DISCLAIMER: None of these characters belong to me except for Terry. They are creations of Miss Naoko, the creator of Sailor Moon. The song is from an anime called ' Black Jack'. __________ Prolouge A New Member Neo Queen Serenity pushed with all her might. "You're all most there! One more!" Ami instructed. Serenity weakly nodded her head. Her husband, King Edymion, squeezed her hand reasuringly. "Here it comes!" she gasped. Another contraction came and she pushed. Suddenly the room was filled with the soft cry of a new born baby. The Queen relaxed. It was over. Ami gently cleaned the babe off. She looked up at the couple before announcing, "It's a boy." They were surprised but overjoyed as well. Ami handed the bundle to the Queen who studied the boy's face. He looked up at his mother with bright, laughing blue eyes. He resembled his father very much with his black hair and his distint face shape. The door to the room burst open. The others came in. "Well?" Rei exclaimed impatiently. "What is it?" Ami chuckled, "I'm afraid you lost Rei-chan. It's a boy." Rei held back a curse when she heard Makoto laugh, "Looks like you owe me twenty." Rei muttered, "Knew I shouldn't have made that bet." "Wow!" Minako exclaimed, leaning over the baby. "What are you going to name him?" Serenity looked up at Edymion before answering, "We dicided a while ago that if he was a boy we'd name him Terry." Minako grinned, "I like it." Serenity smiled to herself. Makoto stared at the bundle in the Queen's arms and thought. Outside the door, looking at the group, Sailor Pluto stood. Her eyes narrowed on Terry with a cold look. She silently walked away. ---------- The Queen rocked her new born in the nursery. She softly sang him to sleep. "A voice sings out in the forest night, Leads my way like a candle light. If I can hear it, so can you." Edymion stood near the door listening to her soft, sweet voice. "A cry that echoes through the years, Clears my mind of it's deepest fears. If I can hear it why can't you? The owl calls out to me, And shows me where to go. San Marita. To San Marita. Crys call out in the forest night, Hush little one it will be all right. My white owl is calling you." Soon the baby was asleep. The King quietly stepped in. Serenity smiled at him. "Where did you learn that song?" he asked her. "It's very unusual." His wife smiled, "My mother used to sing me to sleep when I was little with the same song." She recalled the time she asked her mother what the song meant. Her mother had answered, "The song itself is a legend. Our people will be in a time of great trouble and will need help. They will be rescued by a member of our family calling them to safety. Those who don't believe will not hear the voice, but those who do will and follow." She smiled to herself. ---------- Terry ran down the hall laughing. He glanced behind him. Minako's voice rang in his ears, "Where'd he get off to this time?!!" The young prince ducked into another hall as she came into view. She passed by, with Artemis muttering, "How can a tweleve year old (by his appearence) be so much trouble?" When they were gone he stepped out again and ran in the opposite direction. He got to the end when suddenly he felt someone grab his collar. He glanced behind him and saw Minako. "How'd you-?" he started. Minako interrupted, "It's a sercret." She carried him off back to the study where Ami was waiting. She looked up from her book. "I see you've deiced to come back, Terry. Now, we will continue our lesson." The young prince reluctanly sat down in his chair facing Ami. Minako left. She walked down the hall untill she ran into Makoto. "I heard you chasing him," Makoto giggled. "Shut up!" Minako returned, then she too laughed. "But seriously," Makoto said, "Has anything change on the readings we've been getting?" She shook her head, "No, everything's still the same. A large build-up of power slowly increasing at the center of the castle." Makoto thought for a minute. "Want to go see what's down there?" Much later, Sailor Jupiter and Venus carefuly walked around the center of the castle, a large crystal. Strange waves of energy radiated from it. "Maybe," Jupiter said, "we should have brought Ami or Rei." "What about Usagi-chan?" Venus pondered. Her fellowed Senshi argued, "No. She's due in a few months. We can't have her poking around when another baby's on the way." "Yeah. You're right. What was I thinking?" Suddenly the waves from the crystal became stronger and forceful. "What the h-?" Jupiter gasped when she was nocked to the floor by a strong wave. Before she slipped into unconciousness she thought she saw something move inside the