"Hello Princess Serena,"
In her dream Serena was the princess she used to be once again and found herself alongside her mother.
"Queen Serenity!" She was startled. "I'm so happy to see you again!"
"Serena you must go to the golden kingdom, there is someone who wishes to speak with you, and help you in your quest." The silver haired Queen told her.
"Who must I go and find?" Serena asked.
"Someone you helped a long time ago with the kindness of your heart. Someone who wishes to repay you for all you have done." Queen Serenity smiled. "After all, you have touched so many hearts with the light of yours, I know you will continue to do so!"
"Just what did that mean?" Serena thought that morning as she brushed one of her long pigtails. "Surely this Enchantix can't be that strong! I'm starting to think there's more to all this! And just what is this Golden Kingdom anyway? Darien has the Golden Crystal, does that count?"
Emerging from the bathroom she was pleasantly surprised to find that her and Stella's room was empty and that the whole dormitory too was practically isolated except for Layla, who appeared to be in a conversation with a hologram of her mother.
"I don't care about tradition Mom! I'm too young to be thinking about marriage!" She said in frustration. "Much less an arranged marriage!"
"This is not up for debate!" The Queen of Tides chided as a mermaid fixed her hair. "Nabu is a wonderful young man!"
Deciding that conversation was best left uninterrupted the blonde shrunk her lunar book and tucked it into her pocket as she strolled out into the courtyard.
"Try this on for size Bloom! Soundcage!"
"Huh?" She looked in the direction of Musa's voice. Jogging over to get a closer look she could see Bloom Stella and Musa all in their enchantix supposedly battling it out. At present the fire fairy appeared to be trapped in a dark sphere that the Melodian was controlling.
"Is this a mutiny?" Serena wondered aloud. "Somehow I wouldn't be that surprised if it was!"
"AaRGH!" Bloom bust out the cage with ease, creating a wave of fiery energy that swept through the surrounding area.
"Man I channeled all my winx into that attack!" Musa complained, rubbing her head.
"Whoa whoa hold the fire!" Serena decided to intervene. "I thought you guys were friends! Or at least allies in eliminating a common enemy!"
"Don't worry! We're not really fighting!" Stella dusted a bit of dirt off her skirt after de-transforming.
"Since Baltor and I both get our powers from the dragon fire, we figured if we can find a way to defeat my power, we can use it to defeat his! But so far no luck!" Bloom explained.
"Er, I have an idea, why don't you try water?" Serena suggested. "You do know that water douses flames right?"
Just then Tecna came running out to join them, carrying an old and rather heavy-looking book.
"I've got it!" She exclaimed, her turquoise eyes shining. "I know how to beat the dragon fire!"
000
After they had seated themselves on the grass Tecna began telling everyone about a story she had learned, involving objects called water stars, which were supposedly so opposite the dragon fire they couldn't even be in the same universe together. To be honest, Serena had kinda zoned out at this point, surely these things weren't that necessary? Sailor Moon had already proven that Baltor wasn't invincible!
"Where are they now?" Bloom was asking.
"In the golden kingdom." The fairy of technology answered. "The portal to this place lies at the base of the red tower."
"The golden kingdom?" Now they had Serena's attention. "Where is it? I wanna go! What?" She demanded at the looks the winx were exchanging with each other. "Just because I don't have a fairy transformation like yours doesn't mean I don't have any power! Would I be here if I didn't?"
"…She does have a point." Tecna admitted.
"Ok!" Bloom smiled. "After all if she goes with us, what could possibly go wrong?"
000
Somehow Faragonda had surprisingly agreed to Serena's inclusion of the mission. The blonde found it weird how she seemed so lenient to anything Bloom would say, but she chose not to question it.
So later the winx and pixies plus Serena boarded a large Red Fountain ship to go to Veilmist forest.
"Whoa, check out how huge this thing is!" Serena looked around at the infrastructure in wonder as she entered the vehicle. Glim nodded in agreement before zooming off to find her pixie friends.
"Eep!" As the ship took off, it also took her by surprise, making her cling to a pipe in the corner.
