Forgotten Dreams and Unseen Danger By Sailor Draco
Chapter 3
Email: HimeNoDraco@aol.com
Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon, some lucky lady in Japan does.
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She walked down the long corridor, a scroll in her hand.
Her ruby dress flowed around her, fitting like a second skin then
flowering out on the bottom. A golden necklace with a small ruby
with an ebony dragon wrapped around it lay on her neck. A golden
tiara with rubies and diamonds rested gracefully on her head.
Suddenly someone grabbed her from behind, wrapping his arms around
her. She smiled, knowing whom it was without turning around. She
leaned into his warm embrace.
"Aren't you suppose to be in training?" he whispered
gently in her ear. She smiled.
"My parents summoned me back to court. I bring a sealed
message from the advisor of the war council," she replied. He
frowned and she turned around to face him. "What's wrong?" she
asked gently, raising her hand to brush his ebony hair away from
his eyes. He looked away, avoiding her glance.
"Something is wrong isn't it. Something evil has awakened
and is threatening the kingdom," she said seriously. He looked at
her, shocked, then after a moment smiled.
"You always did have a gift of knowing things. Nobody
could ever keep secrets from you, love," he said, a sparkle in his
emerald eyes. She smiled back at him and wrapped her arms around
his neck, the two joining in a passionate kiss. He wrapped his
arms around her waist, pulling her closer, she pressed her body
harder against his. Finally after a long moment she gently pulled
away and smiled at him. How he loved that smile.
"We best go before my father worries about me," she said softly.
"Right, best go," he agreed.
Together they walked through the corridors and entered the throne room.
"Daughter, Jonathan, I am glad to see you have both
arrived safely," said the Queen.
"Hello mother, father," said the Princess.
"Your majesty's," said Jonathan.
"Here is the letter," said the Princess.
"Thank you Celeste," said the King. He quickly broke the
seal and read the letter-pain, anger, and worry flashing across
his face.
"What is our report Jonathan of the Northern sector?" asked the King.
"We were attacked yesterday by a black dragon. We managed
to severely wound him but he got away. I rode all night to get
here," said Jonathan. Celeste quickly turned to her love, shocked.
So that is why he seemed so tired and worried! Quickly she turned
back to her parents.
"What is going on? I though our family sealed the black
dragons away over seven thousand years ago!"
"It's true, but somehow someone has broken the seal," said the Queen.
"Well, then how do we seal them away again? There must be
away! The black dragon brings so much destruction and chaos! Our
people will be hurt! We cannot fail our kingdom!" exclaimed Celeste.
Jonathan put a hand on her shoulder to calm her, then
encircled her in his arms as she leaned back into him, thankful he was there.
"It will be alright love, we'll find a way," he said gently.
"The truth is Celeste, I'm not sure if we can do that.
Our ancestor, Fae, long ago sealed away the black dragon and
brought peace to the land, becoming friends with the other
dragons. Even though she had so much power, in the end sealing
them away cost her her life. She left behind her daughter who
established the kingdom and past down the knowledge of sealing.
We became the guardians of this planet, making sure the evil
sealed was never broken and making sure that we would be here
if it ever did occur. We don't know who broke the seal, a great
deal of evil has been unleashed. We not only have to seal them
away but also we have to stop who ever broke the seal. I'm afraid
we don't have enough power," explained the Queen, great sorrow in
her voice.
"The report you just delivered confirmed that the seal
has been broken," said the King.
"There must be away! I'm the most powerful Guardian in
generations! Surely I can seal them away…" began the princess.
"NO! I will not lose my only daughter!" shouted the king.
Celeste flinched, it was very rare to see her father so angry.
"He's right Celeste, you cannot give up your life!" said
Jonathan, turning her around to face him. "I would rather give
up my own life then see you die."
She sank into his arms, tears starting to fall. "There
must be a way! We cannot let the people get hurt!" Suddenly the
princess stumbled backwards and fell to her knees in pain.
"Celeste!" shouted Jonathan, kneeling besides her, the
King and Queen running over to their daughter. A brilliant red
light surrounded her, the symbol of the dragon appearing on her
forehead. A vision came to her, in those few brief moments that
seemed like a lifetime. Finally the pain left and the light faded
away. She collapsed and Jonathan took her in his arms.
"Celeste, are you okay? Speak to me!" he said, fear in
his voice. He was the best knight in the land, given the role
protector of the royal family and the people. Fear was something
you never ever hear in his voice. Finally she awakened as if from
some far off dream.
"Celeste," he said with relief in his voice.
"What happened?" asked the king.
"I saw something… something horrible," she whispered. Her
parents gasped.
"A vision?" said the Queen in shock.
"What did you see?" asked Jonathan gently. She had a
distant look in her face, as if she were somewhere else.
"Thirteen days from now," she whispered. "They will come,
the black dragons, in full force. With them will be a dreadful
army of pure darkness in human form. They will first attack in the
eastern sector."
"Can we stop them?" asked the King. She looked at him, as
if for the first time seeing there were people around her.
"Perhaps, perhaps not," she shrugged. "That part was clouded from my view."
She put her hand to her head, suddenly feeling dizzy and tired.
"With this knowledge surely we can do something," said Jonathan.
"Right," said the king, quickly thinking of plans and
sending out orders to gather the council.
"Can you stand?" asked the Queen.
"I'm so dizzy and tired," whispered Celeste.
"It's your first vision," said the Queen smiling proudly.
"Only three other Queens ever had that gift, and they received it
when they were Queens. It takes much practice to perfect and
control, it is draining."
"I'll take her to her chambers so she can get some rest,
then I'll return," said Jonathan. As protector he was part of the
council and must attend the meetings. As princess and guardian so
must Celeste, but her vision was a great gift and a blessing, the
effects great enough for excuse.
"Of course," said the Queen smiling. She still couldn't
believe her daughter seemed to be growing up so fast. Her powers
were growing greatly. Some even thought they were greater then
Fae's herself. Now Celeste was engaged to the greatest knight
that their world had seen in a long time, both of them only 17.
Gently he lifted the princess up in his arms, holding
her. She leaned in, closing her eyes and enjoying his warmth. He
carried her to her chambers and laid he on her bed, putting a red
and gold blanket over her and putting her tiara on a small table,
then removed her boots. Then he bent down and kissed her gently
on her head, she was already fast asleep, looking so innocent.
"I'm so proud of you, Princess. The love you have for
your people is admirable. You'll make a great Queen someday. Sweet dreams, love."
Then he left, going to the councils meeting room and
leaving the princess to her dreams.
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Next morning
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She began running down the halls, turning the corners
sharply and cursing her high heels. She was late again! Ryu was so
going to fry her! She turned around the next corner and felt a
terrible pain in her head as she ran into someone and they fell to
the ground together. "I'm so sorry! Please forgive me, I'm running
really late!" said a familiar voice. Celeste turned her head
upwards, a huge smile appeared on her face. "Teara!" she screamed.
"Celeste!" screamed the other girl. The both stood up and Teara
grabbed Celeste's hands and jumped up and down in excitement.
"I'm so glad to see you! It has seemed like an eternity!" exclaimed Teara.
"I know! I'm so glad you've come! Now we can catch up!" smiled Celeste.
"Yes, the council called me back, they said it was urgent
and the senshi were needed right away for some intense training,"
said Teara as she calmed down. "I wonder what's happening?" Celeste frowned.
"It's horrible Teara! A black dragon appeared the other
day, the knights were able to wound it however it got away!"
"How can that be?" exclaimed Teara in horror. "Your
ancestor sealed them all away millennia ago!"
"Yes, somehow it has been broken. Thirteen days from now
the black dragons will come in full force with a dreadful army.
We must train harder then we ever have before."
"Celeste, only those of your blood can undo the seal.
How could this have happened?"
"I don't know, that's the thing everyone is trying to
figure out. Of course it wasn't I or my parents. There's no one
else!"
"Celeste… what about Tobias?"
Celeste froze, the blood seemed to freeze in her veins, her eyes
seemed sharper. "My older brother is dead Teara," she said, her
voice hard as ice daggers.
"Celeste," said Teara gently. "They never did find his body."
"If he was alive he would have come back!" A tear slid down Celeste's face.
"I'm sorry Celeste, I shouldn't have mentioned it."
Teara said no more, knowing this was something not to be talked about.
Even though it happened nearly thirteen years ago it was very hard for Celeste.
Her older brother who was eight at the time had disappeared into the woods
one day and never returned. The search went on for months but Tobias
was no where to be found. It had left Celeste very ill, she had cried
for a solid month, nothing could console her. All these years it was
still a painful subject that always brought tears to her eyes. Celeste
was very close to her older brother, he had always been there for her.
She was certain that if he could not be found he must be dead, for
she couldn't even bare to consider that he would leave willingly and
there for abandon her. She was never truly happy again until she met
Johnathan two years ago. The two had been engaged for four months now.
This war threatened to rip everything apart and destroy everything
they knew. Could the Dragon Princess bare it if her true love were
killed and it was her own brother behind the whole thing? Tobias was
the only person it could be, for only the royal blood can break the
seal. Deep in her heart Celeste knew it to be true, she just couldn't
bare to face it. So her best friend quickly changed the subject,
talking of things about court and what had been happening on her
own planet for she was also a Princess. Upon meeting it had slipped
both their minds that they were late for their training.
"Nothing really much has happened at home," said Teara. "Of
course I've been carrying out my training, I can't wait until we
can test our sword fighting skills against each other."
"Yes, that should be fun! I've gone through fifteen of the
best sword fighters in the land as teachers and none of them have
been able to teach me something I don't know! Jonathan is the only one
who could ever beat me!" Celeste laughed.
"Well, I still haven't found anyone who can beat me with
the daggers and stars."
