Hi Everyone! Here is another story. I've had this idea for a while but I finally got to hand writing while I was on vacation. I didn't realize how much I had written so this is going to be more then one part. I don't know how many parts it will be. I got this idea when I started thinking that Annika and Ariel are very traumatized and have been through so much. Well now they have decided to take things into their own hands.
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Reversal
Part One
By
Angel Raye
Amy sat by the bathtub keeping an eye on Ariel. The little girl was lathering up a washcloth at the moment. Amy was working very hard at trying to get Ariel to gain her independence. The child was still suffering from her ordeals with Lady Gemmei, being lost in time and being searched for an elemental fairy by Lady Hakai's minion. Amy had allowed Ariel to recover at her own pace, allowing the babyish behaviors to come out but lately she had felt more pressured to have her daughter discover her independence. She had a good reason for that.
"Okay Darling it's time to get out now," Amy told her daughter as she looked at her watch.
"Okay Mommy," Ariel climbed out of the tub. Once she was dry and in her pajamas Ariel held out her arms to be picked up. Amy smiled, scooped the child up and planted a kiss on her cheek. Amy checked her watch and saw that they still had some time before Ariel's bedtime. So she carried the child into the living room. Greg was watching television.
"So how are we doing Princess," Greg asked his daughter.
"Fine Daddy," Ariel replied as Amy sat down on the couch with her on her lap. Ariel snuggled deeply into her mother's arms. She pressed her cheek against Amy's chest feeling the warmth and comfort she always felt there.
Greg moved to the couch and sat down next to them. He took Ariel's small hand into his. You know what is happening in three weeks don't you," he asked.
"Nani," Ariel asked.
"Why your birthday silly," Amy exclaimed. "You always remind us of it."
"Our big girl is going to be seven-years-old," Greg added. "You need to tell us what you want."
Ariel didn't say anything. Amy and Greg immediately knew that something was wrong. Ariel usually got excited whenever they started talking about her birthday. But right now she just sat in Amy's lap, her face in a pout and her hands balled up into little fists. "What's wrong Baby," Amy asked in concern. "You usually love it when we talk about your birthday."
"I don't want my birthday to come," Ariel flatly stated.
"Nani," both Amy and Greg cried out. Then Amy asked, "Why not Ariel?"
"Yes why not," Greg added. "Most children can't wait for their birthdays to come."
"Because I don't want to get older," Ariel replied. "I want to be a little girl."
"You are a little girl," Amy told her. "Turning seven won't change that."
"No I mean want to be a very little girl," Ariel explained. "Like when I was around three."
"Why," Greg asked flabbergasted.
"Because bad things didn't happen to me when I was really little," Ariel replied as a tear rolled down her cheek. "That's why I want to be little gain. Then bad things won't happen anymore."
"Oh Sweetie," Amy murmured as she realized how deep Ariel's emotional scars were. This had not come up in her therapy yet but it would certainly explain the babyish behaviors. She tightened her embrace around Ariel who clung to her tightly. Greg wrapped his arms around both his wife and daughter. "You shouldn't be afraid to grow up just because you've had a hard time these last several months," Amy gently explained. "A lot of good things have happened too."
"She's right," Greg pointed out. "You should think about the good things and look forward to your birthday. We'll have a good time."
"I can't," Ariel cried as tears rolled down her face. "Bad things happen to me and I just want to be really little again."
"I'm sorry Ariel," Amy cupped Ariel's little face in her hands and pecked a kiss on her forehead. "But that is one wish we cannot grant. We can only go forward in age, not backwards."
"That's right Princess," Greg added as he ruffled the little girl's short blue hair. "Many people have been through a lot like you have and fear the future. You just have to get through them and move on."
"But Daddy, Mommy," Ariel began to protest but Amy put her hand over her mouth. "I'm sorry Ariel but you can't go back to being a baby again," she told her. "Now we will talk more about this tomorrow. Right now it's bedtime."
"Okay," Ariel sighed. She gave Greg a kiss and then let Amy carry her to her room. When they got there Ariel spied the rocking chair. "Mommy please rock me in the rocking chair tonight."