"Serena? Are you alright?" She turned around to see Flora standing there with a look of concern.
"…Nope! Just my first time in one of these is all! But I'm sure I'll get used to it!" Serena gave a smile. "I'm still excited though!"
"I'll take you to a seat!" The nature fairy leant an arm, which Serena gladly took as Flora guided her to the central control room.
"Ooh! Is there a recline button?" Serena stretched out comfortably in the swively chair.
"The navimeter's giving me a negative reading!" Timmy was explaining to the group.
"It's probably just broken. There should be a spare one in the supply bay." Sky said, momentarily looking up from his share of the controls. "I'll go get one." Layla got up from her seat and headed towards the designated area.
"And what do we do if it's not broken?" Bloom asked, leaning over to take a look.
"I'm not sure. If it's correct then it would be saying that there's literally nothing in our destination. Where Veilmist forest should be, all it shows is a giant void! We'd literally be flying off the face of the earth!"
"Huh? That doesn't sound good! It's like we'd be sucked into a black hole or something! Serena shuddered. "This is starting to feel like that time I had to take that scary cable car over the river! At least I made some new friends out of that experience!"
Flashback
Serena has boarded a cable car, along with several other people, including an excitable girl with short dark hair, a girl with a spaced out expression and a girl with pigtails who looks about 12 years old.
Tomo: (seems kinda scared but also excited at the same time if that's possible) It's especially bad when it starts jiggling! And we're only hanging on to one rail! It could go on its side or something!
The cable car suddenly stops in mid-air.
Serena (looking up anxiously with a tiny voice): Is it supposed to stop?
Tomo: WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE YEAH!
Osaka (looks thoughtful): Don't worry you guys; Chiyo Chan will fly us to safety!
She daydreams about riding on the back of a giant Chiyo, who is using her pigtails as flapping wings.
Serena: (desperate) Please can we talk about something else?
Chiyo: Alright! We must! Erm… what about those stuffed kittens? I bought some for my friend miss Sakaki! She loves cats!
Tomo: What if someone took a selfie just as they were about to hit the water right before they died? It'd be like 'ooh selfie! Aaagh!"
During the entire ride Chiyo manages to distract Serena by comparing school festivals. Serena is interested in the cat hats the girls had to wear for their class, and Osaka comes out of her daydream to remind them the hats were modeled on the Chiyo-father-cat. To Serena's delight, Tomo mentions that she is a fan of Sailor V, although she makes Serena promise to get her autograph for her. By the time they step out of the cable car they are all good friends and have swapped phone numbers.
End flashback
"It's just a glitch Timmy." Sky was saying.
"I don't know Sky, it might be a better idea for us to land in the Barrian mountains and walk from there just in case," Timmy gave his opinion.
"We have a stowaway!"
Everyone turned around to see Layla in the doorway with a familiar young man.
"You again!" Sky exclaimed.
"You're that dude from the museum!" Serena remembered loudly.
"I can explain." The young wizard said calmly as Layla tossed the spare navimeter at Timmy.
"You'd better." Bloom said warningly.
"And fast!" Musa added.
Serena looked at Ophir thoughtfully as he explained about practicing invisibility spells on the monsters in Veilmist forest. Through his aura she could tell that he wasn't sharing the complete truth, but she did know that he wasn't a bad person, and maybe did want to help them.
"I think we should trust him," She spoke up.
"Huh?" The fairies looked at her in surprise.
"Serena! It's because of him that Baltor got away with the Agador box that day!" Tecna protested.
"I'm gonna have to agree with Tecna on this one, this guy's got spy written all over him!" Layla added.
Serena took a deep breath. "Look guys, my magic gives me the ability to read people's energy, and I can tell he's not lying! If there was something dark about him I'd be the first to know!"
The winx plus Sky and Timmy all looked at each other.
"Well, Ms Faragonda did say that Serena had a special kind of magic…" Bloom said slowly.
"Hmm, ok but I'll have to keep an eye on him!" Layla was still uncomfortable with this.
"Good idea, and put some shackles on him. They'll prevent him from using magic." Sky agreed.
