Chapter 1 – History Repeats Itself, Sort Of
At Hikawa Jinga not much ever really changed. Crows were fed by the young miko while her grandfather tried to convince other young girls to become priestesses, cherry blossoms floated gently from the trees, and every Saturday, about ten, four girls and one cat met up, and about half an hour later another girl and cat would show up at a pace that threatened to break the land speed record. That particular Saturday morning was somewhat unusual however, as when the odangoed one sped into the miko's room she was shocked to see three extra girls present. "NANI!!!" The shriek was enough to break glass, luckily however there was none in the room although Ami quickly checked the screen of her mini computer. "What are you guys doing here?!?" "A simple konnichiwa would have done Odango-chan," Haruka said grinning. "B-b-b-but...what are you doing here?" Usagi asked staring at Haruka, Michiru and Hotaru. "Two reasons, firstly Setsuna sent us and secondly the deep aqua mirror has been showing me strange images of late," was Michiru's reply, "we thought it best to come and tell you hime-sama." "We've been getting odd readings from the moon's central computer to," commented the small white feline that at present resided in Minako's lap. "Strange power surges emanating from different points around the globe, the kind that normally only happen with a transformation." To any other people a talking cat would have sent them through the roof, but for these particular teenagers there were much odder things to deal with. "More Sailor Senshi?" Rei asked. "Aren't there enough of us already? I mean how many planets are there in the solar system?" "It does appear that all nine planets are accounted for among the present senshi but these readings are... well there stronger than any of you have ever registered, apart from Sailors Moon and Saturn." This made Hotaru look up thoughtfully. "Which is seriously bad news if these things are bad guys." Minako's comment wasn't really necessary but she voiced it any way. "Well what are we waiting for, lets zap 'em already," Makoto said with her normal energy. "But we don't know if they are enemies, they could be powerful new allies, it's happened before," Ami noted glancing at the outer Senshi. Luna nodded, "Well either way it probably means a new enemy is coming even if we don't know whether the readings belong to it or not." "But we only just beat Galaxia," whined Usagi. "That was last year Usagi-no-baka," commented Rei, and so a tongue war ensued.
Lucy wiped the sweat off her brow as she placed the last of her boxes in her new apartment. Surveying it however she knew there would be a lot more sweat to come before it was habitable. "I had to decide to bring everything didn't I," she groaned. "At least the kitchen sink was already here, those things way a ton. Who am I talking to; I'm the only one in here? In MY brand NEW apartment. YESYESYES!!! I did it, I did it. Phase one, move to Japan with a good excuse complete. Now on to phase two, find twin sister and hopefully figure out what the hell is going on." The blonde didn't really notice the shadow in the bedroom as she stood celebrating in the hall, but the shadow certainly noticed her. "Such energy in your new life Aurora," she murmured as she placed the pendant in one of the boxes resting on the bed, "I only hope you remember yourself before the danger comes. The princess needs you," she flicked her pale curly hair out of her eyes, "they all do." She vanished as quietly as she appeared.
"HAH! Now I've got you negascum!" Minako sat at the arcade machine pressing the buttons frantically. The new game Silver Street Fighter was challenging her to no end. As Motoki looked up to see about the fuss she finally cracked. "NOOOOOOOOO!! It beat me again!" "You know with the amount of time you spend here Minako-san you should get a part time job, there's a vacancy you know." "That's great Motoki-kun but, Ami would say it would interfere with my study schedule, speaking of which I should be going, sayonara." "I still can't believe Minako-san is Sailor V."
Tsukino Shingo stared at his wall idly waiting for his sister to return. Without Usagi about to tease there was just no fun, but, judging by the call his mother had got from Umino, he was in for a lot of laughs when Usagi deigned to return. Speaking of which here came the blonde bombshell now. "Konnichiwa, Okaa-san tadaima." Usagi prayed that by being cheerful she would avoid the dreaded question, it hadn't worked yet but, who knew? After all there was a first time for everything. "Konnichiwa Usagi-chan, how did today's English test go."
