Solar Guardians
Alright, here we go with the next chapter. Sorry about last week. I was in a bit of a hurry to get it up and didn't have time to double edit. This week this chapter is a bit shorter so it should be fine. Two more chapters after this and then the epic conclusion will be revealed… what is it about this fanfiction that turns me into a giant dork. Anyway, thank you to everyone who reviewed, favorited and favorited. And thank you once again to Nesthellshert for editing and dealing with me. I don't own anything. The Big Four belongs to Disney, Dreamworks and their amazing creators. And Sailor Moon belongs to extremely talented Naoko Takeuchi. Enjoy.
Act 7: Jack, Officer Moon Born on the Sun
"Princess!" Jack cried, cradling Solstice in his arms. "Princess can you hear me?"
"She's becoming feverous." Pascal warned from his place on Jack's shoulder.
"Jack what's wrong with her?" Mercury asked kneeling next to his princess as well. "She looks so pale, and she's shivering."
"Her brain is on overload with all the memories that are flooding back." Jack hissed. "This is what I was trying to avoid. This is what I was trying to protect all of you from. If we don't get this under control it's going to kill her!"
"Whit do we do?" Mars urged. "How do we save 'er?"
"We need to go to the sun." Jack huffed lifting Solstice in his arms.
"The sun?" Anna gaped. "How is the sun going to help?"
"There is someone there that can help us." Pascal offered.
"Who?" Elsa asked following her brother.
"The Guardian of memory." Jack hissed running home.
As fast as they could they ran back to the twin's condo where they all gathered in the living room.
"Hurry, Jack, Anna, Elsa we need to transform." Pascal urged as Jack gently laying Solstice in the center of the room.
"Wait, Jack." Mercury interjected. "You said we have to go to the sun, but, just how in the world are we supposed to get there?"
"With our combined power, we'll be able to teleport to the Solar Castle. Once there we'll head for the hall of memory, that is where we'll find the Guardian of memory and save the Princess." He assured. "Now, hurry, we can't waist anymore time."
His sisters nodded lifting their buckles in the air as he used his to summon his crook.
"MOON ASTRAL POWER!"
"VENUS ASTRAL POWER!"
"JUPITER ASTRAL POWER!"
"""ARMOR/MAKE UP!"""
The light that transformed them vanished quickly revealing them in their Guardian uniforms.
"I'll stay by the Princess and act as her power, all of you create a circle around us." Officer Moon instructed taking his place by the princess as the others created a close-knit circle holding hands as they waited for further instruction.
"Now, repeat after Officer Moon." Pascal instructed.
"MOON POWER!"
"MERCURY POWER!"
"VENUS POWER!"
"MARS POWER!"
"JUPITER POWER!"
"Astral powers, I, Officer Moon, Guardian of Fun bequeath thee, take us to the Solar Palace!"
A bubble of pure white light enclosed them, protecting them as they suddenly zapped out of reality and reappeared some place unknown. They had expected the castle that had been described to them, or what they had seen in their dreams. And yet…
"Thes is th' Solar Kingdom?" Mars asked staring wide eyed at the crumbling golden ruins around her. "But, thes isn't whit ah saw."
"What happened here?" Mercury wondered leaning into Toothless for comfort. "Why is it so… barren?"
"It looks like a hurricane ravaged everything." Jupiter murmured.
"Or, perhaps a battle." Venus gaped.
"All your questions will be answered soon," Moon offered taking the princess into his arms again. "But first we need to get the princess to the Hall of Memory. Hurry, follow me."
Without another word, they all quickly ran after him as he entered the palace, navigating it's labyrinth like halls without any trouble.
"This is taking too long." Mercury hissed to himself. "Moon wait."
"We don't have time." Moon urged.
"Just listen to me." Mercury roared stopping in the middle of a hallway. "Take Toothless."
"What?" Moon gawked.
"Toothless is faster. I'll fly us to the Hall of Memory while you navigate. Now hurry and get on."
"What about us, we can't fit on the dragon with you." Venus asked.
