry but I want to make things right allow me to do this!" Stardust said as the girl began to create a ball of light. She threw it at the senshi, only for the Silver Soldier to take the blow. Stardust looked at the person who was now covering her.
"I will not kill her, just make her sleep." he said in her ear, she nodded as he showed her his new rose. He stood up and threw the rose at Ellie's feet, the gas then freed went up to her and as she breathed it in, she fell down to the ground, the Silver Soldier grabbing her before she hit the floor. Stardust then turned her attention to the other two battles.
Polaris was being overpowered; she knew what she had to do. She reached out through her link with Stardust, she began to glow as did Stardust, once the glow subsided, Stardust wavered on her feet but this helped Polaris.
"I will not kill you, I have the power of our queen and I know her wish is to see no harm come to you." the senshi said as she pushed Christian away from her in horror. Polaris held her staff in her hand as she began to twist it.
"Golden relaxation sleep!" she said as the powder went over to Christian who then fell to the ground, only to be caught by Venus. Stardust looked around and then wavered again, only to find Protector had come and supported her. Polaris powered down to Creator and went up to Stardust and helped her to sit down.
"Gomen my queen, I did not mean to use so much." she said as she put her head on her lap.
"It is okay Creator." she said as she finally closed her eyes.
Uranus came face to face with a child in front of her. He looked at the senshi as she looked at him; he had a black star on his forehead. The wandering senshi looked at the child and knew who he was.
"You killed our princess, you attacked our kingdom!" Defender said, he ran up to the child, wanting to attack him, but was stopped by Mercury. "What the hell are you doing? I want my revenge!" she said.
"And I need you by my side Hoshi-chan, this battle is now down to Uranus, she has called the challenge after they stole their outer senshi, allow her to take care of this." she whispered, hoping that the fact she was using Defenders real name she would calm down. She felt her arm begin to relax and she let go, the wandering senshi grabbed the water senshi in her arms and hugged her.
"I think I can get used to the male form for you Ami-chan." she said in her ear, causing her to blush.
"Ah, the wandering senshi how pleased I am to see that you are all alive, and one of you has gotten stronger, so Polaris has now made an appearance. Your princess was somehow easy to kill, somehow I expected her to put up a fight." he said as he looked at the outer senshi. "And you my outer senshi, you should have known I was going to take the power of silence, you stopped me from entering the galaxy before, but this time I was successful!" he said as he looked around at the planet.
"You were only successful because you manipulated people and went into hiding; you are nothing more than a coward!" Pluto said from her place. "Look at what you have done to this child!" she said as she held onto Hotaru tighter. "Uranus, I expect no mercy from you!" she said to her friend who nodded.
"The same statement comes from us!" Defender said to the outer senshi.
"Shall we begin?" the child asked as he created fire balls and threw them at Uranus, who using her sword was able to block them all. She ran and went to take a swipe from the child who stepped gracefully to the side.
"Uranus, remember your training!" Creator said to the senshi and she nodded. She closed her eyes and allowed her power to appear. She was engulfed in blue light as she opened her eyes and looked at the child.
"You hurt Saturn, you hurt the people close to my friends, and I can not forgive you. I am judge, jury and executioner, I sentence you to wander the fabric of time for now and forever, Pluto, lend me your power!" Uranus said as Pluto stood up and reached up for her staff, engulfing her in dark red light. Uranus looked at the child as she raised her sword to the sky; the sword was then engulfed in dark read light.
"Space sword time blaster!" she said as she reached out and hit the child, he jumped out of the way, the sword only grazing his arm and he laughed.
"Did you really think that I would go so simply?" he said as she looked at the senshi. "You will need to do better than that Uranus!" he said as he rushed towards the senshi, who was about to dodge out of the way, only to be hit in the chest. Uranus fell back and turned before the child could hit her the second time, she stepped out of the way, using her sword to hit him in the arm. He stumbled as he reached for this arm and felt the blood. Uranus smiled as she looked at his shocked face.
"How a mere senshi could hurt me?" he asked.
"Training and with some extra help from my friends, we are able to do anything. You will pay for what you did to my friend's princess and for entering our galaxy without our permission and under false pretense." She said as she began to glow again, she took the sword and called upon the powers from Pluto once more. "Space sword time blaster!" she said as she hit him this time.
"This is not the end senshi, this is only the beginning!" he screamed as he vanished into the darkness.
Uranus bent down, using her sword for support. She was worried for Saturn; she was worried for Stardust and the other two enemies that lie on the floor. She felt a hand on her shoulder and turned to see Neptune standing beside her.
"How is she?" Uranus asked.
"Stardust has not woken up, we do not know why, but there is something we want to try." She said as she helped her friend and partner stand up. Uranus leaned onto Neptune for her support as she led her to where the child's body lay. The child looked up from Pluto to the other senshi and ran into her arms.
"Gomen little one for not finding you, but we promise you that you will never leave us. We have a lot to teach you and to show you. Please accept my apology." She said to the child who nodded. "We need you to call upon your powers to help our friend, do you think that you can do that?" she asked, again the child nodded as they went to where Stardust was lying and gathered around her. The senshi held hands as they looked at their fallen friend.
"We promise to bring you back from the darkness; we will never let you go." Creator said as she took hands with the senshi. They closed their eyes and allowed their powers to come together the light created a ball which went to the Silver Soldier who looked at the senshi and pushed the ball into Stardust. The ball reacted to the senshi as she began to open her eyes. She blinked as she looked around at her friends.