"Celeste, how do you know that the attack will happen
like you just told me? How could your court know?" Celeste froze.
"I had a vision yesterday, it was horrible. I saw the entire
thing. So many will be gone, so much destruction. We must train hard
to stop it from happening, I will not allow my people or the rest of
the universe to suffer."
"OH NO! Training! We are really late now!" screamed Teara.
"We're never going to hear the end of it this time!"
The two ran as quickly as they could to the training room were the third
star senshi waited.
"You are extremely late," she said. The two girls laughed
nervously.
"Well, we were both late to begin with, then we ran into each
other and forgot about being late as we started talking and time just
sorta... slipped away," said Teara smiling. They all burst out laughing.
"Never changed I see," said the third senshi.
"It's great to see you Violet!" said Teara.
"Finally the trio is back together again!" exclaimed Violet.
The three had always been friends. They were introduced when they
were young and had all lived on Dragina. The three planets had decided
to do this so the girls would grow up as sisters, such a connection and
deep trust was necessary for the sailor senshi. It had worked, the three
were inseparable since the moment they met.
"Well, it seems you two lucked out, the instructor seems to be
later then you for once. We better transform quickly," said Violet.
"Amethyst Constellation Power!" Sailor Dream Illusion..
"Onyx Constellation Power!" Sailor Darkstar.
"Ruby Constellation Power!" Sailor Draco.
In a brilliant transformation much like those of Sailor Moon and
her senshi took place. When they reappeared Sailor Dream Illusion
was in a pastel blue and silver fuku, Sailor Dark Star in her
ebony fuku with blue hair, and Sailor Draco in her ebony and ruby
fuku, each personalized with the symbols for their respective
planets on their pendants.
Days past as such, training as hard as they could push themselves
and beyond. The thirteen days were passing quickly and they must
be prepared. The King had gone off with the troops days earlier
to further prepare them as much as possible. During the eleventh
day Celeste's mother called her daughter into her private chambers
in secret.
"What is it mother?" asked Celeste in concern. It was not
like her mother to hide things from everyone. Also a grave and
pale look was upon the Queen's face, one that shocked the
princess-she had never seen her mother like that before.
"My daughter, my dear daughter," said the Queen as she
wrapped her arms around her daughter and held her close, as if she
were seeing Celeste for the last time. A few tears slid down the
Queen's pale cheeks.
"Mother?" whispered Celeste in fear.
"My darling daughter, I'm afraid of what the future holds
for the kingdom and for us. Daughter, the days ahead will be dark
and full of pain and suffering, I can feel it!"
"Mother, don't talk that way! All will be okay, we will
beat this!"
"I FEEL IT! Darkness is coming! Dear child," she said and
once again held her daughter tightly. "How innocent you are. Good
does not always win over evil dear child. People do suffer, the
worst in man does come out. I know you do not wish to see it but
it does happen. Danger and darkness are approaching quickly, we
must be prepared for the worst…. You must be prepared for the
worst."
"Mother what are you talking about?" now tears were
starting to stream down Celeste's face.
"Daughter, I am going to pass on to you the knowledge of
the first battle in which our ancestor long ago first sealed the
black dragons away. I am going to pass on to you the knowledge on
how to seal the black dragons away. You will need such knowledge
and even if these events weren't folding out before us I would
have revealed them to you this day anyway as my mother did to me.
These things must be passed down and as terrible events are taking
place you will certainly need this knowledge." She stepped back
and gently wiped away the tears from her daughters eyes.
"Mother…"
"My darling daughter, it is time. Now relax, and let the
knowledge come to you."
The Queen placed her hand right in front of Celeste's forehead,
nearly touching it. The Princess closed her eyes and relaxed,
ready for what was to come. A gentle burgundy light surrounded
them both and Celeste found herself flooded with knowledge, the
first battle playing out in front of her eyes, the art of sealing,
how the first one in their line died shortly after sealing away
the black dragons and of how her daughter survived and grew up to
start the royal family and bring the planet to harmony. She saw
how each Queen before her lived her life and ruled - all the
events that ever took place on Dragina. It seemed as if it took
several lifetimes to see all these things played out before her
and recorded permanently in her memory however in reality it only
took a matter of minutes. Finally the light faded and Celeste
gasped as she recollected herself and pulled herself out of what
seemed to be a dream in which the memories had played out. The
Queen's knee's buckled and she fell, Celeste quickly caught her.
"Mother!" exclaimed Celeste.
"I'm…alright. It just took a lot of strength to pass all
of it on." Celeste quickly lead her mother to a nearby couch.
"Come closer daughter," said the Queen, then she wrapped
her arms around her daughter and kissed her on the forehead. "You
will make a great Queen someday. Always follow your heart, dear
one, and always remember us."
Celeste was deeply confuse at those last words of 'always
remember us' and was about to question her mother when an alarm
went off. She quickly jumped to her feet and ran through the
corridors and into the courtyard. Those alarms could only mean one
thing… a dragon had entered the castle's courtyard. She transformed
and quickly ran as fast as her legs could carry her, mentally
cursing the high heals on the boots. Quickly she reached the
courtyard and to her horror found a large black dragon there,
breathing fire on buildings and killing innocent people. The other
two senshi quickly appeared as well.
"Ebony Crystal Blast!" shouted Sailor Darkstar, sending
thousands of dark poison tipped crystals straight at the dragon.
They seemed to hit the dragons thick scales on fall to the ground,
the dragon untouched by the deadly poison.
"Enchantress dream illusion!" shouted Sailor Dream
Illusion, pouring down Silver Stardust from the sky onto the
dragon and the dragon alone, the dust meant to put the dragon
into a deep slumber. It seemed to work for a few moments, enough
time for Sailor Draco to call upon her sacred sword, a sword that
had been passed down since the first battle with the black
dragons, passed on the royal family through the female line. The
swords handle was ebony with rubies and diamonds incrusted inside
it, the blade silver. "Quickly Sailor Draco, it's starting to
awake!" shouted Darkstar. Raising the sword above her she chanted
an ancient song in the universes first language, a deep song full
of power. As she said the last three words a brilliant light
seemed to form above her, like a star itself was burning brightly
and it burst out with streams of light, blinding everything. She
then ran straight at it, sword held high. The dragons tail came
sweeping in from the side, she jumped over it, swinging her sword,
cutting the end of the tail. The dragon screamed in pain and
quickly whirled around, its sharp teeth going after Draco. She
jumped backwards and swung the sword again, hitting right under
the chin and drawing blood. "Under its mouth and underbelly is the
soft spot! Aim there Darkstar!" she shouted. Suddenly the Dragons
claw came smashing down and knocked Draco across the air and then
sharply meeting the stone ground, tumbling and rolling until she
hit a wall. She grimaced as wounds opened up. "Draco!" shouted
Dream Illusion. The dragon looked Sailor Draco in the eyes, a dark
an ancient power like she herself had emanated from those deep,
cold eyes.
"Lady Celeste, guardian. You cannot hope to win the battle to
come, blood will spill so thick it will rain from the sky and the
kingdom shall fall and all on the planet that will remain will be
the dragons. Your family's rein has come to an end," said the
dragon, the thick words echoing through her head as the dragon
communicated telepathically. It seemed so unreal…
Meanwhile back where the knights were stationed lunch was being
serves so it was a break in the training. Johnathan was enjoying
the time to himself, thinking of his lover when suddenly he gasped
and almost fell to his knee's in pain. His hand flew to his heart,
his face pale and white as a ghost. "What is it Jonathan?"
question the King worriedly as he saw this happening to the
knight and approached him.
"Something is not right! Celeste is in danger, something
is happening at the castle!" he exclaimed, a distant look in his eyes.
"What are you talking about?" questioned the king in
shock, his face now turning a pale white.
"I can feel it! Celeste's power is strong, she has
transformed. She's been wounded… I can feel her pain. I must go to her!"
"Wait, I'll come with you," said the King, putting a hand
on the protectors shoulder. Johnathan looked at him and saw the
same concern and worry on his face, then nodded . Quickly the King
gave some orders to the rest of the Knights, leaving someone in
charge and selecting three others to go with them, then they were
off. They rode as fierce and quickly as they could, knowing time
was essential and knowing that by the time they got there it may
very will be to late….
Sailor Darkstar quickly summoned ebony daggers with emeralds and
sapphires on it's golden handle, the blade tipped with the
strongest metal know to the universe. "Onyx Poison Blades!"
shouted Darkstar, throwing daggers and five pointed throwing
stars made out of the universes strongest metal straight at the
dragons underside. As they attack was carried out it appeared as
brilliant golden beams of light were flying straight and pure
right into the dragon - two daggers and five stars, all dipped in
poison. The dragon screeched in pain as half its body went limp,
unmoving yet in get unimaginable pain. "Moonlight Illusion!"
shouted Sailor Dream Illusion, and in front of the dragons eyes
alone appeared images of the three senshi, yet there were only
illusions to distract he creature as Draco finished it off. Just
then in a beam of red light Jonathan appeared along with the king
and three knights - horseback had taken to long and he had
changed to teleporting. They got there just in time to see Sailor
Draco jump up high in the air and land on the dragons head,
bringing the sword downward with great force into the dragons
skull and in so doing killed it. The great creatures head feel to
the ground and Draco quickly jumped down then retrieved her sword.
"Great Goddess in heaven…" whispered the King in shock as
he saw the Black dragon. The three senshi stood their, unaware of
the knights presence, and looked at the dragon, a deep ancient and
powerful look in their eyes of knowledge. They had each received
knowledge from their mothers about their planets history, for the
black dragons had once also attached the home of Darkstar and
Dream Illusion before Sailor Draco's ancestor sealed them away.
