DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN SAILOR MOON OR THE SAILOR STARLIGHTS. HOWEVER, I DO OWN STAR DANCER, STAR GREIVER, AND STAR SEER AS WELL AS THE VILLIANS.
PROLOGUE
ELECTRIC GREEN EYES PIERCED THE SHADOWS OF MIDNIGHT. SHE WAS WATCHING ME. WAITING FOR MY COMMAND... A COMMAND THAT WOULD MAKE OR BREAK THE UNEASY ALLIANCE WE HAD FORGED WITH THE EARTH SENSHI. I ROLLED MY OCEAN EYES TO MY OTHER COMMERADE. I WAS MET WITH AN ICY GLARE FROM HER VIOLET EYES; UNRELENTING. I LOOKED AWAY.
THEY WAITED.
IMPATIENT.
EAGER.
A HEARTBEAT.
ANOTHER.
A RUSTLE OF LEAVES DREW MY ATTENTION AWAY. THE THREE WE HAD BEEN WAITING FOR FINALLY EMERGED FROM THE SHADOWS. A QUICK SALUTE TO ME TOLD OF THEIR APOLLOGY. I NODDED. THE COMMAND WAS GIVEN AND, IN A FLASH OF LIGHT, WE WERE GONE.
EARTHBOUND.
CHAPTER 1
CERULEAN EYES ROLLED TO THE DIGITAL CLOCK ON THE NIGHTSTAND.
THREE A.M..
STILL NO SLEEP.
WHY WAS SHE SO UNEASY?
SERENA SIGHED AND THREW THE SHEETS OFF HER. ROLLING OUT OF BED, SHE GRABBED A HAIR TIE AND PULLED HER LONG, GOLDEN LOCKS BACK IN A LOW PONYTAIL. SHE LEFT HER BEDROOM AND WANDERED AROUND HER APARTMENT. SHE GAVE UP ON THAT IDEA AND, GRABBING HER JOURNAL, WENT OUT ON THE SMALL BALCONY.
SHE SHIVERED, YET WAS NOT COLD.
SOMETHING WAS GOING TO HAPPEN... AND SOON. PERISHING THAT TERRIFYING THOUGHT, SHE BEGAN TO WRITE:
DEAR JOURNAL,
CAN YOU BELIEVE TAHT TOMMARROW MARKS THE ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE DAY THE SAILOR STARLIGHTS LEFT FOR THEIR HOME PLANET? ME NEITHER, BUT HOW I MISS THEM. SEIYA ESPECIALLY. WE HAD KNOWN EACHOTHER SO BRIEFLY, BUT IN THAT TIME, WE GREW VERY CLOSE. I ONLY WISH THAT WE HAD HAD A LITTLE MORE TIME TO REALLY GET TO KNOW EACHOTHER.
SEIYA KOU... SAILOR STAR FIGHTER... SO MUCH OF YOU STILL REMAINS A MYSTERY, BUT I LOVED YOU ANYWAY. I NEVER REALIZED JUST HOW MUCH I LOVED MY SECRET STARLIGHT UNTIL AFTER HE WAS GONE. FUNNY HOW THAT WORKS OUT... IF I DIDN'T LOVE RINI, I'D HUNT SEIYA DOWN AND TELL HIM JUST HOW MUCH I LOVE HIM...
BUT MY DESTINY IS WRITTEN.
I AM NEO QUEEN SERENITY.
ENOUGH OF THAT! THERE'S HAPPIER THINGS TO TALK ABOUT. FOR INSTANCE: AFTER THE BATTLE WITH CHAOS, EARTH HAS BEEN REALLY PEACEFUL. THE SAILOR SOLDIERS AND I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO LEAD PRETTY NORMAL LIVES.
AMY NOW HAS TWO VERY POPULAR SCIENCE FICTION NOVELS OUT. SHE ALSO OWNS HER OWN BOOK STORE AND LIVES IN THE APARTMENT RIGHT ABOVE IT. SHE LOVES IT THERE. LITA HAS REALIZED HER DREAMS AND STARTED HER OWN RESTAURANT. IT'S DOING REALLY WELL AND LITA HAS EVEN WON AWARDS FOR HER COOKING. RAYE HAS ACTUALLY BECOME THE HEAD PRIESTESS OF THE SHRINE AS HER GRANDPA PASSED AWAY. SHE AND CHAD EVEN TEACH KARATE THERE ON THE WEEKENDS. OH! AND THEY'RE GOING OUT. MINA'S DREAMS OF BEING FAMOUS HAVE ACTUALLY COME TRUE. HER NEW SONG, "SILVER DREAMS," HAS BEEN NUMBER ONE FOR THE PAST FOUR WEEKS NOW! THE OTHERS AND I THINK IT'S A SONG ABOUT YATEN. MAYBE SHE LOVED HER OWN STARLIGHT...
NOTHING HAS CHANGED WITH THE OUTTER SOLDIERS.
AMARA STILL RACES ON HER MOTORCYCLE. SHE HAS EVEN WON A FEW NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS. THE ONLY PROBLEM SHE HAS IS THE COPS KEEP PULLING HER OVER FOR SPEEDING. MICHELLE STILL PLAYS VIOLIN CONCERTS AND HAS EVEN SOLD OUT SEVERAL SHOWS. NOW, SHE'S STARRING IN A MOVIE. WHAT ABOUT? SHE WON'T SAY. TRISTA HAS BEEN M.I.A. FOR ABOUT SIX MONTHS NOW. PROBABLY BACK GAURDING THE GATES OF TIME OR SCREWING UP HISTORY SOMEWHEN. WHEREVER OR WHENEVER SHE IS, I HPE SHE'S OKAY. HOTARU IS STILL IN SCHOOL. HER FAVORITE CLASS IS ART BECAUSE IT'S AN EXCUSE TO GET DIRTY. SHE EVEN MADE TWO LAMPS IN CLASS, BRINGING HER COLLECTION UP TO 103. WOW!
AND WHAT ABOUT ME? I'M LIVING ON MY OWN NOW; IN A NICE, ONE-BEDROOM APARTMENT. I WORK AT LITA'S CAFE AND I OWN MY OWN CAR: A PINK SUBARU BAJA. I LOVE IT! I WAS VALEDICTORIAN AT OUR GRADUATION LAST MONTH. AND I'M STILL ENGAGED TO DARIEN. WE'RE GOING TO GET MARRIED ON MY BIRTHDAY NEXT YEAR.
ANYWAY, I HAVE TO BE GOING NOW. IT'S AFTER FOUR IN THE MORNING AND I HAVE TO WORK EARLY TOMARROW. GOODNIGHT!
SERENA
PS I WONDER IF THE STARLIGHTS CAN HEAR ME WHEN I WISH ON SHOOTING STARS...
PPS I HAVE THIS WEIRD FEELING SOMETHING IS GOING TO HAPPEN. I DON'T WANT TO ADMIT IT, BUT I'M SCARED.
WITH A YAWN, SERENA CLOSED HER JOURNAL AND SONTERED BACK TO HER WAITING BED. A LONG DAY AWAITED HER TOMARROW. AND WITHOUT ANNOTHER THOUGHT, SLEEP OVERTOOK HER MIND.
SHE SLEPT.