Wings of Serenity: The rewrite
Chapter 6: The looking glass
"I am Sailor Crystal, Sailor soldier of visions and prophecy and protector of the Glacius Palace! You have no business on my Queens sacred grounds and therefore you will be punished!" Pointing to Kagami she added "You who have brought evil here will face judgement!"
Now this she wasn't expecting. A protector of the Glacius Palace, was this the person Queen Metalia was talking about? Of course, she had only mentioned it briefly but the Princess was looking for somebody, and if this women was the person she was looking for then Kagami knew she had to eliminate her as soon as possible. She only had little knowledge of Sailor Soldiers but judging by the introduction she could tell that this Sailor Soldier took her duties seriously. She was protecting the Palace for the Princess after all. Wait a minute... didn't she say Queens sacred grounds? Why didn't she say Princess? Could it be that this was Icesisity's Palace for when she becomes Queen. It was possible, after all Serenity is the Queen of the Moon Kingdom. But that was her birth right since the Silver Crystal chose her and not her sister, not to mention Icesisity's kidnapping from when she was a baby.
(It does make sense given the circumstances of the Princess birth and what happened after woods. And her power are more ice and snow related) Kagami thought.
"It doesn't matter. Protector or not you will not stop me from completing my mission" Kagami stated. "I will be taking the Princess's crystal and Metalia will rise again"
"The Metalia you speak of is nothing more then a entity, bring it back will achieve nothing" Sailor Crystal remarked "Besides once she does return she will cast you aside"
"You lie! I have served my Queen and I intend to restore her to her former glory." Kagami yelled
"Oh, I can promise you, Metalia will return... you just won't be by her side" Sailor Crystal revealed.
"You bitch! Dark power!" Kagami shouted
"Crystal Shield!"
As Kagami sent a powerful wave of dark energy towards the blonde Soldier, Sailor Crystal created a dome like shield which prevented her from getting hit. She smiled slightly at the look of anger and rage on Kagami face, Kagami believed that it was a mocking smile which only made her more frustrated. She sent another wave of dark power which prompted Sailor Crystal to use her mirror to absorb the attack and sent it back at her. Sailor Crystal couldn't deny it. As much as she hated fighting before it felt good doing something useful again. Kagami screamed in agony, this was defently something she was expecting. When the pain subsided she knelt down onto her knees hissing slightly as the pain pulsed through her body. Whatever the blonde Soldier did she managed to purify the wave of power and hit her with a light infused attack. Was that even possible?
"How did you managed to do that? Kagami demanded.
"That's for me to know and for you to find out" Sailor Crystal remarked
Oh, now that was completely childish for her to say. It reminded her of... an old friend. It still hurt to talk or think about her fall friend. She hoped that Sailor Jade would return to her one day but she... she gave herself up for the future of the cosmos. She didn't know if it was possible for her to return. Still though, she had her duty and couldn't afford to think about foolish things. Not when her Queen's Palace was under attack
As for Kagami she was getting more and more angry as each passing moment. No matter what she did or could do there was no way she could defeat this Sailor Soldier. Unless she was a mind reader she could counter all her attacks before they could hit her. So... that meant she needed to be one step ahead of her and have a strategy. How else was she going to defeat her?
"Fine! Keep your secrets, but know this Sailor Soldier pride will get you nowhere" Kagami growled. Using her magic she summoned a round silver object and grabbed it with her left hand "Here, take this!"
The redhead threw the object and it landed in front of Sailor Crystal. Upon hitting the ground the object released a large amount of smoke which went everybody, covering Sailor Crystal and the two Moon Soldiers. Sailor Crystal couldn't help but role her eyes, of course somebody with an evil presence would try something like this. But this wasn't the time to think about it, she knew Kagami wasn't in her original spot. She closed her eyes and listened out for some movement. She could still hear the two other people coughing but she payed no attention to them and focused. All she needed was a simple ruffle of fabric, breathing or the clicking of a shoe.
