Disclaimer: see chapter one
Author's Note: This chapter contains some dream sequences
and they will be indicated with italic type. I am
guessing that Jadeite's present name is Jed, but if it's
not, Shawn, will you tell me what you are going to make it so that I can change
this? Also, I am using the Japanese names for the
Outer Scouts, kay? Thanks and enjoy the third chapter. This is where things get
really interesting.
The Forgotten Princess
Chapter Three:
Discussions and Plans
He decided to sleep on it and maybe whatever it was would come to
him in the morning. He quickly dressed in a pair of boxers and a white muscle
shirt before slipping into his bed and falling asleep almost instantly.
He looked to onto the gardens of the palace he used to call home
during the Silver Millennium. He felt the light breeze blow through his black
hair like it did the grass he stood on. The sky was a bright turquoise blue and
filled with white puffy clouds. The sun shone brightly onto the gleaming palace
behind him.
"Endy! Wait for me!" he heard a little girl's voice
coming up behind him.
He turned slightly and saw a young child of about seven running up
beside him, "You should learn to run faster, Add. How are you ever going
to be a good sailor scout if you can't even keep up with me?"
She stopped next to him and stuck out her tongue, "You know
that I can't run very fast in this stupid dress." The girl indicated the
violet ankle-length dress that she was instructed to wear by her parent's grand
council. She frustratedly yanked the full skirt from a weed at her feet.
Eight-year-old Endymion just laughed at the girl's predicament
while she stalked off towards the palace with her long black hair streaming
behind her, "I'm getting out of this darn outfit." Endymion
stared after the girl, still chuckling. The last thing he was the girl's
dark green eyes that were glaring at him before the gardens started to fade
away.
Suddenly, he was inside a fancy ballroom with the ancient yet
elegant look of the Athenian ballroom. He was dressed in a black tuxedo and
cape while dancing with his beloved Serenity.
As he glided across the marble floor, twenty two-year-old Endymion
caught glances of his other friends from the Silver Millennium. He spotted his
cousin, Cassie, dancing with her blond fiancee,
He had also seen his own personal guard. Malachite and Zoisite
seemed perfectly content as they spun gracefully around the spacious room.
Nephrite and Melinda, Serenity's major domo, had also made an appearance.
Then he saw Jadeite spinning across the floor with a beaming smile
on his handsome face. He peered forward to try and get a look at the woman he
was dancing with for he remember from Cass's visions that Jadeite never wanted
to get set up with anyone. Yet here he was dancing as if he were in paradise.
Endymion gasped in surprise as he saw the partner Jadeite had
chosen. She was of average height with a soft, womanly body
which Jadeite hugged lovingly. The mysterious woman also had
thigh-length ebony hair that hung in loose curls down her back. As the couple
turned, he caught a glimpse of her face. It was an elegant face with it's high cheekbones, oval-shaped face, and smooth skin. He couldn't see much else behind that black mask she wore, but
he did spot the same large emerald-like eyes he had seen on the little girl
shimmering with joy before the scene began to fade like before.
He grimaced internally as the next scene unfolded before him. He
was on the moon and Queen Beryl's armies were swarming around the palace. He
felt Serenity's grasp tighten around him as they watched his former guard
leading the charge. He wasted no time and duck into the closest covered passage
so that he could get his love to safety.
He heard the pain-filled screams coming from the battlefield
below. Serenity had begun to cry as she heard the hollers of agony that
belonged to her best friends. He turned away from watching and the couple
hurried once again down the corridors.
Suddenly, he heard an evil laugh behind him. He swiveled around
and peered towards the sound of the laugh. When they got a good look at that
person, Endy felt his fiancee fall to her knees, sobbing uncontrollably.
Standing there on ledge overlooking the
He saw the familiar black French braid blowing in the powerful
wind along with the purple skirt and green collars. It was Sailor Earth and she
was chatting with Beryl like they were old time
buddies. He then saw her point that huge staff in her hand at an approaching
craft. His heart sank as he recognized it as Sailor Uranus's trusty ship.
Before he could even breathe, he saw a huge purple blast shoot from Sailor
Earth's staff and blow up the Outer Scouts transport. The scene then finally
began to fade, but not before Endymion got a good final look at Sailor Earth's
penetrating green eyes flashing menacingly.
The black-haired boy hurriedly got out of bed and had showered and
gotten dressed by
While driving towards the temple,
In about ten minutes, he had arrived at the temple and parked
alongside Haruka, Michiru, and Hotaru who had also just arrived. Hotaru bound
towards
The meeting started about on time and the group of about 25 people
and 3 cats began by diving into the boxes of doughnuts
that lay on the table. After about five minutes of pigging out, the real
business began.
