~A Destiny Fulfilled~
	  Part One ~Emerald Eyes~
	~(PG) Chapter 1 By Callisto~
		 
		"Darkness"

	With a flick of a light switch the dark room
 was filled with a luminous glow. Makoto took off
 her shoes and slipped her feet into the pair of
 soft pink slippers waiting by her door. Her deep 
green eyes looked around the tidy, cheerful
 living room. After eating dinner at Usagi?s
 house with Minako, Ami and Rei her home felt
 unusually quiet.  As she thought about her
 evening, a smile spread across her face. Usagi?s
 home cooked dinner had been a very interesting
 experience. It had been wonderful eating with
 everyone, like a family.

	 Makoto looked across the room at a faded 
rocking chair in the corner. The floral cushion
 was worn and the colors faded. The wood was
 scratched and had long lost its glamour. As she
 stared at, she couldn?t help but think of her
 mother. 

		~Flashback~

	Makoto was sitting on the floor, she was no 
older than three or four years old. She looked up
 at her mother. Her long, golden brown hair was
 neatly braided and it hung over her shoulder.
 She sat in her rocker, swaying gently, her long
 slender fingers working quickly and softly as
 she knitted. Makoto loved to watch her mother
 knit. Her mother looked so beautiful, so
 feminine.

	"When I grow up, I want to be just like
 mommy.?? Makoto had thought as she watched her 
mother.

	Her mother then looked up and smiled and her
 little daughter lovingly, but  suddenly, Makoto
 was no longer the little girl sitting on the
 floor. She was sitting in the rocker looking
 down. There, sitting on the carpet was a tiny 
little girl. Her hair was like golden sunlight,
 and her bright shining eyes were like dancing
 emeralds. She looked so happy, so carefree. Her 
face filled Makoto with a peace and happiness she
 had never felt before.

	Then the room filled with light, swirling
 around the tiny girl. She began to glow as
 brightly as the sun. When the light disappeared,
 she was dressed as a Senshi, and her happy
 expression had turned to terror. She looked up 
at Makoto, her once gleaming eyes filled with 
tears, pleading for help. She reached out her
 tiny hand to Makoto, and Makoto did the same.
 Their fingers were almost touching... they were 
so close.
 
	Then the ground cracked and a huge black 
cloud rose out. It grew bigger and bigger,
 swirling around the tiny cringing figure.
 Suddenly they were being pulled apart. Something 
was dragging Makoto away from the girl. She 
struggled to reach her, fighting with all her 
might.

	"Mommy!" The tiny girl cried, tears running 
down her face. "Mommy! Come back! Mommy!!"

	"Mommy, mommy...."

	Makoto snapped back into the reality. She
 slowly opened her eyes. She was shaking, and 
dazed. It had been so strange, so real. She 
couldn?t save her, she had been powerless, and 
now the little girl was gone. 

	"Mommy..." Mako whispered, the she shook her 
head and tried to compose herself. "It was just a 
daydream, it wasn?t real." She tried to reassure 
herself.

	"But why am I shaking so much?" She thought 
wearily. "I feel so weak... so tired...."

	Slowly she turned and walked down the
 hallway, uncertain and not knowing what else to 
do. She went into her bedroom, and silently 
snapped the door shut behind her, leaving the 
house dark, and empty.