Chapter 6: Dreams of pie and pocky
Early morning: Day 2
Reika woke with a gasp. She had just had a strange dream. What was
even stranger was that in the dream she was trying on her new dress.
At first Reika thought that she was just replaying yesterday afternoon
in her head. She was in front of a three-way mirror in her dress...but
she was also wearing a tiara.
"Good. It fits then," said a voice. Reika looked into the mirror and
saw an older version of the girl she met yesterday. Here, however, the
girl no longer looked about twenty-seven; she looked about forty-seven
...and Reika felt that she was even older than that. The older woman
wore a beautiful green court dress and a crown. The older woman smiled,
"I knew it would look good on you. You look better in it than I did."
"It's perfect. Thank you, your majesty," Reika heard herself say.
"I know you feel the need to practice your public manners at all times,
Your Grace," the lady laughed, "but in private, you really don't have to.
Call me Adaunde. After this is all over, you can call me Mom. But let's
start with Adaunde. I don't think you can handle 'Mom' yet."
"I'm sorry."
"Oh, it's okay. It's just a bad habit we'll have to break you of."
"But Lady Maxine and Lady Keiko don't seem to have the same problem with
this that I do."
"Lady Keiko has been around me since before she was born. I was 'Ween
Dawn' before she could say 'queen,' much less understand what it meant.
As for Lady Maxine, she just thinks a lot like I do. But trust me, they
have hang-ups in other areas that you don't have."
"Your maj- Adaunde. Do you think that I can do this? Do you think I
can-"
"Be a good queen someday? Of course I do. Besides, you'll have Endy
with you for always. You won't be alone. Love makes everything possible.
Now, let's talk about what to do with your hair."
At that point, Reika woke up. She still remembered the dream...but the
dream almost seemed like a memory. Deciding that she was just over-
excited from yesterday, she went ahead and got an early start on her day.
*****
May woke up slowly, although she was in shock, once again, from another
"memory" dream. She sat up in the queen-sized bed in the huge house
she'd found for herself, Terry and Yusuke. It used to belong to some
Stanton guy before he disappeared. She did think it was kind of odd that
this amazingly rich guy just disappeared one day. If she was in the US,
she'd think he would be hiding in the Caymen Islands to avoid paying real
estate taxes on this amazing house, but she was pretty sure that the
Japanese did not behave that way. Did someone help him to disappear
permanently? May shrugged away her spectulation and confusion about what
happened to the previous owner of the house. She needed to concentrate
on the dream to see if she could figure out what it meant.
At the opening of the dream, May was in front of a screen of some kind.
It appeared to be a picture phone. May couldn't see herself, but she
could see the other woman clearly. For some reason, that odd hairstyle
and white dress made her angry.
"...alliance for my people," May had been saying.
"Yes, alliances, even paper alliances, save whole kingdoms," the other
woman said. "But paper contracts and treaties are broken all the time."
"What are you saying, Serenity?"
The other woman's eyes narrowed, showing annoyance, "All I'm saying is
that paper agreements can be ignored or voided. People tend not to
attack their children, however.
"Oh, and by the way," the woman refered to as Serenity continued, "My
only daugher met both Endymion and Tremaine during the last diplomatic
mission your planet undertook. She was impressed by both of them. Now
if you'll excuse me, I need to make sure that Mercury doesn't cross me
again. I'd hate to have to take off their protective shield and expose
that entire planet to the full force of the sun."
The picture winked out and the transmission ended. There was a resigned
sighed and then May woke up.
Who was this Serenity? And why did she make May feel so angry? Was this
the evil empress? And who was May that she was in negotiations with her?
"Why does none of this make sense?" May asked to the early morning
stillness.
*****
He stood in a castle hallway. To be more precise, he stood in front of a
guarded door. He said something to the guard, who, after bowing, opened
the door. Striding in, not noticing the guard closing the door behind
him, he stopped in front of a double throne. A woman sat on the right,
but he couldn't see her face. He could see that she was wearing a formal
black gown. While such a dress was very appropriate for a formal
celebration, for some reason he knew she wore the dress as a sign of
mourning.
