Ok... my first Sailor Moon fic... I'm using the Japanese last names, cause I don't know if they even have english ones... but... I've never seen the real (Japanese) version of the show... I suffer with dubbing... so, I might include some japanese elements, but.. I dunno... if you know any important stuff about the japanese show, like nicknames or something, let me know please!!! oh... and, I'm using English personalities... or... I might end up making them totally OOC... ya never know...
Um... I don't know about the ages though... I'm having the inners be 15 and the outers are 17... Rini and Hotaru are 11 (yea, I know... Hotaru was a baby... but... uh... she aged... slightly... a lot.... well, she was gonna age eventually!! I just sped up the process)
This takes place after the scouts defeat the Dark Moon Circus... cause that's all I've seen... HOWEVER I did make Sailor Moon Eternal... so... of course... there will be some errors in her attacks... let me know... oh, and, all of the senshi are supers... even the outers... so, happy reading... I guess...
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Serena woke up to an incessant tapping on her window. Groggily, she opened her mouth.
"Five more minutes Luna. It's only," she looked at her clock, "6:00?!" Serena's eyes flew to the window, the source of the noise. He eyes widened as she spotted a large owl tapping on the window. "Uh... Luna?" she squeaked.
"What is it, Serena?" Luna mumbled. She followed Serena's gaze and started. "Well, open the window!"
"A-are you sure?"
Too tired to talk right now, Luna walked over to the window and opened it. The owl flew in and landed on Serena's bed. It dropped an envelope, which Serena swiftly opened.
My Dear Princess Serenity,
I am pleased to inform you that you have been accepted into Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Term starts September 5th, and I hope you will be able to attend. Please send your response with the owl. A list of needed supplies is attached if by chance you choose to attend. I am eagerly awaiting your reply.
Sincerely,
Albus Dumbledore.
"Dumbledore-san?!" Serena repeated, disbelieving. "I haven't seen him since..."
"The Silver Millennium," Luna finished. "He was your mother's most trusted advisor."
"Yes," Serena replied. "And he would have been mine as well, except for," she trailed off, not having to finish. As Luna was about to reply, the communicator went off.
"Serena? Are you there?" came Rei's voice.
"Ugh! Rei! What are you doing up this early!"
"I could have asked you the same thing," came the smug response.
"Stupid owl was tapping on my window," Serena grumbled.
"Same here," Rei revealed. "And everyone else got a letter too. Even the outers. Darien's going to teach! Maybe you should ask Rini. The only senshi I haven't heard from is Trista. But I'm sure she's going too!"
"Well, we can talk about this later. I'm going to sleep," Serena mumbled back.
"Oh no, Serena! We're holding a senshi meeting right now!"
"But Rei-"
"No buts, Meatball-Head! we're holding this meeting NOW!"
"I don't wanna!!"
"Darien will be there," Rei coaxed.
Serena instantly sat up. "I'll be at the temple in ten minutes!"
"Serena! You can't be ready in ten minutes!"
"Well, I'll be there!"
"See you then Hime," the connection died.
"Come on Luna, we've got a meeting to get too."
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Rei looked up as a figure approached the temple. Serena and Rini had gotten there ten minutes ago, so who could this be? The only person missing were...
"Puu!" Rini cried.
"Hello Small Lady. And hello to you too, Hime. I trust you all received your letters?"
"You knew about this?!" Lita asked.
"Indeed I did. I've been talking to Dumbledore-san all summer about it. You should feel very privileged. The only new students are usually first years, and you will all be entering your fifth and seventh year, with the exception of Small Lady and Hotaru."
Ami smiled. "I can't wait!"
"Only you would be excited about school, Ami!" Mina scoffed.
"But, Trista, how will we get all these supplies?" Amara questioned.
"Well, we'd have to go shopping in London-"
"SHOPPING!!!" Mina and Serena cried in sync.
"I assume you've all replied in the affirmative?"
"Well, yeah," Serena replied. "Why wouldn't I? The school is run by my mother's most trusted advisor!"
"Well then," Trista replied, "we had better get going. Oh, and, Hime? Guess who else is there..." At Serena's blank look, she continued. "Snape-san."
"SNAPE?!!!! The only advisor missing is..." Serena trailed off, letting the others finish the sentence in their own minds. The last advisor had been the one who betrayed the Silver Millennium, and aided Beryl in her attack. He was the one she never wanted to see again. Never.
"So when do we leave?" Michelle asked Trista, breaking Serena out of her reverie.
"Tonight."
"Uh, Trista?" Rei cut in. "I hate to put a damper on all this, but, what do I tell Grandpa?"
