In Happy Hiding---Prologue
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The young woman watched from a ways off. Her long, sunshine hair, cascading from two buns, blew in the wind from the battle. Her deep blue eyes, filled with mourning and grief and fiery anger, shimmered with tears she would not release. Her simple though elegant white gown was tattered and burnt.
Clouds of smoke and dust rose from the Moon Palace and the surrounding villages. She could hear the Enemy continuing their viscous search for her and her mother. She knew her mother was safe, though. She had glimpsed, while riding away, the Senshi whisk the Queen away, shielding her with their bodies, to her hiding place. In fact, the princess saw occasional flashes of red, blue, green, and yellow. The Senshi were winning easily, but still, much had been lost. In harsh reality, the mysterious Outer Scouts, her good friends, who never left their distant posts, had been called by one of the Senshi for help. The young woman could sense their coming.
The enemy was after her. Luckily, she had been able to reach her horse and rode, alone, deep into the woods and far from the palace. It wasn't easy, though.
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She had been walking along in the palace's flower garden, a place she was very fond of, when a cloaked figure appeared before her.
"All alone, Princess Serenity of the White Moon?"
Serenity calmly stood, reaching out with her senses. She found the beginning traces of battle and the Senshi far away.
"Who are you?" She demanded of the seemingly female foe.
"I am your worst nightmare!" it cried, launching an energy blast at her.
Serenity quickly borrowed the power of Venus and threw her hands together in front of her. Yellow light exploded from them, blinding the woman. Serenity then dove into the flowers and crawled on her stomach, ruining her gown, and swiftly stole away from her foe.
She heard footsteps suddenly, and froze in her flowery drapes. She sensed the woman standing over her, almost positive she could hear the beating of her heart. Desperate, she leapt up, and wrapped her arms quickly around herself, disappearing.
"You are a powerful one, Serenity. But I will break you yet. No matter where you go, I'll find you!"
She ran quietly as the woman's voice faded away. When she appeared again, far away, she wore torn, brown rags and a faded black cloak, hiding her face, particularly her forehead and hair. It wouldn't do for her subjects or her enemies to see her running through the fighting.
She ran, dodging flaming arrows and energy blasts. The screams of her people haunted her ears, her every step, but she couldn't turn back. She told herself if she was killed, she would fail them at the highest level. She reached her stable deep in the woods, after a long, painful run and found the quickest horse, Eclipse, and began to saddle it. Besides, she hadn't discovered all of her power. She still had to "borrow" the powers of her Senshi. She could do small magical things, like the borrowing, disappearing, and disguise and had heightened psychic abilities but little else as of yet.
The royal family of every planet had its own characteristic powers. Some said it took a great change to awaken them. Serenity did have some control of the powerful Silver Crystal, a surprising thing for her age. It wasn't incredibly odd that her powers were slower to awaken than her Senshi, the princesses of their planets. Their powers had been rushed, and therefore, would be limited for a time.
Eclipse, a silver stallion, was ready to go, but she wasn't sure she was. She looked at the destruction far away, once more. Her escape was lucky and a good thing, but it prevented her from contacting her mother or the Senshi.
Serenity came up with a plan. Long ago, they'd told her to flee to the Earth if there was trouble because the King and Queen would take care of her. That didn't please her much because she didn't want to be a burden or, most importantly, endanger her longtime friends and allies. She looked herself over; she would pass as a peasant on Earth well.
Using her powers, she produced the dirty and torn white gown she'd been wearing. She draped it over Eclipse's back and sent the horse back to the palace. Hopefully, they'd understand the sign she was trying to give them. She wasn't dead, but in disguise. She'd had no other way to communicate wit them.
The battle did seem to be winding down, favorably for the moon. Serenity couldn't risk it. She set out on foot for the teleporter Mercury had built for this very purpose, hidden in a cave. When she reached it, she transported herself to the woods outside of the Earth palace, just as the frantic search for her began.
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Here's the prologue to my new story! It shouldn't be incredibly long, just five, six chapters maybe. But they'll be longer than this, I promise. And don't worry, I will try to update more often, on this one, and The Unexpected. Episode 2 of that one is up! Yay! Thanks for reading. Later!