They looked at the dragon, knowing in a matter of days more of
these foul creatures would come in full force along with an army
of darkness, knowing that if the senshi weren't able to stop them
then they would all die.
"Celeste!" said Jonathan as he ran up to his true love.
She turned around, surprised at hearing his voice for she had not
expected him to appear. She smiled and welcomed his embrace. He
wrapped his arms around her warmly and kissed the top of her head.
"Are you alright? I came as soon as I sensed the danger," he said,
gently stepping back and looking for cuts and wounds upon Celeste. She laughed.
"I'm fine Jonathan, just a few scratches and a bad fall."
He frowned, he didn't like the sound of that.
"You fell?"
"Yes," chimed in Sailor Dream Illusions smiling. "You
should have seen it! She had just cut the dragon twice and it
suddenly knocked her through the air and into a wall!" Sailor
Darkstar couldn't help but smile, knowing what Jonathan's next
words would be.
"Into a wall?!!" he exclaimed.
"I'm fine, I'm fine! Just a few scratches, I promise!"
laughed Sailor Draco. Jonathan once again took her in his arms and
she wrapped her arms around his neck and welcomed the warm
embrace. The King and the other knights quickly came up and
surveyed the dead dragon. It was a large one and female.
"The dragon shouldn't have come here today!" exclaimed the
King in anger. "Why is it here?" The senshi just shock their heads.
"Who knows, it's only the beginning. More will come in
the days to come, the battle will begin in a short time. We'll
just have to have hope and pray to the Goddess for protection," said Sailor Darkstar.
"Are you all unharmed?" asked the king. Each nodded,
saying they were. The fires caused by the dragon were soon put
out, the injured got medical attention from some of the kingdom's
best healers, and Sailor Draco soon chanted the words that set the
dragons body on fire and burned it to ashes. As it was getting
late they King decided he and the knights would spend the night at
the castle and return to the eastern sector in the morning.
Shortly after dinner the King went to the Queen's
chambers, worried because she wasn't at dinner and because
Celeste had told him she seemed ill earlier. He found her on the
couch.
"Are you ill, love?" asked the King.
"No, only slightly drained and worried. I gave our
daughter all the memories and the art of sealing as must be
passed down today and it drained my energy slightly. It has been
to long since I myself was a senshi and this little use of
power has drained me." The King set his jaw, slightly angry. He
didn't want his daughter to have this knowledge yet, for he knew
she might try to seal the Dragons away and in doing so cost her
her life. He did not want to lose his beloved daughter! "It had to
be done, you know that," said the Queen gently.
"I don't want to lose her. If she dies then who will take
over the kingdom after we are gone?" asked the King.
"We shall all be gone sooner then you think. I don't
think the kingdom will survive this war with darkness… I feel it,
don't you? It's so thick and deep, I can't see how we could
survive it."
"Don't talk like that! You speak as if fate has already
been decided, that we have no say in it! Surely we will find away
to destroy them. The war was won before, surely it can be won again."
The Queen didn't say anything more, she just looked
straight ahead, knowing she could not make him see and knowing
what the grim future held for her and her people.
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"It's lovely!" she exclaimed as Jonathan handed her a white rose
with swirls of red on the petals. It was as if the rose could not
decide if it wanted to be red or white. They kissed passionately
under the moonlight, locking in each other's embrace, then he held
her in his arms, neither of them wanting to let go.
"I can't wait until our marriage and we can seal our love."
"As do I. Though with this war raging on who knows when
the wedding will be," said Jonathan, holding her gently. They both
knew that his war could destroy them all.. When the sun rose he
would have to go back into battle, and she was afraid of losing
him for it was always possible that he would never come back alive.
"Lets say our own vows tonight and seal our love with
this rose as a symbol of our love, so if we are separated in the
days to come we can be reunited someday in another life," said the
Princess. To seal ones love meant being together through out
eternity, no matter what happened. The ebony dragon's words
still echoed in her head, and she became aware that they might
all die two days from now and couldn't bare the though of not
sealing her love with Jonathan so they could be reunited in the
next lives to come. She couldn't help but think that something
might happen to one of them in the battle to come.
"Are you sure about doing it tonight?" he asked gently,
lifting her head up to meet his eyes. They had both dreamed of
this moment and he wanted to be with her the next day after the
ceremony, not going off into battle where he might never see her
beautiful face again.
"Yes, I'm sure. I want to be with you forever," she said smiling.
"As I want to always be with you. So be it, we'll do it tonight."
"I, Knight and Protector of Dragina, the planet hidden
among the stars of the great constellation Draco, voice my love of
you, Princess and Guardian of Dragina, and vow to always be with
you throughout eternity. I love you so strongly and deeply that I
am willing to sacrifice everything for you, even give my life for
you. I will always be with you, my love for you will always be
strong and unwavering."
"I, Princess and Guardian of the planet Dragina, hidden
among the stars that make up the great constellation Draco where
dragons roam free and magic is everywhere, voice my true and pure
love of you, Knight and Protector of Dragina, and vow to be with
you throughout eternity. I love you so strongly and deeply that I
would sacrifice everything for you, including my life. I will
always be with you, my love strong and unwavering."
So were the sacred vows of the land.
"With this rose as our symbol we seal our love," said the
Princess and Knight together.
They joined together in a passionate kiss that only true lovers
could share and sealed their love that night in the Princesses
bed under the light of the moon. They awoke in each other's arms
the next morning, smiling, knowing that their love was true and
that they would always be together. That day he went bravely into
battle, little did the lovers know that that would be one of their
last moments together in that lifetime.
Morning soon came and Jonathan awoke with his arms around
his beloved. He wished they could stay in each others arms
forever. However, he must go. It was no the 12th day since her
vision and he had to get back to the battle field. The senshi and
a large number of soldiers would be at the castle where nearly all
the people had been evacuated to. Soldiers were also placed at
various sites around the castle where the dark troops would have
to pass to get to the kingdom's inner walls. How he hated to leave
her, but he must go. Quietly he got up and got dressed, being
careful not to wake up his precious angel. After he finished he
bent down and gently kissed his beloved. After he pulled back she
opened her eyes and smiled at him, how he loved that smile.
"I have to go love," he said softly. She frowned and sat
up, her hair fell down angelically around her bare breast.
"I wish you could stay, I wish this battle wasn't happening…." she said.
"I know, those are my wishes to. Things are as they are
though, and I must go," replied her love.
He wrapped his arms around her waist and held her tight, she put
her arms around his neck and placed her head upon his chest.
"I'll always love you, no mater what happens. Never
forget," he whispered in her ear.
"I'll always remember, I could never forget. I will love
you longer then eternity can ever last," she whispered back into
his ear. He pulled back slightly then leaned in and kissed her
passionately, she returned it with all her love. After one more
embrace and words of love he left for the battle field, not
knowing if he would ever see his beloved again.
Later that day Celeste sat in the garden on a bench under the
tree where Jonathan had first proposed to her. She sat there in
her Ruby colored dress, deep in thought. She felt the darkness
now more than ever. It was indeed fast approaching. She kept
pondering who could possibly be behind it, who had broken the
seal. One person kept coming back to her, but no! It couldn't be!
She refused to believe it!
A harsh wind picked up suddenly and tossed her hair
fiercely about her. Quickly she looked up at the sky to see dark
clouds rolling ahead, blanketing the sky. Soon the sun was
completely blocked out from their view, where no light shined
down at all. It was here! The darkness was upon them! It couldn't
be though, it was the 12th day! Then it hit her! On this very day
it had been exactly thirteen yeaers since her brother disappeared!
"Why didn't I see it before?!" she screamed at herself. She
quickly ran back to the courtyard where the other senshi and
knights were gathered.
"THE ATTACK IS NOW!" she shouted. "GET READY!"
Everyone
stared at her in shock, for a moment not knowing what she was
saying. Then it hit them as they as the fast approach of black
dragons up in the sky. Quickly she ran through the castle,
alerting everyone and finally finding her mother and the other
senshi.
"I was mistaken!" she quickly said. "They attack not
tomorrow, but today - the anniversary of my brothers
disappearance, he has been gone for 13 years! The attack is now,
transform!" At once the senshi transformed, her mother ran to the
control room where she could communicate with the knights that
were in the eastern sector where the attack would hit first - there
they would meet the dark armies while at the castle they would
battle the black dragons. Quickly the three ran outside and joined
the knights that were stationed there, the black dragons would
soon be upon them. Quickly Sailor Draco took her place on the
tallest tower and started chanting ancient words that had been
passed down through the family for centuries. As she chanted
these ancient words a brilliant red light glowed from her ruby
pendant. It had a black dragon wrapped around it as was the family
symbol. The ruby represented their power and the black dragon
represented their power to seal away the black dragons. The red
light grew as the chant got louder and louder, finally it reached
out over the land and the earth seemed to tremble beneath them.
Suddenly flying from the opposite direction of the black dragons
came dragons of another kind - red dragons. They came, flying fast
to answer the Guardian's call. The black dragons were now almost
over head… 5 seconds and they were there. However the other
dragons were there to meet them and they clashed in the air, the
red dragons she had summoned fighting the black dragons.
Some of the black dragons made it to the ground, and began
battling with knights and senshi. It was gruesome, two battling
dragons would come crashing down from the sky and into some
building or on some of the people. It took many knights to slay
one black dragon, and the senshi continued attack after attack,
not even a second to rest.
Meanwhile on the battlefields the soldiers were meet with the
dark armies. The armies were numerous, so many of them no one
could get a count. They were all the fiercest demons from the
underworld, quick with hundreds of dark tricks up their sleeves.
They did not die easily. The knights attacked with full force,
giving it everything they had. These demons were beyond anything
they had ever faced before, they knew not how to destroy them! As
quick as they killed one four more came and took it's place!