"Don't worry, I'll take care of it. Every one of you will have an explanation."
"Alright. Then lets go!" Serena cried. "Come on Rini, we've got some serious packing to do!"
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Serena looked at the assembled senshi. They looked so calm. In a matter of minutes, they would be shipped off to a school in another continent to learn magic from one of the few people who knew who they really were. It was so exciting! Sailor Pluto appeared in front of them.
"Are you all ready?" They nodded their heads. "Well then, let's do the Sailor Teleport."
"Mercury Crystal Power-"
"Mars Crystal Power-"
"Jupiter Crystal Power-"
"Venus Crystal Power-"
"Uranus Planet Power-"
"Neptune Planet Power-"
"Saturn Planet Power-"
"Moon Crisis Power-"
"Moon Eternal Power-"
"MAKE-UP!"
As the room exploded in colours of the senshi transforming, Darien and Pluto waited. When the lights died down, all of the Sailor Senshi were standing there.
"Well then," Pluto said, "let's go."
The senshi joined hands, and the world of Tokyo died away, to be replaced with another scene. The girls were standing in a small room, with a desk in the middle, cluttered with papers. To their left was a perch, with a beautiful phoenix perched atop. The senshi de-transformed, and the phoenix flew over to Serena and perched on her shoulder.
"He always loved you on the moon as well. Welcome, Serenity" came a voice from behind.
"DUMBLEDORE!!" Serena cried. She ran over and engulfed the older man in a hug. "I've missed you Dumbledore-san."
"And I you, princess."
Just then the door opened and another man walked in. His dark hair and crooked nose made him look a tad menacing. Nonetheless, when Serena saw him, she immediately smiled in recognition, until she heard Dumbledore's voice in her ear.
"He doesn't remember, princess."
Serena saddened and straightened up. The scouts all turned to Snape and bowed. He seemed slightly taken aback, as he had never met a Japanese person before. At his confused look, Trista smiled.
"It is Japanese tradition to bow to others." she clarified.
Snape simply nodded, his scowl returning. "I don't see why you can't send Hagrid out with them. I have important work to do!"
"Professor, consider it a personal favour."
"Fine," Snape grumbled. He turned to the girls. "I'm to take you to Diagon Alley to get your school supplies. You had better have your lists. I won't be waiting forever for you to find them."
Rei simply smiled and produced the lists from her sub-space pocket. Lita laughed at the smug look on her face, and Mina giggled a bit. Snape's scowl only deepened.
"Well then, we had better be going."
"Professor Meiou, Professor Chiba? I would like to talk to you upon your return."
"Yes Professor," Trista smiled, knowing the talk would concern their princess.
"Why am I going if they are?" Snape again tried to get out of it.
"Because you might learn something," and that was all Dumbledore would say.
A few minutes later, the girls found themselves in the strangest shopping centre they had ever seen. There were shops lining the streets, all advertising the oddest things. Well, to them, anyways.
"Where do we go first?" Mina asked in awe. Her eyes were simply sparkling.
"To Gringotts, you stupid girl!" to himself he added, "I'll never understand why Dumbledore let such inexperienced children into their fifth year."
"We know magic perfectly well," Amara ground out. It was true, they had learned it all on the moon kingdom. But Snape didn't know that.
"Whatever. Let's get this done as fast as possible. I have pressing matters to attend to!" Amara took a step towards Snape, but stopped from Serena's hand on her arm. Snape wasn't aware how close he came to pain. Brutal and terrible pain.
"We're here." he said as they reached the giant building. Serena looked up in awe.
"Uh... we don't have accounts. Do they do exchanges?" Mina asked tentatively.
"We all have accounts here. And you all have your keys." Trista flashed her transformation pen behind Snape's back. As the senshi watched, she twisted the small globe on top once around, and gently pulled it out, showing a key. The others nodded in understanding. Serena, Darien and Rini, however didn't know what to do, as they didn't have transformation pens. "Darien, I have your key right here," she fished a key out of her pocket, encrusted with a small rose made of rubies near the top. "And you, Hime, have a... special lock." Serena nodded, knowing that Trista would explain later.
"Well don't just stand there! Hurry up!" Snape snapped from the top of the steps. The group followed hurriedly after. As they walked up to the front, all eyes turned to them. Snape didn't seem to notice, however, and just kept walking. Trista was the one to address the goblin staring down at them.
"We wish to make a withdrawal, from vaults 001 and 002."
The goblin looked astonished. "I trust you have the keys?" he asked, and if Snape didn't know better, he would have sworn he heard a hint of awe in his voice. Trista merely nodded. And then the goblin said something that Snape had never heard before. They always told you which goblin to follow, and went back to their front desk duties, but this one was different. "Follow me then."
