Disclaimers: I do not own either the Harry Potter, Demonbane or Sailor Moon Franchises. I will be making extensive use of references to the works of H.P. Lovecraft and the associated authors of the expanded Cthulhu Mythos in this story, these works are not originally mine. I make no money from this or any of my other Fanfiction Stories.
Author's Note: Guest Reviewer "Darkon" on the original version of this story got most of the translations correct in the previous chapter. Syha'h translates to Eternity. "Throd, n'ghft-nyth, li'hee n'gha" translates roughly to "Tremble, servant of darkness, on pain of death." Thyoph is the Lovecraftian name for the planet in our Solar System that now only exists in the form of the Asteroid Belt between Mars and Jupiter. The words Dokkalfar and ljosalfar are actually of Ancient Norse origin and translate into English as "Dark Elves" and "Light Elves" respectively. Klorptovian is just something I made up for Luna to use to refer to Al Azif by in the same way she refers to all of her other made up creatures, it is essentially meaningless outside of this story.
And yes, I realize that Eternal Sailor Syha'h basically translates as Eternal Sailor Eternity :D
xXx Hogwarts Express xXx
xXx Azalea's Compartment xXx
Azalea found herself in a compartment surrounded by Al Azif, Hermione Granger, Luna Lovegood and Su Li, and for the first time could not be happier by the arrangement. There wasn't a single space for any boys to enter the compartment, and that was just fine with Azalea as she had not a single bit of interest in spending time with boys.
Her roommate Lavender Brown would probably call her a 'Witches Witch' and it was true enough. Boys were okay to look at, but they just gave her the shivers when in close proximity. It didn't help matters that Ron Weasley had practically forced himself into Azalea's friendship with Hermione, or that Hermione had confided that she had been developing feelings for the boy. The fact was Azalea was a lesbian and damn proud of it.
Suddenly the compartment door opened to reveal Draco Malfoy and his two bookends. "Lookee here boys, if it isn't Potter and the Glitter Brigade."
"What do you want Malfoy?" Azalea asked.
"I've just come to inform you that my Father is planning to draw up a betrothal contract between us…" Draco began speaking, but suddenly found himself interrupted…
"Hlirgh, Wgah'n shogg." Al Azif declared, causing everyone except Luna and Azalea to begin rubbing their temples at the sudden onset of a migraine.
Draco however suddenly screamed out in terror, "I-I can't see! I can't see!"
"Your vision will return... eventually. Advise your father that unless you want this to be permanent, or for something worse to happen to you, that he should drop any idea's of creating a Betrothal Contract between our houses. Now get out of my compartment." Azalea said as she stood up and slammed the compartment door shut in their faces.
"What language was that?" Su asked in pain.
"R'lyehian," Al stated.
"Oww… oh god, even the name of the language hurts," Hermione groaned.
"Well of course it does, it's not something that the human mind is properly capable of comprehending," Al stated.
"How was Azalea able to speak it then?" Hermione asked.
"Because she is the reincarnation of a Thyophian, and they ARE capable of comprehending it," Al said sarcastically.
"Oh… by the way, Mum… Your pet octopus was woken up in 1925."
"Huh?" Azalea inquired.
"Oh… right, you haven't gotten your memories back yet… okay, well R'lyehian is actually just the name people here on Earth use for the language of Thyoph. However R'lyeh is a real place here on earth and…" Al Azif began explaining only for something to click inside of Azalea's mind…
"Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn."
"Oh god… make it stop!" Hermione and Su said at the same time.
Luna chorused out "Dead, yet dreaming, Cthulhu waits in his palace in R'lyeh."
"You know Thyophian?" Azalea asked.
"No, that just happens to be the single most quoted bit of the language thanks to an interview I gave once to a guy named H.P. Lovecraft," Al Azif admitted.
"So he's awake then?" Azalea asked.
"No, he WAS awake. Went right back to sleep after the intruders on his Island left. He is sooo lazy," Al stated with a cheesy grin.
"Well better him than Azathoth I suppose." Azalea said having finally remembered the names of all her pets, "How is Nyaruko doing by the way?"
"Nyaruko?" everyone in the room except Al asked.
"Meh, last I heard she had started a harem for some kid in Japan out of boredom." Al said.
