Sailor Moon Sailor Stars
Nehelenia Arc Part of 6 of 6
Moon Power of Love! End of the Nightmare


"Mamo-chan! Mamo-chan!"  Sailor Chibi-Moon shook Mamoru's arm and called his name.
"It's no use," cackled Nehelenia. "He won't wake up. He can't be freed from the curse unless the piece of mirror is removed from his eye and even I can't do that."
Sailor Saturn threatened Nehelenia with the Silence Glaive.  "You think you got here because of your own power," scoffed Nehelenia.  "You are just the final pieces to make the White Moon Princess suffer!"  Sailor Chibi-Moon's body began to fade in and out. Sailor Saturn remembered Sailor Pluto's warning that the future was changing. A sudden surge of swirling energy from Nehelenia blinded Sailor Saturn for a moment then Nehelenia was gone. Only a blank mirror remained where she had stood.
"It's awful!" exclaimed Artemis.  "What's happened?" asked Luna and Diana.  Artemis said that the people all throughout the city who had gotten the mirror shards in their eyes were now trapped and paralyzed inside of mirrors and reflections.  Artemis said it was all part of Nehelenia's curse.  "Will they make it by dawn," wondered Luna aloud as she looked off into the pre-dawn sky. "We have to believe in Usagi and the others," replied Artemis.  "I wonder how Usagi is doing," worried Luna.
Usagi continued to force her way through the thorns covering the long path to Nehelenia's Castle.
"Please wake up," begged Sailor Chibi-Moon. 
"Do you hate me?" Nehelenia's voice floated lazily through the room.  Sailor Saturn stood on guard. "Use your hate to kill me but the curse will still remain," laughed Nehelenia.  Sailor Chibi-Moon continued to encourage Mamoru.  "If this continues, I'll disappear...". Sailor Chibi Moon began to cry.
Slowly, Mamoru's frozen eyes began to flicker.  Sailor Saturn noticed immediately.  "Call to him more!" she shouted to Chibi-Moon. 
Nehelenia appeared in one of the floating mirrors and frowned.  A beam of dark energy came out from the mirror and entered into Mamoru's eye.  The dark energy also shocked Sailor Chibi Moon. Sailor Saturn intercepted.  "Silence Wall!"
Mamoru returned to his paralyzed state.  Sailor Chibi-Moon was devastated.  Nehelenia re-materialized futher down the room.  "I will take away everything that the White Moon Princess loves," lectured Nehelenia, "her boyfriend, her friends, even the Earth!"
"If you won't lift this curse," replied Sailor Saturn, "then I have no choice. By erasing you I will remove the source of this evil and end this curse.  I will unleash Sailor Saturn's true power - the power of destruction."
Nehelenia laughed. "Do you think I don't know?  If you use that power you will be destroyed too. If you think you can do it, then just try."

"That is my duty," replied Sailor Saturn.
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