PRELUDE TO A TRIP INTO THE FUTURE
A Sailor Moon Sekkushiaru Roman


by Sailor Mac
	"Why aren't we going to Darien's house this afternoon?"
	"I told you already. . .Darien has lab today. We're just going home to do
our homework, and then we're going to the arcade."
	"Can't we go to Darien's *after* he's done with lab?"
	Serena heaved a deep sigh. Reenie *always* wanted to go to Darien's house.
And Darien was always very happy to see her.
	It's nice to go over there so much, Serena thought, but. . .I want to be
*alone* with him, dammit!
	It also annoyed her that the two had formed such an instant bond. She knew
why. . .because they could communicate with each other telepathically. When
she tried to do the same thing with Reenie, the result was just an annoying
buzz in her head, almost like radio interference.
	"It's because her telepathic ability is too immature, and yours isn't
fully refined yet," Darien had told her. "Once you develop it a little
more, you'll be able to pick up on her wavelength too."
	In the meantime, she thought, I feel like I'm being left out.
	They arrived at her house. "Reenie!" her mother said. "Come into the
kitchen, I've just made chocolate chip cookies."
	"Chocolate chips?" said Serena, her eyes shining.
	"Ah-ah-ah, none for you until you pick up those clothes all over your
floor. I told you this morning, Serena. . ."
	Serena wrinkled her nose and headed upstairs. Reenie has my mother wrapped
around her finger, she thought. She's got *everyone* wrapped around her
finger. What the heck has she got that I haven't got? Maybe. . .maybe she's
some kind of super-psychic, who can get into people's heads even if they
don't have psychic ability. . .naah, that's ridiculous. If she was a
super-psychic, I wouldn't have so much trouble communicating with her. . .
	After she hung up the last of her clothes, Serena started out of the room
to get the cookies. Then, a voice in the back of her head said, "Serena, if
you want to improve your psychic abilities. . .why aren't you doing your
exercises? You haven't done your psychic exercises in a *long* time. . ."
	She flopped down on the bed and took a deep breath, closing her eyes and
trying to quiet her mind. She held the breath for a count of three, then
exhaled for a count of three, then breathed in for a count of three. . .
	And then, she did what Raye had told her to do. . . "Imagine your
consciousness spiraling outward from your body, until it expands over your
house, then your town, then the entire country, then the whole Earth, then
out into the cosmos. . ."
	She felt herself going deep, deep into a trance state. And she felt her
level of psychic energy rising like a river. She reached out with her mind,
and felt for the tiny, bright pinpoint of psychic energy she knew was
downstairs. . .
	Now, she thought. Now I should be able to connect with her. She flung her
mind at Reenie's like a lance.
	Reenie was sitting at the kitchen table, contentedly munching her cookies,
when she felt the jolt. She gasped and sat bolt upright, the cookie
clattering to the table.
	"Reenie?" Mrs. Tsukino said. "Are you all right?"
	And in the next few seconds, information surged from the child's mind to
Serena's like water gushing out of a broken main. A crazy collage of images
and impressions danced before her. . .
	Serena saw a city made entirely of crystal, and knew that to Reenie this
was "home." She also knew that "home" was in the far-off future. And then
she saw destruction, the beautiful city being blown apart piece by piece. .
.
	Then, Serena saw a woman, a woman she'd seen somewhere before. . .she wore
a Sailor Soldier fuku and carried a big staff, and was saying, "Use the key
to take yourself back. . .they key. . .the key. . .the. . ."
	And the overload became too much for Serena. Her head became filled with
blinding white light and unbearable pain, and she screamed, then passed
out.
* * *
	Darien was leaving his lab when the surge of fear passed through him. Oh,
Gods, he thought, it's Serena. . .
	He tried to activate his psychic link with her, and recoiled from the jolt he received. She's bitten off more than her mind can chew, he thought. Psychic overload. . .
	He leapt into his car and drove to Serena's house as fast as he could.
	When he got there, he was greeted at the door by a worried-looking Reenie.
"Serena's upstairs, we heard her scream and Eileen-mama went upstairs and
found her passed out. . ."
	"Reenie, did you notice anything unusual right before Serena screamed?"
	"No. . .except when I was eating my cookies, I got a funny feeling. . ."
	"What kind of feeling?"
	"Like someone was poking around inside my head."
	Darien knew what had happened now. Serena had probably gone into a deep
meditative state and forced a psychic connection with Reenie.
