Open thine eyes- Chapter 6
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Last time the shadow proved that he could hurt Serena in the dream world when she awakened and found she still had bruises from the dream. She ran outside and retrieved the silver crystal. The shadow was given an enormous amount of power from a mysterious girl. We now return to the scouts drinking some cocoa.
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  "So do you think this shadow dude could be a real big problem?" asked Lita.
  "I don't know, I just don't want him to hurt anyone that's all" replied a drowsy Serena
They all started to discuss the situation.
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  Meanwhile in a nearby cavern, the shadow floated to his laboratory with the dark creature scurrying close behind.
  "The machine is ready, correct?" the shadow asked as he approached a little room.
  "Yes, of course" the creature answered.
  "Very good." It entered the machine. "I go." As it prepared the controls a girl watched from the frame of the door.
  "He will not be able to do it." she thought quietly to herself.
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   Serena continued her explanation when she felt a quick pain in her head and paused.
"What's wrong?" asked Darien concerned.
"Uh, nothing I , I, I" her eyes rolled back into her head and she passed out.
"Serenity!" she heard Darien screaming, Then it slowly started to fade away. Now she heard something new,
  "Come to me princess, come to me,"'
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note: I have to constantly switch from the dream world to the real world now and so to make it easier for all of you I will use the following abbreviations:
RW= real world
DW=dream world
easy enough right? K. Continue on.
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  Dw-
  "Come to me princess, come to me....." then she saw it. The shadow she was so terribly afraid of. She began to tremble with fear. It was pitch black again and she did not know where she was. "Give me the crystal! Give it to me!" The shadow was upon her now and she shook harder."If you don't hand over it right now then you will no longer have a family. What are their names? Ah, yes. Endymion, Chibi-Usa." she shook her head. "Or shall I say Darien and Rini." he smirked
  "H-How did you know that?" she managed to stammer out.
  "I have my ways, now are you going to hand it over?"
  "No! she screamed

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   The scouts and Darien looked on Serena with extreme worry as she trembled furiously. Then in her sleep they heard her scream,
  "NO!"
  "What's going on?" asked Darien as he slightly shook Serena and a few tears dropped out of his eyes and he layed his head on her chest, "Please Serena! Be alright!"
be advised that the scouts in the RW can hear everything Serena screams or says in the DW.

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   "Well then, I feel terribly bad for your family" he picked her up by her shirt and smirked. "No I don't."

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   Darien and Rini clutched their chests as a sudden twang of pain like a thousand knives stabbed into their chest. Rini screamed in pain and horror and Setsuna ran to her. Darien gritted his teeth and clutched Serena harder to him.

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   Serena felt Darien and Rini's pain and screamed, "No Wait!!"
   "Changed your mind? Huh?"
   "Yes but first you must stop hurting them!" she screamed.
   "Done." he said "Wait till master sees how well I retrieved  the silver crystal." the shadow thought.
  
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   Rini stopped screaming. The pain was gone. So was Darien's.

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