Eternal Flames
©
2003-2004 By Stacey Padjune (Serena CrystalMoon)
Disclaimer:
Sadly enough, I do not own Sailor Moon or any of the other
characters, I just manipulate them...
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Prologue
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I
glanced around, not believing my own eyes. What had once been my home
was now a desolate blackened wasteland. I walked to what had once
been the palace, the palace I had lived in. It was nothing more than
rubble now, a pile of boulders and stones. My home was destroyed, I
thought vaguely, as my dress flapped in the wind, the tattered ends
dragging against the fire stained ground. The silence was roaring
through my head and my heart stopped for a moment as I looked down
only to find the fallen body of my fiancé, his own sword
plunged deep into his chest with a look of surprise and hurt on his
face. Endymion, my beloved, gone. Loss flooded through me. I ran
then, I had to get away I had to escape!
I ran down another
dusty crumbling pair of steps. Three flights it had been so far; I
didn't know where I was going, I just knew I had to go. Tears burned
in my eyes, I raised a cut and bruised hand to my eyes to wipe them
away. "I am not weak, I can't cry." I silently repeated
over and over monotonously. My face was grim, yet held a sadness in
it's depths as I reached the town hall. Bodies were cast everywhere
and dark pools of red oozed over the ground. Upon entering the tall
building I was met immediately with the stench of burning flesh. The
bodies of the dead were charred clumps of nothingness, some still
glowing red with flame. My gaze slowly scanned the room, landing on
the bloody remains of my guardian. "Luna..." I whispered,
the sound immediately falling into the vast void of silence... Luna,
she had been like a mother to me...mother. I broke then, knowing my
world was dead; knowing Luna only to lose her life if she had been
protecting my mother, her loving queen. I cried then, cried until I
had no more tears left to cry. I just couldn't bear it any longer,
everything I had known, everything I had loved, was gone.
Laying
on the filthy ground, my body aching, my hair falling out of its
royal style, I felt a surge of fiery warmth rush over me as my sight
filled with a flaming red color. "Mars Power!" I heard a
familiar voice call out as a searing wave of energy entered me. My
whole body felt like it was being destroyed, felt like I had somehow
stepped into a roaring inferno. Fire. Then I realized, Mars. It had
been Mars! My senshi, my protector and the holder of fire. She had
been alive...had...She had given her life to transfer her energy to
me, but why?
My contemplations ceased as my body wracked with
more energy...ice, electic, love, water, wind, and healing. They all
rushed over me as the vibrations of the power cries of my senshi
ricocheted through my mind. Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Neptune, Uranus,
Saturn. They were all gone, and they had willingly died to give me
their energy. My mind reeled as I sobbed uncontrollably. "WHY!?"
I screamed out into the bleak nothingness. "WHY!!??"
"Don't pout dear Serenity...your friends gave up a lot
for you. They all loved you and died valiantly. Dearest, you are the
only Lunarian left. You know what you must do." I turned around
to see the fading image of my mother.
"No. Mother! NO!
Don't leave me!" I cried.
"I must my daughter. If
you ever need me, look to the stars. They will guide you." New
tears burst into life and rolled down my cheeks as I was left alone
in the unwavering darkness.
I don't know how long I sat, but
it must have been for hours. Standing up I knew what I had to do.
"Moon Cosmic Power!" I cried out, the tears still falling
down my face as I was encompassed in a blinding white light. A small
silverish sphere appeared in my hand. The Ginzuishou, The Silver
Crystal. The power of the Lunarian Royalty, the strongest power
source in the universe. Holding my arms aloft, I raised them over my
head and concentrated, willing the crystal to do as I wanted. A
bubble of pure white light slowly encompassed me, as I willed the
crystal on further, the bodies of my dead friends and my beloved
Endymion were also encompassed within bubbles of light. The power of
the Ginzuishou bore us to earth. We were to be born again one
thousand years later on earth, with no recollection of our past
selves.
It
was the only way...
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Authors Note: Prologue to a new story...and soon a new chapter will be out. Please review and tell me what you think.
--Serena