Hear Me Roar

©2003-2007 Stacey Painter (Serena CrystalMoon)

Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon, but I do own the plot line for this story.

Chapter 8

Faint candlelight flickered around the room, casting shadows upon the faces of two people who stood facing each other in the darkened atmosphere.

"They're looking for you, soon they'll figure out where you're headed...we must bide our time. You mustn't go to her yet. You'll be seen and caught for sure...it's too much of a risk. Mistress wants no foul-ups this time." the quiet voice of a man said as he looked pointedly at his companion. "Soon she'll realize...let her worry... so she'll know you've escaped and she'll be looking over her shoulder every waking moment."

"But what about when they figure it out, they'll protect her." the other mans gruff voice barked out hoarsely, his cold eyes boring into the young man standing in front of him.

"Yes I have seen them together, they are close, but not close enough. She is weak. They are all weak." The man said, his voice dripping with amusement. "If they try, they will lose. Their only chance is to bow down to my mistress, and you shall be at her side!"

A cold laugh emanated from the other man, a smile on his lips.

"Jerk…" Serena said faintly, her eyes fluttering open again and landing on Darien, she'd knew she heard his voice. It was all too weird, everything was making some weird web and she was caught in the middle. First Beryl, opening her rage… then the rain and running into Sapphire, the younger brother of her mortal enemy from high school. Then Andrew being so sweet to her even though she barely ever went to visit him… The sickness and pain, the thoughts of her childhood, the dreams…and now Darien, her enemy, the hell spawn…in her apartment, holding her hand with all of her friends around and the continuous shaking of her body.

"Serena?" he said, looking down into her eyes. "Yes it's me. I'm here with your friends and you fainted, do you remember?"

Sitting up, Serena slowly scanned the faces of everyone around her. "I remember." She told them. "I remember everything… you all may not believe me but it's time for me to face what happened and who I am, who we all are."

"Serena, what are you talking about? You're scaring me." Amy told her friend before hugging her.

"Mina and I haven't been completely honest with you, all of you, about our past and even she doesn't know some of it." Serena told her friend, glancing at Mina for the last part. I've been having dreams lately, where I'm someone else in another place but have no control over my actions. Like I'm watching someone else's life even though I'm technically being that person. It's strange and hard to explain." Everyone must think she crazy, loco Serena babbling again… no, not again. "I've been in that dream-like world the entire time I was passed out and some of it's starting to make sense. I'll explain. When Mina and I were younger, something happened to us. My mother's brother Dennis, my Uncle, abused us. Not just mentally, physically too…which led to sexual abuse. With threats of harming our parents he kept us quiet. He made us do things that no one should ever think of. He put cuts, bruises and burns on us… It lasted for four years, from age six to ten. One day after raping me he turned on Mina like he always did, she fought more and it worked him into a frenzy, he started hitting her, he wouldn't stop. Usually he would stop but he kept hitting her, she almost died that night…until I stopped it. Something happened, I got so upset that a heat wave engulfed me, light poured from my chest and enveloped us, it healed Mina and shoved him into the wall. Our parents showed up and the police were called. He was put in jail and our family moved. After a thorough investigation we found out that he'd been wanted for several other rapes as well. Over the last ten years he'd never been caught and had terrorized tons of young girls. The FBI had dubbed him the Moonlight Rapist because he kept pictures of his prey in bondage poses in a stream of moonlight and sent copies to the feds each time." The entire time she was telling her own horror story she held her sisters hand, taking comfort in such a simple touch, watching the looks of astonishment, terror, disgust and utter rage flit across her friends faces. "Now I was that was the beginning to the story and that I could tell you all that ikt all turned out alright. But it's not and everything's far from alright." Serena looked into Mina's eye and took her other hand so that she was holding both of them. "Minako…" Serena whispered to her sister, "your name was Minako when this all started and then, you weren't my sister." She held tight to Mina's hands. "We were sent here. All of us. From the past, from another planet."

"Serena this is crazy, you're talking crazy!" Mina cried to her sister.

