Don't ask me where the idea for this came from. Honestly, I
don't know. Just sit back, relax, and enjoy the strange things that
evolve when Zi-chan stays up too late. ^-^
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"Darien's Day as a Cat"
Recorded by Ziska Ames
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Chapter One
20th Century
Darien opened his eyes and, to his surprise, found himself
staring down at pink covers. With little white bunnies on them.
Shaking his head he looked up, and blinked. And blinked
again. But no matter how much he blinked he kept seeing Serena under
the covers. And the pink walls behind her.
He looked around and wondered what in the world he was doing
in Serena's bedroom sleeping at the foot of her bed. And how the
heck did he fit on the foot of her bed. He glanced down at himself
and was hit by shock number three of the day.
He was furry. He was small, furry and black. With an inborn
instinct he struggled to his feet and leaped to the dresser. He
stared into the mirror and almost fainted from shock.
He was small, furry, and black, yes. But he also had a
crescent moon on his forehead. Not to mention he was a cat.
"I'm dreaming..." he whispered. And was shocked when he
heard himself.
"Okay, calm Darien. You're dreaming. That's okay. So what if
you're dreaming you are in Meatball Head's *cat's* body? And you can
talk? So big deal? So what?" He turned away from the mirror and
closed his eyes. "I'm dreaming... well... I might as well enjoy this."
Suddenly his mood switched. He was a cat! He could do all
sorts of things he'd never be able to do as a human. So, with a
curiosity that comes from knowing you are dreaming, he leaped off
the dresser and sprinted out the door.
Crystal Tokyo
"Well?"
"I did it. Though I'm not sure why you wanted me to switch
Luna and Endymion's bodies. I'm sure they won't appreciate it."
Sailor Mercury said as she finished writing down the spell in her
book. She kept a detailed list of all the enchantments she cast.
"Well, Serenity and Endymion are taking a very long time to
get over their annoyance with each other and higher powers have
asked me to... speed things along." Sailor Pluto said as she twirled
her Time Staff nervously.
"So that's why you insisted I do this. You must have a very
good reason. You of all people don't mess with the time continuum
unless it's absolutely necessary. But I don't see why this is
necessary though. Serena and Darien got together just fine by
themselves and I never remember either of them mentioning this
little experience." Mercury said as she peered at Pluto over her
reading glasses.
"Yes well... higher powers." Pluto said obscurely.
"You mean Selene?" Mercury asked calmly.
Pluto's jaw dropped. "How did you know?"
"You may be the master of time, Pluto, but I have my sources
too." Mercury said mysteriously as she left the room.
Pluto scowled at the door. There went her mysterious aura in
Mercury's eyes, at least. But Selene must have wanted Mercury to
know, otherwise her sources would never have uncovered their
information. Pluto was willing to bet those sources involved a
certain fire shenshi. She toyed with the idea of cornering Mars and
forcing a confession, but sighed. She simply didn't have the time
for such a thing.
Imagine that, the Shenshi of Time not having time for
something... She thought ironically as she twirled her staff.
Abruptly she was looking at the time door.
"Time to get back to work, I suppose." She said to no one in
particular as she left to check up on her little experiment.
20th Century
Luna's eyes flew open and she sat up abruptly in bed. A much
too thin bed... in the wrong room. And Luna didn't have much
experience with humans, but she knew cats didn't sit how she was
sitting now.
She blinked once, twice, then, stealing herself, looked
down. A very manly bare chest met her gaze. "This... is not good."
Well... she had her own voice at least. She didn't think how
strange that would sound coming out of a male body.
She pushed the plain covers back and stood up, wobbling a
little. She slowly walked to the dresser and looked in the mirror.
Her own red eyes stared back at her from a male face. A shock of
black hair adorned her head and for some reason that comforted her.
Perhaps because it was the same color as her fur.
She reached a hand up and scratched the back of the head.
Gosh, this face looked familiar but she just couldn't place a name.
