SailorStar9: After getting the prologue out, this is Chapter 1 of this fic. (Sighs) Guys and girls, is it too hard for you to leave a review, instead of just putting this fic up on your favorited list and story alerts?

Disclaimers: I own nothing, except for the plot bunny and my OC.

Chapter 1: Water Dancer

A nine-year-old Ami was twirling her index finger idly in the lake water. As if responding to her, the water turned faster and faster, Ami's bright blue eyes widened as she watched the water twist and turn. Smiling, she stilled her finger, and the water stopped moving.

Ami stared up at the ceiling of the infirmary and sighed, "It's been awhile since I had that dream." Sliding off the bed, she opened the window and breathed in the magically-rich air. "This place would be prefect for the girls as well... especially with the unrestricted magical lodes." Opening her palm, she conjured up spiraling orb of water. "Never in my wildest imagination could I have known this was possible." She breathed, the swirling liquid taking the form of an aquatic rose.

Outside, Gray stared wide-eyed as he watched the depowered Senshi play with the orb of water in her hand. "Water Dancer." He breathed as he continued his vigil, Ami had now formed two humanoid beings out of the condensed water.

"But if the girls had this much potential, then why didn't Luna up us past 'Star' level?" Ami continued her questions, unaware of her silent visitor.

"Because they were afraid of what the Immortal Eight were capable of." Gray made his presence known, his ice magic having turned Ami's Water Dancers into ice figurines; their hands grew to sharp pieces of ice and their bodies had ice spikes sticking out of them. "Concentrate, Water Dancer." He soothed. "You'll be surprised at what you're able to do."

Both mages shifted to one side before the Ice Dancers attacked, their ice hands flew off and shot out to attack the pair, their hands remade themselves before they shot again. The pair moved in perfect unison, dodging out of the way; with every twist and turn at each attack they threw at them, at each moment they took, the more they attacked.

Ami's eye snapped opened, her irises now like whirlpools, she leapt over the ice shards and summoned a whirlpool underneath the Ice Dancers' feet.

"I think we'll call that move 'Whirlpool Submission'." Gray joked, the watery vortex taking the Ice Dancers into its depths, the remaining ice dust blown out of the window. "Ul, my teacher," he took a seat on a nearby chair. "Used to tell me a story when I was younger; she told me a long time ago, the Sacred Waters gave birth to a Water Dancer, for when she battled, she would twist and turn as if she would be dancing, she was given a blood that all wanted, but unlike others who received gifts for their blood, she did not exploit her gifts, she did not take it for granted, she did not gloat about it. She told me she respected the lives of nature, animals, and humans alike. She never took more than what she needed; she would show light to those who have lost theirs. And because of her wise judgment, her soft but strong heart, her power to never give up and her will to protect the loves they loved; she was given the title of one of the Immortal Eight."

Ami smiled softly, ""So… You know what I am then?"

"You're not as powerless as you think." Gray insisted. "You could have prevented your Senshi powers from being stolen. Then why…"

"I can't…" Ami admitted. "You should know from those stories what will happen if anyone found out… They would just use me and in the end get rid of me…"

"Do you trust me?" Gray whispered, pulling her into a hug. "I think Ul, she knew that I'll cross paths with the Water Dancer one day; she made me swear that I'll use her magic to protect the Water Dancer."

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