She heard something before. Turning around Sailor Crystal jabbed her right elbow into Kagami's neck and in response the redhead cried loudly. It was all she needed. She then grabbed Kagami's arms and threw her onto the ground. Kagami hissed in response and tried to get up again but Sailor Crystal beat her to it and quickly fired another attack. Slowly, Kagami moved into a seating position and started to move backwards with her right hand on her neck.
"Y- you are impossible!" She shouted. "You fight recklessly, even I wouldn't call you a protector of the light"
"As much as I hate fighting I know my duty and I have sworn to myself that I will protect the Queen's Palace not matter the cost." Sailor Crystal replied. "Sometimes you have to be brutal"
"But it doesn't always have to be like that. Believe me I would know from experience" Sailor Moon said, remembering the time when she fought Uranus and Neptune after saving Hotaru "But it not too late for her. Sailor Glacier Moon has told me that you cannot heal what goes past the point of no return but what if we can heal her. It got to be worth a try, right? "
Turning to the the Moon Soldier Sailor Crystal responded with "As much as I want to believe you not everybody can be saved, that much I do know. But this women and her brother have entered sacred grounds, I can not let them got unpunished."
"W- what do you have in mind?" Kagami whimpered. She wasn't usually this scared but after receiving the beating she just had she couldn't help but be worried.
Turning back towards the redhead Sailor Crystal held her mirror up and said "Crystal's shattering soul!"
Kagami's eyes widen and chains appeared out of nowhere and wrapped themselves around her. She tried to break free but her attempts were in vain. A mirror then came out of the ground and trapped Kagami inside it (this reminded Sailor Moon of the time when Nehelenia trapped Rini and the other Soldiers in the mirrors) Kagami was banging her hands on the mirror, trying to break the glass, whilst screaming. Yet, her voice was not heard. Then there was a bright light and the glass started to break into little pieces taking Kagami down with them.
There was a complete look of horror on Sailor Moon's face. She had seen mirror breaking before, she had even broke one herself, but this was... to much for her. She was no stranger to seeing things like this but Kagami, despite being evil, was trapped inside that mirror and had no chance to escape. Then she was just broke into little pieces. Nobody, evil or not, deserved that.
"Y- you killed her!" She cried.
"I don't like it but, like I said, things like this cannot go unpunished" Sailor Crystal responded, turning to the Moon Soldier in the process. Then she frowned. "You two are Sailor Soldiers, are you not? What business to you have here?"
Sailor Glacier Moon, who had recovered from her shock, was about to speak until she was interrupted by the others waking up. Sailor Vol was the first to awake. There was a slight groaned coming out of her mouth. Slowly she moved into a sitting position with her right hand on her forehead. Blinking a few times Sailor Vol looked around the room, just as Sailor Tempest and Sailor Star Myth were waking up. She couldn't help but wonder what happened. There was pieces of glass on the floor and Sailor Moon looked like she was about to cry. Then she saw Sailor Crystal
"What happened? Sailor Vol asked. "Why is my head hurting?"
"Do you not remember? We were knocked out by Kagami after Sailor Moon defeated her brother" Sailor Star Myth replied. "Speaking of Kagami where is she?
"You needed worry about her, she's gone" Sailor Crystal said.
"What do you mean gone?! Sailor Star Myth inquirred.
"She killed her. She trapped Kagami in a mirror and broke it" Sailor Moon told her.
"What! Why would you do that?" Sailor Vol yelled.
Turning towards the redhead with a fierce look in her eyes Sailor Crystal responded with "I do not have to explain my methods to you. I have a duty towards the Queen of the Glacius Palace, I do not like it but It must be done"
"Then you are a threat to our Princess" Sailor Tempest said whilst standing up with help from her staff. Sailor Vol and Sailor Star Myth standed up as well. "
"Your forgetting something, Sarah" Sailor Glacier Moon tried to say but none of her friends were listening to her.
