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1/14/01
Yeah Yeah Yeah, I know I didn't make the deadline to have this out last week.
But I've been busy. SO I WROTE A LONG CHAPTER. I ran out of memory even
I started another story, and I'm going to be co-authoring
another story. Plus I have finals and play rehersal, so please understand. 
And if you want to yell at me for starting another story and not getting 
this chapter out sooner, go ahead. I hit a block so I wrote the other story
at the beginning of the week so I could work out this story in my mind. 
Please read my other story. And email me to know what you think. My stories
will be going up at another site I'll give you the address. I don't know if
you'll be able to read the chapters sooner there or what. Please email
me and let me know what do you think. In this chapter you get a new chacter,
you get to find out a little about what are in those books of Terra's and
some of the history of the Elements and their princess. You also get to find
out what Ivy is. Yes I know she is a shapeshifter but that isn't what she
is exactly.

My stories are also going up at www.prettyserenity.com 

Another thing is that the rating is changing. This story started out kinda
slow and now we are getting into the darker side of things. Please if you're
a younger kid, bail out now. 

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Angel for Earth
Chapter 6A
Dreams and Past
Rated: PG-13
By Earth Angel 
Email: Earth_Angel_001@sailormoon.com


@->---------------------------------------------------------------

Four weeks had passed and Sailor Earth showed up many times to help fight the
youma. It was amazing to the other senshi that she could destroy a
youma where they could not. But on the other hand she was the leader of
her own group they knew at least that much. Each time they fought with
her they found out nothing more about who she was or if she was on their
side or the other side. All they did know was that their new enemies were
know as the Black Rose and that Sailor Earth had once fought them before and
won. But then on the other hand Luna and the senshi were not sure that they
could competely trust her. For all they knew she could just be a
fake to lure them into a trap.
	Over the month's time  Terra Rose became closer to Mamoru and the girl. 
They all seemed to have something that tied them to the new girl and they
became like sisters. The only thing that Terra didn't know was that they
were the Senshi, but they all had their own mysteries and they all vanished on 
occassion. Terra didn't push them that much for the answer of where they
were because she too had disappeared on more than one occassion. 


@->--------


"Where are we going now?" A little boy about six, with black hair sat next to
a little girl with black curls, age four, in a car. No matter how hard the 
girl tried a shawdow still sat on the little boy's face. A young couple sat 
in the front of the car. "It's a surprise." the woman in the passanger seat 
looked back at the little kids with a huge smile on her face. The girl's 
smile grew larger. "Ice cream?" she asked her mother. "Now don't be going
and telling your brother all his surprise." She laughed. "Are you two 
having fun?" Their father looked back at them from the driver's seat.
"Yes Daddy." They both said. They turned the curve of the cliff. In front of
them in the middle of the street was a truck. The man turned to miss the 
truck but lost control of the wheel and they were going over the cliff.
The little boy and girl grabbed onto each other. The little girl let out
a scream of terror.

@->--------------

Terra Rose was shaken away by a shawdowy figure. Her eyes started to focus 
and she saw that it was only Mamoru-chan. "Rosie, Rosie wake up."
"I'm awake. I'm fine Mamoru." He sat down on the bed next to her, "Oh 
good. You were screaming in your sleep and you woke me up."

"I'm fine it was just a nightmare."

"Would you like to talk about it?" he brushed a few curls away from her 
sweaty forehead. "It's just a dream," she stated, "About the day my family
died. You see ... it was my older brother's birthday and we were going for more
surprises. There was a truck on the wrong side of the road and my father
swerved to miss it but lost total contol over the car and we went over the
cliff." She looked down at the blankets, "My parents were killed instantly 
and as for my brother, the hospital people claim I have no brother. They
shipped me off to the orphanage a few days after the accident and a few
years later I was adopted. I came back here to find my brother. I know that 
he is still out there somewhere, I just have to find him." She started to
cry. "What if I never find him?" He took her into his arms and let her cry 
herself to sleep. "I know how you feel Rosie I lost my parents in a car 
accident to. I guess I'm kinda lucky I don't remember." he whispered to the
sleeping girl.

