Title: Silver Senshi: A Rip in Time

Author: StarlightMichi

Prolog:

A New Threat; The Three Soldiers Meet.

In the dead of night, when more people where sleeping than awake, a crack was opened in the fabric of time. Two people, who just happened to be the two most important people to feel such a thing, felt it.

Pluto felt it immediately. A shift in ground, or a headache, was the best she could describe it. She knew what it was instantly, and was puzzled for a moment about how she knew such a thing. Nothing had happened like this before. Instinct, she decided. It was instinct.

The other person to feel it was Queen Serenity. She had been asleep, but the crack had torn into her dreams. Darkness had escaped, and it's evil wrapped around her like a blanket. She woke up in a sweat. Who, or what, had done such a thing?

Pluto she said instantly, reaching for the senshi of time with her mind.

I felt it, Pluto replied. She was uneasy, shifting her weight from foot to foot at the front of her door. What should I do?

Gather Neptune and Uranus, bring them here. We must talk about this.

Tenohsei

The day was fresh, and young, and promising to be beautiful. Uranus breathed deeply, filling her lungs with fresh, cool morning air. She couldn't help but grin as she gazed over her planet. It was beautiful, and she was rightfully proud of it.

Perhaps she'd go fly today. She had not gone out for a few days and was getting restless. Walking back into her room from her balcony, Uranus picked up the simple shirt and breeches that she normally wore. Her mother had always preferred her in dresses, but Uranus only wore them for formal occasions. What was the point, she'd argued, when there was no one around to see her anyways?

Her thoughts were interrupted but a loud cracking sound. Uranus fell over backwards as Pluto stepped forwards out of thin air.

"What are you doing here!" the wind-senshi demanded, instantly on the defense. While she would recognize another Sailor Senshi anywhere, that did not give them permission to just appear in her room!

"Uranus, I'm sorry for startling you. I've been sent to take you, and Neptune, to the Moon. Queen Serenity is in need of your service."

Kaiohsei

Neptune dived, submerging herself into the crystal clear waters of her planet. She dove deep, loving the feel of the cool water along her skin and delighting at the change in hue as she swam deeper. Swimming was so much better than sitting, she decided as she let a current pull her along. She turned over so that she could look upwards, through the water to the sky. She nearly choked on a mouthful of water when she saw two figures floating above her. She surfaced quickly, spitting out a mouthful of water.

"Neptune. I've been sent to take you and Uranus to the Moon. Queen Serenity's order." Pluto left no time for Neptune to ask questions. The aqua haired princess nodded her head, and Pluto lifted her up, out of the water. Neptune caught the glance of, who she assumed to be, Uranus and grinned to herself as the sandy-haired soldier blushed and looked away.

"Can I dress first?" she asked Pluto. Nudity had never bothered her, and this was the first time anyone else had been around when she'd gone swimming. At Pluto's nod, the trio were taken to Neptune's palace. A change of cloths later, they vanished for the Moon.

Moon Kingdom

Queen Serenity fluffed up her dress with a quick shake of her wrist. The white silk smoothed itself and fell into place, allowing the queen to hurry along the hallway without gathering wrinkles. It was almost noon, which meant the halls were nearly empty as most people headed to the dining hall for lunch. She passed one or two guards, who politely nodded their heads.

It had become apparent that morning that she and Pluto where the only two to feel the crack in time. The people acted the same, and except for the constant nagging feeling of Evil, all was as it had been the day before.

Serenity stopped as she reached the meeting room door. She heard muffled voices on the other side and smiled. 'Good,' she thought 'Pluto, Neptune and Uranus are already there.' Without another pause, she opened the door, stepped into the pearly white room, and shut the opening behind her.

"I'm sorry for the abrupt and unusual summoning," she started, not bothering to acknowledge the three bows given to her by her soldiers. There was no time for pleasantries.

"Pluto undoubtedly explained why you're here?" she asked. At two slow nods, she glanced at Pluto.

