Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ The Revolution Prophecy ❯ The Return of Small Lady ( Chapter 1 )

The Revolution Prophecy

 

Author's Note: First, I'd like to thank you for taking the time to read my tale. There have been so many writers who have used the Sailor Moon theme for their fan fictions. For years, the idea of a next generation of Sailor Soldiers has brewed inside my mind, and I've tried hard to develop an idea that is believable.

There are so many people to thank. So many people who have provided me the inspiration to finish my dream. Kim, who took the time to listen when I needed feedback on my ideas. Dianne, who challenged me to look outside of my narrow and short view of what I wanted my story to be and envision it to be more than I ever imagined. Ben, who was gracious enough to ignore being nice to tell me exactly what he didn't like about it so that I would have an idea on what to revise. And of course, Shelby, who encouraged me to actually undertake this project and stick with it. You remind me so often of how much I hate to lose.

Change is inevitable. Loved ones live and die too soon. Memories are cherished, but life still moves on. Move on with me, readers.

Prologue: After three thousand years, humanity experienced the rebirth of the Silver Millennium, led by King Endymion and Neo-Queen Serenity. Evil had vanished with the cleansing of Sailor Galaxia's soul, and the world was at peace. But in the year 3025, the peace was shattered. A destructive force unlike anything the world had ever seen before unleashed it's fury against the masses, and the Enemy enslaved the Earth. Neo-Queen Serenity vanished in the initial attack with the complete destruction of her Imperial Palace, and the Sailor Guardians were left to fight alone against an Enemy that vastly outnumbered them. One by one, the Sailor Guardians disappeared, presumed dead to the world. This was known as the Millennium Holocaust.

After 4 years, Small Lady returned to Crystal Tokyo to find it in ruins. At 14 years old, only barely having mastered her abilities as Sailor Chibi-Moon, she must assume the mantle of Sailor Moon and save the future. Believing her dead, her friends escaped into hiding, fearing the worst for themselves. After four years of enslavement, humanity cries out for a savior, for a messiah.

Hiro, one of the few to stay behind after the initial cataclysm, has stayed ever so vigilant near the remains of the Imperial Palace. He is the son of Hino Rei, Sailor Mars, and one of Chibi-Usa's closest childhood friends. Six months after the Millennium Holocaust, rumors of the ghost of Small Lady haunting the ruins of the Palace led him back, looking for answers.

Our story starts on a miraculous day, the day when the Earth's new messiah finally arrives. A battle of tremendous magnitude will begin with Chibi-Usa, and who knows where it will end?

The Return of Small Lady

 

She stepped through the Gate of Time and spaced and yawned. With a long, lazy stretch, she finally opened her eyes... and fell to her knees. She stared into the distance, at the dark sky that showed no sign of movement. At the horizon devoid of stars. She looked around her and saw the shattered remains of her home... and fainted.

Hiro opened his eyes. It was a new day, and it was still dark. He still held fast to the belief that the prophecy of the new dawn breaking through the darkness would herald the arrival of the Messiah. The disappointment as fresh as it was the day before, he got out of his cramped bed and stared into the small space he called his home. By habit, he took the two steps over to the wall and grabbed his small walking staff. Barely enough protection against the daemons that roamed the land, it was better than nothing at all.

He knelt next to the firepit his mother had prayed in front of for so many years, and spoke a small prayer for the safety of the world today. He wondered silently whether his prayers were even worth saying. Every day, his faith became smaller than the day before.

After a few moments of silent contemplation, he rose to his feet, and set out to search for the food that would sustain him for the next few day. Clutching the staff protectively about him, he ventured outside, amongst the ruins of his family's temple. The darkness was as thick as ever. Walking briskly, he kept a watch for any of the daemon soldiers that kept patrol across the ruins of the Crystal Palace.

Once he found his food for the day, he walked back to his home and placed it near the fire to prepare later. He ventured outside again, not yet aware that this day would give him the hope he so desperately prayed for every day. He walked to the remains of the Palace to pray for the soul of his friend, Chibi-Usa.

As he approached the ruins, he felt a peculiar stirring in his heart that he hadn't felt in a long time. Mistaking it for his intuitive sense that danger was nearby, he began to look around warily, clutching his staff nervously. Not seeing anything out of the ordinary to him, he continued into the ruins of the Palace.

He knelt at his usual spot and began to pray for the second time that day. His mind filled with images of his friend Chibi-Usa. She was so lively back then, he could barely keep up with her. He prayed that her soul was in a better place than what now remained of her home. She deserved so much better, he thought to himself.

He was oblivious to the dimensional gateway that had opened in front of him because he was so lost in his own memories. But when Chibi-Usa fainted and fell to the ground in front of him, the sudden noise caused him to instinctually leap back with his walking staff ready to defend.

When he focused his eyes, he stared for a long time at the girl laying on the floor. The pink hair... the odango pigtails... it could only be one person...

In a voice he hadn't used in weeks, he managed to stutter, "Princess... Serenity? Oh my... PRINCESS SERENITY!", he ended with a scream, breaking his own reverie and leaping to her side. He took her limp form into his arms and quickly made his way back home.

