Disclaimer: I own Sailor Moon! Not really, but a girl can
dream, can't she? Oh well. Anyway, this takes place far in
the future, when Serena is Neo-Queen Serenity. It's a short
piece, but I'm debating whether or not to elaborate on it.
Well, tell me what you think, and feel free to let me know of
any corrections that must be made. ?
Now on with the show!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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It was but a little after three in the morning when she
had heard the cry. The same panicked wail of a child missing
a parent. Serena sighed. Three years ago Mamoru had left,
breaking apart the family they had begun and leaving the
peaceful kingdom of Crystal Tokyo in disarray.
The cries grew louder. Serena could hear it clearly; the
torment of a child tossed around in an endless nightmare.
"Even if Darien decided he didn't love me anymore,"
Serena thought, "he could have stayed for Rini."
Quietly, she pulled herself out of the bed and walked
along the marble halls of the palace. It felt like a knife in her
heart at every sound of her child's pain.
Once she had reached the doorway to Rini's room, she
paused, listening to the five-year-old girl in her bed. Swiftly,
she crossed the chamber to shut the window on the opposite
side.
"Rini?" she called into the darkness, feeling her
daughter's bright pink eyes on her own blue.
"Momma?" came the tear-choked, muffled response of
Crystal Tokyo's Princess. Her child. Her Rini.
"I'm here, little one." Serena sat down softly on the
beautiful feather mattress and pulled the child into her lap.
She sat there for a moment, head nuzzled into her mother's
bosom, watching the Earth through her window.
The blankets were wrapped tight around the girl, and
Serena felt guilt and love as she gently brushed a silky
strand of Rini's hair out of her eyes.
"I couldn't tell dear Mamo-chan," she thought, and her
lip trembled slightly. "How can I tell you this secret?" She
looked out of the billowing sheer curtains of the glass pane
into the serenity of the night. In the distance she saw stars,
sparkling in the heavens. She stared harder, and could see,
just visible, the greenish-blue outline of the Earth. Mamoru's
home. Where she had been born, where she had lived.
Where the girls, Princesses in their own rights, left royal
responsibilities for the simple life of Earth; dreams, desires,
love.
It was her responsibility to guard the peace of the
planets, for she was Neo-Queen Serenity.
"Destiny," she thought, "I was given a destiny, a
responsibility that I have to fulfill." She glanced once more
at the now gently sleeping child in her lap, and wondered
what she had done to deserve this love. It was pure
devotion, with none of the wavering doubts that had plagued
her romance with Mamoru. It was the simple adoration of a
daughter for her mother.
Watching her daughter, Serena again wondered what
had become of Endymion. Was he living peaceably on Earth,
or perhaps once again sharing the Mars Senshi's bed?
"I need him so badly," she whispered, "I can't do this
alone." Gently she stroked Rini's fluffy pink hair, tears
running unbidden down her ivory cheeks.
"How do I tell you, little one, that I won't be there
when you start school?" she thought. "How can I explain to
you I won't be there for you when you become a teenager,
lost in all the hazards of adolescence? How can I say to you
that I won't be there on your wedding day?
"What right do I have to leave you like this?" The tears
were pouring from her blue eyes now, and she said softly,
sadly, "How do I tell you, my little Rini, that I'm dying?"
She watched, with traces of guilt, as the girl slept on,
peacefully for the first time in days. A look of determination
crossed her features as she gazed down at the sleeping
figure of her child.
"You'll know," she said, "when the time comes. For now
it's enough that you know I love you, now and forevermore."
? ? ? ? ? ?
Sad, I know… Do you think I should continue and
elaborate? Well, please review and let me know what you
think!
Lady Pluto
dream, can't she? Oh well. Anyway, this takes place far in
the future, when Serena is Neo-Queen Serenity. It's a short
piece, but I'm debating whether or not to elaborate on it.
Well, tell me what you think, and feel free to let me know of
any corrections that must be made. ?
Now on with the show!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
? ? ? ? ? ?
It was but a little after three in the morning when she
had heard the cry. The same panicked wail of a child missing
a parent. Serena sighed. Three years ago Mamoru had left,
breaking apart the family they had begun and leaving the
peaceful kingdom of Crystal Tokyo in disarray.
The cries grew louder. Serena could hear it clearly; the
torment of a child tossed around in an endless nightmare.
"Even if Darien decided he didn't love me anymore,"
Serena thought, "he could have stayed for Rini."
Quietly, she pulled herself out of the bed and walked
along the marble halls of the palace. It felt like a knife in her
heart at every sound of her child's pain.
Once she had reached the doorway to Rini's room, she
paused, listening to the five-year-old girl in her bed. Swiftly,
she crossed the chamber to shut the window on the opposite
side.
"Rini?" she called into the darkness, feeling her
daughter's bright pink eyes on her own blue.
"Momma?" came the tear-choked, muffled response of
Crystal Tokyo's Princess. Her child. Her Rini.
"I'm here, little one." Serena sat down softly on the
beautiful feather mattress and pulled the child into her lap.
She sat there for a moment, head nuzzled into her mother's
bosom, watching the Earth through her window.
The blankets were wrapped tight around the girl, and
Serena felt guilt and love as she gently brushed a silky
strand of Rini's hair out of her eyes.
"I couldn't tell dear Mamo-chan," she thought, and her
lip trembled slightly. "How can I tell you this secret?" She
looked out of the billowing sheer curtains of the glass pane
into the serenity of the night. In the distance she saw stars,
sparkling in the heavens. She stared harder, and could see,
just visible, the greenish-blue outline of the Earth. Mamoru's
home. Where she had been born, where she had lived.
Where the girls, Princesses in their own rights, left royal
responsibilities for the simple life of Earth; dreams, desires,
love.
It was her responsibility to guard the peace of the
planets, for she was Neo-Queen Serenity.
"Destiny," she thought, "I was given a destiny, a
responsibility that I have to fulfill." She glanced once more
at the now gently sleeping child in her lap, and wondered
what she had done to deserve this love. It was pure
devotion, with none of the wavering doubts that had plagued
her romance with Mamoru. It was the simple adoration of a
daughter for her mother.
Watching her daughter, Serena again wondered what
had become of Endymion. Was he living peaceably on Earth,
or perhaps once again sharing the Mars Senshi's bed?
"I need him so badly," she whispered, "I can't do this
alone." Gently she stroked Rini's fluffy pink hair, tears
running unbidden down her ivory cheeks.
"How do I tell you, little one, that I won't be there
when you start school?" she thought. "How can I explain to
you I won't be there for you when you become a teenager,
lost in all the hazards of adolescence? How can I say to you
that I won't be there on your wedding day?
"What right do I have to leave you like this?" The tears
were pouring from her blue eyes now, and she said softly,
sadly, "How do I tell you, my little Rini, that I'm dying?"
She watched, with traces of guilt, as the girl slept on,
peacefully for the first time in days. A look of determination
crossed her features as she gazed down at the sleeping
figure of her child.
"You'll know," she said, "when the time comes. For now
it's enough that you know I love you, now and forevermore."
? ? ? ? ? ?
Sad, I know… Do you think I should continue and
elaborate? Well, please review and let me know what you
think!
Lady Pluto