Hi, I don't own Sailor Moon, and I don't own the Greek Gods. This story has some romance, but it is really more about Elios, whom I am calling by that name because Helios, the Sun God has a role in this, and because it will already be confusing enough with the priest Elios of the present and the Greek Elios of the past. My goal is to give Elios a past, and not just one where he is raised for the priesthood, but one where he is given the choice between that, and the lowest hell. If you have difficulty understanding this, please e-mail me, and if I have something wrong (mythology-wise) and you can prove it, don't be afraid to say something. Since I am working pretty hard on this story, I don't want to read flames, though I would love constructive criticism. By the by, if I don't actually say that the date or location is different, it has not changed. This gets a bit confusing when I bring in the teenage Elios.
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~3000 A.D.~
Mount Olympus
Elios was astounded, positively astounded. He had never seen such a large or magnificent city as Olympia, where he had been born, and it was in this city that the woman he secretly loved lay, or perhaps very near it, as one could never tell with the gods, and they were at least a fraction of his problem. Even more of a problem was that, though he was in the right where, he was not in the right when! Indeed it would take much to find her, the girl who he had once called his maiden, since he had no access to the Gates of Time, and even more so since the Greek gods were still present in and guarded that time.
Only one of the lines of the gods could pass through safely, and as surely as he was a priest, he was not related to any gods. Elios had once lived in the time that he needed to gain access to, but that mattered not, and the teenager who raced chariots illegally and who could make any woman fall head over heels would not know of or bother with the beauty that would finally cast a spell over him. When Elios had gone to his early grave after an accident, he had committed so many sins that his only way to repent was to become the dedicated priest of the Elysian Fields. Dying had been the best thing ever to happen to him, because he had given up his sinful ways to devote himself to his studies in his new and somewhat immortal life. Unfortunately, it didn't give him the right to travel back in time.
Why, one might ask, was Lady Serenity, the crowned princess of Crystal Tokyo in ancient Greece? Quite simple really, on the way back from the past, she had been kidnapped in the Gates of Time by someone who was at least a demi-god or goddess. Now that he was restored back to his full powers, he could do quite a lot more than turn into a Pegasus and pray for the safety of Earth. In his weakened form, when Lady Serenity had first seen him, Elios had only looked like a wasted human, but now, his hair was back to its rich golden color, the change having been brought on only by his kidnapping and weakened powers. Though he still wore his priestly robes, he also wore a sword at his waist, and often a hooded cape that rather depicted where he was from with its glossy but ghastly black shade. Yet, for all his immortality and changed ways, he was still under the employ of Hades, and that meant that one slip-up would mean eternal damnation to Tartarus, because when the Priest of the Elysian Fields slips-up, people die, or their dreams are warped; it could also mean a revolt against Hades, which would most definitely land him in Tartarus, and unlike the other poor souls, he wouldn't be left alone.
~446 B.C.~
The House of an Elite Nobleman
The young lady, who was actually sixteen-years-old and commonly known as Lady Serenity woke to complete and total darkness. The name Lady Serenity was nice, but she much preferred Serenity or Rini. Having been to the past three times, she was quite used to living as a normal teenager, with curfews and the like. Her light pink hair had become streaked with silver, and fell down her shoulders in waves so that they pooled around her feet, so she also often chose a fashion that her mother had used as a teen before her rebirth that simply meant pinning the ends of her hair to the buns, though she often wrapped some around the buns to make it still shorter. Of course, she was still the same Rini that she had been a few years ago, though more mature, and had continued to wear her hair in bunny ears, as most people called them. Back to the darkness though; her wine-colored eyes adjusted to the surrounding darkness, and she realized that her hair had been cut to her waist, and now hung in spiral-shaped curls with half of them tied up, out of her face. The outfit she wore was of cotton, or something along those lines at any rate, and the texture reminded her of Elios' robes, with a rippling effect in the chest instead of tassels, and a skirt as opposed to a tunic. There were no sleeves, instead, intricate golden bands acted as sleeves and a cinch, and many more gold bracelets adorned her arms. Many of the bracelets had crimson sapphires that matched her eyes, and both normal and pink diamonds in other places that matched her hair. The back of her dress was nearly non-existent until it reached her waist, though it was laced up to her mid-back, possibly to keep the wind from blowing it forward and exposing her body where it had best be covered. Her feet were bare, which she only realized when she stood up and felt the damp ground beneath her.
