Hi, hi! Cosmos here! This is my first fanfic so please
bare with me here. This fanfic takes place after the
defeat of Galaxia and Chaos in the Sailor Moon Manga.
For those who have never read the manga, you may not
understand somethings. First of all, there will be many
places in the story that mentions The Cauldron of the
Stars. According to the manga, that is where all the
Sailor Soldiers are born. Perhaps, to better understand
the story, you should go and read the Sailor Moon Manga.
However, it is not really necessary since this is a story
in itself.
Please, anyone, email me and tell me what you think of
it. Since I want to improve on my fanfic writing I
could sure use outside inputs. Critiques or praises
are welcomed! Just email me at ml_eclipse@hotmail.com
Oh, by the way, everyone knows that Sailor Moon and all
the characters of Sailor Moon does not belong to me. It
belongs to a magical kingdom known as Kodansha/Toei and
to the princess Naoko Takeuchi.
Well, enough of my babbling and let the show begin....!
<< >> = thoughts or anything else in italics
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Let not thy divining heart
Forthink me any ill,
Destiny may take thy part,
And may thy fears fulfill;
But think that we
Are but turned aside to sleep;
They who one another keep
Alive, ne'er parted be.
Serenity's Legend
Part I: Dawn of the Quest
A lone figure strolls through a deserted city, her long
white cape flowing like smooth ocean waves behind her.
Empty of any life, the skeletons of devastated buildings
portray the only evidence that life was once abundant in
this desolate wasteland. Dark sunken voids look out from
the windows of these shattered buildings, providing the
only audience to welcome home this solitary soldier. The
emptiness and silence weighs heavily on her soul and mind,
suffocating her. So deafening is the silence around her that
she instinctively reaches up to cover her ears with her hands.
A crude pungent smell of burning flesh reaches her nostrils,
burning her throat as it slowly drifts into her lungs.
Somewhere, far in the distance, faint sounds of thunder
can be heard. She lifts her eyes and gaze toward the distant
dark clouds, but no sign of rain can be seen. She should have
known better, those noises were not thunder, but something far
worse. Her body shivers as if a cold wind had blown by her. She
lets her gaze drop on the distant horizon where a small peak of
a shimmering object can be seen. Slowly she walks toward the
object. Her pace is slow but steady as she picks her way
through the path of destruction left by an unknown enemy.
As she continues toward that distant peak, she is aware
of something red at the corner of her eye. She turns her
head and realizes that the object is a faint red ribbon
waving desolately in the wind. Suddenly her heartbeat quickens:
[flashback]
<< "Hurry! Just go!" said a girl in purple.
"But..." she cried.
"Look you are the only one who can do this. Don't worry about
us, we'll be able to hold out until you return."
"Yeah! You BETTER hurry, we don't have all day waiting here
for you!" >>
"No," she breathes. "Let it not be so!"
She races toward the ribbon while her mind runs wild with
excuses that this cannot be what she thinks it is.
<< This is probably only a piece of cloth from the buildings >>...she
is within 5 feet...<< probably only a red marker >>...she is now
within 2 feet and she can barely make out, beneath a huge gray
cement block, two legs with one red shoe still on the left foot...
<< God no, it cannot be >>...she freezes, her heart battering within
its cage, her mind screaming until she is sure that all the world
can hear it...<< cannot be >>...a large sparkling tear slides down her
cheek...my dear friend.
Another crystal tear rolls down her cheek. She struggles desperately
to keep her vision clear, but the tears only kept coming, one after
another, until her eyes are flooded with the sorrow in her trembling
soul. She can feel her knees give way beneath her. She launched
herself at the huge cement block upon the body. With all her strength,
she heaved the heavy gray block off the body while her soul cries out
in sorrow. She grabs the body, violently shaking it as if her forceful
action would bring her friend back.
"Oh God, why did this happen? Why? WHY?!" She lifts her sad beautiful
face, pale as moonlight, stained with crystal tears, upward to the ominous
gray sky. Her eyes burning with intense hatred, accusing the sky as if
it is the cause of her friends death. She gives a heart-wrenching scream,
something that comes from deep within her soul. "NOOOoooooo!" She screams,
screaming until her lungs were burning, her voice growing hoarse. Until
she can scream no more. The skeletons of ruined buildings surrounding her
seem to echo her pain as her scream is reverberated through the entire
city. Bent over, she sobs uncontrollably over the dead body.
Slowly she gathers the lifeless body and swung it over her shoulder. She
continues on her way toward the peak, but now her heart is in pieces.
