WARNING: If you have not read "Light Cuts Through Darkness", another story by me, you will be very lost. I suggest you go read that story first, as this is it's sequel.
Hihi all. Yes, that is right, I am back. And hopefully better than ever. During my absence I found other great young writers. I read their works, and for that I appreciate them. For they taught me many things through their writing. They taught me to express myself to the fullest, and never hold back on my ideas. They also taught me that fantasy writing isn't just that; you can make fantasy seem real. And for that, I want to thank them.
So here is the first chapter of my new story, including my new writing perspectives.
Thank you,
Erin
Disclaimer: I do not in any way, shape or form own Sailormoon or Digimon.
Dedication: I dedicate this story to my greatest friends, Mollie, and Gina, for always making me believe in my good qualities even when I believe they are not present. I also want to dedicate this to all people who are not afraid to dream, afraid to wish, and to those who faithfully believe that dreams hold all the secrets to our lives.
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~* Through the Mists *~
Within sleep, nobody can very well determine what people actually see in their heads. Nobody can tell what people hear, whether it be fuzzy, or a stream of words fit together. No one person can actually pinpoint the exact feeling people have when they are in the depths of their own mind.
Many think that most people watch images upon the backs of their eyelids. Images of fantasy, combined with reality, mixing the two into something that the person "imagines". Voices and sounds, both again from reality, and sometimes from the imagination. Humanity put a name on these images and sounds people see and hear.
Dreams. The pathways to the inner subconscious. Windows to the heart. A door opening to the dormant soul. When one dreams, they aren't pulling ideas out of the depths of their brain. They are merely playing a game of chess with their emotions. Dreams show one person or being what they really desire most, what they despise, and what life is about to hand them.
Yes, dreams are sometimes the gateway to the future. They show any major or life-altering experiences someone is about to go through. Only those who believe can master the art of premonition. Others scoff; bury the dreams away in the chambers of the mind, for another day.
Serena wasn't one to dream her life away. She was buried deep enough in the twists and turns of being a teenager to remember one measly little dream. Though the dream she had the night should have been the one to recall.
The wind blew lightly through the open window, and Serena lay still on her side, her breathing slow, her eyelashes brushing her cheeks. Her long blonde hair lay fanned over her shoulder, slightly covering her face.
Her face. At first glance you would think she were just asleep, but take a deeper look at the creases in her forehead, and the worry lines near her eyes; any person could see she were deep in an uncomfortable dream.
*SERENA'S DREAM*
Serena sat beside her one true love on a park bench, the night sky enveloping the two. He held her tight, whispering declarations of his love into her ears. She smiled, and turned to him, leaning in for a kiss. A flash of lightning. A roar of thunder. Gusts of wind to hard to sit through. And the lone, tiny figure standing amidst the airborne leaves.
The winds picked up, more powerful then Serena has ever experienced before. She screamed as lightning started striking the trees near her, causing them to fall. Her love started running, leaving Serena alone, as she desperately reached after him, calling his name over and over.
Serena fell to her knees, covered her head and cried.
"WHY?!?!" Her dream self yelled to the sky.
Another larger figure appeared near the smaller one. The larger figure threw back her head and laughed, and as she did so the wind died down.
Serena lifted her head slowly, her clear blue eyes fixed upon the dark, shadowy figures. The larger one walked closer and closer, until she was about a foot away. Even then, in the tiny, dim glow of the streetlights, Serena could not make out any features.
"You, my little one, you have served me well," the figure spoke, cupping Serena's chin in her hand.
Serena's dream-self tried to speak, but to no avail. Her voice was caught in her chest, her words lost in her heavy breathing.
"You have served me well, being that of a Sailor Scout, and also as a Digi-Destined. You, the one who being born under light, also being born into darkness. You have served me well. When everything seems lost, you always find the path that leads to greatness. Never have you given up hope, never have you given up your faith, innocence, or the light within. It is you, that I trust most out of all my other Star-born children."
The figure took a glance towards the sky, which for the moment was silent and restless. Yet in the distance another storm cloud was rolling faster and faster towards this scene.
The figure turned her sight back toward7s Serena.
"I have watched you, my child, more than I have watched any of my other children. And that is how I know that I can trust you above most others with this task. I know you will not fail with what I entrust you."
Serena narrowed her eyes to try and see through the mists better.
"What is this task you speak of?" her dream self asked.
The figure let go of Serena's chin, and with her hands formed a small crystal ball into her hands.
"There is much I want to show you, Sailor Scout and Digi-Destined. Much I must tell…"
Images began to form inside the ball. Serena was captivated by the color and reality of the images, and soon began to drift off.
