"Hey, Usa-chan, Kai-chan!" Hotaru Tomoe greeted, holding a tray of cookies,
"Makoto-san sent me with some cookies for you!"
"Thanks, Hotaru-chan!" Usa took a bit out of the cookie, "Mmm! My favorite!"
Kai nods, "I need to come over more often. Kino-san's cooking is great!"
"Yeah." Hotaru smiled at hem, "Oh, come on!" She walks towards the door, "We have a guest."
"Oh, really?" Kai exchanged glances with Usa, who shrugged.
"Yeah," Hotaru said, leading them to the living room, where Endymion sat, wearing comfortable jeans and a white t-shirt.
"Hi, Chiba-sama!" Kai greeted.
"Hey, daddy." Usa kisses her father's cheek, "how was your day?"
"Tiring as usual." He smiles, "Hey, Hotaru, Kai."
Just then, Michiru and Rei came in, followed by Elysion and Terran.
"Ahh!" Diana jumps on Usa's head, while Luna and Artemis stares blankly at the wolf, which sat down next to Elysion.
"Oops, sorry, Diana." Rei smiled apologetically at the gray cat. "Should've warned you."
Endymion stood up and looked over their new arrival. "So, you must be, Elysion Montgomery." He shook her hand, "A pleasure to meet you."
"And you, sir." She returned, smiling a little, "And this is Terran, my friend." No wonder mama loves him! she thought. He's so cool!
"Why have you come here, Elysion?" He asked.
"My mother wants me to learn how to control my powers, since she cannot teach me everything, said that I should come here and learn from you."
"What is your element?" Hotaru asked curiously. "I mean your power base."
Elysion blinks, "Power.....base?" She glances around her at the others expectant faces. "What do you mean?"
"Like, my power base is fire." Rei told her, "I have fire based magic."
"And mine is water." Michiru answers.
"And I have energy powers!" Usa spoke up, "Like my mom."
"I have earth based powers." Endymion told her, "The planet is my power."
"Oh," Elysion shrugs and looks down at her wolf, who felt her gaze, and returned her stare. She blinked and broke eye contact with the animal and shrugs again, "Umm....." She didn't finish, for the Queen of the earth appears, wearing a pair of faded jeans with a hole in on knee and a pink short-sleeved shirt.
"Hey, what's all the commotion about?" She asked curiously watching the group.
Elysion turns towards her; her stormy blue eyes widen a faction as she laid eyes on the queen. So, she is the one he left mama for. She thought in wonder. She's very powerful as well as beautiful and seems nice.
"Usako, this is Elysion Montgomery, she's Kritra's daughter." Endymion introduced them.
"Hello, how's your mother?" Serenity asked as she shook hands with the girl, "You don't know how grateful we our to her."
Elysion shook her hand and was about to reply, when she saw something, like a vision.
8 Flash8
A woman was sobbing quietly in her room. It was obvious that the woman was pregnant, by several months.
"Mamo-chan." The woman wept, "Where are you?"
The scene shifts and changes to something else......
There was a man looked to be at least in his early thirties with jet-black hair and stormy blue eyes. He wore a regular shirt and a pair of jeans, but he looked unkempt.
The woman that had been crying earlier was now in a room. Her platinum blonde hair was matted to her forehead by sweat. Her silver blue eyes held pain in them as she looked at him as if he was her lifeline.
He wiped her brow, which reveal a golden crescent moon that shone brightly. "Come, you can do it." The man coaxed, "Just breathe deeply and push, Usako."
Her eyes squeezed tightly as she made the effort to birth the babe.
"Oh, Lady!" She moaned. "I can't take it!"
He kissed her forehead. "Yes you can."
"You're not the one doing this!" She moaned again.
"Just one more, Usagi!" Ami yells. "I see the head!" She looked up at her, "Keep pushing!" A second later she said, "I've got her!"
They all waited and listen to hear those sweet wails from the infant, but none came. "What's wrong with her?" She asked anxiously.
