Magic Knight Rayearth Fan Fiction ❯ I Looked At Myself In The Mirror ❯ First Look ( Chapter 1 )

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I don't own MKR nor intend to profit from use of the characters.

 

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I looked at myself in the mirror. The girls had all insisted I looked the same as always. None-the-less I look totally different. What could be the source of the difference? Mentally I retraced my steps.

 

“Now let's see! I merged with Nova, became the pillar of Cephiro, and confessed my love to Lantis.” I couldn't help but giggle in remembering the last one. Now here I was, back on earth. Back to a normal life, yet something was different.

 

“I wonder… Am I glowing with happiness because Lantis said he loved me? No! I miss him too much. Am I melancholy because we're apart? No! I don't feel like something is missing.” Something missing I thought. Nova was a part of me, yet I didn't realize she had become a separate entity. Furthermore Nova rejoined me and I don't feel a separate presence.

 

What was that girl exactly? When I… when I killed Emeraude my guilt had burned a scar in Cephiro. That is how she described her birth. Yet Nova wasn't guilt. No, she was me without any guilt. She was beautiful without trying to be beautiful. She acted on her emotions even when it hurt others, or herself. No guilt. But I was guilty. Before Emeraude I was carefree. I had a clear conscious. Is that what I lost? Is that what she was? Is that why I envied her?

 

When we reunited I still felt guilty. I guess you can't take back lost innocence.

 

No wait! I didn't kill Emeraude! Nova did! It all makes sense. She has been trying to confuse me since we reunited. Nova was the evil part of me. I expelled her after she killed Emeraude. I took her back only to keep her from harming others. I do have a clear conscious. Whatever wrong I do is because she's inside me. I'm good. I'm sweet, and noble, and good. When I do wrong it's Nova's doing not mine.

 

Suddenly I saw something strange in the mirror. My hair lengthened and lightened to a pink. My ears became pointed and elfin. My body grew thinner, daintier, yet stronger. I'd become Nova. I giggled in my slightly softer voice.

 

Where was the line between Nova and Hikaru. I didn't feel any shift in my mind. Heck I couldn't even feel the change in my body as it happened. Yet I am Nova now. It is as plain as the nose on my face. This means I can do anything! Because Nova doesn't care. When I'm Hikaru again it'll be Nova's fault, not mine…I mean hers.

 

Let's see what Umi's doing tonight!

 

TO BE CONTINUED

 

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I've been obsessing for awhile about the impact of Hikaru and Nova merging together.

Does she have Novas memories?

Can they perceive themselves as separate people still?

Does Hikaru feel responsible for Nova's actions?

Was Hikaru changed by the experience?

 

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