The Aqua Cameo
By Sailor Miaka
Author's notes: Sorry guys...college is tough and stressful not to mention haveing writers block.... but hopefully this is a good chapter...It might seem a bit long but there is a lot of fact and such about why the courts are seperated and why things are the way they are in my little universe...Happy Readings!
Disclaimer: I do no own Sailor Moon or any of its peeps. I just borrowed them.
The Aqua CAmeo
Chapter 7
"Hidden Mysteries"
Michiru sat up slowly. This whole blacking out at the last minute thing and waking up in the past was really beginning to annoy her. She listened for any telltale signs of the lovers. There was nothing. In fact this didn't even look to be the same room as before...
Michiru looked around a bit. The tapestries on the wall depicted signs of harvest, and of planting. The richness of the wood in the fireplace mantle, the velvet hangings on the bed. All of it spoke of wealth and class.
"I was wondering when you would show up Michiru."
The voice startled Michiru out of her wonderings and made her turn so quickly she nearly fell to the ground. A young woman stood there. Her black hair was cut at her chin and her purple eyes were so dark they looked almost black. Her slender body was clothed in a rich purple and black brocade dress with silver trimings. THe sign of Saturn glowed on her forehead.
"You can see me?" Michiru asked in astonishment.
"Yes of course. I am the reason you have been brought back in the first place. I sent the spirits of your past selves to the future with the tokens."
Michiru looked intently at the woman, trying to decipher some hidden meaning in her words. The queen chuckled again before speaking.
"I am Ravena, your Hotaru's ancester. Queen of Saturn."
Michiru bowed her head slightly in respect for the queen before speaking.
"Your Highness, Why where we given the jewelry? Setsuna says it is a reminder of scarifices made in the name if the future world and that one of us doesn't remember crucial details about our pasts that are keeping the future from happening."
"good ol' Setsuna. Making everyone worry. But yes MIchiru, essentially that is it.
The jewelry was sent to help a certain someone remember the events of her life."
"Is it me?" Michiru asked in concern
"I can't tell you that child, its not my place. It is to an extent. but then again it is everyones fault to an extent. The main reason is because as of right now the kingdoms are still divided."
Michiru snapped her head up.
"Excuse me?"
"Michiru didn't you ever wonder why the courts were separated in the first place? Why there is an Inner Court and an Outer Court? WHy the Moon and Earth were forbidden from each other? Why you were Hotaru's Mother?"
Michiru blushed and nodded. All the Senshi had. Setsuna didn't even know.
"Then listen my dear. You will learn all. and by the time you return to your owm time, maybe the little one who doesn't remember will."
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"The courts weren't always seperated. WE where called the outer court simply because we were farther out in the universe than the inner planets. The outer senshi grew and learned in the Moon palace same as the inners, they only stayed at their castle a month at a time. Protecting the PRincess and the Moon kingdom where considered more important than the system itself. When the comet exploded and made the barrier between MArs and Jupiter however things changed. The planets where tired of not being allowed to keep there own cultures and the constant Service to the moon. There was war, but it was short when the Senshi stood with the Moon. It was decided that the courts would still be part of teh whole, but their own seperate identities. The posts where to be designated at the specific Senshi's 16th birthday and carried on from that day, the only relief being the anniversary of the Moon PRincess' birth and scattered other events.
"I was 12 when the courts seperated, same age as your Hime is now. The other girls where older, but that has always been Saturns trademark. The old learning and fearing the young. I was the last natural SAturnian. The last ROyal SAturnian PRincess to be actually born from the queen. As all births before mine, my mother died during mine. It is the whole death and rebirth cycle. So it was Queen Cynthia who decided that SAilor SAturn should grow older than 18, the oldest any of my predescesors had been, and that they no longer should give birth but choose a surrogate. My family aggreed on the condition that one of the senshi be the mother. Cynthia agreed. I grew, we recieved our gifts, Setsuna was punished for her parents mistakes and sent to the time gates. Desiree, Icelynn, Calandra and Zephyr all had their love affairs and eventually Marraiges. But Andromeda, Selene, Marina, Miranda where restless. They had been close friends and the seperation of the courts hurt them deeply. Marina and Miranda would sneek down to earth to visit Andromeda and Serenity as often as they could. I would watch the Princess leave in the middle of the night and stupidly I was seen one night and therefore a liability. They decided to bring me with them. This lasted for almost two years. Marina fell in love with Andromeda's Brother Terris and he with her. The visits would now involve him meeting us and the two of them would disapear into the night. Selene fell in love with a friend of ANdromeda's, a shepard named Endymion, Andromeda fell in love with a member of the Moon courts named Oberon and Miranda fell in love with Andromeda's cousin Galus. Unfortunatley, I was 14 and in the middle of my first crush...
