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What Dreams May Come
Chapter: 1
By: Bethany
Editor: Meara
Rated: PG
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	The sweat rolled from Chibi-Usa's face as 
she sat up, her eyes wildly searching in the 
darkness of the room. Slowly, everything came 
back into focus and the frantic pounding of her 
heart slowed. 

	She couldn't remember when "the dreams"
started.  Perhaps they been with her since she 
was little and she was just now remembering them. 
Either way, every night they become more real.  
The nagging sensation that they were more than 
just dreams grew until finally the feeling that 
she was had actually lived the events in her mind 
was overwhelming. 

	The full moon sparkled in the clear night 
sky.  A lone beam of moonlight filling the room 
with a soft glow. Tonight was a beautiful night, 
a night for lovers. The yeaning in her heart once 
more made itself known as she thought back over 
her dream. His face was so real, so beautiful, so 
handsome? and a million other words that she couldn't 
think of for the frantic beating of her heart. How 
she wished he could be here with her.

	But he's not, nor will he be.

	It is forbidden for him to leave the Land of 
Dreams.  Leaving the young Princess with nothing but 
her dreams - of him.

	Finally she eased her head back onto the pillow. 
Tomorrow was another Day.  Another day to try and forget 
her love for Helios and at the same moment try and 
remember his kiss when it was fresh on her lips. Maybe 
I should let my mother set me up with one of the Princes, 
Chibi-Usa thought almost bitterly, perhaps then I can move 
on with my life. 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

	Beyond the moon, deep into the darkness of space, 
a man walked slowly towards the command room. The alarm 
had gone off not long ago and he knew it was time. A small 
comet would hit Earth tonight and in the chaos and confusion 
that would follow - he would make his move. If it was 
planned perfectly; Earth would soon be his. 

	Of course, there was the problem of that damned 
crystal that Neo-Queen Serenity used to protect Earth. 
But that was of no great importance to him at the moment. 
He would cross that bridge when he came to it; right 
now it was time. His pace quickened as he finally 
reached the center of his ship. "Coordinates?" he demanded. 

	A swivel chair turned, the haunted green eyes 
boring out from the man sitting in it. "We are on 
direct course with the comet. When it penetrates 
the Earth's atmosphere at exactly twenty-three 
hundred hours, we can safely move in behind it."

	"What is the chance of damage to the ship?"

	"As of now we have heat shields up, so we should 
be undetected and unaffected." The man brought his hands 
up in front of him, barely touching the tips of his 
fingers together. "It won't be long now until we have 
Earth on her knees."

	"Good, very good."  

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

	<Beep.>

	"Damn it..."

	<Beep.>

	"Mamo-chan?"

	<BEEP! BEEP!>

	Both the King and Queen sat straight up in their 
beds, the sound of the alarm growing more frantic and 
louder by each second.

	Neo-Queen Serenity groped through the darkness 
for her communicator. Finally finding it, she switched 
it on to see the upside down face of Ami. Quickly she 
turned it right side up. "Doushite no?" 

	"Comet. Coming into Earth's atmosphere at a very 
fast rate, it is likely to hit the southern region of 
France in about six minutes and forty seconds. It could 
cause a lot of damage, and loss of life."

	"Why didn?t we didn't detect it before?" the King 
asked, already pulling clothes on.

	Serenity sat up on the side of the bed, her mind 
frantically trying to find ways to save the people. "Is 
there anyway-"

	Ami cut her off abruptly, shaking her head, "I 
have already transported Saturn there to try and make 
a dome big enough to hold all the people in the area."

	"Wake all the Senshi and transport them there to 
help gather people.  I'll be down in a minute." Serenity 
quickly turned her communicator off and stood. "Those 
people..." she breathed.

	"Don't worry, Love," Endymion said reassuringly. 
"We can handle this. I'll wake Small Lady and the 
asteroid Senshi.  Go on with the others."

	In a flash of light, Serenity disappeared. 
Endymion opened his communicator and pushed the 
all-alert button. Within seconds the lights indicating 
the asteroid Senshi and Chibi-Usa were listening, flashed. 

	"There is a comet coming in Earth's atmosphere, 
hurry!"

	"Hai!" came four sleepy voices, and one oddly 
alert voice of the princess. 

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	"Mommy? Mommy?!" 

	The hall light flickered on and the soft sound 
of footsteps filled the quiet night. With a small 
creak of irritation, the bedroom door opened and 
Calley saw the familiar figure of her mother coming 
into her room. Within seconds, her warm embrace was 
chasing away the lingering nightmare.

	"It's okay sweetie. Everything is fine," her 
mother reassured her over and over, slowly rocking her 
back and forth.

