Jeffrey Vasquez wrote:

Tapestries

By Jeffrey Vasquez

A Wheel of Time, Sailor Moon Crossover

  Ooohh!  :)

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Author's notes:

 This is just a teaser for an idea that I had after reading Differing
Powers.  And after conversing with Mr. Louis-Philippe Giroux, I hope that

  Gah!  *Mr.* Louis-Philipe?...  <warding signs>   I'm not quite _that_ old yet...   :)

I haven't stolen any thunder.  He did write a fic with this crossover,
called "The Dragon and the Moon", so be sure to check it out if you're
interested.  Some of you will sigh, and say: "Not another one!"

  Actually, "The Dragon And The Moon" was only a teaser for an SM/WoT Xover I wrote up in my spare time.  It never went further - which is why I gave you all the notes I had.

 And in the Spirit of Discovery, I must say: "Why the Hell not?"

  Indeed!

 I hope that you enjoy.  Let me know if I should continue it.

 On second thought.  Don't. I'm going to write it anyway.  At least
until it bores me to death. ^_^

  That could be a long time...  :)

  Forgive the humorous comments that may follow - I'm in a happy mood right now...

*****
Tokyo

 The battle was going terribly, as Setsuna's future self had hinted it
would.  There was very little that they could do against the creature that
Chaos had loosed, without unleashing Saturn.  And that was an option that
both Setsuna and Usagi were loath to do.

  Mmmhh...  Chaos?  Does that mean it's at the end of the series? IIRC, in the manga, Chaos is the "ultimate" bad guy.  Galaxia tried to seal him away, but wasn't strong enough and ended up being possessed by the cosmic bugger.

 They scanned the street to the left and right, waiting for it to
resurface; with the dim hope that Neptune's assault had finished it.  The
beast chose that moment to dash what little hope that notion brought, by
breaking through the ground beneath Hotaru and sucking her under the

  Hotaru or Saturn?

street with it.  Sailor Pluto launched herself away from the hole, to land
near Sailor Moon.

 It cried out once; a horrid sound that would haunt Setsuna for a
hundred years to come.

  <Saturn>:  GOMEN!  I didn't mean to use the Glaive *there*!

 Setsuna and the rest of the gathered Senshi looked on in shock as
the two changed.  They had never done this together before!  Luna and
Artemis ran to the group and stared at Serenity and Endymion in wonder.

  Never?  How about the end of the R Movie? (Unless you don't count it as being continuity...)

"I'm tired of fighting."  Serenity's voice was tired, and filled with
depression.  "I'm sick of the sacrifices that must be made to keep this
place safe from the likes of you. I will have no more of your kind here!
DO YOU HEAR ME? NO MORE!"  Power gathered and focused in the
Ginzishou and Pluto's eyes widened in disbelief.

  Mmmhhh...  If I use the manga as reference, Chaos, being the ultimate evil (having spawned Metallia, Pharaoh 90, even Galaxia at some extent and a couple of others) would be the Dark One...

"There shall be no more of your taint on this world, Chaos.  I'm sealing
you away."  Serenity's voice was little more than a whisper.  "Let the Earth
sleep and dream for a time, free of your blight."

 <Serenity>  I win again, Shai'tan!

 The power increased to what Pluto considered godly levels. If the
girl didn't release them soon, she was going to fry them all where they
stood!

  Which would also incidentally give this fic a very quick ending...

 Pluto looked up groggily at Serenity's pulsating body and
marveled.  She had done it.  She had cleansed the earth of evil. . . well
almost.  Men and women still had their agency, and it would take time for
them to settle their differences.  But all the outside evil had been lock
out.

  "locked out"

  That could possibly mean that - if you put Tokyo on the same Wheel as Randland - this would herald the start of the Age of Legends (it would make sense, if you consider the gleemen's tales of what had supposedly happened before the AoL).

  I could be wrong, too - plenty of spokes on that Wheel...

"But how can that be?"  Mars cut in as she raised her self painfully from
the side walk."  I still feel a taint."  She looked at her queen in
confusion.

