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Chapter 1: I Feel AloneThey called her Sailor Mars. To him, she was a girl unrivaled in beauty. But he did not know her yet. He had no idea that his perfection would come in the form of a woman so fiery and fierce with such black eyes.
They called him general Jedite of the Four Kings. He was from Earth and forbidden to travel to the planet Mars unless given the proper permission. He had actually seen a picture of her in one of the universal newspapers dictating important events. He never forgot the way her eyes, even on print, looked so coy and firm. They drew him in.
That night he was having troubles sleeping again. After a quick game of a poorly played round of chess with Zoicite (who often didn't go to sleep until late into the night anyway,) he went outside to smell the unsullied air.
He found it easy to walk among the roses that warm summer night. His mind was full of questions and solutions. He thought of nothing and that reminded him of something. He would sit for a while and then he would stand. He would look this way and that trying to get comfortable or trying to make himself sleepy.
At some point he quit his vain efforts and settled into a stone bench near the back entrance of the Earth's Castle. Above him lay the starry space that his friend Nephrite adored so much. He could see nothing particular in it's glory. The light from the library in one of the windows above him flickered off. Zoicite was heading for bed. It made where Jedite sat very dark indeed. But the planets looked wonderfully brilliant tonight.
Jedite laid his mind to rest admitting that he felt called to sit here tonight and just let his emotions dwell on the planet's perfection. In the distance he thought he saw a small red star wink at him from the edge of the planet Mars. He stared at it for a moment and then it was gone. He didn't take his eyes off the spot.
Was this why his heart called him out here?
"Princess?" Demos poked her raven-haired head in the room. It was lit by one fire sitting peacefully in the center. There, in front of it, sat the elegant princess of Mars dressed in a light gown of scarlet. Her hair was tied back into a braid. It's long ebony strands laid glittering in the light of the dimming sacred fire.
"Princess, are you alright?" Demos now fully entered the room her hands in a prayer like position in front of her.
"Yes demos I'm fine. I'll be going to bed soon."
"Alright your highness. Goodnight."
"Goodnight Demos."
The princess of Mars waited until the door had been fully closed behind her before rushing to put her ear to the door. She waited until the footsteps of her kind guardian were gone and then she turned to face the abandoned room. She had been praying for strength all evening simply waiting the night to come.
Now was the time to put it to action. She decided that she would wait one more hour-until midnight- before she would begin her journey. Until then, the elegant princess reached into her pocket where her pen lay and she rolled it between two perfectly shaped fingers.
She mindlessly wandered to the window where space lay beyond. Her world seemed so far below her and the deepest of the night sky was like the most beautiful of paintings. The fire was dimmer now than when she had first started praying for guidance so this space beyond seemed so much more romantic.
Staring out into the inky void Rei could see several things. She saw The Moon first. At this hour it was not much bigger than a white golf ball. Beyond that, on its left side, was Venus whose glowing yellow mist made it twinkle in the distance. And in the far back on the other side of the Moon lay Mercury: a very tiny spot in the great vastness. Just the right of Mercury laid a larger orb of swirling clouds and mist over greens and blues.
Earth. She could only see a section of it because of the light of the moon reflected only so much. Those people in the black part were asleep now, just as everyone thought she was.
The Earth had it's own glow to it. The princess of Mars compared her favorite stars surrounding the lovely orb. She felt intellectually astounded that such a place could hold so many elements at once. Looking up into its majesty her heart unwillingly gave a small flutter. She was to travel there tonight. She knew of course, that Her people were not allowed there but being a royal she would be easily dismissed. What she wanted all the secrecy for was to protect the image of Mars. And to limit her problems further, she would travel as Sailor Mars. No one but the Royalty and closest friends of the inner kingdoms knew of the senshi's identity. If anyone were to find out that princesses put themselves in danger, the people would never let them fight. Everyone put them off as Myths of ancient legends that the princesses called forth in times of great trouble.
Rei knew that trouble was arising. She had known for such a long time in fact she actually began to doubt wither there would be anything she could do about it. She knew because of several reasons. Her first sign was the sacred fire of course. The second was the feeling she had in her spirit she always felt when something was amiss. But these same feelings of warning had been present for years now and nothing seemed very much changed.
She wondered if it was the Earth's turmoil that was to be the root of things. (A/N: I don't like to get too political in these stories so be kind about my being very vague) This was one reason she wished to travel to Earth tonight. But why tonight? Why not in the last few years? It was because she had more than one reason to go.
Thinking on this she shuddered. She let out a deep sigh of exasperation and leant forward over her legs. She missed her friends. She was tired and restless in this castle. She had felt this way since last week when she first noticed that she ate alone. Her long table set for dinner parties was quite empty. It made her feel cold. She hated it. It drove her mad sometimes, the silence. She needed to get out and away from the quiet of her own noises. Her inner senshi was pleading to be let out.
Rei considered all these things. She could just see herself, sitting in a huge palace with everyone she could imagine asleep but herself.
Rei felt desperately…alone.
Black eyes turned back to the flames that danced for her.
Her mind often wandered to the blue and green planet beyond her horizons. Sometimes the fire would talk to her of it if she asked it to. So she had decided sometime ago that her remedy would be to get out of here and travel to see the Earth. Even for just one night-to see if it was safe.
She felt a familiar impulse. She didn't know if it came from the fire, the wild side of her goddess's tendency for love of war, or the crimson planet power now coursing through her veins mixing with the pure blood of adrenaline, but Rei decided to go to Earth. She needed to.
Somehow, she had to see it for herself.
Tonight.
How is that for a start? I know it seems a little wordy but trust me. ^.~ it picks up form here. I'm just putting out this first chapter because I figured I wanted you people to tell me what you thought. Then I'd continue.
If you haven't read my writing, my main story is 'I loved' and it's much further along. NOW, if you want to know more about what's going to happen to these two, your going to have to read "I Loved."
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