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Star Senshi, Book 1.
Chapter 1: "Farewell to The Silver Millennium. A New Beginning for Sailor Solaris!"
By Telraven. (telraven@ywave.com)
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This story is rated PG for a drama and romance. (Maybe a little swearing, I'm not sure yet.)
This story won't make a lot of sense unless you read the Prologue, it does set everything up...
Authors notes and other stuff are at the bottom.
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It was the end of a beautiful spring day on earth, during the Silver Millenium. The Solar
Princess, Lianara and her fiancee Prince Tarellan of the Earth, were sitting under a tree at the
top of a small hill, watching the sunset. Tarellan had his head pillowed on her lap and Lianara
was softly humming as she played with his hair. He sat up and turned toward her. "I love you."
"I love you more." She smiled.
"I doubt that. I love you so very much more, My Princess."
"Oh really? I don't think so." She replied, and kissed him. A few moments later she broke
off. "Now what do you think?"
"Hmmm... I think it's a tie." He smiled and kissed her back.
"Oh yes, definitely a tie." She answered when they finally had to come up for air. Tarellan
laughed and kissed her again.
Suddenly a fierce wind whipped all around them. Lianara frowned as her magical senses
alerted her. "Something is happening...That wind is not natural..." A large misty portal then
appeared and two shadowed figures stepped out of it.
"You are quite right Sailor Solaris." One of the figures said as she stepped forward. It
was Sailor Pluto.
"Oh! Lady Pluto! It is only you! You had me worried for a moment. What are you doing here?
And who is that with you?"
Then the other figure stepped forward. Lianara stared in shock. "Princess Serenity?! Why
are you dressed as a Senshi?"
Sailor Moon bigsweated. "Ummm...Well...You see..."
Pluto interjected. "We'll have to explain later. We've come with an assignment for you
Sailor Solaris. You need to come with us, now."
"Come with you? Where?" She replied.
Pluto glanced at Tarellan briefly, then spoke. "I can only say that your help is required.
There is a very powerful threat coming, and your assistance is vital. No one can know where you're
going. Not even the Queen knows about this yet."
"What kind of threat?" Lianara asked.
"I cannot tell you just now. But you will be away for quite a while and the mission will be
difficult and dangerous, you may speak with your fiancée before we leave if you wish." Pluto
replied.
Lianara looked at Tarellan. "Yes, we need to talk." They walked off together.
"This is all so sudden, I do not know if I can do this, my love." Lianara told him once
they were out of hearing.
"Of course you can. You have the courage, the power and the strength of will to do anything,
including defeating this enemy. And I know that when you have, you will return to me." Tarellan
said as he brushed a strand of hair off of her face.
She smiled up at him. "You always know just what to say, my love." She looked down at her
hands and took off her engagement ring. Then she took her necklace chain from her neck and slid
the ring onto it. She put the chain around his neck. "Keep this as my promise. As the sun burns
and the moon shines," she said, her voice slightly wavering. "I'll return to claim this when my
duty is fulfilled."
"I swear by the ever growing forest and the earth that sings, I'll keep it safe until you
return." He replied, completing the oath. Then he gathered her into his arms.
"I will miss you so much, my love." She said tearfully.
"As will I. In fact, I already miss you." He whispered into her hair. "Just remember that
no matter what happens, I will always love you, my darling Princess..."
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"Fiancée!?" Sailor Moon exclaimed when Lianara was out of earshot. "Pluto, you didn't tell
me she was engaged! We can't separate them! It's too cruel!"
"She is supposed to come with us. Search your memories, do remember her being around when
Beryl attacked?"
Sailor Moon was silent for a few moments as she thought. "No." She said finally. "Why wasn't
she there?"
"Because she came with us. If she were to stay, it would affect what happened to the Moon
Kingdom. Probably not for the better." Pluto told her.
"Oh." Sailor Moon sighed. "but why can't we take him with us?"
"It will be difficult for her, but we can't bring him. He *was* in this time when the Moon
Kingdom fell. In fact, he was one of Queen Serenity's protectors and... Oh, they're coming back."
"I still think this sucks." Sailor Moon muttered quietly.
Lianara and Tarellan came over to them, hand in hand.
"I'm ready." Lianara said.
"You should transform into your Senshi form, it will make traveling through the gate
easier." Pluto told her.
"Alright." She flung her hand into the air. "Golden Solar Power, Make-up!" Warm golden
light washed over her, as her entire body glowed with gold and blue light, golden ribbons flew out
from her bracelet, wrapping around her body and flashed into her Sailor fuku.
"Good, let's go." Pluto opened a portal to the Time Gate.
"Goodbye my love." Sailor Solaris whispered and kissed Tarellan.
"Farewell. Come back to me soon." He whispered back.
"I will, I swear it."
Pluto stood beside the Gate. "I'll go last so that I can close the portal that leads to the
gate."