So the next question was why in the world wasn't she in her
own body??
Sadly, such questions rarely get answered quickly. She
sighed and resigned herself to the situation. Well, she wasn't sure
who this body was or what it's responsibilities were. She really
didn't care at the moment either.
She didn't have any other choices but to find the scouts and
have them help her. She wasn't sure what they could do to fix her
predicament, but surely Amy could at least figure out what was going
on.
Thinking such things Luna moved quickly to the door. She
stopped in the hallway and looked down.
"Oh dear."
Well, she certainly couldn't go running around Tokyo in
boxer shorts. She dashed back into the room and pulled some clothes
on. She found a pair of keys, one of which fit the lock, and pulled
on some shoes. She grabbed the only jacket in the hallway, an ugly
green one, and locked the apartment as she left. Reaching into one
of the jacket pockets she removed a pair of sunglasses. She wasn't
sure what color this human's eyes were supposed to be, but she was
almost positive it wasn't red.
Now she just had to figure out how to get to Serena's house.
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Setsuna wasn't really one for physical violence but at the
moment she was quite prepared to grab the little black cat and shake
it till it's brains fell out. Darien had somehow gotten it into his
little head to go exploring as a cat. He was supposed to be hanging
out with Serena, getting to know her better from a new point of view.
But no, he decided to go chase squirrels in the park instead.
The man without the word fun in his vocabulary had chosen this day
to get a sense of humor.
The irony of the situation was lost on Setsuna.
She grumbled choice words to herself as she sat on a bench
and scowled at the future monarch as he frolicked in the park.
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It took a little practice, but soon Luna was used to her
human legs again and was stolling rather quickly down the street.
She was feeling rather uncomfortable at all the glances she
was receiving and began to wonder if she had forgotten something.
She hadn't been human for a long time and was rather out of practice.
Then she realized all the glances were coming from girls. She
smirked a little when she realized this body was just apparently
attractive to members of the opposite sex.
Well, that was nice. At least people wouldn't avoid her.
She wasn't sure where she was, but she had decided to head
in the direction of what she thought was down town.
Soon she was in rather familiar territory and practically
beamed when she saw the Crown Arcade. If Serena was anywhere
--provided she was awake yet-- it would be there. She practically
ran to the door and waited impatiently as they opened. She walked in
and stopped, searching for Serena.
Unfortunately, she didn't see the girl. And, again,
unfortunately, someone noticed her.
"Hi, Darien! What's up?" Andrew called waving to her. Luna
looked around but didn't see anyone responding to the young man's
call. "Hey, Darien, you okay?"
Andrew came around the counter and walked up to her. Finally
it dawned on Luna that 'Darien' must be the person who rightfully
owned this body.
Now why is that name so familiar?? Luna smiled and allowed
Andrew to lead her over to the counter.
"Probably want coffee, huh?" Andrew asked as he got behind
the counter again. Luna nodded. She was about to ask him where
Serena was when she remembered she had her own voice. That wouldn't
go over well, she was sure. Seeing a pen and napkin inspiration
struck. She grabbed them and began to write frantically. She noticed
that the handwriting was strong and spiky.
She pushed the napkin to Andrew. He cast her a curious glance,
but picked it up and read it.
"Oh. You have laryngitis? That's horrible, Darien. And no, I
haven't seen Serena. But why are you looking for her, hmm??" Andrew
cocked an eyebrow and leaned over the counter. Luna shrugged and
took the coffee off the counter. She took a cautious sip and then
her eyes widened. It was good! She drank the rest quickly and felt a
warm sensation spread through her. She'd have to have this stuff
more often. Very good.
She remembered she was looking for Serena and stood up,
waving good bye to Andrew.
"Good luck with your search." Andrew said with a strange
wink and chuckle that Luna couldn't quite decipher.
She nodded and left the arcade. The next reasonable place to
look was Serena's house, but she wasn't sure how to accomplish that.