"Okay Darling," Amy sat down in the chair with Ariel snuggled into her lap. She began to rock gently. Ariel yawned as the rocking lulled her off to sleep. But one thought remained in her mind.
Annika yawned as she and Stardust left her room the next morning. It was still pretty early but it was Sunday, which meant no school. Annika hoped to do a fire reading with Raye that morning. She got to her parents' room and saw that the door was closed. "We can't go in Stardust," Annika sighed. "The door's closed and Mama and Daddy told me not to come in when the door is closed."
"I wonder why," Stardust mused.
"I don't know," Annika murmured. "Mama told me I'd understand when I get older."
"How much older," Stardust asked as she followed her young charge into the living room.
"I don't know and I don't think I want to," Annika stated as she sat down on the couch. She picked up the remote to the television and hit the power button. She started watching cartoons but she wasn't really into them. Yesterday had been a Saturday in which they had school. It had been a miserable day for Annika. Miyaki had picked on her all day. Gloria and Hope had done their best at sticking up for Annika but with little success. By the time the girls had returned home from school Annika was crying hysterically. It had taken Raye a good hour to calm her daughter down.
After a while Raye emerged from her room dressed in her priestess robes. "Good morning Sweetheart," Raye greeted her daughter.
"Hi Mama," Annika held out her arms. Raye sat down on the couch and pulled her daughter into a loving embrace. Annika snuggled down into Raye's lap, feeling contented.
"Did you sleep well," Raye asked, pecking a kiss on Annika's head.
"I guess so," Annika replied. "Yesterday was such a bad day."
"But it's over," Raye reminded her. "Today you do not have school so we can spend the day together."
"Mama, I wish I was little again," Annika flatly stated. "Then I wouldn't have to go to school and be picked on by Miyaki."
"Oh Baby," Raye murmured as she ran her fingers through Annika's long violet locks. "Don't think like that."
"But Mama you always say that you loved me as a three-year-old," Annika pointed out.
"True," Raye admitted. "But I also love you as an eight-year-old."
"Bad things didn't happen to me before I started going to school," Annika cried. "That's why I want to be real little again."
Raye thought in alarm. She wrapped her arms even tighter around Annika's thin body. "Not everything that has happened to you has been bad," she pointed out. "Please think of the good things instead of the bad."
"I try to Mama but I can't," Annika wailed as tears rolled down her face. "That's why I want to be little again."
Raye gave her daughter a sad smile. "I'm sorry Baby," she murmured as she hugged her tightly. "But I can't reverse time. In a few months you will be nine but Daddy and I will love you just as much and more. Our love for you grows more each day."
"I know," Annika choked. "But I still wish I was little again."
Raye gave her daughter another hug and kiss. "Why don't you put on your priestess robes," she suggested. "We'll do a fire reading together."
"Okay," Annika sighed despondently as she realized the discussion was over. She climbed down from her mother's lap and headed slowly to her room.
Raye watched her daughter with a worried look. She turned to Stardust. "What brought all this on," she asked.
"I don't know Ms. Raye," Stardust replied. "This is the first time I've heard this."
"Let's just hope it's a phase," Raye sighed as she made a mental note to discuss this with Amy at dinner that night.
The evening arrived. Amy and Raye had spent most of the day trying to convince their daughters that bad things didn't always happen to them but with little success. Both Ariel and Annika wanted to be real little again.
After dinner, everyone gathered into the palace living room. Annika was playing a game with Gloria, Hope and Faith while Ariel worked on a puzzle with Madelyn. Raye sat down by Amy. "I need to discuss something with you," she began.
"Is there something wrong," Amy asked in concern. Since she was Annika's doctor, therapist and mentor, the child had a special place in her heart.
"Yes there is," Raye sighed. She told Amy about the conversation she had with Annika that morning.
"That's interesting," Amy stated thoughtfully.
"Interesting," Raye gasped. "In what way?"
"My little Ariel is saying pretty much the same thing," Amy replied. "It started last night when we began talking about her birthday which is coming up."
