"...rena? Serena?" Came the familiar voice, gently calling her voice out.
Serenity Tsukino-Son slowly opened her blue eyes to look around. She was
back on the Yggdrasil? What happened to that castle she saw? Was that all a
dream? It was a pretty real dream to her. Bart kneeled over her, smiling
some. The Yggdrasil had stopped shaking so Serena had assumed that they
must have finally arrived in Nisan, or where ever the hell they were going.
Stretching, the girl smiled back and used him as a lever to push herself up
with. The prince dusted himself off and straightened his eyepatch.
"Hey Bart...I had a nice cat nap." Serena yawned. Bart grinned and patted her on the back.
"A LONG cat nap. You've been asleep for nearly four hours." He told her. Serena blushed a little and scratched her cheek. She did have a tendency to sleep like a log. And according to Gohan she also had a tendency to saw them. Her eyes dimed somewhat at that thought, a glazed look coming across her face and eyes at the thought of foster brother. She'd never understand why she did what she did. They had trusted her. They thought she could do no wrong. And how did she repay them for all their kindness? She lied to them, she stole the Dragon Balls, she attacked Vegeta, and she stole clothing. Would they forgive her for what she did? She hoped so. She walked out of the bridge and to the hatch followed by Bart who was watching her closely. He had noticed her look and wondered what went on inside her head, she always looked a little depressed. And she didn't carry it well. He climbed up the hatch, followed by her.
"This is the entrance to Nisan. I grew up here." He explained. Serena nodded and walked on, followed by Bart. She noticed a nun, really similar to the Sisters at Raye's school, who was speaking to Sigurd. Curiousity killed the cat, so Serena walked over, holding back a yawn.
"Hi Sigurd." She greeted with a smile. Sigurd looked at her and nodded in acknowledgement.
"Hello Serena. Sister, this is Serena. She is the one who rescued Miss Margie from Aveh." He explained. Serena waved a little as the Sister thanked her.
"We are preparing for a stratagey meeting right now, so you can go exploring with Young Master if you want to." Sigurd told her. That was all the Princess needed to hear. Grabbing her companion's arm, the two went to explore. Well, Serena was exploring and Bart was pointing things out.
"Wow, this is so beautiful!" She said as she looked at all the plant-life and birds and such. She looked back to Bart, and let something slip up.
"Back on the Moon, the dome was NOTHING like this---" She began before slapping a hand over her mouth. Bart blinked. He heard something, he knew he did.
"What...did you just say?" He asked. Serena blushed a crimson red before running off. Bart tried to go after her, but in seconds she was gone. What did she mean by 'back on the Moon'? He shook his head and continued the search for her. Serena was upset with what she had said. This wasn't a question of trusting them or not. No, she trusted them with her life. She just didn't want them acting like the girls, who treated her like an object, rather than a person. With a leap, she was in the air and falling towards a large crystal lake. She stopped herself inches from the water before floating up and landing right outside the cathedrial door. She decided she needed a few moments without the others nearby so she let her hair down and became Princess Serenity again. Folding her wings in, she entered the building. Walking towards the front where seats were supposed to be, she kneeled down and clasped her hands. A few of the Sisters noticed her wings and whispering began. They were wondering if she was an angel, though many were to nervous to ask. Serenity just smiled. So her royal blood wasn't obvious. That was a major releif for her. She remained in prayer, but her mind kept returning to her friends. Mostly to something she once heard Terra say when they fought the circus. No one else heard it, but it was said to her other self. 'I'd rather die a cowards death a thousand times before I let the darkness overpower me.' Terra was dead now. So Serena had to wonder...did Terra die...the cowards death?
"What is the 'Cowards Death'?" She whispered. Vegeta spoke of it. A coward took their own life rather than die in a battle. That was the Saiyan philosphy at least. Terra was a full blood Saiyan, so did she believe in that? If she did, how did she take her own life while keeping her Star Seed out of Galaxia's hands? 'Where are you Terra? Where are you in this time? Why can't I feel you?' She thought. Serena now truly felt alone in this new world. Alone and afraid, like a small child seperated from its parents in a crowded mall. After a while, Serenity got up and looked to the Sisters, one by one before setting her gaze of Margie and Kitty. Smiling a little, she turned and walked outside as she began to put her hair up again. As soon as she left, another leap took her back to the city as she changed back to plain old Serena. A graceful land was executed as she noticed Fei walk out of a building. He didn't see her land but he did notice her straighten herself up.