Sailor Moon went through first. She turned to Solaris with a smile. "Come on Solaris, we'll
be able to explain everything once we get back to my time."
Once Solaris stepped through the portal, Tarellan grabbed Pluto's wrist. "Pluto, wait!" She
turned to him. "Watch over her will you?" He said in a voice choked with emotion. "She may be
powerful, but she isn't always strong, she needs encouragement for her to believe in herself."
"I will." Pluto replied. "Tell Queen Serenity what you've seen, she'll know what to say to
anyone who asks about Lianara." Then she stepped through the portal and it closed behind her.
Tarellan bowed his head as the portal disappeared. I'll always love you Lianara. Come back
to me soon... He looked up at the sunset. I'll speak with Queen Serenity and Apollo tomorrow...
I wonder why they didn't take Apollo with them, he is Lianara's guardian cat...
The next day in Queen Serenity's private office, Tarellan had an audience with Queen
Serenity and was surprised to find Sailor Pluto there.
"...so then they stepped through the portal and it disappeared." Tarellan said as he
finished explaining why his fiancee hadn't returned with him to the moon.
"An interesting story, Prince Tarellan. Apollo has disappeared as well, just before you
arrived, along with the Taiyouzuishou*." Serenity turned to Pluto. "You didn't say anything about
this before."
"I didn't need to. It is the destiny of the Solar Princess to do this, telling you
beforehand would only have complicated matters." Pluto replied in her usual manner. "No one else
need know about it either." She added.
Serenity frowned. "What worries me is that I'm not certain what to tell everyone else.
Since we can't tell them the truth, well, not the whole truth that is..." She thought for a moment.
"Perhaps we could say that she and Apollo were called away for certain duties, and it is uncertain
when they will return. That is the truth, but it's vague enough to be safe."
Tarellan and Sailor Pluto bowed. "If that is everything, I'll take my leave, your Majesty."
Tarellan bowed again and left Serenity's chambers. I'll wait for you my love, no matter how long
it may be...
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(Quick note: *Taiyouzuishou= lit. Sun Crystal, (Solar Crystal) it was created as a sister
crystal to the Ginzuishou. It belongs to the true heir of the Solar Kingdom.)
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The mist was so thick Solaris couldn't even see her hand in front of her face. "Sailor
Pluto? Where are you?"
"Right here." Pluto answered right beside her. "The Time Gate is right over there. See?
Sailor Moon is waiting for us."
"Why are we going through the Time Gate?" Lianara asked.
"Sailor Moon and I are from the future. There isn't a Sailor Solaris in our time, so we
came back to enlist your help."
"Why is the Princess a Sailor Senshi?" Solaris asked as they walked toward the Time Gate.
"We don't really know, I believe it was a mix up by Luna, she was looking for the Sailor
Senshi, and the Princess of the Moon, and got things mixed up. That's the last time I trust things
to a cat." She added under her breath.
"Wait a minute, what are you talking about? All of the Senshi have been gathered. Why
would Luna have to look for the Senshi? And the Princess?"
"It's a long story, and we don't have the time right now, we'll explain everything when we
arrive." Pluto replied. Lianara frowned.
They walked through the gate and into Setsuna's living room, where Minako and Hotaru were
waiting for them. Pluto and Sailor Moon detransformed.
"Minna, this is Lianara, Princess of The Sun, also known as Sailor Solaris." Usagi said.
"Pleased to meet you." Solaris said and smiled.
"Detransform and I'll introduce everyone." Setsuna told her.
She transformed from her Senshi Fuku into the dress she had been wearing earlier. Then
suddenly the sun on her forehead and her gown started to fade. "Wh-what is happening to me?! I feel
so weak..." She reached out for the couch to steady herself, then collapsed into a faint.
Setsuna and Usagi caught her and put her on the couch. "Minako go into Michiru's closet and
get some clothes. I think they're the same size." Setsuna said.
"Alright." Minako said and went upstairs. Setsuna took the blanket off the back of the
couch and put it over her.
Lianara slowly started to wake up. "What happened?" She asked groggily. Then she noticed
she wasn't wearing anything but a blanket. "Where is my dress!?"
"You suffered a shock when the magic of your senshi transformation left you." Setsuna
answered.
"The magic..." She gasped. "Where is the magic? I can barely feel it."
"There isn't as much magic in the world anymore." Setsuna told her.
"Why?" Just then Minako came back down the stairs with some clothes.
"Here, I brought you some clothing. You can change in the bathroom, that room over there."
Minako said, pointing.
"Thank you very much." She wrapped the blanket around herself as she got up, took the
clothes from Minako and went into the bathroom.
"Who is she going to stay with? I don't know if my parents would go for it." Usagi asked
after Lianara had left the room.
