Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Consequences: Book Three- A New Universe ❯ Chapter Two ( Chapter 2 )

Title: Consequences: Book Three- A New Universe

Author: Sean Wright

Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon; I'm just a fan.




Chapter Two

Nike carried the still sleeping Princess Serenity to her chambers and left the small princess under the vigilant eye of her own planetary guards. When she rejoined the others, they had all moved to the Queen's private rooms and made themselves comfortable. It was going to be a long night. A tea service was brought in along with an assortment of delicate pastries. Everyone had rushed to buffet table and piled small plates high before returning to their seats.

Persephone sat near the Queen, in a comfortable club chair of white velvet. She waited until everyone was ready before she slipped into her trance and began to read from the Book of the Dead.

"Helios of Sol," she said in her low monotone voice, "Son of Morpheus, God of Dreams, and the Demi-Goddess Circe. Helios was the youngest son of four divine children; His sister and brothers was Eos the Goddess of Dawn and Phobetor and Phantasos, the Twin Guardians of Sleep. It was decided that when the young one had come of age he would become his father's guardian in the Realms of Dreams, a high honor for one so young and inexperienced; yet a wise decision that was accepted by all of the Higher Gods of Nirvana. Helios, like his father, had been blessed with the gifts of true sight, true dreaming, and divination; rare gifts to be possessed by a lesser god and most especially in an untrained youth. Such rare and powerful gifts made boy more valuable to the God of Dreams than all his other chosen guardians in Nirvana.

"When the time came and Helios was proclaimed a man, Lord Morpheus took his son to the High Council and there, the eternal Paradise of Elysium was placed in the young divinity's keeping. Elysium was a piece of Nirvana, a gate way into Heaven, which could bring any being into the access of the Higher Gods. Also, the Gods charged to became the protector of new system that had just been born. Realizing the youth was still young and untested in battle, the High Council pooled it's power into two vessels and handed them to Helios. Into his possession, was placed two crystals. These stones were brighter than any star and blesses with the powers of the Higher Gods themselves. Helios took all these gifts along with the blessing of Council and he left the dimension of his.

"Helios entered this System with only two young Senshi from his father's guard. Together with his companions, Helios set out for his new home and protectorate. Once here, first goal was finding a place to hide Elysium and a place to make his home. After sometime, it was decided that the warm yellow star in this Galaxy would serve the duel purpose as home of Elysium and his keep. Once that was settled, Helios and his two Senshi went out to bring life to rest of the system. He touched all the nine planets, blessing each with the gift of life. Yet there were many problems when he started to create life on the first planet. The beings he awoke had no life and were empty drones and he abandoned that world to move to the next. On that world, the life forms were suffocated as soon as they drew their first breaths from the noxious flumes in the air. Frustration almost caused him to abandon the effort. But it was on the third star that he achieved success.

"On the third star, with ever changing climates and varied landscapes, Helios created a girl child. She came from the earth, brown and dusty was her complexion, with water and soil moving through her veins, and the clean breeze flowed from her ruddy lips. This woman was sweet and child-like in her nature and her temperament. Helios loved her from the moment she opened her blue eyes and saw him. He named her Danu Erda, Great Earth Mother and into her keeping, Helios placed the one of the crystals into her heart. He made her the first God of this Solar System and the mother of all the worlds.

Through the Great Mother's touch, life began on Terra. Her children grew; they multiplied, and explored the heavens. Helios was pleased. He reached into Danu's garden and took eighteen of her most special children and placed them on the nine planets. To each, a man and woman, he gave the will to create life and populate the system. Yet these children were terran born and used to climes of their mother's planet. In order for the children to live, Helios shattered the second crystals and placed them on the nine planets. The crystals adapted to the terrains of their respected world and it's magics altered the people to suit their new environments. Eons passed and the solar system was populated as Lord Helios had wanted. The Danu Erda's children remained living amongst their descendents and held above all others of their planets. They were the second generation of Gods in this System The new gods lived as the rulers of the planets and more than a few were worshipped. They looked to the heavens, remembering the planet of their birth and the who had granted them life and a few sought to conquer Terra. This was the Age of Darkness. The seeds of lust, greed, and vanity were implanted in the hearts of the Great Mother's children and it was passed along to men. Fearing the lost of his perfect garden, Helios sent his senshi out to suppress this anger that was the Great Mother's children. But they returned quickly as they had gone, reporting to their master of a great evil that had come managed to creep into their system."

"The Accursed One," Queen Serenity told them.

