Hello minna! Welcome back! Well, I won't spend a lot of time on
author's notes this time. I really hope you are enjoying my story.
Please write me and tell me how you are liking it. I need feedback,
or I hit major writer's block! Oh, well...
Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon! Why in the world would you think
I did? I do own Dream Maker and Uther though. If you want to borrow
them, please ask. Thanks!
A Dreamer's Dream
By Tegasus
Chapter 9-No one to run from...
Eternal Sailor Neptune stood outside the castle, trying
desperately to figure out a way to get in. "The entrance just HAS
to be around here somewhere," She growled. The senshi was just about to
use her mirror on the castle walls, when she heard someone running up
behind her.
"Neptune?" The senshi spun around and faced the new Mercury. The
two warriors just looked at each other silently before nodding and
turning towards the castle. Neither of the two mentioned the new
transformations. There would be time for that later.
"Welcome to my home, Neptune and Mercury." The two blinked. Some
how they were both now INSIDE the castle.
Dream Maker smiled at their confusion. She really enjoyed
startling them WAY too much. Oh well, such was her life.
"Neptune!" The senshi turned just in time to catch Saturn as she
launched herself into the startled woman's arms. The Guardian of the
Ocean said nothing as the girl burst into tears, just holding her
closer. If Saturn's testing had been anything like hers, then Saturn
had a right to her tears.
Mars and Venus looked at their friends, but said nothing. Mercury
and Neptune seemed changed now, almost as if they had been tempered by
their experiences. The team spirit that had kept the group together and
fighting had changed. Each of the girls had finally found out who they
really were and with that knowledge came a sense of peace and
expectancy. They were stronger now and that made the whole team
stronger.
Dream Maker watched as the five young women greeted each other
and strengthened the bonds that would hold them together for eternity.
They were beginning to understand what it meant to be Eternal Sailor
Soldiers, but they didn't understand fully, yet. They had no guidance,
no focus. But they would soon, very soon. Then the next game begun.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Haruka awoke on a bare, wind-swept island in the middle of an
empty ocean. The island was very small, only about a hundred meters
across. Everything was calm. There was no wind to stir the waves or the
fronds of the single palm tree at the center of the island.
"I didn't investigate you because you were the other senshi. It
was before I knew. I was watching you when you raced. I wanted to ride
in a car with you along the sea shore. I knew more about you than
yourself. I've been watching you all the time. I didn't want you to
take the same road as me. But I was happy when I found out that you
were the other person." *
Michiru? Haruka spun around trying to find the source of
the voice. She could see no one.
"I can endure anything with you... even being burned by the fires
of hell..." **
Michiru! Where are you?
"Haruka... I won't let you die!" ***
MICHIRU!
"She can't hear you, you know."
Haruka spun around again trying desperately to find the source
of this new voice. Who are you?! She fairly shouted. Show
yourself, you coward!
The masculine voice just chuckled. "Haruka. You think that you're
so strong, don't you. Always fighting the impossible battle. Having to
win, no matter what the cost. Willing to sacrifice anyone. Except
Michiru."
The voice laughed again as Haruka went pale. What have you
done to her?
"Me? Nothing. Everything that has been done, you did to her.
Look."
Haruka slowly walked over to the edge of the island. The land
seemed to just end and the deep water begin. Reaching down to touch the
water, she found it hard, like ice, but not as cold and slippery.
Frowning, Haruka tried to pierce the depths, but the water was
murky and thick. She couldn't see anything. Then, as if a light had
been turned on, she could see what the water held.
MICHIRU!!! NOOOOOO!!!
Haruka jumped back, torn between trying to break her love free
from her prison or killing herself to be with Michiru again.
"Michiru's dead and it's all your fault, Haruka."
NO! This can't be true! MICHIRU!
Haruka started to run towards Michiru's corpse, to break it free
of it's prison, but couldn't stop. It felt so good to run, to race the
wind once more. No one to beat, but herself. No one to run from... but
herself.
As the darkness swallowed her, she didn't even hear the voice's
laughter.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Haruka ran on. She didn't care that she couldn't see anything in
the darkness anymore. She had to keep running. Maybe if she ran long
enough, far enough, she could escape. Escape the pain. Escape the
loneliness. Escape the emptiness. She was nothing without Michiru.
Nothing.
"Haruka! Haruka, please stop. I need to talk to you!"
Go away. Let me run. If I can go just a little bit
faster...