Snape's surprise didn't end there. The goblin didn't take them to the vaults, but to the head goblin's office. They were rushed in by his secretary, after she heard the news. The head goblin turned to face them.
"What is it?" he asked the goblin standing in front of the group.
"They wish to make a withdrawal-"
"So?!!"
The goblin gulped slightly before continuing. "-from vaults 001 and 002."
The head goblin's eyes grew wide with shock. He scanned the girls in front of him, and his eyes rested on Serena and Darien. "So you've finally come, then, have you?" he almost whispered. "Well then, we had better get to your vaults."
Snape's head was reeling. Not only had the front desk goblin taken them directly to the goblin holding the highest position in Gringotts, but the head goblin was personally taking them to their vaults. And what was so special about them that this should happen? What failed to pass through his mind, however, was that these people seemed to have the first two vaults of Gringotts! Had he thought of this, he would have remembered why Gringotts was founded in the first place: to guard the treasuries of all nine planets, and the greatest kingdom of them all: the Moon Kingdom.
"We're here," the goblin said, as the cart came to a jolting stop. The goblin stepped out of the cart first, and actually offered his hand to help the girls out! They reached the two doors right beside each other, and the goblin stood in front of 001 first. He ran his finger along the door, creating an intricate pattern in the dust. After he took his finger off, clicking sounds were heard from behind the door. Instead of unlocking, however, a small keyhole appeared a few second later.
Darien produced his key, and the goblin let him open the lock. Again, this was odd, as a Gringotts goblin always unlocked the doors. The door swung open to reveal mounds upon mounds of wealth. There were rubies, emeralds, pearls, diamonds, and every other precious stone anyone could imagine. And then there was the money. Great puddles of knuts, piles of sickles, and mountains of galleons. This guy was RICH. He stepped in, with the little pink haired girl following him, looking around in awe.
"Darien, you're loaded!"
Darien smiled at his future daughter. He picked up a few coins and gave them to Rini. "Here you go. You can get yourself an ice cream when we're done."
"YAY!!!" Rini flashed a huge smile and bounced out to see her future mom. "Hey Serena, when do I get to see your money?" she asked innocently.
Serena looked fondly at the girl in front of her, whom she sometimes considered a brat. How could she have such an innocent face? "As soon as Darien's done, Rini."
Darien walked out of the vault, and the goblin made sure to lock it up again. Then he turned to the other vault. "Vault 002," he whispered to himself. "And I get to be here when it's opened." He snapped out of his reverie and turned to Trista. "After I activate the unlocking mechanism, it goes from farthest to closest."
Trista nodded. "I know. Please, go on."
The goblin turned to the door and took a deep breath. He traced another intricate pattern, much like the one on Darien's door. After the dust had resettled, and a few seconds had passed, clicking could be heard. A large key hole appeared.
Snape eyed the keyhole in disbelief. "Where would anyone carry a key that large?"
Trista just smiled, and the Time Key appeared in her hands. Snape stared in shock. "Here," she said sweetly. She put the key in the lock, and turned it once around clockwise, then once around counter-clockwise, and once more clockwise. As more clicking was heard, Snape expected the door to swing open, but another keyhole only appeared.
"Amara," Trista said to the senshi. Amara walked up and slid her key out of her transformation pen. She put it in the lock, and knew how to open the door. Twice clockwise, once counter, thrice clockwise again. Another keyhole appeared.
"Michelle," Amara told them. Michelle came up, slid out her key, and put it in the lock. Like Amara, she remembered how to open it. Thrice clockwise, twice counter, and once clockwise again. Another keyhole formed just below hers.
"Hotaru," she called out. And so it went on, each scout went up in turn, and slide her key into the lock, turning it a set number of times, allowing another keyhole to form, and then called out the name of the next senshi, from farthest from the sun, to closest. Snape was growing continually more impatient. Finally, Ami had finished.
Ami stepped back, "Serena," she said to the small blonde at her side. "You know what to do."
Serena nodded and stepped up to the lock, blocking the small hole from Snape's view. For hers was not a keyhole, it was a small indent, an exact outline to her locket. She took it out of her sub-space pocket, and placed it gently in the lock. A small hairline crack appeared around the locket. She turned it nine times clockwise, once for each kingdom in the Silver Millennium, and once counterclockwise, for the only planet that wasn't: Earth.
A loud click resounded through the corridor. And the door swung open. Snape only glared when he saw what was inside.
"All that work for an empty vault?!" he boomed.
"Not quite," Trista smirked and walked inside. "Take a closer look." Lining the walls, were four doors on each side, and a double door at the far end.