"Oh yes, it's November," Raye murmured. "So both of them are going through this. What are we going to do?"
"Let's talk to both of them right now," Amy suggested. "We can try pointing out all the things that they can do now that they couldn't do when they were younger. Maybe that will help."
"It's worth a try," Raye sighed. She called Annika and Ariel over. Annika climbed on Raye's lap and Ariel onto Amy's.
"The two of us have been talking and we found out that both of you want to be little again," Amy began.
"You too Ariel," Annika asked. Ariel nodded her head.
"We know that the both of you feel that it would be better to be little so that bad things won't happen to you," Raye stated.
"It would be," Ariel piped up as she leaned up against Amy.
"We want both of you to think about all of the things that you can do now that you couldn't do when you were three," Amy told them.
"Like what," Annika asked.
"You can do fire readings," Raye replied. "You couldn't do that when you were three. You can also dress yourself, tie your shoes and make all of those kawaii stuffed animals. You couldn't do any of that at the age of three."
"And you can go to school," Amy told Ariel. "Remember how you always wanted to go when you were three. You can also dive off of the diving board, work on the computer and help bake cookies."
"You can do all of that too Annika," Raye pointed out. "You can also read now. You couldn't when you were three even though Ariel could."
"So think about all of that," Amy added. "You girls will learn many more things too."
"I guess so," Ariel murmured sleepily.
"I didn't think of all that," Annika sighed.
"So let's think about going forward and not going back," Raye told them. Both girls nodded their heads. "Good girls." Neither Annika nor Ariel got up from their mothers' laps after the talk. Raye and Amy, feeling that the children needed reassurance, let them stay. After a while Ariel fell asleep in Amy's lap. Annika was still awake.
"I guess I'd better get her to bed," Amy murmured as she stood up. Ariel's arms immediately went around her neck. "I hope we convinced them."
"So do I," Raye sighed. She bade Amy goodnight and then began to thread her fingers through Annika's hair. Annika sat quietly thinking about all that was said to her and Ariel. An idea began to form in her head.
The next day on the way home from school Annika let the other girls go on ahead so that she could talk to Ariel privately. Once the others were far enough ahead she turned to the younger girl. "Do you believe all of that stuff our mamas told us last night," she asked.
"No," Ariel replied. "I want to be three again and then bad things won't happen to me."
"So do I," Annika stated. She lowered her voice. "I have an idea."
"What is it," Ariel asked.
"The silver crystal," Annika whispered. "That can change us into three-year olds."
"Why didn't I think of that," Ariel exclaimed. "It can turn us into three-year-olds and take away the memories of the bad things."
"Shall we do it," Annika asked. Ariel nodded her head. "When?"
"Now," Ariel replied. "I know how to get into the queen's chambers."
"Then let's go," Annika declared. "After we say hi to our mamas we'll meet outside the queen's door."
About an hour after the girls had gotten home Annika and Ariel met outside the queen's chambers. Rini wasn't home yet so Ariel had no problem getting in through the cat door and then letting Annika in. "Let's go to the queen's room," Annika hissed. The two girls went into Serenity and Endymion's room. The silver crystal was in its case. Ariel figured out the code and opened the case. "Are we sure we want to do this," Annika asked nervously. She knew if they were caught right now they would get into serious trouble. Raye was a very loving parent but she had little tolerance with poor behavior.
Ariel knew that a spanking would be given to her if they got caught. But she nodded her head. "Bad things didn't happen to me when I was little."
"Same here," Annika sighed. "And we were both out of diapers by the time we were three."
"I think we should also wipe out all memories from after we were three," Ariel stated. "Then we can't remember the bad things."
"I agree," Annika nodded her head.
"Then let's do it," Ariel and Annika each touched the silver crystal and made her wish.
At the same moment Rini had gotten home with Diana. She saw the door to her parents' room was open so she went to investigate. Just as she peeked in she saw Annika and Ariel touch the silver crystal. "No don't," Rini cried but a bright light blinded her and she fell backwards.