"I told them what I know. That I felt a crack in time." Serenity nodded. So, Pluto didn't feel the evil either.

"Last night, about three hours before dawn, there was a crack in time. This, itself, is cause for alarm. More threatening is the evil that seemed to have resulted. I feel it. I do not know if anyone else does, but that doesn't matter. What matters is that it is there, and it is more powerful than anything I've yet felt."

She held up her hand, stopping Uranus as she'd opened her mouth. "No. Please wait for me to finish." Uranus nodded her head, looking a bit sheepish, and sank back into a chair. Neptune, also, sat down but Pluto remained standing.

"Normally, I would not summon you three. Serenity's four soldiers are perfectly competent at taking care of any threat to this kingdom. But, like I said, this is much stronger than anything I've felt before. What's more, it came through Time. It can therefore be assumed that this new Evil can use time at it's will." She shook her head slowly. "I know nothing about this Evil, only that it is there. I don't know if it means to attack, or just reside wherever it came out too. However, I want you three here, training, and preparing yourself for a fight that might come."

With a small intake of breath, Serenity nodded her head to show that she was finished. Uranus looked confident, and a bit jumpy, Neptune looked thoughtful and concerned, and Pluto stood looking serene. Only the small twitching of her fingers on her staff showed that the senshi of Time was worried.

"Serenity-sama," Neptune asked softly. "What of Serenity's four soldiers? Shouldn't they be alerted as well?"

Uranus snorted, rolling her eyes. "Why alert them? We can take care of this ourselves. If this Evil attacks, we can take care of it before the rest of the Kingdom even knows what happened."

Neptune frowned, clearly unhappy with this answer. "I disagree. Serenity-sama said that this threat was more powerful than any she'd felt. What if our power is not enough? If we're killed trying to fight this new evil, there will be nothing to stand between it and the Moon. As you said, we're stronger than Venus, Mars, Mercury and Jupiter, which means if it can kill us…" she let her sentence trail off, allowing the others to fill in the end.

Pluto looked towards Serenity with question in her eyes, but Serenity was focused on Uranus. The wind-soldier was clearly unmoved.

"They'll get in our way. Have you see them? Giggly-girls with little thought to their duties. They're soft from living life like normal girls. If we fought with them, they'd run and cry the minute someone got hurt."

"That's a little harsh, don't you think?" Neptune asked, her voice still soft, but it's tone hardened a bit. "They're soldiers just like us. They deserve to know so that they, too, can defend the world they live in. It's their right as living creatures, and especially as Senshi."

"Enough!" Serenity said sternly as Uranus opened her mouth, clearly ready to shout something rather insulting towards the aqua-haired woman. Her face red with surpressed anger, Uranus drummed her fingers on the table restlessly. She was obediently quite as Serenity spoke.

"We'll vote. Pluto, Uranus, Neptune. Those in favor of telling my daughter's guardians, raise your hand please."

Neptune rose her hand instantly, looking pointedly towards Serenity and ignore Uranus' angry glare altogether. After a moment, Pluto lifted her hand as well. She looked confident, though she avoided the wind-senshi's gaze.

"It's settled. We'll tell Mars, Mercury, Jupiter and Venus." Uranus' growl of anger was halted at the Queen's look. "This meeting is over for now. All of the information spoken of is strictly confidential. No one is to know about the crack in Time, nor the Evil that I feel, understood? I will not have a panic sweep through my kingdom." As each Senshi nodded her head, Serenity stood.

"I declare this meeting over."

End Prolog

A.N.: So, what do you think? Silver Senshi originally started out as a play-through-email game. It never really got started, but I love the theme so much that I decided to write a Fan Fic! I have a long way to go with this story, and I hope you enjoyed it! Comments very welcome. Flames will be ignored.

p.s. This was a first-time copy, which means it has only been spot-edited for grammar/spelling.