She couldn't show up like this and ask to see Serena. Her father
would probably put her under the third degree and Luna didn't have
time for that.
Suddenly she stopped in the middle of the street. If she was
in this body... what had happened to her body?
Her eyes widened and she took off in a sprint to Serena's
house.
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Darien was having the time of his life. He'd forgotten how
fun it was just to run around. Having four legs helped in that
department, but never the less...
He'd been chasing a squirrel when he got that peculiar
feeling that told him he was being watched. Oh so casually he
stopped running and sat down. He looked around using the excuse of
washing his fur.
Oh this is gross... I'm never doing that again. He thought
as he fought down nausea. But he had spotted who was watching him. A
woman sitting on the bench behind him. She was probably pretty when
she smiled, but at the moment she was frowning at him with such
intensity it almost scared him.
A wicked idea hit Darien. Dreams sure can be fun, but you
make them that way.
He stood up and sauntered over to the woman, jumping up on
the bench and sprawling in her lap. She didn't seem too surprised,
but Darien had other tricks up his sleeve.
He curled up in her lap and began to purr, although she made
no move to pet him, just stared down at him.
Deciding it was time for the last part Darien sat up
straight in her lap and turned his face up to look at her. "Hello,
sweetie. What's happening?" he said clearly so she would know he
wasn't just meowing.
He expected her to scream, jump up, and run away. He was
disappointed.
"Hello, Darien. And I wouldn't suggest coming on to me. Your
future wife wouldn't appreciate it." she said in reply, the frown
never wavering.
Darien stared in shock. That wasn't supposed to happen!!
But... then again... this was a dream... so why shouldn't she talk
to him. "I don't have a wife." he pouted, put out that his plan
hadn't worked.
"I said 'future wife.'" the woman said.
"Fine. So what? You were supposed to be scared." Darien said
as he turned to face away from her.
"Why would I be scared? I knew you were not in your original
body because I helped do this to you."
Darien stiffened and turned around. "You sent me this dream?"
"Dream? This is no dream, Darien." The woman said ominously.
"Of course this is a dream. You don't just switch bodies
with cats." Darien said.
"Of course not. Someone has to make it happen to you."
Darien tried to raise a skeptical eyebrow before remembering
cats don't have them. "You're saying someone cursed me?"
"Not cursed. You should think of this as a blessing. All
though you are using it the completely wrong way. You should be
hanging out with Serena and getting to know her better."
Darien started laughing. This woman was hilarious!
"Stop that, Darien. You've already annoyed me enough today."
The woman said, her frown deepening.
"You think... someone... switched my body... with Meatball
Head's cat's... so... I could... get to know... her better!!" Darien
howled between fits of laughter. This dream was getting really
strange. He'd have to write it down or something when he woke up so
he'd remember it.
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Setsuna looked at the hysterical monarch-to-be in her lap
and felt an almost undeniable urge to throw him against a wall.
Stupid feline.
"I know someone switched your body with Luna's because I was
there. I can't tell you why, but you must mend your relationship
with Serena."
Darien laughed a little longer and Setsuna began to wonder
if he had heard her. Finally, his laughter died to giggles and he
straightened up to look at her.
"I don't have a relationship with Meatball Head to mend." He
told her, completely serious.
"Exactly!" Setsuna cried, startling Darien. "You have to
*make* a relationship."
Darien looked up at her. "You... are... crazy..." with that
he jumped off her lap and began to walk away.
"I don't think so, Darien. But maybe you should ask Luna
what she thinks. Here she comes." Setsuna said calmly as she pointed
down the path in the opposite direction that Darien was facing.
Grumbling, Darien turned around and stared. His body was
charging down the path at full tilt.
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Luna was frantic. If she was in a man's body, that man was
probably in her body. In Serena's room! She couldn't let this happen,
she had to get there.
She looked ahead of herself and blinked... that was her...
she was sitting on the ground in the middle of the pathway staring
at herself.
This was getting weird.