"Hi Serena." He greeted. She waved and walked over to him, smoothing down her shirt.
"Where were you?" The martial artist asked. Serena blinked some before shaking her head some.
"Um...no where?" She tried. Before Fei could ask anything else, Serena grabbed his arm and proceeded to drag him back inside where Bart was. Serena pretended that nothing serious had happened.
"Hey guys!" She greeted, walking over. The strategy session was about to begin so Serena got there just in time. As the only girl there, she felt out of place but as the strongest she didn't mind. Using some small blocks, Sigurd began to point out some areas of the surrounding desert.
"We'll have to break their forces in two and make it easier on ourselves." He explained before giving Fei his orders. He looked to Serena who had a bored look on her face.
"Serena, you will go with Fei and seperate to come around to the rear of the castle. I doubt you would require the assistance of a Gear considering your abilities." Citan told her. Serena gave the two men a look that said 'fine, whatever'.
"Well that's over and done with. Lets go meet with Margie." She said. Fei nodded a little. He wondered where she had gone off to. Serena knew, but she'd never tell them the truth. Not yet. Unless Copper showed up and gave her away, she'd keep a secret until she got home. She wondered how Gohan was doing without her bugging him...
~~~2000 years in the future...
"SERENA IS WHERE?!" Chichi screamed at her husband and oldest son. Gohan tried calming his mother down.
"She's in the past. 2,000 years in the past on another planet." The teen said. Chichi ploped into a chair. She'd lost Goten and now she'd lost Serena. This was a nightmare. A nightmare she couldn't wake up from. What was wrong with Serena? She'd been such a good girl her whole life. Gohan looked to his two parents. Even Goku seemed depressed. Gohan had never seen his father depressed. Only happy or serious. Never sad. Gohan decided he had to tell his mother the truth. If he kept it a secret, and something happened to her, it would hurt them to badly. They loved Serena. Though she technicly wasn't part of their family, she was close enough.
"Um...mom? I've got...I've got something to tell you..." He said. She looked up to him. He inhaled deeply before speaking.
"Serena...um, what I mean to say is..." He stammered. Chichi glared at him.
"What about Serena?" She asked. Gohan spat it out.
"Serena is Sailor Moon!" He said, earning a stare from his mother. He cringed a little and opened his eyes, which he hadn't realised were closed. Chichi's eyes were wide.
"She's the Moon Princess and she's going to rule the earth in a thousand years. Trunks and Goten are her guards, each of them protect two powerful crystals. Her friends Amy, Raye, Lita, and Mina are her guards, the Inner Scouts. They died the same way Goten and Trunks did. They had their souls ripped from their bodies. Her other friends Amara, Michelle, Trista, and Hotaru left for their planets, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto and Saturn..." He said. He couldn't mention Terra as he no longer remembered her. Even Chibi Chibi had vanished from their memories.
"A few months ago, we were all involved in a big fight with the Dead Moon Circus that was after Goten because he had something they wanted. They wanted his dreams. Serena died during that, Goten and Trunks went to the 30th century to train with their future selves and came back with them...there was a huge fight and we managed to win...there was even a celebration afterwards...then our memories got locked up...only Dad, Vegeta, Trunks, Goten and myself got ours back out of the Z fighters...mom, Serena isn't really our family...she's adopted..." He finally said. Chichi couldn't say anything. The information was just to much for her. She looked sick to her stomach. Gohan spoke once more.
"It's not her fault mom. It's her pre-planned destiny...mom? Mom!" He shouted. Chichi had fainted...
~~~2,000 years in the past...
"Wow..." Serena said as she looked on at the two statues of angels. It was a beautiful sight. Fei looked on in awe with her. Bart didn't show much emotion towards it, he was used to it. Citan was curious as usual and he looked at Margie.
"I've never seen angels quite like that...one looks specificly like a male and the other, a female. They each only have one wing." He said. That reminded Serena of a song she'd heard once when Sammy got that Final Fantasy VII game. 'One Winged Angel'. She'd liked the song enough to learn the words and the translation. She was lucky. It was in Latin, and that was a fluent language spoken on the Moon when she was alive the first time. So it came easily. Truth be told, when she first heard it, she thought someone was actually talking to her. Someone like Beryl. Her hand tightened its grip around the railing, her finger nails digging into the wood like it was clay. She noticed the others leaving and ran to catch up with them.
