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.
*****Sailor Earth*****
Elios stood and growled. "She is so stubborn!" He yelled as he began to run
in the direction of the slowly fading form of Sailor Earth.
"Why don't you teleport?" Makoto asked him as he ran by. She watched with
amusement as he stopped and turned towards her.
His face held a smirk as he turned back towards the north. "No thanks." He
said as his shirt tore and fell into pieces on the ground. His wings came out
and he opened them wide. They were twice the wingspan of Sailor Earth's wings,
possibly more.
He turned to face the shocked sailor scouts, king and queen. "She knows I can
fly too. What she doesn't know is that I can fly twice as fast as she can.
I've been practicing for a while, after all." He waved to the others as he
lifted into the air. "I'll find her." He said to the worried queen. Then he
flew off in the direction of his affections.
***
The woman stopped and landed on a cliff overlooking the ocean. She could see
her home from here. Looking dreary and dismal with no life to habitat it.
"Wow. That was amazing. How did I do that?" She lifted again and floated down
to the beach. Her reflection was one she didn't recognize. A woman stood
before her, one who knew her place in life. Not a girl who was unsure of
herself. Sailor Earth.
That's what Pluto had called her. Was she really the true soldier of the
Earth? She sat and thought about it.
Many wondered about the existance of a sailor for the earth. After all there
was a sailor scout for every planet except earth, the earth's moon, even
some asteroids had sailor scouts. Why not earth? It was the only planet left
with any sentient life on it and had the most energy of all the planets now.
Shouldn't there be a guardian for this planet alone? Not a babysitter from
the moon, but a real solider who stood for her home?
Some speculated that a random girl would surface as the sailor of earth. She
always found those stories silly since her father was the only living
decendant of the earth's powers. Well, he and Elios. They were the only ones
who could pass the power of the earth on.
It was well known that only a woman could be a sailor scout and so her father
was not thought of as Sailor Earth. That would be degrading.
Others thought that perhaps Endymion of the Silver Millenium had a sister he
had forgotten. It WAS possible, but improbable. Even if such a girl had
existed she had most likely died during the fall of the Moon Kingdom. If she
had lived she hadn't shown up yet. And the likelyhood of a sailor's powers
remaining dormant for that long was slim.
That left one option. Herself.
***
Elios flew as his mind wondered about this power of his. True, he was a child
of Elysion so it was no doubt that he would have some powers still. He knew
he would still have the wings and be able to fly. The wings were a permanent
part of him since he became the Pegasus.
But what of the teleportation? That was an unusual trait. He never knew he
had the ability to do that.
Lost in thought he almost forgot what he was flying for as he flew past the
beautiful form of the tall sailor who came from inside his Maiden. He stopped
and stared at her for a few moments, unsure if she was approachable.
She turned, hearing the flap of his wings and his heavy breathing. The woman
began to cry as he landed on the beach a few feet from her and she ran into
his arms.
Her body could no longer sustain the transformation and she found herself in
her gown yet again. "What happened to me?" She asked, hoping for an answer.
"You had to find your true power. Your dream mirror would never be able to
heal properly if you did not find your true self. Are you not happy?" He was
unsure if the transformation had healed the ever growing crack in her dream
mirror and was beginning to worry if he would have to watch her die.
"I suppose I am a little. It was a wonderful feeling. And knowing my mother
saw everything made it greater." She said as she snuggled into his warm
embrace. The sun was going down and a wind was picking up.
"I'm sorry."
The woman stared up at him with questioning eyes. "What are you sorry for?"
"For hurting you so. I never knew that I was doing that. I thought it was
better to stay away. Since I could not leave Elysion to be with you I felt
it was better to not tell you at all and subject you to heartache. And I
wouldn't have asked to have to come and be with me. That would be like
capturing a star only to lock it away and allow no one to see it's beauty."
"Oh Elios. For so long I felt you didn't care for me but a friend. It hurt to
know that someday I would be required to marry and never be able to love
you. I do, I really do love you." She cried into his chest and he turned her
face up towards him.
He wiped her tears away and smiled. Her eyes danced about with the longing
and fear she felt inside. He knew of only one thing to do to remove those
fears. He bent down and kissed her.
With that kiss the crack in Princess Small Lady Serenity 'Ikuko's dream
mirror burned into closure as her true dreams began to turn into reality.
*****End Part Thirteen*****
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.
