Chapter One: Act Two: The Awakening.
"Wow! Our first day of college!" one of the bright blondes exclaimed.
"Mamo, you have to show us around," Usagi said as she squeezed her husband's arm tighter.
"Yeah, you're a total pro at this whole college thing," Mako laughed as she played with her ponytail. It was a beautiful day at Juuban Elite University. Usagi, Ami, Mina, and Mako-chan were all being escorted around the campus on their first day. It had been hard, but Usagi was able to keep her marriage to Mamoru a secret all through high school. Her studies had been hard and stressful, especially with the recurring dreams and nightmares she had regularly. In her dreams she saw two senshi, much like the animates of Galaxia had looked like, guarding the gates of the old Zero Star Sagittarius. They were powerful fighters, and had nearly killed her when she stepped up, but she had stopped them with Sailor Moon's Silver Crystal Power Kiss. Their bracelets were knocked off, and they became senshi. Senshi she had never seen before. But before they could say anything, Galaxia came up behind them and took their star seeds. But it couldn't have been Galaxia, her star seed vanished into the Cauldron with the others, and Chaos had been destroyed. And what did she mean by Sailor Moon's Silver Crystal Power Kiss? She was Sailor Moon! But still, it had been four years since any of the senshi had been needed in a battle. The only one of them who did was Minako. They decided that someone as famous as she should keep up the appearances in public. But crime wasn't very important in Juuban. Any would-be criminals always skipped over Juuban to prevent seeing the Sailor Senshi they'd heard so much about. Usagi grinned to herself.
"Usako? Hey Usagi? Did you fall asleep on my arm?" Mamo asked her with an amused grin.
"Honestly Usagi, and I thought your sleeping habits were bad before!" her friend Rei giggled.
"Mamoru? Can we hurry? I love to see your educational facilities, but the med school building sounds fantastic!" Ami asked eagerly.
"It's one of the very best around," Mamoru replied.
"Ok, let's go!" Minako said excitedly. They headed off to Juuban University Medical Academic Building as the same group they had been for seven years now.
"That has to be the them," Haruka said as she jumped down from the tree. "I suppose he's their tour guide."
"Don't be so rude Haruka," Michirou said as she glided down the same tree. She landed with a graceful somersault, and Haruka could not help but smile. "That man's her husband."
"You're kidding!" Haruka laughed.
"It seems only fair that Usagi get such a wonderful man like Mamo-kun to be her lover," whispered a quiet voice stepping out from behind a tree. It was a young woman, leading a slender, middle-aged woman behind her.
"Hotaru? Why, shouldn't you be in school? Michirou asked, trying to hide a smile.
"Time keeps no secrets and waits for no one. In other words, I let her sign out," the woman behind her crooned.
"Why though, Setsuna? It seems a waste," Haruka said. Something about this was not right. Setsuna would not just let Hotaru sign out. There had to be some sort of reason. Or maybe not. A lot of things changed over the years they spent together. She could of… Haruka thought of an old saying her teacher said in high school. "Time never changes, but has been known to repeat itself."
"Something's wrong," Setsuna began darkly. "I received word from Diana at the Gates of Time. Someone tried to break through but the power of the future queen was able to keep them from passing through. She grows stronger everyday you see. But I'm digressing. This could be dangerous. We don't know what it was or where it came from, but it had the power of Galaxia."
"Nani?!" Haruka and Michirou exclaimed in surprise. Galaxia was thrown in the Cauldron from what Usagi said. And Chaos was gone!
"Yes, it has begun, the final judgment of this world will be once more. The second arrival of a power, this even stronger than Galaxia, will wreak our world and it will be to the unity of the senshi to destroy her again. This power has no name, but it's strong. We will need the allies of our realm to help us, as even the great power of love that Eternal Sailor Moon possesses will not be enough to stop her," Hotaru whispered, then fell into a slump next to Setsuna and Michirou.
"Hotaru," Haruka bent down to help her up, "what do you mean allies from the realm? What is the second…"
"Shhh," Hotaru said, "all will be explained when we find Usagi." With that, she fell into a faint. Haruka picked her up in her arms, and Setsuna said, "I suppose you can see why I let her get out of school early." Haruka and Michirou nodded their approval in silence, and they walked off toward Juuban University Medical Academic Building.
