Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ The Embers of a Flame ❯ The ceremony ( Chapter 3 )
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By: himitsu-no-hi 
Anime/Manga: Sailor Moon Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Drama / Angst | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 10.12.2002 | Pages: 2 | Words: 1.8K | Visits: 226 | Status: Work In Progress
Anime/Manga: Sailor Moon Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Drama / Angst | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 10.12.2002 | Pages: 2 | Words: 1.8K | Visits: 226 | Status: Work In Progress
The Embers of a Flame ~ Chapter 3
By Himitsu No Hi
The grand hall was one of the most amazing places Rei had ever seen (and she had seen quite a few today). Although the ceremony hall on Mars was grand and beautiful it lacked the radiance and magnificence of the lunarian equivalent. The walls were decked in a likewise manner to the rest of the palace, along with extra ribbons, balloons, garlands, draping fabrics and banners in the typical royal colours of the moon, silver and lilac.
Rei glanced to Minako as the two princesses entered the room; the blonde seemed just as enthralled by it all as she was. Rei smiled as Minako gasped in awe at the throne, which stood at the head of the hall.
"Its all so beautiful..."she cooed.
A man dressed in orange and blue walked excitedly towards Aphrodite and Minako, casting a warm smile in Rei's direction he wrapped an arm around the Venusian Queen's waist and kissed her softly on the cheek,
"Serenity will be coming in a minute, we should get to our places." He nodded politely to Eris as he pulled Aphrodite and Minako away with him.
"Eros is right Rei hime, we should get ready," Eris whispered moving Rei forwards. It was then that the Martian princess noticed for the first time the other occupants of the hall. A man and woman in colours of green and pink stood proudly behind a tall brunette who was glancing about excitedly, to the left of them stood another family this time dressed in blue, Rei supposed that these were the Royals of Jupiter and Mercury respectively. As Rei looked over to the Venusian family who now stood to her right, an uneasy thought struck. Rei turned to look at her mother for a moment as if verifying what she had already known,
"Papa didn't want us to come did he mama?"
A slight look of dejection crossed her features as she spoke. Eris' looked down upon her daughter, a mixture of pity and empathy in her eyes. Why had she been forced to marry such an arrogant and selfish fool? It had caused so much pain and trouble then and it still was even now...
The Martian queen pressed her hand gently on Rei's shoulder, forcing a smile
"Don't frown fire bird, this is a day to celebrate, suppress your unhappy thoughts and enjoy this special moment, never let your father stand in your way of happiness."
Rei bit her lip and turned back to face the Venus family. Papa had been so mad at her, could he really hate her and mama so much?
Rei took a deep breath, straightened her shoulders and pushed the image of her father's angry face from her mind, mama was right this was a special day for her, no one could ever change that.
Rei's gaze moved to her feet, as glowing mark on the floor took her by surprise. She moved backwards a little as she took in the peculiar pattern carved onto the marbled ground. A ring of nine concentric circles spiralled out from an image of a crescent moon. Within the first four circles small symbols were engraved in silver, Rei recognised the one in front of her as being the emblem of Mars. In the outer three circles there were another three symbols, which glowed in the colours of yellow, navy blue and forest green. The forth circle was occupied by an unlit mark embossed in a dark violet. Concentrating on each one in turn Rei realised that they were the same symbols she had seen earlier in the Martian teleportation room, the emblems of the planets in the Silver Millennium alliance. Rei looked up and noted that the other three families stood in front of the remaining small silver symbols. Perhaps...
A loud trumpeting brought Rei from her thoughts as the woman dressed in yellow whom she had met earlier that afternoon appeared in the doorway, she was accompanied this time by a man dressed in white, whose long silver hair slid elegantly down his back. As they moved from the entranceway the gentle voice, which had announced her arrival on the Moon spoke once more,
"Her royal highness, crowned royal majesty of the Moon and Guardian of the Silver Millennium, Queen Serenity."
A lady too beautiful for words stepped gracefully into the grand hall, eyes of gentle lilac glanced around the room as all those before her bowed and curtseyed. She smiled warmly as all rose once more and extending her arms to them she spoke,
"Let the ceremony begin."
