Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ I Wish I Was Dead ❯ Gloria ( Chapter 2 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

I Wish I Was Dead
by: drama81

*Author's Notes: Standard disclaimer applies. Angel Raye has been kind enough to let me borrow her chibi scouts, so I must give her props, thanks Angel Raye. Before I go on I must say that I in no way approve of suicide. If you are having thoughts of commiting suicide I suggest that you see someone, anyone at all. With that said let's get on with the story.

Chapter 2: Gloria

"Mom, I'm home," a spunky eight year old with orange hair called as she entered her quarters.

"Young lady, you have some explaining to do," an enraged Mina called as she entered the living room. "Gloria Kathryn Aino, I want to know why you felt you had to skip school to go watch some movie that you knew you weren't suppose to go see in the first place."

"I...I...I," Gloria stuttered.

"Save it, you are grounded for one month. Unless you are at school, training, or fighting youma you are to be in your room. You will have no friends over and you will not go to any of their quarters. Do I make myself clear?" Mina said.

"But that's not fair!" Gloria retorted.

"What's not fair? Your groundation?" Mina asked.

"Yeah, I shouldn't be grounded for a month, a week maybe, but not a month," Gloria said.

"Okay, since you don't think it should be a month, how about two months?" Mina replied.

"But...but...but," Gloria said.

"You are to go up to your room now. The school told me what today's assignments are so they are waiting for you to do them. Actually the next three days are up there. When the school called they also told me you were suspended, so I hope the movie was worth it." Mina said.

"Yes ma'am," Gloria said as she kept her head towards the ground.

Once she got up to her room she sat on her bed and talked to Artemis, her mom's cat and Neo-Queen Serenity's advisor. "Artemis it just isn't fair! I mean I shouldn't be grounded for two months just for missing one day of school."

"You skipped didn't you?" Artemis asked.

"Yeah, so what? I'm sure mom skipped a day or two when she was a kid,"

"A day or two?!? Try ten times in one semester," Artemis said.

"Ten times? How much trouble did she get in?" Gloria asked excitedly.

"Not much. Her parents just let her do whatever she wanted," Artemis said.

"That's so unfair. Mom doesn't let me get away with anything. I wish I were dead. That would show her!" Gloria said.

"Don't you dare talk like that, your mother loves you with all her heart," Artemis said.

"Then why is she always grounding or spanking me!" Gloria shouted.

"I'm going to go get her to talk to you. You need to be reassured," Artemis said as he walked out of the room.

"Are you sure you want to die?" a familiar voice called out.

"Chloe! I'm glad to see you," Gloria said while hugging her guardian angel.

"It's good to see you too Gloria, but you never did answer my earlier question. Are you sure you want to die?" Chloe said.

"Yes, Mom treats me very unfairly, and she did worse stuff than I did. Nobody but Annika seems to like me, even the other chibi scouts are constantly yelling at me," Gloria sobbed.

"Then come with me," Chloe said. "I'll show you what life would be like if you died right now."

The two stepped through a portal and were instantly transported to the middle of a field. Gloria looked around and saw a group of people standing together. She also noticed that everyone was wearing black. "Chloe were are we?" Gloria asked.

"Why I thought you would recognize the people over there. That's all your family and friends. They're here for your funeral," Chloe stated simply.

"My what?!?" Gloria asked in alarm.

"You did want to die right?" Chloe asked.

"I guess so, yeah. Well at least I showed Mom," Gloria said.

"Let's go see them closer, shall we?" Chloe said.

"Okay let's go," Gloria said.

"Oh Gloria, why did you have to do it? Why?" a distressed Mina cried out.

"Shhh, honey it'll be okay," Asai, her husband, told her.

"How can you say that? Our baby is dead. I should have been more lenient on her, maybe tell her that I loved her more. Anything to have kept her from suicide," Mina cried.

"Mina, you did only what you thought was right. No one here blames you for what happened in any way. In fact, I would have done the same had it been my child," Serenity said.

"Yea right," Mina shot back. "Just like back in the 20th century. You just let Rini walk all over you!"