"They'll be here soon," he heard himself say.
"Okay. Thank you for coming to tell me, Endy."
"You're welcome, your majesty." For a moment, he paused. Then, "Mummy?"
He sensed that the woman smiled, "You picked up that horrid name from
your father. For years I have tried to get you to stop calling me that;
to get you to call me 'Mama' instead. Obviously, it hasn't worked," the
woman laughed, but her tone sobered when she noticed that he wasn't
smiling. "What is it, Endy?"
"With everyone wearing black...I mean, won't they realize that we are not
celebrating...and retaliate against us in some way?"
"We'll just tell them that we wear black for formal celebrations around
here."
"And how do we explain the eyes that are red from crying?"
"Pink eye and a nasty flu bug, essentially Earth illnesses. Just say we've
had a rough summer for those who don't handle pollen well." The next
statement had a slight edge to it, "Besides, I wouldn't ask the nobility
to change. It is a good constrast to the Lunarians in their white...and
it is good for the people to see."
"So that they can tell the good guy from the bad guys? Because the good
guys are dressed in black?"
"Well, that and re-affirming the right to grieve."
The room was silent for a few minutes. Then the woman said. "Endy,
promise not to forget us. Please."
"Mother!" he explained, aghast, offended, and hurt, "I would NEVER-"
"Sweetie," the woman interupted, "soon you'll be leaving...your home
for a long time and you'll be on her turf. I may think that Serenity is
a witch, but I never thought she was stupid. She'll have a lot of sway
in that world...and over her daughter. It would be in her best interest
if you forgot us. I'm asking you not to. Promise me you'll remember
us."
"I promise, Mother. I'll remember you and father, Tremaine and Arlington,
and Daniella...and I'll love you all. Forever. They won't take that
from me."
Mamoru started awake. Unable to go back to sleep, he walked out onto
his balcony. "What do these dreams mean?" he asked the night.
He'd been having this same dream off and on for about two weeks now. He
sighed. He knew he needed to tell Usagi and the others about the dream...
but he didn't know how to broach the subject.
Mamoru had an interesting history with dreams. At times they had been
prophetic, at other times they had been scare tactics or warnings,
but they had always profoundly affected his life...usually because he
didn't share them with anyone. But this dream was more disturbing than
the others because it seemed like a memory.
That and the fact that he called the woman in the dream "Mother".
Mamoru sighed. There were big holes in everyone's memory of the Silver
Millenium. There were big holes in his memory in general. Maybe he
was actually remembering his Silver Millenium family.
Pluto would know...and Mamoru hoped she'd show up soon. He now had a lot
of questions to ask her, especially about the relationship between the
Earth and the Moon.
*****
Pluto looked out over time concerned. In the last two weeks there had
been some minor shifts in dimensions. This, of course, happened naturally.
Big events or choices that did and didn't happen combine to shift worlds.
Rarely was it ever a concern...at least it wasn't a concern to her
until it threatened her future queen and the dream world she'd worked hard
to put into place for Serenity's daughter. Pluto sighed. Guarding the
Gate of Time was always more than just guarding it.
These minor shifts in the last two weeks disturbed her slightly, so she
decided to take a closer look. Waving her staff so that she could see
the movements between dimensions and time, Sailor Pluto looked closely
at the dimensions that had been disturbed. Realizing what dimensions
had been disturbed and that there was a recent disturbance in the
Crystal Toyko timeline, she paled. "There is no way that they could
be reuniting! Not after I-" Grabbing her staff, Pluto headed for the
Time Gate. "I have got to get to the senshi quickly. I have to stop
this."
- to be continued -
Anyone want to guess who May was in that incarnation? Or when she'll
find out/remember who she was? Hmm.
I'm still in need of beta readers...and a Pluto expert would be wonderful.
Thanks for reading, reviewing, and all of your feedback.