"Usually you have to go through special rituals to go into Mother Sophia's room but we were visited by an angel today." Margie explained. Serena inwardly smirked at that. Bart looked at his cousin.
"An angel?" He asked. Margie nodded and proceeded to explain what had happened. How an angel walked in, prayed and then left. She said the Sisters believed it was a sign that the long 500 year war was going to end soon. Serena decided then and there to help end it. Who was she to screw with a 'prophacy'? Eventually they came to a long flight of stairs and proceeded to climb up. Serena stretched a little as she went up, bored. Right now she wished she was back home listening to Chichi scream at her over her latest math test. Strange how boredom screwed with your mind. Margie opened the small door at the top. Serena expected something...bigger really. Considering the sacrednesss over it. Oh well. She walked in with the others and looked around. There were cuts in the wall in a design that cast light on the ground. It was the same design that was on the back of Margie's shirt. It looked familiar to Fei, but what floored him was the painting of Mother Sophia on the wall. His jaw dropped making Serena and Citan look up at it.
"That painting...bears a strong resemblence to your friend. And it looks to have been done by someone with your style Fei." Citan said. Serena looked to her long haired friend. He nodded a little. Serena yawned some.
"I don't wanna be rude, but I'd like to go have another nap to be ready for this thing we're gonna do." She explained. Margie turned and nodded to her. Serena left the room. She moved down that stairs, stretching. Suddenly something happened. She stopped dead in her tracks as her stomach hit her feet. She began to run the rest of the way down until she could jump to the first floor. She ran for the doorway to feel something she shouldn't have. 'It can't be!' She thought, screaming in her mind. Fei had heard the tell- tale 'THUMP' of Serena jumping and had run out of the room to go after her, but he was much slower that she was. Serena skidded around a corner and looked around. Had she been mistaken?
"Where are you?" She asked. She felt Fei come after her but she didn't concern herself with that. She kept looking around until she felt it again. Something she hadn't felt in so long. Her face lit up for the first time in a long while. There. Right in front of her. She looked up and smiled happily. She could see Goten, standing there with his back turned to her.
"GOTEN!" She cried and ran for the little boy, reaching out for him. He began to turn around to her but as he did, something happened.
"V..." He whispered and began to crumble away just like last time. Serena stopped and began to scream as loud as her lungs and throat would allow. Fei rounded the corner in time to watch Serena fall to her knees and began to cry like a baby...
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Okay, I know it's short again, but give me a break. I'm working on two stories at once (This one and Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Z) and I just got over writers block for this one. I'll make the next chapter a continuation, how about that?
"Hey Bart...I had a nice cat nap." Serena yawned. Bart grinned and patted her on the back.
"A LONG cat nap. You've been asleep for nearly four hours." He told her. Serena blushed a little and scratched her cheek. She did have a tendency to sleep like a log. And according to Gohan she also had a tendency to saw them. Her eyes dimed somewhat at that thought, a glazed look coming across her face and eyes at the thought of foster brother. She'd never understand why she did what she did. They had trusted her. They thought she could do no wrong. And how did she repay them for all their kindness? She lied to them, she stole the Dragon Balls, she attacked Vegeta, and she stole clothing. Would they forgive her for what she did? She hoped so. She walked out of the bridge and to the hatch followed by Bart who was watching her closely. He had noticed her look and wondered what went on inside her head, she always looked a little depressed. And she didn't carry it well. He climbed up the hatch, followed by her.
"This is the entrance to Nisan. I grew up here." He explained. Serena nodded and walked on, followed by Bart. She noticed a nun, really similar to the Sisters at Raye's school, who was speaking to Sigurd. Curiousity killed the cat, so Serena walked over, holding back a yawn.
"Hi Sigurd." She greeted with a smile. Sigurd looked at her and nodded in acknowledgement.
"Hello Serena. Sister, this is Serena. She is the one who rescued Miss Margie from Aveh." He explained. Serena waved a little as the Sister thanked her.
"We are preparing for a stratagey meeting right now, so you can go exploring with Young Master if you want to." Sigurd told her. That was all the Princess needed to hear. Grabbing her companion's arm, the two went to explore. Well, Serena was exploring and Bart was pointing things out.
"Wow, this is so beautiful!" She said as she looked at all the plant-life and birds and such. She looked back to Bart, and let something slip up.
"Back on the Moon, the dome was NOTHING like this---" She began before slapping a hand over her mouth. Bart blinked. He heard something, he knew he did.
