Wings of Serenity: The rewrite
Chapter 4: Glacius Palace
She felt the effects of her transformation pulsing through her. Gone was the countess that Iris had made, and in its place was a sailor soldier. Serena, or rather Sailor Moon, was wearing a white leotard and a skirt with two different borders on it - the first was yellow and the second was blue. She had a blue collar with two yellow stripes on each side, a red bow with a heart shaped brooch on it, transparent winged-like shoulder pads, a yellow choker with a red heart on it, short white gloves with red pads and red boots which pointed upwards with crescent moon on them. Between the leotard and the skirt were two different belts - the smaller one was yellow and the larger on was white. Behind her was a long, white and billowy bow. Her hair had returned to normal but now there was a red circular headpieces on each odango and two winged-like barrettes in her hair. Her earrings were simple crescent moons.
When she opened her eyes she saw the others looking at her with a shocked expression. For a moment she felt her checks burn in embarrassment, after all she did transform in front of a group of people she hadn't seen before. It was more comfortable around others, her friends, but that was because she wasn't actually naked. She wasn't naked just now but it still didn't feel right changing her form in front of them. Oh well, what could she do now? She trusted them but they would have to work even more harder for her to feel comfortable whilst she changing.
She felt somebody put their hand on her left shoulder, making her flinch slightly. Turning her head slightly to the left she saw her aunty standing next to her. This made her feel relaxed.
Smiling, Iris said "You did good, Serena. I must say you do look like Serenity in that form"
"Iris, can Mother transform as well?" Sailor Moon asked.
"Yes, although her form is almost as similar as yours. So is mine" Iris replied. Turning to her friends the ice princess added with "Sarah, Celosia, Krissia transform now"
Iris brought out her transformation brooch. It was similar to the one Sailor Moon had except it was silver and blue instead of gold and pink. She yelled "Glacius power, make-up"!" and her body was surrounded by a snow storm. Iris felt snow flakes whipping around her body, arms, legs and face fuku appeared. Her form, Sailor Glacier Moon, was almost identical to Sailor Moon's only it was silver, blue and white and there wasn't any headpieces in her hair (She didn't have any buns anyway) The crescent moon on her tiara was blue instead of yellow.
Sarah brought out her transformation item - a winged wand with a gale on it. The base and the orb was blue, the wings were pale blue and there were elements of gold on it. Sarah yelled "Tempest power, make-up!" and she felt the wind surrounding her body like a tornado. Her fuku appeared on her body as she turned around and posed. She was wearing a white leotard and gloves, a blue collar and skirt (the skirt was mainly blue but it had a shiny white across the middle) Her boots, bow, winged shoulder pads and belt were periwinkle and the tiara on her forehead was gold with a blue gemstone on it. She also had a long cape. In her right hand was a long gold staff with a crystal ball connected to the staff and a blue gale like shape.
Celosia followed after that. Her transformation wand was the same as Sarah's but the base and the orb was orange and the wings were red. Also she had a volcano symbol on her wand instead of a gale. Celosia yelled "Vol power, make-up!" and she felt fire burning over her body (Not literally, of course) The flames crackled over her body as her fuku appeared. She was wearing a orange leotard, a pink bow with a red star on it, pink healed shoes, belt and back bow, red winged shoulder pads and white arm length glove with orange pads. The tiara on her forehead was silver and its had a red gemstone on it.
Krissia was the last to transform, however, her transformation item was different. It was a silver star with a gold outline, a the bottom of the star was diamond shaped point that was yellow and silver wings. Krissia yelled "Myth star power, make-up!" and she felt stars zipping across her body as she was spinning, which made her sailor fuku appear. With her transformation done she flashed a quick grin before jumping backwards and landing on her feat. Her fuku in question was a lot different then the others. It was a gold two-piece out (a bikini-like ttop with a winged star brooch in the middle and hot pants), two beaded belts crossed over her waist and ribbons behind her hot pants. She also had a silver sailor collar, long gloves that went up to her elbows and boots. Across her forehead was a gold tiara with a five pointed star in the centre. Upon seeing Krissia's senshi form Serena couldn't help but wonder if there was a connection to the current Starlights of her time (Well, mostly Seyia)
"You guys look great, but I need to know something. What are your Senshi names?" She asked.