"Haruka! Haruka wait!" The voice watched as the girl ran further
and further into the darkness. 'If I don't get her back soon,' the
voice thought, 'I'm going to lose her forever. She's so stubborn!' The
voice thought for a moment. She had an idea.
"From an overwhelming future, where I lost the war to Sailor
Chaos, I gave up everything and ran away." +
Haruka slowed.
"Repeated massacres, a long, painful war... The enemy that
appeared, the strong, enormous Sailor Chaos... With the way of fighting
we had used, we didn't stand a chance." +
Who's was this voice that spoke with so much pain?
"Even if we defeated it, even if we returned the peace of before,
the damage taken, the price we paid, would be too much. Too far-
reaching." +
She seemed to understand pain. Who?
"Sailor Cosmos. The final incarnation of Sailor Moon. Those are
her words."
She knows pain.
"Yes. She knows pain better than most people in existence."
How do you deal with it?
"By facing it. Acknowledging it. Accepting it."
I can't.
"Yes, you can. What did you do that was so horrible?"
Michiru...
"Michiru? What did you do to Michiru?"
He said that I killed her.
"So? Do you believe everything that other people tell you, or do
you try to find out the truth of thing for yourself? Did you believe
them when they said that you couldn't race cars, or did you try it and
find out for yourself?"
No...
"Then why would you believe some strange voice that tell you that
you did something that you know in your heart that you could NEVER do?
You would never hurt Michiru."
No, I would never hurt her. I love her. More then anything, I
love her... As Haruka thought that, a cool wind rose and brushed
against her in the darkness. It wrapped around her, soothing the pain
in her soul and opening her mind to the truth. Even if Michiru were to
die one day, she would never be alone, she had her fiends, her
princess, and her memories. As long as Haruka lived, Michiru would live
on in her heart.
Her Uranus Crystal appeared over her heart and Haruka closed her
hand over it. The memories of their life together came fast and hard
and Haruka knew what she had to do, she called the Four Eternal Winds,
and they came at her bidding.
The freezing North Wind of winter.
The warm East Wind of spring.
The burning South Wind of summer.
The cool West Wind of autumn.
All four came and wrapped themselves around her, helping,
healing, strengthening, but still waiting. Waiting for her to assume
her destiny. Waiting for her to say the words to acknowledge to herself
and to the realities, who she was. "I am ready."
"Uranus Eternal Winds Power... MAKE-UP!" The Winds roared in and
claimed her like a child too long lost to them in the swirls of time.
They wrapped around Haruka and transformed her into their senshi,
Eternal Sailor Uranus, the Soldier of the Eternal Winds.
A new weapon appeared in front of her, glowing in the darkness.
This was it, the point of no return. Reaching out and taking the sword
that hung in front of her would seal her fate for eternity. It was the
Sword of Destiny. If she took it, from that moment forward, she would
be Destiny's Chosen One, 'As I was meant to be... Serenity, forgive
me...' Uranus reached out and took the sword. "Sirocco Storm Slash!"
The blade erupted in light, obliterating the darkness. As the power of
the sword filled her, Uranus felt the knowledge of who she was and what
she had just become fill her. Dimly, she could feel the others in the
distance. Mars. Saturn. Venus. Neptune. Mercury. They had obtained
their Eternal forms and were Guardians of their elements, but had not
yet gained their final forms. They would when it was time. Beyond them,
distant as if sleeping, she felt the minds of the others. Jupiter.
Earth. Moon. Pluto. Still waiting for their testing. Pluto would have
an easier time of it though. Not the testing, of course, but Pluto had
already accepted her role as the Chosen One of Time.
All these thoughts flowed through Uranus' mind as the Power,
Destiny herself, showed her, her path. The Soldier of the Four Winds
and of Destiny was ready. As she appeared on a hill overlooking the
castle, one last thought blew across her mind. Dream Maker. Uranus
smiled as she finally remembered what everyone had forgotten. Why
Sailor Dream Maker seemed so familiar... Her grin grew wider as she
started down the hill, this was going to be fun.
Quotes used in the story:
* Michiru, Sailor Moon S (I think)
** Neptune, Sailor Moon Stars, Episode 198
*** Neptune, Sailor Moon S, Episode 110
+ Sailor Cosmos, Sailor Moon Stars, Episode 200 (I think)
Well? What did you think? Please write and tell me if you liked it
or thought it totally sucked. Oh, and if I made a mistake on which
part of the seasons the quotes came from, could you please tell me
so that I can correct them? Thanks! Later!
