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Chapter 4: Of Sunlight and Sealight
Mei stood on her balcony, her face pensive.
She hadn't seen Usagi or Kakuei that evening at dinner (very unlike Kakuei who never missed a meal) and she was beginning to get worried.
Her eyes lifted to the night sky, seeking comfort from the planets and stars she knew so well.
Hidden in the air however, there was something that she could sense, something looming that she couldn't quite put her finger on.
Whatever it was it stirred something deep inside her.
Whatever it was was coming.
And then the screaming began.
Mei turned to run into her chamber, her ladies-in-waiting filing into her main bedroom.
"What … what's going on?" Mei wondered aloud as the ladies huddled themselves together.
"Your Highness, pardon my intrusion but there has been an attack on the palace. You must come with me now," a cool voice commanded.
The speaker emerged from the masses of people that filed past her door, Mei recognizing her immediately as being Celestial Sailor Emerald.
"Emera-"
"Not now Mei, it will have to wait. You, ladies, make yourselves useful and show the Princess to the throne room," Emerald commanded as the stiff ladies reluctantly moved into action.
"Bu-"
"You will be fine. Now go," Emerald spoke as she swiftly moved them all out of the room.
Mei left on silent feet.
Whatever it was that she felt was here, it was present.
The presence made her shiver.
She only hoped that Usagi and Kakuei were fine.
::X:X::
Usagi held her breath.
The attack carried a cold blast that rattled her very being.
She wanted to transform, she wanted to do something.
She could not let her friend sacrifice himself for her, she just couldn't.
"Usagi, do not worry about me," he murmured in her ear, as if reading her thoughts.
Usagi had to smile.
She was facing death but she was smiling.
She waited for the attack to come.
Daring to peer over Kakuei's shoulder she looked, seeing a black tornado coming for them.
Her eyes widened.
Her vision was lost as a bright light engulfed the pair.
Instead of the cold and pain she was expecting, she felt a warmth, a surge of power.
What was going on?
::X:X::
Queen Celestin was impassive as she remained in her own bedchambers.
I was foolish to believe that this day would never come.
"Celestin!"
Barging through her door four ladies surrounded the queen, whose face was cool, her eyes unreadable.
"All the students have been taken into the throne room. The senshi have begun to count the students and royals. What are we to do now?" Celestial Sailor Ruby asked.
Emerald, Ruby, Topaz and Sapphire all watched their leader intently.
Celestin met their gazes equally.
"We will do nothing," she responded simply as she stood, leading them all into her study.
Her study was lavish.
The room itself, the walls, floor and roof looked as though it did not exist for they were all designed to mirror the celestial body that surrounded their kingdom. The entire room was designed to be like the galaxy, the chamber a blue-black cloak scattered with many twinkling lights and small moons. The effect was enchanting.
"You all know of the story of the Ancients. You all know about Sealight and her disappearance. You all know of the Prophecy and you would have all figured out that it speaks of Sealight," Celestin began as she kept her back to them.
"In my opinion the Prophecy seems incomplete," Sapphire spoke.
Celestin bowed her head with a small smile.
"You would be right Sapphire, it is incomplete, for a reason," she murmured.
The four females looked at one another, each sharing looks of bewilderment and surprise.
Celestin never spoke of the Prophecy. No matter how many times the four of them had tried she would either ignore them or not reply.
"What do you mean?" Topaz asked tentatively.
"The Prophecy was written upon the deathbed of the four Ancients. They were born together and their oath would be incomplete if they did not die together. They knew of their coming deaths but also knew of the threat that was to come to the future kingdom."
"So this Prophecy was a warning?" Emerald asked.
Celestin turned finally, her eyes lowered.
"Yes. The reason it remains incomplete is because even then the result of the looming war was not evident. The victor was not obvious. That was what my mother told me. I personally believe that the end remains unwritten because the future can be changed, it can be altered. Our destinies can be changed, we need only be willing to make the change," Celestin concluded as she met their gazes.
"There is something I need to show your four," Celestin murmured as she moved past them to a hidden door.
Upon opening the door another room could be seen vividly against the galactic scenery behind them.
The five females moved into the room, Emerald looking at her comrades with hard eyes.
They should be out there fighting whatever threat there was, not standing around getting a history lesson.
"Emerald we are safe," Celestin spoke as she stood in the centre of the empty white- marbled room.
At the flourish of a hand five objects appeared before them.
They were five weapons.
The first weapon was a long golden sceptre with a sun crowning the weapon. The second was a silver bow with a quiver of arrows. The third was a sword with an ivory hilt. The fourth item was a red spear. The last set of weaponry was a set of blue daggers.
The weaponry was stunning, the power radiating from them so strong the senshi found it difficult to stand in the room.
"What are they?" Sapphire breathed, unable to move in closer to inspect the marvellous objects.
"They are the weapons of the five Ancients, including Sailor Sealight," Celestin explained as she glanced at the weaponry herself.
