Rated: PG Author: GKnight 4 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Sailor Moon: In Search of a Star Title: Before the Break of Dawn (In a dark room in the bowels of Castle Heryko, an enormously muscular man stands in front of a mirror. He wears black pants but the rest of his body is exposed, except for his face, which is veiled by shadows. His body and arms are covered in a network of aged scars that twine and intersect everywhere. Across his chest is a new, thin, pink addition to the many. He rubs his hand across it and growls; the mirror shatters. In another dark, seemingly empty room in the castle are Dark Leader Adio Kinet and Emperor Jerlp Heryko.) Kinet (standing before Jerlp): All is not going according to plan. Jerlp (sitting on throne): Yes, the loss of the creatures was not expected. I will talk to Ginea about that, but we have seen their true powers, and that is worth the loss of all of them. Kinet: I'm sure Ginea can concoct something to control those things in greater numbers. (A pause) Myre has been acting quite strange lately. Jerlp (chuckling): Afraid, old friend? However, you are right, it seems he has turned his job as General into a mission of personal vendeta. Kinet: What shall we do with him? Jerlp (smiling): Watch. (On Earth at Crossroads Junior Highschool, Lita sat under a tree during lunch break. She seemed to be thinking about something. Serena tip-toed up behind her.) Serena (jumping in front of Lita): Earth to Lita! Come in! Lita (coming out of her stupor): Huh? Oh, hey, Serena. What is it? Serena (jokingly): What's wrong, got turned down by Jerry...... Lita: No it's not that...it's just that...oh, nevermind. Serena: How did "supper" go with the guys? Lita: It went well....it's just that I never got a chance to ask him out last night. Serena: You gotta give it time. These things don't happen over night, you know. Lita: I guess you're right. Serena: Yeah, I know. (Lita looks over near the playground and sees Jerry, Alan, and some other guys playing basketball.) Lita (mooning): He's just so dreamy...... Serena (failing to see what she's talking about): Yeah...right. (The bell rang, and the students head inside.) Serena: Well, let's get going. (Inside, Lita and Serena are heading to Ms. Haruna's class when they bump into Jerry and Alan.) Serena: Hey, you guys! Alan and Jerry: Hi. Lita: So, do you guys want that cooking lesson today? Alan (sweating): Uh...don't we...uh...have to get....to class.... (Alan darts into a classroom.) Jerry: Sure we'll come. What time? Lita: How about right after school? Jerry: Great! Serena (ruining the moment): Hey, guys! We're gonna be late for class! Let's go! (The three walk into the room. Serena sits down and starts to talk with Amy.) Serena: Hi, Amy. Amy: Hey, Serena. Serena: Hey, Amy, what do you think about Lita and Jerry going out? Amy: Hmm...they would make a cute couple. Serena: I guess so, but what about Alan? We gotta find someone for him. Amy: Why? Serena: He must feel left out. Amy: Well, the girls in algebra are always whispering and giggling about him. I'm sure he'll be just fine. Serena: I suppose so. Hey, you wanna grab a burger later? Amy: Sure. (Later that day, Raye was sitting on a bench at a coffee shop. A boy came by. He could be considered short for a boy and had medium length brown hair.) Boy: Mind if I sit here? Raye (looking up): No, go ahead. (The boy sits across from Raye.) Boy: I don't you see you around here often. Raye: I'm not a usual. I just found out about it yesterday, actually. Boy: Well, let me introduce myself, I'm Ida Mishima. Raye: Hello, Ida. I'm Raye, Raye Hino. Ida: Raye Hino....that name sounds familiar. Oh, I know, you're from Cherry Hill, aren't you? I've been there a couple of times. Raye: Yep, I live there with my grandpa. You've probably noticed him, also, in fact he's almost impossible to miss. Ida: Yeah, I think I do remember him....kinda short, and...um... Raye (smiling): Crazy? Ida (laughing): That's him, alright. (At the Negaverse, Ginea walked down a darkened hallway and stopped before a pair of doors.) Ginea: "Ginea". (The door slid open, and Ginea walked inside the room that held his frozen wife.) Libra's voice: Hmm, interesting specimen you have there, Ginea. (Ginea whirled to meet Libra standing in the doorway.) Ginea (vexed): What do you want? Libra: Jerlp told me to inform you to prepare Number-1 for combat. Ginea (grinning): Of course... (At Serena's house, Amy and Serena stand outside talking, and see a moving truck pull up next door.) Serena: Hey! New people! (A car pulls up behind the the truck and a man, a woman, and a teenage boy get out.) Serena: Looks like someone is moving in to the Mr. Yugi's house. (The mother seemed to be trying to get the boy to introduce himself to Serena and Amy, so he reluctantly walked over to them. He was of medium height and had wild black hair.) Boy: Um...hello. My name is Del Marten, and my family and I have just moved here from England. Serena: Hi, Del. My name's Serena and this here's Amy. Amy: Hello, Del. What brings you to Tokyo? Del: My mother is Japanese and the family