Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon or Phoenix Blade; SullieMike22 created Phoenix Blade. Also I don't own Ansem or the Heartless and Nobodies, or the Deadly Seven. I just thought they'd make good Sailor Moon villains. However, the OC characters I made up myself. Enjoy.

Another Note: This takes place after the Dead Moon Circus/Pegasus: Helios Arch. So the girls are now in Juuban High .

Also, I'm kinda re-editing the story. It's been too long that I've worked on this story, so please… be gentle and don't curse me.

Sailor Moon: Fellowship of the Moon

Chapter 1: the Phoenix Rises Again: New Beginnings pt.1

It was dark in wherever it was; no light was seen in any crevice. Only the lights from millions of eerie yellow eyes that wandered around the world around it. The eyes were attached to heads of pure blackness with zigzagged antennas; their bodies of a lean male build, with four clawed fingers and two clawed toes. They were scouring around looking for something or someone. Then a voice spoke out, it sounded like it came from a man of thirty-five in a tone of calm yet furious.

"Dig…"

"Swallow…"

"Chew…."

"Eat me a passageway, so that I may once again bring….Pain!"

It came from a castle, the only structure that stood from a Victorian falls like construct. The castle was a duplex of some sort; one half was a 17th Century castle structure while the other half looked like it was constructed from steel and iron pipes. This was the fortress of Hollow Bastion; stronghold and home of the Dark Lord of the Negaverse, Ansem.

Within the hollow halls, darkness stretched through it, covering the massive thorn vines and the cracked walls as it stretched far down into the throne room. In the throne room, a metallic throne with a heart insignia on it with spiked lines criss-crossing over it was on top of it.

On the throne, a figure sat there and watched from a platform in front of him; on the platform laid several shards of broken crystals. This figure on the throne was the Dark Lord of the Heartless, and through the shattered pieces of the crystal, he could see the outside world of the 20th Century. People were moving to and from with their daily lives, unaware of the darkness looming over them.

There the voice spoke again, "A gateway to unleash my torment and suffering… upon them." His voice quivered at the thought of stepping on the ground of the warm sun filled land he once tried to conquer. "Up, on the surface…in the sun."

He then lifted his head and opened his eyes to reveal yellow eyes that looked like they belonged to an animal, "Dig a path for me…to be…Free!"

Elsewhere

Tokyo, Japan

A Friendly Neighborhood

He bolted right up from his bed, with beads of sweat padding on him. He was breathing heavily until he started to take slower breaths and took a sigh to calm his breathing. The boy's name was Aaron Masters; an American of sixteen years of age with short, tousled brown hair and chocolate brown eyes; young and healthy with a lean build for both muscle and speed, and his skin was slightly tanned. He was in his room sleeping; it was night and everyone got to bed after the move. His father, sister, and he had moved to Tokyo, Japan due to his dad's job transference.

He got up from his bed and looked around his room; the boxes were stacked around from the move and haven't been unpacked yet. He walked towards a window in his room and looked at the night sky; it was another dream like the others. He had dreams of some similarity; darkness coming to life, an ancient battle, and a figure that looked like him dying in a fight against a white-haired monster. The dreams had come to him on the day his mother died giving birth to his baby sister thirteen years ago.

"These dreams don't make any sense at all. Why do I keep having them?" he asked himself as he brought his right hand on his forehead to wipe the sweat off as he still looked on.

Ever since he and his family moved here, the dreams seemed to get stronger for some odd reason. He figured they were some sort of feedback from the trauma of his mother's death. He shrugged, "Oh well, best thing to do is just ride them off." He went back to his bed, got under the covers and went back to sleep. Tomorrow was going to be a big day considering he had to get registered to a school.

But there was one other dream he had after the dark ones; it was a dream with the figure that looked like him, but was with a girl; a girl dressed in an elegant gown, almost like a princess. A princess with crystal blue eyes filled with tears.

The Next Morning

Aaron was still sound asleep in his bed, until something jumped on him with a tremendous force. He woke up with the wind knocked out of him as he heard a young female voice, "Wake up, Big Bro! Today's the day for registering!"