"My child, long, long ago, before the Universe was created, there was only four known to actually exist. One, a woman called River, Keeper of the Past. The second is I, Claudiesius, the Keeper of the Present. Another, a man, named Kven, a Master of Dreams, Hopes, and Wishes. The fourth of us is someone you already know."
The images swirled around the ball and focused itself on a tiny, misty table with three figures. Serena recognized herself as one, Kari as the other, and the third…
"Freienadal, the Keeper of the Future untold. We four are called, 'The Chosen Ones'. We four created the Universe and all it's people. We also created its protectors," she glanced at Serena. "You and your friends. We also created many a soul that held special powers given from us ourselves."
The figure turned and gestured towards the smaller form. "She being one of them. Now Kven has been working with us peacefully for years, us giving him our thoughts, and he distributing them to the people of the Universe through dreams. That is why sometimes you dream of your past, of your present, and on rare occasions, the future."
"Now Kven has decided he wants to use his power for evil."
Serena glanced at the tiny shape as it took a few steps forward, so it was about five feet away.
"The task I speak of is not an easy one, my child. This is the Princess of my Realm, my World. Kven seeks the hidden power this young Princess holds, and he wants her only so he and his followers may conquer my world as well as the entire galaxy. With my most trusted Counsel I have decided it would be most wise to hide her here, on Earth. Kven would not be so wise as to think to search for her here."
Serena glanced at the tiny Princess' shadows, and then turned her attention back towards the larger figure.
"How would I help in this task?" Serena asked.
The figure tilted her head. "I understand you as well are a Princess, and too know the dangers of having a most awesome power. My task I wish to bestow upon you is that you and your Guardian friends I have also seen protect her."
Serena laughed. "I don't know. I'm not sure I would be of much help."
"I believe you would. Please my child, do me this favor. You must stick together. The Princess begs; from one to another, she begs of you. And I also plea, watch over the little one."
Serena glanced at the little Princess, studying her every tiny movement. How hard can it be? She thought. I can do it. Nothing will stand in my way. Serena took one last glance at the Princess and nodded.
"I'll do it," she said.
The figure held out her hand, and the ball grew lighter and lighter.
"Thank you for your kindness. Now, there is one last thing you should remember if you wish to stay out of harm's way."
"What would that be?" Serena asked.
"Oh, you already know," the figure responded. "I believe Freienadal has already told you. You just have to search inside."
Once again Serena was wrapped up inside the images of the ball.
*FLASHBACK*
"Come Sailor Moon, Sailor Eclipse," the man beckoned Serena and Kari over to the table and chairs.
Not hesitating a moment, both girls walked over and took seats opposite the man.
"I am no other that that of who controls time, space, light, and existence itself. I am Freienadal, the keeper of the future untold. What I want from you will have to be explained in three separate ways."
"Three separate ways…and they would be?" Kari asked. Unlike the man, whose voice was solid and clear as a young man's, Kari's voice was distant, like sand slowly being washed away by the tide.
"The first, my children, is I telling you three things. The second will be in the defeat of those who you think too strong willed to be destroyed. The third, only time will tell."
"So you can tell us three things right now. Please tell us," Serena said, her voice also sounding washy and faded.
"First off, it will take the powers of Light and Dark alone to defeat those who are purely dark."
"So, the both of us." Kari said.
The man nodded.
"Yes. Second, the future will decide on one decision you make tonight. That decision could kill one, or it could kill all. Only you two can make the choice."
"Kill…kill one? Which one?" Serena asked.
The man shook his head.
"Only time will show who you sacrifice. The third and final thing…"The man paused, and it was not for a big dramatic effect. He was deep in thought, trying to word his statement delicately for the girls who had only just turned fifteen.
"The third…what ever you girls do in life- the choices you make, the feelings you feel, the thoughts you think, are all connected to one another. If one of you makes a decision upon your life, the other's life follows that path also. Think wisely, and think quickly, for your time is running out."
The man was walking off into the distance, getting further and further away, but really going nowhere at all.
"Wait!" Serena yelled. "Please! What do we do
with these?"
The man kept walking, never looked back, but still they both heard his voice as
loud and clear as if he were still sitting in front of them.
"When the time comes, you will know. Remember, Light brings the Dark, Dark covers the Light. Work together, and you shall win…"
*END FLASHBACK*
Serena gazed at the figure.
"Right, I remember now. He said we would defeat the enemy, and we did. We killed Lillanea. He told me and Kari three things: Light and Dark defeat those who are dark. He was right. He also told us our decision would kill one or kill all, and our decision killed one, Darien. And Kari and I are connected. But, wait, what did he mean by the third thing, only time will tell?"
The figure tossed her hand and the ball disappeared.
"Child, the entire fate of the Universe is in scripted in the Chambers of Time. Every person's destiny is there as well. I believe you know the Keeper, Setsuna, well."
Serena nodded.