"I see," Azalea said. With that said the group of girls lapsed into a somewhat uncomfortable silence for the remainder of the train ride.
xXx King's Cross Station xXx
"Azalea-dear, aren't you coming with us to the Muggle side of the platform?" Molly Weasley inquired.
"No, I'm fine Mrs. Weasley, I just have to call Dobby and I will be on my way to where I am staying for the summer," Azalea said. Al Azif was hugging her side looking around the area a tad-bit nervously.
"Well, if you're sure, dear?" Molly persisted.
"Don't worry Mrs. Weasley, everything will be just fine," Azalea said.
Molly nodded and led her family through the barrier. Once they were gone, Azalea called Dobby to take Al and her to the Manor.
xXx A Few Days Later xXx
"What are you reading Al?" Azalea inquired.
"Japanese Newspaper," Al said.
"Any particular reason why?"
"Oh, it's just that apparently you aren't the only Senshi to have been reincarnated recently. Though I do have to wonder who thought the name 'Sailor V' was a good disguise for their true Senshi identity," Al said as she laid the newspaper on the table to display the large picture of the Senshi in question.
"Oh god, how tacky," Azalea criticized the girls modified Senshi uniform.
"Yeah and get this, apparently another one just showed up in Azabu-Juuban. Calls herself Sailor Moon," Al said amusedly.
"Does the Moon even qualify as a planet sufficiently to have its own Senshi?" Azalea asked. Al had finally gotten around to explaining the rules her past life had set up for the Senshi system in the cosmos. Each planet populated with a sentient species in the universe was supposed to have an associated Senshi to protect it. However some planets were excluded for one reason or another. Earth, for example, was excluded for the fact that it was where Azalea had built the city of R'lyeh to house Cthulhu, any Senshi who drew power from the Earth would be driven insane by his presence on the planet.
"I… I don't know. It didn't originally, that is for sure," Al stated.
"Hmmm… I think we need to visit Japan. See these Senshi for ourselves. It is still early in the summer, we can be back in time for Hogwarts easily," Azalea said.
"Sounds good to me," Al said.
"Dobby?" Azalea called out.
"Yes milady?" the House-Elf inquired.
"I need you to go to Gringotts and get me a Muggle Debit Card that is usable in Japan and which is linked directly to the Potter Accounts here in England. Then return here so that you can take us to Japan," Azalea stated.
Dobby nodded and disappeared in a pop.
"Let's go pack," Azalea said as she grabbed her daughter's hand and they raced out of the room to grab enough things to survive in Japan.
xXx Azabu-Juuban xXx
"You know… I just realized. I don't actually know how to speak Japanese," Azalea said as they looked around the town in awe.
"No worries. Senshi are all natural polyglots." Al stated smugly.
"So when I speak…" Azalea started to say.
"Unless you specifically intend for something not to be translated, then whatever you say will be heard in the language your audience best understands," Al explained.
"Convenient. Now let us see here, this is the picture you found of that Sailor…" Azalea started speaking as she lifted up one of the few photographs of Sailor Moon to currently exist, however as she did so she caught sight of something that had her quickly looking from the picture in front of her to the girl across the street walking in the opposite direction.
"What the freaking hell?" Azalea asked in horror.
Al looked at what had caught her mother's interest for a moment and was about to say something to her when she did a complete spit take. "Oh my gods…"
What had the two of them so upset was that when Azalea transformed, her hair that normally flowed unrestricted down her back to just above her bum transformed itself into a rather elaborate plait that wrapped around the front of her head and had a rather long portion trailing off of to the left side of her face. Azalea also wore glasses when not in her Senshi uniform or Princess outfit which added to the effect. This girl however, apparently made no overt changes to her normal hairstyle when she transformed.
"I think… we may have a situation where the entire current generation of Senshi have nearly no idea how to protect their identities beyond the costume. Even Superman's disguise is better than that…" Azalea said stiffly.
"Clark Kenting at its finest here, folks!" Al stated in a humored tone of voice.
"Come on, let us see where she is headed," Azalea said as the two set off to follow the girl.
xXx Hikawa Shrine xXx
"Mum, I am sensing the energy of four Senshi inside this place," Al stated.
