Seasons

Chapter One – Winter

Summary: Each one of them had hardships as a Sailor Senshi. It wasn't easy becoming a different person. They left their lives behind, and moved on as heroes. / Four Oneshots in which Ami, Rei, Makoto and Minako question who they truly are. Normal Girls or Sailor Senshi?/

Ami

She was born a quiet child.

They called her the 'observant genius girl', and maybe that was who she was. Who she had wanted to be. The quiet girl in the corner.

But that changed.

'Mercury Power, Make up!'

She flinches.

The moment of realisation that hits her, after transforming.

I'm not normal.

She can't be the extraordinarily smart Ami Mizuno. But she can be the extraordinarily smart Sailor Mercury. She's not the girl with the heart surgeon as a mother; she's the daughter of the Queen of Mercury.

She's Princess Mercury.

Sailor Mercury.

'Do I want to be her?'

Deep down, she can hear herself wanting to be that person, wanting to be the brave, the kind, the heroic Sailor Mercury.

But she also wanted to drop that cursed Transformation Pen there and then. She was Ami Mizuno, not some stupid superhero.

She was a smart girl.

And smart girls wouldn't sit around letting themselves die.

'Mercury Aqua Mist!'

She told herself the only reason she had transformed was to save Usagi. To save Sailor Moon. She wouldn't let her first true friend die, after only a day.

But that friend was a Sailor Senshi.

Usagi was Sailor Moon.

'Ami, you're one of our allies!'

She remembers the joy, they excitement on Usagi's face. Ami now knows that the fear of fighting crime alone had been frightening for the Moon Princess.

Ami smiled at Usagi. She was genuinely happy.

(even though she had just lost her normal life.)

'I am the Sailor of Water and Wisdom, Sailor Mercury!'

With the rush of becoming Sailor Mercury, Ami remembers two things.

She remembers four other girls. One of them is unmistakably Usagi, and the others are the rest of the Inner Senshi. Makoto. Minako. Rei.

She remembers a blue castle.

Her subconscious tells her 'Mariner Castle'. Where she grew up as Princess Mercury.

The fabled intelligent, beautiful princess of Mercury.

She wasn't a princess. She was no warrior.

Why would Usagi need her?

Usagi, whose smiles can melt anyone's heart. Usagi, who seemed kind and brave. Why would such a person need her?

Luna catches her in her thoughts.

"I can't do this, Luna," she murmurs, staring out at the serene blue river. "It's not me."

Luna jumps onto the railing, her eyes sad with understanding. "Ami," she begins, "I understand-"

"Do you?" Ami snaps back dryly. It's out of character for her, and she knows it. Luna saddens bit, but continues on.

"Even Usagi was like you in the beginning," Luna says. Ami glances at Luna.

Luna nods. "She refused to believe, and she was scared! She needs you, Ami. You need each other."

Usagi needs her.

'Douse yourself in water, and repent!'

Who was she?

She still didn't understand. Memories had been coming back to her, memories of a different time, a different place-

A different lifetime.

She groans to herself, as she struggles with an identity crisis. She wanted to be a normal girl.

The same, repetitive thoughts crowd her mind.

It's only when Usagi runs after Rei Hino, that she realises she's worried.

Worried about Usagi.

But then she remembers. She is a Senshi. A soldier, a fighter, a guardian, a protector.

Her mission was to protect Usagi.

She turns around to face the monster. It bears its fangs, and hisses at her.

Ami glares.

"Mercury Aqua Mirage!" She yells out the attack as whirlpools of water come gushing out to douse the beast.

"You won't touch my friend," Ami, no, Sailor Mercury says.

It's only then that she realises that Ami Mizuno and Sailor Mercury are the same person.

-end-

a/n: wow this was worse than normal XD

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