"Okay that's enough. Granted, she did walk all over me, but there was nothing I could do there. She had my parents on her side and besides I was only 14 then. I was no where near being mature enough to raise a child then," Serenity said.

"Chloe, can we go somewhere else?" Gloria asked.

"Yes, I have a few places I would like to show you," Chloe said.

The two emerged from another portal in the quarters of the Mars family. "This is Annika's quarters," Gloria said.

"Yes it is. Let's see how your death has affected your friend," Chloe said.

"Come on honey, come out and play with the others please," Rei pleaded.

"No, the other kids pick on me. They call me a cry baby and try to make me cry," Annika said.

"Oh Ami, she relapsed into her shyness again. What can I do to bring her out of her shell again?" Rei said to Ami.

"Honestly Rei, I don't know. Last time she came out because of Gloria, but now that she's gone I don't know what could bring her out. Gloria was her best friend afterall," Ami said.

"Well I'm not going to let the other kids pick on her, I'll home school her myself. And before you say it's a bad idea, Ami, I already know that and don't care. No one is going to hurt my baby again," Rei resolved.

"But Annika wasn't shy anymore. She is friends with ther other chibi scouts," Gloria said.

"Yes, but you were the reason she wasn't shy. Without you there she became shy again," Chloe said. "Come, I know another place you need to see."

"Okay," Gloria said before disappearing.

When the two reappeared they were in a field again. Only this time they saw the chibi scouts fighting a youma. "Ariel, find it's weakness as fast as you can, the rest of you hit it with everything you've got!" Cosmic Moon said.

"Rini, I found its weakness," Ariel called.

"Great what is it?" Rini said.

"Light is its weakness, but none of us use light as a power. That was Venus's power," Ariel said.

"Great, just great. Now we have a youma we may not be able to beat. Can we use the Sailor Planet Attack?" Rini asked.

"That might work. Let's try it," Ariel said.

The group gathered in a circle and joined hands. They each called forth their own power and added it to the group, then as one yelled out for the Sailor Planet Attack. At first nothing appeared to happen to the youma then slowly it turned to dust. When the attack was finished all the girls fainted. When they came to they saw they were in the medical wing of the hospital.

"What are we doing here Ami?" Rini asked.

"We found all of you unconcious in a field near the palace. I brought you here so you could recover," Ami said.

"How long have we been out?" Rini asked.

"Four days. The others haven't awakened yet. I fear they may lapse into a coma and never wake up," Ami said.

"Come I have a couple more places to show you," Chloe said as the portal opened again.

When the two stepped out they were in the meeting hall for the elder scouts. Gloria looked around but found she couldn't see her mother. "Chloe, where's mom?"

"Just watch child. All will be revealed," Chloe answered.

"I have called this meeting because of a dire emergency," began Neo-Queen Serenity. "It seems that one of our own has fallen to the dark side. Mina has joined with the last faction of the Black Moon Family. They apparently believe that she can lead them to victory and she just might be able to do that. Keep this in mind should we have to fight her, I will try to heal her but if I can't then we must finish her off."

"We can't do that. Mina's our friend. We don't turn our backs on our friends," Lita nearly shouted.

"Look, I don't want to do that either, but we must face the facts. If Mina refuses to be healed we may have to finish her so that the Black Moon Family will not kill us," Serenity said.

"Chloe, I want to go somewhere else," Gloria said.

"Okay, I have one last place to show you," Chloe said.

The two ended up in a dark cavern. "Where are we?" Gloria asked the angel.

"This is where your mother is," Chloe said.

"Garnet, prepare the forces for an attack on Crystal Tokyo. They will be at their weakest now. We will win if we use the dark crystal against the sailor scouts. Those pathetic children of theirs are all unconcious. We will make sure they never wake up," Mina laughed evilly.

"Yes Queen Venus," Garnet replied.

"DO NOT CALL ME VENUS!!!!" she yelled at the servant. "You may call me Topaz from now on."

"Yes Queen Topaz," came the responce.