"Hey! It's Haruka and Michirou. And she's holding Hotaru?" Usagi exclaimed when they came in the med building. Makoto and Mamoru ran over and helped Haruka to get Hotaru in a comfortable position.
"What happened?" asked Usagi.
"Yeah, did Hotaru have a dizzy spell?" Mako-chan asked.
"And why isn't she in school?" Ami added.
"Stop you guys," Rei ordered. "Something isn't right I can feel it. This must be what the fire was telling me. A great disturbance. I didn't understand it, but I can feel its power now. Like the crow, it hides, covered by night, and in day, it is seen. To me, the veil of night has not lifted."
"Well…despite the strange analogy, you're right," Setsuna said. Rei blushed.
"Yeah, Hotaru just fainted after revealing some sort of prophecy," Haruka continued.
"Nani?" Usagi cried, "What kind of prophecy?"
"The bad kind. It seems as though we might need the senshi once more," Michirou added.
"Why, what's happening? What is it?" Usagi exclaimed. They were getting annoying glances all around the room. Students had been distracted from their daily business and had become attracted to this conversation.
"Um, we'd better take this outside," Mamoru whispered to Usagi.
She laughed, "Yes, we'd better." The day was sunny and clear, not a cloud in the sky. They couldn't have asked for better weather.
"So, what's this prophecy you've been telling us about?" Makoto asked. Hotaru stirred in her faint.
"Hey guys, I think she's coming to," Ami said.
Hotaru slowly opened her eyes, "It's coming."
"What, what's coming?" Haruka shouted impatiently.
Hotaru coughed weakly, "Her. The one who will come to pass judgment. It is time for the senshi to reunite. We will need the allies of our realm to help us, as even the great power of love that Eternal Sailor Moon possesses will not be enough to stop her. We must search our realms; find the allies left to us by Queen Serenity, the senshi if ginzuishou. They will aid."
"B-b-but, w-what allies?" Mina asked shakily.
"The allies left to us by Queen Serenity. They are sailors of the stars…"
"You're only talking in riddles," Haruka growled, but was silenced by Michirou's disapproving stare.
"Please, allow me to finish," Hotaru whispered. "A long time into the past, the Asteroid Senshi were formed so that they could protect the Future Queen. Our Neo-Queen Serenity," she glanced at Usagi and smiled. But with the Asteroid senshi, more were created out of the spirit of the princess of every planet. In each of the senshi's star seeds, lies a destiny that helps that princess guard her own realms. Realms are the section of her destiny that each princess is granted with a magical power of it's own. This realm is a piece of magic that each princess guards. They each have their own story and each has their own destiny before them. Queen Serenity's is obvious. She must rule the Sol System at the end of the judgment. This time will be the second Silver Millennium." She paused to catch her breath. "What has come, or is coming, is something that will try its very hardest to make sure that destiny is rewrote. She will come forth, with a power Galaxia could not outmatch. She will send senshi to Earth…"
"Just like Galaxia did," Usagi cried.
"Yes, but these will be the senshi with their own planets. They have not been destroyed. In fact, they are…"
"They are who, Hotaru?" Michirou asked gently.
"They are, us."
"NANI?" cried everyone simultaneously.
"Yes, they are the senshi created from the slightest trace of evil that might be in our hearts. Even you Sailor Moon, with a heart purer than any others, there is contempt with purity," Hotaru said.
"Well…if they are us, how do we stop them?" Setsuna asked.
"As I said, we must find the allies in our hearts, under our constellation," Hotaru replied.
"Our…constellation?" Haruka stammered.
"Yes. I believe mine is Capricorn, but I'm a single senshi. I have no guardian to my realm, but am protected Sailor Eos," she sighed.
"Sailor Eos," Usagi wavered.
"Yes, and I believe your protector is Sailor Artemis, Usagi," Hotaru said.
"What about our guardians?" Rei asked.
"Look inside yourself, what is your birth sign?" Hotaru asked.
"I'm an Aries," she replied.
"So, you're guardian is Sailor Aries."
"Of course, and my guardian must be Sailor Libra!" Mina-chan exclaimed.
"Yes, but even if we know who our guardians are, how do they help us, if we don't know who they are?" Ami asked.
"They will come to us in the battle, if they find us worthy of their help," Hotaru explained.
"I understand now, but what is the name of the woman who thinks she's passing judgment? The one who's stronger than Galaxia?" Usagi asked.
"No one knows, but maybe we will learn," Hotaru replied.
