A Glimpse of Darkness?
(Working Title)
Author's notes
This is mainly based on the Manga but certain things like Minako's misquotes and her time in England may pop in from time to time. It makes it easier for me to write.
Shadows danced around her, half-formed faces, figures moving past her eyes.
"So, you've started awakening. It's taken you long enough." The blonde spun seeing another figure hidden in the shadows.
"Who are you?" She couldn't make out any features, just a female form sitting in a, it was a plane seat, what was going on? "You're not going to be a regular feature are you? That chair just isn't fitting in with the mysticism, and half-hidden warriors."
"Not if you don't want me to. I had to see if I could, and who says I'm not a half-hidden mystic warrior? Kind of like you were a couple of hours ago." Came the tart reply.
"How did you know?"
"It's imprinted in your psyche." She stood up, revealing herself to be about two inches taller than Lucy's 5'4". "I can't do it with every one, but you are an open book, and I do so love reading." Something changed the air felt less oppressive; their surroundings were getting lighter. A hall, made of white marble, filled with thrones. Lucy sat on one observing the intruder. "Isn't that an invasion of privacy," the other girls long reddish brown hair fell just beneath her shoulder blades, but for some reason she couldn't make out her face. "I only read what you put out, normally I'm only empathetic, but with you it's different." "Why?" "Time to wake up now."
She woke up with a jerk, before promptly crashing onto the bed, from the height of two foot above it, and hearing about ten other things do the same. Lucy stretched out her to turn on the light, it came on, she hadn't touched it.
"What's going on?" Everything had moved, the clothes were out of the wardrobe and had been strategically been replaced with her DVD's and her CD's had landed somewhere near her TV. "Weird dream." The only thing she could remember about the girl was the sheet of red brown hair. That was annoying; she'd felt like something was going to happen. It was probably just a dream just like her being a sailor senshi it was impossible.
"Excuse me Miss, would you like a drink?" The moment of waking was always disturbing, her newly found powers coming upon her in a rush, stronger than normal. The airhostess was barely holding back tears; her pilot boyfriend had just broken up with her because she was pregnant. Verity hated this part of herself, she didn't mind feeling others emotions, it was the moments of high perception where she felt she could dive into peoples souls, when she knew the why of emotions, she disliked. The airhostess had taken an exam before this flight; she wanted to be a pilot herself someday. "Just water please. Don't worry, you passed you know." Sometimes it was useful, this girl wouldn't have lived if Verity hadn't said something, when someone was considering suicide she didn't need an onslaught of power to tell her. "How did you know?" "Lucky guess, you're nervousness is written all over your face."
"Ami-chan I can't do this!" "It's a simple translation Usagi-chan, keep trying." They were at Rei's studying, again. At 17 it seemed to Usagi that she had spent most of her life doing exams, studying and being a sailor senshi of course. "You translate it then, I hate English its soooooo complicated." "How now brown cow?" Minako said, she'd only got the thing correct because it was written down. "I don't understand why I have to take this exam, I speak better English than my teacher." Occasionally Minako's time in England put her on a slightly higher intellectual plane than her friends, not often but occasionally. "At least you're not getting a tutor, Okaa-san threatened to get me one, and not a cute guy either." "You've got a boyfriend Odango Attama!" "Rei-chan stop being so mean!" "You need to study Usagi, I think a tutors a good idea, I'm having enough trouble with this literature course without having to help you." Ami was not normally this forceful but she needed to concentrate on this translation, and she was getting nowhere fast. "Gomen Ami-chan." "Where's Makoto-chan, she should be here by now?"
Kino Makoto gazed at the young man from her hiding place. She couldn't believe she was doing this, spying on boys was like Minako or Usagi, but not Makoto. It wasn't like she hadn't seen this particular boy before either; she had spoken to him, friendly discussions about Video games or cookery. That didn't stop her spying on him, particularly when he had this particular kind of company. "You really don't look like the kind of girl who needs a part time job." He smiled at the brunette in front of him, it was true, she didn't. Hair neatly up in a bun, wearing a brown knee length skirt and tan sleeveless top, a strange pendant hanging from her neck and gold studs made her look quite prosperous. "I'm a student, where I come from all students need money, and I'm no exception." A little white lie from a Lord's daughter really didn't do that much harm, even if she betrayed her name in doing it. There was power here, the kind of power senshi used. "Well you've got the job if you want it," she smiled up at him, "My name's Motoki, did you say yours?" "It's on the form," a sly grin and an outstretched hand, "I'm Verity." "That's a western gesture, you're not from around here are you." He took the offered hand and shook it firmly. "Nope, but I'm sure you'll find out later. I'm sorry I've got an appointment I can't miss." "Running away already, that's encouraging." "Oh don't worry I always come running back."
"You say it was defeated by a Sailor Senshi?"
"Yes my lady."
"You said, your creature could not be defeated." The thing grovelled at her feet, a simpering wretch in the image of a man, knowing that it's ending was near.
"This one was stronger Lady, she had powers unimaginable to us."
"So they have returned," the woman said to herself, "this may work in our favour." She smiled; it sent shivers down the servant's spine. "There will be another, make another creature, of the same strength, we will tempt them out into the open."
It was amazed it was alive.
Lucy looked at the pendant again, a four pointed star overlaid with a crescent moon, the points upwards. A simple thing, but what it did, to mind and body, not so simple.
Inspired words, waves of light, and a change, so profound that she could hardly believe it. It wasn't the costume that amazed, or even the powers that came with it, it was the change of person, like an older, much older, version of herself took charge of her mind.