He opened his eyes groggily and saw a twelve year old girl with long black hair that went to her back. She had the same color eyes that he had and her skin was slightly tanned as well, but not as dark. She was wearing a pink 'Hello Kitty' sweat shirt and yellow sweatpants. This was Sarah Masters, Aaron's kid sister; she was hyperactive but seemed polite enough to behave around adults. And one thing was true for sure; she loved her brother very much.

"C'mon Aaron, wake up! Don't make me pour ice water on your head again like last time.", she playfully threatened.

Aaron got up right away, aware of the danger of what his sister had just said. He shouted, "Okay, okay, just get out of my room so I can get ready." She playfully stuck her tongue out as she left and he slammed the door. He undressed and ran to his private bathroom to take a quick shower. He muttered to himself as he finished and got dressed, "Why does she have to be like that?" He finished dressing up and was wearing a black T-shirt with blue Levi jeans, red and yellow Nike sneakers, and a red jacket. He grabbed a helmet and ran out of his room.

Downstairs he ran into the kitchen only to see his dad pouring some coffee. "Hey son, sleep well last night?" He asked.

He was dressed in a grey business suit and had black hair slicked back, slightly tanned, and had the same colored eyes Aaron had. He was a man in his mid thirties, indicating Aaron's parents married early in their life.

Aaron, who didn't want to worry his father about his dreams, lied, "Oh pretty good. I thought you didn't have to go to work until tomorrow?" They had only moved yesterday but now his dad was on his way to work.

"Oh, this? Nah, I'm just taking Sarah to her school to get registered.", he said while smiling.

Aaron thought as much, "I see, well I've got to go register at…" he paused for a moment trying to remember the name of the school.

His dad answered playfully, "the Juuban High School? Remember? You were the one who suggested it seeing you didn't want to get to a private one, right?"

Aaron brightened, "Yeah that's it." He grabbed a Breakfast Bar and ran to the garage.

His dad shouted, "Have fun today and make some friends while you're at it!" Aaron just sighed when his dad was like that.

He walked over and passed his dad's car to come near to what looked like a Harley Davidson motorcycle. It was colored red and yellow with a little black to it. It was his dad's until his father gave it to him on his sixteenth birthday; unfortunately around the time it was pretty beaten up. Fortunately Aaron was very gifted in fixing anything mechanical, especially when it came to vehicles. He opened the garage door, got on his bike and put on his helmet. He then sped out of the garage and waved to his family as he sped down the road out of his neighborhood to head to the high school.

Tokyo, Japan

Juuban High School

Outside the school and in the courtyard, sitting under the tree, a blonde haired student with a meatball headed style to her hair in a sailor school uniform colored white and Navy Blue. The skirt was long enough to cover her knees, but on her shirt had a peculiar heart shaped broach on it. She was sitting next to another girl who was wearing a different uniform colored white and Gray, due to her height. She was taller than the blonde was and had brown hair tied in a ponytail in the back; she also wore rose earrings and had beautiful green eyes. The blonde meatball head's name was Serena, and the other girl was named Lita. Friends and secretly, princesses of the Moon and Jupiter; they were also the champions of justice, Sailor Moon and Sailor Jupiter. It was lunchtime and they were eating their lunch together considering Lita made the best box lunches ever.

Serena moaned in delight as she took a bite out of one of Lita's rice balls. "Delicious.", was all she could say.

Lita giggled, "You say that about everything I make, Serena."

"Well it's true, Lita. You'd make a great chef someday."

It was true; Lita was a great cook and really cooked when it also came to the Martial Arts as well. Despite the fact that some people shunned Lita out because of her skills in fighting, Serena befriended her anyway.

Serena sighed, "Today's not the best; we're going to have a test on Mathematics. I just know I'm gonna flunk it."

Lita sweatdropped and asked, "Haven't you tried studying at all?"

Serena shrugged, "I try but nothing seems to click at all. It's about as easy as trying to figure out who was the Moonlight Knight." Lita sighed as she probably was right at that.

Suddenly they heard the sound of a motorcycle pulling up in the parkway of the school. They got up and waked towards the sound to investigate. They saw someone get off the motorcycle and watched him take off his helmet. Aaron then walked on inside to register for administration into the school, but didn't notice Serena or Lita checking him out.