"Everything you do in life, everything you do, think, feel or experience can alter the Timetable. Just be careful."
Serena gulped.
"What? What am I supposed to do, sit around?"
The figure laughed.
"No, nothing of the sort. Just…just remember this. When the time comes, you will know. The path you take may be safe, but you never know what the Timetable will have in store for you later on. You found Sailor Eclipse three years early, and in turn, Darien had to die."
Serena's eyes widened.
"What?" she cried frantically. "If Darien died because we altered the flow of time, then that means that the one who was supposed to die that night… never died! Who is it?!"
The clouds that had seemed so far away a moment ago were now upon them, covering every inch of the night sky. The dormant wind picked up again and wrapped itself around the figure and the Princess.
"I must go. Thank you immensely, my child. Remember my advice. Remember the Princess. She will arrive on the night that is still day, the day that turns to night, when the wind is full in gusts of nothing, and the rain only hits where the clouds are not."
And with that, both figures disappeared.
Serena's Room, Tokyo Japan
7:30 AM, 4.26.02
Serena awoke with a start. The summer sun was shining through her drapes, and a bird was singing in the distance. Downstairs she could hear her mother talking to her younger brother Sammy. She had no idea why she had awoken, but it must have been something about her dream.
Serena pulled her long blonde hair back into a ponytail and glanced at her clock. It was 7:30 AM, and she had actually woken up on time for once, and it figured, because it was Saturday.
She threw back the blankets on her bed and stood, stretching as she glanced around her room. It was messy, and her mother hated it because it hadn't been clean for so long, but Serena was busy lately. Very busy. One like her could barely ever find time to clean her room.
What with being a Sailor Scout. Sailor Moon on top of that. Most of her nights were spent trying to fight off the evil that try and invade the innocent. She wasn't alone of course, her friends Ami, Raye, Lita, and Mina were always with her.
And then of course, she was a Digi-Destined. Most of her days were spent running around with other Digi-Destined children from her area, using their Digimon to protecting her beloved city from dangers around. She wasn't alone in this task either. There was her best friend Kari, her other friends Matt, Sora, T.K., Izzy, Mimi, Joe, Davis, Yolei, and Cody. And of course her boyfriend Tai.
She was thinking about Tai when suddenly, her bedroom door was thrown open, and her mother ran in, screaming frantically.
"SERENA! QUICK!"
Serena grabbed her compact of her desk, expecting danger.
"Is everything okay, mom?"
Her mom's eyes flashed with anger.
"Pajesomon has eaten all the breakfast, AGAIN!"
Serena tried not to giggle as her Digimon wandered into her bedroom with a piece of bacon in her mouth.
"Sorry mom, I'll deal with it."
Serena's mother left in a huff, slamming the door behind her. Serena turned her gaze onto her friend, who was sitting on her bed reading a magazine, next to her cat, Luna. The two barely looked like two separate animals, for both were a dark, jet-black color.
"Pajesomon, sweetie, when my dad and brother are home, you are supposed to act like a dog! I mean, my mom knows, but come on, play it safe!"
The tiny little black ball of fur sat up on her haunches, her front legs on her hips.
"But I'm a Digimon! Not a dog!" The little animal said.
Luna sighed.
"Of course, that's why she said act. Now stop pretending to be offended. You know very well you are in trouble."
Serena raised her eyebrows at Luna.
"Thanks Luna, but please don't try and start a fight," she said as Pajesomon glared at Luna. "But she is right, Paje. When you are supposed to be a dog, you don't steal the entire breakfast, ok? Geeze, even Gatomon has to act like a cat sometimes."
At that moment the phone rang, and Serena dashed to pick it up.
"Hello?" she asked.
"Hey Sere, it's me," answered Kari, Serena's best friend and owner of Gatomon.
"Hey! What's up Kari?"
"Nothing, the other Digi-Destined wanted to have a meeting."
Serena turned to her desk and picked up her Digi-vice. "Did they say what about?"
"Well," Kari started. "When I talked to Davis, he sounded urgent. So I guess you should get over here now, and bring Pajesomon, and Luna if she wants to come. They said something about a new Digi-Destined. Contact the other Sailor Scouts too, they should meet the new one as well."
Serena smiled. "We'll be there."
They both hung up the phone. Serena turned to Pajesomon and Luna.
"Well buddies, I'll hurry up and get dressed, because we have a meeting at Kari's. They've found a new Digi-Destined. Luna? Do you think you could get a hold of the other Sailor Scouts? Kari wants them there too."
Luna nodded, and Pajesomon saluted Serena. She laughed as she grabbed a black tank top, jean shorts and some clean socks, and headed towards the shower.
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Well, I hope you enjoyed. Stay tuned for more. If you have any questions, please contact me at my email address. Thanks so much!
~Erin