Another fic: titled "Sailors in Training-part 1"
Love,
The queen of light and music
Sailor Lyra
PS: Arigato!
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Author's notes: [Insert appropriate disclaimer here, because I'm too lazy to
write my own.] Also, this is about what it's like to be sucked from ordinary
life into Scout life. Most will be told in first person. There will be new
Scouts-in-training. Anyhoo, if you have someone you want to be a scout, mail
me. Send personality & appearence desc, or I'll make it up:) My mail is
miathewarrior@hotmail.com. Also, sorry it starts so slow. Luv ya!
PS:Names I'm using for the outers: Gail-Pluto Melody-Neptune Terry-Uranus
Chassidy-Saturn.
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Neo-Queen Serenity woke up, as Serena. "Aaaaaaaah! I'm sooooooooooo late!"
She had been the Neo-Queen for a year, but the palace was not yet built, and
she had somehow managed to rule while still keeping her identity a secret.
She apparently took care of her business (with the help of her councillors,
the Sailor Scouts) after school, while everybody thought she was goofing off
at the arcade.
As for the scouts, they all had a job, to help Serena. They took the
problems, and Serena oversaw everthing. Mercury was the secretary of health
and education. Jupiter and Mars shared jointly the job of secretary of war.
Venus was the head diplomat and ambassador of the kingdom. Uranus was the
secretary of transportation, and Neptune was in charge of public relations
and she organized most of the balls. Pluto, when she was around, used her
keen mind to help with most problems, though her official title was
Secretary and guardian of time and space. Saturn, well, she was only ten,
while the inners were fifteen and the outers were sixteen, but as soon as
she hit fourteen, she was going to take over health for Mercury.
As it happens, Mars and Jupiter were very bored. After all, not only were
there no wars, but their work was halved with two of them. But when this
story takes place that was about to change.
Serena was late, but what do you really expect? Mrs. Haruna was in a bad
mood, so she got detention. As she was sitting there, she heard a voice.
"Sailor Moon! I am the goddess Polaris, chosen to speak for the circle of
gods and goddesses of the stars and constellations. You must start a school
for potential Scouts, chosen between ages ten and sixteen. There will also
be one guardian chosen, named Polaris. I will do the choosing there, and
there will be no question about it."
"But how will I know the potential scouts?" Serena asked mentally.
"I do not have the ability to send the items directly to you with no one
noticing. Gail has them. You will know how to use them."
"Yes, Polaris. I understand."
That afternoon, the queen made an announcement on TV. "All girls between ten
and sixteen are eligible to become a Scout-in-training. Anyone interested
should report to the newly-finished palace ballroom at ten on Saturday. Keep
in mind that anyone chosen is a scout-in-training, and will not nessesarily
become a scout. Also chosen will be one boy, to be the Scouts' guardian. He
will be chosen on the spot, and will train alongside the possible Scouts.
Same ages apply. You will be trained by secretaries of war Jupiter and Mars,
Jupiter for physical fighting, and Mars for mental strategy, with a bit of
help from Mercury. Oh, and one last thing. You will not qualify to be a
scout because you are smart, pretty, graceful, or talented. You will be
judged by the size of your heart. Thank you."
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The scouts were bustling to prepare for the choosing of Scouts-in-training.
"According to what Pluto was told by Polaris, there are about two hundred
people who will qualify to train," Serena stated. "They will be classified
into seven sections by elements earth, air, water, fire, wood, gold, and
spirit. At the end of a year, the gods and goddesses will come and choose
which scout-in-training, if any, will represent them. Apparently they will
also be watching discreetly at other times. Those chosen will continue to
train.
"I have hired a lot of people- emphasis on a lot- to finish a building for
these girls and guy to use as a school and dorm. The lot part is to have it
finished by a week from Saturday. And while Lita and Raye have the main
charge of them, I'm putting you each in charge of your own element. Amy, you
have water. Raye, fire. Lita, wood, and Mina, gold. Terry will take air, and
here we run into a problem. We still have earth and spirit to cover, and
spirit should go to a leader. So, I'm having Chassidy take the spirit, under
supervision from Gail. Lastly, while I know that Melody is a water, while
Amy is more of an ice, I'm going to give Melody the earth. If you have any
technical questions, you can ask Darien, the only earth among us.
"Any questions? Oh, yes. The choosing. There will be two lines coming into
the ballroom, boy and girl. Lita, watch the boys' line, Raye, the girls'. I
have put Polaris's sensors up at the two doorways. You will know when a
candidate has been found, take my word for it. I have a stack of notes to
mail off to the parents, saying that the child has been chosen, blah, blah,
blah, and that school would commence in a week. They sign, and the child
begins to attend school. Also, each student needs a uniform designating them
as a scout-in-training. I had Gail make a design and the result was an
off-white skirt, white body, black front bow, and back bow in a color to
designate element. Earth in brown, water in blue, fire in red, wood in
green, gold in gold, air in white, and spirit in pink. They are with white
combat boots, like Terry's. I think that's it."
"They will choose their element. Just don't tell them that spirit leads,"
Gail emphasized. "Chances are, they have a pretty good idea which one they
associate with. If they're not sure, walk them through the extra laser, set
up out of the way. Whatever color it flashes will tell you the element. We
need to know so we can have seven uniforms made up for each student."
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(First person-Ariadne McCain)
When I heard about the scout training, I got really sad. Another
disappointment for my life. But I didn't have anything better to do with my
Saturday, so I decided to go give it a whirl. As usual I had a quote for my
mother at dinner when she asked if I was going and why, exactly I would want
to be a scout.
"It's just that scouts do things, things that put people's lives back
together, even if it's only settling a quarrel about a cow."
My brother had some choice words on the cow comment, but what do you expect
from a spoiled rotten ten year old? I let my mind wander to the other reason
I'd like to be a scout, slim as my chances were.
All my life I've been walked on by people. I can't fight the snobs at
school. Oh, and they're all so sure that their 'coolness' will get them a
place. Not likely, because the heart is what does it. Oh, well. They walk on
me, I can't retaliate, because it's school. One of these days my Irish
temper, the same one my brother has, only worse, will snap. Well, my brother
also pushes me around because he's spoiled rotten and he knows that when I
try to defend myself, I'm the one who'll get in trouble, for beating up on a
little kid. Heck, even that jerk Brian beats my up, just pushes me when my
back is turned, of course.
Now scouts, they don't let people walk on them. They do something about the
evil around us.
Well, I might as well give this a whirl.
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(3rd)
Sammy sat in front of the TV. "What? I have a chance to become Polaris?
Yes!!!"
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Finally! Like it? Remember, send your scouts to me.
Love,
The scout of light and music
Sailor Lyra