Title:
Sailor Sun Appears (
Eh? A banner?)
Writer: Kate
Summary: “Darien is receiving bad dreams about a new evil. Can Serena help him understand his dream? And who is this new warrior that suddenly appears? Can the Scouts help Andrew recover when Rita dumps him? Read on and find out.”
Canon: Dub (back before S and SS were dubbed) with some manga elements
Rating: 4
Name: Erin Shields
Senshi Title: Sailor Sun
Hair: Blonde, long and flowing like a golden stream, kept up in a bun
Eyes: Deep sapphire blue
Unusual Markings/Colorations: None
Senshi Outfit:
Edit by Kate It’s yellow.
Possessions: “a yellow pen with a golden orb on top above the orb was a small orange star with the symbol of the sun on it” and a visor similar to Mercury’s except it covers only one eye like the scouters on Dragonball Z.
Guardians: Solaris Apollo III AKA Sunny, yellow cat, gold crescent moon on the forehead
Edit by Kate Origin: Who knows. She’s a ballet teacher.
Silver Millennium: Princess Aurora; Some woman killed her and Darien’s father because she was jealous of his and their mother’s relationship. Darien in turn killed her and him and Aurora took the throne. Aurora loved a knight. But they couldn’t be together because she was royalty and he was a lowly knight. This really doesn’t make sense since all of the Inners have knights that protect them now. Beryl found her in the courtyard crying over the fact that they had to meet in secret and killed her. The knight then killed himself. Aurora’s spirit now resides on Asteroid Eros and can possess Erin whenever she feels like it or just do things on her own. Which begs the question: How can someone be the reincarnation of a ghost?
Connections to Canon: The girls meet her at the arcade. But before that, she appears during a charity ball for the hospital Amy's mother works at and dances with Andrew before leaving. In her past life, she was Darien’s twin sister. Andrew AKA the Apollo Knight (
Edit by Kate) is her main squeeze in her present and past life. He turns evil during the story, but her love for him reforms him right before he dies. Pluto was her best friend.
Senshi Moves: A teleportation move and…
Sun Golden Rod Spear: “A long yellow and orange spear hits the woman and knocks her to the floor.”
Sun Aurora Beams Bind: “A long golden chain wrapped around her.”
Sun Spots Blind: “She threw a golden orb at Tea Kettle who became temporally blinded.”
Sun Aurora Beams Blast: “She screamed and shot the golden orb of energy at him.”
Solar Earth Destruction: Her forbidden attack. “A strong yellow beam shot out at the four knights. Each fell down from the air.” Her pen turns into a staff the same size as Pluto’s when she does this.
Other Special Abilities: She inserts herself into one of Darien’s dreams at the start of the story. She can make the Earth symbol appear on Darien’s forehead by kissing him there.
Annoying Traits: She’s very powerful, powerful enough to damage daimons that the other girls (and the Inners’ knights… Yes, they have knights now) can’t even touch until she gives them their Eternal forms. After he dances with her, Andrew can’t think of anything else. She kills herself to save Darien’s life using her forbidden attack. (Aurora dies as well and turns into a yellow rose after helping the others with their final attack.) She’s also very pretty.
Comments: How much do you want to bet that if someone took pictures of all of the Sailor Suns on the internet and lined them up, at least 1/3rd of them would be completely identical to each other?
This story does have one thing going for it: It has the best daimon I’ve seen so far:
"Daimon Packman! Come fort." A woman with yellow skin and a bikini top with packmen on it appeared.
"Packman at your service!"
Samples:
"Hey Andrew!" It was Alex. Michelle was following her. "What are you doing in the corner all alone?" Andrew told them about Rita. [She ran off with some guy in Africa and married him. In true fanfic revenge fashion, she will probably get AIDS.] "Oh, honey I'm so sorry." Michelle gently hugged him. "Its ok, go and have fun." The couple moved to the floor and began to dance. All of a sudden everyone stopped and looked at the double doors where a woman walked in. She had on a long yellow dress that reached the floor. It seemed to illuminate her whole body. Her hair was long like a flowing golden stream. She had a gold tiara in her hair and her long sleeves ended in long transparent flowing ends reaching her waist. She walked across the marble floor straight to Andrew. He looked into her sapphire blue eyes as she stepped close. She reached her beautiful white hand to his. Her nails were painted a very pale yellow. "Would you like to dance?" Her voice flowed like the beautiful music. Andrew nodded and took her to the dance floor. Neither said anything until the song was over. The entire crowd watched them dance. "One last dance with my Prince at midnight, good bye my love." She spun gracefully around and began to walk across the parting sea of people when she turned and looked straight at Darien. Her blue eyes burned into his and she stopped, smiled and walked away. ...
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Andrew's life had been a blur since he danced with the girl at the ball. Everyday he went to work, as usual and everyday he thought about her.