"Small Lady," Diana cried out as the bright light vanished. Rini looked up and saw Annika and Ariel standing by the crystal looking no older than three-years-old.
"Oh no," Rini groaned.
To be continued...
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Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon. With the exception of Rini I own the Chibi Senshi.
Reversal
Part One
By
Angel Raye
Amy sat by the bathtub keeping an eye on Ariel. The little girl was lathering up a washcloth at the moment. Amy was working very hard at trying to get Ariel to gain her independence. The child was still suffering from her ordeals with Lady Gemmei, being lost in time and being searched for an elemental fairy by Lady Hakai's minion. Amy had allowed Ariel to recover at her own pace, allowing the babyish behaviors to come out but lately she had felt more pressured to have her daughter discover her independence. She had a good reason for that.
"Okay Darling it's time to get out now," Amy told her daughter as she looked at her watch.
"Okay Mommy," Ariel climbed out of the tub. Once she was dry and in her pajamas Ariel held out her arms to be picked up. Amy smiled, scooped the child up and planted a kiss on her cheek. Amy checked her watch and saw that they still had some time before Ariel's bedtime. So she carried the child into the living room. Greg was watching television.
"So how are we doing Princess," Greg asked his daughter.
"Fine Daddy," Ariel replied as Amy sat down on the couch with her on her lap. Ariel snuggled deeply into her mother's arms. She pressed her cheek against Amy's chest feeling the warmth and comfort she always felt there.
Greg moved to the couch and sat down next to them. He took Ariel's small hand into his. You know what is happening in three weeks don't you," he asked.
"Nani," Ariel asked.
"Why your birthday silly," Amy exclaimed. "You always remind us of it."
"Our big girl is going to be seven-years-old," Greg added. "You need to tell us what you want."
Ariel didn't say anything. Amy and Greg immediately knew that something was wrong. Ariel usually got excited whenever they started talking about her birthday. But right now she just sat in Amy's lap, her face in a pout and her hands balled up into little fists. "What's wrong Baby," Amy asked in concern. "You usually love it when we talk about your birthday."
"I don't want my birthday to come," Ariel flatly stated.
"Nani," both Amy and Greg cried out. Then Amy asked, "Why not Ariel?"
"Yes why not," Greg added. "Most children can't wait for their birthdays to come."
"Because I don't want to get older," Ariel replied. "I want to be a little girl."
"You are a little girl," Amy told her. "Turning seven won't change that."
"No I mean want to be a very little girl," Ariel explained. "Like when I was around three."
"Why," Greg asked flabbergasted.
"Because bad things didn't happen to me when I was really little," Ariel replied as a tear rolled down her cheek. "That's why I want to be little gain. Then bad things won't happen anymore."
"Oh Sweetie," Amy murmured as she realized how deep Ariel's emotional scars were. This had not come up in her therapy yet but it would certainly explain the babyish behaviors. She tightened her embrace around Ariel who clung to her tightly. Greg wrapped his arms around both his wife and daughter. "You shouldn't be afraid to grow up just because you've had a hard time these last several months," Amy gently explained. "A lot of good things have happened too."
"She's right," Greg pointed out. "You should think about the good things and look forward to your birthday. We'll have a good time."
"I can't," Ariel cried as tears rolled down her face. "Bad things happen to me and I just want to be really little again."
"I'm sorry Ariel," Amy cupped Ariel's little face in her hands and pecked a kiss on her forehead. "But that is one wish we cannot grant. We can only go forward in age, not backwards."
"That's right Princess," Greg added as he ruffled the little girl's short blue hair. "Many people have been through a lot like you have and fear the future. You just have to get through them and move on."
"But Daddy, Mommy," Ariel began to protest but Amy put her hand over her mouth. "I'm sorry Ariel but you can't go back to being a baby again," she told her. "Now we will talk more about this tomorrow. Right now it's bedtime."
"Okay," Ariel sighed. She gave Greg a kiss and then let Amy carry her to her room. When they got there Ariel spied the rocking chair. "Mommy please rock me in the rocking chair tonight."
