Eris stood alone in a dark room. She held up her apple in front of her and waved her hand over it. The apple turned into a crystal ball. The image of Hotaru, full grown, appeared in the crystal ball.

A wicked smile spread across her face. "Your loyalty lies with me now. Watch the princess."

Hotaru's image disappeared from the crystal ball.

"Now…who shall be next?" Eris ran her hand over the crystal ball and it began to swirl with a white mist. The mist slowly started to clear to reveal…

"Sailor Jupiter."

The crystal ball turned back into the apple.

"The Soldier of Thunder. A formidable opponent…but nothing I can't handle." Eris said with a smirk as she disappeared in a whirl of black smoke.

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Lita was cleaning off the tables at the Crown Café. She had taken up a part time job there to help pay for her college tuition. Lita walked out the back to the kitchen and washed off the cloth she was using to clean.

"What a long day." She said to Lizzy, Andrew's younger sister who still worked at the Crown Café.

"I know." Lizzy said as she picked up an order and carried it out the front.

Lita was thinking about the other day at the Outer's. Could it be true that they might have a new enemy? And why was Hotaru acting strange? She didn't have much longer to think about it when Lizzy called out for her to clear a few more tables.

When Lita left the kitchen, Eris appeared. She walked over to the fruit bowl and summoned her black apple.

"Eris Shadow Deception." Eris said as she ran her hand over her apple and it turned from black to red. She placed her apple in the fruit bowl and disappeared.

When Lita returned to the kitchen she rinsed the dirty dishes and placed them in the dishwasher. She poured herself a glass of water and sat at the table and look at the bowl of fruit.

"They look good." Lita said to herself as she reached for the reddest apple in the bowl. She took a bite.

"Wow, that's the tastiest apple I've ever had." She was about to take another bite when Lizzy called out to her.

"Hey Lita, Serena's here."

Lita sat down the apple and wet out the front to see Serena

As soon as Lita left, Eris reappeared. The apple Lita had taken a bite of turned black and was whole again. Eris picked it up and disappeared.

"Hi Serena."

"Hey there Lita. I just came by to have some of your delicious chocolate cake!" Serena said with a smile. Lita laughed.

"Sure. I'll just go get you a slice."

Lita went back into the kitchen. She was just about to cut a piece of cake when she heard screaming coming from out the front.

When Lita pushed through the door she came face to face with a Shadow creature.

"Oh no." Lita cried. Everyone had run outside but Serena was trapped in the corner.

"Somebody please help me!" Serena cried, not noticing that Lita was there.

"Serena, transform!" Lita yelled at Serena.

"I can't!" She whined back. Lita frowned in confusion but didn't have time to think about it.

"Jupiter Crystal Power!"

"Hey you!" Jupiter yelled at the Shadow. The Shadow turned around to face her.

"Why don't you pick on someone your own size!"

The Shadow quickly forgot about Serena and turned to attack Jupiter.

"Transform!" Jupiter yelled again to Serena but Serena just stood there in shock.

"Jupiter Oak Evolution!" Jupiter's attack went straight through the Shadow.

"What the- AHHHH!" The Shadow slammed Jupiter up against the wall.

Serena sunk to the floor, tears streaming down her face.

"Serena, what is wrong with you? Help me!" Jupiter yelled. She couldn't understand what was wrong with Serena. Why wasn't she fighting?

"I can't fight. Not anymore. I've had enough!" Serena yelled back as she got up and ran out the door.

"Serena!" Jupiter tried to hold back the tears that threatened to run down her cheeks. This can't be happening. Jupiter thought.

"Eris Chaotic Destruction!"

A black ball of energy hit the Shadow in the back. It disappeared in front of Jupiter revealing an unfamiliar Soldier to Jupiter.

"Who…who are you?" She asked.

The black clad soldier walked up to Jupiter.

"I'm Sailor Eris."

"Thank you…for your help." Jupiter said.

"It seems that your princess wasn't quite willing to help so I thought I would lend a hand." Eris said.

"I don't understand…it's not like her." Jupiter said with concern.

Eris raised an eyebrow. "Really? Then why didn't she help you? Why did she run away?"

"I don't know." Jupiter replied. Eris walked behind Jupiter and lent in close to her.

"But you do." Eris said in Jupiter's ear. Jupiter turned to face Eris, confusion written all over her face.

"Don't you remember?" Eris asked as her eyes started to flash red creating false memoires in Jupiter's mind.

Jupiter's eyes glazed over and the false memories of the past flashed in her mind. Memories not only from this life but also memories of the Silver Millennium. She remembered how Princess Serenity would always make the Soldiers do things for her because she didn't want to do them. She saw the countless times that Sailor Moon failed to fight.

"I…remember." Jupiter whispered. Jupiter's tiara disappeared and the sign of Jupiter appeared on her forehead, which was soon replaced by the black sign of Eris. Jupiter's eyes glazed over.

Eris smiled and held out her hand to Jupiter. Jupiter's tiara returned as she reached out to take Eris' hand. As soon as Jupiter took Eris' hand, she collapsed and her transformation dispelled.

Eris stood over Lita's unconscious body. She knelt down and whispered in Lita's ear.