"She can stay with me. There's a spare room upstairs. Besides, the house has been feeling
rather empty since the enemy took Michiru and Haruka." Setsuna answered quietly.
"Yeah, I miss them." Hotaru said.
Everyone was silent for a moment. Then Lianara came back out of the bathroom.
"Lianara, I'll introduce everyone to you." Usagi smiled. "This is Aino Minako, she's Sailor
Venus."
"Minako... I like that."
"Tomoe Hotaru is Sailor Saturn."
Lianara gulped. "S-saturn? You are Sailor Saturn?"
"Yes I am." She smiled. "It's very nice to meet you Lianara-san."
"Y-yes. Hello." Lianara stammered.
"Meioh Setsuna is Sailor Pluto's name and I'm Tsukino Usagi: Sailor Moon and Princess
Serenity."
"Why does everyone have different names?" Lianara asked. "How far into the future did you
bring me? It couldn't have been *that* far, since you're the same Sailor Senshi that I know, but
you all seem different somehow..." She glanced at Usagi and she started in shock. "Serenity! Why
don't you have the symbol of the moon kingdom on your forehead?" Lianara asked.
"Most of your questions can be answered simply: In your time, a year after be brought you
here," Setsuna said. "An evil woman named Beryl attacked the Moon Kingdom, and destroyed it.
Everyone but Luna, Artemis and I were killed in the attack. Even Queen Serenity, she had to use
the full power of the Ginzuishou to seal away the forces of Beryl and her Dark Kingdom." Setsuna
said.
Lianara gasped. No...It can't be...Everyone...Tarellan...
"To save everyone, Queen Serenity sent them all to the future to be reborn in a world
without Beryl. Because of the power it took, the world's magic was depleted. It has been gradually
building back up, but it's still low enough now that it takes a lot of energy out of you personally
when you take the form of the Solar Princess. The same with everyone else. Queen Serenity knew
there was a possibility of Beryl returning, so she put Luna and Artemis into hibernation so that
should the evil return, they would awaken and be able to revive the senshi." Setsuna finished.
"Th-this is all so unbelievable..." Lianara stammered. "Why are you telling me all of this?
Won't it spoil the timeline when I go back?"
Setsuna was silent.
Realization dawned upon her. "Unless....You are not going to allow me to go back, are you?"
"No." Setsuna said quietly. "The truth is, you never returned to the Moon Kingdom. If you
were to do so, it could change things. Most likely not for the better."
"But...Tarellan..." Lianara whispered as a cold feeling crept from the pit of her stomach
and her eyes started to well up with tears. "I promised him I would come back..." And now...He
died...No...
"I'm sorry Lianara." Usagi said as Lianara buried her face in her hands and started to cry.
Usagi put an arm around Lianara's shoulder.
"You can live here with Hotaru and I if you like, we have a spare room, and you'll need
someone to show you around in this time." Setsuna said softly when it seemed as though Lianara had
cried herself out. "We can enroll you in the same school as Usagi and Minako, that way you'll be
with friends."
"I...I suppose that would...make things easier... At least I won't be completely alone..."
Alone...I'll never see him again... Lianara sniffed, wiping away the tears and looked around.
"Where are all of the other Senshi?"
"That's partly why we brought you here. Our enemy has captured all of the others, save for
Endymion. We are the only ones left." Setsuna said.
She was shocked. "How did that happen?"
"They caught us off guard, I think they have been observing us for quite awhile." Setsuna
replied.
Lianara was silent for a moment. "Well, I suppose if I am to fit in here, I should have a
new name as well, don't you think?"
Usagi smiled. "That's a great idea! What will your new name be?'
"I guess I could go by my nickname, Liana."
"Yeah, I like that. I know! Your family name can be Taiyouno*!" Usagi exclaimed. Everyone
bigsweated at the pun. "And tomorrow is Saturday so we can go shopping, and maybe see a movie.
We'll show you how cool everything is in our time!" Usagi said enthusiastically.
"Alright. Why don't you two stay here tonight? You can call your parents and tell them."
Setsuna told Usagi and Minako.
"Cool! A slumber party!" Minako said.
Setsuna raised an eyebrow.
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(Another quick note: *Taiyouno roughly means "of the sun" following the pattern of the
other senshi names which each mean something related to their powers. Hence the joke. ^_~)
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The next day, Jilana, one of Alaric's minions, was watching the girls as they went shopping,
got lunch, saw a movie and did other normal girl stuff. "Argh! Don't these senshi do anything
alone?! They even go into the bathroom together! I wish I could hear what they were saying. I
also wish they'd leave Venus by herself! Go home already!" Jilana complained frustratedly to the
screen she was watching them on.
She continued to watch as they eventually said goodbye, and went their separate ways.
"Finally!" She focused in on Minako as she walked away from the others. Jilana waited for Minako
to get farther away from everyone else, then she opened a portal and stepped through.