Finally, she reaches the object where the visible small peak revealed an
immense building all covered in thick shining crystal. Obviously distance
has played a trick on her eyes, making them believe that the peak of this
great building was only a small object. She steps through the crystal wall
as if it was not there. Inside, her pace quickens as she heads toward a
magnificent white marble staircase leading down towards the heart of the
building; carrying the heavy body she descends into the heart of the crystal
palace. She reaches a large white door ornate with curious designs of strange
battles fought long ago. Creatures of myth are found on these designs; one
design has a small young maiden tenderly holding the head of a magnificent
white horse with large wings and a golden horn. Another image has a tall
young woman with two pointed balls on her head from which trails long flowing
pink hair. The young woman is portrayed as kneeling with her head bent under
an upheld crown of delicate designs. Oblivious to the multitudes of images,
the lone soldier speaks out in a stern command to the door, "Door of Eternity
allow me entry!" Upon the last word, the door began to rumble and
shake as it opens its huge gates to reveal an immense room hidden behind it.
The hot white light reflected off dazzling crystal walls races out and
catches her eyes, momentarily blinding her, but after a few quick blinks
her eyes grow accustom to the intense brightness of the room.
Her mind motions her to go, but her body hesitates. For a few moments, she
simply stood there as if fearing of what lies within the room. She can feel
tears beginning to surge to the surface of her eyes. She
struggles with her emotions. Finally, for what seems like an eternity,
she clenches her fist and takes a determine step inside. The content of
the room opens before her, and now it is understood why she had hesitated.
Unfolded before her wavering gaze, hovering steadily in the air, five crystal
coffins are laid out in two parallel rows expanding across the width of
the room. The bodies of five dead soldiers were laid inside it long ago.
She walks down between the rows, her eyes flickering from one coffin to
the next. << Sailor Jupiter...Sailor Uranus...Sailor Neptune...Sailor
Mercury...Sailor Venus...>> her mind numbly calls out their names...
"And Sailor Mars," she says as she reaches the end of the row. She raises
her arm before the empty space, and as she slowly opens her hand, a bright
light cuts through the floor rising up through the ceiling. The light
increases in intensity as it reaches the body of Sailor Mars, bathing
her body in red light. Once the light disappeared Mars's body is sealed
within a crystal coffin similar to the others. She stood there awhile,
staring at Mars vacantly. Her mysterious azure-colored eyes darken
with the intensity of her grief, and anger to those who did this to her
friends. The longer she stood there, the darker her blue eyes became
until fiery blue flames of vengeance can be seen in them. If her
friends had lived to see her now, they would not recognize her through
the rage that is threatening to consume her soul. Never before has
this soldier been succumbed to such emotions. Suddenly her eyes soften
to a sad dull blue as she went to the distant corner of the room where
another, a sixth crystal coffin is seen. "Darien...," a sad sigh
escaped her mouth as she stood gazing tenderly at the body of a man in a
velvet lavender cape and tuxedo. << And I never had a chance to say
goodbye. >> Suddenly she heard faint breathing nearby, and a weak voice
calling out to her from a distant corner of the room, "Sailor...Cosmos."
Cosmos instantly recognizes the voice, "Eternal Sailor Saturn?! Saturn,
where are you?" Her heartbeat quickens and she gazes frantically about
the room, looking for her friend.
"Over here," a bare whisper is heard. Cosmos turns around and sees a
slender hand with delicate fingers moving at the base of Uranus' coffin.
Quickly, she rushes over and holds Saturn's frail body within her arms.
Cosmos's mouth opens but no audible sound can be heard from it; so shocked
is she by the sight of the pool of blood around her friend and Saturn's
torn bow and skirt that she cannot speak. The young girl's face is smeared
in blood with deep cuts on her cheeks and forehead. Saturn looks up at
Cosmos's face with sad purple eyes, eyes that contain more wisdom than
her young face may portray. She has skin unlike any other Cosmos has seen.
Her translucent skin is so pale that it almost looks white, highlighting
her purple eyes and rosy lips, giving her young face a unique beauty that
is both sad and mysterious. Saturn attempts a faint smile but the pain
stops her.
"What has happened to you?" Sailor Cosmos cried. "What had happened to
Mars? I thought you said you were able to hold out. Why did you lie to
me?! Why did you two attempt to hold ground when you knew you couldn't?"
"It was the only way to get you to go," Saturn whispered with pain, "to
the past."
"I'm so sorry," Cosmos cried. "I could not make her do it. I could not
make her destroy the cauldron of the stars." Saturn simply smiles, though
with much pain in her heart and her body. Cosmos's eyes widen, "You knew,
didn't you? You knew that Eternal Sailor Moon would never destroy it,
didn't you? But why, if you knew it was a hopeless mission, then why
risk yourselves so that I can return to the past?"
