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Members of the club log on and add on to what other users have already
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happen, it will probably find its way into our story. It began in
October of '95, and it's still going. It may not end for a long time...
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*** Sailor Moon CS #55 - Shattered Mirror ***
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All was not serene in the Silver Necropolis, a City of the Dead.
Hermes went running up to Queen Serenity. "Hermes! What news do you
bring me of Lady Selene!" Serenity asked.
"She is still missing! Artemis has returned, but she seems to be drunk.
Also, I can't find Lord Endymion anywhere!"
"Oh, if only I could leave the Necropolis!"
"Nobody can, not without Selene's permission," Hermes said. "Besides,
with both Endymion and Selene gone, you're in charge!"
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Darien was on his way to meet Serena at the park. Today, he was
uncharacteristically late. "I'm becoming like Serena," he thought to
himself. He began a fast trot down the streets of the city, knowing that
Serena would be mad about his tardiness.
He was so distracted that he didn't see the person walking in front of
him. Darien had knocked over a young lady; unintentionally, of course.
Being the gentleman that he was, he helped her to her feet. A shock came
over her face.
"Endymion! Is that you!" the woman cried.
"Excuse me?" Darien said.
"Endymion, don't play games with me," the woman said.
"I think you've got the wrong person," Darien said.
"You mean, you're really not Endymion?" the woman asked.
"I'm sorry," Darien said. "My name's Darien, not Endymion."
"Oh," the woman sighed. She walked away, distressed.
Darien watched for a minute as the woman turned the corner. "I wonder
what that was all about," he thought to himself. He continued his jog to
the park.
Slowly but surely, feelings of rage, despair, and fear began to fill that
poor woman's heart.
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Serena was sitting on a park bench, looking at her watch. "The one time
I'm early, he's late," she mutters. "There's no point in being on time.
It's better to be late; that way you won't have to wait for things to
happen, 'cause they'll be waiting for you!" She was as logical as ever.
An angry looking man stormed through the park. It didn't seem natural.
The spring sunlight shined through the shady trees. A soft, cool wind blew
through across the landscape. The ducks were swimming happily in their
pond. All of a sudden, the picnic of tranquility was interrupted by one
angry ant.
Serena saw the man storming down the path.
She sprung up from her seat, and yelled at the man. "Darien, you're
fifteen minutes late!"
The man completely ignored her, and continued on his way.
"Darien?!?!?!" Serena cried out in her usual three-digit decible level.
The man still didn't turn around.
Serena was a woman scorned. She stormed out of the park. On her way out,
she bumped into Darien. Immediately, she began yelling at him. "Serena,
I'm sorry I'm late," Darien said.
Serena ignored him, much as the other man had ignored her. Darien just
stood there, scratching his head.
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Serena decided to take a walk through the city.
She was thinking about why Darien had given her the cold shoulder back at
the park. She was so deep in thought that she didn't see the woman standing
right in front of her until it was too late. Serena fell to the ground, as
usual.
Serena thought there was something familiar about the woman. "Do I know
you?" she asked the woman.
The woman turned her head, and looked at Serena. Her expression changed
from anger to surprise. "Serena?!"
"Yes, I'm Serena. Who are you?"
"I'm....I'm Selene." Serena was stunned.
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Nicky's alarm clock started going ballistic. Nicky didn't touch it, but
it suddenly floated up and smashed into a wall. Nicky smiled smugly, and
went back to sleep.
About five minutes later she leapt out of bed, and started running around
the house like a madwoman.
"ARGH! Damn time zones! Where are my bloody shoes? Great, now I sound
like Ari!"
Nicky managed to find her shoes, and packed a small suitcase on wheels.
Teleporting back and forth from Japan was -=not=- something she wanted to do
daily.
"Okay, here goes nothing," she said, and disappeared.
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Nicky, the suitcase, a backpack, and a rather squished alarm clock fell
from the sky. They landed right in the path of Ami, Lita, and Rei.
"Ow," Nicky muttered.
"WHOA! How'd you do that?" Lita gasped.
"Practice," Nicky groaned.
"I think your alarm clock is dead." Ami said.
"I don't have a very good track record with things that try to wake me
up," Nicky replied.
"Neither does Serena," Rei grumbled.
"Hey, there's Darien!" Ami said.
"Hi Darien!" Lita called, waving. The man walking past them didn't even
look at them.
"Hmph! Well, that was perfectly rude." Lita said.
Nicky was picking herself up off the sidewalk, she glanced over at the
figure of the man walking away.
She whispered, "What on Earth is going on here?"
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Two crumpled forms landed in a house in New Jersey. One of them was a
cat, cursing his head off about rebilding a veicle of some sort. The other
was a male, 14 years of age, who seemed disoriented. He slowly got up,
checked to see that everything was alright, and walked over to his
computer. After finishing there, he walked over to the window. The moon
looked pretty bad; the cat commented that at least the evil was destroyed.