Serena commented, "Hey, he's pretty cute." She then said in a dreamy tone, "But nothing like my Darien. Right Lita?"

She turned to her friend only to see her with a dreamy look in her eyes and her cheeks flustered, "He's such a hottie; he reminds me of my boyfriend, Tom."

After hearing that, Serena sighed and muttered, "Every boy you see reminds you of your boyfriend."

Fifteen Minutes Later

Aaron had finished registering in for school and would start tomorrow in his homeroom. He had just gotten his school uniform which was a set of black pants and coat with a button up white shirt. "Okay, now that's over, I can head on home."

He walked down the hall and headed for the door, until he saw something, or someone, that caught his eye. He saw a girl in uniform, carrying a stack of books that almost reached her head. He whispered to himself, "She shouldn't be carrying that much; if she loses her balance…" And if just on cue; she began to lose it as she was beginning to lose the balancing of her books.

He ran across her as she began to fall straightforward towards the books, until she felt someone catch her before she fell. She looked up to see who caught her before she fell and saw a boy around her age, but five centimeters taller. He noticed that the girl had short blue hair and eyes to match, and she had a sweet voice once she spoke up, "Oh, I'm sorry."

He smiled back and said, "It's okay, it's not your fault." He helped her up while she still held on to the books. "You know you shouldn't carry that many; you might lose your balance and fall again.", he suggested which got her a little embarrassed.

She replied, "I know but unfortunately no one was around to offer help."

He looked at her and at the books for a moment, and by her surprise, he took half of the books. "Wha-"

"So where you going with these?", he asked with a smile that nearly made her melt for a moment.

She asked shyfully, "M-my house, if you please?"

"Okay then, I can give you a ride there," Aaron implied.

She sheepishly replied to his offer, "Thank you."

He smiled again, "Hey, it's no problem. It just doesn't feel right to leave you hanging like this." He then asked, "Are you skipping school?" it was kind of weird to him that this girl wasn't in class right now and she had all these books with her.

She shook her head and tried to stiffen a giggle, "No, school was over a while ago. I checked these out of the library before dismissal."

He laughed at himself, "Man, how time flies when you're registering."

She was surprised and asked, "You mean you're coming here for school?"

He nodded his head as they walked out of the school. Aaron then realized he didn't know her name until they got outside the door, "Oh, by the way, I'm Aaron Masters."

"That sounds American," she stated, slightly surprised by that name.

Aaron asked, "Oh, I guess you hate Americans, huh?"

The girl nodded her head, hoping she didn't make it sound like she hated him, "Oh no, what I mean is, how do I put it, your Japanese is so fluent it almost seems hard to believe you are American."

Aaron thought about it and sounded like she was impressed by him; truth was he had learned enough Japanese back on the plane that he didn't realize he read the whole book. His dad and Sarah were actually amazed at how good he was that they actually let him tutor them when they started finding a home.

He was broken out of his thoughts when the girl said, "Ami."

he looked puzzled, "Wha?"

"You gave me your name and I'm just telling you mine," she politely explained to him. "It's Ami Mizuno."

He thought about it and it really sounded pretty, "Ami, huh? That's a pretty name; it means 'Beauty' doesn't it?"

She blushed at that comment; it was strange, most of the time she didn't care about talking to boys much, but Aaron seemed different from most of the guys she'd seen. It was at that moment they stopped in front of a motorbike, and Aaron put the books he was carrying into a side compartment.

Ami gulped, "T-that's the ride you were talking about?"

He nodded as he saw Ami backing away a little, nervous as a cat in a dog pound. He looked at her and saw how nervous she was and figured, "Oh yeah, it's a one-seater; that means you'd have to sit behind me." He figured she didn't feel comfortable like that. He leaned on the bike for a moment with his arms crossed, then suggested, "Well I guess I could walk you to your place with the books."

Ami was a little surprised at that; he knew they could get to her place faster on the bike but he was taking consideration of how she felt about it. However, she also knew that it would be nightfall soon; she decided she was going to have to do it.

She passed him and tried to get on the bike to no avail; Aaron asked, "Uh, what are you doing?"

