Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Son of Darkness and Night ❯ Reflection ( Chapter 3 )

Author's Note: This is the revised version of Chapter 3, not the original version posted in late September on ff.net. This will also be the last of all revised versions so far if there are any more. All chapters after this one will have gone through editing by Keir before being posted. (Keir: *crosses out a paragraph. Eyes the rest of the chapter with a maniacal gleam in Keir's eye.*) Thanks to La Gatinha (another friend from school ^_^) for the input on Greek Mythology used in this chapter. It actually works!!

Disclaimers: None of the original characters of Naoko Takeuchi's Sailor Moon are mine; they are hers. All new characters AND this story belong to ME.

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Son of Darkness and Night

Chapter 3: Reflections

By Meio-Sei No Musume

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"Hello? Is there anyone there?" Charon asked into the looming darkness. How the name of the River of Styx did he get here? Hades had asked him to go to the Gate of Time and Space to seek the Guardian, not this dark, misty, gloomy place that could well be a portion of hell itself!!

The ever-swirling mist parted slightly to reveal a silhouette. The figure was slightly shorter than he was and in the person's hand was a key-shaped staff. The silhouette strode forward several steps soundlessly.

"What is your business here in the Fourth Dimension?" asked a cold husky voice.

"The Fourth Dimension?" Charon repeated incredulously. "This is the Fourth Dimension?"

"You hold a Time-Space key," said the voice. "Where did you get it?"

"This key?" Charon held up the object. "It was given to me by the Lord of the Underworld." (Meio-Sei No Musume's Note: He's referring to Hades.)

"A Time-Space key does not belong in the normal plane or any other plane/dimension but this one." The voice informed him in a plain monotone. "Only I am allowed to handle the keys."

The key in Charon's hand shimmered, disappeared and reappeared in the silhouette's hand. "Who are you?" he asked, his curiosity showing in his voice.

The silhouette walked forward to where he could clearly see what it looked like. "I am Sailor Pluto, the Guardian of the Gate of Time and Space."

Charon found himself looking into a pair of deep red eyes like the color of the finest garnets that met his gaze evenly and revealed nothing of her persona. Those fascinating orbs of red were set in an emotionless, tan colored face. Long wisps of dark green hair swirled around the Guardian in a wind that was ever-present in this dimension. Her garb was one he had never seen before...

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...Charon sighed with a seemingly eternal sadness. Yes, it had been many a millennia ago when he had first come upon the Fourth Dimension and the Guardian of the Gate of Time and Space. He had been brash, reckless even all those years ago. She had been cold, emotionless, incredibly distant, and in some ways, cruel. She showed no one her true self that had been safely locked away deep in the inner most layers of her soul. She could never be considered or even called "innocent" regarding destruction, war, famine, death... She had witnessed countless lifetimes' worth of those tragedies and the atrocities of humankind. It was the very thing that slowly wore away at her humanity and had nearly erased emotions from her persona.

"Destiny placed us together but Fate separated us and put us on different paths," Charon said to the sky. "Will Fate be kinder towards us this time? If only I knew... And I'm sorry I couldn't have returned to you sooner..."

~~ To be continued… ~~

Meio-Sei No Musume: Yeah, yeah, I know. It's really short, ne? Gomen nasai for taking so long to get the revised versions out. School started and things got kind of hectic for me, so for future reference, it may take several weeks or up to more than A MONTH for a new chapter to come out. I apologize in advance for the inconvenience but a girl HAS to do her homework and keep up with other commitments!! Dratted school… Thanks again to Angel and Keir for all their help!!!!

For any of the readers who actually can tell if someone is using Japanese words in proper context or not, please feel free to remark in reviews or e-mail me if I'm not doing it right. I haven't learned enough to know exactly, but I want to practice using the words in proper context and stuff, so I'd really appreciate it if someone helped me with it. It'd help SO much!!!

Minna-san please review!!! Can't go on without them!!!

Keir: *Savagely slices and dices and slashes at the next chapter with the Blue Mechanical Pencil of Justice*

Angel: *Snigger*

Meio-Sei No Musume: Nani??? The "Blue Mechanical Pencil of Justice"???? Isn't Keir starting to sound like Wufei????? And I haven't even started writing the next chapter yet… *Sigh* Too busy…

Keir: Wufei?? How dare you compare me with that…that…that…just a minute. I'll be back as soon as I find the appropriate swear words. Oooh and if readers can summon the energy to type up a review, please tell me if the editing is an improvement.

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Revival

This tiny section is dedicated to all the people who became victims of the tragic events on September 11, 2001. The tragic events that took place in New York and in Washington D.C. have shook the world and in some ways, made us all stronger. It is nearly impossible to express in words what some may be going through in this time of confusion and chaos. Many of us will never be able to forget that fateful day though for some the memory of that day shall fade and wither, like an ephemeral flower. But for now, let us all remember and mourn the loss of so many lives.

And like a phoenix, from our ashes, we will rise again.

-Meio-Sei No Musume

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