OK, first off thank you everyone that helped me with that essay I wrote.  I 
rewrote it and revised it so it turned out fairly well I think.  If anyone 
wants a copy of the final thing please email me privately.

Also, someone sent me a BGC fanfic to pre-read that I lost when I was making 
a mad dash to pass some of my classes.  So if you remember me and want to 
resend it privately, I'm all for it!

Alrighty, now onto the main reason for this post.  I have seen the light.  I 
had an inspiration the other night after re-reading Sailor Moon Z, an 
excellent peice of work by John Biles and Jeff Hosmer (apoligies if I 
mis-spelt either of your names), and comparing it some to Chris Davies' many 
marvelous creations.  I'm sure I was influenced by a million other things as 
well, but those two stick out in my mind the most.

The following is a prologue/teaserish thingy for something I may write in 
the future.  If you have any questions, comments, critiscims, or suggestions 
to offer please do so.

On with the show...(and yes, the title is a working one....)

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Long ago before time was created, there existed The One.  The One was 
neither good nor evil, light nor dark, male nor female.  It simply was.  
Sooner or later The One created The Two.  The God and the Goddess.  Some 
legends say that the Godddess was created first, and that she danced across 
the universe that was The One, created planets with her breath and stars 
with her kisses.  Those legends go on to say that The One then created the 
God, so they The Two could populate the planets that had been created.  
Other legends say that the God was born of the Goddess, as everything is, 
and then became her consort.  The exact truth, however, has been long 
forgotten.

After the galaxies had been made the Goddess bore the God's children.  And 
those children became the Lesser Gods.  They were given names and powers and 
they were worshipped by the mortals that had come into being.  All was 
peaceful for a time.  But soon the Lesser Gods' preists and preistesses were 
being killed, maimed, and violated, and their sacred shrines and temples 
were destroyed, as the mortals sought  to raise themselves above all gods.

At this The One sighed deeply and retreated from the heavens were it had 
watched.  And The Two wept for the misfortune of all their children and hid 
in the heavens with the Lesser gods.

As the mortals created vast kingdoms on many worlds within one galaxy now 
called the Milky Way, the queen of the moon came to rule over them all.  Her 
name was Serenity, and her line had once been preistesses to  the Goddess, 
daughter of The One.  Others also came into power who's lines had once 
worshipped powerful gods, though most other rulers had been from preists and 
preistesses of the Lesser Gods.  Only the Earth king had descended from 
preists of the God, son of the One.

Peace reigned for a time over the mortals' kingdoms.  But eventually a great 
evil began to emerge, fueled by some unknown force.  The One knew of this 
but did nothing, for it's name had long been forgotten.  The Two knew of 
this but did nothing, for their children had been scorned, and their preists 
and preistesses used their power for the glory of mortals.  The Lesser Gods 
knew this but did nothing, for their power had dwindelled as their temples 
had been destroyed, and the mortals openly mocked them.

So this evil force overran the mortal kingdoms, and destroyed them all after 
a great and terrible battle on the moon.  As Queen Serenity wept over the 
fallen she recalled where her power came from, and she let out a sorrowful 
plea to the Goddess, and all the Lesser Gods of the moon, to help her.  The 
Goddess and the Lesser Gods of the moon heard Serenity's prayer, and took 
pity on her.  With the power of deities behind her, Serenity sent the fallen 
to be reborn on Earth so that they could live again, and destroy the evil 
that had ransaked her world.  Serenity prayed that humanity would not make 
the same mistake that she and others had made.

The Accuser, who's origin has been long forgotten, spread his wings and 
laughed at the blood soaked fields and dead Moon Queen.

Over time the Lesser Gods were remembered again, and they had children, 
Demi-Gods, that dwelled on Earth.  But again they were scorned, and again 
they fled to their heavens, watching over none but their descendents.

The Demi-Gods were destined to meet one day, and protect the world from 
Armageddon, and create a balance between humanity and deity.  The time had 
been decided on by she who sees time, but the Accuser had different 
plans....


What if your future wasn't what you thought it was?
   Sailor Moon

What if your past came back to haunt you?
   Ah My Goddess!

What if you were about to learn what you had trained your whole life for?
   Ranma 1/2

What if you weren't as unique as you thought you were?
   Kimagure Orange Road

What if your battle suddenly became a war?
   Devil Hunter Yohko

What if your idea of strange just got stranger?
   Tenchi Muyo!

What if your reality became a dream, or a nightmare?
   Bubblegum Crisis


Cards of Fate
A What-If Fanfic
by Christina Walters
spring_head@hotmail.com

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I do not own the rights to Sailor Moon, Ah My Goddess!, Ranma 1/2, Kimagure 
Orange Road, Devil Hunter Yohko, Tenchi Muyo!, or Bubblegum Crisis.  I 
respectfully acknowledge the rights of the creators, producers, etc. of 
these anime, and am using the above anime in a peice of non-profit 
fanfiction without permission of those who hold the rights to above anime.  
However, I own all the original text appearing above this disclaimer and ask 
that it not be used without my permission or this disclaimer.

::takes a deep breath and sits down::
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It is better to die one day as a lion, than to live one thousand days as a 
lamb.


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