Hello and Greetings to all of the FFML!
I am called Tuxedo Alex, and I feel privilaged to be part of this
community. I'm a big anime fan, and love reading fanfics by other
people. I'll definately throw my hat in the ring where C&C is
concerned.
Anyway, I've decided to open my first post with my first fanfic...at
least part of it anyway. It's called the Sailor Moon Chronicles:
Volume 1: Return of the Jedite. It is sort of an "alternate universe"
story in Sailor Moon, taking place after the Sailor Moon R series.
Any resemblence to Sailor Moon S is purely coincidental. Also, I've
decided to give The Sailor Moon crew American last names. They
come later in the story. But anyway, I hope you like my fanfic! And I
hope you greet me with open arms!
Tuxedo Alex
PROLOGUE
Within the deep recesses of the Negaverse stood a prison of lost
souls. This wasn�t a normal prison, however. For the condemned
souls were forced into large, green crystals, frozen in time. They
were servants of Queen Beryl who were sent there for betrayal or
failure; forced to sleep forever. They were all put on display to the
general public to show what happens to anyone the Queen doesn�t
like.
Ever since the Queen was defeated, the Negaverse halted attacks
on the Earth realm for the time being. Without a leader, and no
foreseeable heirs to the throne, there was no one to initiate attacks
at all. The prison still stood in memory of the Queen, though.
A woman in a cloak stepped up to one crystal in particular. The soul
within it wore a uniform symbolizing a member of the Queen�s army.
It was gray, except for some red markings, white gloves, and black
shoes. He had short, blond hair, and a surprised expression on his
face. "That must have been what he looked like the second he was
frozen", she thought to herself. At the bottom of the crystal was a
small plaque with his name etched on it. It read "Jedite".
"Oh, Jedite," said the woman aloud, "I�m so sorry for what the
Queen put you through. Being the last surviving member of her
empire, I saw everything that happened. From when you were
frozen, to when she was defeated. Now here it is, nearly two years
later, and you�re still like this." She put her hand upon the crystal
where his hand was. "I�ll get even with those Sailor Scouts for you.
I�ll even set you free. All I need is the Imperium Silver Crystal. And I�ll
get it, too. Or, my name isn�t Lilithite!"
CHAPTER 1
Luna and Artemis stood at the edge of a cliff, along with the Sailor
Scouts, who were losing badly. The shadowy figure in the distance
had nearly torn them apart. Flames surrounded them, uniforms
were ripped, and Tuxedo Mask was nowhere in sight. "Come on,
Sailor Scouts," encouraged Luna. "We can�t let the Negaverse win!"
Sailor Moon lifted her head up. "I know, Luna, but he�s just too
strong! No one was able to hurt him!"
"I know," Luna responded, "but we must press on!"
Sailor Moon and the rest of the Scouts tried their best to stand up.
"You�re right!" shouted Sailor Moon as she the crew joined hands to
pool what was left of their powers together. "MOON CRYSTAL
POWER!" she shouted.
"MERCURY STAR POWER!" shouted Sailor Mercury.
"MARS STAR POWER!" shouted Sailor Mars.
"JUPITER STAR POWER!" shouted Sailor Jupiter.
"VENUS STAR POWER!" shouted Sailor Venus.
"SAILOR PLANET POWER!" cried them all.
Five huge beams of energy streaked toward the dark figure, but from one lift of
his hand, the energies stopped in mid-air, and converged into a huge ball. "This
is the end of the Sailor Scouts!" he boomed triumphantly.
He flung the energy back to the Scouts, engulfing them all. Luna and Artemis
could only watch in horror as the energy dissipated. The symbols of the Scouts
flew in a circle, Moon, Mercury, Mars, Venus, and Jupiter. They f
lew faster, and faster, until the symbols broke apart.
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Luna woke up with a start. It took a while to get her bearings, but she figured out
it was only a dream. She was still in Serena�s room, and nothing had changed.
