Yes, I have FINALLY written an Epilogue to The Mage Princess since most
people requested it. As for writing a scene after the end of Chapter 5,
well, that might happen sometime later but nothing is settled yet.
Remember that this epilogue is sort of like a prologue for the next
story. So it might be a little confusing... though hopefully not too
much so. ~.^ Let me know what you think!
A few disclaimers: I don't own Sailor Moon... if I did I would be
publishing these stories because I would have enough money to do so...
I'm also an extremely poor college student who has to rely on her
scholarship to pay off the registration fees so don't sue me... you'll
get nothing out of it! One more thing: Washi is my character... Hou is
also my character and I guess that Kou is my character too since she is
so very different from Serenity ne? ~.^ Anyway I made all of them up so
don't steal any of them, okie? ^^
New disclaimer: Yuufu, Narcissus, Ohamu, and Abura Kakyuu are also my
characters. No stealing!
New new disclaimer: Prince Rupert Heron is my character as well! I
ask for a lot, huh? ^__^
New new new disclaimer: Gosh there's a lot! The Ryuu, Kouryou, and Taka
are also mine!
I guess it's on with the story!
The Mage Princess
EPILOGUE
By: Sailor Berkeley
* * ~ ~ Serena ~ ~ * *
My mind screams out loudly from the latest contraction. I have
not yet vocally expressed the pain but the mental anguish has touched
more than one person in the room, as is plainly obvious by the winces
that follow each of my contractions.
I look around the room as the contraction dies down, my hair
plastered to my face and Darien's hands safely holding my own. His eyes
are worried as are the eyes of my mother and the two doctors present in
the room.
I have been in labor for eleven hours now with no signs of the
baby appearing. This is highly unusual for Lunatians, who usually have
very easy labors. My mother claims I was born in only two hours. I'm
getting worried as well but thoughts cannot formulate in my head as
another contraction comes upon me and my brow furrows in pain once
more.
* * ~ ~ Darien ~ ~ * *
As Serena's mind screams out once more and the Houou, as well
as I, attempt to soothe her pain, I try to figure out what to do.
Her pain hurts me more than any physical pain I could stand. As I
brush silver hair off of her forehead, wondering at the same time what
in the world could be done, the door opens suddenly and High Mage Washi
strides in, his pink-tinged hair flowing behind him.
At this point I stand up, ridding myself of my princely clothes
and addorning the Mage robes I often wear as my hair and eyes turn as
red as Phoenix fire.
He looks at me and nods in acknowledgement.
"Zen'yokuhikouki." He then looks directly at Serena, who cannot
manage even the simple act of becoming Kou as all her concentration
and strength are going into our child. "Princess Serenity. Queen
Serenity." The Queen barely acknowledges him, her pale face entranced
by her daughter's suffering.
He sits down next to Serena on the bed and takes her other
hand. "I have heard your mental call. As has any and all Mages in
neighboring galaxies, I believe you may have even reached Benabair with
that, um, call." A small smile threatened to break the worry in his
eyes, but didn't quite reach it. "I believe the problem lies with the
child."
I look straight at Washi, trying to understand his meaning.
Serena's mental voice, hoarse from screaming, reaches my mind with a
question.
"We do not understand, Washi. How can a simple child do this?
The doctors claim that she has turned, everything is fine physically.
It is puzzling, we agree, since there is nothing obstructing the babe
from coming out." I stop as the answer somehow comes to me. "Are you
suggesting that she does not want to come out?"
Washi's nod makes my heart squeeze.
"How is that possible? She cannot have any understanding of
this. Can she?" My voice cracks at that question and I wonder if that's
really possible. "Mage babies, if she indeed will become a Mage, do not
develop any type of telepathic ability until at least the age of six.
It is unheard of for a mere infant to pick up on any type of psychic
wavelength."
"Nevertheless, I believe that's what's happening right now. I
believe that her Winged Magic has already been awakened, that the girl
child is aware of the Magic and has been conversing with it for some
time now."
I look at him in disbelief. What he is proposing is
preposterous.
'I think he is right, my love.' I look down at Serena and she
looks up at me as her mental voice reaches out to me. 'I believe she
knows she is coming out into a cruel world where she won't be protected
by her mother's warm body. We... we need to talk to her.'
Washi nods at me in agreeance and I sigh. Even though this
makes absolutely no sense to me, I close my eyes and reach out to the
Houou who sings out to me with a shrill note. I caress his beak and
whisper in his ear to find my daughter's Wings.
The Houou spreads his fiery wings and flies off into the night
with me right behind him. We reach a furnace, an area of liquid lava
and I shiver despite the heat. Is this the environment my daughter has
been in for the past few months?
As we fly above this lava-filled world, the Houou and I reach
an island in the middle of it. As we step onto the hot earth I realize
that it's made out of black coal. Almost contrary to its nature, the
island is covered with green moss. A few green shoots surround us and
I'm enthralled by the complexity of a mind so young.
The place where Winged Magic's rests inside the Mage is of the
Mage's own doing. This place had come from the mind of my unborn
child.
