NOTE: This chapter will be
broken into four parts so be warned.
Chapter 10:
Truths Revealed
Part 1:
Vampire Princess Cadance!?
Terra places Serena down on Darien's bed. Kendra places Rini down beside
Serena.
"So now what do we do?" asks Kendra as she turns towards Terra.
"Darien, watch over Serena. If anything thing happens to here
I will hold you responsible. Kendra, Eleanor, and
Cadance come with me." says Terra as she walks out of the room.
The three girls follow Terra out of the room. Rei watches them
as they leave.
"We should figure out our next move." says Lita as she sits down
in a nearby chair.
"That would be a wise decision. Let Terra and her friends deal
with what they are doing while we figure out a plan."
says Ami.
Out in the hall Terra leans against the wall.
"So what did you want?" asks Cadance.
"It wasn't Terra that wanted you. I asked her to bring you out
here." says Serge as he walks out of the shadows. "I
found out how you can regain your full memories of the past."
"Really? You mean we could find out who we really are?" asks
Eleanor.
"Yes really." asnswers Serge. "Follow me."
The girls follow Serge outside into a nearby alley. They look
around in confusion as the alley shifts and changes.
Suddenly the girls are no longer in Tyoko. They look around the
stone room. There are four doors. Each door glows with a certain
color. The colors are green, red, blue, and white.
"Each of you will enter a door. The door shall lead you to your
real homes. There you shall remember your real past."
says Serge.
"But we should get back to protect Serena." says Terra.
"Don't worry. It shall be like no time passed when you return
to Tyoko." answers Serge. "Now go. Return we you are
done."
Terra steps through the green glowing door. Cadance steps through
the red, Eleanor through the white, and Kendra
through the blue.
Cadance looks around as she appears outside of a castle. She looks
around at the night sky. Two soliders dressed in
dark clothing run up to Cadance. They stop and bow before Cadance.
"Welcome home Princess." says the one knight.
"Your parents are waiting for you." answers the other.
"Princess? Who me?" asks Cadance in surprise.
"Yes, now follow us."
The two knights lead Cadance through the halls. The walls are
lined with dark colored tapestries with pictures of
vampires fighting with slayers.
'What is this place?' Cadance asks herself in her head. 'This
place is creepy.'
"Your highness, we have brought the princess." says the knight
as they kneel before the king and queen.
The queen stands up and smiles her fangs visible in the dim lit
throne room. Cadance gasps and covers her mouth wih
her hands.
"You look surprised my child." says the King as he stands up.
"You're vampires!" blurts Cadance.
"Oh dear. She dosen't remember." says the queen as she looks
at her husband. "Should we give her the challenge?"
"We have no choice." says the King. "Cadance my darling, in order
for you to remember your inheritance you will have
to go through a few challenges."
"What kind of challenges?" asks Cadance.
"Challenges that shall help you remember and regain your full
powers." answers the Queen. "Chancellor, take Cadance
to the challenges room."
The chancellor leads Cadance through the dim halls to a new room.
The walls are tinted red in this room. From the door
infront of Cadance, a really strong heat can be felt.
"This is the door that leads to the challenges." says the Chancellor
before he leaves. "I hope you make it through alive.
This was always your favorite task to preform."
Cadance watches as the chancellor leaves and locks the door behind
him. Cadance gulps as she realizes their is only
one way to go now. She turns to face the door to the challenges. She
cautiously steps through the door. She shields her face from
a blast of hot air as she looks around. She looks to her left and on
the wall, notices an inscribition on the wall.
'Who so ever walks through the door of challenges is bound by
fate,
Only those chosen can make it through the challenges till the
end.
Only the chosen one shall succeed where all others have failed.
As the prophecy states:
Blood feeding the hunger of an immortal soul,
Fire at command,
The strength of the chosen one shall deliver us,
From the light into enternal darkness.'
"I wonder what this means." says Cadance as she drags her hand
over the writing.
Cadance walks through the room until she reaches a wall of fire.
"How am I supposed to get through that?" asks Cadance as she
worries.
Cadance closes her eyes and thinks. She thinks back to the prophecy.
"Fire at command...I wonder if that means I can control fire..."
thinks Cadance as she looks at the fire again.
Cadance stretches her hand towards the fire. The flames flicker
are lick at her hand, burning Cadnace fingers. Cadance
pulls her hand back quickly. She looks at the burn, about to cry.
"How am I supposed to get through this. It's impossible. I wish
someone could help me." says Cadance as she sits down
and fights back her tears. "I just want to go home."
"What a pathetic excuse for a vampire Princess." says a male
voice from the shadows.
"Who's there?" asks an alarmed Cadance as she quickly stands
up and looks around.
"I am N'yx, Vampire Slayer." says the man as he steps from the
shadows. "Now I shall put an end to your pathetic life."
N'yx leaps at Cadance with a wooden steak in his hand. Cadance
leaps out of the way and leans against a nearby wall.
"Why do you avoid me? Are you afraid to die forever?" asks N'yx.
