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Title: Save Me from the Dark (#77)
Author: Nathronoelei
Chapters: 3

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Archive: Tolkien
Category: Crossovers
Description: The battle destroyed the earth and she healed it, but what now? Serenity learns of a life she had forgotten... in Middle-earth. Sailor Moon/LotR crossover.
Published: 12 Jun 2003
Updated: 14 Jul 2003
Warnings:
Type: Romance
Characters: Elrond; Galadriel


Chapter 1 - 1:0 - Alone

Disclaimer for Story: "Lord of the Rings" is the property of J.R.R. Tolkien. "Sailor Moon" is the property of Naoko Takeuchi. All songs listed belong to stated owners.



Save Me from the Dark
1:0 - Alone

/* Evanescence "Bring Me to Life" */ Story Theme

"how can you see into my eyes like open doors
leading you down into my core
where i've become so numb without a soul my spirit sleeping somewhere cold
until you find it there and lead it back home wake me up inside
wake me up inside
call my name and save me from the dark
bid my blood to run
before i come undone
save me from the nothing i've become
now that i know what i'm without
you can't just leave me
breathe into me and make me real
bring me to life

wake me up inside
wake me up inside
call my name and save me from the dark
bid my blood to run
before i come undone
save me from the nothing i've become
bring me to life

frozen inside without your touch without your love darling only you are the life among the dead

all this time i can't believe i couldn't see
kept in the dark but you were there in front of me
i've been sleeping a thousand years it seems
got to open my eyes to everything
without a thought without a voice without a soul
don't let me die here
there must be something more
bring me to life"

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Darkness shone around her, pulsating a feeling of nothingness that crept into her soul. Moments later a vision of the bloody, war-torn world she had called home came into view, and her heart cried out for the people whose souls she felt die. Slowly, ever so, all the people on Earth were being killed, the dissapating negative energy left over from the battle with Choas not leaving fast enough.

Her thoughts strayed to her senshi, her most loyal of friends who had fought to their deaths to protect her. And for what? To allow her to see the end of everything they knew and loved, with nothing left for her to do to stop it?

But there was something she could do....

Gazing down at the crystal resting against her chest, she felt it's strong yet gentle power wash over her. It had always been her suspicion that the crystal had been a silent companion with a soul, a spirit that guided her when no other could, offering strength and support. The crystal was alive in a way no one would ever be able to comprehend, and now it was again sharing its knowledge and wisdom with her.

As the final human scream filled her ears, she knew what had to be done. It was the only way.

Summoning the power of her silent companion, she begged it to grant her this one last wish. She would remake the earth, recreating what had just been destroyed. The souls that grieved for their own loss swirled around her, nearly suffocating her, urging her to let them return to life, and that was what she did.

Hours later, she looked down at her creation, the intricate world she had just formed from the ashes of its predecessor. The souls would return soon, and Fate and Destiny would play their games once more, shaping the weave of the fabric of time.

Already she could feel their power pulling at her, and she willingly gave into the darkness of oblivion, not caring where they placed her next.

She was alone.


Chapter 2 - 1:1 - Wandering

Save Me from the Dark
1:1 - Wandering

/* Ayumi Hamasaki "Dearest" */

"honto ni taisetsu na mono igai subete sutete
shimaetara ii no ni ne
genjitsu wa tada zankoku de
.....it would be nice if we could put away and throw out
.....everything except what really mattered, but
.....reality is just cruel

sonna toki itsu datte
me o tojireba
waratteru kimi ga iru
.....in such times,
.....I see you laughing
.....whenever I close my eyes.

itsuke eien no nemuri ni tsuku hi made
dou ka sono egao ga
taema naku aru you ni
.....until the day I reach eternal sleep,
.....that smiling face will
.....have to stay with me without fail.

