Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Shattered Hope ❯ Envolped by Shadows ( Chapter 1 )

Shattered Hope Chapter 1-Enveloped By Shadows

(A.N.) This is my first story by myself so please don't be harsh

Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon ïŒ if I did it would still be on air.

Summary: When hope and faith crumble into darkness, love will shine brightly through the night. A series of mysterious deaths have been occurring. Each time the victims are drained of all their energy. The scary part is that the new evil isn't a part of the Negaverse. Now even Beryl wants to take it down.

* Thoughts are in / / *

The stars fell over the night sky in a beautiful twinkling pattern. It brightened the dark night. It was an unusually warm night for mid November. Sada was walking home from her friend's house. The streets weren't really busy, it was only around 9:30 or so. She had told her mom that she would be home before ten and it was going to at least take her another fifteen minutes to reach her desired location.

She decided to pick up her pace. Her mother would surely ground her if she were more than one minute late. She felt like some one was following her, so she looked behind her. She was met with thin air. She couldn't help but try to shake off the feeling. /No you're just imaging things./ She told herself. Then she could swear that she was hearing footsteps behind her. She thought she was going out of her mind.

"Sada", A voice called out to her. She looked, again nothing. It was really beginning to freak her out. She picked up her pace, but the eerie still called out to her. It was like some one was whispering in her ear and it sent chills down her spine.

"Who's there?" She called out into the shadows. She was trying to be alert to what was going on in her surroundings. The voice didn't reply and she didn't know whether to be happy or to be scared. Either way, she knew she had to get the hell out of there.

She came to a crossing and she had a decision to make; Cut through the woods or stick to the street. The wood went straight into her backyard. It would only take her 2 minutes to get home, or she could continue on her path that would take her longer. Stupidly, she opted for the short cut.

She walked briskly through the woods, trying to keep her walking fast but not letting whoever was following her know she was scared. She felt like somebody ran their fingers through her hair, it sent shivers down her spine. She didn't care; She broke out into an all out run. She tripped over a root on the tree. Slammed down to her face groaning in pain. She quickly got up. She wasn't some stupid girl in horror movie who falls down and crawls away from their killer begging `please don't hurt me'. No, she wouldn't let that person be her.

She ran and saw the clearing that led to her back yard. /Yes only a few more feet./ A searing pain cursed through her leg. She felt like teeth marks had torn through her delicate skin. She could feel the blood dripping down her leg. It stunned her for a moment and that's when she knew she made a mistake.

She wanted to scream, run, anything, but nothing was working. Her body fell limp to the ground, like her body had been paralysed all over. Tears fell down her cheeks; She didn't want it to end like this. She hadn't got to do everything that she wanted to do in this life.

She lay there for what seemed like eternity, her doom just hiding behind the shadows. She knew it was coming and she couldn't fight what was happening to her.

The wind changed directions, swooping down over her body like a bird flying over. She couldn't see anything, and her body was immobile. /Please!/ She begged some unknown force to either stop, or save her. She could feel two eyes piercing her body. It was watching her, like it was waiting for her to break before it would devour her.

The soft breeze moved forward as it stalked her. Moving ever so slowly at an agonizing pace. Almost like it was taunting her, making her wish that it would happen faster. Then it stopped. Nothing happened, the night air was dry, it scared her. She could only tell where it was by the breeze it created in its movements.

Her chest burst into pain. It, whatever 'it' was, had done something to her chest. She felt weak. The burning pain she felt soon turned to the feeling of all her energy leaving her paralysed body. Sleep soon became inevitable, but it wasn't a normal sleep; It was a slumber that she would never wake up from.

Next Day

A crowd was standing around the police taped off area. Serena walked over to Ami, who was looking at the house before her. "Ami, what's going on?" She asked curiously.

Ami had a frown on her face, "A girl went missing last night. Her parents called the police when she didn't come home".

The police were trying to keep people back, "Did they find her?" She asked hopefully, but by look of it, some thing bad had happened.

"They did", she replied, a gloomy look on her face.

"And that's a bad thing?" She didn't quite get what Ami meant. If they found the girl then this should be a good thing. Unless… Serena didn't want to think about the other possibilities. "She's dead, isn't she".

Ami didn't even need to reply, the look on her face sad enough. "I feel sorry for her family, to find her like that".

"How?" Ami looked at her, "How did they find her", Serena hated to ask, but she felt like she needed to know.

"In the ravine in the woods behind her house" Ami paused, "Her energy was drained".

"The Negaverse?" Serena didn't know why, but she felt responsible for this girl's murder. Maybe if she had been doing a better job at being Sailor Moon. She felt like a complete failure.

"Alright people, there's nothing to see here," A police officer was ushering people away from Sada's house. Ami and Serena started walking towards the school.

"I think we should call a scout meeting", Ami announced as they made their way down the street, "Something big is definitely going to happen. I have this feeling in the pit of my stomach."

They continued to walk in silence for a little while, "Ami, do you feel…" Serena didn't finish it.

"Do I feel what Serena?" Ami asked.

