Hello to all my readers out there! Sorry that I took this story down. I had some major changes done to it. To all those that reviewed this story before I took it down, I'm sorry. I hope you can forgive me and if you want, please review again.
Ok, this is a SM and LOTR story based on the LOTR movies. If I left anything out it's because I forgot about that scene. Enjoy!
*…* = Telepathic speech
"…" = Regular talking
'…' = Speech in Elvish
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~Shadows and Destiny~
~Chapter 1: Past Life Shadows~
Darkness, the cloak of the world. Not the type of darkness that's all twisted and evil, but the type of darkness that embraces a person into a deep sleep. Kind. Gentle. Secure.
Hotaru woke up with a start. She suddenly looked around in a frantic motion, her eyes darting all over the place, as she tried to make out her surroundings. She was lying in a little grove. The sun was just now waking up. Her horse, a muscular black mare, ate hungrily on the soft green grass across from her. She sighed, recognizing where she was.
At night, when she would close her eyes to welcome the darkness of sleep, she would dream of herself in another time and place. Hotaru vaguely remembered her past life. In that past life, she was once a young girl held captive by someone who shared her body, an evil being, named Mistress 9.
The cold was what she remembered the most. When it had been the evil witch's turn to have her body, she was forced to be buried within her body's mind, unable to break free from Mistress 9.
Hotaru slowly got up from her bedroll, stretched, and walked a short distance to a tiny stream that flowed by the grove. She bent down near the edge, cupped some water into her hands, and then splashed it on her face.
The water was icy cold from the nighttime chill that had been brought over from the night before. The coldness of the water felt good on her hot face.
A slight nudge in the shoulder brought her away from the water and its coldness. She turned around to a find a pair of beautiful large black eyes that showed strength, intelligence, and love, staring at her.
She smiled and rubbed her hand along her horse's forehead. "I know, Angel. I know. It's time to go. I just wanted to wake up first." She stood up and walked with her horse back to camp. She had made sure not to camp on the road for no one knew when the next band of Orcs would be walking down it.
She gathered up her things and placed them in her saddlebags that were still attached to her saddle. Then with a slight huff, she picked up the heavy saddle and placed it on Angel. With quick hand movements, she had the straps tight and ready for the ride ahead of them. Hotaru and Angel have been on the road for a few days now, never staying in one spot for too long. Her destination was Rivendell, the beautiful capital city of the Elves.
Before she climbed on Angel, she redid her hair in a neater low ponytail to look somewhat presentable. She was 20 now. Her features had grown into a rather beautiful woman. Her black hair with purple highlights grew down to her waist and her big violet eyes sparkled. She wore men's clothing, tan breeches, white shirt, and a long dark purple almost black cloak that was fastened across her neck by a metallic purple and silver star-shaped clasp.
Finally, she climbed on top of Angel, who flicked his tail in annoyance. Hotaru saw that movement and glared at her dear friend. "Stop being so annoyed with me, Angel. I don't feel like eating breakfast this morning." She had noted along the way here that if she ever missed a meal, especially breakfast, Angel would act up like this. He huffed and stopped his tail flicking. Smart horse, Hotaru thought to herself.
With a soft tug on the reins and a soft nudge with her knees, they rode out of the grove together, toward Rivendell, expecting to arrive there by noon.
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I know she looks different, but she is still Hotaru, just with longer hair.
Ok, I just realized something. This story might be more LOTR than SM. As you learned in this first chapter, the SM world was where she lived in her past life. She no longer lives in that world. Hehe, I won't spoil the story for you.
I'll just say one more thing. The setting time in LOTR is, you all know, the time of The Fellowship and Sauron, but the setting time in the SM world is the time of the Sailor Stars and Galaxia. Hmm…interesting.
Oh! And review! Please, pretty please, with a cheery on top. Hehe.