Chapter 4
The mist was back and there was a castle in the distance. The same castle he had seen every night except for the last one. The castle was so familiar to him and it was his rock, his only salvation to the insaneness he had created himself. As he got closer through the mist, it turned to a vibrant orange and settled to a pale red as he found the couple making out again, this time on a blanket underneath a weeping willow.
Endymion paused and Serenity looked up at him. "Endy, what is it?"
"The ghost is back." Endymion answered, moving Serenity behind him as Mamoru walked closer. "Be gone spirits, we have no wish for your being here."
"I do not want to be here myself." Mamoru replied. "But I have no choice and this is how it must be then, for I have no control over this reality."
"But you do have a choice, you can choose to leave us alone." Endymion said sternly. "So go spirit, and leave us in peace."
Serenity moved out of Endymion's protective shadow and wrapped her arms around his left arm. "Endy, it's all right, we'll just go somewhere else again, and then the ghost can do what ever it is he'd like." She rested her head upon his arm and looked up to him.
"All right." Endymion looked down at Serenity. "We'll go back inside."
"No wait!" Endymion dragged his gaze away from Serenity to look at Mamoru as he made a big swing around with his arms and went through Serenity again. "Please don't leave."
Endymion stood erect and glanced swiftly down at Serenity who had stiffened and began to quiver. "What's wrong?" He asked taking the girl's shoulders into his hands.
"I-I felt something." Serenity's mouth faltered before she tried to shrug off the incredibly strange feeling.
"You felt what?" He demanded. She shrugged and he shook her gently. "Sere, tell me, what did you feel?"
"Something cold, and odd… it felt like it was going right through me but it was so fleeting I almost didn't believe it happened." Serenity looked up into his face. "Was that the ghost?"
"I'm not sure what just happened. Are you still unable to see the man looking like me?" He gestured in the direction Mamoru was standing, staring at the two of them.
"I still see absolutely nothing Endy." She was thoroughly frightened right now. "Can we please go inside?" She held onto his hand tightly and he squeezed her hand back.
"All right Serenity, let's go inside." He sent one last look in Mamoru's direction, making sure he didn't try anything funny and placed an arm over Serenity's shoulders, walking with her away from the Hallow grounds.
Mamoru was being pulled away from the dream unable to follow them, no matter how hard he struggled to, no matter how much information he needed. He needed to find out what was going on, it was the only way to resolve anything.
The mist was closing in on him, and he couldn't even see his own nose, the smell was a musty one of mold and old water and it stung his eyes.
No, the stinging did not come from the mist. He sat bolt up right as the pain settled and he transformed instantly. Sailor Moon was in trouble again.
EAN: Aii! I know, I know, it's short! But! I had written this long ago and I had finished this chapter and started on the next... so instead of redoing it, I'm giving you it as I had originally planned. Hopefully the next chapter is longer!