"Never mind", Serena didn't really know how to approach the subject. She wanted to ask Ami if she felt responsible, like she did, for this girl's death. Like the Scouts could have done something to stop it.

They finally arrived at school and made it to their homeroom. Whispers buzzing across the classroom. No doubt every one had heard about the misfortune that occurred last night. Serena walked over to a group of girls, who were discussing the event.

"Did you know the girl Molly?" One of the girls asked the red head.

"Yes, she was my old neighbour Sada. She moved away a couple of years ago", Molly replied. She saw Serena sit down, "Hey Serena".

"Hi", Serena replied. She took out her books for the beginning of class. She could tell it was going to be a long day.

The last bell of the day rang, dismissing the class. Serena put her books in her bag and got ready to leave. She walked outside; Ami and Lita were already gone. "I thought they were going to wait for me". A puzzled Serena started walking towards Rei's temple.

Serena glanced down at her watch. She was going to be late. /Rei is so going to kill me./ She dashed off down the street. She turned the corner. *Slam* She bumped into somebody.

"Hey, watch where you're going meatball head", Serena inwardly groaned. She didn't have time to talk to Darien. Darien picked up the book he was reading.

"I told you not to call me that", Serena grumbled; She wasn't a meatball head. "And you should watch where you're going too. I mean, you were reading a book. It wasn't like you were paying attention either", she retorted.

"At least I'm doing something productive with my time", He said, motioning to the book. He laughed at her, "I bet you were rushing because you're late to go do something".

She glared at him angrily, "Just because I was running doesn't mean that I'm late".

He looked at her sceptically and raised an eyebrow at her remark.

She was so not in the mood to fight with him right now. "Humph what do you know jerk", She walked away from him. /God, he is such a jerk. Aren't people allowed to run? And just because I'm running doesn't mean that I'm late./

She finally made it to Rei's. Rei and the others were sitting out on the front porch waiting for her. "So you finally decided to grace us with your presence Serena", Rei was angry. She didn't like it when Serena was late, it always held them back. They couldn't really do anything until Serena was there. What a lousy scout leader she made.

Serena stuck her tongue of at Rei. "Girls, can we please stop fighting and get started", Artemis asked, trying to break apart the two girls who were giving each other death glares.

Both girls made a 'humph' noise at the same time and crossed their arms over their chests. They still continued to shoot daggers at one another.

"So Ami, you've been researching this girl's murder. Did you find any clues that lead to the Negaverse?" Luna asked, getting the ball rolling.

"The girl's energy was drained, that's what caused her death", Ami went on, "I was able to get a look at the official autopsy. Besides the fact that she was drained, she had several bite wounds and there was a paralysing chemical found in her blood stream".

"So she wasn't able to move and then she was drained?" Lita asked.

"Most likely. It would have been easier to drain her if she couldn't move", Ami replied. She didn't like the whole idea of it. It puzzled her. Why would a monster only attack one single person? Most of the monsters from the Negaverse attack large groups so they could get the most energy out of it.

Mina was thinking the same thing too, "I just don't get it. Doesn't the Negaverse want to get a bunch of energy? What was different about this attack?"

"Maybe they have a new strategy. Maybe they figure that this way its quieter, so we won't hear about it and come to take the monster down". Rei made a good point. Either the Negaverse was getting smarter, or they weren't doing enough to protect people.

"If that is the case, then we should be more alert", Luna replied. There could be possible ways to stop this monster, couldn't there?

"Luna's right. We need to be prepared to deal with this monster, and whatever comes with it". Artemis was worried; He didn't like it, not one bit. It was like something was lurking in the shadows watching and you didn't know where to look for it. It could be anywhere.

**Negaverse**

Beryl looked through her seeing ball (the ball thing that she uses). She was very angry at what she was seeing. Someone was moving onto her turf. "Queen Beryl, you wished to see me", A voice approached the agitated Queen.

"Yes", She paused to look at her minion, "Zoicite, please do come here".

Zoicite walked towards her Queen, she could tell that she was angry. She just hoped that Beryl wasn't angry with her or she might be killed. "What is it that you wished to see me about?"

"There was an attack last night Zoicite. Do you know anything about it?" Beryl asked, her gaze not moving from her ball. She continued to run her hands over it.

"I know nothing of an attack. I never sent a monster out to collect energy or to collect rainbow crystals", Zoicite replied. Had some one gone over her head to try to take her place? It better not be she would find them and kill them if that was the answer. "Was it one of ours?"

"No", she looked at Zoicite, "It's someone new, someone we don't know." She turned back to the ball, "I want you to find out more about the mystery person. Tell me what it is that they are doing. And I want it done quickly and quietly".

"Yes my Queen", Zoicite turned to leave. Who was this person? Queen Beryl didn't even know. She hoped they too weren't after the rainbow crystals. There was only enough room for one evil

in this town.

~*~ And that's the end of chapter one. I hope you like it. Please review and tell me if I should continue this story. Thanks for your time, Shottsy ~*~