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rlm@2 2 Author: Princess
rlm@2 3 Author's Email: AuroraMorn@aol.com
rlm@2 4 Title: Dreams that won't disappear when I open my eyes: Prelude
rlm@2 5 Rating: Hentai
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rlm@2 8 Moshimoshi, minna-san! It's me again, the Princess! I know, it's foolish of
rlm@2 9 me to start three stories at once... but I can't help it! I mean, I can't
rlm@2 10 just leave the darling Saturn and Chibimoon out of my plans... after all,
rlm@2 11 SailorSaturn is my favorite! Now, quick notes before you read this. This
rlm@2 12 story is a mix of the Bishoujo Senshi Sailormoon manga, anime, and my own
rlm@2 13 personal spice. It takes place shortly after the sailor senshi have defeated
rlm@2 14 the Dead Moon Circus. The poem that ChibiUsa hears in her dream is Saturn's
rlm@2 15 prologue for her Sailorstars poem, called "The Second Coming." Standard
rlm@2 16 disclaimers apply. And, on to the story....
rlm@2 17
rlm@2 18 "Dreams that won't disappear when I open my eyes.."
rlm@2 19 Prelude
rlm@2 20
rlm@2 21 ----------
rlm@2 22
rlm@2 23 ChibiUsa stirred faintly in her sleep, giving out a
rlm@2 24 small moan. After the defeat of the Dead Moon Circus, her nightmares had
rlm@2 25 ended, and she had thought happily that they would stay at rest. But they
rlm@2 26 had returned full force this night, as was shown by her bedsheets that had
rlm@2 27 long since tangled around her sweat-damped body, twisted by her shifting
rlm@2 28 movements.
rlm@2 29
rlm@2 30 In her dream, every mirror and reflective surface throughout Tokyo
rlm@2 31 mirrored the silhouette of Nehelinia, and her evil laughter reverbrated
rlm@2 32 throughout the city. A quick flash revealed another brief picture of an
rlm@2 33 entranced Mamoru in the Dark Queen's arms, as Usagi watched, wounded and
rlm@2 34 helpless. Tears stung at the corner of ChibiUsa's eyes as she whimpered
rlm@2 35 within her deep sleep, despair welling in her heart.
rlm@2 36
rlm@2 37 But, suddenly, all pictures of evil and despair vanished into a dark
rlm@2 38 violet vortex. It was as if the fabric of the dream itself had been sucked
rlm@2 39 down a drain until nothing was left until darkness and silence. Unknowingly,
rlm@2 40 ChibiUsa's breath and pulse stopped completely, until a lilting voice slowly
rlm@2 41 spoke them back to life. The voice was cold, like someone who had been long
rlm@2 42 hurt, and yet beautiful, and it filled the silence with a music of it's
rlm@2 43 own.
rlm@2 44
rlm@2 45 Surely some revelation is at hand;
rlm@2 46 Surely the Second Coming is at hand."
rlm@2 47
rlm@2 48 The sleeping pink-haired girl's lips moved in an
rlm@2 49 unspoken name, but the beautifully spoken poem continued heedless in her
rlm@2 50 mind's ear.
rlm@2 51
rlm@2 52 </P><P ALIGN=CENTER>"The Second Coming! Hardly are those words out
rlm@2 53 When a vast image out of Spiritus Mundi
rlm@2 54 Troubles my sight: .."
rlm@2 55
rlm@2 56 Within the violet vortex a dark figure became
rlm@2 57 apparent. But, unlike that of Nehelinia, this one betrayed not an evil aura,
rlm@2 58 but one of intense, fear-inducing power, as well as wisdom and age. The
rlm@2 59 slight figure's sensuous curves could be seen, held in a brief skirted fuku,
rlm@2 60 slender legs ending in knee-length boots. The dark figure raised a delicate
rlm@2 61 hand, and a wickedly curved polearm appeared in it.
rlm@2 62
rlm@2 63 "Somewhere in sands of the desert
rlm@2 64 A shape with lion body and the head of a man,
rlm@2 65 A gaze blank and pitiless as the sun,
rlm@2 66 Is moving its slow thighs, while all about it
rlm@2 67 Reel shadows of the indignant desert birds."
rlm@2 68
rlm@2 69 Suddenly, like a camera on zoom, ChibiUsa could see
rlm@2 70 the figure's face. The countenance was pale and delicately boned, framed by
rlm@2 71 raven hair, dark lashes resting on flawless cheeks. A shiver rushed
rlm@2 72 ChibiUsa's body as those lashes lifted, revealing depthless violet orbs that
rlm@2 73 were soul-touching even in her dreams.
rlm@2 74
rlm@2 75 "The darkness drops again; but now I know
rlm@2 76 That twenty centuries of stony sleep
rlm@2 77 Were vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle... "
rlm@2 78
rlm@2 79 With a gasp, ChibiUsa was suddenly hurled from the
rlm@2 80 dream world into the waking one, and found herself sitting up in bed,
rlm@2 81 panting, drenched with sweat, her crimson eyes wide. In the yellowish glow
rlm@2 82 of the streetlights that filtered through her window, she stared down at her
rlm@2 83 trembling hands, looking surprised as tears fell on them, her lips slowly
rlm@2 84 moving. "The darkness drops again..." she repeated the line, mesmerized at
rlm@2 85 the thought of it.
rlm@2 86
rlm@2 87 "Twenty centuries," she continued, her gaze slowly shifting to look
rlm@2 88 at a picture on her night table. "Of stony sleep..." The picture was of a
rlm@2 89 frail ebony-haired girl, eyes closed as she held a bouquet of beautiful pink
rlm@2 90 flowers to her nose. "Vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle..."
rlm@2 91
rlm@2 92 Drawing her legs beneath her, she moved slowly toward the table,
rlm@2 93 extending a hand to brush two fingers tenderly over the photograph. "Oh,
rlm@2 94 Hotaru-chan," she whispered into the still night. "You're coming back to
rlm@2 95 me..."
rlm@2 96
rlm@2 97 ----------
rlm@2 98
rlm@2 99 There you go. I think this is going to be a good
rlm@2 100 story... Hotaru and ChibiUsa are my passions in Sailormoon, I'm going to
rlm@2 101 thoroughly enjoy writing this story about them. Please send all comments and
rlm@2 102 criticism you have to me, I'd love to hear it! Until next time, keep your
rlm@2 103 eyes on the moon!
rlm@2 104
rlm@2 105 ~Princess~