Sailor Helga 🌙 | A Hey Arnold! / Sailormoon Crossover Fanfic

Act 2 - Chapter 7

Note: For the sake of clarity, whenever a character is in their transformed state, their name will be given in italics.

For example:

Helga G. Pataki = Helga

Sailor Moon = Helga

"So, you think the crystal lamp has a mind of its own?" asked Patty.

"Precisely," said Diana.

They were inside the Sawyer household (Patty was a bit alarmed when she had entered, for the door was ajar and the phone was off the hook, screeching its disconnected tone). Patty had set the unconscious Mr. Sawyer on the couch in the living room; hopefully Lila would be home before he woke up, and he'd assume that he just had a terrible nightmare.

"So...then why did it need Gloria?" asked Patty.

"I believe that the lamp can appear and reappear on its own accord – that's why I think it's highly likely when they go to retrieve the lamp, it won't be there. Gloria was taken up by the powers of the lamp to be its agent in obtaining the stolen items, such as your mother's heirloom."

"But why were they stealing these items?"

"I don't know," said Diana, distantly. "I haven't figured that out yet. We should hold a meeting to discuss the matter tomorrow."

Later that night, after the brief excursion at the train station, Helga lay in silence in her room. She was deep in thought, obsessing over Arnold and his alleged secret identity.

Arnold had done an extremely good job at keeping his masked alter-ego hidden, but now that they were so deep into this mystery, so close at recovering the Crystal, wouldn't be in their best interest to combine their resources and search together?

Why? Why wouldn't Arnold reveal his secret? Unless...

Helga sat up in her bed.

"Unless he's waiting on me...of course!" It was so obvious! Sure, Arnold had seen her transform in the past, but perhaps he was simply testing her commitment. Perhaps he was waiting on her to call him out – only then could they be on the same page.

"Only one way to find out..." Helga said to herself.

"But Miss Helga, you can't!" pleaded Diana as Helga divulged her plan in the middle of the next day's scout meeting. "Just consider the risk that you'll be taking!"

"I can't go on like this!" argued Helga. "Besides, it's not like this is some big secret anymore. Sheena knows about Patty, Nadine knows about Rhonda, and even Geraldo knows Phoebe's secret identity. I think it would take a load off my mind if someone that I could trust knew MY secret..."

"But those were extenuating circumstances, Miss Helga!"

But Helga had already left the room and was making her way to the front door. "He has to know the truth," thought Helga determinedly.

In a few minutes flat, Helga was in front of Sunset Arms. "Well...here goes nothing..."

She took a deep breath and was about to knock on the door, when Arnold unexpectedly burst through and walked right past her. "Arnold...?"

"Oh, hi Helga. Sorry, I can't stay and chat. I have to be somewhere..."

"W-wait! What's your hurry?" asked Helga as she struggled to keep pace with Arnold.

"I got a message from a friend –– she said she had something important to tell me. She told me to meet her at the fishing pier."

Arnold had the note in his hand; Helga glanced at the paper and was shocked when she saw the signature: