- Chapter 8 - History
Two weeks had passed since Galaxia and Chisa arrived to planet Alpha. Chisa continued unconscious, which cause Alpha to believe the girl had drained herself over the limits, a little more and maybe she would had died… this belief was far from the truth.
Galaxia had spent her time with several of the Senshi, acting as if she was interested on the culture and population of the Jedo System. In a part she was, but her true motives where to check on Phi and Chi, trying to detect the envious feeling they had irradiated during their first meeting. She did not found any trace of this, although she did found something interesting concerning the blonde twins.
Flashback
"Now what do we have here…" - Galaxia said to herself while reading a book that described the history of the alliance.
Before the establishment of The Alliance there were many wars between planets Phi and Chi against Omega. Phi and Chi's civilizations hated Omega's for an unfortunate incident. Omega's eldest prince had had a friendly duel with Phi's youngest prince. The duel ended unexpectedly with the death of Phi's prince. Omega's prince stated it had been an accident, but Phi's royalty did not accept this and declared war. Chi, being Phi's eternal ally, declared war as well. Theta, although in the middle of the battle, declared itself neutral and turned to Alpha for protection.
The war lasted several decades, even when many of the involved royal families no longer existed. Finally, when Phi and Chi's armies where about to destroy Omega's, Alpha ordered a halt. Omega had joined itself to a newly formed Alliance lead by Alpha. The Alliance had the support of Theta, Persephone, Styx, Lethe and Mneymosne when Omega joined. Alpha ordered Phi and Chi the drop of weapons, who refused at first, but finally decided to do so. Reluctantly Phi and Chi joined the Alliance led by Sailor Alpha.
"Interesting… so those two feel bitter from that battle" - Galaxia wanted to know how much time had passed since then, so she approached a scholar. The answer was something she really did not expected.
"Oh, so I see our guest is interested in our history? And I must say you found one of the most interesting and unpleasant parts too…" - The scholar said, his obvious bitter tone stated he was from Phi or Chi "The incident of the Prince's death states from almost two hundred years ago, while the unification of the Alliance happened a hundred and twenty years ago. And if you are wondering, yes, Sailor Alpha, although she seems not older than twenty, is really over one hundred and thirty years old."
"You serious" - Galaxia asked, received a nod from the scholar. Galaxia knew the Senshi had extended lives, but she was still surprised. She herself was in fact no older than nineteen years old, and her present enemy was almost ten times older. "What about the other princesses? The other Senshi"
"Now that is another point. All the other Senshi really have the age they apparent. All of them are between sixteen and nineteen years old. You see… what this book does not state is that Alpha came to power cause it was the only one of the Alliance with a Senshi. At that time people believed Alpha was some kind of goddess and they gave her even more power than what she already had as Princess of Alpha. That belief lasted for over a hundred years till the others where born. Nevertheless Alpha continued to reign, I guess people where already accustomed to it, so nobody tried to rebel now that they knew she was not a Goddess." - The scholar told her without breathing once, a fact that Galaxia did not miss.
"So… what ever happened to the dispute between Phi and Chi against Omega? Did Alpha condemned Omega for the death of Phi's Prince" - Galaxia asked, interested on the matter.
"Well… you see… Alpha never did anything. In fact she ordered Phi and Chi to stop. You could say that Alpha did not care about it… she only wanted to control them and… oh my… I should not had said that" - The scholar stopped frightened of his own mistake.
"Hmm… do not worry. For your words I think you must be a Phian or a Chian. Do not worry of having those thought, I see it as a natural reaction against injustice. So I can easily say that Phi and Chi never got over that fact… and yet Omega has acted as if nothing ever happened."
"Why yes! You got it all correct my lady. Oh… I really should not say any more if you can forgive me…"
"Quite understandable. Just one more question, and I assure you nobody will know about this. I even intend to pay you for your information". - Galaxia tried to bribe the scholar to talk; she pretended to pay the man with some gold she had acquired for services to Alpha.
"Oh well… ok, I guess" - The scholar accepted, clearly he needed the gold… as he did not hesitated.
"How do Sailor Phi and Sailor Chi feel about this old war"
To say the question caught the man surprised would have been an understatement. He really was shocked to be asked this. Yet he decided to give Galaxia the answer.
"For what I have heard on planet Chi, I am a Chian by the way, is that the Princesses hold a grudge to Omega. A grudge passed through generations… the prince that was killed was the brother of one of both princess's ancestor."
End of flashback.
"So, Sailor Phi and Chi hold a grudge to Omega… and their eyes reflect envious feelings… they must also feel their worlds where pressured to join the Alliance… and Alpha, who acted the goddess with her position as a Senshi. Hehe… this is rich… those two would be a great help to Lady Chaos' mission…"
Suddenly Galaxia started to consider other matters. "The scholar said… till they where born… how come the Senshi of this galaxy where born?... how come they had a mother and a father?... how come I did not had at least a mother?… damn destiny…"
- Meanwhile in Chisa's room at Alpha Castle. -
A black aura rotated around Chisa. Part of it separated from her body and drifted away. In almost a flash the dark cloud was outside Alpha's atmosphere and drifted away in space.