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Minako was about two blocks away from the others when a black portal appeared in front of
her.
Immediately she reached for her transformation wand. "Venus Crys-"
"Oh no you don't!" The minion said as she grabbed the wand out of her hand. "You're coming
with me."
"Yeah, right!" Minako said as she started to run.
The minion just laughed and sent a bolt of energy at her. Minako dodged it by inches.
"Help! Usagi! Setsuna! Anyone!"
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"Did you hear that?" Liana said.
"It sounded like Minako." Usagi said.
"We'd better transform." Setsuna told them.
Usagi and Liana nodded.
"Pluto Planet Power,"
"Saturn Planet Power,"
"Moon Eternal,"
"Golden Solar Power,"
All together: "Make-up!"
After transforming, they ran toward where they had heard Minako's scream come from.
Minako was slowly wearing down, she couldn't keep running and dodging for very much longer.
I can't keep this up...Minna where are you? She thought.
"Hold it right there! For love and justice, I'm the pretty soldier Sailor Moon. In the name
of the moon, I'll punish you!" Sailor Moon did her usual hand motions and whatnot.
"Yeah, yeah, I know who you are. I am Jilana, head of the almighty Prince Alaric's army.
I'm the bad guy. You aren't who I'm after right now, so just go away." Jilana replied in a bored
tone while she made a shooing motion with her hand.
"I don't think so." Sailor Pluto said. "Dead Scream." She whispered.
The ball of violet energy blasted into the minion, scorching her and knocking her into a
nearby wall. "You'll pay for that!" She said as she got up. Jilana shot out a bolt of black energy
at Pluto.
She barely dodged it. "Let me try." Sailor Solaris said. She floated about a foot above the
ground and raised both hands above her head as she began to spin. "Golden Solar Flare!" She shouted,
and a beam of gold light shot out from between her upraised hands. The beam hit Alaric's minion
right in the eyes, scorching her face and blinding her temporarily.
The minion, bruised and burnt, slowly got up while holding one side of her face, "That
hurt!" she complained. Then she opened a portal and summoned one of her youma. "Get them!." She
yelled as she pointed at the senshi. The youma charged at them. "Sailor Moon! Now!" Saturn said.
"Yeah I know, Silver Moon Crystal Power Kiss!" Sailor Moon cried out. The gold light blasted
into the youma and it evaporated.
Alaric's minion had limped over to Minako. Then she grabbed Minako with her good arm, and
pulled her into the portal.
"Noooo! Not again! Minako!" Sailor Moon cried out and took a step toward the disappearing
portal. She sobbed. "This just isn't fair, they are picking us off one by one and there's nothing
we can do about it..."
"You're wrong Sailor Moon, we can defeat them, and we will get the other Senshi back."
Pluto told her.
She sniffed and wiped her eyes as she looked up a Pluto. "You think so?"
"We've never failed yet have we?"
"I...I guess not. But this is so different. None of the others have come this close to
beating us."
"I know, this time they are more powerful. But now we are now more powerful as well." Pluto
said, gesturing to Solaris. "We have Sailor Solaris and the Taiyozuishou now. By the way, where is
it?" She said, turning to Solaris.
"Actually... since the uh, Taiyozuishou is umm...nearly as powerful as the Ginzuishou... My
uh, Guardian was keeping it until I should need it...and umm..." She said hesitantly.
"I knew we forgot something." Pluto muttered.
"What'd you forget?" Saturn asked.
"Apollo, Solaris' guardian cat. We forgot to pick him up." Pluto replied.
"Another cat? How many Guardian cats are there?." Saturn asked.
"We only need Luna, Artemis and Apollo. Let's go get him." Pluto answered in a very
Pluto-like fashion.
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The wounded Jilana dumped Minako into the cell where they were keeping the other Senshi,
then she went to report to Prince Alaric.
"Jilana, I want an explanation. Why did you use one of your monsters against the Senshi?
You know that is against my direct orders." Prince Alaric said.
"Your Highness, I didn't mean to disobey you, but there is a new Senshi, one that I am sure
we have never seen before. She is very powerful sir."
"Another Sailor? How can this be? We observed them for several years, a new one hasn't
shown up for quite awhile. Surely she would have appeared before this." Hadrian, the Prince's
advisor, said.
"Hmmm... this may effect our plans. We will have to observe this new Senshi, test her
powers to find out what kind of a threat she is." Alaric said. He called up an image of the Senshi
on his viewscreen and smiled. "Yes, she will definitely need careful study."
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To be continued...
Author's note: Is that better? I hope so, it's definitely longer than the prologue. I'm not
very good with action scenes, was this okay? As always, comments and criticism are greatly
appreciated. I want to know if you have any ideas of how I can improve this. You'll be able to find
every part of this story here: http://www.geocities.com/telraven/ (My homepage. ^_^)
Star Senshi, Book 1.