She said embarrassed at her attempts, "I'm trying to get on the bike…but I've never ridden on one so I don't know how to sit on it properly."

"But I thought you didn't..."

She stopped him as she explained, "It's true I'm a little nervous because we'll be sitting close together. But it's because I'm a little scared on riding on a motorcycle for the first time." She then smiled, "Besides, you have offered me a ride and I accept."

He was a little surprised at her decision but rather than argue about it, he decided to go with the decision. He smiled as he walked up to her, "Here let me help you."

She didn't have time to figure it out as she was lifted by her waist by her newest friend and placed on the bike with her sitting sideways. She was a little startled at first when she was lifted like that; she didn't realize he was that strong, but at the same time, so gentle when he touched her. She nearly blushed at that time but stopped herself as she thought to herself at this moment.

'What's wrong with me? I've only just met him' she then paused for a moment,' she thought to herself, trying to figure out what was giong on with her, 'So why do I feel like I've known him for so long?'

She was interrupted when Aaron got on. He handed her his helmet, "Here, you'll need this."

She then asked, "But what about you? Won't you need this?"

He shook his head, "Nah, you need it in case you fall off. Besides, I've never got into one accident; I just wear it for decoration.", he said with a little dry humor to it.

She half smiled at that and decided not to argue about it as she put the helmet on as she silently whispered for him to be careful.

She then went for her handles that she needed to hold on to, but didn't find them, "Uh, where are the handles that I hold on to?"

Aaron glanced over his shoulder. "There's only one set of handles. If you need to, just use me to help keep your balance, but you should be ok on your own."

With that, he revved the engine up and he sped out into the road. Ami reacted out of pure instinct and terror to the quick acceleration and wrapped her arms around Aaron's waist, holding on to him for dear life.

When they passed a corner, they had passed Serena, Lita, and another blonde girl wearing the same kind of uniform that Serena was wearing, only she had her long flowing hair down and tied with a bow. Her name was Mina. She was also the first to notice who was riding with the biker.

"Ami?"

Serena looked around trying to find her and asked, "Where? I don't see her."

Mina pointed at the biker, "On the bike that just passed us." Lita and Serena looked back at awe and saw it was Ami with the biker.

Lita looked in puzzlement, "I thought Ami said that Dating wasn't in her 'dictionary'?"

Mina just smirked, "I think she just got the latest edition on it."

Ami slowly opened her eyes, and realized that they weren't traveling nearly as fast as she had originally thought and relaxed a bit, but didn't let go of Aaron. She blushed realizing that this was the closest she had ever been to a boy. She could feel his muscular body beneath his jacket and could smell the scent of what seemed to smell like cologne, and…she stopped herself from going any further into what she was thinking about. 'What am I thinking? I can't be falling in love? And at first sight? I can't do that!' But somehow, despite her initial fear and shyful nature of the situation, something felt very right about this situation to Ami, almost like a long forgotten memory that was half remembered.

Ten Minutes Later

They had arrived at Ami's place, the biggest condo you'd ever seen. It reached around to an 8th floor as Aaron stopped and parked to take a look up. He said, "Wow, you guys must be loaded if you can afford to live here." He didn't get a reply as he looked around and saw Ami, take the helmet off and saw her eyes swirling around as if she had been on a roller coaster ride.

He asked concerned, "Are you okay!"

She shook her head to get rid of the dizziness and said, "I'm okay; it's just that this is the first time I've ridden on one of these like that."

He smiled as he got off and helped her off the bike, "You know when we were riding, I thought you were going to snap me in half; the way you were holding on to me so tight."

Ami nodded sheepishly, "I just got startled that's all."

He nodded and unloaded the books. Ami grabbed her stack and they both began walking up to her condo up on the 5th floor. After they had reached her room, she took a key out and unlocked her door.

Aaron asked, "Your mother's not home?"

She nodded, "She sometimes has to take double shifts at the hospital so I hardly ever see her."

She noticed he had a painful look on his face, an emotional pain. She asked, "What's wrong?"

"It's nothing; nothing you have to worry about.", he said while shaking it off.