	Within seconds the frightened child calmed, her 
heart taking on the slow, steady rhythm that would place 
her back in dreamland. But that was not to be. 

	Only seconds before Calley was to shut her eyes, 
a light flashed across the window, followed by a large 
explosion.

	In the seconds that the woman had to react, she 
threw her body over her child and tightly closed her 
eyes against the pain as the toy shelf covering the 
opposite wall fell onto her back.

	She never knew what hit her.

	As soon as the explosion started, it stopped; 
leaving destruction and death in its path. Fires lit 
up the night, sirens and car alarms shrieking adding 
to the chaotic cacophony. 

	Nearly an hour later, Calley slowly pushed her 
way from her mother's embrace and shook the woman 
gently. "Mommy?" When she received no response, she
shook her again; more roughly. "Mommy?!"

	"She's gone."

	The small child gasped and spun around to see 
who was speaking. On the opposite side of the room, 
a yellow light shone brightly, then disappeared, 
revealing a young lady in a sailor suit. 

	Calley studied the figure, rubbed her eyes, and 
studied it once more. She had only seen the sailor 
Senshi on the view screen, on the news and such.  So 
she recognized the girl in her room as Sailor Ceres. 
Her mom had always told her the Senshi were good, but 
Calley had never known how impressive they could be in 
real life. The girl across from her walked with cat 
like movements, as if she was prepared for anything 
life might throw at her. When finally she reached the 
five-year old, Calley was sure the room was clear of 
danger.

	"Come on sweetheart, I'll take you some place 
safe," Sailor Ceres said, offering her hand to the 
small child.

	"But my Mommy," she whispered, her eyes looking 
longingly at the woman lying face down on the floor. 
Ceres bent down and placed her fingers on the woman's 
wrist. 

	After a moment, she took a deep breath and looked 
at the girl with sad eyes. "I'm sorry sweetie, your Mommy 
didn't make it."

	Calley stared at Ceres like she was dreaming again. 
Any second her mother would turn the light on in the room 
and everything would be okay. Her mother would whisper it
was alright, and it would always be alright. Tightly she 
squeezed her eyes shut and began whispering. "Mommy.. Mommy.."

	Ceres waited until the small child reopened her 
eyes, and saw the knowledge of brutal reality in them. 
With a strangled cry, the girl flung her arms around 
Ceres' neck and began sobbing.

	Whispering in her ear that all would be well, 
Ceres transported to the crystal palace once more.

~~~~~~~~~~

	It was, once more, another perfect day. The sun 
brightly shining down on the River of Dreams and the 
endless rows of red roses that lined its banks. The 
temple was, as always, a sight to behold in its glory.  
The white steeples soaring towards the sky and the clear 
water in the fountains sparking. 

	The peaceful silence was broken by soft footsteps 
echoing as they clicked on the marble floors. A flock of 
birds drifted lazily across the sky, un-noticed by the 
man as he crossed the field and entered the temple. 
Slowly he went to his knees and tucked his hands beneath 
his chin, head bowed as he spoke.  

	Please, Elysian, watch over the dreams of those on 
Earth." It was the same prayer he spoke daily, but today 
he felt an over-powering need to say one more thing. 
"Especially Chibi-Usa's." 

	It wasn't something he done often, include her 
specifically in his prayers, but today he had a bad 
feeling. Something would happen and it would involve 
her. He hoped it wasn't something horrible, for that 
was a thought he couldn't stand. If something happened 
to her... he didn't want to think about it. The thumping 
of his heart became almost painful at the thought of the
pink-haired princess that had long ago captured his heart. 

	But she was as forbidden as entering a dream. He 
would loose his priesthood, Elysian and everything he 
had if he pursued that wish.

	He often thought it would be worth it.

	He shook his head, as if to remove the memory of 
her lips against his own. "Become mortal? I could see 
it now..." he mumbled, leaving the temple. "But if I 
thought she would love me in return.. I would do most 
anything for her. Even give up priesthood." With a sigh, 
he entered the gates of the garden.  Tat is when he saw it.

	The eastern sky had turned an off white color; 
growing darker as he watched it. Within minutes of first 
spotting the dark cloud, the heavens opened, revealing a 
ship of some sort. Before his unbelieving eyes--it shot 
out and burned a hole in the land large enough to land in.

	Helios gasped and crouched further into the bushes. 
"Oh Mother Earth.." he breathed. Then a thought came to him. 
"Chibi-Usa, I may see you sooner than I believed." 

