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Old Life, New Beginnings
Interlude 1
The group of senshi, in civilian guise, finally made it back to the shrine where they all collapsed tiredly. Setsuna, aka Sailor Pluto, watched silently before teleporting behind her princess and saying, "So Sun has awakened?"
"AHHHHHHHH!" Usagi screamed as she jumped up, gasping for breath. "Don't do that!"
"Of course, princess." Setsuna said with an internal smirk.
"So that was Sailor Sun?" Rei asked, a little confused as they believed all of the senshi was already awakened.
"Yes and no." Setsuna said, debating on telling them about the new senshi or not. "You see, she is known as Sailor Phoenix though she is the sun's senshi"
"Then why was her uniform so different?" Ami asked.
"That's because she wasn't created with the other senshi, in fact the Queen didn't even know anything about her at first. Back in the silver millennium there was an orbital space ring around the sun that was the home of a race of people called the phoenix. The phoenix had their own government and was very highly advanced scientifically speaking in contrast of the rest of the system who was more magically advanced." Setsuna explained. She took a sip of tea that appeared in her hands as she let the others digest this.
"Wouldn't being that close to the sun kill all of them and destroy the station?" Ami asked.
"The phoenix people could walk on the suns surface and it wouldn't hurt them, they are immune to the heat and fire. The station itself was huge though with shielding that kept the inside cool so they could accommodate the few non phoenix that lived there and any visitors that went. The king's name was Saffron though he had a human wife, a wife who didn't agree with his views and goals which was the reason behind there separation. Each parent kept one of the two children they had." Setsuna said, taking a breath as she readied herself for the next part. "Only one of the children had the potential to bond with the silver crystal so that child went with her mother to the moon. The other went with her father and later became the senshi of the sun."
"WAIT!" cried out Usagi, "What are you saying?"
"That you had a sister and Sailor Phoenix is your sister reincarnated." Setsuna said.
"What happened when Beryl attacked?" Makota asked, "Why didn't they help?"
"The station was attacked first and was badly damaged and the inhabitants escaped on ships as Sailor Phoenix hurried to the moon to warn everyone what happened but arrived too late, the attack had already begun. She stood and fell with the others and was sent to the future with the rest of you."
"Where is she?" Usagi asked quietly.
"I'm sorry, princess. Unlike you, your sister inherited a lot more of the phoenix blood which is why she couldn't use the crystal and why her senshi form is more technological than magical. The phoenix blood for some reason disrupts a lot of magic so I can't find her through the gates very easily, or even see if there are any survivors of their race."
"Don't worry, Usagi." Minako said, comforting her friend, "We will find her."
"I don't understand." Ami said, "If the phoenix people disrupted magic then how could she of been sent to the future?"
"That's simple enough, she was almost dead and her life force was so low that it didn't take too much extra power to accomplish it." Setsuna explained, "I said it disrupts a lot of magic though, not all magic. They were very adept with the various types of chaos magics."
"My head hurts." Usagi said.