Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ The Fragility of Time ❯ Prologue and Author's Note ( Prologue )
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By: etj4Eagle 
Anime/Manga: Sailor Moon Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Drama / Action | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 08.29.2001 | Updated On: 08.29.2001 | Pages: 3 | Words: 1.4K | Visits: 393 | Status: Completed
Anime/Manga: Sailor Moon Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Drama / Action | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 08.29.2001 | Updated On: 08.29.2001 | Pages: 3 | Words: 1.4K | Visits: 393 | Status: Completed
The Fragility of Time
by etj4Eagle
etj4eagle@yahoo.com
http://www.geocites.com/etj4eagle
Revised 9/9/00
Author's notes:
The timeline for this story takes place during the first season. But
as you probably can gather from the title that will quickly mean
little. The premise for this story came to me one afternoon while
working with my group on our reactor design. We had a reactor that
would quickly over pressurize if its cooling pumps were to ever
break. That set me thinking about where else would the word "Oops" be
bad to here. From there, it was a quick jump to what if something
went really wrong at the Gate of Spacetime; Pluto saying oops would
be a very bad thing.
Quite a few other shows make cameo appearances in this story. The
first few chapters are a slight crossover with Voyage, however don't
worry if you have not seen the series, as they disappear from the
story pretty quickly. I have borrowed Bill Harris's idea of Pluto and
Q knowing each other. I am a major fan of the Babylon 5 series by
JMS, hence B5 fans will notice that many of themes are present here
as well. They are a homage to great series, but knowledge of Babylon
5 again is not necessary for enjoyment or understanding of this
story.
The prologue and first chapter have a fair amount of techno-babble in
them. It is not necessary for understanding the story. It is
basically used to described how I see Pluto and her job. In that, she
does not see time like the rest of us, but as an evolution of time.
She is always trying to perfect the time-line. This is my
interpretation of the Pluto present in the Tales of Younger Senshi by
Tuxedo Will and Douglas Helm.
I hope that the above has not scared away any potential readers. This
is my first attempt at Fan fiction so I welcome all comments and
suggestions.
And for the Obligatory disclaimers:
I do not own any of the characters here; they are part of commercial
television broadcasts. Sailor Moon in the US is distributed by DIC
and is originally a Japanese Anime. Voyager is part of the Star Trek
enterprise and is owned by Paramount. Babylon 5 is owned by Warner
Brothers and JMS.
Distribution of this document is to always be free. You may post it
wherever you like. However, I ask for notice on where it is being
posted. It gives me an idea of its spread and I can ensure that if
changes need to be made they can be to all copies.
-Eagle
____________________
Prologue:
Time is very fragile. Most people do not stop to consider the
fragileness of time, for they travel from the past to the future at a
constant rate. But for the one who guards the Gate of Spacetime, she
knew all too well how fragile movement along that fourth dimension
really is. Ideally, she had thought to herself many times in the past
the Gate should just be destroyed. Even if that was possible without
destroying the megaverse, the future was dependent on temporal
paradoxes created by non-standard travel along the fourth dimension,
i.e. time-travel.
The Guardian of Spacetime knew all too well that the future was
fluid. Her job was to ensure that disturbances placed into the time-
stream did not affect the basic nature of the future: the utopia that
will be known as Crystal Tokyo. To her, time did not have any real
significance other than being one more dimension of the universe. She
had already been present for Small Lady's befriending of Hotaru more
times than she could remember. But, until the future of Small Lady
was unchanged between trips to the past, she would have to help the
Sailor Senshi in the past again. The time was approaching when she
would need to leave the Gate once again and return to a linear
existence. Her total knowledge of the future would disappear, but she
would get to see Small Lady once again.
It appeared that she would need to find Q once again. While that
omnipotent life form could be annoying at times, he did make a good
stand in guardian of the gate. Of course nothing ever came to the
gate when she was not around, that was not the way things worked at
the gate. But, it never hurt to let Q think he was being useful, it
made him much more easier to work with when his help was really
needed.
"So, you almost packed for your trip?" As if answering her thoughts
about needing to find him, Q materialized at the gate.
* * * * * * * * *
Some where in the Delta Quadrant and displaced along the universe's
fifth dimension
"Captain the Singularity Slip Stream Drive is completed"
Captain Janeway turned around to look at her chief engineer.
Lieutenant Torres had a rarely seen glimmer in her eyes betraying
barely withheld excitement. Of course, that excitement was
understandable. Voyager potentially now had a drive that would allow
instantaneous travel throughout the galaxy. And, unlike the previous
trial with the Quantum Drive a few years ago, this one did not show
any signs of ripping the ship to shreds. Heck, it even appeared to be
safer than standard warp travel.