 Serenity smiled and nodded her head.  "You're right Rei."  She
motioned to those gathered around her, still clutching each other's hands.
"What you feel, is us.  It is our taint." She smiled sadly. "But I am going
to fix that now too." The crystal flared to life once more, and deep
beneath them, buried in the earth's warm embrace, a column with strange
symbols flared to life.

  One:  Would that imply that Serenity has a way to remove/cure the Taint?

  Two (quibble, really):  One wonders why the Portal Stone didn't activate with the previous blast...

 Both conscious Senshi lay on the wooden floor of a warmly lit
room panting terribly and looking at the rafters of what must have been a
cabin or something.

"Geez Rei," Makoto complained breathlessly, ". . .have you and Usagi been
hitting the pastries again?"  Rei elbowed her team mate in the head for her
attempt at levity.

  Minor quibble:  Shouldn't it be something like "Geez Rei," Jupiter complained breathlessly..."  You don't seem to care much about calling them by their planetary names when they're in Senshi mode...

 A board chose that moment to creak, and both Mars and Jupiter lit
up like festival fireworks.  Lightning coursed up and down Jupiter's arms
from her clenched fists.  Fires limned Mars' black hair and a mighty bow of

  Fires lined...  Flames lined?

flames, complete with a burning arrow, were pointed at the noise.  Both
Senshi had yet to rise from their knees, but there wasn't really any need.

  And then Rand sneezed.  <I win again, Lews Therin>

 The tall, red-haired, young man they found staring back at them
with bulging eyes, stood frozen near a large, oak table.  Another man, his
father Makoto assumed, stood across the table from the boy with a
beautiful sword held in his hands.  Both girls knew an expert when they
saw one, and Rei could tell that the man was ready to use it.

 The boy just stood there and oogled for all he was worth.

  ogled

 She turned to the door, the swordsman mimicking her, just as the
door was blown off its hinges.  Jupiter cried out but Rei didn't register
the words.  All that she could think of was the creature that they had just
battled.  Nine feet tall, the body of a man and the head of a goat; the
thing had hurt Hotaru and had taken their best shots, only to come back
for more.

  Poor Trolloc...  Wrong face, at the wrong time

 Rei's flaming arrow turned white, and her eyes glowed with power.
She didn't hesitate any longer than the blink of her dark eyes, before
letting the shaft fly.  It's flight was joined by a large Dragon made of

  If you weren't using it as part of "Supreme Thunder Dragon" (and you sure weren't using it as a title), I don't think you should have capitalized "Dragon".

*******

 Ami and Minako screamed as the air opened beneath them  and
unceremoniously deposited them into the lap of a rather large, and
dangerous looking man.  Luna and Artemis tumbled after them, falling over
the girl's faces.

  dangerous-looking

*******

 For most men, it was a dream come true, to have to scantily clad
girls fall into your lap.  For A'Lan Mandragoran, it was a distraction that
he didn't need at the moment.  Especially when he could feel the Dark
Ones moving toward the town.  He stood and dumped the two and their

   Dark Ones?  Heavy connotation, even for Lan...  He'd think "Shadospawn", if you aske me...

 The door banged open, and a short, statuesque woman looked in at
the scene with a twitching eyebrow.  She looked at the girls and her eyes
swelled in disbelief.  Not so much at their state of undress, but at the
power levels that they were radiating.

  Aahhh...  She can sense, therefore I *assume* that you will use the scenario where the Senshi powers are OP-based?  Had lots of ideas for that one - Sachs and I spent far too much time dreaming up details and explanations.

  *But*, I could be premature, so time will tell...

 Moiraine shook herself from her daze and raised her eyebrow at the
girls. "Come with me."  The icy edge on her voice brooked no argument,
as she turned her back to the two.

   Lots of Wilders popping out of thin air tonight...

 Luna poked her head out from beneath Minako's arms, wearing a
scowl. "Well, I never!"

  Luna Vs. Moiraine:  I'm gonna like seeing *that*!

 The Senshi of Mercury looked at her partner and shrugged. "When
in Rome. . . ."  Venus nodded her head and followed after her team mate as

  teammate?

she pursued the woman in the blue dress.  An odd tingling settled at the
base of Minako's spine, and she feel something moving toward them.