"What...did you just say?" He asked. Serena blushed a crimson red before running off. Bart tried to go after her, but in seconds she was gone. What did she mean by 'back on the Moon'? He shook his head and continued the search for her. Serena was upset with what she had said. This wasn't a question of trusting them or not. No, she trusted them with her life. She just didn't want them acting like the girls, who treated her like an object, rather than a person. With a leap, she was in the air and falling towards a large crystal lake. She stopped herself inches from the water before floating up and landing right outside the cathedrial door. She decided she needed a few moments without the others nearby so she let her hair down and became Princess Serenity again. Folding her wings in, she entered the building. Walking towards the front where seats were supposed to be, she kneeled down and clasped her hands. A few of the Sisters noticed her wings and whispering began. They were wondering if she was an angel, though many were to nervous to ask. Serenity just smiled. So her royal blood wasn't obvious. That was a major releif for her. She remained in prayer, but her mind kept returning to her friends. Mostly to something she once heard Terra say when they fought the circus. No one else heard it, but it was said to her other self. 'I'd rather die a cowards death a thousand times before I let the darkness overpower me.' Terra was dead now. So Serena had to wonder...did Terra die...the cowards death?
"What is the 'Cowards Death'?" She whispered. Vegeta spoke of it. A coward took their own life rather than die in a battle. That was the Saiyan philosphy at least. Terra was a full blood Saiyan, so did she believe in that? If she did, how did she take her own life while keeping her Star Seed out of Galaxia's hands? 'Where are you Terra? Where are you in this time? Why can't I feel you?' She thought. Serena now truly felt alone in this new world. Alone and afraid, like a small child seperated from its parents in a crowded mall. After a while, Serenity got up and looked to the Sisters, one by one before setting her gaze of Margie and Kitty. Smiling a little, she turned and walked outside as she began to put her hair up again. As soon as she left, another leap took her back to the city as she changed back to plain old Serena. A graceful land was executed as she noticed Fei walk out of a building. He didn't see her land but he did notice her straighten herself up.
"Hi Serena." He greeted. She waved and walked over to him, smoothing down her shirt.
"Where were you?" The martial artist asked. Serena blinked some before shaking her head some.
"Um...no where?" She tried. Before Fei could ask anything else, Serena grabbed his arm and proceeded to drag him back inside where Bart was. Serena pretended that nothing serious had happened.
"Hey guys!" She greeted, walking over. The strategy session was about to begin so Serena got there just in time. As the only girl there, she felt out of place but as the strongest she didn't mind. Using some small blocks, Sigurd began to point out some areas of the surrounding desert.
"We'll have to break their forces in two and make it easier on ourselves." He explained before giving Fei his orders. He looked to Serena who had a bored look on her face.
"Serena, you will go with Fei and seperate to come around to the rear of the castle. I doubt you would require the assistance of a Gear considering your abilities." Citan told her. Serena gave the two men a look that said 'fine, whatever'.
"Well that's over and done with. Lets go meet with Margie." She said. Fei nodded a little. He wondered where she had gone off to. Serena knew, but she'd never tell them the truth. Not yet. Unless Copper showed up and gave her away, she'd keep a secret until she got home. She wondered how Gohan was doing without her bugging him...
~~~2000 years in the future...
"SERENA IS WHERE?!" Chichi screamed at her husband and oldest son. Gohan tried calming his mother down.
"She's in the past. 2,000 years in the past on another planet." The teen said. Chichi ploped into a chair. She'd lost Goten and now she'd lost Serena. This was a nightmare. A nightmare she couldn't wake up from. What was wrong with Serena? She'd been such a good girl her whole life. Gohan looked to his two parents. Even Goku seemed depressed. Gohan had never seen his father depressed. Only happy or serious. Never sad. Gohan decided he had to tell his mother the truth. If he kept it a secret, and something happened to her, it would hurt them to badly. They loved Serena. Though she technicly wasn't part of their family, she was close enough.
"Um...mom? I've got...I've got something to tell you..." He said. She looked up to him. He inhaled deeply before speaking.
"Serena...um, what I mean to say is..." He stammered. Chichi glared at him.
"What about Serena?" She asked. Gohan spat it out.
"Serena is Sailor Moon!" He said, earning a stare from his mother. He cringed a little and opened his eyes, which he hadn't realised were closed. Chichi's eyes were wide.