"Okay Darling," Amy sat down in the chair with Ariel snuggled into her lap. She began to rock gently. Ariel yawned as the rocking lulled her off to sleep. But one thought remained in her mind.
Annika yawned as she and Stardust left her room the next morning. It was still pretty early but it was Sunday, which meant no school. Annika hoped to do a fire reading with Raye that morning. She got to her parents' room and saw that the door was closed. "We can't go in Stardust," Annika sighed. "The door's closed and Mama and Daddy told me not to come in when the door is closed."
"I wonder why," Stardust mused.
"I don't know," Annika murmured. "Mama told me I'd understand when I get older."
"How much older," Stardust asked as she followed her young charge into the living room.
"I don't know and I don't think I want to," Annika stated as she sat down on the couch. She picked up the remote to the television and hit the power button. She started watching cartoons but she wasn't really into them. Yesterday had been a Saturday in which they had school. It had been a miserable day for Annika. Miyaki had picked on her all day. Gloria and Hope had done their best at sticking up for Annika but with little success. By the time the girls had returned home from school Annika was crying hysterically. It had taken Raye a good hour to calm her daughter down.
After a while Raye emerged from her room dressed in her priestess robes. "Good morning Sweetheart," Raye greeted her daughter.
"Hi Mama," Annika held out her arms. Raye sat down on the couch and pulled her daughter into a loving embrace. Annika snuggled down into Raye's lap, feeling contented.
"Did you sleep well," Raye asked, pecking a kiss on Annika's head.
"I guess so," Annika replied. "Yesterday was such a bad day."
"But it's over," Raye reminded her. "Today you do not have school so we can spend the day together."
"Mama, I wish I was little again," Annika flatly stated. "Then I wouldn't have to go to school and be picked on by Miyaki."
"Oh Baby," Raye murmured as she ran her fingers through Annika's long violet locks. "Don't think like that."
"But Mama you always say that you loved me as a three-year-old," Annika pointed out.
"True," Raye admitted. "But I also love you as an eight-year-old."
"Bad things didn't happen to me before I started going to school," Annika cried. "That's why I want to be real little again."
Raye thought in alarm. She wrapped her arms even tighter around Annika's thin body. "Not everything that has happened to you has been bad," she pointed out. "Please think of the good things instead of the bad."
"I try to Mama but I can't," Annika wailed as tears rolled down her face. "That's why I want to be little again."
Raye gave her daughter a sad smile. "I'm sorry Baby," she murmured as she hugged her tightly. "But I can't reverse time. In a few months you will be nine but Daddy and I will love you just as much and more. Our love for you grows more each day."
"I know," Annika choked. "But I still wish I was little again."
Raye gave her daughter another hug and kiss. "Why don't you put on your priestess robes," she suggested. "We'll do a fire reading together."
"Okay," Annika sighed despondently as she realized the discussion was over. She climbed down from her mother's lap and headed slowly to her room.
Raye watched her daughter with a worried look. She turned to Stardust. "What brought all this on," she asked.
"I don't know Ms. Raye," Stardust replied. "This is the first time I've heard this."
"Let's just hope it's a phase," Raye sighed as she made a mental note to discuss this with Amy at dinner that night.
The evening arrived. Amy and Raye had spent most of the day trying to convince their daughters that bad things didn't always happen to them but with little success. Both Ariel and Annika wanted to be real little again.
After dinner, everyone gathered into the palace living room. Annika was playing a game with Gloria, Hope and Faith while Ariel worked on a puzzle with Madelyn. Raye sat down by Amy. "I need to discuss something with you," she began.
"Is there something wrong," Amy asked in concern. Since she was Annika's doctor, therapist and mentor, the child had a special place in her heart.
"Yes there is," Raye sighed. She told Amy about the conversation she had with Annika that morning.
"That's interesting," Amy stated thoughtfully.
"Interesting," Raye gasped. "In what way?"
"My little Ariel is saying pretty much the same thing," Amy replied. "It started last night when we began talking about her birthday which is coming up."
"Oh yes, it's November," Raye murmured. "So both of them are going through this. What are we going to do?"
