Sailor Galaxia's Poor Unfortunate Souls/Amy's Transformation (Alternate version)

Past the Ship's Graveyard, past the Canyon of Rocks, down, into the ravine filled with purple geysers that spewed noxious gas, a skeleton of a monster long forgotten sat. A pair of jaws large enough to swallow a whale gaped as if frozen in its last dying scream. Amy, Sally, and Cosmo stopped right in front thankful that the jaws were so large so there was plenty of room to swim between the dead, but still razor sharp, teeth.

They bit their lips as their hearts and courage flutter for a moment.

"This way." Weasel McGreed and Raffish Ralph said in unison.

Taking a few nervous gulps, they entered the belly of the beast. The hallways were dark, and the weasel and bear led the way, and a nervous Amy, Sally, and Cosmo followed them. But as they went in further, they heard a moaning and howling sound as they entered the next hallway. The deeper they were in, the louder it got, as Amy, Sally, and Cosmo looked down and noticed something moving along the bottom. They then paled in fright as some light shined in and showed the horrifying polyps. And then suddenly, three of them shot at them, wrapping around their wrists. They struggled, trying to pull them off, until one final tug, they broke free. In fear, they swam fast to the weasel and bear's side as they reached their final destination.

It was a room with a huge conch hung from the ceiling, along with a few shelves full of strange concoctions, three vanity mirrors, and a cauldron shaped like a closed clawed hand. It was when they entered the room. "Weasel McGreed. Raffish Ralph. You divine, little vipers!" Sailor Galaxia spoke up from the conch, "Mmm, we see you've brought some customers. Come in. Come in, our children."

"We mustn't lurk in doorways." Nehelenia spoke from the conch.

Amy, Sally, and Cosmo nervously came in, and they saw Sailor Galaxia, Nehelenia, and Black Lady. "It's rude." Nehelenia finished.

"One MIGHT question your upbringing." Black Lady chuckled.

Then her tentacles roughly tousled Sally's hair. "Oh. Oh! Is this how they're wearing their hair and quills back at the palace nowadays?"

"Stop it!" Amy cried.

"Leave our sister alone!" echoed Cosmo.

Sailor Galaxia, Nehelenia, and Black Lady slithered their way out of the conch and landing on the floor, as they quirking, as three orange seashell necklaces hovered around their necks. "Of course, we wouldn't know." Sailor Galaxia said, as she, Nehelenia, and Black Lady strutted towards three vanities in the corner. "We've been banished forever by your dear, old uncle!" One of each of their tentacles cupped Amy, Sally, and Cosmo's faces, and their words brought them out of their amazed stupor.

Once Sailor Galaxia, Nehelenia, and Black Lady let go of Amy, Sally, and Cosmo, Nehelenia lamented, "Reduced to living in this wretched hovel for all eternity!"

Even Weasel McGreed and Raffish Ralph felt sorry for their mistresses.

"And for what?" Black Lady added, "Because we were ambitious? Because we made a few pitiful attempts to elevate our station in life?" The weasel and bear carried their bawling mistresses.

"You tried to overthrow our uncle." said Sally.

"And have our lives ruined." added Amy.

"Yes," agreed Cosmo. "Like they said."

Sailor Galaxia, Nehelenia, and Black Lady just laughed at them. "These things get so blown out of proportion." Black Lady said, as she, Sailor Galaxia, and Nehelenia got off Weasel McGreed and Raffish Ralph, "At any rate, we've reformed. We only do good these days."

She and her big sisters sat down examining themselves in the mirrors.

"Now, then." Sailor Galaxia said, as each one of their long, dark tentacles squirted some foaming hair gel from a shell-shaped bottle. "You're here because you have a thing for these normal animals. This, er, red echidna fellow."

"This blue hedgehog fellow." said Nehelenia, as she and Sailor Galaxia took off their headpiece and Kokoshnik respectively, and all of their red nails ran through their strawberry blonde, dark blue, and pink hair before Sailor Galaxia and Nehelenia placed their Kokoshnik and headpiece respectively back on their heads.

"And this yellow fox fellow," said Black Lady. "Not that we blame you three - they are quite a catch, aren't they?"

"Well, hedgehog girl, squirrel girl, and plant girl," Sailor Galaxia said. Yellow lips puckered as she, Nehelenia, and Black Lady applied lipstick. "the solution to your problem is simple."

"And it's elementary." Nehelenia chimed in. She finished the phrase with a pop of her lips, along with Nehelenia and Black Lady's.

"The only way to get what you want - is to become a normal hedgehog, a normal squirrel/chipmunk hybrid, and a normal Seedrian yourselves." said Black Lady.

