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I dreamed that one of my teachers shoved two formal gowns at me and told me to try them on and see which one looked the most like my Princess dress. My eyes widened and I said, "But neither one--" My teacher cut my reply off with, "Just try them on."
I walked numbly out of the classroom and the dream changed. I saw myself in the backseat of a car with cream vinyl seats that were done like the seats of a fancy carriage from the Victorian Age! My eyes were huge by then. I understood in the dream that everything that was going on was really weird. I was sitting stiffly in the backseat with the two dresses neatly folded on my lap. I was wearing blue jeans and I can't remember what else I was wearing. The car was some kind of convertible and there were wild teenagers in the car with me. THAT is why I was sitting so still and so stiffly. How did I end up in a car with them? I actually asked myself that question in my dream! I didn't even know them! We were at a stoplight and the driver was beeping the horn and shouting obscenities.
The dream sort of fast forwarded again and I saw myself inside the entrance to a building with Katie (one of my friends). I saw two tall men standing against a glass wall with a glass door in the center. They were standing directly in front of us, facing us. They were guards. A feeling of foreboding washed over me and I wanted to turn back but Katie grabbed my arm and asked me how we were supposed to get in.
We had gotten into the place using the glass door but the place was some sort of high society Sailor Moon fan club so it had another entrance to keep non-members out. I pushed Katie aside and pushed three buttons on a table several different times as if I were punching in some sort of code. A circular portal was revealed in the center of the table! It was dark and another feeling of foreboding swept over me. Katie got on the table and stepped into the portal. I followed her and nearly jumped out of my skin when the portal's door slammed shut above my head.
I followed Katie down a staircase and was shocked by what I saw! There was pink carpet on the floor at the bottom of the stairs and gold and crystal chandeliers graced the ceiling. The walls were white and everything looked golden. The entire scene seemed to glitter with some unseen force. I still felt like something bad was going to happen.
I saw men sporting tuxedos of every color but mostly black and I saw ladies wearing formal gowns that glittered with sequins and rhinestones of every color you can imagine. My jaw dropped and my eyes popped. Katie just smiled without showing her teeth.
The dream skipped to another scene again and I saw myself standing at the top of a staircase. The scene was no longer golden. It was dark and gray but I still saw everything in color. One of the guards I had seen at the entrance was standing by a door. It was the door to the ladies' dressing room. I asked the guard to unlock the door for me and he did so.
He was blond with blue eyes. His hair fell over his forehead in a few places but they weren't exactly bangs; bangs usually cover the entire forehead. He glanced at the two dresses that I held in my arms and then he looked me right in the eye and I didn't like the look he gave me at all. It was a malevolent look that told me that he knew something about me that he hated me for. His look was one of pure hatred and I gulped as I kept my gaze on him while I entered the dressing room. I didn't dare take my eyes off of him as I walked in because I got the feeling that it would not be wise for me to have my back to him at anytime.
I let the door shut behind me and I went into one of the dressing areas. I put on the first dress which was made of royal blue satin. I looked at myself in a mirror and frowned. I had tried to tell my teacher that neither dress looked like my Princess dress but as you already know, she didn't listen.
The second dress was really strange. It was made of satin that changed color. It changed from moss green to pink! I took off the royal blue dress and donned the second dress. I had barely finished zipping it up in the back when I heard another girl leaving the dressing room. I had a deep sense of foreboding at that moment.
I rushed out of the dressing area I was in, lifted the skirt of my dress enough so that I could run without tripping, and ran to the dressing room door. I screamed, "NO!!" and dived while reaching out with both hands for the edge of the door. I caught hold of it as I fell to the floor in a heap of moss green/pink satin. I caught a glimpse of the blond guard as he attempted to pull the door shut. I screamed then because he shut the door on my fingers! I quickly pulled my fingers back and when I did, the guard quickly slammed the door closed.
I screamed, "NO!!!!" and tears fell onto my cheeks. I heard the click as he locked the door. I screamed again and then pulled one knee up to my chest and cried into the satin that rested on the top of that knee. I heard the blond guard laugh wickedly and I heard him say, "Die Princess!!! DIE!!!!!!" Then he laughed wickedly again.
He stopped laughing in mid-laugh and I heard what sounded like a fight going on outside of the door. I sat up straight and straightened my leg. I sniffed a few times and wiped my tears away. I listened. I could still hear what sounded like a fight and then there was nothing but silence. Then I heard a key being shoved into the lock of the door. I became frightened so I got up and ran to the far end of the room. I heard the lock click and I stuck the tips of my fingernails into my mouth and lightly bit down on them. I didn't bite them off or chew on them.
Oddly, I had my hair put up into a ponytail and I had not put it up that way. I had left my hair down! I realized then that the dress was Princess Jupiter's! That's why my hair was in a ponytail! I know it sounds weird but whoever put on that dress would get a ponytail! It was some sort of magic! I then realized that the blue dress was Princess Uranus'! I realized all of that in those few seconds.