@->--- the next day ---<-@

"Bio Shere Smash!" Sailor Earth threw an attack at a youma. She was in the
park alone fighting it. The youma easily dodged it. It started its own
attack. "SOLAR FLARE BURN!" A large ball of fire came from the other 
direction and ingulfed the youma leaving a burnt shell. "I could have 
handled it Solar." She looked up to see a figure. He was taller than when 
she had last seen him. He was a beautiful blond boy about seventeen or 
eighteen, and he wore a suit of golden armor. On his face sat a white
mask much like the one she and Tuxedo Mask wore. "I thought you went back to
were ever you came from." he stated. "I did and now I'm back for a little 
while." she started to walk away from him but he grabbed her hand.

*****FLASHBACK*****

One year earlier....

"Hi is Alex here?" Terra stood on the front porch of the house. A woman that
was unfamiliar to her answered the door. "Oh you mean that little boy
with the blond hair?" Terra nodded slowly. "They moved away about
a year ago." Terra was a little sad at this. She looked at the woman for
a moment, wondering if she knew where they'd moved to. "You don't 
happpen to know where they are now do you?" The lady shook her head
"I'm sorry little one. I have no idea where he and his family are now."
Terra said thank you and started walking back to her hotel room. She was
passing a street when she heard screams. She ran toward them and found a 
youma and transformed. 

"My name is Sailor Earth and I am the guardian of this planet prepare to
pay for trying to harm innoccent life." She started her attack.

"Earthquake.... SHAKE!" Sailor Earth threw a globe of power into 
the ground that made the it shake, causing the youma to fall on its butt. 
After the shaking stopped the youma jumped up and threw a blast of power 
at the Senshi. Sailor Earth closed her eyes waiting for the attack to hit. 
She knew that there was no way that she could get away from it, fortunately
she'd be seriously injured by it, but she'd survive. This youma was weaker 
than some of the others she had seen. But the blast never hit instead she 
felt a strange, but comforting warmth around her. She opened her eyes to see 
a young man with blond hair and golden armor in a mask was holding her. She 
had never felt anything like this before; her heart felt like it was beating 
a million beats per minute. 

He put her down on the ground. "Stay here." He then turned back to the youma, 
"SUNBURST!" He shot a stream of light at the youma and it exploded. 
"Thank you. Hey you're that guy that was in the shawdows two days ago aren't
you?" She remembered a few days ago she was caught up in another attack. 
Something joined the attack that hit the youma with her attack.  "What's
your name? I'm Sailor Earth." she said. But the man just seemed annoyed, 
"My name is Solar Flare (AN: I was going to call him the Sunlight Knight,
ya get it? I wanted to be orginal though.) What did you think you were 
doing anyways?" He looked at her, and even from behind the mask she could tell 
that it was a cold look. "I was fighting that thing and saving a bunch
of lives."

"You almost got hurt. You shouldn't be fighting. I'm not always going to be
around to save you." She caught something in his voice. An emotion that
reminded her of something. But she just couldn't put her finger on it.

"It caught me off guard, it could happen to anyone. But don't worry I'm 
leaving for Japan tomorrow and you won't see me around anymore."

He caught her hand and pulled her close to him. She opened her mouth to 
protest but his mouth covered hers. He tasted to her like candy. Sweet.
The kiss pulled her into him, it was as if she could see his heart, soul, 
and mind all at once. He pulled away from her, "Goodbye." his hand 
pushed a few wild curls away from her face, and he walked away. Sailor Earth
was too lost in the moment to stop him.

*****END OF FLASHBACK*****

"Looked like you did needed some help." They were so close.

"Let go of my hand." Sailor Earth said in a warning tone. She knew this
trick. Guys would try anything to make it seem that you were the 
only thing that mattered, like they could never go a minute without you.
But she knew that it was all a lie. Guys just used you. There were a few
guys out there that could be trusted. That didn't use a girl. But she 
had enough experience to know what most guys were like. He let go of her
hand and she started to rub her wrist like he had grabbed her too hard. "I
didn't hurt you did I?" he seemed almost worried that he had. "No
you didn't hurt me." 
   
"What are you doing back here, and what are you doing fighting by yourself?"

"That is none of your business and if you must know I've grown much stronger
since you have last saw me. But I'm also here looking for some people. Its
surprised me I haven't seen you sooner."