"Interestinger and interestinger," Azalea said, "Let's go introduce ourselves to the locals."
As they got closer they overheard the voices of four girls talking to each other about the recent attacks by something called the Dark Kingdom.
Upon rounding the corner they discovered a girl with oddly blue hair, a raven haired beauty, a brunette and the blonde from earlier. There was also an odd black cat with a crescent moon symbol on her forehead.
The raven haired girl looked up and asked "Yes, can I help you?"
"That depends, what planets do you each represent?" Azalea asked.
Every single one of them, even the cat, blinked at that question, however none of them spoke.
"Let me see, blondie there is obviously the representative of the Moon… how that happened I haven't the foggiest idea. Brunette-chan over there feels like Jupiter to me. Miko-chan feels like Mars. But I can't place the girl with blue hair." Al Azif counted off on her fingers.
The cat oddly decided to speak up at this point, which sadly wasn't really the oddest thing that Azalea had ever seen in her life, not by a longshot, "Who are the two of you?"
"I am Sailor Syha'h, and the girl by my side is Al Azif." Azalea introduced.
The cat's mouth dropped open in shock, "B-but, you're a myth… a legend. You can't exist."
"Every legend has a basis in fact, kittycat," Azalea stated snidely.
"Luna, who is this?" the girl identified as a Miko inquired.
"If she is being truthful, then she is the very first Sailor Senshi to have ever come into existence, so long ago into the past that it is pseudo-history. All of your powers are based on hers," Luna explained.
"Well… maybe if you dumb down her powers substantially, then yes, possibly," Al stated smugly.
"Are you our enemy or our ally?" the girl with blue hair inquired.
"Hmm…. you know… I hadn't really planned this trip out that far in advance. We kind of showed up here on a spur of the moment decision to check out the local Senshi." Azalea admitted.
Just then a really grungy looking member of the Shrine's staff came round the corner, both Azalea and Al took one look at the guy and shrieked in terror both running behind the nearest tree to hide from the abomination, much to the amusement of the other girls.
Once he was gone they came back out and Azalea said "Keep that abomination of fashion away from us."
This caused the other girls to break out in laughter.
"I wonder what their opinion of Tuxedo Kamen would be?" the brunette inquired.
"Who?"
"Mysterious guy in a tuxedo, cape, top-hat and mask that likes to throw roses at his enemies," the bluenette supplied.
"I think that we just learned what would happen if a Sailor Crystal had formed on Earth," Al Azif said.
"What is a Sailor Crystal?" the blonde inquired.
Azalea shrugged before tapping the brooch on her chest, which looked similar yet different to the one on the blonde's chest. As soon as she did the lid on the brooch seemed to melt away revealing a crystal.
Luna shrieked out "THE SILVER CRYSTAL?"
"Ah… no. This is the Platinum Monarch Crystal. What the hell is the Silver Crystal?" Azalea inquired.
"It… well it's that… except… not." Luna stated.
Al Azif sighed saying "Let me guess. When Thyoph was destroyed, some bozo got it into their head to try to completely duplicate the powers of Thyoph's Princess, which is where the Silver Crystal came from? Let me further guess that the bozo in question was one of the former rulers of the Moon?"
Luna had the grace to look sheepish at those questions.
"Thought so. And why are looking for it when it is right in front of you?" Al Azif inquired.
Everyone's heads snapped up to look at Al in confusion.
"Well… it's obvious isn't it? A Sailor Crystal such as the one I am wearing is the direct source of power for any Senshi in existence. So it stands to reason that in order for there to be a Sailor Moon, that she is powered by the Sailor Crystal of the Moon." Azalea explained.
Luna stood and walked over to the nearest wall and proceeded to bash her head against it. The answer was so obvious once someone said it aloud.
"So… does that mean that the Moon Princess is Usagi-chan?" the brunette inquired.
Azalea looked at the blonde and asked "Your mother really named you 'bunny'?"
Usagi nodded before saying "Oh! We haven't introduced ourselves. I'm Usagi Tsukino, and as you know I am Sailor Moon."
"Hi, I'm Rei Hino, also known as Sailor Mars," the Miko introduced.
