The Midnight Court
Chapter Two
The sun streaked through the trees in the park, Saturday morning. Tanya walked the trail in the small park her eyes roaming her surroundings. The wind gently blew through her hair making it lift off of her shoulders before softly landing back down. She looked over at the trees which had fresh green leaves, but they would soon be turning a bright fiery orange as fall was approaching.
"Beautiful day ne?" Someone said gently behind her.
Tanya jumped a little bit before turning around, her eyes coming in contact with Jades, "Oh...hello Jade-san."
Jade nodded her hello, her eyes returned to the sky, "You like the park?"
"Yes very much."
"Interesting. So did a friend I knew long ago, she loved visiting parks...she was a friend of great royalty." Jade eyes snapped back down to the seemingly wary Tanya.
"Oh?"
"Yes...my friend had beautiful blue hair and sapphire eyes much like yours in fact." Jade awaited her reaction.
"Hmmm..." Tanya muttered not knowing what else to say.
"If I didn't know better I would say you were that friend...but you can't be, because my friend was not only royalty but a warrior." Jade pulled a hand through her hair a smirk appearing on her stony yet gentle face.
Tanya blinked in surprise, "Warrior?"
"Hai a warrior."
'The dreams....' Tanya thought, 'I had a dream where I was a warrior...strange.'
"Is something wrong Tanya-chan?" Jade asked tilting her head.
Tanya cleared her throat, shaking her head, "No everything's fine, you just surprised me that's all."
"Did I?" Jade raised an eyebrow asking a question that did not need speaking.
"Yes." Tanya replied hastily turning away from Jade and beginning to walk again, "What brings you out to the park Jade-san?"
She could hear Jade hesitating before walking slowly behind her, "It's a sunny day, thought I might go for a little walk in the park."
"Did you?" Tanya turned around having her turn to raise her eyebrow giving the older girl a questioning, accusing look.
Jade laughed softly, "Don't underestimate me Tanya...I know more about you then you do yourself."
Tanya stopped dead in her tracks her eyes narrowed, "What is that supposed to mean."
"It means whatever you want it to mean." Jade said flipping her hair over her shoulder, walking past Tanya going farther up the trail.
Tanya stood there slightly shocked before turning around and catching up with Jade, she grabbed her arm angrily, "And just *what* are you getting at Jade?"
Jade pulled her arm from her grasp and continued to walk, "I am not getting at anything...you are the one who is making this difficult."
"Making what difficult?" Tanya cried balling her hands into fists in frusteration shutting her eyes tightly.
"All in good time my princess all in good time." The words were whispered softly, carried on the wind...but Tanya still heard them. And when she opened her eyes Jade was gone.
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Dust particles sprang from the punching bag as it was repeatedly punched, kicked and hit. Tanya rammed her punching gloves into it growling each and every time she did so. She kicked it one more time before collapsing to the gym floor. Her chest raised up and down as she took in deep agonizing breaths. She was still thinking about her confrontation with Jade that morning.
"Tanya?"
Tanya peeked her eyes open to see Callisto leaning on the door frame a half interesting half mocking look on her face, Tanya scowled sitting up, "What?"
Callisto raised an eyebrow pushing herself off the door frame, "What're you doing?"
"Is it any of you concern?" Tanya snapped picking herself off of the floor, brushing her clothes off.
The taller girl snorted, "Since when have you become so high and mighty?"
"Since when have you acted like you know so much about my personality?" Tanya shot back glaring coldly at Callisto, the other girl just gave an equal if not colder glare back.
"Your impossible you know that! I try being nice to you and you totally freak out on me!" Callisto said angrily taking a couple steps near Tanya who took a couple steps near her.
"Nice to me? You were spying on me! I really wouldn't call that nice!!!" Tanya yelled taking to more steps near Callisto.
"You conceited little bitch! I was not spying on you, I simply looked in on you." Callisto shouted taking five long strides with her long legs so her face was an inch away from Tanya's.
