The Astro Senshi
By: Andrea MacFarlane aka Serendipity/Serenity Night/Night
neo_night_ca@hotmail.com
(c) July 2000
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Hi Everyone! I'd like to thank each of the people who helped me. I'll be
dedicating at least 1 chapter each of them. This one however does not
have a dedication, well maybe I'll dedicate it to my mother. She was the
one who gave birth to me and it's the least i can do. ^_^ Things in
{_____} are thoughts, things in [___] are whispers.
Dedicated to: Heather Howie, the mother of the author.
Chapter #1 - In the Beginning
A quiet morning is shattered by the sound of a scream.
"Megan why didn't you or mom wake me up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"We did Lynne, several times! We gave up after you started to thrash in
your sleep! Your a really violent sleeper ya know!" screamed back Megan.
"I'm so late and now Ms. Semhi is gonna KILL ME! I promised her I wasn't
going to be late again!" Lynne continues to scream as she rushes to get
ready for school.
"You need more alarm clocks." Megan says as she hands her sister her
lunch and school bag.
"Bye! Thanks Megan!" Lynne yells back as she runs out the door and
towards school.
**5 minutes later**
"Lynne your late again..." Ms. Semhi says and then pauses as another
student tries to sneak in.
"Celina your late too! Alright you two, detention for both of you for
the next 2 days. If either of you are late again your going to the
office and you can explain to Mr. Hamm why your always so late." Ms.
Semhi said exasperated.
"It's time for roll call, Jackie Adoll?" "Here!" "Matt Briggs?" "Here!"
"Margo Behr?" "Here!" "Lynne Centaurus, I know your here and as well as
your late buddy there Celina Dawkins."
**3 minutes later**
"Okay that's the end of roll call. Open your books to page 92, we're
starting Finite Math today." Ms. Semhi said as she started to write on
the black board.
A huge sigh was heard from every student in the class except for Travis
Mitchell who was sleeping at the back of the class.
[Why do you think she likes to torture us like this by just droning out
the lesson. Can't she put some enthusiasm into it. Everyone in the back
row is sleeping. At this point no one will be able to wake up Travis
when the teacher starts to head down his isle.] Lynne whispered to her
best friend Celina. Celina sat in front of Lynne so she was the listener
and Lynne was the talker. It was like that in every class except art
because that was the only thing Celina wouldn't take with Lynne. Celina
thought that Art was a waste of time and Lynne should do more
constructive things like her reading and writing classes. Lynne would
always counter, well why does Spanish matter more? You won't need that
unless you go to Spain and besides you can always bring a dictionary.
Celina would sigh and drop the subject. If it was one thing that Celina
knew about her best friend it was that she was as pig headed and stubborn
as they came. But it wasn't necessarily a fault in Celina's book of
things. in fact she was quite grateful for this trait that her friend
had. Lynne always stood up for what she believed and no one could tell
her otherwise. That included her choice of friends.
[Maybe cause she thinks this is how they treated her in highschool and
she thinks she can get back at them by doing what they did only worse!]
Celina replied with a muffled giggle.
{Uh oh she's heading towards Travis. Gotta do something...but what?}
"MS. SEMHI!" Lynne screamed, {That did it he's awake, and so's everyone
else.}
Ms. Semhi practically jumped out of her shoes and then she whirled around
and started to talk down Lynne.
"Why are you screaming Lynne? I won't tolerate it! The principals office
NOW!" Ms. Semhi said in outrage.
Not complaining at all, Lynne picked up her books and headed out of the
classroom and towards the principal's office.
As soon as she was out of ear shot she started to grumble, "That stupid
Travis why does he have to fall asleep everyday in class. Why am I the
one who's getting in trouble, he should be suspended for the number of
times he's fallen asleep." Lynne paused as she saw an owl in the hall.
"How the hell did that get there?" Lynne asked herself aloud.
"Quite easily my dear." The owl replied.
"A talking owl! Now I know I'm either dreaming or someone's playing a
really bad joke on me." Lynne said as she stepped closer to the owl.
"You may be greatly assured that this is neither a dream nor a prank.
My name is Archimedes and I am your Guardian. If you'll please come with
me I'll explain everything to you." Archimedes said as he swooped down,
off a locker and flew out a window into the parking area.
"This has to be a dream. Hey if this is a dream then i don't have to be
in school! Yes!" Lynne said excitedly as she followed the owl, except
she took the door out.
Lynne found Archimedes sitting perched on a tree branch by the pond.
"Okay so what's the story? Isn't Archimedes the name of Merlin's Owl?
You know the one from the days of King Arthur and the Knights of the
round table?" Lynne asked as she sat underneath the cool shade of the
tree.
"I am the one and the same. Merlin's still around you know. Not on this
physical plain, but he's still around. Now on to the real story of why
I'm here." Archimedes said and then he tried to start but Lynne
interrupted him.
"So how come your here? Aren't you supposed to be dead? I mean I don't
think owls live past 20 years, let alone a couple hundred!" Lynne asked
casually.
"I drank from the fountain of youth so that I could stay with Merlin,
but he tricked me and didn't do the same thing. Being a wizard he was
able to live a few hundred years. Before we met Arthur he really began
to age and I found him out. Can I get on with the story now?" Archimedes
said impatiently.
