Hello People!!! I'm Destiny Star* with Chapter 17 of *It Has Begun* Disclaimers: Sailor Moon was created by Takeuchi Naoko and all rights go to her and others like her. Well here it is! I know it is unusual for me to send in more than one chapter at a time. But I didn't get last weeks in on time and I thought I'd make it up with sending in two this time. Plus, I'm not sure I can get in a chapter next week. School is starting and things will be a little off for a time. But I will try. Enjoy these two chapters!!!!! Thanks!! Comments to..... Reona32@aol.com Destiny Star* !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Chapter 17 It Has Begun As of Yet I awoke with a groan. Carefully rolling over I saw Eric sitting in a chair besides me. I think I heard Jonathan come in a few time during the night. I smile at my sleeping love and look down across the bed. Hai, there she is. In her usual spot, sleeping away. Slowly I slid down the bed, trying not to wake up Eric and the sleeping Onyx. Reaching the bottom bed post I pull myself up from the bed. Putting some weight on my ankle I bit my lip from making any noise. I make my way across the room slowly. I have a limp but I can manage that. I reach a small wet bar that is in my room. Pulling out a long stemmed glass I pour an amber colored liquid into it. (Non-alcoholic I insure you) Taking the bottle with me I stop at a table and pick up my lab top computer then go on out to my balcony. I leave the french doors open a crack in case Onyx wakes up. Cool night air raps around me and I sigh. A soft gentle breeze wafts through the trees. Crickets and other night sounds can be heard. I smile when I hear an owl's call. I set my things on a terrace table and walk over to the edge of the balcony. Leaning against the high stone wall I look out into the night. The owl I heard earlier flies out from a tree and cases his shadow on the moon lit ground before disappearing into another tree. I sigh and go back to the table. Lowering myself into a chair I open the lid to my computer. With a mental thought a candle dais lights behind me. Typing a few keys a 3D picture of the manor shows up on the screen. Going down floor by floor I see where everyone is in the manor. Colored dots show where each are. All the Scouts, Earth Guard, and Shiro Kage are in their rooms. Darien and Travis are in Serena's room. Jonathan is in Alania's and Eric is still sitting in my room. I close my eyes and think. I clear the screen of the picture and call up Bit. "Bit" I say softly. After a second. "Hai" "Is Mercury using her computer in her room?" I ask. "She was, but she is asleep now." I frown. "Did she fall asleep at the terminal?" "Hai, about 30 minutes ago." Bit says. I lean back in my chair and curse silently. "Tell Zach to move her to the bed. If she dreams tonight she could hurt herself if she begins to move. And tell Sonya to come to my room, quietly, Eric and Onyx are asleep. I'm on the balcony." "Will do." The screen goes blank for a minute before I get a message from Sonya. Its just one word, 'Coming'. I wait a few minutes til I hear the door softly open and close. I start to get up when a voice tells me "No need to get up." Sonya slips through the door and sits in a chair across from me. "Are the dreams ready?" I ask her. "Hai, they're ready to be given at any time." she says. "Good, give them tonight." I tell her. "Should we give one to Venus?" she asks. "Hai, even if she remembers Mike...Malachite..whatever she does not remember her whole past." Sonya nods and leave quietly. I down the last of my drink and start to get up. A message comes from Zach telling me he had moved Mercury. 'Arigatu' I tell him. I shut the computer off and take everything back into the room. Setting the computer on the table and putting the bottle back in ice I sit down on the end of my bed and wait for my Quickening. Mercury stretched on the bed just as Zach slipped out the door. Rolling over she fell back to sleep. Her room was mostly colored in blues and whites. Wall space was used by shelves filled with books on every subject. A few display case were set here and there. They were filled with fossils and other bijou. Some the last of their kind. Venus slept peacefully on her bed. The room was decorated in orange and gold colors. Display cases held antique dolls and other collectibles from around the galaxy. A few shelves around the room had romance novels and other books to the girl's taste. The furniture had a England look to it. A small puff of white fur slept at the end of the bed. Mars sat, not in a bed, but on the floor before a fire. The fire pit in her room was alive and roaring. But this did not bother the Fire Scout at all. The heat that fanned her face was comforting for her. Her room was chiefly reds and deep purples. The room was filled with things you would find at the temple, only they looked older. Like they had a story to tell but only let a few hear. The fire danced higher but Mars looked sound asleep. Jupiter slept cross ways on her bed, a cook book resting on the sheets before her. Her room was deep green and had a rich Victorian look to it. Most of the furniture was made of oak or other woods. Shelves in the room held cook book from all times. Recipes from other planets were written down on fading brown paper. Although she didn't recognize most of them she meant to ask about it in the morning. A small music box next to the bed twinkled out the 'Rose'. Suddenly all four began to dream.......... Mist rose around each girl. Mars and Jupiter backed into each other