Dreamscape
By Musou Misora
Standard disclaimer applies.
I think this fic originates from listening to too many books-on-tape, especially the ones written in first person. Man, those things are addictive...
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Chapter One: Aozora Yume, Blue Sky Dream
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It's raining outside. Everything is dark, wet, and dismal. Like my mood.
They say that Usagi disappeared a few days ago, but I ignore them. Not one of us Senshi care...do I really believe that?
Rei is unemotional, but I can tell that behind the eyes she sobs bitterly for her best friend. She doesn't believe that bullshit story Mamoru fed us anymore than I do. Setsuna says nothing, and wears a grim expression. Lately, she's been putting her things in boxes and storing them in the attic.
She knows something.
Of course she does. Setsuna is Sailor Pluto, Guardian of Time-Space. She knows just about everything.
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I sneak out the window tonight, hoping that Michiru doesn't notice my absence. She would be furious if she knew I was going to look for Koneko-chan.
The streets glisten with the water of the last rains. Lamp-light glares at me from below, but I cannot stop to regain my vision. Someone is calling to me. I can hear the echoes of a soft, feathery voice around me.
Usagi.
My mind speeds up, and soon is traveling faster than my legs. I know she's here...why doesn't she reveal herself? The voice is distant, yet happy in a deranged sort of way. What's going on?
"Haruka..." The feather voice is louder, and clearer each time it repeats my name. "Haruka...Haruka..."
"Nani?" I reply. My own voice sounds steady, but inside I tremble. The feeling is foreign to me. I don't remember feeling this way at all.
"Haruka, what is your dream?" she asks. I know now that it is definitely Usagi. I don't understand what she's asking me, or why she hides herself.
"Doushite?"
"Just answer me, onegai."
I swallow hard. Fear sets in as I recognize her tone of voice. "I dream of...blue skies, endless blue skies. No clouds, no grey rain. To me, a blue sky signifies perpetual happiness."
She laughs. "I had a dream. It was perfectly pink. Everything was going my way."
I shudder as she begins the next sentence coldly. "But now...everything is scarlet. Do you know what that means?"
The folders of information of my mind open and close repeatedly as I search for a suitable answer. "Ano...a rose?"
Usagi, or the being that resembles her, laughs again. This time her laughter is simply insane. "Wrong. And for that, you receive a one-way ticket to my Dreamscape. Wake up, Ruka-chan..."
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I shoot up into a sitting position. Michiru sleeps beside me, peacefully and calm.
A dream...it was just a dream, I think. Something inside me tells me it wasn't just that.
I get out of bed and walk to the kitchen. My stomach growls in hunger, so I take a sharp knife and begin cutting an apple into eighths.
An unearthly light shines behind my back. My heart twists in fear, for I know who it is.
Usagi.
Her power takes control of my body, commanding me to direct the point of my knife to my heart. I try in vain to break free. She's grown stronger since we defeated Chaos.
I can fight no more. In one swift motion, I drive the knife through my chest and finally reach the most vital organ of all.
Vaguely, I hear Usagi laugh and state, "Perhaps you will find blue skies on the Dreamscape..."
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Michiru woke up in a cold sweat. That dream was unreal...She glanced over at the figure beside her. Haruka's back faced her. Good. She was safe. Kaiohsei no Senshi settled down to fall asleep once again.
Haruka's lifeless left hand fell from the knife in her chest, as the precious Scarlet liquid dripped onto a pure white carpet...
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(*shudders* Woah, that even spooked me out...*giggles nervously* Minna-chan can tell that I won't let any of the Senshi live, ne? Gomen nasai...)
---Musou Misora
"There is no dark side of the moon...really...matter of fact, it's all dark..."
-Pink Floyd
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