'I will kill Umino-kun'
"Fine, fine, what's to eat?" "Well let me see it then." Oh well, today wasn't the first time then, that didn't mean she was about to give up just yet. "Oh, Okaa-san, you know I studied with Ami-chan for that test so why don't you trust me?" That didn't normally work either but... Her mothers dropped to a dangerous whisper, "Show me the test." She handed it over, it certainly wasn't the best mark ever. But the way Usagi saw it, it was better than the 30 that had rebounded of her Mamo-chan's head two and a half years ago. Actually Usagi was quite pleased about that 30. She always told herself that if she had gotten a better mark she wouldn't have thrown it over her shoulder in the first place, and then what would've happened? "A 40! Usagi you said you studied." "I did Okaa-san but I just don't get the English language its soooooooooooo hard." "If you get more mark's like this you won't be studying with Mizuno-san any more." "But Okaa-san!"
"Are you sure you want to do this Michiru-san?" Rei asked as the pair knelt before the sacred fire, "I don't know if we'll be able to clarify the mirror's images." "I know, but we should try, any information we can gather will be useful. I feel like we're running out of time" Rei nodded and began the chant. At first nothing seemed to happen and they were about to call it off when a surge of power erupted from the fire, then all was darkness.
They floated in a field of stars, with nothing about them but space. "Is this how the images start?" "Yes, but normally I see it from an outside perspective, I've never been inside it before." The air around them grew brighter and brighter, filling with the energy of the stars, before finally condensing and forming a room that they used to know. Nine thrones stood before them arranged in a semi-circle, each carved from stone or crystal, beautifully faceted and engraved. Sapphire, Ruby, Emerald and Topaz sat on the left, Amber, Turquoise, Garnet and Fluorite on the right, the last throne left unoccupied for thousands of years. In the central throne, carved from an opaque white crystal, sat a woman so gracious and beautiful that she seemed to be the very essence of light and life. Rei and Michiru felt compelled first to curtsey and then sit on their respective thrones of Ruby and Turquoise, "Is this what normally happens?" Asked Rei, some how sure the woman, whom she now recognised to be Queen Serenity, would not over hear them. "Yes, but it is clearer now." As Michiru finished the doors in front of them swung open and five women entered. Although they were clearly Sailor Senshi Rei could neither identify them or focus on their faces. "Damn," Michiru said, "I was hoping to see their faces clearly." The women knelt before the queen as the scene faded and the two senshi found themselves on a battlefield. Three of the five women stood nearby, fighting heroically against a force unknown. Rei shuddered in recognition it was Metallia. The next scene was knew to Michiru, a delivery room, a woman in labour. She saw two children, both girls, had already been born and were being examined by a male toddler with piercing blue eyes. The third of the triplets was still-born, but unperceived by all but the Senshi a dark red aura flickered around the deceased infant, before moving toward one of the other babies. The little boy looked up at this, it seemed he saw it to. As the fire room faded into view around them Michiru and Rei looked at each others mystified faces. "Were they reborn then, are they what are causing the surges?" The communicator on Rei's wrist beeped. "Rei, we need your help at the park," Ami's head said hurriedly before cutting out. "Are you coming?" Rei asked the Scout of the depths. "No, I thought I'd completely abandon my mission to protect this planet and the princess." Came the sarcastic reply.
The figure hidden in the trees twisted her long blonde hair about a finger as she watched the Inner Senshi fighting. She spread her arms and, though none of the fighting senshi noticed it, began to draw energy through her body. The lights in the park flickered for just a second before streams of energy flew at the opposing youma vaporising it where it stood. All present turned in the direction the attack had come from, but there was nobody there, nobody was anywhere, they were alone. All that could be seen were a few glimmering patches that quickly blinked into nothingness. "So I guess the surges were a new scout," Minako said as she returned to her normal state. "A scout more powerful than most of us." Ami pointed out, "I really hope she's on our side."
"Was that me? That can't have been me. Can it?" She really didn't care that she was talking to herself. The fact remained that while fingering a beautiful pendant Lucy Thompson had become some one else.
She gave up thinking about it. She went to bed. That was the night the dreams began.
Disclaimer
Don't own Sailor Moon, would like to, but don't. Aurora, Morpheus, Iris, Nightmare, Solar, Lucy and Verity however (even if some of those names have been used before in fics) are ours (SailorMorpehus and SailorAurora), this fic is not meant to e based on anything else but we are sorely sorry if inspiration from other sources has leaked in, its not intentional.