Tanya's eyes bore into Callisto's, "How dare you...you have no right to call me that!"
"Why not? Are you some kinda of princess or something that should be treated with the most respect?" Callisto asked her hand shooting out grabbing Tanya's jaw and forcing her face to come closer so they were nose to nose, "Is that what you are? A princess? Cause you sure are a royal pain in the ass!"
"Rot.In.Hell." Tanya hissed bringing her hands to Callisto's chest and pushing her back, without looking back Tanya ran from the gym tears threatening to spring from her eyes.
Tanya ran down the stairs taking two at a time, she swung past a bunch of people then finally out the door. The sapphire eyed girl took in a couple of deep breaths resting her head against the building, putting her hands up to her face tears streaming down her cheeks she whispered, "I hate you Haiku Callisto, I hate you, I hate you I HATE YOU!"
She screamed her last words causing several people to look her way in utter confusion, biting down a string of curses. She pushed past the crowded people and started to run again the tears drying on her face. She turned a corner entering an alley, Tanya spun around for a second thinking of what to do next, and she paused before slowly lowering herself to the ground.
"I hate her.." Tanya spat to the wall in front of her, "I hate her so much!"
"Hate is a strong word princess, are you sure you have chosen it correctly?" An amused voice said.
Tanya head snapped around looking for the source of the voice. Her eyes laid on a cat laying ontop of a couple of garbage lids, the cat spoke, "Well princess?"
Tanya blinked before shooting up off the ground, "AWW! Oh EKKK! AHHHH!!!!!!"
The cat watched her calmly and waited for her to stop screaming. After a couple of moments she shut up looking at him with wide, awed eyes, finally she managed, "Y-you s-speak?"
The cat nodded, a golden pentagram off of his forehead glinting in the sunset, "Yes I do."
"But cats don't talk!" She said shakily.
"I do." He said jumping of the garbage lid and lazily walking over to her, "Do you know who you are?"
"Ye-yes...Tanya Kenji."
He scowled, "I know that, but I mean do you know-know-know who you are?"
Tanya tilted her head, "What?"
"Nevermind..I'll take that as a no." He muttered before shifting his bright gold eyes to her, "I am Nemesis guardian of the princess of the Midnight skies....any of that ring a bell?"
"Nemesis...princess of the midnight skies...umm lemme think...nope." Tanya said squinting her eyes in concentration.
Nemesis pouted and sat down scratching his ears with his left paw, "Umm...shoot I can't explain this to you, Century will probably have to. But know this much I was sent to awaken and guard you and not to mention train you."
Nemesis pulled on her pant leg and led her out of the alley and down the block, he stopped and sat down again, "She'll be here."
Tanya shook her head, "You know I really have no clue what-so-ever to what is going on...but for some reason this all feels normal."
Nemesis snickered, "It should...or else I would have had the wrong person."
A gentle gust of wind blew and as suddenly as before Jade came walking up the street, her long white hair dancing in the soft wind. Jade looked over to Tanya smiling then down to Nemesis her smile slowly fading, she came up to them, "It is time already Nemesis?"
"I am afraid so Jade." Nemesis said sadly, "You need to explain to her, what her destiny exactly is. It is the only way for the safety of the world."
Jade nodded before turning to Tanya, "Come we will talk about this on the way to your home."
Tanya said nothing to shocked, but she followed. Jade kept in step with her, Nemesis at their heels him also being completely silent. Jade spoke quietly but clearly, "Tanya...you are a Sailor senshi."
Tanya's eyebrow twitched at this, "What?"
"Hush, let me explain. A senshi is someone who protects the world or planet for the matter. You are the senshi of the midnight skies...kuso..this would be much easier with having Area here...she could bring your memories back. But I guess I'll just have to tell you your story...then I'm sure your memory of a senshi will reappear."