Suddenly, light flooded the room, and she jumped backward to stay out of the light in case the person meant her harm. A young man walked in, and dropped his lantern. "By the Gods, they said you were dead!" With a jolt, she realized that the language he spoke was Greek, and that she could understand it perfectly well. "Dead! Me?" Then she realized that this language of Ancient Greek was actually very close to Lunarian, which certainly explained why she could understand it, but the fact that she had just spoken it shocked her. "Yes, you, someone found you on Mount Olympus, but no one knows who you are." The thought occurred to her to ask the year, or possibly where she was in the first place, but if this was near Mount Olympus, then she was in Greece. "What year is it? I seem to have misplaced it." The young man raised a quizzical eyebrow. "This would be the year, 446, are you truly all right? Really, everyone believed that you had long gone to the Purgatory, or perhaps the Elysian Fields, since you have the insignia of the bloodline of the moon goddess, Selene." Something had definitely gone wrong because she was in ancient Greece! "Well, a lot of people believe that I am a descendant of her's, but I have no real evidence, all of that lies with my mother, who is currently very far away. My name is Serenity, but many call me Lady Serenity." He bowed and beckoned for her to come forward. "Right this way, my lady, I am only a servant, but I am sure that my master will be able to help you.
The Underworld
A rather angry God of the Sun entered Hades' throne room and demanded; "What do you think you are doing?" Hades smirked. "Ah, Helios, so good to see you. What, may I ask, is the problem?" Helios shot him a look of pure hatred. "Hades, release her now! Else I shall have to speak with Zeus!" The God of the Underworld stood and chuckled pleasantly at his cousin's antics. "I dare say that it is about time that boy learnt his lesson, you don't want to put up with that kind of a boy, do you?" Already, Helios was feeling the young man's emotions. "Hades, you try my patience!" This god, however, was not in a bargaining mood. "No, I will not release her, our little Helen of Troy will, in the end, bring us the desired results, and he will be broken." Helios winced and turned away. "I do not need him broken, I need him strong!" Oh, but you won't get him, I will, and when I do, you will fall. "Do not worry, I won't hurt him too much, now be gone!"
Heaven
And then the furious sun god was standing in front of his stables, hoping that Selene would be back soon so that he could think this situation through while he guided his chariot across the sky.
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~3000 A.D.~
Mount Olympus
Elios was astounded, positively astounded. He had never seen such a large or magnificent city as Olympia, where he had been born, and it was in this city that the woman he secretly loved lay, or perhaps very near it, as one could never tell with the gods, and they were at least a fraction of his problem. Even more of a problem was that, though he was in the right where, he was not in the right when! Indeed it would take much to find her, the girl who he had once called his maiden, since he had no access to the Gates of Time, and even more so since the Greek gods were still present in and guarded that time.
Only one of the lines of the gods could pass through safely, and as surely as he was a priest, he was not related to any gods. Elios had once lived in the time that he needed to gain access to, but that mattered not, and the teenager who raced chariots illegally and who could make any woman fall head over heels would not know of or bother with the beauty that would finally cast a spell over him. When Elios had gone to his early grave after an accident, he had committed so many sins that his only way to repent was to become the dedicated priest of the Elysian Fields. Dying had been the best thing ever to happen to him, because he had given up his sinful ways to devote himself to his studies in his new and somewhat immortal life. Unfortunately, it didn't give him the right to travel back in time.
Why, one might ask, was Lady Serenity, the crowned princess of Crystal Tokyo in ancient Greece? Quite simple really, on the way back from the past, she had been kidnapped in the Gates of Time by someone who was at least a demi-god or goddess. Now that he was restored back to his full powers, he could do quite a lot more than turn into a Pegasus and pray for the safety of Earth. In his weakened form, when Lady Serenity had first seen him, Elios had only looked like a wasted human, but now, his hair was back to its rich golden color, the change having been brought on only by his kidnapping and weakened powers. Though he still wore his priestly robes, he also wore a sword at his waist, and often a hooded cape that rather depicted where he was from with its glossy but ghastly black shade. Yet, for all his immortality and changed ways, he was still under the employ of Hades, and that meant that one slip-up would mean eternal damnation to Tartarus, because when the Priest of the Elysian Fields slips-up, people die, or their dreams are warped; it could also mean a revolt against Hades, which would most definitely land him in Tartarus, and unlike the other poor souls, he wouldn't be left alone.
