Her Love
SilverRain61
Chapter 17 is finally here! Oh, btw, I REALLY need a beta reader! Any volunteers? E-mail me or review me about it.
Disclaimer: Not mine. SailorMoon I mean but don't you dare to lay your hands on my story! Bawhahaha!
She was being hurled into a black gaping mouth. No, a tunnel, a seemingly endless one at that. But then the fall ended and she hit the ground wit a soft thump. Surprisingly it felt as though she has been carefully dropped on a feather pillow instead of smacked against hard stone floor. Shakily she stood up and took a look around herself. She seemed to be in some kind of temple with cold stone walls and a sacrifice altar with a bright fire burning behind it. Quite suddenly she was scared and she shivered as a soft, cool breeze past her making her short white dress quiver around her. She looked herself down at that and barely choked back a scream. The white purity of her tunic-like clothing was marred with bright red stains of freshly spilled blood.
"Beautiful isn't it? Such bright, vibrant color," a voice whispered. Usagi whipped around and saw two vivid glowing eyes staring at her from beneath a hood.
"What are you doing here?" Usagi demanded to know. After all, you can never show your fear or it will be felt and you will be treated like a victim.
"Why, Princess, I only meant to return an item you lost." He smiled viciously and reached behind him, grabbing a thin, pale hand. He yanked it and sent Opal hurtling into Usagi's arms. Usagi gasped and quickly pulled the trembling girl close to her protective warmth.
"Wh-"
She looked around but the Wiseman was gone. Usagi looked down at her frightened daughter and gently released her.
"What happened?"
Opal bit back a sob and pulled off her own cloak which previously has been covering her whole so that only her hands and a lock of her moonlight hair showed. Usagi emitted a short and clear cry as the two red eyes stared up at her, pink lips stretched in an unnatural smirk. The pale blond hair was suddenly a shock of pink carefully assembled in two pointed ponytails.
"Opal!"
"Opal- where is Opal?- Who is Opal? Tell me, Mother."
"Opal is my daughter! What have you done to her?" Usagi's voice had a slight hysterical note to its usual clearness making it sound shrill and coarse at once.
"Oh you mean her, " Chibi-Usa said as she nodded her head toward a corner draped in darkness. The Moon Princess rushed to the darkness that hid a lifeless body of her heir.
"What have you done to her, you monster?" Came Usagi's aggrieved cry as she scooped up the breathless girl in her arms. Her awkward half-hug tightened as she detected no movement and no life-giving warmth in the unconscious child.
"Me? I haven't done anything to this princess, Your Highness. It is you who has the blood of the innocent on your hands, or, more appropriately, the hem of your dress."
Usagi franticly looked over Opal, her hand running over the still body searching for a wound, an injury, anything. But below Princess's nimble fingers the was only smoothness of the cold marble, beautiful and pale, cold and dead.
"Oh no, Serenity, not dead yet. " Came the drawl of Usagi's first daughter. Sobs wrecked the frail body as Usagi clung to her beloved descendant. Chibi-Usa moved in closer, silently and unnoticeably, and put a hand on Usagi's heaving shoulder.
"There is nothing you can do to help her. Let her die unconsciously and mercifully pain-free," she purred in a voice that abruptly sounded like her father's, the pleased finality of her tone making Usagi shiver. It was then when Usagi decided that she would do anything just to keep Opal alive. She stood up and walked to the center of the room and into the bright glow of the sacrificial fire, carrying Opal all the way. She gently set her down on the floor and stared lovingly, longingly, at her silver child, so frail yet containing such an immense power within her. She carefully held up the Black Crystal and let it rest levitated above her hands. She let the familiar words flow from her lips as she felt a clean surge of power wash through her. The soft silver glow surrounded Opal and Usagi. Chibi-Usa backed up so that she stood quite far out of reach of the power. Usagi felt the power stop for a mere segment of a second and saw the light flicker as the Black Crystal burst into the hot white flash of light, leaving the old Princess Serenity, that which existed before Diamond, and Mamoru, and the Scouts, the one that was to rule the Moon Kingdom, in place of Usagi. The crystal in her hands was a beautiful silver again as if the darkness was washed away by the white flash. Opal's head was thrown back helplessly, as a strange mark glowed on her forehead. An upside-down black moon was intervened with a golden-silver one, leaving a slim oval of creamy skin in the middle. Usagi gasped and fell on her knees all her power drained from her and Opal sank softly on the floor.
"A being of light and dark joined together," she whispered struck by the sudden revelation. Opal didn't belong the dark but nor did she to the light.
"Yes, indeed. A rare and great combination," Chibi-Usa informed. "Great potential. Although it didn't save her. Such power wasted, but, really, there was no other way," she continued almost sorrowfully.
"No!" Usagi gasped painfully while she struggled to get up only to fail miserably. Having no power to walk, run, to Opal she crawled. Usagi reached for her daughter, cradling her head on her knees. And as soon as she touched the ice-cold flesh she knew that she failed. Opal was dead.
Usagi woke with a start sitting straight up in her bed and barely managed to clamp her lips together hard enough not to scream. As reality took hold and her nightmare subsided Usagi made herself lie back on the soft bed. She closed her eyes but the sleep wouldn't come. To reassure herself she held onto her Black Crystal, clutching it with all her might. The sleep still wouldn't come. Giving up she sat up. Pulling the Crystal up she glanced at it briefly and felt her eyes go wide with shock.
It was silver.
Sorry to leave ya hanging like this guys but hey, whatcha gonna do, I'm the author and I'm tired. Don't forget btw that I'm looking for someone to beta me so if you are available please notify me. ^_~
Ciao, SilverRain
SilverRain61
Chapter 17 is finally here! Oh, btw, I REALLY need a beta reader! Any volunteers? E-mail me or review me about it.