~December
Early morning: Day 2
Reika woke with a gasp. She had just had a strange dream. What was
even stranger was that in the dream she was trying on her new dress.
At first Reika thought that she was just replaying yesterday afternoon
in her head. She was in front of a three-way mirror in her dress...but
she was also wearing a tiara.
"Good. It fits then," said a voice. Reika looked into the mirror and
saw an older version of the girl she met yesterday. Here, however, the
girl no longer looked about twenty-seven; she looked about forty-seven
...and Reika felt that she was even older than that. The older woman
wore a beautiful green court dress and a crown. The older woman smiled,
"I knew it would look good on you. You look better in it than I did."
"It's perfect. Thank you, your majesty," Reika heard herself say.
"I know you feel the need to practice your public manners at all times,
Your Grace," the lady laughed, "but in private, you really don't have to.
Call me Adaunde. After this is all over, you can call me Mom. But let's
start with Adaunde. I don't think you can handle 'Mom' yet."
"I'm sorry."
"Oh, it's okay. It's just a bad habit we'll have to break you of."
"But Lady Maxine and Lady Keiko don't seem to have the same problem with
this that I do."
"Lady Keiko has been around me since before she was born. I was 'Ween
Dawn' before she could say 'queen,' much less understand what it meant.
As for Lady Maxine, she just thinks a lot like I do. But trust me, they
have hang-ups in other areas that you don't have."
"Your maj- Adaunde. Do you think that I can do this? Do you think I
can-"
"Be a good queen someday? Of course I do. Besides, you'll have Endy
with you for always. You won't be alone. Love makes everything possible.
Now, let's talk about what to do with your hair."
At that point, Reika woke up. She still remembered the dream...but the
dream almost seemed like a memory. Deciding that she was just over-
excited from yesterday, she went ahead and got an early start on her day.
*****
May woke up slowly, although she was in shock, once again, from another
"memory" dream. She sat up in the queen-sized bed in the huge house
she'd found for herself, Terry and Yusuke. It used to belong to some
Stanton guy before he disappeared. She did think it was kind of odd that
this amazingly rich guy just disappeared one day. If she was in the US,
she'd think he would be hiding in the Caymen Islands to avoid paying real
estate taxes on this amazing house, but she was pretty sure that the
Japanese did not behave that way. Did someone help him to disappear
permanently? May shrugged away her spectulation and confusion about what
happened to the previous owner of the house. She needed to concentrate
on the dream to see if she could figure out what it meant.
At the opening of the dream, May was in front of a screen of some kind.
It appeared to be a picture phone. May couldn't see herself, but she
could see the other woman clearly. For some reason, that odd hairstyle
and white dress made her angry.
"...alliance for my people," May had been saying.
"Yes, alliances, even paper alliances, save whole kingdoms," the other
woman said. "But paper contracts and treaties are broken all the time."
"What are you saying, Serenity?"
The other woman's eyes narrowed, showing annoyance, "All I'm saying is
that paper agreements can be ignored or voided. People tend not to
attack their children, however.
"Oh, and by the way," the woman refered to as Serenity continued, "My
only daugher met both Endymion and Tremaine during the last diplomatic
mission your planet undertook. She was impressed by both of them. Now
if you'll excuse me, I need to make sure that Mercury doesn't cross me
again. I'd hate to have to take off their protective shield and expose
that entire planet to the full force of the sun."
The picture winked out and the transmission ended. There was a resigned
sighed and then May woke up.
Who was this Serenity? And why did she make May feel so angry? Was this
the evil empress? And who was May that she was in negotiations with her?
"Why does none of this make sense?" May asked to the early morning
stillness.
*****
He stood in a castle hallway. To be more precise, he stood in front of a
guarded door. He said something to the guard, who, after bowing, opened
the door. Striding in, not noticing the guard closing the door behind
him, he stopped in front of a double throne. A woman sat on the right,
but he couldn't see her face. He could see that she was wearing a formal
black gown. While such a dress was very appropriate for a formal
celebration, for some reason he knew she wore the dress as a sign of
mourning.