But at what price.
The teenager walked over to the phone and called his partners. They
were all right; they all had extremely boring trips compared to his,
though. The male then went to sleep, but before he did, looked upon the
stars...and said a prayer that a certain someone was alright...
In London, England, two bodies also materialized on the front lawn of a
familiar house. One of them was also a cat, who seemed strangely calm for
just coming back--and barely living--from a battle. The other was a girl,
14 years of age. She got up, cursed her luck for landing back in London,
and looked at the house. It seemed strangely familiar, but she didn't know
how. Carefully, she stepped inside.
Suddenly, as if the house knew her, the lights immediately came on,
without warning. All of the teenager's belongings were here. The cat
quickly commented that somone must have sent it from Japan. The girl found
a computer that wasn't hers, but when she stepped near it, it lit up and
showed a message......
Dearest Ari---
If you have been wondering, Pawz and myself have survived
the Moon explosion. The gate key sent us all back to earth,
but it, the Devil, my Armor, and most likely your powers
were destroyed.
It seems that we will both be out of action for a while. Do
not worry--I am rebuilding the armor, a new Devil, and I am
creating a new Power Stick for your transformation. You'll
get it when it's ready.
I used my infamous computer abilities to trick some
construction company on the net to build your new home. It's
modeled after mine, if you were wondering. Nicky is still in
Japan, and probably doesn't know we're still alive...she
should watch over the scouts. As for the computer, consider
it a gift from me to you. Use it wisely.
I think that's all. Be well, Ari, and I hope to see you
again this summer...
Patrick
The girl looked up and smiled. The cat commented that it looked they
would be alright. After looking around, Ari quickly went to sleep. It was
a hard day, but at least the evil was destroyed, and her friend was safe...
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Nicky attacked the laptop. She was very good with computers. She managed
to find some rather incriminating information on a certain political figure,
but that wasn't what she was looking for, so she let it slide.
"Damn," she muttered. She was good, but she wasn't as good as Ari, and
Nicky was having a hell of a time getting into the hidden files of the
computer.
She jumped back. Somehow the files were appearing themselves. The screen
blinked happily as she read:
Hello Nicky, I know it's you, because no one else could get
in here, and I seriously doubt that he'd want access to the
'Floppy Disk of Shadows'. Well, congrats Nicoletta, and good
luck.
PS - This message will self destruct.
PPS - Well, not really, but I did want to let you know that
I'm not programming my computer from beyond the grave.
This message was programmed to appear if someone
managed to hack into these files.
Blessed Be,
Ariadne
Nicky examined the files, and the last ones caused her to utter some
words that shouldn't be repeated.
"No way she could have pulled this off," Nicky whispered, but she didn't
really believe it.
"Miss, you're going to have to leave, the restaurant is closing," a
bleached-blonde football told Nicky.
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Serena and the goddess-turned-human Selene were walking down the street,
headed for Rei's temple. Selene was explaining her "situation" to Serena.
"A week or two ago, I was brought to Earth by Artemis. She left me here
to wander the city. I would have gone home, but I couldn't. You see, in
order for me to be able to go home, someone needs to open the gateway for
me. Since that door never opened, I was stuck here. I waited, and waited,
and waited. Nobody came.
"Yesterday, someone from my home came. It was Endymion, my, er, close
friend. I was extremely happy to see him, but he seemed upset. He asked
me where I had been for the past two weeks. I told him that Artemis had
taken me here, but he didn't believe it. I suppose it is hard to believe;
after all, how could a drunken witch like Artemis overwhelm the ruler of
the Silver Necropolis?"
"The 'Silver Necropolis'?" Serena asked. "What's that?"
"It's my home," Selene said. "Anyway, Endymion accused me of leaving
him for a mortal man. I tried to make him understand, but he just wouldn't
listen. He stormed away from me, searching for a man that I've supposedly
enticed.
"I've been searching for him ever since. I miss him so much. Endymion's
the most handsome man in all of the Silver Necropolis. I'd lose my mind if
I ever lost him to another woman."
"That's a very sad story, Selene," Serena said, wiping away a tear. "Is
there anything I could to do help?"
"Well, just keep an eye out for him," Selene said. "Please, excuse me.
I'd rather be alone right now."
"Yes, I understand," Serena said. She watched as Selene walked away,
weeping. Serena looked up, and saw she had arrived at the steps to Rei's
temple. She was about to walk up, but a thought came to her mind.
'A mad man, storming through the city?' Serena thought to herself. 'She
must have been talking about the man in the park! That means, it -=wasn't=-
Darien that ignored me back in the park! Oooh, I've got to go find him,
and tell him I'm sorry for ditching him.' She left the temple, and went in
search of Darien.
