The Other Side
by Goz
Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon. If I did, I would've made them wear more clothes.
Warning: This is a Sailor Moon fanfic concerning various new Sailor Scouts of my own creation. It also contains liberal mixing of the Japanese version with the dub. Caveat emptor.
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Part 11
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"Hydra and Cassiopeia are bright tonight." Connelly and Ariane turned to stare at Andrea as she said the words, and she blushed hotly, wondering once again if she were just imagining Ket and all she said and meant. She was glad that the dark hid her face - she was sure that her embarrassment at the trite phrase would have betrayed her.
Connelly had invited Ariane and Andrea out for a walk in the park in celebration of Andrea's release from the hospital earlier in the evening. Andrea still had a bandage on her head over a burn, and had a bald patch where her hair had been singed, but was otherwise completely recovered.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Ariane asked guardedly, glancing at the sky. It was a moonless night, and too cloudy for any stars to be seen.
Connelly gestured to the clouds. Her expression was very grim. "Listen, let's head over to that gazebo over there - it's going to rain any second, and I have something important to tell you both."
Ariane followed giddily, sitting down hard on the bench. Ariane gave her an odd, look, but she ignored it. For the first time, she *knew* that the world inside her head was real! But relief was quickly replaced by curiosity, and more than a little fear. What did Connelly have to tell them? Why *Connelly*?
"Now," said Connelly, looking more serious than Andrea had yet seen her. "You both know about the monster that attacked the orphanage yesterday, and about the mysterious person who fought it off. As you have probably guessed, that monster was from the Negaverse."
Ariane nodded impatiently, but Andrea just blinked. She had been told about the monster by one of her classmates, but hadn't thought much about it. She had had problems that had seemed much more serious at the time. Andrea was very reluctantly coming to the realization that she was going to have to pay more attention to the real world.
"What *you* probably don't know, Andrea," said Connelly, catching Andrea's downcast eyes. "Is that the warrior was Sailor Cassiopeia - known to you as Ariane."
Andrea fell off her seat. "Sailor Cassiopeia?" she asked faintly. Ariane helped her up, her attention clearly still on Connelly. "A Sailor Scout? How..." she trailed off and looked back and forth between the two. Ariane was staring intensely at Connelly, her left hand tensing beside her pocket as though a weapon were hidden there. Connelly grimaced.
"I'll have to explain this to you two a bit more thoroughly." Connelly spoke with rehearsed cadences, as though she had been saving up the words for a long time. "The Sailor Scouts were the protectors of the Moon Kingdom. But you are two of the twelve warriors of the Negaverse."
"Negaverse?!" the two interrupted in one voice. "We're *evil*?" asked Ariane, glancing around feverishly, looking for anyone who might be listening. The park was empty of people except for them, and silent except for chirping crickets. "Like *Queen Beryl*?"
"I'm a scout, too?" Andrea's voice quavered. "I'm not sure..." she trailed off and said again, "The Negaverse?"
Connelly continued with grim determination. "You are the grandchildren of Queen Beryl. She had one daughter, Calida, or Neo Queen Beryl. Calida was..." Connelly's voice faltered, and she glanced away quickly. "She had twelve children. You are the daughters of Prince Arlen of Earth, Prince Endymion's younger brother."
*Royalty, alright,* someone muttered in Andrea's head.
"When Calida was pregnant for the first time, Queen Beryl ordered her to have all of her children trained to fight against the Sailor Scouts. All twelve - all girls, somehow or other -" Connelly sounded a little suspicious. "Were trained to be the equals of the scouts, from the moment that they learned to walk. The Moon Kingdom's tactics were analyzed, imitated, and countered wherever possible. As a test to their training, each was made dictator of a constellation or star that the Negaverse had conquered the worlds of." *That* made Andrea flinch, and Ariane looked slightly ill. Connelly smiled uneasily, shrugging.
"When Queen Beryl fell for the last time to the Sailor Scouts, Calida was prepared to send the oldest of her daughters to fight in Beryl's place. As you know, this was pointless, as the Sailor Scouts all disappeared shortly after this happened. Also, the new ruler of the Negaverse had a different plan in mind."
"Queen Caprice, Beryl's younger sister - your great-aunt - was Beryl's successor. The Negaverse was in a state of utter turmoil at this point - there were possible heirs all around, and each had his own army ready to fight for the throne. Caprice was forced to stop all attempts to capture the earth, even without the Sailor Scouts there to obstruct her."
"She knew that she would be able to put down the rebellions - she was an excellent tactician, and her armies were superior, for reasons too complicated to go into right now - but also that it would take at least twenty years. And she knew that she wanted someone in place on earth to begin an invasion when she was ready."
"So. You were sent here. Eventually, anyway." Connelly looked slightly annoyed. "Caprice could, by the way, be bit capricious, and decided that she wanted the ages of the scouts kept straight, and it's taken me forever to figure out how old - but to backtrack a bit, Ariane ruled Cassiopeia, and Andrea ruled Hydra. And Andrea took with her Calida's Negamoon cat, Ket."
Ignoring Andrea and Ariane's exclamations, Connelly went on doggedly, "I don't know how it happened, but Ket was killed. Sailor Hydra very bravely let Ket's spirit live in her own body." Connelly smiled a little painfully. "That's why it's so appropriate that Andrea is Sailor Hydra."
Ariane had been listening attentively, and when the length of the silence indicated that Connelly was finally finished, she said, "That's all very interesting, but we don't have any proof of any of this. How do *you* know?" Her voice hardened.
Connelly smiled secretively and pulled something out of her shirt pocket. It was a small brown wand with a black crescent moon at the tip...