"I'm not a vampire. I don't want to be here. I want to go home
and be with my friends." answers Cadance as she looks
at the slayer in fear. "Please leave me alone."
"Too bad. I do not grant mercy for vampires." says N'yx
as he narrows his eyes in anger. "You die NOW!"
N'yx lunges at Cadance but she dives to the ground and rolls
away from him. He growls and rushes at Cadance, this
time with his sword drawn. Cadance screams as she runs away from him
towards the fire. Her eyes widen in fear as she realizes
she has to either make it through the fire or die by this slayer's
sword. Cadance narrows her eyes in determination and rushes
faster towards the fire.
'Try harder! You are pathetic! You call yourself a vampire princess?
You are a disgrace to the royal crown.' shouts
Cadance's male vampire tutor. 'You were born to fight and to control
fire! Unleash your true powers, child!'
'I'm trying as hard as I can.' whines a young Cadance that looks
ready to cry. 'I just can't do it.'
'You're not trying hard enough!' shout her teacher. 'TRY AGAIN!!'
Cadance closes her eyes and makes the small fire wall part. She
leaps up and down happily at her sucess. Her teacher
smiles breifly.
'No time for celebrating. You still have much training left to
do.'
Cadance closes her eyes and leaps through the fire wall. She lands
on the other side untouched. She stands up and
stares at the fire wall in surprise. The slayer roars in anger at his
pray's escape.
"Get back here Vampire!" shouts N'yx.
"No way. I'm out of here. I know when I'm not wanted." says Cadance
as she turns and runs down the hall.
Cadance enters a large room with a metal door. She looks around
the room for any signs of traps. When she sees none
she continues to the metal door. Cadance trys pulling the doors open
by the large metal rings but to no avail. She sits down on the
floor near the door and closes her eyes. Cadance puts and hands to
her upper teeth. She gasps as she feels a pair of fangs.
"I am a vampire!!" says Cadance in surprise. "This can't be!
I don't want to be a vampire."
Cadance slams her fist into the cement floor, cracking it with
sheer force. Cadance stares wide eyed at the damage.
'You are a weakling! Is that all the harder you can hit? I've
felt harder hits from three year-old vampires!' shouts a
female vampire. 'Come on Princess! Your father is the strongest in
the kingdom. Let's see you top him!'
Cadance clenches her fists in anger and punches the wall. To
her surprise the brick wall had cracked and now spider
line fractures could be seen on the wall.
'You were supposed to hit me not the wall! I'm your opponent
not the wall! YOU ARE A WEAKLING!' shouts the
teacher.
'I hate you!' shouts Cadance as she strikes her teacher and sends
her flying into a nearby wall.
Cadance gasps and covers her mouth with her hands.
'I'm so sorry. I didn't mean it.' whispers Cadance as she fights
back tears.
Her teachers stands up and brushes her hair out of her face.
'Now that was what I was talking about. Don't be sorry. Fight
like that and you may just surpass your father.'
Cadance stands up and walks over to the metal door.
"I can do this." says Cadance as she grabs the ring and plants
her feet firmly on the floor.
Cadance hears footsteps coming down the hall. She turns to see
the slayer walking her way.
"Thought you could escape me did you? Well I'm back." laughs
N'yx.
"An so am I." says Cadance as she turns to face him. "I, Princess
Cadance, of the Vampire Kingdom will put a stop to
you."
"You? Stop me? I don't think so." laughs N'yx.
Cadance catches N'yx off gaurd and she rams him into a wall.
N'yx gasps in pain. Cadance pulls out her transformation
jewel.
"Fire GemStar Power!" shouts Cadance and she transforms into
Sailor Fire. "I am Sailor Fire. If you mess with fire
you're going to get burned."
"So your a senshi besides a vampire. All the better." smirks
N'yx as he charges at Sailor Fire with his sword drawn for
the kill.
The room grows hotter as Sailor Fire closes her eyes. Fire flares
up arounf her feet. She raises her hands in the air.
Flames, in the shapes of stars, shoot towards the slayer.
"Fire Star Strike!" shouts Sailor Fire as he eyes snap open.
N'yx's eyes widen in fear as the attack strikes him full force.
He disappears in a blinding flash of light. Sailor Fire turns
to face the door once again. She pulls the door open and walks into
the last room. The chancellor smiles as Sailor Fire enters the
room.
"You have done it Princess. Welcome home." says the chancellor
as he bows before Sailor Fire.
"Thank you chancellor. I must be going. I have friends waiting
for me back in Tyoko." says Sailor Fire.
"Yes we understand." says the Queen as she steps from the shadows
with the King.
"Come back to us we it all said and done. We shall miss you until
the time comes for your return." says the King.
"Thank you mother. Thank you father." says Sailor Fire as tears
form in her eyes.
She runs over to hug her parents. The chancellor opens the door
leading back to Tyoko. Sailor Fire bids them all a
tearful farewell before running through the door with a look of determination
on her face.
Well that's it for this part of the chapter. Hope you liked it. Sailor
Wind is coming up next. |