hito wa minna kanashii kara
wasurete yuku ikimono dakedo
.....People are all sad, so
.....they go and forget, but--

aisubeki mono no tame
ai o kureru mono no tame dekiru koto
.....For that which I should love,
.....For that which gives me leave, I will do what I can.

deatta ano koro wa
subete ga bukiyou de
toomawari shita yo ne
kizutsuke atta yo ne
.....Back then, when we met,
.....it was all awkward.
.....We went the long way, didn't we?
.....We got hurt, didn't we?

itsuka eien no nemuri ni tsuku hi made
dou ka sono egao ga
taema naku aru you ni
.....Until the day I reach eternal sleep,
.....that smiling face will
.....have to stay with me without fail.

deatta ano koro wa
subete ga bukiyou de
toomawari shita yo ne
kizutsuke atta yo ne
.....Back then, when we met,
.....it was all awkward.
.....We went the long way, didn't we?
.....We got there in the end.

nai mono ne dari o itsu made tsudzukete ikun darou
sou omoeta no ha kimi ni deatta kara desho
.....Longing for something that you don'thave
.....how long do you want to continue wishing for it?
.....When I begin to understand that feeling like this
.....started from the time I met you.

subete ha kitto kono te ni aru
koko ni yume ha oiteikenai
subete ha kitto kono te ni aru
kimerareta mirai mo iranai
.....Everything is in these pair of hands
.....Dreams cannot just be thrown here
.....Everything is in these pair of hands
.....Denying the pre-arranged future

subete ha kitto kono te ni aru
ugokanakya ugokasenai kedo
subete ha kitto kono te ni aru
hajimenakya hajimaranai kara
.....Everything is in these pair of hands
.....If there is not action, how can there be movement?
.....Everything is in these pair of hands
.....If you don't take the first step, how can there be a beginning?"


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Her eyes opened, but for a moment she did not know it. Blinking, she had to use her sensitive fingertips to be sure her eyes weren't closed. The world was a black oblivion, an impenetrable darkness that threatened to stangle her soul. Her heart prayed that it was indeed night, though her mind knew the thruth. She could hear and feel the life bursting around her, indicating the presence of the sun. Life would not be so abundant otherwise.

Cosmos - no, she was Serenity now, with all the powers of the crystal and the universe bonded to her soul; it was a part of her. She was no longer three separate beings. She was finally only herself, only Serenity.

Slowly she began moving, testing each part of her body, mentally cataloguing each of her injuries. Every movement was stiff, muscles screaming in protest. She winced as bruises were touched, and prayed that none of the many cuts were infected. That was the last thing she needed, for the healing powers she possessed were activated through the Crystal, which was too weak itself to do anything of real use.

Her mind was numb, thoughts only on the next few minutes. Nothing else was able to make its way through the haze, the deep barrier her mind had errected to protect her. Serenity knew herself that should she think about the battle, the loss of her friends and lover, she would simply break down. There would be nothing to stop her fall.

The one though that continuosly play in her mind was that she had to move. Her instincts screamed furiously that she needed to ensure her own safety, and she could only attempt to do that by finding some sort of shelter. Being blind wouldn't help matters any. Progress was slow. She tried outright walking, but foundherself stumbling over stones and roots, running into tree limbs. Serenity finally ended up crawling on her hands and knees, feeling the earth that she had helped to create.

In truth, she had had very little to do with this world's creation. Serenity had begun the process, bringing together the purified ashes of the old world together to form the new. She had had no idea how the new world would turn out, for not longer after the core was formed the creation was taken out of her hands. She reliquished the task with a wave of gratefullness. Guiding the souls of the dead, she guided them to the web her fellow creators were weaving, not caring to watch them get caught in it. In the end she had small glimpses of what the world had become, but they were just that - glimpses.

It was quite possible that it was that world she was a part of right now. The question, however, was not where, but when? For all she knew, she had drifted in the time stream for millenia before settling in this world.

