Snooze Button or "Five Minutes to the Buttcrack of Dawn"
by chickay
The first coherent thought she had was, 'Wow. It's really cold. Pluto couldn't have turned the AC down?
Well, a familiar voice as smooth as velvet replied easily. Leaving the heater on for a couple hundred years wouldn't have been very practical. Just imagine what the bill would've been like.
'We're the avatars of Gods,' the sleeping beauty laughed back. 'I think they would've footed the bill.'
You'd be surprised how stingy our heavenly parents are. The smooth voice replied drily. Plus, the whole planet has been asleep for a while. It's not like anyone could've run a power plant all these years…
She suddenly felt a warm, gloved hand on her cheek, the first tactile sensation she'd felt in centuries.
Time to get up. The words brushed by her ear. Instead of rising, she nuzzled sideways on her altar, curling.
"Five more minutes." She breathed, mildly relieved that her voice hadn't turned hoarse over years of no use.
Really! The velvet voice laughed softly, the sound bouncing off the walls of her mind like church bells. You've had hundreds of years of sleep!
"And five more minutes won't kill anyone." She replied easily.
Your sisters are already awake. She felt her hair being brushed away from her face. They're all waiting for you. Come join them.
Like a spell breaking, her eyes snapped open. She was alone, which was okay because Pluto was busy and having Setsuna contact her (even through telepathy) was kind of a big deal anyway. She took in the empty altars around her, including a short one holding the basket where Luna and Artemis had curled up before the Deep Sleep.
As her bare feet touched the floor, she was glad they'd decided to sleep in nightgowns instead of their uniforms. (Centuries in high heels was bound to screw you over eventually) She padded her way through the Crystal Palace, following where the blue light of dawn was the brightest until she approached the balcony in the throne room.
They turned when they felt, before they saw or heard her.
"Hey there Sleepy Head." A voice laughed.
"It's about time you got up." Someone scolded good-naturedly.
"Come on," Someone else urged, "The sun's about to rise."
"Explain to me again why we had to be up at the buttcrack of dawn?" One of her sisters grumbled, still trying to rub the sleep from her eyes.
"Because it's symbolic." A soft lilt murmured dreamily.
"Because it's a new day." Another woman added, propping her elbows on the alabaster railing.
"Because we're all together again." King Endymion added at the center of the soldiers, giving her the same smile that would win the world over.
"Look! Look!" A hand shot out towards the rapidly-glowing horizon.
And so she moved forward…and stood with her sisters and King as the sun rose. Together, they watched a new Age come to life and together, they heard the same velvet message.
Welcome back, Senshi. We've been waiting for you…
chickay: Soo aside from scolding me for not updating MAMC or adding even one, teensy chapter for CL, some of you might be wondering: After a year of radio silence what could possibly motivated me to write? Well, SAILOR MOON IS COMING BACK IN 2013!
::insert fangirl spaz here::
It's been officially confirmed and I was so excited and completely enamored with the thought that my favorite series was literally coming back to life that I couldn't help myself. Now, what does this mean for my other fics? Hmmm…I wonder ;)