Author's note: I've been working on this story, roughly, since 2005. I'd write a scene or two here or there, over several months. I'd completely ignore the story for several months, even years when I'd get busy with life. I'd write notes and ideas all down and play around with it, mulling over them for a long time. I wrote and rewrote multiple things. I did (and am still doing) tons of research for it. I wanted to get a good bearing of where I wanted the story to go before even considering publishing anything. I'm still a little hesitant in publishing it at all since this story has changed so much since 2005. So, with all of this in mind, I will start to publish this little story of mine. Another thing I contemplated were the sizes of the chapters. I originally wrote the chapters to be long; roughly 20+ pages each give or take. I had intended to publish them in that length, but thinking it over, I've decided to break the chapters into subchapters, if you will. That way, I can upload them (hopefully) a bit faster. Also, this gives me more wiggle room to still edit them, if I so choose, without having you guys having to reread such lengthy chapters for small edits. The only problem with smaller chapters is that, I have a feeling, this story will have a lot of chapters, something I wanted to avoid. I never wanted to be that person with 50+ chapters. I'll apologize now for that
Secondly, this story is A/U. This takes place in "our" world, just the underbelly of it. Or, better yet, a secret aspect of a world no one knows exists except those privy to it. With that in mind, this story is a supernatural, adventure, action, romance story. The supernatural aspect is this: vampires, lycanthropes, shapeshifters, and warlocks (males) and sorceress (females).
Now, before anyone groans and goes not another vampire story, like previously stated, I began working on this a loooong time ago, before vampires really blew up the scene and stole my thunder. I originally fell in love with the movie Underworld back in 2003 and had been obsessed with the supernatural ever since. I wanted to take a shot at this genre, with my own spin. Keep in mind vampire mania didn't get popular until, I'd say, 2007 when the Twilight series finally became a thing. Note: the first book of that series came out in 2005, but didn't reach much success until much later. And by success, I mean the mania that it is today. (Side, sidenote: For all you Twilight fans, sorry this is not that kind of story.) So, before you cringe at another "vampire story", give this one a try. It's not just vampires, it so happens to have them in it.
For the adventure/action aspect, that's self-explanatory. I hope to do a decent job in that department. For the romance aspect, this story will mainly feature the senshi/shitennou and Usagi/Mamoru pairings, with a little sprinkle of the outers and Luna/Artemis, but not much so don't hold your breath.
Lastly, when I had originally fallen in love with Sailor Moon, that love stemmed from the American anime. Little did I know about all the editing that happened to the American version, or that it was actually based on a manga. It wasn't until much later in life, when the Internet was truly at my disposal and I'd become that person who wanted to research their childhood favorites, that I learned about the manga and all the edits the American version of the anime went through. Better yet, that there even was another version, albeit in Japanese. I just thought it was another cartoon that I loved. I'm only mentioning this because even though I've tried to research the original anime and manga, I've never had the chance to watch or read them (until now). So I've tried to portray these beloved characters to the best of my abilities from their respective sources. It can be hard at times since just between those three, the characters alter slightly (some more than others). I'd like to think I've infused all those three variations into my story!
Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon.
Prologue
Most people take the simplest of things for granted. The touch of the rain as it splatters on your face; the smell of the flowers that come from it; the look on children's faces as they play in the rain; laughing with them as you play along; hearing their laughter.
Sound. Such a trivial thing, and yet for me, something I've longed for, ever since I no longer had it. It was hard at first. I had never felt so alone in a room so full of people. The masses of people talking, yelling, and laughing without a care, and all I heard . . .. All I hear is nothing. Nothing. Nothing at all. Not the whispers of the trees, or the scuttles of a rat. The dull sharpness of nothing can be overbearing at times. Sometimes I wish I could scream and hear the anguish of my own voice. But I hear nothing. It will always be nothing.