"I hate to interrupt but we're going to be on the other side of the Barrian mountains any minute now so if anyone wants to send any messages back home or anything, now's the time to do it!" Timmy interjected, not looking away from the computer screen.
Flora produced her pink phone with a giggle. "Magic message time!" She held it in front of herself and pressed record. "Hey there Helia, it's me! I just wanted to say hi to you before we got to the other side of the Barrian Mountains! Now say hi everyone!" She moved the device to show her friends.
"Hey there!" Serena momentarily looked up from searching for Darien's speed dial to give a V for Victory sign with a grin.
As Flora finished her message, the Moon princess's phone kicked into life as she finished the dial.
"Hello?"
"Hi Darien!" Serena lit up at the sound of his voice.
"Serena? You usually call in the evening, what's up?" Her boyfriend asked.
"Oh nothing, I'm just flying off the edge of the magic world on a field trip is all," Serena waved it off. "I just really wanted to talk to you! So how's it going?"
"Wait, you're flying off the edge of the world?" Darien tried to believe what he was hearing. "Is that even humanly possible?"
"According to this lot apparently it is," Serena sighed. "Whoa!"
Suddenly she felt a jolt in her stomach as the ship started to crash.
"Serena what's going on?" Darien's tone became more urgent.
"I'll call you back." Serena whispered before promptly hanging up.
"Pull up harder Sky!" Timmy fought to be heard above the air pressure.
"It's no use Timmy!" Sky said hopelessly. "Brace yourselves!" He called to everyone.
"AAAGHH!" Everyone yelled in unison. Serena clung to her seat with her eyes squeezed shut.
"AAIIIEEE!" She squealed. "If I die I'm blaming you! I still never got to hanglide over the West Indiess! Although now I'm not sure if I wanna do that anymore if this is what it's like! AAAHHH!"
Eventuallt the ship hit the ground with a loud thud, pieces of the machinery flying off the sides as it was rammed into the dirt.
"Nice going genius," Serena groaned in a deadpan manner as she shakily got up from her seat, looking slightly green around the pallet. "Penguins can fly better than you lot!"
"What's the damage?" Sky asked Timmy.
"It looks pretty bad, I'll have to stay here and fix the ship!" The bespectacled specialist came over to the exterior engine. "You guys go on ahead!" He told the others.
"I think I'll sit this one out too." Serena still sounded groggy.
"Are you sure?" Bloom looked doubtful. "One of us could always stay here with you if you're not feeling too good!" Sky added.
"Timmy's here," Serena pointed out. "Besides, I'll be fine! I just wanted a change of scene from school!"
"Alright, but don't try to venture too far on your own, just take it easy okay?" Musa advised.
"I will, now you've got to get going, right?" The Moon princess waved them off.
Once they were gone Timmy turned back to Serena.
"I'm going to check the outside infrastructure," He told her. "If you need anything just come and find me round the back!"
"Will do," Serena said to his retreating form. When the room was free she breathed a huge sigh of relief, they had gone the whole journey without finding out that she was harboring a stowaway of her own.
As soon as the coast was clear she knelt down by a metal cubbyhole and opened a latch, with a disgruntled Luna crawling out.
"You weren't kidding about that flight!" The mau moaned, trying to smooth back some of her fur that was standing on end.
"Yeah yeah, but not much I can do about it!" Serena pointed out before looking up at the hangar doorway. "Is it safe?" She called quietly.
Sure enough Glim flew back into the control room and gave a firm nod with her large head. Serena grinned and turned back to Luna. "Right, we got one shot at this, think you can do it?"
"Only if you're sure you know the spell!" Luna was looking concerned.
"Would I be doing it if I wasn't?" Serena rolled her eyes, before shooting a stream of silver magic at the cat with one finger. Instantly Luna morphed into a carbon copy of the spell caster.
"Alright! Looking pretty good I must say!" Serena looked her handiwork up and down approvingly. "Now remember, you have to act exactly like me, and don't do anything I wouldn't!"
"Don't worry, after living with you for so long I think I can manage it!" Luna reassured her. "Now you should get moving before Timmy comes back!"