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Serenity traveled for days, never finding another besides the animals. Not beng able to see prevented her from ever finding a source of food, and the one small creek she had stumbled upon was so filthy she had become sick after drinking from it.

Her fragile grip on reality began slipping as she found she could no longer turn her thoughts from the ones who had died protecting her. The battle had been fierce, with nothing she could do to stop it until the very end, an effort that had nearly cost her life. It had cost the lives of every other living being on Earth.

The faces of her Senshi, the loyal friends who had sworn to protect her dozens of times over, swirled in front of her mind's eye. She was tormented by the happy memories of their shared teenaged years. The many meetings at Rei's shrine, the almost daily visits to the Crown Arcade - a place that seemed nearly a second home to all of them... The hours of school that Serenity had so loathed at the time... The moon child wished with all her might that she could have just one of those moments back, that she could hear their laughter once more, and not just the dull ring of a fast fading memory.

Tears flowed down her cheeks, the salt held within them stinging the cuts. It was this sharp sensation that brought her mind crashing down upon the next set of memories, the ones she hadn't wished to experience. Not now, not when she was so vulnerable.

Mamoru. Endymion. The only man she had ever loved in all her many lives. They had had so few years together, their precious time always whisked away by the threat to their home. Twice they had nearly been married, both times shattered by the forces of Choas. Her lover and soulmate...

Frantically she grasped at her right hand, a cry of anguish tearing from her throat. Her ring, the only possession she treasured besides the Crystal, was gone. The only thing she had left of her lover besides what little resided in her mind had been stolen from her in a cruel show of fate.

One thought drove her now. A promise she had made in the first life she had lived after the Silver Millenium. She had sworn to the reincarnated Endymion that she would never stop living. No matter what happened to him or her senshi, she was never to simply give up. She was the light of the world, the future queen of the cosmos. Without her, the universe would crumble. Should she cease to exist, so would all life.

The truth of his words had rung clear to her then, and they were clearer now. Her heart was dying, but a part of her knew that she had to keep fighting, because for her, to live was to fight. She was born a warrior and it was a part of her spirit that would always be present.

She would keep her promise to her love for as long as she could, but time was wearing thin. Serenity's mind was blurring, her body not responding as well to her commands. Very little of her strength remained as she struggled to find someone who would help.

Distantly she heard a river. Her heart quickened as her hope for survival was renewed, but it was not to be. Her body was too damaged to go on, too weak to continue. Summoning the last of her strength, she let out a silent prayer to her mother for help.

A piercing scream echoed through the woods as the darkness returned to claim her.


Chapter 3 - 1:2 - Found

Save Me from the Dark
1:2 - Found


/* Rikki "Suteki Da Ne" */

Kaze ga Yose ta Kotoba ni
Oyoi da Kokoro
Kumo ga Hakobu Ashita ni
Hazu n da Koe
.....The wind, like a heart that swam in the accumulated words
.....The clouds, a voice that was shot into the holding future

Tsuki ga Yureru Kagami ni
Furue ta Kokoro
Hoshi ga Nagare Kobore ta
Yawarakai Namida
.....The moon, a shaking heart in an unsteady mirror
.....The stars, gentle tears in an overflowing stream

Suteki da ne
Futari te wo tori Aruke ta nara
Iki tai yo
KIMI no machi Ie Ude no naka
.....Isn't it beautiful, to walk together in each others hands
.....I do so want to go,
.....To your city, your house, into your arms.

Sono mune
Karada azuke
Yoi ni magire
Yumemiru
.....That heart,
.....held within your body
.....In those confusing nights
.....I dream

Kaze wa Tomani Kotoba wa
Yasashii Maboroshi
Kumo wa Yabure Ashita wa
Tooku no Koe
Kumo wa Yabure Ashita wa
Tooku no Koe
.....The wind, its halting words are a gentle illusion
.....The clouds, the broken future like a distant voice

Tsuki ga Nijimu Kagami wo
Nagare ta Kokoro
Hoshi ga Yurete Kobore ta
Kaku se nai Namida
.....The moon, a heart flowing in the clouded mirror
.....The stars, broken and swaying, like tears unable to be hidden.