Nemesis jumped on Tanya's shoulder, watching as Jade talked again, "Like I said you are the senshi of the skies, princess and future queen of the Tanair Galaxy. Before you came to Earth you lived on the moon with your guardians Draco, Pisces, Apollo, Steallion, Phoenix, Chaos, Titania and myself. You also had a sister...Neptune. Draco was Jupiter's older sister, Phoenix was Mars, Chaos was Saturn's, Pisces was Venus', Titania was Uranus, I was Pluto's, Steallion was Mercury's, and Apollo's was Moon's. Well anyway when Serenity's court was picked to be guardian of their rightful planets, you and your guardians were sent to the Tanair Galaxy where your mother Queen Tanyain ware ruler and you would follow in her footsteps. But one peaceful day on your planet Skiy something unexpected happened." Jade's eyes grew dark and cold as she continued.
"We were attacked...by Queen Beryl, we made a quick escape and went in a spare spaceship that we had. But unfortunately your mother didn't make it...Beryl's army had already killed her. We had to take off anyway and we did heading straight for Earth. I knew we wouldn't make it because Beryl's army was right on our tail, and I was right. They launched their spaceships onto ours. And when they broke into our spaceship killing all of you right before my eyes...I made a decision to send your souls to earth and have you be reborn there. I didn't die myself...I escaped before they could get to me." Jade paused a hurt and very sad look in her eyes.
"When you were reborn I had to wait 16 years until all of you would become old enough to fight evil. I had awakened Callisto as SailorTitania, Atari as SailorSteallion, Fauna as SailorChaos, Shawna as SailorPisces, Area as SailorPhoenix, and Lea as SailorDraco. And now you and Apollo...only I have no idea where Apollo is, I seem to not be able to reach her. but I found you...you Tanya must awaken as SailorMidnight and be a warrior of truth and justice." Jade's eyes glittered sadly as she held out her hand, in a burst of aqua light a dark blue stick with a silver Pentagram laid in her hand, "Take the henshin stick Tanya...and you will remember your destiny."
Tanya gawked, looking down at the henshin stick then back at Jade. Slowly her hand reached out but then stopped pulling away. Tanya looked at Jade defiantly, "What if I don't want my destiny?"
Jade pulled her hand away the henshin stick disappearing, "Then the whole world will be silenced with death and agony." The older girl turned on her heel and walked away Nemesis pausing before following, leaving Tanya standing there alone.
"So you really are the princess?" A voice drawled behind her.
Tanya stiffened before turning around her gaze meeting Callisto's icy one, "Oh so your following me now?"
Callisto's eyes flashed angrily before she pushed herself off of the brick wall she was leaning on, she took a couple of steps near Tanya before grabbing her arm and forcing her forward. Tanya took in a short gasp before stumbling into Callisto, landing hard on her chest.
"How dar-"
Tanya was cut off as Callisto yanked her head up and brings down her head in a forceful kiss. The smaller girl put her hands on Callisto's shoulder's in a attempt to push her off but failed miserably. And in the end...she found herself kissing the other girl back.
Suddenly Callisto pushed her back, causing Tanya to fall back into the brick wall. Callisto stood there a sneer of her face, "You may be a princess but you are a vulnerable slut."
And without another word Callisto stormed off in another direction. Tanya sat there on the ground stunned before bursting into heart wrenching sobs. She felt herself gently being picked up into the arms of someone, she didn't really care who it was. But the words that the person was saying comforted her slightly but she still cried on.
Lea stood there looking down at the crying princess in her arms, her eyes burning with anger and sadness, and very quietly as she watched Callisto storm off she whispered, "Don't hurt her again Callisto, don't break her heart again or I will kill you."
Although Callisto was a good way out of earshot she turned around, her eyes meeting Lea's. Lea stared back coldly and watched as she looked down at Tanya then up at her face again. Callisto scowled before turning around and walking angrily away.
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End of Chapter Two. Okies people hope you enjoyed that. If your confused about what Lea had said It'll get explained later on in the story. Comments, suggestions or flames are always welcome!
