Hisako's Happily Ever After
"Poor King Darien and Queen Serena." Sailor Mars said sadly.
"They'll be heartbroken when they find out." Sailor Jupiter said in agreement with Sailor Mars, sighing sadly.
Sailor Venus got an idea, "They're not going to." she said.
"They aren't?" Sailor Jupiter asked Sailor Venus.
"How come, Venus?" Sailor Mars asked curiously.
"We'll put them all to sleep," Sailor Venus explained to her comrades. "until Kate awakens, follow me!"
The threesome teleported around the kingdom, putting everyone to sleep.
Choir: Sleeping Mercury fair;
Blue of sapphires in your hair;
Lips that shame the red red rose;
Dreaming of true love;
In slumber repose;
One day he will come;
Riding over the dawn;
When you awaken;
To love's first kiss;
Till then;
Sleeping Mercury;
Sleep on;
One day you'll awaken;
To love's first kiss;
Till then;
Sleeping Mercury;
Sleep on.
Sailor Venus had just put the spell on King Malachite who had begun drifting off.
"Well, just been talking to Zoisite, seems he's fallen in love with some peasant girl." King Malachite said, yawning.
Sailor Venus did not wish to miss out on this.
"Peasant girl? Yes, yes? The peasant girl, who is she? Where did he meet her?" Sailor Venus asked King Malachite curiously.
"Just some peasant girl," King Malachite yawned. "he met."
Now, Sailor Venus was getting even more excited.
"Where, where?" Sailor Venus urged King Malachite.
"Once upon a dream." King Malachite answered Sailor Venus, finally falling asleep.
"Once upon a dr... Kate! Prince Zoisite!" Sailor Venus exclaimed, shocked by what she had learned.
A little while later, Sailor Venus met up with Sailors Mars & Jupiter.
"What's wrong, Venus?" Sailors Mars & Jupiter asked in unison.
"Come on, we've got to get back to the cottage!" Sailor Venus said to her friends.
The three sailor scouts hurriedly started back to the cottage.
Meanwhile, Zoisite was on his horse, whistling Once Upon A Dream as he approached the cottage, he knocked on the door.
"Come in!" Queen Beryl called out.
Zoisite entered and was surprised by a couple of Queen Beryl's servants, he struggled but ultimately was completely tied.
Queen Beryl and her rabbit monkey watched the scene with deep satisfaction, she lit Prince Zoisite's face with a candle.
"Well, this is a pleasant surprise. I set my trap for a peasant, and lo! I catch a prince!" Queen Beryl exclaimed.
"Release me at once!" Prince Zoisite commanded Queen Beryl.
Queen Beryl just laughed, "Away with him, but gently, my pets, gently, I have plans for our royal guest." she said.
A little while later, the sailor scouts were still on their way, as they arrived, they found the door opened.
They entered and found Zoisite's hat on the floor.
"Queen Beryl!" the threesome exclaimed.
"She's got Prince Zoisite!" Sailor Jupiter exclaimed.
"At her palace in the Dark Kingdom." Sailor Venus said.
"But, we can't, we can't go there!" Sailor Mars exclaimed.
"We can," Sailor Venus said to her two friends. "and we must."
The sailor scouts reached Queen Beryl's castle and cautiously approached it.
They were surprised by some guards, but got in unnoticed.
They found a window to a room where Queen Beryl was having a feast with her pets dancing around a huge fire.
The threesome could hear Queen Beryl talking to her rabbit monkey.
"What a pity Prince Zoisite can't be here to enjoy the celebration, come, we must go to the dungeon and cheer him up." Queen Beryl said.
Queen Beryl walked toward the dungeon, her rabbit monkey and the sailor scouts followed her.
Queen Beryl began to talk to Zoisite, who sat chained to the wall, head down.
"Oh come now, Prince Zoisite, why so melancholy? A wondrous future lies before you, you, the destined hero of a charming fairy tale come true." Queen Beryl said.
The sailor scouts appeared in the window of the dungeon, Queen Beryl used her magic staff to depict the following.
"Poor Zoisite." Sailor Mars whispered.
"Behold, King Darien & Queen Serena's castle, and in yonder topmost tower, dreaming of her true love, the princess Hisako, but see the gracious whim of fate, why, 'tis the self same peasant maid, who won the heart of our noble prince but yesterday, she is indeed most wondrous fair, blue of sapphires in her hair, lips that shame the red red rose, in ageless sleep she finds repose, the years roll by, but a thousand years to a steadfast heart are but a day, and now, the gates of the dungeon part, and our prince is free to go his way, off he rides on his noble steed..." Queen Beryl began.
Prince Zoisite looked up at the evil queen, the expression on his face was that of entire hoplessness.
"Please release me." Prince Zoisite begged.
In Queen Beryl's imagery, the prince was shown to be old, anything but what she was telling Zoisite, her voice dripped with sarcasm.
"A valiant figure, straight and tall, to wake his love with love's first kiss, and prove that true love conquers all." Queen Beryl finished as if she hadn't even heard Prince Zoisite's request.
Zoisite struggled in his chains.
Sailor Jupiter started towards Queen Beryl in anger.
"Why, you mean..." Sailor Jupiter began.
Sailor Jupiter was pulled back by Sailor Venus.
The rabbit monkey had noticed Sailor Jupiter speaking and turned toward the window, but didn't see the hidden sailor scouts.
Queen Beryl then went to the dungeon's door, "Come, my pet, let us leave our noble prince with these happy thoughts, a most gratifying day." she said.
Outside the dungeon, Queen Beryl locked the door.
"For the first time in fourteen years I shall sleep well." Queen Beryl said to her rabbit monkey.