Instead Sailor Tempest used her staff to call upon the powers of the storms whilst Sailor Vol moved her arms to summon lava from the ground. Both of the girls tried to attack Sailor Crystal but she created her shield in response. Then she used another "Crystal mirror reflection" and fired it at Sailor Vol. Lucky, she managed to dodge but this left her feeling angry. This blonde Soldier was attacking them for no reason and she was not having it. With the shield down Sailor Vol started glowing and started rushing towards the other Sailor Soldier. Sailor Crystal did the same and was about to punch the redhead when-
"THAT'S ENOUGH!" Sailor Glacier Moon yelled as she started to glow and used her ice powers to create a wall of ice, preventing the girls from attacking each other.
The girls stopped quickly and turned to there leader. However, instead of the Soldier of Ice, in her place was Princess Icesisity. The blue crescent moon on her forehead was glowing. She was angry. They came here to help her neice, not to engage in something like this. She was also angry with Sailor Crystal. Yes, she was doing her duty but she cannot attack people on a whim.
"In case you have forgotton We have come here to help Serena, and not to engage in violence like this. We need Sailor Crystal to help us, regardless of what she has done" Princess Icesisty spoke. She sounded like a leader, something Sailor Moon wished she could be. "We are meant to be a team. We have to work together or anything we try to do will fall a part. That is something I will not allow"
Realising her mistake Sailor Vol knelt down to her Princess, the other two followed. "Forgive me, Princess Icesisity. I let my anger get the best of me"
"I agree with Sailor Vol. It was a simple mistake on my part and it will not happen again" Sailor Tempest apologised.
"You are forgiven but do not let it happen again" Princess Icesisity told them.
As for Sailor Crystal she couldn't believe what she was seeing. This was her Queen, the person she had been protecting the palace for. And she was angry with her. This was not the right way to make a first impression.
"My Queen!" She exclaimed. "I apologise for my mistake, it will not happen again"
"I am not Queen yet, Sailor Crystal. And please all of you rise, I cannot stand all this formality" Princess Iceisity replied
"I don't understand, your majesty. This is your home, your Kingdom. Have you not returned to take throne? The Palace has reacted to your Crystal, has it not?" Sailor Crystal questioned.
"This is my Kingdom but I am not Queen just yet. There will be a day when I will take the throne but I have a duty as a Sailor Soldier and that must come first" Princess Icesisity explained "For now I am just Princess Icesisty, or Sailor Glaicer Moon when I am fighting. My friends call me Iris and you can too. Besides we came here for your help"
"I understand now, I will offer my serves to you and fight along side" Sailor Crystal said. "Now, what do you need from me?"
Jesturing to her niece, Princess Icesisty explained "This is my niece, Princess Serenity of the Silver Millennium. She was sent to my Mother's Kingdom from the future by a women named Cora. She told her that there was a way to restore her powers. Unfortuatly, I can not help but we decided to come here and ask your for your help"
"I see. Give me a moment" Sailor Crystal said. Bringing her mirror in front of her she waved her spare hand over the mirror and watched the events that have happened. When the events finished she looked towards the Moon soldier "I have seen what has happened to you, Princess. You fought bravely, even though you are not a fighter. But do not worry, I know how to help you"
"Thank you, Sailor Crystal." Sailor Moon thanked.
"So, what are you going to do?" Sailor Vol asked.
"The Palace contains a sealed room, only I have excessed to it. That is where I keep the Grand Mirror. The Grand Mirror isn't like your normal mirror, you won't see your reflection , it does show me certain events that could or would happen but it does have another use" Sailor Crystal explained. "The Grand Mirror acts like door, sort of like the the space-time door except it will take you to another realm. This realm can be anything but it will lead you to place you need the most"
"All right then. Lead the way" Princess Icesisity said, not before releasing her Princess form and returning to Sailor Glacier Moon.