Luna slowed down and stopped. She dropped to her knees and
looked at herself. "Are you Darien?"
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"Darien's Day as a Cat"
Recorded by Ziska Ames
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Chapter One
20th Century
Darien opened his eyes and, to his surprise, found himself
staring down at pink covers. With little white bunnies on them.
Shaking his head he looked up, and blinked. And blinked
again. But no matter how much he blinked he kept seeing Serena under
the covers. And the pink walls behind her.
He looked around and wondered what in the world he was doing
in Serena's bedroom sleeping at the foot of her bed. And how the
heck did he fit on the foot of her bed. He glanced down at himself
and was hit by shock number three of the day.
He was furry. He was small, furry and black. With an inborn
instinct he struggled to his feet and leaped to the dresser. He
stared into the mirror and almost fainted from shock.
He was small, furry, and black, yes. But he also had a
crescent moon on his forehead. Not to mention he was a cat.
"I'm dreaming..." he whispered. And was shocked when he
heard himself.
"Okay, calm Darien. You're dreaming. That's okay. So what if
you're dreaming you are in Meatball Head's *cat's* body? And you can
talk? So big deal? So what?" He turned away from the mirror and
closed his eyes. "I'm dreaming... well... I might as well enjoy this."
Suddenly his mood switched. He was a cat! He could do all
sorts of things he'd never be able to do as a human. So, with a
curiosity that comes from knowing you are dreaming, he leaped off
the dresser and sprinted out the door.
Crystal Tokyo
"Well?"
"I did it. Though I'm not sure why you wanted me to switch
Luna and Endymion's bodies. I'm sure they won't appreciate it."
Sailor Mercury said as she finished writing down the spell in her
book. She kept a detailed list of all the enchantments she cast.
"Well, Serenity and Endymion are taking a very long time to
get over their annoyance with each other and higher powers have
asked me to... speed things along." Sailor Pluto said as she twirled
her Time Staff nervously.
"So that's why you insisted I do this. You must have a very
good reason. You of all people don't mess with the time continuum
unless it's absolutely necessary. But I don't see why this is
necessary though. Serena and Darien got together just fine by
themselves and I never remember either of them mentioning this
little experience." Mercury said as she peered at Pluto over her
reading glasses.
"Yes well... higher powers." Pluto said obscurely.
"You mean Selene?" Mercury asked calmly.
Pluto's jaw dropped. "How did you know?"
"You may be the master of time, Pluto, but I have my sources
too." Mercury said mysteriously as she left the room.
Pluto scowled at the door. There went her mysterious aura in
Mercury's eyes, at least. But Selene must have wanted Mercury to
know, otherwise her sources would never have uncovered their
information. Pluto was willing to bet those sources involved a
certain fire shenshi. She toyed with the idea of cornering Mars and
forcing a confession, but sighed. She simply didn't have the time
for such a thing.
Imagine that, the Shenshi of Time not having time for
something... She thought ironically as she twirled her staff.
Abruptly she was looking at the time door.
"Time to get back to work, I suppose." She said to no one in
particular as she left to check up on her little experiment.
20th Century
Luna's eyes flew open and she sat up abruptly in bed. A much
too thin bed... in the wrong room. And Luna didn't have much
experience with humans, but she knew cats didn't sit how she was
sitting now.
She blinked once, twice, then, stealing herself, looked
down. A very manly bare chest met her gaze. "This... is not good."
Well... she had her own voice at least. She didn't think how
strange that would sound coming out of a male body.
She pushed the plain covers back and stood up, wobbling a
little. She slowly walked to the dresser and looked in the mirror.
Her own red eyes stared back at her from a male face. A shock of
black hair adorned her head and for some reason that comforted her.
Perhaps because it was the same color as her fur.
She reached a hand up and scratched the back of the head.
Gosh, this face looked familiar but she just couldn't place a name.
So the next question was why in the world wasn't she in her
own body??