"Oh, even better," Snape sneered. "More locks."
Each door was made of magically reinforced double panelled glass. Each door was incrusted with the symbol of one of the planets: Mercury, Mars, Jupiter and Venus on one side, and Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto on the other. On the back door was an upturned crescent moon.
Between the glass on each door was something unique to the princess' power source.
Mars was fire. Mercury's door had tiny bubbles floating around. Jupiter's swirled with lightning. And tiny hearts floated around the door for Venus. Inside the glass on Saturn's door was a dark cloud. Neptune's was full of water. Uranus was earth, always shifting places. And Pluto's was clocks and watches, which would stop every now and then, as if time had frozen, or go back, as if time had turned back.
But the door on the back was the most interesting. A pair of pure white wings adorned the lock in the middle. The crescent moon was bright yellow, and sparkled in the light. Between the glass were tiny moons, tears, feathers, and a bright light, all interconnected and calm. It seemed peaceful, and, above all, pure.
Snape just gaped at the door, all earlier comments forgotten. The girls each went to stand in front of their respective doors, with the exception of Trista and Serena. Trista walked up to the door at the back and once again slid her time key into place. She turned it about forty-five degrees clockwise, and pulled it out again. As Snape watched, the shape of the lock shifted.
He turned his gaze to Serena. "What are you standing there for, girl?! Get to your vault! I don't have all day!"
Serena walked up behind Trista, who left to go to the vault for Pluto. Snape gasped. This vault, adorned in splendour and beauty, belonged to her, the meekest of them all. The one who had tripped and fell about ten times on the way to Gringotts? She was the one this door was made to be opened by? Snape just shook his head.
Serena walked up to the vault, again shielding the small hole from view, and watched as it warped into a small shape: her locket, just like the first. She held it out and placed it in the hole. Then she waited. After the rest of the senshi had opened their locks, hers began to work. It was slow and quiet at first, but then the clicks became faster, and louder. After a few minutes, the locket fell out into her hands, and the doors swung open.
Snape wasn't the only one who gaped this time. Serena almost fainted. In front of her was enough wealth to make Darien's vault look empty! Mounds of money and jewels surrounded her, but she was drawn to the middle of the room. A simple wooden table sat in the centre of the room, with a small package on it. Serena walked over, not tripping once. She reached the table, and slowly picked up the letter.
My sweet daughter,
So you're going to Hogwarts? You have no idea how proud I am of you, my dear. I have watched your trials and battles, and I could not hope for any greater a child. But a new peril awaits you at the castle. There is one who would wish you destroyed, and many others that you might form bonds with. You must be careful, and protect the others. Do not make judgements, for those who seem to be enemies could be great allies, and those who seem to be allies, could destroy you. Have faith in those around you. Give everyone my love.
Love always,
your mother,
Queen Selenity.
A small tear made its way down Serena's cheek. She put the envelope down and turned her attention towards the package. It wasn't large, and was immaculately wrapped. She took off the paper, and found a small velvet box. Upon opening it, she gasped. A silver-gold necklace lay inside, with a crescent moon hanging down. Serena recognised the necklace as the one her mother used to wear, signifying her position as Lunarian royalty: as the High Queen of the Silver Millennium. Serena gently lifted it out of the box, and put it on. Next, she turned her attention to getting some money.
After she filled her purse, Serena made her way toward the doors. Just as she was about to leave, she noticed a large package leaning against the wall. She walked over to it and picked it up. Looking at the shape, she realized it was obviously a broom, and, if the rest of her vault's contents were any indication, a good one at that.
She grabbed her letter and brought it and the broom out with her and was greeted by the other senshi. They all seemed to have brooms, and they all recognised her necklace immediately. Holding the envelope up, she simply said, "Mom sends her love."
Understanding dawned on their faces as they made their way out of the vault. Snape still sat in the cart, a large scowl on his face. "Hurry up!" he snapped. "We have a lot of places to go!" Spying Serena's necklace, he made a very un-Snape-ish comment. "Nice necklace."
Serena smiled and hid it under her shirt. The girls piled into the cart along with Darien and the goblin, and they were off towards Diagon Alley.
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the day wore on slowly. By the time they were ready to get their wands, Snape had managed to piss off most of the senshi. Only Trista remained calm. But, before anyone managed to introduce Snape's face to their fists, Serena would stop them. Snape gradually caught on to how much they respected the small girl in front of them. She was their leader, but why, he could only guess.
They slowed down as they came up in front of Ollivander's. The girls looked at each other. This was the last stop, and then they would be rid of Snape. He may have been Selenity's advisor, but he was really grating on their nerves. Trista and Darien stayed to the back o the group, as they had already collected their wands earlier. The first to be served was Serena.