Chapter 1: "Farewell to The Silver Millennium. A New Beginning for Sailor Solaris!"
By Telraven. (telraven@ywave.com)
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This story is rated PG for a drama and romance. (Maybe a little swearing, I'm not sure yet.)
This story won't make a lot of sense unless you read the Prologue, it does set everything up...
Authors notes and other stuff are at the bottom.
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It was the end of a beautiful spring day on earth, during the Silver Millenium. The Solar
Princess, Lianara and her fiancee Prince Tarellan of the Earth, were sitting under a tree at the
top of a small hill, watching the sunset. Tarellan had his head pillowed on her lap and Lianara
was softly humming as she played with his hair. He sat up and turned toward her. "I love you."
"I love you more." She smiled.
"I doubt that. I love you so very much more, My Princess."
"Oh really? I don't think so." She replied, and kissed him. A few moments later she broke
off. "Now what do you think?"
"Hmmm... I think it's a tie." He smiled and kissed her back.
"Oh yes, definitely a tie." She answered when they finally had to come up for air. Tarellan
laughed and kissed her again.
Suddenly a fierce wind whipped all around them. Lianara frowned as her magical senses
alerted her. "Something is happening...That wind is not natural..." A large misty portal then
appeared and two shadowed figures stepped out of it.
"You are quite right Sailor Solaris." One of the figures said as she stepped forward. It
was Sailor Pluto.
"Oh! Lady Pluto! It is only you! You had me worried for a moment. What are you doing here?
And who is that with you?"
Then the other figure stepped forward. Lianara stared in shock. "Princess Serenity?! Why
are you dressed as a Senshi?"
Sailor Moon bigsweated. "Ummm...Well...You see..."
Pluto interjected. "We'll have to explain later. We've come with an assignment for you
Sailor Solaris. You need to come with us, now."
"Come with you? Where?" She replied.
Pluto glanced at Tarellan briefly, then spoke. "I can only say that your help is required.
There is a very powerful threat coming, and your assistance is vital. No one can know where you're
going. Not even the Queen knows about this yet."
"What kind of threat?" Lianara asked.
"I cannot tell you just now. But you will be away for quite a while and the mission will be
difficult and dangerous, you may speak with your fiancée before we leave if you wish." Pluto
replied.
Lianara looked at Tarellan. "Yes, we need to talk." They walked off together.
"This is all so sudden, I do not know if I can do this, my love." Lianara told him once
they were out of hearing.
"Of course you can. You have the courage, the power and the strength of will to do anything,
including defeating this enemy. And I know that when you have, you will return to me." Tarellan
said as he brushed a strand of hair off of her face.
She smiled up at him. "You always know just what to say, my love." She looked down at her
hands and took off her engagement ring. Then she took her necklace chain from her neck and slid
the ring onto it. She put the chain around his neck. "Keep this as my promise. As the sun burns
and the moon shines," she said, her voice slightly wavering. "I'll return to claim this when my
duty is fulfilled."
"I swear by the ever growing forest and the earth that sings, I'll keep it safe until you
return." He replied, completing the oath. Then he gathered her into his arms.
"I will miss you so much, my love." She said tearfully.
"As will I. In fact, I already miss you." He whispered into her hair. "Just remember that
no matter what happens, I will always love you, my darling Princess..."
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"Fiancée!?" Sailor Moon exclaimed when Lianara was out of earshot. "Pluto, you didn't tell
me she was engaged! We can't separate them! It's too cruel!"
"She is supposed to come with us. Search your memories, do remember her being around when
Beryl attacked?"
Sailor Moon was silent for a few moments as she thought. "No." She said finally. "Why wasn't
she there?"
"Because she came with us. If she were to stay, it would affect what happened to the Moon
Kingdom. Probably not for the better." Pluto told her.
"Oh." Sailor Moon sighed. "but why can't we take him with us?"
"It will be difficult for her, but we can't bring him. He *was* in this time when the Moon
Kingdom fell. In fact, he was one of Queen Serenity's protectors and... Oh, they're coming back."
"I still think this sucks." Sailor Moon muttered quietly.
Lianara and Tarellan came over to them, hand in hand.
"I'm ready." Lianara said.
"You should transform into your Senshi form, it will make traveling through the gate
easier." Pluto told her.
"Alright." She flung her hand into the air. "Golden Solar Power, Make-up!" Warm golden
light washed over her, as her entire body glowed with gold and blue light, golden ribbons flew out
from her bracelet, wrapping around her body and flashed into her Sailor fuku.
"Good, let's go." Pluto opened a portal to the Time Gate.
"Goodbye my love." Sailor Solaris whispered and kissed Tarellan.
"Farewell. Come back to me soon." He whispered back.
"I will, I swear it."
Pluto stood beside the Gate. "I'll go last so that I can close the portal that leads to the
gate."