^_^
~Iternity-chan
Chapter Two
The sun streaked through the trees in the park, Saturday morning. Tanya walked the trail in the small park her eyes roaming her surroundings. The wind gently blew through her hair making it lift off of her shoulders before softly landing back down. She looked over at the trees which had fresh green leaves, but they would soon be turning a bright fiery orange as fall was approaching.
"Beautiful day ne?" Someone said gently behind her.
Tanya jumped a little bit before turning around, her eyes coming in contact with Jades, "Oh...hello Jade-san."
Jade nodded her hello, her eyes returned to the sky, "You like the park?"
"Yes very much."
"Interesting. So did a friend I knew long ago, she loved visiting parks...she was a friend of great royalty." Jade eyes snapped back down to the seemingly wary Tanya.
"Oh?"
"Yes...my friend had beautiful blue hair and sapphire eyes much like yours in fact." Jade awaited her reaction.
"Hmmm..." Tanya muttered not knowing what else to say.
"If I didn't know better I would say you were that friend...but you can't be, because my friend was not only royalty but a warrior." Jade pulled a hand through her hair a smirk appearing on her stony yet gentle face.
Tanya blinked in surprise, "Warrior?"
"Hai a warrior."
'The dreams....' Tanya thought, 'I had a dream where I was a warrior...strange.'
"Is something wrong Tanya-chan?" Jade asked tilting her head.
Tanya cleared her throat, shaking her head, "No everything's fine, you just surprised me that's all."
"Did I?" Jade raised an eyebrow asking a question that did not need speaking.
"Yes." Tanya replied hastily turning away from Jade and beginning to walk again, "What brings you out to the park Jade-san?"
She could hear Jade hesitating before walking slowly behind her, "It's a sunny day, thought I might go for a little walk in the park."
"Did you?" Tanya turned around having her turn to raise her eyebrow giving the older girl a questioning, accusing look.
Jade laughed softly, "Don't underestimate me Tanya...I know more about you then you do yourself."
Tanya stopped dead in her tracks her eyes narrowed, "What is that supposed to mean."
"It means whatever you want it to mean." Jade said flipping her hair over her shoulder, walking past Tanya going farther up the trail.
Tanya stood there slightly shocked before turning around and catching up with Jade, she grabbed her arm angrily, "And just *what* are you getting at Jade?"
Jade pulled her arm from her grasp and continued to walk, "I am not getting at anything...you are the one who is making this difficult."
"Making what difficult?" Tanya cried balling her hands into fists in frusteration shutting her eyes tightly.
"All in good time my princess all in good time." The words were whispered softly, carried on the wind...but Tanya still heard them. And when she opened her eyes Jade was gone.
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Dust particles sprang from the punching bag as it was repeatedly punched, kicked and hit. Tanya rammed her punching gloves into it growling each and every time she did so. She kicked it one more time before collapsing to the gym floor. Her chest raised up and down as she took in deep agonizing breaths. She was still thinking about her confrontation with Jade that morning.
"Tanya?"
Tanya peeked her eyes open to see Callisto leaning on the door frame a half interesting half mocking look on her face, Tanya scowled sitting up, "What?"
Callisto raised an eyebrow pushing herself off the door frame, "What're you doing?"
"Is it any of you concern?" Tanya snapped picking herself off of the floor, brushing her clothes off.
The taller girl snorted, "Since when have you become so high and mighty?"
"Since when have you acted like you know so much about my personality?" Tanya shot back glaring coldly at Callisto, the other girl just gave an equal if not colder glare back.
"Your impossible you know that! I try being nice to you and you totally freak out on me!" Callisto said angrily taking a couple steps near Tanya who took a couple steps near her.
"Nice to me? You were spying on me! I really wouldn't call that nice!!!" Tanya yelled taking to more steps near Callisto.
"You conceited little bitch! I was not spying on you, I simply looked in on you." Callisto shouted taking five long strides with her long legs so her face was an inch away from Tanya's.