"Andrew?" It was his little sister, Lizzy. "Andrew are you ok? You have been acting strange for the past week." Andrew told her about the girl. "My Prince?! That girl sounds more like a loon then a Dream Princess!" Andrew shook his head. "No, there is something about her... She was like an angel sent to me." Lizzy rolled her eyes. "Whatever, I gotta get back to work. See ya."
Andrew went back to work only to think of the girl more.
Then he saw a girl coming in with Alex. "Its her!" Andrew whispered.
He walked over to the F-1 racing game the girls were about to start when he came over and coughed to get their attention. Alex and the girl turned around. "Hey Andrew!" Andrew said hello and turned his attention to the beautiful woman.
"And you are?" He asked in his most calm tone. The girl smiled at him "I am Erin, nice to meet you."
"I'm Andrew." Erin reached out her hand and when they touched it was like an electric spark flew into Andrew's brain. "This IS the girl!" He thought to himself. He held Erin's hand and she looked in his eyes.
The two held hands and then Alex called Erin's name. "Hello? Space Cadet Erin?" Erin snapped back and smiled at Alex. "Bye Andrew..." She whispered. Andrew just stood and watched her place the coin in the game and race. Erin was just behind Alex! "Wow!" Andrew yelled. "You almost beat Alex!" He bent down to the same level of Erin's head. "Erin... would you like to go out to dinner tomorrow?" Erin nodded "Around eight?" Andrew whispered. "I will pick you up where do you live?" Erin shook her head. "No. I will meet you here."
[Snip]
"8:05... I wonder if she is coming?" Andrew thought as he stood in front of the arcade. "Sorry I'm late! I had some work to do!" Erin called as she climbed out of a taxi. Andrew smiled at her. "You look beautiful." Erin looked down and blushed. "Thank you." [
Edit by Kate]
Andrew walked Erin to his red car. They got in and drove to a small romantic Italian restaurant. Erin and Andrew sat in a quiet corner of the restaurant. The waiter came and pored two glasses of wine. "What will it be?" Andrew ordered spaghetti and Erin ordered angel hair pasta. "Just don't put any meat sauce on it!" Erin smiled at Andrew. "I can't stand meat." Andrew looked at her. "Did you happen to go to the fundraiser ball for the hospital a couple weeks ago?" Erin frowned a little. "To tell you the truth I don't know... You see, sometimes I just black out. When I wake up, I am in the same place I left but at a different time... Weird huh?" Andrew frowned. "That is weird. Have you seen a doctor?" She shook her head. "You really should!" Erin mumbled. "Sunny said the same thing."
"Who is Sunny? An old boyfriend?"
Erin smiled "Something like that!"
The food came and Erin changed the subject.
After dinner they went to the park for a walk. "You see that?" Erin pointed at the sky. "The moon is full tonight... It's so beautiful." They both looked at it. "And see there? That's Cainis Major or the Dog Star..." [The nickname "Dog Star" refers to Sirius, the alpha star and brightest star (or binary system I believe) in Canis Major. It doesn't refer to the constellation itself.] Erin began to point out all the constellations visible and the planets.
"Wow, where did you learn all that?" Andrew asked.
"Well, I am an Astronomy major at school. Ever sense I was little I have loved the stars. I feel connected to them."
Andrew looked at her. "You look just as beautiful as the moon you know..." Andrew smiled at Erin and bent forward. The two kissed in the moonlight.
"Erin, I haven't known you that long but I feel like I have known you forever."
He kissed her again and hugged her to him.
"Andrew..."
Andrew continued to kiss her.
Then Erin pulled away and hugged him... "You feel that way because fait brought us together. We have always been together."
Andrew brought her closer and they continued the kiss.
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All the girls went to see Erin dance except Lita. "I tried to convince her to come but she is way to upset." Raye whispered to Serena as she scooted in the seat next to her. Chad yawned and Raye smacked him. "How come I had to come but Greg and Antiono got to stay home?" Raye glared at him. "Antiono had to work and Greg had to study for a big test, now shut up its starting." [Greg, Chad, Ken, and Antiono are the knights (Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, and Venus, respectively).]
Raye had on a sleeveless red dress and red gloves. The group sat and watched the cute six-year-olds dance. Mina was ohing and ahing over them. "Oh! I wish I had one of those." Then Erin's performance was announced. The lights dimmed as Erin stepped out in a pink dress and white leotard. As Alex watched her dance, a strange flashback went through her. It was as if Michelle was playing her violin and Alex was playing her piano. [Okay, that’s just low. At least let the little kids have their moment in the spotlight. It is their recital, after all.]...
They were playing the music and Erin was dancing. Alex gasped and took Michelle's arm. She leaned over and whispered in Michelle's ear. Michelle pretended to cover up her surprise as they clapped for Erin. "Wow! She is really good!" commented Raye, as they were about to leave.
"Hey, guys!" Erin came up to them still in her costume. "So what did you think?" They all told her how great she was. "Why didn't you invite Andrew?" asked Darien. Erin blushed. "I was embarrassed." Susan laughed. "I like your dress Susan," said Mina. "Thank you. I made it myself." Mina was amazed. "I wish I could do that..." Michelle coughed. "I think we should go. Erin needs to get changed and stuff."