Sailor Moon went through first. She turned to Solaris with a smile. "Come on Solaris, we'll
be able to explain everything once we get back to my time."
Once Solaris stepped through the portal, Tarellan grabbed Pluto's wrist. "Pluto, wait!" She
turned to him. "Watch over her will you?" He said in a voice choked with emotion. "She may be
powerful, but she isn't always strong, she needs encouragement for her to believe in herself."
"I will." Pluto replied. "Tell Queen Serenity what you've seen, she'll know what to say to
anyone who asks about Lianara." Then she stepped through the portal and it closed behind her.
Tarellan bowed his head as the portal disappeared. I'll always love you Lianara. Come back
to me soon... He looked up at the sunset. I'll speak with Queen Serenity and Apollo tomorrow...
I wonder why they didn't take Apollo with them, he is Lianara's guardian cat...
The next day in Queen Serenity's private office, Tarellan had an audience with Queen
Serenity and was surprised to find Sailor Pluto there.
"...so then they stepped through the portal and it disappeared." Tarellan said as he
finished explaining why his fiancee hadn't returned with him to the moon.
"An interesting story, Prince Tarellan. Apollo has disappeared as well, just before you
arrived, along with the Taiyouzuishou*." Serenity turned to Pluto. "You didn't say anything about
this before."
"I didn't need to. It is the destiny of the Solar Princess to do this, telling you
beforehand would only have complicated matters." Pluto replied in her usual manner. "No one else
need know about it either." She added.
Serenity frowned. "What worries me is that I'm not certain what to tell everyone else.
Since we can't tell them the truth, well, not the whole truth that is..." She thought for a moment.
"Perhaps we could say that she and Apollo were called away for certain duties, and it is uncertain
when they will return. That is the truth, but it's vague enough to be safe."
Tarellan and Sailor Pluto bowed. "If that is everything, I'll take my leave, your Majesty."
Tarellan bowed again and left Serenity's chambers. I'll wait for you my love, no matter how long
it may be...
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(Quick note: *Taiyouzuishou= lit. Sun Crystal, (Solar Crystal) it was created as a sister
crystal to the Ginzuishou. It belongs to the true heir of the Solar Kingdom.)
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The mist was so thick Solaris couldn't even see her hand in front of her face. "Sailor
Pluto? Where are you?"
"Right here." Pluto answered right beside her. "The Time Gate is right over there. See?
Sailor Moon is waiting for us."
"Why are we going through the Time Gate?" Lianara asked.
"Sailor Moon and I are from the future. There isn't a Sailor Solaris in our time, so we
came back to enlist your help."
"Why is the Princess a Sailor Senshi?" Solaris asked as they walked toward the Time Gate.
"We don't really know, I believe it was a mix up by Luna, she was looking for the Sailor
Senshi, and the Princess of the Moon, and got things mixed up. That's the last time I trust things
to a cat." She added under her breath.
"Wait a minute, what are you talking about? All of the Senshi have been gathered. Why
would Luna have to look for the Senshi? And the Princess?"
"It's a long story, and we don't have the time right now, we'll explain everything when we
arrive." Pluto replied. Lianara frowned.
They walked through the gate and into Setsuna's living room, where Minako and Hotaru were
waiting for them. Pluto and Sailor Moon detransformed.
"Minna, this is Lianara, Princess of The Sun, also known as Sailor Solaris." Usagi said.
"Pleased to meet you." Solaris said and smiled.
"Detransform and I'll introduce everyone." Setsuna told her.
She transformed from her Senshi Fuku into the dress she had been wearing earlier. Then
suddenly the sun on her forehead and her gown started to fade. "Wh-what is happening to me?! I feel
so weak..." She reached out for the couch to steady herself, then collapsed into a faint.
Setsuna and Usagi caught her and put her on the couch. "Minako go into Michiru's closet and
get some clothes. I think they're the same size." Setsuna said.
"Alright." Minako said and went upstairs. Setsuna took the blanket off the back of the
couch and put it over her.
Lianara slowly started to wake up. "What happened?" She asked groggily. Then she noticed
she wasn't wearing anything but a blanket. "Where is my dress!?"
"You suffered a shock when the magic of your senshi transformation left you." Setsuna
answered.
"The magic..." She gasped. "Where is the magic? I can barely feel it."
"There isn't as much magic in the world anymore." Setsuna told her.
"Why?" Just then Minako came back down the stairs with some clothes.
"Here, I brought you some clothing. You can change in the bathroom, that room over there."
Minako said, pointing.
"Thank you very much." She wrapped the blanket around herself as she got up, took the
clothes from Minako and went into the bathroom.
"Who is she going to stay with? I don't know if my parents would go for it." Usagi asked
after Lianara had left the room.