Jonathan struck quick, swinging his sword high and getting
their foul heads, then bringing it around behind them to get those
that tried a sneak attack. "Aim for their heads!" he shouted above
the noise of clashing swords. After twenty minutes there was a
long high pitched voice singing a terrible song of darkness and
death, its sound was as deafening as the song of the Banshee of
Ireland. All the knights quickly fell to their knees, their
weapons dropping down to the ground, and their hands flew up to
cover their ears. Even the foul beast they had been fighting
quickly ran away as fast as they could. The sound was painful to
hear and many fell over completely on the ground in pain. Suddenly
golden arrows came flying down from the sky, hitting the knights
below. Many were struck in the heart and were dead. Harpies
suddenly appeared in the air - it was them who sang and let lose
the arrows. They began to sweep down at the knights with their
razor sharp talons, aiming at the young men's throats. Jonathan
quickly rose to his feet, swinging his sword at these creatures
as they came close to him, others started doing the same. Many of
their men were down already and these creatures of darkness kept
coming with no mercy. Suddenly a golden arrow came flying through
the air and hit Jonathan in the back, the arrow's tip driving into
his chest. Time seemed to stand still for him as he looked down to
see the blood and the tip of the arrow sticking out of his chest.
He felt his breath grow heavy, his head becoming light headed. He
suddenly dropped to his knees, the blood flowing in great amounts.
"Celeste…" he whispered, thinking of his beloved angel.
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Fire was every where around the castle, burning steadily. People
were covered in blood, some burned. Bodies were everywhere, more
human bodies then dragons. The senshi's own uniforms were torn and
stained. It seemed more like a horrid nightmare then real life.
Suddenly Sailor Draco felt a sharp pain in her chest that made
her gasp for air. Her face turned pale as she realized what was
happening. "Jonathan!" she whispered, her heart beating quickly.
She gathered her energy and quickly teleported to where he was,
leaving the other senshi and knights to take care of the castle.
A brilliant red light appeared on the eastern sector as Sailor
Draco teleported there. Quickly she found her love and went
straight towards him.
"Jonathan!" she whispered in shock as she kneeled down on
the bloody battle field, taking him in her arms. He moved his eyes
up to her face and smiled, slowly lifting his hand up to her face
and brushing her hair out of her eyes.
"Don't worry Princess, you have the power - you can defeat
them," he said softly.
"Jonathan, don't leave me. You can't go…" she whispered,
her voice nearly failing her as tears appeared in her eyes.
"We'll meet again Princess, trust the goddess. She will
take care of us. Never forget my love for you." Then his eyes
closed and Sailor Draco let out a mournful cry, tears streaming
down her face. A brilliant blue light surrounded Jonathan and he
disappeared, out of his lovers arms. Grief over took her and anger
gripped her sword tightly in her hand. The symbol of the dragon
appeared on her forehead as her tiara disappeared and a brilliant
blinding light erupted from her, sending the harpies and dark
creatures screaming out in pain, those who were close fell from
the sky dead. When the blinding light faded it was replaced by a
glowing ruby light that surrounded the senshi like an eternal
flame burning fierce in the darkness, wings of pure fire appeared
on her back. With great power she flew up into the sky and started
slaying the harpies with her sword, shooting fire out of her hands
at others attempting to escape. Soon they were all gone and a
clapping was heard just behind her. Sailor Draco's eyes flew to
the man, seeing someone with hair and eyes much like her own and
ebony wings. She knew instantly who he was and it pained her
deeply to know it was him.
"Well brother, I see you are alive," she said with ice in her voice.
"Well done little sister, you have done an excellent job
slaying them," said Tobias smiling. "You have grown into a very
powerful warrior, I knew you would."
"Why Tobias, why did you turn to darkness?" she said with
ice still in her voice.
"Don't you see it sister? Times are changing, the universe
is changing. There was a time when our family controlled all the
dragons. There was a delicate balance between the light and the
darkness, a balance disturbed when Fae sealed the black dragons
away all those years ago and now the power in our line is divided.
Only those of our family who turn entirely to the darkness can
control them, however in the process they lose power over the red
ones. I'm going to fix the balance and undo Fae's great mistake,
she should never have done what she did." Sailor Draco reached up
and slapped him hard across the face. He turned back to her,
stunned.
"Where is the brother I knew? Where did he go? TELL ME
THAT! You are not him, my brother never spoke of such insanity
in his life. MY brother knew that the black dragons were
destroying the balance! He knew that they were destroying
everything! If Fae did not seal them away there would be
nothing in the universe, no life - nothing good at all - except
for them and they would feed on the destruction they had created.
No, you sir are no brother of mine, he truly did die thirteen
years ago!"
"Celeste, if you are not with me then you are surely against me!"
With that he raised his sword and attacked his sister with full
fury. She attacked back, with all her skills, a deep fire burning
deep inside her hotter then the brightest star. The battle in the
air between Brother and Sister lasted thirty minutes before
Celeste suddenly seeing an unguarded spot lounged in with her
sword and drove it through his shoulder, then quickly pulled it
out. He gasped in pain as dark, nearly black blood poured from his wound.
"You have great skill," he said softly.
"I learned from all the best knights on the planet, the
best of which died because of your insanity! How cruel fate is to
allow be to become Jonathan's wife, then the next day make me his
widow by the hands of my own brother!"
With that said she took up her sword once again and attacked,
determined to win this fight. The battle was one that was rarely
seen by any mortal in all of time, great warriors fighting in mid
air. She attacked swift and fast, pushing him backwards until he
found himself against the side a mountain, then he quickly pushed
off the rocks and shot himself straight upwards in the air, Sailor
Draco following him every step. He whirled around, bringing his
sword over his head and down diagonally, she swiftly flew
backwards but still his sword sliced her arm. She ignored the
pain and the bright crimson blood flowing quickly from it. She
saw another opening and lunged in, but he quickly saw her move and
moved slightly to the side just far enough to avoid the edge of
sword. However he felt the brilliant fire of her wings and cursed
under his breath as he felt it burn his skin with its purity and
fierce determination. He turned around and launched himself at
Sailor Draco, determined to end this once and for all! Suddenly
she disappeared in a flash of fire. He stopped, his eyes scanning
everywhere for her, baffled as to where she went. His eyes flew
open in shock as he felt icy metal driven through his chest. He
looked down to see her sword driven through his heart. She
whispered in his ear "Now feel what it is like to die, feel
your precious darkness carrying your soul to the next lifetime
in which you will suffer as you have made others suffer." With
that said she pulled out her sword and he fell from the sky,
dead before he hit the ground below. A rain began to fall from
the sky, a rain of blood that stung like acid as it fell from the
dark sky. It covered Sailor Draco, decorating her skin, staining
it in its deep Crimson color. She looked up at the sky, the blood
rain streaming onto her face and saw the sun was beginning to set
and cast an eerie light on the blood that fell from the sky; the
blood belonging to all those who had died that day. "No," she
whispered, realizing she had been away to long and quickly
teleported back to the castle. She dropped to her knees as saw
the most horrific scene. The castle was on fire, everyone in the
kingdom was dead. The crimson rain poured down with great force,
soon Sailor Draco was drenched in it. Tears slide down her check
and she began to shake. It was to late, she couldn't save the
lives of her people. All she could do was seal away the evil so
they destruction would stop and her people would be safe from the
black dragons chaos in whatever life they were reborn into. She
saw the black dragons, battling now only with the red dragons.
All human life was gone. She walked into the city boldly, through
the fire which she would always be apart of. She saw the bodies of
her friends, the brave knights who defended the people to the end,
the little girl she had seen in her dream, even her mother and
Sailor Darkstar. Tears were flowing with no mercy down her face,
through the blood that fallen onto her from the heavens. She
found an open spot on the ground and stuck her sword in it, then
looked to the sky. Closing her eyes, she looked deep within
herself and summoned every ounce of ancient power that flowed
through her veins. A brilliant beam of ruby and ebony light
surrounded her, lifting her hair above her head and extending
straight up into the heavens. "Fae, Morgan, Evelyn, Cassandra,
Elizabeth, Victoria, Alessandra, Selene, Angelique, Chrystyne,
Guinevere, Gabrielle, Ilycia, Khrystle, Meredithe, Morgance,
Pearlette, Sabrina, Roselyne, Virginia… Queen's and Guardian's
of old, I call upon your power. The time has come to seal away
the darkness, to wrap it in light so it will starve and cease to
grow. Seal away this darkness and bring forth the crystal light,
I am the vessel. Lend me your power and strength, allow me to add
it to my own so peace may once again shine down upon the universe.
I call on you ancestors, great mothers, please give me the
strength to seal the darkness away and stop this rain of blood…"
With that a song rose to her voice, a song that had not been
heard in the universe since Fae first sealed them away. The words
came to her from a memory as if it were a far away dream. She
could feel the power building around her, feeling it fill her
until she was sure her body would burst. Finally she reached the
last words of the song and as they spilled forth from her. The
light grew in brilliance, finally it burst and reached out over
the land-covering it in the eternal light. She could hear the
cries of the black dragons and the armies of darkness as the light
wrapped itself around them, clung to them, suffocated them. She
nearly screamed because of the pain it caused her body to use such
power. Finally with a loud sound such as thunder on earth
magnified one thousand times erupted through the planet, the very
ground beneath her trembled. The light was suddenly gone, the
darkness sealed away deep inside the planet where it belonged.
Celeste suddenly fell to her knees, detransformed. Incredible
pain filled her entire body and she knew what came next, she knew
that using the power needed had drained her and left her body
beyond repair. She fell forward onto the ground, thinking of her
beloved and knowing she would see him soon… so soon. Slowly her
eyes closed and she lied their, the last Princess of this great kingdom, dead.