and with a scream both whirled around and faced the other in a fighting stand. Jupiter sighed. "Don't do that!" she said with a half hearted punch to Mars's shoulder. "What is this!?!" yell Mars into the mist. A shape began to form in the mist and both girls went into another stand. Mercury stepped out of the mist and blinked at the two girls. "What are you doing?" asked Mercury. Mars and Jupiter sighed again. "Where are we Mercury?" asked Jupiter. Mercury put on a sheepish smile. "Umm, I don't have my computer." she said. Mars just stared at her. "Well the last thing I remember is falling asleep, so don't look at me." said Mercury in her defiance. Mars stomped her foot on a ground they couldn't see. "I knew this was bad news! That girl is evil!" she said. "Did you feel bad vibes from that Sailor Star person?" asked Mercury. Mars sighed. "No, not even from those Nega Generals!" Mars said. "Will you stop calling them that!" said a voice from the mist. Jupiter turned. "Who's there?" Venus stepped out of the mist. "They're not the Nega Generals!" she said again. "Well looks like we're all here." said Jupiter with a sarcastic note. Right than the ground beneath them began to rise and all of them fell..........straight into their past. The sound of children laughing filled there ears. "Oh come on Amy, put down the book and play with us." said a young Serenity. "Do you understand Serenity?" asked young Amy. "I'm going to get you Sere!" yell the child Raye. "Cookies!!" yelled young Lita. Screams of joy followed. "Introducing the Inner Princess's!" yells someone outside the curtains. Hands pushed the young girls outside as their names where called. Picture of their old homes on the different planets flashed through their heads. Memories of their past flooded their minds. Their training to become Sailor Scouts. Becoming great friends. Palace parties. Meeting the Earth Guard for the first time. Falling in love. Times together with friends and family. And the Finial Battle on the Moon. The scene zooms down for each scout to show them fighting with their loves at the Finial Battle on the Moon. Shadow Warriors flew about. Palaces Guard and the Moon Army was everywhere. They were losing. Each girl looked up into the eyes of their love and saw emptiness. No soul. Green blood pour from cuts on each man. But Terrans have red blood, as do we?. "WHO ARE YOU???" Screamed in their minds. The last strike was about to come.........the picture went black but the sound of screaming rang in each girls ears. They awoke with a cry. Each breathing heavily they looked around rooms they now recognized to be close copies of they're rooms on the moon. Their tiaras were gone and the insignia of their planet shone on each girl's forehead brightly. They remembered, they remembered it all. Up stairs, in a room marked with a gold crescent moon Serena's eyes opened. She sat up and looked around. Nothing was moved but something was chanced. She closed her eyes and looked for the change. When she opened them she smiled into the dark room. They Remembered. She laid down again and went back to sleep. Next to that room, marked with a silver star I clinched my teeth together in pain as mid-night closed in. I whimpered, my first sound of the night and Eric jerked awake. He saw me and was by my side in an instance. I grabbed on to the bed post as mid-night chimed on the clock. Onyx awoke and sat on the floor in front of me. My star insignia flash and shone brightly in the dark room. I was in cased in silver light and lifted off the bed and into the air. I tried not to scream, as I do every time. I felt my skin knit together from the cut on my leg but didn't make a sound. Eric sat there and watched, nothing he could do for me. I hissed as several cut were painfully healed by my Quickening. When it began to work on my ankle I kept quite as long as I could but in the middle I began to scream in pain. The light died and I fell to the floor. I pushed myself to my knees and just breathed. The bandage from my ankle fell to the floor unneeded. Eric knelt beside me and pick me up. Setting me on the bed gently he sat in the chair and held my hand. Such was the price of a Guardian Light's Quickening. We were healed completely but we felt the pain of it. The more we were hurt the more pain we felt. Mortal wounds were almost unbearable. If we were still alive by our Quickening we were healed. My Quickening was at Mid-night. Alania's at Sunrise. Serena's at Sunset. I felt Onyx curl next to me and I petted her head a few time before sleep over took me. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Okay, what did you think? The time now is 6:07 on a Tuesday evening. I took me perhaps 3 hours to write this. With all this time you may get a third chapter this week. I said MAY. As in 'could' but not for 'sure'. Incase your wondering 'bijou' means gem or jewel. Next time: 'Remembered Love' Yes, I put the Inner Scout and Earth Guard back together. I might explain how I got the Earth Guard and everybody. We deal with Serena and Darien. Guess what Darien????? You have a daughter from the future!!!!!!!! He! He! He! Do you know the answer??? What is the Japanese word for 'Star'? How good is your Japanese???? I'm an American, so I really don't know............ Tell me at..... Reona32@aol.com Name:Destiny Star E-mail:Reona32@aol.com Chapter:As of Yet #:Chapter 17 Story Title:It Has Begun Words I use: Shimatta:Damn Kuso:Shit Daijoubu:Are you ok?-I am ok..etc. Baka:Idiot Ja ne:Bye Gomen nasai:I'm so sorry Hai:Yes Lie:No Arigatu:Thank You Nani?:What?