Silver Angel: Hey minna! Here is the first chapter in my brand new
ficcie! Do not be mistaken by what happens in earlier chapters. This
story is definitely Usagi-centric. Some of the earlier chapters will deal
with a few of the other scouts on an individual or small group basis
though.
Please review!
Disclaimer: Silver (me-duh!) does not own any of the characters in Sailor Moon. They were created by Naoko Takeuchi, so all credit for them goes to her. The plot is MINE though! Mwaa-haa-haaa!
Echo Back My Love
Chapter 1 - Loss of Time
Sailor Pluto stood in front of the Time Gates; ever conscious of her duty. Queen Serenity back in the Silver Millennium had placed it on her, and she could not allow herself to fail. She was the watcher, always gazing silently at the many possible futures; the guardian, protecting the future of Crystal Tokyo, which see the world finally at peace. She was the guardian of the Time Gates, the solitary soldier who always stood silently to the side, rarely participating in the events of the world.
So long had she lived thus: Alone among the purple mists that surrounded the gates. She had watched as the princesses from the Silver Millennium had been killed during Queen Beryl attack, and then reborn through the Silver Crystal a thousand years into the future. The spell that had allowed them to be reborn had taken the last to Queen Serenity's strength. It had killed her, and that day she had lost the Queen whom she loved so much.
Now all that was left was duty. Her duty to the Tsuki no Hime - the princess of the Moon, Serenity. Watching as she became Sailor Moon and grew up. She may not have been the leader they had been expecting, but she always came through.
Though not a fighter, she still fought. She fought for all those countless millions who would fail to have a future if not for her; and Pluto was proud of her for that. When she had faced Chaos alone and knowing that the only way to defeat it completely was to seal the galaxy cauldron, where all star seeds were reborn, still she had refused to seal it.
She had known that it would mean chaos would still exist and she would always have to fight, and yet she had not sealed it. Her Princess - Usagi - had known that to seal it would doom everything; that Light did not exist without darkness; and had chosen to remain fighting in order to protect the Cosmos.
Yes Pluto was proud of Usagi. She had made the endless years alone guarding the Time Gates worthwhile. Pluto may remain the solitary soldier, the Guardian of Time, but it had a purpose, and that purpose was fulfilled in Usagi and Crystal Tokyo.
As she gazed into the Time Gates, lost among memories of the Silver Millennium, when everything was at peace, a strange gleam caught her eye. An intruder? Not many found the Time Gates, and those who did rarely crossed the guardian. As she ran in the direction of the disturbance, a faint echoing thump sounded when her boots hit the ground, which was invisible in the mist.
"You're mine!" a voice hissed. A dull beam of grayish light lanced out of nowhere to strike at her. Pluto hastily leaped of the way in time, barely being missed by the strange attack. Who was attacking her that they could be so fast?
Another attack shot out of the mist from her invisible attacker. Again she dodged, but before she could do any more, another shot out from a different direction and hit her arm.
Instead of hurting her of exploding, she felt her arm go numb. Her staff, which acted as the time key, clattered to the ground from nerveless fingers with a loud 'thock', burying itself under the fog.
Pluto looked down wide-eyed at her limp, heavy arm. Where the attack had hit her, a crystalline substance had appeared and was slowly growing, and creeping up past her elbow. Wherever the crystal touched her, she lost all feeling. Within minutes it would completely cover her body.
She staggered a step forward, the crystal completely encasing an arm up to the shoulder and working its way to her neck, down her left side, and across her stomach. 'Hime.' the word echoed, a whisper in her mind. 'Serenity-hime, I have failed you.forgive me.'
"What a pretty little toy." That voice. The same voice as the person who had attacked her. A figure walked out from among the purple mists, twirling her staff like a baton.
"Don't worry. I'll take care of it for you." It whispered mockingly at her. Before she could even make a sound, the crystal finished its task and encased her completely, locking her face into a mask of horror and desperation.
The Guardian of Time had fallen.
Please review!
Disclaimer: Silver (me-duh!) does not own any of the characters in Sailor Moon. They were created by Naoko Takeuchi, so all credit for them goes to her. The plot is MINE though! Mwaa-haa-haaa!
Echo Back My Love
Chapter 1 - Loss of Time
Sailor Pluto stood in front of the Time Gates; ever conscious of her duty. Queen Serenity back in the Silver Millennium had placed it on her, and she could not allow herself to fail. She was the watcher, always gazing silently at the many possible futures; the guardian, protecting the future of Crystal Tokyo, which see the world finally at peace. She was the guardian of the Time Gates, the solitary soldier who always stood silently to the side, rarely participating in the events of the world.
So long had she lived thus: Alone among the purple mists that surrounded the gates. She had watched as the princesses from the Silver Millennium had been killed during Queen Beryl attack, and then reborn through the Silver Crystal a thousand years into the future. The spell that had allowed them to be reborn had taken the last to Queen Serenity's strength. It had killed her, and that day she had lost the Queen whom she loved so much.
Now all that was left was duty. Her duty to the Tsuki no Hime - the princess of the Moon, Serenity. Watching as she became Sailor Moon and grew up. She may not have been the leader they had been expecting, but she always came through.
Though not a fighter, she still fought. She fought for all those countless millions who would fail to have a future if not for her; and Pluto was proud of her for that. When she had faced Chaos alone and knowing that the only way to defeat it completely was to seal the galaxy cauldron, where all star seeds were reborn, still she had refused to seal it.
She had known that it would mean chaos would still exist and she would always have to fight, and yet she had not sealed it. Her Princess - Usagi - had known that to seal it would doom everything; that Light did not exist without darkness; and had chosen to remain fighting in order to protect the Cosmos.
Yes Pluto was proud of Usagi. She had made the endless years alone guarding the Time Gates worthwhile. Pluto may remain the solitary soldier, the Guardian of Time, but it had a purpose, and that purpose was fulfilled in Usagi and Crystal Tokyo.
As she gazed into the Time Gates, lost among memories of the Silver Millennium, when everything was at peace, a strange gleam caught her eye. An intruder? Not many found the Time Gates, and those who did rarely crossed the guardian. As she ran in the direction of the disturbance, a faint echoing thump sounded when her boots hit the ground, which was invisible in the mist.
"You're mine!" a voice hissed. A dull beam of grayish light lanced out of nowhere to strike at her. Pluto hastily leaped of the way in time, barely being missed by the strange attack. Who was attacking her that they could be so fast?
Another attack shot out of the mist from her invisible attacker. Again she dodged, but before she could do any more, another shot out from a different direction and hit her arm.
Instead of hurting her of exploding, she felt her arm go numb. Her staff, which acted as the time key, clattered to the ground from nerveless fingers with a loud 'thock', burying itself under the fog.
Pluto looked down wide-eyed at her limp, heavy arm. Where the attack had hit her, a crystalline substance had appeared and was slowly growing, and creeping up past her elbow. Wherever the crystal touched her, she lost all feeling. Within minutes it would completely cover her body.
She staggered a step forward, the crystal completely encasing an arm up to the shoulder and working its way to her neck, down her left side, and across her stomach. 'Hime.' the word echoed, a whisper in her mind. 'Serenity-hime, I have failed you.forgive me.'
"What a pretty little toy." That voice. The same voice as the person who had attacked her. A figure walked out from among the purple mists, twirling her staff like a baton.
"Don't worry. I'll take care of it for you." It whispered mockingly at her. Before she could even make a sound, the crystal finished its task and encased her completely, locking her face into a mask of horror and desperation.
The Guardian of Time had fallen.