Looking Back on Tomorrow
~Fallen
Sticks stabbed ruthlessly at her feet as she ran faster and faster toward the palace, each step closer making her fears more real. The sky was black with luurea, dark clouds so thick that they blocked out the sun. Before now she had only seen them on Uranus and Pluto, but now they threatened to cut off all light from earth.
The ground pitched violently throwing her onto her back. She looked in horror as the Crystal Palace began to crumble. 'Princess, not even you can save the pitiful world, it is mine now and forever!' The metallic voice shrieked in her head, sending tears down her cheeks in cascading waterfalls. "Please don't do this Balaria! Please!" The princess cried, falling to her knees as the ground swayed.
With a final stroke of lightning, the Crystal palace disappeared into a million shards of the beautiful stone and crystal it was sculpted from. In a blaze of light, the silver crystal shone like a brilliant star against the luurea. It floated slowly to the princess, as if offering itself to her as a gift. She stretched her hands out and grasped it in both hands. The crystal exploded with a blinding light, sending waves of force through the princess' body. The crystal vanished in a moment, and with it so did the young girl's life force.
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"Princess." She opened her eyes to see the form of Pluto floating over her. The guardian of time had a smile on her face, but tears ran down her face. "Dear Princess. You have saved many planets by sacrificing your life and sending the Silver Crystal back to the past, but it will not last." "What do you mean it won't last?" She asked, panic becoming evident in the princess' voice. "Balaria will travel to the past and destroy all who stand in the way of her obtaining the crystal." The princess looked up at the guardian of the gates of time, "You cannot stop her, can you?" She asked, already knowing the answer. "No, I cannot. But you can." The princess nodded, preparing herself to be reborn in the past as a guardian of the Silver Crystal.
Pluto whispered a prayer over her garnet staff. The princess closed her eyes and recited her own prayer: "Celene, keep me safe in all that I do. Guide me to become a great senshi.
Dana keep me safe from harm, Do not allow me to go astray. Chisei bring me back to your planet In a time when I know not what I will do. Serenity allow me to honor you Allow me to keep you safe."
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The princess felt her spirit return to her body, only this time in a time long since past. Her spirit was not alone, she traveled with the other princesses of each planet. But with the good also came the bad. Balaria would soon follow, seeking out her prey.
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2002, Tokyo
Balaria looked down on the planet of earth. 'So this is where they have come. This is where it is.' She laughed.
Spred throughout Tokyo, seven young girls sat up in their bed, a cold sweat on their brows and the sound of Balaria's laugh ringing in their ears.
To be continued.
Sticks stabbed ruthlessly at her feet as she ran faster and faster toward the palace, each step closer making her fears more real. The sky was black with luurea, dark clouds so thick that they blocked out the sun. Before now she had only seen them on Uranus and Pluto, but now they threatened to cut off all light from earth.
The ground pitched violently throwing her onto her back. She looked in horror as the Crystal Palace began to crumble. 'Princess, not even you can save the pitiful world, it is mine now and forever!' The metallic voice shrieked in her head, sending tears down her cheeks in cascading waterfalls. "Please don't do this Balaria! Please!" The princess cried, falling to her knees as the ground swayed.
With a final stroke of lightning, the Crystal palace disappeared into a million shards of the beautiful stone and crystal it was sculpted from. In a blaze of light, the silver crystal shone like a brilliant star against the luurea. It floated slowly to the princess, as if offering itself to her as a gift. She stretched her hands out and grasped it in both hands. The crystal exploded with a blinding light, sending waves of force through the princess' body. The crystal vanished in a moment, and with it so did the young girl's life force.
+ + + + +
"Princess." She opened her eyes to see the form of Pluto floating over her. The guardian of time had a smile on her face, but tears ran down her face. "Dear Princess. You have saved many planets by sacrificing your life and sending the Silver Crystal back to the past, but it will not last." "What do you mean it won't last?" She asked, panic becoming evident in the princess' voice. "Balaria will travel to the past and destroy all who stand in the way of her obtaining the crystal." The princess looked up at the guardian of the gates of time, "You cannot stop her, can you?" She asked, already knowing the answer. "No, I cannot. But you can." The princess nodded, preparing herself to be reborn in the past as a guardian of the Silver Crystal.
Pluto whispered a prayer over her garnet staff. The princess closed her eyes and recited her own prayer: "Celene, keep me safe in all that I do. Guide me to become a great senshi.
Dana keep me safe from harm, Do not allow me to go astray. Chisei bring me back to your planet In a time when I know not what I will do. Serenity allow me to honor you Allow me to keep you safe."
+ + + + +
The princess felt her spirit return to her body, only this time in a time long since past. Her spirit was not alone, she traveled with the other princesses of each planet. But with the good also came the bad. Balaria would soon follow, seeking out her prey.
+ + + + +
2002, Tokyo
Balaria looked down on the planet of earth. 'So this is where they have come. This is where it is.' She laughed.
Spred throughout Tokyo, seven young girls sat up in their bed, a cold sweat on their brows and the sound of Balaria's laugh ringing in their ears.
To be continued.