First fanfic ever! Please be nice . Disclaimer : I DO NOT OWN SAILOR MOON! I'm just a fan writing this story J
Once In A Blue Moon
Chapter 1: The Great escape
It seemed like forever since Tsukino Usagi started running trying to escape her pursuers.
She wasn't really sure if they were following her but she wasn't going to stop and find out.
Her once pure white fur was now stained with blood and her once lively light blue eyes now showed fear and exhaustion.
She was panting heavily as she ran through the dark forest. Tripping every now and then but never stopping.
She was afraid to stop not only because someone might be chasing her but because she was afraid to stop and look back at the destruction that had been caused to her once peaceful kingdom.
As the princess she felt useless as she ran away. Her thoughts drifted back to just a few hours before.
Flashback
The sun was beginning to set on the horizon and Usagi was taking one of her rare walks in town. It was bustling with strange creatures that included: werewolves, sprites ,fairies and other various creatures.
This was no surprise to Usagi for she too was a werewolf.
The kingdom consisted of only mythical creatures and no humans. The kingdom was hidden from the humans for obvious reasons.
Usagi was walking looking at all the window displays of shops.
On her shoulder was her trusty dragon companion "Gwendolyn" or "Gwen" for short.
A small green scaled dragon no bigger than a regular sized cat with deep red eyes. Gwen served as her guardian whenever she left the castle.
Usagi was a shy quiet girl. This was mostly due to the fact that she stayed in the castle most of the time.
She didn't really have any close friend either aside from Gwen who she talked to a lot.
She had bright blue eyes and long blonde hair tied up in 2 odangos.
She was about 13 years old and very beautiful. As she walked down the street and admired the different clothes in the shops there was a sudden explosion. All the creatures began to scream and panic.
Usagi just stood there frozen in place trying to decipher what had just happened. Suddenly she felt something tug her shoulder. It was Gwen. "What was that?" she yelled at Gwen.
"I don't know and don't want to stay here and find out. We have to run to the castle and find out what's going on." Gwen quickly yelled back.
Usagi gave a quick nod and began to run back to the castle. When they arrived they saw all the guards and maids running and scrambling to get out. It was no better than the towns people . Usagi suddenly felt someone grab her shoulder from behind. She turned and saw a familiar face. It was Motoki , one of the guards and a family friend. He was like Usagi's older brother.
"Motoki-onii-san !" she yelped.
" Thank god your ok Usagi- chan. I was getting worried. No time to talk right now we have to escape into the forest." he quickly grabbed her arm and began to run.
"what's going on onii-san?" She questioned him as they ran.
"The kingdom is under attack and the king ordered me to help you escape." he replied.
"Who is attacking us?" Usagi asked.
"Apparently some humans and creatures from the town teamed up and are attacking but I don't know why or what they are after," he answered.
As they ran through the panicking crowd something leapt out from an alley and stopped them. It was another werewolf with black blood stained fur and eyes as dark as his fur. Motoki, Usagi, and Gwen stopped in their tracks. All of them knew this wasn't good.
"When I count to 3 Usagi you have to turn into wolf and run and whatever you do don't look back. Gwen and I will take care of this guy." he whispered to Usagi.
" But where do I go? I don't want to abandon you two." she whispered back.
"Just run for as long as you can and don't worry we'll catch up later". Usagi gave a quick nod still doubtful about the plan and with that Motoki started.
"1...2... 3!" Motoki and Usagi transformed while Gwen threw a fire ball at the opposing werewolf.
The dark furred wolf jumped and dodged and sensing the princess trying to escape he quickly ran towards her and began snapping at her trying to grab any flesh with his fang. Usagi tried her best to dodge but the wolf bit into her right hind leg causing her to fall hard to the ground. Before Usagi had a chance to get up the wolf bit into her abdominal area to which Usagi responded with a yelp of pain. Usagi was now bleeding badly and she started panicking, but Motoki and Gwen stepped into action. Gwen hurled another fireball at the wolf hitting him dead on and throwing him to the ground. Then before he had a chance to get up Motoki pounced on him and began biting and clawing at him.
"Go now!" Usagi heard Gwen yell.
"But-!" Usagi tried to argue.
"NOW!" Gwen yelled once more.
With this Usagi got up as fast as she could despite her wounds and began to run. Never once turning back to see what was left of her beloved kingdom.