Luna began the meeting, "Well, it seems that we have quite a
few things to discuss today. First and foremost, during the monster fight
yesterday, we met a new sailor scout." The people who hadn't
been to the fight looked on surprised at Luna's statement as she continued,
"This girl claims she is Sailor Earth, soldier of life and disaster, and
also the sworn protector of Princess Serenity."
"But, aren't the Inner Guard supposed to be the protectors of
Serenity?" Michiru asked calmly.
"Well, they are, but the Inner Guard's main mission, like the
Outer Guard, is to protect the solar system from enemies," Artemis
answered Michiru's question as he scratched behind his left ear.
Mike then asked, "So, is it possible that this girl could be
Serenity's main protector?"
"If you put it that way, yes, she could be who she says she
is, but I have my doubts," Perseus stared into Mike's eyes.
"As do I," Cassie replied as she pulled a notepad out of
her backpack, "I have no memory whatsoever of this Sailor Earth. She has
never come up in any of my flashes. And Athena power,
as I've told you all, can't show embellishments of the past. And my resources
have nothing about her either."
Molly asked fearfully, "So, could this Sailor Earth person be
a new enemy who is just trying to get close enough to Serena?"
"I wouldn't doubt that in the least,"
"What do you mean by that Dare? And
are you feeling all right? You seem kinda tired," Andrew peered closely at
his best friend.
After he was finished, Cassie looked at the ceiling thoughtfully
as Haruka fumed, "You mean, that Sailor Earth was the one who destroyed my
ship and killed Michiru, Hotaru, and me?"
"Well, she did in my dream, but I'm not sure about in
reality,"
Perseus switched his gaze to Jed who was lying back lazily,
"Jed,
"I'm sorry to say that it doesn't bring any memories to mind,
but," he paused and thought for a moment, "for some bizarre reason,
it didn't come as a surprise to me when
"Sailor Earth said that Pluto and Queen Serenity had arranged
it so that no one would remember her for specific reasons. Is it possible that
they really did change all our memories, even Cassie's, to prevent
something?" Nate asked around curiously.
Perseus sighed, "Well, the only sure way to prove that now is
to contact Pluto, but what are the odds of her agreeing to helping
us?" The others nodded their heads as Pluto's strange ways of not helping
them filled their memories. Pluto was always extremely careful not to get messed up in their struggles.
Serena turned to her boyfriend suddenly, "Dare, honey, didn't
you say that the first dream was of you playing with a little girl? Is it
possible that she's related to you because Sailor Earth does resemble you quite
a bit?"
"Cassie, is there anything even a slight mention of a girl in
Endymion's family besides you?" Amy asked as she punched numbers into her
Mercury computer.
"Well, as a matter of fact, there was a sentence I remember
from something about the Earth royalty. It said and I quote, 'King Endymion and
Queen Andromeda were blessed with a son whom they named Endymion following
tradition and then a year later tragedy struck when another child was
stillborn. It is unknown whether the child was male or female.' But, that is
just a rumor the book said."
"Okay, we're getting nowhere with all this Sailor Earth
stuff. I suggest that we try to get our answers from her whenever we can,"
Luna instructed as the others agreed, "The second part of the business is
the new monster. Now, even though we defeated it, it was a lot more powerful
than the others we've faced recently. The only way we
were able to defeat was because of Sailor Earth draining it's energy with those
creepy-looking vines and then using what I'm guessing is telekinesis to stick
it's sword in it's body. We'll have to be on our guard because I feel that we
might have a new threat." With that, the meeting was
dismissed and the Silver Millennium survivors went on their separate
ways.
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Cassie and Zoë, after the meeting, headed over to Addy's apartment
to hang out with the new girl. They spent the fifteen-minute walk over there,
chatting about the new scout and possible new enemy. What they didn't notice was the shadowy figure in a sailor uniform was
creeping along the rooftops behind them.
"Ding dong!" the doorbell chimed at the white door to
Addy's apartment. They heard some rustling around inside followed by soft
footsteps approaching the door. Cassie and Zoë put on their best faces as the
door swung open to reveal Addy looking as beautiful as she did yesterday.
"Hey, girls! Come on in and make
yourselves at home while I get my cookies out of the oven," Addy led the
two girls to a spacious living decorated in pastel colors. Then she hurried off
to the kitchen while wrapping an apron around her waist.
Cassie looked in awe at the room decorations. It was quite large
with two couches that surrounded a big-screen television. Cassie also saw a
huge golden harp that touched the lightly colored ceiling, it's
strings shimmering in the sunlight that was pouring from the balcony window. At
this time, Addy wandered into the room and placed on the glass table a large
plate of chocolate chip cookies.
"Addy? Do you play the harp?" Zoë asked while gesturing
towards the instrument.
Preview of Chapter Four: Auntie
Adelaide?
Zoë and Cassie explore Addy's apartment. A week passes pretty peacefully until another monster attacks. During this
fight, someone unexpected pops in and shakes things up with one simple
statement.