Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon or Harry Potter. If I did I wouldn't have to work to pay for college! I do own Melody Heart, Star, Jessie Heart, and the knights you will see in the fic. This disclaimer goes for the entire story so don't sue me…you would only lose money anyway.
Setting: This is set after Stars at the end of the battle with Chaos.
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Chapter 1
The end and the beginningUsagi looked around her at the rubble that was Tokyo and felt tears sting her eyes. Her clothes were gone, blasted off long ago by Chaos, and her entire body was covered in dirt and blood. Floating down to the waiting Starlights, Usagi felt her life slipping away from her and smiled a sad smile. The setting sun cast a loving glow on the dying form of the moon princess and the stillness in the air acted as if the slightest noise would take her from the world.
Healer, Maker, and Fighter moved depressingly around the fallen princess knowing that nothing could be done to save her. Silver tears fell from their eyes as they gazed upon the beauty and grace that had been tainted by destiny and fate. Fists clinched in anger, Maker fumed inside as she thought, 'This shouldn't have happened to you! You deserve so much better than this…'
Sighing as her body finally lay on the cool cement; Usagi closed her eyes and thought about her fallen friends. 'Ami…you were so smart and graceful. Always ready with a smile to help me with my homework…and Rei, you were always so stubborn and mean but I could always count on you to back me up. I'm sorry I let you down this time. Mina you were the light in my life. Always backing me up in my matchmaking schemes and trying so hard to nurse us when we were sick…Lita with your good food and great fighting skills…I will miss the times we sat in the dark and talked about everything. Amara and Michell…I'm so sorry I wasn't strong enough to protect you. I guess I am just a weak little princess after all…but I did beat her! I wouldn't let you down there…you didn't die in vain. Setsuna…I guess you didn't see this coming did you? I wish you had, then I would have come alone and you would all be alive…Hotaru…so young and yet you fought with everything you had. I will never forget your courage and innocence. Oh I wish this had never happened!'
Feeling warmth brush her skin, Usagi opened her eyes to see the Starlights kneeling beside her. Smiling weakly at them, she whispered, "Hey…thanks for being there for me. I guess I wasn't as strong as they thought I was…"
"Don't say that Usagi," Maker said softly. "You made them proud…"
"Yea, Odango," Fighter said jokingly, "they knew you could win…"
"Besides Chaos is defeated and that's what's important. Now don't say anything, we've got to get you to a doctor..." Healer began but was interrupted by a soft voice behind them.
"Dearest Princess, do you truly wish that this had never happened?"
Turning, the three Starlights got into fighting mode and looked fiercely at the new girl standing before them. Moving to protect Usagi, Maker said, "Who are you and what do you want?" Usagi, not wanting to lose the Starlights, forced herself to stand and face the voice behind her and was shocked at what she saw.
Standing in the warm glow of the sunset stood a small girl. She looked only to be four or five but she had an air around her that spoke of wisdom and power. She had big lilac eyes with flecks of silver in them that glowed in her happiness and her long black hair spiraled down her back gracefully in a half-ponytail that reached her knees. Streaks of lilac cut through the midnight blackness of her hair in soft waves and her stance was one of innocence and yet she was sure of herself. Her soft red lips smiled gently at the four of the senshi before her and her giggle filled the air with its musical tones. Her dress moved gently in the breeze and revealed the girl's childlike form to the senshi. Sleeveless, the dress was made of a light blue color that almost matched that of a clear blue sky in the middle of August. The bodice was covered in tiny crystals of every color imaginable in patterns that made no sense to Usagi, but the three Starlights knew those patterns very well. The dress rippled in the breeze causing it to fan out from the child like she was spinning around in a circle.
Usagi gasped as Maker, Fighter, and Healer dropped their fighting stance and fidgeted as if they were embarrassed. Looking back at the child, Usagi caught the girls grin as she said in the same soft voice, "I am not surprised you do not remember me, Sailor Star Healer. It has been many years since you and my parents have talked, may I say it is a pleasure to finally meet you in person." Dropping a flawless graceful curtsey, the child turned her full attention to Usagi and said, "Oh dear Princess…that will not due." Closing her eyes, the child said a few soft words in a language long forgotten and when she opened them she smiled. "There, that is much better."
Usagi wondered what the child meant until she looked down at herself and gasped! All her wounds were gone and she was dressed in her princess gown. Slowly she felt her energy coming back to her and she grinned. "Well, that was fun but may I ask…who are you?"
Giggling, the child said, "I'm sorry Princess for my rudeness. I am Empressina Melody Marie Heart, heir of the Rainbow Kingdom, daughter of Emperor Robert Heart and Empress Christina Heart, and keeper of the dreams of the universes." Dropping an even grander curtsey, the child grinned and said, "Mother would never forgive me if I forgot to introduce myself to the Princess of the Moon. Now Princess Serenity, do you truly wish that none of this," Melody indicated the rubble and blood around them, "had ever happened?"
Usagi, no Princess Serenity looked around her and thought about the good, the bad, and the maybe around her and sighed softly. "Yes," she said as crystal tears softly ran down her face. "I wish with all my heart that this had never happened. My friends deserve a better life than they had and if they had never met me this would never had happened. They died because of me…I don't think I can live with that knowledge."
