June, 2001, by Sailor GlitterGirl & Rose Aquarius
The Universal Galaxy Saga
Book One:
The Light Never Fades
Prologue: Vacation
Rated: G
By: Sailor
GlitterGirl and Rose Aquarius
The young woman sighed as she stared
out the
crystal paned
window, stirring her drink absently as
she gazed at the
Solar System. What a beautiful galaxy.
Stars twinkling
like jewels, the universe sprinkled with
magic.
Universe... When was the last time
she'd been
called upon to
don her war name? The lovely, daring
Sailor
Universe... sister to the equally fair and
lovely, but
slightly more hard hearted, Sailor Galaxy.
The Guardians of
Guardians, protectors of protectors,
they made sure
that the Sailor Senshi, warriors of peace
and justice -
ensured the well-being of the Galaxy,
while Sailors
Universe and Galaxy made sure that all was
in it's right
place, at the right time, ensuring that
the right
guardians survived and lived on.
For reasons unknown even to them,
the two
sisters remained
legendary only, still considered to be
a myth, to even the
Lunarians. Only the graceful and
powerful Queen
Serenity of the Moon, and their cousin,
Sailor Pluto,
the Guardian of Time, knew of their existence
beyond doubt.
That they knew of, that is.
"Cabin fever edging in,
sister?" A sweet,
melodious voice
asked from behind. Princess Universia,
as was her name,
turned to face her sister, Princess
Galaxcia, as the
slender, white haired young woman -for
all appearances-
approached the glass table, the only
furniture in the
room save the two chairs.
"You could say that,"
Universia sighed. "I know
that all this
peace is good, but sometimes I wish
SOMETHING would
happen. I hate being stuck here day
after day,
nothing to do."
"I know, Versia, but this is
our duty,"
Galaxcia sat in
the other chair, waving her hand as she
did so and
produced for herself a steaming cup of hot
chocolate, a
favorite beverage of hers from Earth.
"Duty, shmooty," Versia
grumbled. "You know,
Laxa, we need a
vacation."
"Yes, but-"
"And don't start with the duty
thing, again."
Versia held up a
hand. "You want it just as much as I
do. I mean, what
are the chances that we'd be attacked
NOW? The one
time in over three thousand years that we
choose to take a
holiday?" She sipped her stardust tea
-a drink from
the Moon- "Besides, I hear that the
Neptune Beaches
are wonderful this time of year. I've
seen it through
the viewing crystals, but I'd like to
check it out for
myself."
Galaxcia -Laxa- sighed in defeat,
tossing up
her hands after
setting the steaming mug down and leaned
back in her
chair. She chuckled and was soon laughing.
When she
stopped, she looked at her sister with
sparkling silver
eyes. Versia's own gold eyes were
dancing as well
as she brushed back a strand of her
black-hole shade
of black hair.
Laxa waved her hand in the air
again, and in a
swirl of
pearlescent and silver sparkles, two slips of
paper with
stamping and writing on them appeared.
"Two round trip tickets to the
Mirage Beaches
of
Neptune," she said merrily, laughing. "Oh, and we're
already
packed."
"Yes!" Versia leaped up
and punched the air with
a fist. And with
the sudden movement, their splendid,
luxurious gowns
spun of darkmatter silk and starlight
satin vanished
in puffs of glittering smoke, revealing
outfits of simple,
but well sewn summer dresses over
flattering black
and white bikini's.
"Ya know what?" Laxa said
suddenly. "Forget
taking the
space-plane; I don't wanna wait!"
"Yeah! Let's go!" Versia
cried, latching onto
Laxa's wrist and
jumping up. Both girls clasped their
Light Crystals
about their necks and concentrated,
aiming their
thoughts to a secluded spot on the Royal
Beach of
Neptune. In a flash of swirling black and
white, glitter
and sparkles, smoke and puffs, the
Sailor
Guardians, the Protectors of the Protectors of
the Universe,
vanished.
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Lights flashed, glitter subsided,
and smoke
cleared. The two
near-immortals gazed upon a lovely
beach, albeit an
unusual one, given the sand was a
strange crimson
color, the trees more blue than green,
but still a
beautiful beach.
"Look at the ocean!" Laxa
breathed. "Every
second I'm here
I'm even more glad I came."
"Oh, yeah," Versia smiled.
"This is the life!"
The raven haired
half-goddess sighed in delight as she
called upon her
powers and retrieved a beach chair.
"It's about time we got to rest!" Versia added
as she leaned
back in the chair, folding her hands
behind her head.
"You said it, sister!"
Laxa smiled and conjured
up her own chair
and sat as the two girls laughed.
Then, suddenly, their laughter
stopped as dark
green smoke with
swirls of maroon red began billowing
up around them.
With a muffled shriek from Versia, the
Sailor Guardians
vanished.
And the end of everything began it's
countdown.
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"Hey! What's the big
idea?" Versia shouted as she
found herself
standing in an all too familiar place.
"What is it THIS time?" Laxa
growled angrily,
waving away the
eternal white mist that clouded the
landscape.
Squinting through the smoke, the two girls
could barely
make out a figure through the whiteness,
coming towards
them, key shaped staff in hand.