"Right." Serena pulled out her brooch. "MOON ETERNAL POWER!"
000
Meanwhile the winx, along with Sky and a still handcuffed Ophir were strolling through the yellow oasis under the direction of the pixies.
"Are you sure this is the right way?" Stella said, not for the first time.
"Positive! Our magic can sense the way!" Chatta replied.
"It's a good thing you brought us along," Digit decided to add her two cents. "If you hadn't, you'd be a-agghh!"
She was suddenly knocked down by a strange bulbous eyeball on a stick that seemed to come out of nowhere.
"What was that?" Sky barely had time to look around before he too received a blow to the face, sending him sprawling to the ground.
Layla reached out to grab the eyestalk but gasped in surprise as the mists parted to reveal a humongous blobby creature with a mouth that resembled a tunnel and a million more eyes where the first one came from.
Sky seemed to have recovered when no one was looking and cut it to pieces.
"Let's go girls!" Bloom ordered. "ENCHANTIX!"
Once they had all changed into their fairy forms they began blasting the creatures.
FLASH!
Suddenly all the creatures were struck down with blasts of white light that hit with deadly accuracy.
"Huh?" Everyone looked up in the direction of which they came only to see the silhouette of the Senshi disappearing into the mists.
"Was that Sailor Moon?" Stella wondered aloud.
"Just who is she?" Bloom added.
"She seems to show up wherever we go!" Musa craned her neck to get a better view.
Up in the sky Sailor Moon was still determinedly heading towards her destination.
"There, I helped them! Are you happy?" She asked Glim, who had persuaded her to give the fairies below a hand in getting past the living slimes. The pixie nodded happily.
Sailor Moon sighed. "Good. They're supposed to be the most powerful girls in school! They should've been able to get past a nature puppetry spell; those things were weaker than the first youma I ever fought! I hope they realize more are gonna spring up from where those came from!"
At this Glim flew down towards solid ground, gesturing for the Sailor Scout to follow. On arriving, Moon landed gracefully on her feet, something she wished her friends, who knew her for her clumsiness, had been around to see.
"I guess you can't go any further than this point," She addressed her pixie, who nodded at the correct guess.
Moon smiled. "Thank you for guiding me here, I should be able to make my own way now."
Glim gave a big wave with her tiny arm and flew off in the direction of which they had come. Sailor Moon looked fondly at her retreating form for a moment before journeying forward to what looked like a large tree with a wooden door in the side.
"Alright! This must be the red tower!" Moon cheered. "Funny, it doesn't look much like a tower, and it's not even red! What a let down!" It was true; it could have easily been mistaken for a nondescript tree.
Grabbing the handle with her gloved hand she opened the door only to find another. She discovered that door opened to reveal one with a strange language inscribed on the front.
"Huh," She squinted at the symbols through her mask. Language classes had not been the most engaging at her new school, she knew a lot of Earth languages thanks to her many friends from around the world, but here she could only make out the odd phrase or so.
"Er, let's see, pure… heart…soul…enter." She managed to decipher. "Well!" She brightened. "I could understand that just fine! Who says you need to be word perfect to understand a language? And I'm a Moon Princess with the Silver Crystal! Surely you can't get purer than that!" For the first time in her life she was grateful for those horrific moments when daimons and lemures tried to make off with her pure heart and beautiful dreams since they proved she did in fact have one. She could now sort of see where Mina was coming from when she tried to bait daimons to prove she had a pure heart.
"Huh?" She was startled by the sudden sound of beating wings. As quick as a flash she turned around to see a winged centaur flying straight at her!
"Haaa?" She could hardly believe what she was seeing before he decided to rudely throw his magical javelin in her direction.
"Oh no you don't!" She reached out and caught it with one hand, just as it was about to hit her. Using her expert scepter-wielding skills she swiftly twirled it around so the forked end was pointing at the offender.
"Didn't your mother tell you it's not nice to throw things at people!" She reprimanded sternly. "Now I have an important mission to fulfill so if you stand in my way again you're Moondust!"
The centaur looked at her with widened eyes before hastily bowing down on his front legs.