"Hold it right there Mina!" a shadowy figure called. "You have betrayed your friends and family. Everything you held dear is now devastated at your turn to evil. I am Sailor Moon and in the name of Crystal Tokyo, the moon, and Gloria, I will punish you!" Sailor Moon said posing.

"Don't make me laugh. You haven't been a sailor scout in years, and now you just decide to take up the mantle again. You of all people should know how I feel. After all didn't you lose your baby before you had Rini?" Topaz said snidely.

"Mina don't do this," Sailor Moon started.

"That's another thing, my name is Topaz now, and if you ever speak of Gloria again I will cut your tongue out and send it back to Darien," Topaz said slowly.

"Fine, Topaz, don't do this. It's not too late I can heal you with the silver crystal. No one is blaming you for anything," Serenity pleaded.

"The hell they aren't. It's my fault Gloria slit her wrists and everyone knows it. I was always too hard on her. At least now she is at peace. Now Serenity if you do not move out of my way I am going to kill you," Topaz said.

"No, I will not move. If I must I will dust you and you know that. I will not let you take away what took so long to build," Serenity said.

"Fine then have it your way. You shall now DIE!!!" Topaz yelled leaping into action.

Sailor Moon quickly dodged the kick that Topaz was using and paried with a punch to Topaz's stomach. "Bitch that hurt!" Topaz yelled before unleashing an energy barrage on the scout.

Sailor Moon fell to the ground under the barrage and Topaz moved in for the kill. 'Forgive me everyone,' Serenity said telepathicly before using the power of the silver crystal on Topaz. When the light died down the two women laid still, neither one breathing.

When the other scouts got there Ami analyzed them then closed her computer and started crying. "They're both dead," she said mournfully.

The other scouts immediately started crying, even Haruka and Lita whom no one ever saw cry. When Darien arrived he saw his wife and picked her up and carried her back to the palace where they held a funeral for both Mina and Serenity.

"Chloe take me home NOW!!! I don't want to die!" Gloria cried.

"That's what I was waiting to hear. This is your portal home. Just remeber what I have shown you please," Chloe said.

"Don't worry I will never forget it," Gloria said as she stepped through the portal.

When she stepped out the first thing she did was run out of her room and started looking for her mom. "Mom where are you?" Gloria shouted.

"Young lady, what are you doing out of your room," Mina demanded.

Gloria quickly ran to her and gave her a big hug. "I love you mom," she said.

"I love you too sweet heart, but I told you to stay in your room," Mina said.

"I'm sorry I was bad. I promise I'll never do it again, but will you promise me something too?" Gloria asked.

"What is it honey?" Mina asked a bit of worry showing in her voice.

"Don't ever turn evil please," Gloria pleaded.

"Don't worry about that, why would I turn evil when I have so many good things in my life. Now what is bringing this on?" Mina said.

"My angel, Chloe, came to me and showed me what life would be like if I died. Everyone was sad and you and Queen Serenity died fighting each other," Mina said.

"Oh honey, I don't know why you would want to be dead but I'm glad you learned something from the experience," Mina said hugging her daughter.

"I wanted to die because you are so strict on me and your parents weren't strict with you," Gloria said.

"Did Artemis tell you that?" Mina asked. Gloria nodded her head. "Well, don't listen to that old fuddy duddy. I was in trouble a lot when I was younger. I had to sneak out a few times for scout duties. One time I got busted and made up some story about having to save Artemis. My parents didn't buy it and I got grounded for another week. I'll admit though, I have been pretty harsh on you. As long as you promise me you will never skip school again, I'll take a month away."

"I promise," Gloria said smiling.

"Good, now get back to your room and finish your homework. When you're finished I'll make arrangements for you to visit your Aunt Ami. That way you can tell her about your feelings and why you wanted to die," Mina said.

"Okay mom," Gloria said heading back to her room.

"Well I have to hand it to you Chloe. I didn't think that you could change her mind," Meesha said.

"Yeah, she seemed to be the most stubborn. I'm glad that you did reach her in time," Claris said.

"It's all in how you present to them what the future would hold for their families," Chloe said with a smile. "However, there were a couple times when I wasn't so sure I could change her mind."

All the angels laughed as they continued to watch over their charges.