	He raced up to the bedroom and saw his Meatball Head lying there, deathly
pale, eyes closed. Her mother was lying beside her.
	"Oh, Darien, it's awful. . .she just screamed and fainted, and I can't
wake her up. . .You have to help me get her to a doctor."
	"She'll be all right," he said soothingly. "She's probably just overtired.
. .I know that she and the other girls pulled an all-nighter the other
night studying for that science test."
	He put his fingers on Serena's temples and gently pushed his mind toward
hers. It was still crackling with excess psychic energy, which he drew into
his own mind and body, slowly, bit by bit, then pushed up and out of his
head.
	Finally, Serena's eyes opened. "Darien. . ." she whispered.
	"You'll be all right, Meatball Head. You just have to rest now."
	"Darien, we have to talk. About. . ." She caught sight of her mother out
of the corner of her eye and quickly clammed up.
	"Sssh, honey, I know. . ." He looked at her mother. "She's okay now."
	"I still want to take her to a doctor. . ."
	"Mom, I feel fine now. . .really. I just. . .felt tired and dizzy, and I
fell over."
	Her mother eyed her skeptically for a moment, then said, "All right, but
if you feel in the least bit woozy or dizzy or lousy in any way. . ."
	"I'll keep an eye on her, Mrs. Tsukino," Darien said.
	"Please, Darien. . .call me Eileen."
	"All right. . .Eileen."
	Serena's mother glanced at the couple for a second, then headed down the
stairs, a small smile on her face. She knew her daughter was in good hands.
	Once they were alone, Serena and Darien embraced. "Oh, Darien, it was
awful. . ."
	"Looks like you just experienced the psychic equivalent of sticking your
finger in a light socket, Meatball Head. Did you put yourself in a deep
trace and then slam your mind into Reenie's?"
	"I just wanted to. . .to communicate with her like you do. . ."
	"Serena, you're trying to run when you've just learned to take baby steps.
You'll be able to communicate with her eventually. . .but you have to
refine your talent first." He saw tears start to run down her face. "Shh,
darling, it's all right. . ."
	"Oh, Gods, Darien. . .I saw so much. . .so fast. . . ."
	"What did you see?"
	And she proceeded to tell him.
* * *
	Raye answered the door to find Darien. . .and Reenie.
	"Hi," he said. "I offered to take her off Mrs. Tsukino's hands while
Serena rests. She had a little. . .accident earlier."
	"What happened? I felt a disturbance. . ."
	"Well, if it isn't the little one!" came a voice behind her.
	"Grandpa!" said Reenie, happily. She'd come to like the little old man
very much, especially since they'd started working out together in his
karate gym.
	"Wanna come into the kitchen for some cookies?"
	"Sure!" (A double dose of cookies, Darien thought. She won't eat a bite of
her dinner tonight. . .)
	Once Reenie had gone, he said to Raye, "Look, I really brought her over
because. . .I think it's time we try something, and I want your opinion on
it."
	"What is it?"
	"I want to put her in a trance so we can really see what's in her head.
This afternoon, Serena did something foolish. . .but it was also something
that gave us a lot of information. . ."
	He told Raye about what Serena had seen. She listened thoughtfully, and
her ears especially picked up when he described the woman with the staff.
	"Darien. . .I've seen her!"
		"Yes, in the visions we had of the new Sailor Soldiers. . ."
	"No, I saw *her.* Just her, alone. And not only did I *see* her, I spoke
with her. Just before Christmas, I had a dream. . ."
	She proceeded to tell him about how Sailor Pluto had taken her on a tour
of the past, present and future in order to teach her the true meaning of
Christmas.
	Darien shook his head. "That clinches it, then. Reenie is very deeply
connected to us, and to our destiny. It's no accident that she landed smack
on top of Serena. And in order for our destiny. . .and the world's destiny.
. .to be fulfilled, we have to help her."
	"Putting her in a trance, though, seems a bit risky. Can't you communicate
telepathically with her?"
	"I can. . .but it's mostly rudimentary. She's a wild talent, and her
abilities are still very immature. But I've had a few moments when I can
fully communicate with her. . .like when you were taken captive by Rubeus
on the spaceship and I was left behind on Earth. I saw everything that was
happening in my mind's eye, and I was able to tell Reenie to grab the
central crystal of the system. But most of the time. . .I get nothing from
her but half-formed thoughts and pictures."