Janeway did not pretend to understand the physics behind this
technology. While she was a scientist by training and at heart, the
theoretical physics involved here were just too much. Thankfully, for
the crew, Torres and Seven did understand it. What she did know was
that the drive would utilize the fifth dimension to traverse the ship
to a common area in the megaverse (a singularity) and then traverse
them back to any point in their dimension.
"That is great news Torres, how long till we can bring the drive on-
line?"
"About a week captain. I would like to run some tests on the drive to
make sure that we assembled it correctly and that we were correct
about the physics."
"A wise percussion considering the problem with our last slipstream
drive." As Torres left, Janeway was left wondering what it would be
like to see Earth again in a week.
* * * * * * * * *
30th Century Crystal Tokyo
"Small Lady, you are going to need to into the past again." Neo-queen
Serenity informed her only child.
"Mother, why do I need to go into the past again?"
"It is time for you to train to be a Sailor Senshi. Take this locket
and with the words: 'Moon Prism Power Makeup' you will become Sailor
Moon." As Serenity handed her daughter the locket, Princess Usagi's
eyes became as wide as could be.
Grasping the locket, she called out "Moon Prism Power Makeup!"
Instantly the energy shout out of her body first dissolving her
princess dress and then covering her body with ribbons that rippled
into her Sailor Fuku. Left standing in front of Serenity was a
flamingo-haired pink-outfitted Sailor Moon. "Thank you mother. But,
why do I need to go into the past to train? Can't I just train here
in the future with the others?"
Laughing gently Serenity grabbed her daughter up into her arms before
answering the question. "I would love it greatly if you could do your
training here, but your training will be much more effective in the
past. Also you will get to learn from the master, myself."
Unable to resist the opening Usagi decided to taunt her mother. "Oh
you mean, you need my help to keep yourself from klutzing out during
the battles. Don't worry I will take good care of you in the past
mother."
"Hey I was not that bad." Serenity pouted while Usagi looked on
dubiously before they both broke out into a spat of giggles. As the
laughter calmed down Serenity told Usagi the other reason why she
needed to go into the past. "Usagi you will also make a special
friend in the past. Now you better go get packed. I believe Pluto
will be coming for you in an hour.
As Princess Usagi bounced onto the floor and ran out of the room,
Serenity thought about her daughter's taunt. How true that comment
really was. Usagi would befriend both Hotaru and Pegasus during her
trip back in time. Heck Serenity even remembered the situation that
she and Mars were in when ChibiMoon made her appearance. If it were
not for ChibiMoon, both she and Mars would be a lot flatter today.
by etj4Eagle
etj4eagle@yahoo.com
http://www.geocites.com/etj4eagle
Revised 9/9/00
Author's notes:
The timeline for this story takes place during the first season. But
as you probably can gather from the title that will quickly mean
little. The premise for this story came to me one afternoon while
working with my group on our reactor design. We had a reactor that
would quickly over pressurize if its cooling pumps were to ever
break. That set me thinking about where else would the word "Oops" be
bad to here. From there, it was a quick jump to what if something
went really wrong at the Gate of Spacetime; Pluto saying oops would
be a very bad thing.
Quite a few other shows make cameo appearances in this story. The
first few chapters are a slight crossover with Voyage, however don't
worry if you have not seen the series, as they disappear from the
story pretty quickly. I have borrowed Bill Harris's idea of Pluto and
Q knowing each other. I am a major fan of the Babylon 5 series by
JMS, hence B5 fans will notice that many of themes are present here
as well. They are a homage to great series, but knowledge of Babylon
5 again is not necessary for enjoyment or understanding of this
story.
The prologue and first chapter have a fair amount of techno-babble in
them. It is not necessary for understanding the story. It is
basically used to described how I see Pluto and her job. In that, she
does not see time like the rest of us, but as an evolution of time.
She is always trying to perfect the time-line. This is my
interpretation of the Pluto present in the Tales of Younger Senshi by
Tuxedo Will and Douglas Helm.
I hope that the above has not scared away any potential readers. This
is my first attempt at Fan fiction so I welcome all comments and
suggestions.
And for the Obligatory disclaimers:
I do not own any of the characters here; they are part of commercial
television broadcasts. Sailor Moon in the US is distributed by DIC
and is originally a Japanese Anime. Voyager is part of the Star Trek
enterprise and is owned by Paramount. Babylon 5 is owned by Warner
Brothers and JMS.
Distribution of this document is to always be free. You may post it
wherever you like. However, I ask for notice on where it is being
posted. It gives me an idea of its spread and I can ensure that if
changes need to be made they can be to all copies.