"Nobody needed my help."

"Well I hope you don't mind if I take my leave." A thick mist filled the
area and disappeared leaving Solar Flare alone. "What is it about that
girl?" Then he turned and left.


@->-------

There was once a time when all the planets were at peace. One princess from 
each planet became a warrior to protect one pricess, the Moon Princess. It
was because of the Moon that there was peace between the planets. But one
planet stayed out of the allience and that planet was Earth. Earth was
different than the other planets. The Planet had its own mind and spirit.
Long ago it chose a young girl to protect it. She was know as the Princess 
of Earth. She was powerful. One of the most powerful people in the 
galaxy. All her powers tied into the Earth, the elements and life itself.
But evil forces came and tried to turn her evil or at least kill her. The 
Earth then decided that she needed some way to protect herself, so it created
warriors to protect her and they were know as the Element Senshi. Each held
a special power of the Earth, and a gift. Sailor Earth was the leader. She 
was more powerful than any of the other Element Senshi because she could 
copy any attack of the other Elements and use the Elements at her command.
The other senshi were know as Sailor Flame, Sailor Aqua, Sailor Wind, and
Sailor Spirit. No one was sure of the origin of the Elements. It was said 
that Sailor Flame was a fire sprit, Sailor Aqua was a water nymph, Sailor
Wind was a sky pixie, Sailor Spirit was a spirit fairy and that Sailor 
Earth was an Earth born angel. Each of these things made their power 
stronger. The Princess of Earth was thought to guard animals that no other
human had ever seen before. Creatures that for centuries were thought only 
to be legends. The Earth Princess had a advisor that was also the guardian 
to her and the senshi. Their guardian was a mystical creature know as a 
dragon. Dragons were shape changers and often it took on many shapes.
 	
The Earth Princess was thought to have a family and that they were
the royal family of the Earth. They held the power of the Earth in their 
blood so they had magical powers tied into the Earth. But rarely did another
princess show up in their family again. When the princess died another would
step in and take her place. They would be born with all the knowledge of the
previous princesses but would not learn it until a certain age. Her warriors
also held the knowledge of the previous senshi. 
	
The words stopped there. Terra slamed the book shut and put it back into the
hope chest and locked it up tight and redid the spell that she had cast on
it to make sure that only those that were pure and had the blood of the 
Earth in them could open it. Stil there was nothing on this Solar Flare.
But it was only natural. These books talked little of the other planets.
The boy was tied into the Sun and she didn't own any of the other planets 
books. She was lucky that with the what little memories she had from her
past life that she remembered where she had hidden the books. She had hidden
them all over the world. She couldn't remember everything that were in the
books from the last life but she did know that someone could find out just
who the Earth Princess was with them and they could harm her. That is why
she came back to Tokyo a year ago. She had hidden one of the books near a 
temple here. She was lucky that her adopted parents let her travel. She
had used a little of her powers to get them to agree. They knew she wanted
to travel all over the world and that was her dream. She asked for one thing
for her birthday and that was what got her around the world. She also said
that she was planing to try and find her brother. This worried her parents 
little because they knew that she had no other family but since the time 
that they had met her she had insisted on finding her brother. So they let 
her leave. She traveled that summer all over the world, even the North
Pole, collecting all the magical items and books that she had hidden in 
her past life. Terra Rose rolled of her bed, gave Ivy a quick pat on the 
head and then went over to her painting. It seemed as though she had painted
his one before. It was a beautiful girl with long golden hair in a flowing
white dress and a man with black hair in armor in a rose garden. It 
nerved her because both of them had no face. She had tried to paint a face
a dozen times but each time it was if something was stopping her. The 
faces had to be special. But there was something secret in the picture.
Something didn't want her to find out just what the faces where just yet.
She picked up a brush and started to paint in more roses when there was 
a knock at her bedroom door. "Come in." In walked Mamoru, "Hey I wanted to 
know if you wanted to come for-" He took one look at the picture and did 
a double take. His eyes went wide as he has struck speechless. 

