The War with a Queen

By Wendy Olson

 

 

In the last story Perseus explained the past to us. Then Perseus and I went to the constellation base to get Wendy. In doing so Perseus was killed by the queen. Hercules seeing this remembered the truth and joined our side. I became human and sent Wendy to get the others.

Hercules and I fought for a while. Our powers seemed to have no effect on the queen. She would be hit and then she would shake it off. Her powers didn’t get through Scutum the constellation shield that was around us.

Soon next to us appeared the thirteen girls. The sailors were holding hands in a circle. Once they were all the way there they let each others hands go. The twelve sailors then turned to look at the queen. Wendy still had tears in her eyes and so did most of the others. Wendy must have told them about Perseus. The girls also told Wendy about the past, I could tell.

"So we finally meet again. I hope you are ready to give me the stone!" Queen Cassiopeia yelled.

"I think the stone is ours!" argued Taurus.

"Yes, you will never win! Evil never wins." Virgo shouted.

"Mojo? You are always beautiful!" Mindy called to me.

"Hey!" Hercules yelled sarcastically.

"You too." Waved Mindy to Hercules.

"Enough of that! Give me the stone." The queen shouted.

The girls nodded and then put their right arms into the circle. Mindy and Wendy put their arms on top of each other’s. Then the sailors’ tiaras disappeared and were replaced with their symbols. The symbols were in their power colors. Mindy and Wendy’s symbol was both teal and violet. One bar of the Gemini symbol in each color. Next the girls each yelled their zodiac name. After each one did their symbol appeared in the middle of the circle. Again each symbol was in the girl’s power color. After the last girl called her name the stone was complete. The stone was the size of a half-dollar. It was black with the symbols around the edge.

"Such a tiny thing to hold so much power." Shrieked the queen. She greedily looked at the stone.

"Good things come in small packages!" Cancer yelled.

"Well, are you going to use it or give it to me? I suggest giving it to me!" The queen tried to leave her chair but couldn’t.

The girls looked at each other and all twelve sailors yelled, "Horoscope Rewritten History!" A power began to emulate from within the stone and within the girls. The power became a bright white light that the sailors pointed toward the queen.

"Constellation Star Burst!" Queen Cassiopeia fought back. She used the power of all the constellations. Her power came from her hands and was bluish-black with white dots. It looked like her eyes and dress. Both powers hit each other. The girls struggled against the queen’s power. The queen’s power began to win and started to push through the Horoscope Stone’s power.

"Let’s help! Mojo Magic." I yelled and added my power to the stone’s.

Hercules saw me and did the same, "Heroic Blade!"

With all our powers the queen started to lose ground. We all concentrated and poured our souls into it. I could feel my body beginning to ache from loss of power. Hercules looked the same. Hercules and I were not sailors. We were not meant to do these things.

The girls began to get new wind with our powers. Queen Cassiopeia had a look of shock on her face when our power began to win. Soon the white light seemed to eat up the bluish-black light. "No! The stone should be mine! You can’t win." Screamed the queen.

It seemed to be too late for the queen. The Horoscope Stone’s power finally won and hit Queen Cassiopeia. She shrieked and melted before our eyes. Her crystals burst into pieces and she vanished. Then after she was gone the girls kept the power going. A new constellation was forming where the queen once sat. Then more constellations appeared. They were all of the constellations that had been destroyed in our battles. This included Orion and Andromeda.

After they all stood there one more constellation was formed. Perseus was the last to be brought back. He stood there with a wide grin on his face. After he was completely brought back the girls stopped the power. Then the girls all fainted and fell to the ground. Once the circle was broken the Horoscope Stone disappeared.

All the non-human constellations left, to I don’t know where. Orion and Perseus ran to us. Andromeda walked over to where the throne and her mother once sat. The queen was gone but the crown Corona Australis still laid there. Andromeda picked it up and ran over to us. "This place can’t last without my mother!" Andromeda yelled. Soon the place started to fall apart. The ground shook beneath our feet.

"What do we do? We have to get the girls back to Earth." I shouted.

"Let’s use our powers together to bring us all home." Said Perseus.

"We can’t. The queen gave us powers. Without her we are powerless." Orion said with despair.

