Senshi of Hope; Demon of Despair
By Chenoa Dawnbased off of the game at Crystal Palace RPG
Chapter 01: The Awakening
As another beautiful day ends in the Neo-Silver Millennium, all appears to be in perfect harmony. There are no disturbances throughout the solar system and the settlement on the Moon is finally looking like a true city. Thanks to Mercury and her team of scientist, they were able to construct an artificial atmosphere over the moon. Then, Neo-Queen Serenity poured her heart and soul into rebuilding the Palace that had once existed so long ago. It did not take long for a city to grow around the Crystal Palace.
Things were so peaceful, really too peaceful. So peaceful, that the orbital cameras that had been installed to help detect outside intrusions went unnoticed when indeed there was a disturbance.
In the picturesque uninhabited outer belt of the sol system, the cameras rested on the rings of the planet of Saturn. The light shimmering off the rings of Saturn make a dazzling sight. Suddenly, from the void, a pulse of energy appeared. The pulse headed directly for the rings of Saturn. Striking the rings, the energy dissipates in a destructive fury. On opposite sides of the rings two blocks of ice shattered freeing their prisoners.
The first prisoner is a young man in his mid to late teens. He at first shows no signs of life, but that changed quickly as he began to stir. Looking around he takes in his surroundings.
"Free at last!" the young man known as Enmity exclaims to the darkness. He smiles evilly as he begins to take in his situation. "I knew this prison that Queen Serenity put us in would not hold me forever."
Enmity looked over his surroundings as he floated over the rings of Saturn. He seemed to be looking for something, or someone. "I do not see my dear sister," he said under his breath. "Oh well, I do not need her to exact my revenge, and besides, it was her soft heart that put us here to begin with."
Looking at the stars, and their positions Enmity became puzzled. "I wonder just how long have I been sleeping? No matter, I will travel to the Moon Kingdom, and who ever is still there will pay a terrible price for sealing me away for so long."
Enmity raised his hand and created a dimensional portal. "To the Moon Kingdom! And my revenge!"
He entered the portal to start his journey to the Moon, and his revenge.
Meanwhile on the other side of Saturn in the freshly shattered ice, another being starts to stir. Also being released from her prison is a female of mid to late teens. As she looks around, she is confused and unsure of where she is or why.
"Where am I? Who am I?" It was as if her memory had been completely erased. Yet, there was a great feeling of love and loss in her heart. "Why am I here?"
"Eternal Warrior Faithfullove, you have been awakened." The voice that called out to her was very familiar, yet it still caused her to be quite startled.
As she turned towards the sound, she saw a figure that resembled somebody that she once knew, "Who are you?"
The figure smiled but it quickly faded to a face of regret. "I am the spirit of Queen Serenity. I allowed you and your brother to be imprisoned here, among the rings of Saturn."
Faithfullove reached towards the Queen as the image faded, "What do you mean you allowed us to be imprisoned? I do not understand. My brother? Where is he if we were both imprisoned?"
The Queen smiled, "You have always been full of questions, child. You have not changed a bit." She sighed and then took a breath as her image faded in and out, "I do not have much time, but I will tell you as much as possible. I regrettably allowed for the two of you to be sealed away in the rings of Saturn. Both you and your brother have immense powers that rival any of the senshi of the Sol system. In the time of the Silver Millennium, we were unable to train you properly or harness your power to where it was controllable. The High Council then decided it was best to seal the two of you away."
The image faded as the Queen's countenance turned more to the dismal side. "I was devastated when the decision came back, but I knew of nothing else to do. I hope in time you will be able to forgive me."
"Surely you aren't here just to tell me you are sorry. If you are the Queen, and my brother's powers and mine rival the senshi, what is it that you want? Or need?" Faithfullove was anything but tactful. She had always been blunt and to the point. It was hard to maintain pleasantries when she did not know what was going on.
"I am here to advise you on your next step." Queen Serenity tried to think what would be the way to get Faithfullove to help stop her brother.
"Where is my brother now?" Faithfullove asked, as she was more anxious than expected.
The Queen looked up, knowing that the information on her brother might ruin what she is hoping for Faithfullove. "Your brother unlike you has awakened with a fury, and vengeance. He seeks to destroy the New Silver Millennium…"
Faithfullove, now even more confused. "And you want me to do what? "
"You Eternal Warrior Faithfullove are the only senshi with the power to stop Enmity. You have the true power of hope."