She decided as long as she was up, she�d look around a bit.
It was a beautiful starry night. Not a cloud could have been seen. She went
toward Serena, and just stared at her for a second. "Look at her," she thought to
herself. "She�s matured so much in such a short time. And yet,
she still contains some of her ditzy qualities. I guess some things just can�t be
changed. However, her improvement is very commendable."
Her focus shifted toward Serena�s picture on her desk. It was her
and Darien, sitting by the tree. "Serena and Darien," she thought.
"Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Mask. Neo-Queen Serenity and King
Endimion. A love that has transcended through time, that can never
be broken. Serena�s a lucky girl."
This made her think of Rini. The future daughter of Serena and
Darien. "She�s such a wonderful little girl, when she chooses to be,"
Luna thought. "Now that Serena stopped the Death Phantom, her
future looks very bright. But here it is, three weeks later, and I still
miss her."
She then gazed out the window once more. "I just hope my dream
didn�t mean anything. The universe would be doomed if the
Negaverse won." She then shook that image out of her head. "No,
no, no, that would never happen. The Sailor Scouts are strong.
Even without their powers, they are very resourceful, and could get
out of any situation. And if anything should happen, their guardian
planets would guide them to victory."
Suddenly, Luna heard a loud crash downstairs. She sprang out of Serena�s
room, and peered downstairs. A window in the living room was broken, and a
few feet away was a figure dressed all in black. "Oh, no!" Luna thought t
o herself. "Somebody�s broken in!"
Luna ran back into Serena�s room, and tried to stir her awake. "Serena!" Luna
shouted into her ear. "Serena wake up! There�s a burglar in the house!"
Serena was still half asleep. "Oh, Luna, it�s too early to get burgers. Go back to
sleep." Serena turned over to one side.
"No, Serena!" Luna shouted. "Someone�s broken in!" Luna began to tug on
Serena�s ear, hard.
This brought Serena out of her sleepy state. "OWWW! Quit it!" she shouted.
"What�s the big idea, Luna?"
A second crash from downstairs answered her question. "That�s the big idea!"
shouted Luna. "There�s a burglar in the house!"
Serena froze in her bed. "A b...b...burglar?" she said, scared out of her wits.
One million scenarios played out in her head at once. "What am I going to do?
What if they take everything? What if they take our TV set? I�l
l never watch my favorite shows again!..."
"Calm down!" shouted Luna. "We have to get that person out of here before it
steals everything!"
"Aa...aaa...all right," stuttered Serena, She instinctively reached for her neck,
and her transformation broach. She then remembered it was lying on her desk.
She got out of bed, and slowly went over to her desk, so she w
ouldn�t stir suspicion from downstairs. The broach seemed to bring her good
luck, when she was Sailor Moon or not. When she picked up her broach,
however, the Imperium Silver Crystal started to glow. "Luna, it�s glowing!
" she whispered loudly.
Luna gasped. "Oh, no!"
"Is this bad??" asked Serena frantically.
"Very!" uttered Luna. "Our little �burglar� may not be human!"
"That�s impossible," said Serena. "We defeated that monstrosity Phantom-guy,
and the Negamoon Kingdom weeks ago!"
"I know," Luna responded. "But maybe we missed someone along the way!" The
crystal began to glow brighter. "The burglar is coming closer to us! We must act
quickly!"
"Right," said Serena. She held the Broach high, and began to transform.
"MOON...CRYSTAL..."
But before she could finish, her bedroom door burst open, and a figure rushed
through. Within an instant, the figure used it�s speed advantage to knock over
Serena and take her broach. Luna tried to attack, but she was ba
tted away as well. The figure made her way to the window, and started to yell
triumphantly once it was at the sill. "It�s mine!" it cried. "The Imperium Silver
Crystal is finally mine!" The figure than disappeared into th
e darkness.