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Chapter 3
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She walked down the long corridor, a scroll in her hand.
Her ruby dress flowed around her, fitting like a second skin then
flowering out on the bottom. A golden necklace with a small ruby
with an ebony dragon wrapped around it lay on her neck. A golden
tiara with rubies and diamonds rested gracefully on her head.
Suddenly someone grabbed her from behind, wrapping his arms around
her. She smiled, knowing whom it was without turning around. She
leaned into his warm embrace.
"Aren't you suppose to be in training?" he whispered
gently in her ear. She smiled.
"My parents summoned me back to court. I bring a sealed
message from the advisor of the war council," she replied. He
frowned and she turned around to face him. "What's wrong?" she
asked gently, raising her hand to brush his ebony hair away from
his eyes. He looked away, avoiding her glance.
"Something is wrong isn't it. Something evil has awakened
and is threatening the kingdom," she said seriously. He looked at
her, shocked, then after a moment smiled.
"You always did have a gift of knowing things. Nobody
could ever keep secrets from you, love," he said, a sparkle in his
emerald eyes. She smiled back at him and wrapped her arms around
his neck, the two joining in a passionate kiss. He wrapped his
arms around her waist, pulling her closer, she pressed her body
harder against his. Finally after a long moment she gently pulled
away and smiled at him. How he loved that smile.
"We best go before my father worries about me," she said softly.
"Right, best go," he agreed.
Together they walked through the corridors and entered the throne room.
"Daughter, Jonathan, I am glad to see you have both
arrived safely," said the Queen.
"Hello mother, father," said the Princess.
"Your majesty's," said Jonathan.
"Here is the letter," said the Princess.
"Thank you Celeste," said the King. He quickly broke the
seal and read the letter-pain, anger, and worry flashing across
his face.
"What is our report Jonathan of the Northern sector?" asked the King.
"We were attacked yesterday by a black dragon. We managed
to severely wound him but he got away. I rode all night to get
here," said Jonathan. Celeste quickly turned to her love, shocked.
So that is why he seemed so tired and worried! Quickly she turned
back to her parents.
"What is going on? I though our family sealed the black
dragons away over seven thousand years ago!"
"It's true, but somehow someone has broken the seal," said the Queen.
"Well, then how do we seal them away again? There must be
away! The black dragon brings so much destruction and chaos! Our
people will be hurt! We cannot fail our kingdom!" exclaimed Celeste.
Jonathan put a hand on her shoulder to calm her, then
encircled her in his arms as she leaned back into him, thankful he was there.
"It will be alright love, we'll find a way," he said gently.
"The truth is Celeste, I'm not sure if we can do that.
Our ancestor, Fae, long ago sealed away the black dragon and
brought peace to the land, becoming friends with the other
dragons. Even though she had so much power, in the end sealing
them away cost her her life. She left behind her daughter who
established the kingdom and past down the knowledge of sealing.
We became the guardians of this planet, making sure the evil
sealed was never broken and making sure that we would be here
if it ever did occur. We don't know who broke the seal, a great
deal of evil has been unleashed. We not only have to seal them
away but also we have to stop who ever broke the seal. I'm afraid
we don't have enough power," explained the Queen, great sorrow in
her voice.
"The report you just delivered confirmed that the seal
has been broken," said the King.
"There must be away! I'm the most powerful Guardian in
generations! Surely I can seal them away…" began the princess.
"NO! I will not lose my only daughter!" shouted the king.
Celeste flinched, it was very rare to see her father so angry.
"He's right Celeste, you cannot give up your life!" said
Jonathan, turning her around to face him. "I would rather give
up my own life then see you die."
She sank into his arms, tears starting to fall. "There
must be a way! We cannot let the people get hurt!" Suddenly the
princess stumbled backwards and fell to her knees in pain.
"Celeste!" shouted Jonathan, kneeling besides her, the
King and Queen running over to their daughter. A brilliant red
light surrounded her, the symbol of the dragon appearing on her
forehead. A vision came to her, in those few brief moments that
seemed like a lifetime. Finally the pain left and the light faded
away. She collapsed and Jonathan took her in his arms.
"Celeste, are you okay? Speak to me!" he said, fear in
his voice. He was the best knight in the land, given the role
protector of the royal family and the people. Fear was something
you never ever hear in his voice. Finally she awakened as if from
some far off dream.
"Celeste," he said with relief in his voice.
"What happened?" asked the king.
"I saw something… something horrible," she whispered. Her
parents gasped.
"A vision?" said the Queen in shock.
"What did you see?" asked Jonathan gently. She had a
distant look in her face, as if she were somewhere else.
"Thirteen days from now," she whispered. "They will come,
the black dragons, in full force. With them will be a dreadful
army of pure darkness in human form. They will first attack in the
eastern sector."
"Can we stop them?" asked the King. She looked at him, as
if for the first time seeing there were people around her.
"Perhaps, perhaps not," she shrugged. "That part was clouded from my view."
She put her hand to her head, suddenly feeling dizzy and tired.
"With this knowledge surely we can do something," said Jonathan.
"Right," said the king, quickly thinking of plans and
sending out orders to gather the council.
"Can you stand?" asked the Queen.
"I'm so dizzy and tired," whispered Celeste.
"It's your first vision," said the Queen smiling proudly.
"Only three other Queens ever had that gift, and they received it
when they were Queens. It takes much practice to perfect and
control, it is draining."
"I'll take her to her chambers so she can get some rest,
then I'll return," said Jonathan. As protector he was part of the
council and must attend the meetings. As princess and guardian so
must Celeste, but her vision was a great gift and a blessing, the
effects great enough for excuse.
"Of course," said the Queen smiling. She still couldn't
believe her daughter seemed to be growing up so fast. Her powers
were growing greatly. Some even thought they were greater then
Fae's herself. Now Celeste was engaged to the greatest knight
that their world had seen in a long time, both of them only 17.
Gently he lifted the princess up in his arms, holding
her. She leaned in, closing her eyes and enjoying his warmth. He
carried her to her chambers and laid he on her bed, putting a red
and gold blanket over her and putting her tiara on a small table,
then removed her boots. Then he bent down and kissed her gently
on her head, she was already fast asleep, looking so innocent.
"I'm so proud of you, Princess. The love you have for
your people is admirable. You'll make a great Queen someday. Sweet dreams, love."
Then he left, going to the councils meeting room and
leaving the princess to her dreams.
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Next morning
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She began running down the halls, turning the corners
sharply and cursing her high heels. She was late again! Ryu was so
going to fry her! She turned around the next corner and felt a
terrible pain in her head as she ran into someone and they fell to
the ground together. "I'm so sorry! Please forgive me, I'm running
really late!" said a familiar voice. Celeste turned her head
upwards, a huge smile appeared on her face. "Teara!" she screamed.
"Celeste!" screamed the other girl. The both stood up and Teara
grabbed Celeste's hands and jumped up and down in excitement.
"I'm so glad to see you! It has seemed like an eternity!" exclaimed Teara.
"I know! I'm so glad you've come! Now we can catch up!" smiled Celeste.
"Yes, the council called me back, they said it was urgent
and the senshi were needed right away for some intense training,"
said Teara as she calmed down. "I wonder what's happening?" Celeste frowned.
"It's horrible Teara! A black dragon appeared the other
day, the knights were able to wound it however it got away!"
"How can that be?" exclaimed Teara in horror. "Your
ancestor sealed them all away millennia ago!"
"Yes, somehow it has been broken. Thirteen days from now
the black dragons will come in full force with a dreadful army.
We must train harder then we ever have before."
"Celeste, only those of your blood can undo the seal.
How could this have happened?"
"I don't know, that's the thing everyone is trying to
figure out. Of course it wasn't I or my parents. There's no one
else!"
"Celeste… what about Tobias?"
Celeste froze, the blood seemed to freeze in her veins, her eyes
seemed sharper. "My older brother is dead Teara," she said, her
voice hard as ice daggers.
"Celeste," said Teara gently. "They never did find his body."
"If he was alive he would have come back!" A tear slid down Celeste's face.
"I'm sorry Celeste, I shouldn't have mentioned it."
Teara said no more, knowing this was something not to be talked about.
Even though it happened nearly thirteen years ago it was very hard for Celeste.
Her older brother who was eight at the time had disappeared into the woods
one day and never returned. The search went on for months but Tobias
was no where to be found. It had left Celeste very ill, she had cried
for a solid month, nothing could console her. All these years it was
still a painful subject that always brought tears to her eyes. Celeste
was very close to her older brother, he had always been there for her.
She was certain that if he could not be found he must be dead, for
she couldn't even bare to consider that he would leave willingly and
there for abandon her. She was never truly happy again until she met
Johnathan two years ago. The two had been engaged for four months now.
This war threatened to rip everything apart and destroy everything
they knew. Could the Dragon Princess bare it if her true love were
killed and it was her own brother behind the whole thing? Tobias was
the only person it could be, for only the royal blood can break the
seal. Deep in her heart Celeste knew it to be true, she just couldn't
bare to face it. So her best friend quickly changed the subject,
talking of things about court and what had been happening on her
own planet for she was also a Princess. Upon meeting it had slipped
both their minds that they were late for their training.
"Nothing really much has happened at home," said Teara. "Of
course I've been carrying out my training, I can't wait until we
can test our sword fighting skills against each other."
"Yes, that should be fun! I've gone through fifteen of the
best sword fighters in the land as teachers and none of them have
been able to teach me something I don't know! Jonathan is the only one
who could ever beat me!" Celeste laughed.
"Well, I still haven't found anyone who can beat me with
the daggers and stars."
"Celeste, how do you know that the attack will happen
like you just told me? How could your court know?" Celeste froze.