Persephone nodded gravely. "The Accursed One had invaded this System in secret and had slowly leached it's corruption into the hearts and minds of the peoples of the nine planets. Helios sent Selene forth to wipe the bitterness from the hearts and minds of the people as well as appeal to the Gods to aide she and her brother in protecting this system. Once their minds were clear, the Gods in their anger took to arms themselves and united under Apollo and Selene to defeat the darkness and banish it from this realm. It was in truth, a horrid battle. Senshi from other universes had sided with the darkness in hopes of capturing Sol and Helios. But they never made it beyond Plutonian moon Nemesis. Chronos risked his own life by stilling time which allowed Apollo to lead his forces against the other Senshi and obliterated them, while Selene faced the Darkness. She went into battle with a crystal sword and a small stone given to her by Helios. The sword and crystal fused and Selene became the opposite of that dark madness, she was brilliance, she was order, she was eternal. The Darkness fought the bright Senshi with such ferocity that it almost defeated Helios' champion. Selene was hurt, she could not stand-alone against such hate and shadow. Her light was almost swallowed by the dark. Apollo's sacrifice saved her, but only for a moment. The valiant warrior lost his crystal heart and Selene feared she would follow him just as quickly into death. Finally, Helios came to her aid. The Guardian of Elysium blessed his champion with the power of the universe and the strength of pure love, he swept away her celestial body, and she became something far powerful. Selene became cosmic. When Selene opened her eyes again, the Darkness filched for now it knew fear for the first time. Selene put away her sword and from the stars, she drew forth a staff, with her emblem of the crescent moon upon it and it glowing brightly was a flower-shaped gem.

"Selene robed in white with wings of a dove gracing her back and upon her brow was the symbol of hope. The eight pointed star glowed like a small sun and Selene called upon the powers of the universe, captured in that gem and released it in one terrific blow." Persephone paused and let the battle wash over her. Then she continued, "The Darkness was pushed away, but nature could not deny its return. In it's final act, it cursed Selene and Helios. It promised it would return when Luna had destroyed Elysium."

"Luna?" Nike burst out, "How could that traitor ever destroy Elysium."

Endy shook his head, "Luna was the first name of Selene's home world, and it was later changed to Silver Millennium and White Moon."

Persephone continued as if she had not been interrupted. "Victory was theirs, but it came with a heavy price. The Gods of the System feared the return of the Darkness, to end their fear and to never be caught unawares again, they petitioned Helios to make them Senshi. Helios was set to deny them, for he had hoped that once the Darkness was gone, the System would return to what it once was. But the innocence that had once surrounded all the planets and the children of the planets had forever been lost. Helios was ready to purge the awful pain from the minds of all, but Selene entreated upon him to let them remember. She had lost her brother in arms that day and had watched the Gods lose their beloved children; she went to him and pleaded their case. Neither Selene nor Helios wanted to witness such terrible destruction again. With great reluctance, Helios bestowed on the gods the celestial powers of the Higher Senshi."

"Whoa," Kris interrupted her monologue, "The Gods were Celestial Senshi?"

Apollo looked at the confused young man and decided to take pity on him. "The older Gods were Alphas. It was their children such as my great, great grandfather Ouranos, and his Queen, Phoebe were Celestial Senshi were as their descendants down to Atalanta were Eternals."

"It was Lord Helios' wish." Kore told them. "Helios feared that after many generation with such terrific powers, the descendants of the gods would be corrupt and make wars amongst themselves which would eventually destroy this Star System." She slipped back into her trance and continued her narrative. "As expected, Lord Helios was much grieved by the lost of his boyhood companion and Sol Senshi as well as the loss of so many others. He decided to go far into Elysium to recover his spirits yet before he left, place the Solar System in Selene's care. To ensure that peace reigned while he slept, Helios asked the Gods to swear their loyalty to his Champion on the crystal he had created for her."

"Wait a minute," Endy cried, "My father made the Silver Imperial Crystal?"

Serenity laughed softly as she shook her head, "Our hearts make the crystal," she told him, "The crystal is a manifestation of the power blessed upon us by Selene that resides in our hearts. It only becomes the crystal when we need it."

Endy looked at her strangely, "That made absolutely no sense," he shook his head and turned back to Persephone, "So my father had them swear upon the Silver Imperial Crystal?"

"No," she told him, a teasing grin appeared on her tired features, "The oath was sworn upon the Great Sword of Selene."

"The what?" Endy asked.

