Forbidden Creation Epilogue Rated: G Disclaimer: Though I consider Sailormoon my own personal muse, I did not alas, create her. Please don't sue me, for I just blew my tax return on a haircut and some cool new clothes! ^_^hee Genre: Romance/Alt. Reality AN's: Phew! Finished it all in one go! Do you believe it? I have the worst crick in my neck, my bed's still not made....sigh....when inspiration strikes ne? Write and tell me what you thought of it! p.s. Definetly see "The Thirteenth Floor" the movie I ripped off for this little fic. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A week later 3000 AD. "Take off your shoes!" Serena commanded as she and Darien waded through the tall grass before the beach. "Why?" He questioned. "Because, now you get to feel what sand *really* feels like!" She giggled. He smiled and shook his head, indulging her, he slipped off his sandals and let her lead him to the beach. He stopped short. The sand was...scratchy and not all white....and the sea made no sigh....more of a....splash? She watched him carefully and then pulled him giggling into a run. "Come on!" She hurried ahead of him and he made chase, enjoying her squeal half fearfully, half delightfully when he caught her. He pulled her into his arms and she sighed softly...her skin against his cheek....that was the sea and the sand he knew.... She leaned up and kissed him, lips soft....much softer he reflected now, then in the sensorium. "Mmmmm..." He murmured like always....eyes drifting slowly closed... Her heart warmed at the sound. Finally she pulled away and took his hand, leading him towards the rugged little house tucked away in the trees. Grandfather was at the door waiting. Serena rushed up to meet him, "Grandfather!" She cried, throwing her arms about his neck. "My girl!" He replied warmly. Then he walked down to meet Darien, standing awkwardly at the bottom. He started. Serena's Grandfather looked just like Grandfather Chiba! Grandfather smiled, "Let me look at you. Let me look at you! My my my! I suppose I look very familiar to you?" Darien nodded. "I went in a lot. You and I have talked a great deal already." Grandfather replied with twinkling eyes. Darien's eyes widened and then he smiled, already figuring out when and where. The boat that day, when he'd wanted to meet Serena for one. The amusement in his voice when he'd asked, "You're taken with her already aren't you?" Grandfather put an arm about his shoulder and led him up, capturing Serena with the other. "Come along you two, we'd best be getting along. We're about to get kissed up to in the best possible way!" Serena laughed with him. The Authorities had made a formal apology and granted them a lot of damages for nearly killing her soulmate. It was a very serious offense. One that horrified every inhabitant of the earth. Grandfather was restored all his computer equipment---once they tracked him down at his hidden chateau on the beach that is---and given more freedom to expand his studies. Serena was granted the same along with the promise of fulfilling one request of her choosing, whatever it may be. Telepathy was still forbidden though she could have asked permission to use it, but she didn't. Instead she had requested the one thing she'd longed for all her life besides her soulmate. And they were going today. She asked to meet her parents, to visit them on the Moon. Travel to the Moon was rare, a sizable crowd had gather to watch she, Darien and her Grandfather go. They stepped onto the wide, circular disk and waited. Though Earth technology did not allow for space travel, the Moon had the power to teleport anyone back and forth. And so in a flash of silver light, all three disappeared. When they reappeared, the Moon Kingdom lay before them, silvery, beautiful and haunting. Everything sparkled white and pure. Serena's parents stood waiting with shining eyes. She stepped towards them uncertainly. She eyed her mother a long moment. A tall, ivory woman with long, silvery hair and blue eyes....but her face....she looked so familiar...suddenly Serena let out a shriek, "Aunt Ilene?!" Serena's mother nodded and smiled, holding out her arms. And her father. She turned and caught her breath....he was Kenji....with darker hair, taller...no glasses. "You were Kenji?" He nodded too, tears spilling from his eyes. Grandfather smiled, "I had to change their appearances to avoid trouble, but I based them after your parents and they snuck into the system while you were in to meet you." Darien watched in awe. He remembered Serena spending time with Kenji....the way Aunt Ilene had been while she was there....it all made sense now....they'd all been there.... He'd met his own birth parents some days before at the hospital. It was startling, meeting these flesh and blood beings that had birthed his body...though his soul still lay latent in Serena. It was her lunar physignometry they had concluded. It was strong and rather magical, using the power of the tides and time on earth....the magnetic nature of it had simply pulled his soul to her at birth, completing herself without realizing.... Serena turned and ushered him over, into her arms, more joyful then he'd imagined possible at their first meeting....so hedged with sorrow. He held her close and leaning down, whispered in her ear, "Hey...let's get married while we're here...what do you say?" She smiled, wide eyed at him, "I-I...it would be a dream!" She sighed, but he shook his head. "No, no more dreams love. It will be nothing but wide awake and real." She slipped her arms about his back then and tucked her head under his chin, breathing softly with that sigh that left him convinced he held the sea in his very arms. And here, on this planet where all the most magic parts of her were most alive, he was convinced it was true. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* * * Allll done minna! Tell me what you thought? Was my first real alternate reality a success? A failure? *sniff* I hope not! waaaahhh! E-mail e-mail e-mail!