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Darien was walking down the street also. "I shouldn't have been late," he
thought to himself. "She's probably stilli steamed at me. I'll bet she
went to the temple, to cry her eyes out. I'd better find her and
apologize."
Serena and Darien were so occupied with their thoughts that they didn't
see each other. They bumped right into each other!
"I'm sorry!" they both said.
"What do you mean?" Darien asked. "You didn't do anything wrong. It was
all my fault."
"No, it wasn't! It was -=my=- fault," Serena said. "I'll explain."
Serena told Darien about her encounter with her 'god'mother, Selene. Darien
was relieved, to say the laest.
Darien apologized anyway, being the nice guy that he was. Serena gave
him a hug for being so considerate. It was at that moment that Selene came
by.
"Endymion! There you are!" Selene cried out. Then, she saw Serena.
"Serena! What are you doing?! I can't believe it! One of my own children,
betraying me!"
"No!" Serena said. "You're mistaken! He just -=looks=- like Endymion,
but it's not him!"
"Hey, it's her again," Darien said.
"Shut up! Both of you!" Selene said, filled with rage. "Nobody angers a
goddess!" And with that, she shot a beam of energy at Darien, knocking him
away from Serena. Then, Selene vanished.
Serena and Darien had just witnessed, first-hand, the wrath of a woman
scorned. Heck, it wasn't just a mere woman, but a goddess...
"Darien! Are you okay?" Serena asked. She went to Darien, but a strange
force was repelling them. "Darien?! What did Selene do to you?!" Serena
and Darien tried to reach each other, but they couldn't get any closer than
two feet away.
"She must have put some kind of spell on me," Darien said. "We've got
to find her!"
"But she won't listen!" Serena said. She ran away, crying.
"Serena, wait!" Darien called out. It was too late--Serena was gone.
He went to the temple, hoping that Serena would end up going there. Rei
was there to greet him.
As soon as Darien got within two feet of Rei, she fell down. Darien was
flustered, to say the least.
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Serena was still crying, but she was no longer running. Her teary eyes
fogged her view, so she didn't see the man standing in her path. Serena
ran right into the man, and fell down.
She quickly got up, and apologized to the man. Much to her surprise, she
saw Darien's face. Serena threw her arms around the man, hoping that she
wouldn't be sent flying. Her arms locked right around the man's body, which
made Serena very happy. "Darien! You're okay again!"
The man turned to Serena, and smacked her in the face. "Get away from me,
stupid woman! I've got enough troubles right now, and I don't want to be
bothered."
"Darien?!" Serena said, red-faced, and watery-eyed.
"You've got the wrong man," the angry man told her. He turned away from
Serena, and stormed away.
On a hunch, Serena called out to him. "Endymion!!!"
The man's attention was captured. The man turned around, and looked at
Serena. "How do you know my name?"
"Endymion! It is you! Selene's been looking for you!" Serena said.
"She's really upset."
"Who was that?" Endymion said.
"Selene." Endymion took off, like a bull seeing red.
"Endymion! Come back!" Serena took off after Darien's look-alike.
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"Rei! Are you alright?" Darien asked.
"Wha...What just happened?" Rei said, getting up off the ground. "Am I
becoming as clutzy as Serena?"
"Er, no. There's some kind of spell over me," Darien said. He told Rei
about his run-in with Selene. "Do you think you could help me out?"
"I don't think so," Rei said. "Powerful forces are at work here. We've
got to get Selene to undo the spell."
"Well then," Darien said. "This is gonna be trouble."
"Just don't stand to close to anyone, okay?"
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Serena was hurrying after Endymion. She turned a corner, and he was
gone. 'He vanished,' Serena said to herself. 'Why won't he listen to me?'
She headed for the temple, in search of guidance.
Instead, she ran into Selene again. "Selene! Please, listen to what I
have to say!" Serena pleaded.
"I have nothing to say to you," Selene said. "Just go."
"But--"
Selene shot out a beam of energy which leveled the building the two of
them were standing next to.
Fortunately, the building was empty. "I said, go!" Selene ordered.
"Leave me alone."
Frightened for her safety, Serena decided to leave her alone, at least
for now. When she turned back to look at Selene, Selene had vanished as
well.
Distracted by what had just happened to her with Endymion and Selene, she
couldn't see ahead of herself. Once again, she fell. She didn't actually
run into anyone this time.
"Sorry about that," Darien said, standing two feet away.
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The Sailor Moon Continuing Story, #55 - "Shattered Mirror"
Written by: Karl Peralta, Mandi Gordon, Brady Hartel, Ellesbeth Licata,
Edited and Revised by: Karl Peralta
Feel free to E-Mail your comments, put-downs, praises, flames, grunts,
suggestions, ideas, etc. to Karl Peralta at: taad12b@prodigy.com
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