Author's note: I know, this is gonna really destroy the whole trilogy effect, but it's my story, so ha! Basically, (if you really must know), I got the whole idea for this while looking at a yin/yang symbol. N E way, read on! Oh yeah, don't forget to send your comments to the author, Prince Darien, at cowboys@wwd.net. And Sailor Moon isn't mine. I wish it were, because then I would be filthy stinking rich, and that would be way cool. But I guess I'll have to settle for pleasing all nine of my fans. :) "There are two sides to every coin, every story, every person, every symbol, and every life. And all hell breaks loose when the balance is altered." -- Liz Parrish and Prince Darien Prologue Rei's eyes were closed. She was sitting upright in front of the great fire. It was blazing with bright reds and oranges. She sensed something was wrong with one very close to her. "Oh great fire, tell me who it is that is in trouble!" Rei opened her eyes. The image in the fire made her eyes widen. "Oh no... Darien..." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Darien sat on his sofa, staring at the television. It was turned off, but at that moment, he did not need any images flashing across the screen. His head hurt. He placed his hands on his temple, and winced in pain. It felt like a war was going on in his mind. Darien got up, and walked to the kitchen. He went over to a cabinet, located above his sink. He reached in, and his hand came out with a bottle of aspirin. He opened the bottle, and put two pills in his mouth, and swallowed. He did not even bother to drink water with them. "I gotta lay down." Darien started to walk to his bedroom, but then the room seemed to be spinning to him. He struggled to keep his balance. And then, when he was in the doorway which connected the kitchen and his bedroom, all became black. He fell to the hardwood floor, and hit his head on it. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A knight in white armor drew his sword, which was sparkling of radiant white light. He swung it at his adversary. This adversary was dressed all in black armor, and looked like an exact replica of the knight in white armor. Both had the face of Darien. But the knight in white looked exactly like Darien. The knight in darkness looked like a dark version of Darien, with a black mist surrounding him, and his hair drawn back in a ponytail. The knight in darkness drew his sword. It was the same as the other knight's sword, but it was black, and sparkled with radiant black light. The two knight swung their swords together, clashing with sparks of black and white light. Each knight seemed to know what the other was going to do next, and acted accordingly. "You will never win!" shouted the knight cloaked in darkness. "And neither shall you!" The two knights continued battling... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Darien shot up in bed. He was breathing hard, and sweating. He looked around his apartment. "What was that all about?" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To Be Continued... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ooh! I cut off right when things were getting confusing! Don't worry. I'll explain sooner or later....