"She's the Moon Princess and she's going to rule the earth in a thousand years. Trunks and Goten are her guards, each of them protect two powerful crystals. Her friends Amy, Raye, Lita, and Mina are her guards, the Inner Scouts. They died the same way Goten and Trunks did. They had their souls ripped from their bodies. Her other friends Amara, Michelle, Trista, and Hotaru left for their planets, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto and Saturn..." He said. He couldn't mention Terra as he no longer remembered her. Even Chibi Chibi had vanished from their memories.
"A few months ago, we were all involved in a big fight with the Dead Moon Circus that was after Goten because he had something they wanted. They wanted his dreams. Serena died during that, Goten and Trunks went to the 30th century to train with their future selves and came back with them...there was a huge fight and we managed to win...there was even a celebration afterwards...then our memories got locked up...only Dad, Vegeta, Trunks, Goten and myself got ours back out of the Z fighters...mom, Serena isn't really our family...she's adopted..." He finally said. Chichi couldn't say anything. The information was just to much for her. She looked sick to her stomach. Gohan spoke once more.
"It's not her fault mom. It's her pre-planned destiny...mom? Mom!" He shouted. Chichi had fainted...
~~~2,000 years in the past...
"Wow..." Serena said as she looked on at the two statues of angels. It was a beautiful sight. Fei looked on in awe with her. Bart didn't show much emotion towards it, he was used to it. Citan was curious as usual and he looked at Margie.
"I've never seen angels quite like that...one looks specificly like a male and the other, a female. They each only have one wing." He said. That reminded Serena of a song she'd heard once when Sammy got that Final Fantasy VII game. 'One Winged Angel'. She'd liked the song enough to learn the words and the translation. She was lucky. It was in Latin, and that was a fluent language spoken on the Moon when she was alive the first time. So it came easily. Truth be told, when she first heard it, she thought someone was actually talking to her. Someone like Beryl. Her hand tightened its grip around the railing, her finger nails digging into the wood like it was clay. She noticed the others leaving and ran to catch up with them.
"Usually you have to go through special rituals to go into Mother Sophia's room but we were visited by an angel today." Margie explained. Serena inwardly smirked at that. Bart looked at his cousin.
"An angel?" He asked. Margie nodded and proceeded to explain what had happened. How an angel walked in, prayed and then left. She said the Sisters believed it was a sign that the long 500 year war was going to end soon. Serena decided then and there to help end it. Who was she to screw with a 'prophacy'? Eventually they came to a long flight of stairs and proceeded to climb up. Serena stretched a little as she went up, bored. Right now she wished she was back home listening to Chichi scream at her over her latest math test. Strange how boredom screwed with your mind. Margie opened the small door at the top. Serena expected something...bigger really. Considering the sacrednesss over it. Oh well. She walked in with the others and looked around. There were cuts in the wall in a design that cast light on the ground. It was the same design that was on the back of Margie's shirt. It looked familiar to Fei, but what floored him was the painting of Mother Sophia on the wall. His jaw dropped making Serena and Citan look up at it.
"That painting...bears a strong resemblence to your friend. And it looks to have been done by someone with your style Fei." Citan said. Serena looked to her long haired friend. He nodded a little. Serena yawned some.
"I don't wanna be rude, but I'd like to go have another nap to be ready for this thing we're gonna do." She explained. Margie turned and nodded to her. Serena left the room. She moved down that stairs, stretching. Suddenly something happened. She stopped dead in her tracks as her stomach hit her feet. She began to run the rest of the way down until she could jump to the first floor. She ran for the doorway to feel something she shouldn't have. 'It can't be!' She thought, screaming in her mind. Fei had heard the tell- tale 'THUMP' of Serena jumping and had run out of the room to go after her, but he was much slower that she was. Serena skidded around a corner and looked around. Had she been mistaken?
"Where are you?" She asked. She felt Fei come after her but she didn't concern herself with that. She kept looking around until she felt it again. Something she hadn't felt in so long. Her face lit up for the first time in a long while. There. Right in front of her. She looked up and smiled happily. She could see Goten, standing there with his back turned to her.
"GOTEN!" She cried and ran for the little boy, reaching out for him. He began to turn around to her but as he did, something happened.
"V..." He whispered and began to crumble away just like last time. Serena stopped and began to scream as loud as her lungs and throat would allow. Fei rounded the corner in time to watch Serena fall to her knees and began to cry like a baby...
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Okay, I know it's short again, but give me a break. I'm working on two stories at once (This one and Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Z) and I just got over writers block for this one. I'll make the next chapter a continuation, how about that?