She knew something troubled him, but decided not to push it further. She took the stack of books he had carried for her and placed them on the table in the dining room. She turned around to see that Aaron was leaving; she ran towards him and stopped before calling his name, "Aaron!" He turned around and she said, "thank you for the ride today. I really enjoyed it. I really did."

For some reason, he blushed at what she said, but smiled as he replied, "No problem."

With that, he went out of sight as Ami closed the door to the condo. She went out towards the window and watched as Aaron sped off onto the road. She continued to look out there and thought to herself, 'Why was he so depressed when I talked about my mother?'

Master's Residence

Aaron had arrived home a little late due to his taxi service for Ami, so he prepared for the worst if his dad got angry. He parked the bike in the garage and went into the house. He saw his dad sitting in the living room and on the couch, wearing a knitted sweatshirt, brown pants, and slippers. He was reading the newspaper when he heard Aaron come in; he walked right passed him and would have made it to his room if his dad didn't stop him first.

"So where were you all day?" his father simply asked.

Aaron just sighed in defeat as he turned around and said, "Sorry, I guess the registering took longer than I thought it would."

His dad gave him a sly smile as he said, "Oh really?"

Aaron didn't like where this was going, "What is it, Dad?"

His dad got up, walked to him, and put his right hand on his son's shoulder. He then took a big sniff of his son, which freaked Aaron out. "AHA!" he shouted in triumph as he jumped back a bit and proclaimed, "I knew it! Well son, if you were spent all day and night today at the school, then why do you smell so sweet?"

Aaron got a puzzled look on his face, but sniffed his sleeve, and realized he did smell like sweets. He thought, 'It must have been when Ami was on the bike.' He couldn't let his dad know about it, he would tease him constantly about it.

But unfortunately, his dad already found out, "You have a girlfriend already." He smiled slyly, "Don't 'cha, Son?" Aaron started to try and explain, unfortunately there was another who heard this.

"WWWHHHHAAAATTTTT!"

Sarah came running out of the kitchen, wearing a yellow sweater, blue jeans, white socks, and an apron. She was making dinner until she heard what her father had said about Aaron getting a girlfriend. Ever since her mother died, Aaron had to step in as the second parent for her. She loved her brother dearly like he was her whole world, and the thought of another girl taking him away from her was too frightening. So she made it her mission to scare, threaten, or beat away any of the girls that tried to go out with him.

She hug attacked her brother as she whined and shouted, "Big brother, I love you more than anything; of course I also love Daddy equally. But you would choose another girl over your sister, WHOSE SO FULL OF LOVE FOR YOU!"

It was at this time that Aaron had to straighten things out. "You've got it all wrong, Ami's not my girlfriend!"

His dad ignored that and just pressed on, "Ami, huh? So you two are already on a 'First-Name' basis." He then rubbed his chin and said, "Son, you've got to show me a picture of her. Most likely she's gorgeous."

Sarah heard that and asked, "Prettier than me, Daddy?"

Their dad shook his head, "Without a doubt. A girl's looks are just as important as her brains, Sarah. Never forget that."

She quivered at the fact that she probably couldn't compete with this girl and that caused her to almost cry. Aaron on the other hand, just groaned from all this and just said, "Leave me alone, all I did was just give her a ride to her home."

Sarah squeezed in her hug nearly crushing him, "Big Bro! I believe in you!"

He was able to break her grip and just walked towards the stairs to get away from the madness. But his dad stopped him, "Oh son, I forgot to mention. Your Grandpa Ben sent us something." Aaron lit up at that; he loved it when they went to visit him, he always had a story or two about his excavations. His grandpa was an explorer, always looking for something old to give to a museum.

His dad explained, "I didn't have any idea what it was and I thought you'd might like it. Seeing that you're into that kind of stuff I put it in your room, on your desk." Without a word, Aaron zoomed up to his room, went in, and locked the door.

In Aaron's Room

He looked on the table and saw the artifact his grandpa had mailed; it was a hand held statue of what looked like a jungle cat wearing armor on his head, neck, and paws. The cat also had on wings on its back. Aaron picked it up and got a good look at it; it seemed old but it looked as though it had no signs of wearing. He looked at the writing and could tell it was Egyptian, so he walked over to one of his boxes, opened it up and looked around in it.