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Apollo Knight fell down on the ground. Erin ran to his fallen body holding the Planetary Knight Sword. "Andrew. This sword is to be used for good, not evil. Don't you remember anything?" She said to him. Her eyes flooded with tears as she spoke. "Come on Andrew, remember? It is me, Erin. Andrew, I love you so much. Please say you remember me." She gently stroked his head, looking into his weary blue eyes.
He looked at her softly and reached a hand to her face... "I... I... remember..." He said and fainted.
Sailor Sun kissed his pale lips and stood up. She laid his body next to Darien's body. "I lost a brother, and lover on the same day..." Sailor Sun angrily threw her transformation pen in the air. The end of it stretched out until it became a staff the size of Sailor Pluto's Garnet Rod. "I WILL NOT! LOSE MY FRIENDS TOO! SOLAR... EARTH... DESTRUCTION!" A strong yellow beam shot out at the four knights. Each fell down from the air. The girls ran to their unconscious boyfriends. As they did, Sailor Sun walked over to where the body of Tuxedo Mask lay. "I will bring him back to you Sailor Moon." Sailor Sun whispered as she kneeled down.
Sailor Sun placed her hand on Tuxedo Mask's chest. Within the other hand, the transformation pen appeared.
She pressed a button and as the end of the wand retracted back to normal size, a silver blade popped out.
She took the tip of the blade and pointed it at her left breast, just where her heart was.
"SOLAR... EARTH... DESTRUCTION!" She cried and thrust the blade into her heart.
"ERIN, NO!" Sunny jumped over to her but he was too late. He sighed and a bright flash of yellow energy flowed between Sailor Sun and Tuxedo Mask. The energy soon weakened and Sailor Sun fell over.
"Erin?" Sailor Uranus said, lifting her limp body upright.
"I saved him. Darien..." Erin coughed softly.
Darien's hand slipped over and touched Serena's hand. "Darien?" Serena said, wiping her tears away. "Serena?" He slowly opened his eyes and looked over at Sailor Sun. Her body was slowly fading away. "Erin? What happened!" He reached his hand away from Sailor Moon's to Sailor Sun's hand.
Sailor Pluto swallowed. "Her forbidden attack." She said kneeling down.
"What?" Tuxedo Mask asked.
Sailor Pluto said "Her forbidden attack. You see Sailor Saturn, Sailor Sun and I each have forbidden attacks that we cannot use except under extreme circumstances. Mine will close the gates of time. Saturn's is Death Reborn Revolution. Remember when she turned into a baby? Sailor Sun's was Solar Earth Destruction. It takes her life energy and sends it to another." Sailor Pluto placed her hand on Sailor Sun's cheek.
"Exactly." Sailor Sun said. "I had to save you Darien. It was the only way..." Again she coughed. "Serenity..." she said and looked over to Sailor Moon, taking her hand. "Promise me you will take care of my brother for me. Promise me!" She said.
Serena nodded. "I promise."
Sailor Sun smiled at Sailor Pluto. "Keep an eye on them." She looked over at Sailor Chibi Moon who was holding her cat. "Diana... Chibi Moon... You will take Sunny to the future with you won't you?"
Diana smiled and Chibi Moon nodded. "I will... Aunt Erin."
Sailor Sun smiled and looked at Darien. "Darien... I love you so much. You are all I have left. Darien... No, Endymion," She reached her now almost transparent hand over to him. Darien struggled over to her, taking her other hand. She took her left hand from Sailor Moon's, and touched his forehead. A circle with a cross through it, the symbol of Earth appeared. "Endymion... I love you... And remember. Death is only the beginning," she said as her body disappeared.
"NO, ERIN!" Sailor Uranus tried to grab the fading body in her lap. "COME BACK!" She yelled. "Come back..." She said, her voice turning into a whisper. Michelle hugged Alex to her chest and stroked her hair gently.
Sailor Uranus pulled away and growled. "Why did she have to leave us when we needed her?" Sailor Neptune stood up next to her. "She saved the prince. Isn't that the Sailor Soldiers purpose? To protect the Prince and Princess?"
Sailor Saturn smiled gently. "And remember what she said... Death is only the beginning"
Sailor Uranus shrugged. "I guess..."
Sunny cleared his throat. "There is another thing Erin and I did not tell you. Another part to this saga..."
The thirteen Scouts and Darien focused on the golden cat.
He took a deep breath, "Erin was not just your sister Endymion, she was your twin sister. Same birthday, same parents, everything. Twins. You did look different though. That is all. You might have different parents now but in the past, you two were inseparable. However, this is the important part. Remember the evil woman that killed your parents?" Sunny said to Darien. "That woman... Was Tara."
Sailor Moon gasped. "Tara? Killed you and Erin's parents?"
Sailor Mercury placed a hand over her mouth. "Oh my goodness..."
Darien struggled to his feet angrily. "She will pay for this." He whispered. "Now to find Tara."