*****Sailor Earth*****
Elios stood and growled. "She is so stubborn!" He yelled as he began to run
in the direction of the slowly fading form of Sailor Earth.
"Why don't you teleport?" Makoto asked him as he ran by. She watched with
amusement as he stopped and turned towards her.
His face held a smirk as he turned back towards the north. "No thanks." He
said as his shirt tore and fell into pieces on the ground. His wings came out
and he opened them wide. They were twice the wingspan of Sailor Earth's wings,
possibly more.
He turned to face the shocked sailor scouts, king and queen. "She knows I can
fly too. What she doesn't know is that I can fly twice as fast as she can.
I've been practicing for a while, after all." He waved to the others as he
lifted into the air. "I'll find her." He said to the worried queen. Then he
flew off in the direction of his affections.
***
The woman stopped and landed on a cliff overlooking the ocean. She could see
her home from here. Looking dreary and dismal with no life to habitat it.
"Wow. That was amazing. How did I do that?" She lifted again and floated down
to the beach. Her reflection was one she didn't recognize. A woman stood
before her, one who knew her place in life. Not a girl who was unsure of
herself. Sailor Earth.
That's what Pluto had called her. Was she really the true soldier of the
Earth? She sat and thought about it.
Many wondered about the existance of a sailor for the earth. After all there
was a sailor scout for every planet except earth, the earth's moon, even
some asteroids had sailor scouts. Why not earth? It was the only planet left
with any sentient life on it and had the most energy of all the planets now.
Shouldn't there be a guardian for this planet alone? Not a babysitter from
the moon, but a real solider who stood for her home?
Some speculated that a random girl would surface as the sailor of earth. She
always found those stories silly since her father was the only living
decendant of the earth's powers. Well, he and Elios. They were the only ones
who could pass the power of the earth on.
It was well known that only a woman could be a sailor scout and so her father
was not thought of as Sailor Earth. That would be degrading.
Others thought that perhaps Endymion of the Silver Millenium had a sister he
had forgotten. It WAS possible, but improbable. Even if such a girl had
existed she had most likely died during the fall of the Moon Kingdom. If she
had lived she hadn't shown up yet. And the likelyhood of a sailor's powers
remaining dormant for that long was slim.
That left one option. Herself.
***
Elios flew as his mind wondered about this power of his. True, he was a child
of Elysion so it was no doubt that he would have some powers still. He knew
he would still have the wings and be able to fly. The wings were a permanent
part of him since he became the Pegasus.
But what of the teleportation? That was an unusual trait. He never knew he
had the ability to do that.
Lost in thought he almost forgot what he was flying for as he flew past the
beautiful form of the tall sailor who came from inside his Maiden. He stopped
and stared at her for a few moments, unsure if she was approachable.
She turned, hearing the flap of his wings and his heavy breathing. The woman
began to cry as he landed on the beach a few feet from her and she ran into
his arms.
Her body could no longer sustain the transformation and she found herself in
her gown yet again. "What happened to me?" She asked, hoping for an answer.
"You had to find your true power. Your dream mirror would never be able to
heal properly if you did not find your true self. Are you not happy?" He was
unsure if the transformation had healed the ever growing crack in her dream
mirror and was beginning to worry if he would have to watch her die.
"I suppose I am a little. It was a wonderful feeling. And knowing my mother
saw everything made it greater." She said as she snuggled into his warm
embrace. The sun was going down and a wind was picking up.
"I'm sorry."
The woman stared up at him with questioning eyes. "What are you sorry for?"
"For hurting you so. I never knew that I was doing that. I thought it was
better to stay away. Since I could not leave Elysion to be with you I felt
it was better to not tell you at all and subject you to heartache. And I
wouldn't have asked to have to come and be with me. That would be like
capturing a star only to lock it away and allow no one to see it's beauty."
"Oh Elios. For so long I felt you didn't care for me but a friend. It hurt to
know that someday I would be required to marry and never be able to love
you. I do, I really do love you." She cried into his chest and he turned her
face up towards him.
He wiped her tears away and smiled. Her eyes danced about with the longing
and fear she felt inside. He knew of only one thing to do to remove those
fears. He bent down and kissed her.
With that kiss the crack in Princess Small Lady Serenity 'Ikuko's dream
mirror burned into closure as her true dreams began to turn into reality.
*****End Part Thirteen*****