Melody looked deeply into Princess Serenity's eyes and saw the truth of her words. Nodding her head, she softly said, "Then that is how it shall be. Princess, Starlights, please prepare yourselves for your new life. Before you ask," she said gently as Serenity opened her mouth, "your friends will be reborn and will join you when the time is right. I will tell you this much. You are coming to my dimension and will be reborn yourselves into new families and will have no knowledge of this life or the family you left here. I will wipe your identities from your families' minds so that they will not remember you even having been born. You will be able to start anew and will be able to choose your own destiny, for your mission has been completed here." Looking into each of the four girl's eyes, Melody softly smiled at them and said, "Do not be afraid. All will be well, trust me. Now please sleep…" As she said these words, the four senshi fell into a deep painless sleep. Mumbling more words in the forgotten language, the girl smiled as four star-seeds sailed into her hands and then with a soft smile for the world around her, Melody disappeared as a meteor crashed into the battle site destroying any evidence that a battle or people had been there….
Reappearing in her own bedroom, Melody smiled as the four star-seeds in her hands grew brighter. "I told you to trust me…now to send you on to your new destiny." Moving to her window, Melody set each star-seed on her balcony and went to notify her parents of her decision. Walking into the throne-room unannounced during a council meeting was punishable by death. However, Melody knew that her duty would not allow her to wait for the council meeting to end, so with her courage wrapped around her closely, she opened the doors and walked calmly towards her parents.
Hearing the door open, the Emperor turned to see who would be so stupid and his breath caught in his throat. Walking towards him with courage and grace was his only daughter. She looked beautiful and every inch an empress, just like her mother. Feeling a warm touch on his arm, he looked to his right and saw his wife asking him with her eyes to hear Melody out. Smiling lovingly at her, he patted her hand and waited for Melody to reach the table.
Taking a few deep breaths as the entire room turned to stare at her, Melody was grateful that she made it all the way to her parents without tripping. Dropping to her knees, Melody bowed her head and waited for permission to speak.
Christina gasped as her daughter hit her knees before them. The entire room stood up in shock at the little empressina and looked to the Emperor to see what was going on. Robert was shocked and a little worried as Melody hit her knees before the entire council. Patting his wife's hand reassuringly, Robert said in a soft voice, "Melody, what is it that you wish to speak to us about?"
Raising her gaze to her mother and father's face, Melody saw that they were worried about her and wanted to help her. Feeling a tight spot in her chest ease, Melody softly said, "Father, I went to the thirteenth dimension as you requested and monitored the battle unfolding there. The battle was won by Princess Serenity; the universe of the thirteenth is saved." Raising her voice to be heard over the mumbling of the council members, Melody continued. "However, Princess Serenity was dying from wounds she had accumulated during her fight with Chaos." Speaking softly in the now silent room, Melody said, "Knowing that Serenity would not be reborn again in that dimension, I appeared before her and her remaining three protectors and asked her if she truly wished for her wish to be granted. After thinking about it, the Princess replied that she would and so I have brought her here to the first dimension. Her body was unable to make the transition, and so I took her star-seed along with the star-seeds of the three Starlights and they are waiting to be reborn here."
Standing, Melody continued with bowed head. "I understand that this action is not what the council approved or expected but with my duties as dream keeper of the universes I had no choice in what I did. I came here to ask for the council's pardon and to inform the council that I will die in completing the rebirths of Princess Serenity and her protectors. Even now the star-seeds of her other protectors are being drawn to this dimension and onto my balcony. I will be reborn with the sailor senshi from the thirteenth dimension on Earth and will not have any memory of this place until I turn thirteen. I ask only that the council give me its blessing before I go perform my duty." Kneeling once again at her mother and father's feet, Melody felt warm tears coursing down her face as she thought about life without her parents.
For ten long minutes the council debated and fought amongst each other as the Emperor and Empress sat in silence letting the others decide their daughter's fate. Finally, the council members said in unison, "Empressina Melody Marie Heart, we of the council applaud your courage and wisdom in this dark hour and give you our blessing to carry out your duty. Be safe and may the stars always shine upon you." Smiling in relief, the Emperor and Empress raised their daughter up off her knees and hugged her tight. "Go well, sweet one," Christina said softly, "and watch out for boys…they're not as nice as they seem." "Be careful Melody," Robert cautioned. Nodding her head, Melody dropped a flawless curtsey to the council and her parents.
Moving with grace, poise, and confidence Melody slowly left the council room looking every inch like the Empress she would one day be. Once alone in her room, Melody swiftly moved to the balcony and smiled at the numerous star-seeds twinkling at her in the moonlight. Closing her eyes, Melody began to sing in a hauntingly soft soprano and as she sang the star-seeds before her began to disappear one by one. As she reached the final star-seed, Melody felt her energy leaving her and nearly collapsed but she held on and made it through the song once more to send the final scout on her way and then she fainted from exhaustion.
The stars dimmed as Melody's chest rose and fell once….twice…and then no more as her own star-seed moved out of her body and blinked out to be reborn on Earth. But ten minutes later they shone with brightness as Usagi and her court were reborn on Earth…and then ten minutes later they shone brighter still as Melody was reborn on Earth.
A tired mother looked at her two children as she lay back in the hospital. Kissing both their heads, she whispered, "Hello my darlings." A man with unruly black hair smiled at his wife and children and when the doctor asked their names he said, "Harry and Melody Potter…"
Empressina means the female heir to an empire