**Archimedes Story**
A long time ago in Camelot, Arthur was King and everyone was happy. The
Knights Of The Round Table hadn't been needed in years. Everything was
peaceful and nothing could go wrong. Or so we thought.
One day an old seeress predicted that an evil force was coming and not
even the famed knights could stop it. Merlin knew that this seeress was
very wise and would never lie about something so crucial.
He too warned Arthur to listen to the old women and prepare the knights
for a fierce battle. Arthur merely scoffed and said that nothing would
go wrong. She was merely seeing wrong.
Months later the old seeress died. She left Merlin a note and
instructions of what to do if her prediction did come true. Merlin read
the headline of the scroll The Mistress of the Zodiac. Merlin carefully
put the scrolls in a secret hiding place where they would not be
disturbed.
Nothing happened for years and soon everyone forgot about the prediction.
But in the middle of King Arthur's reign something went terrible awry.
Foreign enemy's began to slaughter villages. By the time the knights got
to the scene everyone was either dead or terribly exhausted by unknown
causes.
When they regained their strength, every single one of them said that
it had been horrible monsters and not any kind of human they had ever
seen.
Soon everyone had run to the castle and were housed as best as the
courtyard could allow. Merlin remembered the prediction with a little
help from his trusty owl, and he in turn reminded King Arthur.
Arthur told Merlin to wait a little more time before he followed the
dead seeress' instructions.
A month later the King couldn't take it anymore and he called Merlin
into the throne room and asked him to follow the instructions the old
seeress had given him.
Not wanting to let down his king, Merlin ran to his secret place and
withdrew the secret document. This is what it said:
The Mistress of the Zodiac
Whosoever calls upon this being must have no evil inside them or it will
turn upon its caller. This being is the most powerful and it controls the
stars.
Whosoever controls the stars controls the Universe. The only time this
being is ever to be called is if the powers of darkness begin to attack.
If people start to suffer from unexplained exhaustion, it is explainable.
They are having their energy sucked out of them to prepare the dark
Queen's arrival. The Mistress is to be handled only by one with magical
power and the afore mentioned lack of an evil nature.
Please use this wisely, for you may either win against the evil Queen,
or be sucked into hell with all of humanity when she is through.
Recite the following words and the Mistress will come to you,
Air, Fire, Water, Earth,
Elements of astral birth,
I call you now; Mistress of the Zodiac!
In the Circle, rightly cast,
Safe from curse or blast,
I call you now, Mistress of the Zodiac!
From cave and desert, sea and hill,
By wand, blade, and pentacle,
I call you now, Mistress of the Zodiac!
This is my will, so mote it be!
Come together, through to life,
Protect us now, from this strife,
Before our lives, are turned to dust,
I call you now, protect us you must!
A swirl of light started to materialize in the middle of the room. A
voice came from within, "Merlin, great wizard of Camelot. Why have you
called me? I have not been summoned for thousands of years, why now. Can
you not handle what is to come?"
"Yes Mistress of the Zodiac, this is evil is to great for even my magic.
Queen Aretzka has returned. She has brought her minions with her and the
number of lost souls is incalculable." Merlin answered as the Mistress
emerged from the swirls of light.
In the end Camelot was saved and the evil Queen Aretzka was banished from
the physical plain.
But a terrible event had occurred, the Mistress had been badly injured
and she was dying. She told Merlin of her plan to survive. She would
split herself into twelve parts and send herself into the future to be
born when Queen Aretzka would return. Being a very good owl I offered to
watch over them when they did come into existence.
The Mistress smiled at me and said, "No Archimedes, twelve people would
be to much for you to handle. Choose only one and choose it now, for the
one you choose will become the leader of the twelve." I thought hard of
this and finally decided to on one who would be ruled by the largest of
the planets. The Mistress then named the twelve parts of the zodiac from
which she belonged, Saggitarius, Aquarius, Capricorn, Scorpio, Pisces,
Leo, Libra, Taurus, Gemini, Aries, Cancer, and Virgo. I had chosen
Saggitarius.
The Mistress closed her eyes and the swirls that had brought her here
began to take her away. Only this time twelve spheres of light encased
her body and then it all disappeared in a blazing flash of light.
Merlin died soon thereafter and then a few years later Sir Lancelot came
along and started the downfall of Camelot. Nothing was ever the same.
Except for me of course, nothing about me would ever change. I am what
is called an eternal owl, one that never dies and cannot die.
That is my story, I have one more thing to add though and it may shock
you but it cannot be avoided any longer. You are the one for whom chose
to watch over. You are Sailor Saggitarius, the leader of the Astro
Senshi.
Stay tuned for chapter 2: Leader of One
Ha ha! Did I leave you in unbearable suspense? What will Lynne's reaction
be? Where are the other Astro Senshi? Is Lynne really dreaming? Or will
she be in even more trouble when she fails to show up at the principal's
office?
All these questions will be answered in the next chapter. Any comments or
flames please e-mail me at neo_night_ca@hotmail.com
My URL for my Sailor Moon Page is
http://www.angelfire.com/la2/night1/index.html
and you can find the following parts of this fic at the fanfic page there.
Have a good day and God Bless!
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