"I'll take us there." Mars offered. "I don't remember this place like Moon, but the wisps will lead us."
"What wisps?" she asked cocking her head.
"Mercury and Mars are right." Pascal nodded letting Mercury help Moon get Solstice on the dragon. "Mars can see those who will lead her to the right path. Follow her and we'll see you in the hall. Now we must go, Mercury."
"Let's go bud."
Faster than any of them could track, both Guardians, the dragon and the Princess where gone zipping down the halls.
"Follow meh." Mars instructed following after them.
The sisters didn't hesitate to follow the guardian of fire, running after her at top speed.
"Take a left here." Moon instructed to which Mercury obeyed without any complaints. "Stop."
With a cry from the Night Fury, Mercury got them to stop before they slammed into a set of double gold doors that reached far above their heads.
"Where did this come from?" Mercury gaped up at the doors. "They weren't here a second ago."
"The hall only appears when you are in dire need of it." Moon informed hopping off, carefully pulling the Princess down. "I would assume this is dire enough. Hurry."
Mercury nodded running ahead to push open the doors while Moon rushed the Princess in. To the team's strategist's surprise, there wasn't much to the room aside from a raised platform in the center of it. It wasn't awe striking or encouraging in the least.
"Moon, are you sure this is the room?" he asked worriedly as he watched the Guardian of fun gently lie Solstice on the platform. "There isn't anything in here."
"There is, it just won't show itself till the Guardian of memory comes." Moon assured.
"When will she show?"
Moon only offered a small smile before kneeling at the platform, setting his crook aside and putting his hands together.
"I call upon the spirit of the ancient Guardian. Protected by the Gorgeous Heart and its mother planet. Come forth now, in corporeal space and bless us with your aid once more."
As he finished his prayer the space on the other side of the platform began to shimmer and sparkle. Mercury watched, mesmerized as the shimmer began to take on human form. A beautiful woman with a peacock feather crown and matching dress soon stood before him becoming the picture of perfect elegance and grace.
"Wow."
Whipping around he found the girls standing in the doorway staring in awe at the woman and she smiled down at all of them.
"Mother." Moon smiled.
"Mother?!" both Jupiter and Venus cried.
"My son, it brings me great joy to see you once again." the woman beamed flashing her vibrant violent eyes at the two girls in the doorway. "And you as well, my dear daughters."
"Ah dorn't understand." Mars gasped stepping further into the room. "Who is she, how do you know Jupiter and the others."
"Everyone." Moon interrupted. "Allow me to introduce you to the Guardian of memory, the former Sailor Venus. Mine and my sisters mother from our past life."
"No way." Venus whispered.
"Mother, please." Moon urged. "The Princess, she started to remember before I had a chance to get her to you. You have to save her, I beg of you."
Nodding the former Guardian kneeled before Solstice placing a gentle hand to her brow while her other was held in front of her as if she were attempting to pray with one hand. The palm on the princess began to glow, and slowly, Solstice's color began to come back and her brow furrowed less. Within minutes she looked perfectly fine, even the transformation wore off. Now she was simply Sailor Sun. The former Venus backed away then, letting Sailor Sun slowly wake. They watched as her eyes fluttered open and she groaned.
"Princess." Everyone cried rushing to her side.
"Everyone." She rasped, sitting up. "What… what happened. Where are we?"
"My Princess, I'm am relieved to tell you, you will be just fine." Former Venus assured.
"Who are you?" Sun asked scooting closer to her friends.
"She is the former me." Venus whispered.
"I was once Sailor Venus, Guardian of memory. But now you may call me Tooth." The former Guardian nodded smiling.
"Tooth?" Mercury asked cocking his head.
"I had a fascination with teeth when I was a young Guardian." Tooth shrugged. "So Queen Solstice and the other former Guardians would call me tooth."
"Other Former Guardians?" Jupiter gaped.
"Yes." Moon nodded. "You were not the first Solar Guardians, but the current in a long line."
"We are not th' furst?" Mars honed in. "Whit do ye mean. Whit abit ye?"
Gripping his crook a bit tighter he averted his eyes.