"She's asleep!" Ami exclaimed. "The little princess fell asleep in the middle of the whole thing!" Then she pinched the child and she began to wail.
It was music to everyone's ears in the room.
They bundled the child up and cleaned up the mess and handed the child to her father. They took to each other immediately. He cooed and tickled her and she burbled a bit and stared at him with half lidded eyes.
He sat on the bed next to the proud mother. "Look at our daughter, Usako." He cooed to her, "She's beautiful." He gave the baby to her.
"I know." Serenity said in awe at the life they had created.
8 end of flash 8
Serenity frowned at the girl, who seemed to be spaced out the moment she touched her hand. "Elysion?" she waved a hand in front of the girl's face. "Heeellllloooo?"
Even her companion noticed and began to whine, pushing his nose against her free hand. Elysion seemed to snap out of it, blinking a few times and shook her head. "Oh, sorry." She smiled a little, "I must have spaced out again."
"Sounds like someone we know." Rei mutters.
"Are you sure you're alright?" Endymion asked, concerned.
Elysion nods, "Yeah, I'm fine." She shrugged, "It's happens sometimes. I have a bit of psychometric in my blood. Mom told me I got it from my father." "Really?" Serenity asked then moved to the couch and sat down.
"Yes." Elysion sighs, "So, am I going to be trained or not?" She asked bluntly than looks slightly ashamed. "Sorry if I'm being blunt and all, but I have to know."
Endymion exchanged glances with the others and nodded, "Of course."
Usa gazed at her curiously, "Where are you staying?"
She blinked, "At a hotel. The Tsukikage Kizuno. Room 813." She answered, "Why?"
Rei shook her head, "You'll stay here, at the palace and go to school with Usa and Kai." She paused, "You have been to school before, haven't you?"
Again, Elysion blinks in confusion, "School? What's that?"
"It's a place where children go to learn things, like math and stuff." Kai replied.
She shrugged it off, "I have never been off the island before this." She told them nonchalantly, "There has never been a need to do so. Mama taught me everything I know. I don't understand why going to this......." She pursed her lips, "School is so important."
Usa and Kai stood and walked towards the door, "Why don't you come with us." Kai invited, "Maybe you can help us with our homework."
"Ok," She stood up too, "Thank you for your time and it has been a pleasure to meet you all." And she followed the other girls, only to pause and glance at her wolf, Terran.
Terran raised his head, almost lazy like, and gave her a slight not, seemingly to reassure her as she left.
Endymion and Serenity exchanged looks, then both turned to Terran, who was watching them closely.
"Do you talk?" Luna asked walking, cautiously, towards the big wolf.
Terran looks down at her, than shook his shaggy head.
"Ah, but you understand us, don't you?" Hotaru nods.
"Hey," Makoto walks in, "What's up?"
"Yeah," Minako, followed by Ami, Haruka, and Setsuna, came into the room, "What's all the noise about?"
Ami blinks and stares at the animal, "What's a wolf doing here?"
Michiru sighs and explained about Elysion and Terran and the reason why they were there. "She is powerful for her age." Michiru relaxed a bit into the loveseat as Haruka sat next to her, throwing an arm around her. "But she doesn't seem to know how to control that power, too well."
Endymion sighed and shook his head, "I don't understand why." He shrugged a little, "Krit is an excellent teacher. She would've been able to train Elysion easily, like she did me."
"Maybe she wanted Elysion to explore a little." Makoto suggested, "She probably wanted her to have some experience dealing with other people besides herself and animals."
"There is something strange about her." Artemis commented from his spot on the carpet, "Her aura is very familiar, yet we have never met her until now."
That's when Terran stood up, gaining everyone's attention. It was clear that he wanted to talk, but couldn't do so. He looked towards Luna and Artemis for a little help.
Luna and Artemis exchanged glances and shrugged, "Might as well give it a shot." Luna mumbles as she and Artemis projected their mind melds towards the wolf, who's eyes were closed.