Amy, Sally, and Cosmo gasped in surprise by that solution. They figured it was impossible to even become a normal hedgehog, a normal squirrel/chipmunk hybrid, and a normal Seedrian; they even knew their uncle wouldn't allow it with the power of the Trident. But then they looked to Sailor Galaxia, Nehelenia, and Black Lady with hope in their eyes. "Can you DO that?" Amy asked.

"You can actually MAKE us normal?" asked Sally.

"And is that really possible?" Cosmo chimed in.

Sailor Galaxia, Nehelenia, and Black Lady smirked as they turned towards Amy, Sally, and Cosmo, and Sailor Galaxia said, "Our dear, sweet children. That's what we do."

They then swam towards Amy, Sally, and Cosmo as Nehelenia stated, "It's what we live for. To help unfortunate mer-creatures - like yourselves."

Black Lady then sighed sadly as she, Sailor Galaxia, and Nehelenia cupped Cosmo, Amy, and Sally's faces respectively with one of each of their tentacles, causing the Mobian sisters to flinch away, "Poor souls with no one else to turn to."

They swam up, and Weasel McGreed and Raffish Ralph snaked around their mistresses, their husky voices low and almost hypnotizing.

Sailor Galaxia: *We admit that in the past we've been a nasty*
*They weren't kidding when they called us, well, three witches*

Weasel McGreed and Raffish Ralph laughed as they swirled around Sailor Galaxia, Nehelenia, and Black Lady, who also twirled in circles.

Nehelenia: *But you'll find that nowadays*
*We've mended all our ways*
*Repented, seen the light and made a switch*

The weasel and bear circled one last time before leaving Sailor Galaxia, Nehelenia, and Black Lady with a flourish as they floated back down towards the mesmerized merhog, mer-chipmunk, and mer-Seedrian.

Black Lady: *True? Yes*

The weasel and bear returned to circling them again as they strutted over to the claw hand cauldron growing out of the ground.

Sailor Galaxia: *And we fortunately know a little magic*
*It's a talent that we always have possessed*

With a wave of their arms, the claw opened, and pink steam rose up, and whatever was inside cast an eerie glow on the evil Sailor Scouts' faces.

Nehelenia: *And here lately, please don't laugh*

They grinned and each waggled a finger at the princesses who were slowly swimming closer, curiosity over coming their fear.

Black Lady: *We use it on behalf*
*Of the miserable, lonely and depressed*
*Pathetic*

Sailor Galaxia, Nehelenia, and Black Lady had pulled up six mer-animals made of the glowing pink steam, and Amy, Sally, and Cosmo were too enthralled to hear the last part they had whispered to their laughing servants.

Sailor Galaxia: *Poor unfortunate souls*
*In pain*
*In need*

Nehelenia: *These three longing to be thinner*
*Those three want to get the girls*

Black Lady: *And do we help them?*

A snap of their fingers, and the six figures were transformed, the scrawny bow boy merhog, the scrawny bow boy mer-chipmunk, and the scrawny bow boy merfox were now a handsome boy merhog, a handsome boy mer-chipmunk, and a handsome boy merfox, and the chubby girl merhog, the chubby girl mer-chipmunk, and the chubby girl merfox were now a slim girl merhog, a slim mer-chipmunk, and a slim merfox, all were the way they wanted to be.

Black Lady: *Yes, indeed*

The three couples embraced each other, and Sailor Galaxia, Nehelenia, and Black Lady continued to strut and sing around the cauldron.

Nehelenia: *Those poor unfortunate souls*
*So sad*
*So true*

Basil, Silver, and Charmy had secretly entered. Shaking with fear, they sneaked past the polyps.

Black Lady: *They come flocking to our cauldron*
*Crying, "Spells, Sailor Scouts please!"*

Sailor Galaxia: *And we help them?*
*Yes, we do*

Nehelenia: *Now it's happened once or twice*

Black Lady: *Someone couldn't pay the price*

Sailor Scouts: *And we're afraid we had to rake 'em 'cross the coals*

Their hands clenched into fists, and the six dissolved in three tornadoes, scraggly little polyps in their place. Sailor Galaxia, Nehelenia, and Black Lady closed their claw hand cauldron, grabbed three of the pink fluorescent curling seaweeds that hung from the ceiling, and began playing with it.

Nehelenia: *Yes, we've had the odd complaint*

Black Lady: *But on the whole, we've been three saints*

Sailor Galaxia, Nehelenia, and Black Lady: *To those poor unfortunate souls*

They loomed over the other polyps until they all began to quake and cry in fear again. Amy, Sally, and Cosmo were distracted by them before Sailor Galaxia, Nehelenia, and Black Lady pulled the merhog, the mer-squirrel/chipmunk hybrid, and the mer-Seedrian closer to them with the seaweeds.

