1 Shattered Tapestry
2 By Makura Koneko
3 Prologue
The battle with Chaos had gone wrong, completely, horribly wrong. She'd known it the moment Chaos had killed Chibi-Chibi before she completed her transformation into Sailor Cosmos. Sailor Pluto knew this, even as her body was disintegrating. She knew that this time Time would not bring her back… Time was on it's own, now… Destiny was no longer set. Crystal Tokyo would still happen, yes. Chibi-Usa would be fine, yes…but the path to get to the world's ultimate end had changed… Oh, how it had changed!
Setsuna kicked herself, as her hand crumbled before her eyes, for not seeing it… It wasn't supposed to happen this way! Chaos should be dead by now, according to the law of destiny… But the tapestry that was time and fate and destiny had been shredded. And even if it could be repaired, the tapestry was forever changed… Oh, how it had changed!
Sailor Pluto, the former Guardian of time, glanced over at the young woman shining with a silver light…no, she was no longer 'young.' Physically she was no more that seventeen, but for the past three years she had held the weight of the world on her shoulders… she was no longer 'young.'
"I'm sorry, hime…" Pluto whispered, laying on the ground of the battlefield, surrounded by the blood of her long dead comrades as Pluto's body, the weight of living longer than time itself finally catching up to her, crumbling to ashes.
"Be at peace, Pluto," A silvery voice drifted through the stars…piercing the malicious sound of evil itself laughing in glee. "Be at peace…everything will be fine…. I no longer have to worry about upsetting the balance of fate and destiny, therefore… Therefore there is nothing to restrain me from correcting what has been wronged… It will take time, Guardian of Time…it will take thousands of years, but I promise you, my friend, everything will be fine… The Senshi will rise again… I promise…"
Even from her palace on the ground, Pluto could see her hime's face… The Princess- no, the Goddess Serenity smiled slightly as she clutched a simple stone of silver to her naked breast.
Pluto understood her hime's words. She smiled softly, met her princess's shining eyes, and Pluto's body fell to ashes, swept away by the winds of time.
Time snapped.
Destiny crumbled.
Fate vanished.
From amongst the blood of the warriors of the galaxy came ten baby voices, crying out in infant wails…
Silver flashed…
Ten glowing runes* of power flashed, flared, and soared into the sky to join their respective origins until the time was right for them to live again…
Serenity fell.
Chaos screamed…
And a new era began, one that would have to guide itself without the aide of Destiny…
To Be Continued….
*runes = symbols/marks that represent something.
2 By Makura Koneko
3 Prologue
The battle with Chaos had gone wrong, completely, horribly wrong. She'd known it the moment Chaos had killed Chibi-Chibi before she completed her transformation into Sailor Cosmos. Sailor Pluto knew this, even as her body was disintegrating. She knew that this time Time would not bring her back… Time was on it's own, now… Destiny was no longer set. Crystal Tokyo would still happen, yes. Chibi-Usa would be fine, yes…but the path to get to the world's ultimate end had changed… Oh, how it had changed!
Setsuna kicked herself, as her hand crumbled before her eyes, for not seeing it… It wasn't supposed to happen this way! Chaos should be dead by now, according to the law of destiny… But the tapestry that was time and fate and destiny had been shredded. And even if it could be repaired, the tapestry was forever changed… Oh, how it had changed!
Sailor Pluto, the former Guardian of time, glanced over at the young woman shining with a silver light…no, she was no longer 'young.' Physically she was no more that seventeen, but for the past three years she had held the weight of the world on her shoulders… she was no longer 'young.'
"I'm sorry, hime…" Pluto whispered, laying on the ground of the battlefield, surrounded by the blood of her long dead comrades as Pluto's body, the weight of living longer than time itself finally catching up to her, crumbling to ashes.
"Be at peace, Pluto," A silvery voice drifted through the stars…piercing the malicious sound of evil itself laughing in glee. "Be at peace…everything will be fine…. I no longer have to worry about upsetting the balance of fate and destiny, therefore… Therefore there is nothing to restrain me from correcting what has been wronged… It will take time, Guardian of Time…it will take thousands of years, but I promise you, my friend, everything will be fine… The Senshi will rise again… I promise…"
Even from her palace on the ground, Pluto could see her hime's face… The Princess- no, the Goddess Serenity smiled slightly as she clutched a simple stone of silver to her naked breast.
Pluto understood her hime's words. She smiled softly, met her princess's shining eyes, and Pluto's body fell to ashes, swept away by the winds of time.
Time snapped.
Destiny crumbled.
Fate vanished.
From amongst the blood of the warriors of the galaxy came ten baby voices, crying out in infant wails…
Silver flashed…
Ten glowing runes* of power flashed, flared, and soared into the sky to join their respective origins until the time was right for them to live again…
Serenity fell.
Chaos screamed…
And a new era began, one that would have to guide itself without the aide of Destiny…
To Be Continued….
*runes = symbols/marks that represent something.