"It was said that the Ancients would one day rise again and that the first sign of their resurrection would be the reappearance of their weapons," Celestin continued as she looked to her soldiers who were entranced by the weaponry.
"Are you saying that the Ancients themselves are going to rise again?" Topaz asked incredulously as she tore her gaze away from the objects to question their queen.
"It will be a resurrection of sorts I believe, we will just have to wait and see," Celestin responded.
"Meanwhile our palace is under attack and only our senshi-in-training are the only ones bothering to do something about it," Emerald reminded.
As Celestin opened her mouth she was forced to close it again.
Upon re-inspecting the weapons she saw that one was gone.
Apollo's Sceptre.
::X:X::
Mei moved along the empty corridor seamlessly, her skirts ruffling as she fought to order her muddled thoughts.
Where is Kaku? Where is Usagi?
Moving into the east wing Mei went directly to Usagi's room which was easy enough to find.
It was the only room with its door closed.
The marble shone brilliantly in the moonlight as Mei flung the door open, her eyes moving forward directly to the open doors that led to the balcony.
Mei's eyes narrowed in the moonlight.
She could see two shadows, one floating in the night sky and one shadow huddled.
As the curtains flew up Mei saw that the single shadow she believed to be standing on the balcony were actually two figures locked in an embrace.
The presence she'd felt earlier was stronger in Usagi's room than anywhere else.
The darkness was almost unbearable.
There the bright light appeared, engulfing the balcony in a blanket that Mei's eyes could not penetrate.
In the light she could feel a tremendous power and warmth.
All Mei knew was that she was now safe.
::X:X::
"What's going on?" Usagi muttered as within the light a figure dressed in white and gold emerged.
Her hair was golden, falling unbound to her waist, her bright blue eyes moving to stare Usagi directly in the eye.
Her uniform was one that Usagi could not recognize.
The strange female wore a strapless white top while her skirt was gold. Gold silk lined the female's top. On her forehead was a small circle with four lines pointing from the golden shape, like a four pointed sun.
She turned away from Usagi to the attacking senshi whose face was shadowed in the bright light of the three moons.
"You will not hurt my son," she said simply, her beautiful voice so strong that Usagi stumbled backwards.
"In the name of this Kingdom and of Helios and Apollo you shall be punished," she announced as she threw her arms open as yet another light began to form before her.
An object appeared, something Usagi guessed to be a weapon.
"You do not scare me Ancient. You are but a ghost," the opposing senshi snapped.
"Usagi we should probably go, while we have the chance," Kakuei whispered as he tore his gaze away from the stunning soldier to look Usagi in the eye.
"What if sh-"
"She won't need our help, I assure you. Now come," Kakuei spoke as he nudged Usagi into her room.
Despite herself Usagi had to stop and turn.
She had to see the outcome of the battle.
"Usa-"
Without turning Usagi lifted her hand up.
"Seal of Helios!" the female cried as she pointed her weapon at the other senshi, a golden light erupting from the sceptre to engulf the opponent who screamed.
"You will never be able to defeat the Obsidian Sea Army! We are coming!" she screamed as the light wrapped itself around her, her screams muffled by the awesome attack.
The enemy gone, the golden female turned once more, her eyes moving past Usagi to rest on Kakuei.
"My son, my power is yours. You will know how to use it when the time comes," she said softly as her tall frame began to fade in a soft light.
"Bu-"
She smiled once as she turned away and began to walk into the evening sky where the stars seemed to part to allow the Ancient to walk through.
Kakuei watched the sky for a long time after she had left as if searching for a sign.
In his pocket, however, lay a small golden key.
What he did not know was what trouble that one gift would bring.
::X:X::
The palace was cold, the throne room was cold.
Everything was cold.
But what could she say? She was the one who created it, her Obsidian Palace.
Her thoughts were interrupted by a single figure running into her shadowed throne room.
Only the single light of a far away moon shone into her black world through ab adjacent window.
Sealight's gaze remained firmly on that moon.
That moon was one of the moons that surrounded the Celestial Kingdom.
"Your Highness I bring news ..." the messenger began.
"Then speak!"
"One of our soldiers was kil-"
"Of course she was killed, idiot. I can sense the presence of my four sisters. I know for a fact that Sunlight was the one who killed my soldier. Never mind Captain, never mind. I want you to dispatch five more. Sunlight's power has been gifted to her chosen. We need only to initiate attack on their Kingdom and the others will follow suit. Once all those fools have gifted their power to someone we will make our move and obliterate the holders of the Ancient Weapons. With that power in my hand the entire galaxy will crumble at my wrath," Sealight laughed as the soldier remained kneeled.
"Come, there is just so much to do!" Sealight smirked as she stood.
She had been waiting for this opportunity for a long time.
Finally, it had come.
::X:X::
A/N: Hello friends!
Apologies about the late update … I had a law assignment due today at 5pm (that I got in March that I started this morning …) and I submitted it at 4.51pm! Hurrah! I apologise for the boring chapter here … I had A LOT on my mind this week but next week I PROMISE it shall be better!
Please review again friends!!
With love,
Sapphira