The Cracked Mirror
Zandrellia - zandrellia@excite.com
This is a story about Small Lady/Chibi-Usa/Reenie and Elios/Pegasus/Helios.
Please read the author's notes file before this so that you can understand
some of my reasons for certain plot twists and character attitudes.
Thank you and I hope you enjoy the story.
*****Runaway*****
"Oww!" The girl howled out and glared at the offending ankle. "How did I
get here?"
Pushing herself up she blinked with hazy eyes at her surroundings as the
memories of what happened came to her. Tears began to pool in her red eyes
and she shook with the effort of her sobbing.
"I must not do this. I am a princess of the moon and the earth. I should be
stronger than both my mother and my father. Enough to not care that they
will soon forget me. To not care that I will have no one who sees or loves
me."
With newfound determination the young princess attempted to stand and with
the shot of pain that ran through her leg remembered her sprained ankle.
"I must have tripped and fell. No matter. I can live with a little pain."
Wiping her hand over her sweaty and mattled hair she began to walk, not
caring where she went.
A bright light overtook her surroundings and she suddenly could not see
her own hands.
***
Small Lady awoke with a start and sat up in her bed. She was home in her
own room. The mirror she had broken was already replaced by another and
the glass gone from the room.
Beside her, asleep on a chair, sat Sailor Mercury with a purring Diana in
her lap. Keeping the night watch on the princess. Small Lady smiled at her
two friends and slipped out of the bed quietly.
Walking to her desk she found her usual stationary and began to write a
letter to her friends and family. When she was finished she folded the
letter in half and placed it on her pillow.
Gathering a few items she fled from the room and ran down the halls of the
beautiful palace. Finding her way into the back part of her father's rose
garden she threw her items over the wall and climbed over, never to return.
As the sun began to rise slowly all that could be seen of the princess that
once lived in the lovely palace was a tired but determined woman walking
off towards the east.
***
Sailor Mercury yawned lightly and stretched as she woke up to a bright and
beautiful morning. Glancing at the beside clock she noticed it was nine in
the morning. All was as it should be.
It was at this moment that the peaceful day was put to a halt as the
soldier noticed the empty bed and the note apon it. Slowly picking up the
note she thought perhaps the princess had awoken and left her a thank you
note for taking care of her. Yes, that had to be it.
As she read the note she felt herself scream but could not believe it was
her own voice. The King and Queen followed by the other guards ran in
quickly, most still in their night attire.
Serenity took the note from her shocked and speechless friend and read what
was on it. The Queen looked from the note to Sailor Mercury and then to her
husband. As she looked back at the note and read it aloud she felt herself
begin to die inside. "To all it may concern: I have fled this life and wish
to live as a human being and not a figure head. I am something that none of
you will ever understand and I must find my own inner peace if I am to ever
live a full life. Do not come looking for me. Love, The Former Small Lady"
At this the Queen dropped the note and fainted.
***
Sitting alone in a dark forest glen the girl combed her hair and glanced
at her reflection to see if it looked right. With a satisfied smile she
ran her fingers through her now shoulder length pink hair and noticed
that it curled nicely now that it wasn't so long. Her mother would have
been mortified to know that she had cut her lengthy hair but she was an
adult now and no longer felt the requirement to keep tradition.
Glancing at her dying fire she decided it would be best to start moving
again. "I cannot stay in one place for too long or they will find me at
such a close distance. I just hope they can understand and forgive me."
And so she began her trek again, wondering if she would ever find a place
to live in peace.
*****End Part Two*****
Zandrellia - zandrellia@excite.com
This is a story about Small Lady/Chibi-Usa/Reenie and Elios/Pegasus/Helios.
Please read the author's notes file before this so that you can understand
some of my reasons for certain plot twists and character attitudes.
Thank you and I hope you enjoy the story.
*****Runaway*****
"Oww!" The girl howled out and glared at the offending ankle. "How did I
get here?"
Pushing herself up she blinked with hazy eyes at her surroundings as the
memories of what happened came to her. Tears began to pool in her red eyes
and she shook with the effort of her sobbing.
"I must not do this. I am a princess of the moon and the earth. I should be
stronger than both my mother and my father. Enough to not care that they
will soon forget me. To not care that I will have no one who sees or loves
me."
With newfound determination the young princess attempted to stand and with
the shot of pain that ran through her leg remembered her sprained ankle.
"I must have tripped and fell. No matter. I can live with a little pain."
Wiping her hand over her sweaty and mattled hair she began to walk, not
caring where she went.
A bright light overtook her surroundings and she suddenly could not see
her own hands.
***
Small Lady awoke with a start and sat up in her bed. She was home in her
own room. The mirror she had broken was already replaced by another and
the glass gone from the room.
Beside her, asleep on a chair, sat Sailor Mercury with a purring Diana in
her lap. Keeping the night watch on the princess. Small Lady smiled at her
two friends and slipped out of the bed quietly.
Walking to her desk she found her usual stationary and began to write a
letter to her friends and family. When she was finished she folded the
letter in half and placed it on her pillow.
Gathering a few items she fled from the room and ran down the halls of the
beautiful palace. Finding her way into the back part of her father's rose
garden she threw her items over the wall and climbed over, never to return.
As the sun began to rise slowly all that could be seen of the princess that
once lived in the lovely palace was a tired but determined woman walking
off towards the east.
***
Sailor Mercury yawned lightly and stretched as she woke up to a bright and
beautiful morning. Glancing at the beside clock she noticed it was nine in
the morning. All was as it should be.
It was at this moment that the peaceful day was put to a halt as the
soldier noticed the empty bed and the note apon it. Slowly picking up the
note she thought perhaps the princess had awoken and left her a thank you
note for taking care of her. Yes, that had to be it.
As she read the note she felt herself scream but could not believe it was
her own voice. The King and Queen followed by the other guards ran in
quickly, most still in their night attire.
Serenity took the note from her shocked and speechless friend and read what
was on it. The Queen looked from the note to Sailor Mercury and then to her
husband. As she looked back at the note and read it aloud she felt herself
begin to die inside. "To all it may concern: I have fled this life and wish
to live as a human being and not a figure head. I am something that none of
you will ever understand and I must find my own inner peace if I am to ever
live a full life. Do not come looking for me. Love, The Former Small Lady"
At this the Queen dropped the note and fainted.
***
Sitting alone in a dark forest glen the girl combed her hair and glanced
at her reflection to see if it looked right. With a satisfied smile she
ran her fingers through her now shoulder length pink hair and noticed
that it curled nicely now that it wasn't so long. Her mother would have
been mortified to know that she had cut her lengthy hair but she was an
adult now and no longer felt the requirement to keep tradition.
Glancing at her dying fire she decided it would be best to start moving
again. "I cannot stay in one place for too long or they will find me at
such a close distance. I just hope they can understand and forgive me."
And so she began her trek again, wondering if she would ever find a place
to live in peace.
*****End Part Two*****