Prologue

Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon: Victory

Prologue

By Jennifer Cleary

Long ago, before the Moon Kingdom, there was emptiness. Ten goddesses went to what was the Zero Star of Sagittarius and together, created the Galaxy Cauldron. Calling upon a sprite, they honored her with the duties to guard the Cauldron. The goddesses departed and created the universe. They sculpted the Silver Millennium and all of its territories. As senshi emerged from the Galaxy Cauldron, many of the first were very powerful, Senshi of the Inner and Outer Solar System and many others emerged with them. They guarded their home planets with dignity and honor, and in time, became guardians of Silver Millennium itself.

When the last two Sailors, Chaos and Omega emerged, they knew that they were destined for something greater than a soldier's life, they rebelled and caused chaos across the galaxy. Sailor Galaxia put an end to it all by banishing the pair far into the forgotten reaches of another dimension. Eventually, Chaos broke free, still weak from the previous battle waged with Galaxia, who defeated her once more and sealed her away inside of herself. Chaos took over her mind and turned her into a being of malice.

Seeing the danger put upon their creations, the Goddesses kept the possessed Galaxia as far away from Silver Millennium as possible, forming the Rivers of Oblivion and Memory. They held Chaos-Galaxia at bay for 10,000 years. Watching over the universe, they composed a counsel of the seven most powerful Goddesses: Callisto, goddess of magic; Maia, goddess of courage; Atheis, goddess of wisdom; Fabel, the goddess of justice; Helceon, goddess of kindness; Serenity, goddess of purity; and Farina, goddess of destiny. This counsel had unlimited power and was highly respected from commoners to royalty alike.

The year that Nehelenia attacked Silver Millennium, the counsel created the Oracle's Stones, these powerful stones called upon the goddesses themselves. The seven stones went to the most powerful sages of that time, Serenity's priestesses, who went by the names of six goddesses. The final stone, the Ginzuishou, was kept by Serenity for the use of protection of her kingdom. Soon after, Nehelenia attacked Silver Millennium and was sealed away into a mirror by Serenity.

Five hundred years of peace endured afterwards until the distrust of visitors from Earth began to arise. A sage on Earth, Beryl, attacked and defeated Serenity, who was weak from the power taken from her by the Ginzuishou. After using the Ginzuishou, Serenity died, though her Mystics did not, they defeated Beryl in Serenity's name and banished her to another dimension. Using the powers of the Oracle's Stones, they sent everyone, including themselves to a future Earth, where they could live happily, with no memories of their past lives.

Each of those Mystics are now normal girls, with normal lives, except that they all still have a part of their former selves. One retained her powers of sorcery. Another kept her knowledge of the universe. One kept her sense of justice; another kept her deep kindness; one still had her great courage. Alone they are a force to be reckoned with, but together, they are unstoppable. Not even the powers of Chaos could block their way.

Now the year is 2001, Tsukino Usagi and Chiba Mamoru are wed, Mizuno Ami is attending her final year of Medical School in Berlin, Hino Rei is gracing the stages of London, Kino Makoto is attending a school of culinary arts, and Aino Minako is modeling. Tenoh Haruka, Meioh Setsuna and Kaioh Michiru are all international celebrities for their talents and Tomoe Hotaru is attending her Sophomore year of college. They are all living happy lives until the attacks in Tokyo grow more and more violent, as a trio of women seek out the carriers of the Oracle's Stones to possess the power of the goddesses to change the universe into their own image. Who will take the places of the senshi who are so far apart? Only the turning pages of history can tell of these events as a new generation of senshi is trained and prepared for the battles that lie ahead.