Tegasus
author's notes this time. I really hope you are enjoying my story.
Please write me and tell me how you are liking it. I need feedback,
or I hit major writer's block! Oh, well...
Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon! Why in the world would you think
I did? I do own Dream Maker and Uther though. If you want to borrow
them, please ask. Thanks!
A Dreamer's Dream
By Tegasus
Chapter 9-No one to run from...
Eternal Sailor Neptune stood outside the castle, trying
desperately to figure out a way to get in. "The entrance just HAS
to be around here somewhere," She growled. The senshi was just about to
use her mirror on the castle walls, when she heard someone running up
behind her.
"Neptune?" The senshi spun around and faced the new Mercury. The
two warriors just looked at each other silently before nodding and
turning towards the castle. Neither of the two mentioned the new
transformations. There would be time for that later.
"Welcome to my home, Neptune and Mercury." The two blinked. Some
how they were both now INSIDE the castle.
Dream Maker smiled at their confusion. She really enjoyed
startling them WAY too much. Oh well, such was her life.
"Neptune!" The senshi turned just in time to catch Saturn as she
launched herself into the startled woman's arms. The Guardian of the
Ocean said nothing as the girl burst into tears, just holding her
closer. If Saturn's testing had been anything like hers, then Saturn
had a right to her tears.
Mars and Venus looked at their friends, but said nothing. Mercury
and Neptune seemed changed now, almost as if they had been tempered by
their experiences. The team spirit that had kept the group together and
fighting had changed. Each of the girls had finally found out who they
really were and with that knowledge came a sense of peace and
expectancy. They were stronger now and that made the whole team
stronger.
Dream Maker watched as the five young women greeted each other
and strengthened the bonds that would hold them together for eternity.
They were beginning to understand what it meant to be Eternal Sailor
Soldiers, but they didn't understand fully, yet. They had no guidance,
no focus. But they would soon, very soon. Then the next game begun.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Haruka awoke on a bare, wind-swept island in the middle of an
empty ocean. The island was very small, only about a hundred meters
across. Everything was calm. There was no wind to stir the waves or the
fronds of the single palm tree at the center of the island.
"I didn't investigate you because you were the other senshi. It
was before I knew. I was watching you when you raced. I wanted to ride
in a car with you along the sea shore. I knew more about you than
yourself. I've been watching you all the time. I didn't want you to
take the same road as me. But I was happy when I found out that you
were the other person." *
Michiru? Haruka spun around trying to find the source of
the voice. She could see no one.
"I can endure anything with you... even being burned by the fires
of hell..." **
Michiru! Where are you?
"Haruka... I won't let you die!" ***
MICHIRU!
"She can't hear you, you know."
Haruka spun around again trying desperately to find the source
of this new voice. Who are you?! She fairly shouted. Show
yourself, you coward!
The masculine voice just chuckled. "Haruka. You think that you're
so strong, don't you. Always fighting the impossible battle. Having to
win, no matter what the cost. Willing to sacrifice anyone. Except
Michiru."
The voice laughed again as Haruka went pale. What have you
done to her?
"Me? Nothing. Everything that has been done, you did to her.
Look."
Haruka slowly walked over to the edge of the island. The land
seemed to just end and the deep water begin. Reaching down to touch the
water, she found it hard, like ice, but not as cold and slippery.
Frowning, Haruka tried to pierce the depths, but the water was
murky and thick. She couldn't see anything. Then, as if a light had
been turned on, she could see what the water held.
MICHIRU!!! NOOOOOO!!!
Haruka jumped back, torn between trying to break her love free
from her prison or killing herself to be with Michiru again.
"Michiru's dead and it's all your fault, Haruka."
NO! This can't be true! MICHIRU!
Haruka started to run towards Michiru's corpse, to break it free
of it's prison, but couldn't stop. It felt so good to run, to race the
wind once more. No one to beat, but herself. No one to run from... but
herself.
As the darkness swallowed her, she didn't even hear the voice's
laughter.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Haruka ran on. She didn't care that she couldn't see anything in
the darkness anymore. She had to keep running. Maybe if she ran long
enough, far enough, she could escape. Escape the pain. Escape the
loneliness. Escape the emptiness. She was nothing without Michiru.
Nothing.
"Haruka! Haruka, please stop. I need to talk to you!"
Go away. Let me run. If I can go just a little bit
faster...