Serenity was still smiling at his confusion. "Our prayer column." She answered for the Guardian of Death. "After Helios left, Selene returned to her look out on Terra's moon and the people of Sol followed her there. With no new Senshi of Sol to protect them, the Solarians asked Selene to be their champion and Queen. Silver Millennium was born and soon after the Silver Alliance was created. The main purpose of the Alliance was to defend the System from the Cursed One it ever came back. But back to what Persephone was saying: All the Gods swore an oath on Selene's sword and she rammed it point down into heart of the terran Moon."

Persephone picked up the story at the point, "With the powers of her crystal heart, Selene enclosed her sword in a sheath of silver crystal and around the crystal her palace grew. With all the powers of the Gods at her hands, Selene raised her Crescent Staff to the Heavens and created Utopia. As the eons passed, Utopia became known as Silver Millennium and the System once again knew peace. Yet peace was not to last, not even in a world as shining as Silver Millennium. The age of the Gods had come and gone. The children of the Gods now lived amongst their people as Kings and Queens. They had set up homes and some had families. Selene was now the ruler of this prosperous world and many lonely years in her silent vigil; The Greater Senshi had finally taken a husband and conceived a child. She had daughter, with the half brother of Hades, Prince Kreios, Planetary Senshi of Saturn and one of the Guardians of the Dead."

"Oww, Endy, you're girlfriend is from the house of the Dead?" Jamie cackled until Athena Diana hit him.

"My mother was a descendant of that house," she told him.

"Your mother?" Troy was curious.

Athena nodded, "Lady Diana, daughter of the Goddess of the Hunt, Artemis."

"I thought she was the Goddess of the Moon." Mike was rubbing his brow as if he had a headache.

"Artemis and Terran where working against Metallia's influence. Protecting the identities of the members of the Royal Families was very important when terrans began looking to the Heavens."

This was getting to be a bit much for the terrans anyone could see that. Here they were, surrounded by demi-divinities, Children of the very Gods they had learned about their entire lives but none of it added up. They were the myths they learned about, which were completely different from what they had learned here, it was like was all a great-

"Story?" Persephone said, finishing their unspoken thoughts. She smiled slightly as she stretched her cramped back muscles. "Yes, this feels like a story as I tell it to all of you, but inside here," she tapped a slender forefinger against her temple and gave them all a self-deprecating smile. "I have the pleasure of viewing everything first hand as an unbiased observer."

"It's like standing at the Time Gates?" Serenity asked curiously.

Persephone was a little surprised by the question, but shook her head, "In the Gates, the Guardian has the ability to interfere and alter a course. When I open the Book, I can only watch. I am a voyeur, if you will. I see atrocities against mankind, wars, and senseless death and yet I can do nothing but watch. I want to help them, yet death is permanent. The deeds and actions done in life have been done and the souls have passed on to either be judged or face rebirth."

"What about our parents?" Nike asked eagerly.

"What about them?" Was the cool reply.

Nike inquired hopefully, "One day, will our parents be reborn?"

Persephone shook her head, "No," her voice was flat as she turned away from the Jovian Queen. "Our parents' lost their hearts, Ananke made sure that they would never exist again."

"What do you mean?" Nike cried. For a moment, she had hope. For a brief second she believed that she would see her cherished mother and father again. They were Gods. How could anyone kill a God?

Persephone faced the broken hearted woman and her heart went out to her. Without a word, Kore slipped back into her trance and the Book of the Dead continued to reveal its secrets. "Selene and Prince Kreios had a daughter whom they named in honour of the Silver Millennium, Serenity. On Venus King Anchises and Queen Aine found a child washed up on the shores of Magellan; they believed that she was gift from the gods thus they named her Aphrodite. On Mars, King Ares, son of the God, Ares, by his wife had a daughter whom they named Eris. And on Jupiter, King Jove was presented with a son, who reeked of lighting and would rule the skies and by order of the High Council, a small girl child was given to the Royal House of Jupiter to one day be his bride, her name was Hera. She was a Goddess in her own right. On Uranus, King Zephyrus and his wife bore a son and named him Boreas…"

"And can we get on with this?" Endy demanded loudly. "Normally, I love to sit by and listen to the hierarchy of the Gods and birth of all their children, but this is dragging on. Can we get on with next Senshi War or can we go home?"

Persephone glared at him. "I do have a point with all of this, King Endymion-"

"I'm sure you do," he replied coolly, "But we don't need the full version. Let's just get to cliff notes and have done with this?"

It looked as if Endy and Kore were ready to start throwing punches. Eros moved in between the two combatants and tried to defuse the situation. "Kore," she said in a calm, slow voice, "As much as I hate to admit this, Endymion is right. We do need a condense version."

