Chapter 4- The Awakening 
				By Andromeda

	Ami stared hard at her computer. It couldn’t be true, could 
it? The monster was down, her wounds healed, and the victor gone 
from the scene. Not only were her wounds healed, but Mars was stirring 
also. The only trace of any battle was a bit of silver dust. Maybe 
it would tell her about her mysterious helper if analyzed. The 
only baffling thing was that the energy coming from the battle was 
good and shadow mixed together. She was a strange helper if one at 
all.

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Sharantyr got home to her apartment wet and tired. At least everyone 
was safe. The only thing troubling her was where these things were 
coming from. What was it that sent the dark elemental? And the 
sleep youma? Something wasn’t right and for some reason she was expected 
to fix all the world’s woes and still take part in them. This was a 
crazy thing and she hated it. There was a way to become all good, but 
she had reason to believe her only chance had passed in the Silver 
Millennium. The stars were fickle things after all. Shining brightly 
one moment, leeching holes of darkness the next.

               		*****Flashback***
	
	“To arms! The enemy is upon us!” The grand ball was disrupted 
when this cry rang out. The princess stole a last kiss from her 
prince before he left to protect the kingdom. All the bodyguards 
transformed into the protectors of their sacred planets. Peace 
was soon protected by blood. All who could fight were in the ranks. 
So much that the woman loathed to destroy. She hated the cries of 
death and the smell of decay. A beautiful kingdom sent to ruin. 
Duties! To the ends of the earth with duties! No one understood as 
well as she what weight the duties she had carried. If anything, 
though, she would do nothing. Perhaps she could not fight on the 
side of good, but she would not help destroy them either.

			*****End********

	She was a coward then. She should have ignored duties. She 
should have done what was right in her heart. But no, redemption 
seemed too late to find. The princess had died in that attack. 
Everyone had. Except for her. What a wretched thing she was! No, 
the scouts she had seen lately. The princess’s protectors. That 
they had come back to life must mean the princess was nearby. She 
was the only one who could relieve her of her horrible duties. Or 
maybe not. It was only a guess anyway. And what if she was wrong?

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	“So what was this person,” Rei asked Ami. “I’m not actually 
sure,” Ami replied.  Rei gawked at her. How could she not know? She 
always knew the answer to everything! But if Ami’s guess was true, 
the person was a sailor scout and an enemy. It just didn’t make sense. 
“I think I should do a fire reading, Ami. Whoever this person is, 
I should be able to find her intentions.” Ami immediately agreed.
	Rei went to the fire of her planet, Mars. The fire flared and 
danced, but revealed nothing. She concentrated harder. Suddenly the 
fire extinguished and she was sent flying into Ami. It was bad luck 
for the Mars fire to go out. Something bad would happen very soon, 
but the horrible thing was, they didn’t know what to expect.

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	“Who am I? Why are these things coming back to me?” Faye 
demanded of the negaverse. Answers that she didn’t like flooded 
into her head. “You are the only one who can defeat the sailor 
scouts. Galaxia was meant to die. Beryl was meant to die. Sheik 
will die. You are the only one who can possibly survive.” Things 
came back to her then. Horrible things. “No! NO! Why have I come 
to this? Why could I not just stay as I was? Was it my own power 
or yours you witch? I will not kill them!” This did not bode well 
for the negaverse. She had gotten her memories back far faster than 
usual. And more of them. She would have to wipe her memories again. 
Too much could happen to spoil its plans this time. The other 
lieutenants of darkness were born to fail. But this one. She had 
the marvelous power to shape her own fate.  Of the few that existed 
she had found a gem in a pile of fake ones. The despair and hatefulness 
of this pitiful creature was just what it needed to feed on. To nurse 
it back to health. The scouts had struck a telling blow, but they 
would not have as much of a chance this time. Things change, though. 
It would have to keep a close watch on this one. It wouldn’t do to 
have her run away and warn its enemies. Nothing could stop it now! 
As long as this one was in its power its rule on earth would become absolute. 
“Perhaps Sheik could become your maid. You’d like her 
dusting your room, wouldn’t you?”