In it he found what he was looking for, an Egyptian Hieroglyphics book. He set the book on the table and looked through it. He deciphered the symbols on the statue's rest and said it to himself out loud…

"Fellowship of the Moon,.."

"Know the Heartless Blight,.."

"When Darkness covers all…"

"Unleash on them the Light?"

With those words said, the statue began to hum as Aaron took notice of it. And then suddenly, a tremendous force shot out of it, throwing Aaron back first into the wall, and a light illuminated the room with blinding power.

Within the darkness, on the table to where the crystal shards were, the shards illuminated with a blinding radiance across the room. The shadowlike creatures shielded their eyes and screeched in agony at the light. The white haired man, Ansem, came into the room demanding, "What has happened?" He walked over to the crystal shards and saw them glowing, reacting to something else.

He saw it and could only mean one thing, "The Fellowship of the Moon could have done this." It was then at that realization, he stepped back with a look of terror and fear as he spoke in a whisper, "They've returned…as prophesized…to destroy me." His face turned form fear to anger as he balled up his fists, "And I'm so close to release from this imprisonment."

Suddenly two figures came form the shadows and stayed in them behind Ansem; one was a small fat man who was hunching over, while the other one looked female and had a figure shaped to perfection, like an hourglass. The female asked in an attractive and sexy voice, "You bellowed, Boss?" He turned around and commanded, "the Constellation Knights have come out of hiding. Take a squadron of Heartless Shadows with you, find them first, and bring me their still-beating hearts!" The two bowed and disappeared into the shadows.

Then Ansem turned back to the shards and brought up his right-gloved fist, "And I'll beat them…raw."

Back on Earth

Master's Residence

The light from the statue had died out and the statue fell to the floor. Aaron just sat there with his back at the wall, in awe at what just happened. He slowly crawled up to it and said to himself, "It's got to be on microchips or something."

As he got close enough to touch it, the statue glowed again and he backed away a little. The statue shifted and changed in from of Aaron as he watched in curiosity; by the time it was over, where the statue was, now was a little creature that resembled a stuffed animal. It was no bigger than Aaron's hand, it was hazel colored; it looked like a little lion cub with feathered wings. It was wearing a silver color with a red jewel around its neck.

Aaron just blinked a few times in confusion, wondering what the heck that thing was. It was only until the little guy opened his eyes to reveal them to be black. And to Aaron's surprise, it spoke in a surfer's voice, "Howdy! Oh, thank you so much, young man. I've been sealed away like that for who knows how long, and…."

Before he could finish, Aaron grabbed him and started to shake him around, dangle him around, or any other goofy stuff to him. Aaron asked, "What are you? A mutated squirrel? A robotic toy? Where the batteries?"

The little creature was able to get loose and land across Aaron. He swung his little arms around with a throbbing vein popping out, "I am not a toy or a mutated squirrel, Punk!" He calmed down a bit and introduced himself, "I am Ceroberos; Spirit of the Sun, Forger of the Golden Crystal, and Guardian Beast of the Fellowship of the Moon."

Aaron just stared at him for a moment; he couldn't believe that this little furball could be any of those things. He then spoke out, "You can't be any of those things, 'cause you're a…" he wanted to say what he needed to say, but he was afraid of what might happen.

So Ceroberos decided to guess, "Let me guess: Intimidating? Handsome? Heroic? Or perhaps maybe Awe-Inspiring, right?"

"A tiny stuffed animal," was all that Aaron said.

That little comment was what go Ceroberos really ticked off, "What'd you call me!"

Aaron raised his hands up in defense as he pointed to the mirror, "If you don't believe me, take a look in the mirror."

He huffed and flew up to the mirror without any difficulty, and saw his own reflection.

"AAAAAAAAAAH! WHOAAAAAHHH! AAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAH!" He screamed out of terror and confusion as he put his front paws to his head and whined, "What happened to me? I'm a midget, a twerp, a little cub of my former self."

The little creature hung his head in shame, and Aaron just stared in utter confusion, until his dad shouted, "Aaron, Dinner!"