"I am the first Guardian of the Moon. In all honesty, there should never have been a need for one." He gritted.
"What does that mean?" Sailor Sun asked.
Noticing that the boy did not wish to talk further on the subject, Pascal took over, redirecting the conversation in the proper direction.
"My Lady Venus, please." He implored. "They have come along way and now need answers."
"I understand that you all have questions." She spoke up getting their attention. "But my son can't answer them. Without the proper guide, you could have ended up in worse shape than the princess. Only I could restore your memories safely."
"Then you can answer all the questions we have?" Mercury clarified.
"Indeed." Tooth nodded. "First we have to start from the beginning. Before the world, you know now, when the Solar System had three planets that could sustain life. The Sun, the Earth, and the Moon."
"The moon?" Sun wondered.
"Yes. Back then the Sun was tasked with the care of the whole solar system. Using the Solar Crystal to shield all eleven heavenly bodies from outside dangers. Though the burden was lessened with the help of the Moon. While the royals of the Sun worked tirelessly to protect the system, the Moon was given the responsibility of protecting the Earth. Should anything happen and outside enemies get past the Sun's shield then it fell to the Moon to protect the inhabitants of Earth while the Sun fought them off. Before the birth of the Solar Guardians, there were many outside invaders that attempted to steal the Planet Hearts?"
"What do you mean by 'before the birth of the Guardians' and what are the Planet Hearts?" Mercury interrupted.
"All planets have hearts." Tooth continued. "All harnessing immense power. Power enough to destroy life as it stands. Enemy beings seek those hearts. So in order to protect the hearts, the Solar Guardians were born, bearing the name of the planets and carrying their hearts to protect them and to harness their power transforming into Guardians to protect the heart of the Sun, the Solar Crystal."
"The gems embedded in your wrist buckles, are the Planet Hearts, and each heart has a name." Officer Moon put in getting them all to look at their wrists. "Mars is the Red Heart, Mercury's the Fury Heart, Venus the Gorgeous Heart, and Jupiter the Storm Heart. The Moon also had a heart, it was called the Crescent Heart."
"Did ye say th' Crescent Heart?" Mars suddenly cried. "'At was in mah vision, its one ay th' keys to defeating the enemy."
"But brother…" Sailor Jupiter worried looking at his wrist. "You don't have a gem."
He nodded sadly.
"That, unfortunately is why I became a Guardian of the Moon." He murmured. "The Crescent Heart has been missing for a long time now."
"What?" Venus gawked. "But then how can you transform without the Moon's heart?"
"Though he does not possess the heart itself, his blood carries that of the Moon's royals." Tooth informed taking over the conversation once again.
"What does that mean?" Jupiter asked.
"I mean that you and your twin brother are not just born of the Sun, but also of the Moon." She smiled fondly as she let the memories play out in her mind. "I was a young Guardian of the queen back then, before she ascended to the throne-"
"What?" Sailor Sun cried. "By the queen do you mean…"
"Yes, your mother Queen Solstice." Tooth nodded smiling at the flabbergasted girl. "Long before her rein, Princesses of the Sun have been protected by the Solar Guardians up until they became Queen themselves and harness the power of the Solar Crystal. Just as it is for all Guardians. We are born with the mark of our planets on our brows. This decides our names and our fates. Once our predecessors step down, we take on their duty and become the next princess's Solar Guardians. The only ones that do not stay close to the princess are the four outer planets."
"By that you mean Saturn, Neptune, Uranus and Pluto." Mercury offered.
"Yes. Those Guardians are sent out to the outer reaches of the solar system to protect it, while the Guardian of Saturn is sent to the Doors of Time where they will stand alone to guard time and space from our dangers."
"It sounds so lonely." Sailor Sun murmured.
"They weren't often lonely." Moon snickered. "Mercury and I would often sneak off to see Saturn and keep him company. While Pluto and Uranus had each other. And Neptune had a love of his own."
"GASP!"
They all turned to stare at Venus as she began to choke pressing her fists to her heart, with a panicked wide eyed look.
