In Elysion the gate in the mirror had turned completely black. Inky swirls moving on the surface were the only hint to the fact that it wasn't solid. Helios's stared at it long and hard before exhaling, shutting his eyes he reached forward with one hand and touched the gate.
Electricity shot out of the space where his fingers connected to the gate, the inky swirls materialized and extended in the air towards him like smog, floating lazily towards him. Muttering something under his breath, he opened his eyes and the electricity stopped.
Suddenly it all shot out, forcing Helios to the ground several paces back. The black taking form into a figure, the solid ink making features of a woman with buns on her head and a long, lithe body.
"So this is Elysion, how quaint." The figure spoke, her eyes settling on Helios after gazing around the sacred space of Elysion. "You must be Helios's." She said.
"Who are you?" He said, rising to his feet he took careful note of the woman, her features similar to the princess of the moon, and also someone else. Little maiden…
"You may call me Black Lady, or maybe the new and improved version of Small Lady Serenity." She said, stepping towards him, nearly the same height their eyes met, his glare with hers of contempt. Her black hand appearing on the edge of his vision, it found his face as she leaned in and kissed him.
"I see why she think's your worth the time of day, but will you be able to handle the night?" She laughed and the black ink swirled from the form of a woman and shot up into the sky, painting the sky the same color.
"What's happening?" Elysion?! Spinning on the ball of his heel he watched as the ink transformed his beloved Elysion into that of a nightmare, nothing like when the Dead Moon Circus had attacked.
Whipping around to face the mirror he saw the woman standing there, or her reflection, no longer made of black. Her long pink hair standing out among the black.
"Little Maiden…?"
"Goodbye, Helios." She said before vanishing.
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Standing in the park, Black Lady held a small black shard of the once great and powerful Malefic Crystal. Dropping it, the shard struck the ground, rooting itself on impact. From her hand she shot a black beam of light at the crystal, and watched as it grew in the light, becoming bigger the longer it shone.
Grow this and you'll be able to take over the earth with it, useless as it is now, it can still absorb the life energy of those weaker.
"That's what Diamond said, it had better work." Black Lady said, closing her hand into a fist. It was not the size of a large dog, and suddenly it glowed with a seemingly violet light before shooting up high into the air, growing ten times the size in a moment.
Is this what he meant?! Jumping back before the ground underneath her crumbled, Black Lady took to the air before the park was gone.
It soon dwarfed the park, and like a mold, another similar monument shot up farther away, and another like it still. On its own it was multiplying and growing bigger.
"Hmph. Let's see…" Taking off, a moment later she appeared near the window of a small suburban home and tapped the window before a black sentry appeared on the other side and tugged the curtain aside, in the living room three people were collapsed, one on the floor and two on the furniture, the TV playing for no audience.
"It's working faster than I thought…." Black Lady said before snapping her fingers and appearing back on the moon.
"My Queen," Prince Diamond said as Black Lady entered the palace.
"You were right, it's interesting."
"Just?"
"I could expect only that much considering how well it worked before." Black Lady said, barely tossing Prince Diamond a glance before speaking again. "How long do you think it'll take the Sailor Guardians to retaliate?"
"Heh." Prince Diamond said, "they're taken care of, I assume you've noticed how quiet it's been on their end."
And yes, it had. After the Imperium Crystal in the possession of Sailor Moon froze over both her and Mamoru, the lights of the other Sailor Guardians were dimming. As if something was fighting them and trapping their energy.
"All for you, my Queen." Prince Diamond said.
"What do you mean?" Black Lady said, stalking towards him like a cat.
"You're not the only one with minions." Is all he said.
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"Mama…?" Chibi-Usa's voice echoed back at her as she spoke, one hand to her chest as she slowly walked forward in the never ending gray of this world. It was cold and lonely, and Chibi-Usa found it stifling and hard to breath.
It's so strange… To think there was another me here, inside of me. It's so sad here. Chibi-Usa thought.
"So you've noticed." Black Lady said, suddenly appearing behind Chibi-Usa, the small girl turned around to see her larger counterpart.
"Being trapped here for so long, I hated every minute of it, trapped here having to listen to you whining about being small and missing your parents." Black Lady crossed her arms across her chest, a look of disdain on her perfect face.
"Let me out, now." Chibi-Usa commanded, but the gray had been seeping her energy ever since she got here, and her chest was tight ever since the Imperium Crystal had been taken from her.
"Ha!" Black Lady laughed, "I won't be coming back here ever again, you didn't want to be in that world anyway, so now it's mine. Good bye, Small Lady."
Her form flickered for a moment before vanishing from the gray space. Leaving Chibi-Usa alone once more.