"Haruka! Haruka wait!" The voice watched as the girl ran further
and further into the darkness. 'If I don't get her back soon,' the
voice thought, 'I'm going to lose her forever. She's so stubborn!' The
voice thought for a moment. She had an idea.
"From an overwhelming future, where I lost the war to Sailor
Chaos, I gave up everything and ran away." +
Haruka slowed.
"Repeated massacres, a long, painful war... The enemy that
appeared, the strong, enormous Sailor Chaos... With the way of fighting
we had used, we didn't stand a chance." +
Who's was this voice that spoke with so much pain?
"Even if we defeated it, even if we returned the peace of before,
the damage taken, the price we paid, would be too much. Too far-
reaching." +
She seemed to understand pain. Who?
"Sailor Cosmos. The final incarnation of Sailor Moon. Those are
her words."
She knows pain.
"Yes. She knows pain better than most people in existence."
How do you deal with it?
"By facing it. Acknowledging it. Accepting it."
I can't.
"Yes, you can. What did you do that was so horrible?"
Michiru...
"Michiru? What did you do to Michiru?"
He said that I killed her.
"So? Do you believe everything that other people tell you, or do
you try to find out the truth of thing for yourself? Did you believe
them when they said that you couldn't race cars, or did you try it and
find out for yourself?"
No...
"Then why would you believe some strange voice that tell you that
you did something that you know in your heart that you could NEVER do?
You would never hurt Michiru."
No, I would never hurt her. I love her. More then anything, I
love her... As Haruka thought that, a cool wind rose and brushed
against her in the darkness. It wrapped around her, soothing the pain
in her soul and opening her mind to the truth. Even if Michiru were to
die one day, she would never be alone, she had her fiends, her
princess, and her memories. As long as Haruka lived, Michiru would live
on in her heart.
Her Uranus Crystal appeared over her heart and Haruka closed her
hand over it. The memories of their life together came fast and hard
and Haruka knew what she had to do, she called the Four Eternal Winds,
and they came at her bidding.
The freezing North Wind of winter.
The warm East Wind of spring.
The burning South Wind of summer.
The cool West Wind of autumn.
All four came and wrapped themselves around her, helping,
healing, strengthening, but still waiting. Waiting for her to assume
her destiny. Waiting for her to say the words to acknowledge to herself
and to the realities, who she was. "I am ready."
"Uranus Eternal Winds Power... MAKE-UP!" The Winds roared in and
claimed her like a child too long lost to them in the swirls of time.
They wrapped around Haruka and transformed her into their senshi,
Eternal Sailor Uranus, the Soldier of the Eternal Winds.
A new weapon appeared in front of her, glowing in the darkness.
This was it, the point of no return. Reaching out and taking the sword
that hung in front of her would seal her fate for eternity. It was the
Sword of Destiny. If she took it, from that moment forward, she would
be Destiny's Chosen One, 'As I was meant to be... Serenity, forgive
me...' Uranus reached out and took the sword. "Sirocco Storm Slash!"
The blade erupted in light, obliterating the darkness. As the power of
the sword filled her, Uranus felt the knowledge of who she was and what
she had just become fill her. Dimly, she could feel the others in the
distance. Mars. Saturn. Venus. Neptune. Mercury. They had obtained
their Eternal forms and were Guardians of their elements, but had not
yet gained their final forms. They would when it was time. Beyond them,
distant as if sleeping, she felt the minds of the others. Jupiter.
Earth. Moon. Pluto. Still waiting for their testing. Pluto would have
an easier time of it though. Not the testing, of course, but Pluto had
already accepted her role as the Chosen One of Time.
All these thoughts flowed through Uranus' mind as the Power,
Destiny herself, showed her, her path. The Soldier of the Four Winds
and of Destiny was ready. As she appeared on a hill overlooking the
castle, one last thought blew across her mind. Dream Maker. Uranus
smiled as she finally remembered what everyone had forgotten. Why
Sailor Dream Maker seemed so familiar... Her grin grew wider as she
started down the hill, this was going to be fun.
Quotes used in the story:
* Michiru, Sailor Moon S (I think)
** Neptune, Sailor Moon Stars, Episode 198
*** Neptune, Sailor Moon S, Episode 110
+ Sailor Cosmos, Sailor Moon Stars, Episode 200 (I think)
Well? What did you think? Please write and tell me if you liked it
or thought it totally sucked. Oh, and if I made a mistake on which
part of the seasons the quotes came from, could you please tell me
so that I can correct them? Thanks! Later!
Tegasus