Once back inside, Hiro doted on Chibi-Usa for days. He tried to prudently wash her of course, but he left some areas to themselves. The Small Lady he knew would be up and about in no time at all.

He was out one morning, gathering food to make for lunch. After a few hours, he made his way back home with a basket filled with fruit and bread and a container of fresh water from the nearby lake. He made his way back into the small home and set his walking staff down when he spied Chibi-Usa awake and staring out the window towards the remains of the Crystal Palace.

"Small Lady!", he exclaimed. "Oh, thank the gods! You are finally awake!"

He ran over and hugged her fiercely. "Uhhh... Hiro...?", Chibi-Usa managed to squeak through his massive grip on her.

"Yes, Serenity.", he said with a smile, stepping back so she could see him. "It is me, your childhood friend."

She looked at him for a moment and then leaped to her feet, grabbing him by the collar and shaking him, screaming. "What happened here? What happened to the Shrine? What happened to the Palace? Why is everything in ruins! Where are my parents!"

"Please...", Hiro said, trying to calm her down. "Small Lady, please calm down. I can only tell you if you quiet down. There are always monsters in the area, and I do not want them to find us."

"Monsters? MONSTERS!", Chibi-Usa continued to scream. "Why? Where is Sailor Moon? What happened to Sailor Moon!"

Hiro quickly clamped a hand over her mouth. "Please, Small Lady! The monsters all around are looking for those Sailor Warriors you are talking about, the ones who arrived here four years ago. If they find out you know about them, we could be tortured for information, even KILLED!" Hiro tried to lower his voice. "I could not bear to see that happen to you, Serenity."

Chibi-Usa's face took on a puzzled look. "What do you mean, four years ago? Sailor Moon is my mother! Neo-Queen Serenity!", she said with a quieter tone. She reached up and grabbed his collar again. "Hiro, where is my mother! What happened here?

Hiro led her over to the bed. "Four years ago, King Endymion held a huge celebration.", he said quietly. "Do you remember that?"

Chibi-Usa nodded quietly. She did remember that celebration. Mamo-chan had announced to the people of Crystal Tokyo that she was going on a journey to begin training as a Princess. He just left out that she would be going on a journey to the past to train with Sailor Moon in the 20th century.

Hiro continued on with his story. "Serenity, on that day, before you left the palace, it was consumed in a huge explosion, leaving only one tower left standing. Many people say a black haired woman stood at the peak of the tower after the Crystal Palace was destroyed. Many say she is the leader of these monsters that now control the world."

He suddenly was caught by his own words, that she hadn't left the palace before it was destroyed. He stepped back from the bed and looked at her strangely. "Small Lady, you never left the palace before it was destroyed. Everyone was killed, Neo-Queen Serenity, King Endymion, even their mighty Sailor Guardians. How are you here before me now?"

Chibi-Usa looked at him. "Hiro, the journey I went on to train was not so I could learn to be a Princess. It was so I could train to eventually become a Sailor Guardian one day, just like my mother once was. They sent me back to the past that morning while Mam... my father announced to Tokyo I was leaving. Back to the past so I could train with Sailor Moon and her Sailor Senshi.

Chibi-Usa swallowed nervously. "I have to find my mother and help her defeat this new enemy. Will you help me find her?"

Hiro looked away from her. "Oh Small Lady...", he managed to say after a short moment. "Your mother, our glorious Neo-Queen Serenity, she is dead..."

Chibi-Usa leapt to her feet. "THAT IS A LIE!", she screamed.

Hiro merely looked back at her, placing his hands on her shoulders. "I am so sorry."

Chibi-Usa looked at him. "You would believe my mother could be beaten by these monsters when she repelled the attack by the Dark Moon family? Fine! I will prove it to you!", she said, removing the Silver Crystal from inside her henshin brooch.

"That...", Hiro stammered. "That is... the... Silver Crystal of legend!"

"Of COURSE it is!", Chibi-Usa replied. "And now I'll prove to you that my mother is not dead. The power of Sailor Moon is true only to my mother."

She raised the Silver Crystal in the cramped room.

"See?", she cried out. "Nothing happens when I say Moon Crystal Power, Make Up! The..."

Before she could finish her sentence, the room was awash in a rainbow of light, and Chibi-Usa cried out in surprise as she underwent a transformation. Hiro watched breathlessly as her clothing seemed to magically shift form into a Sailor-styled outfit.

Chibi-Usa ended the transformation on her knees. Hiro stared at her for what seemed like forever before managing to utter, "Oh gods, it is true... you ARE a Sailor Guardian."

Chibi-Usa felt her hair change during the transformation. A single tear formed in her eyes as she touched the red orbs surrounding her odango buns, and felt the shape of her henshin brooch. She turned to the dirty mirror that Hiro kept in the corner of his room and fainted once again.

Chibi-Usa had transformed into Sailor Moon...

Outside the cramped home, people everywhere gasped and pointed at the sky. For the first time in four years, the dark clouds broke away, and the sun appeared on the horizon.