Tokyo Rose & The Princess of Mercury
Chapter 11: Tales of A Past Life
I'm sure you all knew I was gonna do that, right? Lacy
being Tokyo Rose...oh well. Thanx to Jade, Kitty Kat,
and Senshi-chan. Jade for doing my indexes and being a
geeod friend. Kitty Kat for being a brat and a good
friend. And Senshi-chan for having such a nice site
and being a good friend, too! Luv you guys! No own SM,
k? How many times do I have to tell you? I'm just a
poor, ghetto white girl from Nap Town USA, k??? K!
Lacy stood there, her face half hidden by the night,
and simply looked at the Scouts like they should have
known.. She was pale, again...
The scouts looked from Mercury, to Lacy, and back to
Mercury. "You knew it was Lacy?" Sailor Moon asked.
A small smile formed on Mercury's lips as she looked at
her sister. "Always have..."
"I guess I have some explaining to do, yes?" Lacy
asked, breaking Mercury's gaze. The others nodded.
"Than, where are we going to talk?"
Everyone looked around. They didn't know where to go.
Rei's grandfather had company over that week for a
training session. Mina's apartment was a wreck, they
couldn't go there. Serena didn't even mention her
house in fear of Sammy and her parents waking up. Ami
said they could go to her house.
When they reached Ami's house, Lacy walked over the
couch and fell face first on it. But she soon sat up
so the others could also have a place to sit.
When every one had settled down, Lacy asked," Where do
you want me to begin?"
Rei looked at her. "At the very beginning."
"Ok," Lacy said, closing her eyes to remember
everything in her past. "Just like you, I was born in
the Silver Millenium. In that life, I was known by the
middle name I have now: Alexandria. Every one called
me Allie. I was a princess, just like you five. But, I
was the princess of Earth."
Serena looked at her more intensely than the others.
"Then, that means, you and Endymion would have
been..." she trailed off.
"Related?" Serena nodded at Lacy's question. "We were.
I was his younger sister. That's why, when I
transform, our uniforms are so similar. But, when he
was born here, it was fate that declared he be alone.
We weren't related again, which broke my heart when I
found out."
"But, why were you Ami sisters in this life?" Mina
asked.
"Simple. Just because fate said Darien had to be
alone, didn't mean I couldn't be born. So, I was born
with the scout who had the same birthday as me: Sailor
Mercury. We looked so much alike, it would work.
Besides, the Mercurians and Earthlings were family.
Thousands of years before the fight with Beryl, the
kingdoms were joined by marriage. The planets became
cousins.
"Before you ask, yes, there was a reason I was brought
back. But, unlike you destiny, mine is some what
bleaker. The new enemy, whom I believe is Jedite, will
die by my hand. However, I will also die to his. This
is what fate has chosen my path to be and I am not
afraid." Lacy stopped and looked at Ami. "I'm sorry
Ami. I didn't mean to scare you by not going to the
treatments. I knew that cancer would not take my
life."
The others were silent. They friend had just told them
she was going to die.
"Can we prevent it?" Serena asked.
"No," Lacy answered calmly. "This is fate. And you can
not change it. No matter what you do." Tears were
beginning to form in her eyes as she spoke. But, she
didn't let them fall. This is when the others realized
she lied when she said she wasn't afraid of death.
Besides, Ami had already told Lita otherwise.
"Well, what about the silver crystal?" Darien asked.
"Wouldn't that keep you from dying?"
Lacy thought for a moment. "No. The crystal only
protects those of the Royal Moon family. Only when a
member of that family has been drained of their energy
by the silver crystal, will they be given a wish. But,
most times, that person will die. Or come very close
to it."
They were silent again. They couldn't just stand by
and let Lacy die and do nothing. But, what could they
do? They had already learned that fate is something
you can't change no matter how hard you tried. You
can't out run it, alter it, nothing.
After the meeting, Lacy left to go back to Andrew's
apartment. Silently, she snuck back inside and laid in
the bed. She closed her eyes when she saw Andrew come
out of the bath room.
"LACY!" He yelled. She pretended to wake up.
"What?" She asked sleepily.
"I thought you had left," he said, climbing in next to
her. He wrapped his arms around her waist to pull her
closer.
"Left? I didn't leave. You must have been dreaming,"
she said, smiling up at him.
"I was sure you had," Andrew started, but Lacy cut him
off with a kiss.
She looked into his green eyes, almost pleadingly, for
something. But she didn't know what. *I'm gonna die
within the next few days* she thought to herself. *I
should make the most of what little time I have left.
But, can I be so selfish as to hurt Andrew like this?*
She didn't know the answer so she laid her head on his
chest. He gently stroked her face with his hand as she
laid there.
"Lacy," Andrew said. "How come a very pretty girl like
you doesn't have a guy in your life?"
Lacy smiled sadly. "Destiny wouldn't allow it."
Andrew looked at her. "Huh?"
Lacy smiled again. "Never mind. I guess I just didn't
want a guy until I found the one. Some one I could
rely on. I saw what my parents went through, and I
decided then and there, I didn't want to go through
that. I refused to put myself in that position."
Andrew nodded his head in agreement. He also knew what
it was like to be betrayed, even if she didn't. "Lacy,
i know you have cancer and refuse to go to treatments
for it." He could feel her tense up in his arms. "I
also know you won't have long to live because of it.
But, I still want to keep you with me while you're
here. I won't leave you just as long as you don't
leave me."
A tear finally made it's way down Lacy's face. She
looked up at Andrew and kissed him...
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Heather "Lita" McCoy
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