"Well, I'm Sailor Glacier Moon - mistress of ice and snow" Sailor Glacier Moon said.
"I'm Sailor Tempest - summoner of winds and storms" Sailor Tempest said.
"I'm Sailor Vol - harbinger of fire and sandstorms" Sailor Vol said.
"And I'm Sailor Star Myth - creator of light and dreams" Sailor Star Myth said.
"Now with the introductions out of the way, everybody form a circle and hold the hand of the person standing next to you" Sailor Glacier Moon commanded.
"Wait a second. What about Edelia, Zahar, Serendipity and Chika? Are they not coming with us?" Sailor Moon questioned.
"Its better for us to remain here. If we all go then somebody will notice us missing. We'll be able to create an illusion of the others in case your mission takes longer then expected" Chika explained.
Well, she couldn't argue with that logic. Sailor Moon went over to the now formed circle and stood in-between her Aunt and Sailor Star Myth. She took both of their available hands and felt an all to familiar power pulsing through her. She heard Sailor Glacier Moon say "Sailor Teleport, to the Glacius Palace" and within a few seconds they vanished in a ray of bright white light. However, what they didn't reliese was that somebody was watching them.
She had been watching the bluenette and the blonde whilst the coronation was taking place. Of course, she would go to her friends - her fellow Sailor Senshi. It was no secret to Madame Anastasia that Princess Icesisity and her friends were Sailor Senshi. She hadn't seen the elemental powers herself but after the Great Queen told her of what happened to Queen Amalthea and of the crystal that Princess Icesisity possessed she knew what they were. And if the Crystal was like the fabled Silver Crystal that the soon to be Queen would receive then she knew she had to get both of them. For the Great Queen. As for the blonde... well, she hadn't seen her before but there was no doubt in her mind that she was trouble. Her feature matched those that belong to Queen Merrity and the soon to be Queen Serenity. She was certain that she wasn't related to either one of them (they only had one sister each) so why did she looked like them?
After the coronation she noticed the Princess, her friends and the blonde huddling together in a secluded corner, a few seconds later they were joined by Princess Serendipity and Chika. They started talking until they started to follow Princess Icesisity out of the room. The red head frowned. She couldn't help but wonder what they were up to. She excused herself from the nobility and followed them. It turns out that they were heading towards the gardens. Madame Anastasia went behind a near by column whilst she was listening to them. That's when she found out who the blonde really was. She is Queen Serenity's daughter. There was no doubt she had the powers of the Moon and probably has the Silver Crystal too. She also learned that they were planning on going to the Glacius Palace so that they can help the blonde girl restore her powers. Then she watched on a bright light flashed over blonde girl and a few seconds later she saw the girl wearing a complete Sailor fuku. Her hair was no longer let down but put up in the traditional Lunarian hairstyle. Now she could see the similarities between the girl and the Queen. There was another bright flash and Princess Icesisity and her friends were now in their Sailor fukus (The redhead didn't know what their names were) They formed a circle before taking of in flash of light. No doubt they were going to the Glacius Palace, but why? What were they planning?
For now she decided to retreat before she was spotted. She needed to find her Brother and contact the Great Queen. This could end up getting interesting.
It took them a few moments to reach the Permafrost Moon. Once they arrived they were instantly met with the freezing cold. Despite that Sailor Moon took the scene before her in, noticing that it was completely covered in snow (possibly a few inches deep) and that the sky was a shade of dark blue or was it black? It was hard to tell with clouds covering the sky. The Moon soldier wrapped her arms around herself as she tried to keep warm - she knew it would be impossible but that wouldn't stop her.
"Is this it then? The Permafrost Moon?" She called out.
She saw her fellow Senshi doing the same thing she was doing - wrapping their arms around their bodies - except for Sailor Glacier Moon. The bluenette was just standing there, like she was used to this kind of weather, looking for something.