When he opened them again, there was now an insignia on his forehead. One would expect it to be a crescent moon, for the cats had crescent moons on their foreheads, but no, He, Terran, had an earth symbol on his forehead. It was a circle with a cross inside it, the earth symbol.
This surprised them all. How in the world did this animal have an earth symbol? Was the question on many minds.
They snapped out of it when the wolf cleared his throat. When he spoke, it was a deep baritone with a husky voice. "Thank you, Luna, Artemis." He nods slightly towards the shock kitties, "It would have been a long time before I would be able to converse with someone else, other than wolves and dogs, you know." He chuckled lightly.
"You're quite welcome, Terran." Artemis said.
"Why do you have an earth symbol instead of a moon?" Hotaru wonders out load.
The wolf raised a shaggy eyebrow. "What else would it be, but Earth?" he quipped, "I am from this planet after all, you know." And smiled a little when she blushed. "So" He continued, "You want to know why Miss Kritra did not train her to her fullest capabilities?" He settled down.
"Uh....yeah." Minako shifted in her seat.
"It's because the girl needs training from people like herself." He explained, "Miss Kritra is a witch. That is all, but Elysion is not only a witch but an Elemental mage of sorts."
"Elemental mage?" Ami's eyes narrowed with speculation, "What does that mean?"
It was Serenity that answered, "A mage is a magician. They are stronger than witches." She didn't look around, only stared at the wolf in front of them, "They are more in tune to their element, whatever it may be. Elemental mages are more powerful than ordinary ones." She paused for a moment.
"Wow," Rei said, "Didn't think you knew that one."
Serenity did not rise to the bait, "We would be considered as Elemental mages, for we are the most powerful ones, but there are some mages that tend to be.....well......evil." She looks at the others, her face serious her mouth was pulled into a fine line, "Each mage has a light and dark side, like all living things, and each with their own demons. A mage must decide what they shall be. Evil or Good. Some become evil and some good." She glances back at Terran, "But I believe that Elysion is something different."
Terran nods, "Yes, she is. Her element is the earth, not the soil or things that grow there, but the planet itself."
"She draws her powers from the Earth?" Haruka's eyes narrowed, "But I thought the only ones that can do that is Mamoru-san, Koneko, and Usa." She leans forwards, "How is it possible that she can draw the power from the Earth itself?"
Terran shook his head a little, "She doesn't know that she can. Remember that earthquake quite a few years back?"
They exchanged looks of confusion and slowly nod, "Yeah." Makoto said slowly, "What about it?"
He cleared his throat, obviously trying not to laugh, "Well, she had fallen down and skinned her knees a bit, but made quite a fuss about it. Then the whole island started to quake for at least five minutes until Miss Kritra found her."
"That was her doing?" Rei's eyes looked like it was bugged out.
"Well, in a way, yes it was." He replied, "It was not her fault. It was unintentional of course. She was only six at the time."
"So," Hotaru gazed at him, "how old is she?"
"Fifteen." He answered, "She'll be sixteen when the leaves turn brown and blown off the trees and the frost settles."
"October." Setsuna said nodding. "The turning of the seasons."
"What about her father?" Minako asked, "Have you ever seen him?"
"Once, when I was a pup. I saw a picture of him." He answered, "She has his eyes. The color of an oncoming storm."
"What did he look like?" Michiru inquired, "I might be able to sketch his picture if you tell me."
The wolf shook his head, "My dear lady, I am a wolf, I do not see in those type of colors."
"But you said-"He cut her off. "I've only heard what her mother has said. I believe it is true." He stood, "I must be off, Elysion needs her rest if she is ever going to control that power of hers. Good day, and it was a pleasure to meet you." With that said, he trotted off to find his Mistress.
"We're going to have to figure this one out." Serenity said.
Minako grins, "Looks like we've got a mystery to solve, gang!"
They all had little sweatdrops on their heads, "Have you been watching that American show again? What was it? Scooby-Doo?" Rei shook her head.
"Yeah!" Minako smiles cheerfully, "It's funny."
