Different Part 1 by Anni Rating: can be PG "..." talking '...' thinking 'one word' I just wanted to stress one particular word, that's all ^^) It was the best day in her life! Usagi was returning home from her date with Mamoru. Everything was perfect. Tomorrow was her birthday. She was going to be 15! 'What would be Mamoru's present?' she guessed. 'It will be my first birthday with Mamoru' After Ail and Ann left the Earth, Mamoru and Usagi were finally together. Still in her thoughts about Mamoru she was walking through the park on her way home. It was late already. Her mom was definitely worried. Usagi frowned. Though everything was wonderful today, something was bothering her. It was like some evil shadow was around, but had never showed up. Well, she thought, she doesn't have to worry, she was Sailor Moon, what will happen to her? She could dust any enemy in the world. Sometimes it was not that bad to be supergirl afterall. Suddenly something made her stop. Just in front of her there was a strange man standing and looking at her. Sure she was used running into people, but she could swear that he wasn't there a second ago. Was it possible he appeared from the air? All these thoughts were running through her mind while she was watching him with fear and anger. He was quite tall with short reddish brown hair and dark eyes. They were gleaming with an insane, cruel light. Something inside Usagi freeze from fear. She was all alone in the park with unknown man. "Hello Sailor Moon, I can see you are quite surprised to see me. Well, let me introduce myself properly. I am Gray Himur, the lonely traveler through the galaxy. You probably don't know me, but I DO remember you and what you've done! This little princess with her stupid wish to save the world!" He frowned at the memories. Usagi listened to him carefully trying to push alert button on her communicator ... but the feeling of something terrible was still in her heart. He was not a usual enemy. There was something about him that made her shiver from cold. Strangely, the communicator was not responding. Himur continued: "But maybe the name of Queen Beryl will help you! You.. it was you who killed my mother!" His voice was trembling with anger: "Have you ever thought that she was the most innocent woman in the Galaxy? Metallia changed her, but you could still heal her with all your famous crystal power! But no... you were too proud to notice that!" Grief was evident in his voice "She left me alone when I was little boy because of Metallia, but now.. now I am alone for the rest of my life... She was everything I had!" Usagi listened to him with fear and sorrow. Was he telling the truth? What if it was 'really' her fault? She was the only one who destroyed Beryl. The others just answered to her cry of help and gave their energy. She was the only one who used Ginzuishou! What if this Himur WAS right? She was to blame for him loneliness? The gray warrior continued: "Now it is time for my revenge. I will destroy your planet and the whole solar system. Even if I have to die with you!" "No!!!" Usagi felt that he was really capable to do that. "Please leave the planet! Don't hurt innocent people! They have nothing to do with that!" Himur smiled evilly. "I have one offer for you. YOU will go with me. And share my world. Forever... On this condition I'll leave your planet unharmed!" "What?!" Usagi was furious. "Never! I have a better plan - I will heal you from your hatred thoughts." She tried to touch her brooch and heal this strange man in front of her, but something made her stop doing that. "You better be careful. I bet you don't want your friends to disappear in a second." Saying that he made a strange gesture with his fingers and a large piece of ice appeared in the air. Usagi gasped. Inside there were all four senshi. Usagi was frozen in surprise. "Oh, no. Please let them free." She couldn't risk the lives of her friends, her protectors... but she must do 'something' to stop that crazy man... Where was Tuxedo Mask? 'But I am not Sailor Moon.. He can't feel me.. Oh, God, what can I do?' "Does this mean you will go with me?" Himur insisted on the answer. Usagi could swear that she saw his devilish smile. But she had no other way. She can't risk with the lives of her friends. And maybe they will rescue her later. At least 'they' will be free. And 4 of them had much better chance than she had alone. "Yes. I'll go with you, but first let them free. Promise you won't hurt them" She pleaded. "Good. I have no intention to deal with them. I am interested in you." With that he made some round movements with his hands and the large dark energy aura surrounded Usagi. She was trapped inside that dark thing enable to move. The only thing she could do was to watch. Making sure Usagi was trapped in the dark sphere, Himur