"I'm not crazy, I'll show you." Serena told her. Closing her eyes Serena brought back her memories of the power that erupted from her when she was younger. Building up her inner power Serena slowly breathed in and out, concentrating on what she'd learned of her past, the look of the palace and her friends, the look of her prince and her parents. White light erupted from her chest, engulfing her and then everyone else in the room. Images danced before their eyes. Of where they lived and who they were. When the light faded away, Serena was looking into Mina's bright blue eyes as tears fell down her cheeks. "I was Princess Serenity of the Moon, Mina and the man that is our Uncle, he was my father then. She did the same things to me then that he did to us all those years ago. Endymion, the Prince of Earth, was in love with me and found out about what he was doing to me, he confronted to father which led to battle. Queen Beryl our enemy was in allegiance with my father and a dirty trick by them cost Endymion his life. We lost the battle and my Mother used the last of her power to banish Beryl and send us here."

"I'm a Princess, we're all Princesses?" Lita said in awe looking around with wide eyes.

"And I'm a Prince, your Prince." Darien said softly, staring intently at Serena.

"Yes well, I'm afraid that's not all. He's free. My Uncle. He escaped from Jail and is probably looking for revenge. It was on the news and in the paper…"

"What?"

"How?"

"I'll kill him!" Lita exclaimed, raising her fist.

"He's mine." Growled Darien, suddenly glaring at Lita.

"Wait a minute, wait a minute. I'm starting to get lost." Raye told everyone. "How exactly did you come to know all of this?"

"My mother." She told her friends, seeing the confusion that was still on Raye's face, she tried again. "My other Mother. Queen Serenity. She came to me while I was unconscious. She showed me what happened in the past and put it all together for me. She told me about him escaping too."

"What are we going to do?" Mina asked looking at Serena.

"We'll fight." Serena told them. "All of us. Together as team like we were in the past." Concentrating and breathing lightly, Serena glowed a brilliant white light. The light expanded and covered the entire room, bursts of color began to shoot out around the room and soon every person was glowing a different color. When the colors faded some of the girls gasped as they looked at each other. Serena wore a long flowing white silk dress, her hair now a shining silver was up in odango's but reaching down to the floor and pooled by her feet. Darien was in black and silver armor, a long sword strapped to his waist. Mina and the girls all wore long silk dresses. Hers was a shining gold that matched perfectly with her hair and eyes. It went the same with each of the others. Amy's hair was longer and metallic blue, matching her eyes and her dress. Lita's dress was a deep metallic green, her eyes a lighter metallic green and her hair matched her dress. Raye's was the most striking of all. Her hair was a sparkling red like garnets spun into silk, her eyes were the color of amethyst and shone so brightly it was unnerving, her dress was a fiery metallic red and her skin appeared so pale in contrast to all the red.

"We're Princesses!" squealed Princess Makoto.

"Not just Princesses. Warrior of your planets, you can harness the planets power that you rule."

"Warriors? How? I'm no warrior." Princess Minako told her sister.

"You'd be surprised." Princess Serenity replied with a smirk, pulling a long knife from where it had been secretly strapped to her ankle and hurling it at her twin. Lightning fast Mina grabbed the dagger by the hilt from mid air and moved to a fighting stance, "Venus Crystal Power!" she yelled, golden light encompassing her and transforming her dress into a sailor like body suit, a golden tiara across her forehead.

"Well done, Sailor Venus." Serenity told her.

"Wow! No way! I did that?" Exclaimed Sailor Venus, looking at the dagger in her hand.

"Yep and you all can, you're all trained warriors."

"Soooo COOL!" Lita exclaimed.

"I can't wait to kick some butt."

"What kind of technology did the moon have?"

(to be continued)

Author's Note: Yeah I haven't updated in what? Forever…. Anyway, I'm back and plan on finishing this. I know this chapter sucked but I had to get all of this done and now that our villain has escaped they needed to know who they were and what they were up against and atleast they know some of it now… Next up, training! December 12, 2007