"Yes. This is the place" Sailor Glacier Moon answered. She added with "I'm surprised the barriers are still up" Though she muttered that part to herself.
"Well, we should get moving or we'll freeze to death" Sailor Star Myth suggested.
"Oh, I can help with that" Sailor Vol said.
Placing her left hand in front of them she said,
"Entouré de chaleur, entouré de flammes. Dessine en eux, dessine en moi."
(Surrounded by heat, surrounded by flames. Draw into them, draw into me.)
and everybody felt warmth rushing through them.
"Well, I don't know about you but I feel more warmer then I did a few seconds ago" Sailor Tempest remarked.
"Me too. I never did like the cold" Sailor Moon replied. Turning to Sailor Vol she added "I didn't know you could speak another language"
Sailor Vol nodded "Before Iris and Sarah found me and my sister I study French and Wiccan Lore. My Sister is more into studying nature and how the Earth works whilst my brother was into stargazing and astronomy"
(Why does that remind me of Nephrite) Sailor Moon thought.
"Anyway, we should head towards the Glacius Palace. We don't know how long Vol's spell will last" Sailor Tempest said.
"All right. Follow me" Sailor Glacier Moon said.
With nothing else to do the others decided to follow the ice senshi. However, Sailor Moon couldn't help but wonder if her Aunt was hiding something from the group. Perhaps she had been here before? Sailor Tempest did say that they didn't know what would be waiting inside the walls of the Palace but did Sailor Glacier Moon know? She did know where to go so its very likely and she is used to the cold. She probably knows what would be waiting for them. Of course, this was just speculation.
It took them at least twenty minutes or so to reach the Palace - most of that time was spent falling over and heading head first in the snow (Well, that was mostly Sailor Moon. She had matured over the years but she still had her clumsy moments. The rest of the girls were falling over because of their boots). When the Palace came into view they couldn't help but marvel at the building. Well, it wasn't an actual building. The palace itself was made out of pure ice crystal. It reminded Sailor Moon of the future to be Crystal Tokyo and of the Palace she once saw except this grand structure was more bigger and looked like it reached the sky. There were a few windows scattered around - they were practically made into crystal - and at the bottom of the Crystal Palace was a large silvery-grey door with blue markings.
Sailor Glacier Moon placed her right hand on the door. She said something but the others didn't hear her. The door opened instantly, allowing the girls to walk inside. They found themselves in the entrance hallway - a long corridor with silvery-grey walls and floor and a long blue carpet in the middle of the room. As they were walking along they saw ice flowers in pots, suits of armour, tapestries with blue crescents stitched into them as well as paintings of various landscapes. When they opened the doors at the other end of the room they found themselves in the Grand Foyer. This was the only room in the whole palace that had gold walls with silver markings on it and a blueish-grey flooring with gold patterns on it. There were several chandeliers handing from the celling with a much bigger one in the middle of the room above the fountain. Behind the fountain was a set of silver curtains with star patterns on them and there was a second layer over them but it was transparent. On left and right side of the fountain there was a column that was attached to the ground to the celling and next to the columns was a staircase that went up to the second floor. There wasn't much on the second floor, save for a few roses in pots on mahogany wine tables and a large door.
"This would be the best spot to find Sailor Crystal's location" Sailor Tempest said.
"How are you going to do that?" Sailor Moon asked.
Pointing to the top part of her staff - the light blue gale - Sailor Tempest replied with "This part of my staff is a spiritual tracker. It will locate Sailor Crystal's spiritual energy and give me her location"
"You never told us that!" Sailor Vol grumbled.
"You never asked" Sailor Tempest remarked "And besides that is how I found Iris when she was... Well, taken"
Wide eyes were plastered on the girls faces and gasps were heard all around the room. They turned towards Sailor Glacier Moon, who had been standing by the fountain. The bluenette bit the left side of her lip and had a faraway look in her eyes. This wasn't planned, but some part of her knew that this would come up. Iris and Sarah never told the others about how Sarah actually found Iris.