"You belong to me now. Watch her for me." Eris stood back up and smirked.

"This is too easy." Erissaid as she disappeared from the café.

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"Lita? Lita?" Lizzy called out to the sleeping girl.

Lita slowly opened her eyes. "Mmm."

"Are you ok?" Lizzy asked.

"Yeah I'm fine." Lita said as she sat up. She looked around and realised that she was in the kitchen, resting on the table.

"You really should go home and get some sleep. It's not like you to fall asleep during work." Lizzy said.

Lita looked at her in confusion. Didn't a Shadow just attack the café? Why was Lizzy acting like nothing happened? Lita shrugged it off and guessed the Sailor Eris must have something to do with it.

Sailor Eris. Lita smiled when she thought about her. She had opened her eyes to what she had been blind to all these years. Lita looked up at the clock. It read 7.30pm.

"Whoa, how long have I been out for? I've got to get home." Lita said as she untied her apron from around her waist, grabbed her handbag and left.

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On the roof of a near by building, Sailor Eris watched the city as it slowed as night had fully gripped it.

"Why protect these creatures? They are inferior to us, yet still the princess fusses over her human prince. It's because of the people of this planet that our universe was destroyed. I had always said that they would bring about our destruction but no one would listen." Eris said aloud, clenching her fist in rage.

"No one ever listened. I warned them. But they blamed me. My fellow Outer Soldiers blames me!" Eris slammed her fist into the ground in a fit of rage, causing a large crack in the concrete.

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"Do you feel that Amara?" Michelle asked as they walked arm in arm through the park.

"A great evil." Amara replied.

"Maybe they are responsible for Hotaru's changes?" Michelle inquired.

"Let's find out." Amara said as both she and Michelle ran in the direction of the darkness they felt.

They slipped into an alley and transformed before leaping to the roof tops of the buildings. Not long after they came across a woman standing on a roof. She was saying something but they were to far away to hear. They couldn't quite make her out but both soldiers could have sworn she was wearing a Sailor uniform.

"There's something familiar about her." Neptune said.

"Let's find out who she is." Uranus said.

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"Who are you?" A voice said from behind Eris.

Eris stood up and turned to see who had confronted her. She gave a little smile.

"Neptune, Uranus, how nice it is to see you both again after all these centuries." Eris could see how her comment surprised and confused the two soldiers.

"What are you talking about?" Uranus asked.

"I'm hurt that you don't remember me…but I shouldn't be surprise. You all thought that I was nothing but a dark creature living on the outskirts of this Solar System." Eris stepped closer to the other two so that they could see her under the only light on the roof.

"A Sailor Soldier?" Neptune asked after noticing Eris' uniform.

"Very astute." Eris said sarcastically.

"Who are you?" Uranus demanded.

"Well, since you don't remember me, allow me to introduce myself." Eris gave a mock bow to the pair. Eris smirked and summoned her Apple of Discord. "Guided by the planet of darkness, Soldier of Chaos and Discord, Sailor Eris."

"Sailor Eris?" Uranus repeated.

"What do you want?" Neptune asked.

"What do I want? I want what should be mine." With that, Eris disappeared.

"Wait!" Uranus called out but it was too late.

"Our new enemy is one of us?" Neptune asked turning to Uranus.

"It seems that way. But I don't remember anything about her." She replied.

"Maybe Luna and Artemis might know something." Neptune suggested.

Uranus nodded. "Perhaps. We'll ask them tomorrow."

Both of the women returned to their normal forms and headed home.

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"Sailor Eris?" Luna asked.

"Yeah, ring any bells?" Amara asked.

Amara and Michelle headed around to Serena's place first thing the next morning to speak with Luna.

"Well, no. I've never heard of her."

"She said she was the Soldier of Chaos." Michelle added.

"Well, in Ancient Greece, Eris was the goddess of chaos and strife. The most common tale of Eris is of her influence in the start of the Trojan War. The goddesses Hera, Athena and Aphrodite had been invited along with the rest of Olympus to the forced wedding of Peleus and Thetis but Eris had not been invited because of her troublemaking inclinations.

She therefore tossed into the party the Apple of Discord, a golden apple inscribed Kallisti meaning 'For the most beautiful one' provoking the goddesses to begin argueing about the appropriate recipient. Paris, Prince of Troy, was appointed to select the most beautiful by Zeus. Each of the three goddesses immediately attempted to bribe Paris to choose her. Hera offered political power; Athena promised skill in battle; and Aphrodite tempted him with the most beautiful woman in the world: Helen, wife of Menelaus of Sparta. While Greek culture placed a greater emphasis on prowess and power, Paris chose to award the apple to Aphrodite, thereby dooming his city, which was destroyed in the war that ensued."

"Thanks for the history lesson." Serena said while yawning.

"But the Apple that Eris had last night was black." Michelle commented.

"Well, I'll have to look into it. In the mean time, watch out for her. Whatever it is that she wants, we have to make sure she doesn't get it." Luna replied.

"She's probably after the silver crystal." Amara said turning to Serena. "Be careful kitten, she might come after you."

"Don't worry, I'll be fine." Serena said with smile.