Crystal Animamates: Story Quest 2

EDIT: Forgot to credit a couple cameos 


I realized I hadn't done this one, so better get it done!  


Every word spoken by the Trinity conveyed nothing but determination, kindness, and certainty. Nervously, Elanor glanced at the other girls around her. They seemed cautious, uncertain, and wary, but much to Elanor's disappointment, no one was running frantically to the nearest exit. If she did it alone she'd stick out like a sore thumb, and more attention was the last thing she needed. 

One of the girls, with bold blue hair and a black and pink dress walked by, talking with another girl in purple. Both were carrying large, smooth rocks. 

That was their gift? A rock? What was a rock for? 

Maybe to slow her down should she try to escape. She looked up at the Trinity again. Amethyst Dragon had fangs. Sharp looking claws and sharp edges. Diamond Unicorn's accent was nice to listen to, but there was no way she hadn't used that horn to gore people. Moonstone Kirin seemed friendly enough, but maybe it was a disguise. They would wait until her guard was down, and then pull off the smiling masks to reveal the most sinister plot ever imagined. 

Elanor didn't know what that was, but it had to be bad. Worse than anything she could imagine.

I'm going to die. I'm going to die in a miniskirt. 

Someone else walked away with a rock, looking at it curiously. Elanor nervously tore off a fingernail, down to the quick, wondering what sort of diabolical scheme involved a rock. Why would anyone have a bunch of girls and young women show up in matching dresses? Elanor wanted, truly and sincerely wanted, it to be the truth. Sure, she had devoted her life to Marvel and Bucky Barnes, but she spent enough time on the Internet to watch a few magical girl anime shows. With the exception of Madoka Magica, being a magical girl sure had its perks. Amazing powers, super adorable magical creature sidekick...all she needed was Bucky to be her senpai and destined true love and she'd be all set. 

But it couldn't, it just couldn't, be that easy. The outcome couldn't be that positive. She didn't have that kind of luck. 

Before she knew it, Elanor realized the crowd around her had thinned out considerably, until there was nothing more than air between her and the Trinity. Diamond Unicorn motioned her forward, and Elanor's feet complied. 

The up-close-and-personal view did not help her anxiety in the least. In fact, it got worse as she could tell by the expressions on their faces that they were waiting for her to say speak. What was she supposed to say? Her mind was drawing a blank, and the part that wasn't was imaging the Winter Soldier bursting through the crystalline walls to rescue her. 

"Are you all right?" Moonstone Kirin asked.

Too scared to lie, or come up with a better answer, Elanor shook her head. 

"Oh, you've nothin' to worry about lass," Diamond Unicorn said. "We're not gonna hurt yeh."

She looked between Kirin and Unicorn, moving only her eyes, and answered timidly, "...okay."

"Daijoubu, daijoubu," Amethyst Dragon said, and it would be a lie to say Elanor didn't jump in place at the new voice. "Remember, you're among friends. You're safe here." Moonstone Kirin smiled encouragingly from her side. 

Shaking fingers found each other as Elanor's hands came together, moving almost automatically, trying to find one fingernail that had yet to be torn off. Idly she thought she felt a hangnail. 

"Here,"

Something cool brushed her hands, and she was so surprised by the new weight in her arms that she almost dropped the large rock Amethyst Dragon had given her. 

"It needs someone to take care of it. Can you do that for us?" Amythest Dragon asked. 

Because she didn't feel like she could say no to someone with claws and large wings, Elanor nodded quickly. Still holding the rock, she turned and fast-walked off the dias the Trinity were on and didn't stop moving until she was clear of the crowd and found a welcoming shadow being cast by one of many tall pillars. Once she stopped moving her head felt like it could spin, and she wearily sank to the floor, geode in her lap and her face against the cool stone shell. Her breathing was fast, coming out in gasps, and it felt like no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't get enough air into her lungs. Lifting her face and gasping for air, she found herself face to face with Ann Marie. 

Whom she had completely forgotten about after the Trinity first spoke. 

"Looks like I can't let you outta my sight for a minute, little Potoo," Ann Marie said gently, kneeling down. "You okay there?"

"I don't know," Elanor panted. "I...I really don't know."

Putting both hands on her shoulders, Ann Marie instructed Elanor to breathe in and out, in and out, until Elanor was at least a little less breathless.

"Feel better?" the redhead asked.

Elanor nodded weakly. "Somewhat."

"So what's the rock for?"

At that, Elanor paused. She opened her mouth to speak, then closed it. Ran her hands over the rocky exterior, and then pressed her ear to it, trying to listen to any sounds inside.

"I...I really don't know," was all Elanor could say.

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, SailorAlcyone, iCheddar Lumaea
Sailor Moon (c) Naoko Takeuchi
Elanor/Sailor Pyrite Potoo is mine
Guest starring Sailor Wascoite Guinea Pig/Ann Marie belongs to shuu-bunni
Sailor Amethyst Dragon SailorAlcyone
Sailor Diamond Unicorn iCheddar
Sailor Moonstone Kirin Lumaea 
Cameos from Sailor Suglitie Chiroptera (nickyflamingo) and Sailor Rhodochrosite Chinchilla (Unisamas-Art)