"Eight hundred and ninety five years ago, a great war took place in our solar system, begun by the evil which had infested our sun. At that time nine maidens were called upon to fight against that evil and protect a light, which would save them all. Today even in a time of peace, we still must protect that which is dear to us, you four, descendants of those nine warriors are now called upon to protect what your ancestors fought so hard to achieve."
The Moon queen stood before those gathered, a royal sceptre held in her hand as she gazed at each of the new generation of warriors,
"I ask you now to swear a sacred oath that with the power bestowed on you at birth you will give yourselves heart, body, mind and soul to the duty of protecting our alliance, our love, our hope and most importantly our new light."
Her free hand slid idly to her stomach as a smile flickered across her face.
Rei's expression became one of determination, she felt drawn to the warmth and light of the moon's queen as if an invisible bond had begun to form between herself and the light, it was an odd sensation but one which filled her with hope and faith, it was an almost immediate decision, she had already made a vow to herself to protect the light like her mother but she understood at that moment how special a day this truly was; it was the day in which her life would change forever, when she would be eternally bound to a power that filled her with love and happiness.
"If you feel within your hearts that this is your true destiny, move together into the circle of light..." The queen's voice barley registered as Rei moved forwards onto the emblem of Mars carved on the floor, as if pulled towards it. She did not feel the presence of the other three princesses who joined her in their own circles simultaneously, but reached out her hands towards them automatically.
"Inner senshi of the third generation awaken!"
As the queen's sceptre rose into the air an almost blinding light sprung forth encasing the four princesses in a cocoon.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Mars..."
"Princess Mars..."
Rei's eyes flickered open.
She found herself alone in the silence, surrounded by a gentle warm light. She glanced around as the voice spoke again,
"Princess, it is once again a time of change for the sailor senshi..."
"Who are you? Where..."Rei began before a slight movement within the light caught her eye. The movement increased until the outline of a small figure could be made out. As it came closer Rei gasped to find herself face to face with, herself.
"Your...me?" Rei uttered.
"I am a part of you yes, I am your sailor power guardian and will be with you always."
Rei stared in wonder at the power guardian, dressed in the typical senshi fuku, white bodice, short red skirt and a sailor collar,
"Sailor princess Mars, you have opened your heart to the light of the silver Imperium crystal and have bound yourself to its power. You have promised to always protect Serenity and all that she holds dear with the power of your mother star Phobos Deimos castle, so that peace and prosperity may rule our solar system."
Rei nodded, "I live to protect the light."
The sailor guardian smiled and held out her palm, on which was a shiny ruby pen shaped object,
"Then here is your Mars pen, with this you can call upon the powers of your planet and your mother star, you are the soldier of fire, a guardian goddess of Serenity, Sailor Mars."
Rei took hold of the red pen, gazing at it for a moment as she took in the words of her guardian, then raising it above her head she called out for the first time,
"MARS STAR POWER MAKE UP!"
The sensation of flames coursing through her body in her heart, her mind, her very soul, filling her with the power of their light and energy.
As Sailor Mars' eyes opened once again to view the light, she found the other three princess senshi by her side. Joining hands they nodded to each other in a silent vow,
"Sailor Planet Power!"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In a flash of light the princesses found themselves back once again in the Grand Hall. Rei glanced down at her new attire, she was dressed as her sailor guardian had been, a fuku of reds and purples, looking up towards the others she saw they too had transformed into uniforms much like hers but in the colours of their planets respectively. Sailor Venus grinned happily at her as they turned once more to face the Queen of the Moon
"Soon a new light will be born into the moon kingdom, at that time you will be called together once more so that you can fulfil your promise. May you all grow together in love and friendship, always to be guided by the light."
The four inner symbols on the floor pattern glowed distinctly in colours of blue, green, gold and red...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In a distant land, far in the recesses of vast space, three others watched the awakening of the next generation of Sailor Senshi,
"It is time now Enyo..."
"Revenge is ripe for the picking, things shall be done as it is written..."
"Return to your true home, dear child, destroy that which holds the light so closely,"
"That which banished you here..."
"Deino, Pemphiedo, without you I would not be strong enough to destroy those who tried so to destroy me... the royal family of Mars will pay for our suffering, I can sense my dear brother's unhappiness and anger, married to that fire witch...it fills me with power - Victory friends will be ours..."
Story Notes:
I think there was only one Japanese word I've not used before-
Fuku: it's basically the name given to the sailor senshi (soldier/scout) uniform.
