"No!" cried Nehelenia, "Don't show me those eyes. Don't look at me with sympathic eyes!"  "Hate me!" raged Nehelenia, "Despise me!" She threw Serena away from her and recoiled.
"If it were me," wept Serena, "I couldn't live alone. I couldn't have endured it like you did. You could never understand my feelings!" retorted Nehelenia.
"You are right," said Serena, "but what you are doing won't change that.  You need to take revenge on me. I understand.  Please return my friends safely.  They will understand and forgive you. Please... take your revenge on me."
Nehelenia hesitated, then clenched her fists. "Fine if that's how you want it."

A tear rolled down Darien's cheek.
A yellow light shone out from behind Nehelenia. She turned around in disbelief. "My curse is broken?"

The mirrors around the throne room shattered!
"Rini, Darien, everyone," Serena looked around.  "It's not dawn yet," declared Sailor Venus, "There's still time."  Serena smiled. "If we combine our powers, I'm sure we can do it again."
Light began to come through the open roof of the ruined palace. "What's going on," exclaimed Nehelenia.
The room began to brighten and cheer.  The Sailor Scouts, and also Serena, Darien and Sailor Mini-Moon gathered around Nehelenia in a circle.
"No!" Nehelenia lashed out, flinging bolts of dark energy at the girls!
Continue...!

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