"Oh, no!" Serena cried. "Where is it? Where�s my broach?"
"That thing took it," muttered Luna, who wound up behind Serena�s bed. "I�m
sorry I couldn�t help you."
Serena turned on her light, and started to fumble through all her things. "Ohhhh,
I hope it didn�t take my communicator!" Looking though all her things, half
scared, half worried, she found it in one of her drawers. "Got
it!" she said.
Just when she was about to call someone, someone else burst into room. It
was her mother, Ikuko. "I heard noises," she said. "Is everything alright?"
Serena began to cry. "Oh, Mom, someone broke in the house, came in here,
and stole my broach! It was horrible!"
Ikuko instinctively came to Serena�s side. "There, there," she said, trying to
console her. "We can always get you another broach."
"But Mom, it�s my..." Serena caught herself in the nick of time. "...uh,...lucky
broach!"
"Well, I�m sure whoever stole it will be caught, and you�ll get it back."
Serena started to mutter under her breath. "I don�t think we can."
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A few blocks from Serena�s house stood the figure. She was
running so long, that she had to catch her breath. She didn�t want to
take any chances of being caught, so she ducked into an alleyway.
Breathing hard, she pulled two items from her pockets. In one hand
lain a dark, twisted crystal. In the other, Serena�s transformation
broach.
"Ah, Lilithite, you�ve outdone yourself this time," she said to herself.
"The Locating Crystal worked like a charm." She paused to kiss the
black crystal. "I have managed to do what all others could not! I
have stolen the Imperium Silver Crystal, and the source of Sailor
Moon�s powers! That little brat I took it from is probably weeping in
her ditzy blonde hair right now!" She gave an evil laugh as she
headed down further into the alley. "Now, Jedite, you shall be free,
and you�ll have your revenge!"
She uttered a single word of magic, was surrounded in black light,
and disappeared into the Negaverse.
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While Serena�s mother tried to comfort her, Luna snuck off into the
hallway with the communicator. She had to contact someone about
this. But the problem was who? It was three o�clock in the morning,
and everyone was probably asleep now. Then she remembered
Artemis. He was usually up this time of night, on the prowl. She
punched in the code to call Mina, and frantically called Artemis�
name. "This is Luna calling Artemis! Artemis, please respond!
Artemis..."
Suddenly, Artemis came onto the miniature screen. "Whoa, whoa,
calm down Luna!" he said. "What�s wrong? It has to be major this
time of night."
"Something is wrong! Something terrible," stuttered Luna, nearly
choking over her own words. "Someone broke into the house, and
stole the Imperium Silver Crystal!"
Artemis gasped. "Oh, man, this IS major! Do you know what this
guy looked like?"
"I...I don�t know," said Luna, a bit shaky. "That thing that took it was
all dressed in black, and had a woman�s voice. I tried to stop it, but
it was too strong, and Serena was knocked down on the floor,
and�" Luna began to ramble hysterically.
"Luna! Pull yourself together," shouted Artemis. "Try and calm
down."
"Calm down?" Luna said "What�s there to calm down about? In the
wrong hands, the Imperium Silver Crystal could be a very
dangerous weapon!"
"But we don�t know who has it!" said Artemis. "Which is why you
should calm down. For all we know, it could be a misguided friend."
Luna thought it over, and realized the same thing. "Well, you may be
right," she said. "But I want an emergency Scout meeting in the
morning. We�ll meet outside in the park at 8:30. Okay?"
"Gotcha, Luna," said Artemis, keeping his cool. "Mina and I�ll inform
the other scouts. Tell Serena about the meeting, and try to get
some sleep."
"I will," said Luna. "Thank you for helping me get my head together."
"See you in the morning," said Artemis as he shut off the
transmission.
Mina was stirred awake by their conversation. "Artemis?" she
asked, half-asleep. "What�s going on?"
"It looks like we got a crisis on our hands," said Artemis, bleakly.
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