"I had a vision yesterday, it was horrible. I saw the entire
thing. So many will be gone, so much destruction. We must train hard
to stop it from happening, I will not allow my people or the rest of
the universe to suffer."
"OH NO! Training! We are really late now!" screamed Teara.
"We're never going to hear the end of it this time!"
The two ran as quickly as they could to the training room were the third
star senshi waited.
"You are extremely late," she said. The two girls laughed
nervously.
"Well, we were both late to begin with, then we ran into each
other and forgot about being late as we started talking and time just
sorta... slipped away," said Teara smiling. They all burst out laughing.
"Never changed I see," said the third senshi.
"It's great to see you Violet!" said Teara.
"Finally the trio is back together again!" exclaimed Violet.
The three had always been friends. They were introduced when they
were young and had all lived on Dragina. The three planets had decided
to do this so the girls would grow up as sisters, such a connection and
deep trust was necessary for the sailor senshi. It had worked, the three
were inseparable since the moment they met.
"Well, it seems you two lucked out, the instructor seems to be
later then you for once. We better transform quickly," said Violet.
"Amethyst Constellation Power!" Sailor Dream Illusion..
"Onyx Constellation Power!" Sailor Darkstar.
"Ruby Constellation Power!" Sailor Draco.
In a brilliant transformation much like those of Sailor Moon and
her senshi took place. When they reappeared Sailor Dream Illusion
was in a pastel blue and silver fuku, Sailor Dark Star in her
ebony fuku with blue hair, and Sailor Draco in her ebony and ruby
fuku, each personalized with the symbols for their respective
planets on their pendants.
Days past as such, training as hard as they could push themselves
and beyond. The thirteen days were passing quickly and they must
be prepared. The King had gone off with the troops days earlier
to further prepare them as much as possible. During the eleventh
day Celeste's mother called her daughter into her private chambers
in secret.
"What is it mother?" asked Celeste in concern. It was not
like her mother to hide things from everyone. Also a grave and
pale look was upon the Queen's face, one that shocked the
princess-she had never seen her mother like that before.
"My daughter, my dear daughter," said the Queen as she
wrapped her arms around her daughter and held her close, as if she
were seeing Celeste for the last time. A few tears slid down the
Queen's pale cheeks.
"Mother?" whispered Celeste in fear.
"My darling daughter, I'm afraid of what the future holds
for the kingdom and for us. Daughter, the days ahead will be dark
and full of pain and suffering, I can feel it!"
"Mother, don't talk that way! All will be okay, we will
beat this!"
"I FEEL IT! Darkness is coming! Dear child," she said and
once again held her daughter tightly. "How innocent you are. Good
does not always win over evil dear child. People do suffer, the
worst in man does come out. I know you do not wish to see it but
it does happen. Danger and darkness are approaching quickly, we
must be prepared for the worst…. You must be prepared for the
worst."
"Mother what are you talking about?" now tears were
starting to stream down Celeste's face.
"Daughter, I am going to pass on to you the knowledge of
the first battle in which our ancestor long ago first sealed the
black dragons away. I am going to pass on to you the knowledge on
how to seal the black dragons away. You will need such knowledge
and even if these events weren't folding out before us I would
have revealed them to you this day anyway as my mother did to me.
These things must be passed down and as terrible events are taking
place you will certainly need this knowledge." She stepped back
and gently wiped away the tears from her daughters eyes.
"Mother…"
"My darling daughter, it is time. Now relax, and let the
knowledge come to you."
The Queen placed her hand right in front of Celeste's forehead,
nearly touching it. The Princess closed her eyes and relaxed,
ready for what was to come. A gentle burgundy light surrounded
them both and Celeste found herself flooded with knowledge, the
first battle playing out in front of her eyes, the art of sealing,
how the first one in their line died shortly after sealing away
the black dragons and of how her daughter survived and grew up to
start the royal family and bring the planet to harmony. She saw
how each Queen before her lived her life and ruled - all the
events that ever took place on Dragina. It seemed as if it took
several lifetimes to see all these things played out before her
and recorded permanently in her memory however in reality it only
took a matter of minutes. Finally the light faded and Celeste
gasped as she recollected herself and pulled herself out of what
seemed to be a dream in which the memories had played out. The
Queen's knee's buckled and she fell, Celeste quickly caught her.
"Mother!" exclaimed Celeste.
"I'm…alright. It just took a lot of strength to pass all
of it on." Celeste quickly lead her mother to a nearby couch.
"Come closer daughter," said the Queen, then she wrapped
her arms around her daughter and kissed her on the forehead. "You
will make a great Queen someday. Always follow your heart, dear
one, and always remember us."
Celeste was deeply confuse at those last words of 'always
remember us' and was about to question her mother when an alarm
went off. She quickly jumped to her feet and ran through the
corridors and into the courtyard. Those alarms could only mean one
thing… a dragon had entered the castle's courtyard. She transformed
and quickly ran as fast as her legs could carry her, mentally
cursing the high heals on the boots. Quickly she reached the
courtyard and to her horror found a large black dragon there,
breathing fire on buildings and killing innocent people. The other
two senshi quickly appeared as well.
"Ebony Crystal Blast!" shouted Sailor Darkstar, sending
thousands of dark poison tipped crystals straight at the dragon.
They seemed to hit the dragons thick scales on fall to the ground,
the dragon untouched by the deadly poison.
"Enchantress dream illusion!" shouted Sailor Dream
Illusion, pouring down Silver Stardust from the sky onto the
dragon and the dragon alone, the dust meant to put the dragon
into a deep slumber. It seemed to work for a few moments, enough
time for Sailor Draco to call upon her sacred sword, a sword that
had been passed down since the first battle with the black
dragons, passed on the royal family through the female line. The
swords handle was ebony with rubies and diamonds incrusted inside
it, the blade silver. "Quickly Sailor Draco, it's starting to
awake!" shouted Darkstar. Raising the sword above her she chanted
an ancient song in the universes first language, a deep song full
of power. As she said the last three words a brilliant light
seemed to form above her, like a star itself was burning brightly
and it burst out with streams of light, blinding everything. She
then ran straight at it, sword held high. The dragons tail came
sweeping in from the side, she jumped over it, swinging her sword,
cutting the end of the tail. The dragon screamed in pain and
quickly whirled around, its sharp teeth going after Draco. She
jumped backwards and swung the sword again, hitting right under
the chin and drawing blood. "Under its mouth and underbelly is the
soft spot! Aim there Darkstar!" she shouted. Suddenly the Dragons
claw came smashing down and knocked Draco across the air and then
sharply meeting the stone ground, tumbling and rolling until she
hit a wall. She grimaced as wounds opened up. "Draco!" shouted
Dream Illusion. The dragon looked Sailor Draco in the eyes, a dark
an ancient power like she herself had emanated from those deep,
cold eyes.
"Lady Celeste, guardian. You cannot hope to win the battle to
come, blood will spill so thick it will rain from the sky and the
kingdom shall fall and all on the planet that will remain will be
the dragons. Your family's rein has come to an end," said the
dragon, the thick words echoing through her head as the dragon
communicated telepathically. It seemed so unreal…
Meanwhile back where the knights were stationed lunch was being
serves so it was a break in the training. Johnathan was enjoying
the time to himself, thinking of his lover when suddenly he gasped
and almost fell to his knee's in pain. His hand flew to his heart,
his face pale and white as a ghost. "What is it Jonathan?"
question the King worriedly as he saw this happening to the
knight and approached him.
"Something is not right! Celeste is in danger, something
is happening at the castle!" he exclaimed, a distant look in his eyes.
"What are you talking about?" questioned the king in
shock, his face now turning a pale white.
"I can feel it! Celeste's power is strong, she has
transformed. She's been wounded… I can feel her pain. I must go to her!"
"Wait, I'll come with you," said the King, putting a hand
on the protectors shoulder. Johnathan looked at him and saw the
same concern and worry on his face, then nodded . Quickly the King
gave some orders to the rest of the Knights, leaving someone in
charge and selecting three others to go with them, then they were
off. They rode as fierce and quickly as they could, knowing time
was essential and knowing that by the time they got there it may
very will be to late….
Sailor Darkstar quickly summoned ebony daggers with emeralds and
sapphires on it's golden handle, the blade tipped with the
strongest metal know to the universe. "Onyx Poison Blades!"
shouted Darkstar, throwing daggers and five pointed throwing
stars made out of the universes strongest metal straight at the
dragons underside. As they attack was carried out it appeared as
brilliant golden beams of light were flying straight and pure
right into the dragon - two daggers and five stars, all dipped in
poison. The dragon screeched in pain as half its body went limp,
unmoving yet in get unimaginable pain. "Moonlight Illusion!"
shouted Sailor Dream Illusion, and in front of the dragons eyes
alone appeared images of the three senshi, yet there were only
illusions to distract he creature as Draco finished it off. Just
then in a beam of red light Jonathan appeared along with the king
and three knights - horseback had taken to long and he had
changed to teleporting. They got there just in time to see Sailor
Draco jump up high in the air and land on the dragons head,
bringing the sword downward with great force into the dragons
skull and in so doing killed it. The great creatures head feel to
the ground and Draco quickly jumped down then retrieved her sword.
"Great Goddess in heaven…" whispered the King in shock as
he saw the Black dragon. The three senshi stood their, unaware of
the knights presence, and looked at the dragon, a deep ancient and
powerful look in their eyes of knowledge. They had each received
knowledge from their mothers about their planets history, for the
black dragons had once also attached the home of Darkstar and
Dream Illusion before Sailor Draco's ancestor sealed them away.
They looked at the dragon, knowing in a matter of days more of
these foul creatures would come in full force along with an army
of darkness, knowing that if the senshi weren't able to stop them
then they would all die.
