Hello, hello... aren't I just opening up tons of new projects? Lol. Well summer is coming, and even though I am taking a few summer courses, I am going to have much more free time to dedicate to writing! (so I may become even more addicted to it than I am now... Wow!)

IMPORTANT NOTES, PLEASE READ:

This is stated in both Destiny Bloom and this story. These two stories are running alongside each other. The other story is dedicated to Rei, while this one is for Ami. They will overlap with occurrences and things that happen. Some things will be mentioned in one story, while you'll be shown the actual act in the other. They're sister stories, so to speak. I plan to write these in a way that they do stand alone. You don't have to read both of them, but you can if you'd like to, because they are going on the same time line.

Also, remember, this story is picking up after Destiny Decision. It is a sequel. As this is Ami's story, it WILL be necessary for you to read Destiny Decision before starting this story. The other senshi stories you can read as stand alone stories, but not with Ami's. If you've read Destiny Decision, you really understand why, I'm sure. Lol.

Chapter One of this story is one day ahead of Chapter One of Destiny Bloom and from there they will overlap. As you can tell, the prologues are very different from each other, and they're meant to be very different from the stories themselves.

I hope I haven't confused and terrified you all to death. Please don't leave me!! :( I'll make it all understandable, I swear!!!!

Destiny Reflection
Prologue

I am a very controversial individual. I say this with full confidence, because if you knew my past, you would also believe this is true. Why would I say this about myself, then?

Well... because I have two souls.

Yes. I, Mizuno Ami, am not just Mizuno Ami. I am no average fifteen year old girl.

To be fair, I've never been average. Even when I believed that I was normal, I still wasn't average. I am not boasting in any way when I say that I am extremely intelligent. I'm not sure if it's my own natural ability or if it really is just that I study like what my dear friend Minako always says: "Ami-chan," she will say. "You're studying like you have a computer for a brain and a book for a heart!"

And no, I still haven't quite figured out what she means by that, as both are inanimate objects that have no relevance to the brain or heart. Then again, no one can really figure out what Minako means half the time.

Mizuno Ami is a simple girl. I have a mom whom I adore. She's a doctor at Juban Secondary General Hospital, and we're close. It's just been us for many years, because when I was younger, my parents divorced, and my father went away to pursue his art. He's a painter, and sometimes he sends me pictures, but I haven't seen him in years. It's okay though, because I know that's his dream.

But my life has changed dramatically in the past year. First, I found out I was Sailor Mercury, senshi of ice, water, and wisdom. I fight alongside Sailor Mars, Sailor Jupiter and Sailor Venus, under the command of Sailor Moon, against any evil forces that might plague Earth.

Of course, to make matters more complicated, I later found out that I was Princess Ami of Mercury of the Silver Millennium, over a thousand years ago.

Mercury was the planet of ice, water, and wisdom. My parents, the King and Queen of Mercury, were extraordinary scholars. Mercury blood craves knowledge instinctively. I can't explain it in any other way. My planet was extremely peaceful, and it was a planet of healing, as many of the scholars on the planet lent their hands to the medical arts. None were quite as brilliant as my parents, however. Aten, my father, was of pure Mercury blood. He was the royal descendant of the planet, one of the few male planetary princes of his generation. In fact, in my generation, Endymion of Earth was the only planetary prince.

My mother, Marina, was a princess of a lower country in Mercury. My father fell in love with her, and it was hinted to me that her shining blue hair was what made him fall in love, because it was so beautiful that it actually made him look up from a book for once! She was lovely, tall, graceful, and she really did have the most beautiful hair. It was dark, dark blue, much darker than my own. It was luscious and long, and I always loved to watch her brush her hair. My father's hair was pure white, and many nobles remarked that my pearly blue hair really was a perfect blend of my two parents.

I lived a peaceful, happy life on Mercury for my younger years, and when I aged, my royal, Mercury blood signaled that I had inherited the powers of Mercury. I was Sailor Mercury and destined to be a protector to Princess Serenity of the Moon, the future ruler of all planets.

Princess Serenity is our own Sailor Moon, Tsukino Usagi, once thought to simply be the leader of the senshi. Though, for all intents and purposes, she is still leader of the senshi. (The actual, true leader of the senshi is Sailor Venus, Aino Minako.)

But that is not exactly the part of my life that makes me so utterly and completely befuddled. That is not the part that has torn my heart into pieces to the point that sometimes I don't even recognize myself in the mirror.

I say this again: I have two souls. Not only am I both of these individuals that I have spoken of, but they are mixing together inside of me. Two personalities blending inside one body. The person I was in the past is now morphing with the person I am now.

Was I really that different in the past? No, not particularly. I still enjoyed my studies then. I enjoyed the company of my friends, a quiet read in the library, a quiet walk about the gardens, and private gatherings rather than large assembly balls. Not much has changed. I still prefer small gatherings of my close friends rather than large parties or dances. I still love to curl up with books in my free time, I adore long walks (preferably with a book in hand!), and I spend much of my time on my studies.

But Princess Ami and I have a very distinct difference.

And that... is the Prince of Earth, Endymion. Princess Serenity's fiancé and my best friend Usagi's boyfriend, Chiba Mamoru of the present day. And my very good friend. In fact, I would say that he and I have become the best of friends, because we have gone through many ordeals together.