"Venus, what's wrong?" Jupiter asked shaking her sisters shoulder.
"You remember him, don't you?" Moon murmured. "I'm so sorry little sister."
"Neptune, he is Lord Sea." Venus gasped her heart aching more than she thought was possible. "I… we… I loved him… he pushed me out of the way. Oh God. It's my fault he's like this now. He and the others. Neptune. I'm so sorry please we must save him. There must be something we can do. I'm begging you."
"In time." Tooth assured. "Please, let me finish my tail. It will all make sense here in a minute."
They all nodded keeping quiet—Jupiter doing her best to sooth her sister— so she could finish.
"As I was saying," she cleared her throat. "I was a young Guardian back then when I had caught the eye of the Prince of the Moon. He was called North, heir to the Lunar Kingdom and keeper of the Crescent Heart. Though it was forbidden for our people to meet and mingle like this, we couldn't help it. We fell madly in love. It wasn't long after that that I found out I was pregnant with the twins. We kept our relationship a secret and I birthed the twins here in the Sun. My daughter was born with the mark of Jupiter so I named her such and knew one day she would become Sailor Jupiter. While my son bore no mark but a striking resemblance to his father, so I named him Moon in honor of his father. North loved you both the second he saw you, and yet we had to remain apart. Our responsibilities kept us busy, every now and then your father would sneak up here to see you. But one day he stopped coming. It was after the twins turned three and I was beginning to fear the worse. But as my son began to cry as if he were dying I realized my fears were justifiable. I went to comfort him, only to find that a crescent moon mark had appeared upon his brow. A new Guardian had been born and a kingdom had fallen. No one knew what had happened to the Moon Kingdom, only that within a night it was destroyed leaving only my son and daughter to be the last Moon People. With the Lunar Kingdom gone, the protection of the Earth fell to the Sun and the Outer Planets Guardians were asked to check in every day for reports to keep a better handle of things. We tried for years to find the Crescent Heart but never managed it. Yet we knew it still had to be out there otherwise my son would never have been able to transform. All we could find was the tool by which the Lunar Royals used to harness the power of the Crescent Heart. The Talisman named the Crescent Crook which my son wields now.
"After some time, we forgot of the threat to the Moon—since it never showed itself again— and things where peaceful. I married a man of the sun and had a daughter born with the mark of Venus and named her aptly. All the Guardians awoke their powers and the Princess was becoming quite the young lady yet she hadn't been able to harness the power of the crystal quiet yet. However, she was a lot like me. She would often sneak off to the Moon, fascinated by what could have happened back then. It was there, that she met another Curious Soul, the Earth Prince, and wielder of the Terra Heart, Prince Flynn."
It was then that all the memories began to flow into them. Sailor Sun remembered meeting the Prince and striking up an instant attraction. She remembered that Eugene was the reincarnation of her beloved prince. She remembered sneaking off to meet him. Sharing intimate moments and falling deeply in love with one another.
And she remembered the day it all ended.
"Solstice!"
Spinning around on her heal the princess was shocked to see her prince running through the halls of the Solar Palace.
"Flynn." She gasped letting him take her into his loving arms. "What are you doing here? If the guards catch you-"
"I need to see your mother." He insisted. "Please, it's urgent."
"Prince Flynn." They both froze as Queen Solstice, similar to her daughter only older and with golden eyes waltzed down the hall heading for them. "You know Earth People are not allowed here."
"I'm aware your highness." Flynn nodded rushing into a bow. "But please I've come to warn you. My people, they are come to attack the Solar Palace. You must prepare for war."
"What?" Solstice gasped.
"Why would your people attack us?" The queen demanded.
"Something has taken over them. I tried to stop them but they would not listen to me. Please I beg you, protect the princess and the Solar Crystal. If they fall then all is lost."
The queen could sense his honesty and sincerity so she nodded jumping right into action.
"Officer Moon, call on the outer Guardians, even Officer Saturn, we'll need all the help we can get." She ordered.
"At once my queen." Moon nodded running off with Mercury.
"Sailor Mars, take the princess to her quarters. I want all the guards we can spare on her room until this is done understand?"