As I get over my inital shock, I notice that there is a rather
large green boulder in the middle of the island. I walk up to it slowly
and slowly reach out my hand to touch it. Before I can get near it,
however, a long neck worms its way around and a large head looms before
me faster than I can blink.
The dragon, for it is indeed a dragon, grins at me, his sharp
silver teeth twinkling at me. His eyes are as red as mine and his body
as green as an emerald. The horns which sprout from each side of his
head, as well as the third one in the middle, are made out of silver
and look as sharp as the teeth I am currently staring at.
He quickly looks over to my right and I notice that Kou, even
though she must be exhausted, is standing there with Washi supporting
her.
The dragon hisses and opens his mouth, fire dripping from his
jaw as he sees the other intruders.
"Sssssso. The prodigal parentssss finally decide to show up."
I cannot imagine why his voice sounds so familiar, but it does. I feel
like I have met him before.
I frown at him and notice for the first time that he is gently
holding in his claws my baby girl.
"What do you mean by keeping my daughter from us, Ryuu?" As I
say it, I know it for truth. My daughter is the next Dragon. The one
and only Dragon since the time of the One Winged Magic. I shudder as
the words come out.
"Ah. You impresssss me Mage. I did not think I would be
remembered assss such. Of coursssssse you have the advantage of having
sssseen me recently, have you not?"
I frown at his words and suddenly realize why he sounds so
familiar. He was the one I met, the one who helped me break out of
Beryl's spell before I married her. He had tried to tell me then that
I would father the next Dragon but I had not noticed it then.
Kou's voice, though tired and worn, rings true and high from
behind me. "You have not answered our question, Ryuu."
The Dragon's eyes shift to look behind me. "I wasssss expecting
you to come here a lot earlier. I am ssssorry to have caused you pain,
Houou."
I am surprised, because he really means it. He also called Kou
by her Wings' name: Houou. I supposed that fit, one Winged Magic
calling to another. Especially since the Ryuu had made the Houou a very
long time ago.
"I am ssssorry. I had forgotten it had been ssssso long. In
olden timesss it wasss known when a Dragon wassss born. Parentssss
alwayssss came to meet me. I would have forgone thissss except that I
have a boon to asssk of you."
"Ask it." Kou said, her voice becoming more faint.
"The girl. Her name shall be Kouryou. Ssssee to it."
With that he hands my daughter into Kou's arms and the next
thing I know I am back in our room, holding Serena's hand as a baby's
wail penetrates the air.
Kouryou is born.
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That's all folks! ^_^ E-mail at b-chan@fanaticsmworld.com with your
thoughts!
people requested it. As for writing a scene after the end of Chapter 5,
well, that might happen sometime later but nothing is settled yet.
Remember that this epilogue is sort of like a prologue for the next
story. So it might be a little confusing... though hopefully not too
much so. ~.^ Let me know what you think!
A few disclaimers: I don't own Sailor Moon... if I did I would be
publishing these stories because I would have enough money to do so...
I'm also an extremely poor college student who has to rely on her
scholarship to pay off the registration fees so don't sue me... you'll
get nothing out of it! One more thing: Washi is my character... Hou is
also my character and I guess that Kou is my character too since she is
so very different from Serenity ne? ~.^ Anyway I made all of them up so
don't steal any of them, okie? ^^
New disclaimer: Yuufu, Narcissus, Ohamu, and Abura Kakyuu are also my
characters. No stealing!
New new disclaimer: Prince Rupert Heron is my character as well! I
ask for a lot, huh? ^__^
New new new disclaimer: Gosh there's a lot! The Ryuu, Kouryou, and Taka
are also mine!
I guess it's on with the story!
The Mage Princess
EPILOGUE
By: Sailor Berkeley
* * ~ ~ Serena ~ ~ * *
My mind screams out loudly from the latest contraction. I have
not yet vocally expressed the pain but the mental anguish has touched
more than one person in the room, as is plainly obvious by the winces
that follow each of my contractions.
I look around the room as the contraction dies down, my hair
plastered to my face and Darien's hands safely holding my own. His eyes
are worried as are the eyes of my mother and the two doctors present in
the room.
I have been in labor for eleven hours now with no signs of the
baby appearing. This is highly unusual for Lunatians, who usually have
very easy labors. My mother claims I was born in only two hours. I'm
getting worried as well but thoughts cannot formulate in my head as
another contraction comes upon me and my brow furrows in pain once
more.
* * ~ ~ Darien ~ ~ * *
As Serena's mind screams out once more and the Houou, as well
as I, attempt to soothe her pain, I try to figure out what to do.
Her pain hurts me more than any physical pain I could stand. As I
brush silver hair off of her forehead, wondering at the same time what
in the world could be done, the door opens suddenly and High Mage Washi
strides in, his pink-tinged hair flowing behind him.
At this point I stand up, ridding myself of my princely clothes
and addorning the Mage robes I often wear as my hair and eyes turn as
red as Phoenix fire.
He looks at me and nods in acknowledgement.
