Visions of Light and Darkness
Chapter 6- Revelations
The bright light surrounding the girls vanished and they found that they were floating in the air. Looking below them they saw a beautiful, grand, ornate mansion and an expanse of rolling open plains. In the distance a beautiful white palace could be seen.
Looking at the night stars, Serena realized that it was quite bright outside for night. Glancing around, Serena thought, "It must be a full moon tonight." When she found the source of light, she let out a gasp. The other girls turned to her and looked at what she was pointing at. Jaws dropped and confusion could be seen in their eyes as they stared at the blue orb that was Earth.
Finally, Ami said,"If that is Earth. Then... this must be the moon." The blue- haired girl turned to Angel, who was floating lazily through the night sky.
Angel straightened and replied, "Very good. Now, enough sight- seeing. I brought you here for a reason."
Before anyone could reply, they found themselves plummeting down to the mansion below. Everyone, but Angel screamed, when they realized that they would hit the roof of the mansion. Right when they thought they would hit the roof, the girls found themselves in beautifully decorated room. Despite the elegant decorations it was quite obivous that the room was for a child. A girl in particular, considering the vast amount of lace and dolls everywhere.
The Scouts landed in a heap on the floor and Angel was found floating inches from the ground, amusement in her eyes. Haruka glared at her and opened her mouth to say something. However, before she could say anything a scream from the middle of the room made them all turn. Thinking that the little girl saw them they tried to blend into the shadows. But the little girl was oblivious to them.
"DAAADDDDDDDDYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" A little girl, who looked like a younger version of Angel, sat up in the bed. Her face was beaded with perspiration and her eyes were wide with terror. A young man, that Serena immediately recognized as Utoki, rushed into the room. Serena's blue eyes widened and she turned to Angel, who only smiled mysteriously.
Cradling the little girl, he whispered, "Ssshhh... sssshhhh.... it's alright... What did you dream of?"
Clutching her father, the child sobbed, "I- it wa- was the same dr- dream as last time, bu- but it was scarier. Daddy... they get scarier everytime..."
The two sat there for awhile. The child crying and father gently rocking her back to sleep. The Scouts stood there, watching and wondering if the two would ever see them. Mina, bored of waiting, crept over and waved her hand in front of them.
"Hello?! Can you hear me?! Hey-" Before she could say anything more someone grabbed her collar and jerked her back. Rubbing her throat, Mina murmured, "That wasn't very nice.. and it hurt."
"If you didn't do stupid things, then you wouldn't always be getting in trouble," Angel retorted. Nevertheless, she laid a healing hand on Mina's throat, and the blonde Scout found that her throat no longer hurt.
She blinked and stared at Angel, who was no longer paying attention to her, but instead staring off into space. Mina hesitantly reached out, but Angel came out of her reverie and frowned lightly.
Then she said, "You cannot wave your hand in front of them or try to make yourself deliberately known to them otherwise my spell will wear off. You see we really did go back in time, but as you should know there cannot be any evidence of our actually being here. And I do hope you know why there can't be evidence of us here, but if you don't it's so we don't alter time... and hopefully Setsuna explained everything else to you."
Mina laughed and said, "Oh! Well, you could've told us that earlier!" Angel rolled her eyes and turned away.
Walking towards the door, she beckoned the others to follow. Once they walked through the doorway they found themselves in another room.
Serena's eyes widened in surprise and she said, "We're in the palace. This is the room from my dream!"
"What dream?" the girls chorused and they turned to Angel, who only shook her head and pointed.
Turning to where she pointed they saw a woman with Serena's hairstyle- but her hair was silver- Utoki, and a strange man with golden- blonde hair.
"Halum, Selene, you cannot ignore the signs anymore! Something dark is approaching. All the seers are seeing the same thing! Even those with barely a glimmer of the Sight are seeing images."
The blonde-haired man scowled and snapped,"What do you want us to do, Utoki?! Do you even understand what you are seeing, because I don't. Even the best of our seers cannot make out the images."