"She can stay with me. There's a spare room upstairs. Besides, the house has been feeling
rather empty since the enemy took Michiru and Haruka." Setsuna answered quietly.
"Yeah, I miss them." Hotaru said.
Everyone was silent for a moment. Then Lianara came back out of the bathroom.
"Lianara, I'll introduce everyone to you." Usagi smiled. "This is Aino Minako, she's Sailor
Venus."
"Minako... I like that."
"Tomoe Hotaru is Sailor Saturn."
Lianara gulped. "S-saturn? You are Sailor Saturn?"
"Yes I am." She smiled. "It's very nice to meet you Lianara-san."
"Y-yes. Hello." Lianara stammered.
"Meioh Setsuna is Sailor Pluto's name and I'm Tsukino Usagi: Sailor Moon and Princess
Serenity."
"Why does everyone have different names?" Lianara asked. "How far into the future did you
bring me? It couldn't have been *that* far, since you're the same Sailor Senshi that I know, but
you all seem different somehow..." She glanced at Usagi and she started in shock. "Serenity! Why
don't you have the symbol of the moon kingdom on your forehead?" Lianara asked.
"Most of your questions can be answered simply: In your time, a year after be brought you
here," Setsuna said. "An evil woman named Beryl attacked the Moon Kingdom, and destroyed it.
Everyone but Luna, Artemis and I were killed in the attack. Even Queen Serenity, she had to use
the full power of the Ginzuishou to seal away the forces of Beryl and her Dark Kingdom." Setsuna
said.
Lianara gasped. No...It can't be...Everyone...Tarellan...
"To save everyone, Queen Serenity sent them all to the future to be reborn in a world
without Beryl. Because of the power it took, the world's magic was depleted. It has been gradually
building back up, but it's still low enough now that it takes a lot of energy out of you personally
when you take the form of the Solar Princess. The same with everyone else. Queen Serenity knew
there was a possibility of Beryl returning, so she put Luna and Artemis into hibernation so that
should the evil return, they would awaken and be able to revive the senshi." Setsuna finished.
"Th-this is all so unbelievable..." Lianara stammered. "Why are you telling me all of this?
Won't it spoil the timeline when I go back?"
Setsuna was silent.
Realization dawned upon her. "Unless....You are not going to allow me to go back, are you?"
"No." Setsuna said quietly. "The truth is, you never returned to the Moon Kingdom. If you
were to do so, it could change things. Most likely not for the better."
"But...Tarellan..." Lianara whispered as a cold feeling crept from the pit of her stomach
and her eyes started to well up with tears. "I promised him I would come back..." And now...He
died...No...
"I'm sorry Lianara." Usagi said as Lianara buried her face in her hands and started to cry.
Usagi put an arm around Lianara's shoulder.
"You can live here with Hotaru and I if you like, we have a spare room, and you'll need
someone to show you around in this time." Setsuna said softly when it seemed as though Lianara had
cried herself out. "We can enroll you in the same school as Usagi and Minako, that way you'll be
with friends."
"I...I suppose that would...make things easier... At least I won't be completely alone..."
Alone...I'll never see him again... Lianara sniffed, wiping away the tears and looked around.
"Where are all of the other Senshi?"
"That's partly why we brought you here. Our enemy has captured all of the others, save for
Endymion. We are the only ones left." Setsuna said.
She was shocked. "How did that happen?"
"They caught us off guard, I think they have been observing us for quite awhile." Setsuna
replied.
Lianara was silent for a moment. "Well, I suppose if I am to fit in here, I should have a
new name as well, don't you think?"
Usagi smiled. "That's a great idea! What will your new name be?'
"I guess I could go by my nickname, Liana."
"Yeah, I like that. I know! Your family name can be Taiyouno*!" Usagi exclaimed. Everyone
bigsweated at the pun. "And tomorrow is Saturday so we can go shopping, and maybe see a movie.
We'll show you how cool everything is in our time!" Usagi said enthusiastically.
"Alright. Why don't you two stay here tonight? You can call your parents and tell them."
Setsuna told Usagi and Minako.
"Cool! A slumber party!" Minako said.
Setsuna raised an eyebrow.
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(Another quick note: *Taiyouno roughly means "of the sun" following the pattern of the
other senshi names which each mean something related to their powers. Hence the joke. ^_~)
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The next day, Jilana, one of Alaric's minions, was watching the girls as they went shopping,
got lunch, saw a movie and did other normal girl stuff. "Argh! Don't these senshi do anything
alone?! They even go into the bathroom together! I wish I could hear what they were saying. I
also wish they'd leave Venus by herself! Go home already!" Jilana complained frustratedly to the
screen she was watching them on.
She continued to watch as they eventually said goodbye, and went their separate ways.
"Finally!" She focused in on Minako as she walked away from the others. Jilana waited for Minako
to get farther away from everyone else, then she opened a portal and stepped through.