decided to move here. Serena: Oh, that's nice. What school will you be going to? Del: Uhh, "Four Oaks", or something like that. Amy: Serena and myself go to Crossroads Junior Highschool. Del: Oh really? My cousin, Cain Lindon, is going there. He starts tomorrow. Serena (thinking): Oooh! I hope he's cute! Del: His father is the English ambassador, and he lives at the embassy. He's not really a people person, if you know what I mean. Amy: I'm sure he'll be just fine. (At the English embassy, the gates opened with a slight creak, and a boy with his hands in his pockets walked out. He was taller than the average person and had long white hair that was tied into a ponytail at the nape of his neck. Several strands of unkempt bangs hung in his face. He turned on his heel and headed down the street. At Alan and Jerry's apartment, Jerry stumbled in through the door carrying two bags of groceries. Alan and Lita stood talking in the kitchen.) Lita: Hi, Jerry. Jerry: Hello, Lita. Lita (excitedly): Now how about that cooking lesson! Alan: Alright. Lita: Let's go up to my place......I don't think you have all the utensils. (The three look around at all the wrappers and empty fast-food containers that litter the floor.) Alan and Jerry: Right. (In the throne room at the castle Heryko, Kinet, Myre, Ginea, Libra, and Number-1 stand before Jerlp, who sits on the throne.) Jerlp: Myre, I'm putting you in charge of Number-1. Ginea, I hope I can trust it will function properly? Ginea: Of course. Jerlp: Good. On this mission, we will not be after Energy or Scouts, but an artifact. Myre (emotionless): Of what nature? (Jerlp nods at Libra.) Libra: Back in the times of the war between the Moon Kingdom and the Negaverse, there was a great swordsman by the name of Dominik Mourne. His sword skills were like no other, and he was considered Serenity's champion. Rumor has it that he single-handedly defeated one-fourth of Beryl's entire army. But, after the fall of the Moon Kingdom, Serenity's surviving soldiers were forced to go into hiding. Beryl made it her mission to hunt down and exterminate every one of them, for the chance of a surprise attack was too great. These surviving soldiers were soon classified as "Masters" because of their superior fighting abilities. It is said that they could warp energy to do their bidding and were constantly defeating the men Beryl sent to destroy them. So, one day, Beryl decided to destroy these masters herself and did so...to a great many of them, but it is believed several are still alive today. Anyway, during one of these "raids" on a Master hideout, Beryl confronted Dominik and assaulted him. Dominik was getting closer, and closer to defeat, until he transferred his mind, body, soul, and energy into his blade and warped it to Earth. The blade is hidden in a mysterious place, called Geldon Island. Not much is known about Geldon Island, except that it will only appear when the "Seven Signs of Sol" come in contact with each other. These "signs" are believed to be maps and we are currently looking for them. But, when Geldon Island arises from the sea, we will have the blade known as the "Mourn Star" and with it, unspeakable powers. Myre: I see. Ginea: Do we have any idea of what these pieces look like, or where they are located? Libra: Somewhat. We used to have one, until it was taken by the Scouts, who already have knowledge of two of the pieces, eh, Myre? Malachite told you to keep that breastplate safe, how could you have lost it!? Myre (angered): I can retrieve it. Libra (disgusted): Bah! Jerlp: Enough, Libra. Myre is right, the breastplate can be retrieved in due time, but for now we must work on finding the other six. Now, Libra, where are the other pieces located. Libra: We know of three locations of the map. One, is the breastplate; two, is the tablet at the excavation site; three, is an ancient tree in a park in the Earth city of Tokyo. Kinet: Excellent, but how will we know where to find the other ones after we have the first three? Libra (smiling): I have my methods. Jerlp: Very well. Myre, Number-1, take as many troops as possible and retrieve that piece. Myre:......... (Back at Lita's apartment, the three had just got done cooking, and they were cleaning up.) Jerry: Thanks for teaching us how to cook curry, Lita. Lita: No problem. Alan: Well, thanks again, Lita! (Alan and Jerry leave, then Lita noticed something.) Lita (thinking): Oh no! I forgot again! (Outside of her apartment...) Jerry (thinking): Dang! Not again! (An Cherry Hill Temple, Raye was meditating in front of the flame.) Raye: Oh great flame, I sense evil, tell me where this presence lurks. (A couple seconds later) Raye: The Negavese is planning an attack? Where? I've got to get there! (At Amy's house, Amy was studying the breastplate left by Myre, at her desk in her room.) Amy: Hmm, this is odd. (Amy presses several buttons on her mini-computer, and picture and some text appeared of the stone tablet artifact.) Amy: These two objects bear a strange resemblance. Amy's mom's voice (through the door): Amy? What are you doing in there? (Amy quickly slides the breastplate