A/N: okay, so i'm still super-hyped about the new series of Sailor Moon. i'm going to do a whole bunch of SM stories now so, if you want something written, just send me a request. 'kay? i also live off of reviews, so please let me know what you think!
"Setsuna?" calls Usagi, looking around the dark chamber. Her voice catches on the fragments of ice and glass that she cannot see, echoing around the room and bouncing back at her.
There is no answer save her echo, and for a moment she finds herself wondering if she missunderstood the message. Then something from the far corner of the room moves and she can see the taller woman's figure start to form in the shadows.
"Princess. I'm glad that you've come so quickly." says Setsuna, and as she walks into the chamber it seems to flicker to life. The dark haze withdrawls ever so slightly, several torchs bursting into life on the cavern walls.
As always, the dancing firelight reflects off of the glass lining the room and sends them into a fantasy world. Like the type you would read about in a story, when a the queen of the fae's enters her chamber.
Or maybe, Usagi thinks to herself, smiling slightly, it's only her that sees this place in a that manner.
"Well, you said it was urgent." answers Usagi, laughing slightly. She folds her hands behind her back, grinning up at the other woman. "So what did you need, Setsu-chan?"
The nickname does nothing to alleviate the worried frown on Setsuna's face, and that fact alone sobers the Moon Princess up some. The woman is clad in her senshi uniform, garnet staff clutched in one hand.
"We have a problem with one of the time-lines, Princess." Setsuna says, and then she turns to face the eastern wall, hand flicking in the same direction. A droplet of firelight follows the motion of her fingers, flying from its spot on the wall and slamming into something just inches from the green haired woman's hand.
Usagi gasps - and she is completely enthralled by the sight before her. The fire seems to spread out, stretching itself into fine strings and running the length of the cavern. It spreads along the walls and the floor and the cieling, twisting and crossing over each other time and again, forming a tangled mess of burning light.
"What is that?" the blonde gasps.
"This? This is a map of timelines. These lines are the markers for thousands of different universes. Each time they cross each other, the two universes merge in some shape or form." explains Setsuna.
"Oh." says Usagi, blinking. That sort of made sense, she guessed. "So, you needed me to help with them?"
That was way odd, she couldn't help but think. And, when Setsuna shakes her head in answer, she cannot help but let out a sigh.
"That's good." says Usagi. "Because I'd probably just mess them up more."
That does it. A small smile flits across the pale woman's face for just a moment, then it goes serious again. Setsuna walks across the cavernous room, stopping beside Usagi.
"Do you see those two lines, Usagi?" she asks, pointing towards a spot on the roof. "The two that twine together every few inches, then merge into one?"
Usagi nods. "Yeah. None of the others look like that though...is it a bad thing?"
This time, Setsuna nods. "Very. Those two lines cross so frequently because they share a very important aspect. Both have a representation of the moon; one in the shape of a princess, one in the form of a spirit."
"Wha? So one of those lines is where we live, right?" Usagi bursts out, blue eyes wide in awe. "That's cool!"
"It would be, were they not becoming one now." states Setsuna, voice serious. "In the line directly opposite ours, they're spirit's human form has been destroyed. It will be many months until it can find a new host. In those months, if left alone, that world would most likely fall into ruin."
Usagi blinks, frowning slightly. "Because they don't have a moon spirit?"
"Yes." says Setsuna, nodding. "There is much in that world that depends on the prescence of Yue. Entire nations that, without her help, will turn into dystopian societies. Possibly even just cease to exist."
"So...What do you need me for?" asks Usagi, hesitantly. She isn't sure that she wants to know anymore.
"I need you to journey there, Princess, and help maintain balance until Yue can find a new form. Help that world attain peace, just like you would were it your own." Setsuna pauses then, and the look on her face grows distant. Almost pained, as though she's trapped in her own memories - and, oh, she does have many of those. Of every world and every century and every being to help rule them. "And, if at all possible, destroy the force that led to Yue's destruction."