"They'll be here soon," he heard himself say.
"Okay. Thank you for coming to tell me, Endy."
"You're welcome, your majesty." For a moment, he paused. Then, "Mummy?"
He sensed that the woman smiled, "You picked up that horrid name from
your father. For years I have tried to get you to stop calling me that;
to get you to call me 'Mama' instead. Obviously, it hasn't worked," the
woman laughed, but her tone sobered when she noticed that he wasn't
smiling. "What is it, Endy?"
"With everyone wearing black...I mean, won't they realize that we are not
celebrating...and retaliate against us in some way?"
"We'll just tell them that we wear black for formal celebrations around
here."
"And how do we explain the eyes that are red from crying?"
"Pink eye and a nasty flu bug, essentially Earth illnesses. Just say we've
had a rough summer for those who don't handle pollen well." The next
statement had a slight edge to it, "Besides, I wouldn't ask the nobility
to change. It is a good constrast to the Lunarians in their white...and
it is good for the people to see."
"So that they can tell the good guy from the bad guys? Because the good
guys are dressed in black?"
"Well, that and re-affirming the right to grieve."
The room was silent for a few minutes. Then the woman said. "Endy,
promise not to forget us. Please."
"Mother!" he explained, aghast, offended, and hurt, "I would NEVER-"
"Sweetie," the woman interupted, "soon you'll be leaving...your home
for a long time and you'll be on her turf. I may think that Serenity is
a witch, but I never thought she was stupid. She'll have a lot of sway
in that world...and over her daughter. It would be in her best interest
if you forgot us. I'm asking you not to. Promise me you'll remember
us."
"I promise, Mother. I'll remember you and father, Tremaine and Arlington,
and Daniella...and I'll love you all. Forever. They won't take that
from me."
Mamoru started awake. Unable to go back to sleep, he walked out onto
his balcony. "What do these dreams mean?" he asked the night.
He'd been having this same dream off and on for about two weeks now. He
sighed. He knew he needed to tell Usagi and the others about the dream...
but he didn't know how to broach the subject.
Mamoru had an interesting history with dreams. At times they had been
prophetic, at other times they had been scare tactics or warnings,
but they had always profoundly affected his life...usually because he
didn't share them with anyone. But this dream was more disturbing than
the others because it seemed like a memory.
That and the fact that he called the woman in the dream "Mother".
Mamoru sighed. There were big holes in everyone's memory of the Silver
Millenium. There were big holes in his memory in general. Maybe he
was actually remembering his Silver Millenium family.
Pluto would know...and Mamoru hoped she'd show up soon. He now had a lot
of questions to ask her, especially about the relationship between the
Earth and the Moon.
*****
Pluto looked out over time concerned. In the last two weeks there had
been some minor shifts in dimensions. This, of course, happened naturally.
Big events or choices that did and didn't happen combine to shift worlds.
Rarely was it ever a concern...at least it wasn't a concern to her
until it threatened her future queen and the dream world she'd worked hard
to put into place for Serenity's daughter. Pluto sighed. Guarding the
Gate of Time was always more than just guarding it.
These minor shifts in the last two weeks disturbed her slightly, so she
decided to take a closer look. Waving her staff so that she could see
the movements between dimensions and time, Sailor Pluto looked closely
at the dimensions that had been disturbed. Realizing what dimensions
had been disturbed and that there was a recent disturbance in the
Crystal Toyko timeline, she paled. "There is no way that they could
be reuniting! Not after I-" Grabbing her staff, Pluto headed for the
Time Gate. "I have got to get to the senshi quickly. I have to stop
this."
- to be continued -
Anyone want to guess who May was in that incarnation? Or when she'll
find out/remember who she was? Hmm.
I'm still in need of beta readers...and a Pluto expert would be wonderful.
Thanks for reading, reviewing, and all of your feedback.
~December