"Celeste!" said Jonathan as he ran up to his true love.
She turned around, surprised at hearing his voice for she had not
expected him to appear. She smiled and welcomed his embrace. He
wrapped his arms around her warmly and kissed the top of her head.
"Are you alright? I came as soon as I sensed the danger," he said,
gently stepping back and looking for cuts and wounds upon Celeste. She laughed.
"I'm fine Jonathan, just a few scratches and a bad fall."
He frowned, he didn't like the sound of that.
"You fell?"
"Yes," chimed in Sailor Dream Illusions smiling. "You
should have seen it! She had just cut the dragon twice and it
suddenly knocked her through the air and into a wall!" Sailor
Darkstar couldn't help but smile, knowing what Jonathan's next
words would be.
"Into a wall?!!" he exclaimed.
"I'm fine, I'm fine! Just a few scratches, I promise!"
laughed Sailor Draco. Jonathan once again took her in his arms and
she wrapped her arms around his neck and welcomed the warm
embrace. The King and the other knights quickly came up and
surveyed the dead dragon. It was a large one and female.
"The dragon shouldn't have come here today!" exclaimed the
King in anger. "Why is it here?" The senshi just shock their heads.
"Who knows, it's only the beginning. More will come in
the days to come, the battle will begin in a short time. We'll
just have to have hope and pray to the Goddess for protection," said Sailor Darkstar.
"Are you all unharmed?" asked the king. Each nodded,
saying they were. The fires caused by the dragon were soon put
out, the injured got medical attention from some of the kingdom's
best healers, and Sailor Draco soon chanted the words that set the
dragons body on fire and burned it to ashes. As it was getting
late they King decided he and the knights would spend the night at
the castle and return to the eastern sector in the morning.
Shortly after dinner the King went to the Queen's
chambers, worried because she wasn't at dinner and because
Celeste had told him she seemed ill earlier. He found her on the
couch.
"Are you ill, love?" asked the King.
"No, only slightly drained and worried. I gave our
daughter all the memories and the art of sealing as must be
passed down today and it drained my energy slightly. It has been
to long since I myself was a senshi and this little use of
power has drained me." The King set his jaw, slightly angry. He
didn't want his daughter to have this knowledge yet, for he knew
she might try to seal the Dragons away and in doing so cost her
her life. He did not want to lose his beloved daughter! "It had to
be done, you know that," said the Queen gently.
"I don't want to lose her. If she dies then who will take
over the kingdom after we are gone?" asked the King.
"We shall all be gone sooner then you think. I don't
think the kingdom will survive this war with darkness… I feel it,
don't you? It's so thick and deep, I can't see how we could
survive it."
"Don't talk like that! You speak as if fate has already
been decided, that we have no say in it! Surely we will find away
to destroy them. The war was won before, surely it can be won again."
The Queen didn't say anything more, she just looked
straight ahead, knowing she could not make him see and knowing
what the grim future held for her and her people.
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"It's lovely!" she exclaimed as Jonathan handed her a white rose
with swirls of red on the petals. It was as if the rose could not
decide if it wanted to be red or white. They kissed passionately
under the moonlight, locking in each other's embrace, then he held
her in his arms, neither of them wanting to let go.
"I can't wait until our marriage and we can seal our love."
"As do I. Though with this war raging on who knows when
the wedding will be," said Jonathan, holding her gently. They both
knew that his war could destroy them all.. When the sun rose he
would have to go back into battle, and she was afraid of losing
him for it was always possible that he would never come back alive.
"Lets say our own vows tonight and seal our love with
this rose as a symbol of our love, so if we are separated in the
days to come we can be reunited someday in another life," said the
Princess. To seal ones love meant being together through out
eternity, no matter what happened. The ebony dragon's words
still echoed in her head, and she became aware that they might
all die two days from now and couldn't bare the though of not
sealing her love with Jonathan so they could be reunited in the
next lives to come. She couldn't help but think that something
might happen to one of them in the battle to come.
"Are you sure about doing it tonight?" he asked gently,
lifting her head up to meet his eyes. They had both dreamed of
this moment and he wanted to be with her the next day after the
ceremony, not going off into battle where he might never see her
beautiful face again.
"Yes, I'm sure. I want to be with you forever," she said smiling.
"As I want to always be with you. So be it, we'll do it tonight."
"I, Knight and Protector of Dragina, the planet hidden
among the stars of the great constellation Draco, voice my love of
you, Princess and Guardian of Dragina, and vow to always be with
you throughout eternity. I love you so strongly and deeply that I
am willing to sacrifice everything for you, even give my life for
you. I will always be with you, my love for you will always be
strong and unwavering."
"I, Princess and Guardian of the planet Dragina, hidden
among the stars that make up the great constellation Draco where
dragons roam free and magic is everywhere, voice my true and pure
love of you, Knight and Protector of Dragina, and vow to be with
you throughout eternity. I love you so strongly and deeply that I
would sacrifice everything for you, including my life. I will
always be with you, my love strong and unwavering."
So were the sacred vows of the land.
"With this rose as our symbol we seal our love," said the
Princess and Knight together.
They joined together in a passionate kiss that only true lovers
could share and sealed their love that night in the Princesses
bed under the light of the moon. They awoke in each other's arms
the next morning, smiling, knowing that their love was true and
that they would always be together. That day he went bravely into
battle, little did the lovers know that that would be one of their
last moments together in that lifetime.
Morning soon came and Jonathan awoke with his arms around
his beloved. He wished they could stay in each others arms
forever. However, he must go. It was no the 12th day since her
vision and he had to get back to the battle field. The senshi and
a large number of soldiers would be at the castle where nearly all
the people had been evacuated to. Soldiers were also placed at
various sites around the castle where the dark troops would have
to pass to get to the kingdom's inner walls. How he hated to leave
her, but he must go. Quietly he got up and got dressed, being
careful not to wake up his precious angel. After he finished he
bent down and gently kissed his beloved. After he pulled back she
opened her eyes and smiled at him, how he loved that smile.
"I have to go love," he said softly. She frowned and sat
up, her hair fell down angelically around her bare breast.
"I wish you could stay, I wish this battle wasn't happening…." she said.
"I know, those are my wishes to. Things are as they are
though, and I must go," replied her love.
He wrapped his arms around her waist and held her tight, she put
her arms around his neck and placed her head upon his chest.
"I'll always love you, no mater what happens. Never
forget," he whispered in her ear.
"I'll always remember, I could never forget. I will love
you longer then eternity can ever last," she whispered back into
his ear. He pulled back slightly then leaned in and kissed her
passionately, she returned it with all her love. After one more
embrace and words of love he left for the battle field, not
knowing if he would ever see his beloved again.
Later that day Celeste sat in the garden on a bench under the
tree where Jonathan had first proposed to her. She sat there in
her Ruby colored dress, deep in thought. She felt the darkness
now more than ever. It was indeed fast approaching. She kept
pondering who could possibly be behind it, who had broken the
seal. One person kept coming back to her, but no! It couldn't be!
She refused to believe it!
A harsh wind picked up suddenly and tossed her hair
fiercely about her. Quickly she looked up at the sky to see dark
clouds rolling ahead, blanketing the sky. Soon the sun was
completely blocked out from their view, where no light shined
down at all. It was here! The darkness was upon them! It couldn't
be though, it was the 12th day! Then it hit her! On this very day
it had been exactly thirteen yeaers since her brother disappeared!
"Why didn't I see it before?!" she screamed at herself. She
quickly ran back to the courtyard where the other senshi and
knights were gathered.
"THE ATTACK IS NOW!" she shouted. "GET READY!"
Everyone
stared at her in shock, for a moment not knowing what she was
saying. Then it hit them as they as the fast approach of black
dragons up in the sky. Quickly she ran through the castle,
alerting everyone and finally finding her mother and the other
senshi.
"I was mistaken!" she quickly said. "They attack not
tomorrow, but today - the anniversary of my brothers
disappearance, he has been gone for 13 years! The attack is now,
transform!" At once the senshi transformed, her mother ran to the
control room where she could communicate with the knights that
were in the eastern sector where the attack would hit first - there
they would meet the dark armies while at the castle they would
battle the black dragons. Quickly the three ran outside and joined
the knights that were stationed there, the black dragons would
soon be upon them. Quickly Sailor Draco took her place on the
tallest tower and started chanting ancient words that had been
passed down through the family for centuries. As she chanted
these ancient words a brilliant red light glowed from her ruby
pendant. It had a black dragon wrapped around it as was the family
symbol. The ruby represented their power and the black dragon
represented their power to seal away the black dragons. The red
light grew as the chant got louder and louder, finally it reached
out over the land and the earth seemed to tremble beneath them.
Suddenly flying from the opposite direction of the black dragons
came dragons of another kind - red dragons. They came, flying fast
to answer the Guardian's call. The black dragons were now almost
over head… 5 seconds and they were there. However the other
dragons were there to meet them and they clashed in the air, the
red dragons she had summoned fighting the black dragons.
Some of the black dragons made it to the ground, and began
battling with knights and senshi. It was gruesome, two battling
dragons would come crashing down from the sky and into some
building or on some of the people. It took many knights to slay
one black dragon, and the senshi continued attack after attack,
not even a second to rest.
Meanwhile on the battlefields the soldiers were meet with the
dark armies. The armies were numerous, so many of them no one
could get a count. They were all the fiercest demons from the
underworld, quick with hundreds of dark tricks up their sleeves.
They did not die easily. The knights attacked with full force,
giving it everything they had. These demons were beyond anything
they had ever faced before, they knew not how to destroy them! As
quick as they killed one four more came and took it's place!
