Title: Afraid of the Dark
Author: Celia Tracy (aka Rae Street, aka Rainfall)
Summary: What if Rini never made it back to the past; had never asked Sailor Moon and the Sailor Scouts to help save her Mother? Where would the Scouts be now? Find the answer to these questions and more, in Twin Moon Rising.
Rating: PG-13
Status: WiP
Disclaimer: All Sailor Moon characters belong to ??, used without permission. All non-Sailor Moon characters belong to me. Story idea created by me. No money is being made off of this story. Please don't sue.
Twin Moon Rising =Prologue=
(Scene One: The Halls of Time)
Sailor Pluto stood, keeping her lonely vigil guarding the time gate. The Sailor Scouts had defeated all of their enemies thus far, and Sailor Pluto didn’t foresee any new foes in the near future. All was sure to be quiet for a time.
Footsteps in the hall of time suddenly sounded. Sailor Pluto looked in the direction of the sound, tensed up, ready to attack the trespassers.
“Who goes there!” she called out, her eyes narrowing as a cloaked and hooded figure approached.
“You are trespassing in the hall of time. What business do you have here?” she demanded.
The cloaked figure merely raised their hands, removing the hood which hid their face. Sailor Pluto gasped at who she saw. “No! It cannot be! You are not meant to be here!”
Sailor Pluto raised her staff to attack the unwelcome guest. Before she could, however, she was hit by a powerful blast from behind. “Uhhhhhnn,” she groaned as she fell. She never saw it coming, never had a chance to deflect the blow.
The cloaked figure looked at the fallen Sailor Pluto with cold, silver eyes.
“Step one is complete,” he said to his companion. “Tie her up, nice and tight. We must be ready for step two.”
“Yes, commander.” the other cloaked figure responded.
(Scene Two: Serena’s Room, Tsukino Residence, Night time)
Serena and Rini were sound asleep in Serena’s bedroom. Rini suddenly awoke with a start. She felt funny... kind of fuzzy and numb all over. She didn’t know what was wrong.
“Serena? Wake up! I don’t feel too good...” she said as she shook Serena.
“Go back to sleep, Rini. It’s just all of those chocolate fudge sundaes you had for dinner.” Serena mumbled sleepily.
“No it isn’t. Something is wrong, and I don’t know what!” Rini said, shaking Serena harder. Her weird feeling was getting stronger, and she was afraid.
“Serena? Please wake up! I’m scared!” Rini pleaded.
Serena yawned and stretched lazily. She sat up in bed and rubbed her eyes with her hands.
“Alright, alright... I’m up. What’s the big emergency?” she asked, looking at the little girl.
Serena’s eyes opened wide at what she saw. Rini was glowing slightly, and was a little blurred around the edges. Serena scrubbed her eyes again, just in case she was seeing things, and looked again. It wasn’t her imagination. Something strange was happening to Rini!
“Serena, I’m scared! I don’t know what’s happening! Please, help me!” Rini cried.
They both looked at Rini’s hands, which had mysteriously begun to fade.
“Rini! What’s happening?” Serena cried out in alarm.
She grabbed her future daughter in a tight embrace, horrified to find that she could hardly feel Rini there. Rini was sobbing, and the sound was fading away.
“Mommy! Mommy! Help me, mommy!” Rini cried out, as she slowly faded into nothing.
“Rini!!!” Serena cried out, as her arms closed around nothing.
As soon as she said her daughter’s name, all memory of Rini was wiped out of Serena’s mind, and out of the minds of everyone who had known her.
Serena sat there for some minutes, blinking in the dark room, wondering what had awakened her. She remembered an intense feeling of terror, but didn’t know what it could have been connected to.
Wow, she thought. That must have been some nightmare. I wonder what it was about?
She took a few deep breaths to slow her racing heart, then lay down to try to get back to sleep.
(Scene Three: Darien’s Apartment, Night time)
Darien was sleeping soundly in his apartment bedroom. A strange wind suddenly blew his apartment windows open, startling him awake. A brief picture formed in his mind; of a pink haired little girl, calling him daddy and asking him to help her. But it was gone almost as soon as it had come. All was still once more.
“What on earth was that?” he said to himself.
He waited, as if to hear an answer. But no answer was forthcoming, and the experience did not repeat itself. Darien shrugged, got out of bed and closed the windows. He sighed as he got back into bed. I must be studying too hard, he thought.
(Narrator) Sailor Pluto has been captured by an unknown evil. Little Rini has mysteriously vanished without a trace, and no one seems to remember her! Are these unfortunate occurances coincidences, or are they the prelude to something more sinister? What new challenges await our favorite Heroines and Hero?
Find out more in Chapter One of Twin Moon Rising!