I think I'll give an explanation at the end about all of the mythology I've used, if anyone wants it.
^_^-Any other questions just ask...
Hope you're still enjoying the story!!
See ya next time!
H.n.H
By Himitsu No Hi
The grand hall was one of the most amazing places Rei had ever seen (and she had seen quite a few today). Although the ceremony hall on Mars was grand and beautiful it lacked the radiance and magnificence of the lunarian equivalent. The walls were decked in a likewise manner to the rest of the palace, along with extra ribbons, balloons, garlands, draping fabrics and banners in the typical royal colours of the moon, silver and lilac.
Rei glanced to Minako as the two princesses entered the room; the blonde seemed just as enthralled by it all as she was. Rei smiled as Minako gasped in awe at the throne, which stood at the head of the hall.
"Its all so beautiful..."she cooed.
A man dressed in orange and blue walked excitedly towards Aphrodite and Minako, casting a warm smile in Rei's direction he wrapped an arm around the Venusian Queen's waist and kissed her softly on the cheek,
"Serenity will be coming in a minute, we should get to our places." He nodded politely to Eris as he pulled Aphrodite and Minako away with him.
"Eros is right Rei hime, we should get ready," Eris whispered moving Rei forwards. It was then that the Martian princess noticed for the first time the other occupants of the hall. A man and woman in colours of green and pink stood proudly behind a tall brunette who was glancing about excitedly, to the left of them stood another family this time dressed in blue, Rei supposed that these were the Royals of Jupiter and Mercury respectively. As Rei looked over to the Venusian family who now stood to her right, an uneasy thought struck. Rei turned to look at her mother for a moment as if verifying what she had already known,
"Papa didn't want us to come did he mama?"
A slight look of dejection crossed her features as she spoke. Eris' looked down upon her daughter, a mixture of pity and empathy in her eyes. Why had she been forced to marry such an arrogant and selfish fool? It had caused so much pain and trouble then and it still was even now...
The Martian queen pressed her hand gently on Rei's shoulder, forcing a smile
"Don't frown fire bird, this is a day to celebrate, suppress your unhappy thoughts and enjoy this special moment, never let your father stand in your way of happiness."
Rei bit her lip and turned back to face the Venus family. Papa had been so mad at her, could he really hate her and mama so much?
Rei took a deep breath, straightened her shoulders and pushed the image of her father's angry face from her mind, mama was right this was a special day for her, no one could ever change that.
Rei's gaze moved to her feet, as glowing mark on the floor took her by surprise. She moved backwards a little as she took in the peculiar pattern carved onto the marbled ground. A ring of nine concentric circles spiralled out from an image of a crescent moon. Within the first four circles small symbols were engraved in silver, Rei recognised the one in front of her as being the emblem of Mars. In the outer three circles there were another three symbols, which glowed in the colours of yellow, navy blue and forest green. The forth circle was occupied by an unlit mark embossed in a dark violet. Concentrating on each one in turn Rei realised that they were the same symbols she had seen earlier in the Martian teleportation room, the emblems of the planets in the Silver Millennium alliance. Rei looked up and noted that the other three families stood in front of the remaining small silver symbols. Perhaps...
A loud trumpeting brought Rei from her thoughts as the woman dressed in yellow whom she had met earlier that afternoon appeared in the doorway, she was accompanied this time by a man dressed in white, whose long silver hair slid elegantly down his back. As they moved from the entranceway the gentle voice, which had announced her arrival on the Moon spoke once more,
"Her royal highness, crowned royal majesty of the Moon and Guardian of the Silver Millennium, Queen Serenity."
A lady too beautiful for words stepped gracefully into the grand hall, eyes of gentle lilac glanced around the room as all those before her bowed and curtseyed. She smiled warmly as all rose once more and extending her arms to them she spoke,
"Let the ceremony begin."
"Eight hundred and ninety five years ago, a great war took place in our solar system, begun by the evil which had infested our sun. At that time nine maidens were called upon to fight against that evil and protect a light, which would save them all. Today even in a time of peace, we still must protect that which is dear to us, you four, descendants of those nine warriors are now called upon to protect what your ancestors fought so hard to achieve."