	"Do you think. . .she was transmitting the nightmares you were having?"
	"No, but she's definitely connected to them. And I think she's the one who
holds the key. . ."
	"The key?"
	"During the last nightmare I had, I was told that we'd find the answers in
the future, and a key would take us there. And Sailor Pluto was saying in
Serena's vision, 'Use the key to go back.'"
	Raye took a deep breath. "I still think it's risky. . .but it's worth the
risk. These enemies aren't going away. I thought that when we healed the
Wyrd Sisters, and got rid of Rubeus, that would be the end of it. But it
wasn't. It's just been getting worse."
	"And with every passing day, Reenie is in more and more danger, and so is
the Earth."
	Just then, Reenie came running back into the living room. "Guys!" she
said. "You've got to see the cool old stuff he's got in there. . ."
	Darien picked up Reenie and gave her a hug. "Reenie, you've told us you
want to go back to your Mommy and Daddy, right?"
	"Yes. . .but I can't go back. I've tried, and I've tried, and it doesn't work!"
	"What if Raye and I did something that might help us to get you back?"
	"Like what?"
	"We're going to make you go to sleep, like you do at night. And then,
you'll be having a kind of dream, and we'll be seeing the dream along with
you. And what we see in the dreams could help us get you home."
	The child looked slowly from one of them to the other. If anyone else had
asked her to do something like that, she would have said no on the spot.
But this was Darien, one of the two people she loved most in this strange
and frightening world she'd been thrust into. . .
	She smiled at him. "Okay."
	He hugged her closer. "Atta girl. Now, we're going to take you into the
main room of the temple. . ."
* * *
	Darien and Raye sat on either side of Reenie, who was lying on her back
inside a circle of salt with candles at each cardinal point. Each one held
one of her hands.
	"Reenie," Darien said, "I want you to take a deep breath and look up at
the ceiling. . .now imagine yourself back home, someplace where you feel
comfortable. . ."
	"My daddy's garden?"
	"Yes, your daddy's garden. . .and you're lying there, watching the clouds
go by, and it's a beautiful, warm day, and you start to feel very, very
sleepy. . .your whole body starts to feel heavy, and your eyelids are
drooping closed. . ."
	He could start to feel the shifts in the child's psychic vibrations as she
moved into a state of hypnotic sleep. And when he could feel that she was
totally under, he started to push his mind very, very gently toward hers,
and he felt Raye do the same. . .
	His head was flooded with the same vision of the crystal city he'd seen
before. But it looked like it had been laid to waste. Buildings look like
they had been bombed, or burned out; no people were in the streets. Even
the great crystal palace in the middle looked scarred.
	Darien sent a communication toward Reenie:
	-Is this home?-
	A reply came back, -Yes.-
	-What is it called?-
	-Crystal Tokyo.-
	Crystal Tokyo? Darien thought. It looked like no place in Tokyo that he
was familiar with. Perhaps, he thought, this is the Tokyo of an alternate
reality? Or a duplicate of Tokyo on another planet? Or. . .
	Then, he remembered what Osiris had told him. "You'll find the answers in
the future. . ."
	-Reenie, what year was it in Crystal Tokyo when you left?-
	-It was 2245.-
	He could feel the jolt of surprise from Raye. He felt his own heart speed
up. We're one big step closer to the solution of the mystery, he thought.
	-Where do you live here?-
	-In the palace. With my mommy and daddy.-
	He began to push his consciousness through the streets, toward the palace.
Everywhere he looked, he saw desolation. . .
	-Reenie. . .what happened here?-
	He felt the fear flooding through the child, and she began to close off
her thoughts, as if to block the memory from her mind. . .
	Then, the thought came through, tiny and faint. . .-The bad people came.-
	-What bad people?-
	-The ones with the upside-down moons on their heads.-
	His consciousness had reached the palace, and he pushed it through the
doors. . .
	The interior of the palace was as deserted as the rest of the city.
-Reenie. . .where are your parents?-
	And then he caught sight of what looked like a woman in a glass coffin.
-Is this your mother?-
	-Yes. She's. . .sleeping. . .and my father is hidden away. . .-
	Then, a thought from Raye: -How did you get to the past, Reenie?-
	-With the key. . .Puu let me through the doorway.-
	-Who is Puu, Reenie?- Darien thought.
