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.

*****Transformation*****

"NO!" Serenity screamed as she began to run towards her daughter. "You can't
do this again! We all love you!"

A fog appeared before the queen and she ran into the tall frame of Sailor
Pluto. The woman glanced up at the scout with relief in her eyes. "Stop her
Pluto! Tell her this isn't right! Help me!" She began to sob as she noticed
that the soldier of time was holding her in place, keeping her from her
daughter. "Let me go!" She cried.

"Do not attempt to stop this. This is her destiny." The sailor scout said in
her all empowering voice. Everyone had no choice but to obey and believe
what she said.

They stared at the girl as she fell to the ground and writhed in pain. "It is
your own doing that she is in so much pain during the transformation. You
never taught her that this is right and her body is rejecting it." Pluto
explained to the frightened queen.

The woman didn't hear her as she cried and stared at the hunched over form of
her daughter. -Why is this happening?!- Her mind screamed but no answers
came.

And then the pink haired woman stood. The crecent was indeed upside down. But
there was something different. An orb was directly under the crecent, as if
the moon was behind it.

The queen stared at the symbol on her daughter's forehead and suddenly she
understood. "The Earth. The genetic combination of Mamo-chan and myself. Why
didn't I think of it before?" No one heard her say any of this, it was too
soft and all eyes were on the woman with the unusual symbol on her head.

She said no phrases, held no magical tool, just stood and turned her face
towards the sky. Her body glowed and and her clothes dissappeared as her full
transformation began to take place.

At first it seemed a great deal like the sailor scouts own transformations
but there was a difference in how the young woman moved. She held her arms up,
wrist to wrist, palms extended as if she were pushing something on top of
her. Large ribbons fanned out from her form and began to wrap around her body
forming a simple body suit. It was like her old one in shape, only without
the sailor collar. The color was a bright silver that glittered like a full
moon.

The sleeves were long and went to her mid arm and they draped out from her
elbows in a very mideval style. The back was low, almost to her waist and
showed her creamy skin. Her arms went down and she wrapped them around
her waist as she began to spin like a figure skater. Her left leg came out
and her foot turned towards her knee as small boots appeared which were brown
and only went to just above her ankles. They were flat heeled and had what
appeared to be a forest design on the outer edge of the heel in black.

Her arms came out again only this time stretched out to each side and limp.
Each hand began to become wrapped in small brown leather gloves that had no
fingers. She continued to spin in this style as a skirt and cape appeared.

The skirt was knee length and the same silver white as her body suit. Stripes
in a 'v' shape went from her waist and down towards the bottom of her skirt.
The first was a deep orange, like the sun during sunsets. The second was a
dark indigo as deep as the far reaches of space. The third was a pale
white-yellow, like the light from the moon reflected towards earth.

As she turned the skirt spun about her waist and the cape came into view,
draping from her shoulders to her knees. The inside was the same indigo as
the stripe on her skirt. The outside was the same silver as her body suit.

She continued to spin as her hands came to her waist and her body shook with
the power for the final stages of her transformation. The pale white-yellow
that was on her skirt appeared as light eyeshadow on her eyelids. Teardrop
earrings dangled from small crecent stubs. They were deep sapphires like the
blue of the oceans. Around her neck was a loose necklace which had what
appeared to be heart crystal shaped jewels hanging from it.

Deep ruby lipstick covered her lips and a pale rose blush fell on her cheeks.
Her hair began to blow with a wind that came from no where and everywhere at
once. A circlet of gold formed around her head and through her hair, just
above the mysterious symbol of her power. Her small hair curled tightly and
seemed to be sprinkled with silver and gold on the ends giving her face an
iridescent glow.

Suddenly she stopped spinning and leaped into the air. Feathers fell around
her and onto her audience. Her arms came out before her as wings unfolded
from beneath her cape. They stretched and flapped once before the girl turned
and landed before Elios.

In her hands was a long staff of gold. There was an intricate pattern of life
along the thin rod. Some creatures were recognizable as elephants, and deer,
and other such animals of earth. Others were unknown to this planet from a
time long ago. The top of the staff was capped by a filigree heart
surrounding a large triangle shaped crystal.

She opened her red eyes and stared at the man before her. "If you truly feel
the way you do I must insist that you prove your heart." Her voice was
oddly deep and flowed like a caress over everyone who heard it.

"How do I prove my feelings?" He asked her as he stared into her eyes.

"That is for you to decide." She smiled and then leapt into the air, flying
away.

Serenity began to sob again as her daughter fled. She turned and glared at
Pluto. "Tell me what happened!"

The sailor of time just smiled and stared at the form who was flying away to
the north. "Welcome, Sailor Earth." With that she vanished into a hazy fog,
returning to the gates of time.

*****End Part Twelve*****