The Moon queen stood before those gathered, a royal sceptre held in her hand as she gazed at each of the new generation of warriors,
"I ask you now to swear a sacred oath that with the power bestowed on you at birth you will give yourselves heart, body, mind and soul to the duty of protecting our alliance, our love, our hope and most importantly our new light."
Her free hand slid idly to her stomach as a smile flickered across her face.
Rei's expression became one of determination, she felt drawn to the warmth and light of the moon's queen as if an invisible bond had begun to form between herself and the light, it was an odd sensation but one which filled her with hope and faith, it was an almost immediate decision, she had already made a vow to herself to protect the light like her mother but she understood at that moment how special a day this truly was; it was the day in which her life would change forever, when she would be eternally bound to a power that filled her with love and happiness.
"If you feel within your hearts that this is your true destiny, move together into the circle of light..." The queen's voice barley registered as Rei moved forwards onto the emblem of Mars carved on the floor, as if pulled towards it. She did not feel the presence of the other three princesses who joined her in their own circles simultaneously, but reached out her hands towards them automatically.
"Inner senshi of the third generation awaken!"
As the queen's sceptre rose into the air an almost blinding light sprung forth encasing the four princesses in a cocoon.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Mars..."
"Princess Mars..."
Rei's eyes flickered open.
She found herself alone in the silence, surrounded by a gentle warm light. She glanced around as the voice spoke again,
"Princess, it is once again a time of change for the sailor senshi..."
"Who are you? Where..."Rei began before a slight movement within the light caught her eye. The movement increased until the outline of a small figure could be made out. As it came closer Rei gasped to find herself face to face with, herself.
"Your...me?" Rei uttered.
"I am a part of you yes, I am your sailor power guardian and will be with you always."
Rei stared in wonder at the power guardian, dressed in the typical senshi fuku, white bodice, short red skirt and a sailor collar,
"Sailor princess Mars, you have opened your heart to the light of the silver Imperium crystal and have bound yourself to its power. You have promised to always protect Serenity and all that she holds dear with the power of your mother star Phobos Deimos castle, so that peace and prosperity may rule our solar system."
Rei nodded, "I live to protect the light."
The sailor guardian smiled and held out her palm, on which was a shiny ruby pen shaped object,
"Then here is your Mars pen, with this you can call upon the powers of your planet and your mother star, you are the soldier of fire, a guardian goddess of Serenity, Sailor Mars."
Rei took hold of the red pen, gazing at it for a moment as she took in the words of her guardian, then raising it above her head she called out for the first time,
"MARS STAR POWER MAKE UP!"
The sensation of flames coursing through her body in her heart, her mind, her very soul, filling her with the power of their light and energy.
As Sailor Mars' eyes opened once again to view the light, she found the other three princess senshi by her side. Joining hands they nodded to each other in a silent vow,
"Sailor Planet Power!"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In a flash of light the princesses found themselves back once again in the Grand Hall. Rei glanced down at her new attire, she was dressed as her sailor guardian had been, a fuku of reds and purples, looking up towards the others she saw they too had transformed into uniforms much like hers but in the colours of their planets respectively. Sailor Venus grinned happily at her as they turned once more to face the Queen of the Moon
"Soon a new light will be born into the moon kingdom, at that time you will be called together once more so that you can fulfil your promise. May you all grow together in love and friendship, always to be guided by the light."
The four inner symbols on the floor pattern glowed distinctly in colours of blue, green, gold and red...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In a distant land, far in the recesses of vast space, three others watched the awakening of the next generation of Sailor Senshi,
"It is time now Enyo..."
"Revenge is ripe for the picking, things shall be done as it is written..."
"Return to your true home, dear child, destroy that which holds the light so closely,"
"That which banished you here..."
"Deino, Pemphiedo, without you I would not be strong enough to destroy those who tried so to destroy me... the royal family of Mars will pay for our suffering, I can sense my dear brother's unhappiness and anger, married to that fire witch...it fills me with power - Victory friends will be ours..."
Story Notes:
I think there was only one Japanese word I've not used before-
Fuku: it's basically the name given to the sailor senshi (soldier/scout) uniform.
I think I'll give an explanation at the end about all of the mythology I've used, if anyone wants it.
^_^-Any other questions just ask...
Hope you're still enjoying the story!!
See ya next time!
H.n.H