Tanya's eyes bore into Callisto's, "How dare you...you have no right to call me that!"
"Why not? Are you some kinda of princess or something that should be treated with the most respect?" Callisto asked her hand shooting out grabbing Tanya's jaw and forcing her face to come closer so they were nose to nose, "Is that what you are? A princess? Cause you sure are a royal pain in the ass!"
"Rot.In.Hell." Tanya hissed bringing her hands to Callisto's chest and pushing her back, without looking back Tanya ran from the gym tears threatening to spring from her eyes.
Tanya ran down the stairs taking two at a time, she swung past a bunch of people then finally out the door. The sapphire eyed girl took in a couple of deep breaths resting her head against the building, putting her hands up to her face tears streaming down her cheeks she whispered, "I hate you Haiku Callisto, I hate you, I hate you I HATE YOU!"
She screamed her last words causing several people to look her way in utter confusion, biting down a string of curses. She pushed past the crowded people and started to run again the tears drying on her face. She turned a corner entering an alley, Tanya spun around for a second thinking of what to do next, and she paused before slowly lowering herself to the ground.
"I hate her.." Tanya spat to the wall in front of her, "I hate her so much!"
"Hate is a strong word princess, are you sure you have chosen it correctly?" An amused voice said.
Tanya head snapped around looking for the source of the voice. Her eyes laid on a cat laying ontop of a couple of garbage lids, the cat spoke, "Well princess?"
Tanya blinked before shooting up off the ground, "AWW! Oh EKKK! AHHHH!!!!!!"
The cat watched her calmly and waited for her to stop screaming. After a couple of moments she shut up looking at him with wide, awed eyes, finally she managed, "Y-you s-speak?"
The cat nodded, a golden pentagram off of his forehead glinting in the sunset, "Yes I do."
"But cats don't talk!" She said shakily.
"I do." He said jumping of the garbage lid and lazily walking over to her, "Do you know who you are?"
"Ye-yes...Tanya Kenji."
He scowled, "I know that, but I mean do you know-know-know who you are?"
Tanya tilted her head, "What?"
"Nevermind..I'll take that as a no." He muttered before shifting his bright gold eyes to her, "I am Nemesis guardian of the princess of the Midnight skies....any of that ring a bell?"
"Nemesis...princess of the midnight skies...umm lemme think...nope." Tanya said squinting her eyes in concentration.
Nemesis pouted and sat down scratching his ears with his left paw, "Umm...shoot I can't explain this to you, Century will probably have to. But know this much I was sent to awaken and guard you and not to mention train you."
Nemesis pulled on her pant leg and led her out of the alley and down the block, he stopped and sat down again, "She'll be here."
Tanya shook her head, "You know I really have no clue what-so-ever to what is going on...but for some reason this all feels normal."
Nemesis snickered, "It should...or else I would have had the wrong person."
A gentle gust of wind blew and as suddenly as before Jade came walking up the street, her long white hair dancing in the soft wind. Jade looked over to Tanya smiling then down to Nemesis her smile slowly fading, she came up to them, "It is time already Nemesis?"
"I am afraid so Jade." Nemesis said sadly, "You need to explain to her, what her destiny exactly is. It is the only way for the safety of the world."
Jade nodded before turning to Tanya, "Come we will talk about this on the way to your home."
Tanya said nothing to shocked, but she followed. Jade kept in step with her, Nemesis at their heels him also being completely silent. Jade spoke quietly but clearly, "Tanya...you are a Sailor senshi."
Tanya's eyebrow twitched at this, "What?"
"Hush, let me explain. A senshi is someone who protects the world or planet for the matter. You are the senshi of the midnight skies...kuso..this would be much easier with having Area here...she could bring your memories back. But I guess I'll just have to tell you your story...then I'm sure your memory of a senshi will reappear."
