Disclaimer: I do not own the characters from sailor moon, their names, their likenesses, or any part of the series/franchise. I only own what I have made up for my story :B The SM characters belong to Naoko Takeuichi and his associates. I think... Enjoy! n_n
Sailor Senshi
In the not so distant past, a dark witch named Mika attempted to use her powers and minions to conquer the Earth. However, her efforts were foiled by the great sailor soldiers, guardians who descended from the Moon Realm alongside their princess to keep this solar system safe. Their powers drawn straight from that of the planets and the Earth's moon. As the generations continue, the power of the sailor soldiers waits to awaken, just in case the world has a chance of falling into chaos again. Once these soldiers truly awaken and accept their fates as guardians, their lives change forever. The story of our most recent sailor soldiers was a long one and filled with tribulations and much hardship. However, their tale is the one you shall be told.
Chapter 1: It Begins
Emil rose from her bed quickly, remembering it was Monday. Again. Definitely her least favorite day. She got out of bed quickly and took a shower, practically throwing her clothes on afterward and grabbing a cereal bar. She ran to her bus stop as fast as she could, gliding down the street as quickly as possible. She just barely made it, shuffling for a seat as the day began. Most mornings were like this, Emil had a terrible knack for habitually pressing the "Snooze" button.
Meru, Tai, Rikku, and Lena's mornings were generally the same, as anyone Emil associated with usually picked up her nasty habit of not only procrastinating, but being late fairly often. The met at school and went through their periods of classes, hanging out and talking to each other whenever possible. However, that day, after school, things were very, very, different.
Emil hung her book bag over her shoulder and flipped her silky strands of chocolate-colored hair over her shoulder, sighing and waiting for Meru and Lena to catch up. The met up and headed out the front door, greeted by the sunny and lukewarm weather, a soft breeze blowing past them and unsettling their hair. There was something about that gust of wind though, something unusual was in the air. Lena's heightened spirit sense picked up on the feeling, but she decided to say nothing. They maneuvered past the groups and clusters of other students as they made their way up the hill on the sidewalk next to their school and past the neighboring high school. Twenty minutes more down the street Lena and Meru turned to cross the street to their houses and they hugged each other goodbye.
"I'll see you guys tomorrow!" Emil called after them in ecstasy, she was always happy whenever she was with her friends. The two girls waved at her as they faded down the hill to their homes. Emil continued down the sidewalk, the weight of her backpack slowly fatiguing her already aching shoulder from all of the tossing and turning the previous night, she didn't get much sleep lately from all the nightmares she's been having. It was once she had opened her eyes from rolling her shoulder in a relaxing manner that she noticed it. A small black cat with what looked like some sort of bald spot in the shape of a crescent moon on its forehead, but when she examined it closer, it appeared to be some sort of gold birth mark. Emil felt the urge to pet the small cat, its eyes, however, paralyzed her with fear. They had some intimidating scariness about them that Emil just couldn't shake, as she regained control over herself, she quickly resisted her urge and scurried home.
That night, thoughts of the cat haunted her, once again preventing sleep. She couldn't help but think about it and just they way it looked at her. Almost as if trying to convey a message that sounded something like,
"I will follow you... Accept your fate."
Emil quickly discarded any worries about this animal and forced herself to fall asleep by cuddling up her small frail frame against her many blankets. This method definitely worked, as he was out in a matter of minutes.
The next day progressed similarly. The day continuing as usual, however, she couldn't stop thinking about that cat. After school and Lena and Meru departed once more, Emil made it home without seeing that strange cat, and she began to think perhaps it wasn't real, but, then, what was it she saw, in fact? Regardless, she flew up the stairs and got to her room quickly. Just as she brought out her homework, though, Emil heard a hushed meow from somewhere in the room. She looked around hastily until she noticed it. The same cat from yesterday pawing at the glass from outside the window pane.
" It's just a cat . . ."
The small, fragile-looking animal scurried in and sat at the foot of the bed staring at Emil.
"Who are you, little kitty," Emil inquired, the small feline just staring back at her in a state of what seemed like shock. "have you lost your owner?" She didn't notice any tags though. Emil put her index finger on her chin and tilted her head to the side, thinking for a second before looking at the cat again,
"What's your name anyway?" A pause. "How about... Moon?" The cat seemed to gain a look of disappointment. "D-did I guess wrong...?" Emil looked around and rubbed the back of her head.
"Apollo."
Emil's attention was brought back to the here and now, as she looked around frantically trying to find the source of the voice. "Mom?" She called out, nobody answered.
"There's nobody else here."
That voice again.
"Over here!" Emil looked in front of her, the cat? Was she going crazy? This small cat was actually talking to her? Maybe she was feeling ill. She felt her forehead to make sure she didn't have a temperature. She didn't. The small cat gave her a look of amusement,
"You're not sick, or insane. Though you don't seem very bright... Oh well. That'll all change soon.
Emil got closer to the cat, "Apollo... What do you mean?" The animal responded, "There isn't much time to explain--- Emil... there's a dark power approaching this planet. You have the power to stop it! Or so I hope..." Emil blinked, a slightly glassy stare starting to take over her brunette-framed and gently sculpted face, her pale hands on the bed tightening slightly as she got more excited.
"So a little black cat named Apollo who can talk has come to seek me out to protect the world?! That's so cool!"
Apollo drew on a face of fairly severe disappointment.
"THIS is the guardian to lead the forces in the effort to find our princess? Wonderful. She'll need some training before she could be a real Senshi... Oh?"
A small chiming went off in Apollo's head, he quickly turned to Emil,
"Quick! Take this," he jumped into the air and did a spin, leaving behind a remnant of gold energy, a small light purple star about the size of the average person's palm that was lined with gold with two small white wings on opposite sides at the top appeared before Emil. She instinctively picked it up quickly, a good sign that it was meant to be. It glowed ever so softly, a gentle contempt energy radiating from it. "That's your sailor star kiddo, the charm that will allow you to activate your powers and defeat the forces of the dark realm!" Emil was smiling brightly, this was just like a fairy tale!
"You're going to get your first experience in the field today, kiddo." He said, jumping out the window pane as Emil stood up and headed outside. She rushed out of her large square-shaped crowded room. Filled with books, posters, magazines, and PLENTY of clothes, through the living room, and down the flight of stairs to get outside. She wondered how Apollo got up to her window, considering the events that just occurred up in her room, though, Emil didn't question it much further in her mind. Apollo had come closer to Emil now, in a sort of rushing manner, the jingling sound in his mind becoming louder and more prominent.
"I hear you..." he thought to himself.
Emil's mind was going a hundred miles an hour. The severe adrenaline rush from all this was really exciting her. Thankfully, her parents wouldn't notice she was gone as they worked mostly throughout the day. Apollo said to her, "The train station. Do you know where that is?" Emil thought for a second, inadvertently closing her eyes for a second and trying to remember. Then it hit her, "Yes! Definitely! It's not too far from here." Fortunately, it was indeed around the corner.
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