Sailor Moon Awakening


The guardian spirits of the elements will come one after the other to call the chosen ones to do battle...
-Prophesy of the Sol Codex

Chapter 5, Spirits



Kuroi stands in the middle of the control room of the ship. His black cape moves slowly in the waves of dark energy that emanate from his dark master.

"My lord, Komotte failed."
"He did manage to rid us of the moon warrior, did he not Kuroi?"
"He did not, She lives and now her companions quest for the Sword of Light."
"That weapon disappeared one hundred thousand years ago."
"My lord you forget I can see all things past and many things present. The sword was last used almost fifteen hundred years ago by a young king named Auther. After his death it was eventually returned to the Holy Land."
"Good It will stay there, for I know that the last gate to the Holy Land was sealed thousands of years ago."
"I still worry my lord."

Mamoru sits in a worn chair not far from Usagi's side.

"Wake up. You must wake up." He whispers as he runs his fingers through her hair. Her hair, it was beautiful, so soft, so long, and now that it was not in those two odango that she always wore it in it flowed like silk through his fingers. How he missed those odangos. In a way her hair defined who she was. Carefree, unique, caring, how could he live without her. He remembered all their times together, and those times apart. So much had happened, he remembered the times that he had been taken away, or changed, or even just pushed her aside 'even though at the time he thought it was for her own good'. He thought of the pain he felt for her, and how she must have felt for him those several times he had caused her pain in the past. She was so much stronger than she seemed, and Mamoru began to have a new appreciation for the girl he was beginning to feel more and more that he did not deserve.

One by on the other girls start to arrive. After they all are there Kioku also shows up.

"Now what do we do?" Rei asked.
"We must retrieve the five crystals." Kioku answered.
"I know!" Rei shot back. "You already told us that, but how? We don't even know where they are. Or anything about them."
"There were originally eight crystals, and I am here to guide you."

Everyone turned to face the speaker. She floated almost three feet off the ground. From the waste up she looked like a beautiful young girl. From the waste down she looked like a fish. Her skin was a deep blue. Her eyes were the same color, and so wet she almost looked like she was crying. He hair was long and blue mixed with green. It covered her bare back and her chest.

"I am called Undine, I am the elemental spirit of water. But for you to best understand, I had better start from the beginning.

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"In the time before the beginning there existed all things in a state of nothing. From energy all things come, and to energy most things return. From this pool of energy game two minds, each willing itself into existence and each creating itself to outwardly resemble its own mind. These two were Sol the goddess of light, and Umbra the dark lich. These two were as the best and worst parts of the same thing, so alike were there minds that only the twisted evil of Umbra so hideously altered his likeness away from his sister. There first meeting began all things and an order of things came, with this order was born Chronos lord of time and space. He the younger of the self created ones chose to take no part in the events to come other than maintaining the order of time and to keep a direct meeting of the two powers from happening. Unable to meet face to face each created eight servants. Sol the eight spirits that govern the elements, and Umbra eight demons to take the power of the elements into themselves and release it into chaos. And thus began the creating war. The demons stole from the energy in the cauldron and thrust it at there enemies. While the eight spirits freely took this energy and released it into the hands of there mistress. from these she created eight orbs and eight crystals. One orb and one Crystal for each of the eight, Fire, Water, Earth, Wind, Wood, Moon, Light, and Darkness. The crystals she used to trap the demons of Umbra, but Umbra stole the Dark Crystal and feed the life of his greatest demon into it. Using the dark crystals energy he shattered the eight globes sending the energy of the eight elements off into nothingness where they left there mark by creating this universe. In the confusion Sol created a gate to another world, a world of darkness and into it she sealed the dark lich Umbra and with him the dark crystal. With the dark lich gone the goddess of light began to have visions, and often fell into trances. All of what she said was recorded in the Sol Codex, it is a record of what will, may, or must be. After its completion she fell into a great sleep and turned herself into a tree. Greater detail of these events and others including the forging of the Sword of Light may be found in the Litorien, or the book of light, but none who still live can read its letters. Maybe some day I will let you see these writings, but for now you must know of your quests.

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"Quests?" Ami was the first to speak since the appearance on Undine
"Yes" Undine stated "To enter the land and retrieve the sword one by one the five crystals must be found, and the demon within it defeated. After this there power can be used to open the gate to the Holly Land. There were originally eight but the crystal of wood, and the crystal of darkness are destroyed, while you already possess the strongest the crystal of the moon. Being that Dolan the moon demon was long ago defeated by Queen Serenity.

"I have often wondered this." Rei almost tripped over the words "but how is the moon the strongest?"
"Moon is not a true element it is light which shines among darkness. It is earth and tide. It is beauty and love. It is that which none fully understand yet is adored."
"I see" Rei whispered
"But now for why I am here. I must lead the Lady of Mercury on the first quest. Where she will meet the water crystal, and the god demon Fiegmund."


Author: Greg of the 3rd Rainbow Crystal