I watched in fear as the door swung open. I saw the Prince of Glenn as Tuxedo Knight, his Tuxedo Mask form, and my face lit up with sheer joy. I ran to him with my arms wide open and flung myself into his arms. As soon as I did, violet glitter surrounded me and my dress became my Princess dress and the green ribbon that held my hair in a ponytail fell away. Tuxedo Knight wasn't wearing his top hat or his mask.
I cried for a little while and he didn't say anything. I finally let go of him and asked him what had happened to the guard. He was silent. He just stepped aside and I saw the guard lying on the floor unconscious. I gasped and said, "Why didn't you use any of your powers?!" I could see that my savior had given the guard two black eyes and there was blood running from the guy's nose. I said, "Why?!" He wouldn't say anything. I was staring at Tuxedo Knight's face waiting for him to tell me why he had hit the guard instead of using one of his attacks on him when I suddenly felt everything turning black. I felt myself falling and falling and then I felt everything vanish.
I was watching the scene from a distance after that. I saw Tuxedo Knight catch me before I fell and I watched him carry me down the stairs and through the crowd at the bottom. The scene was golden again. I watched him walk through several rooms where people were staring with open curiosity. He shouted at them, "Just go away!" They all turned reluctantly and pretended to be talking to each other about something important. He stopped walking when he got to one room. He placed me in a chair and I opened my eyes a little. I was seeing through my own eyes again.
We were alone in the room but I could see the people in the next room through the arched doorway. They were sitting on the side of a table staring at me! Tuxedo Knight turned to them and yelled, "Mind your own business!" The people turned and pretended to be interested in the wall. He placed something in my hand and I saw that it was a glass of something. I said, "What is this exactly?" I eyed it suspiciously. He replied, "Just drink it. It will make you feel better."
I looked at him and I saw that he was holding a glass of the same stuff. In one quick motion, he drank the whole thing. I said, "Erm...are you okay?" Tuxedo Knight yelled, "No! I'm not okay!" He looked down at the glass he was holding and threw it into the wall. It shattered with a loud crash and glass tumbled to the floor. I eyed my glass again and then looked back at Tuxedo Knight. I honestly didn't think I wanted to drink that stuff after seeing what he had done. He saw my skeptical look and said pleadingly, "Just drink it. I promise you that it won't hurt you. It will keep you from passing out again. Trust me."
I sighed and took a sip. I coughed and unintentionally threw the glass at Tuxedo Knight. Since he was all the way across the room with his back to me, he never saw the glass coming. The drink had gotten all over the carpet and the empty glass hit him in the back of the head. He said, "Ow!" and spun around. He saw the empty glass on the floor and then he looked at me. I thought at first that he was going to wring my neck.
Instead, he smiled and said, "You're not used to brandy, are you?" I said, "Brandy? Was that what that was?" He smiled again and nodded. I said, "Well, why didn't you warn me?! That stuff was awful!" He said, "I'm sorry. I didn't think about it. I just know that brandy is supposed to keep you from fainting again." I said, "Well, why did you drink some? YOU didn't pass out!"
Tuxedo Knight frowned and gazed off into space. I said, "I'm sorry." He glanced at me and quickly looked away as he said, "No, no, it's not you. I have a problem and I don't know what to do about it." I glanced at the doorway and saw every person's eyes on me and him. He followed my gaze and yelled, "I thought I told you people to mind your own business!" Everyone quickly looked away and he continued to watch them for a few moments before looking at me again.
He sat down on the footstool in front of the chair I was sitting in. I asked softly, "Why did you hit that guard?" He looked away from me and I thought I saw tears shining in his eyes. I knew that he was deliberately not telling me something. He stared at the floor and I knew he wasn't planning on telling me anything.
I reached out and touched his cheek lightly with my fingers. He looked at me and I saw that there were definitely tears in his eyes. He didn't look away. He sighed, glanced down, and then looked at me again. He said faintly, "I've lost my powers and I don't know why. I got worried that it might have been because something had happened to you. Now I'm worried that it's going to happen to you too." I said, "But...you transformed...." He said, "I know. That's all I can do." I said, "Can you transform into the Prince of Glenn?" He shook his head slowly while looking down. I said, "So, that's why you stayed the same when I became the Princess of June...." He said, "I don't know if I can keep on protecting you like this. That guard didn't have any power but if you get captured by someone with power...I..won't be able to...protect you." A tear slipped down one of his cheeks and then he said, "I'll try to protect you. Don't think that I won't because I will and I'll die protecting you if it comes to that." Tears slipped from my eyes and I said, "Thank you."
I felt like someone was watching me so I glanced at the doorway and found everyone staring. Tuxedo Knight turned and shouted, "I TOLD YOU TO MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS!" The people looked away quickly and talked to each other excitedly. I asked him, "Who are those people? What are they waiting for? They look like they are waiting for something." He said, "They are all members of this high society Sailor Moon club. Some kid is having a birthday party in the other room and these people here are waiting for it to be over so they can go in that room for some other kid's birthday party." I made a weird face and he laughed. He said, "I know. It's weird." Then, I woke up!
-*Sailor June Princess*
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