Hello all! This is sort of my first fic and stuff, just something that I thought would be fun and easy to write and experiment with my writing style. I hope you enjoy it, and remember, reviews are inspirational! :D
Key:
"blah" Dialogue
'blah' thoughts
'blah' Song lyrics
indicates changes from scene to scene.
Disclaimer: I don't own sailor moon, Naoko Takeuchi-sama does. If I did, Usagi wouldn't have such an annoying voice, and it'd probably be like a never-ending series. :D MOONIES UNITE! Oh, and the song "You can still be free" is by Savage Garden and is also not mine. :(
Initial explaination: Ok, let's begin with the simple assumption the time and space are both infinite. With that said, something that is completely improbable but still possible, somewhere in that infinite time and space can happen, and will happen. Scientists have theorized that somewhere out in the universe is another earth, orbiting with another 8 planets around another sun identical to ours. In fact, it's even possible that there is another you. It could be that that you is totally different from this you or completely the same. With that in mind, I invite you to continue reading the first chapter of my fic.
Chapter 1
Tsubasa hiroge - An awakening
Crystal Tokyo
2988 AD
Bits of debris and shrapnel flew everywhere as the ground shook. Walls and ceilings began to crumble in the smog encased, dimly lit city. In front of a large palace stood a woman, her long pale hair in disarray and her skirt torn and soiled. 10 bodies lay sprawled around her. Tears made unending tracks down her porcelain cheeks as she looked at each one of them in turn with eyes clouded by pain. Her lips moved in speech but any significance that might have been held in such words, were lost in the roaring chaos that enveloped her.
Dawn with its rosy fingers touched the sky and breathed life into the world. Chocolate brows furrowed slightly in the growing light of the small room as the inconspicuous little clock on the bedside table ticked forebodingly.
A wail shattered the silence.
"AHHH WHY DIDN'T SOMEONE WAKE ME UP?!" The brunette scrambled out of bed and hopped into the bathroom, pulling on her jeans with on hand and yanking off her pajama top with the other.
"Oh I'M TOTALLY LATE FOR SCHOOL!"
The orange tabby sitting on the corner of her bed rolled over.
The girl ran from the bathroom to the living room and grabbed her backpack on her way out the door, half a piece of toast sticking out of her mouth. Her long chestnut hair was tied in a single braid that swung behind her as she ran towards the large building ahead. She glanced at her wrist and shrieked before running across the street, almost getting hit in the process.
She ran into the "abode of all doom and torture" as she had dubbed it only the day before and skid to a halt in front of her locker in the front hall. 2 minutes after that she stared at an otherwise inconspicuous door, above which was a small sign that read, "Algebra 1 - Spool", and gulped. With a sigh she turned the knob and walked in.
"You're late again Reine."
"Yes ma'am." Reine muttered and handed the cross woman a slip of paper without looking at her. She stood there for only a moment before walking to her desk in the back of the room, eyes downcast. 27 similar pairs followed her. The room was silent as she took her seat until Mrs. Spool cleared her throat and began speaking again, giving instructions for the test they were about to take. Reine groaned and thunked her head on her desk. A test. Sigh…could this day get any worse?
The universe chuckled
"FREEDOM!!!!" Reine squealed as she glomped an unsuspecting blonde who was waiting patiently for the crowd to disperse so she could get to her locker. The girl gasped and tried to hang onto her books. The brunette just smiled and leaned against the wall, one hand on the strap of the backpack that hung over one shoulder and the other dug in her jeans pocket.
"So what's up?"
"Not much."
A grin began to spread over the blonde's face as her eye caught something behind Reine, but before she could look back…
"BOO!"
"EEK!" She jumped and spun around to glare at the grinning face of a boy just a little bit taller than her with blonde hair and dancing blue eyes.
"CAINE!"
"Yes?"
Reine glowered as both blondes laughed.
"One of these days Caine…one of these-- HEY AYA!" All three teenagers then turned their attention to two girls who were walking down the stairs, one of which, a girl with short light brown hair looked up, smiled and waved. Her companion, a tall girl with shoulder length black hair, grinned and began to run down the hall towards them. Reine saw this and paled. She looked left and right for a way of escape but too late.
GLOMP
"Meri….get …off!"
Meri laughed evilly and the others sweatdropped. Brushing herself off, Reine stood and looked up at the girl she had waved at before being trampled. The girl walked up to them casually.
"Hey guys, what's up?"
An echo of "hey"s and "hi"s were heard, along with a "yo" from the braided brunette.
The 5 teens had started walking down the hall on their way home when Reine was nudged on the arm.
"So, are you gonna ask him?"
"What?"
The other girl slapped her forehead with her palm.
"OH! ……." Reine squirmed. The two girls were at the back of the bunch, which were chatting a few steps ahead of them.
"…. But Yumie…"
"DO IT!"
Reine sighed, took a small breath and prepared a smile before trotting up to the only male in the bunch.
"Hey Caine, Yumie and Aya are coming over tonight for dinner cuz see, my aunt and uncle work late tonight so I'm gonna try out a new recipe…do you wanna come?" She said nonchalantly as if her heart weren't beating shallowly in her chest.
He looked at her and smiled apologetically.
"Sorry Reine, I can't. I've got this huge project to do before tomorrow."
She nodded, said it was ok and turned her gaze elsewhere so he wouldn't see the fresh disappointment in her eyes.
"Aya, you and Yumie are really brave."
Yumie looked at him blankly and Aya gasped comically.
