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Fire and Ice

Chapter 1: Humble Beginnings

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A young woman dressed in a pale grey uniform leads a group of people into a dimly lighted room. She reaches out, and with a practiced ease, places her hand on the pedestal she knew was there. Glancing briefly upwards, her voice can be heard over the quiet murmuring of the people behind her. "Lights on."

The level of illumination gently increased until the crowd could see that the room contained various objects held within glass cases, and displays showing pictures of various people hanging from the walls.

The crowd quiets as the young girl begins to speak again. "Welcome to the Crystal Tokyo Historical Archives. As most of you know, almost every human alive today is alive only because the king and queen managed to save the lives of their ancestors from Old Earth in the Sol system." The tour guide taps a button on the pedestal, causing a hologram to form beside her. Within the image can be seen a young boy and young girl, both standing motionless. The tour guide gestures at the hologram of the two young people. "What not everyone knows however, are the facts leading up to our current life here on Terra Nova." In the back of the crowd, several people murmur together quietly. Ignoring them, the tour guide continues her speech. "This Archive was built in an effort to make sure that we never forget the horrible sacrifices our ancestors had to make during the last days of Old Earth, and the war that almost extinguished all human life."

Leaving the hologram silently standing in place, the tour guide began to walk further into the room while continuing her speech. "We'll begin our tour by showing the early lives of the king and queen. Despite the fact that both are well loved and respected today, they both had very humble beginnings."

Most of the crowd followed the tour guide and moved further into the room leaving two figures standing beside the hologram. The shorter of the two chuckled, producing a deep sound of amusement. "Humble? That's not exactly the right word to describe the king."

The second of the two figures could only nod in agreement, adding in a softer voice, "Although it did fit the queen, at least in the beginning." The two stood quietly gazing at the young couple on display for a moment longer, and then turned to follow the tour guide, leaving the image of the pigtailed youth dressed in black and red silk clothes and the girl in the blue trimmed fuku to fade away behind them.

Author's Notes: I realize that Ranma/Sailor Moon crossovers are a dime a dozen, but this just kept rolling around in my head, and needed an outlet. This is my first piece of fan fiction, or indeed writing of any kind. There will be some obvious differences from the cannon story lines; some subtle, some rather large. Most things that seem out of place are the result of the changes I've made for this story. However, I've not seen all of Sailor Moon, so it's possible I'll make mistakes regarding that part of the story.