"That you, Pluto?" Laxa
called, caution in her
light voice. Her
hand, as well as Versia's, went to the
Light Crystals
at their throats, the gems pulsing ever
so lightly at
their mistress's touch. Both girls
ready to
instantly transform if need be.
As they watched, a tall, solidly
built yet
slender woman appeared
through the mist, a long, wrought
silver key
shaped staff in her hand, topped by a large
garnet sphere.
"Princess Setsuna, Sailor
Pluto, Guardian of
Time, just WHAT
do you THINK you are doing????" Laxa
exploded. If
anyone didn't like not being in control
-at least
slightly- of anything, it was her.
"If I were you I'd be thanking
me" Sailor Pluto
said standing in
front of the obviously furious original
scouts. For in
their anger, Versia and Laxa had
transformed
without realizing it, and now they stood
there in their
warrior fukus, Laxa -now Sailor Galaxy-
clad in white
and silver, and her sister Versia -Now
Sailor Universe-
clothed in her colors of black and
gold.
"Thanking you for what,
Cousin?!" Sailor
Universe
demanded, hands on hips. "For ending our first
vacation in
-here, let me count- 'um..."
"Three THOUSAND YEARS!" A
steamed Sailor
Galaxy cried.
"I just saved your lives."
Puu replied calmly.
"Oooooh, I hate it when you're
that calm! You
just make me so
much more- what?!" Universe stopped
mid sentence as
Puu's coment sunk in.
"Are you serious?" Laxa
asked. "Wh...what did
you save us
from?"
"You two, myself, and Queen
Serenity are the
only ones who
know of the Dark Kingdom having its eyes
on our solar
system, right?"
"Of course," Universe
narrowed her eyes. "What
does that have
to do with anything?"
"The Dark Kingdom attacked
while we were gone,
didn't it?"
Galaxy breathed suddenly, as Universe drew
in a sharp
breath. Puu nodded.
"The Dark Kingdom now has its
clutches on
Earth, as well
as the rest of the planets. The only one
left is the
Moon."
"Well, we have to go
help!" Galaxy cried,
gripping the
crystal on her front, silver bow, ready
to solo
teleport.
"No!" Sailor Pluto whipped
her staff out and
held Galaxy's
hand down. Looking up at their older
cousin in
surprise, they heard Pluto sighed.
"Let me tell you the
story." With that, Puu
began telling of
how the Moon Kingdom must fall, and
what would
happen in the future if it did not.
As she finished, Sailor Galaxy and
Sailor
Universe both
had tears in their eyes, as did the
guardian of
time.
"But...but we have to
help!" Galaxy cried,
tears streaming
down her face. "We have enough power
to save
them!"
"Yes, you do," Pluto said
calmly. "But like I
just said, it is
necessary, and you are needed in the
future, more
than you are needed here. Your mission is
to join the
Senshi in the future against evil so
great that they
would be as flies against a giant. You
are needed
there, to help them save the Universe."
As Puu finished, they were sitting
down in
chairs made of
mist. And in swirls of light, the
Sailors were
gone and there was simply Setsuna,
Galacxia, and
Universia.
Finally realizing that the Silver
Millennium
was gone, Versia
put her head in her hands, and cried.
"It's all my fault. If I hadn't
wanted a
vacation, this
would have never happened." She said,
tears running
down her face.
"That's not true. This would
have happened
regardless. Don't
blame yourself for something that
couldn't be
avoided!" Sailor Pluto consoled her broken
cousin.
"Besides, I really didn't do
anything against
this," Laxa
said, wrapped strong arms around her
sister.
"It's as much my fault as it is yours, if it's
our fault at
all."
"When...when do we leave?"
Versia asked,
containing
herself and standing tall, her sister beside
her. When
something had to be done, she made sure it
got done. They
were ready, and Puu smiled.
"Now is the time. I will send
you to the
future one
thousand years. You must find the Senshi
and-"
"How can the Senshi be alive? I
thought that
the Silver
Millennium is doomed!" Versia asked,
puzzled.
"It is." Pluto
acknowledged. "But in her death,
Queen Serenity will
have just enough to send the
Princess, the
Earth Prince, and the Senshi into the
future. They
will have no memories, but eventually
Luna, the Royal
Cat Advisor, will awaken them. By the
time you join
them, they will be much more powerful
than they are
now, and much more experienced. But beware;
they do not have
many memories from this time, and the
Outer Senshi are
extremely protective and untrusting. You
may have trouble
getting them to trust you.
"But time is short. Now go. I
will grant you
safe travel
through time, and from there, you know what
to do."
"Yes, and thank you for
everything. We WILL
destroy the
evil!" Versia said with determination
written on her
face.
"One thing," Laxa spoke up
for the first time
in several
minutes. "Is our kingdom still intact?"
"Yes. When this is over you may
return if you
choose to do
so."
"Alright. Let's boogie!"
Laxa said.
*Leave it to her to get excited over
a very
serious war.*
Versia thought, smiling slightly.
"Alright, let's go and get it over
with."
Versia sighed
and they left in a flash of light.
Their
destination: Tokyo, Japan. In the year 1995.
Mission: Defeat
the enemy and save the Universe.