"I should have sealed you in a mirror long ago." Nehelenia stretched out her hands and a rectangular ray shot forward.  Sailor Saturn was sealed into a nightmare mirror.   The prison mirrors appeared around the walls of the throne room with the Sailor Scouts sealed inside.
"Watch from inside the mirrors," gloated Nehelenia, "See the sad face of your Princess..."
"Nehelenia..."

A torn up Serena stumbled into the room.
"I congratulate you for getting this far," remarked Nehelenia smoothly, "but you're too late.  Those who were caught in my nightmare are now completely trapped.  I will be dawn soon and they will never wake up."
Serena saw Sailor Mini Moon's condition and ran to her side.  "I'm sorry Serena," stammered Mini Moon, "I couldn't save Darien."
"Serena... I believe in you..."
"No...!" cried Serena, "Rini...!"
"Ah poor thing," teased Nehelenia, "the fruit of your love has disappeared."
Serena kept her face covered.  "What did Rini do?" said Serena quietly.
"You will hate me even more," continued Nehelenia gleefully. "Look behind you."
"Everyone who followed you has fallen into my trap."

"Why would you do such terrible things," said Serena.
"Why everything is for my revenge against you," replied Nehelenia, "To make you feel the same solitude that I felt."


"In the past, present, future," said Nehelenia, "you are treated with reverence. But I... Before I had the mirror I was alone."
"There was no one to share my happiness or sorrow with.  But the mirror saved me! The mirror promised me everlasting beauty!"
In Nehelenia's memory, hude crowds cheered for her. "Our beautiful Queen, Nehelenia!"
"I don't need friends! I don't need loved ones!  I am my friend! I am my beloved! The one who shares my happiness with me, is me!"
"I was released from solitude, I defeated loneliness! That's why I have to stay beautiful forever.  To never be alone.  That's why I needed the Dream Mirrors as much as you need your friends. But you! The White Moon Princess.  You sealed me.  Cast me into the darkness.  Cast me back into solitude! Without the mirror. Into loneliness! DO you understand!"
Nehelenia lashed Serena with whips and bolts of dark energy, knocking her hard against the walls and floor.  Finally she grasped Serena by the throat. "My revenge will finally be complete."  Continue


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