Deep Space Nine Pale Moonlight Novels & Stories

They were the very reason he could draw a breath without the metallic tang of silver-poisoning. But above the vibrant sun, something else was moving. A second moon had appeared. It was a massive, silver-white orb that lacked the iridescent glow of the Lunar Council’s authority. It was flat, matte, and terrifyingly silent. For a wolf, the world was defined by its scent—the smell of rain, the musk of the pack, the iron of blood. But this new celestial body was a void in the sensory world. It was a "Dead Moon." It had no scent. It didn't even have a shadow. It was a cataract over the eye of the universe, and as it descended, the vibrant colors of the Silver Peaks began to fade.

"Good. Three years mute and the second she gets her voice back, she takes them down. The Moon Goddess sees everything." Across the plaza, the screen kept playing Daybreak. My voice rolled over all of it. Clean. Clear. A blade splitting the night sky. THE END

The disappearance of the moon was not just an unusual event in the sky; it was a death sentence. The Purge-Moon, now revealed to be anchored in a hidden "Sync-Orbit" on the far side of the planet, started its gravitational sabotage, causing the Earth to groan. Tides retreated miles from the shore, only to return as towering walls of black water. The atmosphere thinned at the poles, and the ground beneath Aethel-Luna shook as the planet was forced to spin backward.

I hissed, the golden marks on my arms turning into a lethal, white-hot emerald flame. "Worse," Leo said, his voice cracking. "She’s not just recording anymore. She’s broadcasting. She’s being used as the antenna to guide this ship to the Twelfth Moon. If we don't purge the silver from her, she’ll pull the entire continent into the vacuum". I looked up through the transparent chrome ceiling. The sky was no longer blue or even violet. It was turning into the black, star-flecked void of the Ninth Cycle, and the silver moon was growing larger by the second.

The glow brightened. Then suddenly— Another faint light appeared beside it. A softer glow. Pale blue. Luna’s eyes snapped open. “What was that?” Mira smiled. “The Moon of Tides.” Luna stared at the glowing energy in her hand. “I can use other moons too?” “Not all of them,” Mira explained. “But some may answer your call.” Kael and Aeron watched from the hill below. Aeron whispered. “That’s new.” Kael nodded slowly. “And powerful.”

But what could it that is causing the whole area to have a red light instead of the natural moonlight? Mukura taps Gurudza and calls Genteel, “Mom!” “Not now, Divine! I need to find out where this red light is coming from!” “I think I did!” Mukura replies her. Genteel looks at Mukura who is looking in the sky with her eyes wide open and she turns her gaze in the same direction she is looking at and comes in contact with the moon which now has a dark red at its upper part. This is the beginning of the end!

The water-purifiers were humming with a new, biological rhythm, and the air in the village tasted sweeter than it ever had. She opened Julian’s private terminal—the one that was now synced directly to the mountain. A single window was open on the screen. It wasn't a map or a blueprint. It was a Live-Feed from the moon. Hope’s heart stopped. On the lunar surface, near the ruins of the old Tether, a new light was blinking. It wasn't the blue laser of the Consensus. It was a Deep-Gold pulse. The computer screen began to scroll with a series of characters that weren't part of the Thorne-Vance library. They were ancient, mathematical symbols that predated the "Great Reboot."

Lalaine was shocked when she found Stella laying on the floor, the moon light illuminates her like flittering lights in the night. The crystal orbs surrounds her, slowly lifting her from the ground. She immediately called out Nana, Aeriol, Nathaniel, and Lynx. Aeriol immediately pull out Stella from the illuminating light and lay her to bed. Nathaniel and Lynx looks out the window and saw a beautiful red rose. As if the moon light blessing it. The more light it absorb, the radiant the color gets. Lynx trails back to Leis last words.

We're both breathing heavily and I open my mouth to speak but it's no longer me talking, my wolf has taken over and he wants to claim what is his. "Just say the word and I am yours." My voice is a gravely demonic version of my own and I can see from the reflection of her glasses that my eyes are completely silver now. A contrast to her deep golden iris's that shine brightly back at me. Complete opposites. That's what we are. Only the goddess knows why we were paired together. My canines extend as I wait for her to respond her eyes never leaving mine. Her answer is so soft, so faint, it's nearly lost on the wind. Nevertheless I hear it. "Yes."

Ang Escape Pod 0 ay humalik sa ibabaw ng Moon nang walang ingay, isang maliit na kislap ng bakal sa gitna ng kulay-abo at patay na tanawin ng Aitken Basin. Ang "Dark Side" ng Buwan ay hindi lang madilim; ito ay tila isang lugar kung saan ang oras mismo ay tumigil sa pagdaloy.