SailorMorpheus
At Hikawa Jinga not much ever really changed. Crows were fed by the young miko while her grandfather tried to convince other young girls to become priestesses, cherry blossoms floated gently from the trees, and every Saturday, about ten, four girls and one cat met up, and about half an hour later another girl and cat would show up at a pace that threatened to break the land speed record. That particular Saturday morning was somewhat unusual however, as when the odangoed one sped into the miko's room she was shocked to see three extra girls present. "NANI!!!" The shriek was enough to break glass, luckily however there was none in the room although Ami quickly checked the screen of her mini computer. "What are you guys doing here?!?" "A simple konnichiwa would have done Odango-chan," Haruka said grinning. "B-b-b-but...what are you doing here?" Usagi asked staring at Haruka, Michiru and Hotaru. "Two reasons, firstly Setsuna sent us and secondly the deep aqua mirror has been showing me strange images of late," was Michiru's reply, "we thought it best to come and tell you hime-sama." "We've been getting odd readings from the moon's central computer to," commented the small white feline that at present resided in Minako's lap. "Strange power surges emanating from different points around the globe, the kind that normally only happen with a transformation." To any other people a talking cat would have sent them through the roof, but for these particular teenagers there were much odder things to deal with. "More Sailor Senshi?" Rei asked. "Aren't there enough of us already? I mean how many planets are there in the solar system?" "It does appear that all nine planets are accounted for among the present senshi but these readings are... well there stronger than any of you have ever registered, apart from Sailors Moon and Saturn." This made Hotaru look up thoughtfully. "Which is seriously bad news if these things are bad guys." Minako's comment wasn't really necessary but she voiced it any way. "Well what are we waiting for, lets zap 'em already," Makoto said with her normal energy. "But we don't know if they are enemies, they could be powerful new allies, it's happened before," Ami noted glancing at the outer Senshi. Luna nodded, "Well either way it probably means a new enemy is coming even if we don't know whether the readings belong to it or not." "But we only just beat Galaxia," whined Usagi. "That was last year Usagi-no-baka," commented Rei, and so a tongue war ensued.
Lucy wiped the sweat off her brow as she placed the last of her boxes in her new apartment. Surveying it however she knew there would be a lot more sweat to come before it was habitable. "I had to decide to bring everything didn't I," she groaned. "At least the kitchen sink was already here, those things way a ton. Who am I talking to; I'm the only one in here? In MY brand NEW apartment. YESYESYES!!! I did it, I did it. Phase one, move to Japan with a good excuse complete. Now on to phase two, find twin sister and hopefully figure out what the hell is going on." The blonde didn't really notice the shadow in the bedroom as she stood celebrating in the hall, but the shadow certainly noticed her. "Such energy in your new life Aurora," she murmured as she placed the pendant in one of the boxes resting on the bed, "I only hope you remember yourself before the danger comes. The princess needs you," she flicked her pale curly hair out of her eyes, "they all do." She vanished as quietly as she appeared.
"HAH! Now I've got you negascum!" Minako sat at the arcade machine pressing the buttons frantically. The new game Silver Street Fighter was challenging her to no end. As Motoki looked up to see about the fuss she finally cracked. "NOOOOOOOOO!! It beat me again!" "You know with the amount of time you spend here Minako-san you should get a part time job, there's a vacancy you know." "That's great Motoki-kun but, Ami would say it would interfere with my study schedule, speaking of which I should be going, sayonara." "I still can't believe Minako-san is Sailor V."
Tsukino Shingo stared at his wall idly waiting for his sister to return. Without Usagi about to tease there was just no fun, but, judging by the call his mother had got from Umino, he was in for a lot of laughs when Usagi deigned to return. Speaking of which here came the blonde bombshell now. "Konnichiwa, Okaa-san tadaima." Usagi prayed that by being cheerful she would avoid the dreaded question, it hadn't worked yet but, who knew? After all there was a first time for everything. "Konnichiwa Usagi-chan, how did today's English test go."