"Zen'yokuhikouki." He then looks directly at Serena, who cannot
manage even the simple act of becoming Kou as all her concentration
and strength are going into our child. "Princess Serenity. Queen
Serenity." The Queen barely acknowledges him, her pale face entranced
by her daughter's suffering.
He sits down next to Serena on the bed and takes her other
hand. "I have heard your mental call. As has any and all Mages in
neighboring galaxies, I believe you may have even reached Benabair with
that, um, call." A small smile threatened to break the worry in his
eyes, but didn't quite reach it. "I believe the problem lies with the
child."
I look straight at Washi, trying to understand his meaning.
Serena's mental voice, hoarse from screaming, reaches my mind with a
question.
"We do not understand, Washi. How can a simple child do this?
The doctors claim that she has turned, everything is fine physically.
It is puzzling, we agree, since there is nothing obstructing the babe
from coming out." I stop as the answer somehow comes to me. "Are you
suggesting that she does not want to come out?"
Washi's nod makes my heart squeeze.
"How is that possible? She cannot have any understanding of
this. Can she?" My voice cracks at that question and I wonder if that's
really possible. "Mage babies, if she indeed will become a Mage, do not
develop any type of telepathic ability until at least the age of six.
It is unheard of for a mere infant to pick up on any type of psychic
wavelength."
"Nevertheless, I believe that's what's happening right now. I
believe that her Winged Magic has already been awakened, that the girl
child is aware of the Magic and has been conversing with it for some
time now."
I look at him in disbelief. What he is proposing is
preposterous.
'I think he is right, my love.' I look down at Serena and she
looks up at me as her mental voice reaches out to me. 'I believe she
knows she is coming out into a cruel world where she won't be protected
by her mother's warm body. We... we need to talk to her.'
Washi nods at me in agreeance and I sigh. Even though this
makes absolutely no sense to me, I close my eyes and reach out to the
Houou who sings out to me with a shrill note. I caress his beak and
whisper in his ear to find my daughter's Wings.
The Houou spreads his fiery wings and flies off into the night
with me right behind him. We reach a furnace, an area of liquid lava
and I shiver despite the heat. Is this the environment my daughter has
been in for the past few months?
As we fly above this lava-filled world, the Houou and I reach
an island in the middle of it. As we step onto the hot earth I realize
that it's made out of black coal. Almost contrary to its nature, the
island is covered with green moss. A few green shoots surround us and
I'm enthralled by the complexity of a mind so young.
The place where Winged Magic's rests inside the Mage is of the
Mage's own doing. This place had come from the mind of my unborn
child.
As I get over my inital shock, I notice that there is a rather
large green boulder in the middle of the island. I walk up to it slowly
and slowly reach out my hand to touch it. Before I can get near it,
however, a long neck worms its way around and a large head looms before
me faster than I can blink.
The dragon, for it is indeed a dragon, grins at me, his sharp
silver teeth twinkling at me. His eyes are as red as mine and his body
as green as an emerald. The horns which sprout from each side of his
head, as well as the third one in the middle, are made out of silver
and look as sharp as the teeth I am currently staring at.
He quickly looks over to my right and I notice that Kou, even
though she must be exhausted, is standing there with Washi supporting
her.
The dragon hisses and opens his mouth, fire dripping from his
jaw as he sees the other intruders.
"Sssssso. The prodigal parentssss finally decide to show up."
I cannot imagine why his voice sounds so familiar, but it does. I feel
like I have met him before.
I frown at him and notice for the first time that he is gently
holding in his claws my baby girl.
"What do you mean by keeping my daughter from us, Ryuu?" As I
say it, I know it for truth. My daughter is the next Dragon. The one
and only Dragon since the time of the One Winged Magic. I shudder as
the words come out.
"Ah. You impresssss me Mage. I did not think I would be
remembered assss such. Of coursssssse you have the advantage of having
sssseen me recently, have you not?"
I frown at his words and suddenly realize why he sounds so
familiar. He was the one I met, the one who helped me break out of
Beryl's spell before I married her. He had tried to tell me then that
I would father the next Dragon but I had not noticed it then.
Kou's voice, though tired and worn, rings true and high from
behind me. "You have not answered our question, Ryuu."
The Dragon's eyes shift to look behind me. "I wasssss expecting
you to come here a lot earlier. I am ssssorry to have caused you pain,
Houou."
I am surprised, because he really means it. He also called Kou
by her Wings' name: Houou. I supposed that fit, one Winged Magic
calling to another. Especially since the Ryuu had made the Houou a very
long time ago.
"I am ssssorry. I had forgotten it had been ssssso long. In
olden timesss it wasss known when a Dragon wassss born. Parentssss
alwayssss came to meet me. I would have forgone thissss except that I
have a boon to asssk of you."
"Ask it." Kou said, her voice becoming more faint.
"The girl. Her name shall be Kouryou. Ssssee to it."
With that he hands my daughter into Kou's arms and the next
thing I know I am back in our room, holding Serena's hand as a baby's
wail penetrates the air.
Kouryou is born.
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That's all folks! ^_^ E-mail at b-chan@fanaticsmworld.com with your
thoughts!