"Let's talk to both of them right now," Amy suggested. "We can try pointing out all the things that they can do now that they couldn't do when they were younger. Maybe that will help."
"It's worth a try," Raye sighed. She called Annika and Ariel over. Annika climbed on Raye's lap and Ariel onto Amy's.
"The two of us have been talking and we found out that both of you want to be little again," Amy began.
"You too Ariel," Annika asked. Ariel nodded her head.
"We know that the both of you feel that it would be better to be little so that bad things won't happen to you," Raye stated.
"It would be," Ariel piped up as she leaned up against Amy.
"We want both of you to think about all of the things that you can do now that you couldn't do when you were three," Amy told them.
"Like what," Annika asked.
"You can do fire readings," Raye replied. "You couldn't do that when you were three. You can also dress yourself, tie your shoes and make all of those kawaii stuffed animals. You couldn't do any of that at the age of three."
"And you can go to school," Amy told Ariel. "Remember how you always wanted to go when you were three. You can also dive off of the diving board, work on the computer and help bake cookies."
"You can do all of that too Annika," Raye pointed out. "You can also read now. You couldn't when you were three even though Ariel could."
"So think about all of that," Amy added. "You girls will learn many more things too."
"I guess so," Ariel murmured sleepily.
"I didn't think of all that," Annika sighed.
"So let's think about going forward and not going back," Raye told them. Both girls nodded their heads. "Good girls." Neither Annika nor Ariel got up from their mothers' laps after the talk. Raye and Amy, feeling that the children needed reassurance, let them stay. After a while Ariel fell asleep in Amy's lap. Annika was still awake.
"I guess I'd better get her to bed," Amy murmured as she stood up. Ariel's arms immediately went around her neck. "I hope we convinced them."
"So do I," Raye sighed. She bade Amy goodnight and then began to thread her fingers through Annika's hair. Annika sat quietly thinking about all that was said to her and Ariel. An idea began to form in her head.
The next day on the way home from school Annika let the other girls go on ahead so that she could talk to Ariel privately. Once the others were far enough ahead she turned to the younger girl. "Do you believe all of that stuff our mamas told us last night," she asked.
"No," Ariel replied. "I want to be three again and then bad things won't happen to me."
"So do I," Annika stated. She lowered her voice. "I have an idea."
"What is it," Ariel asked.
"The silver crystal," Annika whispered. "That can change us into three-year olds."
"Why didn't I think of that," Ariel exclaimed. "It can turn us into three-year-olds and take away the memories of the bad things."
"Shall we do it," Annika asked. Ariel nodded her head. "When?"
"Now," Ariel replied. "I know how to get into the queen's chambers."
"Then let's go," Annika declared. "After we say hi to our mamas we'll meet outside the queen's door."
About an hour after the girls had gotten home Annika and Ariel met outside the queen's chambers. Rini wasn't home yet so Ariel had no problem getting in through the cat door and then letting Annika in. "Let's go to the queen's room," Annika hissed. The two girls went into Serenity and Endymion's room. The silver crystal was in its case. Ariel figured out the code and opened the case. "Are we sure we want to do this," Annika asked nervously. She knew if they were caught right now they would get into serious trouble. Raye was a very loving parent but she had little tolerance with poor behavior.
Ariel knew that a spanking would be given to her if they got caught. But she nodded her head. "Bad things didn't happen to me when I was little."
"Same here," Annika sighed. "And we were both out of diapers by the time we were three."
"I think we should also wipe out all memories from after we were three," Ariel stated. "Then we can't remember the bad things."
"I agree," Annika nodded her head.
"Then let's do it," Ariel and Annika each touched the silver crystal and made her wish.
At the same moment Rini had gotten home with Diana. She saw the door to her parents' room was open so she went to investigate. Just as she peeked in she saw Annika and Ariel touch the silver crystal. "No don't," Rini cried but a bright light blinded her and she fell backwards.
"Small Lady," Diana cried out as the bright light vanished. Rini looked up and saw Annika and Ariel standing by the crystal looking no older than three-years-old.
"Oh no," Rini groaned.
To be continued...
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