"Now, here's the deal," Sailor Galaxia said. They began pulling them over towards the cauldron, releasing the plants once their surprisingly strong hands had a hold of Amy, Sally, and Cosmo's arms, sharp maroon claws biting into the soft flesh. "My sisters and I will make you a potion that will turn you into a normal hedgehog, a normal squirrel/chipmunk hybrid, and a normal Seedrian for three days."

Distracted looks crossed their grimacing faces as they tried to brush off stray tentacles that had wrapped themselves across their shoulders and chests.

"Got that?" Sailor Galaxia repeated, "Three days."

They had arrived at the terrible black claw which had sealed up again, and, leaning over it, Sailor Galaxia, Nehelenia, and Black Lady grabbed Amy, Sally, and Cosmo's chins with each tentacle as the girls had been unconsciously looking for a way out.

"Now listen, this is important." Nehelenia said, as she and her sisters opened their claw hand cauldron again, and three glowing yellow suns floated out between the cracks in the claws.

"Before the sun sets on the third day, you've got to get dear old clawboy, Mr. Speed, and fox boy to fall in love with you." Nehelenia continued.

A crown followed as the suns set and a heart, pulsing and beating red floated up in the center.

"That is, they've got to kiss you." Nehelenia continued, "Not just any kiss, the special kiss: the kiss of true love."

The heart pulsed, and its shining red glow over powered the gold of the crown.

Silver, Charmy, and Basil were swimming around the corner, keeping out of sight, and saw what was happening and heard everything. Out of the cauldron then popped three silhouettes of Amy, Sally, Cosmo, Knuckles, Sonic, and Tails together, but this image, Amy, Sally, and Cosmo had legs while Amy had a hedgehog tail, and Sally had a chipmunk tail as Black Lady explained, "If they *do* kiss you before the sun sets on the third day, you'll remain normal animals permanently,"

Amy, Sally, and Cosmo smiled at this outcome, but then frowned as the silhouettes changed from them, Knuckles, Sonic, and Tails together, with them back as mer-animals. They were sucked back down and Sailor Galaxia, Nehelenia, and Black Lady's grinning faces filled their visions.

"But if they don't," Black Lady went on, "you turn back into mer-animals, and you belong to us!"

Basil couldn't take it anymore. "No, girls! Don't be stupid!" he yelled. But then he, Silver, and Charmy were quickly silenced by the weasel and bear, and Sailor Galaxia, Nehelenia, and Black Lady once again grabbed their chins bringing the girls' attention back to the three evil Sailor Scouts. "Have we got a deal?" Sailor Galaxia asked.

Seeing Basil, Silver, and Charmy reminded them of home, and an interesting thought crossed their minds that caused them to furrow their brows. "If we become normal hedgehog, normal squirrel/chipmunk hybrid, and normal Seedrian," Amy said. "We'll never be with our uncle or sisters again."

"Or Basil." Sally added.

"Or even Silver and Charmy." Cosmo finished.

Sailor Galaxia, Nehelenia, and Black Lady faked their concern as they nodded, and Nehelenia said, "That's right." But then she smirked and chuckled, "But, you'll have your men."

"Life's full of tough choices, innit?" Black Lady jeered, lying back on the claw.

Then she got off the claw as she and her big sisters faced Amy, Sally, and Cosmo as they continued singing.

Sailor Galaxia: *Come on, we know you need a little magic*
*And magic is our specialty* du jour'

She, Nehelenia, and Black Lady concocted three magic bouquets and gave them to Amy, Sally, and Cosmo, who looked terrified. The bouquets exploded and turned into inchworms, which crept towards them. Sailor Galaxia, Nehelenia, and Black Lady took the inchworms, as if they were thermometers, and, with the snap of their fingers, made them disappear.

Nehelenia: *Don't just stand there, looking sick*
*Would we kid you, play a trick?*
*Like we told you, we don't do that anymore*

The evil Sailor Scouts' tentacles wrapped around the Mobian Sisters' wrists and tail, frightening the three latters even more.

Black Lady: *So we think you ought to take our little bargain*
*Yes, we think you ought to make our little deal*

They dragged the merhog, the mer-squirrel/chipmunk hybrid, and the mer-Seedrian aside and started freeing them

Black Lady: *Sure, it's hard to leave your lives*
*But you could be three princes' wives*

Sailor Galaxia, Nehelenia, and Black Lady: *Why don't you let us take that dream and make it real?*
*Oh, oh, oh!*

At that moment, Sailor Galaxia, Nehelenia, and Black Lady spun Amy, Sally, and Cosmo around, dizzying them and laughing maniacally. "Dear ladies, we almost forgot." Sailor Galaxia said.