End of flashback
By now Usagi had ran for hours. She had no idea where she was, she was exhausted and starving. She was weak from blood loss and couldn't run any longer. She stopped and fell to the floor exhausted. She felt the darkness starting to pull her in. She thought back to her kingdom with sadness , she looked up to the moon and gave a heart wrenching howl before she let darkness claim her. She passed out and with the last of her strength, she turned back into a human. Not knowing of the events that were to come.
Near the edge of the forest 4 girls around the age of 15, sat in the gardens talking about things going on with the human kingdom. They sat in a small circle. One girl had short blue hair and dark blue eyes.
The girl was called Mizuino Ami. She was happily reading a book that seemed to have an endless number of pages. Next to her sat a raven haired girl with violet eyes. Her name was Rei Hino.
She seemed to be deep in thought staring into space. Then came the next girl with long blonde hair and in it was a bright red bow. She had crystal blue eyes and her name was Aino Minako . She was fiddling with her hair while looking at herself in her compact mirror.
Last but not least was a tall brunette with her hair tied in a pony tail and dark green eyes. Her name was Kino Makoto. She was staring at the clouds and spacing out much like Rei was.
Rei was the kings younger sister so she knew almost everything that went on in the kingdom. She told the girls everything. Rei was married to Jadeite , one of the 4 leading generals of the kingdom. Ami was engaged to Zoisite, Minako was married to Kunzite , and Makoto was engaged to Nephrite. Recent events foretold a war was about to begin.
The kingdom had been attacked a few days before but no one knew by who. This worried everyone especially king Mamoru. After a while the girls began a conversation. The girls sat talking about the attack.
"Hey you guys what do you think about the recent attacks?" Minako asked the girls as she closed her compact mirror.
"Not really sure what to think about them. All I know is that we better be prepared in case war breaks out. Its not going to be pretty. Mamoru is on edge about the whole thing too," answered Rei.
"I would be too. An unknown enemy is attacking and weird rumors are spreading too," said Makoto.
"Weird rumors?" Ami inquired. "Oh yeah ! I heard about those too," Minako quickly interrupted. Mina loved her gossip so she knew about almost every rumor.
" People are saying that the enemy uses magic and stuff," she continued. "Magic! Yeah right!" Rei exclaimed.
"well yeah I heard one of the survivors said he saw a man change into a wolf in front of him." Minako answered.
"Like a werewolf?" Ami who was now interested asked.
Even though she didn't believe in mythical creatures. None of them did for that matter.
"Yeah exactly. I don't really think its true though. What do you think?" Minako asked.
" Well rumors are just rumors you shouldn't believe them," Makoto added not believing any of it either.
The other three nodded quietly quickly discarding the any ideas of mythical creatures existing.
"Well anyone care to join me on a walk into the forest?" Rei asked the others.
The girls stood up dusted off their dresses and went on their way. It was a beautiful day out it was around 10:00 in the morning and the sun was high up in the sky. As the girls walked they continued to talk about random topics. Rei was about to comment about something Minako said but stopped when she noticed what seemed to be paw prints.
The thing that really caught her attention was that there what seemed to be blood stains on them. The other girls noticed as well and fell silent. There were no wolves living near there so it was very strange to see paw prints. The girls followed the prints to the source and were shocked when they saw where they led. There lying on the ground was a blonde haired girl unmoving and covered in blood.
The first to go close was Rei. She got close enough and took the girls arm to check for a pulse. She found one but it was faint. She gave a sigh relieved that girl was alive. She was surprised at the wounds on the girl's leg near her ankles as well as her stomach. The other girls were now close enough to see the wounds as well.
Worrying about the girl they decided to take her to the castle and take care of her injuries. Makoto being the strongest lifted the girl easily and began walking towards the castle. The blood stained paw prints long forgotten.
On the way back to the castle there seemed to be an uncomfortable silence. Well it was to be expected.
The silence was broken by no other than Mina: " So what should we tell everyone when we get back?"
" That's a good question but we'll figure something out," Rei responded
" Well I guess. Wait 'til the guys get a load of this. They come back from their trip today don't they?" Makoto asked.
"Yes, I believe so," Ami responded this time.
" Well it'll work out some how," Makoto commented.
The rest of the way back went smoothly. Luckily they were able to get into an empty castle room without anyone seeing them.
To Be Continued…
A/N: I kind of joined the chapters together to not make it seem so long, but it's the same story. So Please review!