"Wow! Our first day of college!" one of the bright blondes exclaimed.
"Mamo, you have to show us around," Usagi said as she squeezed her husband's arm tighter.
"Yeah, you're a total pro at this whole college thing," Mako laughed as she played with her ponytail. It was a beautiful day at Juuban Elite University. Usagi, Ami, Mina, and Mako-chan were all being escorted around the campus on their first day. It had been hard, but Usagi was able to keep her marriage to Mamoru a secret all through high school. Her studies had been hard and stressful, especially with the recurring dreams and nightmares she had regularly. In her dreams she saw two senshi, much like the animates of Galaxia had looked like, guarding the gates of the old Zero Star Sagittarius. They were powerful fighters, and had nearly killed her when she stepped up, but she had stopped them with Sailor Moon's Silver Crystal Power Kiss. Their bracelets were knocked off, and they became senshi. Senshi she had never seen before. But before they could say anything, Galaxia came up behind them and took their star seeds. But it couldn't have been Galaxia, her star seed vanished into the Cauldron with the others, and Chaos had been destroyed. And what did she mean by Sailor Moon's Silver Crystal Power Kiss? She was Sailor Moon! But still, it had been four years since any of the senshi had been needed in a battle. The only one of them who did was Minako. They decided that someone as famous as she should keep up the appearances in public. But crime wasn't very important in Juuban. Any would-be criminals always skipped over Juuban to prevent seeing the Sailor Senshi they'd heard so much about. Usagi grinned to herself.
"Usako? Hey Usagi? Did you fall asleep on my arm?" Mamo asked her with an amused grin.
"Honestly Usagi, and I thought your sleeping habits were bad before!" her friend Rei giggled.
"Mamoru? Can we hurry? I love to see your educational facilities, but the med school building sounds fantastic!" Ami asked eagerly.
"It's one of the very best around," Mamoru replied.
"Ok, let's go!" Minako said excitedly. They headed off to Juuban University Medical Academic Building as the same group they had been for seven years now.
"That has to be the them," Haruka said as she jumped down from the tree. "I suppose he's their tour guide."
"Don't be so rude Haruka," Michirou said as she glided down the same tree. She landed with a graceful somersault, and Haruka could not help but smile. "That man's her husband."
"You're kidding!" Haruka laughed.
"It seems only fair that Usagi get such a wonderful man like Mamo-kun to be her lover," whispered a quiet voice stepping out from behind a tree. It was a young woman, leading a slender, middle-aged woman behind her.
"Hotaru? Why, shouldn't you be in school? Michirou asked, trying to hide a smile.
"Time keeps no secrets and waits for no one. In other words, I let her sign out," the woman behind her crooned.
"Why though, Setsuna? It seems a waste," Haruka said. Something about this was not right. Setsuna would not just let Hotaru sign out. There had to be some sort of reason. Or maybe not. A lot of things changed over the years they spent together. She could of… Haruka thought of an old saying her teacher said in high school. "Time never changes, but has been known to repeat itself."
"Something's wrong," Setsuna began darkly. "I received word from Diana at the Gates of Time. Someone tried to break through but the power of the future queen was able to keep them from passing through. She grows stronger everyday you see. But I'm digressing. This could be dangerous. We don't know what it was or where it came from, but it had the power of Galaxia."
"Nani?!" Haruka and Michirou exclaimed in surprise. Galaxia was thrown in the Cauldron from what Usagi said. And Chaos was gone!
"Yes, it has begun, the final judgment of this world will be once more. The second arrival of a power, this even stronger than Galaxia, will wreak our world and it will be to the unity of the senshi to destroy her again. This power has no name, but it's strong. We will need the allies of our realm to help us, as even the great power of love that Eternal Sailor Moon possesses will not be enough to stop her," Hotaru whispered, then fell into a slump next to Setsuna and Michirou.
"Hotaru," Haruka bent down to help her up, "what do you mean allies from the realm? What is the second…"
"Shhh," Hotaru said, "all will be explained when we find Usagi." With that, she fell into a faint. Haruka picked her up in her arms, and Setsuna said, "I suppose you can see why I let her get out of school early." Haruka and Michirou nodded their approval in silence, and they walked off toward Juuban University Medical Academic Building.
"Hey! It's Haruka and Michirou. And she's holding Hotaru?" Usagi exclaimed when they came in the med building. Makoto and Mamoru ran over and helped Haruka to get Hotaru in a comfortable position.