 Something very unfriendly.

  Warders can sense Shadowspawn...  Does that mean that the Senshi (or only Venus?) are/is bonded to Serenity?  (Okay, okay, I'm reaching far enough here)

 Master Fitch had no doubt wanted to go to bed right away, but
something told him that he was needed in the stalls.  When Min joined him
halfway there, he knew that something important was up.

"Couldn't sleep either, I gather?" He asked gently. The girl was a friend of
Mistress Alys, which in and of itself gave the portly Inn Keeper the
jitters.

  innkeeper

 The Inn Keeper opened the door and entered first, lighting one of

  innkeeper

 Her low, appreciative whistle pierced the darkness, while her eyes
roamed the supple musculature that lay just beneath the taught black

  Shouldn't it be "taut"?

  Nitpick - I don't think the word "sweater" exists in WoT vocabulary - anyone have proof to the contrary?

sweater that the man wore.  Blood and Ashes! He was beautiful!

  Blood and ashes

 But then his aura flared to life, blinding her with its radiance.

  All right!  Guessing time!  :)

 Three crowns: one made of stone, one of twined roses, and the last
of chiseled diamond.

  Stone:  King of Earth (old)
  Roses:  Tuxedo Kamen
  Diamond:  Future King of Earth?

  Of course, they could also be representations of his love for Usagi...

A sword of flames crossed by a sword of glass.

  Okay, that one draws up a big fat blank right now...  Unless the sword of glass is Callandor, which I doubt...  The sword of flame could be a Power-based Fire-sword

  A rabbit in the moon, clutching a leaf and a spear in its mouth.

  Mmmhhh...  Cute way of describing Usagi's dilemmas between the Way of the Leaf and the Warrior Way (Spear/Aiel).

A mask, and

  Okayyyy - now that could mean Tuxedo Kamen too.

a pool of light topped by black oil.

  His ability to draw saidin?

 There were more, but they flashed too fast for her to catalogue.  It
was like watching a million colors flashing before her eyes, and she was
forced to close her eyes to shut them all out.  She grimaced, but knelt by
the man's side when the images began to slow.

 A funeral for a sleeping man.

   Mhhh...  Not sure about this one - too many possibilities so far, unless this is related to the vision of Rand on a funeral bier...

The rabbit,

  <Min>  He's in love with a *rabbit*???

a woman sculpted from a
man-sized sapphire, and a woman of many faces fighting for his heart and
each winning a piece from him.

  The only one I can think of here is Pluto... but...  it feels wrong somehow <shrug>.

Master Fitch held on a gallows freed by a
hand of earth that was somehow connected to this man.

  More ammo for my theory that he can draw saidin...

 He grumbled once before bending down and fishing the statuesque
man from the cold water.  And with Min's help took him back to the Stage
and Lion Inn.

  Stag and Lion

*******

 Rei and Makoto followed Rand, and a staggering Hotaru who
seemed to be aging as she walked.  It was odd for Rei, but she could
almost swear that the young girl had grown three inches in the last hour.

 She shook her head again, shrugging the thoughts aside as
foolishness.  She looked down to Rand's father as the man lay out on the
litter, and grimaced.  The fever had risen sharply in the last few minutes,
and she was worried that they were going to loose him.  If only he hadn't
gotten himself cut by that black man's blade, he wouldn't have been laid
out as he was.

  Black man?  Myrrddraal actually have chalk-white skin.  So the Myrddraal was there?  I was under the impression that Moi and Lan had been chasing it in Emond's Field...

 And if she hadn't been fool enough to let her guard down, he
wouldn't have felt the need to save her.  Thankfully, Hotaru had been able
to tend to the wound soon after she woke.  But all three Senshi knew that
she wasn't at her best at the moment, and the poison in Tam's system was
very potent.

  Sure is.  Myrrddraal blades are supposed to be invariably fatal - I guess Hotaru is to thank for Tam being alive.

End Chapter One

  Looks very promising - can't wait to see where the rest of the crew were dumped... especially Serenity/Usagi...

  I wish you lots of inspiration!




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