"What are we ever going to do with her, Artemis?" Luna asked.
"You just give up."
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"Thanks, Hotaru-chan!" Usa took a bit out of the cookie, "Mmm! My favorite!"
Kai nods, "I need to come over more often. Kino-san's cooking is great!"
"Yeah." Hotaru smiled at hem, "Oh, come on!" She walks towards the door, "We have a guest."
"Oh, really?" Kai exchanged glances with Usa, who shrugged.
"Yeah," Hotaru said, leading them to the living room, where Endymion sat, wearing comfortable jeans and a white t-shirt.
"Hi, Chiba-sama!" Kai greeted.
"Hey, daddy." Usa kisses her father's cheek, "how was your day?"
"Tiring as usual." He smiles, "Hey, Hotaru, Kai."
Just then, Michiru and Rei came in, followed by Elysion and Terran.
"Ahh!" Diana jumps on Usa's head, while Luna and Artemis stares blankly at the wolf, which sat down next to Elysion.
"Oops, sorry, Diana." Rei smiled apologetically at the gray cat. "Should've warned you."
Endymion stood up and looked over their new arrival. "So, you must be, Elysion Montgomery." He shook her hand, "A pleasure to meet you."
"And you, sir." She returned, smiling a little, "And this is Terran, my friend." No wonder mama loves him! she thought. He's so cool!
"Why have you come here, Elysion?" He asked.
"My mother wants me to learn how to control my powers, since she cannot teach me everything, said that I should come here and learn from you."
"What is your element?" Hotaru asked curiously. "I mean your power base."
Elysion blinks, "Power.....base?" She glances around her at the others expectant faces. "What do you mean?"
"Like, my power base is fire." Rei told her, "I have fire based magic."
"And mine is water." Michiru answers.
"And I have energy powers!" Usa spoke up, "Like my mom."
"I have earth based powers." Endymion told her, "The planet is my power."
"Oh," Elysion shrugs and looks down at her wolf, who felt her gaze, and returned her stare. She blinked and broke eye contact with the animal and shrugs again, "Umm....." She didn't finish, for the Queen of the earth appears, wearing a pair of faded jeans with a hole in on knee and a pink short-sleeved shirt.
"Hey, what's all the commotion about?" She asked curiously watching the group.
Elysion turns towards her; her stormy blue eyes widen a faction as she laid eyes on the queen. So, she is the one he left mama for. She thought in wonder. She's very powerful as well as beautiful and seems nice.
"Usako, this is Elysion Montgomery, she's Kritra's daughter." Endymion introduced them.
"Hello, how's your mother?" Serenity asked as she shook hands with the girl, "You don't know how grateful we our to her."
Elysion shook her hand and was about to reply, when she saw something, like a vision.
8 Flash8
A woman was sobbing quietly in her room. It was obvious that the woman was pregnant, by several months.
"Mamo-chan." The woman wept, "Where are you?"
The scene shifts and changes to something else......
There was a man looked to be at least in his early thirties with jet-black hair and stormy blue eyes. He wore a regular shirt and a pair of jeans, but he looked unkempt.
The woman that had been crying earlier was now in a room. Her platinum blonde hair was matted to her forehead by sweat. Her silver blue eyes held pain in them as she looked at him as if he was her lifeline.
He wiped her brow, which reveal a golden crescent moon that shone brightly. "Come, you can do it." The man coaxed, "Just breathe deeply and push, Usako."
Her eyes squeezed tightly as she made the effort to birth the babe.
"Oh, Lady!" She moaned. "I can't take it!"
He kissed her forehead. "Yes you can."
"You're not the one doing this!" She moaned again.
"Just one more, Usagi!" Ami yells. "I see the head!" She looked up at her, "Keep pushing!" A second later she said, "I've got her!"
They all waited and listen to hear those sweet wails from the infant, but none came. "What's wrong with her?" She asked anxiously.
"She's asleep!" Ami exclaimed. "The little princess fell asleep in the middle of the whole thing!" Then she pinched the child and she began to wail.