"What happened?" asked Usagi.
"Yeah, did Hotaru have a dizzy spell?" Mako-chan asked.
"And why isn't she in school?" Ami added.
"Stop you guys," Rei ordered. "Something isn't right I can feel it. This must be what the fire was telling me. A great disturbance. I didn't understand it, but I can feel its power now. Like the crow, it hides, covered by night, and in day, it is seen. To me, the veil of night has not lifted."
"Well…despite the strange analogy, you're right," Setsuna said. Rei blushed.
"Yeah, Hotaru just fainted after revealing some sort of prophecy," Haruka continued.
"Nani?" Usagi cried, "What kind of prophecy?"
"The bad kind. It seems as though we might need the senshi once more," Michirou added.
"Why, what's happening? What is it?" Usagi exclaimed. They were getting annoying glances all around the room. Students had been distracted from their daily business and had become attracted to this conversation.
"Um, we'd better take this outside," Mamoru whispered to Usagi.
She laughed, "Yes, we'd better." The day was sunny and clear, not a cloud in the sky. They couldn't have asked for better weather.
"So, what's this prophecy you've been telling us about?" Makoto asked. Hotaru stirred in her faint.
"Hey guys, I think she's coming to," Ami said.
Hotaru slowly opened her eyes, "It's coming."
"What, what's coming?" Haruka shouted impatiently.
Hotaru coughed weakly, "Her. The one who will come to pass judgment. It is time for the senshi to reunite. We will need the allies of our realm to help us, as even the great power of love that Eternal Sailor Moon possesses will not be enough to stop her. We must search our realms; find the allies left to us by Queen Serenity, the senshi if ginzuishou. They will aid."
"B-b-but, w-what allies?" Mina asked shakily.
"The allies left to us by Queen Serenity. They are sailors of the stars…"
"You're only talking in riddles," Haruka growled, but was silenced by Michirou's disapproving stare.
"Please, allow me to finish," Hotaru whispered. "A long time into the past, the Asteroid Senshi were formed so that they could protect the Future Queen. Our Neo-Queen Serenity," she glanced at Usagi and smiled. But with the Asteroid senshi, more were created out of the spirit of the princess of every planet. In each of the senshi's star seeds, lies a destiny that helps that princess guard her own realms. Realms are the section of her destiny that each princess is granted with a magical power of it's own. This realm is a piece of magic that each princess guards. They each have their own story and each has their own destiny before them. Queen Serenity's is obvious. She must rule the Sol System at the end of the judgment. This time will be the second Silver Millennium." She paused to catch her breath. "What has come, or is coming, is something that will try its very hardest to make sure that destiny is rewrote. She will come forth, with a power Galaxia could not outmatch. She will send senshi to Earth…"
"Just like Galaxia did," Usagi cried.
"Yes, but these will be the senshi with their own planets. They have not been destroyed. In fact, they are…"
"They are who, Hotaru?" Michirou asked gently.
"They are, us."
"NANI?" cried everyone simultaneously.
"Yes, they are the senshi created from the slightest trace of evil that might be in our hearts. Even you Sailor Moon, with a heart purer than any others, there is contempt with purity," Hotaru said.
"Well…if they are us, how do we stop them?" Setsuna asked.
"As I said, we must find the allies in our hearts, under our constellation," Hotaru replied.
"Our…constellation?" Haruka stammered.
"Yes. I believe mine is Capricorn, but I'm a single senshi. I have no guardian to my realm, but am protected Sailor Eos," she sighed.
"Sailor Eos," Usagi wavered.
"Yes, and I believe your protector is Sailor Artemis, Usagi," Hotaru said.
"What about our guardians?" Rei asked.
"Look inside yourself, what is your birth sign?" Hotaru asked.
"I'm an Aries," she replied.
"So, you're guardian is Sailor Aries."
"Of course, and my guardian must be Sailor Libra!" Mina-chan exclaimed.
"Yes, but even if we know who our guardians are, how do they help us, if we don't know who they are?" Ami asked.
"They will come to us in the battle, if they find us worthy of their help," Hotaru explained.
"I understand now, but what is the name of the woman who thinks she's passing judgment? The one who's stronger than Galaxia?" Usagi asked.
"No one knows, but maybe we will learn," Hotaru replied.