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If not, sorry. Anyways, C&C welcome, flames are
not. I really put effort into revising this thing
and after the next chapter, the rest are new. Hope
you enjoy,

Previous and upcoming chapters can be found at:
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Mirror, Mirror...
Chapter 1 in The Death of the Void
By: Sera Luanma <krislenz@tampabay.rr.com>
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Usagi was lost in shaded dreams. A thick white fog drifted in and crept
over the gray ground she stood on, bringing shadows and dark pockets
of space. It faded as suddenly as it came in and in its wake a gilded
mirror sat on a small spire of crystal. Pluto's Mirror, a little known object
that allows cross-dimensional travel to all beings and it was also known as the
Bearer of Prophetic Dreams.

Usagi, knowing already what kind of dream this was, stood before the
mirror and just gazed contentedly as she calmed her inner thoughtd with a
soft chant and the words of activation leapt forth like a koi on the stillness
of a pond.

Bursting from her glistening lips, the incantation carried the weight of Self
and the weight of What Could Be.

::Times of long forgotten olde
Tales of people marked with gold
The future spade of royalty dear
No unity comes without the fear
Price to be paid and marked as sold
Show the knowledge of the last marked with gold::

Usagi's reflection grew taller and changed shape, lines deepening and
curves filling her slender form out. Blue eyes grew darker with the weight
of the worlds and the tilt of her chin lifted a notch. It was Neo-Queen
Serenity, future self of Tsukino Usagi.

She beckoned to Usagi and she was drawn forth to look through the eyes
of the Queen. Gilded halls and the labor of birth, two children in her sweaty
arms, one fair headed and the other with dark locks. Each bearing a silver
eight pointed star and each with deep blue and gray eyes. Whispers and
promises filled Usagi's mind like a rushing river, slowing only when the
next scene lept forth.

Her outlook suddenly changed to the Neo-Queen in the arms of her lover, a
man with long black hair and eyes like the stars of space, ones you could lose
yourself in. And as Serenity arched her back and cried out in ecstasy, Usagi
did just that. Satin sheets slick with sweat and a dark room lit with a silvery
glow showed the truth to the unbelieving eyes and stunned mind of the female vision
who felt like she was intruding into a very intimate moment.

Serenity...Seiya...

Then she understood the meaning of how heavy the price of knowing the
future.

Usagi looked closer, hoping against hope that she was wrong, that her
lover and King wouldn't be Seiya. Yet the mirror refused to divert
from its path. The images faded and Usagi slumped to the ground,
drained and depressed.

::Why?:: Usagi sobbed. ::Why this future? Why this new path?!::

The mirror traveled to another point in time and showed a increasingly
vague image. Usagi knew this was the mirror's way of trying to tell
her she wasn't ready, yet she still threw her powers into the image,
since this was the last hope she had left.

"Focus you Kami forsaken mirror!" she hoarsely whispered. Draining
more of her powers into the dream, she tried to keep the image from
leaving her. But she couldn't see. She grabbed hold but couldn't hang on...

Then for a split second, she saw the image, the scene forever etched into
the deepest corners of Usagi's subconcious memory, where it would tease and
taunt until oblivion overcame it.

The death...Usagi's death.

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