Why exactly am I here? I live and I breath but I don't exactly know how I came to exist. I wander around in black nothingness. I had my taste of freedom when her highness Small Lady was insecure, but that was so long ago. Why do I even exist if there is no place for me in this life? I just… I want-

Black Lady awoke with a jolt, a cold sweat covering her. Just a dream, she told herself. Of that wretched time… never again!

-0-0-

Helios' sat perched before the inky black pool, his hands clasped together in prayer, he could still faintly hear the heartbeat of the Prince and Princess, which he believed to be a sign that they hadn't lost this battle yet.

Small Lady! Please be alright until we can save you! Where ever you are… Helios bit his lower lip, trying to summon as much energy as he could to try and stop the darkness that was spreading through Elysion and around on Earth.

-0-0-

Chibi-Usa lay curled on the cold ground, her eyes half open in a daze. Mama…Papa… what do I do? I can't leave here… I'm too weak. Tears suddenly springing to her eyes Chibi-Usa couldn't help the worthless feeling that settled into her. Please… someone save me.

"…Small Lady…" A faint wisp of a voice seemed to revibrate in the nothingness that surrounded Chibi-Usa, blinking, she tried to still her breathing if only to try and listen. Then again, it rung in the nothingness. A familiar voice carrying it through prayer.

"Helios?"

"Small Lady?" He replied a moment later. "Where are you?'

"It's no use Helios, I'm too weak to break free. I'm trapped, and I've failed everyone! Mama, Papa… I've failed myself!" Chibi-Usa said, the words carrying the weight of her fears. "I'm pathetic, I can't do anything without the other guardians, I can't even stand!"

"Small Lady… You are strong. I believe in you, even now as darkness spreads over the Earth. This enemy… She reminds me of you, you are strong Small Lady, believe in yourself." Helios' words traveled through to her, a sudden warmth seemed to glow in her chest.

"But-!"

"I trust in you… Small Lady…" he said.

"Helios? Please, I can't do this on my own!" Chibi-Usa cried. To no reply, she was left alone in the nothingness of herself.

-0-0-

Black Lady stood only to waver and drop to her knees. What?! No, this can't be happening! The Silver Imperium Crystal that she had wrapped around her arm now faltered in existence and vanished a moment later. The strength it gave her gone. "No, I won't surrender this body now! I'm so close!" Black Lady said, summoning her strength she snapped her fingers and vanished to the nothing space.

"You!" She said, stopping before the small form before her, she glared at the girl. "Give it back, give it back to me now!"

"What?" Chibi-Usa said.

"The Crystal! I know you have it!" Black Lady said, taking a step closer the small figure shuddered. "Pathetic, you are the true owner of this body and yet you let me take it away from you so easily. You don't deserve this existence!"

"That's not true." Chibi-Usa finally said in a small voice.

"What?"

"I…I do matter."

"That's not what you really think. Why else would I be here if you thought otherwise?"

"I do!" A warm pink light glowed brightly from Chibi-Usa's chest, the Planetary pink Crystal appearing as she suddenly transformed into Sailor Chibi Moon. Rising to her feet Black Lady took a step back.

"You can't just erase me!" Black Lady said, though she herself was doubting it, clasping the crystal in her hand Chibi-Usa glared right back at her.

"I can! You've tormented me enough! I will never be you!" The pink light creates and sends beams of refracting light into the nothingness, dispersing the shrouds of despair that kept her in the dark for so long.

Dropping to the ground, Black Lady suddenly wasn't so strong. "Who are you to say otherwise!? You created me! I couldn't have come into existence to serve a purpose like this… You're telling me I was never meant be born?" A tear slipped down Black Lady's face, another followed suit. Hands to her face she tried to wipe away the flood of tears. "Fine!" She looked up at Chibi-Usa, who's face faltered in a hateful glare, she too felt the impact of Black Lady's words.

"Fine, I was born alone, I'll die alone too! Do it! I'm a creation of darkness, I was never meant to exist as anything other than that!" She stared back at Chibi-Usa, contempt for her creator and her bodies true possessor.

Raising her hands with the crystal in hand, Chibi-Usa's hands shook. "I'm sorry. I never meant for you to be a bad person, you were supposed to make me stronger." A tear slipped free. "I apologize, I can't make up for the pain I've caused you, and I deserve it for everything you've endured, but I can't surrender my body to you! Yes, you are evil, but I didn't mean to make someone else suffer just so I could be weak and hide behind you only when it was convenient." Chibi-Usa dropped to her knees, hugging Black Lady with all her might.

"I wish you could have been happier! I wish we both could have been strong and been happy but-!" She squeezed her arms tighter around Black Lady. "I don't regret you. Seeing you, knowing your pain… I will never forget you."

Leaning back, Chibi-Usa forced a smile, wiping a tear from her face. She clutched the crystal to her chest, Black Lady sat there, tears still dripping down her face as she felt lighter and lighter. The warmth of the pink crystal seeped into her, her form slowly becoming light and see through as she slowly vanished into nothing.

-0-0-

Appearing in the park, Chibi-Usa had morphed back to herself and in the early morning light, she looked up at the sky and cried. For herself and for Black Lady, who had suffered by her hand.

-0-0-

"Helios… I-"

"Small Lady, I'm glad you're al-"

Only after she passed through the water to Elysion, did the small girl collapse into tears, arms around her Helios tried to console her. Listening to her cry the tale of what had happened, he listened and when she was done, offered prayer for the enemy.

"Helios, I did it, I should-"

"It is my duty to pray for those who matter, and as everyone on Earth, good and evil, receives prayer as equals, those who don't remain on Earth receive the same gift." He said, offering the girl a smile before clasping his hands in prayer.

Nodding and following in suit, Chibi-Usa closed her eyes and offered a prayer to Black Lady. She prayed that she may be happy, and that she wouldn't suffer anymore.

-0-0-

*His power fading, without the crystals Black Lady had planted, prince Diamond faded into darkness, his second chance at life wasted as he slipped into eternity with the fallen of space.*