"What are you talking about?" Sailor Star Myth questioned.
"She was talking about how she found me" Sailor Glacier Moon revealed "I haven't been truthful about it"
"If I remember correctly you told us you were sent to Earth to aid Princess Amaryllis in defeating Amalthea, and that you needed to find us to help you with the mission" Sailor Vol recalled.
"That's was part of the reason" Sailor Glacier Moon said "The rest... well, let me tell you a story"
(Icesisity's story)
About eighteen years ago my Mother gave birth to me. This happened a few months after my cousin was born. My Mother and Aunty were in the royal gardens when her waters broke. After a few hours of painful birthing I was brought into the world. Mother and Father didn't have a regal name for me, instead they called me Iris. I received my regal name, Princess Icesisity, from my aunt. She told them that it suited me because of my hair colour... and because it was snowing. They weren't sure why it was happening until one of the Moon Sages came into the room. They never told me his name, he was banished after Serenity was born. He told them that the snow storm wouldn't end unless they stopped my powers - my powers of ice and snow which I couldn't control back then. I was a baby after all. To stop them... they would have to kill me.
They couldn't do it, they wouldn't. What kind of parents would they have been if they did?
It was a year later when my sister was born. Mother went through another painful birthing process, and like before Aunty Acantha was by her side. Father went to get me but I was already gone. The Moon Sage, unable to kill me, sent me to Earth where I would grow up in a place called Radiance Orphanage. Do you know what the word radiance means It means light. It was meant to be peaceful and protective. But this place was far from peaceful. Nothing was wrong with the place. The other children were friendly, most of the time, and so were the members of staff but there was this one women who was two-faced. Friendly around others when needed, nasty to others behind her colleges backs. Myself included. Her name was Alison Williams but she was actually Queen Amalthea in disguise. I found out one night after she trapped me in my room. I was hungry so i snuck out of my room, went into the kitchen and prepared myself something to eat before heading back to my room. However, before I could make my way back to my room, I saw Alison pacing in the gardens. That's when I found out the truth. That she really was Amalthea, and that she wanted to kill me. She caught me spying on her and sent one of her monsters after me. It nearly caught me but I managed to awaken my powers and destroy it, I passed out after woods from a lack of energy and that's when Sarah found me.
She brought me to Elysion where I was able to recover my energy. When I woke up she told me everything. That I was a Sailor Senshi, that Sarah was on a special mission by Queen Merrity to find her daughter and any new Sailor Senshi, that Queen Amalthea was gathering energy to revive somebody called the Great Queen. During all of this Queen Amalthea had attacked the Golden Palace of Terra. Myself and Sarah went to do battle with her but she escaped and sent one of her monsters after us. We managed to destroy it but we were no closer to finding out what her plans were. A few days later we started to find Celosia, Krissia, Edelia and Zahar and, well, the rest you already know.
After Sailor Glacier Moon finished her story nobody dared to say anything. They were trying to process what they heard. Princess Icesisity was almost killed as a baby and when that didn't happen she was kidnapped and sent to Earth. She had a tough time in the orphanage and awakened her powers in a near death experience. An experience that was all to familiar for the rest of girls. Still unsure what to do or say Sailor Moon decided to walk over to her Aunt and place her right hand on Sailor Glacier Moon's right shoulder. She gave the bluenette a warm smile, telling her that she was there for her.
It was Sailor Vol who broke the silence "Is that the reason why Serenity was crowned Queen earlier. Because you were kidnapped"
"That's part of the reason, The other the part is that the Silver Crystal did not choose me, it chose my sister. When the Crystal was created by my Grandmother, Queen Purity, not only did it give its owner tremendous powers but it also chose who would wield it" Sailor Glacier Moon explained "However, new crystals can be created and their powers vary. Serendipity has the Lunar Crystal whilst I have the Glacius Crystal"
That was when the bluenette brought out an all to familiar object. It was a small sphere shaped crystal that was icy blue. It reminded Sailor Moon of the first form her own crystal had before it blossomed. A few seconds after Sailor Glacier Moon brought out her crystal it shined a beautiful silver colour and that palace started to come alive. The candles were lit by themselves making the room much warmer then before, the curtains behind the fountain opened by themselves and there was a clicking sound echoing around the room.