"Aye my queen." Mars nodded urging her princess away.
"Flynn." Solstice called as she was pulled away.
"I'll find you when this is over. I promise." Prince Flynn swore.
It was a promise he was unable to keep.
It hadn't been ten minutes after the battle had begun when the brainwashed terrans found Solstice and took out her guards. They did not expect her to be able to protect herself however. Using her hair like a weapon she plowed right through them and ran out into the halls in search of her friends and lover. And that lead her to the throne room and a horrid sight.
"No!" Venus screamed as her sister held her back. "Please, let him go I beg of you. Let him go! Neptune!"
"V-Venus… run."
She couldn't believe what she was seeing. Her Solar Guardians, the strongest beings she knew of, where all sprawled out, beaten, and bruised, struggling to stand as the enemy sat atop her mother's throne. She was a tall woman and sported long dark curls and a blood red dress. Using powers, she had never seen before, the woman held Officer Neptune, Uranus, Saturn and Sailor Pluto by the throats with some kind of black sand. While Venus tried desperately to get to her lover, Mars was fighting off the attacks, protecting Jupiter and Venus the best she could.
"Mercury, wake up." Moon begged as he cradled the lifeless boy in his arms as the dragon whimpered powerfully. "Please don't leave me."
"Jupiter, ah can't keep thes up." Mars urged deflecting another bout of sand. "Ye need tae take yur sister an' run."
"I'm not leaving you." Jupiter swore.
"Ah can't lose ye." Mars cried. "Ye need tae protect our princess. Please, do as ah say."
"No." Jupiter whimpered. "We can't lose. This can't be it."
"Enough of your simpering." The woman chuckled. "I've made my demands, Queen Solstice. Hand over the princess and the crystal and there may be a chance for you to live."
"She already gave you her answer." Prince Flynn gritted as he stood battered but proudly with sword in hand before the queen protecting her from the evil. "You will never get your hands on the princess or the crystal. Now release the outer guardians and face me."
"Dear sweet Earth Prince." The woman snickered. "You would turn on your own people, how cowardly of a prince you are."
"You are the one that turned his people against him and the Sun." Queen Solstice spit venomously. "Just as you did so long ago to the Moon prince, Sorceress Gothel of the Moon."
Gothel only smiled laying her chin in her palm smugly.
"Indeed, you've found me out. How else was I going to get my hands on this?" she chuckled holding up a silver gem in the shape of a crescent moon.
"The Crescent Heart." Officer Moon gasped. "Only the royals of the Moon can wield its power and only with the aid of the Crescent Crook, how can you possibly handle its power?"
"It's not that hard to do when you are as powerful in the ways of magik as I am. And with a little help." She snickered. "I can handle more power than you could ever hope, you Halfling brat. You were never fit to be the future Prince of the Moon."
"Your right." Officer Moon stood, leaving the care of his love in the capable claws of the Night Fury. "I was never meant to be the Prince of the Moon. I am Officer Moon, Guardian of love and fun, and in the name of the Moon, my late father and my Princess you will be punished for your treason upon your own people."
"Bold words for a little whelp." Gothel chuckled sending her sand rushing forward for the boy.
"Brother Moon!" Saturn choked.
"Big Brother move." Jupiter cried.
But he did not. Instead her held his crook tightly, pointing the hook at the sand and focused.
"I will not let you win." He gritted. "MOON, CHILLING ATMOSPHERE!"
Just as the sand reached him it began to freeze, crawling all the way up and up reaching for Gothel. It seemed that for a moment, he was going to win. But with a snap of her finger more sand hidden on the ground shot up piercing the boy in the heart.
"NO!" Princess Solstice screamed.
All eyes were on her now.
"There you are." Gothel smiled sending another bout of sand her way.
"Solstice run!" Flynn cried racing to reach his princess in time.
