Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Sailor Moon characters ( Naoko Takeuchi does, and we all bless her for having the talent to create these life-like girls!) but I do own Bryony and Amanda, kay? Enjoy! ~Terri I'm finding my way back to sanity, again Though I don't really know what I'm gonna do when I get there Take a breath and hold on tight Spin around one more time and, Gracefully fall back to the arms of Grace I am hanging on every word you're saying Even if you don't wanna speak tonight that's all right All right with me Cause I want nothing more than to sit outside Heaven's door And listen to you breathing, is where I want to be, yeah I am looking past the shadows of my mind into the truth and I'm trying to identify the voices in my head God, which one's you? Let me feel one more time what it feels like to feel And break these calluses off of me one more time Snippet from " Breathing" by Lifehouse Prologue Muugen Building " At long last, you reveal yourself." Uranus and Neptune smiled triumphantly at their finding. Dr. Tomoe laughed like the madman he was. " Yes, actually, you're just in time...the celebration's about to begin!" He moved over to the side, and what they saw their made them gasp in terror. " Oh, no, Sailor Mini Moon!" Neptune screamed in fear. " No! Ahhhhh!" Uranus made an enraged running leap for the little girl, hand outstretched as if to grab her. FWAP! Electricity shot through Uranus's body, jolting her thoroughly as she hit the barrier and was thrown back violently. " Uranus!" Neptune stooped to hold her, staring with hatred at the doctor. " Oh, Neptune...the energy barrier is really high voltage!" Maniacal laughter filled the hall, accompioneed with the laughter of their main enemy, Kaori Night. Footsteps rained echoes through the building, and the last five scouts ran in. " Uranus!" " Neptune!" Uranus looked up through pain-shot eyes, and smiled a little when she saw Sailor Moon. One of the few precious times she was glad to see her...Maybe she could save her daughter. The scouts helped Neptune get Uranus in a sitting position, and Sailor Moon happened to look over... " Rini!" Serena shot forward, terrified for the little girl on the altar. " STOP!" Uranus screamed, struggling to get up stop her, but she was too late. FWAP! " Ahhh!" Serena cried out in pain, and was flung backwards on her back. " Sailor Moon!" Mars, Venus, Mercury and Jupiter crowded around her and helped her up. The doctor laughed as the girl in the throne awakened, her eyes glowing a burning red. * * * Miles away, a girl walking down the street suddenly collapsed. " Miss! Are you okay?" A man leaned down, concerned, as she gave a cry of pain for no apparent reason. Other strangers came up to help, and they got her in a sitting position. " What's wrong?" A woman asked. The girl looked dazed, the pain fading from her golden eyes." I don't know." She shook her head, and arched her back in pain as another shock coursed through her body." I think I need to get home," she said through gritted teeth. The man helped her up, brushing dust off her back." Come on, tell me where you live, I'll take you home." " Wait-" the lady stopped the two and put a hand on the girl's arm." You dropped this." She handed her a golden bracelet that fell off her wrist." It's beautiful. Where did you get it?" The girl smiled sightly, and put it back on." A gift, an heirloom from my mother. I don't know where its twin went." * * * The purple hand shot out of the little girl's body, her purple eyes seemed to have a life of their own, as her body floated up and out of the chair, eager for the pure heart crystal and the power it would bring her. " No, stop! Mini-Moon-! Mini-Moon-AH!" Sailor Moon wailed, clutching her wrist." Mini-Moon!" " She's so lovely," Tomoe marveled. The hand reached down, and plunged into Rini's chest. " AH-" she screamed in pain, clutching the hand that intruded, pulling her heart crystal out. Rini's body shuddered. and she opened her eyes,s miling." Oh. My friend Hotaru. So glad you're safe and sound." She fainted as the heart crystal came out. " No! Rini, no!" Sailor Mon's tears fell." Stop, she's only a child-" * * * " Ah-" the girl collapsed the moment she closed the door for the kind stranger, her body racked with pain again. She slid to the floor behind the door, gasping out air as her lungs seem to burn. Where is this pain coming from?! she thought wildly. Struggling, she tried to get up, but collapsed again with pain. She clutched her heart with her hand....Everything seemed to hurt! Her head, her legs, arms, back...but her heart burned so much! With strength she didn't know she possessed, she got upon her elbows and knees, and crawled down the hall to the guest bedroom, through to the bed and clambered up in it, finally collapsing again with agony. Curling up in the fetal position, she shivered miserably and waited for the pain to stop. * * * " No! If Sailor Saturn is revived, this world will be destroyed!" Uranus shouted. " Hotaru, stop it!" Sailor Moon pleaded." Please stop her now! If you're Hotaru's father, if you love Hotaru, just stop it!" " Love?" Tomoe turned." I have no idea what you mean." Hotaru swallowed the crystal. And Mistress Nine appeared. The Sovereign of Silence. * * * The girl screamed in anguish, her body writhing once in unimaginable torture as all her muscles flexed, then stilled. The arm that was reaching for the phone collapsed to the ground.