A Love So Strong:
A Love Story about Serena and Darien
A LOVE SO STRONG: SERENITY AND ENDYMION
Chapter 10
Training Begins
The usual disclaimers still apply. I want to apologize for the long wait in completing Chapter 10. Thank you to all of you who have written to me about completing the story. I’m sorry that it is partly finished by at least I got it out. Please let me know what you think! Now on with the show!!!
Pluto knew that the only way the Scouts and Sailor Moon where going to win would be to somehow activate their powers **before** the Transfer of Power. But since she was now under Temporal's rule, she was helpless to assist with the planning.
"Guardian of Time, I want you to watch the change in the Time Stream. I want you to see all that you love disappear. You are not allowed to alter it, not that you could anyway", said Temporal smiling. "I have limited your powers until the Time Stream is finally stabilized then maybe I will restore your powers to full strength if I feel you have served me well."
"As you command, My Lady Avator," said Pluto in a low and humble royal bow with tears in her eyes. Pluto turned and walked out of Temporal's throne room walking toward the Time Stream observatory.
As Pluto was contemplating her next course of action in helping her friends, she noticed something peeking around the side of one of the massive Roman-type columns just outside the throne room. It was a piece from Chronos's Amber/Onyx crystalline staff. Within his staff held a whisper of the Being's power. No one is completely sure what the fragment of the Being's power is or how powerful it is. But the few privilege Avators were sworn to secrecy to protect the fragment from misuse and abuse. Pluto wondered if Temporal knows that Chronos is in an elite group of Avators within this universe and does Temporal have the same fragment in her Temporal distortion rod?
Now that Temporal ruled in Chronos's place, the corridors were empty and lifeless. Pluto looked around to see if anyone was watching her and picked up the small crystalline fragment. When she touched the fragment she felt enormous power coursing through her. Her own powers were suddenly magnified.
**With this fragment I can help my fiends. But not before I get the full plan of the Universe takeover from Temporal herself.**
So she placed the fragment in her space pocket were not even Temporal will sense its energy. Shen then continued walking toward the observatory helplessly to watch her fiends adjust to the new Time Stream.
Suddenly there was a quiet wind in the room and all heard a light, lilting voice saying, “Don’t give up hope just yet, my children. Where there is light, there is always hope.” And before them stood the Moon Goddess Selene herself with a serene smile on her face.
All bowed within the room to the Mood Goddess Selene. She stood there with a small but tranquail smile on her face and aid, "Raise my children, now is not the time for formality. Now is the time to plan and eventually fight for the Light. I have brought with me reinforcements. As you were saying Sailor Saturn, you are correct **you** can not fight a God, but we can. I will introduce you to your respective Avators. But before I do this, I must have all Sailor Scouts & Guardians present."
Queen Serenity said, "My Lady, the Scouts are not ready for the Transfer of Power nor for the knownledge of their previous incarnation. We thought to give them time to adjust and finally accept their destiny as protectors and champions."
"I understand your methods, but as you have been sensing, we are running out of time. The previous timetable is gone and the rules have changed without you knowing it. This is what I know so far. Your Guardian of Time is now a servant for an Antiverse Avator named Temporal. This was not by choice. Pluto's Avator, Chronos has been banished to a timeless jail, where he can not escape. We Avators have tried and failed to release him from his prison. But all is not lost. With the Scouts at full power and knownledge on how to use that power, we the Avators along side with the Scouts can drive the Antiverse Avators back to their universe and finally seal the tear in time and space for a 1000 years or more. But we need the Scouts and Guardians to know exactly what they are up against. They are not just fighting Metellica, the Antiverse's champion, but they would be fighting against powerful Gods and Goddess bent on total takeover of our universe and they have nothing to lose."
Luna rose and bowed, "My lady, may I suggest that each respective Avator located their champion and their guardian and initiate the transfer of power individually?"
Selene smiled and said, "I always knew you were brilliant, Luna!! By the way, you look wonderful in human form."
Selene turn and as she turn the atmosphere became charged with intense magically and powerful energy. One by one each Avator winked into the room. The room was suddenly transformed into the Luna palace throne room. The first to appear was the Avator of Earth, Imentit.
"Selene, I have located my guardian and his companions. Prince Darian is near, the others are not. I will transport them to Eygpt for their training and transfer of power."
"Excellent. Remember, you have 3 days to complete their training and Prince Darien's transfer of power. Be well and safe my sister, and good luck. We will need all the luck we can get."