	-Puu is. . .my friend. She's a lady with a big staff who stands at the
Door of Time. . .-
	It's Sailor Pluto, both Darien and Raye thought at the same time.
	-Where can we find Puu?-
	-I have to take you there. With the key. . .but the key doesn't work, and
every time I try to use it, the bad people come. . .-
	-Reenie. . .will you be willing to take us there tomorrow?-
	A pause.
	-Nothing will happen to you, Reenie,- Raye thought. -We'll all be there,
as the Sailor Soldiers. We'll protect you from anything that comes along.-
	-Well. . .okay.-
	-And now, Reenie,- Darien thought, -you're going to wake up when you hear
the sound of my voice. You'll feel like you just had a nice nap. . .-
	"Reenie?" he said.
	The child's eyes fluttered open. "Darien? Raye?"
	"You did well, Reenie," Raye said. "We're going to try to go home with you
tomorrow."
	"Really?" She sprung to her feet and grabbed the Luna Ball that always
followed her. "Cool! Everyone's going?"
	"All the Sailor Soldiers," Darien replied. "And now, I'd better get you
home, it's almost dinnertime." Over his shoulder, he said, "Raye, tell the
others. . .10 a.m. tomorrow, at the boat launch."
	As he drove Reenie home, he felt an excited anticipation rising within
him. What will we see when we go there? he thought. What will we all learn
about our *own* futures?
* * *
	Having Serena go to Darien's apartment that night was out of the question
after her fainting spell that afternoon. So he returned to the Tsukino
house after they had dinner.
	Alas, being *alone* with her was almost impossible with Reenie around. The
child plopped herself firmly in his lap and clung to him like a burr. Not
that he really minded, indeed, he usually loved the child's company and
attention,  but he and Serena had important things to discuss. . .
	The whole family ended up in the living room watching a video of Reenie's
favorite movie, "Kiki's Delivery Service" (despite Sammy's loud protests:
"This movie sucks! Can't we watch some Dragon Ball instead?") until she
finally started to nod off. Mrs. Tsukino took her up to bed, Mr. Tsukino
channel-surfed, then abruptly stopped on a certain movie. . .
	And Darien said loudly to Serena, "Why don't you show me that new video
game you got last weekend?"
	She knew full well what he wanted. . .the video games were down in the rec
room. . .
	Once they got downstairs, she closed and locked the door, then threw her
arms around him, crushing her mouth against his. He sucked in his breath
hard as he felt her sweet little tongue begin to dance around, stroking and
caressing his. . .
	Reluctantly, he eased his mouth away, then brought his lips to her ear,
softly kissing the lobe before whispering, "Not yet, love, not yet. We have
to talk first. . ."
	She made a face, but sat down on the couch. He sat beside her.
	"Serena, sweetheart, what happened to you this afternoon was the result of
doing something that was. . .not that smart. But it gave us lots of
valuable information. And later on, Raye and I found out more. . ."
	He told her about the hypnotic session at the temple. "Sailor Pluto?"
Serena said. "The one we've been seeing in our visions?"
	"Yes. . .and Raye hasn't just seen her, she *spoke* with her in a dream.
Whoever this Sailor Pluto is, she holds the keys to the gate of time. .
.and it seems she won't let Reenie through the gate unless she brings us
with her."
	"So we're going not just to get rid of the enemies," Serena said slowly.
"We're going because. . .it's a big part of our destiny."
	"A huge part. I remember what Osiris said to me. . .in the future, I would
find the answers to why I was having those dreams, and that the key would
take us there. Reenie has the key. In fact, Reenie *is* the key."
	Serena snuggled close to him. "Oh, Gods, Darien. . .I want to get rid of
these enemies *badly*, but the thought of going into the future. . .it's
scary. What if we can't come back?"
	"Don't worry, love. . .I'm sure we'll be able to come back. Whoever this
Sailor Pluto is, I doubt that she'd double-cross her sister Sailor Soldiers
and leave them stranded in the future."
	"I wonder what the enemies' ringleader is like, how tough it will be to
defeat him, or her. . ."
	"Whatever it is. . .we *will* beat it. Osiris said something else to me. .
. 'With your love united, nothing can defeat you.' We can draw on the power
of love all around us. . .our love for each other, and the love between
friends. And we *know* that our enemies don't have that power. If they were
aware of the power of love, they wouldn't be on the side of evil."
	She kissed him. "Whenever we go into battle together, I'm never afraid,
because I know you'll always protect me. . ."