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Ravena watched as Andromeda and Oberon met in their secret place in the royal moon gardens, hidden from view by the white roses. The youg teenager watched the lovers meet and share their secrets and heard their plans. Andromeda was pregnant and the two would elope. Oberon was to travel to one such village the next night, usuing Andromeda's medal as a safeguard. Their were several small moon villages on the EArth itself. There Andromeda could still serve as Sailor Earth. THere was a shared tearful good bye and a flash of light that signaled Andromeda's departure. Oberon sighed as he looked at the blue planet. Ravena sighed too, not at the sight of the planet, but at the sight of her beloved profile in the light of the blue planet. it must have been too loud for he turned and stared straight at her hiding place.
"Come out! In the name of the moon show yourself." he commanded in a deep voice.
Ravena swallowed and walked out. Oberon smiled at the young girl and relaxed.
"You shouldn't sneak up on people like that Rave," he said calling her by his pet name for her.
"You could get yourself hurt."
Emotions were running high throughout Ravena and she couldn't control herself. She leaned on her tip-toes and kissed Oberons surprised mouth.
"I've already been hurt." she said softly. " I heard everything."
Oberon paled slightly and nodded.
"So what was that about little one?"
"I AM NOT LITTLE!" Ravwena cried passionately." I am a woman. why can't you see that?"
Ravena covered her mouth and blushed in embaressment. She'd said to much.
"Ravena, there is only one woman i see. Andromeda. I love her with my whole being. THats why i haven't seen the woman you have obviously become. I only see my friend, the little bird, my little RAve."
Tears sprang ti Ravena's purple black eyes and with a furious cry, she ran back to the palace, hiding her face in her hands.
Oberon looked on in pity, poor girl her thought. It would kill her to know about Selene.
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THe pearl ring tied on the leather string around Endymion's throat glistened in the night. Selene was asleep in his arms, her breathing soft. A sudden green light startled her awake and she knew that once again her time with her beloved Endy was over. Andromeda walked over to her with a secret smile, and sat beside Selene and her still sleeping consort.
"You tell him?" Selene asked
"Yes."
"And?"
"I predict sometime in the future, that Sailor Earth will go missing and turn up some time later with a husband and a beautiful little girl."
Selene squeled in delight and hugged her friend. Endymion woke at the shrill pitch and looked at the lovely creature in delight.
"ITs late darling" he said sadly.
"I know, i have to go." she replied.
She stood, kissed Endymion lightly and then teleported back to the moon.
On Earth the princess and her friend, walked together to the palace discussing their plans for the future.
On the moon, all hell was about to break loose.
By Sailor Miaka
Author's notes: Sorry guys...college is tough and stressful not to mention haveing writers block.... but hopefully this is a good chapter...It might seem a bit long but there is a lot of fact and such about why the courts are seperated and why things are the way they are in my little universe...Happy Readings!
Disclaimer: I do no own Sailor Moon or any of its peeps. I just borrowed them.
The Aqua CAmeo
Chapter 7
"Hidden Mysteries"
Michiru sat up slowly. This whole blacking out at the last minute thing and waking up in the past was really beginning to annoy her. She listened for any telltale signs of the lovers. There was nothing. In fact this didn't even look to be the same room as before...
Michiru looked around a bit. The tapestries on the wall depicted signs of harvest, and of planting. The richness of the wood in the fireplace mantle, the velvet hangings on the bed. All of it spoke of wealth and class.
"I was wondering when you would show up Michiru."
The voice startled Michiru out of her wonderings and made her turn so quickly she nearly fell to the ground. A young woman stood there. Her black hair was cut at her chin and her purple eyes were so dark they looked almost black. Her slender body was clothed in a rich purple and black brocade dress with silver trimings. THe sign of Saturn glowed on her forehead.
"You can see me?" Michiru asked in astonishment.
"Yes of course. I am the reason you have been brought back in the first place. I sent the spirits of your past selves to the future with the tokens."
Michiru looked intently at the woman, trying to decipher some hidden meaning in her words. The queen chuckled again before speaking.
"I am Ravena, your Hotaru's ancester. Queen of Saturn."
Michiru bowed her head slightly in respect for the queen before speaking.
"Your Highness, Why where we given the jewelry? Setsuna says it is a reminder of scarifices made in the name if the future world and that one of us doesn't remember crucial details about our pasts that are keeping the future from happening."
"good ol' Setsuna. Making everyone worry. But yes MIchiru, essentially that is it.
The jewelry was sent to help a certain someone remember the events of her life."
"Is it me?" Michiru asked in concern
"I can't tell you that child, its not my place. It is to an extent. but then again it is everyones fault to an extent. The main reason is because as of right now the kingdoms are still divided."
Michiru snapped her head up.
"Excuse me?"
"Michiru didn't you ever wonder why the courts were separated in the first place? Why there is an Inner Court and an Outer Court? WHy the Moon and Earth were forbidden from each other? Why you were Hotaru's Mother?"
Michiru blushed and nodded. All the Senshi had. Setsuna didn't even know.