"Hope?!" she spat, frustration in her voice. "How can I have hope when I have nothing at stake? I do not understand any of this. You lock my brother and me up, then because of some fluke accident we are released, and now you want me to stop him from taking out his anger on your family?! Why should I? There is nothing that you have told me that makes me want to rush to the side of this so called Moon Kingdom."
Queen Serenity looked into Faithfullove's eyes trying to read her emotions. "I know this is hard to fathom, I ask that you just trust me. I am not deceiving you. There is a higher force here at work and if Enmity succeeds in his anger, everyone's lives, even yours, will be at stake. In order for any of you to survive you must find the Phantom Warrior and she will know what to do, she is the key."
Faithfullove put her hands to her head. "I am so confused; none of this makes any sense. Anyway, if my brother and I are the incarnations of the senshi of Saturn then why do I feel another power besides my brother that is derived from Saturn? She looks up at the Queen. Can you explain this?"
The Queen sighed; she realized she should have had this talk with Faithfullove long ago. "You and your brother are two halves of what was once the Soldier of Hope and Destruction, Sailor Saturn. When she gave her life 3000 years ago, her spirit began to reform just as the phoenix reforms after death. As this happened this mysterious energy wave struck her body, and split her spirit. That is how you and your brother were born."
Faithfullove took in the information for a moment, and then looked to the image of the Queen. "I understand that, but you're Majesty, why do I feel a power so similar to my own? This isn't like me feeling my brother's energy; this is like I feel myself but multiplied."
Queen Serenity smiled. "Well the same energy ripple that caused your birth created space time distortions that allowed Saturn's full spirit to reform at a later time. So this allowed Sailor Saturn to exist in our world. You see there are two spirits of Saturn now, you and your brother, and also the Eternal Warrior, Sailor Saturn."
Faithfullove was still unsure but what Queen Serenity was saying seemed to be quite possible. Plus she was feeling as if she remembered this woman and there seemed to be a trust that she wanted to believe in. After more contemplation, she looked to the queen, "So my Queen, I must protect the New Silver Millennium then?"
Queen Serenity was grateful for Faithfullove's decision and nodded. "Yes, you must go to the moon, there you will find the Crystal Palace and it's new ruler Neo Queen Serenity. There you will find senshi strong enough to help you with your quest. It won't be easy, but I believe with you it can be done."
"So I will fight side by side with Neo Queen Serenity then?" Faithfullove watched as the Queen's face dropped.
Queen Serenity shook her head slowly. "No I'm afraid not, she has grown too weak restoring the Crystal Palace. She only has the power to heal, albeit minimal and she can help to show the way."
The final words were faint as the image of Queen Serenity faded away entirely.
Faithfullove panicked. "Queen Serenity! Your majesty! Please don't go, I have more questions, I need to know what to do... where to go from here."
A fading voice of Serenity responded. "Go to the Crystal Palace, there you will find what you need."
Then, finally, she was alone. The newly awakened senshi was troubled.
"What is my mission?" She asked herself. "Surely if my brother is defeated and destroyed, so will I, for we share the same life force, don't we? I have only just been awakened! Must I die so quickly?! There must be another way."
While Faithfullove awakened and contemplated her situation, her brother was already well on his way to forming a plan to enact his revenge against the royal moon family. To Enmity, it did not matter if Queen Serenity was still alive or not, for the fact that there was a ruling party on the moon, Enmity was going to make them pay for her sealing him and his sister so long ago.
In low orbit of the moon, a portal opened, once again undetected by the sensors and cameras that were in place. Later it would be noticed that nobody was watching the monitors is why it went undetected, but that would be much later and shamefully not in time to stop things.
Enmity stepped out and looked over the moon. "I sense powerful forces here. I also sense the power of the Royal family." The memory of being sealed away flashed in his mind and he clenched his fists in rage. "They will pay for Queen Serenity's crimes. We did nothing to deserve being sealed away, but not now, the senshi I sense are much too powerful, I need a plan and possibly some allies."
Enmity scanned the surface of the moon spying the metropolis that had become the Crystal City. And right in the middle of it, The Crystal Palace. An evil grin appeared across his face. "I sense forces here that might be of service to me. Evil forces, not strong, but they will become strong with my help. I knew I would be able to find some allies here"
Enmity raised his hand, and created another portal laughing uncontrollably as he entered the portal, his plan going through his head.