	"And I know you'll always protect me. I love you."
	"I love you, too."
	Their arms came around each other, and they began to kiss. . .soft, quick,
gentle kisses at first, then deeper, hotter, wetter. . .
	"Oh, gods," he groaned between kisses, "if only the couch-bed was made up. . ."
	"It is. I sneak down here when nobody else is home and make sure there's
always clean sheets on the couch-bed, just in case. . ."
	"Why, you little minx. . ." Their mouths came together again and again,
and between kisses he managed to gasp, "This is a dangerous game, you know
that?"
	She eased away from him for a second, and with a big smile, said, "We
won't get caught, my love. You see, my father was watching a James Bond
film when we left. And when he's watching those, a nuclear explosion
couldn't tear him away from the TV. And when he watches James Bond films. .
.my mother goes up in her bedroom and puts her headphones on and reads,
because she *hates* those films."
	"Sly girl," he whispered.
	"So they're both totally distracted. . .which gives us at least a good two
hours. . . She brought her mouth to his again, and eased him back into a
lying position as her tongue stroked his. Almost involuntarily, her legs
slid to either side of his hips, so her womanhood was pressed against the
increasing swelling in his nether regions. She started to pump, creating
delicious friction, making both of them moan. . .She leaned back, and his
hands cupped her breasts through her blouse and bra, gently squeezing, and
he felt the nipples start to harden through the fabric.
	"Serena. . .oh, gods," he sighed, "there's two things I *have* to do right
now.  . ."
	"What, love?"
	"Get this couch open. . .and then get all this damn fabric off your sweet
little body."
	"Your wish is my command." They jumped off the couch together, pulling off
the cushions, sending them flying everywhere. . .As he pulled the bed open,
she stripped off her clothes, leaving them in a heap. She opened the closet
and took out two pillows, covered her body with them and jumped onto the
bed.
	"Hey there, handsome," she said. "Looking for something?"
	"Yes. I was looking for a beautiful minx."
	"You look rather overdressed to be looking for a minx. Here, let me help
you take care of that. . ."
	Together, they rid him of his shirt, then pants. As she pulled down his
boxers, her heart sped up at the sight of what was revealed. She took it in
her hand, gently, running her fingers slowly up and down its length.
	"Mmmm," he purred. "You know just what to do. . ."
	"Want me to do more?" she said. She slipped it into her mouth, bobbing her
head up and down as her hands reached up to unfasten her hair. When she
took her lips away, she took a handful of her hair and rubbed it quickly,
back and forth over the head. He groaned louder and louder, writhing with
passion.
	"Serena. . .Serena. . .oh, baby, baby. . ."
	"Does this feel good?"
	"Yes. . .oh, honey. . ."
	She took it in her mouth again, but she soon felt him gently easing her
away. "Not yet, Serena. . .I don't want to come yet. . .let me pleasure you
first."
	He guided her into a lying position and gazed down at her, reverently. She
looked like nothing less than a goddess in her nudity, perfectly formed,
covered with her endless, ethereal waterfall of blonde hair. . .
	She smiled at him. "What are you thinking?"
	"I'm thinking of how effective you'd be going into battle naked. The
monsters would be so stunned by the sight of your beauty that they'd just
stand there and wait to be zapped."
	"Maybe I should try it. Especially since we don't know what we'll be
facing tomorrow. . ."
	"Hush, love. Let's not think about that for now. Let's just think about
this. . ."
	And he brought his mouth to hers again as his thumbs came up to her
nipples. She gasped as she felt him caressing the hardened buds, as the
liquid fire began to shoot through her body. . .
	She opened her legs wider, inviting him to explore, and it was an
invitation he couldn't refuse. His fingers slipped inside her wet softness
as his lips closed on a nipple. She let out a cry as pleasure roared
through her. "DARIEN! Ohhh, baby, yeessss, yeeessss, that's SO nice. . ."
	He fluttered his tongue over the lovely little bud, delighting in the
taste, the texture, the way her body quivered when he did this, shuddered
when he did that. . .His fingers slid in and out of her, slowly, slowly, as
he savored the feel of her wrapped all around him.. .
	"Ohh," she moaned, "ohh, baby, up, go up. . ."
	He raised his head. "Up?"
	"I want you to touch my. . .my. . ."
	"This?" he said teasingly, bringing his hand to the spot just above the
blonde thicket of hair at the juncture of her thighs.
