Prolouge to 'Crystal Herald-Senshi'
Disclaimer// I do not own Sailor Moon in any way, nor do I own the Heralds of Valdamar series. That honor is that of Mercedes Lackey, though I can only borrow that world for a bit in my writing and dreams.
Author Note// You don't have to of read the Heralds series to get this, I didn't use any of those characters. Just some of the ideas.
When Lady-Queen Serenity chose to create the Crystal World, and her capitol Crystal Tokyo, she used the powers of the Silver Imperium Crystal in excess. No one, not even her mother, had done this and survived. This fact alone impressed a group of friendly spirits.
So it was little more than a week, and Serenity barely recovered, when a fairly large group of beautiful silver/white horses approached her. They spoke to her in her mind and offered her a way to ensure that the Crystal Alliance lived on.
:Though long-lived you are, Serenity-Queen, you will not live forever. Who will ensure that no evil comes from your blood to rule this peaceful alliance? Who will protect and serve you when the senshi powers fade from memory?: The leader of the horses, a vocal mare, spoke. Serenity considered this, and found no real answer.
"I do not know..." she finally spoke.
:Then allow us, the Companions, to aid you. We do not Choose wrongly, and we will Choose those worthy and willing to serve you as your require, Serenity-Queen.:
And so, by Serenity's consent, the Companions went out into the world and Chose those who would serve the kingdom without remorse, with all their being.
Serenity herself was Chosen by that vocal mare, calling herself Eos, and it was very soon decreed that only one Chosen by a Companion could be the ruler of the Crystal Alliance.
One by one, each of the sailor senshi- including King Endymion, first the Inners and then the Outers, were Chosen by Companions of their own.
As Eos suggested, Serenity formed a Collegium in Crystal Tokyo to teach the newly-Chosen. Those trainees, uniformed in pale Grays, would spend five years at the school, then graduating into full Heralds(a title that the King Endymion suggested) and gaining their pure white uniforms.
These Heralds were spread evenly across Earth, and then expanded out to the other planets as they became habitable again. Though there was not an excess of Heralds, the Companions always seemed to Choose just enough of them.
A field near the Collegium was made for those Companions whom had not Chosen yet, whose Chosen were in permanent residence at the Collegium(or were just trainees), or those who had no Chosen for various reasons.
The Companions, for all intents, appeared to be pure white horses. Though they all had the ability of Mindspeech with their Chosen if no others and they were definitely not normal horses. Within a few years, though, they stopped being born from the grove where Serenity had used the crystal to create Crystal Tokyo. These grove-births became rare and only very special people were Chosen by the grove-born. The Companions instead started being born normally, though they did not birth with the ease of normal horses.
As the years passed on, their were changes made in the kingdoms as the new realms adjusted and finally calmed. A succession of marriages and births came through the years, ending with the princess of Saturn's birth.
And so, time passed and peace reigned.
Disclaimer// I do not own Sailor Moon in any way, nor do I own the Heralds of Valdamar series. That honor is that of Mercedes Lackey, though I can only borrow that world for a bit in my writing and dreams.
Author Note// You don't have to of read the Heralds series to get this, I didn't use any of those characters. Just some of the ideas.
When Lady-Queen Serenity chose to create the Crystal World, and her capitol Crystal Tokyo, she used the powers of the Silver Imperium Crystal in excess. No one, not even her mother, had done this and survived. This fact alone impressed a group of friendly spirits.
So it was little more than a week, and Serenity barely recovered, when a fairly large group of beautiful silver/white horses approached her. They spoke to her in her mind and offered her a way to ensure that the Crystal Alliance lived on.
:Though long-lived you are, Serenity-Queen, you will not live forever. Who will ensure that no evil comes from your blood to rule this peaceful alliance? Who will protect and serve you when the senshi powers fade from memory?: The leader of the horses, a vocal mare, spoke. Serenity considered this, and found no real answer.
"I do not know..." she finally spoke.
:Then allow us, the Companions, to aid you. We do not Choose wrongly, and we will Choose those worthy and willing to serve you as your require, Serenity-Queen.:
And so, by Serenity's consent, the Companions went out into the world and Chose those who would serve the kingdom without remorse, with all their being.
Serenity herself was Chosen by that vocal mare, calling herself Eos, and it was very soon decreed that only one Chosen by a Companion could be the ruler of the Crystal Alliance.
One by one, each of the sailor senshi- including King Endymion, first the Inners and then the Outers, were Chosen by Companions of their own.
As Eos suggested, Serenity formed a Collegium in Crystal Tokyo to teach the newly-Chosen. Those trainees, uniformed in pale Grays, would spend five years at the school, then graduating into full Heralds(a title that the King Endymion suggested) and gaining their pure white uniforms.
These Heralds were spread evenly across Earth, and then expanded out to the other planets as they became habitable again. Though there was not an excess of Heralds, the Companions always seemed to Choose just enough of them.
A field near the Collegium was made for those Companions whom had not Chosen yet, whose Chosen were in permanent residence at the Collegium(or were just trainees), or those who had no Chosen for various reasons.
The Companions, for all intents, appeared to be pure white horses. Though they all had the ability of Mindspeech with their Chosen if no others and they were definitely not normal horses. Within a few years, though, they stopped being born from the grove where Serenity had used the crystal to create Crystal Tokyo. These grove-births became rare and only very special people were Chosen by the grove-born. The Companions instead started being born normally, though they did not birth with the ease of normal horses.
As the years passed on, their were changes made in the kingdoms as the new realms adjusted and finally calmed. A succession of marriages and births came through the years, ending with the princess of Saturn's birth.
And so, time passed and peace reigned.