~~~~~~~~~~

	The same moment, on the surface of Earth; Chibi-Usa was 
practically  drenched in sweat. She gritted her teeth and 
gathered all the strength she could muster and pushed on the 
stone. Together, with the combined forces of herself and the 
Outer Senshi, the stone moved, allowing them to see inside 
the basement of a destroyed building.

	Inside lay a litter of kittens.

	"Diana? Take them to your parents," Chibi-Usa ordered 
and sank back against the ground. "All of that for cats.. 
lucky I like cats so."

	Haruka raised an eyebrow and looked at Michiru. "We 
spent how lon--" She was effectively cut off by the Senshi 
of Neptune's finger placed against her lips.

	"Nonsense, Haruka. We want to save all lives, not just 
human. Besides, there could have been human life down there," 
she insisted.

	Ami blushed heavily when Hotaru turned to her and her 
mini-lap top. "I didn't say it was human readings..." her 
voice trailed off. 

	"Either way, let's move on and see what Mom and Dad 
have found," Chibi-Usa ordered, once more standing on her 
feet. 

	As she turned around though, a white light penetrated 
the dark sky.  The sound of a horse?s calls filling her ears. 
She looked around, the it was if she was the only one who 
could hear it.  The other Senshi were busy talking amongst 
themselves. She looked heavenward once more, and in a flash 
of light she saw something enter her chest. A small smile 
broke out on her face.

	He was back.

--End Chapter 1. 

*cracks knuckles* sooo, whatja think? I so love Chibi-Usa and
Helios ^_^ 
HUGE thanks to Meara, my wonderful editor **HUGS** and everyone
who emails me about this and many of my other stories, thanks!!

This story is only going to be about 5 or 6 chapters total,
I'm not looking to make this extremely long because I have another
story in the works...

Infact, if you are still reading this - here's ya a preview ^_^
But there's a catch, if you read the preview, ya gotta email
me and tell me what you think, k? I haven't really wrote a dark
fic before and this being my first, I'm edgy about doing it -
so tell me what you think and if you think I should continue it, 
ne? ^_^

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Preview: Mind Games

	The night air was filled with black and red raging clouds,
lightening striking the city. Usagi looked in awe at the dress 
that had appaeared on her body. "What's this?" Suddenly a sword
appeared next to her in the air, a voice instucting her as to
what to do.

	"Destory her! Destory Galaxia! Take it!"

	Usagi caught a glimse of a figure in the air. "Who are
you?"

	"I have been waiting for someone who could accept me. Now,
take this sword and destroy Galaxia. Do it! Destory her with this 
sword!"

	Usagi looked at the sword being offered to her, back at the
figure of Galaxia and at the sword again. "Demo.."

	"You have to!" the voice repeated.

	"Demo.."

	"Don't think! Just do it!"

	Usagi closed her eyes, her hand wrapping around the sword
and bringing her close to her. Her mind screamed no, not to do 
it, but the world was at sake; and that voice. The commanding 
voice was telling her it was the only way.....

	...Chaos looked at the scene with laughter in it's empty eyes.
"I'm free," he whispered, then screamed; "I'M FREE!"

	Below him, Usagi still held onto Galaxia's hand tightly, refusing
to admitt she was dieing. "No, you can't die. I..."

	Galaxia turned to the side, blood running from her mouth. 
"S...Sailor Moon. No.. Princess Serenity. It's not your fault." Her
eyes watered and became unfocused, but she held fast to the small
amount of life within her body. "Promise me..you'll take care of the..
the Light of Hope. T..take care of.. Chibi..Chibi. Promise me....."

--twelve years later--

	"I don't care! You're not my father and you can't tell me
what to do!"

	Mamoru closed his eyes, slowly trying to regain some control
in the situation at hand. Raising a hand to his head, he rubbed his
temples gently; trying to rid of the headache that had begun there.
"Listen, you can not go out at all hours of the night. You are 
fourteen years old, and father or not, you will listen to me! If
only for the reason that I give you a place to live!"

	"No," Chibi-Chibi, now called Miako because in her eyes "Chibi-Chibi"
was too childish, whispered slowly to Mamoru, her eyes boring into his
almost as if to challenge him. "You don't give me a place to live,
Usagi does. And she only does it because she promised Gaxalia she would.
And you know it."

	"Miako, that is not the reason. Usagi loved you and took you
in long before Gaxalia's death," Mamoru insisted.

	"Yeah right," Miako spat, her eyes still staring at him as
she gathered her stuff together. "You just keep telling yourself 
that cape boy."

	Mamoru knew any moment he would explode on her, for the third
time this week. He stood in the center of Miako's room and watched
her throw clothing into a bag. "Where do you think you're going?"

	"Away."

----end preview

I left a bunch out, but that is just some scenes in it. 
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