-Eagle
____________________
Prologue:
Time is very fragile. Most people do not stop to consider the
fragileness of time, for they travel from the past to the future at a
constant rate. But for the one who guards the Gate of Spacetime, she
knew all too well how fragile movement along that fourth dimension
really is. Ideally, she had thought to herself many times in the past
the Gate should just be destroyed. Even if that was possible without
destroying the megaverse, the future was dependent on temporal
paradoxes created by non-standard travel along the fourth dimension,
i.e. time-travel.
The Guardian of Spacetime knew all too well that the future was
fluid. Her job was to ensure that disturbances placed into the time-
stream did not affect the basic nature of the future: the utopia that
will be known as Crystal Tokyo. To her, time did not have any real
significance other than being one more dimension of the universe. She
had already been present for Small Lady's befriending of Hotaru more
times than she could remember. But, until the future of Small Lady
was unchanged between trips to the past, she would have to help the
Sailor Senshi in the past again. The time was approaching when she
would need to leave the Gate once again and return to a linear
existence. Her total knowledge of the future would disappear, but she
would get to see Small Lady once again.
It appeared that she would need to find Q once again. While that
omnipotent life form could be annoying at times, he did make a good
stand in guardian of the gate. Of course nothing ever came to the
gate when she was not around, that was not the way things worked at
the gate. But, it never hurt to let Q think he was being useful, it
made him much more easier to work with when his help was really
needed.
"So, you almost packed for your trip?" As if answering her thoughts
about needing to find him, Q materialized at the gate.
* * * * * * * * *
Some where in the Delta Quadrant and displaced along the universe's
fifth dimension
"Captain the Singularity Slip Stream Drive is completed"
Captain Janeway turned around to look at her chief engineer.
Lieutenant Torres had a rarely seen glimmer in her eyes betraying
barely withheld excitement. Of course, that excitement was
understandable. Voyager potentially now had a drive that would allow
instantaneous travel throughout the galaxy. And, unlike the previous
trial with the Quantum Drive a few years ago, this one did not show
any signs of ripping the ship to shreds. Heck, it even appeared to be
safer than standard warp travel.
Janeway did not pretend to understand the physics behind this
technology. While she was a scientist by training and at heart, the
theoretical physics involved here were just too much. Thankfully, for
the crew, Torres and Seven did understand it. What she did know was
that the drive would utilize the fifth dimension to traverse the ship
to a common area in the megaverse (a singularity) and then traverse
them back to any point in their dimension.
"That is great news Torres, how long till we can bring the drive on-
line?"
"About a week captain. I would like to run some tests on the drive to
make sure that we assembled it correctly and that we were correct
about the physics."
"A wise percussion considering the problem with our last slipstream
drive." As Torres left, Janeway was left wondering what it would be
like to see Earth again in a week.
* * * * * * * * *
30th Century Crystal Tokyo
"Small Lady, you are going to need to into the past again." Neo-queen
Serenity informed her only child.
"Mother, why do I need to go into the past again?"
"It is time for you to train to be a Sailor Senshi. Take this locket
and with the words: 'Moon Prism Power Makeup' you will become Sailor
Moon." As Serenity handed her daughter the locket, Princess Usagi's
eyes became as wide as could be.
Grasping the locket, she called out "Moon Prism Power Makeup!"
Instantly the energy shout out of her body first dissolving her
princess dress and then covering her body with ribbons that rippled
into her Sailor Fuku. Left standing in front of Serenity was a
flamingo-haired pink-outfitted Sailor Moon. "Thank you mother. But,
why do I need to go into the past to train? Can't I just train here
in the future with the others?"
Laughing gently Serenity grabbed her daughter up into her arms before
answering the question. "I would love it greatly if you could do your
training here, but your training will be much more effective in the
past. Also you will get to learn from the master, myself."
Unable to resist the opening Usagi decided to taunt her mother. "Oh
you mean, you need my help to keep yourself from klutzing out during
the battles. Don't worry I will take good care of you in the past
mother."
"Hey I was not that bad." Serenity pouted while Usagi looked on
dubiously before they both broke out into a spat of giggles. As the
laughter calmed down Serenity told Usagi the other reason why she
needed to go into the past. "Usagi you will also make a special
friend in the past. Now you better go get packed. I believe Pluto
will be coming for you in an hour.
As Princess Usagi bounced onto the floor and ran out of the room,
Serenity thought about her daughter's taunt. How true that comment
really was. Usagi would befriend both Hotaru and Pegasus during her
trip back in time. Heck Serenity even remembered the situation that
she and Mars were in when ChibiMoon made her appearance. If it were
not for ChibiMoon, both she and Mars would be a lot flatter today.