Star Princess Part 2
Heartfire's head spun in dizzy circles of magic and illusion. For
a moment, she thought she saw Solan then realized he was still on
the other side of Good. His long blonde hair, unraveled and free,
matched his clear blue eyes with the sparkle in them. Then he
disappeared, leaving her waning in her depression. She was aware of
a purring on her chest, light as a feather and rumbling contently.
A yellow blob sat on top of the white blanket that covered her. As
her vision cleared bit by bit, she recognized the sun yellow cat,
his tail softly curling over his nose. His bright blue/ green eye
opened and then closed again, sighing happily. To her side was a
pink blob, a white, fuzzy thing, and something with long golden fuzz
wearing purple fuzz. Her head spun more.
The pink blob, she knew was Reenie and her eye catching hair and
for a moment, she thought of going to sleep, but her pride got in
the way and forced her eyes opened, turquise with ever shifting
blues and greens with sparkles of white. Sailor Venus, Malicite and
Reenie stood there. She shook her head and sat up. On a second
thought, she laid back down on the soft pillow. "Hi Reenie." She
said weakly, not wanting to show she was weak. "Connie, are you
alright?" She said, her eyes sparkling. The yellow cat opened his
eyes and sat up with a yawn. She turned her eyes to him. "Hello,
Heartfire. Had enough rest? I thought you were in a hurry." He
winked. She gritted her teeth at her gaurdian, who always finds a
way to follow when he gets left behind. "Hello, Solarius." She
mumbled. A stray thought came to her and she shut her mind,
forgetting to close it in the presence of other people. Now she
knew Sailor Venus' name. She turned to the white haired man and his
obvious girlfriend, Mina. "That was a good fight, don't you think?"
She said goodheartedly. Malicite seemed to hold back a laugh or a
giggle and Mina was confused for a moment. "Nice to see you again,
Heartfire." Malicite said after a silent moment. She said nothing,
wondering how to reply with his girlfriend next to him. "Yes, it
is. I haven't seen you in a lifetime." He seemed to grin at her
carefully chosen words and she narrowed her eyes at him and wished
she had her strength to stand and hit him. "This is Mina." He
gestured at her and she looked at him in a surprised way. She was
still in her Sailor suite. "Nice to meet you Mina." She was
uncomfortable, wishing she could talk to Malicite alone or at least
Reenie. Mina seemed to catch her unease and asked Reenie to go
outside with her to leave us alone. She gave Malicite a last glare.
Heartfire had no doubt they would be listening.
"How's it been here, Malicite? Last time I saw you, you were on
the other side." He seemed uncomfortable. "Well, yeah. What can I
say? I reincarnated here again and Mina found me." She smiled.
"As you were meant to be all along. How far has the Negamoon
gotten?" She asked and he looked at her strangely. "No where. The
scouts have been beating back their enimies each time." She nodded
her head and saw Solarius yawn and settle down for a nap. "I need
the Imperium Crystal, Malicite. Does Sailor Moon have it?" She
said, after floundering around for a way to go about her purpose.
He watched her a moment. "Why?" She blushed, a rosy color
heightening her face. "I can't tell you. You have to believe me,
the crystal is my only hope and I need it. There is no other way."
Her eyes sparkled and she looked at him pleadingly and he looked
away. She lowered her eyes and turned her head. "That's not my
decision whether to give it to you or not. Whether I trust you or
not, I don't know about the scouts, besides the others and Reenie."
He said. She stopped, overgoing his other words. "Who 'others'?
Who else besides you and Reenie?" She said looking at him again.
"Neflite and Jedite are here too." She stared at him a moment and
she thought about the other former generals of Beryll. "Really?
Why aren't they here?" She asked, getting excited. She momentarily
forgot about Solan and remembered the two. She watched the
retreating shadows from the see through walls. She wasn't answered
and twisted around, knocking an unhappy cat off, and tried to stand
in her excitement. She couldn't.