"Your Highness!" He exclaimed anxiously. "I did not know it was you, forgive me!"
"…Ookay?" Sailor Moon looked at him oddly. It was true that a girl could get used to royal treatment but this was just plain weird. "Well, anyway I have business in the 'Golden Kingdom' so I gotta get going,"
"Oh right, of course. I will show you the way." He made a sweeping gesture in the direction of the door.
"Thanks. Oh and one more thing?" She turned back to him one more time.
"Yes your Highness?" The centaur looked up eagerly.
Sailor Moon pointed at the entrance with a scowl. "Just how THE HELL do I get through this tiny door?!"
000
"I know you've already seen it a dozen times," Baltor began. "But you're going to have to watch it again!"
"Rgghh! Not again!" Stormy was almost at her wits end. At that moment she wanted nothing more than to blast his smug face to smithereens. But she knew that he had more power than her so resistance would be futile. "We fucking get it okay?"
"It was a fluke! An off day!" Icy added, momentarily looking up from trying to ignore the feelings of nausea swirling around her head.
"Oh I don't think you do," Baltor said smoothly. With a wave of his hands the sickening image was replayed in the crystal ball.
"Those are pixies that defeated you! Tiny little pixies! How do you think it will make me look if word spread that you were defeated by pixies?"
The wave of positive energy momentarily made him loose his guard. "What's that, huh?" He asked a little too quickly. "Did you feel that?"
"I felt something warm and gross like how a sunset feels!" Icy shuddered. She was already feeling pretty gross; she didn't need infuriating fairy vibes to make it worse!
"It was a wave of positive energy and there's only one place it could have come from, the Golden Kingdom!" He swiftly turned to the crystal ball. "Show me the Red tower!"
Instantly the image of the Winx and specialists swam into view.
"So they have gone to the Golden kingdom, to the Red tower for water stars!" For a split second he looked almost downcast, if that was even possible for a being like him. Then he hastily shook it off and turned back to the remaining trix with his usual commanding composure.
"Here, take this." He hastily tossed a small rectular object at Icy, who winced at the hard impact of the throw as she caught it. "Go to the Red tower and destroy Bloom now!" He snapped sharply.
"We're on it!" Icy replied at once, leading Stormy out of the cave.
"Wait, before you go let me play this for you one more time!" He grinned as they reluctantly turned around.
"Do you know what would happen if you hadn't been so lenient? We wouldn't have lost Darcy!"
At this it was Icy who fired an angry blast of magic at him. Unfortunately he appeared to catch it with ease and disintegrated it at once.
"Good," He smirked. "Take that rage and go get Bloom!"
"That's my girls!" He looked satisfied as they flew off, full of hatred.
000
As the centaur led Sailor Moon through the starlit corridor she was filled with the soft floaty sensation of walking on air.
"It feels nice," She murmured. It reminded her of her own powers.
"Wow, I know where this place got its name!" She couldn't help commenting at the sight of the shining gold floor beneath her feet.
Eventually they came to a large pool of water. The Sailor Scout stared in amazement as a golden stand rose up from inside the water, creating a fountain. A fairy flew down from the starry sky and landed gracefully on top of it. She was most unlike any of the fairies Sailor Moon had seen in the Magix dimension so far, her whole body looked like it was carved from a diamond and her wings were transparent and glittered with white dust.
"I am Arcadia," She announced. "Fairy of the Golden kingdom and we are the elder council."
"And when she says elder, she means it." The centaur added.
"We have been around since the beginning of the magical universe!" A mermaid emerged from the pool and crawled onto a rock. She looked a bit different to the other mermaids Serena had seen in her lifetime, her tail looked more like a skirt.
"We are both a part of its time and outside of it." Said a creature that Moon decided was an owl made of paper.
"Hmm." Moon looked at this assortment of strange beings thoughtfully.
"Well I am Sailor Moon, or should I say Princess Serenity of the Moon Kingdom of the Silver Millennium and I believe someone here wants to see me?" She decided it was time for her introduction.
"You are quite correct." Arcadia nodded. With a flick of her shimmering wrist a portal opened next to her. "She awaits in there."
