souna no miko
Disclaimer: Sailor Moon and all original characters mentioned in this story is owned by the great Takeuchi Naoko. There is no way I would claim them as my own. The song/s that will be used as part of the story are not mine either, they are owned by their respective writers and singers.
Chapter 16 The DreamSomewhere in the ancient ruins of the celestial kingdom, Psyche the third general of Akashtra was sleeping soundly inside her chamber. She was dreaming a peculiar dream where in the celestial palace with all its glory is still standing tall, and the royal family was still alive. Looking around her she saw a tall young lady about 16 years of age with long brown hair wearing a long light yellow gown and was playing with the young prince. Psyche was wondering as to how she could recognize the faces of the royal family, most especially the young Prince Endymion whom she has never met before. She was standing in front of them and yet they cannot see her, it's as if she was invisible. She walked towards them to watch the young girl and the young prince play and quietly listened to their giggles and laughter. Suddenly Queen Cagalli arrived carrying the fragile baby princess in her arms. The girl and the prince approached the Queen and gave their respects. Psyche watched as the Queen of Earth hands over the baby Princess to her son and called for the girl. Curiosity overwhelming Psyche, she followed them to the throne room.
"Why did you call for me my Queen?"
"Callisto, what is your duty in my court?"
"Uhmm...my duty is to make sure that the prince and princess are well taken care of."
Queen Cagalli smiled as she replied,
"I called for you so you will know the true reason as to why you are a part of my court. Callisto, I know you are well aware that our kingdom thrives in the power and protection of the celestial crystal, without it our world will see its end. Only a maiden with a pure heart could become the crystal's keeper and you are aware that I was chosen to become its keeper long before I became Queen, correct?"
Callisto nodded in response.
"My daughter has been chosen to become its new keeper but she is too young to handle such a task, therefore the gods have chosen a temporary keeper to take care of the crystal until my daughter is able to take on the responsibility and that chosen maiden is you."
The Queen closed her eyes and stretched her hands infront of her. A transparent crystal appeared and it shined brightly than the sun.
"Callisto, take good care of the crystal and when Persephone reaches the age of 18 give her the crystal and stay by her side to help her create a peaceful and better world for all of us."
The crystal floated towards Callisto and the young girl accepted it graciously.
Psyche was awed at what she has just seen. Suddenly everything around her became black and in nothingness she stood alone.
"I wonder where I am now." Psyche whispered to no one in particular.
Then in an instant she was back at the palace's throne room. This time the room was full of people, people in black dresses and tuxedos. She looked up and saw Callisto standing beside the seven-year old princess and the twelve-year old prince. Psyche looked closely at the princess and saw her crying in her brother's arms who was holding her protectively. Somehow Psyche knew that the prince was simply putting up at face, never shedding a single tear. She looked around her and noticed that everyone in the room were either crying, bawling or just plain sad. She listened to their conversations and discovered that the King and Queen were killed in an accident. After discovering that, Psyche suddenly felt something that bothered her and made her wonder. She was feeling sad and sorry for the young prince and princess. Her heart ached at the sight of the crying princess and the brave prince who refused to shed a tear for his parent's death. She wanted to run to them and comfort them as much as she could. Soon tears fell from Psyche's eyes, unnoticed.
Her surroundings suddenly became black and once again she was alone in the middle of nothingness.
"Psyche...."
Someone suddenly called to her. It was a warm, comforting voice she knew she had heard before.
"Who are you?" Psyche asked as black flame came out from her right hand.
"Why the tears my dear child?"
Psyche's eyes grew big in shock as she quickly touched her face, finally feeling the dampness of her face and the coldness of her tears. She quickly wipes them away with the back of her hand.
"So I have tears in my eyes who cares?! Look, I'm a black flame user and I know a number of black magic so I hope you know who you're dealing with."
"Black magic is not what you used to have my dear girl"
"What do you mean?!"
A young woman with long black hair, wearing a virginal white gown appeared. She stretched her hands towards Psyche as she said,
"Come with me and you shall see what I mean and from there you decide whatever you would want to do and whoever you would want to serve."
Psyche reluctantly took the woman's hand but something deep inside of her trusted the woman. Slowly she lifted her arms and placed her hand on the elegant woman's hand and they both disappeared.
Tsuzuku…