Suteki da ne
Futari te wo tori Aruke ta nara
Iki tai yo
KIMI no machi Ie Ude no naka
.....Isn't it beautiful, to walk together in each others hands
.....I do so want to go,
.....To your city, your house, into your arms.

Sono Kao
Sotto furete
Asa ni tokeru
Yumemiru
.....That face,
.....A soft touch,
.....Dissolving into morning,
.....I dream.


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The woman once known as Selenity, Queen of the White Moon Kingdom, could hardly believe what had just happened. A call had rung through her mind, a pleading prayer from her only child.

But how was that possible? Serenity was not to appear until after the War, when she would not be forced to fight. Had Fate not agreed to that small request?

Something must have happened in the past to once again cause discord in the time stream. She had to get to her daughter. She would not understand what was happening!

'I'm coming, Serenity. I'm coming.'

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Near the edge of the city Imladris, or Rivendell to some, four elves were travelling back to their home. The group had just returned from overa week of patrolling the borders and were looking forward to being back in the city once more.

They were having a debated discussion on just why Elrohir, the older of the twin brothers whose father was the Lord of Imladris, should have been married long ago.

Elrohir had his reasons for not settling down, and only his twin knew and understood them. Elladan himself held the reasons as his own at times.

Ever since their mother had left Middle-earth, sailing to the West after being tortured by orcs, the two brothers had made it their sole purpose in life to protect others. They felt if they were to marry and have families, those families would end up being second where their priorites were concerned. Neither wanted to put a loved one through that sort of pain.

Their mother, Celebrian...

As thoughts of the now-departed elf began to surface in the twins' minds, a scream ripped through the calm air. It seemed to be filled with pain and suffering, but underneath there was a trace of hope - the hope that someone would come to help.

Without a second thought the group was off, moving swiftly through the forest towards where the scream originated.

The site before them filled both with fear and confusion, leaving only pure denial in Elrohir's mind. "No. It can't be."

"How is this possible?" were his brother's whispered words.

The twins each shoved aside their shock, bringing forward their immediate concern for the state the woman was in.

Elladan turned, calling to their companions who had been searching the surrounding area for anything that could have caused the woman harm.

"Garein! You know more of healing than the three of us together. Is there anything we can do?"

The dark-haired known as Garein knelt beside the frail figure, briefly assessing her condition. It was true, he had more knowledge of the healing arts than even Lord Elrond's own sons, for he spent nearly all of his free time helping in the Houses. "I am sorry, but all we can do is get her to Imladris immediately. She needs more care than we can give."

"By the stars' light, I could have sworn..." The final member of their party, Ildaer, had finally approached, though his eyes were constantly on the treeline around them. "She looks so much like the Lady."

Elrohir stood, quickly gathering the battered woman into his arms. "That is not something to be discussed now. We must get her to Father."

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She was floating in a blackness so thick it could have been cut with a knife. It threatened to suffocate her very soul, but she struggled against it.

Voices began drifting through, coming to her in whispers so faint she could barely make them out. It mattered little, for she could not understand the language they spoke. The beautiful sounding words seemed so familiar, as if she could reach out and physically grab hold of their meaning, but they were too far for her to reach.

Suddenly the soft, elegant voices were replaced by something harsh and demanding. All around her was angry shouting and the sound only marching armies can achieve. A wave of pure evil washed over her delicate heart, which strengthened instantly upon contact.

Her vision cleared slightly, allowing her to make out a distant red object. As her eyes came into focus she cried out. A flaming eye stared not at her, but into her. With a mere glance it knew of her goodness, and she could feel it's want to overcome it. The evil around her pressed inward and she felt herself dying.

'Oh kami-sama... Someone please, help me!'
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