'I will kill Umino-kun'
"Fine, fine, what's to eat?" "Well let me see it then." Oh well, today wasn't the first time then, that didn't mean she was about to give up just yet. "Oh, Okaa-san, you know I studied with Ami-chan for that test so why don't you trust me?" That didn't normally work either but... Her mothers dropped to a dangerous whisper, "Show me the test." She handed it over, it certainly wasn't the best mark ever. But the way Usagi saw it, it was better than the 30 that had rebounded of her Mamo-chan's head two and a half years ago. Actually Usagi was quite pleased about that 30. She always told herself that if she had gotten a better mark she wouldn't have thrown it over her shoulder in the first place, and then what would've happened? "A 40! Usagi you said you studied." "I did Okaa-san but I just don't get the English language its soooooooooooo hard." "If you get more mark's like this you won't be studying with Mizuno-san any more." "But Okaa-san!"
"Are you sure you want to do this Michiru-san?" Rei asked as the pair knelt before the sacred fire, "I don't know if we'll be able to clarify the mirror's images." "I know, but we should try, any information we can gather will be useful. I feel like we're running out of time" Rei nodded and began the chant. At first nothing seemed to happen and they were about to call it off when a surge of power erupted from the fire, then all was darkness.
They floated in a field of stars, with nothing about them but space. "Is this how the images start?" "Yes, but normally I see it from an outside perspective, I've never been inside it before." The air around them grew brighter and brighter, filling with the energy of the stars, before finally condensing and forming a room that they used to know. Nine thrones stood before them arranged in a semi-circle, each carved from stone or crystal, beautifully faceted and engraved. Sapphire, Ruby, Emerald and Topaz sat on the left, Amber, Turquoise, Garnet and Fluorite on the right, the last throne left unoccupied for thousands of years. In the central throne, carved from an opaque white crystal, sat a woman so gracious and beautiful that she seemed to be the very essence of light and life. Rei and Michiru felt compelled first to curtsey and then sit on their respective thrones of Ruby and Turquoise, "Is this what normally happens?" Asked Rei, some how sure the woman, whom she now recognised to be Queen Serenity, would not over hear them. "Yes, but it is clearer now." As Michiru finished the doors in front of them swung open and five women entered. Although they were clearly Sailor Senshi Rei could neither identify them or focus on their faces. "Damn," Michiru said, "I was hoping to see their faces clearly." The women knelt before the queen as the scene faded and the two senshi found themselves on a battlefield. Three of the five women stood nearby, fighting heroically against a force unknown. Rei shuddered in recognition it was Metallia. The next scene was knew to Michiru, a delivery room, a woman in labour. She saw two children, both girls, had already been born and were being examined by a male toddler with piercing blue eyes. The third of the triplets was still-born, but unperceived by all but the Senshi a dark red aura flickered around the deceased infant, before moving toward one of the other babies. The little boy looked up at this, it seemed he saw it to. As the fire room faded into view around them Michiru and Rei looked at each others mystified faces. "Were they reborn then, are they what are causing the surges?" The communicator on Rei's wrist beeped. "Rei, we need your help at the park," Ami's head said hurriedly before cutting out. "Are you coming?" Rei asked the Scout of the depths. "No, I thought I'd completely abandon my mission to protect this planet and the princess." Came the sarcastic reply.
The figure hidden in the trees twisted her long blonde hair about a finger as she watched the Inner Senshi fighting. She spread her arms and, though none of the fighting senshi noticed it, began to draw energy through her body. The lights in the park flickered for just a second before streams of energy flew at the opposing youma vaporising it where it stood. All present turned in the direction the attack had come from, but there was nobody there, nobody was anywhere, they were alone. All that could be seen were a few glimmering patches that quickly blinked into nothingness. "So I guess the surges were a new scout," Minako said as she returned to her normal state. "A scout more powerful than most of us." Ami pointed out, "I really hope she's on our side."
"Was that me? That can't have been me. Can it?" She really didn't care that she was talking to herself. The fact remained that while fingering a beautiful pendant Lucy Thompson had become some one else.
She gave up thinking about it. She went to bed. That was the night the dreams began.
Disclaimer
Don't own Sailor Moon, would like to, but don't. Aurora, Morpheus, Iris, Nightmare, Solar, Lucy and Verity however (even if some of those names have been used before in fics) are ours (SailorMorpehus and SailorAurora), this fic is not meant to e based on anything else but we are sorely sorry if inspiration from other sources has leaked in, its not intentional.
SailorMorpheus