"We haven't discussed the subject of payment." agreed Nehelenia.

"You can't get something for nothing, you know." said Black Lady.

Oh those looks on their shocked little faces! Hmhmhm!

Even though these evil Sailor Scouts and their magic scared them, a touch of desperation colored their voices at the thought of the chance being taken away.

Amy tried to explain, "But we don't have any."

"Especially pearls." said Sally.

And Cosmo said, "Or even -"

"I'm not asking much. Just a token, really, a trifle." Black Lady said, covering the female green Seedrian's mouth with her hand.

"You'll never even miss it." added Nehelenia.

Sailor Galaxia began, "What we want from you are..."

"Your voices." All three evil Sailor Scouts finished together.

The way it came out, the way those red nails insisted on touching their chins again, it felt…sinister. Amy, Sally, and Cosmo gingerly touched their throats. "Our voices?" they asked.

Sailor Galaxia, Nehelenia, and Black Lady nodded. "You've got it, pinky, acorns, and rosebud." Sailor Galaxia said.

"No more talking, singing, nothing!" said Nehelenia, as she listed off the stipulations on her fingers.

"Nada, zilch, zip!" Black Lady ended it with a pop of her lips.

"But without our voices, how can we get to know them?" asked Sally.

"Yeah, how?" Amy agreed with her big sister.

And Cosmo began, "And how is that even -"

But were cut off again by the evil Sailor Scouts as Nehelenia said, "You'll have your looks!"

"Your pretty faces!" said Sailor Galaxia.

"And don't underestimate the importance of body language! Ha!" Black Lady responded in rhythm like she was singing on "body language", she started shaking her bottom as she and her big sisters began to sing again.

Sailor Galaxia: *The men up there don't like a lot of blabber*
*They think three girls who gossip are such bores*

As she said this, she, Nehelenia, and Black Lady went to a cupboard and opened it.

Nehelenia: *Yes, on land it's much preferred*
*For ladies not to say a word*

Black Lady: *And after all, girls, what is idle prattle for?*
*Come on, they're not all that impressed with conversation*

The three evil Sailor Scouts threw fifteen bottles with a few ingredients into a cauldron as Amy, Sally, and Cosmo looked on.

Black Lady: *True gentlemen avoid it when they can*

Sailor Galaxia: *But they dote and swoon and fawn*
*On three girls who are withdrawn*

Nehelenia then threw a tongue into the cauldron, causing more smoke.

Sailor Galaxia, Nehelenia, and Black Lady: *It's they who hold their tongues who get their men*

Nehelenia: *Come on, you poor unfortunate souls*
*Go ahead!*
*Make your choice!*

As Amy, Sally, and Cosmo looked in the smoke, Knuckles, Sonic, and Tails' faces began to form. They absentmindedly gazed into them until they heard Sailor Galaxia, Nehelenia, and Black Lady's voices,

Black Lady: *We are very busy women*
*And we haven't got all day*

Sailor Galaxia: *It won't cost much*

Sailor Galaxia, Nehelenia, and Black Lady: *Just your voices!*

And then Sailor Galaxia, Nehelenia, and Black Lady's faces shot through the images, scaring Amy, Sally, and Cosmo as they finished. Nehelenia threw a little blue jellyfish right into the pit of their cauldron. It exploded into blue smoke, and I couldn't help feel a tad twinge of pity for the poor creature.

Black Lady: *You poor unfortunate souls*
*It's sad*
*But true*

Sailor Galaxia, Nehelenia, and Black Lady then put their hands on Amy, Sally, and Cosmo's respective shoulders and gave them a very, very long golden scroll and three quills. It is a contract that Sailor Galaxia, Nehelenia, and Black Lady give to mer-animals who had to make thier deals with them, official.

Nehelenia: *If you want to cross a bridge, sweet girls*
*You've got to pay the toll*
*Take a gulp and take a breath*
*And go ahead and sign the scroll!*

Amy, Sally, and Cosmo read the first part, which read, "We, hereby hand over to Sailor Galaxia, Nehelenia, and Black Lady, three voices. Signed X.\_"

Sailor Galaxia: *Weasel, Ralph, now we've got them, boys*

Sailor Galaxia, Nehelenia, and Black Lady: *The three are on a roll*
*These poor*

Stern looks came onto Amy, Sally, and Cosmo's faces as they looked up.