"We always had powers. Queen Cassiopeia just made us think she gave them to us." Explained Hercules.

"Okay! Medusa’s Head!" yelled Perseus as the room began to fall inward.

"Mojo Magic!" I joined in.

"Heroic Blade!" Hercules smiled and concentrated.

"Star Gazer!" Andromeda used her power still believing she didn’t have any. She did however.

Finally after reluctance Orion said, "Star Meteor!" We focused our power on the girls and us. I had used too much and soon I became a cat once again. Then we all vanished just as the base imploded. All eighteen of us reappeared on Earth at the International University. We ended up in the park.

The girls began to wake up once we landed. Wendy ran to Perseus and they kissed long and passionately. Mindy ran to me and hugged me tightly. After seeing Hercules looking sad she ran to him and hugged and kissed him with me still in her arms. I was squashed in the middle. I jumped from the sandwich after a moment.

I saw the other girls hugging one another. Then they saw the twins with their boyfriends and together said, "Awwwwe!"

Mindy and Wendy stopped kissing and turned to the girls and stuck their tongues out at them. Then the twins went back to kissing. That’s when I noticed Orion and Andromeda watching the scene not knowing what to do. She was still clutching her mother’s crown. I ran over to them and Andromeda fell to her knees to talk to me. "I’m sorry for everything we did. Thank you for forgiving us and bringing us back." She told the sailors and me. Orion nodded in agreement.

"Now what are we going to do with the other constellations?" I asked. Then I ran to Leo and she took me in her arms. All the girls looked happy but had tears in their eyes. It was the most excitement I have had in a long time

"Well, each girl can take care of certain ones." Perseus stopped kissing Wendy and said. Everyone stopped what they were doing to listen. "I know who can watch the horses. All but Pegasus he is mine!" He pointed to Aries.

"I would love to!" She said happily.

"There are also two constellation humans that we have not found yet. They are Bootes the herdsman and Auriga the charioteer. When we find them they can help take care of the other constellations too. My mother didn’t find them because Bootes only watched the constellations and Auriga drove the royal chariot. She didn’t think she would need them." Explained Andromeda.

"There are a total, including you, 88 constellations in all. Some, like the bears, can hide easily and become normal animals. If we need them we can call and they will come. Of course the king and queen are gone. Also a lot of them are inanimate objects, so they won’t be a problem." Orion continued.

Mindy and Wendy turned to each other and said, "Let’s discuss that later! I think we just won a war and it is time to party!"

The sailors all yelled, "Yeah!" And that is what we did. The constellations didn’t mind having fun for a change. We partied there in the park for the rest of the night. Of course everyone powered down so they would look human. I was still a cat. This is what I preferred anyway!

After a little bit Wendy ran and got her guitar. Mindy sang a new song that Wendy had just written. It is called "Star Light" and the lyrics are:

(This is the chorus)

Star Light, Star Bright

Where is my love tonight?

My constellation is cold without you near

Oh, please come back to me my dear

(Chorus)

I love you until the stars burst

The Milky Way can’t quench my thirst

(Chorus)

I’d ride a comet to get to you

My heart is an eclipse without you

(Chorus)

This was not the end to the adventures of the Zodiac Senshi. Adventures never end when you are a sailor, or in my case a sailor’s guide cat. It is however the end of this story. I hope you enjoyed it!

The End

~HI! Wendy here, I hope you enjoyed this story. I thank all of you for reading! This was my first time writing a fanfic (besides the 600k contest). I hope you all had as much fun reading it as I had writing it! I have some thank yous to announce. Thank you Art for posting this and for all of the encouragement. Thank you Archer for your beautiful artwork. We make a great team! :*) (Also to anyone who drew Sailors Gemini Thank you too! I love them all!) Thank you Mindy for helping with characters, plots and scenes! And a very special thanks to Mojo for being a beautiful boy kitty! Okay, I guess because everyone else says this I guess I better: I don’t own rights to Sailor Moon or the like, but I own my characters. Please don’t use them. I really want to keep Sailors Gemini, or anyway the fact that they are twins. If you do Gemini make yours one girl. If you would like to e-mail me with comments or questions go ahead at methos5000@hotmail.com Thanks again, Wendy~