Father of the Moon
Chapter 1
Dreams or Nightmares?
Please note that as you read this story picture in your minds that the character are voiced by the following:
Usagi-Sarah Michelle Gellar
Ami-Erika Christensen
Minako-Sarah Carter
Makoto-Milla Jovovich
Rei-Cara DeLizia
Mamoru-Wesley Ramsey
Lupus-Scott Bailey
Yori-Patrick Stewart
Luna-Jane Seymour
Artemis-Patrick Swayze
Lady Serenity-Mia Farrow
Lord Raion-Richard Chamberlain
Lord Endymion I-Willem Dafoe
Takashi-Mark Hamill
Yukio-Matthew Bomer
If the actors that I have selected are unfamiliar to you I suggest that you look them up, or if you don't like the selections that I picked please give me your opinion in an always respectful matter. And as always I hope you enjoy the story the way I have enjoyed writing it.
Thank you min'na (that means "everyone" in Japanese).
The fountains sprouted like blossoming flowers on summer time, little toddler princess Usagi was running along around her home castle on the Moon Kingdom laughing and carrying along with her flower garner in her hands and holding it up in the air. Usagi ran fast through a garden path which ended up leading her into what looked like a maze to her, she didn't notice or question where she was until she on an opened crack on the floor. She fell down three steps on stairs that were made out of marble stone, but it didn't hurt herself. As she gently and slowly got up on her feet she found herself in a center of a 20 length triangle with a marble stone coffin with unusually writing on the tomb stone that was on the foot of it, Usagi was beginning to feel crept out by the sight of the place that she could not recall "what is this? where am I?" she asked herself as she backed away.
"Don't be afraid my little princess" said a very scary male voice that seemed familiar to Usagi "Mother?" she cried out in hopes that's who it was, with tears pouring out of her eyes from fear. Usagi had just finally started running back to the same steps she took when she ran into the maze but couldn't find her way "I am your friend, I'll bring you back to the Moon Kingdom... I promise you," the voice said again. Usagi became more scared that she started running down the ally that she was on, but all she saw were different paths in front of her "Okasan!" Usagi cried out loud as ran through the first path she selected. All her thoughts about what could be happening to her began to make her feel terrified but she just kept crying out "Okasan! Mama!" as she continued running on ward and on ward. Until she wounded up back to where the marble stone coffin was, as Usagi looked closely at only three of the words on the tomb stone which meant "Lord of the Moon". Usagi's heart pounded faster with the breathing sounds of the erie voice again "Don't listen to him!" said a different male voice that sounded more comforting and friendly almost like a fatherly tone "who are-" Usagi couldn't finish her question "Trust your heart my little rabbit of the Moon" he said. "Okasan!"
"OTOSAN!!!!!"
Suddenly a very much grown up Usagi sat up on her bed panting from the fears of her "Dream? Or was it a nightmare?... I don't get it at all" she said to herself as she slide to the side of her bed. All her memories of the day were returning to her in a flash: She is Nineteen years old, entering college, and she was now old enough to move in with Mamoru since Lupus found his own place at last. Her room had boxes loaded with all her personal stuff, some were wrapped up in newspapers and others were just her books. "Why do I get these dreams that tell me something bad is going to happen?" she thought to herself while laying her head on her hands "Usagi? Is something wrong?" Luna asked as she leaped on the bed next to Usagi. "Nothing, just a bad dream, I think" Usagi answered in a calm but confused voice "A bad dream?" Luna said curiously "Have you had this before?" she asked. Usagi hesitated for a bit "Uh, yeah, for a week now" she confessed "Why didn't you say anything?" Luna asked again "Say anything about what?" Artemis yawned out while stretching out his front legs at the same time. "Usagi has been having bad dreams this past week and she hasn't mentioned it until now" Luna explained then turned her attentions back to Usagi who was walking to her window sill "Maybe you have been eating something that didn't agree with you" Artemis commented with a little chuckle. Usagi gave Artemis a threatening face "I'll smack you to Minako's house if you keep this up" she said while staring at him as she past by him "Why aren't you there, anyway?" she asked " 'Cause I can't get enough sleep with her talking about seeing Lupus again" he answered in a complaining voice.
