Amara and Michelle exchanged no words as they drove through the night along a deserted road by the sea. The past events of the night had sunk in deep to the core already, and yet no words had to be spoken. Amara though did feel a need to speak up, to break the chill of night air that so consumed their thoughts. "They didn't need our help did they?"
Michelle thought for a moment, "No," she said shaking her head, "they did seem to have it all under control. But we have a new enemy Amara. A true threat among the other minions we've seen. Who do you think it is?"
"I don't think it's anyone in particular. Maybe just a new person in town, looking for some fun. But we'll be ready."
"Right," Michelle agreed. No more was said.
* * *
"Rini are you sure you're all right? I mean you got thrown pretty hard"
"Really Serena. Just stop it! I'm fine now get some sleep," Rini replied a bit annoyed.
"I was just worried. We're shaken up from that fight tonight!"
Rini nodded and left Serena's room. Serena herself turned out the lights and tried sleeping. It was hard though. The oddest part was, as soon as she fell into a peaceful slumber, her thoughts were twisted and spun and manipulated like a marionette on strings. The dark visions came to her. A world full of blackness. An angry and demanding voice suddenly seeped into her mind.
"Give it up Princess! You're losing everything to us! Go home or fight but you'll ultimately lose!" the icy figure exclaimed laughing.
"I won't! I am the Moon Princess! This is my kingdom!" Serena protested, clutching her scepter tight. Four mysterious shadows stood before the stressed Princess. The only thing recognizable on the shadows were the glowing outlines of four black stars.
"It doesn't matter who you are. We're taking it all," an icy voice laughed. Serena jerked up in bed just then in a cold sweat.
"I have to find the others. This is terrible!" Serena exclaimed in fear. Although, it was two o'clock in the morning now, and the frightened rabbit was overcome by sleep. No more dreams filled her mind that nightbut the worst of all this was yet to come.
* * *
Aurora walked casually through the starship humming a gentle melody. Her first creation Drayga had been vaporized. (I wonder how the sisters will react.) Aurora entered the common room to find a few very disappointed sisters.
"You failed!" Borealis exclaimed, hands on her hips.
"How could you possibly fail against these stupid humans?" Glimmer shouted. She shot a cold glare at her sister.
"Listen baby sister! I don't appreciate your accusations. Drayga was my very weakest creation and she was that way for a purpose. She was merely a test to see exactly how coordinated and strong these Senshi really are," Aurora shot back angrily. Glacier put her hands up.
"Okay ladies! That's enough bickering!" she cried referring to the constant shouting between Glimmer and Borealis. "Aurora didn't fail, but she actually completed her objective."
"Huh?" Glimmer and Borealis said coming out of their cloud 9.
"Her job was to locate and confirm that the girls you found Glimmer, were actually the Senshi. She watched them transform and we have valid proof. We also know some of their attacks and can now develop ways to counter them." Glacier finished with a tone of authority and royalty in her voice.
"Hello! I already confirmed that those girls weres the Senshi! Why send her to do nothing but copy cat work? And one more thing! Aurora told them her name! You're only giving clues to who we are!" Glimmer complained.
"Will you shut up Glimmer?" Aurora blasted.
"Stop it!" Borealis cried. "It is time we finish our plan for drawing the Senshi back to the Moon Kingdom!"
Glacier nodded with a fatal conviction.
* * *
"So Serena, you're saying that there are actually four of these star people?" Mina spoke up in thought.
"Yes, I saw them in my dream!"
"Did you see faces, hair color, physical features of any kind?" Amy questioned. Serena though back and shook her head.
"No only shadows with those black stars."
"Hey Luna," Lita said, "Do you think it could be the four sisters again?"
"I don't think so! I mean, we took care of them and the Doom Phantom quite a while ago. They're quite peaceful people now since Sailor Moon healed them," the wise black cat explained.
"Right. Maybe we should give the sisters a visit and find out who these new badies are," Artemis agreed.
* * *
Mina was the one to ring the four sisters' doorbell. The entire group, except Rini who was home resting, stood patiently awaiting the inhabitors of this home. A tall, slim blonde haired woman answered the door, blue eyes sparkling like jewels. "Well! Hey you guys, we haven't seen you in so long! Come on in!" Birdie laughed. The other sisters were sitting on the couch watching TV.
"Serena, Mina, Lita, Amy, and Raye!" Prisma exclaimed completely delighted.
"We're so glad to see you," Avery spoke with a smile.
"Come on in, get comfortable, sit down!" Catsy went on.
Five minutes later when everyone was settled in and greeted, the discussions began. "Sisters, the reason we came to see you is because we need some help," Serena started off. The rest of the girls helped her go through all the specifics of the story as the four sisters sat listening intently.
"So do you think maybe you could give us a heads up about these people?" Lita inquired calmly. Catsy shifted in her chair. Being the oldest, she assumed a lot of responsibility.
"Are you thinking what I'm thinking sisters?" she said turning to the others. They nodded at her question. "Senshi, it seems to me that the people you're describing are some long lost counter parts of ours. You see, in fact there were eight sisters. Four of us and four of them-
"Who's them?" Mina asked a bit confused.
"Let me start from the beginning," Catsy replied. "Before the reign or terror that started with the attack on the Moon Kingdom in the future, the Wise Man brought together the eight of us. Because each of the groups contained four blood related sisters, we were made adopted to one another. We were the original Four Sisters and when the others were brought in, they too chose a name."
"They became the Infinite Storm Sisters," Avery spoke.
"Right, and we became united. But they were different than us and had other plans in store for themselves. So, to punish them, The Wise Man said they had left, but when really he'd trapped them in time folds to hold them captive. After our big battle, and the fight against the Doom Phantom, the evil was dispelled and all has returned to normal. But it looks to me like they escaped and are out for revenge, and ready to start up again their original plans," Birdie continued.
"But what about the black stars? Serena keeps seeing four shadows with black stars on their foreheads. I kept seeing a vision of a black star and like I said, saw a strange girl yesterday with the same mark. What does this mean?" Raye asked.
"That only confirms our beliefs! Like we as the evil Four Sisters had the dark nega-moon emblems on our foreheads as a declaration of our power, they Storm Sisters have a black star as theirs. You see, the moon and stars work together as one, as our two "families" were supposed to," Catsy finished.
"Where did they come from?" Serena said after a moment of quiet.
"Actually, since our emblems represented different things, their place origin is also different from ours. When the Wise Man had us under his demonic spell, we had come from the planet Nemesis, a dead moon, hence our black moons. Because they have black stars, their place of origin is the hidden Nemesis Star. It was hidden until we were all united. Did we help at all?" Prisma said finally.
The girls nodded their heads in appreciation. "What about their abilities? Their powers and strengths? I mean we fought a huge dragon last night that one of those Storm Sisters created. So that's two we've seen so far. But the other two are going to show up soon I know." Amy folded her hands after finishing.
"Good question," Avery replied. "We only met them and knew them for a while before any fighting began. So as far as we know, we can't tell you a thing. All I can say about their powers is be ready for anything."