Sadly, such questions rarely get answered quickly. She
sighed and resigned herself to the situation. Well, she wasn't sure
who this body was or what it's responsibilities were. She really
didn't care at the moment either.
She didn't have any other choices but to find the scouts and
have them help her. She wasn't sure what they could do to fix her
predicament, but surely Amy could at least figure out what was going
on.
Thinking such things Luna moved quickly to the door. She
stopped in the hallway and looked down.
"Oh dear."
Well, she certainly couldn't go running around Tokyo in
boxer shorts. She dashed back into the room and pulled some clothes
on. She found a pair of keys, one of which fit the lock, and pulled
on some shoes. She grabbed the only jacket in the hallway, an ugly
green one, and locked the apartment as she left. Reaching into one
of the jacket pockets she removed a pair of sunglasses. She wasn't
sure what color this human's eyes were supposed to be, but she was
almost positive it wasn't red.
Now she just had to figure out how to get to Serena's house.
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Setsuna wasn't really one for physical violence but at the
moment she was quite prepared to grab the little black cat and shake
it till it's brains fell out. Darien had somehow gotten it into his
little head to go exploring as a cat. He was supposed to be hanging
out with Serena, getting to know her better from a new point of view.
But no, he decided to go chase squirrels in the park instead.
The man without the word fun in his vocabulary had chosen this day
to get a sense of humor.
The irony of the situation was lost on Setsuna.
She grumbled choice words to herself as she sat on a bench
and scowled at the future monarch as he frolicked in the park.
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It took a little practice, but soon Luna was used to her
human legs again and was stolling rather quickly down the street.
She was feeling rather uncomfortable at all the glances she
was receiving and began to wonder if she had forgotten something.
She hadn't been human for a long time and was rather out of practice.
Then she realized all the glances were coming from girls. She
smirked a little when she realized this body was just apparently
attractive to members of the opposite sex.
Well, that was nice. At least people wouldn't avoid her.
She wasn't sure where she was, but she had decided to head
in the direction of what she thought was down town.
Soon she was in rather familiar territory and practically
beamed when she saw the Crown Arcade. If Serena was anywhere
--provided she was awake yet-- it would be there. She practically
ran to the door and waited impatiently as they opened. She walked in
and stopped, searching for Serena.
Unfortunately, she didn't see the girl. And, again,
unfortunately, someone noticed her.
"Hi, Darien! What's up?" Andrew called waving to her. Luna
looked around but didn't see anyone responding to the young man's
call. "Hey, Darien, you okay?"
Andrew came around the counter and walked up to her. Finally
it dawned on Luna that 'Darien' must be the person who rightfully
owned this body.
Now why is that name so familiar?? Luna smiled and allowed
Andrew to lead her over to the counter.
"Probably want coffee, huh?" Andrew asked as he got behind
the counter again. Luna nodded. She was about to ask him where
Serena was when she remembered she had her own voice. That wouldn't
go over well, she was sure. Seeing a pen and napkin inspiration
struck. She grabbed them and began to write frantically. She noticed
that the handwriting was strong and spiky.
She pushed the napkin to Andrew. He cast her a curious glance,
but picked it up and read it.
"Oh. You have laryngitis? That's horrible, Darien. And no, I
haven't seen Serena. But why are you looking for her, hmm??" Andrew
cocked an eyebrow and leaned over the counter. Luna shrugged and
took the coffee off the counter. She took a cautious sip and then
her eyes widened. It was good! She drank the rest quickly and felt a
warm sensation spread through her. She'd have to have this stuff
more often. Very good.
She remembered she was looking for Serena and stood up,
waving good bye to Andrew.
"Good luck with your search." Andrew said with a strange
wink and chuckle that Luna couldn't quite decipher.
She nodded and left the arcade. The next reasonable place to
look was Serena's house, but she wasn't sure how to accomplish that.
She couldn't show up like this and ask to see Serena. Her father
would probably put her under the third degree and Luna didn't have
time for that.
