Serenay Moon
Special XXXI: Little Wish X: Human
©2002 Kitty Ocean

 

Startled Kitt stood in the hallway. "How... how can Zach ground me?!"

"Kitt!" Moka's voice sounded alarming and Kitt reacted immediately. "Help me get Lady Luna on the couch."

Both were really exhausted but managed to get the white haired woman on the couch. Kitt looked at Lady Luna's stomach. "I don't see a wound...."

"Maybe on the inside." Moka concluded and badly wished Mika was here with her healing powers.

Lady Luna shook her head. "No, I'm not hurt." She swallowed.

"You sure look hurt." Kitt felt Lady Luna's forehead. It was not hot but the Air Guardian did have pain.

"Tsukiyo stabbed me in my dream." The Guardian explained. "It just felt so real."

Moka nodded agreeing. "I had dreams like that once. One was that bees attacked me. The whole day I checked my body for wounds, but nothing was there."

Kitt looked at him. "You sure have weird dreams."

Lady Luna sat up again. "We must help the others."

"You are still too weak!" Moka said protective. "We would only put the others in danger if we show up."

Kitt disagreed. "You saw what they did to Lady Luna, I bet they need help."

Lady Luna agreed with Kitt. "We'll stay hidden and if needed use our powers." She turned to Kitt. "Even though you won't admit it, the 3 of use are very weak at this moment. Even you."

Kitt nodded. Both stood up and took the hands of Lady Luna. A blinding light followed and suddenly Zach's house was completely empty once again.

 

Zach ran through the streets. "I shouldn't have left them alone!" He blamed himself. "I should have finished them off when I had the chance!"

"No Zach!" Kimi corrected. "It's not your fault!"

"But it is my fault!"

"Oh, grow up!" Kimi replied. "If it was your fault...."

"Not right now kiddies." Derak ran past them. "We need to find them fast."

Lady Gaia almost tripped over her dress. She lifted it up a bit and continued running. "They are still weak! They couldn't have got far."

They ran at the marketplace where people had gathered to look at the damage the storm last night had caused. Zach knew he was responsible for all this, but focused on his task. Some people looked astounded at Lady Aqua and Lady Gaia.

A young man walked at Lady Aqua. "Hey hottie, I haven't seen you here before. Did it hurt when you fell from heaven?"

Lady Aqua pushed the guy away. "Oh please, spare me."

Another guy tried to hit on Lady Gaia, but Derak jumped before her. He grabbed the guy with his shirt. "Sorry Miss." He quickly apologised. "I didn't knew you already had a boyfriend!" And he ran away.

"Little pesky boy." Derak growled. "And I'm not her boyfriend!" He turned back and saw Lady Gaia smiling. Not that long ago, Derak had tried to ask Lady Aqua out, before he was send to Umbra 6!

"There!" Mika pointed through the crowd. "There they are!" On the other side, Tsukiyo and Yuugao tried to loose Zach and his friends through the crowd. Rude, all pushed away the other people.

"Excuse me!" Lady Aqua apologised while pushing 2 guys against each other. "This is an emergency!"

"Where did they go?" Zach asked, noticing he lost them.

Lady Gaia looked around. "There! There is Tsukiyo!"

"There is Yuugao!" Derak noticed. Yuugao was on the other side of the crowd.

"They have split up!" Mika concluded. "What shall we do?"

"Split up too!" Lady Aqua took Mika and Kimi's hands. "We'll take Tsukiyo!"

"Be careful!" Lady Gaia, Derak and Zach went the other way.

Again, they had to push the people away again. "Stop her!" Zach yelled but no one obeyed. "It has no use! With all these people, we'll never manage to find them!"

*Aqua! *

Lady Aqua looked up. "Luna?" She asked. She looked towards the north, where she saw Lady Luna, Moka and Kitt standing. *What are you doing here? * She asked telepathically.

*No time, just focus. * Lady Luna replied. *I have an idea to get rid of all these people, but I will need your help! Kitt is too weak! *

Lady Aqua obeyed and tried to help with her magic without anyone noticing.

 

"What is she doing?" Kitt asked Moka.

Moka looked at the sky. Dark clouds packed together. "I don't think you brought an umbrella, did you?"

And Moka was right, seconds later, it started pouring. The crowd on the marketplace fled into their houses and moments later the area was cleared of people. And again, the Dream Fairies had no place to hide any more.

"Cursed Guardians!" Tsukiyo bellowed over the rain. "Just leave us alone!"

Lady Luna stepped next to her sisters. "No! You have caused too much trouble!"

Yuugao took her sister's hand. "If we have to die, we'll take along some of them!"

Tsukiyo nodded and together they created the most deadly attack they had ever created.

"Look out!" Derak noticed and tried to protect his friends. "Rumbling Voice!" He quickly smashed 2 fists at the ground and created an earthquake to let his enemies loose their balance.

However, Derak hadn't thought about one little thing. The Dream Fairies indeed lost their balance and the attack went ballistic! Without a proper aim, it shot towards the sky and quickly headed for the earth again.

"Yuugao, look out!" Tsukiyo yelled.

 

The energy hit the floor millimetres for the young Yuugao and created a huge crater. Screaming Yuugao fell into the pit and got trapped between the 2 walls of the crater that started to close in on each other again.