Jonathan struck quick, swinging his sword high and getting
their foul heads, then bringing it around behind them to get those
that tried a sneak attack. "Aim for their heads!" he shouted above
the noise of clashing swords. After twenty minutes there was a
long high pitched voice singing a terrible song of darkness and
death, its sound was as deafening as the song of the Banshee of
Ireland. All the knights quickly fell to their knees, their
weapons dropping down to the ground, and their hands flew up to
cover their ears. Even the foul beast they had been fighting
quickly ran away as fast as they could. The sound was painful to
hear and many fell over completely on the ground in pain. Suddenly
golden arrows came flying down from the sky, hitting the knights
below. Many were struck in the heart and were dead. Harpies
suddenly appeared in the air - it was them who sang and let lose
the arrows. They began to sweep down at the knights with their
razor sharp talons, aiming at the young men's throats. Jonathan
quickly rose to his feet, swinging his sword at these creatures
as they came close to him, others started doing the same. Many of
their men were down already and these creatures of darkness kept
coming with no mercy. Suddenly a golden arrow came flying through
the air and hit Jonathan in the back, the arrow's tip driving into
his chest. Time seemed to stand still for him as he looked down to
see the blood and the tip of the arrow sticking out of his chest.
He felt his breath grow heavy, his head becoming light headed. He
suddenly dropped to his knees, the blood flowing in great amounts.
"Celeste…" he whispered, thinking of his beloved angel.
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Fire was every where around the castle, burning steadily. People
were covered in blood, some burned. Bodies were everywhere, more
human bodies then dragons. The senshi's own uniforms were torn and
stained. It seemed more like a horrid nightmare then real life.
Suddenly Sailor Draco felt a sharp pain in her chest that made
her gasp for air. Her face turned pale as she realized what was
happening. "Jonathan!" she whispered, her heart beating quickly.
She gathered her energy and quickly teleported to where he was,
leaving the other senshi and knights to take care of the castle.
A brilliant red light appeared on the eastern sector as Sailor
Draco teleported there. Quickly she found her love and went
straight towards him.
"Jonathan!" she whispered in shock as she kneeled down on
the bloody battle field, taking him in her arms. He moved his eyes
up to her face and smiled, slowly lifting his hand up to her face
and brushing her hair out of her eyes.
"Don't worry Princess, you have the power - you can defeat
them," he said softly.
"Jonathan, don't leave me. You can't go…" she whispered,
her voice nearly failing her as tears appeared in her eyes.
"We'll meet again Princess, trust the goddess. She will
take care of us. Never forget my love for you." Then his eyes
closed and Sailor Draco let out a mournful cry, tears streaming
down her face. A brilliant blue light surrounded Jonathan and he
disappeared, out of his lovers arms. Grief over took her and anger
gripped her sword tightly in her hand. The symbol of the dragon
appeared on her forehead as her tiara disappeared and a brilliant
blinding light erupted from her, sending the harpies and dark
creatures screaming out in pain, those who were close fell from
the sky dead. When the blinding light faded it was replaced by a
glowing ruby light that surrounded the senshi like an eternal
flame burning fierce in the darkness, wings of pure fire appeared
on her back. With great power she flew up into the sky and started
slaying the harpies with her sword, shooting fire out of her hands
at others attempting to escape. Soon they were all gone and a
clapping was heard just behind her. Sailor Draco's eyes flew to
the man, seeing someone with hair and eyes much like her own and
ebony wings. She knew instantly who he was and it pained her
deeply to know it was him.
"Well brother, I see you are alive," she said with ice in her voice.
"Well done little sister, you have done an excellent job
slaying them," said Tobias smiling. "You have grown into a very
powerful warrior, I knew you would."
"Why Tobias, why did you turn to darkness?" she said with
ice still in her voice.
"Don't you see it sister? Times are changing, the universe
is changing. There was a time when our family controlled all the
dragons. There was a delicate balance between the light and the
darkness, a balance disturbed when Fae sealed the black dragons
away all those years ago and now the power in our line is divided.
Only those of our family who turn entirely to the darkness can
control them, however in the process they lose power over the red
ones. I'm going to fix the balance and undo Fae's great mistake,
she should never have done what she did." Sailor Draco reached up
and slapped him hard across the face. He turned back to her,
stunned.
"Where is the brother I knew? Where did he go? TELL ME
THAT! You are not him, my brother never spoke of such insanity
in his life. MY brother knew that the black dragons were
destroying the balance! He knew that they were destroying
everything! If Fae did not seal them away there would be
nothing in the universe, no life - nothing good at all - except
for them and they would feed on the destruction they had created.
No, you sir are no brother of mine, he truly did die thirteen
years ago!"
"Celeste, if you are not with me then you are surely against me!"
With that he raised his sword and attacked his sister with full
fury. She attacked back, with all her skills, a deep fire burning
deep inside her hotter then the brightest star. The battle in the
air between Brother and Sister lasted thirty minutes before
Celeste suddenly seeing an unguarded spot lounged in with her
sword and drove it through his shoulder, then quickly pulled it
out. He gasped in pain as dark, nearly black blood poured from his wound.
"You have great skill," he said softly.
"I learned from all the best knights on the planet, the
best of which died because of your insanity! How cruel fate is to
allow be to become Jonathan's wife, then the next day make me his
widow by the hands of my own brother!"
With that said she took up her sword once again and attacked,
determined to win this fight. The battle was one that was rarely
seen by any mortal in all of time, great warriors fighting in mid
air. She attacked swift and fast, pushing him backwards until he
found himself against the side a mountain, then he quickly pushed
off the rocks and shot himself straight upwards in the air, Sailor
Draco following him every step. He whirled around, bringing his
sword over his head and down diagonally, she swiftly flew
backwards but still his sword sliced her arm. She ignored the
pain and the bright crimson blood flowing quickly from it. She
saw another opening and lunged in, but he quickly saw her move and
moved slightly to the side just far enough to avoid the edge of
sword. However he felt the brilliant fire of her wings and cursed
under his breath as he felt it burn his skin with its purity and
fierce determination. He turned around and launched himself at
Sailor Draco, determined to end this once and for all! Suddenly
she disappeared in a flash of fire. He stopped, his eyes scanning
everywhere for her, baffled as to where she went. His eyes flew
open in shock as he felt icy metal driven through his chest. He
looked down to see her sword driven through his heart. She
whispered in his ear "Now feel what it is like to die, feel
your precious darkness carrying your soul to the next lifetime
in which you will suffer as you have made others suffer." With
that said she pulled out her sword and he fell from the sky,
dead before he hit the ground below. A rain began to fall from
the sky, a rain of blood that stung like acid as it fell from the
dark sky. It covered Sailor Draco, decorating her skin, staining
it in its deep Crimson color. She looked up at the sky, the blood
rain streaming onto her face and saw the sun was beginning to set
and cast an eerie light on the blood that fell from the sky; the
blood belonging to all those who had died that day. "No," she
whispered, realizing she had been away to long and quickly
teleported back to the castle. She dropped to her knees as saw
the most horrific scene. The castle was on fire, everyone in the
kingdom was dead. The crimson rain poured down with great force,
soon Sailor Draco was drenched in it. Tears slide down her check
and she began to shake. It was to late, she couldn't save the
lives of her people. All she could do was seal away the evil so
they destruction would stop and her people would be safe from the
black dragons chaos in whatever life they were reborn into. She
saw the black dragons, battling now only with the red dragons.
All human life was gone. She walked into the city boldly, through
the fire which she would always be apart of. She saw the bodies of
her friends, the brave knights who defended the people to the end,
the little girl she had seen in her dream, even her mother and
Sailor Darkstar. Tears were flowing with no mercy down her face,
through the blood that fallen onto her from the heavens. She
found an open spot on the ground and stuck her sword in it, then
looked to the sky. Closing her eyes, she looked deep within
herself and summoned every ounce of ancient power that flowed
through her veins. A brilliant beam of ruby and ebony light
surrounded her, lifting her hair above her head and extending
straight up into the heavens. "Fae, Morgan, Evelyn, Cassandra,
Elizabeth, Victoria, Alessandra, Selene, Angelique, Chrystyne,
Guinevere, Gabrielle, Ilycia, Khrystle, Meredithe, Morgance,
Pearlette, Sabrina, Roselyne, Virginia… Queen's and Guardian's
of old, I call upon your power. The time has come to seal away
the darkness, to wrap it in light so it will starve and cease to
grow. Seal away this darkness and bring forth the crystal light,
I am the vessel. Lend me your power and strength, allow me to add
it to my own so peace may once again shine down upon the universe.
I call on you ancestors, great mothers, please give me the
strength to seal the darkness away and stop this rain of blood…"
With that a song rose to her voice, a song that had not been
heard in the universe since Fae first sealed them away. The words
came to her from a memory as if it were a far away dream. She
could feel the power building around her, feeling it fill her
until she was sure her body would burst. Finally she reached the
last words of the song and as they spilled forth from her. The
light grew in brilliance, finally it burst and reached out over
the land-covering it in the eternal light. She could hear the
cries of the black dragons and the armies of darkness as the light
wrapped itself around them, clung to them, suffocated them. She
nearly screamed because of the pain it caused her body to use such
power. Finally with a loud sound such as thunder on earth
magnified one thousand times erupted through the planet, the very
ground beneath her trembled. The light was suddenly gone, the
darkness sealed away deep inside the planet where it belonged.
Celeste suddenly fell to her knees, detransformed. Incredible
pain filled her entire body and she knew what came next, she knew
that using the power needed had drained her and left her body
beyond repair. She fell forward onto the ground, thinking of her
beloved and knowing she would see him soon… so soon. Slowly her
eyes closed and she lied their, the last Princess of this great kingdom, dead.
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Wow, that took me longer to write then I though! lol, hope
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