"You never told me where you went after the Moon Kingdom attack.
The one with Derien...." She put a hand over his mouth and stopped
him from completing his statement. "Stupid, you ought to know
they're listening. I don't want that known, only you and me and
Solan." He watched her a moment, his icy eyes glittering. "Never
mind about the Crystal for now. Forget it. Maybe I'll find another
way." She closed her eyes and wasted her precious magic on giving
her strength. With a momentary hesitation, she stood and and began
stumbling toward the door to open it. Serena, Mina and Rei fell
through the opened door. "Hello, girls." She said as she passed
by, stepping over them. Reenie took her hand and Draconi shuddered.
"Reenie, why don't you stay here. I need to be alone." She said
to the little girl. She pouted. "I knew they shouldn't have
listened...." "I knew they were listening and allowed them to
listen." She interupted. She pulled her hand away. She passed by
Neflite and said an unconsiouse'hello' to him and continued on. She
began walking down the stairs and stopped when she saw Derien, his
dark black hair and blue eyes. Using more power, she blipped away
onto the roof.
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Back inside.......
"You know Malicite, if you believed for one moment, she was going
to give up the hunt for the Crystal, you are really unobservent."
Solarius said. Serena sat on the low bed. "Why would she want the
Crystal? Why won't she tell us?" She said to herself. Solarius
only watched Luna and Artimis enter. "I would answer, but I don't
think I should. That would be bad." He smiled a cat smile and
glared at Serena. His neck was squeezed by Serena. "Tell us. I
need to know." She said, shaking him. He used his forepaws to push
her fingers away. "Fine. NO need to get upset." He said, shaking
his fur back into place. He waited until everyone was inside. He
nodded. "She wants to use its positive energy to revert all the
negative energy forced upon her love, Solan. It will probably
destroy it in the process." He mumbled and after staring at Serena
a moment, he smiled. "To answer the unasked question. Solan was
the guy in the silver and black. They dated back since before the
downfall of the Moon Kingdom, before she got me, but I know the
entire story." He looked around and saw all the anxious faces of
his audience.
"A long time ago, Beryll used to have enough sense to have a right
hand advisor and chose her best warrior and tactitionist to help.
At the time, Heartfire was a general of great ability and it even amaz
ed Beryll. She was advanced to General Commander, commander over
the generals. She went frequently between Earth and the Moon and
observed everything. On one of the attacks, she met Solan and
stood, watching him protect his planet, dying from the wounds her
soldiers had inflicted and still stood his ground. She spared his
life and pulled back the attack, simultanieously lending strength to
the soldier to make sure he didn't die. She didn't know why she
spared his life and it always arose in her mind as to why. On the
next attack, she ordered that the soldier be safe from harm and that
none were to hurt him. Knowing her soldiers well, she kept her
fights near him and one time, all four of the former generals, not
Malicite and others, but the ones before them, converge upon him.
She ran to his aide and killed them all. Beryll demanded an
explanation and when Heartfire said they'd disobeyed orders not to
kill someone key to her plans, she let her live. So she commanded
all the soldiers and brought forward the second-in-commands as
temporary leaders. She headed down to Earth, where she hid herself
as a human and went seeking Solan. They fell in love of course and
she soon found herself helping him with tactition plans for Earth.
Then one day, Prince Derien led an all out attack on Beryll. He and
his four generals, Malicite, Zoicite, Neflite and Jedite were with
him to the end. They were to be murdered.
"Heartfire had been awed at the Moon and Earth and knew of Derien's
and all of his general's love for someone on the moon. She knew
what it was like to love. She snuck Solan in and helped release the
five. The generals wouldn't budge and Derien was injured badly.
They ordered her and Solan to leave. She helped and fought many of
her own kind, but after safely sending Derien to the Moon, something
went wrong with their spell and instead of being on the moon with
him, they were in the future. Then the mess really began......"
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