Utoki scowled back, but Selene spoke, "Halum, your brother has a point. We cannot ignore the signs. I cannot ignore them anymore. I have seen the vision as well. It is a vision of light and darkness."
Halum turned. "How did you see it? You are not a seer," he asked.
The Queen replied, "The silver crystal showed me." Sighing, she murmured, "There are things it often shows me that I do not wish to see... But I know I must know."
The girls watched the exchange and Angel commented, "That woman with your hairstyle is Selene. She is the first of Lunarian royalty." Then going completely off topic she asked,"Do you wonder how we are related, Serena?" Without waiting for a reply, she said, "Halum is your father and my uncle. You have his eyes and hair. But, anyone with Lunari blood has the Lunari eyes. They're our family trademark." She glanced at Serena and smiled a real smile that reached her eyes. Then she turned back to the on- going conversation.
"Angel has these visions too. They frighten her and that is what worries me," Utoki murmured, "That child does not scare easily."
Halum and Selene frowned. Halum glanced at his brother and asked,"Then she must see something important because I do not see anything frightening in there."
The three sat in silent contemplation for a moment. Then Selene spoke hesitantly, "Utoki... your daughter is amazingly gifted with magic. We cannot deny it considering her bloodlines..."
Utoki raised an eyebrow and murmured, "Go on..."
"Well... I have seen her in my visions from the silver crystal... and I always see her before and after the vision that is plaguing all my seers."
Utoki's eyebrow rose even more and he commented,"Selene, I am going to assume that there is a point to this."
Glaring at him, the queen continued, "I do believe that your daughter is the only one who can understand this vision. And what you just said earlier confirms my belief."
"Hmm... I do believe you have a point... but she is only a child... she doesn't understand that what she sees might be real..." Utoki said.
Halum snorted and commented, "Utoki... you're a god... you're wife is a goddess... I do believe that your daughter is more than a child... Besides, Angel doesn't act like a regular child... She can make surprisingly insightful comments that children should not make... In fact they are so insightful that they creep me out and I find myself wondering if I were like that..."
"Creep him out?!" Angel burst out, "I'll show him creepy!!!!!" But before she could do anything rash, Setsuna grabbed her.
"Angel, honestly that's nothing new. In fact, I thought you enjoyed scaring people."
The black- haired goddess sighed and rolled her eyes. "Fine!" Turning away, she snapped at the others, "Follow me!" and she walked out the door.
Taking a glance back at her father, Serena was suprised to see that he was looking in their direction with an amused look. Then she walked through the door to find herself in the open plain with the mansion from earlier in the distance, but this time it was day.
"Ummm... excuse me, Angel???" Arianna's mother murmured,"Why am I here?"
Angel turned around and looked her over. She seemed quite timid as she stood before Angel. Then Angel smiled and replied, "Ellimere, surely you want to know why Arianna was brought to you?"
Ellimere nodded and said softly, "If you don't mind."
Angel laughed. "No I don't mind. But, the explanation to why Arianna was brought to you is complicated. So bear with me. Anyways, this is a period for questioning, so if you have any questions ask now! If you don't, I will be continuing with our little time traveling."
"Why are we here?" growled Haruka
"We still don't know what's going on!" Lita cried
"How old are you?!" Mina asked cheerfully
Everyone sweatdropped when she asked that.
"Mina... honestly," Serena muttered...
"What?!" Mina cried, "I'm just curious!"
Angel laughed and responded," To you I'm very old. To my people I am only a teenager. As to Haruka's question, consider this as a briefing for your next enemy. I'm sure that must be nice, after all, how often do you get that? And as for Lita's erm... statement... you just have to pay attention. Now, no more questions, we must get going." She stood up and strode off briskly toward a door that appeared out of no where.
Walking through it, they found themselves in a dimly lit room. In the center of it there was a group of people and they were debating heatedly. Looking around, they saw familar faces such as Utoki, Selene, Halum, and a 10 year old Angel. Sitting next to Angel was a young woman, who looked very much like Angel except she had glittering green eyes. The others were wearing colors matching the planets of the scouts and were immediately known as the first rulers of their respective planets.