It was music to everyone's ears in the room.
They bundled the child up and cleaned up the mess and handed the child to her father. They took to each other immediately. He cooed and tickled her and she burbled a bit and stared at him with half lidded eyes.
He sat on the bed next to the proud mother. "Look at our daughter, Usako." He cooed to her, "She's beautiful." He gave the baby to her.
"I know." Serenity said in awe at the life they had created.
8 end of flash 8
Serenity frowned at the girl, who seemed to be spaced out the moment she touched her hand. "Elysion?" she waved a hand in front of the girl's face. "Heeellllloooo?"
Even her companion noticed and began to whine, pushing his nose against her free hand. Elysion seemed to snap out of it, blinking a few times and shook her head. "Oh, sorry." She smiled a little, "I must have spaced out again."
"Sounds like someone we know." Rei mutters.
"Are you sure you're alright?" Endymion asked, concerned.
Elysion nods, "Yeah, I'm fine." She shrugged, "It's happens sometimes. I have a bit of psychometric in my blood. Mom told me I got it from my father." "Really?" Serenity asked then moved to the couch and sat down.
"Yes." Elysion sighs, "So, am I going to be trained or not?" She asked bluntly than looks slightly ashamed. "Sorry if I'm being blunt and all, but I have to know."
Endymion exchanged glances with the others and nodded, "Of course."
Usa gazed at her curiously, "Where are you staying?"
She blinked, "At a hotel. The Tsukikage Kizuno. Room 813." She answered, "Why?"
Rei shook her head, "You'll stay here, at the palace and go to school with Usa and Kai." She paused, "You have been to school before, haven't you?"
Again, Elysion blinks in confusion, "School? What's that?"
"It's a place where children go to learn things, like math and stuff." Kai replied.
She shrugged it off, "I have never been off the island before this." She told them nonchalantly, "There has never been a need to do so. Mama taught me everything I know. I don't understand why going to this......." She pursed her lips, "School is so important."
Usa and Kai stood and walked towards the door, "Why don't you come with us." Kai invited, "Maybe you can help us with our homework."
"Ok," She stood up too, "Thank you for your time and it has been a pleasure to meet you all." And she followed the other girls, only to pause and glance at her wolf, Terran.
Terran raised his head, almost lazy like, and gave her a slight not, seemingly to reassure her as she left.
Endymion and Serenity exchanged looks, then both turned to Terran, who was watching them closely.
"Do you talk?" Luna asked walking, cautiously, towards the big wolf.
Terran looks down at her, than shook his shaggy head.
"Ah, but you understand us, don't you?" Hotaru nods.
"Hey," Makoto walks in, "What's up?"
"Yeah," Minako, followed by Ami, Haruka, and Setsuna, came into the room, "What's all the noise about?"
Ami blinks and stares at the animal, "What's a wolf doing here?"
Michiru sighs and explained about Elysion and Terran and the reason why they were there. "She is powerful for her age." Michiru relaxed a bit into the loveseat as Haruka sat next to her, throwing an arm around her. "But she doesn't seem to know how to control that power, too well."
Endymion sighed and shook his head, "I don't understand why." He shrugged a little, "Krit is an excellent teacher. She would've been able to train Elysion easily, like she did me."
"Maybe she wanted Elysion to explore a little." Makoto suggested, "She probably wanted her to have some experience dealing with other people besides herself and animals."
"There is something strange about her." Artemis commented from his spot on the carpet, "Her aura is very familiar, yet we have never met her until now."
That's when Terran stood up, gaining everyone's attention. It was clear that he wanted to talk, but couldn't do so. He looked towards Luna and Artemis for a little help.
Luna and Artemis exchanged glances and shrugged, "Might as well give it a shot." Luna mumbles as she and Artemis projected their mind melds towards the wolf, who's eyes were closed.
When he opened them again, there was now an insignia on his forehead. One would expect it to be a crescent moon, for the cats had crescent moons on their foreheads, but no, He, Terran, had an earth symbol on his forehead. It was a circle with a cross inside it, the earth symbol.