*****MAMORU"S FLASHBACK*****

"Hey Endymion, move your head up a little more." Endymion and Serenity 
were infront of the roses bushes in the royal gardens. There was a girl in
front of them. She was painting their picture. She had curly black hair 
and wore a large shirt and a pair of breechers that had paint all over them.
(AN: hehehe.. breechers, such a funny old word. I prefer pants but hey it 
was the olden days) Her face was blurry and hidden behind the canvas.
He did as he was told. "Rena hold still." Serenity tried her best. "I just 
hope that know one finds that painting too soon, Ro."
"You worry to much, En. Sure someday they will find out. You two can't hide 
the love you have." The girl stopped and started to mix another color. 
"I just don't want her to get into trouble or to be separated from her." 
Endymion move just a bit. "You two talk as if I'm not here." She started to 
pout a bit at the feeling of being forgotten. "Oh love, you know that we 
both just want what's best for you. And you also know that its forbidden for
you to be here." The two start to kiss. "Ohh, so sweet, tell me when its 
over so I can't start to paint again." The girl said. Endymion and Serenity
part. Endymion shot a warning glance at the girl with a hint of michief in
his eyes. The girl shot back a look that said 'Lets see you try'
Serenity giggled at the too of them. They were so close. 

"I'm going to stop painting for today." The girl started to clean up her
art supplies. "We want to see." Endymion pulled Serenity to see the painting.
Serenity gasped at it.
 
"Oh its beautiful." Endymion messed the girls hair and gives her a hug around
the neck. "Very Beautiful."

*****END OF FLASHBACK*****

"Yes Mo-chan?"
He seemed to come out of his trance. "What?" It was the exact painting from
in the flash back. Terra looked at him funny. "Are you alright, you said
you and the girls wanted to know if..., and then you total blanked out. 
Maybe you should go see a doctor." 
"No thats okay. Its just your picture is so beautiful. Where did you get the
idea to paint it?" he paused, "I came in here to ask you if  
you wanted to go for pizza." She set down her brush. She knew that something
was up and it had nothing to do with how beautiful her painting is. You
would go into a trance at that. "Sure I would love to go for pizza with you
and the girls. As for the painting, I don't know where I got the idea. Just
some dream I guess you can say. Just let me get cleaned up and then
I'll be right out so we can go, okay." She started to put away her
paints starting with the primary warms and then working her way down to the 
primary cold colors. She would start with the primary color and then do
the colors that were in between it and another color and then do the color 
that it was mixed with. Then she would do the colors that took more than
two colors too make. It was funny, but there was something that was familiar
about the way she put her art supplies away. "Are you just going to stand 
there and watch me?" she said. "No sorry Terri-chan." He walked out of the 
room closing the door behind him. He then went and sat down on the couch
a million thoughts were running threw his mind. What was Terra Rose 
doing painting a picture that was once painted thousands of years ago.
Maybe Terra had something to do with the Silver Millenum. Maybe she was 
the painter all those years ago. But then it could just be what she said, a
dream.
	 He was too lost in thought to notice when Terra came out. She 
cleared her throat and he looked up to see that she was dressed in a black 
baby tee and a pair of flares. A sliver antique locket hung around her neck 
and silver earings hung from her ears. The necklace really stood out to him.
He felt something from it, something familiar, something powerful. "You look
good. Thats a pretty necklace, where did you get it?" he asked in curiousity.
She grabbed it and held it protectively. "It was a gift from my brother on 
my fourth birthday."  

"May I ask whats inside." she looked a little sad at this question, "I'm
not sure myself. It opened for me once long ago but I can't remeber what
was in it then." She grabbed her fold-up umbrella and coat, "You better take
your coat. It's going to start to rain in a little while." Mamoru took a look
outside there wasn't a sign of rain and the weather man said nothing about
rain, but yet deep down he could feel it and when they stepped outside he
could smell a cold rain coming. 

(AN: Can you smell the rain? I can and I can also feel when its going to 
rain. Not in my bones or anything. Its just a feeling. I'm just curious 
how many people can smell rain coming. Email me if you do.)

