Diclaimer I do not own Sailor Moon or any of the characters. They belong
to someone else. In dedication to woman everywhere!
On a cool night in January, the air was clean and pure. Each star glowed brighter then they have all year and last year. They seem to twinkle with a message to anyone who rested their eyes upon them. There was a message in the stars. A message of a baby born on the sixth night in January, which was this very night; but no one knew because the queen made no notion of the noble birth. This desire to hold her pain and frustration in silence gave the power of silence to her child.
A baby girl was born to the noble kingdom. The babe did not cry when she was born. She merely looked up at her mother with smile that filled any eyes with tears. The babes traveled to the stars for they held a message to the young baby. There was no ability to read the stars because the message would be imbedded into her heart.
It was a different night. The air was cool and the sounds of crickets could be heard. Being so far away from the sun the spring season only appears for one month. The trees rustled their branches and leaves together as they caught the gentle wind. Most of the land was mountains and trees as far as the eye could see. The queen took the babe out to the balcony. The gentle breeze picked up her coal black hair. Her eyes were dark in the moonlight. The queen smiled as she looked towards the moon. It glowed brighter then any other time. The babe reached her hands in the air as if calling to her mother. The queen bent down to see what her child wanted, but she realized it was not the mother the babe demanded for, but the glow of the firefly was in the babe's vision.
"That is why you will always be knows as my firefly, Hotaru, princess of Saturn," the queen whispered and finally giving her child a name.
Many years had past and the babe grew into a small child of eight. She was a happy child and full of energy. The night sky was her greatest power and comfort. Magically she still recalled the first time she looked at the night sky. She still held the message of the stars in her heart. Not speaking a word of it to anyone.
"Hotaru, there is someone here to see you," a tall slender maid said as she approached Hotaru with a small child in her hands. The dark skin was evident among the child's people. They were even further from the light of the sun, but the world after her kingdom created their own light. Her long dark green hair was in a large braid this time. Hotaru chuckled to herself as she recalled the humorous occasion when, she got her hair tangled in a thorn bush as they played on Earth. The maid left as the two girls greeted each other with a hug.
"I have something to show you, Setsuna," Hotaru cheered as she grabbed her friend's hand. They ran off quickly towards the forest. Laughter could be heard as they jumped over logs and roots of trees and ducked underneath low branches; soon they appeared over a large waterfall. The girls stopped for a moment to catch their breath.
"What is with the waterfall, Hotaru, we have many of them on my planet," Setsuna breathed as she looked over the jagged rocks.
"I know that, but there is something I have never seen before in my life," Hotaru breathed as she stretched her body flat onto the rock ledge. Setsuna did the same thing. They both looked over at the ledge but they saw nothing but falling water. Setsuna started to think this was a joke, but out of the corner of her eye she saw something glow in the sunlight. Hotaru slowly pointed towards the light and whispered for her to look closely and quietly. The two girls looked at the glorious light that soon took form. A white flash of light created a mane, then a tale then a body, but the light emitted from the horn of the animal.
"It's a unicorn," Setsuna gasped. Hotaru smiled as she watched the wonderful creature.
"I didn't think they were real, but they are," Hotaru said quietly, "It was born the same day as me."
"How do you know that," Setsuna asked.
"Because my mother said that a firefly is a unicorn in disguise,"
"That is so not true,"
"That is what my mother said,"
"That still doesn't explain how it was born the same day as you,"
"I gave me a message from the stars the night I was born,"
"I think you are crazy sometimes when you can remember everything from birth,"
"I guess that is the power I have,"
The girls watched the unicorn dance in the stream then galloped through the waterfall. The still laid there looking at the sky. They called out pictures as they watched the clouds go by.
"Hotaru, have you ever told anyone about your message," Setsuna asked.
Hotaru thought for a moment, "No, I was told not to speak a word of it and I tend to keep my silence," Hotaru answered with dignity that far past her age. Setsuna turned backed to the sky. She wished for a secret message from the stars, but alas nothing was given to her.
The day came and went and Setsuna went on her way home. Hotaru thought for a moment about her message from the stars. It wasn't like other messages you hear about. The ones that sound vague and miss leading with other twists and turns in them; it was clear and painful to repeat in her mind, but she knew at the age of eighteen she was going to stop an evil that will destroy the who universe. She didn't know how she was going to do it or what she was going to need, but she knew her days were numbered and soon her training will begin.