Mr Ollivander came out and eyes the girls. "So, you must be the new transfer students. Well, come here child," he said to Serena. "Which is your wand arm? Right? Alright then." The standard procedure occurred, and Serena's measurements were taken. After a few minutes, Ollivander took a wand from the shelf.
"Here, try this." Serena took the wand and waved it. Water poured over Snape's head. "Nope, not that one. Try this." Ollivander said, giving her another wand. No sooner had she gripped it than he snatched it back again.
And so it went on, until Serena had tried every wand in the store. Ollivander sighed. "I'm out of ideas, child. It seems I just don't have the wand for you. I don't know what it is about you, but the wands are refusing you."
Snape was aghast. "Dumbledore allowed a muggle to come to the school! That man is truly insane! A muggle! At Hogwarts! You had better leave, you stupid girl!" he snapped at Serena.
And that did it. Trista broke. "Don't EVER insult her in front of me again." she ground out. The rest of the senshi were ready to pounce. Amara was the first to move. She lunged at the man in front of her. When her fist came mere inches from his face, a voice rang out.
"STOP IT!"
Snape opened his eyes, and looked into the knuckles of Amara. She had stopped, and only just in time.
"Amara! Stop it! All of you just stop it!" Serena cried. "There will be NO more of this, do you hear me? No more! I don't want you guys to hurt someone because of me."
Snape looked at her. "Why do you care? I insulted you, and yet they are the ones who would hurt me. Not only that, but you are the one who stops them!"
Just as she was about to reply, Ollivander came out of the back room. When he had seen Trista, he remembered what wand she had taken, and decided that he just might have a wand for these new girls. He eyed them all, and began to divvy out the boxes.
"Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and," he paused at Serena and Rini. "Moon."
Ami opened hers first. The wood was a light blue colour, and the symbol of Mercury was emblazoned on the handle.
"Nine inches, Mercurian cedar, and bubbles from the largest lake on Mercury, as blown by the princess." Ami gasped. The bubbles in this wand were blown by her. She waved the wand, and was rewarded when a spray of tiny bubbles appeared.
Mina went next. The wood was a deep orange, and held the symbol of Venus.
"Twelve inches, Venusian mahogany, with a kiss from the princess." Like Ami, Mina realized that the core of this wand was from her. She swished it through the air and created a line of shining hearts.
Next was Rei. Her wand was a deep red colour, and the symbol of Mars was evident.
"Eight inches, Martian redwood, with a fire started by the princess." Rei smiled, guessing that she was said princess. She waved the wand, and a line of fire came out, nearly singing off Snape's hair, but looking enough like an accident to get away with it. Rei smirked. She liked this wand.
Lita opened her box to find a deep green wand with Jupiter's symbol on the handle.
"Thirteen inches, Jupiterian oak, with a bolt of lightning from the storm, captured by the Princess herself." Lita waved the wand and a bolt of lightning issued from the wand in her grasp.
Hotaru opened her wand, already expecting what lay there. A deep lavender wand with the symbol of Saturn.
"Ten inches, Saturnian pine, and a drop of life energy from the princess." Hotaru smiled ironically. Life energy given by the senshi of death. She waved the wand a dark cloud spilled out.
Amara opened the box in her hands. She looked down upon a dark blue wand, with the symbol of Uranus.
"A bit of a change, this one. Fourteen inches, with the earth from an earthquake on Uranus, but made from Neptunian sycamore." Amara waved her wand, and the ground shifted beneath them. Snape fell on his butt.
Michelle was the next to open her wand. A deep aqua wand lay in its box, with the symbol of Neptune encrusted in the handle.
"Ah, this one is interesting. Fourteen inches, with the water of Neptune, but made of Uranasian sycamore." Michelle smiled. She already knew that this wand was made for her, and it was connected to Amara. She had been watching the other senshi, and knew what would happen when she waved her wand, so she angled her body, but not too much that it was obvious, and when the water she expected came out, she swore it was an accident. Snape was soaked.
Serena and Rini opened their wands at the same time. Two pure white wands lay in their boxes.
"These two are identical. Eleven inches, Lunarian birch, with the wing of an angel, and a tear from the princess, the most pure things in the universe." Serena and Rini looked at each other. They lifted their wands out together, and waved them. As their wands cut through the air, a stream of gold and silver sparks flew around the room, and their clothes shimmered and changed. Standing before everyone was Neo-Queen Serenity, and her daughter, Neo-Princess Serenity.
Snape's mouth opened and closed, unable to make a noise.