They got to the pizza place before the rain started. It was amazing how fast
something like that could come rolling in. At first sight of the storm
Usagi started to wimper, and Makoto felt recharged like a battery. 
When they walked in all the girls stared at the two. "What, is there something
on my face?" asked Mamoru. It was Minako that spoke up, "Its just that
we never realized how much you two look alike." Makoto took a sip of her
pop. "Yeah you two look like you could be twins. You even have that dress
alike thing going." They looked at each other. Mamoru had also worn a plain
black tee and a pair of jeans. "I guess we do happen to look a little alike." 
She took her seat in the booth and Mamoru slid in next to Usagi. They talked
about everything. The news, not the weather though. Usagi was having a hard 
time not ducking under the table when the thunder and lightning started. She
was not brave enough though because everytime it did she buried herself
into Mamoru. Of course he was kinda embarrassed in front of the girls but
he was enjoying it none the less to have his Usako in his arms. Luckily all the
girls understood Usagi's fear. Terra thought that maybe she could stop this 
fear but than decided not against it. It might just bring the two closer together if 
they face her fears togther. But then on the other hand sometimes romance
made her sick.

@->---- Terra's point of view ----<-@
 
Sometimes I wonder what is the sense of being together with another. Mamoru
is different from other guys. He doesn't use a girl, like Matt and the rest 
of those boys at school. I should have listened to them. Listened to the 
gossip chains and listened to the other people in class. Thats what I usually
did until Matt came into my life. I felt very pissed off right then. I 
didn't want to sit around and watch the happy couple in each others arms.
I'm not jealous or anything. I just don't want to see it anymore. I felt
Ami-chan's arm on my shoulder. "Are you okay Terri-chan?" I look at her.
She is so understanding and caring, she seems to notice everything around 
her. "I'm fine Ami-chan. I just need some fresh air. I'm going for a walk
I'll see you all later." I put my half eaten pizza down on the plate and
start to walk out. "Are you sure you should go out in that?" asked Mina.
"I'll be fine. I've never gotten sick from being out in the rain before."
I walk out of the pizza parlor and make my way for my hidding place. Only 
one other person knew about this place. It was a place that I could think
about anything.

@->------ End of Terra's P.O.V. ------<-@

"Are you sure you haven't seen her? Alright thank you." Mamoru put down the
phone and called Usagi, "She's been gone for over three hours Usagi. What
if something happened to her. No one has seen her."

"Calm down Mamo-chan. I'm sure we'll find her. Didn't Motoki-chan say 
something about an old friend of theirs that she was best friends with when 
she lived in Tokyo. Maybe you could call Motoki-chan and get his number."
Usagi could tell that her Mamo-chan was nuts with worry. He and Terra had
become close, they all had. "Listen the girls and I will be right over and
then we can go looking for her."

"Alright, bye." They hung up and Mamoru dialed Motokis number. "Moshi Moshi"
Motoki answer. "Motoki-chan its Mamoru. Terra's gone missing. Shes been out
in the rain for over three hours and I'm really worried. We were hoping that
you had that Alex guy's number so we could call him and find out if he knew 
that where she was." There was a small pause on the other end. "Mamoru 
you must be really worked up. You didn't even say hello. Oh I found the 
number." Motoki gave him the number and told Mamoru to call him when they
found her. They hung up and Mamoru dialed the new number. "Moshi Moshi."
a woman answered the phone. "Is Alex there?" 

"Hold on please." Mamoru could hear the women shout to Alex.

"Hello" a man said in the phone.

"Ummm yes this is Mamoru, I'm one of Terra's friends and room mate and you
see the thing is that shes been missing for almost four hours now and we
were wondering if you knew where she was." Yeah that sounded real
professional Mamoru thought to himself. "Don't worry. I have an idea where
she went. She use to run away all the time when she was younger. I'll find 
her and bring her home." Alex said. Mamoru said thank you and hung up. He 
then started to pace the floor by the time that the girls got there.

"Mamoru calm down." Usagi tried to comfort him. "She'll be alright. Shes 
strong."

"She could get hurt Usako. She's so small anyone could try to hurt her. Its
a big city and there are a lot of bad people out there. What if she's lost and
wet or something worse."

@->------------
Across town...

