Darla looked around as she had floated with Atticus and Patch. An older blonde girl giggled as she saw them appear.
"Huh?" Darla asked out of confusion.
"Hi, I'm Serena, it's so good to finally meet you." The older blonde girl smiled.
Darla then took her hand and shook it. "Um, have we met?" she then asked curiously.
"Well, right now I'm an ordinary teenage school girl, who just happens to own the world's most powerful compact," Serena explained before transforming. "With the help of my magical powers, I become the Champion of Justice, known as Sailor Moon!" She then blinked out of excitement. "Hey, want to meet my friends?"
"Uh, sure." Atticus said.
"Cute doggy." Serena giggled and pet Patch.
Patch smiled as his tail wagged from the petting. They soon followed Serena to where her friends were.
"This is Amy, she's the smartest person in our school," Serena introduced a black-haired girl sitting at a desk. "A real brainiac. We also know her as, Sailor Mercury!"
'She looks like she almost does everything by research.' Patch thought to himself.
"And this is Raye," Serena said as she came to a long black-haired girl who was sweeping at the temple. "She has a really bad temper, but she's cool. She's a psychic. She becomes, Sailor Mars!"
"Whoa! She's a psychic? That's so cool!" Darla smiled.
Patch sniffed the air and smiled while drooling as he thought he smelled something cooking.
"My friend Lita is the best cook, but she really cooks when it comes to the martial arts," Serena introduced a golden brunette girl as she was leaning over a pot on a stove. "She is, Sailor Jupiter!"
Patch was about to go to Lita to see if he could have some food. Lita looked down to Patch and smiled as she decided to let him try some of the food by putting it on the floor so he could eat it.
Patch begged with a smile back before he ate the food offered to him. 'Oh, so delicious.' He thought to himself with a smile while moaning.
"Last but not least is Mina with my cat Luna and her cat Artemis," Serena continued to a platinum blonde girl with a big red bow in her hair with two cats: a black female and a white male. "She's famous as Sailor V, but we call her, Sailor Venus!"
Mina and Darla came up to each other with smiles. "Hi, I'm Mina/Darla!" they smiled to each other in unison before gasping together. "No, you first!" they then did it again before gasping again. "I really love your hair!" they then did it one last time and shared a hug almost like sisters.
"Well, looks like Darla found her older self." Atticus smiled jokingly.
Patch nodded in agreement as he enjoyed the food that Lita let him try.
"We are one great team!" Serena told Darla.
"We are the Sailor Scouts!" The girls beamed together.
"Our job is to protect the planet and insure peace on Earth," Serena then told Darla. "And now, with you, we can finally become complete."
"Me though?" Darla replied.
'How is their team complete with Darla?' Patch thought to himself, just as confused.
"It's in your destiny," Serena said. "You are the one to have your own Silver Crystal and have a Sailor Scout branch in America."
"America?" Darla looked around. "Wait, we're not in America?"
"No, Darla, you're in Tokyo." Amy giggled.
"H-How do you know my name? I am freaking out!" Darla screamed before hiding behind Atticus.
"She doesn't know?" Serena asked Atticus.
"Uh, sorry, I guess she doesn't..." Atticus shrugged. "And what is it that she doesn't know?"
"Your mom hasn't told her?" Mina asked.
"Oh, um, well, Darla was actually adopted," Atticus explained. "Our mother is-..." he was about to say 'a mermaid', but quickly caught himself. "Erm... Not one of you guys."
"But I was told in a dream that the daughter of Shirley Beaumont would come for a journey with us." Serena replied, revealing Darla's biological mother's name.
"M-My biological mother?" Darla asked.
"It was years and years ago," Serena replied before showing a picture that was given to her from a dream. "Your mother was an exchange student for Japan and she became a Moon Princess."
"My mother became a princess?" Darla smiled.
"Yep." Serena nodded.
"A moon princess..." Darla whispered.
"Yes, of course, the ruler of the Moon Kingdom for thousands of years," Serena continued. "Legend has it that the descendant will be given her own brooch and Moon Staff in their homeland of where they are from and must spread the legacy."
"Ooh," Darla smiled. "Oh, wait, you know my name, but you don't know my big brother's name or his dog's name."
"Ooh, ooh, let me try!" Raye said before using her psychic powers. "You're Atticus Fudo and his pet dog, Patch, the son of Pongo and Perdita."
"Whoa! You really are a psychic." Atticus smiled.
"That's me." Raye smiled back.
