Hello, this would be a first submission for me.  It isn't my
first story, but I like to get it out to see what people think
about my writing.  I don't own the character in the story and
I'd like to thank everybody that has inspired me...  Wait, that
would be longer than the story...  Oh well, THANKS EVERYBODY

Anniversery (G)

by Jay Cameron
email jaycameron@hotmail.com

Looking up into the night, the quick flickers of light from
the Aurora sends a shiver down Makotos back.  The cold
slides down her arms and sends goose bumps up her legs.
She raps her arms around her chest and gives out a sigh.
Her breath rolls out and slowly lifts into the night sky.
She looks around only to see an empty park bench and
lamppost with a flickering light.  She sighs again and
walks over to the bench.

Makoto rubs her cold legs cursing to her self for not
wearing pants.  She just had to come out in a dress.  Her
arms were fine under the long sleeve green turtle neck but
her knees and cafes were starting to get cold.  She looks
up again to see to see a couple walking up the path.  Arm
in arm they talk and laugh together.  Makoto pulls her
dress over her knees for more warmth and stairs at the
ground as they pass.  She touches the small bundle that she
placed there earlier and picks it up into her lap.

Makoto gets up and walks over to the shore of the lake,
only a short distance away.  It is cooler over there, but
it is more peaceful and quieter.  She looks up again and
watches the northern light play with the full moon and the
dance with each other.  She has always loved the Aurora
borealis.  It gives her a feeling that there is something
more than the sometimes mixed up life she leads.


Softly, her watch beeps.  Makoto bends over and slips off
her shoes.  She walks down the shore on the freezing
pebbles and starts walking into the water.  It is so cold
that her feet go numb instantly.  She continues up to her
knees and stops.  She looks at the bundle and peals back
the soft crate paper.  Carefully she pulls out two roses,
putting the paper under her arm.

"Mom, Dad, I love you.  I still miss you two.  I will
always remember what you taught me so long ago."  A tear
starts to run down Makotos cheek.  "It's your anniversary
today.  I brought you a present.  I know that this isn't
where you..." Makotos throat sepsis up and she has to cough
to force air out.  "your plane crashed but it is the
closest water and I..."  Her eye start flowing with water and
she starts to sob  "know how much you two loved to walk
along this lake."  She bends down putting the roses in stem
first.

As she lets go they softly slide into the dark water and
quickly disappears into the darkness.

Makoto gasps and starts to run out of the water.  She
splashes water everywhere, getting her dress wet and
dropping the crate paper into the water.  She runs up on to
the shore and grabs her shoes.  She stubs her toe on one of
the rocks but doesn't feel it, as her feet are still very
numb.  She runs through the field and towards home, not
looking back.

Being pushed by the wind the Crate paper floats out into
the lake.  Slowly it is swallowed up into the lake.
Leaving small rings.  A stiff wind blows up stirring up the
water, erasing any evidence of anything being there.

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Thanks for Reading.

Email your oppinions at jaycameron@hotmail.com


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Sailor Moon is copyright ? 1992 Naoko Takeuchi/Kodansha,
TOEI Animation.
English Language Adaptation ? 1995 DiC Entertainment.