Suddenly she stopped in the middle of the street. If she was
in this body... what had happened to her body?
Her eyes widened and she took off in a sprint to Serena's
house.
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Darien was having the time of his life. He'd forgotten how
fun it was just to run around. Having four legs helped in that
department, but never the less...
He'd been chasing a squirrel when he got that peculiar
feeling that told him he was being watched. Oh so casually he
stopped running and sat down. He looked around using the excuse of
washing his fur.
Oh this is gross... I'm never doing that again. He thought
as he fought down nausea. But he had spotted who was watching him. A
woman sitting on the bench behind him. She was probably pretty when
she smiled, but at the moment she was frowning at him with such
intensity it almost scared him.
A wicked idea hit Darien. Dreams sure can be fun, but you
make them that way.
He stood up and sauntered over to the woman, jumping up on
the bench and sprawling in her lap. She didn't seem too surprised,
but Darien had other tricks up his sleeve.
He curled up in her lap and began to purr, although she made
no move to pet him, just stared down at him.
Deciding it was time for the last part Darien sat up
straight in her lap and turned his face up to look at her. "Hello,
sweetie. What's happening?" he said clearly so she would know he
wasn't just meowing.
He expected her to scream, jump up, and run away. He was
disappointed.
"Hello, Darien. And I wouldn't suggest coming on to me. Your
future wife wouldn't appreciate it." she said in reply, the frown
never wavering.
Darien stared in shock. That wasn't supposed to happen!!
But... then again... this was a dream... so why shouldn't she talk
to him. "I don't have a wife." he pouted, put out that his plan
hadn't worked.
"I said 'future wife.'" the woman said.
"Fine. So what? You were supposed to be scared." Darien said
as he turned to face away from her.
"Why would I be scared? I knew you were not in your original
body because I helped do this to you."
Darien stiffened and turned around. "You sent me this dream?"
"Dream? This is no dream, Darien." The woman said ominously.
"Of course this is a dream. You don't just switch bodies
with cats." Darien said.
"Of course not. Someone has to make it happen to you."
Darien tried to raise a skeptical eyebrow before remembering
cats don't have them. "You're saying someone cursed me?"
"Not cursed. You should think of this as a blessing. All
though you are using it the completely wrong way. You should be
hanging out with Serena and getting to know her better."
Darien started laughing. This woman was hilarious!
"Stop that, Darien. You've already annoyed me enough today."
The woman said, her frown deepening.
"You think... someone... switched my body... with Meatball
Head's cat's... so... I could... get to know... her better!!" Darien
howled between fits of laughter. This dream was getting really
strange. He'd have to write it down or something when he woke up so
he'd remember it.
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Setsuna looked at the hysterical monarch-to-be in her lap
and felt an almost undeniable urge to throw him against a wall.
Stupid feline.
"I know someone switched your body with Luna's because I was
there. I can't tell you why, but you must mend your relationship
with Serena."
Darien laughed a little longer and Setsuna began to wonder
if he had heard her. Finally, his laughter died to giggles and he
straightened up to look at her.
"I don't have a relationship with Meatball Head to mend." He
told her, completely serious.
"Exactly!" Setsuna cried, startling Darien. "You have to
*make* a relationship."
Darien looked up at her. "You... are... crazy..." with that
he jumped off her lap and began to walk away.
"I don't think so, Darien. But maybe you should ask Luna
what she thinks. Here she comes." Setsuna said calmly as she pointed
down the path in the opposite direction that Darien was facing.
Grumbling, Darien turned around and stared. His body was
charging down the path at full tilt.
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Luna was frantic. If she was in a man's body, that man was
probably in her body. In Serena's room! She couldn't let this happen,
she had to get there.
She looked ahead of herself and blinked... that was her...
she was sitting on the ground in the middle of the pathway staring
at herself.
This was getting weird.
Luna slowed down and stopped. She dropped to her knees and
looked at herself. "Are you Darien?"
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