"My mother was a princess..." Darla took her birth mother's photograph in amazement.
"They also say that each new Moon Princess must overcome a journey to become the next American Sailor Moon which means it's your time to shine." Serena told Darla.
"But when will the Silver Crystal show?" Darla asked.
"You'll know when a bright light shines in front of you." Serena said.
"Thanks, Serena..." Darla hugged the photo. "May I keep this?"
"Yes, I was told to give it to you anyway," Serena smiled. "I trust you will use Moon Power responsibly, you seem like a nice little girl."
"I will use Moon Power responsibly." Darla nodded.
Serena soon saw a black-haired teenage boy. "Oh, Darien!" she then looked in surprise.
"What's going on here?" the black-haired boy smiled.
"Oh, just meeting our new member and her brother and their dog." Serena smiled before she saw a pink-haired girl who was the same age as Darla.
"Hi!" The girl smiled up to Darla.
"Hello..." Darla blinked.
"I'm Rini!" The girl beamed.
"It's nice to meet you, Rini." Darla said.
"Nice to meet you too!" Rini smiled to Darla.
"You sure are friendly..." Darla giggled as Rini soon shook her hand. "Is she your little sister?" she then asked Serena and Darien.
"You could say that she's my little sister." Serena said.
"Little sisters are the best." Darla smiled.
"Sometimes." Atticus teased.
"So then, does this mean you two are a couple?" Darla asked Serena and Darien.
Serena and Darien blushed at the question which just made Darla smirk.
"Well... More or less." Darien chuckled sheepishly.
"Ooh." Darla giggled.
"Anyway, me and Darien are going to a green house." Serena smiled.
"Whose house is it?" Darla asked much to their confusion. "Um, isn't one of your houses green?"
"No, Darla," Atticus chuckled. "A green house is a glass house where plants are kept."
"Ohh." Darla smiled, now understanding.
"I love picking flowers for Mo..." Atticus smiled before he looked in slight annoyance. "That is until she decides to EAT them like a pony!"
"Huh?" The girls asked in confusion.
Atticus smiled sheepishly as he had made that analogy.
"Anyway, we better get going." Darien said.
"Oh, okay, have fun." Darla told the teenagers.
Darla, Patch, and Atticus soon noticed the looks the rest of the girls had in their eyes.
"Um, what?" Darla blinked at their gaze.
"You're going to spy on them, aren't you?" Atticus asked the girls.
"No...?" The Sailor Scouts replied.
Darla folded her arms. "Come on, I know that trick, I've done that trick, heck, I've invented that trick."
"It's true." Atticus said.
The girls smiled sheepishly. Patch shook his head at them slightly.
Darien appeared to have his mind elsewhere as Serena was checking out the flowers and decided to get a special one just for him. And where the name of a flower seemed to catch her eye. "What? Huh?" Darien soon woke up from his daydream.
"I said, this flower's called Forget-Me-Not." Serena smiled to him.
"Oh, yeah... Forget-Me-Nots; they're nice." Darien said.
"Know what they stand for?" Serena asked.
"No." Darien replied.
"They stand for true love in the language of flowers." Serena smirked.
"The language of-" Darien chuckled a little before he saw Serena looking like she was going to kiss him. Just so he knew no one was around he looked to see if anyone was behind him, to his relief no one was there. "Huh?" He looked around. "Nobody back there... Okay..." he then coughed nervously and places his hands on Serena's shoulders and moves closer to her.
Unknown to them, they were being spied by the girls, Atticus, and Patch. It was soon ruined by the littlest one.
"Oh, yuck!" Rini scoffed in disgust as she sat on Raye's shoulders. "Serena's getting kissed. How gross!"
"Is she trying to kiss him or trying to look like a fish?" Darla asked as she sat on Atticus's shoulders.
"This isn't right, guys," Amy spoke up. "We're spying. Stop. Come on. Let's go."
Atticus and the rest of the girls gasped as they saw that Serena and Darien were almost going to kiss.
"Huh?" Amy asked before she quickly pushes between Raye and Lita to look.
"Hey!" Rini pouted.
"Shh!" Mina quickly covered her mouth. "You'll ruin everything!"
Amy soon covered Rini's eyes. "We're not being a very good example for Rini and Darla," she then suggested. "We should go."
"You bail out when the best part's coming, but we're staying." Lita huffed.
Rini started squirming around.
"Will you be quiet?" Atticus whispered. "They're going to hear us!"