"Then listen my dear. You will learn all. and by the time you return to your owm time, maybe the little one who doesn't remember will."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"The courts weren't always seperated. WE where called the outer court simply because we were farther out in the universe than the inner planets. The outer senshi grew and learned in the Moon palace same as the inners, they only stayed at their castle a month at a time. Protecting the PRincess and the Moon kingdom where considered more important than the system itself. When the comet exploded and made the barrier between MArs and Jupiter however things changed. The planets where tired of not being allowed to keep there own cultures and the constant Service to the moon. There was war, but it was short when the Senshi stood with the Moon. It was decided that the courts would still be part of teh whole, but their own seperate identities. The posts where to be designated at the specific Senshi's 16th birthday and carried on from that day, the only relief being the anniversary of the Moon PRincess' birth and scattered other events.
"I was 12 when the courts seperated, same age as your Hime is now. The other girls where older, but that has always been Saturns trademark. The old learning and fearing the young. I was the last natural SAturnian. The last ROyal SAturnian PRincess to be actually born from the queen. As all births before mine, my mother died during mine. It is the whole death and rebirth cycle. So it was Queen Cynthia who decided that SAilor SAturn should grow older than 18, the oldest any of my predescesors had been, and that they no longer should give birth but choose a surrogate. My family aggreed on the condition that one of the senshi be the mother. Cynthia agreed. I grew, we recieved our gifts, Setsuna was punished for her parents mistakes and sent to the time gates. Desiree, Icelynn, Calandra and Zephyr all had their love affairs and eventually Marraiges. But Andromeda, Selene, Marina, Miranda where restless. They had been close friends and the seperation of the courts hurt them deeply. Marina and Miranda would sneek down to earth to visit Andromeda and Serenity as often as they could. I would watch the Princess leave in the middle of the night and stupidly I was seen one night and therefore a liability. They decided to bring me with them. This lasted for almost two years. Marina fell in love with Andromeda's Brother Terris and he with her. The visits would now involve him meeting us and the two of them would disapear into the night. Selene fell in love with a friend of ANdromeda's, a shepard named Endymion, Andromeda fell in love with a member of the Moon courts named Oberon and Miranda fell in love with Andromeda's cousin Galus. Unfortunatley, I was 14 and in the middle of my first crush...
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Ravena watched as Andromeda and Oberon met in their secret place in the royal moon gardens, hidden from view by the white roses. The youg teenager watched the lovers meet and share their secrets and heard their plans. Andromeda was pregnant and the two would elope. Oberon was to travel to one such village the next night, usuing Andromeda's medal as a safeguard. Their were several small moon villages on the EArth itself. There Andromeda could still serve as Sailor Earth. THere was a shared tearful good bye and a flash of light that signaled Andromeda's departure. Oberon sighed as he looked at the blue planet. Ravena sighed too, not at the sight of the planet, but at the sight of her beloved profile in the light of the blue planet. it must have been too loud for he turned and stared straight at her hiding place.
"Come out! In the name of the moon show yourself." he commanded in a deep voice.
Ravena swallowed and walked out. Oberon smiled at the young girl and relaxed.
"You shouldn't sneak up on people like that Rave," he said calling her by his pet name for her.
"You could get yourself hurt."
Emotions were running high throughout Ravena and she couldn't control herself. She leaned on her tip-toes and kissed Oberons surprised mouth.
"I've already been hurt." she said softly. " I heard everything."
Oberon paled slightly and nodded.
"So what was that about little one?"
"I AM NOT LITTLE!" Ravwena cried passionately." I am a woman. why can't you see that?"
Ravena covered her mouth and blushed in embaressment. She'd said to much.
"Ravena, there is only one woman i see. Andromeda. I love her with my whole being. THats why i haven't seen the woman you have obviously become. I only see my friend, the little bird, my little RAve."
Tears sprang ti Ravena's purple black eyes and with a furious cry, she ran back to the palace, hiding her face in her hands.
Oberon looked on in pity, poor girl her thought. It would kill her to know about Selene.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~~*~*~*~*~
THe pearl ring tied on the leather string around Endymion's throat glistened in the night. Selene was asleep in his arms, her breathing soft. A sudden green light startled her awake and she knew that once again her time with her beloved Endy was over. Andromeda walked over to her with a secret smile, and sat beside Selene and her still sleeping consort.
"You tell him?" Selene asked
"Yes."
"And?"
"I predict sometime in the future, that Sailor Earth will go missing and turn up some time later with a husband and a beautiful little girl."
Selene squeled in delight and hugged her friend. Endymion woke at the shrill pitch and looked at the lovely creature in delight.
"ITs late darling" he said sadly.
"I know, i have to go." she replied.
She stood, kissed Endymion lightly and then teleported back to the moon.
On Earth the princess and her friend, walked together to the palace discussing their plans for the future.
On the moon, all hell was about to break loose.