See, that is the difference between the Princess and myself. She was in love with Endymion, and now, inside of me, she constantly fights with this feeling. She pushes it down, chokes it, stomps over it, and then takes one look into his deep blue eyes and finds herself having to start all over again.

While I simply have no feelings at all for Mamoru. He is my good friend. Endymion inside him or not, Mamoru is simply Mamoru to me. So do you see my dilemma? There is one part of me now that is always trying to move on past an incredible love. She's been battling it for centuries now. While simple little me, Mizuno Ami, has never been in love.

And then, there was the part where I almost killed Endymion! Because Princess Ami and Mizuno Ami were fighting it out inside! Actually, I did kill him, except that Serenity's Ginzuishou saved him. But that is a very long and sordid tale, and it is definitely one I don't like to think about much. So I won't go into it. My head aches simply thinking about thinking about it!

That time has passed, thankfully. I am trying to adapt to my new life as two souls in one body. The other senshi have had no difficulty. I am the only one out of all of us that is having a hard time, and I don't like to remind them, because wouldn't that be awfully selfish of me to interject my pain into their happiness? They are all happy, especially Usagi and Mamoru. So it really isn't my place to complain. The happiness of my princess comes first, as it has for millenniums.

However... there is another predicament I haven't mentioned. In the Silver Millennium, he was known as Zoicite, Earth General and Protector to the Prince Endymion, one of the four Shitennou. Before the destruction of the Silver Millennium, Princess Ami had been slowly getting to know this Zoicite. Princess Serenity had remarked to her that Zoicite had mentioned his "attraction" to Princess Ami's "charm and beauty." Well, at this point in time, the princess was still grieving over Endymion, so... well, there were some dire circumstances and things that happened that, again, I don't want to go into. Over time, small moments of flirtation (fleeting, tiny bits... hardly notable!) passed between Zoicite and Princess Ami.

In fact... the last time I, as Princess Ami, saw Zoicite, Earth General, I gave him a simple kiss on the cheek, promising that when all the battles were over, we would have a chance to get to know one another. It was the closest moment we had ever shared.

That was not to happen, because then Queen Beryl took over his soul. The dark queen was in control of his soul for over a thousand years, changing and morphing him into an effeminate creature whom I found disgusting and reviling. We, the senshi of present day, had to kill him, along with the other Shitennou: Kunzite, the leader; Nephrite, and Jadeite.

And we thought they were gone. Forever. In fact, the other senshi still think they are. But I have met Zoicite in present day. He is back. The Ginzuishou really did save him as well as Endymion.

He is the same blonde haired man I knew from the Silver Millennium. He is tall, thin, and slightly wiry, with long, honey blonde hair and soft green eyes. The hard, cold look in those eyes is gone to be returned to kindness once again. He's a few years older than me... seventeen, I believe. The youngest of the Shitennou. But... he does not know he is one of the Shitennou.

In fact, he believes he's an American exchange student. Named Zachary Terran. There are no memories of Beryl, Endymion, or Shitennou in his mind. He told me, in our one meeting, that he was here with his three brothers. I am assuming they are the other Shitennou, but of course, I have not seen them. For you see, after our meeting, months ago now, I thought long and hard about what I should do.

Because if I remained near Zoicite, my life would become even more complicated.

I still like to think of myself as just simple Mizuno Ami, bookworm and "studyaholic", another one of Minako's terms. Princess Ami may be inside me, blending in, but I am simple me, and I'm trying to keep it that way. I think, in a way, we both want that. The princess in me wants to move on, and she wants my life as much as I do. So I am just trying to give us both what we want. And that means that Zoicite and I need to keep our distance. I mean, Zachary. It would be the best idea, because how am I to move on from the past if I begin to travel down a path I would have taken? Should I not make paths for my future, instead of going toward ones of the past?

I am the senshi of ice, water, and wisdom. Even from my earliest memories of the Silver Millennium, knowledge is a virtue I have always believed in. Knowledge is my greatest strength, and it is my ally. It keeps me going when nothing else does. It helps me to be strong.

But I am also Mizuno Ami, fifteen year old student at Juban Junior High School in Juban, Tokyo, Japan. I dream of being a doctor, and I study hard every day so that I can achieve that dream. And I will make it my pact in life not to stray down the same path Princess Ami took. I will not succumb to fruitless love the way she did, and I will pursue my dreams to the best of my ability while always keeping my duty to the senshi and my princess.

With that in mind, I had better go. I am glad that Mamoru-kun shared his idea of a journal with me*, because I do feel relief at writing this down. And as I have secured this journal with a digital lock that only I know the code to, I know that my thoughts and musings are safe. But I have to go to sleep, as it is very late. Tomorrow is Sunday, and I am going to spend some time in the library as usual. I really do enjoy lazy Sunday afternoons in the library**. It's my favorite day of the week. Good night.

~Ami

End Prologue

*I'm sure you all know which of my stories this little tidbit came from. Has nothing to do with Destiny Decision at all! :P Thought I'd throw it in there for fun!

**Um, I don't really know if libraries are open on Sundays in Japan, and I don't really feel like doing a lot of research on it, as it is a small point. But I had Ami-chan go to a library on a Sunday in Destiny Decision, so I thought it would become a sort of ritual for her. So go with it! Lol.

As with Destiny Bloom, can any of you see why I chose specific names for the characters I introduced? I'll let you know next chapter, but can you guess?

Please review, and I'll see you next chapter! :)