Note: PLEASE read the author's note below before you continue.
In ten thousand years, none of it would truly matter. Oh, there would be records, treated as mythology, the truth lost to legend. Perhaps Nanoha would be known as the star-saint, a warrior of magic and technology who freed the people from the evils of the demon-emperor Nagi. Fate as her consort, with the natives of Earl being uplifted to the stars. Would Mashiro have been remembered as queen or failure, or even at all?
In the end, none of it would matter, except for one thing. A tantalizing clue from the past, as those involved in the incident left their memoirs, recorded in their own voices. Reflections on a very short period of time in their lives, giving tremendous insights into that period.
These are those recordings.
A/N: So, where exactly did this come from? I'm not sure how it got started, but I originally had the idea to do this segment as a side-story in first-person from Nanoha's point of view way back. There was a very different Crystal Energy then, where Aoi survived and Miya dead, with Mashiro having already learned magic and Arika having been tricked into working for Nagi along with a very irate Tomoe.
If anyone wants to write THAT crackfic, you're free to do it.
Anyway, these segments are written to be read in nearly any order. They're plot relevant, and together form Chapter 11 of the story. Don't worry too much if you don't like it, Chapter 12 gets us back to the traditional format, with only one other Reflection being held back for later events.