"Yes!" Endy jumped up and grabbed Athena Diana in a merry little jig. "Finally, one of you thinks I'm right." He said as he dipped Athena Diana with a flourish.

Queen Serenity could not fight the smile that danced about her lips. But she cleared her throat.

Endy pulled Athena Diana up and returned her to her seat next to Troy. Like a happy kid, he bounced over to his chair and dropped down with his left leg over his right knee. "Alright, Kore, when did my father return?"

She flipped him off. "Helios returned when all the children of the Gods were just in their second Solar Decade. Princess Eris felt a great disturbance in the out regions and went to Princesses Serenity and Aphrodite with her concerns. The Princesses conferred and went to Selene and the Queen knew the Cursed One was alive. It was capturing the souls of Senshi through the Universes, stealing their hearts and giving them life as its slaves. The reason for its return was to capture the golden light of this System. There were other systems with their own crystals, but the hopes and dreams of all live things were only in this one."

"Chaos wanted Elysium?" Endy asked.

"It is the only land outside of Nirvana that she can use to reach the Gods." Persephone rubbed at a sore spot on her back. Ananke's Typhoon had done a real number on her. "When Helios sensed the danger approaching, he came out of his sleep to stand on Lunar soil. It was the first time he had seen the Gods and their children or the new ones other than Ares and Hermes. Although he was pleased to see that his Senshi had procreated, he had to end his joyous celebration. His return more than anything confirmed to Queen Selene of the Accursed One's return. As expected, the Gods took to arms. Much to the surprise of their descendents, who although had trained as Senshi, never dreamt that their parents and great grandparents were the legendary warriors of old who defeated the great evil that threatened the system in the past. Selene led the Silver Alliance's assault first against their enemy, hoping that it would be only one needed. For his part, Helios took the second generation to Terra. He was amazed that the Gods of that planet had never attempted to make contact with those of the other planets except for Venus, but he needed their aid and went to them and presented his problem with them and as the Children as his witnesses. However, Daghda Belenus would not allow his children to march so easily into death. He demanded a boon from the Guardian and oath of loyalty that would ensure Terra's security."

Serenity gasped. All turned to her expectantly. But she sat back, a mischievous smile on her playing on her lips. "No, children, you will have to figure this one out on your own or wait for Kore to give you the answer." She sat back smiling to herself.

Endy was dying to do her some sort of harm. She was an arrogant bitch.

"Helios had sealed away the sun," Persephone said, "He needed a place to hide Elysium."

"Elysium is on or rather inside Terra," Endy told the Senshi. "As a boy, in my former life, my father would take me there to train with the Golden Crystal and talk to my grandfather Morpheus and my grandmother Danu Erda."

"You never mentioned this before." Bellona accused.

Endy gave her a baleful look. "It is my mission in life to guard Elysium. I was not going to run about and tell the entire System that the gateway to the Gods was on my planet."

"All this time, you knew?" Eros demanded. Her right eye was twitching something awful.

He gave her a superior look; "How could I not?" He demanded, "I am connected to the place. I feel it the same way I feel Terra and my crystal. I can't ignore it. That's why your Queen is trying to talk me into standing back and letting Serenity fight in place." He turned to Persephone, his entire body was taunt with dangerous energy, "I want to know one thing, Saturn, what does Serenity, my Serenity, have to do with this?"

"First I have a question for you," Queen Serenity said formally. "Does Serenity know about Elysium?"

Endy nodded his head once. "I took her there whenever she came to Terra."

Serenity was surprised by that, "She never told me."

"I asked her not to." He said simply.

"She never keep secrets from me," Serenity insisted.

Endy raised a brow; an amused glint was in his dark eyes. "Oh, really?"

Her eyes narrowed with disgust. "You know I hate you." She told him.

"The feeling is most defiantly mutual," he smirked. He looked away from one bane in his existence to another, "Alright, Kore, answer my question. What does Serenity have to do with this?"

"You already know what she has to do with all of this," she quipped. Endy's eyes narrowed dangerously, but she was not impressed. "Do you want a quick answer or the long version?"

"I already know, I just want to make sure that you Senshi and Queen are on the same page as myself." he said.

She nodded. "Serenity is Cosmos." He made a gesture for her to continue, Persephone gave him an unfriendly stare, "She is the descendant of Selene, Champion of Helios, ring a bell?" She asked sarcastically. "This what Ananke wants more than anything."

Endy was on his feet, towering over both the Queens, his dark blue eyes blazing with an unmatched fury and gold energy whirled around his form as he empathically declared in a ring voice that had the guards run towards the Queen's chamber.

"Like hell will I allow Sere to fight that thing."