"Right." Moon walked into it and found herself in another room, which seemed to be made entirely from blue glass.
"Sailor Moon?"
At the mention of her name she turned around to see a woman with long flowing hair the colour of deep amber, the dark red tips curling around her ankles standing in the doorway. She was wearing a golden Sailor fuku that resembled a suit of armour.
"Galaxia!" She cried in surprise. "You're the one who wanted to see me?"
The woman nodded. "Indeed. The golden kingdom is my only passageway to this dimension, as it is outside of its time. In fact it could be the equivalent to the time gates of our dimension!"
She journeyed closer, her curls cascading out behind her like a fiery waterfall.
She smiled. "You know I never got to thank you for saving me and the others all those moons ago."
Sailor Moon didn't know what to say, it felt like what had needed to be said had already been exchanged between the two of them the last time they had met. But she did give a warm smile in understanding.
Galaxia continued. "I was able to guide the fallen ones back to their homes. It is thanks to you that all the members of the Sailor Alliance are at peace once again. Am I correct in saying that you visited Mermaid recently?"
"Yes," Moon replied. "Sailor Mermaid showed me the archives, and how I'm supposed to fulfill my destiny and create Crystal Tokyo with Prince Darien." She looked at the other Sailor Scout. "But why did you summon me here today? Is there something else I should know about?"
Galaxia's garnet eyes flashed gravely. "I'm afraid so. Chaos has returned, you witnessed and fought a fraction of its power."
"What?" Moon gasped. "You mean that Lisslis creature that possessed Darcy was a portion of Chaos? But how come I was able to destroy it so quickly?"
"You didn't destroy it. It will regroup with its other components and become unstoppable. Please Sailor Moon, you cannot allow it to possess another like it possessed me for so long!" For a moment Galaxia's eyes reflected the pain and anguish she had felt at the entity of pure destruction poisoning her mind.
Sailor Moon looked at her as the crescent Moon on her forehead flashed. "I'll do whatever it takes to stop it Galaxia! I will not let the Cosmos live in darkness!"
"And I will help you Sailor Moon," Galaxia spoke softly. "My time as the Galactic Sailor Scout will soon come to pass, but not before you allow me to give you a token of my gratitude, your own bracelets."
She crossed her arms in front of her. The jeweled golden bracelets on her wrists flashed and sent beams of light to Sailor Moon's. Two bracelets appeared on her wrists over her gloves, they were just like Galaxia's except they were sparkling silver instead of gold, and held deep blue moonstones in the centre that matched the girl's eyes.
"Wow," Sailor Moon looked at her new accessories in wonder. "These are really something!"
"Please use these to put an end to Chaos once and for all, when the time is right, you will know what to do." The legendary Senshi smiled before walking into a tunnel of light that was appearing behind her. "For you are the new light of hope!"
"Thank you Galaxia." Sailor Moon nodded.
In the blink of an eye she could see the scenery molding back into the golden courtyard. She turned around to see the council of elders at the fountain.
"Did you speak with your advocate?" Arcadia wanted to know.
"Yes," Sailor Moon said, sounding full of peace. "Yes I did." She looked to her new bracelets once again. As she felt their power settle into her aura, a soft breeze blew around her and six brightly colored jewels seemed to emerge from a box that looked like a dark blue rubix cube and swirl around her.
"Huh?" She opened her eyes to see that her hands were raised to her shoulders and the star shaped objects were floating above her.
The members of the council exchanged looks.
"It appears you have been chosen to wield the water stars!" Arcadia finally spoke.
"The water whats?" For a moment Moon looked up at the magical jewels as she tried to figure out where she had heard that phrase. Then it finally dawned on her.
"Those things are what the Winx came here to find!" She realized. "They think they're the key to defeating Baltor!"
"We have heard about Baltor." The centaur said.
"It is true, 'these things' as you can them, are the only items that can extinguish the dragon fire!" The owl made of paper told her.
"Huh," The water stars fell down from the air into Moon's hands as she ceased their levitation. "But they came so far to get here! It just wouldn't be right if I took them," She tried to give them back to Arcadia but the ethereal fairy placed a hand in front of her, signaling her to stop.