He looked back at Ceroberos and decided to do something about it until after dinner. Ceroberos saw him going to the door and complained, "Hey wait a minute! What about me!"

Aaron just said before he closed the door, "After dinner, okay?" With that, he left a very ticked off stuffed talking animal.

After Dinner

Aaron came back up to his room with two plates of dessert; Chocolate Chip Cheesecake. He figured the little weirdo would have been hungry so he grabbed the nearest thing he could find. He entered in his room, only to find the little guy, playing Rampage: Total Destruction, on his PS2 and TV. He shrugged, 'I guess he needs to do something to take his mind off his predicament.' He walked over to the little guy setting his plate on his desk, "Hey, Ceros, I thought you'd be hungry. Problem is I don't know if you can eat this."

Ceros looked at the plate and jumped up with joy, "Alright! Chocolate Chip Cheesecake! That's my favorite!"

Aaron asked, "It is? They had cheesecake back then from where you're from?"

Ceros shrugged while he picked up his fork like a shuffle, "Oh yeah. Back then during the Silver Millennium, they'd serve these at parties."

Aaron said while he sat down next to the little creature, and leaned on his arm, "Sounds like a fairytale if you ask me. If there were such a time period, it would be recorded in historical archives."

Ceros explained, "That's because most of the Moon Kingdom was completely wiped out by the Dark Kingdom." He stopped and realized what he said as he plopped back down and hung his head in shame, "What am I doing? I can't be talking to you right now; I've got to find the Fellowship of the Moon."

Aaron asked, "Yeah the inscription on the statue mentioned them. Who's the Fellowship?"

Ceros thought about it and didn't want to drag him into it, but he might be able to help him with what he needed to do. So he explained, "The Fellowship of the Moon are the Constellation Knights. The knights themselves were appointed by the Kingdom of Earth' Council of Elders, in favor of the Queen of the Moon, Serenity. Each one was given an element and constellation connecting them to the constellations spirit. In truth, the constellations in the sky were once great beasts or artifacts of power that were imbedded in the night sky to guide others. The knights were also given each a weapon that me, the Spirit of the Moon, and the other Guardians had forged, all for the sole purpose to protect the Silver Millennium, peace, justice, and freedom," but then Ceros's face became grim as he finished, "But all that changed when Ansem unleashed the Heartless and Nobodies."

Aaron was confused at that part, "The Heartless and Nobodies?"

Ceros nodded, "Yeah, those without hearts and the non-existent ones. The Heartless are creatures that are created from shadow and the Darkness in people's hearts, and from that they feed on it to create more hearts. The Nobodies are what happens to the victim's empty shell of a body after their hearts are taken to become a Heartless." Ceros stood up as he explained, as he would to a student. "A long time ago, Ansem, the King of the Negaverse, created an army of those things and tried to invade the Earth. When he did that, Beryl, his sister, decided to take the Moon Kingdom for herself. But on both sides lost as the Fellowship gave their lives to stopping Ansem as did everyone on the Moon Kingdom."

Aaron, who was disheartened by this sad tale, finally said, "That's a sad story if I've ever heard of one."

"Yeah, but that's not the end of it," Ceros stated as the little creature pointed out. "Queen Serenity had everyone in her kingdom reborn on Earth in the future. But it was Prince Helios, the Prince of Elysian, who had the knights, the Fellowship of the Moon, reborn in case Ansem and the Heartless and Nobodies returned."

Now Aaron was confused, "But I thought you said the Fellowship stopped Ansem?"

Ceros nodded, "They didn't kill him if that's what you mean; they shattered the Dark Crystal, the one artifact that could merge both worlds into Darkness. As for the Heartless and Nobodies, they are Darkness made real, as long as there's Darkness within hearts themselves. The Heartless are always lurking and seeking out new hearts to become Heartless. And when there are more Heartless, there'll be more empty shells that become Nobodies."

Aaron then got it as he said, "And that's why Helios had the knights reborn into this time, right? To stop Ansem if he ever comes back again?"

Ceros nodded as he looked serious on the matter, "He's already come back; he just needs to find a door to enter into this world. And that's why I've got to find the Fellowship." He then looked at Aaron with a serious expression, and picked up his fork like a pointer and pointed at Aaron, surprising the human teenage boy, "Aaand…you're gonna help me."