"The journey was more to teach you, then to prevent the Sailor Wars,"
Saturn whispers. "When you became Sailor Cosmos, there is one thing deep
inside yourself that you lost. You had forgotten your confidence and
determination; you had forgotten the light of hope. But Eternal Sailor
Moon had not. Therefore, the only way to have you remember was to have
you confront Sailor Moon herself. And I see that that confrontation had
helped you."
"Yes," Cosmos whispers sadly. Once again she sees Eternal Sailor Moon,
a look of innocence and hope lightens her face, as she stood before the
cauldron facing Chaos. Sailor Moon's voice echoes in her mind, "We want
to always live together, and together we will make our own future. The
light of hope in our hearts and the love that we share with each other
will guide us through any hardship that we will encounter. Together
the Sailor Soldiers will triumph and peace WILL come."
"Such strength, such hope and life..." Cosmos whispers. "Indeed she was
strong, Saturn. Stronger than I will ever be. Even confronting such
danger as Chaos herself, Sailor Moon still wanted to live her life,
and to continue to believe in the future of this universe, a belief
that I have lost long ago, along with the death of our friends," Cosmos
whispers in a tone of intense sadness, and utter desolation.
"I know this will be extremely hard for you Cosmos, but your destiny
will lead you to encounter the past once again."
"What?! Are you telling me to go to the past again? Are you mad?"
exclaimed Cosmos.
Saturn nods in silent confirmation.
"Is that a nod as in 'Yes you have to go back to the past or Yes I
am mad'?" Cosmos asks cockily.
"Hold your peace and listen!" Saturn said impatiently, her eyes for a
moment flash darkly. "I fear I don't have much time, so just listen!
Do you remember how Chaos appears to mainly target King Endymion in
every battle? I have always wondered why Sailor Chaos was so deeply
interested to see to it that Darien is eliminated. Perhaps she knows
something that we do not know, Cosmos. And something that Darien
himself doesn't know either."
"And the way Darien died," Cosmos says silently. She can remember
the event as clearly as if it had happened only moments before, not
years before. It was during an intense battle against one of Chaos's
minions, when suddenly Tuxedo Mask fell to the ground clutching his
chest in pain.
"Before Mercury," Saturn's mournful voice suddenly interrupted her
thoughts, "before Mercury sacrificed herself in that huge inferno
in the Crystal Point Strategic Operations room she had just discovered
unexpected information regarding a certain period in time after
Galaxia's defeat at the Cauldron. Do you remember anything after
that event?"
Cosmos stared in silence; she delves deep into her mind to recall
any sound, any images of the time which Saturn is referring to. But
surprisingly all she can call on is darkness. She cannot remember
anything from that time. "But had we not all been transferred directly
to Crystal Tokyo in the future after that battle? I thought that
Serenity and the other Sailor Soldiers were instantly transported to
the future?"
Saturn sadly shook her head, "That was what we had all thought because
that was all that we can remember; but Mercury found out that we
continued with our lives normally until our destinies led us to 29th
century Tokyo. At which time Neo-Queen Serenity awakened the Earth
and created Crystal Tokyo, and the time of the new Silver Millenium
begin. Haven't you ever wondered why the Earth was covered in ice and
the entire population placed in dormancy?"
"But the answer to that question had been discovered already, long
ago in 30th century Crystal Tokyo," Cosmos said. "There was some unknown
natural catastrophe that had struck the earth and caused it so."
"That was what we were all led to believe," whispers Saturn, the
pains from her wounds are clearly making her ability to speak more and more
difficult. "Actually, Mercury discovered that the Sailor Soldiers had
encountered another enemy, deadlier than Galaxia, after the Sailor Star
Battle. It was this knowledge that Mercury sacrificed her life to protect,
so that we may have access to it later. Something had happened," Saturn
strained to speak as the pain grows more unbearable, "Something had
happened to us all, Sailor Cosmos, in that post-war period that is
costing our lives now in the future. Something had prevented us from
remembering the event that had occurred then. You must...you must go
back again and find out what went wrong. Perhaps the solution to the
Sailor Wars can be found in that missing link in time. You must find
out..." Saturn gasped the last few words when suddenly her body stiffens,
and her eyes grow completely dark and lifeless.
"SATURN?!" Cosmos screams, tears drifting down her face.
"Sailor Saturn, no! You cannot leave me. Please do not leave me alone.
Please, I need you." Cosmos cries desolately, "No". After a few minutes,
she regains her calmness and quietly calls forth another coffin for
Saturn. Once Saturn's body is safely placed inside the coffin, Cosmos
whispers in a deadly tone, " I will find out what this is all about!
Even if I have to tear down the very fabric of this universe." She
turns around as white mist forms in front of her and fades to reveal
the Space-Time Door.
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