"It takes a lot of courage to be guinea pigs for the braided wonder."
Reine whacked him on the arm and "hmph"ed.
"You are such a jerk!"
"No I'm not."
"Yes your ARE!"
"nuh uh!"
"yeah huh!"
The exchanges continued until they were out of the building and were yelling at eachother from opposite sides of the field when Caine disappeared from their view on his bike.
"ARG I HATE HIM!" Reine fumed and kicked the ground.
Yumie frowned and gazed at her friend in sympathy. She had been the one Reine first told about finding an extravagant recipe to show off her cooking skills and impress Caine. She dropped her gaze from the brunette, who was trying her best to stay mad in order to keep them from seeing how crushed she was. The truth was though, Caine had someone he liked, and Reine kept trying to rationalize herself out of falling for him. They were hopeless.
"You guys are still coming over right?" Reine asked, clasping her hands behind her head and returning to her casually cheerful self. She looked back a little at Aya, who smiled and nodded.
"Of course!"
Reine smiled warmly and lifted her face to the sky. I'm lucky to have my friends. After all, it'll still be fun with them!
"That sucks that Caine couldn't come though." Aya said softly from behind.
"That's ok. I mean…it's not any big deal or anything…I don't really like him."
"…." Both girls rolled their eyes and huddled, whispering loudly.
"She says that, but I know she's totally in love with him!"
"Yeah! Completely head over heels! She has the "Childhood Buddy complex"! But isn't it so cute? It's just like in all the movies! I'm so jealous!"
A sudden burst of giggles.
"WILL YOU GUYS SHUT UP?!"
"Oh c'mon you have to--" Aya began with a smirk.
"SHUT UP!!"
Reine's companions both snickered and grinned the rest of the way to Reine's house.
"Thank you for dinner! It was delicious!" Aya and Yumie chorused. Reine nodded with a smile and waved goodbye.
"No prob. See you guys later."
"Ohhh! That's right! Tomorrow's Saturday isn't it?"
"Aya, ever the observant one, aren't you."
Aya stuck her tongue out at the smirking brunette before walking into the night to her car where her mother waited. Not many of them had gotten their driver's licenses yet.
Reine sighed and closed the door, the smile still lingering on her face. It faded slowly as she began to clean up the kitchen . Auntie and uncle won't be home for at least three more hours. They work so hard….to support us. I owe them so much.
Someday I'll find a way to repay them.
"Nyan!" Reine looked down, pulled out of her melancholy thought by the fat orange tabby that looked up at her from the tiled floor.
"Tama-kun! What's the matter? Are you hungry?" The cat mewed again happily. Reine crouched beside him and stroked his soft fur, scratching the white patch under his chin. Standing suddenly, she walked to the cupboard and pulled out a bag of dry cat food, pouring some into the small dish in the corner of the kitchen. Putting it away, she noticed the silence that enveloped her. It was like this a lot at night, but she was used to being alone by now. The clock that hung on the wall to her right read 8:30.
She walked out of the kitchen and up the stairs to her room, where she grabbed her discman. Taking the stairs two at a time, she picked up her green jacket from where it had been lying on the back of the couch and headed outside. Locking the door behind her, she slipped the jacket on and put the discman in a large pocket in the front. The chilly February air blew against her face gently and she took a deep breath of it.
Oh it was good to be alive. She had come to enjoy her solitude in the large city at night. Her Aunt probably wouldn't want her to be out after dark but what she didn't know couldn't ground her. )
'Cool breeze and Autumn leaves,….slow motion daylight'
Her sneakers made muffled taps on the pavement as she walked towards the field that lay to the left of her high school. In one corner of it there was a small playground complete with a swingset and slide, and beyond that was a small group of very tall trees. Leaves rustled in the quiet night as she approached the playground.
'A lone pair of watchful eyes… oversee the living'
Since she lived only about two blocks from her school, she often came here to think and blow off steam. 'Sigh... it was kind of stupid anyway,…trying to impress him. What I really wanted was to get to know him better. Maybe tear down a few walls…'
Reine stood now at the base of a large twisted oak, it's substantial branches twisting both low to the ground and reaching far above it's fellows.
'Feel the presence all around, a tortured soul, a wound unhealing'
With a "hup!" she swung her leg over one of the branches and ascended, making sure that the discman was secure in her pocket. She settled on a branch about 13 ft. above the ground and leaned against the thick trunk.
'No regrets or promises, the past is gone,'
She glanced at her watch and yawned before taking in the scenery around her. The canopy cloaked her in darkness and she observed the sky, her gaze settling on the large full moon that hung heavily in the sky, as though it carried a great weight, a weight that could not be measured. Music filtered through her consciousness, almost unnoticed.
'But you can still be free…'
As she stared unseeingly into the moon, deep in thought, something flickered. She blinked, snapping out of her reverie and shivered. She felt, or rather, sensed something, like how you can feel other's eyes on you. This feeling was not physical; it tugged at her soul. It was as if she were feeling someone else's emotions. The hairs on the back of her neck stood on end. She pulled her legs up to her chest and looked around. Eyes darting left and right, she caught sight of something on the branch in front of her and gasped.
'If time will set you free..'
It was small; it's wings about the size of her palm. It glowed iridescently in a moonbeam that shone through the leaves. Cautiously, Reine reached out and touched the tip of the butterfly's wing.
'Time now to spread your wings
To take to flight, the life endeavor'
The music in her ears abruptly died.