Sailor Galaxia, Nehelenia, and Black Lady: *un*

Amy, Sally, and Cosmo grabbed the pens as Basil, Silver, and Charmy gasped in shock.

Sailor Galaxia, Nehelenia, and Black Lady: *fortunate souls!*

Amy, Sally, and Cosmo then turned their own heads away while shutting their eyes and clenching their teeth as they signed "Amy Rose, "Sally Acorn," and "Cosmo the Seedrian" on the dotted line. When Amy, Sally, and Cosmo finished signing their own names, they opened their eyes and Sailor Galaxia, Nehelenia, and Black Lady took the contract scroll. The deal was done! Sailor Galaxia, Nehelenia, and Black Lady smiled evilly, spread their hands over their cauldron, chanting a spell, and their cauldron then started glowing blue.

Sailor Galaxia: *Beluga, Sevruga: Come winds of the Caspian Sea*

As Sailor Galaxia chanted this, a blue whirlwind appeared around her, Nehelenia, Black Lady, and the Mobian sisters, who looked extremely nervous.

Nehelenia: *Larynxes, glossitis*

Black Lady: *Et laryngitis*

Sailor Galaxia, Nehelenia, and Black Lady: ***La voce** to us!*

Then six huge green phantom-like hands, symbolizing Sailor Galaxia, Nehelenia, and Black Lady's hands appeared. Each was to their left and right, and Sailor Galaxia, Nehelenia, and Black Lady looked towards Amy, Sally, and Cosmo as they stated, "Now, sing!" They looked at Amy, Sally, and Cosmo with insane looks in their eyes and evil toothy grins.

Without any hesitation, the female pink hedgehog, the female brown squirrel/chipmunk hybrid, and the female green Seedrian sang out, or vocalized, the tune of their song. But as they sang, three small golden spheres glowed in their throats; the small golden glowing spheres in their throats were none other than their voices. The spell was working!

"Keep singing!" Sailor Galaxia, Nehelenia, and Black Lady shouted.

As Amy, Sally, and Cosmo did so, the hands reached out for them. As each hand reached for them, Amy, Sally, and Cosmo flinched a little, but still held their tone. And then, like a viper striking for a mouse and getting it, the hands shot into their mouths and ventured down Amy, Sally, and Cosmo's throats. And in a few seconds, they pulled out, along with Amy, Sally, and Cosmo's voices as they continued to hold the notes in their song. Amy, Sally, and Cosmo saw the golden orbs that were their voices, and held their throats, knowing they were lost forever. And then the hands were reeled right into Sailor Galaxia, Nehelenia, and Black Lady's shell necklaces, which they insanely grinned at as they cackled like a couple of maniacs.

Then Sailor Galaxia, Nehelenia, and Black Lady began to laugh wickedly as Amy, Sally, and Cosmo got trapped in a yellow bubble, and they began to completely change.

Basil shook, and Silver and Charmy closed their eyes as they watched in complete horror as Amy, Sally, and Cosmo were transforming from merhog, mer-squirrel/chipmunk hybrid, and mer-Seedrian to normal hedgehog, normal squirrel/chipmunk hybrid, and normal Seedrian.

Amy, Sally, and Cosmo felt their fins splitting into three, their lower fish bodies began to disappear as they started to lose their color and match Amy and Sally's fur color and Cosmo's skin tone. Their legs emerged, a short, pointed tail appears at the end of Amy's back, and her tail fins become feet. She was now wearing a red bikini bottom, but she was still wearing her gold yellow shell bra and hairband.

A small, deer-like tail appears at the end of Sally's back, and her tail fins become feet. She was now wearing a blue bikini bottom, but she was still wearing her matching shell bra.

And Cosmo's tail fins become feet. She was now wearing a green bikini bottom, but she was still wearing her dark red shell bra.

The bubble disappeared, but now Amy, Sally, and Cosmo were left unable to breathe underwater, and they couldn’t swim either.

Basil, Silver, and Charmy darted from their hiding place and went on either sides of the now-normal female pink hedgehog, the now-normal female brown squirrel/chipmunk hybrid, and the now-normal female green Seedrian and swam to the surface as fast as they could. Sailor Galaxia, Nehelenia, and Black Lady cackled evilly as they left their lair. The group kept swimming and swimming until finally managing to get Amy, Sally, and Cosmo above water. Amy, Sally, and Cosmo each took a huge breath of air upon reaching the surface. With that problem solved, everyone guided the three Mobian sisters to the nearby shore. But will they be able to help their friends, especially in this dire time, and without Amy, Sally, and Cosmo's voices? This was now a serious problem for them.