Chapter 1

Rhea hovered above a pool of water, clear and still as glass.  She had been using it, her scrying
pool, to watch the meeting of the Sailor Senshi.

"So, they're going to try and stop me are they?  Baka senshi, you'll never defeat me!"  She 
broke off into maniacal laughter.  She tapped a finger to a stone, set deep into an amulet 
which hung about her neck.  "North, South, East, West.  I call to the four winds!  Come
before me!"  she screamed, raising a hand.  A wind picked up, stirring the once still water 
below her into a whirlpool.  Four wispy figures leapt from it.  They quickly took on the shapes
of humans, but their features were indistinct, for they were spun from the wind itself.

The four figures bowed.  One addressed the woman before them.  "You called us, 
Rhea-sama?" it asked.

Rhea pointed into the pool.  The water was once again still and calm, and showing images of 
the nine Sailor Senshi.  "Those girls, they wish to try and stop me from returning this world to
the beauty it once held.  The beauty before mankind came and destroyed it!  I want you to 
kill them."

The figures bowed.  "At once, Rhea-sama," they said as one.  Their forms suddenly broke 
apart an they blew away, off to carry out their task.


"Whatever Terran-kun."  Luke leaned back in his chair, a look of profound disbelief on his
face.

"I'm serious, minna!" Terran protested.  "I was just being chased by a succubus!"

"And you're complaining?"  Ryan said, a look of fake shock on his face.  "My god, your one 
chance to get any action whatsoever, and you run from it?"

Terran turned and glared at Ryan and Chris, who was sitting nearby, snickering.  "You want
to take this outside?"  he growled.

"No, but I'm sure your daemon-woman would love to!" Chris said, in between giggles.

Before Terran could become any more pissed, however, they heard a door creak, and a 
shaft of light flooded the room they were in.  A figure stood in the doorway, the light framing 
him, losing his features in shadow.

"If you boys are quite done hazing each other, I have something important to say," the figure 
said in a cold voice, head down, looking at none of them.

Everyone in the room snapped to attention and dropped to one knee.  "King Endymion!" 
Luke said, a bit frightened at his sovereign's tone of voice.  "What do you need to tell us?"

Endymion sighed then walked into the room, closing the door behind him.  "Where is 
Helios-sama?"  he asked, noticing the boy, and his daughter's love, missing from his group 
of Knights.

"Um...well...we don't know."  Terran said, staring at the ground sheepishly.

"It's no matter, I'll find him later.  There was another attack today."

The four Knights of Elysium leapt to their feet, crying out in disbelief.

"But that's the third one this week!" Chris cried.

"I know," Endymion said.  "Persephone has confirmed the existence of a new enemy, 
however we know nothing about her other than that her name is Rhea.  The Senshi are 
out searching for information.  I want all of you to go out and help them."

The four Knights nodded and cried as one, "Hai!"

"Transform and go."  Endymion said, turning his back on the boys and walking out the 
door.

"Well, you heard him!  Lets go!"  Luke cried.

"Phoenix Knight Henshin!" he cried, throwing a hand into the air.   A wall of flame erupted 
from around him, from which emerged a phoenix, soaring into the air above his head.  The
phoenix cried once then vanished, showering Luke in fiery feathers.  There was a flash of light, 
and he suddenly emerged, wearing red armor, a golden cape, and with a pair of red, 
dragon-like wings on his back.

"Leviathan Knight Henshin!" Terran shouted, also throwing a hand into the air.  A giant 
wave appeared behind him, Leviathan riding it.  As it crashed over his head, there was a
flash of bluish light.  Leviathan disappeared, and Terran now stood in blue armor, wearing
a purple cape and with blue dragon wings on his back.

"Gargoyle Knight Henshin!" called Chris.  A cathedral appeared behind him, a gargoyle
upon every ledge.  As one they stood and turned their heads to the air, crying out.  There
was a flash and the cathedral disappeared, leaving Chris dressed in black armor, with a 
brown cape and black dragon wings.

"Griffon Knight Henshin!"  Ryan was the last to transform.  A light broke from above him, 
and a griffon soared down from it.  It broke into a dive and swooped over Ryan's head,
before turning back to the clouds.  Ryan was left wearing white armor, with a green cape
and white dragon wings.

"Alright minna.  Split up and find the senshi.  Help them in any way you can.  I'm going to
try and find Helios." Terran said, immediately taking charge.  He ran for the door, and, 
spreading his wings, flew off.

The others shrugged.  Wishing each other luck, they took off in opposite directions, praying 
that no harm would come to their new charges before they got to them.