Disclaimer: Not mine. SailorMoon I mean but don't you dare to lay your hands on my story! Bawhahaha!
She was being hurled into a black gaping mouth. No, a tunnel, a seemingly endless one at that. But then the fall ended and she hit the ground wit a soft thump. Surprisingly it felt as though she has been carefully dropped on a feather pillow instead of smacked against hard stone floor. Shakily she stood up and took a look around herself. She seemed to be in some kind of temple with cold stone walls and a sacrifice altar with a bright fire burning behind it. Quite suddenly she was scared and she shivered as a soft, cool breeze past her making her short white dress quiver around her. She looked herself down at that and barely choked back a scream. The white purity of her tunic-like clothing was marred with bright red stains of freshly spilled blood.
"Beautiful isn't it? Such bright, vibrant color," a voice whispered. Usagi whipped around and saw two vivid glowing eyes staring at her from beneath a hood.
"What are you doing here?" Usagi demanded to know. After all, you can never show your fear or it will be felt and you will be treated like a victim.
"Why, Princess, I only meant to return an item you lost." He smiled viciously and reached behind him, grabbing a thin, pale hand. He yanked it and sent Opal hurtling into Usagi's arms. Usagi gasped and quickly pulled the trembling girl close to her protective warmth.
"Wh-"
She looked around but the Wiseman was gone. Usagi looked down at her frightened daughter and gently released her.
"What happened?"
Opal bit back a sob and pulled off her own cloak which previously has been covering her whole so that only her hands and a lock of her moonlight hair showed. Usagi emitted a short and clear cry as the two red eyes stared up at her, pink lips stretched in an unnatural smirk. The pale blond hair was suddenly a shock of pink carefully assembled in two pointed ponytails.
"Opal!"
"Opal- where is Opal?- Who is Opal? Tell me, Mother."
"Opal is my daughter! What have you done to her?" Usagi's voice had a slight hysterical note to its usual clearness making it sound shrill and coarse at once.
"Oh you mean her, " Chibi-Usa said as she nodded her head toward a corner draped in darkness. The Moon Princess rushed to the darkness that hid a lifeless body of her heir.
"What have you done to her, you monster?" Came Usagi's aggrieved cry as she scooped up the breathless girl in her arms. Her awkward half-hug tightened as she detected no movement and no life-giving warmth in the unconscious child.
"Me? I haven't done anything to this princess, Your Highness. It is you who has the blood of the innocent on your hands, or, more appropriately, the hem of your dress."
Usagi franticly looked over Opal, her hand running over the still body searching for a wound, an injury, anything. But below Princess's nimble fingers the was only smoothness of the cold marble, beautiful and pale, cold and dead.
"Oh no, Serenity, not dead yet. " Came the drawl of Usagi's first daughter. Sobs wrecked the frail body as Usagi clung to her beloved descendant. Chibi-Usa moved in closer, silently and unnoticeably, and put a hand on Usagi's heaving shoulder.
"There is nothing you can do to help her. Let her die unconsciously and mercifully pain-free," she purred in a voice that abruptly sounded like her father's, the pleased finality of her tone making Usagi shiver. It was then when Usagi decided that she would do anything just to keep Opal alive. She stood up and walked to the center of the room and into the bright glow of the sacrificial fire, carrying Opal all the way. She gently set her down on the floor and stared lovingly, longingly, at her silver child, so frail yet containing such an immense power within her. She carefully held up the Black Crystal and let it rest levitated above her hands. She let the familiar words flow from her lips as she felt a clean surge of power wash through her. The soft silver glow surrounded Opal and Usagi. Chibi-Usa backed up so that she stood quite far out of reach of the power. Usagi felt the power stop for a mere segment of a second and saw the light flicker as the Black Crystal burst into the hot white flash of light, leaving the old Princess Serenity, that which existed before Diamond, and Mamoru, and the Scouts, the one that was to rule the Moon Kingdom, in place of Usagi. The crystal in her hands was a beautiful silver again as if the darkness was washed away by the white flash. Opal's head was thrown back helplessly, as a strange mark glowed on her forehead. An upside-down black moon was intervened with a golden-silver one, leaving a slim oval of creamy skin in the middle. Usagi gasped and fell on her knees all her power drained from her and Opal sank softly on the floor.
"A being of light and dark joined together," she whispered struck by the sudden revelation. Opal didn't belong the dark but nor did she to the light.
"Yes, indeed. A rare and great combination," Chibi-Usa informed. "Great potential. Although it didn't save her. Such power wasted, but, really, there was no other way," she continued almost sorrowfully.
"No!" Usagi gasped painfully while she struggled to get up only to fail miserably. Having no power to walk, run, to Opal she crawled. Usagi reached for her daughter, cradling her head on her knees. And as soon as she touched the ice-cold flesh she knew that she failed. Opal was dead.
Usagi woke with a start sitting straight up in her bed and barely managed to clamp her lips together hard enough not to scream. As reality took hold and her nightmare subsided Usagi made herself lie back on the soft bed. She closed her eyes but the sleep wouldn't come. To reassure herself she held onto her Black Crystal, clutching it with all her might. The sleep still wouldn't come. Giving up she sat up. Pulling the Crystal up she glanced at it briefly and felt her eyes go wide with shock.
It was silver.
Sorry to leave ya hanging like this guys but hey, whatcha gonna do, I'm the author and I'm tired. Don't forget btw that I'm looking for someone to beta me so if you are available please notify me. ^_~
Ciao, SilverRain