On a cool night in January, the air was clean and pure. Each star glowed brighter then they have all year and last year. They seem to twinkle with a message to anyone who rested their eyes upon them. There was a message in the stars. A message of a baby born on the sixth night in January, which was this very night; but no one knew because the queen made no notion of the noble birth. This desire to hold her pain and frustration in silence gave the power of silence to her child.
A baby girl was born to the noble kingdom. The babe did not cry when she was born. She merely looked up at her mother with smile that filled any eyes with tears. The babes traveled to the stars for they held a message to the young baby. There was no ability to read the stars because the message would be imbedded into her heart.
It was a different night. The air was cool and the sounds of crickets could be heard. Being so far away from the sun the spring season only appears for one month. The trees rustled their branches and leaves together as they caught the gentle wind. Most of the land was mountains and trees as far as the eye could see. The queen took the babe out to the balcony. The gentle breeze picked up her coal black hair. Her eyes were dark in the moonlight. The queen smiled as she looked towards the moon. It glowed brighter then any other time. The babe reached her hands in the air as if calling to her mother. The queen bent down to see what her child wanted, but she realized it was not the mother the babe demanded for, but the glow of the firefly was in the babe's vision.
"That is why you will always be knows as my firefly, Hotaru, princess of Saturn," the queen whispered and finally giving her child a name.
Many years had past and the babe grew into a small child of eight. She was a happy child and full of energy. The night sky was her greatest power and comfort. Magically she still recalled the first time she looked at the night sky. She still held the message of the stars in her heart. Not speaking a word of it to anyone.
"Hotaru, there is someone here to see you," a tall slender maid said as she approached Hotaru with a small child in her hands. The dark skin was evident among the child's people. They were even further from the light of the sun, but the world after her kingdom created their own light. Her long dark green hair was in a large braid this time. Hotaru chuckled to herself as she recalled the humorous occasion when, she got her hair tangled in a thorn bush as they played on Earth. The maid left as the two girls greeted each other with a hug.
"I have something to show you, Setsuna," Hotaru cheered as she grabbed her friend's hand. They ran off quickly towards the forest. Laughter could be heard as they jumped over logs and roots of trees and ducked underneath low branches; soon they appeared over a large waterfall. The girls stopped for a moment to catch their breath.
"What is with the waterfall, Hotaru, we have many of them on my planet," Setsuna breathed as she looked over the jagged rocks.
"I know that, but there is something I have never seen before in my life," Hotaru breathed as she stretched her body flat onto the rock ledge. Setsuna did the same thing. They both looked over at the ledge but they saw nothing but falling water. Setsuna started to think this was a joke, but out of the corner of her eye she saw something glow in the sunlight. Hotaru slowly pointed towards the light and whispered for her to look closely and quietly. The two girls looked at the glorious light that soon took form. A white flash of light created a mane, then a tale then a body, but the light emitted from the horn of the animal.
"It's a unicorn," Setsuna gasped. Hotaru smiled as she watched the wonderful creature.
"I didn't think they were real, but they are," Hotaru said quietly, "It was born the same day as me."
"How do you know that," Setsuna asked.
"Because my mother said that a firefly is a unicorn in disguise,"
"That is so not true,"
"That is what my mother said,"
"That still doesn't explain how it was born the same day as you,"
"I gave me a message from the stars the night I was born,"
"I think you are crazy sometimes when you can remember everything from birth,"
"I guess that is the power I have,"
The girls watched the unicorn dance in the stream then galloped through the waterfall. The still laid there looking at the sky. They called out pictures as they watched the clouds go by.
"Hotaru, have you ever told anyone about your message," Setsuna asked.
Hotaru thought for a moment, "No, I was told not to speak a word of it and I tend to keep my silence," Hotaru answered with dignity that far past her age. Setsuna turned backed to the sky. She wished for a secret message from the stars, but alas nothing was given to her.
The day came and went and Setsuna went on her way home. Hotaru thought for a moment about her message from the stars. It wasn't like other messages you hear about. The ones that sound vague and miss leading with other twists and turns in them; it was clear and painful to repeat in her mind, but she knew at the age of eighteen she was going to stop an evil that will destroy the who universe. She didn't know how she was going to do it or what she was going to need, but she knew her days were numbered and soon her training will begin.