In the struggle, the shelf rattles causing Darien to look up.
"Oh, boy..." Patch panicked.
"Hmm? Huh? Oh." Darien uttered out as he quickly puts his hands up and backs away silently.
Serena still had her eyes closed and her lips puckered ready for a kiss. She then opened her eyes only to be face-to-face with a caterpillar. "Waaaaugh!" she then screamed and scooted herself backwards and where the girls, Atticus, and Patch are seen holding it with a laugh.
The caterpillar is sitting on a leaf held by Rini, who is still sitting on Raye's shoulders and everyone started laughing, except obviously of course for poor Serena.
"Ooh! You snoops are gonna pay!" Serena glared until she then looked around. "Uh, Darien? Hey, where'd you go?"
"I think he's outside." Atticus said.
"Serena, we're sorry we spied on you." Darla pouted.
They soon went outside. Darien stopped and looked around the flower gardens in content. There was also a water fountain there. The fountain suddenly stops flowing and a flower petal floats to the ground in front of him.
"Huh?" Darien asked out of surprise.
More flowers petals float to the ground.
"Flower petals?" Darla's voice asked out of confusion.
Darien then looked to see that the others were behind him.
"Whoo-ho! Neat-o! Whoo-hoo! It's snowing flowers!" Serena beamed.
"Atticus, didn't we see this before we appeared in Japan?" Patch whispered to his owner.
"Uh... I think so..." Atticus whispered back to his pet.
Darla smiled as she tried to collect some flowers to maybe give to Emily later and where she was able to collect some.
"Wow, it smells so good!" Rini smiled.
"They're so beautiful!" Darla agreed.
"They sure are." Atticus said.
"Wow, it's so lovely!" Serena laughed.
"I don't understand..." Darien said before looking around curiously. He soon saw someone appear.
The petals soon disappeared and the skies cleared.
"Darien?" Serena ran up to the boy. "Did you see?"
"What?" Darien replied as his mind was obviously elsewhere.
"The flower petals." Darla said.
"Hey." A stranger came up.
"Huh?" Darla and Serena asked.
"It's been a long time, Darien," The stranger said. "Too long."
"Do you know this guy, Darien?" Atticus asked.
"Uh, no." Darien replied.
"I never forgot," The stranger said as he walked up to them. "It took me a long time, but I kept my promise. I finally found a flower worthy of our friendship."
"Friendship?" Darien asked out of confusion.
"That's right," The stranger replied. "I vowed to return with flowers for Darien too."
"Huh?" Darla asked in confusion.
"It's still the most beautiful gift anyone has ever given me, Darien." The stranger continued.
"I'm sorry," Darien replied. "I have no idea what you're talking about."
"You must remember," The stranger insisted. "I promised you."
'This guy is getting freaky.' Atticus said.
"Okay, you're done," Serena smirked as she came between Darien and the stranger. "I need my pumpkin to myself. Tata, strange-oid."
"Nice try." The stranger replied before he reaches out and pushes Serena to the ground.
"Hey! Why'd you do that, you meanie?!" Darla glared as she kicked the stranger in the shin.
The stranger soon held his shin and ran off.
"Coward!" Raye glared. "Come back here!"
"You should be ashamed!" Lita added. "It's not right to push people!"
"No one's going to stop me from keeping my promise," the stranger replied. "No one!"
Patch started to growl and bark at the stranger. A strong wind blows flower petals at the group, making them cover their faces.
"Flower petals again?" Darien complained.
"There's so many!" Amy cried out.
Atticus soon made crystals appear to protect them from the flower petals. They then noticed that the stranger had gotten away.
"What the?" Darla asked.
"He's going away." Serena said.
"But to where?" Darien wondered.
The flower petals disappear and the fountain starts flowing again.
"He vanished!" Mina called out.
"That's so weird." Darla said.
"He vanished!" Mina yelped.
"Why did he come?" Lita wondered.
"That's Fiore," Darien whispered. "Has to be."
"What's going on?" Serena wondered.
"That's what I want to know." Atticus said.
"Come with me, guys, we'll think about this another time." Raye said as it was getting kind of late.
"Okay." Darla said.
Raye led the way for everyone as she took responsibility. Once they got there, Rini fell asleep.
"I think you should get some sleep too," Atticus said to Darla. He soon saw her already asleep. "Aww..." he smiled to this and tucked her in and kissed her cheek. "Night, night~"
Raye soon placed Rini in bed next.