15
Usagi lay in her bed as the room was flooded with a dim light blue glow that cast upon her. Everything that she thought would happen, didn't. Was she losing it? Were Rei's visions just a trick from Queen Beryl? Maybe even just a misread?
Usagi heavily sighed as she turned over to her side and started to close her eyes. It was going to be a long next couple of weeks and the last thing that she needed was to be tired and unable to think straight. The only thing that kept her from thinking the absolute worst was that she knew that Mamoru was back at home instead of with her in Beryl's reach. Along with Ami and Makoto, he watched her family. Usagi just wanted to be sure that her parents were youmas before she did anything. Also, as much as she wanted to deny it, she wanted to make sure that Shingo was okay.
"I was this were all over with," she softly whispered to herself as she pulled the covers up over her shoulder. She felt like crying and breaking down, but she couldn't. If she started, she was afraid that she couldn't stop. Besides, Mamoru wasn't there. He was the one who could get her through anything, but not this time. This time she wanted him away from her. Memories from when he was stolen by Beryl the first time started to flood her mind as she tightly closed her eyes to keep the tears from falling. "I hope he's okay," she said to herself finally opening her eyes again.
There was a burst of light and a loud crash. Usagi jumped up and looked out the window. She was at loss for words when she saw the walk way to the palace. The foundation was cracked and tilted. Half the pillars were now on their sides while the other were so damaged that they looked like they could be knocked down with a simple little tap.
"That's it!" she yelled as she jumped out of bed and went over to the dresser. She grabbed her wand and sword and rushed out the door. She ran until she got to the presence of Queen Beryl and her company. This time, Queen Beryl seemed to have a completely new army of her own. Jadeite, Malachite, Nephlyte, Zoicite, they were all gone.
Queen Beryl stood with her arms crossed. The smirk on her face indicated that she had been waiting for her, as if she had wanted her to run out there like that. "Well, well, well, our little princess grew up. Now she's the queen huh?" she asked while looking over her enemy.
"You're right, I have grown. I'm not the same crybaby I was," she announced trying to convince herself that that was actually true.
"I see," she said as if reading her to see whether or not she was telling the truth.
Usgai stood up straight and pulled out her sword. "I'm ready now. It's been four years and now I'm ready," she announced.
"And so are we," Rei announced.
Usagi turned around and saw Mars and Venus behind her. She smiled a thank you to them and then turned back towards Queen Beryl.
Queen Beryl just laughed. "I don't want to fight you yet, I still don't have the strength that I need, but, I'm sure that your parents do," she said.
"What?" Usagi asked. She was now worried. Every thought in her head now turned to what could have been going on back at home. Her parents were the last thing that she wanted to hear about right now. She raised her sword in anger. "What did you do to them?!" she yelled out. Her only response was the laughter that came from Queen Beryl. Her friends just exchanged looks of concern. "Tell me what the hell you did with them!" she angrily demanded.
"Oh, trust me, they stopped being your parents long ago. I thought you said you've changed," Queen Beryl remark.
"I have," Usagi argued.
"Then why weren't you wise enough to notice something wrong weeks ago?" she asked. Beryl just then turned to the side and motioned for some one to come to her side. Two people came to her side. Usagi couldn't tell much about them since they were covered in shadow, but she could tell that they each had long hair.
"The others are at the Dark Kingdom," she announced. Usagi just looked up to her with impatience and fear. "The two other brats along with a young boy are being held."
"No," Usagi softly cried as she began to back up. She shook her head in disbelief. She was wrong, Queen Beryl was out for more than just her. Now this was too much, she took her family and her friends. "What did you do with Mamoru?" she asked.
Queen Beryl just pointed off to her left. "He's waiting for you," she announced.
Usagi nervously looked back to Rei and Minako. "Go ahead, we'll stay here and fight the two," Minako said.
"Just be careful," Rei warned.
Usagi nodded and then turned and ran in the direction that she was told to. They all three knew that it could be a trap, but Usagi couldn't take the chance of it really being him. She desperately wanted to know what had happened and would risk everything to go help Mamoru.
Sailor Mars and Sailor Venus stayed behind and were ready to fight what ever they had coming to them. They felt that there was no reason for them to even get hurt now. They had been training and were able to take anything now.
"You two really think that you are good enough to take these two?" Queen Beryl asked pointing to the two next to her.
They both stayed quiet. Neither of them wanted an entire conversation, they just wanted to get the fight over with.
"Okay girls, go introduce yourselves," she commanded.
The two girls walked towards them. Soon enough, both their eyes widened with shock.
"What? How the," Rei started.
"Oh God," Minako said as they both stared at their opponents.
Usagi kept running until she got to Mamoru. She then stopped as she saw him before her.
The Neo Queen Serenity stood there as she watched him. "Mamo-chan?" she asked.
Mamoru, now Endymion, stood there and shook his head. He had a sword in his hand ready to fight. "I'm sorry, but we are now sworn enemies, what ever happened, happened. It doesn't mean anything anymore," he announced.
It was dark and gloomy. The breeze swept her long her off the ground. She looked a head with despair and sadness. Opposite of her stood Endymion with the same look on his face. They kept their distance from each other but, still had some kind of longing for each other. She could easily tell that he still had some feelings for her. The sword that she held in her hand now fell to the ground as tears started to fall from her eyes. Endymion then held his up and turned to walk away from her. As he walked away, he looked back at her. Trying to gather herself, Serenity reached down and picked her sword back up. She waited for him to be out of her sight and then turned to walk away.