under her bed.) Amy: Nothing! Just studying! (thinking): That was close. (In the park, a black portal appeared, and out stepped Myre, Number-1, and several dozen Negaverse troopers.) Myre: Search every tree until you find it. (The troops immediately went to work, clearing the area of pedestrians, and draining the energy out of those foolish enough to get in their way while Number-1 was checking the trees. In the outer fringes of the park was Mina, taking a stroll when she noticed the troops and Myre and Number-1.) Mina (thinking): Oh no! It's that psychopath from the Negaverse and the clone of Sailor Jupiter! I better call the others, and find a place to transform. (Mina rushed to an area, semingly devoid of people.) Mina: VENUS STAR POWER! (Mina then transformed into Sailor Venus and clicked on her communicator.) Sailor Venus: Serena! It's me, Mina, the Negaverse is attacking at the park! Serena (through communicator): I'll be there as soon as possible! (Two police officers were foolishly trying to stop Myre and his troops.) Officer: Stop! You're vandalizing public property! It is against the.... (Myre clenched his fist and the two officers slammed together and fell unconscious to the ground. Sailor Venus leaps in front of Myre.) Sailor Venus: VENUS CRESCENT BEAM SMASH! (The attack flew towards Myre, but he disappeared and then reappeared near Sailor Venus.) Myre (raising his sword): Foolish Scout. (Sailor Venus barely got out of the way on time, before Myre's sword exploded into the ground where Sailor Venus once stood. Number-1 approached Myre.) Number-1: I have found the tree, near the bridge. Myre: Excellent. Take care of her (gestures to Sailor Venus with sword). (Myre disappears. Number-1 smiles, and slowly walks toward Sailor Venus, when a (A short sword comes hurtling from the sky and sticks into the ground in front of Number-1.) Black Knight: Going somewhere? (Number-1 looked up and saw Black Knight sitting on a tree branch and the other Knights at the bottom of the tree. Myre appears next to Number-1.) Myre: I have found the piece. I will leave the rest of this in your hands. (Myre disappears into a portal. Number-1's eyes blaze bright blue and she charges at the Scouts. At the Negaverse, Kinet, Jerlp, Myre, Libra, and Ginea are gathered in the throne room of the castle Heryko.) Jerlp: You have retrieved the piece? Myre: It was carved on the inside of a tree, but I removed the necessary part. (Myre pulls out a slab of wood from the tree that had the writings and inscriptions on it.) Kinet: Excellent work. Ginea: What of Number-1? Myre: It's dead. Ginea: I see. (Back at the park, the Scouts, the Knights, and Tuxedo Mask were battling Number-1 and the Negatroops.) Sailor Moon: Look out, Tuxedo Mask! (Tuxedo Mask moved just in time before a sizzling bolt of lightning fell from the sky and exploded in the ground where Tuxedo Mask once stood.) Tuxedo Mask (fighting Negatroops): Thanks, Sailor Moon. Sailor Mars: MARS FIRE IGNITE! (Several of the troopers went down in the attack, but Number-1 and her other troops still remained.) Black Knight: DARK MOON ENSNARE!!! (The ground beneath the remaining troopers turns pitch black and starts to swirl. The troops look around in confusion and are sucked into the hole as it disappears.) Luna: Finish it Sailor Moon! Sailor Moon: Right! MOON SCEPTER ELIMINATION!! (Number-1 is blasted to moon dust.) Sailor Mercury: Nice work you guys, but why did they attack here? Artemis: They are after the Seven Signs of Sol. Sailor Jupiter: Which are? Luna: They are seven pieces of map that lead to a place called "Geldon Island". Sailor Moon: Which is? Green Knight: A legendary place that arises from the sea when the signs come in contact with each other. Artemis: Right. The reason the Negaverse is after the symbols is because Geldon Island holds the legendary MournStar. (The girls are completely at a loss.) Luna: It looks like we have some explaining to do. Artemis: Well, it all started when a man named Dominik Mourne........ (At the Negaverse, Jerlp and Kinet watched the Scouts, the Knights, Tuxedo Mask, and the two cats talking through a hologram projector.) Kinet: So it seems our Scout friends have knowledge of Geldon Island now. I don't need another rebriefing, Close screen. (The screen then closed.) Jerlp: Yes, so it seems. Do not worry though, I have a plan. Kinet (worried): You aren't going to use... Jerlp (smiling): And why not? Kinet: Because it's not ready yet! And we don't have the materials to raise it! Jerlp: That will not be a problem. I will have Myre collect the energy and Libra and Ginea collect the materials. We will soon have control of the MournStar and when it is raised, nothing will be able to stand in our way. Kinet: That's not what I'm worried about. (Deeper beneath castle Heryko than the laboratory or any other Negaverse facilities, Superintendent Libra walked through a network of caves and came upon a giant hollowed out cavern. She walked out onto an outcropping of stone and gazed upon a monstrous skull on the wall across the cavern from her.) Libra (smiling evilly): It's been awhile......