crystal. " Jupiter!!" " W-what's that?" Venus spun around and became face to face with Terry. "Terry?!! What are you doing here?" she demanded. Without waiting for a reply she picked him and her fallen comrade up and quickly fled. As soon as they left the crystal returned to it's nomal state. Venus thought. Ami and Rei appeared right after she stopped and dropped the others. "What happened?" Ami exclaimed. "We were checking out the crystal when it suddenly became stronger and nocked out Jupiter. Terry had come up from behind about the same time." "Are you sure?" an icy voice came from behind. They looked and saw Sailor Pluto along with the other Outer Senshi. All of them, including Saturn, had a cold expression. Minako nodded. "Come with us," Pluto instructed. They turned and walked away. Venus followed them. They didn't stop untill they were outside. Venus felt some what uncomterable. When the Outers were serious there was trouble. "Where to begin?" Pluto mused to herself. "I guess there's no other way. Venus, you said that Terry was probably behind you when the crystal started acting strange?" She nodded. "Are you aware of what the crystal is?" She shook her head. "You can say it's a prison of some kind." "A prison of what?" Venus interrupted. Saturn stepped forward, her purple eyes deep in thought, almost. "A prison containing destruction." ---------- Terry crept around the palace. Everyne else had gone to bed, but he couldn't sleep. He came to the door that lead to the crystal. Slowly it opened. He quickly slipped in. When he got to it the crystal started to slightly vibrate. Terry heard something call him. "Terry, son of Serenity, come closer. Closer." He obeyed. The closer he got the more it vibrated untill the whole castle shook. He was a few feet away when he heard something else. "Terry! What are you doing down here?" He turned and saw his mother and father. Behind them were the Senshi. The voice called to him again. "Terry, reach out and touch the crystal. Touch it now!" Terry looked back at the crystal. Something inside it swirled. It seemed to hypnotize him. He walked closer. "No," Venus muttered under her breath. "Not now. Not with Usagi- chan like this!" Terry reached out and bearly touched it. Suddenly the whole foundation shook with a strong force comeing from within the crystal. Terry snapped out of his trance just as the ground he was standing on crumbled. "Terry!!!" his mother screamed as he started to drop. She ran to him and grabbed his arm just as he disappeared. " Mom!" he gasped. Serenity cringed. The pain from her abdomen washed throughout her body. She was losing her grip. A large rock flew toward them. It hit Terry on the right side of his face, nocking him away. " TERRY! NOOOO!!!" she screamed " MOM!!!!!" He flew out of sight. ---------- Ami opened the door to the infermery and walked out. "How is she?" Minako asked. "She's all right physically, but emotionaly she isn't. She's in there right now blaming herself." Edymion walked past them and inside. Serenity lay on a bed crying. "Usako," he said queitly. She turned and saw him. "I'm sorry," she said between sobs. "I lost our son." Tears filled his eyes but he blinked them away. He sat down beside her, draping his arm over her shoulders. "You couldn't help it. He shouldn't have been down there anyway." "I'm sorry, Mamo-chan. I'm so sorry." She cried on his shoulder. He pulled her closer to him. The tears in his eyes finally flowed forth. Serenity felt a small kick in her abdomen. She stopped crying long enough to tell Edymion, "I don't want Chibi-usa to know. If she did, she'd blame herself." The King just nodded his head in agreement. ---------- Sailor Venus stood at where the crystal used to be. Now it was just a large hole in the ground. Sailor Mercury stood beside her, scanning it for signs of the prince. , Venus silently prayed, Mercury stared at the readings she was getting and let out a small gasp. "What?" Venus asked impatienly. "What is it?" Mercury looked at her with wide eyes, dumbfounded, which was a first for her. "A-According to the readings," she said, "Terry isn't here." "What?? What do you mean?" "I mean that his...body isn't here. It's gone!" It was Venus' eyes trun to enlargen. "If it isn't here," she concluded, "then where is it?" Suddenly from every direction at once a meanicing laughter filled the air, chilling them to the bone. __________ NEXT TIME: A mysterious person appears years after Chibi-usa returns from 20-century Tokyo. Who is he? Why is he here? __________ Thank you for reading this! It's really short but oh well! Send questions, comments, and suggestions to: pchan@pernet.net.