"Thank the stars." She heard the Silver Soldier whisper as he took her in his arms. He helped her stand up as she looked at the tree. One single flower grew there. She went over and picked it, reveling the dream seed that was taken from Creator. She smiled as she put her hand on the tree, giving it her energy.
"I allow you to grow on my planet, in my kingdom. Please enjoy and bring happiness to everyone who comes by and you will be loved by all." She said to the tree that shook to her in happiness, she teleported it to the kingdom as she turned and looked at Creator. "Gomen my friend, I have to make you sleep for a while." She said as she held out her scepter. "Stardust eternal slumber!" she said as she put Creator to sleep, catching her as she fell towards her. Stardust laid her on the ground and took the dream seed she had created out of her body. She took the power out of the dream seed she created and added it to the real one. Once this was complete, she placed the dream seed back in her friend's body and her gem back into her brooch. Stardust bent down to her friend and smiled as she whispered something into her ear. "Wakie wakie Creator, you should feel better now." She said as she then kissed her cheek. Creator's eyes fluttered open and looked at Stardust. She smiled as she moved away and allowed the other senshi to help her stand up.
Stardust wandered over to the two figures that were sleeping on the ground. She held her hand out as her scepter appeared. She twirled it as she began to gather power. "Stardust eternal reset!" she said as the dust went over to them and covered them. Their bodies began to glow, once it faded, they were human with pink stars on their foreheads. Stardust reached for her power and began her transformation as queen. She stood on the ground and reached out to the two who had just opened their eyes. They looked at her hands and each of them took one.
"Welcome home my friends." She said as she hugged them both, a warm feeling entered the pair and they smiled.
"What has happened to our tree?" Ellie asked.
"It has returned to my kingdom, which is where I will send you both now. I hope that you will be happy together finally being home." She said as they began to fade. The queen began to falter, using so much of her power as the senshi, she automatically began to power down completely, and she fell to the ground. Mars was the closest to catch her before she hit the hard concrete.
Everyone powered down and returned to the hall where the rest were waiting. Justin had taken Cleo from Rei's embrace and laid her on the mats.
"Is she going to be okay?" Sunspot asked.
"She is just tired from battle. She had overreached herself this time." Austin said as he bent down to her. "Hoshi, if you would?" he asked his brother, Hoshi nodded as he let go of Ami's hand and went over to her. He checked her vitals and then the rest of her as much as she could.
"She has no injuries; she is just tired I guess." He said as he shrugged and Ami went to his side. Ami tilted her head as she looked at Cleo's neck.
"What's that?" she said as she bent down and moved her hair so she could get a better look. Hoshi bent down beside her and saw what she had found.
"I think she must have gotten hit during battle. It was so confusing, being trapped in our worse dreams and then coming back to the battle." He said as he let out a shudder. The senshi nodded in agreement as they recalled their own battles. Justin bent down as he took hold of Cleo's hand. The professor and Craig joined the group. Craig walked over to Setsuna and put his arm around her, pulling her into a hug.
"Is it over?" Cleo said as she moved her head to the side.
"For now, it is." Tariq said as he went to her other side. "But remember what that child said, this is just the beginning." He said as he looked at the other senshi. Cleo closed her hand as it began to glow. When she opened it, a golden pen was there. She held it out to Tariq who took it from her grasp.
"The ring goes on top of that; you can now call you other senshi powers separately, no need to change between forms." She explained as she began to sit up, being supported by Justin. "Just say "Polaris crystal power make up" and the transformation will begin." She said as she rubbed her neck. She looked at Ami who had Hoshi's arm wrapped around her and she smiled. "How late is it?" she asked as she looked around.
"Late, we should get you home!" Shadow said as he went up to Sunspot. Justin helped her stand up and they said their goodbyes to the professor and thanked him for his advice and went home.
The wandering senshi, Craig and Pluto stayed with the senshi for the night since they needed to discuss stuff. Cleo tucked Chibichibi back in bed and then Justin did the same for her. He pulled her blanket up on their bed as she began to close her eyes, he stroked her hair.
"Tomorrow we can begin talking about our wedding." He said to her, she smiled weakly and fell asleep. He kissed her forehead as he left her and went into the living room where Craig and Setsuna were pulling out the sofa.
"Are you two going to be okay on that?" Justin asked as he went into the cupboard for the spare blankets.
"We will be fine. How is Cleo?" Setsuna asked as she took the blankets from him.
"Tried, I hope that everything will be okay tomorrow. Where are the wandering senshi staying?" he asked.
"Hoshi is staying with Ami in her room, Tariq has taken Cleo's room and Austin said something about taking the sofa in their living room." Craig said as he helped make the sofa. Justin went into the kitchen and grabbed a bottle of wine. He opened it a poured three glasses. He gave each of them one and smiled.
"To an enemy being destroyed, new friends found and new couples created." He said as he raised his glass, they smiled as they toasted and drunk from the glasses.
"I should go and check on Hotaru-chan." Setsuna said as she put the glass on the table. Craig grabbed her arm and pulled her towards him.
"I am sure that Mirchu and Haruka are doing fine, now you need to sleep too. Justin, can you please give me some of Cleo's pajamas for her?" he asked, Justin nodded as he went into his room to get her something to wear. He checked on Cleo before leaving the room again. Once they had finished their glasses of wine, they all went to bed. Justin crawled into bed next to Cleo, wrapped his arm around her and fell asleep.