"Moon Reversal Power!"
by Goz
Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon. If I did, I would've made them wear more clothes.
Warning: This is a Sailor Moon fanfic concerning various new Sailor Scouts of my own creation. It also contains liberal mixing of the Japanese version with the dub. Caveat emptor.
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Part 11
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"Hydra and Cassiopeia are bright tonight." Connelly and Ariane turned to stare at Andrea as she said the words, and she blushed hotly, wondering once again if she were just imagining Ket and all she said and meant. She was glad that the dark hid her face - she was sure that her embarrassment at the trite phrase would have betrayed her.
Connelly had invited Ariane and Andrea out for a walk in the park in celebration of Andrea's release from the hospital earlier in the evening. Andrea still had a bandage on her head over a burn, and had a bald patch where her hair had been singed, but was otherwise completely recovered.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Ariane asked guardedly, glancing at the sky. It was a moonless night, and too cloudy for any stars to be seen.
Connelly gestured to the clouds. Her expression was very grim. "Listen, let's head over to that gazebo over there - it's going to rain any second, and I have something important to tell you both."
Ariane followed giddily, sitting down hard on the bench. Ariane gave her an odd, look, but she ignored it. For the first time, she *knew* that the world inside her head was real! But relief was quickly replaced by curiosity, and more than a little fear. What did Connelly have to tell them? Why *Connelly*?
"Now," said Connelly, looking more serious than Andrea had yet seen her. "You both know about the monster that attacked the orphanage yesterday, and about the mysterious person who fought it off. As you have probably guessed, that monster was from the Negaverse."
Ariane nodded impatiently, but Andrea just blinked. She had been told about the monster by one of her classmates, but hadn't thought much about it. She had had problems that had seemed much more serious at the time. Andrea was very reluctantly coming to the realization that she was going to have to pay more attention to the real world.
"What *you* probably don't know, Andrea," said Connelly, catching Andrea's downcast eyes. "Is that the warrior was Sailor Cassiopeia - known to you as Ariane."
Andrea fell off her seat. "Sailor Cassiopeia?" she asked faintly. Ariane helped her up, her attention clearly still on Connelly. "A Sailor Scout? How..." she trailed off and looked back and forth between the two. Ariane was staring intensely at Connelly, her left hand tensing beside her pocket as though a weapon were hidden there. Connelly grimaced.
"I'll have to explain this to you two a bit more thoroughly." Connelly spoke with rehearsed cadences, as though she had been saving up the words for a long time. "The Sailor Scouts were the protectors of the Moon Kingdom. But you are two of the twelve warriors of the Negaverse."
"Negaverse?!" the two interrupted in one voice. "We're *evil*?" asked Ariane, glancing around feverishly, looking for anyone who might be listening. The park was empty of people except for them, and silent except for chirping crickets. "Like *Queen Beryl*?"
"I'm a scout, too?" Andrea's voice quavered. "I'm not sure..." she trailed off and said again, "The Negaverse?"
Connelly continued with grim determination. "You are the grandchildren of Queen Beryl. She had one daughter, Calida, or Neo Queen Beryl. Calida was..." Connelly's voice faltered, and she glanced away quickly. "She had twelve children. You are the daughters of Prince Arlen of Earth, Prince Endymion's younger brother."
*Royalty, alright,* someone muttered in Andrea's head.
"When Calida was pregnant for the first time, Queen Beryl ordered her to have all of her children trained to fight against the Sailor Scouts. All twelve - all girls, somehow or other -" Connelly sounded a little suspicious. "Were trained to be the equals of the scouts, from the moment that they learned to walk. The Moon Kingdom's tactics were analyzed, imitated, and countered wherever possible. As a test to their training, each was made dictator of a constellation or star that the Negaverse had conquered the worlds of." *That* made Andrea flinch, and Ariane looked slightly ill. Connelly smiled uneasily, shrugging.
"When Queen Beryl fell for the last time to the Sailor Scouts, Calida was prepared to send the oldest of her daughters to fight in Beryl's place. As you know, this was pointless, as the Sailor Scouts all disappeared shortly after this happened. Also, the new ruler of the Negaverse had a different plan in mind."
"Queen Caprice, Beryl's younger sister - your great-aunt - was Beryl's successor. The Negaverse was in a state of utter turmoil at this point - there were possible heirs all around, and each had his own army ready to fight for the throne. Caprice was forced to stop all attempts to capture the earth, even without the Sailor Scouts there to obstruct her."
"She knew that she would be able to put down the rebellions - she was an excellent tactician, and her armies were superior, for reasons too complicated to go into right now - but also that it would take at least twenty years. And she knew that she wanted someone in place on earth to begin an invasion when she was ready."
"So. You were sent here. Eventually, anyway." Connelly looked slightly annoyed. "Caprice could, by the way, be bit capricious, and decided that she wanted the ages of the scouts kept straight, and it's taken me forever to figure out how old - but to backtrack a bit, Ariane ruled Cassiopeia, and Andrea ruled Hydra. And Andrea took with her Calida's Negamoon cat, Ket."
Ignoring Andrea and Ariane's exclamations, Connelly went on doggedly, "I don't know how it happened, but Ket was killed. Sailor Hydra very bravely let Ket's spirit live in her own body." Connelly smiled a little painfully. "That's why it's so appropriate that Andrea is Sailor Hydra."
Ariane had been listening attentively, and when the length of the silence indicated that Connelly was finally finished, she said, "That's all very interesting, but we don't have any proof of any of this. How do *you* know?" Her voice hardened.
Connelly smiled secretively and pulled something out of her shirt pocket. It was a small brown wand with a black crescent moon at the tip...
"Moon Reversal Power!"