Aaron was shocked and asked, "Why me?"

"You're the one who woke me up and set me free," Ceros shot out.

Aaron objected, "Yeah, but it was your duty to be the Guardian of the Knights and find them yourself."

Ceros rubbed the back of his head sheepishly as he explained, "I know that, I just got a little sidetracked and took a nap."

Aaron on the other hand was not convinced, "For how long?"

"Thirty years."

Aaron looked a little disbelieved at the fact that this guy fell asleep for thirty years, "You're not much of a guardian, you know."

Ceros saw the face and shouted, "HEY, I NEVER SAID BEING A GUARDIAN WAS EASY!"

Just then, Aaron's father shouted, "Son, we're out of milk! Think you can go to the Mini-Mart across town and get some more!"

Aaron saw this as his way out of this nightmare as he got up and grabbed his coat and shoes. "Sure thing, Dad!"

Ceros wasn't going to give up that easily, as he slipped into Aaron's jacket pocket as Aaron put it on. Completely unaware of Ceros hanging around him, he left his room and went on his way to the Mini-Mart.

Later On

Mini-Mart

Aaron had gotten there quickly on his bike, and parked near it. He got off his bike and heard a grunting sound as he put his hands in his jacket pockets. He pulled them out to find Ceros in his hand. "What are you doing here?" he asked while holding the little flying cat by the collar of his fur.

Ceros, not affected by it in any matter, simply stated, "Look, I really need your help in finding the Fellowship for me." He begrudgingly admitted to the boy, looking pretty sour at this moment, "I…er..really need your help."

Aaron sighed in defeat and explained, "Listen, I can't help you with this; it's not my fight." But before he could say anything, Ceros was shoved back in the pocket while Aaron walked on in the mart.

The automatic doors opened and Aaron heard someone shout, "Get away from me!"

Aaron looked around and saw the store owner, a man in his thirties, and an employee, a girl around Aaron's age, swatting away some unseen force. The guy shouted, "Get back or taste my slugger, Sucker!"

Then a black hand with four clawed fingers grabbed the bat and took it away from him. He backed up a little, unaware that his shadow was rising from the ground taking shape. It turned into a humanoid figure with two antennas zigzagging down his back, his body was slim but well built, and its feet looked like Arabian sandals with the same zigzag on the toe, and had round pupiless yellow eyes.

It rammed its clawed hand into the man's back; the owner screamed in pain while the girl ran away frightened and ignored Aaron, as she passed him. The creature pulled out something glowing and shimmering, and it was in a heart-like shape. The man collapsed as the body began to fade into nothing; the heart on the other hand turned black as coal and began to take shape. It stopped changing until it became one of the creatures.

Aaron was now as terrified as ever as he saw what he saw and didn't move until Ceros shouted, "Aaron! Those are Shadows, the first form of the Heartless! Run!"

The Heartless turned around to spot their new prey; Aaron immediately went to the sliding doors and bolted. He ran straight for his motorbike and hopped on; he turned to facet the store and saw the creatures coming out of the shadows, lurking towards him. He started the bike as fast as he could and sped out of there, but not before running over one of them. He sped out of there and was out of sight, but not before two strangers who were on top of the Mini-Mart saw them.

One of them was a drop-dead gorgeous woman in her twenties, with pale skin, raven black hair that reached her back, and wore a black dress that showed off her cleavage, black high heel boots, and black gloves that reached her shoulders. The other one was a fat, bald man wearing a black jumpsuit, boots and wristbands. He had sort of a dumbfound look on his face and was drooling while the woman smiled a wicked smile.

She spoke up, "That boy had Ceroberos on him, Gluttony."

The man called Gluttony replied, "He's gotten smaller the last time I pictured him. So what do we do now, Lust?"

She looked down to where the Heartless were and commanded, "Follow that boy and corner him. But don't kill him…Yet. We need him for questioning." The Heartless sunk into the shadows and were gone. Lust smirked, "Oh, this is going to be fun." And with that, the two disappeared into the shadows as well.

Next Chapter: The Phoenix Rises; New Beginnings pt.2