Nemesis jumped on Tanya's shoulder, watching as Jade talked again, "Like I said you are the senshi of the skies, princess and future queen of the Tanair Galaxy. Before you came to Earth you lived on the moon with your guardians Draco, Pisces, Apollo, Steallion, Phoenix, Chaos, Titania and myself. You also had a sister...Neptune. Draco was Jupiter's older sister, Phoenix was Mars, Chaos was Saturn's, Pisces was Venus', Titania was Uranus, I was Pluto's, Steallion was Mercury's, and Apollo's was Moon's. Well anyway when Serenity's court was picked to be guardian of their rightful planets, you and your guardians were sent to the Tanair Galaxy where your mother Queen Tanyain ware ruler and you would follow in her footsteps. But one peaceful day on your planet Skiy something unexpected happened." Jade's eyes grew dark and cold as she continued.
"We were attacked...by Queen Beryl, we made a quick escape and went in a spare spaceship that we had. But unfortunately your mother didn't make it...Beryl's army had already killed her. We had to take off anyway and we did heading straight for Earth. I knew we wouldn't make it because Beryl's army was right on our tail, and I was right. They launched their spaceships onto ours. And when they broke into our spaceship killing all of you right before my eyes...I made a decision to send your souls to earth and have you be reborn there. I didn't die myself...I escaped before they could get to me." Jade paused a hurt and very sad look in her eyes.
"When you were reborn I had to wait 16 years until all of you would become old enough to fight evil. I had awakened Callisto as SailorTitania, Atari as SailorSteallion, Fauna as SailorChaos, Shawna as SailorPisces, Area as SailorPhoenix, and Lea as SailorDraco. And now you and Apollo...only I have no idea where Apollo is, I seem to not be able to reach her. but I found you...you Tanya must awaken as SailorMidnight and be a warrior of truth and justice." Jade's eyes glittered sadly as she held out her hand, in a burst of aqua light a dark blue stick with a silver Pentagram laid in her hand, "Take the henshin stick Tanya...and you will remember your destiny."
Tanya gawked, looking down at the henshin stick then back at Jade. Slowly her hand reached out but then stopped pulling away. Tanya looked at Jade defiantly, "What if I don't want my destiny?"
Jade pulled her hand away the henshin stick disappearing, "Then the whole world will be silenced with death and agony." The older girl turned on her heel and walked away Nemesis pausing before following, leaving Tanya standing there alone.
"So you really are the princess?" A voice drawled behind her.
Tanya stiffened before turning around her gaze meeting Callisto's icy one, "Oh so your following me now?"
Callisto's eyes flashed angrily before she pushed herself off of the brick wall she was leaning on, she took a couple of steps near Tanya before grabbing her arm and forcing her forward. Tanya took in a short gasp before stumbling into Callisto, landing hard on her chest.
"How dar-"
Tanya was cut off as Callisto yanked her head up and brings down her head in a forceful kiss. The smaller girl put her hands on Callisto's shoulder's in a attempt to push her off but failed miserably. And in the end...she found herself kissing the other girl back.
Suddenly Callisto pushed her back, causing Tanya to fall back into the brick wall. Callisto stood there a sneer of her face, "You may be a princess but you are a vulnerable slut."
And without another word Callisto stormed off in another direction. Tanya sat there on the ground stunned before bursting into heart wrenching sobs. She felt herself gently being picked up into the arms of someone, she didn't really care who it was. But the words that the person was saying comforted her slightly but she still cried on.
Lea stood there looking down at the crying princess in her arms, her eyes burning with anger and sadness, and very quietly as she watched Callisto storm off she whispered, "Don't hurt her again Callisto, don't break her heart again or I will kill you."
Although Callisto was a good way out of earshot she turned around, her eyes meeting Lea's. Lea stared back coldly and watched as she looked down at Tanya then up at her face again. Callisto scowled before turning around and walking angrily away.
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End of Chapter Two. Okies people hope you enjoyed that. If your confused about what Lea had said It'll get explained later on in the story. Comments, suggestions or flames are always welcome!
^_^
~Iternity-chan