This surprised them all. How in the world did this animal have an earth symbol? Was the question on many minds.
They snapped out of it when the wolf cleared his throat. When he spoke, it was a deep baritone with a husky voice. "Thank you, Luna, Artemis." He nods slightly towards the shock kitties, "It would have been a long time before I would be able to converse with someone else, other than wolves and dogs, you know." He chuckled lightly.
"You're quite welcome, Terran." Artemis said.
"Why do you have an earth symbol instead of a moon?" Hotaru wonders out load.
The wolf raised a shaggy eyebrow. "What else would it be, but Earth?" he quipped, "I am from this planet after all, you know." And smiled a little when she blushed. "So" He continued, "You want to know why Miss Kritra did not train her to her fullest capabilities?" He settled down.
"Uh....yeah." Minako shifted in her seat.
"It's because the girl needs training from people like herself." He explained, "Miss Kritra is a witch. That is all, but Elysion is not only a witch but an Elemental mage of sorts."
"Elemental mage?" Ami's eyes narrowed with speculation, "What does that mean?"
It was Serenity that answered, "A mage is a magician. They are stronger than witches." She didn't look around, only stared at the wolf in front of them, "They are more in tune to their element, whatever it may be. Elemental mages are more powerful than ordinary ones." She paused for a moment.
"Wow," Rei said, "Didn't think you knew that one."
Serenity did not rise to the bait, "We would be considered as Elemental mages, for we are the most powerful ones, but there are some mages that tend to be.....well......evil." She looks at the others, her face serious her mouth was pulled into a fine line, "Each mage has a light and dark side, like all living things, and each with their own demons. A mage must decide what they shall be. Evil or Good. Some become evil and some good." She glances back at Terran, "But I believe that Elysion is something different."
Terran nods, "Yes, she is. Her element is the earth, not the soil or things that grow there, but the planet itself."
"She draws her powers from the Earth?" Haruka's eyes narrowed, "But I thought the only ones that can do that is Mamoru-san, Koneko, and Usa." She leans forwards, "How is it possible that she can draw the power from the Earth itself?"
Terran shook his head a little, "She doesn't know that she can. Remember that earthquake quite a few years back?"
They exchanged looks of confusion and slowly nod, "Yeah." Makoto said slowly, "What about it?"
He cleared his throat, obviously trying not to laugh, "Well, she had fallen down and skinned her knees a bit, but made quite a fuss about it. Then the whole island started to quake for at least five minutes until Miss Kritra found her."
"That was her doing?" Rei's eyes looked like it was bugged out.
"Well, in a way, yes it was." He replied, "It was not her fault. It was unintentional of course. She was only six at the time."
"So," Hotaru gazed at him, "how old is she?"
"Fifteen." He answered, "She'll be sixteen when the leaves turn brown and blown off the trees and the frost settles."
"October." Setsuna said nodding. "The turning of the seasons."
"What about her father?" Minako asked, "Have you ever seen him?"
"Once, when I was a pup. I saw a picture of him." He answered, "She has his eyes. The color of an oncoming storm."
"What did he look like?" Michiru inquired, "I might be able to sketch his picture if you tell me."
The wolf shook his head, "My dear lady, I am a wolf, I do not see in those type of colors."
"But you said-"He cut her off. "I've only heard what her mother has said. I believe it is true." He stood, "I must be off, Elysion needs her rest if she is ever going to control that power of hers. Good day, and it was a pleasure to meet you." With that said, he trotted off to find his Mistress.
"We're going to have to figure this one out." Serenity said.
Minako grins, "Looks like we've got a mystery to solve, gang!"
They all had little sweatdrops on their heads, "Have you been watching that American show again? What was it? Scooby-Doo?" Rei shook her head.
"Yeah!" Minako smiles cheerfully, "It's funny."
"What are we ever going to do with her, Artemis?" Luna asked.
"You just give up."
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