Tsukiyo thought about nothing else any more and ran towards the thin crater. "Hang on!" Tsukiyo yelled and stretched her arm. "Grab my hand!"

"I can't!" Yuugao screamed back. "You are too far away!" The walls came closer again. For the first time in her life, Yuugao felt the fear and pain of getting crushed to death.

"I'm coming!" Tsukiyo wanted to crawl into the crater.

"No!" She heard and saw Zach running. "You are too big! You'll only trap yourself!" Without hesitating Zach jumped into the crater. Each leg stood firm against it's own wall. "Yuugao, grab my hand!"

Yuugao started to cry. "It hurts so much!"

"Don't give up!" Zach commanded. "Just grab my hand!"

Yuugao obeyed and stretched her hand. Zach bend forward and tried to grab her hand when suddenly the walls moved again. For a moment Zach lost his balance, but recovered quickly. Both tried again and finally Zach managed to grab Yuugao's hand. At that moment the rocks that had captured Yuugao got crushed and released her from her prison. However, Zach had nothing to hold on to any more!

But milliseconds before he fell a strong firm hand grabbed his hand. Derak tried to hold on. "Too heavy!" He could only say. Tsukiyo grabbed Zach's hand and helped pulling them both up. As soon as they could, Kimi and Mika helped too, while the others ran at them to see if they could help too.

Tsukiyo saw Yuugao. She didn't move any more. Dirt was everywhere as well as blood. Tsukiyo took her sister in her arms. "No!" She cried. "Yuugao, no!"

Zach looked at Tsukiyo. Not a day ago he wanted them both dead, but now he felt so sorry for her that he wasn't been able to save her sister. Suddenly... she looked so... human.

With tears in her eyes Tsukiyo looked begging at the Guardians. "Please," She begged. "Help my sister! I'll do anything! Even if it means I have to die!"

The Ladies looked doubting at each other. Their hearts wanted to help so badly, while their minds told them not to do it. After all, if Yuugao would be saved, would that mean they would stop harvesting dreams?

"Please...." Tsukiyo cried. "I'll do anything... anything."

At that moment 2 new people arrived. "Kim!" Lady Gaia happily exclaimed. She knew her wise sister would take the decision for them.

Lady Ignis followed Lady Kim who kneeled at Tsukiyo and Yuugao. She showed a gem. "You know this crystal, don't you?" Lady Ignis asked.

Tsukiyo nodded. "First this was your punishment." Lady Kim continued. "But now it may be the only way to save her. Do you accept it?"

Tsukiyo looked doubting. But after a second, she nodded and took the crystal. She placed it on Yuugao's chest and got caught in a trance.

 

Lady Kim sat in the garden, just looking before her. Zach joined her. "Why?" He asked. "Wouldn't it be easier just to seal them away again?"

Lady Kim shook her head. "No, this is better."

Zach sat down next to her. "Yeah, but making them human..."

"A Dream Fairy lives to protect other people's dreams." Lady Kim explained. "They have no dreams of themselves."

"I can't say they were protecting our dreams..." Zach mumbled.

Lady Kim smiled. "Sometimes the dark side's call is too strong to resist. They took so many dreams from so many people." She continued. "We punished them hard. Tsukiyo and Yuugao are now the first Dream Fairies... to have dreams and hopes for themselves."

Zach looked at the stars. "But are you sure they have no powers any more?" He asked. "Are you sure they are now 100% human?" Lady Kim nodded.

"Each night they'll have to feel what they have stolen from so many people." She explained. "Their misery can only be stopped when they realise the true meaning of dreams."

"Lady Kim...?"

"Yes Zach?"

"I just wondered...." Zach started. "Do Guardians have dreams?"

Lady Kim smiled at him. "Of course. Do you want to hear mine?" Zach was a bit shocked but nodded anyway. "My wish is that everyone in this universe will be happy. No one should deserve to live a life filled with pain, unless they deserved it- how cruel it may sound."

Zach agreed. There were enough people in the universe that were evil and who caused other people to have a lot of pain. They should feel what they caused others to feel. Zach hoped that this way those people would understand what pain meant and that they would stop doing it to others.

"Kitt said once..." Zach suddenly said. "Don't do to others what you don't want to happen to yourself."

 

Inside Kimi stood in the hallway. "Don't you want to say good bye to Zach?" Kitt asked.

Kimi shook her head. "No." She replied. "I did horrible things to him."

"That wasn't you." Moka answered. "Just stay a bit longer. In a few days we'll leave for Earth."

"Maybe I'll come by again." Kimi smiled. "But for now... I don't feel like I deserve his friendship."

"Don't be silly." Mika tried, but Kimi insisted on leaving without Zach knowing.

Kimi turned to Kitt. "Please..." She asked. "Take good care of Zach from me, okay?" She released an enchanting smile and hugged Kitt. "He's still wet behind his ears."

Kitt grinned. "I will." She answered. "Please come by again any time soon."

Both girls let go and Kimi left the house. "There she goes." Moka sighed.

"Yeah, too bad... she was so nice!" Kitt agreed. Mika, Moka and Derak started snickering. "What? What?" The 3 laughing youngsters then ran through the house, with an angry Kitt behind them. "I wasn't jealous! I've never been! Come back here this instant and say that again right in my face if you dare! Cowards!"


 

The end.

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