"I didn't want anyone to worry about some stupid dreams" Usagi explained as she sat on the sill "It has been a long struggle for me to have a normal life just for a while before I become Sailor Moon again or the future Neo-Queen Serenity" she explained with her arms crossed over her chest. "Hey where's Yori?" Usagi said in hopes to change the subject "He is sleeping on the roof of the house, he says he gets more sleep up there then anywhere else" Luna explained. "Usagi, maybe we should have these dreams looked at by Rei" Luna said in a concern voice "NO!" Usagi blurted rudely but when she realized how loud she was and the expressions on the two cat/friends of her made her guilty "I am sorry Luna, Artemis, I promise everything is just fine and if it's not I'll let you" she said with an assuring smile.
"Awww! If a cat can't get any sleep here then I'll take a shot at sleeping up there with Yori" Artemis said as he stretched himself then was about to approach the window when suddenly "IF SO MUCH AS SET ONE PAW UP HERE, YOU WILL BE THROWN OFF, AND I CAN PROMISE YOU THAT!!!" Yori bellowed from up the roof. Luna and Artemis were stunned by how the 300 year old cat could hear what was being said from up there. "Maybe not" Artemis said in a terrified voice as he laid back where he was "Where's Diana?" Luna asked in concern "Up there with him" Artemis answered this time in a sarcastic voice.
Yori is Luna's 300 year old father who looks like a pirate's cat due to the fact that his crescent moon symbol was over his left eye, he was the only true trusted adviser of the Moon royal family. He has been the one and only more powerful link of Usagi and the Senshi's entire history, Yori gets along a lot better with grand-daughter Diana and his daughter but he still treats Artemis with fatherly discontent such as yelling at him and making sarcastic remarks at him.
Usagi gave out a loud sigh then headed to out to her door "Where are you going?" Luna asked while still sitting next to Artemis "To get a little snack" Usagi responded while facing her cats "Hey what about those bad dreams you have because of those junkies?" Artemis asked. Usagi made a whiny groan and gave them another of her whimpering face "Oooh a girl can't get away from her craving for sweets" she said as she started sneaking down the stairs, as she made her way to the kitchen she tried recalling the dream she just had.
But there were other things that Usagi was recalling was the fact that it's been over a year since the Sailor Starlights were back to the planet with their princess, Chibiusa was back in the future with her parents and yet now she since that there could be more danger coming. "No!!!" she thought to herself "nothing is going to happen" she added as she opened the refrigerator door "I have come to far to having to go back to being Sailor Moon again". After grabbing two cupcakes from the frig Usagi headed back up stairs to her room.
When Usagi walked back to her room with two cup cakes in her hand she sat back on her window sell "Usagi, why don't you go back to sleep, you have a lot more packing to do tomorrow" Luna said while still sitting next to Artemis. Usagi was about to answer her but as she looked out her window toward a man that was standing across the street from her house, he was too far away from for her to see what he looked like "Hey, look out the window!" she said as she stepped away from the window while at the same time pointing the man out to the cats. Luna and Artemis leaped on to the window sell and looked at the direction that Usagi pointed out, but they saw no one. "There's nobody there, Usagi" Artemis responded to Usagi. "What?" she asked as she walked back to the window and looked out again "There was someone there staring at me," she explained "well, maybe it was just an image produced by eating too many sweets" Artemis said in a humorous voice then laughed aloud at Usagi, she got extremely ticked that she wacked Artemis straight across the room "Sometimes you can be no help Artemis" she said. Usagi still wondered more about the stranger that was watching her "Really Usagi get some sleep, you have a busy day tomorrow" Luna insisted to Usagi "Maybe your right" Usagi finally admitted, then walked away from the window.
Meanwhile outside the house the strange man that Usagi spotted stepped out of the ally that he was hiding in from Usagi "She can't see me just yet, I know that" he said aloud while looking at the same window again only this time the lights were out "Good night my little rabbit of the Moon,...Usagi" he added in a whispering voice while still looking back up at the window.