"I'm Makoto Kino, Sailor Jupiter," the brunette stated happily.
"And I am Ami Mizuno, or Sailor Mercury," the bluenette said.
"Mum, I think we've discovered another anomaly," Al stated as she looked curiously at Ami.
"Hmmm…. well it's possible that life can survive that close to the sun, though highly unlikely." Azalea concluded.
Everyone there looked at the two of them oddly, "Senshi rules. Only planets with a sentient population of some sort are allowed Senshi. Actually… Al-chan, did anything ever come of my experiment into creating a pet that was actually able to draw power from the magic of the planet itself?"
"Oh kami, you created the Types?" Luna asked fearfully.
"Is that what you call my Aristotelians?" Azalea inquired.
"No one has ever been able to reason with them." Luna said.
"Not true. V/V-chan is highly reasonable. And sorry Mum, I had to transport them to another universe. They were causing havoc here. Zelretch-san has of course extended an invitation to you anytime you decide you want to compare pranks," Al explained.
"Pranks?" everyone asked.
"I consider the Cthulhu Mythos cute pets. Of course he wants to compare prank notes," Azalea stated.
"I think my brain just malfunctioned, but did you just imply that the Cthulhu Mythos is REAL?" Ami inquired.
"Of course," Azalea said happily, "Though I still haven't figured out what a Snorkack actually is."
"Please let the Dark Kingdom attack soon, so that I can have some sense of normalcy back!" begged Rei.
"What is the Cthulhu Mythos?" Usagi asked.
"No… no… don't... oh Kami, you didn't did you?" Luna, Rei, Ami and Makoto asked in agony.
"I am lead to understand that in Japan, tentacle rape is a highly popular form of pornography? Well the Cthulhu Mythos is a lot like that… only they're more about mind rape than sexual rape…"
"Well actually, I called up Nyaruko-chan. Seems she actually finally managed to score," Al Azif stated.
"Good, took the poor girl long enough," Azalea stated.
"She says Cthuko-chan is still trying to get in her pants though."
"Well, that girl did always take after me." Azalea said sadly.
"Wait… you're talking about members of the Cthulhu Mythos as if they are human?" Ami asked.
"They can, if they chose to, take human form. Most feel it beneath them, but several of them have decided to emulate their mother, at least for a lifetime or two every couple of centuries," Al stated, "Oh, and despite what has been said in various works of fiction, all of the first generation members of the Mythos are female. Cthulhu himself is something like a fourth generation, I think."
"I thought you were referring to Cthulhu when you mentioned Cthuko-chan?" Rei asked.
"Oh no, that is Cthugha. Totally different individuals," Azalea said swiftly, "Actually, the first three letters, C, T, and H were something I used rather frequently when naming my pets… There are five Great Old Ones with those three letters, one Outer God, and the entire Cthonian species…"
"I have to admit, I am impressed not one of you has complained of a headache after all the alien words we have spoken today," Al stated amusedly.
"I think it is something in the translation powers of the Senshi that you mentioned Al, I think they are just more easily able to process the insanity of those words than most humans are capable of," Azalea stated.
"As good an answer as I could have come up with," Ami admitted, she truly was the brains of the outfit.
A popping sound was heard and the girls all blinked at the bizarre creature they were seeing, "Milady, Headmaster Beardsies be inquiring after you. He wishes you to returnses home immediately."
"He can go to hell. I doubt any of Voldemort's people or anyone else is likely to follow me all the way around the world. No one but me would have thought to use a House Elf instead of a Portkey and those things are damn expensive for such long trips. There was a reason I had waited till everyone else was gone before calling you to the platform," Azalea said authoritatively, "Tell him I will be back in time for School, but in the meantime I am going to enjoy my vacation."
"Yes'm," Dobby said as he disappeared with another pop.
"What was that?" Rei asked in a cautious tone of voice.
"My butler?" Azalea said as if she didn't quite buy her answer.
"No it wasn't, that was a Brownie," Luna said.
"He prefers House Elf, if you don't mind," Al stated snootily.
"Do the Dokkalfar and Ljosalfar know that the Brownies are calling themselves that?" Luna asked.
Azalea grinned and said "I seem to recall someone else asking that question rather recently."
Al had the decency to blush.