But she couldn't hear him. All she could focus on was the pain her Guardians were in and the lifeless eyes of Officer Moon. Worse, Mars had turned hearing her scream leaving her open to attack. She fell before Jupiter, who released her sister to go to her lover ending with her being attacked as well. Venus ran for Neptune only to skewered right before him. All four of the outer Guardians were losing it. They screamed and roared trashing about irritating Gothel ending with them all being run through as well. All her friends were as far as she knew, gone. She was alone without them. This wasn't real… was it?
"Come to me little sunflower." Gothel laughed manically.
"Solstice." Suddenly Flynn was before her and she felt relieved, she still had him.
But that was short lived.
"Get out of my way." Gothel screamed and just like that, the sand in the shape of a grabbing hand morphed into a spike and ran him through.
A short-lived scream escaped him before he fell silent and crumpled to the ground. Solstice followed him screaming the whole way.
"That is enough Gothel!" Queen Solstice screamed summoning the Solar Staff and the power of the Solar Crystal. "I won't let you get away with this. Be gone you monster."
Using all the power she had she banished the evil, sealing her away in the folds of time. But she knew, this wouldn't last. She needed to prepare her daughter for that.
"Solstice." She began gently. "I'm so sorry, but we must- SOLSTICE!"
Turning to her daughter she saw she was already too late. Torn by the grief of losing her friends and lover the princess took up Flynn's sword and plunged into her heart. As terrible as it looked in a way, the queen had to admit it was surreal because her daughter fell into the prince's open arms as if he was welcoming to join him. As touching as it was it did not make her heart ache any less or her sorrow any easier. Her kingdom had fallen, the evil would one day be back and her daughter along with the prince and the Guardians were all dead. She had to do something to ensure the safety of the Solar System. But the only thing that she could do would cost her life. In the end, she supposed it was for the best. So using the last bit of life she had, she implored the Solar Crystal to grant her final wish. That her daughter, all her friends and her lover would be reborn so they might be able to destroy this evil and protect this world. That was her final wish and as she saw the bodies of the Guardians, Prince and Princess vanish she knew it had come true. That was the only solace she had as her last breath left her and she fell.
The memory ended there as they all looked at one another remembering who they were and what they were reborn for.
"Mars." Jupiter cried throwing herself into the red heads waiting arms.
"Och Jupiter." Mars whimpered. "Aam so sorry, ah should never have furgoten ye."
"No, what matters is we remember now and we're together again."
"Aye." Mars nodded holding her all the tighter.
"Moon." Mercury breathed staring at his soul mate. "All this time you knew I was the boy from your dream. How could I forget you?"
"What matters is now you know." Moon assured taking the shocked boy in his arms.
"Now you know you were all reborn to stop Gothel, to save our friends, and the world." Pascal smiled.
"But," Sun suddenly whimpered. "Flynn, Eugene. They took him. We have to save him."
"And the other Guardians." Venus insisted. "Pluto, Uranus, Saturn and Neptune. We have to save them."
"And we will." Moon nodded. "But I think what we have to do first is save the other Guardians. The more we have on our side the better chance we stand. Plus, I'm not the only one to carry a Talisman."
"What does that mean?" Mercury wondered looking up at his lover.
"The outer Guardians," Pascal sighed taking over. "being so far away from their home left them weaker than those of you who were in the Sun. So using the power of their Planet Heart they created talismans that would channel power from the sun and their hearts making them even stronger than any of us. With them on Gothel's side we stand very little chance of defeating her. But if we can get them to remember us then we can save them and beat Gothel no problem."
"Use this." Tooth offered handing her son a golden cylinder.
"What is it?" Moon asked.
"It contains a bit of my power. Open it once they're all together and it will act as a guide in restoring their memories." She nodded. "This will make them remember themselves."
"Great." Mars scoffed keeping a firm hold of Jupiter. "Now we jist have tae find 'em."
"I wouldn't worry about that so much."
Startled they all turned to the door where the four Lords of Gothel stood smugly grinning at them, Lord Sea being at the front and the one who spoke.
"Because we're already here."
The final battle is coming and now that everyone knows who the Lords are this can get interesting… seriously what is it about this fanfiction. Anyway, let me know what you think. And remember, fanfiction authors need love too. Love you guys.