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Minako was about two blocks away from the others when a black portal appeared in front of
her.
Immediately she reached for her transformation wand. "Venus Crys-"
"Oh no you don't!" The minion said as she grabbed the wand out of her hand. "You're coming
with me."
"Yeah, right!" Minako said as she started to run.
The minion just laughed and sent a bolt of energy at her. Minako dodged it by inches.
"Help! Usagi! Setsuna! Anyone!"
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"Did you hear that?" Liana said.
"It sounded like Minako." Usagi said.
"We'd better transform." Setsuna told them.
Usagi and Liana nodded.
"Pluto Planet Power,"
"Saturn Planet Power,"
"Moon Eternal,"
"Golden Solar Power,"
All together: "Make-up!"
After transforming, they ran toward where they had heard Minako's scream come from.
Minako was slowly wearing down, she couldn't keep running and dodging for very much longer.
I can't keep this up...Minna where are you? She thought.
"Hold it right there! For love and justice, I'm the pretty soldier Sailor Moon. In the name
of the moon, I'll punish you!" Sailor Moon did her usual hand motions and whatnot.
"Yeah, yeah, I know who you are. I am Jilana, head of the almighty Prince Alaric's army.
I'm the bad guy. You aren't who I'm after right now, so just go away." Jilana replied in a bored
tone while she made a shooing motion with her hand.
"I don't think so." Sailor Pluto said. "Dead Scream." She whispered.
The ball of violet energy blasted into the minion, scorching her and knocking her into a
nearby wall. "You'll pay for that!" She said as she got up. Jilana shot out a bolt of black energy
at Pluto.
She barely dodged it. "Let me try." Sailor Solaris said. She floated about a foot above the
ground and raised both hands above her head as she began to spin. "Golden Solar Flare!" She shouted,
and a beam of gold light shot out from between her upraised hands. The beam hit Alaric's minion
right in the eyes, scorching her face and blinding her temporarily.
The minion, bruised and burnt, slowly got up while holding one side of her face, "That
hurt!" she complained. Then she opened a portal and summoned one of her youma. "Get them!." She
yelled as she pointed at the senshi. The youma charged at them. "Sailor Moon! Now!" Saturn said.
"Yeah I know, Silver Moon Crystal Power Kiss!" Sailor Moon cried out. The gold light blasted
into the youma and it evaporated.
Alaric's minion had limped over to Minako. Then she grabbed Minako with her good arm, and
pulled her into the portal.
"Noooo! Not again! Minako!" Sailor Moon cried out and took a step toward the disappearing
portal. She sobbed. "This just isn't fair, they are picking us off one by one and there's nothing
we can do about it..."
"You're wrong Sailor Moon, we can defeat them, and we will get the other Senshi back."
Pluto told her.
She sniffed and wiped her eyes as she looked up a Pluto. "You think so?"
"We've never failed yet have we?"
"I...I guess not. But this is so different. None of the others have come this close to
beating us."
"I know, this time they are more powerful. But now we are now more powerful as well." Pluto
said, gesturing to Solaris. "We have Sailor Solaris and the Taiyozuishou now. By the way, where is
it?" She said, turning to Solaris.
"Actually... since the uh, Taiyozuishou is umm...nearly as powerful as the Ginzuishou... My
uh, Guardian was keeping it until I should need it...and umm..." She said hesitantly.
"I knew we forgot something." Pluto muttered.
"What'd you forget?" Saturn asked.
"Apollo, Solaris' guardian cat. We forgot to pick him up." Pluto replied.
"Another cat? How many Guardian cats are there?." Saturn asked.
"We only need Luna, Artemis and Apollo. Let's go get him." Pluto answered in a very
Pluto-like fashion.
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The wounded Jilana dumped Minako into the cell where they were keeping the other Senshi,
then she went to report to Prince Alaric.
"Jilana, I want an explanation. Why did you use one of your monsters against the Senshi?
You know that is against my direct orders." Prince Alaric said.
"Your Highness, I didn't mean to disobey you, but there is a new Senshi, one that I am sure
we have never seen before. She is very powerful sir."
"Another Sailor? How can this be? We observed them for several years, a new one hasn't
shown up for quite awhile. Surely she would have appeared before this." Hadrian, the Prince's
advisor, said.
"Hmmm... this may effect our plans. We will have to observe this new Senshi, test her
powers to find out what kind of a threat she is." Alaric said. He called up an image of the Senshi
on his viewscreen and smiled. "Yes, she will definitely need careful study."
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To be continued...
Author's note: Is that better? I hope so, it's definitely longer than the prologue. I'm not
very good with action scenes, was this okay? As always, comments and criticism are greatly
appreciated. I want to know if you have any ideas of how I can improve this. You'll be able to find
every part of this story here: http://www.geocities.com/telraven/ (My homepage. ^_^)