The History Lesson
By Wendy Olson
I think that by now you should know who the sailors are and who I am. I guess I will say I’m a black longhaired cat with yellow-green eyes and a gold Gemini symbol on my forehead. The latest sailor we found was Sailor Aquarius Kelly Cascade from Ireland.
In the last story we found Sailor Aquarius and lost Wendy. What I mean by that is Hercules kid-napped Wendy. This story starts right after that. The other 11 girls powered down and all 12 went to Mindy and Wendy’s dorm room. We thought it was the best way to think of a plan.
"How are we going to find her? She could be anywhere." Mindy said though tears. She was holding her sister’s star broach very tightly.
"Their base must be in space, how else can the queen read the stars." Offered Esa.
"Okay, but then how do we get there?" asked Cleo.
"I know of a way, but sadly it requires all 12 sailors." I said.
"What is it?" questioned Lee.
"All of you together can teleport using ‘Zodiac Constellation Travel’. It can take you anywhere you need to go." I told them.
"Well, we need Wendy for that. So what else?" Kelly sighed.
"I can take you there." A man in the doorway said. Then he walked in and it was Percy.
"Percy! You’re Perseus!" Kim yelled at him. Percy then nodded his head yes.
"But how? You were at the dance at the same time Perseus was there." Mindy said in disbelief.
"This." he pointed to a watch on his right wrist, "It is a holo-watch." Then standing next to Percy was Perseus and Perseus repeated what Percy just said. Percy touched his watch and the image disappeared.
"That means Hank is Hercules." Sobbed Mindy. Again Percy nodded.
"Okay it is time for you to come clean!" I yelled at him.
"You are right. This is a long story, but it needs to be said. One thousand years ago, during the Silver Millennium, all constellations had true forms besides the stars in the sky. The ancient Greeks named us. They also made up stories about us. Not that they were correct mind you. The constellations had a king and queen: King Cepheus and Queen Cassiopeia. They ruled us all with loving hands. We all were part of the kingdom: The Constellation Alliance. You were all constellations in the beginning." Percy began.
"Wait, I was scales and Shelly was a crab?" asked disturbed Rosa. Shelly made an icky face.
"No, you were always meant to be sailors. You always had Sailor Crystals, in the beginning you were not awakened yet. You were girls who had star crystals like Andromeda.
These star crystals are the representation of the stars on our bodies. What I mean is, how the constellation looks in the sky is how the crystals are arranged on our bodies. In my constellation I have Medusa’s head, but I really don’t want to carry that around, so I don’t have it in real life.
You were awakened when the Horoscope Stone was found. It is a powerful weapon that can change history and predict the future. You were needed to protect it so you became the Zodiac Senshi." He continued.
"If the queen was good why is she after the stone?" questioned Bella.
"It wasn’t Queen Cassiopeia who wanted it originally. The king thought that because he was the king it should rightfully be his. He went mad when you would not let him have it. The Queen only cared that Andromeda didn’t become a sailor. She really wanted her daughter to be a sailor too.
The king tried to take it from you with force. You used the stone’s most powerful weapon, you wrote him out of history." Percy went on.
"If he was written out of history why does everyone remember him?" Celeste asked.
"Writing people out of history only means it destroyed them completely. The Horoscope stone can also bring people back from the dead. That is also why the queen wants it. She thinks it can bring back Cepheus and destroy you. It can’t bring him back, only Andromeda and the others can be brought back.
After the death of the king Cassiopeia wanted revenge. She gave you all an invitation to stay in her castle and said she wanted peace. Being smart sailors that you are you only sent Sailors Gemini and their guide cat Mojo."
"Why only them?" pondered Noel.
"The queen needs all of the sailors to get the stone so with only one sailor going there was no chance of that. You sent Gemini because you felt sorry for them." Explained Percy.
"Why do we feel sorry for them?" Heather asked.
"Sailors Gemini are a sailor together. They each only have one half of a Sailor Crystal. They are also the least powerful, always needing each other to use a spell.
I’m glad you sent them though, you see I fell in love with Pollux and Hercules fell for Castor." Percy said as he sat down onto the floor.
"Who are Castor and Pollux?" Mindy asked. All of the girls were intrigued. As he spoke I began to remember more of the past. Everything he said was true.
"Wendy was Pollux and you were Castor. We all fell in love while you were in Cassiopeia’s castle. This didn’t go over well with the queen. I was betrothed to her only daughter Andromeda. This was the final straw, she didn’t care about the stone anymore, she wanted to see Sailors Gemini dead.
Cassiopeia sent all of the other constellations after us. We were hurt and couldn’t call for the rest of you. We gave up as she prepared one fatal final blow. We were in luck though; she never was able to fire it.
There was another war that day, a war with the Moon Kingdom. The Negaverse was winning and claimed the lives of both the Moon Princess and the Earth Prince. Queen Serenity sent all of the participants of that war, and as luck had it us, here to the future to be reborn." Percy stopped for a rest.
"Wow." Is all Shelly could say.
"Okay, the reason Hercules and I are on her team is because Queen Cassiopeia found us first. She was not reborn. The queen is tied to her chair and waited one thousand years for her revenge. Constellations are alive as long as the corresponding constellation is still in the sky, unless of course they are killed. She found Hercules, Orion, Andromeda and me and told us everything she wanted us to know." He said.
"Why do you remember then?" I questioned.
"I went along with Orion when he awakened Sailors Gemini. I saw Wendy’s face and remembered everything." Stated Percy.
"Hercules hasn’t?" Mindy began to sob again.
