The better part of me.

[dejana]

Remember the drabble contest I was running at Anime Detour? Well, after carrying it around in my purse for months, I finally typed up the exhibition entry I wrote and submitted it to .moon. And since I've decided to start posting my writing here too, here it is.

(Reminder: Entries had to be exactly 100 words and related to the given prompt, which was a lantern.)

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Light of Hope

Sailor Mercury dug her hands into a pile of broken masonry. It wasn't supposed to end like this. The city was in ruins, a shattered graveyard where nothing moved. They had fought so hard, and won, but at what cost?

A brave flicker in the distance caught Mercury's eye. Amid the desolation, the small orange glow of a lantern was shining. Someone was alive.

The light was joined by others. A flashlight. A mobile phone. A burning branch. The gathering lights spread until the broken city mirrored the starry sky above.

Relief swelled up like a river. Tokyo had survived.

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While I have your attention... I don't suppose any of the locals on my flist are planning to see HP: OOTP next week? >.> ETA: Heh, I don't suppose any of the locals on my flist will be around to read this, since it's CONvergence weekend (and me stuck at work again ;_;). Ah well.

Comments

[dejana.livejournal.com]

I suppose it's more likely to be manga canon, since I wasn't thinking of the freeze, but I didn't really have any specific canon in mind. But yes, it's about whatever fight triggers the creation of Crystal Tokyo. I've always believed the transition was sparked by some large-scale war.