Chapter 11-The Power of the Silver Crystal

Usagi woke to a gentle knock on the door. She rubbed her eyes and yawned. After a day of fun with Dawn, she had taken a long nap in Buffy's bed. It was weird that there was no communicator beeping and she didn't have to run out to fight monsters at a moment's notice. It was weird to just relax.

She saw Willow walked into the room. Suddenly, the princess realized what a mess she and Dawn made downstairs.

"I am so sorry, Willow. I will clean it up, I promise. I was just so tired and I wanted to close my eyes a bit."

Willow smiled and said not to worry. "Giles and I had been researching the entire day and we think we can try to open the portal. It won't be instantaneous, but we are going to start trying."

Usagi smiled and said a grateful "thank you" to her new friend.

"Now, I need you to transform. The energy portal could be rough to go through, so best to have some protection. Come down when you are ready."

Willow closed the door as she left the room. Brilliant lights came through the crack of the door, as Usagi transformed into Sailor Moon inside.

Sailor Moon walked down the stairs and peeked into the living room. A giant green sand circle was drawn on the floor. Wilow and Tara sat in the middle of the circle, chanting some foreign language. The princess sat down on the couch and watched.

"Via, concursus, tempus, spatium, audi me ut, imperio! Operi!"

Nothing happened. "Operi!" Willow repeated.

All of a sudden, dark shadow came through the ground and flown into Willow. She let out a throaty scream and her eyes turned black. Willow started chanting the same line again while Tara started shaking, as her energy was drained by Willow.

Sailor Moon looked on with horror. Something was very wrong. The evil in the room was dispersing, radiating from Willow. Tara looked like she was in great pain. The dark shadow in the room started to take form, solidifying. Sailor Moon clutched her brooch and yelled, "Crisis, Makeup."

"Super Sailor Moon," Whispered Tara before she passed out. She slumped over next to Willow.

"Rainbow Moon Heartache." Sailor Moon spun her moon rod and healing energy spread throughout the room. A bright light illuminated the room, the dark shadow disintegrated. New energy flowed through Tara again and she regained consciousness.

However, dark energy continued to circle around Willow, slowly choking the life out of her.

"Please, save my friend." Tears streamed down Sailor Moon's face and hit the brooch. Another light came radiating out of Sailor Moon's silver crystal.

"Moon Cosmic Power…..." Sailor Moon tried again.

The incorporeal dark energy struggled against the lights but ultimately failed. It screamed and then dissipated. Willow and Sailor Moon collapsed to the floor simultaneously.

Everyone rushed over. It was then that Tara noticed the silver crystal was still blinking. Sailor Moon seemed to be in a trance, as she kept repeating, "I need to save my friends. I need to save my friends…"

Tara knew exactly what she had to do right now. She grabbed Sailor Moon's hands and closed her eyes. She concentrated on one person only. "Sailor Moon. I lend you my powers." Magic flown from Tara into Sailor Moon.

Both Sailor Moon and Tara entered into a trance. The light continued to grow brighter and brighter from the silver crystal.

"Think about your friends, Sailor Moon. Thank about where they are." Tara whispered.

"Rei, Ami, Mako, Mina, Chibiusa, Haruka, Michiru, Setsuna and Hotaru…"Sailor Moon opened her eyes.

Amazingly, a small portal opened.