It didn't take them long to reach the sealed chamber. Outside the chamber there was a set of double doors with silver markings on them, the markings looked like snow flakes. Sailor Crystal opened the doors and allowed the others to follow inside. The sealed chamber was very beautiful. The floor was tiled in dark blue and the on the walls was a starry background with different scenes on them, most of them were done with a winter scene expect for one which was of the Moon Kingdom. There was a fountain in the middle of the room and above it was a silver chandelier with lit candles inside. There was furniture in the room, only two sets of love seats with a table in the middle of it. There was also a piano and a book case. On the other side of them room was two curtains in pastel blue, clearly they were hiding something.
"This room is beautiful" Sailor Moon sighed.
"I know right? Its my favourite room in the entire Palace." Sailor Crystal said.
Walking over to the curtains Sailor Crystal pulled back the curtains and revealed the Grand Mirror. She placed her right hand on the mirror and in response the mirror started glowing. She called Sailor Moon over and told her not to be scared but she allowed her to walked through the mirror. Within a few seconds Sailor Moon found herself in a new room that looked like a council chamber. She looked around the room, looking for something that would give her the answers she needed, until she spotted a young women standing a fountain who had long light blonde hair.
"I was wondering if I would see you again" The women said.
She turned around and revealed a pair of light blue eyes. It was at that point Sailor Moon remember who this women was. It was the same women who gave her the Purity Chalice. The bottom of her white gown was shaped like a ball gown and it was transparent and the top of it looked like a fairy bodice. Her hair actually went all the way down to her feat and there was a transparent white veil as well. The gemstones were still on the gown but they were actually beads. In her right hand was a long white staff and at the top of it was a rainbow glow.
"You! Your that women who gave me the purity chalice back" Sailor Moon exclaimed.
"I did young one, you needed something that would allow you to fight along side your aunt and her friends other wise you wouldn't be able to get to here" The women replied. "My name is Guardian Cosmos. I watched over the Galaxy Cauldron with another whilst Cora and Galaxia protected the cosmos"
"Well, its nice to meet you Guardian Cosmos but where exactly are we?" Sailor Moon said.
"We are in the council of heralds. When the Gods and Goddess were the protectors of the cosmos they used this very room to host there meetings and they used it to watch over the galaxy. Now that they have gone the room was abandoned but there was time when myself, Cora, Galaxia and Guardian Chaos used it" Guardian Cosmos explained. "This room is connected to the Cauldron and Glacius Palace's sealed chamber"
"So, why am I here then?" Sailor Moon asked.
"You need a way to restore your powers, do you not?" The women responded. When Sailor Moon nodded her head the women decided to continue. "If you wanted to you and your friends could begin again but we both know that is something you don't want. The only way to restore your powers is to have the original owner of the Silver Crystal combined her powers with your aunt"
"The original owner? Oh! You mean my Mother, right?" Sailor Moon realised.
"Yes, young one, but it won't be easy. You must prevent the fall of the Silver Millennium. Queen Serenity mustn't be allowed to use the Silver Crystal at its full power. As you already know using the Silver Crystal at its full power will sacrifice the wielders life force. Queen Serenity has to live" Guardian Cosmos explained. "If you are unsuccessful and end of the Silver Millennium comes you and the others will be safe but you will loose the only chance you have to restore your powers"
(So no pressure then) Sailor Moon thought grimly. "Wait a minute if we prevent the fall of the Silver Millennium won't that change history?"
"Only slightly. The events to come will still happen." The guardian replied. "I wished that there was another way, Princess, but you are our only hope. If we want peace to be restored then its is worth the risk"
"All right. I understand" Sailor Moon said. She was about to return to the mirror when she remember something.
"Guardian Cosmos how well do you know Cora? Who is she really?" The blonde Soldier asked.
"That will be revealed in time." Guardian Cosmos replied. "Now, go! Your friends are waiting"
With that said Sailor Moon said her good byes and walked through the mirror again. All she had to do now was explain to her new found friends what Guardian Cosmos told her. That was the easy part, right?