-Moon Pie
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The young woman watched from a ways off. Her long, sunshine hair, cascading from two buns, blew in the wind from the battle. Her deep blue eyes, filled with mourning and grief and fiery anger, shimmered with tears she would not release. Her simple though elegant white gown was tattered and burnt.
Clouds of smoke and dust rose from the Moon Palace and the surrounding villages. She could hear the Enemy continuing their viscous search for her and her mother. She knew her mother was safe, though. She had glimpsed, while riding away, the Senshi whisk the Queen away, shielding her with their bodies, to her hiding place. In fact, the princess saw occasional flashes of red, blue, green, and yellow. The Senshi were winning easily, but still, much had been lost. In harsh reality, the mysterious Outer Scouts, her good friends, who never left their distant posts, had been called by one of the Senshi for help. The young woman could sense their coming.
The enemy was after her. Luckily, she had been able to reach her horse and rode, alone, deep into the woods and far from the palace. It wasn't easy, though.
@---%%%---------------
She had been walking along in the palace's flower garden, a place she was very fond of, when a cloaked figure appeared before her.
"All alone, Princess Serenity of the White Moon?"
Serenity calmly stood, reaching out with her senses. She found the beginning traces of battle and the Senshi far away.
"Who are you?" She demanded of the seemingly female foe.
"I am your worst nightmare!" it cried, launching an energy blast at her.
Serenity quickly borrowed the power of Venus and threw her hands together in front of her. Yellow light exploded from them, blinding the woman. Serenity then dove into the flowers and crawled on her stomach, ruining her gown, and swiftly stole away from her foe.
She heard footsteps suddenly, and froze in her flowery drapes. She sensed the woman standing over her, almost positive she could hear the beating of her heart. Desperate, she leapt up, and wrapped her arms quickly around herself, disappearing.
"You are a powerful one, Serenity. But I will break you yet. No matter where you go, I'll find you!"
She ran quietly as the woman's voice faded away. When she appeared again, far away, she wore torn, brown rags and a faded black cloak, hiding her face, particularly her forehead and hair. It wouldn't do for her subjects or her enemies to see her running through the fighting.
She ran, dodging flaming arrows and energy blasts. The screams of her people haunted her ears, her every step, but she couldn't turn back. She told herself if she was killed, she would fail them at the highest level. She reached her stable deep in the woods, after a long, painful run and found the quickest horse, Eclipse, and began to saddle it. Besides, she hadn't discovered all of her power. She still had to "borrow" the powers of her Senshi. She could do small magical things, like the borrowing, disappearing, and disguise and had heightened psychic abilities but little else as of yet.
The royal family of every planet had its own characteristic powers. Some said it took a great change to awaken them. Serenity did have some control of the powerful Silver Crystal, a surprising thing for her age. It wasn't incredibly odd that her powers were slower to awaken than her Senshi, the princesses of their planets. Their powers had been rushed, and therefore, would be limited for a time.
Eclipse, a silver stallion, was ready to go, but she wasn't sure she was. She looked at the destruction far away, once more. Her escape was lucky and a good thing, but it prevented her from contacting her mother or the Senshi.
Serenity came up with a plan. Long ago, they'd told her to flee to the Earth if there was trouble because the King and Queen would take care of her. That didn't please her much because she didn't want to be a burden or, most importantly, endanger her longtime friends and allies. She looked herself over; she would pass as a peasant on Earth well.
Using her powers, she produced the dirty and torn white gown she'd been wearing. She draped it over Eclipse's back and sent the horse back to the palace. Hopefully, they'd understand the sign she was trying to give them. She wasn't dead, but in disguise. She'd had no other way to communicate wit them.
The battle did seem to be winding down, favorably for the moon. Serenity couldn't risk it. She set out on foot for the teleporter Mercury had built for this very purpose, hidden in a cave. When she reached it, she transported herself to the woods outside of the Earth palace, just as the frantic search for her began.
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Here's the prologue to my new story! It shouldn't be incredibly long, just five, six chapters maybe. But they'll be longer than this, I promise. And don't worry, I will try to update more often, on this one, and The Unexpected. Episode 2 of that one is up! Yay! Thanks for reading. Later!
-Moon Pie