Back in the dungeon, the sailor scouts approached Zoisite.
"Shh," Sailor Venus said to Prince Zoisite. "no time to explain."
Using their powers, the sailor scouts opened Zoisite's chains and the doorlock.
"Thank you for freeing me." Prince Zoisite said to the three sailor scouts.
The prince stood up now that he was free from his bindings.
"Wait, Prince Zoisite, the road to true love may be barred by still many more dangers, which you alone will have to face, so arm thyself with this enchanted shield of virtue and this mighty sword of truth, for these weapons of righteousness will triumph over evil." Sailor Venus said.
Just outside the dungeon, the rabbit monkey waited, which then ran off screaming.
The sailor scouts and Zoisite started up the stairs.
The rabbit monkey had called Queen Beryl's servants, which came streaming downstairs.
Zoisite fought some of them, but then they jumped out a window.
Some rocks were dropped toward Zoisite.
"Zoisite, watch out!" Sailor Mars called out.
Sailor Venus turned the rocks into soap-bubbles.
A wall of arrows was shot but quickly turned into flying flowers.
Sailor Jupiter freed Goliath.
Zoisite rode off on Goliath toward the gate, where hot oil was thrown.
Sailor Venus turned it into a rainbow.
The rabbit monkey ran straight towards Queen Beryl's tower, trying to wake her.
Devil was followed by Sailor Jupiter, who first failed to hit him with her powers, at last, she turned him into a stone rabbit monkey just outside Queen Beryl's door.
Queen Beryl appeared in the door.
"Silence!" Queen Beryl shouted.
Then, Queen Beryl turned to Devil, "You, tell those fools to..." she began, noticing that Devil had been turned to stone by Sailor Jupiter. "no!"
Queen Beryl then spotted Prince Zoisite escaping, "No!" she shouted once again.
The drawbridge was raised.
Queen Beryl threw two spells, but could not stop the foursome.
Queen Beryl used some more of her dark magic.
Queen Beryl: A forest of thorn shall be his tomb;
Born through the skies on a fog of doom;
Now go with the curse and serve me well;
Round Darien's castle cast my spell!
A black cloud appeared over the castle, bolts of lightning struck everywhere, causing the growth of thick thorny bushes, Zoisite had to stop before them.
Queen Beryl just had to laugh, "For the first time in fourteen years I shall sleep well." she said.
"Oh no!" Prince Zoisite called out.
Zoisite stopped only shortly, then started cutting a way with his sword, finally, he was through.
"No, it cannot be!" Queen Beryl shouted.
Queen Beryl appeared in front of Prince Zoisite.
"Move out of my way," Zoisite shouted at Queen Beryl courageously. "for I've got a princess to rescue!"
"Now shall you deal with me, O Prince, and all the powers of Purgatory!" Queen Beryl shouted.
Queen Beryl then transformed herself into a huge fire breathing dragon.
Zoisite courageously started toward Queen Beryl, but he had no chance against the fire-spraying dragon, after a short fight, he had to retreat, at a wall, he had to stop.
The three sailor scouts were above Prince Zoisite.
"Hop! Come this way!" Sailor Venus shouted.
Zoisite climbed up, only to see that he was now trapped on a cliff.
At another blaze of fire, he lost his shield.
Queen Beryl bit at Prince Zoisite.
The sailor scouts and the prince had combined their powers on the sword.
Sailor Venus: Now sword of truth;
Fly swift and sure;
That evil die;
And good endure!
Zoisite threw the sword at the dragon, which was hit deadly and collapsed.
Zoisite and the sailor scouts got inside the castle and up to the tower, where Hisako lay on her bed, Zoisite slowly walked towards her and gave her a faint kiss on the lips.
Hisako awakened, saw Zoisite and began to smile.
Inside the throne room as well as in Darien's kingdom, everyone awakened too.
"Oh, ah, forgive me, Malachite, the root beer... now, you were saying?" King Darien asked.
"I was? Oh yes, well, after all, Darien, this is the fourteenth century." King Malachite said.
"Yes, you said that a moment ago." King Darien said to King Malachite.
"Well, to come right to the point, my brother Zoisite says he's going to marry..." Malachite began.
Malachite was interrupted by a fanfare, or to be more precise, by the first notes from the Sleeping Beauty Waltz.
The sailor scouts watched the scene from a balcony as Hisako and Zoisite appeared arm in arm, walking down the stairs from above.
"It's Hisako, she's here!" King Darien exclaimed.
King Malachite began rubbing his eyes in disbelief, "And Zoisite!" he exclaimed.
Hisako and Zoisite knelt down before the thrones.
Hisako then fondly embraced her mother.
"Oh, Hisako," Queen Serena exclaimed. "I am so glad to have my dear daughter back! Happy fourteenth birthday!"
"Thank you, Mother!" Princess Hisako exclaimed.
"What does this mean, boy? I don't..." King Malachite began.
Hisako kissed Malachite on the cheek.
"But, but..." Malachite stammered.
Hisako and Zoisite started dancing.
Malachite shook his head, "I don't understand!" he gasped.
On the balcony, Sailor Mars lost a tear.
"Why, Mars, what's the matter, dear?" Sailor Venus asked.
"Oh, I just love happy endings." Sailor Mars answered Sailor Venus.
"Yes, I do, too." Sailor Venus said.
Sailor Venus noticed that Hisako's gown was light blue instead of tan.
"Oh, light blue? Oh no," Sailor Venus said. "tan!"
The dress changed to tan.
The color of Princess Hisako's gown changed from light blue to tan and back again as she & Prince Zoisite continued to waltz.
And they all lived happily ever after.