"Woah! That's amazing!" Sailor Moon exclaimed.
"How did you do that?" Sailor Star Myth asked.
"Well, When I do become Queen this will be my palace. Before you ask, no, I haven't been here before. At least not physically. I have been here in my dreams but the wards, that snowstorm, prevented me from exploring palace" Sailor Glacier Moon replied.
"That explains how you were able to find this place" Sailor Moon said.
"Guys! Come here a sec"
Turning towards Sailor Tempest the girls walked over to the women with brown hair. They couldn't help but be curious, wondering what Sailor Tempest was going to say. Of course, the obvious answer was the location of Sailor Crystal. However, they didn't know what would be waiting for them. The Palace could be empty or filled with various creatures or monsters.
"I managed to locate Sailor Crystal. She located in a sealed chamber below the palace. We can make our way down to the chamber through the door with the curtains over it" Sailor Tempest explained "However, her energy traces are very weak. I believe she is in some kind of deep sleep which she forced herself into. Perhaps now, with Sailor Glacier Moon here, she will wake up"
"If that's the case then we better hurry" Sailor Moon said "We need to get to her before she does she tries to leave"
"Hopefully, she won't be hostile" Sailor Glacier Moon muttered.
She knew she wasn't dreaming. Yet, it felt like she was in one. She knew that it was impossible, after all she did put herself in a deep sleep so long ago. It was pointless to keep fighting. Yes, she had her duty - the life of a Sailor Senshi gave itself to her not the other way around - but her duty was over the moment Sailor Jade gave herself up. It had to be one of them and she already knew what was going to happen. Sailor Jade was aware as well but she knew what she was doing - what sacrifices had to be made.
So she sealed herself of from the rest of the world and forced herself in a deep sleep. She placed barriers around the Palace, knowing that only the true Queen and her holy relic could break them. She hadn't seen the Queen before, yet, here she was. Standing before her was much older women but she still had her beauty. She couldn't see her face - it was covered by a white veil, yet she could make out a blue crescent moon on her forehead. The gown was different. She had seen the other planetary Princesses and Queens in their gowns - whether they were simple, elegant or unique - but this... was something else. It was an icy blue gown with feathers that looked like icicles with bows attached to them behind her waist and two sets of silver pearls under her blue bow. On her shoulders were navy blue shoulder pads that was connected to a navy blue cape, behind them were more icicle feathers. On the bow was the same crescent moon that was on the Queen's forehead. Around her neck was a necklace that was made up of diamonds and hemimorphites and a icy blue pendent with a silver outline.
The women tried to reach out to the Queen but she vanished before she could get to her.
"You can't go to her, not yet. Your still needed here"
The women turned around and saw... herself (?) looking at her. She had blonde hair, but hers was in a ponytail, and blue eyes. She was wearing a white dress with a formal lavender shirt under it, arm length white gloves, a blue bow with a gold button on it, blue healed shoes and a pearled necklace. In her right hand was a gold mirror. The middle of the mirror was silver but it had gold markings on it and at the handle was purple markings that looked like flowers.
"What are you talking about? And who are you" The women questioned.
"I am you. My name - your name - is Armina" The blonde told her "And to answer your question you can't go to the Queen as she is not here yet"
"But she is the only person who can free me from this cell" The women replied.
"She can still free you but it won't be her, it will be her younger self" Armina explained before frowning slightly "But, if you want your freedom then you will have to accept your - our - duty once more"
She didn't want to that. It was her duty that killed her friend - or could have killed herself. But she knew there was only one choice she could make, only one for her freedom. Resume her duty as the guardian of visions and prophecy. Knowing what she had decided to do Armina handed her the mirror and a all to familiar transformation wand. It had a lavender base and wings, a yellow orb with a pure heart symbol and silver elements.
"Crystal power, make-up!" She yelled
When Armina returned to her own body, Sailor Crystal woke up.