Only a Memory Away
By: Lirial Raito
Prolog: After the Long Dream
She walked around the Crystal Palace, ignoring the stares of nobles, embassadors, and servants alike. She took little pleasure in the beautiful palace, sparkling with splendor. The crystalline perfection never brought her what she wanted... those things she longed for.
Her Mamo-chan... Chibi Usa, and her friends.
She had cleansed the world and sent Earth into the long sleep that had been her future, confidant that when she awoke her daughter, husband, and friends, they would greet her with welcome arms, to live happily in a peaceful world. She dreamed of the peace while she slept, content.
She wondered the hallways until she was in her art gallery. She had painted endless pictures of how her future should be, even if no one else thought that anything was wrong.
Only Serenity remembered how things had been once, so long ago.
In some corner of her heart she had accepted her fate, to be Sailor Moon and Neo Queen Serenity, but she still wished for a normal life for her friends, her Mamo-chan. No more fighting, no more pain, and no more death for the ones she loved most in the world.
Her gallery showed any who cared to look how much she loved these people, and a future she had altered.
Her wish for them to have a normal, happy life had finally been granted, and Neo Queen Serenity ruled alone in her Crystal
Palace. They had all been flattered that the Queen had wanted to be friends with them, without memory of their heritage, of
being friends.
They remembered klutzy Usagi with fondness and love, while refusing to believe that Serenity had once been Usagi. Her
friendship had been politely turned away, because she was a queen.
Twice she had brought her friends back from death with the Silver Crystal; she had once turned Luna into a human even, for a day. She had saved the world countless times, strengthened by friendship and love.
Earth adored a queen who lived alone.
No one listened to her, when she tried to ask for help to restore the future she knew she should have. Her Senshi couldn't help, they no longer knew her.
Mamoru had fallen in love with another, and Chibi Usa was being raised by Setsuna and the Outers. Not even Setsuna remembered now.
Silently, gracefully, Serenity went back to her chambers. Wistfully she remembered all the nights she had spent with her friends, and Luna, chatting and eating junk food. Laying down she stared up at the ceiling, which altered to show the night sky to her.
She resolved, once more as she had a million nights before, to move on and let the ones she loved have the life she had always wanted for them. They were better off this way, and the fights with Nemesis had even been avoided.
She had to believe that all would be well.
She had to.
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So, what do you think so far? I'll be evil and say 10 reviews, or no more story.
This is am Usagi/Seiya fic, and yes eventually the rest of the Senshi will remember who they are, ok? Be nice.
-Lirial