~446 B.C.~
The House of an Elite Nobleman
The young lady, who was actually sixteen-years-old and commonly known as Lady Serenity woke to complete and total darkness. The name Lady Serenity was nice, but she much preferred Serenity or Rini. Having been to the past three times, she was quite used to living as a normal teenager, with curfews and the like. Her light pink hair had become streaked with silver, and fell down her shoulders in waves so that they pooled around her feet, so she also often chose a fashion that her mother had used as a teen before her rebirth that simply meant pinning the ends of her hair to the buns, though she often wrapped some around the buns to make it still shorter. Of course, she was still the same Rini that she had been a few years ago, though more mature, and had continued to wear her hair in bunny ears, as most people called them. Back to the darkness though; her wine-colored eyes adjusted to the surrounding darkness, and she realized that her hair had been cut to her waist, and now hung in spiral-shaped curls with half of them tied up, out of her face. The outfit she wore was of cotton, or something along those lines at any rate, and the texture reminded her of Elios' robes, with a rippling effect in the chest instead of tassels, and a skirt as opposed to a tunic. There were no sleeves, instead, intricate golden bands acted as sleeves and a cinch, and many more gold bracelets adorned her arms. Many of the bracelets had crimson sapphires that matched her eyes, and both normal and pink diamonds in other places that matched her hair. The back of her dress was nearly non-existent until it reached her waist, though it was laced up to her mid-back, possibly to keep the wind from blowing it forward and exposing her body where it had best be covered. Her feet were bare, which she only realized when she stood up and felt the damp ground beneath her.
Suddenly, light flooded the room, and she jumped backward to stay out of the light in case the person meant her harm. A young man walked in, and dropped his lantern. "By the Gods, they said you were dead!" With a jolt, she realized that the language he spoke was Greek, and that she could understand it perfectly well. "Dead! Me?" Then she realized that this language of Ancient Greek was actually very close to Lunarian, which certainly explained why she could understand it, but the fact that she had just spoken it shocked her. "Yes, you, someone found you on Mount Olympus, but no one knows who you are." The thought occurred to her to ask the year, or possibly where she was in the first place, but if this was near Mount Olympus, then she was in Greece. "What year is it? I seem to have misplaced it." The young man raised a quizzical eyebrow. "This would be the year, 446, are you truly all right? Really, everyone believed that you had long gone to the Purgatory, or perhaps the Elysian Fields, since you have the insignia of the bloodline of the moon goddess, Selene." Something had definitely gone wrong because she was in ancient Greece! "Well, a lot of people believe that I am a descendant of her's, but I have no real evidence, all of that lies with my mother, who is currently very far away. My name is Serenity, but many call me Lady Serenity." He bowed and beckoned for her to come forward. "Right this way, my lady, I am only a servant, but I am sure that my master will be able to help you.
The Underworld
A rather angry God of the Sun entered Hades' throne room and demanded; "What do you think you are doing?" Hades smirked. "Ah, Helios, so good to see you. What, may I ask, is the problem?" Helios shot him a look of pure hatred. "Hades, release her now! Else I shall have to speak with Zeus!" The God of the Underworld stood and chuckled pleasantly at his cousin's antics. "I dare say that it is about time that boy learnt his lesson, you don't want to put up with that kind of a boy, do you?" Already, Helios was feeling the young man's emotions. "Hades, you try my patience!" This god, however, was not in a bargaining mood. "No, I will not release her, our little Helen of Troy will, in the end, bring us the desired results, and he will be broken." Helios winced and turned away. "I do not need him broken, I need him strong!" Oh, but you won't get him, I will, and when I do, you will fall. "Do not worry, I won't hurt him too much, now be gone!"
Heaven
And then the furious sun god was standing in front of his stables, hoping that Selene would be back soon so that he could think this situation through while he guided his chariot across the sky.