The Sailor Scouts, Angel, and Ellimere stood there watching the others argue. Then they saw the younger Angel as she struggled to not fall asleep. The woman sitting next to Angel eyed the girl for a moment. She looked over the others at the table and said,"If all you're going to do is bicker, then I'm going to go. Come on, Angel."
As she stood up, the others swiftly snapped, "NO!" She turned towards them, her green eyes glittering dangerously.
"My daughter needs her sleep and you don't seem to need her for anything. Unless you plan to put her to sleep with your arguing."
"Sit down, Eowyn. You know very well why we need your daughter," Selene murmured tiredly.
Rolling her eyes, Eowyn muttered, "You better do something more than fight."
Utoki smiled and patted her hand. "Don't worry, love. They'll do what they meant to do." Smiling impishly he said," You scare them too much."
Halum rolled his eyes and turned toward Angel. "Are you ready for this?"
The little girl smiled and replied,"The question is are you ready for what you'll see?"
The blonde man blinked and muttered,"Damn creepy child." Then he picked her up and placed her in the center of the table. Angel closed her eyes, while Halum held his hands over her temples.
"What's going on?" Michiru asked, turning to Angel.
Angel watched the other two for a moment, then said to Michiru,"They are going to show my vision in a way that everyone can see it."
The Scouts returned their attention to the table and noticed that everyone was staring at the ceiling. Looking at Angel they saw that she too stared up and followed her example.
For a moment, the darkness seemed victorious, but from the far corner an orb of white light shot out. The light spread and eventually beat the darkness back, until it took up half the ceiling. However, both sides were evenly matched and they soon reached a stalemate. For the longest time it stayed that way. Then slowly, the darkness was pushed into a tiny little corner. This time it stayed that way even longer then the former stalemate.
As the council watched, many murmured, "Is that it?"
"No, that can't possibly be all of it."
Then a sudden explosion from the darkness startled a gasp out of everyone and nearly blinded them all. When their vision cleared, they saw that the darkness had returned to its former position once more. But this time there was one difference. A female figure was rising within it. Her face was always hidden from them, but the more you could see of her body, the more the darkness spread. Soon the light was swallowed up by the girl and the darkness, not even a speck of it remained.
The council stared astonished. None of them had seen this. At least not in so much detail.
"It's not done."
Everyone turned to stare at the little girl seated on the table.
"You mean there's more?!"
"Of course there's more!" The girl replied, her voice filled with scorn, "Did you really think that scared me? It's the next part that scares me."
Looks were exchanged between not only the council, but the Scouts. "Cocky little thing, isn't she?" Haruka muttered to Michiru. Overhearing, Setsuna smiled wryly, "That's Angel for you."
At that moment soft and sinister laughter could be heard.
"Are you prepared for what is to come? Haha! I don't think you are. This is for you, dear High Council. Something to remember me by."
Where there is light,
There is darkness.
Where there is life,
There is death.
Where there is hope,
There is despair.
I am the daughter of darkness!
"Don't ever forget me! I'll be waiting for you, come and find me!" The 'daughter of darkness' laughed and whispered tauntingly, "Come and find me..." and then it was over.
Utoki looked at his daughter, raised an eyebrow and inquired, "What was different?"
Smiling, the little Angel replied, "The 'High Council' part. She's never addressed anybody... She only laughs... A LOT..."
The High Council exchanged worried glances. Seeing these glances, Eowyn murmured, "Time for bed, sweetie." and she swept Angel off the table and carried her out.
"We should go too. Come on." With that Angel and the others disappeared back to Rei's temple.
Gemini- hime: heheheh... I'm back... I don't think anyone missed me though... *sniffles* that's ok though... anywayz... I hope you enjoy this chapter... I've kind of lost my plot, so I'm hoping to find it later on... heheheh... ^^;;;