Author's notes
This is mainly based on the Manga but certain things like Minako's misquotes and her time in England may pop in from time to time. It makes it easier for me to write.
Shadows danced around her, half-formed faces, figures moving past her eyes.
"So, you've started awakening. It's taken you long enough." The blonde spun seeing another figure hidden in the shadows.
"Who are you?" She couldn't make out any features, just a female form sitting in a, it was a plane seat, what was going on? "You're not going to be a regular feature are you? That chair just isn't fitting in with the mysticism, and half-hidden warriors."
"Not if you don't want me to. I had to see if I could, and who says I'm not a half-hidden mystic warrior? Kind of like you were a couple of hours ago." Came the tart reply.
"How did you know?"
"It's imprinted in your psyche." She stood up, revealing herself to be about two inches taller than Lucy's 5'4". "I can't do it with every one, but you are an open book, and I do so love reading." Something changed the air felt less oppressive; their surroundings were getting lighter. A hall, made of white marble, filled with thrones. Lucy sat on one observing the intruder. "Isn't that an invasion of privacy," the other girls long reddish brown hair fell just beneath her shoulder blades, but for some reason she couldn't make out her face. "I only read what you put out, normally I'm only empathetic, but with you it's different." "Why?" "Time to wake up now."
She woke up with a jerk, before promptly crashing onto the bed, from the height of two foot above it, and hearing about ten other things do the same. Lucy stretched out her to turn on the light, it came on, she hadn't touched it.
"What's going on?" Everything had moved, the clothes were out of the wardrobe and had been strategically been replaced with her DVD's and her CD's had landed somewhere near her TV. "Weird dream." The only thing she could remember about the girl was the sheet of red brown hair. That was annoying; she'd felt like something was going to happen. It was probably just a dream just like her being a sailor senshi it was impossible.
"Excuse me Miss, would you like a drink?" The moment of waking was always disturbing, her newly found powers coming upon her in a rush, stronger than normal. The airhostess was barely holding back tears; her pilot boyfriend had just broken up with her because she was pregnant. Verity hated this part of herself, she didn't mind feeling others emotions, it was the moments of high perception where she felt she could dive into peoples souls, when she knew the why of emotions, she disliked. The airhostess had taken an exam before this flight; she wanted to be a pilot herself someday. "Just water please. Don't worry, you passed you know." Sometimes it was useful, this girl wouldn't have lived if Verity hadn't said something, when someone was considering suicide she didn't need an onslaught of power to tell her. "How did you know?" "Lucky guess, you're nervousness is written all over your face."
"Ami-chan I can't do this!" "It's a simple translation Usagi-chan, keep trying." They were at Rei's studying, again. At 17 it seemed to Usagi that she had spent most of her life doing exams, studying and being a sailor senshi of course. "You translate it then, I hate English its soooooo complicated." "How now brown cow?" Minako said, she'd only got the thing correct because it was written down. "I don't understand why I have to take this exam, I speak better English than my teacher." Occasionally Minako's time in England put her on a slightly higher intellectual plane than her friends, not often but occasionally. "At least you're not getting a tutor, Okaa-san threatened to get me one, and not a cute guy either." "You've got a boyfriend Odango Attama!" "Rei-chan stop being so mean!" "You need to study Usagi, I think a tutors a good idea, I'm having enough trouble with this literature course without having to help you." Ami was not normally this forceful but she needed to concentrate on this translation, and she was getting nowhere fast. "Gomen Ami-chan." "Where's Makoto-chan, she should be here by now?"
Kino Makoto gazed at the young man from her hiding place. She couldn't believe she was doing this, spying on boys was like Minako or Usagi, but not Makoto. It wasn't like she hadn't seen this particular boy before either; she had spoken to him, friendly discussions about Video games or cookery. That didn't stop her spying on him, particularly when he had this particular kind of company. "You really don't look like the kind of girl who needs a part time job." He smiled at the brunette in front of him, it was true, she didn't. Hair neatly up in a bun, wearing a brown knee length skirt and tan sleeveless top, a strange pendant hanging from her neck and gold studs made her look quite prosperous. "I'm a student, where I come from all students need money, and I'm no exception." A little white lie from a Lord's daughter really didn't do that much harm, even if she betrayed her name in doing it. There was power here, the kind of power senshi used. "Well you've got the job if you want it," she smiled up at him, "My name's Motoki, did you say yours?" "It's on the form," a sly grin and an outstretched hand, "I'm Verity." "That's a western gesture, you're not from around here are you." He took the offered hand and shook it firmly. "Nope, but I'm sure you'll find out later. I'm sorry I've got an appointment I can't miss." "Running away already, that's encouraging." "Oh don't worry I always come running back."
"You say it was defeated by a Sailor Senshi?"
"Yes my lady."
"You said, your creature could not be defeated." The thing grovelled at her feet, a simpering wretch in the image of a man, knowing that it's ending was near.
"This one was stronger Lady, she had powers unimaginable to us."
"So they have returned," the woman said to herself, "this may work in our favour." She smiled; it sent shivers down the servant's spine. "There will be another, make another creature, of the same strength, we will tempt them out into the open."
It was amazed it was alive.
Lucy looked at the pendant again, a four pointed star overlaid with a crescent moon, the points upwards. A simple thing, but what it did, to mind and body, not so simple.
Inspired words, waves of light, and a change, so profound that she could hardly believe it. It wasn't the costume that amazed, or even the powers that came with it, it was the change of person, like an older, much older, version of herself took charge of her mind.