smiled maliciously as he said: "Thought you were smarter than that, Sailor Moon! To tell you the truth I don't even know the real Senshi identities. It was a little illusion, but you took it for real. How silly of you." To Usagi's horror the piece of ice slowly faded like it was never there. An illusion? This means that senshi had no clue where she is! "But at least they are save..." she thought. "Now prepare for long teleportation and don't try something silly like escaping from me. I am too strong for you 'and' senshi together. And in your human form you are like a baby comparing to me." Himur concentrated and Usagi was swallowed by the darkness taking her away from Earth. Strangely, the only thought bothering Usagi now was Ginzuishou. Something inside of her was telling her that she must hide it. But how? She was in complete darkness enable to move even a finger. She trusted her intuition, concentrated and surprisingly she felt how crystal was disappearing in her body. Suddenly she felt all the energy of crystal inside of her. Now no one can take the royal crystal from her. At least she doesn't have to worry about that. But how will she get out of here - another thought entered her mind. But that moment Usagi was too weak to answer that. The procedure with crystal was too complicated and exhausting and she passed out into blackness. === Darkness.. Everything she could feel was cold air surrounding her. She tried to open her eyes. At first she saw nothing around her. Slowly the light of one candle helped her to see where she was. The room was quite nice, clean but modest. She was lying on the bed with white sheets. Then suddenly she saw a gray figure in the corner of the room. Everything inside of her stiffed as she recognized Himur, the same man who was talking to her.. was it yesterday..? How long had she been unconscious? Not having enough time to answer all these questions, she heard Himur speaking. "Finally our princess is awake. Well... Allow me to welcome you to my realm and my kingdom. I hope you will like the time you spend here. But at first I need to arrange one little thing, so that nothing will bother us in the future." "What is it? What do you want from me? What... let me go!!" Usagi tried to fight him, but was stopped by someone's strong invisible arms, which tied her arms behind her back. "What is it for?!" She was now struggling to free herself, but with no success. "I need to get rid of something and .... " he smiled "I am afraid you'll try to prevent me from doing that. And you can hurt yourself. This is the last thing I want you to do. So it is just for your own good. Now let's begin this operation" Saying this he smiled again his evil smile. Usagi thought for a second that she hated this smile already. The light in the room changed to strange lilac-blue. "In this light you can see some things which are not supposed to be seen by common people" Usagi heard Himur's voice. "Look at your heart" Usagi turn her head and gasped in surprise: from her heart there were stretching two thin lines. One was golden and another was silver one. "All people from your planet have the silver one" Himur explained "this is the lifeline. The other end of this string is in the center of your planet, where all lifelines take their beginning. But the golden one is very rare" "The golden line means a very strong bond connecting two people. It can be either love bond or sister-brother one. It allows a couple two feel each other even if they are far from each other." Usagi was starting to understand "You mean that this line is the bond between me and Ma.. Tuxedo Mask? But then what are you going to do with it? What do you want from me?" Only the thought about what he can do now sent chills down her spine. Himur chuckled "Yes, princess. You are surprisingly smart. This line connects you and your prince together. But since you are going to stay with me, I don't think you need to bother about someone who is far from you in another Galaxy." "What do you mean another Galax... Oh.. that hurts! Let me free!" Usagi gasped from pain as Himur touched her silver lifeline. The feeling was as someone takes her breath away and puts a knife close to her heart. "Just hold still and don't try to move." she heard his cold voice. With her eyes full of fear she saw as scissors of strange shape appeared from nowhere is Himur's right hand. She was literally paralyzed. The only thing she could do was to watch as he slowly moved scissors to the golden line and then suddenly she felt pain... It was like the whole world was spinning. In her eyes there were white twinkles and she couldn't see clearly. She tried to scream, but no sound came. Emptiness... an awful feeling entered her soul and after that she felt nothing. End of part 1 Anni. annushka78@hotmail.com April, 07 2000