"We know he isn’t all bad. Right, Noel and Rosa?" He asked the girls whose powers could tell how evil people were.
"He isn’t too evil." Rosa and Noel said together and smiled.
"Take us to get Wendy." Cleo rose to her feet and demanded.
"I will only take Mojo. You girls wait here for Wendy and then you can come and fight the queen." He told the girls.
"No. We all want to go." The girls said in unison.
"I’m sorry you are vulnerable without Sailors Gemini. Once you have Wendy you can teleport and use the stone. The queen is too powerful for you without the stone." What he said made sense.
"Girls listen to him. I will get Wendy, don’t worry." I said. Percy then changed from Percy to Perseus. I jumped onto his shoulders. He took me into the hallway where a white winged horse was. The girls followed.
"This must be Pegasus!" Heather shouted and petted the horse. The horse also has a gold mane and tail.
Mindy walked over to Perseus and said, "Before you go, give this to Wendy. Tell her we love her and want her back safely." She then put Wendy’s violet star broach in his hands. Perseus closed his hands around it and nodded his head yes.
Perseus looked at the girls one more time and then jumped onto the back of Pegasus. It scared me. I really don’t like horses. I jumped off Perseus’s shoulders and onto the rear of the horse. I looked down at the girls and all but Mindy, Esa and Shelly had angry faces. The three others were sad looking instead.
I smiled a smile and waved my paw goodbye. We took off and flew through the ceiling. It was weird we were flying and all I could see was blue and black. I really couldn’t see anything else and I started to feel sick. Then as we kept going I felt my head spinning and I was becoming very dizzy.
"You can look now." I heard Perseus’s warm voice say. I had my paws over my eyes and I was trembling.
"I wasn’t scared." I lied. Pegasus whinnied, I think he was laughing at me.
"We’re here. I think Wendy will be with the queen in her throne room." Perseus pointed down the hall where we stood. We both jumped down from the horse and headed to a big blue door. I could hear a shrill voice yelling Perseus’s name from within the door. "I’ll have my hologram self enter first. Then I’ll see if I can get her." Perseus whispered as he pressed his watch. Another Perseus appeared and entered the door. Pegasus stood behind us.
We could hear them from where we stood. "Yes my queen." the fake Perseus said.
"Where have you been? Hercules brought me this girl over a hour ago." The queen yelled at fake Perseus.
"See I beat you! I brought your girlfriend when you couldn’t." I heard Hercules say.
"Help me Perseus!" Wendy’s frightened voice rang out. I wanted to run to her. I put one paw out and stopped.
"You can’t yet." Whispered the real Perseus.
"Wait you aren’t the real Perseus! Hey!" Hercules yelled as he discovered the impostor.
"We’re found out." Perseus said and ran into the room. The queen sat on a throne in the back of the room. She had long black hair with flecks of white. Her eyes where bluish-black with stars and she wore a dress to match. She also wore a silver crown with crystals that was a constellation on her head. Of course she had crystals on her body.
Wendy had chains around her as she sat in front of the queen. Hercules was next to her kneeling. The fake Perseus also was kneeling. The real Perseus and I were in the back of the room.
Perseus touched his watch and made the fake him disappear. "What is the meaning of this? Why is that cat here?" Cassiopeia yelled.
"Medusa’s Head!" Perseus used his power against the queen. Her hand turned into stone. Her stone hand changed back after a few seconds.
"Insolent fool! You can’t fight me! Vanity Star Beam!" She yelled at Perseus. All of her crystals produced beams of light until it became one huge beam that hit Perseus. His crystals began to glow. Then he fell to the ground.
"NO!" shouted Wendy. She tried to get to him but couldn’t move.
"I remember the truth! Heroic Blade!" Hercules used his sword to free Wendy. He had tears in his eyes. Perseus was his brother.
Wendy ran to Perseus and took him into her arms. His crystals began to crack and break. "Be strong and win the war. I just wanted you to know that I always loved you. " Perseus said and then caressed her face with his hand. Wendy bent down and kissed him. "This is from Mindy. The girls love you and want you back safely. Use it and be careful." He said as he put her violet star broach into her hand.
"I love you too. Thank you." She began to cry. Soon Perseus became stars and then disappeared. Wendy’s arms stayed in the air not knowing what to do. She then put the star to her chest and hugged it tight.
"Scutum!" Hercules shouted and a constellation shield formed around us. The queen tried other spells, but they couldn’t get in.
I ran to her but I was on only two legs. I could see that I was human. The girls told me later that I had yellow-green eyes and black hair. My hair was long and in a ponytail. My hair was so long that it touched the floor. I still had the Gemini symbol on my forehead. I was dressed similarly to Hercules in a black color.
"Wendy you must go and get the others. Ride Pegasus he’ll take you there. Hercules and I will stay and fight till you get back." I said as I helped Wendy to her feet. She then hugged me softly. For the first time I towered over the girl. I must have been just under six feet tall.
"Mojo? No, you can’t die too!" She cried on my shoulder.
"Did I kill the one you love? Well, you killed my husband and daughter!" the queen then laughed evilly.
"I killed her! Go!" Hercules shouted.
"What?" The queen looked confused and then angry. "I should have known! Those sailors are afraid to kill." The queen began to laugh once more.
I whipped the tears from Wendy’s eyes and kissed her on her cheek. Wendy knowing this is what she had to do ran to the hallway where the horse waited.
"Mojo Magic!" I used my power toward the queen.
Hercules joined in, "Heroic Blade!"
Concluded in "The War with a Queen"