"You have no need to pass a test to obtain them Sailor Moon, many galaxies and dimensions have heard of your bravery and compassion. We understand that it is you who must defeat the evil that plagues the magical universe, and it will never be wiped out completely without the water stars!"
"But Galaxia has already given me gifts I can use!" Moon protested. "And I have the Silver Crystal…"
"You just experienced a fraction of the power in Sailor Galaxia's bracelets when the water stars chose you," Arcadia cut in. "Let that be a clue to how they work."
"Alright." Moon sighed, the stars still in her hands. "As long as the universe will be saved, I guess!"
Arcadia handed her the rubix cube box in which to place the water stars. "Magic speed Sailor Moon!" She bid farewell before activating a portal of exit.
000
The Winx had now reached the magic door to the red tower. However, instead of just the one, it was a whole herd of flying centaurs that attacked them. Despite the teamwork of Layla and Ophir soon pretty much everyone had been captured by those energy javelins they wielded. The fairies's enchantix powers appeared to be weakened by the pulsating blue energy from the weapons as they struggled to free themselves from the traps.
"A little help would be great right about now!" Stella groaned, trying to pull the weapon out of the ground.
"I am the terror that flaps in the night!" A feminine figure appeared in the mist. "I am the weirdo that sits next to you on the bus!" She swished her wings like a cape as the fog parted. "I am Sailor Moon!" Suddenly she looked at herself with a sweatdrop. "Wait that's not right…"
000
Dimensions away in an alleyway another superhero was making his own grand entrance.
"Hold it right there! For I am Darkwing Duck!" He exclaimed, his dark cape flapping out behind him as he posed Senshi-style. "I right wrongs and triumph over evil and in the name of the moon I will punish you!" He pointed at his five very confused enemies.
"Wait, that's not right…" He sweatdropped.
"Bwahahaha! Dorkwing looks like a girl! Dorkwing looks like a girl!" One of the criminals, a duck in a brightly coloured jester outfit, started rolling around on the floor laughing maniacally.
"Gee DW, that's kinda different to your usual entrance!" His sidekick commented.
"I know Launchpad," Darkwing said, unsurprisingly irritated.
000
Back in the magical valley Sailor Moon had recovered from her moment of confusion to realize that the centaurs had ceased their fire and were all talking among themselves in a hushed manner.
"Sailor Moon? Can it be?" One was asking.
"She must be the one with the power to save the universe!" Another exclaimed.
"But how can we be sure?" A third asked.
"Hmm-hmm?"
They all turned around to see that said Senshi had loudly cleared her throat. Even though she was wearing a mask everyone could tell that she was unimpressed.
"If you're done gossiping, I wasn't finished yet! I am Sailor Moon! I fight for love and justice! And I've just been to the golden kingdom and I got the water stars!"
Everyone gasped as she took one out of the box she was carrying and held it out in the palm of her hand for all to see. She wasn't surprised when all the centaurs got down on one front leg and bowed.
"Our apologies, Sailor Moon, we know who you are. We will leave you in peace." The one nearest to her backed away respectfully.
After they had flown off Sailor Moon turned to face her expectant crowd with a sigh.
"Sailor Moon we need those water stars to stop Baltor!" Bloom said desperately.
Sailor Moon stood there, clutching the legendary relics. She still felt bad they had come all this way, but she just couldn't shake what Arcadia had said.
"Sorry fairies but I'm here to protect universes, dimensions, the entire Cosmos! I can't leave what could help me in the hands of another, I need to find out more about these myself, and besides Bloom," She looked at the fire fairy with a piercing gaze through her mask. "What they'll do to him, they'll most certainly do to you!"
"I'm prepared to take that risk." Bloom wasn't backing down. Sailor Moon looked at her incredulously; did she have a death wish?
"I got a better idea!" The voice from above made them look up in alarm to see Icy flying overhead. "Why don't you give those to us?"
"You…" The threatening growl made Sailor Moon whirl around to be face to face with a thunderous witch of storms.