	"Nooo! Too high!"
	"Okay. . .what about. . .this?" He moved his hand so he was below the
entrance to her womanhood.
	"DAAAARIEN!!!"
	"I seem to have trouble finding this spot. . .guess I'd better go down
there and look."
	He parted her thighs a bit further and crawled down so he could see the
lovely pink petals that hid her sweet secrets. . .
	His tongue snaked out and began caressing the flesh around her jewel. .
.she let out long, low moans, her whole body writhing. . .And then, he
connected with the nub that most craved his touch, and her hips jerked as
she cried out. As he flicked his tongue over it again and again, his hands
slid back up her body until his fingers were caressing her nipples again.
She panted, feeling like she was going to explode at any second. . .
	"Darien. . .oh yes. . .oh, my darling. . .I love it, keep doing it, ohhhh. . ."
	He took both mouth and hands away for a second, and she made a small
whimper of disappointment. . .then, he started caressing, licking, sucking
again, twice as hard and fast as before, and all the pleasure that had been
building up seemed to burst into fireworks, and she brought a hand to her
mouth to muffle the shriek as the climax wracked her.
	She fell back onto the bed, breathing heavily, and she felt his lips leaving gentle, soft kisses all over her face. . .
	"I love you so much, baby," he whispered.
	"I love you, too. . ."
	As she drifted back to reality, she became seized with an urge. . .the
urge to bring him to a thunderous climax.
	She gently rolled him onto his back and fumbled on the floor for his
discarded pants. Pulling out a condom, she rolled it on, then straddled
him, bringing her lips to his. She didn't plunge him inside her at first. .
.she teased him a bit, rubbing her womanhood against his manhood, letting
the very tip of him slide just inside her entrance, then pulling away. .
.When he made a low groan of frustration, she knew it was time to "strike."
She plunged onto him, feeling him fill her totally. Both of them cried out
at the intimate contact. She started a slow pumping rhythm, then picked up
speed, more and more. . .She could feel his body tense, getting ready to
come. . .and then, suddenly, another climax burst inside her, and she cried
out moments before his own orgasm hit him.
	She collapsed atop him, and they clung to each other, laying soft kisses
on cheeks, temples, eyelids. . .
	He felt her totally relax, her eyelids start to droop. Normally, this
would be a good thing. Unfortunately. . .
	"Serena. . .we can't fall asleep here, sweetheart. We have to get dressed
and go upstairs. . ."
	"Mmm. . ."
	"Come on, honey. . .James Bond movie or no James Bond movie, if we don't
get dressed and go up your father will be suspicious."
	She made a face, but got up off the bed. Both of them dressed slowly, then
folded the bed back up. . .the sheets would be dealt with later.
	When they went back upstairs, her father was still engrossed in his movie.
"That was a great game," Darien said loudly. "You'll have to have me over
to play it again."
	"Anytime. . ."
	"Want to walk me to my car?"
	"Sure. . ."
	"Good night, Mr. Tsukino."
	"Um. . .good night, Darien," he said without taking his eyes from the screen.
	Serena and Darien walked back out to his car and embraced. "Darien, it
seems so incredible that we'll be going to the future tomorrow," she
whispered.
	"It seems incredible. . .but we're going. And we'll get rid of these
enemies once and for all."
	"And I won't be afraid. . .not if you're with me."
	They kissed tenderly, and he whispered, "Good night, my love."
	"Good night."
	As she watched him drive off, she wondered what they would find in the
future. . .and what they would find out about their own futures.
	Just as long as we're together in the future, she thought, then everything
will be wonderful.
* * *
	They did indeed go with Reenie to the future the next day. They found out
about how they would become king and queen of Crystal Tokyo, they fought
with the Black Moon Family, and they had to endure a horrible ordeal where
they saw Reenie infused with Dark Energy and turned into a monster. And all
worked out in the end. . .
	But I think you know that story already.


AUTHOR'S NOTES: You may have noticed the spelling I used for the name of
Rubeus' group of henchwomen: "Wyrd Sisters." "Wyrd" is an old Welsh word
meaning "magic-user" (and was the word that "weird" was derived from).

Thanks, as usual, to Artemis and Luna and the Lemon Tree Gang, whom without
none of this would be possible. . .

Standard Sailor Moon disclaimers apply. These characters ain't mine, I'm
just borrowing them for a little while.