A blond boy got out of his car and made his way into the Royal Tokyo Gardens.
Ever since she was little Terra loved to come here. She said it reminded her
of something she once dreamed about. Alex made his way into the maze.
There was one section that was hidden from the outside world. Terra had
found it when she was younger and had then showed it to him. When she first
came there its was overgrown and dying. An old cracked fountain sat in 
the middle of it all and there were the remains of different kinds of plants
all over the place. Terra then made it her project. She replanted and took 
care of the over growth. She worked day to night with the help of Alex. They
even got the fountain to work. (AN: DON'T THINK SECRET GARDEN)
They would often go there to play and sometimes when she would feel sad, or 
disappear he always knew that he could find her there. He made his way into 
the secret square. And there she was lyying under a old oak protected from
the storm. 

@->--- Terra's point of view ----<-@

I was there again feeling pity for myself. I didn't like the feeling but
the tears would not stop. I sat in a ball all curled up under the oak. 
I thought I was alone. But then I felt another presence. It was most likely
another animal. I just decided to ignore it but I knew it wasnt an animal 
when it wrapped its arms around me and pulled me in closer. I looked up to
see Alex, "How..?" I started but he silenced me. "Mamoru called. Some of 
your friends were worried sick about you, Angel." I didn't mean to make them
worry. He starts to wipe the tears from my face. He use to do this when 
we were younger. He would always seem to know when I needed someone and 
he would appear and wipe away my tears and make me feel better. "Would you
like to tell me what wrong. You know you can always tell me everything. 
I'll always be here for you, Angel." I suppose it would be better to tell 
someone. If I were to tell anyone I would tell him. I think for a moment.

"Alright, I'll tell you but please bear with me because I have never
talked to anyone about this." he nods at me. "Its just I sit there and I 
watch all the happy couples and I remember what happened to me, I like to see 
it sometimes. It makes me happy to know that others are happy and all but 
sometimes I just cant stand it at all." He gives me a funny look, he almost
looks afraid to know what happened, "Terra what happened? If someone hurt
you I swear by the Sun and the Moon that I will tear them from limb to 
limb." I decide to keep going. "When I started at school it was all okay,
but then some of the kids noticed that my eyes changed colors and one heard
me chanting. I know I'm usually very careful about that. It got out that 
I was a witch. The other kids started to ignore me, to teased me but 
they stopped after a while. They were afraid that I would bewitch them. I was
forever then the school outcast. Sure I had some friends and some of the
popular people tried to make friends with me so I wouldn't put a spell on 
them or try to help them with things. I got use to it. Then about a year
and a half ago the most popular guy in school was teamed up with me for a 
lab project. He got to know me a little and then asked me out. I said yes
because he seemed okay when we where partners. I hadn't forgotten about
all that stuff I heard in the class rooms though. The girls all wanted him.
The girls that did go out with him didn't talk about him all that much, but
the guys gossip was that he was just out for the sex. I figured it was 
all rumors. We were dating for almost three months when he tried something.
I wouldn't let him. Then at six months he started to get tired of me 
I guess you can say. One day I walked into his home to surprise him. I found
him fucking a cheerleader." I finish. I look at Alex. There is pure rage in 
those eyes. I know that if Alex could he would fly all the way to the U.S. 
just to beat up the guy. Alex is different though, I know that he will never
hurt me. And Mamoru and Motoki are like older brothers always watching over 
me. 

"Its over now Alex." His expression changes Yet I know that in his heart that 
he would hurt Matt if he ever did see him. He pulled me tighter into his arms. 
I felt so protected here. He pulls away and then wipes the tears away and brushes 
hair away from my eyes and mouth. He then stands up and scoops me up in his arms. 
I giggle at this. This was something he did rarely when we were little. We were so 
close to age that he wasnt able to carry me until he was at least ten. He then makes 
his way out of the gardens and puts me in his car. I start to drift off and
when I awake again hes carring me up to the apartment door. "You could have
woken me up and let me walk." I mumble. I burry myself into his chest. Its
warm here. Actually I think I rather have been carried. "I didn't want to 
wake my sleeping Angel." I feel a side note being attached to that.
I knew it, he's opening his mouth to say more. "But I also remember the last
time I woke you up." I giggle how could I forget. I ended up getting really
angry because all I wanted to do was sleep. He ended up in the fountian. 
He rings the bell and Mamoru answers the door. "Delievery." 

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There is more. SEE I TOLD YOU IT WAS LONG! Go on and read 6b. This chapter
makes up for missing last weeks deadline