The child was watching the sky. The beautiful sky that had been painted with a countless number of stars that had so mysteriously illuminated the ceilings of Elysion. The skies were mapped with constellations and patterns that the child was not familiar with, given she had been familiar with constellations in the first place. The child may have loved the stars in the sky but she was not knowledgeable in the constellations that the stars made up. Regardless of the wisdom that she was lacking, the small child's breath exhaled as she sighed happily , watching with amazement as the sky began to get lighter and lighter. It was beautiful, absolutely stunning. She excitedly waited for the rising of the sun that announced that the dawn of a new day had arrived and as her mouth opened and the first ray of sun hit the surface of the sanctuary, she disappeared.
In a small panic, the child looked around the new area she found herself in. She clung tightly to the bunny plush in her arms and desperately looked around for the big kitty who had been beside her just a moment ago. He wasn't there. Nothing was there. The grass below her fingers was now a cold and damp concrete floor. Where was the beautiful sunrise? Why were there suddenly walls all around here? It felt colder and the air was more damp than she had been used to a moment ago. She didn't realize it but she had been magically moved back to the dark, damp and cold warehouse that the senshi had originally met in prior to being teleported to space.
"Big kitty?" She asked out loud, her voice echoing through the abandoned warehouse. "Big kitty? Where did you go big kitty?"
She was alone in a dark and cold place. It definitely wasn't a place that the child preferred. If she had the choice she would have preferred the starry sky in space where she floated around without a worry and the beautiful land where she had met big kitty. Unfortunately, the child didn't have a choice in the matter between those options, but she did have the option to at least leave this horrible warehouse. She asked around to see if big kitty was there one more time before she stood up off of the floor and shuffled across the floor with her bunny slipper until she was able to breathe in the fresh air that was outside. It wasn't as same as Elysion, but it was certainly better than inside of the damp warehouse.
The small senshi didn't seem like she was in a hurry to get home, her feet were dragging on the ground, bunny ears flopping back and forth with each step and a bunny plush hanging loosely in her hands. Her hair was hanging backwards, moving back and forth as her face tilted upwards and looked up at the sky. Her throat was clearly exposed, but the red mark from the hand squeezing around her throat was no longer there. It had faded and the bruise, if it appeared, would probably only end up under the surface. Her thoughts appeared to be so deep that she even crossed a street without even realizing it, thinking about everything she had seen throughout the evening. She was rather confused about a lot of it. She didn't know why had everyone been fighting or why she had suddenly went from the warehouse to the starry heaven to the beautiful place of mystery and then all the way back to the warehouse without so much as taking a step. Why had someone tried to hurt big kitty and little kitty riding on big kitty? Who were all of those people who were fighting to begin with? Just who was the teal haired woman who had confronted her in a way that took her breath away? Would they meet again? The child found herself rubbing her hand lightly over her throat as she had these thoughts. She hoped it was over, she really didn't want to see anyone get hurt again.
By the time the child stopped looking up at the sky, lost in thoughts, she had realized she was not only home but she was still in the form of a senshi. She couldn't exactly go home like this! The child had never thought too much before about Bell finding out, but if she knew her little sister was not only out all night but had been in the middle of a fight then she probably wouldn't take it all that well. She definitely had to power down and after she looked around in all directions, she quietly scurried around the corner of the house between her own and another, and powered down.
From Sailor Chibi Hypnos to Ainsley McMahon, Ainsley was glad to be home. Home sweet home with a yawn.
She hoped Cora had gotten home safe and was waiting upstairs for her. She wanted to flop into bed, and snuggle into her until they both fell asleep. It would be the perfect end to this mysterious night. Slowly she managed to drag herself back upstairs and found her way back into the house. She tried to do this as quietly as she possibly could, trying not to wake up her older sister Bell who she assumed was sleeping in her room beside her own. The child didn't look into the room though, and if she had she would have been surprised to realize her sister wasn't even home.
She slowly pushed the door of her room opened, trying not to let it squeak, before she slipped inside. Octavian Oswald in tow, the child climbed back up into her bed and expectantly laid down on the bed beside where she assumed Cora would be. She yawned some more and before she even had a chance to check to see if Cora had been there, she passed out immediately. It had been a long night.
